Testing the small office network

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Testing the small office network

For this scenario, the ability of the small office network to route packets is tested by answering the following questions:

1. Are the packets being routed correctly?

   From a computer on each network, the ping command is used to ping a computer on the other networks. If a reply is not received from a network, the packets are not being routed correctly. For more information, see Using the ping command.

2. Are the RIP packets being sent correctly?

   To ensure that RIP packets are sent correctly, the neighboring RIP routers are viewed from one RIP router. Neighboring RIP routers are routers connected to a common network. For information about viewing RIP neighbors, see View RIP neighbors.

3. Are all the networks being routed to?

   To ensure that all the networks are being routed to, the IP routing table is viewed from a router. For more information, see Understanding the IP routing table.

Note

• The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person or event is intended or should be inferred.