Testing the connection

Test a TCP or SSL connection.

Procedure

  1. From the top menu, select Manage System Settings > Network Settings > Test Connection.
  2. You can test a TCP or SSL connection.
    Testing a TCP connection
    1. Select the TCP option.
    2. Enter the server, port, and optionally the timeout value.
    3. Click Test Connection. Any message that is generated as output of the connection test is displayed at the bottom of the page.
    Testing an SSL connection
    1. Select the SSL option.
    2. Enter the server, port, and optionally the timeout value.
    3. Select Show SSL Advanced Parameters to display additional SSL parameters that can be specified.
    4. Define any SSL additional parameters as needed.
      Table 1. SSL additional parameters
      Parameter Description
      keyfile The keystore to use on the connection request.
      label The certificate to use on the connection request.
      reconnect Reconnect to the same server multiple times to ensure that session caching is working.
      pause Pause for 1 second between each read and write call.
      showcerts Show the entire certificate chain.
      debug Print more verbose debugging information.
      msg Show all protocol messages with hex dump.
      nbio_test Test non blocking IO.
      state Print the SSL session states.
      nbio Turn on non blobking IO.
      crlf Translate a line feed into CR+LF.
      quiet Inhibit the printing of session and certificate information.
      tlsextdebug Print out a hex dump of any TLS extensions received from the server.
      status Send a certificate status request to the server.
      ssl2 Try to connect using SSLv2.
      ssl3 Try to connect using SSLv3.
      tls1_2 Try to connect using TLSv1.2.
      tls1_1 Try to connect using TLSv1.1.
      tls1 Try to connect using TLSv1.
      dtls1 Try to connect using DTLSv1.
      no_ssl2 Disable the use of SSLv2 during connect.
      no_ssl3 Disable the use of SSLv3 during connect.
      no_tls1_2 Disable the use of TLSv1.2 during connect.
      no_tls1_1 Disable the use of TLSv1.1 during connect.
      no_tls1 Disable the use of TLSv1 during connect.
    5. Click Test Connection. Any message that is generated as output of the connection test is displayed at the bottom of the page.
Parent topic: Network Settings