# Network Diagnostics

This view allows the Object Storage administrator to perform connectivity
checks from within the Object Storage itself spanning its
servers/networking devices.

**Interface**:
Select the source interface of the Object Storage (Frontend, Public IP)

**Diagnostics Type**: Select either:

- **Tcpdump**
- **Reachability**
  - **Target Address**:
    IPv4 (or IPv6) of the target network device/server.
  - Select at least one of the following:
    - **Ping**:
      Checkbox - Perform a ping test (count - number of echo requests to send).
    - **Traceroute**:
      Checkbox - Perform a traceroute scan to the target host, and define its
      TTL (Time to Live: the number of times the packet can be rebroadcast
      by the next host encountered on the network, or hops).