Testing the Network Environment

Once you have verified the network setup information, test the network environment.

To test the network environment

Verify the network connection.
Use the ping command to test the connection between two systems. For example, from sydney, test the connection to melbourne:
```
ping melbourne
```
Test the trusted environment.
1. Run dbaccess.
2. Select the Connection menu option.
3. Select the Connect menu option.
4. Connect to the server group name and the server name of the other hosts.
  For example, if you are running dbaccess on sydney, and you are testing the connection to a database server on melbourne, select paul and g_paul.
5. When prompted for the USER NAME, press Enter.
If you can connect to the host database server, the host server is trusted for user informix.

For more information, see the IBM Informix DB–Access User's Guide.