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The Administration Tab

Wireless-G ADSL Gateway

Diagnostics

Ping Test

(See Figure 5-32.)

Ping Test Parameters

•

Ping Target IP. Enter the IP Address that you want to ping in the field. This can be either a local (LAN) IP or an

Internet (WAN) IP address.

•

Ping Size. Enter the size of the ping packets.

•

No. of Pings. Enter the number of times that you want to ping.

•

Ping Interval. Enter the ping interval in milliseconds.

•

Ping Timeout. Enter the time in milliseconds.

•

Ping Result. The results of the ping test will be shown here.

Click the

Start Test

button to start the Ping Test.

Factory Defaults

(See Figure 5-33.)

Restore Factory Defaults. If you have exhausted all other options and wish to restore the Gateway to its factory

default settings and lose all your settings, click

Yes

.

To begin the restore process, click the

Save Settings

button to save these changes, or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes.

Figure 5-32: Ping Test

Figure 5-33: Factory Defaults

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Firmware Upgrade

(See Figure 5-34.)

To upgrade the Gateway’s firmware:

1.

Click the

Browse

button to find the firmware upgrade file that you downloaded from the Linksys website and

then extracted.

2.

Double-click the firmware file you downloaded and extracted.

Click the

Upgrade

button, and follow the

instructions there.

Figure 5-34: Firmware Upgrade

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The Status Tab

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The Status Tab

Gateway

This screen displays information about your Gateway and its WAN (Internet) Connections. (See Figure 5-35.)

Gateway Information

Gateway Information displays the Software Version, MAC Address, and Current Time.

Internet Connections

The Internet Connections displayed are the ADSL Link, PPP Login, Internt IP Address, Public Subnet Mask, Default

Gateway, Primary DNS Server, and Internet DHCP IP Expires.

System Statistics

System Statistics displays the Packets Sent and Packets Received.

DHCP Renew. Click the

DHCP Renew

button to replace your Gateway’s current IP address with a new IP address.

DHCP Release. Click the

DHCP Release

button to delete your Gateway’s current IP address.

Click the

Refresh

button if you want to Refresh your screen.

Figure 5-35: Status

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Local Network

The Local Network information that is displayed is the Local Mac Address, IP Address, Subnet Mask, and DHCP

Server. To view the DHCP Clients Table, click the

DHCP Clients

button. See Figure 5-36.

DHCP Clients Table. Click the

DHCP Clients Table

button to show the current DHCP Client data. You will see the

MAC address, computer name, and IP address of the network clients using the DHCP server. (This data is stored

in temporary memory and changes periodically.) See Figure 5-37.

Click the

Refresh

button if you want to Refresh your screen.

Figure 5-37: DHCP Clients Table

Figure 5-36: Local Network

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Wireless

The Wireless network information that is displayed is the Wireless Firmware Version, MAC Address, Status,

Mode, Channel, SSID, and Encryption. (See Figure 5-38.)

Click the

Wireless Clients Connected

button to view the wireless clients connected to the Gateway.

Click the

Refresh

button if you want to Refresh your screen.

Figure 5-38: Wireless