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Accessing the Expert Web Interface

Home Page - Expert Mode

The Home Page is the summary page for your Netopia Gateway. The toolbar at the top pro-

vides links to controlling, configuring, and monitoring pages. Critical configuration and oper-

ational status is displayed in the center section.

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Home Page - Information

The Home page’s center section contains a summary of the Gateway’s configuration set-

tings and operational status.

Summary Information

Field

Status and/or Description

General Information

Hardware

Model number and summary specification

Serial Number

Unique serial number, located on label attached to bottom of unit

Software Version

Release and build number of running Netopia Operating System.

Product ID

Refers to internal circuit board series; useful in determining which software

upgrade applies to your hardware type.

Date & Time

This is the current UTC time; blank if this is not available due to lack of a

network connection.

Breakwater Firewall

If the optional feature key is installed:

Status of the Breakwater Firewall:

ClearSailing, SilentRunning, or LANdLocked

.

Safe Harbour

If the optional feature key is installed:

SafeHarbour VPN IPsec Tunnel option

(if installed): either On or Off.

WAN

Status

Wide Area Network may be

Waiting for DSL

(or other waiting status),

Up

or

Down

Data Rate (Kbps)

Once connected, displays DSL speed rate, Downstream and Upstream

Local Address

IP address assigned to the WAN port.

Peer Address

The IP address of the gateway to which the connection defaults. If doing

DHCP, this info will be acquired. If doing PPP, this info will be negotiated.

Connection Type

May be either Instant On or Always On.

NAT

On

or

Off

.

ON

if using Network Address Translation to share the IP address

across many LAN users.

WAN Users

Displays the number of users allotted and the total number available for

use.

LAN

IP Address

Internal IP address of the Netopia Gateway.

Netmask

Defines the IP subnet for the LAN

Default is 255.255.255.0 for a Class C device

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DHCP Server

On

or

Off

.

ON

if using DHCP to get IP addresses for your LAN client

machines.

DHCP Leases

A “lease” is held by each LAN client that has obtained an IP address through

DHCP.

Ethernet (or USB)

Status

Status of your Ethernet network connection (if supported).

Up

or

Down

.

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Toolbar

The toolbar is the dark blue bar at the top of the page containing the major navigation but-

tons. These buttons are available from almost every page, allowing you to move freely

about the site.

Navigating the Web Interface

The breadcrumb trail is built in the light brown area beneath the toolbar. As you navigate

down a path within the site, the trail is built from left to right. To return anywhere along the

path from which you came, click on one of the links.

Home

Configure

Troubleshoot

Security

Install

Restart

Help

Quickstart

System Status

Passwords

Install Keys

LAN

Network Tools

Firewall

Install Software

WAN

Diagnostics

IPSec

Install Certificate

Advanced

Stateful Inspection

Packet Filter

Security Log

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Restart

Restart

The Restart button on the toolbar allows you to restart the Gateway at any time. You will be

prompted to confirm the restart before any action is taken. The Restart Confirmation mes-

sage explains the consequences of and reasons for restarting the Gateway.