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Managing Your Network

This chapter describes how to perform network management tasks with your Mobile Broadband

11n Wireless Router.

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Router Status

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Backing Up, Restoring, or Erasing Your Settings

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Protecting Access to Your Router

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Running Diagnostic Utilities and Rebooting the Router

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Upgrading the Router Firmware

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Router Status

From the main menu, under Maintenance, select Router Status to view this screen.

You can use this screen to view the status of the router, to show statistics, or to view the

connection status.

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For information about the fields on this screen, see

Table 9

.

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See

Showing Statistics

on page

50 for information about statistics.

•

For information about the Internet connection, see

Connection Status

on page

51.

Table 1.

Field

Description

Firmware Version

This field displays the router firmware version.

Mobile Broadband

Modem Identity

Shows the modem in use.

Modem sw version

The software version of the modem.

Modem driver

version

The driver version of the modem.

IMSI

International Mobile Subscriber Identity.

SIM card identity.

IMEI

International Mobile Equipment Identity.

Unique identity of the modem.

Operator

The ISP for the broadband wireless network.

Network mode

The mode of the current network the modem is connected to.

This is dependent on coverage and distance from the cell site.

WAN Port

Connection Status

The status of the Internet connection.

IP Address

The IP address used by the modem. If no address is shown,

the router cannot connect to the Internet.

Protocol

The protocol for the Internet connection, which is PPP

(Point-to-Point).

IP Subnet Mask

The IP subnet mask used by the router’s USB port.

Gateway IP Address

The IP address used by the router.

Domain Name

Server

The DNS server IP addresses used by the router. These

addresses are usually obtained dynamically from the ISP.

LAN Port

MAC Address

The Ethernet MAC address used by the router’s LAN port.

IP Address

The LAN port IP address. The default is 192.168.0.1.

DHCP

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Off.

The router does not assign IP addresses to PCs on the

LAN.

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On.

The router assigns IP addresses to PCs on the LAN.

IP Subnet Mask

The LAN port IP subnet mask. The default is 255.255.255.0.

Wireless Port

(See

Manually

Configure Your

Wireless Settings

on

page

28.

Name (SSID)

The service set ID, also known as the wireless network name.

Region

The country where the unit is set up for use.

Channel

The current channel, which determines the operating

frequency.

Wireless AP

Indicates if the access point feature is disabled or not. If not

enabled, the Wireless LED on the front panel will be off.

Broadcast Name

Indicates if the router is configured to broadcast its SSID.

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Showing Statistics

Click the

Show Statistics

button on the Router Status screen to display router usage

statistics:

Table 10

explains the statistic fields.

Table 2.

Field

Description

Status

The link status. Note that LAN2, LAN3, and LAN4 are guest

networks.

TxPkts

The number of packets transmitted on this port since reset or manual

clear.

RxPkts

The number of packets received on this port since reset or manual

clear.

Collisions

The number of collisions on this port since reset or manual clear.

Tx B/s

The average egress line utilization for this port.

Rx B/s

The average

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

for this port.

Up Time

The time elapsed since the last power cycle or reset.

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Connection Status

Click the

Connection Status

button on the Router Status screen:

This screen shows the following statistics:

Table 3.

Field

Description

Mobile Broadband

Service

Connection Status

The status of the Internet connection.

•

Scanning

. The modem is scanning for broadband wireless

networks in your area.

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Connected

. The router is connected to the Internet.

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No USB Device Attached

. The router does not detect a

USB modem connected to its USB port. Either the modem is

disconnected, or it is not correctly seated. To correct the

problem remove the modem and reinsert it into the port.

Received Signal Quality

(in dBm)

Modem radio reception. A small, negative number indicates

good signal quality.

Bytes Transmitted

The number of bytes transmitted in the most recent connection

session.

Bytes Received

The number of bytes received in the most recent connection

session.

Tx B/s

The transmission rate.

Rx B/s

The receiving rate.

System Uptime

Time elapsed since the last reboot.