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Chapter 4

Maintenance

This chapter describes how to use the management features of your ME103 802.11b ProSafe

Wireless Access Point. These features can be found by clicking on the Maintenance heading in the

Main Menu of the browser interface.

Viewing General, Log, Station, and Statistical Information

The General information screen provides a summary of the current ME103 configuration settings.

From the main Menu of the browser interface, click General to view the System Status screen,

shown below.

Figure 4-1:

Wireless Access Point Status screen

This screen shows the following parameters:

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General Information Fields

Field

Description

Access Point Information

Access Point Name

The default name may be changed if desired.

Note

: In 802.1x mode, this name is used as the client Login name for the

RADIUS server.

MAC Address

Displays the Media Access Control address (MAC address) of the wireless

access point’s Ethernet port.

Country Domain

Displays the domain or region for which the wireless access point is

licensed for use. It may not be legal to operate this wireless access point in

a region other than one of those identified in this field.

Firmware Version

The version of the firmware currently installed.

Current IP Settings

These parameters apply to the Local ME103 firewall.

IP Address

The IP address of the wireless access point.

Subnet Mask

The subnet mask for the wireless access point.

Gateway

The default gateway for the wireless access point communication.

IP Address Source

Automatic (DHCP client) indicates that the current IP address was

obtained from a DHCP server on your network.

Wireless Settings

These parameters apply to the target remote ME103 firewall, VPN

gateway, or VPN client.

Wireless Network Name

(SSID)

Displays the wireless network name (SSID) being used by the wireless port

of the wireless access point. The default is NETGEAR.

Channel

Identifies the channel the wireless port is using. 11 is the default channel

setting. See

“Wireless Channels” on page B-7

for the frequencies used on

each channel.

Operating Mode

Identifies the operating mode of the ME103.

Security Settings

Authentication

WEP or 802.1x authentication setting.

Encryption

The current WEP or 802.1x encryption setting.

802.1x

The current 802.1x setting.

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Statistics

The Information - Statistics screen provides various LAN and WLAN statistics.

Figure 4-2:

Wireless Access Point Status screen

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Table 4-1.

Statistics Fields

Field

Description

System Up Time

The length of time the ME103 802.11b ProSafe Wireless Access Point has

been connected to your network since it was last restarted.

Wired Ethernet

Received/Transmitted

Packets

The number of packets sent since the ME103 was last restarted.

Bytes

The number of bytes sent since the ME103 was last restarted.

Throughput (B/sec)

The current bandwidth used on the LAN port.

CRC Errors

The number of CRC errors since the ME103 was last restarted.

Wireless

Received/Transmitted

Unicast Packets

The Unicast packets sent since the ME103 was last restarted.

Broadcast Packets

The Broadcast packets sent since the ME103 was last restarted.

Multicast Packets

The Multicast packets sent since the ME103 was last restarted.

Total Packets

The Wireless packets sent since the ME103 was last restarted.

Total Bytes

The Wireless bytes sent since the ME103 was last restarted.

Throughput (B/sec)

The current bandwidth used on the wireless port.

Refresh button

Click the Refresh button to update the statistics on this screen.

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Activity Log

Use the Activity Log to view step-by-step login exchanges or other information about the wireless

communications sessions on the ME103 802.11b ProSafe Wireless Access Point.

Figure 4-3:

Activity Log screen