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Chapter 4

Management

This chapter describes how to use the management features of your NETGEAR WG102 ProSafe

802.11g Wireless Access Point. These features can be found by clicking on the Maintenance

heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface.

Using Syslog and Activity Log Information

The Information contains the activity log link you can use for setting up a syslog server and

viewing activity log information. From the main menu of the browser interface, under the

Information heading, click the Activity Log link to view this screen.

Figure 4-1:

Syslog and Activity Log information

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Enable the SysLog option if you have a SysLog server on your LAN. If enabled, you must enter

the IP address of your SysLog server and the port number your SysLog server is configured to use.

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SysLog Server IP address: The access point will send all the SysLog to the specified IP

address if SysLog option is enabled. Default: 0.0.0.0

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Port: The port number configured in the SysLog server on your LAN. Default: 514

The Activity Log Window displays the Access Point system activity.

You may click Refresh to update the display or Click Save As. To save the log contents into a file

on your PC, click Save As and save the file to a disk drive.

Viewing General and Statistical Information

The General information screen provides a summary of the current WG102 configuration settings.

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

shown below.

Figure 4-2:

Wireless Access Point Status screen

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This screen shows the following parameters:

Table 4-1.

General Information Fields

Field

Description

Access Point Information

Access Point Name

(NetBIOS name)

The default name may be changed if desired.

MAC Address

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

wireless access point’s Ethernet port.

Country/Region

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.

Access Point Mode

Identifies the operating mode of the WG102: Access Point,

Point-to-point bridge, Multi-point bridge or Repeater.

Current IP Settings

IP Address

The IP address of the wireless access point.

Subnet Mask

The subnet mask for the wireless access point.

Default Gateway

The default gateway for the wireless access point communication.

DHCP Client

Enabled indicates that the current IP address was obtained from a

DHCP server on your network. Disabled indicates a static IP

configuration.

Current Wireless Settings

Operating Mode

Identifies the 802.11 operating mode of the WG102.

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/Frequency

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.

WEP/WPA

WEP/WPA setting.

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Statistics

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

Figure 4-3:

Wireless Access Point Status screen

Table 4-1.

Statistics Fields

Field

Description

Wired Ethernet

Received/Transmitted

Packets

The number of packets sent since the WG102 was restarted.

Bytes

The number of bytes sent since the WG102 was restarted.

Wireless

Received/Transmitted

Unicast Packets

The Unicast packets sent since the WG102 was restarted.

Broadcast Packets

The Broadcast packets sent since the WG102 was restarted.

Multicast Packets

The Multicast packets sent since the WG102 was restarted.

Total Packets

The Wireless packets sent since the WG102 was restarted.

Total Bytes

The Wireless bytes sent since the WG102 was restarted.

Refresh button

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