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Chapter 6

Using Network Monitoring Tools

This chapter describes how to use the maintenance features of your Wireless-G Router Model

WGR614v9. You can access these features by selecting the items under Maintenance in the main

menu of the browser interface.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•

“Viewing Wireless Router Status Information

”

•

“Viewing a List of Attached Devices” on page 6-5

•

“Managing the Configuration File” in Chapter 6

•

“Upgrading the Router Software” on page 6-7

•

“Enabling Remote Management Access” on page 6-11

Viewing Wireless Router Status Information

To view router status and usage information:

1.

From the main menu of the browser interface, under Maintenance, select

Router Status

. The

Router Status screen displays.

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describes the router status fields.

Table 6-1. Wireless Router Status Fields

Field

Description

Account Name

The host name assigned to the router.

Hardware Version

The hardware version of the router.

Firmware Version

The version of the current software installed in the router. This will

change if you upgrade your router.

Internet Port

These settings apply to the Internet (WAN) port of the router.

MAC Address

The Media Access Control address. This is the unique physical

address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router.

IP Address

The IP address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router. If

no address is shown, or is 0.0.0.0, the router cannot connect to the

Internet.

DHCP

If set to None, the router is configured to use a fixed IP address on

the WAN. If set to DHCP Client, the router is configured to obtain an

IP address dynamically from the ISP.

IP Subnet Mask

The IP subnet mask being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the

router. For an explanation of subnet masks and subnet addressing,

click the link to the online document

“TCP/IP Networking Basics” in

Appendix B

.

Domain Name Server

The Domain Name Server addresses being used by the router. A

Domain Name Server translates human-language URLs such as

www.netgear.com into IP addresses.

LAN Port

These settings apply to the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router.

MAC Address

The Media Access Control address. This is the unique physical

address being used by the LAN port of the router.

IP Address

The IP address being used by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router.

The default is 192.168.1.1.

DHCP

Identifies whether the router’s built-in DHCP server is active for the

LAN-attached devices.

IP Subnet Mask

The IP subnet mask being used by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the

router. The default is 255.255.255.0.

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2.

Click

Connection Status

to display the connection status.

Wireless Port

These settings apply to the wireless port of the router.

Name (SSID)

The wireless network name (SSID) being used by the wireless port of

the router. The default is NETGEAR.

Region

The geographic region where the router is being used. It might be

illegal to use the wireless features of the router in some parts of the

world.

Channel

Identifies the channel of the wireless port being used. Click the link to

the online document

“Wireless Networking Basics” in Appendix B

for

the frequencies used on each channel.

Mode

Indicates the wireless communication mode: b and g; g only.

Wireless AP

Indicates whether the radio feature of the router is enabled. If not

enabled, the Wireless LED on the front panel is off.

Broadcast Name

Indicates whether the router is broadcasting its SSID.

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Table 6-1. Wireless Router Status Fields (continued)

Field

Description

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describes the connection status settings.

Click the

Release

button to release the connection status items (that is, all items return to 0).

Click the

Renew

button to renew to the connection status items (that is, all items are

refreshed).

Click the

Close Window

button to close the Connection Status screen.

3.

Click

Show Statistics

to display router usage statistics.

Table 6-2. Connection Status Settings

Item

Description

IP Address

The IP address that is assigned to the router.

Subnet Mask

The subnet mask that is assigned to the router.

Default Gateway

The IP address for the default gateway that the router communicates with.

DHCP Server

The IP address for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server that provides

the TCP/IP configuration for all the computers that are connected to the router.

DNS Server

The IP address of the Domain Name Service server that provides translation of

network names to IP addresses.

Lease Obtained

The date and time that the lease was obtained.

Lease Expires

The date and time that the lease will expire.

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describes the router statistics.

To change the polling frequency, enter a time in seconds in the

Poll Interval

field, and click

Set Interval

.

To stop the polling entirely, click

Stop

.

Viewing a List of Attached Devices

The Attached Devices screen contains a table of all IP devices that the router has discovered on the

local network. From the main menu of the browser interface, under Maintenance, select

Attached

Devices

to view the table.

Table 6-3. Router Statistics

Item

Description

System Up Time

The time elapsed since the router was last restarted.

Port

The statistics for the WAN (Internet) and LAN (Ethernet) ports. For each port, the

screen displays the following:

Status

The link status of the port.

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 current transmission (outbound) bandwidth used on the WAN and LAN ports.

Rx B/s

The current reception (inbound) bandwidth used on the WAN and LAN ports.

Up Time

The time elapsed since this port acquired the link.

Poll Interval

The intervals at which the statistics are updated in this screen.

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