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Monitoring
Monitor your router and network traffic
This chapter describes how to monitor your router and network traffic. This chapter includes the
following sections:
•
Router Status and Usage Information Screen
•
Router Information Pane
•
Internet Port Pane
•
Wireless Settings Pane
•
Guest Network Pane
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Router Status and Usage Information Screen
To view router status and usage information:
Click the
ADVANCED
tab.
The screen that displays shows information about the router, the Internet port, the wireless
settings, and the guest network (this screen is referred to as the Router Status screen):
Note:
The Router Status screen also displays when you select
ADVANCED
> Advanced Home
or
ADVANCED
>
Administration
>
Router Status
.
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Router Information Pane
To display the Router Information pane:
Click the
ADVANCED
tab.
The Router Status screen displays. The Router Information pane is located in the upper left of
the screen.
The following information displays:
•
Hardware Version
. The router model.
•
Firmware Version
. The version of the router firmware. It changes if you upgrade the
router firmware.
•
GUI Language Version
. The localized language of the router user interface.
•
Operation Mode
. The mode in which the router operates:
-
Router
. The router functions in default mode.
-
AP
. The router functions as an access point only.
•
LAN Port
.
-
MAC Address
. The Media Access Control address for the LAN port. This address is
the unique physical address that the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router uses.
-
IP Address
. The IP address that the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router uses. The
default is 192.168.1.1.
-
DHCP Server
. Identifies whether the router’s built-in DHCP server is active for the
LAN-attached devices.
Internet Port Pane
To display the Internet Port pane:
Click the
ADVANCED
tab.
The Router Status screen displays. The Internet Port pane is located in the upper right of the
screen.
The following information displays:
•
MAC Address
. The Media Access Control (MAC) address for the Internet port. This
address is the unique physical address that the Internet (WAN) port of the router uses.
•
IP Address
. The IP address that the Internet (WAN) port of the router uses. If no address
is shown or the address is 0.0.0.0, the router is not connected to the Internet.
•
Connection
. Shows whether the router is using a fixed or dynamic IP address on the
Internet port. If the value is DHCP, the router obtains an IP address dynamically from the
ISP or from a DHCP server on your LAN.
•
IP Subnet Mask
. The IP subnet mask that the Internet port of the router uses.
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•
Domain Name Server
. The Domain Name Server address that the router uses. A
Domain Name Server translates human-language URLs such as www.netgear.com into
IP addresses.
Statistics
The router provides various statistics.
To view the traffic statistics:
1.
Click the
ADVANCED
tab.
The Router Status screen displays.
2.
In the Internet Port pane, click the
Show Statistics
button.
A pop-up screen displays traffic statistics:
The following information displays:
•
System Up Time
. The time elapsed since the router was last restarted.
•
Port
. The statistics for the WAN (Internet) port, the four LAN (Ethernet) ports
combined, and the wireless LAN (WLAN) port.
•
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 that is used on the port.
•
Rx B/s
. The current reception (inbound) bandwidth that is used on the port.
•
Up Time
. The time elapsed since this port acquired the link.
•
Poll Interval
. The interval at which the statistics are updated on this screen.
3.
To change the polling frequency, enter a time in seconds in the Poll Interval field, and click
the
Set Interval
button.
4.
To stop the polling entirely, click the
Stop
button.
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Connection Status
The content of this screen depends on the type of connection. For example, different
information is shown for a PPPoE connection than for a DHCP connection.
To view the connection status:
1.
Click the
ADVANCED
tab.
The Router Status screen displays.
2.
In the Internet Port pane, click the
Connection Status
button.
The Connection Status pop-up screen displays. The following figure shows the
connection status information for a DHCP connection.
The following sections describe the different types of connections and the associated settings
that display on the Connection Status pop-up screen.
DHCP Connection
The content of the Connection Status pop-up screen depends on the type of connection.
The following information displays for a DHCP connection:
•
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 when the lease was obtained.
•
Lease Expires
. The date and time that the lease expires.

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