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DATE AND TIME
To configure date, time and daylight savings time settings perform the following:
1.
Click the 'Date and Time' icon in the 'Advanced' screen of the Web-based
Management. The 'Date & Time' settings screen will be displayed
2.
Select the local time zone from the pull-down menu. The Router can auto-
matically detect daylight saving setting for selected time zones. If the day-
light saving settings for your time zone are not automatically detected, the
following fields will be displayed:
- Enabled. Select this check box to enable daylight saving time.
- Start. Date and time when daylight saving starts.
- End. Date and time when daylight saving ends.
- Offset. Daylight saving time offset.
3.
If you want the gateway to perform an automatic time update, perform the
following:
Select the 'Enabled' check-box under the 'Automatic Time Update' section.
Select the protocol to be used to perform the time update by selecting wither
the 'Time of Day' or 'Network Time Protocol' radio button.
Specify how often to perform the update in the 'Update Every' field.
You can define time server addresses by pressing the 'New Entry' link on the
bottom of the 'Automatic Time Update' section.
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FIGURE 11.
Date and Time Panel
DIAGNOSTICS
The Diagnostics screen can assist you in testing network connectivity and view-
ing statistics, such as the number of packets transmitted and received, round-
trip time and success status.
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FIGURE 12.
Diagnostics Panel
Ping (ICMP Echo).
To diagnose network connectivity, follow these steps:
1.
Click the 'Diagnostics' icon from the 'Advanced' screen in the Web-based
Management. The 'Diagnostics' screen will appear.
2.
Under the Ping (ICMP Echo) section, enter the IP address or URL to be
tested in the 'Destination' field.
3.
Enter the number of pings you would like to perform.
4.
Press the 'Go' button.
5.
In a few seconds, diagnostic statistics will be displayed. If no new informa-
tion is displayed, press the 'Refresh' button.
ARP.
To perform an ARP packet test.
Performing a Traceroute.
To perform a traceroute, follow these steps:
1.
Click the 'Diagnostics' icon from the 'Advanced' screen in the Web-based
Management. The 'Diagnostics' screen will appear.
2.
Under the Traceroute section, enter the IP address or URL to be tested in
the 'Destination' field.
3.
Press the 'Go' button. A traceroute will commence, constantly refreshing the
screen.
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4.
To stop the trace and view the results, press 'Cancel'.
DISK MANAGEMENT
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can operate as a disk manager for external storage devices
connected via USB or FireWire. Your home-network's LAN devices can share
this storage device as a mapped network drive, and exchange information with-
out directly accessing each other. The Web based management provides disk
management utilities such as partitioning and formatting.
An internal disk or a connected storage device will appear on the network map.
You can view information about the disk by clicking its icon. The 'Disk Informa-
tion' screen will appear. For a broader view, click the 'Shared Storage' link from
the 'Local Network' tab of the Web-based management. The 'Disk Management'
screen will appear.
FIGURE 13.
Disk Management Panel
Enabled.
Check or un-check this box to enable or disable this feature.
System Data.
The the name of the partition intended to hold the system data.
User Data.
The the name of the partition intended to hold the user data.
Disks.
This section displays a table with your connected storage devices. The
'Device' column displays the names the Router grants connected devices. Click
this link to view the device's 'Disk Information' screen. If a device is partitioned,
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the 'Partitions' column will display its partition names. If the partitions are for-
matted, their name will include a letter.
RAID Devices.
This section displays the RAID devices when configured.
FTP SERVER
Discus can operate as a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, allowing users and
guests to access its internal disks, to easily (but securely) exchange files. Dis-
cus FTP access consists of two levels:
• User Access Registered users can access predefined directories, which are
protected by their username and password.
• Anonymous Access Guests can access predefined public directories. This fea-
ture allows you,
FIGURE 14.
FTP Server Panel
FILE SERVER
The Router provides a file server utility, allowing you to perform various tasks
on your files, such as manage file server shares and define access control lists.
The file server utility complements Discus' disk management.