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Date Time

The following screen will appear if you select

Advanced > Diagnostics > Date Time

from the main menu. This

feature allows you to set the date and time values of your modem. If you change the settings in this screen, click

apply

and then

OK

. If you click

Cancel

, the screen will return to its previous settings.

Local Time

Displays the local time after applying the daylight savings settings.

TimeZoneName

Click this drop-down menu to select your Time Zone values: Eastern, Central,

Mountain, or Pacific.

Daylight Saving Time

Enabled/Disabled

Click this check box to enable daylight savings feature.

Daylight Saving Time

Start

Click these drop-down menus and type data into fields to set daylight savings start

date and time.

Daylight Saving Time

End

Click these drop-down menus and type data into fields to set daylight savings end

date and time.

Automatic Time Update

Enabled/Disabled

Click this check box to enable or disable the Automatic Time Update feature. This

feature contains the entry for the time server that is contacted for obtaining the

time settings. Enabling or disabling the NTP server allows you to edit the first

NTP server entry or add/remove/edit a second NTP server.

Time Server

Displays the Time Server used for updating the modem.

Action Edit

Click this icon to open the

Time Server Settings

screen (

Advanced >

Diagnostics > Date Time > Time Server Settings

). Refer to section 13.2.2.1,

“Time Server Settings.”

Action New

Click this icon to open the

Time Server Settings

screen (

Advanced >

Diagnostics > Date Time > Time Server Settings

). Refer to section 13.2.2.1,

“Time Server Settings.”

Add

Click this icon to open the

Time Server Settings

screen (

Advanced >

Diagnostics > Date Time > Time Server Settings

). Refer to section 13.2.2.1,

“Time Server Settings.”

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Time Server Settings

The following screen will appear if you click the

Action Edit

(

),

Action New

(

), or

Add

icons/link on the

Date Time

screen (

Advanced > Diagnostics > Date Time > Time Server Settings

). This screen allows you to edit

NTP server domain name or IP address. If you change the settings in this screen, click

apply

and then

OK

. If you

click

Cancel

, the screen will return to its previous settings.

13.2.3

Network Statistics

This section discusses the

Network Statistics

screens (Summary, Ethernet, DSL Transceiver, WAN VC, and USB)

of your modem and guides you through the configurable settings.

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Summary

The following screen will appear if you select

Advanced > Diagnostics > Network Statistics > Summary

from the

main menu. This screen displays summary information about your modem. The DSL connection state is shown

along with the amount of traffic that has passed through the modem. Each connection profile is listed with its

associated usage information.

Connection Rate

Displays status of DSL signal and rate of your connection.

Connection Status

Displays the number of packets received (IN) or sent (OUT) in packets via DSL as well as

corresponding error packets.

IP Network Address

Displays IP Network Address data.

•

PPP: An IP address identifies your device on the Internet.

•

Gateway: IP address of your modem.

•

Primary DNS: Provided by your ISP.

•

Secondary DNS: Provided by ISP.

Ethernet Status

Displays the number of packets received (IN) or sent (OUT) in packets via Ethernet.

ATM Network

Address

Displays your VPI and VCI values, which are provided by your ISP.

Firewall Status

Displays your firewall traffic in packets.

•

Passed: Monitors information traffic that was successfully received (IN) or

transmitted (OUT) in packets.

•

Dropped: Monitors information traffic that was not successfully received (IN) or

transmitted (OUT) due to your firewall settings.

Connection Information

Connection Name

Displays the connection profile established previously in section 7, “Accessing Your

Modem.”

Connection Duration

Displays how long your PPP session has been connected.

Status

Displays the status of your PPP session as either UP (connected) or DOWN (disconnected).

Number of Reconnects

Displays the number of attempts that were made to establish a PPP session.

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Ethernet

The following screen will appear if you select

Advanced > Diagnostics > Network Statistics > Ethernet

from the

main menu. This screen displays information about your modem’s Ethernet connections.

Ethernet MTU

Displays the maximum transmission unit (MTU): the number of data bytes

contained in the Ethernet frame.

Packet Information

Displays packet information reported for ports 1-4.

In Non Unicast Packets

Displays the number of non-Unicast packets received on the Ethernet interface.

“In” is from the PC to the modem.

In Unicast Packets

Displays the number of Unicast packets received on the Ethernet interface. “In” is

from the PC to the modem.

Out Non Unicast Packets

Displays the number of non-Unicast packets transmitted on the Ethernet interface.

“Out” is from the modem to the PC.

Out Unicast Packets

Displays the number of Unicast packets transmitted on the Ethernet interface.

“Out” is from the modem to the PC.

Interface Description

Displays the modem’s interface type.

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DSL Transceiver

The following screen will appear if you select

Advanced > Diagnostics > Network Statistics > DSL Transceiver

from the main menu. This screen displays information about your modem’s DSL transceiver.

Transceiver Revision

Displays the transceiver software version number.

Vendor ID Code

Displays the CPE vendor’s chipset ID code.

Line Mode

Displays the operational mode: ADSL2, Annexl, ADSL_ANSI_T1.413,

ADSL_G.dmt, ADSL_G.lite, ADSL_2plus, and ADSL_re-adsl.

Data Path

Displays the data path used (either Fast or Interleaved).

Transceiver Information-Downstream Path/Upstream Path

DSL Speed (Kbits/Sec)

Displays the transmission rate provided by your ISP.

Margin (db)

Displays the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (S/N), where 0 db = 1x10

-7

, which inhibits

your DSL speed.

Line Attenuation (dB)

Displays DSL line loss.

Transmit Power (db/Hz)

Displays transmitted signal strength.