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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

5.6

VPN Monitor

Click

Monitor > VPN Monitor

or the

VPN Monitor (Details...)

hyperlink in the

Status

screen.

This screen displays read-only information about the active VPN connections. Click the Refresh

button to update the screen. A Security Association (SA) is the group of security settings related to

a specific VPN tunnel.

Figure 17

Summary: Security Associations

Table 11

Summary: Packet Statistics

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Port

This is the NBG5715’s port type.

Status

For the LAN ports, this displays the port speed and duplex setting or

Down

when the line is disconnected.

For the WAN port, it displays the port speed and duplex setting if you’re using

Ethernet encapsulation and

Idle

(line (ppp) idle),

Dial

(starting to trigger a

call) and

Drop

(dropping a call) if you're using PPPoE or PPTP encapsulation.

This field displays

Down

when the line is disconnected.

For the WLAN, it displays the maximum transmission rate when the WLAN is

enabled and

Down

when the WLAN is disabled.

TxPkts

This is the number of transmitted packets on this port.

RxPkts

This is the number of received packets on this port.

Collisions

This is the number of collisions on this port.

Tx B/s

This displays the transmission speed in bytes per second on this port.

Rx B/s

This displays the reception speed in bytes per second on this port.

Up Time

This is the total time the NBG5715 has been for each session.

System Up Time

This is the total time the NBG5715 has been on.

Poll Interval(s)

Enter the time interval in seconds for refreshing statistics in this field.

Set Interval

Click this button to apply the new poll interval you entered in the

Poll

Interval(s)

field.

Stop

Click

Stop

to stop refreshing statistics.

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

5.7

WLAN_2.4G/5G Station Status

Click

Monitor > WLAN_2.4G/5G Station Status

or the

WLAN 2.4G/5G WLAN Station Status

(Details...)

hyperlink in the

Status

screen. View the wireless stations that are currently associated

to the NBG5715 in the

Association List

. Association means that a wireless client (for example,

your network or computer with a wireless network card) has connected successfully to the AP (or

wireless router) using the same SSID, channel and security settings.

Figure 18

Summary: Wireless Association List

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 12

Summary: Security Associations

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Status

This field displays whether the VPN connection is up (a yellow bulb) or

down (a gray bulb).

Connection Name

This field displays the identification name for this VPN policy.

Remote Gateway

This is the static WAN IP address or URL of the remote IPSec router.

Local Address

This is the IP address of computer(s) on your local network behind your

NBG5715.

Remote Address

This is the IP address of computer(s) on the remote network behind the

remote IPSec router.

Refresh

Click this button to update the screen’s statistics immediately.

Table 13

Summary: Wireless Association List

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

#

This is the index number of an associated wireless station.

MAC Address

This field displays the MAC address of an associated wireless station.

Association Time

This field displays the time a wireless station first associated with the

NBG5715’s WLAN network.

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6

NBG5715 Modes

6.1

Overview

This chapter introduces the different modes available on your NBG5715. First, the term “mode”

refers to two things in this User’s Guide.

•

Web Configurator mode

. This refers to the Web Configurator interface you want to use for

editing NBG5715 features.

•

Router mode

: This is the device mode of the NBG5715. Use this mode to connect the local

network to another network, like the Internet. Go to

Section 8.2 on page 51

to view the

Status

screen in this mode.

6.1.1

Web Configurator Modes

This refers to the configuration interface of the Web Configurator, which has two modes:

•

Easy

:

The Web Configurator shows this

mode by default. Refer to

Chapter 7 on page 41

for more

information on the screens in this mode. This interface may be sufficient for users who just want

to use the device.

•

Expert

: Advanced users can change to this mode to customize all the functions of the NBG5715.

Click

Expert Mode

after logging into the Web Configurator. The User’s Guide

Chapter 4 on page

29

discusses the screens in this mode.

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