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Figure 45

Monitor > DHCP Table

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

9.5

Packet Statistics

Click

Monitor > Packet Statistics

or the

Packet Statistics (Details...)

hyperlink in the

Status

screen. Read-only information here includes port status, packet specific statistics and the "system

up time". The

Poll Interval(s)

field is configurable and is used for refreshing the screen.

Figure 46

Monitor > Packet Statistics

Table 24

Monitor > DHCP Table

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

#

This is the index number of the host computer.

Status

This field displays whether the connection to the host computer is up (a yellow bulb) or

down (a gray bulb).

Host Name

This field displays the computer host name.

IP Address

This field displays the IP address relative to the # field listed above.

MAC Address

This field shows the MAC address of the computer with the name in the

Host Name

field.

Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address which uniquely

identifies a device. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of

hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02.

Reserve

Select this if you want to reserve the IP address for this specific MAC address.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG6716.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

9.6

WLAN Station Status

Click

Monitor > WLAN 2.4G/5G Station Status

or the

WLAN 2.4G/5G Station Status

(Details...)

hyperlink in the

Status

screen. View the wireless stations that are currently associated

to the NBG6716’s 2.4GHz or 5GHz wireless network 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 47

Monitor > WLAN Station Status

Table 25

Monitor > Packet Statistics

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Port

This is the NBG6716’s interface 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 encapsulation. This field displays

Down

when

the line is disconnected.

For the 2.4GHz or 5GHz 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 NBG6716 has been for each session.

System Up Time

This is the total time the NBG6716 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.

Table 26

Monitor > WLAN Station Status

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 NBG6716’s WLAN.

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10

WAN

10.1

Overview

This chapter discusses the NBG6716’s

WAN

screens. Use these screens to configure your NBG6716

for Internet access.

A WAN (Wide Area Network) connection is an outside connection to another network or the

Internet. It connects your private networks such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and other

networks, so that a computer in one location can communicate with computers in other locations.

Figure 48

LAN and WAN

10.2

What You Can Do

•

Use the

Internet Connection

screen to enter your ISP information and set how the computer

acquires its IP, DNS and WAN MAC addresses (

Section 10.4 on page 76

).

•

Use the

Advanced

screen to enable multicasting, configure Windows networking and bridge

(

Section 10.5 on page 80

).

10.3

What You Need To Know

The information in this section can help you configure the screens for your WAN connection, as well

as enable/disable some advanced features of your NBG6716.

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10.3.1

Configuring Your Internet Connection

Encapsulation Method

Encapsulation is used to include data from an upper layer protocol into a lower layer protocol. To set

up a WAN connection to the Internet, you need to use the same encapsulation method used by your

ISP (Internet Service Provider). If your ISP offers a dial-up Internet connection using PPPoE (PPP

over Ethernet) or PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol), they should also provide a username

and password (and service name) for user authentication.

WAN IP Address

The WAN IP address is an IP address for the NBG6716, which makes it accessible from an outside

network. It is used by the NBG6716 to communicate with other devices in other networks. It can be

static (fixed) or dynamically assigned by the ISP each time the NBG6716 tries to access the

Internet.

If your ISP assigns you a static WAN IP address, they should also assign you the subnet mask and

DNS server IP address(es) (and a gateway IP address if you use the Ethernet or ENET ENCAP

encapsulation method).

DNS Server Address Assignment

Use Domain Name System (DNS) to map a domain name to its corresponding IP address and vice

versa, for instance, the IP address of www.zyxel.com is 204.217.0.2. The DNS server is extremely

important because without it, you must know the IP address of a computer before you can access

it.

The NBG6716 can get the DNS server addresses in the following ways.

1

The ISP tells you the DNS server addresses, usually in the form of an information sheet, when you

sign up. If your ISP gives you DNS server addresses, manually enter them in the DNS server fields.

2

If your ISP dynamically assigns the DNS server IP addresses (along with the NBG6716’s WAN IP

address), set the DNS server fields to get the DNS server address from the ISP.

WAN MAC Address

The MAC address screen allows users to configure the WAN port's MAC address by either using the

factory default or cloning the MAC address from a computer on your LAN. Choose

Factory Default

to select the factory assigned default MAC Address.

Otherwise,

click

Clone the computer's MAC address - IP Address

and enter the IP address of

the computer on the LAN whose MAC you are cloning. Once it is successfully configured, the

address will be copied to configuration file. It is recommended that you clone the MAC address prior

to hooking up the WAN Port.