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Network Map and Status Screens

5.1

Overview

After you log into the Web Configurator, the

Network Map

screen appears. This shows the network

connection status of the Device and clients connected to it.

You can use the

Status

screen to look at the current status of the Device, system resources, and

interfaces (LAN, WAN, and WLAN).

5.2

The Network Map Screen

Use this screen to view the network connection status of the device and its clients. A warning

message appears if there is a connection problem.

Figure 15

Network Map: Icon View Mode

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If you want to view information about a client, click the client’s name and

Info

. Click the IP address

if you want to change it. If you want to change the name or icon of the client, click

Change name/

icon

.

If you prefer to view the status in a list, click

List View

in the

Viewing mode

selection box. You

can configure how often you want the Device to update this screen in

Refresh interval

.

Figure 16

Network Map: List View Mode

5.3

The Status Screen

Use this screen to view the status of the Device. Click

Status

to open this screen.

Figure 17

Status Screen

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 5

Status Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Refresh Interval

Select how often you want the Device to update this screen.

Device Information

Host Name

This field displays the Device system name. It is used for identification.

Model Number

This shows the model number of your Device.

Serial Number

This shows the unique serial number of your Device.

Firmware

Version

This is the current version of the firmware inside the Device.

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WAN Information (These fields display when you have a WAN connection.)

WAN Type

This shows wherther it’s a DSL, Ethernet or 3G WAN connection..

WAN Name

This is the namke of the interface.

MAC Address

This shows the WAN Ethernet adapter MAC (Media Access Control) Address of your

Device.

IPv4 Address

This field displays the current IP address of the Device in the WAN. Click

Release

to

release your IP address to 0.0.0.0. If you want to renew your IP address, click

Renew

.

IPv4 Subnet

Mask

This field displays the current subnet mask in the WAN.

IPv4 Uptime

This shows how long the Device has had the IP address.

Primary DNS

server

This shows the primary DNS server IP address.

Secondary DNS

server

This shows the secondary DNS server IP address.

Encapsulation

This field displays the current encapsulation method.

LAN Information

IPv4 Address

This is the current IP address of the Device in the LAN.

IPv4 Subnet

Mask

This is the current subnet mask in the LAN.

DHCP

This field displays what DHCP services the Device is providing to the LAN. Choices are:

Server

- The Device is a DHCP server in the LAN. It assigns IP addresses to other

computers in the LAN.

Relay

- The Device

acts as a surrogate DHCP server and relays DHCP requests and

responses between the remote server and the clients.

None

- The Device is not providing any DHCP services to the LAN.

MAC Address

This shows the LAN Ethernet adapter MAC (Media Access Control) Address of your

Device.

WLAN Information

MAC Address

This shows the wireless adapter MAC (Media Access Control) Address of the wireless

interface.

Status

This displays whether the WLAN is activated.

SSID

This is the descriptive name used to identify the Device in a wireless LAN.

Channel

This is the channel number used by the wireless interface now.

Security

This displays the type of security mode the wireless interface is using in the wireless

LAN.

802.11 Mode

This displays the type of 802.11 mode the wireless interface is using in the wireless LAN.

WPS

This displays whether WPS is activated on the wireless interface.

Security

Firewall

This displays the firewall’s current security level.

System Status

System Up

Time

This field displays how long the Device has been running since it last started up. The

Device starts up when you plug it in, when you restart it (

Maintenance > Reboot

), or

when you reset it.

Current Date/

Time

This field displays the current date and time in the Device. You can change this in

Maintenance> Time Setting

.

System Resource

Table 5

Status Screen (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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CPU Usage

This field displays what percentage of the Device’s processing ability is currently used.

When this percentage is close to 100%, the Device is running at full load, and the

throughput is not going to improve anymore. If you want some applications to have

more throughput, you should turn off other applications (for example, using QoS; see

Chapter 10 on page 148

).

Memory Usage

This field displays what percentage of the Device’s memory is currently used. Usually,

this percentage should not increase much. If memory usage does get close to 100%, the

Device is probably becoming unstable, and you should restart the device. See

Section

39.2 on page 270

, or turn off the device (unplug the power) for a few seconds.

NAT Session

Usage

This field displays what percentage of the Device supported NAT sessions are currently

being used.

Interface Status

Interface

This column displays each interface the Device has.

Status

This field indicates the interface’s use status.

For the LAN and Ethernet WAN interfaces, this field displays

Up

when using the interface

and

NoLink

when not using the interface.

For a WLAN interface, this field displays the enabled (

Active

) or disabled (

InActive

)

state of the interface.

For the DSL interface, this field displays

Down

(line down),

Up

(line up or connected),

Drop

(dropping a call) if you're using PPPoE encapsulation, and

NoLink

when not using

the interface.

For the 3G USB interface, this field displays

Up

when using the interface and

NoDevice

when no device is detected in any USB slot.

Rate

For the Ethernet WAN and LAN interface, this displays the port speed and duplex setting.

For the DSL interface, it displays the downstream and upstream transmission rate.

For the WLAN interface, it displays the maximum transmission rate or

N/A

with WLAN

disabled.

For the 3G USB interface, this field displays

Up

when a 3G USB device is installed in a

USB slot and

NoDevice

when no device is detected in any USB slot.

Table 5

Status Screen (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION