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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.

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 15

Network Map: Icon Mode

Figure 16

Network Map: List Mode

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In

Icon Mode

, 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 icon/name

.

In

List Mode

, you can also view the client’s information.

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

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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.

Firmware

Version

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

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

WAN Type

This field displays the current WAN connection type.

MAC Address

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

IP 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

.

IP Subnet Mask

This field displays the current subnet mask in the WAN.

Encapsulation

This field displays the current encapsulation method.

LAN Information

IP Address

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

IP 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 your Device.

Status

This displays whether 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 Device now.

Security

This displays the type of security mode the Device is using in the wireless LAN.

802.11

Mode

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

WPS

This displays whether WPS is activated.

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

.

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System Resource

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 161

).

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 34.2 on page

275

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

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Status Screen (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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Broadband

6.1

Overview

This chapter discusses the Device’s

Broadband

screens. Use these screens to configure your

Device 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 18

LAN and WAN

3G (third generation) standards for the sending and receiving of voice, video, and data in a mobile

environment.

You can attach a 3G wireless adapter to the USB port and set the Device to use this 3G connection

as your WAN or a backup when the wired WAN connection fails.

Figure 19

3G WAN Connection

6.1.1

What You Can Do in this Chapter

•

Use the

Broadband

screen to view, remove or add a WAN interface. You can also configure the

WAN settings on the Device for Internet access (

Section 6.2 on page 79

).

•

Use the

3G Backup

screen to configure 3G WAN connection (

Section 6.3 on page 89

).

WAN