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Monitor Gateway Status
This section describes the options available under the Status tab that you can use to
monitor the status of the residential gateway and to perform diagnostics on the
device and the network.
Status > Gateway
The Gateway Status page displays information about the gateway and its current
setti ngs. The on-sc reen informa tion varies depe nding on t he Internet Co nnection
type you use.
Select the Gateway tab to op en the Sta tus Gatewa y screen. Click Refresh to update
the data displayed on-screen.
Use the descrip tions in the following table t o review the s tatus of your gateway a nd
your Int ernet connec tion.
Section Field Description
Gateway Inf ormation
Firmware Version
The version number of the firmware.
MAC Address (CM MAC Address)
A unique alphanumeric address for the cable modem coaxial
interface, which is used to connect to the cable modem termination
system (CMTS) at the headend. A media access control (MAC)
address is a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node
of a ne twork.
Current Time
The time, based on the time zone selected on the Basic Setup page
is displayed.