System Information The System Information screen displays a number of fields. While all the information may be useful at some time, the most important is discussed below.
Note: Print the System Information screen and save it. It will be needed should you need to call your service provider and not be able to access it.
•DW6000 Info section
–Serial Number - needed to identify customer’s unit when troubleshooting.
–Software Creation Date - software build date.
–Software Release Number - version of the software on the DW6000.
–IP Address - the IP address of computers connected to the DW6000.
–Subnet Mask - defines the range of addresses assigned to the DW6000.
–Site ID - Site identification number.
•Satellite section
–Longitude - displays the satellite’s longitude.
–Receive Frequency - transponder frequency configured for the DW6000.
–Receive Polarization - polarization orientation, which is either horizontal or vertical.
–Router Address - IP address of the primary router used to route data sent by the DW6000.
•Software Configuration section- Turbo Page, NAT, and DHCP are enabled or disabled as per a customer’s service offering and cannot be changed by the customer.
–Network Address Translation (NAT) - typically used to allow multiple computers to share a single address on the Internet. It also allows preconfigured remote networks to be integrated easily with the DIRECWAY network.
–Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) if enabled, this simplifies the network configuration of the computers. The computers just need to be set up to “Obtain IP address automatically.”
–Turbo Page - if enabled, speeds Web surfing.
Figure 8: System Information; print and save this screen
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