RangeMax™ Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNDR3700 User Manual

You can use the Show Statistics and Connection Status buttons to view additional status information, as described in “Connection Status” on page 4-8and “Statistics” on page 4-9. The following table explains Router Status screen fields.

Table 4-1. Wireless Router Status Fields

Field

 

Description

 

 

 

Hardware Version

The router model.

 

 

Firmware Version

The version of the router firmware. It changes if you upgrade the router.

 

 

GUI Language Version

The localized language of the GUI.

 

 

 

Internet

MAC Address

The Media Access Control address. This is the unique physical address

Port

 

being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router.

 

 

 

 

IP Address

The IP address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router. If no

 

 

address is shown, or is 0.0.0.0, the router cannot connect to the Internet.

 

 

 

 

DHCP

None. The router uses a fixed IP address on the WAN.

 

 

DHCP Client. The router obtains an IP address dynamically from the ISP.

 

IP Subnet Mask

The IP subnet mask being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router. For

 

 

an explanation of subnet masks and subnet addressing, click the link to the

 

 

online document “TCP/IP Networking Basics” in Appendix B.

 

 

 

 

Domain Name

The Domain Name Server addresses being used by the router. A Domain

 

Server

Name Server translates human-language URLs such as www.netgear.com

 

 

into IP addresses.

 

 

 

Using Network Monitoring Tools

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v1.3, October 2009

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