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Monitoring Tools
Physical Interface
The top left side of the screen lists total packets received and total packets transmitted for the following data ports:
■Ethernet Hub
■Aux Async or LocalTalk (if the optional AppleTalk feature set is installed)
■SDSL 1
Network Interface
The bottom left side of the screen lists total packets received and total packets transmitted for the following protocols:
■IP (IP packets on the Ethernet)
■IPX (IPX packets on the Ethernet) if IPX is enabled
■AppleTalk (AppleTalk packets on Ethernet using EtherTalk Phase II if the optional AppleTalk feature set is installed)
■LT (LocalTalk on the PhoneNET) if the optional AppleTalk feature set is installed
The right side of the table lists the total number of occurrences of each of six types of communication statistics:
Rx Bytes: The number of bytes received
Tx Bytes: The number of bytes transmitted
Rx Packets: The number of packets received
Tx Pkts: The number of packets transmitted
Rx Err: The number of bad Ethernet packets received
Tx Err: The number of errors occurring when Ethernet packets are transmitted simultaneously by nodes on the
LAN
Event histories
The Netopia R7200 records certain relevant occurrences in event histories. Event histories are useful for diagnosing problems because they list what happened before, during, and after a problem occurs. You can view two different event histories: one for the router’s system and one for the WAN. The Netopia R7200’s
The router’s event histories are structured to display the most recent events first, and to make it easy to distinguish error messages from informational messages. Error messages are prefixed with an asterisk. Both the WAN Event History and Device Event History retain records of the 128 most recent events.
In the Statistics & Logs screen, select WAN Event History. The WAN Event History screen appears.