Operation and Status
| VC 1 Status | For each VC (Virtual Circuit), the current status is dis- |
| VC 2 Status | played. This will be either "Enabled" or "Disabled". |
| Note: VC 1 is a standard (Routed) Internet connection. VC | |
| VC 3 Status | |
| 2, VC 3 and VC 4 are | |
| VC 4 Status | |
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| Internet (VC1) |
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| Connection Method | Displays the current connection method, as set in the Setup |
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| Wizard. |
| Connection Status | This indicates the current status of the Internet Connection |
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| • Active - Connection exists |
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| • Idle - No current connection, but no error has been |
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| detected. This condition normally arises when an idle |
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| connection is automatically terminated. |
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| • Failed - The connection was terminated abnormally. |
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| This could be caused by Modem failure, or the loss of |
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| the connection to the ISP's server. |
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| If there is an error, you can click the "Connection Details" |
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| button to find out more information. |
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| Internet IP Address | This IP Address is allocated by the ISP (Internet Service |
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| Provider). If using a dynamic IP address, and no connection |
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| currently exists, this information is unavailable. |
| LAN |
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| IP Address | The IP Address of the |
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| Network Mask | The Network Mask (Subnet Mask) for the IP Address |
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| above. |
| DHCP Server | This shows the status of the DHCP Server function. The |
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| value will be "Enabled" or "Disabled". |
| MAC Address | This shows the MAC Address for the |
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| seen on the LAN interface. |
| Wireless |
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| Name (SSID) | If using an ESS (Extended Service Set, with multiple ac- |
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| cess points) this ID is called an ESSID (Extended Service |
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| Set Identifier). |
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| Region | The current region, as set on the Wireless screen. |
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| Channel | This shows the Channel currently used, as set on the |
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| Wireless screen. |
| Wireless AP | This indicates whether or not the Wireless Access Point |
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| feature is enabled. |
| Broadcast Name | This indicates whether or not the SSID is Broadcast. This |
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| setting is on the Wireless screen. |
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| Device Name | The current name of the Router. This name is also the |
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| "hostname" for users with an "@Home" type connection. |
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