Chapter 4 Modes

 

 

 

 

Table 15 Summary: DHCP Table (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

MAC Address

This field shows the MAC address of the computer with the name in the Host Name field.

 

 

Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address which uniquely

 

 

identifies a device. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of

 

 

hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02.

 

 

 

 

Refresh

Click Refresh to renew the screen.

 

 

 

4.2.1.2 Summary: Packet Statistics

Click the Packet Statistics (Details...) hyperlink in the Status screen. Read-only information here includes port status, packet specific statistics and the "system up time". The Poll Interval(s) field is configurable and is used for refreshing the screen.

Figure 27 Summary: Packet Statistics

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 16 Summary: Packet Statistics

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Port

This is the NBG-418N’s port type.

 

 

Status

For the LAN ports, this displays the port speed and duplex setting or Down when the

 

line is disconnected.

 

For the WAN port, it displays the port speed and duplex setting if you’re using Ethernet

 

encapsulation and Idle (line (ppp) idle), Dial (starting to trigger a call) and Drop

 

(dropping a call) if you're using PPPoE or PPTP encapsulation. This field displays Down

 

when the line is disconnected.

 

For the WLAN, it displays the maximum transmission rate when the WLAN is enabled

 

and Down when the WLAN is disabled.

 

 

TxPkts

This is the number of transmitted packets on this port.

 

 

RxPkts

This is the number of received packets on this port.

 

 

Collisions

This is the number of collisions on this port.

 

 

Tx B/s

This displays the transmission speed in bytes per second on this port.

 

 

Rx B/s

This displays the reception speed in bytes per second on this port.

 

 

System Up Time

This is the total time the NBG-418N has been on.

 

 

Poll Interval(s)

Enter the time interval for refreshing statistics in this field.

 

 

Set Interval

Click this button to apply the new poll interval you entered in the Poll Interval(s)

 

field.

 

 

Stop

Click Stop to stop refreshing statistics.

 

 

 

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