Chapter 3 Introducing the Web Configurator
The following table describes the labels shown in the Status screen.
Table 3 Web Configurator Status Screen
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Device Information |
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System Name | This is the System Name you enter in the Maintenance > System > General |
| screen. It is for identification purposes. |
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Firmware Version | This is the ZyNOS firmware version and the date created. ZyNOS is ZyXEL's |
| proprietary Network Operating System design. |
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WAN Information |
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- MAC Address | This shows the WAN Ethernet adapter MAC Address of your device. |
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- IP Address | This shows the WAN port’s IP address. |
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- IP Subnet Mask | This shows the WAN port’s subnet mask. |
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- DHCP | This shows the WAN port’s DHCP role - Client or None. |
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LAN Information |
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- MAC Address | This shows the LAN Ethernet adapter MAC Address of your device. |
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- IP Address | This shows the LAN port’s IP address. |
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- IP Subnet Mask | This shows the LAN port’s subnet mask. |
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- DHCP | This shows the LAN port’s DHCP role - Server, Relay or None. |
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WLAN Information |
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- MAC Address | This shows the wireless adapter MAC Address of your device. |
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- Name (SSID) | This shows a descriptive name used to identify the ZyXEL Device in the wireless |
| LAN. |
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- Channel | This shows the channel number which you select manually. |
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- Operating Channel | This shows the channel number which the ZyXEL Device is currently using over the |
| wireless LAN. |
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- Security Mode | This shows the level of wireless security the ZyXEL Device is using. |
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- 802.11 Mode | This shows the wireless standard. |
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System Status |
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System Uptime | This is the total time the ZyXEL Device has been on. |
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Current Date/Time | This field displays your ZyXEL Device’s present date and time. |
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System Resource |
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- CPU Usage | This displays what percentage of the ZyXEL Device’s processing ability is currently |
| used. When this percentage is close to 100%, the ZyXEL Device is running at full |
| load, and the throughput is not going to improve anymore. If you want some |
| applications to have more throughput, you should turn off other applications (for |
| example, using bandwidth management. |
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- Memory Usage | This shows what percentage of the heap memory the ZyXEL Device is using. Heap |
| memory refers to the memory that is not used by ZyNOS (ZyXEL Network Operating |
| System) and is thus available for running processes like NAT and the firewall. |
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System Setting |
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- Firewall | This shows whether the firewall is active or not. |
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- Bandwidth Management | This shows whether the bandwidth management is active or not. |
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- UPnP | This shows whether UPnP is active or not. |
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