Chapter 3 Status Screens

Table 3 The Status Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Model

This field displays the ZyXEL Device’s exact model name.

 

 

Firmware Version

This field displays the current version of the firmware inside the device. It

 

also shows the date the firmware version was created. You can change the

 

firmware version by uploading new firmware in Maintenance > F/W

 

Upload.

 

 

System Up Time

This field displays the elapsed time since the ZyXEL Device was turned on.

 

 

Current Date Time

This field displays the date and time configured on the ZyXEL Device. You

 

can change this in the System > Time Setting screen.

 

 

WLAN Operating

This field displays the current operating mode of the first wireless module

Mode

(AP, Bridge / Repeater, AP + Bridge or MBSSID). You can change the

 

operating mode in the Wireless > Wireless screen.

 

 

Management VLAN

This field displays the management VLAN ID if VLAN is active, or

 

Disabled if it is not active. You can enable or disable VLAN, or change the

 

management VLAN ID, in the VLAN > Wireless VLAN screen.

 

 

IP

This field displays the current IP address of the ZyXEL Device on the

 

network.

 

 

LAN MAC

This displays the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the ZyXEL

 

Device on the LAN. Every network device has a unique MAC address

 

which identifies it across the network.

 

 

WLAN MAC

This displays the MAC address of the wireless module.

 

 

System Resources

 

 

 

Flash

This field displays the amount of the ZyXEL Device’s flash memory

 

currently in use. The flash memory is used to store firmware and SSID

 

profiles.

 

 

Memory

This field displays what percentage of the ZyXEL Device’s volatile memory

 

is currently in use. The higher the memory usage, the more likely the

 

ZyXEL Device is to slow down. Some memory is required just to start the

 

ZyXEL Device and to run the web configurator.

 

 

CPU

This field displays what percentage of the ZyXEL Device’s processing

 

ability is currently being used. The higher the CPU usage, the more likely

 

the ZyXEL Device is to slow down.

 

 

WLAN Associations

This field displays the number of wireless clients currently associated with

 

the wireless module. Each wireless module supports up to 128 concurrent

 

associations.

 

 

Interface Status

 

 

 

Interface

This column displays each interface of the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

Status

This field indicates whether or not the ZyXEL Device is using the interface.

 

For each interface, this field displays Up when the ZyXEL Device is using

 

the interface and Down when the ZyXEL Device is not using the interface.

 

 

Rate

For the LAN port this displays the port speed and duplex setting.

 

For the WLAN interface, it displays the downstream and upstream

 

transmission rate or N/A if the interface is not in use.

 

 

SSID Status

 

 

 

SSID

This field displays the SSID(s) currently used by the wireless module.

 

 

BSSID

This field displays the MAC address of the wireless adaptor.

 

 

Security

This field displays the type of wireless security used by each SSID.

 

 

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