Chapter 4 Status Screens

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 8 The Status Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Automatic Refresh

Enter how often you want the NWA to update this screen.

Interval

 

 

 

Refresh

Click this to update this screen immediately.

 

 

System Information

 

 

 

System Name

This field displays the NWA system name. It is used for

 

identification. You can change this in the System > General

 

screen’s System Name field.

 

 

Model

This field displays the NWA’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 NWA was turned on.

 

 

Current Date Time

This field displays the date and time configured on the NWA. You

 

can change this in the System > Time Setting screen.

 

 

WLAN1 Operating

This field displays the current operating mode of the first wireless

Mode

module (AP, Bridge / Repeater, AP + Bridge or MBSSID).

 

You can change the operating mode in the Wireless > Wireless

 

screen.

 

 

WLAN2 Operating

This field displays the current operating mode of the second

Mode

wireless module (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 NWA on the

 

network.

 

 

LAN MAC

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

 

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

 

which identifies it across the network.

 

 

WLAN1 MAC

This displays the MAC address of the first wireless module.

 

 

WLAN2 MAC

This displays the MAC address of the second wireless module.

 

 

System Resources

 

 

 

Flash

This field displays the amount of the NWA’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 NWA’s volatile memory

 

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

 

the NWA is to slow down. Some memory is required just to start

 

the NWA and to run the web configurator.

 

 

CPU

This field displays what percentage of the NWA’s processing

 

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

 

more likely the NWA is to slow down.

 

 

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