Chapter 4 Status Screens

Table 7 Status Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

DHCP

This field displays what DHCP services the P-2812HNU-51c is providing

 

to the LAN. Choices are:

 

Server - The P-2812HNU-51c is a DHCP server in the LAN. It assigns IP

 

addresses to other computers in the LAN.

 

Relay - The P-2812HNU-51c acts as a surrogate DHCP server and

 

relays DHCP requests and responses between the remote server and

 

the clients.

 

None - The P-2812HNU-51c is not providing any DHCP services to the

 

LAN.

 

Click this to go to the screen where you can change it.

 

 

WLAN

 

Information

 

 

 

Channel

This is the channel number used by the P-2812HNU-51c now.

 

 

WPS Status

This field displays the status of WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). Click this

 

to go to the screen where you can change it.

 

 

WDS Status

This field displays

 

• AP when WDS is disabled.

 

• Bridge when the P-2812HNU-51c functions as a wireless network

 

bridge only to use WDS (Wireless Distribution System) to establish

 

wireless links with other APs.

 

• AP+Bridge when WDS is enabled and the P-2812HNU-51c acts as a

 

bridge and access point simultaneously.

 

Click this to go to the screen where you can change it

 

 

AP Information

 

 

 

ESSID

This is the descriptive name used to identify the P-2812HNU-51c in this

 

wireless network. Click this to go to the screen where you can change

 

it.

 

 

Status

This shows the current status of the wireless network.

 

 

Security

This shows the level of wireless security the P-2812HNU-51c is using in

 

this wireless network.

 

 

System Status

 

 

 

System

This field displays how long the P-2812HNU-51c has been running since

Uptime

it last started up. The P-2812HNU-51c starts up when you plug it in,

 

when you restart it (Maintenance > Tools > Restart), or when you

 

reset it (see Section 1.5 on page 29).

 

 

Current

This field displays the current date and time in the P-2812HNU-51c. You

Date/Time

can change this in Maintenance > System > Time Setting.

 

 

System

This displays whether the P-2812HNU-51c is functioning as a router or

Mode

a bridge.

 

 

CPU Usage

This field displays what percentage of the P-2812HNU-51c’s processing

 

ability is currently used. When this percentage is close to 100%, the P-

 

2812HNU-51c 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

 

QoS; see Chapter 19 on page 307).

 

 

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