ZyXEL Communications P-2900-4HB - Manual (Page 34)

Chapter 3 Status
P-2900-4HB User’s Guide
34
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 5 Status > CM Status or Status > CableModem Status
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Startup
Procedure To establish a successful connection to the cable provider’s network,
the ZyXEL Device must go through a series of well-defined initialization
steps.
Boot State This is the provision status of the cable modem.
• In Progress - The ZyXEL Device is in the negotiation process with
the CMTS.
• OK - The ZyXEL Device completed configuration.
• Disabled - The ZyXEL Device’s WAN connection has been disabled.
• Waiting for DHCP Offer - The ZyXEL Device is waiting for a DHCP
server to offer it an IP address.
• Waiting for DHCP Response - The ZyXEL Device is waiting for a
response from the DHCP server.
• Waiting for Time Server - The ZyXEL Device is waiting for a
response from the time server.
• Waiting for TFTP - The ZyXEL Device is waiting for a response
from the TFTP server.
• Operational - The ZyXEL Device has successfully gone through the
boot up process.
• Refused by CMTS - The ZyXEL Device could not complete one of
the initialization steps.
Configuration
File This is the name of the configuration file on the ZyXEL Device. This is a
binary format file which must be DOCSIS 2.0 compliant (see RFC 2132
for additional information). The field is blank if there was a problem in
obtaining or installing the configuration file.
• OK - The ZyXEL Device obtains a configuration file from the CMTS,
and installs it.
• In Progress - The ZyXEL Device is trying to obtain a configuration
file from the CMTS.
Security This shows whether an encryption method is enabled or disabled to
protect data flow over the Internet. DOCSIS uses Baseline Privacy
Interface (BPI) and BPI+ as the encryption methods.
CableModem Status
CM IP Address
This is the IP address negotiated with your cable operator, after a
successful DHCP negotiation (for example, 10.21.0.11) and download
of the modem configuration file. This field may also be blanked out with
a series of dashed lines (--- --- --- ---) indicating that the modem
configuration failed or is in progress; no IP address has been set.
CM MAC
Address This is the MAC address unique to your ZyXEL Device.
Gateway IP
Address This is the IP address of the default gateway, if applicable.
TFTP IP Address This is the IP address of the TFTP.
Time Server IP
Address
This is the IP address of the time server.
Downstream
Channel
Information This is the data path used by the CMTS for sending information to your
ZyXEL Device.