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Chapter 4 Status Screens

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System

Uptime

This field displays how long the ZyXEL Device has been running since it
last started up. The ZyXEL Device starts up when you plug it in, when
you restart it (Maintenance > Tools > Restart), or when you reset it
(see

Section 1.6 on page 22

).

Current

Date/Time

This field displays the current date and time in the ZyXEL Device. You
can change this in Maintenance > System > Time Setting.

System

Mode

This displays whether the ZyXEL Device is functioning as a router or a
bridge.

CPU Usage

This field 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
QoS; see

Chapter 11 on page 129

).

Memory

Usage

This field displays what percentage of the ZyXEL Device’s memory is
currently used. Usually, this percentage should not increase much. If
memory usage does get close to 100%, the ZyXEL Device is probably
becoming unstable, and you should restart the device. See

Section 17.4

on page 178

, or turn off the device (unplug the power) for a few

seconds.

Interface Status
Interface

This column displays each interface the ZyXEL Device has.

Status

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

For the DSL interface, this field displays NoSignal (line is down) or Up
(line is up or connected).

For the LAN interface, this field displays Up when the ZyXEL Device is
using the interface and Disabled when the ZyXEL Device is not using
the interface.

For the WLAN interface, it displays Up when WLAN is enabled or
Disabled when WLAN is not active.

Rate

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

For the DSL interface, it displays the downstream and upstream
transmission rate.

For the WLAN interface, it displays the maximum transmission rate.

More Status

WAN Service

Statistics

Click this link to view packet specific statistics of the WAN
connection(s). See

Section 4.1.1 on page 42

.

Route Info

Click this link to view the internal routing table on the ZyXEL Device.
See

Section 4.1.2 on page 43

.

WLAN

Station List

Click this link to display the MAC address(es) of the wireless stations
that are currently associating with the ZyXEL Device. See

Section 4.1.3

on page 45

.

Table 3 Status Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION