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Chapter 6 Status Screens

P-2602H(W)(L)-DxA User’s Guide

Security

Firewall

This displays whether or not the ZyXEL Device’s firewall is activated. Click this to

go to the screen where you can change it.

Content Filter

This displays whether or not the ZyXEL Device’s content filtering is activated.

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

System Status

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

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 bandwidth management; see

Chapter 21 on page

291

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 27.6 on page 351

, 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 Down (line is down), Up (line is up or

connected) if you're using Ethernet encapsulation and Down (line is down), Up

(line is up or connected), Idle (line (ppp) idle), Dial (starting to trigger a call) and

Drop (dropping a call) if you're using PPPoE encapsulation.
For the LAN interface, this field displays Up when the ZyXEL Device is using the

interface and Down when the ZyXEL Device is not using the interface.
For the WLAN interface, it displays Active when WLAN is enabled or Inactive

when WLAN is disabled.

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 transmission rate when WLAN is enabled

or N/A when WLAN is disabled.

Summary

Client List

Click this link to view current DHCP client information. See

Section 8.6 on page

113

AnyIP Table

Click this link to view a list of IP addresses and MAC addresses of computers,

which are not in the same subnet as the ZyXEL Device. See

Section 6.2 on page

WLAN Status

Click this link to display the MAC address(es) of the wireless stations that are