Wan status – EXFO VDSL2 User Manual
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Data Analysis
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AXS-200/635i
Reading Results
WAN Status
The WAN Status tab allows you to view the status of the connection 
between the wide area network and the ISP.
The available test results are the 
following:
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WAN Access specifies the type of 
wide area network access, either 
Bridged or Routed mode.
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Status displays either Connected, 
Connecting, or Fail for the line 
connection under test.
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Encapsulat is the encapsulation method used by the network and 
consists of the following types.
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PPPoE is point-to-point protocol over Ethernet.
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Bridged Ether DHCP is also known as multi-protocol 
encapsulation over ATM (MPoA).
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VPI is the virtual path identifier ranging from 0 to 255 for the ATM 
connection. VPI is not displayed for VDSL2 connections.
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VCI is the virtual circuit identifier ranging from 32 to 65535 for the ATM 
connection. VCI is not displayed for VDSL2 connections.
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Assigned IP is the IP address information assigned to the unit that is 
actively connected to your network or the internet at the time of login.
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Gateway is the IP address of the default gateway.
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Subnet Mask is the network address used to identify if the IP address is 
within the same wide area network.
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DNS1 is the address of the primary domain name server to be used by 
the unit.
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DNS2 is the address of the secondary domain name server to be used 
by the unit.