ZyXEL Communications P-870HW-I User Manual

P-870HW-I1 User’s Guide

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Chapter 5 Status Screen

The following table describes the labels shown in the Status screen.

Table 29   Status

Refresh Interval

Select a number of seconds or None from the drop-down list box to refresh all 

screen statistics automatically at the end of every time interval or to not refresh the 

screen statistics.

Refresh Now

Click this button to refresh the status screen statistics.

Device Information

System Name

This is used for identification purposes. Click Maintenance > System > General 

to change it.

Firmware Version

This is the ZyNOS Firmware version and the date created. ZyNOS is ZyXEL's 

proprietary Network Operating System design. Click Maintenance > Tools > 

Firmware to change it.

WAN Information

IP Address

This is the WAN port IP address. Click Network > WAN > Internet Connection to 

change it.

IP Subnet Mask

This is the WAN port IP subnet mask. Click Network > WAN > Internet 

Connection to change it.

DHCP

This is the WAN port DHCP role - Client or None. Click Network > WAN > 

Internet Connection to change it.

LAN Information

IP Address

This is the LAN port IP address. Click Network > LAN > IP to change it.

IP Subnet Mask

This is the LAN port IP subnet mask. Click Network > LAN > IP to change it.

DHCP

This is the LAN port DHCP role - Server, Relay or None. Click Network > DHCP 

Server > General to change it.

WLAN Information

Name(SSID)

This is the descriptive name used to identify the ZyXEL Device in the wireless 

LAN. Click Network > Wireless LAN > General to change it.

Channel

This is the channel number used by the ZyXEL Device now. Click Network > 

Wireless LAN > General to change it.

Security Mode

This field displays what kind of authentication and encryption the ZyXEL Device is 

currently using in the wireless network. Click Network > Wireless LAN > General 

to change it.

System Status

System Uptime

This is the total time the ZyXEL Device has been on.

Current Date/Time This field displays your ZyXEL Device’s present

 

date and time. Click Maintenance 

> System > Time Setting to change it.

System Resource

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 use bandwidth 

management to turn off other applications. Click Management > Bandwidth 

MGMT > Configuration.