ZyXEL Communications G-2000 Plus User Manual

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ZyAIR G-2000 Plus User’s Guide
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Chapter 33 System Information and Diagnosis
From this menu, type 4. Diagnostic to open Menu 24.4 – System Maintenance – 
Diagnostic.Menu 24.4 System Maintenance : Diagnostic
                   Menu 24.4 - System Maintenance - Diagnostic
                    TCP/IP
                      1. Ping Host
                      2. WAN DHCP Release
                      3. WAN DHCP Renewal
                      4. Internet Setup Test
                    System
                      11. Reboot System
                      Enter Menu Selection Number:
                      Host IP Address= N/A
33.4.1  WAN DHCP
DHCP functionality can be enabled on the LAN or WAN as shown in LAN & WAN DHCP. 
LAN DHCP has already been discussed. The ZyAIR can act either as a WAN DHCP client (IP 
Address Assignment
 field in menu 4 or menu 11.3 is Dynamic and the Encapsulation field 
in menu 4 or menu 11 is Ethernet) or None, (when you have a static IP). The WAN Release 
and Renewal fields in menu 24.4 conveniently allow you to release and/or renew the assigned 
WAN IP address, subnet mask and default gateway in a fashion similar to winipcfg.
Figure 197   LAN & WAN DHCP
The following table describes the diagnostic tests available in menu 24.4 for your ZyAIR and 
associated connections..
Table 118   Menu 24.4 System Maintenance Menu: Diagnostic
FIELD
DESCRIPTION
Ping Host
Ping the host to see if the links and TCP/IP protocol on both systems are 
working.
WAN DHCP Release
Release the IP address assigned by the DHCP server.