ZyXEL Communications P-2900-4HB User Manual

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P-2900-4HB User’s Guide
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Status
3.1  Overview
This chapter describes the status screens you can display the ZyXEL Device’s 
firmware and system information.
3.2  What You Can Do in the Status Screens
• Use  the  System Status screen (see 
) to view firmware, 
LAN and WAN information.
• Use  the  Cable Modem Status screen (see 
) to view 
status information about the cable modem, upstream and downstream 
channels.
• Use  the  MTA Status screen (see 
) to view status 
information about the VoIP module and the phone ports.
3.2.1  What You Need to Know About Status
CM and MTA
The ZyXEL Device functions as two independent units: the cable modem part and 
the Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA) part. Each part goes through the auto-
provisioning stage to obtain its own configuration file, IP and MAC addresses. The