ZyXEL Communications P-2304R-P1 Series User Manual

Chapter 3 Status Screens

P-2304R-P1 Series User’s Guide

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 9   Packet Statistics Window

Port

This field displays each port in the ZyXEL Device.

Status

If the port is not connected to anything, this field displays Down.
If the interface uses Ethernet encapsulation, this field displays the port speed and 

the Ethernet duplex setting. Duplex settings are:
Full - The ZyXEL Device is using full-duplex Ethernet.
Half - The ZyXEL Device is using half-duplex Ethernet.
You cannot change the Ethernet duplex setting in the ZyXEL Device.
If this interface uses PPPoE encapsulation, this field displays the port speed and 

the status of the call.
Down - The connection is not available.
Dial - The ZyXEL Device is making the call.
Idle - The call is connected.
Drop - The ZyXEL Device is ending the call.
The LAN interface always uses Ethernet encapsulation. You can change the 

encapsulation of the WAN interface in Network > WAN > Internet Connection.

Tx Pkts

This field displays the number of packets the ZyXEL Device has transmitted from 

the port.

Rx Pkts

This field displays the number of packets the ZyXEL Device has received from the 

port.

Collisions

This field displays the number of collisions detected by the port.

Tx B/s

This field displays how quickly the ZyXEL Device has transmitted packets from the 

port. The rate is the number of bytes transmitted one second before the last time 

the screen updated (refreshed).

Rx B/s

This field displays how quickly the ZyXEL Device has received packets from the 

port. The rate is the number of bytes received one second before the last time the 

screen updated (refreshed).

Up Time

This is the total amount of time the port has been connected.

System Up Time

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 

Poll Interval

Enter how often you want the ZyXEL Device to update this screen, and click Set 

Interval.

Set Interval

Click this to make the ZyXEL Device update the screen based on the amount of 

time you specified in Poll Interval.

Stop

Click this to make the ZyXEL Device stop updating the screen.