Chapter 2
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IPv6 Address — The IPv6 address of the Internet connection.
Netmask — The subnet mask of the IP address.
Gateway — The IP address of the gateway router that is used when a
destination address is not on the local subnet.
DNS — The IP address of the Domain Name Server on the network. A DNS
maps numerical IP addresses to domain names and can be used to identify
network hosts by familiar names instead of the IP addresses.
The following items are displayed in the “Device Info” section:
Firmware — The software version number.
Serial Number — The serial number of the physical access point.
System MAC — The system MAC address of the access point.
MTU — The maximum transmission unit for packets sent on the network.
Uptime — Length of time the management agent has been up.
Load Average — The last 1-minute, 5-minute and 15-minute CPU load
average.
Memory Used — The percentage of memory being used.
The following items are displayed in the “Interface Info” section:
Ports Bridged to Internet — Additional interfaces attached directly to the
Internet. Lists interfaces attached to the WAN (that is, the Internet).
Routed Ports — By default, all interfaces are configured as a member of the
LAN. Traffic from these interfaces is routed across the access point through
Ethernet Port 0 to the Internet. (This is also called route to Internet.)