Chapter 4 Status Screens
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DHCP This field displays what DHCP services the Device is providing to the
LAN. Choices are:
Server - The Device is a DHCP server in the LAN. It assigns IP
addresses to other computers in the LAN.
Relay - The Device acts as a surrogate DHCP server and relays DHCP
requests and responses between the remote server and the clients.
None - The Device is not providing any DHCP services to the LAN.
Click this to go to the screen where you can change it.
WLAN
Information
Channel This is the channel number used by the Device now.
WPS Status This field displays the status of WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). Click this
to go to the screen where you can change it.
WDS Status This field displays
• AP when WDS is disabled.
• Bridge when the Device functions as a wireless network bridge only
to use WDS (Wireless Distribution System) to establish wireless links
with other APs.
• AP+Bridge when WDS is enabled and the Device acts as a bridge
and access point simultaneously.
Click this to go to the screen where you can change it
AP 1
Information
ESSID This is the descriptive name used to identify the Device in this wireless
network. Click this to go to the screen where you can change it.
Status This shows the current status of the wireless network.
Security This shows the level of wireless security the Device is using in this
wireless network.
System Status
System
Uptime
This field displays how long the Device has been running since it last
started up. The Device starts up when you plug it in, when you restart it
(Maintenance > Tools > Restart), or when you reset it (see Section
1.6 on page 25).
Current
Date/Time
This field displays the current date and time in the Device. You can
change this in Maintenance > System > Time Setting.
System
Mode
This displays whether the Device is functioning as a router or a bridge.
CPU Usage This field displays what percentage of the Device’s processing ability is
currently used. When this percentage is close to 100%, the 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 turn off other applications (for example, using QoS; see Chapter
16 on page 193).
Table 4 Status Screen
LABEL DESCRIPTION
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