Chapter 8 Dashboard
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 13 The Dashboard Screen
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Refresh Interval Select a number of seconds or None from the drop-down list box to refresh all screen
statistics automatically at the end of every time interval or to not refresh the screen
statistics.
Refresh Now Click this button to refresh the status screen statistics.
Device Information
Host Name This is the PLA4231’s model name.
Firmware Version This is the firmware version and the date created.
Sys OP Mode This is the device mode to which the PLA4231 is set - AP Mode.
LAN Information
MAC Address This shows the LAN Ethernet adapter MAC Address of your device.
IP Address This shows the LAN port’s IP address.
IP Subnet Mask This shows the LAN port’s subnet mask.
Default Gateway This shows the gateway IP address.
DHCP This shows the LAN port’s DHCP role - Client or None.
WLAN Information
WLAN OP Mode This is the device mode to which the PLA4231’s wireless LAN is set - Access Point Mode.
MAC Address This shows the wireless adapter MAC Address of your device.
SSID This shows a descriptive name used to identify the PLA4231 in the wireless LAN.
Channel This shows the channel number which the PLA4231 is currently using over the wireless LAN.
Security This shows the level of wireless security the PLA4231 is using.
802.11 Mode This shows the wireless standard.
WPS Status This displays Configured when the WPS has been set up.
This displays Unconfigured if the WPS has not been set up.
Summary
Packet Statistics Click Details... to go to the Monitor > Packet Statistics screen (Section 9.4 on page 64).
Use this screen to view port status and packet specific statistics.
WLAN Station Status Click Details... to go to the Monitor > WLAN Station Status screen (Section 9.5 on page
65). Use this screen to view the wireless stations that are currently associated to the
PLA4231.
System Status
Item This column shows the type of data the PLA4231 is recording.
Data This column shows the actual data recorded by the PLA4231.
System Up Time This is the total time the PLA4231 has been on.
Current Date/Time This field displays your PLA4231’s present date and time.
System Resource
CPU Usage This displays what percentage of the PLA4231’s processing ability is currently used. When
this percentage is close to 100%, the PLA4231 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 bandwidth management.
Memory Usage This shows what percentage of the heap memory the PLA4231 is using.
Interface Status
Interface This displays the PLA4231 port types. The port types are: LAN and WLAN.
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