WAN Data Usage Estimates
This section tracks the data received from and transmitted to the cellular network. This is a tool that may be used to
estimate network usage. These totals are tracked by the router. Your carrier maintains separate statistics from which
your billing is determined. One way to use this tool is to track usage over a fairly short period of typical usage. The total
then can be extrapolated to estimate longer time periods. This router updates these statistics once approximately
every 30 seconds. Press the Clear button to reset the totals to 0.
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Rx Bytes
The total number of bytes received by the modem from the cell network. All statistics will be cleared automatically
if this count exceeds 1 billion (1,000,000,000).
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Rx Packets
The total number of TCP and UDP packets received by the modem from the cell network.
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Rx Errors
The number of corrupted TCP and UDP packets received by the modem from the cell network.
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Rx Packets Dropped
The number of TCP and UDP packets received by the modem from the cell network that were not accepted. This
may occur due to memory or throughput problems.
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Tx Bytes
The total number of bytes transmitted by the modem to the cell network. All statistics will be cleared automatically
if this count exceeds 1 billion (1,000,000,000).
•
Tx Packets
The total number of TCP and UDP packets transmitted by the modem to the cell network.
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Tx Errors
The number of corrupted TCP and UDP packets received by the modem that were meant to be transmitted on the
cell network.
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Tx Packets Dropped
The number of TCP and UDP packets received by the modem for transmit to the cell network that were not
accepted. This may occur due to memory or throughput problems.
Click
Clear
to reset the totals to 0. These totals are NOT cleared by a modem reboot.
3.2.5
DYNAMIC DNS
Select Cell Connection from the left navigation pane. Select the Dynamic DNS tab to open the Dynamic DNS
configuration page. Dynamic DNS is a system which allows the domain name data of a computer with a varying
(dynamic) IP addresses held in a name server to be updated in real time in order to make it possible to establish
connections to that machine without the need to track the actual IP address themselves at all times. A number of
providers offer Dynamic DNS services ("DDNS"), free or for a charge. For example, a free service provided by NO-IP
allows users to setup between one and five host names on a domain name provided by NO-IP. No-IP is the default DNS
service.
Vanguard 3000 Series Multicarrier Cellular Data Modem & IP Router PN 001-7300-100 Rev. B
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