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Status information
other functions (e.g. Port forwarding) are not suitable. In this case, you should take
the appropriate measures on the clients concerned. Information on how to avoid
this security risk is given in the section "Opening the firewall for a selected PC
(Exposed Host)" on page 34.
u
Remote management enabled
All users, including unauthorised ones, who find out the system password for the
device can access the device’s configuration program via the Internet. The section
"System management" on page 51 explains how you can avoid this security risk.
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Click
Refresh
to refresh the screen and the displayed data.
Internet
You will find information about the status of the Internet connection of the device on
the
Internet
screen in the
Status
menu.
In the
Status
menu, select
Internet
:
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Connection service
You can select the
Connection service
, for which the following information is to be
displayed.
This information is not displayed if you only set up one connection service.
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Connection status
Status of the Internet connection and, if connected, the duration of the connection.
If you have set
Connect on demand
or
Connect manually
as the connection mode
(page 25), you can
Connect
or
Disconnect
the connection to the Internet manually
here.
u
Connection mode
Connection mode set for connecting to the Internet.
u
IP address
Current public IP address of the device.
u
MAC address
Public MAC address of the device.
u
Default gateway
IP address of the assigned default gateway.
ADSL Line
u
Status
Status of the cable connection from your device to your DSL port.
u
Line mode
Line mode used by your DSL port.
u
Maximum line rate
Maximum possible data transfer rate of your DSL port for incoming and outgoing
data traffic.
