The meaning and function of ADSL modem setting (III.)

We have described the two most common ways to configure ADSL and their respective uses, and now we start by using the Web as an example to detail the many configuration options that you might encounter when configuring an ADSL modem.

Detailed configuration of Web mode

In the Web configuration interface, the following author will be in the order of each label, each one to introduce the details of which, in most of the options, will make a detailed explanation and explanation.

Installed in the ADSL modem/Ethernet Router System Management configuration software allows us to configure this device for Internet connectivity and other network services. Of course, we can also use it to manage Internet connection settings, monitor the ADSL device online situation, set up connection and protocol, so that it can connect your computer or network with the ISP.

We can also use the modem built-in configuration software to build a wide range of network services in its own network, including DHCP, to centralize the management of IP address information in the network; using the NAT feature, all computers in the LAN can share the Internet through only one public network IP address; The firewall feature protects our networks and computers to some extent, as well as some other features.

The label for the configuration management task has been categorized at the top of the page, and you can click it to configure the option, and each tab on the top level menu on the page indicates the corresponding task that it can perform, and you can click on the menu item to display its detailed configuration. When you click on a new tab, most of the task tabs on the left will appear as defaults on the page, and the same task may appear on more than one label, as the "Configure LAN" task appears on the LAN and Routing tabs.

1, Home

The home page provides a brief excerpt of the current system configuration, noting that some configuration items can be linked to other software pages where you can configure their settings. The content on this page includes four aspects: viewing system information, changing system parameters, changing system mode, and quick installation.

View System Information

On the home page, we can see from the above Figure 7, the current system information is mainly composed of five parts of the content. Let's give a brief introduction to each part of the content.

(1) The equipment displays the basic information and software version of the equipment hardware, the system uptime (starting from the last ADSL modem restart), and its operating mode. In the future to upgrade the firmware of modem, there is the information we need to know, is its "software version", help us to distinguish two different versions of the firmware program.

(2) DSL display DSL online run status and online run statistics, you can click on the header "DSL" to display additional DSL settings. If the red icon is displayed in the run state, the system is not functioning properly and is not connected to the ISP. And only the green icon shows that the modem and the local connection is normal. Here is a very useful information, that is, the speed of ADSL line, the average user will think, I apply the broadband line in the end how fast, from here can be seen. In the uplink, the user's uplink speed (that is, upload the data to the Internet), and the downward column of course is the user's downlink speed (the data from the Internet to download to the user's computer). As shown in Figure 8 below, the author uses a 2Mbps ADSL line, it's up to 512Kbps, the next behavior 2048Kbps. This data varies from place to place, you can pay attention to yourself.

Figure 8: The line's up-down speed can be seen from the diagram