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System Tools: Dell TrueMobile 1184 Wireless Broadband Router User's Guide

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System Tools: Dell™ TrueMobile™ 1184 Wireless Broadband Router User's Guide

Use the System Tools section to view the intruder detection log, routing tables, and system diagnostics regarding the device settings and status. These three pages are for your information only. The System Tools section also includes features to reload the default settings, upgrade the firmware for the Wireless Broadband Router, and reset the unit.

Use the following pages in the web-based configuration tool to access the System Tools:
 

Intruder Detection Log

Display Routing Table

System Diagnostics

Load Default Settings

Upgrade Firmware

Reset Device


Intruder Detection Log

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Description

Time Based on the timestamp of the IP packet, plus or minus the time offset
Protocol Usually Internet protocol (IP)
Source IP (Port) IP address that the packet came from, with the port in parenthesis
Dest IP (Port) Usually the IP address for the Wireless Broadband Router, with the port in parenthesis
Event Type of attack that the router detects

 

The picture below shows an example of an entry of an Intrusion attempt (INT_ATEMPT) event from a computer with IP address 192.168.2.60 (Source) targeted at the router's port number 80 at time 12 AM:1 Min: 5 Sec.

 

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Display Routing Table

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Description

Type The type of routing. This can be either:
    LAN or WAN interface (INTF)
    Static routing
Destination LAN IP Address Either an entire network or a specific IP address. An IP address ending in .0 refers to a network.
Subnet Mask Must follow the subnet mask rules
Gateway IP Address To communicate with an IP address matching the destination IP Address, the Wireless Broadband Router sends all traffic through the gateway IP address listed here.
Hop Count The number of routers the packet has passed through en route to its destination.

The picture below shows three network routes that your router currently possesses.  192.168.2.0 is the destination network connected to one of your router's interface port (LAN or WAN) and the IP address and Subnet Mask for this interface is 192.168.2.1 and 255.255.255.0, respectively.  The number of routers (Hop Count) the packet traverse is 1.  Also in the same example, the destination with 0.0.0.0 network and 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask is the default route for your router, where every packet that left unmapped to any other route will be mapped to this route.  The outgoing default gateway IP address is 169.95.1.254.

 

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System Diagnostics

The Systems Diagnostics page is for your information only. This page displays both the configuration settings and diagnostics for the Wireless Broadband Router. Configuration settings include the ISP and device settings that have been configured for your network.

The Diagnostics section shows the current connections for your network. Diagnostic settings include the ISP status, link status, current WAN connection, LAN MAC table, and WAN MAC table.

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Load Default Settings

The Load Default Settings page allows you to reload the factory default configurations that came with the device. When this option is used, the default IP address is reset to the factory default value. This is equivalent to pressing and holding the Reset button on the rear of the device for more than four seconds.

CAUTION: Exercising the load default settings option will cause the current settings for your Wireless Broadband Router to be lost.

Click the START button to reload the default settings.

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Upgrade Firmware

Dell periodically releases firmware updates to provide improved performance or capabilities. Use the Wireless Broadband Router update utility to upgrade the firmware.

You must first download the new firmware from the Dell support website, support.dell.com, and save it to one of the clients in your network. To upgrade the firmware, enter a directory path, or click the Browse button to choose a firmware file to upgrade to.

NOTE: Make sure the file you choose is an actual Dell™ TrueMobile™ 1184 Wireless Broadband Router firmware file.

Click the START button when you have chosen a file. After the firmware is written to the Wireless Broadband Router, the unit restarts. While the Wireless Broadband Router resets, the Power light on the front of the unit blinks.

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Reset Device

Use the Reset Device function if a system failure occurs. This feature does not reload the factory default settings. It simply resets the device to the network settings that existed on the device before the system failure occurred. This is equivalent to unplugging the device and plugging it back in or pressing the reset button for less than four seconds until the Power light start to blinks.  No settings are lost.

NOTICE: If you were in the process of updating the network settings, those changes are lost when the device is reset.

Click the START button to reset the Wireless Broadband Router to its current firmware settings. While the Wireless Broadband Router is reset, the Power  light on the front of the unit blinks.

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