Device Information and Status:
Dell™ TrueMobile™ 1184 Wireless Broadband Router User's Guide
The TrueMobile 1184 router offers 2
ways to check on the status of your network. The Windows-based software
program - control utility, gives you the
ability to monitor the connection between your PC and the Internet. To
learn more about this utility, click on the aforementioned
link. The other way is through the Web configuration tool inside your
router, which reveals much more information about your network and the unit
itself.
To access the Web configuration tool,
type the IP address (default = 192.168.2.1) into the address field of your web
browser. Click the "DEVICE STATUS" tab on the top menu to
display the status of the system.
Figure 1. Device Status page
The Device Status screen displays the basic network settings
for your Dell TrueMobile
1184 Wireless Broadband Router. When changes are made to
the network settings, those changes are updated on this screen. In
addition, it graphically
displays the current connection status for the Wireless Broadband Router and other
devices in your network. Connections between network devices are shown with a
yellow arrow. Inoperative connections are represented by one
red cross through the
yellow connection line.
The following connections are displayed on the Device Status page:
Device
Indication
Internet
An inactive cable/DSL connection indicates that either the cable is
unplugged or the Wireless Broadband Router has not received an IP address.
An active connection indicates the
WAN interface of the router has a valid IP address and your computers can
connect to the Internet via the router.
Wired Client (LAN)
Shown as an active connection when a wired
client is configured and physically connected to your network;
inactive when the Ethernet cable is disconnected from the PC.
Wireless Client
Shown as an active connection when a wireless
client is configured for your network;
inactive when there is no wireless client connected to your router.
When the Wireless Broadband Router acts as a DHCP server, it
assigns IP addresses to the clients on the network. These IP addresses are displayed
in the DHCP Log below the Device Status figure. The
example below indicates there are two IP addresses 192.168.2.2 and 192.168.2.3
assigned out to computers on your network and their MAC addresses are
00:90:4B:00:00:06 and 00:90:4B:F0:FF:55, respectively.
Refer to the left-side of the screen for the following WAN Ethernet Settings, and
the Internet protocol (IP) settings for the
Wireless Broadband Router:
Setting/Device
Information Displayed
Cable/xDSL
Active/Not Active
IP
IP address assigned to the Wireless Broadband Router
LAN MAC
MAC address for the LAN and Wireless interfaces.
WAN MAC
MAC address for the WAN interface.
DHCP Server
If the Wireless Broadband Router has received an IP address
from a DHCP server, the DHCP connection is displayed.
Gateway
IP address for the gateway. The Wireless Broadband Router routes all remote traffic to this gateway.
Static IP assignment
The static IP address is displayed if the Wireless Broadband Router has been
assigned a static IP address,
WAN IP
IP address for the WAN interface
Netmask
Subnet mask that has been assigned to the WAN interface.
Wireless Channel
Radio channel on which the Wireless Broadband Router is communicating in the air.
DNS
IP address for the Domain Name Server (DNS). The Wireless Broadband
Router attempts to perform name resolution using this IP
address. Name resolution is the process of translating www.dell.com to an IP
address of 143.166.82.178.
Device Name
Host
name of the Wireless Broadband Router
Firmware Version
Version number for the firmware that is currently installed
on the Wireless Broadband Router and the release date of the
firmware.
The following buttons appear on the left navigation bar:
Button
Action
RELEASE
Clicking this button to release the IP address that the Wireless Broadband Router
has been assigned from your ISP. If the Wireless Broadband Router has been configured to
receive a static IP address, clicking Release
does not release this IP address.
RENEW
Clicking this button to renew the IP address with a DHCP server provided
by your ISP. If the
Wireless Broadband Router has been configured to receive a
static IP address, clicking Renew does not renew the IP address.
