Chapter 23 Maintenance; Overview; What You Can Do In The Maintenance Screens; What You Need To Know - ZyXEL Communications NWA-3160 User Manual

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23.1 Overview

This chapter describes the maintenance screens. It discusses how you can view
the association list and channel usage, upload new firmware, manage
configuration and restart your NWA without turning it off and on.

23.1.1 What You Can Do in the Maintenance Screens

The following is a list of the maintenance screens you can configure on the NWA.
• Use the Status screen
that these labels are READ-ONLY and are meant to be used for diagnostic
purposes.
• Use the Show Statistics screen
only information such as port status, packet specific statistics and bridge link
status. Also provided are "system up time" and "poll interval(s)".
• Use the Association List screen
wireless stations that are currently associated with the NWA.
• Use the Channel Usage screen
channel is used by another wireless network or not. If a channel is being used,
you should select a channel removed from it by five channels to completely
avoid overlap.
• Use the F/W Upload screen
firmware for your NWA.
• Use the Configuration screen
related to factory defaults, backup configuration, and restoring configuration.
• Use Restart screen
turning the power off.

23.1.2 What You Need To Know

The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this chapter.
Find firmware at www.zyxel.com in a file that (usually) uses the system model
name with a "*.bin" extension, for example "[Model #].bin". The upload process
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(Section 23.7 on page 272) to reboot the NWA without
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264) to monitor your NWA. Note
265) to access read-
266) to view the
267) to view whether a
268) to upload the latest
270) to view information
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