Managing Your Network; Gateway Status - NETGEAR CVG834G Reference Manual

This chapter describes how to perform network management tasks such as viewing the gateway
status, running diagnostics, restoring factory default settings, and backing up your configuration
files.

Gateway Status

Under the Maintenance heading on the main menu, select Gateway Status. This Gateway Status
fields are described in the following table:
Table 4-1. Gateway Status Screen Settings
Setting
Information Standard Specification
Compliant
Hardware Version
Software Version
Cable MAC Address
Device MAC Address
Cable Modem Serial
Number
CM Certificate

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Description
DOCSIS 2.0. This is the specification to which the gateway's cable
interface is compatible.
The hardware version of the gateway.
The software version of the gateway.
The MAC address used by the cable modem port of the gateway.
This MAC address may need to be registered with your cable
service provider.
The MAC address of the gateway. This is the equivalent of your
PC when connected to a cable modem. You can use the MAC
cloning feature to replace this MAC address with another address
when sending packets to the WAN.
The serial number of the gateway hardware.
If the cable modem certificate is Installed, it is possible for the
service provider to upgrade your Data Over Cable service
securely.
v2.0, November 2007
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