User`s guide

ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide
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5 Current Status
The Current Status page displays useful information about the
setup of your device, including:
• details of the device’s Internet access settings
• version information about your device
To display this page:
From the left-hand menu, click on Current Status. The following
page is displayed:
Figure 7: Current Status page
The information displayed on this page is explained in detail in
the following sections.
Internet access settings
This section displays details of the settings that allow your
device to access the Internet. These details include:
IP address and
subnet mask:
The IP address and subnet mask
assigned to your WAN interface. This
address is used temporarily until your
ISP assigns a real IP address (via DHCP
or PPP – see Internet Access on page
63).
Default gateway: The address of the ISP server through
which your Internet connection will be
routed.
DNS servers: The Domain Name System (DNS)
servers used by your ISP to map domain
names to IP addresses.
Your ISP assigns all of these settings. In most cases, you will
not need to make changes to these settings in order for your