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The DIRECWAY System Control Center 13
System Information The System Information screen displays a number of fields. While all the
information may be useful at some time, the most important is discussed below.
Note: Print the System Information screen and save it. It will be needed should
you need to call your service provider and not be able to access it.
• DW6000 Info section
– Serial Number - needed to identify customer’s unit when
troubleshooting.
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Software Creation Date - software build date.
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Software Release Number - version of the software on the DW6000.
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IP Address - the IP address of computers connected to the DW6000.
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Subnet Mask - defines the range of addresses assigned to the
DW6000.
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Site ID - Site identification number.
• Satellite section
– Longitude - displays the satellite’s longitude.
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Receive Frequency - transponder frequency configured for the
DW6000.
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Receive Polarization - polarization orientation, which is either
horizontal or vertical.
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Router Address - IP address of the primary router used to route data
sent by the DW6000.
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Software Configuration section- Turbo Page, NAT, and DHCP are enabled
or disabled as per a customer’s service offering and cannot be changed by
the customer.
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Network Address Translation (NAT) - typically used to allow
multiple computers to share a single address on the Internet. It also allows
preconfigured remote networks to be integrated easily with the
DIRECWAY network.
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) if enabled, this
simplifies the network configuration of the computers. The computers
just need to be set up to “Obtain IP address automatically.”
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Turbo Page - if enabled, speeds Web surfing.
Figure 8: System Information; print and save this screen