Reference Manual for the Model DG834 ADSL Firewall Router
5-8 Managing Your Network
An alternate view of the Connection Status screen is shown in Figure 5-6 below:
Figure 5-6: Connection Status screen for PPPoA
Clicking the Renew button updates the status information.
This screen shows the following statistics:
Table 5-1. Connection Status Fields for PPPoA
Field Description
Connection Time The time elapsed since the last connection to the Internet via the ADSL port.
Connection Method The method the ADSL port acquired its TCP/IP configuration.
Negotiation ON or OFF
Authentication ON or OFF
IP Address The IP Address assigned to the WAN port by the ADSL Internet Service Provider.
Network Mask Then Network Mask assigned to the WAN port by the ADSL Internet Service Provider.