The Miscellaneous Tab contains features which did not fit elsewhere :-)
This displays the computer's IP address for informational purposes.
To change your router's IP address, simply type the new IP address into the "New IP address" field and press the "Set value" button.
The router's IP address setting in the System Tab will also be automatically updated so that you can continue to monitor your router.
This allows you to change the telnet password which also doubles as the SNMP write access community name. The current password defaults to the Router access community name from the System Tab; if this is not correct, you must type the correct password into the "Current Password" field (the factory default is "private"). Type the new password into the "New Password" field and press the "Set Value" button to change it.
The router's SNMP community name setting in the System Tab will also be automatically updated, if it is the same as the password/SNMP write access community name, so that you can continue to monitor your router.
This allows you to retrieve the "eventlog" file from the router. Note that this option is only available with post-T8 version firmware as T8 and previous firmware versions did not create an "eventlog" file. For details of the various firmware revisions, check the firmware notes section in the DSL-500 and DSL-504 Info Dump at www.sentry.org.
The "eventlog" file will be saved in the directory from which you ran DSL-50X Utility which is normally the directory in which the utility was installed unless you specify a different directory in the "Directory to save to" field. Note: click on the folder icon to display the directory chooser dialog.
Press the "Transfer Event Log" button to transfer the event log file.
So that the files do not overwrite each other, the file name is changed from "eventlog" to "eventYYMMDD_HHMM.log". For example, the "event030401_1315.log" file would have been saved at 13:15 on 1 April 2003.
See the Event Log item in the Options Menu for details on automatically transferring this file every hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours or 24 hours.
This window displays status messages when you change the telnet password or transfer the event log file. It will also tell you, for example, if you use an incorrect password or if the event log file does not exist.
The "Help" button will display the context-sensitive help file for this tab. Pressing F1 at any time will also display the context-sensitive help file.
The "Update" button is disabled (greyed out) as it serves no function in this tab.