ADSL Tab

The ADSL Tab has three sub-tabs which display ADSL connection information, the connection log and the default mode connection log. These sub-tabs are detailed below.

Connection Information

The ADSL Connection Information sub-tab displays technical information about your ADSL connection as well as the username and password which you use to logon to your ISP's authentication server.

Downstream/Upstream Speed: This is the downstream/upstream speed in kilobits per second at which your ADSL router connects to the ADSL line to the exchange. For example, 256Kbps/64Kbps. The downstream speed is the speed at which you can download. The upstream speed is the speed at which you can upload. Note that the speed in measured in kilobits and not kilobytes. You can generally divide the kilobit speed by 10 to get the approximate kilobyte speed.

Downstream/Upstream Attenuation: This is your downstream/upstream line attenuation which is measured in decibels.

Downstream/Upstream output power: This is your router's downstream/upstream output power which is measured in dBm.

Downstream/Upstream SNR: This is the downstream/upstream SNR. A higher positive number is better.

Link Mode: This is the current ADSL connection mode. It can be G.DMT, G.LITE or ANSI.

Note: If you are suffering from regular line sync dropouts and this mode shows you are connected in ANSI mode, change the default connection mode below from Auto or ANSI to G.DMT. If this shows you are connected in G.DMT mode, try changing the default connection mode setting below from Auto or G.DMT to ANSI.

Link Status: This is the current connection status. It can be "dead", "initialising" or "showtime".

Link TxPkts: This is the number of packets which have been transmitted over the link.

Link RxPkts: This is the number of packets which have been received over the link.

Username: The username which you need to authenticate with your ISP's authentication server. It is usually formatted as name@isp_name (eg jbloggs@myisp). This username is supplied by your ISP.

Password: The password which you need to authenticate with your ISP's authentication server. This password is supplied by your ISP.

Default connection mode: This displays the current ADSL default connection mode provided that the Telnet on startup menu option has been enabled and provided that the utility can communicate with your router via telnet (eg your router firmware has telnet enabled, there is no firewall preventing telnet access). The three possible mode settings are:

The current ADSL connection mode is displayed under the Link settings of the same tab page.

WAN IP address: This displays the current public IP address for the WAN (external) interface of your router.

VPI: This is the Virtual Path Identifier -- supplied by your ISP (generally 8 for Telstra ADSL and its resellers).

VCI: This is the Virtual Circuit Identifier -- supplied by your ISP (generally 35 for Telstra ADSL and its resellers).

Help

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.

Update

The "Update" button will update the ADSL Connection Information with the current values contained in the router.

Connection Log

The ADSL connection log sub-tab displays an entry for each time the utility detects that the ADSL connection has been disconnected and each time it detects that the connection has been reconnected. The entries include the date and time of the event.

The "Clear log" button clears the current connection log display.

The "Save log" button allows you to save the current connection log to a file. If you do not either clear or save the log, when you exit the utility you will be asked whether you wish to save the log.

Help

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.

Update

The "Update" button is disabled (greyed out) on the ADSL Connection Log page as it serves no function here.

Default Connection Mode Log

The Default connection mode log sub-tab displays a log of the telnet conversation that the Telnet on startup and Default connection mode features have with the router. This log is mainly for debugging purposes and may be removed in a future version.

Help

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.

Update

The "Update" button is disabled (greyed out) on the Default Connection Mode Log page as it serves no function here.