Using System Tools

On the Tools page you can:

  • Monitor system resources.

  • Show the routing table.

  • Verify the appliance connectivity to Cloud Services.

  • Display DSL Statistics (DSL models only)

  • Generate a CPInfo file.

  • Ping or trace an IP address.

  • Perform a DNS lookup.

  • Capture packets.

  • Download the console-USB driver

To monitor system resources:

  1. Click Monitor System Resources. The System Resources page opens and shows the following information:

    • CPU Usage History (automatically refreshed)

    • Memory Usage History - memory is calculated without memory that was preallocated to handle traffic and without cache memory. This gives a more accurate picture of the actual memory usage in the appliance but it may differ from figures you receive from Linux tools. The information is automatically refreshed.

    • Disk Usage - click the Refresh button for the most updated disk usage information.

  2. Click Close to return to the Tools page.

To show the routing table:

  1. Click Show Routing Table. The output appears in the Command Output window.

  2. Click Close to return to the Tools page.

To verify the appliance connectivity to Cloud Services:

Click Test Cloud Cloud Services.

The Cloud Services Ports Test window opens and shows the available ports and their state.

To display DSL statistics:

Click DSL Statistics. A window opens and shows the statistic parameters.

To generate a CPInfo file:

  1. Click Generate CPInfo File. A message next to the button shows the progress.

  2. Click Download CPInfo File to view or save the CPInfo file.

To ping or trace an IP address:

  1. Enter an IP or host name in the Device Name or IP Address field.

  2. Click Ping or Trace Route. The output appears in the Command Output window.

  3. Click Close to return to the Tools page.

To perform a DNS lookup:

  1. Enter aHost Name or IP Address.

  2. Click Lookup. The output appears in the Command Output window.

  3. Click Close to return to the Tools page.

To capture packets:

If a packet capture file exists, a note shows the date of the file and you can download it before you start a new packet capture that overwrites the existing file.

  1. Select an option from the Select Network list.

  2. Click Start and then Stop when you want to stop packet capturing.

  3. Click Download File to view or save the capture file.

You can activate packet capture and go to other WebUI application pages while the packet capture runs in the background. However, the packet capture stops automatically if the WebUI session ends. Make sure you return to the packet capture page, stop and download the capture result before you end the WebUI session.

Note - The capture utility uses tcpdump. The "fw monitor" is available through the command line interface.

When the mini-USB is used as a console connector, Windows does not automatically detect and download the driver needed for serial communication. You must manually install the driver. For more information, see sk11713.

To download the Windows driver for Mini-USB console socket:

Click the Download link.

Note - This page is available from the Home, Device, and Logs & Monitoring tabs.