System settings
• Display and Language provides the setup for backlight,
information on the title bar, language choice and
Touchscreen Calibration button. The Remote Display
tab allows you to connect the 6100-Gfast to your computer
remotely.
• Date and Time also sets the date, time, their formats and
time zone.
• Battery Info displays battery status and power schemes
including Power Save Mode.
• Software Options lists all the Congured Options
present on the unit.
• Information shows hardware/ software / product
information.
• Upload Setup allows you to enable in-band DSL FTP
upload or select an Out-band Upload Method (Wi-Fi or
Ethernet). Requires FTPUPLD option.
Wi-Fi test
The Wi-Fi Test activates a Wi-Fi scan, listing all available
wireless networks with details for comparison. Details of the
selected Network Name or SSID (service set IDentier), the
name assigned to a wireless network, include the Signal
(RSSI) strength which displays one of the following levels
with the table cell shown in the corresponding color:
• No Signal (< -90/black)
• Very Low (-90 to -82/red)
• Low (-81 to -72/red)
• Good (-71 to -68/orange)
• Very Good (-67 to -58/yellow)
• Excellent (> -58/green).
Use the Sort Channels / RSSI buttons to toggle the values by
ascending and descending.
Note: You can also sort the network names by
clicking / tapping the column header on the touchscreen.
To navigate to a Wi-Fi network and view the details:
1. Press to get into the list.
2. Press the up/ down arrow keys to select a network and view its details below.
Conguring tests
To setup an AutoTest, Manual Test or Ethernet
Test:
1. From the DSL Main pane, select Test Conguration and
press .
2. Select Prole Details and press .
3. Select the desired test setup and press .
4. You can congure the test parameters from the setup
elds found on the following tabs: Connection Setup,
Thresholds, LAN Setup.
5. From the Select Tests tab, Enable/Disable the optional sub-
tests. When Access Mode is set to IPv6 (DHCP), Ping is the
only test available.
6. Select the Test Setup tab to congure the following sub-
tests (when highlighted): VoIP Test, IPTV Test, Ping, FTP,
HTTP, Throughput Test, Traceroute, Web Browser Test.
To change or create a new prole:
At power up, settings are read from the last loaded prole. If
any changes are made to the parameter values, you can save
them to an existing or new prole.
1. On any test setup screen, scroll through and set the options
using the up/ down and left / right arrow keys;
OR
Press on any value to open a list box of options.
2. Press
from any setup screen to display the dialogue
box asking you to conrm and save changes using the
following buttons:
• Save to current prole.
• Save as displays a New prole name alphanumeric
editor screen.
• No does not save any changes to the prole, closes the
dialogue box, and returns to Prole Details sub menu.
• Cancel closes the dialogue box and returns to the setup
screen.
To select a prole:
1. From the DSL Main pane, select Test Conguration and
press .
2. Choose Select Prole and press . A list of available
proles is displayed in a list box.
Running tests
To run a test:
From the DSL Main pane, select the desired test icon and press . The test automatically
runs. When in the desired test, you can also press the Start/Stop key to run the test.
Viewing Test Results
Once a test has run, the results obtained are displayed on the screen. Select the following tabs
to view pass/fail status and results details:
• Connection Summary includes:
(for Auto and Manual Test) Prole, Sync Time, Line
Status, Operation Mode and upstream / downstream SNR
and Max Bitrate. You can select a new Prole from within
the test results.
If unit has the Bonding option, data for pair 1 and pair 2 is
displayed.
(for Ethernet) WAN/LAN Port Line Status/Link Speed/
Connect Mode and Received/Transmitted Total Bytes/
Packets/Ethernet Errors.
• WAN Status shows connection status of the wide area
network. In Manual Test, you can also select which triple-
play test you want to run or view.
• LAN Status shows connection status of the local area
network.
• If the VoIP Test option is on the unit:
• VoIP Call allows you to place and receive VoIP calls, and displays Call Information such
as the VoIP Status, number and Codec the call is connected to, duration and the pass/fail
status of the test/call.
• VoIP Summary displays measurement details of the dierent parameters including MOS,
R-Factor, Latency, Jitter and Packets.
• If the IPTV Test option is on the unit:
• Join Leave lists IPTV channels from the alias table and measured Zap time. IPTV
Summary displays test results of the IPTV streams, Join/Leave, and Channel Analysis.
• DSL Param Details include Downstream / Upstream results for Data rates, SNR,
Attenuation, Capacity, Output Power, Latency, Interleave Delay / Depth, INP, Bitswap,
Trellis, Phy-R and G.INP.
• DSL Statistics include DSL Counters, transfer mode statistics including KL0 and EWL,
Rate Adaptation, and Vector State with Performance Counters.
• Band Information includes Down/ Upstream results for SNR Margin, Loop / Signal
Attenuation, Output Power, and KL0.
• Loop Diagnostics displays Down/Upstream SNR/ATTN (HLog)/QLN/ALN per Tone results
in graphical format.
• Data Tests Summary displays results for Ping, Trace Route, FTP, and HTTP; and the
enabled optional data tests including VoIP, IPTV, Throughput, and Web Browser.
When IPv6 (DHCP) is set as the Access Mode in Connection Setup, only Ping Test is
displayed.
Throughput Test implements the iPerf3 or Ookla
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tool for active measurements of the
maximum achievable bandwidth on IP networks.
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You, the end user, understand and acknowledge, by performing the test contained in the
Speedtest Powered Software Application, that Ookla, LLC may collect your IP address
during the test and share it with selected third parties.
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controlled servers that may or may not be within your network. Ookla retains the right to aggregate test
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