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Interfaces

You can view information about the status of interfaces by navigating to Status | Interfaces. Information about all interfaces is available here, including the following:

The device name of the interface (for example, fxp0, em1, and so on)
Interface status (Up or Down)
The MAC address of the interface
IP address, subnet mask, and gateway (for WAN-type interfaces)
The number of packets that have passed (in and out), that have been blocked (in and out)
The number of errors and collisions

If an interface has been configured to receive its IP address via DHCP (this is likely true for all WAN-type interfaces on your system), you can renew the DHCP lease via this page.

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