ZyXEL Elite 2864 User Guide - Page 214

This Link Status Report is very helpful in finding out the link condition and what is wrong with the link, if anything. Following are the explanations for each item and the terminology used in this report. Chars Data characters transmitted between the DTE (computer/terminal) and the modem. Octets Data bytes transmitted between the modems, handled by error control protocol, may be compressed data. Data compression efficiency may be seen from the ratio of chars count to octets count. Block Framed octets transmitted between error control protocols of the two modems. Chars Sent Characters sent from the DTE to the modem for transmission. Chars Received Characters received by the modem from the line and sent to the DTE. Octets Sent Data bytes sent to the remote modem. Octets Received Data bytes received from the remote modem. Blocks Sent Blocks sent to the remote modem. Blocks Received Blocks received from the remote modem. Blocks Resent Number of blocks resent because of error. If there are too many resends, it may be a bad line or protocol incompatibility. Max Outstanding Error control protocol parameter. The maximum allowable number of blocks sent or received without acknowledgement. Max Block Size Error control protocol parameter. The maximum allowable number of octets in a block. Actual block size can be smaller. 18-8