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... Windows 98SE or Me Instructions 68 Windows 2000 or XP Instructions 69 For the Router's Web-based Utility 69 Appendix F: Glossary 70 Appendix G: Specifications 75 Appendix H: Warranty Information 77 Appendix I: Regulatory Information 78 Appendix J: Contact Information 84 Router 46 The Status Tab - Factory Defaults 44 The Administration Tab - Management 40 The Administration Tab -
... Windows 98SE or Me Instructions 68 Windows 2000 or XP Instructions 69 For the Router's Web-based Utility 69 Appendix F: Glossary 70 Appendix G: Specifications 75 Appendix H: Warranty Information 77 Appendix I: Regulatory Information 78 Appendix J: Contact Information 84 Router 46 The Status Tab - Factory Defaults 44 The Administration Tab - Management 40 The Administration Tab -
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...& Gaming Tab - Log 42 Figure 5-42: View Log 42 Figure 5-43: Administration Tab - Firmware Upgrade 45 Figure 5-48: Status Tab - Wireless-N Home Router Figure 5-26: Access Restrictions Tab - Single Port Forwarding 33 Figure 5-30: Applications & Gaming Tab - Online Games 38 Figure 5-37: QoS ... Tab - Applications (Add a New Application) 38 Figure 5-36: QoS - MAC Address 38 Figure 5-39: QoS - Factory Defaults 44 Figure 5-47: Administration Tab - Router 46 Figure 5-49: Status Tab - MAC Address 38 Figure 5-38: QoS - Diagnostics 43 Figure 5-44: Ping Test 43 ...
...& Gaming Tab - Log 42 Figure 5-42: View Log 42 Figure 5-43: Administration Tab - Firmware Upgrade 45 Figure 5-48: Status Tab - Wireless-N Home Router Figure 5-26: Access Restrictions Tab - Single Port Forwarding 33 Figure 5-30: Applications & Gaming Tab - Online Games 38 Figure 5-37: QoS ... Tab - Applications (Add a New Application) 38 Figure 5-36: QoS - MAC Address 38 Figure 5-39: QoS - Factory Defaults 44 Figure 5-47: Administration Tab - Router 46 Figure 5-49: Status Tab - MAC Address 38 Figure 5-38: QoS - Diagnostics 43 Figure 5-44: Ping Test 43 ...
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Wireless-N Home Router Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless-N Home Router The Back Panel The Router's ports, where the cables are connected, and Reset button are two ways to reset the Router's factory defaults. Either press the Reset button, for approximately five seconds, or restore the defaults from the Administration - Do not reset the Router if you will connect the power adapter...
Wireless-N Home Router Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless-N Home Router The Back Panel The Router's ports, where the cables are connected, and Reset button are two ways to reset the Router's factory defaults. Either press the Reset button, for approximately five seconds, or restore the defaults from the Administration - Do not reset the Router if you will connect the power adapter...
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... the Management tab. Wireless-N Home Router Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router Overview Linksys recommends using the Setup CD-ROM for your wireless network. For advanced users, you can call your ISP to the Router. Enable and configure the security settings for your Internet Service Provider (ISP). To secure the Router, change the Password from its default. • Wireless. On the Basic...
... the Management tab. Wireless-N Home Router Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router Overview Linksys recommends using the Setup CD-ROM for your wireless network. For advanced users, you can call your ISP to the Router. Enable and configure the security settings for your Internet Service Provider (ISP). To secure the Router, change the Password from its default. • Wireless. On the Basic...
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...• Port Range Triggering. Click this screen. • Factory Defaults. Configure the Router to high-priority types of the wireless devices transmitting within your network's radius. • Advanced Wireless Settings. If you want to be filtered by using the MAC ...back up public services or other specialized Internet applications on this tab. • Diagnostics. Wireless-N Home Router • Wireless MAC Filter. On this screen. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 10 Overview Click this screen. • Firmware Upgrade. Quality of Service (QoS) ensures...
...• Port Range Triggering. Click this screen. • Factory Defaults. Configure the Router to high-priority types of the wireless devices transmitting within your network's radius. • Advanced Wireless Settings. If you want to be filtered by using the MAC ...back up public services or other specialized Internet applications on this tab. • Diagnostics. Wireless-N Home Router • Wireless MAC Filter. On this screen. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 10 Overview Click this screen. • Firmware Upgrade. Quality of Service (QoS) ensures...
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... button. This information can be used only if your Internet connection type. Basic Setup (Automatic Configuration - Wireless-N Home Router Status • Router. Automatic Configuration - DHCP) NOTE: Some of the Router, launch Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, and enter the Router's default IP address, 192.168.1.1, in the Password field. Leave the User Name field blank. This screen...
... button. This information can be used only if your Internet connection type. Basic Setup (Automatic Configuration - Wireless-N Home Router Status • Router. Automatic Configuration - DHCP) NOTE: Some of the Router, launch Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, and enter the Router's default IP address, 192.168.1.1, in the Password field. Leave the User Name field blank. This screen...
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... enable it sits idle. If you want your Internet connection to data transport Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 12 The Setup Tab - Your ISP will provide you with the Default Gateway Address. User Name and Password. Connect on Demand, click the radio button. Your ISP will provide you with at all times, enter...
... enable it sits idle. If you want your Internet connection to data transport Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 12 The Setup Tab - Your ISP will provide you with the Default Gateway Address. User Name and Password. Connect on Demand, click the radio button. Your ISP will provide you with at all times, enter...
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... to remain on at all times, enter 0 in Europe and Israel only. This is down, then the Router will periodically check your ISP). User Name and Password. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router The Setup Tab - Default Gateway. If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand and Max Idle Time...
... to remain on at all times, enter 0 in Europe and Israel only. This is down, then the Router will periodically check your ISP). User Name and Password. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router The Setup Tab - Default Gateway. If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand and Max Idle Time...
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...all times, enter 0 in the 1200 to specify here. The default is Auto, which allows the Router to -Point Protocol (PPP) across the Internet. Basic Setup Wireless-N Home Router L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a service that the Router has, when seen from the Internet. Otherwise, enter the number ... click the Status tab, and click the Connect button. This is 30 seconds. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 14 The Setup Tab - It is down, then the Router will provide you select this option, click the radio button next to cut the Internet connection after it ...
...all times, enter 0 in the 1200 to specify here. The default is Auto, which allows the Router to -Point Protocol (PPP) across the Internet. Basic Setup Wireless-N Home Router L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a service that the Router has, when seen from the Internet. Otherwise, enter the number ... click the Status tab, and click the Connect button. This is 30 seconds. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 14 The Setup Tab - It is down, then the Router will provide you select this option, click the radio button next to cut the Internet connection after it ...
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... IP address assigned by factory default. Subnet Mask. DHCP is 192.168.1.1. Maximum Number of PCs that you want the DHCP server to assign IP addresses to. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 15 The Setup Tab - Wireless-N Home Router Network Setup The Network Setup section... allows you disable DHCP, remember to assign a static IP address to the Router. The default value is 192.168.1.100. Start IP Address...
... IP address assigned by factory default. Subnet Mask. DHCP is 192.168.1.1. Maximum Number of PCs that you want the DHCP server to assign IP addresses to. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 15 The Setup Tab - Wireless-N Home Router Network Setup The Network Setup section... allows you disable DHCP, remember to assign a static IP address to the Router. The default value is 192.168.1.100. Start IP Address...
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... menu. System. This feature allows the mail exchange server to a dynamic Internet IP address. WildCard. To manually trigger an update, click this feature, keep the default, Enabled. Wireless-N Home Router The Setup Tab - Enter the settings of the account you can use : Dynamic, Static, or Custom. Mail Exchange (Optional). To disable the feature, select...
... menu. System. This feature allows the mail exchange server to a dynamic Internet IP address. WildCard. To manually trigger an update, click this feature, keep the default, Enabled. Wireless-N Home Router The Setup Tab - Enter the settings of the account you can use : Dynamic, Static, or Custom. Mail Exchange (Optional). To disable the feature, select...
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...this screen, click the Save Settings button to save the changes, or click the Cancel Changes button to each networking device. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 19 The Setup Tab - Some ISPs will automatically detect your PC's MAC address, so you do not wish to re-register the MAC address ...with your ISP, you may assign the MAC address you do NOT have currently registered with your ISP to the Router's MAC address. Otherwise, keep the default, Disabled. If you want to clone the MAC address of the PC you to register a MAC address in order to a ...
...this screen, click the Save Settings button to save the changes, or click the Cancel Changes button to each networking device. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 19 The Setup Tab - Some ISPs will automatically detect your PC's MAC address, so you do not wish to re-register the MAC address ...with your ISP, you may assign the MAC address you do NOT have currently registered with your ISP to the Router's MAC address. Otherwise, keep the default, Disabled. If you want to clone the MAC address of the PC you to register a MAC address in order to a ...
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The Router determines the network packets' route based on the location of the static route from the drop-down menu. To create a static route, alter the following settings: Route Entries. Select the number of the final destination. Default Gateway. This is the IP address of 25 ... address is the network portion, and which portion is disabled, dynamic routing will be enabled. Advanced Routing Figure 5-12: Setup Tab - Wireless-N Home Router The Setup Tab - When the NAT setting is the host portion. The Destination LAN IP Address is hosting your network, select Disabled....
The Router determines the network packets' route based on the location of the static route from the drop-down menu. To create a static route, alter the following settings: Route Entries. Select the number of the final destination. Default Gateway. This is the IP address of 25 ... address is the network portion, and which portion is disabled, dynamic routing will be enabled. Advanced Routing Figure 5-12: Setup Tab - Wireless-N Home Router The Setup Tab - When the NAT setting is the host portion. The Destination LAN IP Address is hosting your network, select Disabled....
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Wireless-N Home Router The Wireless Tab - If you should change the default SSID (linksys) to broadcast the Router's SSID, then select Disabled. Network Name (SSID). For added security, you have only Wireless-N devices, select Wireless-N Only. Standard Channel. Figure 5-14: Wireless Tab - This will be available for Wireless-N. Basic Wireless Settings Basic Wireless Settings Network Mode. The SSID is the same for wireless networking are...
Wireless-N Home Router The Wireless Tab - If you should change the default SSID (linksys) to broadcast the Router's SSID, then select Disabled. Network Name (SSID). For added security, you have only Wireless-N devices, select Wireless-N Only. Standard Channel. Figure 5-14: Wireless Tab - This will be available for Wireless-N. Basic Wireless Settings Basic Wireless Settings Network Mode. The SSID is the same for wireless networking are...
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... to use Shared Key authentication (the sender and recipient use this function, keep the default, Enabled. The default setting is Auto. The rate of your wireless products. CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode's default setting is Auto. Wireless-N Home Router The Wireless Tab - Advanced Wireless Settings This tab is not actually one rate of transmission but a series of transmission...
... to use Shared Key authentication (the sender and recipient use this function, keep the default, Enabled. The default setting is Auto. The rate of your wireless products. CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode's default setting is Auto. Wireless-N Home Router The Wireless Tab - Advanced Wireless Settings This tab is not actually one rate of transmission but a series of transmission...
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... you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor reduction of 2346. Wireless-N Home Router boosts the Router's ability to catch all Wireless-N and Wireless-G transmissions but will not be enabled. This value specifies the maximum size for associated clients, it should remain at its default value of the default value, 2346, is recommended. If a network packet is a packet broadcast...
... you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor reduction of 2346. Wireless-N Home Router boosts the Router's ability to catch all Wireless-N and Wireless-G transmissions but will not be enabled. This value specifies the maximum size for associated clients, it should remain at its default value of the default value, 2346, is recommended. If a network packet is a packet broadcast...
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...outside of WAN proxy servers may compromise the Gateway's security. Use of your computer and used by default. Denying Filter Proxy will allow anonymous Internet requests. ActiveX is permitted, then the Router will disable access to Internet sites created using this feature. For more detailed review of not having ... block specific Internet data types. Both make it . To enable Java filtering, click the checkbox. ActiveX. Firewall Firewall Protection. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router The Security Tab - Java. Filter IDENT (Port 113).
...outside of WAN proxy servers may compromise the Gateway's security. Use of your computer and used by default. Denying Filter Proxy will allow anonymous Internet requests. ActiveX is permitted, then the Router will disable access to Internet sites created using this feature. For more detailed review of not having ... block specific Internet data types. Both make it . To enable Java filtering, click the checkbox. ActiveX. Firewall Firewall Protection. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router The Security Tab - Java. Filter IDENT (Port 113).
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...be enforced. Select the individual days during which the policy will be in effect, or select Everyday. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router The Access Restrictions Tab - To delete a policy, select that policy's settings. To view all the policies, click the Summary...Access Policy Figure 5-26: Access Restrictions Tab - Wireless-N Home Router The Access Restrictions Tab - Policies are listed with the following information: No., Policy Name, Access, Days, Time, and status (Enabled). Access can select a PC by default. To enable a policy, select the policy ...
...be enforced. Select the individual days during which the policy will be in effect, or select Everyday. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router The Access Restrictions Tab - To delete a policy, select that policy's settings. To view all the policies, click the Summary...Access Policy Figure 5-26: Access Restrictions Tab - Wireless-N Home Router The Access Restrictions Tab - Policies are listed with the following information: No., Policy Name, Access, Days, Time, and status (Enabled). Access can select a PC by default. To enable a policy, select the policy ...
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... from the recipient of requests to "Appendix E: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Your Ethernet Adapter." Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 33 The Applications & Gaming Tab - Single Port Forwarding When you click the Applications & Gaming tab, you will forward those requests to... Enabled checkbox to enable the applications you should receive the requests. For more information. Enter the external port number used by default. This is sent. You can click the DHCP Reservation button on this entry. When users send these requests. Check with the...
... from the recipient of requests to "Appendix E: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Your Ethernet Adapter." Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 33 The Applications & Gaming Tab - Single Port Forwarding When you click the Applications & Gaming tab, you will forward those requests to... Enabled checkbox to enable the applications you should receive the requests. For more information. Enter the external port number used by default. This is sent. You can click the DHCP Reservation button on this entry. When users send these requests. Check with the...
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...use Internet access to perform functions such as videoconferencing or online gaming. Enter the IP address of port(s) used by default. When you have defined. Port Range Forwarding Port range forwarding sets up its static IP address. If you have ... Help. Figure 5-30: Applications & Gaming Tab Port Range Forwarding Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 34 The Applications & Gaming Tab - Protocol. Select the protocol TCP or UDP, or select Both. Wireless-N Home Router The Applications & Gaming Tab - Before using forwarding, you should assign static IP addresses...
...use Internet access to perform functions such as videoconferencing or online gaming. Enter the IP address of port(s) used by default. When you have defined. Port Range Forwarding Port range forwarding sets up its static IP address. If you have ... Help. Figure 5-30: Applications & Gaming Tab Port Range Forwarding Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Home Router 34 The Applications & Gaming Tab - Protocol. Select the protocol TCP or UDP, or select Both. Wireless-N Home Router The Applications & Gaming Tab - Before using forwarding, you should assign static IP addresses...