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Using Broadband Link Advanced Settings

The Advanced Settings page allows you to manually configure your DSL and Internet connection settings.

Typically, these settings are automatically provided by your service provider. You should adjust these

settings

ONLY

if you are very familiar with DSL and networking technology.

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Selecting Broadband Connection. The Broadband Type dropdown menu allows you to select whether to

connect via DSL or Ethernet.

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Modifying DSL Settings. When your gateway is configured to use DSL, the gateway can be configured as

to which DSL line port to use. By default, the gateway automatically detects which DSL line to use. The

DSL Line Selection dropdown menu allows you to select a DSL line (Automatic, RJ-11, or CoAX).

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Home Network Pages

Viewing Your Home Network Summary

The Home Network Summary page displays information about the devices installed on your network.

Local Devices

The Local Devices panel shows you the name of the device, how it is connected, any special configuration

information, and provides links to other system features that you can set up for the device. A “device” on

your network is usually a computer — either a personal computer used by a household member, or a

computer that is dedicated to a specific use (such as a Web server that hosts online games). The status of

each device is shown in the Local Devices list.

Each device on your home network is represented with a computer icon. If the “show inactive devices”

option is enabled, and the device becomes inactive because it is powered off or removed from your

network, this icon will display as Inactive.

If you defined a name for your computer during System Setup or when your computer was set up, the name

displays next to the device. However, there are two instances where the device name will not appear:

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If your computer was manually configured with a static IP address, the static IP address displays

instead of the computer’s name.

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If you have not named the device but it still obtains its Internet address from the system, the word

“Unknown” displays.

If you have configured the firewall to allow information from the Internet to pass through to the computer

(also referred to as “hosting an application”), the name of the application(s) that you are hosting are

displayed under the device name.

Depending on the permissions you have set for devices on your network, the following links may display

next to the device:

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Access shared files. Accesses the shared files available from this computer. This feature only works

with Microsoft Windows computers that have shared files and file sharing installed.

If your computer is

configured with a static IP address, this link will not appear.

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Edit firewall settings. Accesses the system user interface page, which allows you to edit the firewall

pass-through settings for the computer. For example, you may need to change the pass-through settings

for the computer if you want to play an Internet game.

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View Internet Access Control. Accesses the Internet Access Restriction schedule for this computer.

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Edit Content Screening. Accesses the Content Screening settings page, allowing you to change the Web

site permissions for users on your network.

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View device details. Displays the technical networking details about the device. This information may be

helpful to a technical support representative if you are experiencing difficulties.

Note:

Depending on the enhanced services offered by your service provider, some links (such as Internet

Access Control or Content Screening) may not be available.

Status at a Glance Panel

The Status at a Glance panel shows you a list of network connection types, the number of devices

connected via each connection type, and your wireless settings. To change your wireless settings, click the

EDIT SETTINGS

button. To disable a network device, click the

DISABLE

button.

Monitoring Your Wireless Settings

Your 2Wire gateway has an integrated wireless access point, which enables you to connect your wireless-

enabled computers to your home network.

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By default, the 2Wire gateway ships with WPA enabled and a preconfigured network name. The default WPA

key is located on the bottom of the gateway, next to the serial number.

The Current Settings panel shows the 2Wire gateway’s wireless access point settings:

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Access Point. The designated name of the wireless access point.

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Network Name. The name assigned to your wireless network. The default is 2WIREXXX, where XXX

represents the last three digits of your 2Wire gateway serial number (for example, 2WIRE954).

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Channel. The radio frequency band the access point uses for your wireless network (the default is 6).

Wireless adapter cards auto-detect which channels to use. If you are having problems with your

wireless network, it could be due to radio interference. You can change the wireless channel to see if

interference is reduced on a different channel.

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Authentication. The security method used to ensure that users are authorized to access the wireless

network: WEP - Open, WEP - Shared, or WPA-PSK.

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Encryption.

The security setting that makes it difficult for unauthorized users to access your

network.

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Customizing Security Settings

You should always enable encryption for wireless communication. When encryption is enabled, you must

define an encryption key for the 2Wire gateway’s wireless access point and configure that same key on each

wireless client that will use your 2Wire gateway wireless network.

Note:

If encryption is enabled, each wireless client must be configured with the encryption key

defined on the system before it can operate on your wireless network.

Configuring Additional Settings

The Additional Settings panel allows you to customize wireless settings. In general, it is

recommended that you leave the default settings in place; however, if you are experiencing

connection or performance difficulties, altering these settings may improve performance.

Note:

Because the fields that display are dependent on the type of wireless adapter you are

using, some of these settings may not display.

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Wireless Mode. Allows you to force the gateway to use 802.11b/g, 802.11b-only, or 802.11g-only

modes of operation.

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DTIM Period (seconds). Determines at which interval the access point will send its broadcast traffic.

This field displays only for 802.11b/g based models.

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Maximum Connection Rate. The maximum rate at which your wireless connection works (1, 2, 5.5, 11,

or 22 Mbps for 802.11b-based models; 1, 2, 5.5, 11, 6, 9, 12, 24, 36, 48, or 54 Mbps for 802.11b/

g-based models).

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Power Setting. Allows you to select the power level for your wireless connection. Power level options are

based on the service provider’s configuration.

If you have customized your wireless system configuration, you can restore the wireless settings to factory

defaults by clicking the

RESTORE DEFAULTS

button.