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The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter



Note:

1.

The default PIN code of the Router can be found in its label or the WPS configuration screen as

shown in Figure 4-22.

2.

After saving your configuration, you need to click the

Save

button on the left panel to make your

configuration take effect.

4.2.3.6. WDS

Choose “

Setup→WLAN→WDS

” menu, and you will see the WDS settings screen (shown in

Figure

4-23). WDS, short for Wireless Distribution System, uses wireless media to communicate with other

Access Points, like the Ethernet does. With this function enabled, the Router can communicate with

two or more WLANs.

To do this, you must set these Access Points in the same channel and add MAC addresses of other

Access Points to communicate with to the Current WDS AP List.



Note:

If you want to enable the WDS, please go to the page WLAN->Basic, and select the "Mode" to be

AP+WDS.

Figure 4-23



Enable WDS:

Select to enable WDS.



Add WDS AP:

To add MAC addresses of other Access Point, follow the steps below.

Step 1.

Enter MAC Address of the Access Point to communicate with in “MAC Address” field.

Step 2.

Gi

ve a description for that Access Point in “Comment” field.

Step 3.

Click

Apply Changes

button to save the MAC address to “Current WDS AP List”.

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

Note:

If changes are made, after clicking

Apply Changes

button, a

Save

button will appear on the left

panel. You need to click the

Save

button to make your changes take effect.

4.3. Advanced

Choose “

Advanced

”, you can see the next submenus:

Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

4.3.1.

Route

4.3.1.1. Static Route

Choose “

Advanced→Route→Static Route

” menu, you can configure the routing information in the

next screen (shown in Figure 4-24). Here you can add or delete IP routes.

Figure 4-24



Enable

: Check the box to enable this function.



Destination:

Enter the IP network address of the final destination. It can be a subnet IP or a

host address. All zeros indicate that the route entry should be used for all destinations for which

no other route is defined.



Subnet Mask:

Enter the subnet mask of the destination.



Next Hop:

The IP address of the next hop through which traffic will forward the destination.



Interface:

Select the interface to which a static route is to be applied.

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Click the

Add Route

button to add the new route in the Static Route Table.

The

Static Route Table

shows the current static route entries.



Note:

After configuration, you need to click the

Save

button appeared on the left panel so that your

configuration can still take effect after the Router reboots.

4.3.1.2. RIP

Choose “

Advanced→Route→RIP

” menu, you can configure the RIP settings in the next screen

(shown in Figure 4-25). RIP is an internet protocol you can set up to share routing table information

with other routing devices.

Figure 4-25



RIP

: Select to enable the RIP function or not. Click the

Apply

button to save your configuration.



Interface:

Select the interface on which you want to enable RIP.



Recv Version:

Indicate the RIP version in which information must be passed to the device. It

can be accepted into its routing table.



Send Version:

Indicate the RIP version this interface will use when it sends its route

information to the other device.

Click the

Add

button to add a RIP configuration to the Rip Config List. Click the

Delete

button to

delete it.

The

RIP Config List

shows the current RIP setting of the device.



Note:

After adding a new entry, a

Save

button will appear on the left panel. You need to click the

Save

button to make your changes take effect.

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4.3.2. NAT

4.3.2.1. DMZ

Choose “

Advanced

→NAT→DMZ

”, you can configure the DMZ host in the screen as shown in

Figure 4-26.

A DMZ (demilitarized zone) is a host between a private local network and the outside public network.

It allows a single host on your LAN to expose all of its ports to the Internet. Users of the public

network outside the company can access to the DMZ host.

Figure 4-26



Enable DMZ:

Check the box to enable DMZ function.



DMZ Host IP Address:

Enter the specified IP Address for DMZ host on the LAN side.

Click

Apply Changes

to save your configuration.



Note:

After configuration, you need to click the

Save

button appeared on the left panel so that your

configuration can still take effect after the Router reboots.

4.3.2.2. Virtual Server

Choose “

Advanced→NAT→Virtual Server

”, and then you can configure the Virtual Server in the

screen as shown in Figure 4-27.

The Virtual Server is the server or server(s) behind NAT (on the LAN). It allows a single host on your

LAN to provide the specified service to the Internet, for example Web server or FTP server, which

you can make visible to the outside world even though NAT makes your whole inside network

appear as a single machine to the outside world.

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Figure 4-27



Usual Service Name:

The Router provides some common services. Select the one you need.



User-defined Service Name:

If the service can not be found in the

Usual Service Name

drop-

down list, just enter the name manually in this field instead.



Protocol:

The protocol used for this virtual server.



WAN Setting:

The WAN setting of this virtual server used; it can be interface and IP address.

Select a desired one, and then options available will change to offer the configuration.



WAN Interface:

The interface on which the virtual server used on WAN side



WAN IP Address:

The IP address which the virtual server used on WAN side. You can access

this IP and WAN port from WAN side to obtain the service.



WAN Port:

The open port on WAN side. It can be either a single port or a port range.



LAN Open Port:

The open port on LAN host. It can be either a single port or a port range.



LAN IP Address:

The IP address of the host which provides the service on LAN side.

Click the

Apply Changes

button to save your configuration.



Note:

After configuration, you need to click the

Save

button appeared on the left panel so that your

configuration can still take effect after the Router reboots.