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Configuration

When you click this item, you get following sub-items to configure the ADSL router.

LAN, WAN, System, Firewall, VPN, QoS, Virtual Server, Time Schedule

and

Advanced

These functions are described below in the following sections.

LAN (Local Area Network)

There are seven items within the LAN section:

Ethernet, Ethernet Client Filter, Wireless, Wireless

Security, Wireless Client Filter, Port Setting

and

DHCP Server

.

Ethernet

The router supports two Ethernet IP addresses in the LAN, and two different LAN subnets through

which you can access the Internet at the same time. Users usually only have one subnet in their

LAN, so there is no need to configure a Secondary IP address. The default IP address for the

router is 192.168.1.254.

RIP:

RIP v1, RIP v2, and RIP v2 Multicast. Check to enable RIP function.

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Ethernet Client Filter

The Ethernet Client Filter supports up to 16 Ethernet network machines that helps you to manage

your network control to accept traffic from specific authorized machines or can restrict unwanted

machine(s) to access your LAN.

There are no pre-define Ethernet MAC address filter rules; you can add the filter rules to meet your

requirements.

Ethernet Client Filter:

Default setting is set to

Disable

.

~

Allowed:

check to authorize specific device accessing your LAN by insert the MAC

Address in the space provided or click

.

Make sure your PC’s MAC is listed.

~

Blocked:

check to prevent unwanted device accessing your LAN by insert the MAC

Address in the space provided or click

. Make sure your PC’s MAC is not listed.

The maximum client is 16.

The MAC addresses are 6 bytes long; they are presented only in

hexadecimal characters.

The number

0

-

9

and letters

a

-

f

are acceptable.

(Note:

Follow the MAC Address Format

xx

:

xx

:

xx

:

xx

:

xx

:

xx.

Semicolon (

:

) must be included)

Candidates:

automatically detects devices connected to the router through the Ethernet. .

→

Active PC in LAN

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Active PC in LAN displays a list of individual Ethernet device’s IP Address & MAC Address which

connecting to the router.

You can easily by checking the box next to the IP address to be blocked or allowed. Then,

Add

to

insert to the Ethernet Client Filter table.

The maximum Ethernet client is 16.

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Wireless (Wireless Router Only)

Parameters

WLAN Service:

Default setting is set to

Enable

.

If you do not have any wireless, both 802.11g

and 802.11b, device in your network, select

Disable.

Mode:

The default setting is

802.11b+g

(Mixed mode). If you do not know or have both 11g and

11b devices in your network, then keep the default in

mixed mode

.

From the drop-down manual,

you can select

802.11g

if you have only 11g card.

If you have only 11b card, then select

802.11b

.

ESSID:

The ESSID is the unique name of a wireless access point (AP) to be distinguished from

another.

For security propose, change the default

wlan-ap

to

a unique ID name to the AP which is

already built-in to the router’s wireless interface. It is case sensitive and must not excess 32

characters. Make sure your wireless clients have exactly the ESSID as the device, in order to get

connected to your network.

(Note:

It is case sensitive and must not excess 32 characters.)

ESSID Broadcast:

It is function in which transmits its ESSID to the air so that when wireless

client searches for a network, router can then be discovered and recognized. Default setting is

Enable.

~

Disable: I

f you do not want broadcast your ESSID.

Any client uses “any” wireless setting

cannot discover the Access Point (AP) of your router.

~

Enable:

Any client that using the “any” setting can discover the Access Point (AP) in

Regulation Domain:

There are seven Regulation Domains for you to choose from, including

North America (N.America)

,

Europe

,

France

, etc. The Channel ID will be different based on this

setting.

Channel ID:

Select the ID channel that you would like to use.

Connected:

Representing in

true

or

false

. That it is the connection status between the system

and the build-in wireless card.

AP MAC Address:

It is a unique hardware address of the Access Point.

AP Firmware Version:

The Access Point firmware version.

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Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

It is a wireless access point mode that enables wireless link and communication with other access point.

It is easy to be installed simply define peer’s MAC address of the connected AP.

WDS takes

advantages of cost saving and flexibility which no extra wireless client device is required to bridge

between two access points and extending an existing wired or wireless infrastructure network to create a

larger network.

In addition, WDS enhances its link connection security in WEP mode, WEP key encryption must be the

same for both access points.

WDS Service:

The default setting is

Disable.

Check

Enable

radio button to activate this function.

Peer WDS MAC Address:

It is the associated AP’s MAC Address.

It is important that your peer’s

AP must include your MAC address in order to acknowledge and communicate with each other.

(

Note

:

For MAC Address, Semicolon (

:

) must be included)