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VLAN

VLAN Table:

In this table you can click on the ‘ADD VLAN’ button to add a ‘VLAN’ binding or click on ‘EDIT’ to edit

an existing binding, or click on ‘DELETE’ to remove a binding.

VLAN Profile:

This screen will appear if you click on

‘ADD VLAN’ or ‘EDIT’ from the VLAN page.

Description:

detailed description of the VLAN.

IP Address:

IP address of the VLAN virtual interface

on the gateway.

Subnet Mask:

subnet mask of the VLAN virtual

interface.

NAT Domain:

NAT addressing domain to define the

NAPT operation of the VLAN virtual interface. Public

means that this VLAN will be visible to the Internet.

Private means NAT is enabled to protect the subnet

from visibility to the Internet.

IGMP Snooping:

enable/disable the feature to block

unnecessary IP multicast traffic f looding among VLAN

ports without the specific multicast membership. This

feature is working based on snooping IGMP Join/

Leave messages among the VLAN ports to update

the bridging forwarding database. IGMP Snooping

is extremely useful in saving bandwidth of flow-

speed interfaces (ex WLAN) to improve the network

utilization.

IGMP Querier:

enable/disable IGMP querying to

the VLAN virtual interface. The option is to control

whether to behave as an IGMP querier on the VLAN

bridging network If IGMP Querier option is disabled,

the router will act as an IP multicast compliant host

and send IGMP reports for its own joined IP multicast

groups.No IGMP query messages will be sent to the

specific VLAN.

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VLAN Access Control:

In this table you can enable or disable the communication between the VLAN bindings by ticking (enable) or

un-ticking (disable) the corresponding name in the table.

The DHCP Clients List displays the IP Address, Host Name and MAC Address of each client that has requested an

IP address since the last reboot of the Router. Check the ‘Fix’ box to have the IP address and the MAC address

linked so that the IP address will always be assigned as it is on this screen.

Wireless

The router also operates as a wireless access point,

allowing wireless computers to communicate with

each other. To configure this function, you need to

enable the wireless function, and you may also setup

the security options if needed.

Wireless Settings

Check Enable or Disable and click ‘SAVE SETTINGS’ This

will turn the wireless function on or off and enable or

disable wireless clients to connect to the router.

The router supports two wireless SSID’s, to enable the

second SSID place a tick in the ‘Secondary Wireless

Module’ and click ‘SAVE SETTINGS’.

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Note:

If you experience poor

performance, you

may be encountering

interference from

another wireless

device. Try changing

the channel, as this may

eliminate interference

and increase

performance Channels

1, 6, and 11, as the

three non-overlapping

channels in the 2.4GHz

range, are preferred

The available channel

settings are limited

by local regulations.

(Default Range: 1-13)

Channel and SSID

These settings should be left as default unless you have a reason to change them. You can change the

Service Set ID (SSID) and a common radio channel to be used by the router and all of its wireless clients. Be

sure you configure all of its clients to the same values. The SSID is case-sensitive and can consist of up to 32

alphanumeric characters. Functioning as an access point, the gateway can be configured for roaming clients by

setting the SSID and wireless channel.

See the description of the parameters below.

Parameter Description

SSID:

Service Set ID. The SSID must be the same on

the router and all of its wireless clients. The SSID is the

name of your wireless

Show or hide the broadcasting of the SSID. Show

SSID broadcasting on the wireless network for easy

connection with client PCs

Note:

The SSID is case sensitive and can consist of up

to 32 alphanumeric characters. (Default: WLAN)

Wireless Mode:

This device supports 11n, 11g and 11b

wireless networks. Make your selection depending on

the type of wireless network that you have. (Default:

802 11n + 802 11g + 802 11b)

Channel:

The radio channel used by the wireless

router and its clients to communicate with each

other. This channel must be the same on the router

and all of its wireless clients. (Default: 6)

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Wireless Access Control

Using the Access Control functionality, you can specify which PCs can wirelessly connect to the access point.

Each PC has a unique identifier known as a Medium Access Control (MAC) address. With MAC filtering enabled,

only the computers whose MAC address you have listed in the filtering table may connect to the router.

See the description of the Access Control features below.

Parameter Description

Enable MAC Filtering: Enable or disable the MAC filtering function.

Access Rule for registered MAC address: When MAC filtering is enabled, all registered MAC addresses are

controlled by this Access Rule.

MAC Filtering Table: Enter the MAC addresses of the network card you wish to allow or deny connection (Up to

32 stations).

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Security

It is important to be aware of security issues, especially when using wireless. You can configure your security

settings on this page. You can set security on one SSID or both, select the appropriate SSID from the ‘Select

Virtual AP’ drop down box.

If you are transmitting sensitive data across radio

channels, you should enable wireless security.

For a more secure network, the router can implement

one or a combination of the following security

mechanisms:

Disabled

WEP Only

WPA and/or WPA2

WPA and 802.1x*

* Using 8021x security requires support to do so from your OS or other

third party radius server software, and is not recommended unless you

are familiar with setting up such systems.

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Security Client Support Implementation

Considerations

WEP:

Built-in support on all 802.11b and 802.11g devices.

WPA:

Requires WPA-enabled system and network

card. Some wireless cards may not support this,

please check with the wireless card’s manufacturer.

WPA2:

Requires WPA2 enabled system and network

card. Some wireless cards may not support this,

please check with the wireless card’s manufacturer.

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