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WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP

Wi-Fi Protected Setup

Enable

Enable the Wi-Fi Protected Setup feature.

Lock Wireless Security Settings

Locking the wireless security settings prevents the settings from being changed by any

new external registrar using its PIN. Devices can still be added to the wireless network

using Wi-Fi Protected Setup. It is still possible to change wireless network settings with

Manual Wireless Network Setup

,

Wireless Network Setup Wizard

, or an existing external

WLAN Manager Registrar.

PIN Settings

A PIN is a unique number that can be used to add the router to an existing network or to

create a new network. The default PIN may be printed on the bottom of the router. For

extra security, a new PIN can be generated. You can restore the default PIN at any time.

Only the Administrator ("admin" account) can change or reset the PIN.

Current PIN

Shows the current value of the router's PIN.

Reset PIN to Default

Restore the default PIN of the router.

Generate New PIN

Create a random number that is a valid PIN. This becomes the router's PIN. You can

then copy this PIN to the user interface of the registrar.

Add Wireless Station

This Wizard helps you add wireless devices to the wireless network using the Wi-Fi

Protected Setup protocol.

The wizard will prompt you to enter the PIN for the device, or ask you to press the

configuration button on the device. If the device supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup and has

a configuration button, you can add it to the network by pressing the configuration button

on the device and then the on the router within 60 seconds. The status LED on the router

will flash three times if the device has been successfully added to the network.

There are several ways to add a wireless device to your network. Access to the wireless

network is controlled by a “registrar”. A registrar only allows devices onto the wireless

network if you have entered the PIN, or pressed a special Wi-Fi Protected Setup button

on the device. The router acts as a registrar for the network, although other devices may

act as a registrar as well.

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Add Wireless Device Wizard

Start the wizard.

ADVANCED NETWORK

UPnP

UPnP is short for Universal Plug and Play, which is a networking architecture that

provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. This

router has optional UPnP capability, and can work with other UPnP devices and software.

Enable UPnP

If you need to use the UPnP functionality, you can enable it here.

Allow Users to disable Internet Access

Disabling this option prevents UPnP clients from terminating the WAN connection.

Allow Users to modify Virtual Server Mappings

Disabling this option prevents UPnP clients from adding, modifying, deleting, or disabling

virtual server entries.

WAN Ping

Pinging public WAN IP addresses is a common method used by hackers to test whether

your WAN IP address is valid.

Enable WAN Ping Respond

If you leave this option unchecked, you are causing the router to ignore

ping

commands

for the public WAN IP address of the router.

WAN Ping Inbound Filter

Select a filter that controls which WAN computers can use the ping feature. If you do not

see the filter you need in the list of filters, go to the

Advanced

→

Inbound Filter

screen

and create a new filter.

WAN Port Speed

Normally, this is set to "auto". If you have trouble connecting to the WAN, try the other

settings.

Multicast Streams

The router uses the IGMP protocol to support efficient multicasting -- transmission of

identical content, such as multimedia, from a source to a number of recipients.

Enable Multicast Streams

This option must be enabled if any applications on the LAN participate in a multicast

group. If you have a multimedia LAN application that is not receiving content as

expected, try enabling this option.

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PPPoE Pass Through

This option controls whether LAN computers can act as PPPoE clients and negotiate the

PPP sessions through the router over the WAN ethernet link.

Enable PPPoE Pass Through

Enabling this option allows LAN computers to act as PPPoE clients. Disabling this option

prevents LAN computers from establishing PPPoE pass-through connections.

FAILOVER

The router can establish an uplink via the ethernet WAN port or any modems plugged into the

USB, ExpressCard or CardBus ports. Although all of these devices may be plugged in, only one

of them may establish a link at a time. If the WAN connection fails the router will automatically

attempt to bring up a new link on another device. This feature is called failover.

WAN Failure Detection

WAN failure detection works by detecting the presence of traffic on the ethernet WAN

link. (Note that this only applies to the ethernet WAN link, not the modems.) If the link is

idle for too long the router will attempt to ping a target IP address. If the ping does not

reply, the router assumes the link is down and attempts to fail over to a modem.

Enable

This enables failure detection on the ethernet link. Even when this is disabled unplugging

the ethernet cable at the WAN port will trigger failover to a modem.

Timeout

If the ethernet link is idle for this amount of time then the router will either send a ping or

failover to a modem.

Enable Ping on Idle

When enabled, the router will send a ping after the link idle timeout. If the ping gets a

reply, the router will restart the idle timer, otherwise it will failover to a modem.

Ping Target

The default ping target is the router's gateway. You may specify a different IP address as

a target here.

WAN Interfaces

This section allows you to change the failover order of devices (aka interfaces); to

monitor their status; to take the active link down; or to bring a link up on another device.

The device at the top of the list has the highest priority. This is the device which the

router will attempt to start when it boots up. If the link cannot be brought up on this

device, or if it goes down later, the router will attempt to bring the link up on the next

available device. Whenever a link fails on a device, the router will always move down to

the next device down in the list, and wrap around again to the top.

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Slot

The slot is the physical port the modem or ethernet cable is plugged into.

Device

This shows a description of the device.

Status

This is the link status of a device, which is one of the following.

Ready

This means the device is plugged in and available but not active.

Establishing

This means the router is attempting to bring up the link over the device.

Established

This means the link is up and running on the device.

Suspended

This means the router will not attempt to bring up the link over the device until a timer

expires. This only applies to modems, which must conform to carrier specifications about

how often they may attempt to connect to the network. The timeout depends on how

many previous connection attempts have failed in a row.

Control

The device which has an active link will show a circle-and-slash icon. If you click on this

icon the router will bring the link down. It will not automatically failover in this case.

All other available devices will have a light-bulb icon. If you click on this icon the router

will attempt to bring the link up over this device. If necessary, it will first bring the active

link down. Failover will proceed to the next device down on the list.

Priority

Click on the up- and down-arrow icons to change the priority of the device.

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TOOLS HELP

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Administrator Settings

•

Time

•

Syslog

•

Email Settings

•

System

•

Firmware

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Dynamic DNS

•

System Check

•

Schedules

ADMINISTRATOR SETTINGS

The Administrator Settings section is used to set-up secure access to the Web-based

management. By default no password is configured. It is highly recommended that you create a

password to keep your new router secure.

System Language

The language in which the router's web pages are displayed in can be changed here.

Admin Password

Enter a password for the user "admin", who will have full access to the Web-based

management interface.

Internet Access Password

Enter a password for the user "user", who will have read-only access to the Web-based

management interface.

Gateway Name

The name of the router can be changed here.

Inactivity Time Out

If the router does not detect any administrative activity (from WAN or LAN) during this

number of minutes, it logs the adminstrator off.

Enable HTTPS Server

Enabling this option makes it possible to perform remote management with the Secure

HTTP (HTTPS) protocol.

Enable Remote Management

Enabling Remote Management allows you to manage the router from anywhere on the

Internet. Disabling Remote Management allows you to manage the router only from

computers on your LAN.