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The Setup Tab - Advanced Routing

Wireless-N Home Router

The Setup Tab - Advanced Routing

The

Advanced Routing

screen allows you to configure the dynamic and static routing settings.

Advanced Routing

NAT

Dynamic Routing

Static Routing

A static route is a pre-determined pathway that network information must travel to reach a specific host or

network. Use this feature to set up a static route between the Router and another network (you can have up to 20

static routes). To create a static route, alter the following settings:

Route Entries

. Select the number of the static route from the drop-down menu.

Enter Route Name

. Enter a name for the static route, using a maximum of 25 alphanumeric characters.

Destination LAN IP

. The Destination LAN IP Address is the address of the remote network or host to which

you want to assign a static route. Enter the IP address of the host for which you wish to create a static route.

Subnet Mask

. The Subnet Mask determines which portion of a Destination IP address is the network portion,

and which portion is the host portion.

Default Gateway

. This is the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the Router and

the remote network or host.

Interface

. Select

LAN & Wireless

or

WAN (Internet)

, depending on the location of the final destination.

Delete This Entry

. To delete a route, select its number from the drop-down menu, and click this button.

Figure 5-12: Setup Tab - Advanced Routing

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The Setup Tab - Advanced Routing

Wireless-N Home Router

Show Routing Table

. Click the

Show Routing Table

button to open a screen displaying how data is routed

through your local network. For each route, the Destination LAN IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and Interface

are displayed. Click the

Refresh

button to update the information. Click the

Close

button to exit this screen.

When you have finished making changes to this screen, click the

Save Settings

button to save the changes, or

click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes. For more information, click

Help

.

Figure 5-13: Routing Table

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The Wireless Tab - Basic Wireless Settings

Wireless-N Home Router

The Wireless Tab - Basic Wireless Settings

The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this screen.

Basic Wireless Settings

Network Mode

. From this drop-down menu, you can select the wireless standards running on your network. If

you have Wireless-N, Wireless-G, and Wireless-B devices in your network, keep the default setting,

Mixed

. If you

have only Wireless-N devices, select

Wireless-N Only

. If you have only Wireless-G devices, select

Wireless-G

Only

. If you have only Wireless-B devices, select

Wireless-B Only

. If you do not have any wireless devices in your

network, select

Disable

.

Network Name (SSID)

. The SSID is the network name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID

must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters

(use any of the characters on the keyboard). Make sure this setting is the same for all points in your wireless

network. For added security, you should change the default SSID (

linksys

) to a unique name.

Radio Band

. For best performance in a network using Wireless-N, Wireless-G and Wireless-B devices, keep the

default,

Wide - 40MHz Channel

. For Wireless-G and Wireless-B networking only, select

Standard - 20MHz

Channel

. If you are not sure which radio band to select, keep the default,

Auto

.

Wide Channel

. If you selected Wide - 40MHz Channel for the Radio Band setting, then this setting will be

available for your primary Wireless-N channel. Select any channel from the drop-down menu.

Standard Channel

. Select the channel for Wireless-N, Wireless-G, and Wireless-B networking. If you selected

Wide – 40MHz Channel for the Radio Band setting, then the Standard Channel will be a secondary channel for

Wireless-N. If you are not sure which channel to select, keep the default,

Auto

.

SSID Broadcast

. When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will

detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router's SSID, keep the default setting,

Enabled

. If you

do not want to broadcast the Router's SSID, then select

Disabled

.

When you have finished making changes to this screen, click the

Save Settings

button to save the changes, or

click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes. For more information, click

Help

.

Figure 5-14: Wireless Tab - Basic Wireless Settings

NOTE:

If you select Wide - 40MHz Channel for the

Radio Band setting, then Wireless-N can use two

channels: a primary one (Wide Channel) and a

secondary one (Standard Channel). This will

enhance Wireless-N performance.

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The Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

Wireless-N Home Router

The Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

These settings configure the security of your wireless network. There are six wireless security modes supported

by the Router: PSK-Personal, PSK2-Personal, PSK-Enterprise, PSK2-Enterprise, RADIUS, and WEP. (PSK stands for

Pre-Shared Key, which is a security standard stronger than WEP encryption. WEP stands for Wired Equivalent

Privacy, while RADIUS stands for Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service.) For details on configuring wireless

security for the Router, turn to “Appendix B: Wireless Security.” If you do not want to use wireless security, select

Disabled

.

Wireless Security

Security Mode

. Select the mode you want to use:

PSK-Personal

,

PSK2-Personal

,

PSK-Enterprise

,

PSK2-

Enterprise

,

RADIUS

, or

WEP

. PSK2 is a more advanced, more secure version of PSK.

Follow the instructions for the security method you want to use.

PSK-Personal

Encryption

. Select the algorithm you want to use,

TKIP

or

AES

. (AES is a stronger encryption method than TKIP.)

Pre-shared Key

. Enter the key shared by the Router and your other network devices. It must have

8-63 characters.

Key Renewal

. Enter the Key Renewal period, which tells the Router how often it should change encryption keys.

When you have finished making changes to this screen, click the

Save Settings

button to save the changes, or

click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes. For more information, click

Help

.

PSK2-Personal

Encryption

. Select the algorithm(s) you want to use,

AES

or

TKIP or AES

. (AES is a stronger encryption method

than TKIP.)

Pre-shared Key

. Enter the key shared by the Router and your other network devices. It must have

8-63 characters.

Key Renewal

. Enter the Key Renewal period, which tells the Router how often it should change encryption keys.

When you have finished making changes to this screen, click the

Save Settings

button to save the changes, or

click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes. For more information, click

Help

.

Figure 5-15: Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

(PSK-Personal)

Figure 5-16: Wireless Security - PSK2-Personal

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The Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

Wireless-N Home Router

PSK-Enterprise

This option features PSK used in coordination with a RADIUS server. (This should only be used when a RADIUS

server is connected to the Router.)

Encryption

. Select the algorithm(s) you want to use,

TKIP

or

AES

. (AES is a stronger encryption method than

TKIP.)

RADIUS Server

. Enter the IP address of your RADIUS server.

RADIUS Port

. Enter the port number of your RADIUS server.

Shared Key

. Enter the key shared by the Router and RADIUS server.

Key Renewal

. Enter the Key Renewal period, which tells the Router how often it should change encryption keys.

When you have finished making changes to this screen, click the

Save Settings

button to save the changes, or

click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes. For more information, click

Help

.

PSK2-Enterprise

This option features PSK2 used in coordination with a RADIUS server. (This should only be used when a RADIUS

server is connected to the Router.)

Encryption

. Select the algorithm(s) you want to use,

AES

or

TKIP or AES

. (AES is a stronger encryption method

than TKIP.)

RADIUS Server

. Enter the IP address of your RADIUS server.

RADIUS Port

. Enter the port number of your RADIUS server.

Shared Key

. Enter the key shared by the Router and RADIUS server.

Key Renewal

. Enter the Key Renewal period, which tells the Router how often it should change encryption keys.

When you have finished making changes to this screen, click the

Save Settings

button to save the changes, or

click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes. For more information, click

Help

.

Figure 5-17: Wireless Security - PSK-Enterprise

Figure 5-18: Wireless Security - PSK2-Enterprise