Motorola MG7550 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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To configure and enable a Guest Network on the 5 GHz band, first select the

5 GHz tab, and then repeat the steps above.

Network Name

can be from 6

‐

32 characters long.

You can use the upper and lower

case letters (a – z and A – Z), numbers (0

‐

9) and special characters (e.g. $_/& etc.)

except the single quote ‘

Password

can be from 8

‐

63 characters long.

You can use upper and lower case letters

(a – z and A – Z), numbers (0

‐

9) and special characters (e.g. $_/& etc.) except the single

quote ‘

Changing Firewall Settings

A Firewall helps protect your Model MG7550 and the devices attached to it

from harm from outsiders connecting via the Internet. Model MG7550

comes with reasonable firewall settings. The firewall allows all normal traffic

to pass, but protects against well-known attacks. Normally you just leave the

firewall settings in place. If you want to change them, you go to the

Protection

Firewall section of the Configuration Manager. First log into the

Configuration Manager as described in chapter 6. In summary, you type

192.168.0.1

in the address bar of your browser, go to that address, enter the

Username

admin

and Password

motorola

, then click the Login button.

This will bring you to the Basic Status and Settings page. Click the Advanced

button in the upper right. This will bring you to the Status

Software page.

Hover over the Protection & Parental Control menu item, and select the

Firewall submenu.

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The firewall lets you set your protection level through IPv4 Firewall

Protection, for example. By default, with the Low setting, all services are

allowed. If you select Medium or High protection, the firewall will block all

services except those listed in the List of Allowed Services at the bottom of

the page. Select the desired protection level, and click Save.

The higher protection levels will make it harder for attackers to penetrate

your network. You may find that if you select one of these levels, that some

Internet activities may fail. If that is the case, you may need to use a lower

level of protection during those activities.

Note that in order to play some games, you may need to turn protection off.

When enabled, Port Scan Detection and IP Flood Detection will generate

reports in the Firewall Log if they detect their respective attacks.

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Tuning Wireless Performance

This chapter discusses steps to tune wireless performance. These steps can

optimize wireless performance in many cases.

First, note that placement of your MG7550 can be very important. Make sure

it is not too close to other wireless devices like Bluetooth transmitters (e.g.

for headsets), or a neighbor’s wireless router. For example, in an apartment

an MG7550 could be only feet away from a neighbor’s device on the other

side of a shared wall.

There are also optimizations you can make by using the MG7550’s

Configuration Manager.

Log into the Configuration Manager as described in chapter 4. In summary,

you type

192.168.0.1

in the address bar of your browser, go to that address,

enter the Username

admin

and Password

motorola

, then click the Login

button.

This will bring you to the Basic Status and Settings page. When the Basic

Status and Settings page comes up, click the Advanced button at the top

right.

Remember that you can go back to the Basic Status and Settings page at any

time by clicking the Motorola ‘M’ logo at the upper left of the page.

To optimize wireless performance, check channel usage of neighboring

devices. This is more likely to be an issue in the 2.4 GHz band than in the 5

GHz band, but we will show you how to check both bands. You can do this by

looking at the wireless Scan Results table.

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Select the Wireless Scan/Bridge page. Hover over the Wireless menu item to

bring the Wireless submenu options into view, then click the Scan/Bridge

submenu option. This brings you to the Wireless Scan/Bridge page:

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Select the tab for the band you want to scan, 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz. Then click the

“Scan Wireless APs” button at the bottom of the page. This will pop up the

wireless Scan Results table:

Note that as in these sample Scan Results, you may need to scroll down to

see all neighboring networks.

For the 2.4 GHz band:

Look at the Channel column. This shows the channels that your neighboring

networks use. Available channels are 1 through 11. Many installations use

only channels 1, 6 or 11, because ideally wireless devices should be

separated by 5 channels.

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