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7.
Click
Next
to save your settings.
8.
On the Step 4 screen, click
Finish
. The My Dashboard home screen appears.
Adding a Device
To connect a WPS-enabled wireless device, press the
WPS
button on the front of the router
or enter a PIN on the device’s Wi-Fi connection page. If the device is not capable of WPS,
you can still connect to the router using a network name and password.
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To connect a WPS-enabled device:
1.
Click the
Click here to connect using WPS
link to display the screen shown below:
2.
Select one of the two WPS methods:
a.
Method 1:
Press the
WPS
button on the front of the router or click the virtual button on this
screen. On your wireless device, press the physical
WPS
button or click the virtual
WPS
button.
b.
Method 2:
If prompted by your wireless device, enter the router’s WPS PIN shown on the
screen into your wireless device.
Note:
The label on the bottom of the router displays the default PIN. You can
change the PIN on the Wi-Fi Protected Setup screen. (See “Advanced
Wireless Category” on page 36.) Once you change the PIN, the default
value is invalid unless you reset the router to default values.
3.
Click
Next
.
To connect a device that is not WPS enabled:
1.
On the Add a Device screen, click the
Click here to connect by entering network
name and password
key.
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2.
Using the values shown on the screen, enter the following into your wireless device’s
Wi-Fi connection screen as prompted:
±
The Wi-Fi network SSID for the wireless network you want to use
±
The password for the wireless network you selected
Note:
By default there is no password. If a password was configured during
setup, that password displays in the password field.
3.
Click
Close
.
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Advanced Settings
The
Advanced Settings
icon takes you to screens and icons for entering more detailed
settings and configuring more advanced functions than those discussed in the previous
chapter.
Note:
Another way to access the Advanced Settings screen is to click the arrow
to the right of the setting on the basic screen. When a “basic” icon has a
small Advanced Settings icon to its upper left, you are configuring that
function’s advanced settings. For example, the icon for Internet Settings
looks like this:
This chapter contains the following topics:
Typical Advanced Settings Screen
Advanced WAN (Internet) Category
Advanced Wireless Category
Advanced LAN Category
Security Settings Category
Additional Features Category
Admin Category
Typical Advanced Settings Screen
Advanced Settings
Categories
Close button
Advanced Settings
Categories
Close button
Note:
To close an Advanced Settings screen, click the
Close
button at the top
of the screen. The My Dashboard home screen displays.
Tabs
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Advanced WAN (Internet) Category
Screen Descriptions
Internet Status
– View current Internet connection details. Allows you to renew or release a
DHCP IP Address or to connect or disconnect a PPTP/PPPoE connection.
Internet Setup
– Configure your Internet connection type.
IPv6 Status
– View all Internet and network connection details related to the IPv6 Internet
protocol.
IPv6
– Configure the IPv6 connection type and internal network settings of your router.
Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
– Host a server (for example, an FTP or a Game server) using a
domain name purchased with your dynamically assigned IP address from a DDNS service
provider. Once you have DDNS set up, others can just enter your domain name into their
browser or FTP client, for example, and connect just as they would to any other site.
Internet Status Screen
Internet Status
Connection Type
Can be Static IP, Dynamic IP (DHCP), PPPoE
(Username/Password), or PPTP (Username/
Password).
Physical Link to WAN
Indicates whether the router has established a physical
link to the WAN.
Connection to Internet
Indicates whether the router is connected to an
Internet Service Provider.
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