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How to Configure the Router by the Control Utility: Dell™

TrueMobile™ 2300 Wireless Broadband Router User's Guide

My Network Overview

Wireless Settings

Network Access Control

Gaming

Remote Access

Administration

Diagnostics

Advanced Settings

My Network Overview

The information on this menu provides you a general overview of your network status. On the left side of the

screen, it displays the status of current connection to your router. The status will update when you click the

Refresh button. On the right side, you can see the basic facts about your router. These items are as below:

Operation Mode

Connection Type

Internet IP Address

WAN MAC Address

LAN IP Address

Netmask

Network Name (SSID)

WEP Functionality

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Wireless Settings

Network Name and Channel are necessary for enabling a wireless network.

Network Name (SSID)

- a unique network name, also called SSID (Service Set Identifer). It is used to identify the

WLAN. When a mobile device tries to connect to the router, the user must know the router's SSID first.

Channel

- the radio channel over which a communication transmission occurs. The operating channel number depends

on the regulatory domain.

The Wireless Broadband Router provides advanced mechanism for wireless security. It ensures the confidentiality of data, and

also guards data against being modified. If you want to enable the security mechanism, check the

Enable Wireless Security

box. Select either

WEP

or

WPA

in

Network Authentication

.

WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption used in the 802.11 standard is to protect wireless communication from

eavesdropping. WEP provides a way of creating an encrypted key that is shared between a wireless client (such as a notebook

with a wireless PC card) and the router. This key encrypts data before it is transmitted. WEP can be implemented with 40(64)-

bit or 104(128)-bit key. Basically, the larger key length is relatively more secure for your data. For added security, change your

key often. When you change the key on one wireless device, remember that it must be changed for all wireless devices and

access points in the network.

Key Format

: It could be in ASCII or hexadecimal format. Hexadecimal digits include the numbers 0 to 9 and the letters

A to F. ASCII format allows you to enter any characters.

Key Length

: It could be either 40(64)-bit or 104(128)-bit key length. Some wireless network cards are only able to use

40(64)-bit encryption. If all your clients are able to communicate at 104(128)-bit choose 104(128)-bit. If any client is only

able to communicate at 40(64)-bit, choose 40(64)-bit.

Key1

,

Key2

,

Key3

, and

Key4

: Enter four different keys in the Key fields provided to store on the Wireless Broadband

Router. If you choose 40(64)-bit encryption, enter a 5-character (or 10 hexadecimal digits). For 104(128)-bit encryption,

enter a 13-character (or 26 hexadecimal digits) WEP key.

Default Key

: Select only one key out of the four provided in the Default Key applied for encryption drop-down list.

WPA

WPA is an upgrade to the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) standard for securing your wireless network.

If you would like to secure your wireless network using WPA, you will need the following:

WPA enabled on your Dell TrueMobile 2300 Wireless Broadband Router

WPA support for your wireless clients. If you are using a Dell TrueMobile wireless client, you can check for the

availability of WPA enabled software update for your wireless client at

.

Enter the fields with the required parameters.

WPA Pre-shared Key

: WPA Pre-Shared Key (PSK) is a field where the password is entered. All wireless clients must

also use this password to gain access to the network. Note that the Key format must also match the setting for the

wireless clients.

Key Format

: Key Format is a box that lists 2 items:

Hexadecimal

Digits (numbers 0-9 and letters A-F only) and

ASCII

Characters (any letter, number, or symbol). Select the proper format for your key. If your wireless client(s) only support

one of the two formats, be sure to specify the correct one.

WPA Group Rekey Interval

: WPA Group Rekey Interval is used to specify the frequency of encryption key rotations.

The lower the number, the faster your encryption key will rotate, however, setting this number too low may cause your

wireless network to slow down.

WPA Encryption

: WPA Encryption has 2 choices:

TKIP

(Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) - it is the most commonly

used encryption method and

AES

(Advanced Encryption Standard) - it can be used if your wireless clients do not

support TKIP.

Click the

Factory Default Value

button to reset the wireless settings to its factory defaults.

Click the

Apply

button to save the settings.

Click the

Restore

button to restore to its previous settings.

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Network Access Control

Buttons

Actions

Add

Click "Add" button to add an new entry in the list.

Edit

Click on the record needs to be modified in the list and then click "Edit" button. Then, a

dialog box will appear for you to edit it.

Delete

If you want to delete the record from the list, click on the record you want to delete and

then click "Delete" button to remove it from the list.

Delete All

Click "Delete All" button to delete all the records in the list.

Restore

Click the "Restore" button to restore to the previous settings.

Parental Control

In the wake of increasing concern by parents about inappropriate content on the Internet, the router provides

parental control function to filter and block inappropriate website (such as sex and violence related sites). Parental

Control enables you to determine what website your children can and cannot access. It also allows you to specify

what time children can access the Internet.

Step-by-step to add an new entry

1. Check the

Enable Parental Control

box.

2. Click

Add

button. A pop-up

Parental Control

window will appear.

3. Enter the IP address of the computer you want to control (for example, your child's computer) in the

Host

IP

field.

4. Select

Allowed

or

Denied

from the

Internet Access

list.

5. Decide the time

Interval

. Check the radio button of

Permanent

if this rule always applies or specify a

period of time for Internet access control.

6. Select

allow

or

deny

for web access.

7. Specify which website is allowed / denied by entering its URL in the

Website URL

field.

8. Click the

OK

button to apply. Or click the

Cancel

button to exit without making any change.

9. Click the

Apply Parental Control Settings

button on the bottom of the screen to activate the new

settings.

MAC

This feature filters specific MAC (Media Access Control) addresses within the wireless local area network (WLAN)

from accessing the network.

Step-by-step to add an new entry

1. Check the

Enable MAC Access Control

box. The following

MAC Access Control Settings

window will

appear.

2. Click

Add

button. A pop-up

MAC Access Control: Add Entry

window will appear.

3. Enter the hexadecimal characters of the MAC address (for example, 00:11:22:33:44:55) that you want to

grant or deny the access in

Host MAC

box.

4. Select

Grant

or

Deny

from the

Operating Type

list. If you select Grant, the device with this MAC Address

is allowed to access the network, and the device with other MAC address will be filtered and denied to

access the network.

NOTE: The operating type for

ALL

records MUST be either Grant or Deny.

5. Click the

OK

button to apply. Or click the

Cancel

button to exit without making any change.

6. You can click on the selected record and click again on its

Host Name

to enter the desired name for this

record.

7. Click the

Apply MAC Control Settings

button on the bottom of the screen to activate the new settings.

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Gaming

In some cases, the firewall feature of the router will cause a game not to function as intended. The settings listed

on the

Gaming

menu can solve these problems. This section will guide you how to configure the device for

gaming.

Your TrueMobile 2300 Router has an integrated Network Address Translation (NAT) firewall that rejects any

unsolicited data from the Internet to access the computer on your LAN. Basically, if you do not request data, the