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QoS Engine

This option is disabled by default. Enable this

option for better performance and experience with

online games and other interactive applications,

such as VoIP.

This option should be enabled when you have a

slow Internet uplink. It helps to reduce the impact

that large low priority network packets can have

on more urgent ones.

This option is enabled by default when the QoS

Engine option is enabled. This option will allow

your router to automatically determine the uplink

speed of your Internet connection.

This displays the detected uplink speed.

The speed at which data can be transferred from the router to your ISP. This is determined by your ISP. ISP’s often speed

as a download/upload pair. For example, 1.5Mbits/284Kbits. Using this example, you would enter 284. Alternatively you can

test your uplink speed with a service such as www.dslreports.com.

By default, the router automatically determines whether the underlying connection is an xDSL/Frame-relay network or some

other connection type (such as cable modem or Ethernet), and it displays the result as Detected xDSL or Frame Relay Network.

If you have an unusual network connection in which you are actually connected via xDSL but for which you configure either

“Static” or “DHCP” in the Internet settings, setting this option to xDSL or Other Frame Relay Network ensures that the router

will recognize that it needs to shape traffic slightly differently in order to give the best performance. Choosing xDSL or Other

Frame Relay Network causes the measured uplink speed to be reported slightly lower than before on such connections, but

gives much better results.

When Connection Type is set to automatic, the automatically detected connection type is displayed here.

Enable

StreamEngine:

Dynamic

Fragmentation:

Automatic Uplink

Speed:

Measured Uplink

Speed:

Manual Uplink

Speed:

Connection Type:

Detected xDSL:

The QoS Engine option helps improve your network gaming performance by prioritizing applications. By default the

QoS Engine settings are disabled and application priority is not classified automatically.

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Network Filters

Select

Turn MAC Filtering Off

,

Allow MAC

addresses listed below

, or

Deny MAC

addresses listed below

from the drop-down

menu.

Enter the MAC address you would like to

filter.

To find the MAC address on a computer,

please refer to the

Networking Basics

section

in this manual.

Select a DHCP client from the drop-down menu

and click

<<

to copy that MAC Address.

Click to remove the MAC address.

Configure MAC

Filtering:

MAC Address:

DHCP Client:

Clear:

Use MAC (Media Access Control) Filters to allow or deny LAN (Local Area Network) computers by their MAC addresses

from accessing the Network. You can either manually add a MAC address or select the MAC address from the list of

clients that are currently connected to the Broadband Router.

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Access Control

Click the

Add Policy

button to start the Access

Control Wizard.

Add Policy:

The Access Control section allows you to control access in and out of your network. Use this feature as Parental

Controls to only grant access to approved sites, limit web access based on time or dates, and/or block access from

applications like P2P utilities or games.

Click

Next

to continue with the wizard.

Access Control Wizard

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Enter a name for the policy and then click

Next

to continue.

Access Control Wizard (continued)

Select a schedule (I.E. Always) from the drop-down menu

and then click

Next

to continue.

Enter the following information and then click

Next

to

continue.

• Address Type - Select IP address, MAC address, or

Other Machines.

• IP Address - Enter the IP address of the computer

you want to apply the rule to.

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Select the filtering method and then click

Next

to continue.

Access Control Wizard (continued)

Enter the rule:

Enable

- Check to enable the rule.

Name

- Enter a name for your rule.

Dest IP Start

- Enter the starting IP address.

Dest IP End

- Enter the ending IP address.

Protocol

- Select the protocol.

Dest Port Start

- Enter the starting port number.

Dest Port End

- Enter the ending port number.

To enable web logging, click

Enable

.

Click

Save

to save the access control rule.