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Wireless-B Broadband Router
Figure 5-26: Applications and Gaming - UPnP Forwarding
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Figure 5-27: Applications and Gaming - DMZ
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Figure 5-28: Administration Tab - Management
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Figure 5-29: Backup & Restore
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Figure 5-30: Administration Tab - Log
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Figure 5-31: Log Table
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Figure 5-32: Administration Tab - Firmware Upgrade
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Figure 5-33: Administration Tab - Factory Defaults
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Figure 5-34: Status Tab - Router
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Figure 5-35: Status Tab - Local Network
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Figure 5-36: Status Tab - DHCP Active IP Table
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Figure C-1: Upgrade Firmware
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Figure E-1: IP Configuration Screen
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Figure E-2: MAC Address/Adapter Address
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Figure E-3: MAC Address/Physical Address
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Figure E-4: MAC Address Clone
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Welcome
Wireless-B Broadband Router
Chapter 1: Introduction
Welcome
Thank you for choosing the Linksys Wireless-B Broadband Router. Think of the Linksys Wireless-B Broadband
Router as a kind of "splitter" for your Internet connection.
Just connect your DSL or Cable Modem to the Router,
and all the computers in your household can share the Internet -- all at the same time. You can connect your
home computers directly to the Router with Ethernet cables, or put wireless network adapters in them and
communicate over radio waves, saving the trouble and expense of running cables through your house.
Once your computers are connected to the Router, they can communicate with each other too, sharing resources
and files.
All your computers can print on a shared printer connected anywhere in the house.
And your
computers can share all kinds of files -- music, digital pictures, and documents.
Keep all your digital music on
one computer, and listen to it anywhere in the house.
Organize all of your family's digital pictures in one place, to
simplify finding the ones you want, and easing backup to CD-R.
Play head-to-head computer games within the
household, or against Internet opponents.
Utilize extra free space on one computer when another's hard drive
starts to fill up.
Your home network is secure, too.
All wireless communications are protected by 128-bit encryption.
The Router
helps keep intruders out of your computers.
It's all easier than you think -- the included Setup Wizard takes you through configuring your network, step by
step.
With the Linksys Wireless-B Broadband Router at the heart of your home network, you don't need to be a
networking genius to share printers, files, and your Internet connection -- with or without wires.
LAN
(Local Area Network): The
computers and networking products
that make up the network in your home
or office
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Chapter 1: Introduction
What’s in this Guide?
Wireless-B Broadband Router
What’s in this Guide?
This user guide covers the steps for setting up and using the Wireless-B Media Adapter.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
This chapter describes the Adapter’s applications and this User Guide.
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Chapter 2: Planning your Wireless Network
This chapter describes the basics of wireless networking.
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Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless-B Broadband Router
This chapter describes the physical features of the Router.
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Chapter 4: Connecting the Wireless-B Broadband Router
This chapter instructs you on how to connect the Router to your network.
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Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-B Broadband Router
This chapter explains how to use the Web-Based Utility to configure the settings on the Wireless-B Broadband
Router.
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Appendix A: Troubleshooting
This appendix describes some problems and solutions, as well as frequently asked questions, regarding
installation and use of the Wireless-B Broadband Router.
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Appendix B: Wireless Security
This appendix explains the risks of wireless networking and some solutions to reduce the risks.
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Appendix C: Upgrading Firmware
This appendix instructs you on how to upgrade the firmware on your Router if you should need to do so.
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Appendix D: Windows Help
This appendix describes how you can use Windows Help for instructions about networking, such as installing
the TCP/IP protocol.
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Appendix E: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for your Ethernet Adapter.
This appendix describes how to find the MAC address for your computer’s Ethenet adapter so you can use the
MAC filtering and/or MAC address cloning feature of the Router.
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Appendix F: Glossary
This appendix gives a brief glossary of terms frequently used in networking.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
What’s in this Guide?
Wireless-B Broadband Router
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Appendix G: Specifications
This appendix provides the technical specifications for the Router.
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Appendix H: Warranty Information
This appendix supplies the warranty information for the Router..
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Appendix I: Regulatory Information
This appendix supplies the regulatory information regarding the Router..
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Appendix J: Contact Information
This appendix provides contact information for a variety of Linksys resources, including Technical Support.
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Chapter 2: Planning your Wireless Network
Network Topology
Wireless-B Broadband Router
Chapter 2: Planning your Wireless Network
Network Topology
A wireless LAN is a group of computers, each equipped with one Linksys wireless adapter.
Computers in a
wireless LAN must be configured to share the same radio channel.
The Linksys wireless adapters provide access to a wired LAN for wireless workstations.
An integrated wireless
and wired LAN is called an infrastructure configuration.
A group of Linksys wireless adapter users and a
Wireless-B Broadband Router compose a Basic Service Set (BSS).
Each Linksys wireless adapter PC in a BSS can
talk to any computer in a wired LAN infrastructure via the Wireless-B Broadband Router.
An infrastructure configuration extends the accessibility of a Linksys wireless adapter PC to a wired LAN, and
doubles the effective wireless transmission range for two Linksys wireless adapter PCs.
Since the Wireless-B
Broadband Router is able to forward data within its BSS, the effective transmission range in an infrastructure LAN
is doubled.
Roaming
Infrastructure mode also supports roaming capabilities for mobile users.
More than one BSS can be configured
as an Extended Service Set (ESS).
This continuous network allows users to roam freely within an ESS.
All PCs
equipped with a Linksys wireless adapter within one ESS must be configured with the same ESS ID and use the
same radio channel.
Before enabling an ESS with roaming capability, choosing a feasible radio channel and optimum Wireless-B
Broadband Router position is recommended. Proper router positioning combined with a clear radio signal will
greatly enhance performance.
Infrastructure
: a wireless network
that is bridged to a wired network via
an access point.
LAN
: the computers and networking
products that make up your local
network
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