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The Setup Tab - MAC Address Clone

Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router

TZO.com

E-mail Address, Password, and Domain Name

. Enter the Email Address, Password, and Domain Name of

the service you set up with TZO.

Internet IP Address

. The Router’s current Internet IP Address is displayed here. Because it is dynamic, this

will change.

Status

. The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here.

When you have finished making changes to this screen, click the

Save Settings

button to apply your changes or

Cancel Changes

to cancel your changes. Help information is shown on the right-hand side of the screen.

The Setup Tab - MAC Address Clone

A MAC address is a 12-digit code assigned to a unique piece of hardware for identification. Some ISPs will

require you to register a MAC address in order to access the Internet.

If you do not wish to re-register the MAC

address with your ISP, you may assign the MAC address you have currently registered with your ISP to the Router

with the MAC Address Clone feature.

MAC Address Clone

Enabled/Disabled

. To have the MAC Address cloned, select

Enabled

from the drop-down menu.

MAC Address

. Enter the MAC Address registered with your ISP here.

Clone My PC’s MAC

. Clicking this button will clone the MAC address of the PC you are currently using.

Change these settings as described here and click the

Save Settings

button to apply your changes or

Cancel

Changes

to cancel your changes. Help information is shown on the right-hand side of the screen.

Figure 5-11: Setup Tab - MAC Address Clone

mac address

: the unique address that a

manufacturer assigns to each networking device.

Figure 5-10: TZO.com

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The Setup Tab - Advanced Routing

Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router

The Setup Tab - Advanced Routing

This tab is used to set up the Router’s advanced functions. Operating Mode allows you to select the type(s) of

advanced functions you use. Dynamic Routing will automatically adjust how packets travel on your network. Static

Routing sets up a fixed route to another network destination.

Operating Mode

. Select the mode in which this Router will function. If this Router is hosting your network’s

connection to the Internet, select

Gateway

. If another Router exists on your network, select

Router

. When Router is

chosen,

Dynamic Routing

will be enabled.

Dynamic Routing

. This feature enables the Router to automatically adjust to physical changes in the network’s

layout and exchange routing tables with the other router(s). The Router determines the network packets’ route

based on the fewest number of hops between the source and the destination. This feature is

Disabled

by default.

From the drop-down menu, you can also select

LAN & Wireless

, which performs dynamic routing over your

Ethernet and wireless networks. You can also select

WAN

, which performs dynamic routing with data coming from

the Internet. Finally, selecting

Both

enables dynamic routing for both networks, as well as data from the Internet.

Static Routing

. To set up a static route between the Router and another network, select a number from the

Static

Routing

drop-down list. (A static route is a pre-determined pathway that network information must travel to reach a

specific host or network.) Enter the information described below to set up a new static route. (Click the

Delete This

Entry

button to delete a static route.)

Enter Route Name

. Enter a name for the Route here, using a maximum of 25 alphanumeric characters.

Destination LAN IP

. The Destination LAN IP is the address of the remote network or host to which you want to

assign a static route.

Subnet Mask

. The Subnet Mask determines which portion of a Destination LAN IP address is the network

portion, and which portion is the host portion.

Default Gateway

. This is the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the Router and

the remote network or host.

Interface

. This interface tells you whether the Destination IP Address is on the

LAN & Wireless

(Ethernet and

wireless networks), the

WAN

(Internet), or a dummy network in which one PC acts like a network—necessary

for certain software programs).

Click the

Show Routing Table

button to view the Static Routes you’ve already set up.

Change these settings as described here and click the

Save Settings

button to apply your changes or

Cancel

Changes

to cancel your changes.

Figure 5-12: Setup Tab - Advanced Routing (Gateway)

Figure 5-13: Setup Tab - Advanced Routing (Router)

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The Wireless Tab - Basic Wireless Settings

Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router

The Wireless Tab - Basic Wireless Settings

The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this screen.

Wireless Network

Wireless-G Settings

Mode

. From this drop-down menu, you can select the wireless standards running on your network. If you have

both 802.11g and 802.11b devices in your network, keep the default setting,

Mixed

. If you have only 802.11g

devices, select

G Only

. If you have only 802.11b devices, select

B Only

.

Network Name (SSID)

. The SSID is the network name shared by all devices in a wireless network. The SSID

must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 keyboard

characters in length. Make sure this setting is the same for all devices in your wireless network. For added

security, you should change the default SSID (linksys) to a unique name.

Channel

. Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network settings. All

devices in your wireless network must broadcast on the same channel in order to communicate.

SSID Broadcast

. When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will

detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router's SSID, keep the default setting,

Enabled

. If you

do not want to broadcast the Router's SSID, then select

Disabled

.

Change these settings as described here and click the

Save Settings

button to apply your changes or

Cancel

Changes

to cancel your changes. Help information is shown on the right-hand side of the screen.

Figure 5-14: Wireless Tab - Basic Wireless Settings

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The Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router

The Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

The Wireless Security settings configure the security of your wireless network. There are three wireless security

mode options supported by the Router: WPA Personal, WPA2 Personal, WPA2 Mixed Mode and WEP. (WEP stands

for Wired Equivalent Privacy). These four are briefly discussed here. For detailed instructions on configuring

wireless security for the Router, turn to “Appendix B: Wireless Security.”

Wireless Security

WEP

. WEP is a basic encryption method. Select a level of WEP encryption,

64-bit

or

128-bit

. If you want to use a

Passphrase, then enter it in the

Passphrase

field and click the

Generate

button. If you want to enter the WEP key

manually, then enter it in the

WEP Key 1-4

field(s). To indicate which WEP key to use, select the appropriate

TX

Key

number.

WPA Personal

. This method offers two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption keys. Select

the type of encryption method you want to use,

TKIP

or

AES

. Enter the Passphrase, which can have 8 to 63

characters. Then enter the Key Renewal period, which instructs the Router how often it should change the

encryption keys.

Figure 5-15: Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

(WEP)

Figure 5-16: Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

(WPA Personal)

wep

(wired equivalent privacy): a method of

encrypting network data transmitted on a

wireless network for greater security.

IMPORTANT:

If you are using encryption,

always remember that each device in your

wireless network MUST use the same

encryption method and encryption key, or

else your wireless network will not function

properly.

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The Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

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Figure 5-18: Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

(WPA2 Mixed Mode)

WPA2 Personal

. WPA2 gives you one encryption method, AES, with dynamic encryption keys. Enter a

Passphrase of 8-63 characters. Then enter a Group Key Renewal period, which instructs the Router how often it

should change the encryption keys.

WPA2 Mixed Mode

. WPA2 gives you TKIP+AES encryption. Enter a Passphrase of 8-63 characters. Then enter a

Group Key Renewal period, which instructs the Router how often it should change the encryption keys.

Figure 5-17: Wireless Tab - Wireless Security

(WPA2 Personal)

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