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7.

Advanced Settings

This chapter describes the advanced features of your router. The information is for readers with

advanced networking knowledge who want to configure the router for unique situations such as

when remote access from the Internet by IP or domain name is needed.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•

Advanced Wireless Settings

•

Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)

•

Port Forwarding and Triggering

•

Set Up Port Forwarding to Local Servers

•

Set Up Port Triggering

•

Dynamic DNS

•

Static Routes

•

Remote Management

•

Universal Plug and Play

•

Traffic Meter

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Advanced Wireless Settings



To configure advanced wireless settings:

1.

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

The following screen displays:

2.

Adjust the following settings as needed:

•

Enable Wireless Router Radio

. You can completely turn off the wireless portion of

the wireless router by clearing this check box. Select this check box again to enable

the wireless portion of the router. When the wireless radio is disabled, other members

of your household can use the router by connecting their computers to the router with

an Ethernet cable.

•

Enable 20/40 MHZ Coexistence

. By default, this check box is selected so that your

wireless network does not interfere with other wireless networks in your area. This

setting might reduce the maximum speed of your 2.4-GHz wireless network to half

when another wireless network is detected in your environment. If you want to

maintain maximum speed for your wireless network regardless of other networks in

your area, clear this check box.

Note:

The Fragmentation Length, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble

Mode options are reserved for wireless testing and advanced

configuration only. Do not change these settings.

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•

WPS Settings

.You can add WPS devices to your network:

•

Disable Router’s PIN

. The router’s PIN lets you use the WPS PIN method to join

the wireless network. Selecting this check box disables the PIN, which means the

WPS PIN method cannot be used.

•

Keep Existing Wireless Settings

. By default this check box is selected so that

when WPS is used to join the wireless network, the router wireless settings do not

change.

•

Wireless Card Access List

. Click the

Set Up Access List

button display the

Wireless Card Access List screen. You can restrict access to your network to specific

devices based on their MAC address.

3.

Click the

Apply

button.

Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address

You can create a list of computers and wireless devices that are allowed to join the wireless

network. This list is based on the unique MAC address of each computer and device.

Each network device has a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character physical address,

containing the hexadecimal characters 0¡V9, a¡Vf, or A¡VF only, and separated by colons (for

example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). Typically, the MAC address is on the label of the wireless

card or network interface device. If you do not have access to the label, you can display the

MAC address using the network configuration utilities of the computer. You might also find

the MAC addresses in the Attached Devices screen.



To restrict access based on MAC addresses:

1.

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

and click

Setup Access

List

.

The Wireless Card Access List screen displays.

2.

Click

Add

to add a wireless device to the wireless access control list.

The Wireless Card Access Setup screen opens and displays a list of currently active

wireless cards and their Ethernet MAC addresses.

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3.

If the computer or device you want is in the Available Wireless Cards list, select that radio

button; otherwise, type a name and the MAC address.

You can usually find the MAC address on the bottom of the wireless device.

You can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the Attached Devices screen into the

MAC Address field of this screen. To do this, use each wireless computer to join the

wireless network. The computer should then appear in the Attached Devices screen.

4.

Click

Add

to add this wireless device to the Wireless Card Access List.

The screen changes back to the list screen.

5.

Add each computer or device that you want to allow to connect wirelessly.

6.

Select the

Turn Access Control On

check box.

7.

Click the

Apply

button.

Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)

You can configure the N150 4-Port Wireless Router to be used as a wireless access point

(AP), which enables it to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater connects to another

wireless router as a client where the network to which it connects becomes the ISP service.

Note:

If you use the wireless repeating function, select either

WEP

or

None

as a security option in the Wireless Settings screen. The WEP

option displays only if you select the wireless mode

Up to 54 Mbps

in the Wireless Settings screen.

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Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distribution System (WDS). A WDS allows a wireless

network to be expanded through multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to

link them. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.

Repeater

Base station

access point

access point

The scenario includes these components:

•

Wireless Base Station

. The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and

from the child repeater access point. The base station also handles wireless and wired

local computers. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC addresses of the child

repeater access point.

•

Wireless Repeater

. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers

to a remote access point. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC address of the

remote parent access point.

The JNR1010 router is always in dual band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one

radio. If you enable the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless base station or

wireless repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you enable the

wireless base station in either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless

router or wireless base station, dual band concurrent mode is not affected.

For you to set up a wireless network with WDS, both access points must meet the

following conditions:

•

Both access points must use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.

•

Both access points must be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point

LAN IP addresses are in the same network.

•

All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) must be configured to operate in the

same LAN network address range as the access points.