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9.

Advanced Settings

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

advanced networking knowledge who want to set the router up 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

•

USB Settings

•

Universal Plug and Play

•

IPv6

•

Traffic Meter

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Advanced Wireless Settings

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

to display the following screen:

Scroll to view

more settings

The following settings are available in this screen:

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.

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.

Turn off wireless signal by schedule

. You can use this feature to turn off the wireless signal

from your router at times when you do not need a wireless connection. For instance, you

could turn it off for the weekend if you leave town.

WPS Settings

.You can add WPS devices to your network.

AP Mode or Bridge

. You can set up the R6300 in Bridge mode. See

Set Up the Router in

Bridge Mode

on page

83.

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.

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Set Up the Router in Bridge Mode

The R6300 WiFi Router can be configured in bridge mode. This mode lets you connect

multiple devices wirelessly at the faster 802.11ac speed. To use the router in Bridge mode,

you need two R6300 WiFi Routers; one set up as a router and the other set up as a bridge.

Figure 8. Router in Bridge mode with an 802.11ac WiFi connection

Installing a R6300 router as a bridge offers the following benefits:

•

You can take advantage of Gigabit WiFi speeds on current devices

•

Use Gigabit WiFi for applications like video and gaming.

•

Connect multiple devices like NAS, Smart TV, NeoTV, Blu-ray Player, game console at

Gigabit WiFi speeds using a WiFi link

•

Avoid the need for separate WiFi adapters for each device.

For example, you could install the first R6300 WiFi Router in a room like a home office that

has your Internet connection. After this router is up and running, set up the second router in

Bridge mode. Then place the router in Bridge mode in a different room that has your home

entertainment center. Cable the router in Bridge mode to your Smart TV, DVR, game console

or Blu-ray player, and then use its 802.11ac WiFi connection to the first R6300 router.

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To set up the R6300 WiFi Router in Bridge mode:

1.

Make sure that the first router (the one cabled to the modem) has an Internet connection

and that wireless devices can connect to it. Make a note of the following items: SSID,

security mode, wireless password, operating frequency (either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz).

2.

Log in to the router that you want to set up in Bridge mode, and select

Advanced >

Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

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3.

Scroll down to view the Use other operating mode setting and Select the

Enable Bridge

mode

radio button.

4.

Select the

Enable Bridge mode

radio button.

5.

Click the

Setup bridge mode wireless settings

button, and specify the settings of the

wireless network to which your bridge mode router will connect:

a.

In the Choose a Wireless Network drop-down list, select the wireless network

frequency (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) of the router you are connecting to.

b.

Type the wireless network name (SSID) of the router you are connecting to.

c.

Select the Security Option for the router you are connecting to.

d.

Type the passphrase of the router you are connecting to.

e.

Click

Apply

.

6.

Click

Apply

again on Wireless Settings menu.

The R6300 router reboots and connects to the base router within a few minutes.

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Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)

You can set the R6300 WiFi Router up to be used as a wireless access point (AP). Doing this

enables the router 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.

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

Figure 9. Wireless repeating scenario

Note:

If you use the wireless repeating function, you need to 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.

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 have to 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 have to know the MAC address of the

remote parent access point.