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Links Bar
The Links Bar is the frame at the left-hand side of the page con-
taining the major navigation links. These links are available
from almost every page, allowing you to move freely about the
site. The headings in the following table are hyperlinks. You can
click on any heading to read about that feature.
“Home” on page 37
“Wireless” on page 39
“Gaming” on page 58
“Advanced Setup” on page 65
“Status” on page 66
“Diagnostics” on page 71
“Help” on page 72
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Home
Home
Home Page Information
The Home page displays information about the following categories:
•
Connection Information
•
Router Information
•
Local Network
Click the
Help
link in the left-hand column of links to display a page of explanatory infor-
mation. Help is available for every page in the Web interface.
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Home Page Links
The links in the left-hand column of the Home page access a series of pages to allow you
to monitor, diagnose, and update your router. The following sections give descriptions of
these pages.
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Home
Link:
Wireless
(supported models only)
When you click
Wireless
, the 3-D Reach
Wireless
configuration page appears.
Enable Wireless
The wireless function is not automatically enabled by default. If you check the
Enable
Wireless
checkbox, the Wireless Options are enabled, and the Gateway will provide or
broadcast its wireless LAN services.
Wireless ID (SSID)
The Wireless ID is preset to a number unique to your unit. You can either leave it as is, or
change it by entering a freeform name of up to 32 characters, for example “Hercule’s Wire-
less LAN”. On client PCs’ software, this might also be called the
Network Name
. The Wire-
less ID is used to identify this particular wireless LAN. Depending on their operating
system or client wireless card, users must either:
•
select from a list of available wireless LANs that appear in a scanned list on their client
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or enter this name on their clients in order to join this wireless LAN.
Privacy
The pull-down menu for enabling
Privacy
offers four settings:
WPA-802.1x, WPA-PSK
,
WEP-Manual
, and
Off - No Privacy.
IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU ENABLE SOME FORM OF PRIVACY
FOR THE SECURITY OF YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK.
See
“
Privacy
” on page
44
for more information.
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