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Change Password

For security reasons, the router has its own user name and password that default to admin

and admin. You can and should change these to a secure user name and password that are

easy to remember. The ideal password contains no dictionary words from any language and

is a mixture of upper case and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols. It can be up to 30

characters.

Note:

The router user name and password are not the same as the user

name and password for logging in to your Internet connection. See

Types of Logins

on page 14 for more information about login types.

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To change the password and login time-out:

1.

Select

Management > Change Password

to display the following screen:

.

2.

Enter the old password.

3.

Enter the new password twice.

4.

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

After changing the password, you are required to log in again to continue the

configuration. If you have backed up the router settings previously, you should do a new

backup so that the saved settings file includes the new password. See

Backup Settings

on page 55 for information about backing up your network configuration.

Password Recovery

On Networks recommends that you enable password recovery if you change the password

for the router’s user name of admin. Then if the password is forgotten, you can recover it.

This recovery process is supported in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome browsers, but

not in the Safari browser.

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To set up password recovery:

1.

Select the

Enable Password Recovery

check box.

2.

Select two security questions, and provide answers to them.

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3.

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

When you use your browser to access the router, the login window displays. If password

recovery is enabled, when you click Cancel, the password recovery process starts. You can

then enter the saved answers to the security questions to recover the password.

View Router Status

Select

Management > Router Status

to display this screen. The Router Status screen

provides status and usage information.

Hardware and Firmware Version

. The model of the hardware and the currently running

firmware version.

GUI Language Version

. The currently selected language.

Internet Port Settings

MAC Address

. The Ethernet MAC address of the DSL port.

IP Address

. The DSL port IP address. If no address is shown, the router cannot connect to

the Internet.

Connection

. The value depends on your ISP.

IP Subnet Mask

. The DSL port IP subnet mask.

Domain Name Server

. The router DNS server IP addresses. These addresses are usually

obtained dynamically from the ISP.

LAN Port (Local Ports)

MAC Address

. The router LAN port Ethernet MAC address.

IP Address

. The router LAN port IP address. The default is 192.168.1.1.

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DHCP server

. If Off, the router does not assign IP addresses to PCs on the LAN. If On, the

router does assign IP addresses to PCs on the LAN.

Wireless Settings

See

WiFi Setup

on page 23 for a more detailed description of these settings.

Name (SSID)

. The Wi-Fi network name (service set ID) for the wireless network.

Region

. The country where the unit is set up for use.

Channel

. The current channel, which determines the operating frequency.

Mode

. The current mbps setting.

Wireless AP

. Indicates if the access point feature is enabled. If disabled, the Wireless LED

on the front panel is off.

Broadcast Name

. Indicates if the router is configured to broadcast its SSID.

Show Statistics

Click the

Show Statistics

button on the Router Status screen to display a screen similar to

the following:

Port

The statistics for the WAN (Internet), LAN (local), and wireless LAN (WLAN) ports. For each

port, the screen displays the following:

•

Status

. The link status of the port.

•

TxPkts

. The number of packets transmitted since reset or manual clear.

•

RxPkts

. The number of packets received since reset or manual clear.

•

Collisions

. The number of collisions since reset or manual clear.

•

Tx B/s

. The current line utilization—percentage of current bandwidth used.

•

Rx B/s

. The average line utilization.

•

Up Time

. The time elapsed since the last power cycle or reset.

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Connection Status

In the Router Status screen, click the

Connection Status

button:

•

Connection Time

. The time elapsed since the last connection to the Internet through the

DSL port.

•

Connecting status

. The connection status.

•

Negotiation

. On or Off.

•

Authentication

. On or Off.

•

IP Address

. The IP address assigned to the WAN port by the ISP.

•

Subnet Mask

. The subnet mask assigned to the WAN port by the ISP.

View Attached Devices

The Attached Devices screen shows all IP devices that the router has discovered on the

local network.

Select

Management >

Client Devices

.

For each device, the table shows the IP address, the device name if available, and the

Ethernet MAC address. If the router is rebooted, the table data is lost until the router

rediscovers the devices. To force the router to look for attached devices, click the

Refresh

button.

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Logs

The router logs security-related events such as denied incoming service requests, hacker

probes, and administrator logins. If you enable content filtering in the Block Sites screen, the

Logs screen show you when someone on your network tries to access a blocked site. If you

enable email notification, you will receive these logs in an email message.

To view the log, select

Management > Log

. A screen similar to the following displays:

The Include in Log check boxes allow you to select which events are logged. You can write

the logs to a computer running a syslog program. To activate this feature, select

Broadcast

on LAN

, or enter the IP address of the server where the syslog file will be written. The

security log entries include the following information:

•

Date and time

.The date and time the log entry was recorded.

•

Description or action

. The type of event and what action was taken, if any.

•

Source IP

. The IP address of the initiating device for this log entry.

•

Source port and interface

. The service port number of the initiating device, and whether

it originated from the LAN or WAN.

•

Destination

. The name or IP address of the destination device or website.

•

Destination port and interface

. The service port number of the destination device, and

whether it is on the LAN or WAN.