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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.

Note:

For information about port forwarding and port triggering, see

Chapter 4, Security Settings

.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•

Advanced WiFi Settings

•

WiFi Repeating (WDS)

•

Dynamic DNS

•

Static Routes

•

Remote Management

•

Universal Plug and Play

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Advanced WiFi Settings

Select

Advanced > WiFi Settings

to display the following screen:

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 use these settings to disable or enable the WPS PIN and the Keep

Existing Wireless Settings check box. Both of these are enabled by default. If you clear the

Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box, when someone uses a WPS button to join the

wireless network, the SSID changes.

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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Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address

You can set up 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 wireless card or network device has a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character

physical address, containing the hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or A–F only, and

separated by colons (for example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). The MAC address is typically on a

label on the wireless card or 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.

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To restrict access based on MAC addresses:

1.

Select

Advanced > WiFi Setting

, and click the

Setup Access List

to display the

Wireless Card Access List.

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.

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.

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Tip:

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

screen into the MAC Address field of this screen. To do this, configure

each wireless computer to obtain a wireless link to the router. 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 you want to allow to connect wirelessly.

6.

Select the

Turn Access Control On

check box.

7.

Click

Apply

.

WiFi Repeating (WDS)

You can set the N150R 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 7. Wireless repeating scenario

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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.

To set up a wireless network with WDS, both access points have to meet the following

conditions:

•

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

•

Both access points have to 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) are configured to operate in the same

LAN network address range as the access points.

WiFi Repeating

Select

Advanced > WiFi Repeating

to view or change wireless repeater settings.

•

Enable Wireless Repeating Function

. Select this check box to use the wireless

repeating function.