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to establish the connection.
Bridge:
You can wirelessly connect two or more wired
networks via this mode. In this mode, you need to add
the Wireless MAC address of the connecting device into
the Router's AP MAC address table or select one from
the scanning table.
Repeater Mode:
In this mode, add the opposing MAC
address into each own AP MAC address table by manual
or scanner to enlarge and extend the wireless radio.
Encrypt Type:
Select one from WEP, TKIP, AES for
security here.
Pass phrase:
Enter the encrypted key for wireless
devices.
AP MAC:
Input the MAC address of another (opposing)
wireless router you want to connect.
NOTE:
It is recommended that two wireless routers keep
the same bandwidth, channel number, and security
settings. Apply the settings and reboot the Router
to activate it.
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6.6 Wireless Access Control
To secure your wireless LAN, the wireless access control
is actually based on the MAC address management to
allow or block the specific clients to access the wireless
network. Select “Wireless Setting->Access Control” to
display the following screen:
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MAC Address Filter:
Enable/disable MAC address
filter. Select “Close” to malfunction MAC address;
“disable” to prevent the MAC addresses in the list
from accessing the wireless network; “Allow” to
allow the MAC address in the list to access the
wireless network.
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MAC Address Management:
Input the MAC
address to implement the filter policy. Click “Add”
to finish the MAC add operation.
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MAC list:
Show the added MAC addresses. You can
add or delete them.
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6.7 Connection Status
This page shows wireless client’s connection status,
including MAC address, Channel bandwidth, etc. Select
“Wireless Setting->connection status” to enter the
following screen:
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MAC Address:
Shows current MAC addresses of
the hosts connecting to the Router.
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Bandwidth:
Shows current bandwidth of the hosts
(wireless client).
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Chapter 7 DHCP Server
7.1 DHCP Settings
DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is to assign an IP
address to the computers on the LAN/private network.
When you enable the DHCP Server, the DHCP Server will
allocate automatically an unused IP address from the IP
address pool to the requesting computer in premise of
activating “Obtain an IP Address Automatically”. So
specifying the starting and ending address of the IP
Address pool is needed.
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DHCP Server:
Activate
the
checkbox
to
enable DHCP server.
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IP Address Start/End:
Enter the range of IP
address for DHCP server distribution.
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Lease Time:
The length of the IP address lease.
For example:
If the lease time is an hour, then DHCP server will
reclaim the IP address each hour.
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7.2 DHCP List and Binding
The Static IP assignment is to add a specifically static IP
address to the assigned MAC address. You can view the
related information in the DHCP server list.
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IP Address:
Enter the IP address which needs to
be bound.
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MAC Address:
Enter the MAC address of the
computer you want to assign the above IP address.
Click “Add” to add the entry in the list.
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Hostname:
The name of the computer which is
added a new IP address.
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Lease Time:
The left time length of the
corresponding IP address lease.