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Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the

MAC Address

field. The format of the MAC

Address

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

any

hexadecimal

digit).

For

example:

00:0A:EB:B0:00:0B.

Give a simple description for the wireless station in the

Description

field. For example:

Wireless station A.

Select

Enabled

Disabled

for this entry on the

Status

drop-down list.

Select the Host for the entry.

Click the

Save

button to save this entry.

To modify or delete an existing entry:

Click the

Modify

in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the

Delete

Modify the information.

Click the

Save

button.

Click the

Enable Selected

button to make the selected entries enabled

Click the

Disable Selected

button to make the selected entries disabled.

Click the

Delete Selected

button to delete the selected entries.

Click the

Back

button to return to the previous page.

For example:

If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00:0A:EB:B0:00:0B and

the wireless station B with MAC address 00:0A:EB:00:07:5F are able to access the router, but all

the other wireless stations cannot access the router, you can configure the

Wireless MAC Address

Filtering

list by following these steps:

1. Click the

Enable

button to enable this function.

2. Select the radio button “

Allow the entries specified by any enabled entries in the list to

access

” for

Filtering Rules

Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries already.

4. Click the

Add New

button.

Enter the MAC address 00:0A:EB:B0:00:0B /00:0A:EB:00:07:5F

in the

MAC Address

field.

Enter wireless station A/B in the

Description

field.

7. Select

Enabled

in the

Status

drop-down list.

8. Click the

Save

button.

9. Click the

Back

button.

The filtering rules that configured should be similar to the following list:

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4.7.5

Wireless Advanced

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

Wireless Advanced

”, you can configure the advanced settings of

your wireless network.

Figure 4-42 Wireless Advanced



Transmit Power -

Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select High,

Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.



Beacon Interval -

Enter a value between 20-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here.

The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon

Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.



RTS Threshold -

Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet

is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, the router will send RTS frames to a

particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data frame. The default value is

2346.



Fragmentation Threshold -

This value is the maximum size determining whether packets

will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network

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performance because of excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is

recommended.



DTIM Interval -

This value determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message

(DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to

broadcast and multicast messages. When the router has buffered broadcast or multicast

messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. You can

specify the value between 1-15 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the

DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.



Enable Short GI -

This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by

reducing the guard interval time



Enable Client Isolation -

This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from

each other. Wireless devices will be able to communicate with the router but not with each

other. To use this function, check this box. AP Isolation is disabled by default.



Enable WMM - WMM

function can guarantee the packets with high-priority messages being

transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended.



Note:

If you are not familiar with the setting items in this page, it's strongly recommended to keep

the provided default values; otherwise it may result in lower wireless network performance.

4.7.6

Wireless Statistics

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

Wireless Statistics

”, you can see the MAC Address, Current Status,

Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station.

Figure 4-43 Wireless Statistics



MAC Address -

The connected wireless station's MAC address.



Current Status

The connected wireless station's running status,



Received Packets

Packets received by the station.



Sent Packets

Packets sent by the station.

You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current

connected wireless stations, click on the

Refresh

button.

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If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the

button to go to

the next page and click the

button to return the previous page.



Note:

This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds.

4.8

Guest Network

Choose “

Guest Network

”, and you can configure the Guest Network Wireless Settings on the

page as shown in Figure 4-44.

Figure 4-44 Guest Network Wireless Settings

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

Allow Guest To Access My Local Network

- If enabled, guests can communicate with

hosts.



Allow Guest To Access My USB Storage Sharing

- If enabled, guests can access to USB

storage sharing servers.



Guest Network Isolation

-. If enabled, guests are isolated from each other.



Guest Network Bandwidth Control

- If enabled, the Guest Network Bandwidth Control rules

will take effect.



Band Select/Guest Network

– Select the wireless network band (2.4G/5G) and enabled or

disable its Guest Network function.



Network Name

- Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same Name (SSID) must be

assigned to all wireless devices in your Guest Network.



Max Guest number –

The maximum of guests at the same time,



Security

- You can configure the security of Guest Network here.



Access Time

- During this time the wireless stations could accessing the AP.



Note:

The range of bandwidth for Guest Network is calculated according to the setting of Bandwidth

Control on the page “Bandwidth Control->Control Settings”.

4.9

DHCP

Figure 4-45 The DHCP menu

There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-45):

DHCP Settings

DHCP Clients List

and

Address Reservation

Click any of them, and you will be able to

configure the corresponding functions.

4.9.1

DHCP Settings

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

DHCP Settings

”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the page as

shown in Figure 4-46.The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration

Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to

the router on the LAN.

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