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1 )

IP Range:

Enter the IP address. The field can be single IP

address or IP address range according to your demands.

When you configure the single IP address, the computer

with

this

IP

address

will

get

independent

given

bandwidth. When you configure the IP address range, all

computers in the range will share the given bandwidth.

2 )

Port Range:

Keep the default settings. The default port

range of TCP protocol or UDP protocol is from 1 to 65535.

3 )

Protocol:

Keep the default setting. Or you can choose the

TCP protocol or UDP protocol or both of them.

4 )

Priority:

Keep the default setting. You can change the

value if you want to first guarantee the bandwidth for

one computer. The smaller value has the higher priority.

5 )

Upstream/Downstream:

Enter the bandwidth according

to your division.

6 ) Check to enable this entry and click

OK

to save the

settings.

6°

Follow the steps above to add a rule for the other computer.

And then you will get the following table.

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Now you and your roommate have an independent bandwidth.

Done!

Chapter

6

Network Security

This chapter guides you on how to protect your home network from unauthorized

users by implementing these three network security functions. You can block or allow

specific client devices to access your wireless network using MAC Filtering, or using

Access Control for wired and wireless networks, or you can prevent ARP spoofing and

ARP attacks using IP & MAC Binding.

•

MAC Filtering

•

Access Control

•

IP & MAC Binding

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6° 1°

MAC Filtering

This function exploits the uniqueness of the MAC (Medium Access Control) address,

a unique 12-digit hexadecimal address (for example, D8:5D:4C:B4:46:EA) of every

network device, to determine if the device can or cannot access your wireless network.

Prevent unauthorized users from accessing my wireless network

by utilizing the network device’s MAC address and IP address.

For example

, I have a computer that is connected to my wireless

network. Now, an unknown device (an intruder) is also using my

wireless network, which affects my Internet speed. I would like

to control my wireless network with the following capabilities:

• My computer is always allowed to access the wireless network.

• The unknown device is not allowed to access the wireless

network.

• I don’t have to keep changing my wireless password as often.

1°

Visit

http://tplinkmodem.net

, and log in with the password

you set for the router.

2°

Go to

Advanced

>

Wireless

>

MAC Filtering

and enable

Wireless MAC Filtering

.

3°

Select the filtering rule to either block (recommended) or

allow the device(s) in the list.

To block

/

allow specific device(s)

1 ) Select

Below wireless access only from the devices in the

below list

or

Allow wireless access only from the devices

in the below list

and click

Save

.

2 ) Click

Add

.

I want to:

How can I

do that?

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3 ) Click

View Existing Device

to display the existing online

device. Then select the device(s) in the table. The

MAC Address of the selected devices will be added

automatically.

4 ) Enter the

Description

of the device.

5 ) Select the checkbox to enable this entry, and click

OK

.

Now MAC Filtering is implemented to protect your wireless

network.

6° 2°

Access Control

Access Control is used to block or allow specific client devices to access your network

(via wired or wireless) based on a list of blocked devices (Blacklist) or a list of allowed

devices (Whitelist).

Block or allow specific client devices to access my network (via

wired or wireless).

1°

Visit

http://tplinkmodem.net

, and log in with the password

you set for the router.

2°

Go to

Advanced

>

Security

>

Access Control

and enable

Access Control.

Done!

I want to:

How can I

do that?