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Figure 4-22

2.

Click the

New Entry

button in Figure 4-22. Then Figure 4-23 will pop up.

Figure 4-23

3.

Enter the MAC address in XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX format and reserved IP address in

dotted-decimal notation of the computer for which you want to reserve an IP address.

)

Note:

The MAC Address and IP Address added in

Figure 4-23 are

used for illustrating. They

may be different to your circs.

4.

Select

Enable

from the

State

drop-down list.

5.

Click the

Save

button, then you will go back to the

Address Reservation

screen and

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see the new entry as shown in Figure 4-22.

6.

Click

Save/Reboot

button to save the settings and reboot the Router.

)

Note:

The function won't take effect until the router reboots.

4.3.3 MAC Clone

Choose “

Advanced Setup

→

MAC Clone

” menu, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN

on the screen as shown in Figure 4-24.

Figure 4-24

Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely

needed here.

¾

WAN MAC Address -

This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If your

ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address into

this field in XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX format (X is any hexadecimal digit).

¾

Your PC's MAC Address -

This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing

the Router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the

Clone MAC Address

button

and this MAC address will be filled in the

WAN MAC Address

field.

Click

Restore Factory MAC

to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory default

value.

Click the

Save/Reboot

button to save your settings.

)

Note:

1.

Only the PC on your LAN can use the

MAC Address Clone

function.

2.

Your configuration won't take effect unless the ADSL Router is rebooted.

3.

MAC Clone can't be used with port mirror. If they are set both, the Router will be down.

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4.3.4 Security

Choose “

Advanced Setup

→

Security

” menu, you can do some security configurations for your

Router. There are two submenus under the Security menu as shown in Figure 4-25.

Figure 4-25

4.3.4.1. MAC Filtering

Choose “

Security

→

MAC Filtering

” menu, you can configure the MAC filtering rule in the next

screen similar to Figure 4-26. The MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control the access

of users on your local network basing on their MAC addresses.

Figure 4-26

MAC Filtering Global Policy -

The default setting is

FORWARDED

.

FORWARDED

means that

all MAC layer frames will be

forwarded

except those matching with any of the specified rules in

the following table.

BLOCKED

means that all MAC layer frames will be

blocked

except those

matching with any of the specified rules in the following table. You can change the policy by

clicking the

Change Policy

button to go to the

Change MAC Filtering Global Policy

page as

shown in Figure 4-27.

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Figure 4-27

To add a new entry, follow the steps below.

1.

Click the

Add

button in Figure 4-26 to go to the

Add MAC Filter

page as shown in Figure

4-28.

2.

Select the protocol type.

3.

Enter the destination MAC address.

4.

Enter the source MAC address.

5.

Select the frame direction.

6.

Select the WAN interfaces.

7.

Click

Save/Apply

to save your settings.

Figure 4-28

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To remove an existing entry, follow the steps below.

1.

Check the

Remove

box as shown in Figure 4-26 in the entry you want to remove.

2.

Click the

Remove

button.

4.3.4.2. Parental Control

Choose “

Security

→

Parental Control

” menu, you can configure the parental control rule in the

screen as shown in Figure 4-29. The Parental Control function can be used to restrict the time of

internet surfing for the child.

Figure 4-29

For example: If you don’t want your child_1 to surf the Internet from 18:00 to 20:00 on weekdays.

You can follow the steps below.

1.

Click the

Add

button in Figure 4-29 to go to the

Time of Day Restriction

page as shown in

Figure 4-30.

2.

Create a

User Name

for your child, for example child_1.

3.

If you want to restrict the Browser’s surfing time, check the

Browser’s MAC Address

radio

button. If you want to restrict other user’s surfing time, check the

Other MAC Address

radio

button and enter the MAC address of the user’s computer, for example 00:11:22:33:44:CC.

4.

Select the day or days you need.

5.

Enter the

Start Blocking Time

and

End Blocking Time

both in hh:mm format.

6.

Click

Save/Apply

button. Then you will go back to the

Time of Day Restrictions

page and

see the list as shown in Figure 4-29.