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automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet

again. If you wish to activate

Connect on Demand

, check the radio button. If you want your

Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter “0” in the

Max Idle Time

field.

Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet

connection terminates.

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Connect Automatically -

Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. To use this

option, check the radio button.

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Connect Manually -

You can configure the Router to make it connect or disconnect manually.

After a specified period of inactivity (

Max Idle Time

), the Router will disconnect from your

Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as

soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button. If

you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the

Max Idle Time

field. Otherwise, enter the number in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting

last unless a new link is requested.

Caution

: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to

Max

Idle Time

because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

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Note:

If you don't know how to choose the appropriate connection type, click the

Detect

button to allow

the Router to automatically search your Internet connection for servers and protocols. The

connection type will be reported when an active Internet service is successfully detected by the

Router. This report is for your reference only. To make sure the connection type your ISP provides,

please refer to the ISP. The various types of Internet connections that the Router can detect are

as follows:

z

PPPoE

-

Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name and password.

z

Dynamic IP

-

Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.

z

Static IP

-

Connections which use static IP address assignment.

The Router can not detect PPTP/L2TP/BigPond connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one

of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually.

4.5.2

LAN

Choose menu “

Network

→

LAN

”, you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the screen

as below.

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Figure 4-13

LAN

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MAC Address

-

The physical address of the Router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't

be changed.

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IP Address -

Enter the IP address of your Router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation

(factory default: 192.168.0.1).

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Subnet Mask -

An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use

255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.

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Note:

1)

If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to log in the Router.

2)

If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the DHCP

server will change accordingly at the same time

，

while the Virtual Server and DMZ Host will

not take effect until they are re-configured.

4.5.3

MAC Clone

Choose menu “

Network

→

MAC Clone

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

the screen below, Figure 4-14:

Figure 4-14

MAC Address Clone

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

needed here.

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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).

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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

To

button and this MAC address will fill 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

button to save your settings.

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Note:

Only the PC on your LAN can use the

MAC Address Clone

function.

4.6

Wireless

Figure 4-15

Wireless menu

There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-15):

Wireless Settings

,

Wireless Security, Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced

and

Wireless Statistics.

Click

any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

4.6.1

Wireless Settings

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

Wireless Settings

”, you can configure the basic settings for the

wireless network on this page.

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Figure 4-16 Wireless Settings

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SSID (1-4) -

Up to four SSIDs for each BSS (Basic Service Set) can be entered in the filed

SSID1 ~ SSID4. The name can be up to 32 characters. The same name (SSID) must be

assigned to all wireless devices in your network. Check the

Enable

box to enable the

desired SSID. The wireless stations connected to different SSIDs can not communicate with

each other.

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Note:

Multiple SSIDs can be set up in public places, like coffee house, for guests to allow virtual

segregation stations which share the same channel.

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Region

-

Select your region from the drop-down list. This field specifies the region where the

wireless function of the Router can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of

the Router in a region other than one of those specified in this field. If your country or region

is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.

When you select your local region from the drop-down list, click the

Save

button

,

then the

Note Dialog appears. Click

OK

.

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Note Dialog

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Note:

Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option.

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Channel -

This field determines which operating frequency will be used. The default channel

is set to

Auto

, so the Router will choose the best channel automatically. It is not necessary

to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby

access point.

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Mode -

Select the desired mode.

11b only -

Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11b.

11g only -

Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11g.

11n only-

Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11n.

11bg mixed -

Select if you are using both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless clients.

11bgn mixed -

Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients.

Select the desired wireless mode. When 802.11b mode is selected, only 802.11b wireless

stations can connect to the Router. When 802.11g mode is selected, only 802.11g wireless

stations can connect to the Router. When 802.11n mode is selected, only 802.11n wireless

stations can connect to the Router. It is strongly recommended that you set the Mode

11bng

mixed

, and all of 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the

Router.

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Channel width -

Select the channel width from the drop-down list

.

The default setting is

automatic, which can adjust the channel width for your clients automatically.

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Note:

If

11b only, 11g only

or

11bg mixed

is selected in the

Mode

field, the

Channel Width

selecting field will turn grey and the value will become 20M, which is unable to be changed.

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Max Tx Rate -

You can limit the maximum tx rate of the Router through this field.

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Enable Wireless Router Radio -

The wireless radio of this Router can be enabled or

disabled to allow wireless stations access.

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Enable SSID Broadcast -

When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks

to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. If you select the

Enable

SSID Broadcast

checkbox, the Wireless Router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the air.

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Enable WDS -

Check this box to enable WDS. With this function, the Router can bridge two