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Click

Status

to open the following screen screen.

Figure 27

Easy Mode: Status Screen

6.2

What You Can Do

You can do the following in this mode:

•

Use this

Navigation Panel

(

Section 6.4 on page 47

) to opt out of the

Easy

mode.

•

Use the

Network Map

screen (

Section 6.5 on page 47

) to check if your NBG-419N can ping the

gateway and whether it is connected to the Internet.

•

Use the

Control Panel

(

Section 6.6 on page 48

) to configure and enable NBG-419N features,

including wireless security, wireless scheduling and bandwidth management and so on.

•

Use the

Status Screen

screen (

Section 6.7 on page 55

) to view read-only information about the

NBG-419N, including the WAN IP, MAC Address of the NBG-419N and the firmware version.

6.3

What You Need to Know

Between the different device modes, the Control Panel (

Section 6.6 on page 48

) changes depending

on which features are applicable to the mode:

•

Router Mode

: All Control Panel features are available.

•

Access Point Mode

: Only

Power Saving

and

Wireless Security

are available.

•

WISP Mode

: The available features for this mode are

Game Console

,

Content Filter

,

Bandwidth MGMT

, and

Firewall

.

Control Panel

Status Screen

Go to

Network

Map

Screen

Navigation Panel

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6.4

Navigation Panel

Use this navigation panel to opt out of the

Easy

mode.

Figure 28

Control Panel

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

6.5

Network Map

Note: The Network

MAP is viewable by Windows XP (need to install patch), Windows

Vista and Windows 7 users only. For Windows XP (Service Pack 2) users, you can

see the network devices connected to the NBG-419N by downloading the LLTD

(Link Layer Topology Discovery) patch from the Microsoft Website.

Note: Don’t worry if the Network Map does not display in your web browser. This feature

may not be supported by your system. You can still configure the Control Panel

(

Section 6.6 on page 48

) in the Easy Mode and the NBG-419N features that you

want to use in the Expert Mode.

When you log into the Network Configurator, the Network Map is shown as follows.

Figure 29

Network Map

Table 17

Control Panel

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

Home

Click this to go to the

Login

page.

Expert Mode

Click this to change to

Expert

mode and customize features of the NBG-

419N.

Logout

Click this to end the Web Configurator session.

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The line connecting the NBG-419N to the gateway becomes green when the NBG-419N is able to

ping the gateway. It becomes red when the ping initiating from the NBG-419N does not get a

response from the gateway. The same rule applies to the line connecting the gateway to the

Internet.

You can also view the devices (represented by icons indicating the kind of network device)

connected to the NBG-419N, including those connecting wirelessly. Right-click on the NBG-419N

icon to refresh the network map and go to the Wizard. Right click on the other icons to view

information about the device.

6.6

Control Panel

The features configurable in

Easy Mode

are shown in the

Control Panel

.

Figure 30

Control Panel

Switch

ON

to enable the feature. Otherwise, switch

OFF

. If the feature is turned on, the green light

flashes. If it is turned off, the red light flashes.

Additionally, click the feature to open a screen where you can edit its settings.

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 18

Control Panel

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

Game Engine

Switch

ON

to maximize bandwidth for gaming traffic in your network.

Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 6.6.1 on page 49

to see this screen.

Power Saving

Click this to schedule the wireless feature of the NBG-419N.

Disabling the wireless function helps lower the energy consumption of the

NBG-419N.

Switch

ON

to apply wireless scheduling. Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 6.6.2 on page 49

to see this screen.

Content Filter

Click this to restrict access to certain websites, based on keywords

contained in URLs, to which you do not want users in your network to

open.

Switch

ON

to apply website filtering. Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 6.6.3 on page 51

to see this screen.

Bandwidth Mgmt

Click this to edit bandwidth management for predefined applications.

Switch

ON

to have the NBG-419N management bandwidth for uplink and

downlink traffic according to an application or service. Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 6.6.4 on page 51

to see this screen.

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6.6.1

Game Engine

When this feature is enabled,

the NBG-419N maximizes the bandwidth for gaming traffic

that it forwards out through an interface.

Figure 31

Game Engine

Note: When this is switched on, the

Game Console

tab in the

Bandwidth Mgmt

screen is

automatically positioned on top.

Turn this off if your network is not using gaming.

Click

OK

to close this screen.

6.6.2

Power Saving

Use this screen to set the day of the week and time of the day when your wireless LAN is turned on

and off. Wireless LAN scheduling is disabled by default.

Firewall

Switch

ON

to ensure that your network is protected from Denial of Service

(DoS) attacks. Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 6.6.5 on page 52

to see this screen.

Wireless Security

Click this to configure the wireless security, such as SSID, security mode

and WPS key

on your NBG-419N.

Refer to

Section 6.6.6 on page 52

to see this screen.

Table 18

Control Panel

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

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Disabling the wireless capability lowers the energy consumption of the of the NBG-419N.

Figure 32

Power Saving

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 19

Power Saving

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

WLAN Status

Select

On

or

Off

to specify whether the Wireless LAN is turned on or off

(depending on what you selected in the

WLAN Status

field). This field works in

conjunction with the

Day

and

Except for the following times

fields.

Day

Select

Everyday

or the specific days to turn the Wireless LAN on or off.

If you select

Everyday

you can not select any specific days. This field works in

conjunction with the

Except for the following times

field.

For the following

times (24-Hour

Format)

Select a begin time using the first set of

hour

and minute (

min

) drop down

boxes and select an end time using the second set of

hour

and minute (

min

)

drop down boxes. If you have chosen

On

earlier

for the WLAN Status the

Wireless LAN will turn on between the two times you enter in these fields. If you

have chosen

Off

earlier

for the WLAN Status the Wireless LAN will turn off

between the two times you enter in these fields.

In this time format, midnight is 00:00 and progresses up to 24:00. For example,

6:00 PM is 18:00.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-419N.

Reset

Click

Reset

to begin configuring this screen afresh.