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6.6.3

Content Filter

Use this screen to restrict access to certain websites, based on keywords contained in URLs, to

which you do not want users in your network to open.

Figure 33

Content Filter

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

6.6.4

Bandwidth MGMT

Use this screen to set bandwidth allocation to pre-defined services and applications for bandwidth

allocation.

Table 20

Content Filter

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Add

Click

Add

after you have typed a keyword.

Repeat this procedure to add other keywords. Up to 64 keywords are allowed.

Note: The NBG-419N does not recognize wildcard characters as keywords.

When you try to access a web page containing a keyword, you will get a

message telling you that the content filter is blocking this request.

Delete

Highlight a keyword in the text box and click

Delete

to remove it. The keyword

disappears from the text box after you click

Apply

.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to close this screen without saving any changes.

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The NBG-419N uses bandwidth management for incoming and outgoing traffic. Rank the services

and applications by dragging them accordingly from

High

to

Low

and click

Apply

. Click

Cancel

to

close the screen.

Figure 34

Bandwidth MGNT

6.6.5

Firewall

Enable this feature to protect the network from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. The NBG-419N

blocks repetitive pings from the WAN that can otherwise cause systems to slow down or hang.

Figure 35

Firewall

Click

OK

to close this screen.

6.6.6

Wireless Security

Use this screen to configure security for your the Wireless LAN. You can enter the SSID and select

the wireless security mode in the following screen.

Use your mouse

to drag the items

according to how

you want to

prioritze them.

Left-click and

slide up or down.

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Note: You can enable the Wireless function of your NBG-419N by first turning on the

switch in the back panel.

Figure 36

Wireless Security

The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.

Table 21

Wireless Security

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless

Network Name

(SSID)

(Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless

station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must

have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 keyboard characters) for

the wireless LAN.

The default SSID is NBG-419N.

Security mode

Select

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

to add security on this wireless network. The

wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have same wireless

security settings as this device. After you select to use a security, additional options

appears in this screen.

Select

No Security

to allow any client to connect to this network without

authentication.

Wireless

password

This field appears when you choose wither

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

as the

security mode.

Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive keyboard characters.

Verify

password

Type the password again to confirm.

Apply

Click

Apply

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

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to close this screen.

WPS

Click this to configure the WPS screen.

You can transfer the wireless settings configured here (

Wireless Security

screen)

to another wireless device that supports WPS.

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6.6.7

WPS

Use this screen to add a wireless station to the network using WPS. Click

WPS

in the

Wireless

Security

to open the following screen.

Figure 37

Wireless Security: WPS

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 22

Wireless Security: WPS

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Security

Click this to

go back to the Wireless Security screen.

WPS

Create a secure wireless network simply by pressing a button

.

The NBG-419N scans for a WPS-enabled device within the range and performs

wireless security information synchronization.

Note: After you click the

WPS

button on this screen, you have to press a similar

button in the wireless station utility within 2 minutes. To add the second

wireless station, you have to press these buttons on both device and the

wireless station again after the first 2 minutes.

Register

Create a secure wireless network simply by entering a wireless

client's PIN (Personal Identification Number) in the NBG-419N’s

interface and pushing this button.

Type the same PIN number generated in the wireless station’s utility. Then click

Register

to associate to each other and perform the wireless security

information synchronization.

Exit

Click

Exit

to close this screen.

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6.7

Status Screen in Easy Mode

In the Network Map screen, click

Status

to view read-only information about the NBG-419N.

Figure 38

Status Screen in Easy Mode

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 23

Status Screen in Easy Mode

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

Name

This is the name of the NBG-419N in the network. You can change this in

the

Maintenance > General

screen in

Section 24.3 on page 169

.

Time

This is the current system date and time.

The date is in YYYY:MM:DD (Year-Month-Day) format. The time is in

HH:MM:SS (Hour:Minutes:Seconds) format.

WAN IP

This is the IP address of the WAN port.

MAC Address

This is the MAC address of the NBG-419N.

Firmware Version

This shows the firmware version of the NBG-419N.

The firmware version format shows the trunk version, model code and

release number.

Wireless Network Name

This shows the SSID of the wireless network. You can configure this in the

Wireless Security screen (

Section 6.6.6 on page 52

;

Section 11.3.1.1 on

page 90

).

Security

This shows the wireless security used by the NBG-419N.