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7

Easy Mode

7.1

Overview

The Web Configurator is set to

Easy Mode

by default. You can configure several key features of the

NBG5715 in this mode. This mode is useful to users who are not fully familiar with some features

that are usually intended for network administrators.

When you log in to the Web Configurator, the following screen opens.

Figure 19

Easy Mode: Network Map

Click

Status

to open the following screen.

Network Map

Control Panel

Go to

Status

Screen

Navigation Panel

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Figure 20

Easy Mode: Status Screen

7.2

What You Can Do in this Chapter

You can do the following in this mode:

•

Use this

Navigation Panel

to opt out of the

Easy

mode (

Section 7.3 on page 42

).

•

Use the

Network Map

screen to check if your NBG5715 can ping the gateway and whether it is

connected to the Internet (

Section 7.4 on page 43

).

•

Use the

Control Panel

to configure and enable NBG5715 features, including wireless security,

wireless scheduling and bandwidth management and so on (

Section 7.5 on page 44

).

•

Use the

Status Screen

to view read-only information about the NBG5715, including the WAN IP,

MAC Address of the NBG5715 and the firmware version (

Section 7.6 on page 49

).

7.3

Navigation Panel

Use this navigation panel to opt out of the

Easy

mode.

Figure 21

Control Panel

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Control Panel

Status Screen

Go to

Network

Map

Screen

Navigation Panel

Table 14

Control Panel

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

Home

Click this to go to the

Login

page.

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7.4

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 NBG5715 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 7.5 on page 44

) in the

Easy Mode

and the NBG5715 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 22

Network Map

The line connecting the NBG5715 to the gateway becomes green when the NBG5715 is able to ping

the gateway. It becomes red when the ping initiating from the NBG5715 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 NBG5715, including those connecting wirelessly. Right-click on the NBG5715 icon

to refresh the network map. Right click on the other icons to view information about the device.

Expert Mode

Click this to change to

Expert

mode and customize features of the

NBG5715.

Logout

Click this to end the Web Configurator session.

Table 14

Control Panel (continued)

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

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7.5

Control Panel

The features configurable in

Easy Mode

are shown in the

Control Panel

.

Figure 23

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.

7.5.1

Game Engine

When this feature is enabled,

the NBG5715 maximizes the bandwidth for gaming traffic that

it forwards out through an interface.

Table 15

Control Panel

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

Game Engine

Switch

ON

to maximize bandwidth for gaming traffic in your network.

Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 7.5.1 on page 44

to see this screen.

Power Saving

Click this to schedule the wireless feature of the NBG5715.

Disabling the wireless function helps lower the energy consumption of the

NBG5715.

Switch

ON

to apply wireless scheduling. Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 7.5.2 on page 45

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 7.5.3 on page 46

to see this screen.

Bandwidth MGMT

Click this to edit bandwidth management for predefined applications.

Switch

ON

to have the NBG5715 management bandwidth for uplink and

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

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 7.5.4 on page 47

to see this screen.

Firewall

Switch

ON

to ensure that your network is protected from Denial of Service

(DoS) attacks. Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 7.5.5 on page 47

to see this screen.

Wireless Security

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

and WPS key on your NBG5715.

Refer to

Section 7.5.6 on page 47

to see this screen.

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Figure 24

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.

7.5.2

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.

Disabling the wireless capability lowers the energy consumption of the of the NBG5715.

Figure 25

Power Saving

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 16

Power Saving

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Radio

Choose whether you want to apply the power saving schedule to

2.4G hz

or

5G

hz

wireless radio.

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

For the following times

fields.