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Figure 25

Content Filter

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

5.6.3

Firewall

Enable this feature to protect the network from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. The NBG6716

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

Figure 26

Firewall

Click

OK

to close this screen.

5.6.4

Internet Setting

Use this screen to configure your NBG6716 for Internet access. You should already have Internet

account information from your ISP. The screen varies depending on the Internet connection type

you selected.

Table 14

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 NBG6716 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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Figure 27

Internet Setting (IPoE)

Figure 28

Internet Setting (PPPoE)

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 15

Internet Setting

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Internet

Connection Type

Select the

IPoE

(IP over Ethernet) option when the WAN port is used as a regular

Ethernet.

Select the

PPPoE

(Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) option for a dial-up connection.

The following fields are available if you select

IPoE

.

Obtain an IP

Address

Automatically

Select this radio button if your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address.

Static IP Address

Select this radio button if your ISP assigned an IP address for your Internet connection.

IP Address

Enter the IP address provided by your ISP.

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5.6.5

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.

Note: You can enable the wireless function of your NBG6716 by first turning on the switch

in the side panel.

Figure 29

Wireless Security

Subnet Mask

Enter the IP subnet mask in this field.

Gateway IP

Address

Enter the gateway IP address in this field.

The following fields are available if you select

PPPoE

.

Get

automatically

from ISP

Select this radio button if your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address.

Use Fixed IP

Address

Select this radio button, provided by your ISP to give the NBG6716 a fixed, unique IP

address.

PPP Username

Type the user name given to you by your ISP.

PPP Password

Type the password associated with the user name above.

My WAN IP

Address

Type the name of your service provider.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to close this screen.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG6716.

Table 15

Internet Setting (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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

5.6.6

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 30

Wireless Security: WPS

Table 16

Wireless Security

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Radio

Choose whether you want to apply the wireless security to

2.4G Hz

or

5G Hz

wireless

radio.

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.

Security mode

Select

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

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 NBG6716.

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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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

5.7

Status Screen in Easy Mode

In the Network Map screen, click

Status

to view read-only information about the NBG6716.

Figure 31

Status Screen in Easy Mode

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 17

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 NBG6716 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 NBG6716’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.

Table 18

Status Screen in Easy Mode

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

Name

This is the name of the NBG6716 in the network.

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 NBG6716.

Firmware Version

This shows the firmware version of the NBG6716.

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

number.