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Figure 20

Easy Mode: Network Map: Info

Figure 21

Easy Mode: Network Map: Rename / Icon

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG6817. Click

Cancel

to reload the previous

configuration for this screen.

5.6

Control Panel

The features configurable in

Easy Mode

are shown in the

Control Panel

.

Figure 22

Easy Mode: 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 blue light flashes.

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

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

5.6.1

Wi-Fi

Use this screen to configure

security for the NBG6817's default wireless LAN. You can enter the

SSID and select the wireless security mode in the following screen. See

Chapter 14 on page 141

for

how to configure wireless network.

Note: You can enable the wireless function of your NBG6817 by first turning on the

WIFI

switch in the back panel.

Figure 23

Easy Mode: Wi-Fi

Table 9

Easy Mode: Control Panel

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

Wi-Fi

Click this to configure wireless radio, SSID, security mode and wireless password

for the NBG6817's default Wi-Fi network.

Refer to

Section 5.6.1 on page 32

to see this screen.

Guest Wi-Fi

Click this to configure wireless and wireless security settings for the guest Wi-Fi

network

.

Parental Control

Switch

ON

to enable parental control, and click this to view the parental control

rules. Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 5.6.3 on page 34

to see this screen.

Notification

Switch

ON

to have the NBG6817 send e-mail notifications when the user(s) is

connected to the NBG6817 for Internet access during the specified time periods.

Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Refer to

Section 5.6.4 on page 35

to see this screen.

LED

Switch

ON

to have the NBG6817's LEDs (lights) stay lit/blinking. Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

5.6.2

Guest Wi-Fi

This screen allows you to configure guest wireless network settings on the NBG6817. Users

connected to the guest wireless network can access the Internet via the NBG6817, but not other

networks connected to the NBG6817.

See

Chapter 11 on page 92

for how to enable and set up the

guest wireless network.

Figure 24

Easy Mode: Guest Wi-Fi

Table 10

Easy Mode: Wi-Fi

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Radio

Choose whether you want to apply the wireless security to

2.4G Hz

,

5G Hz

or

Both

wireless radios.

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 enable data encryption. Or Select

No Security

to allow wireless

clients to communicate with the access points without any data encryption.

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.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG6817.

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

5.6.3

Parental Control

Use this screen to view the parental control rules configured on the NBG6817. See

Section 13.2 on

page 119

for how to enable and configure parental control rules.

Figure 25

Easy Mode: Parental Control

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 11

Easy Mode: Guest Wi-Fi

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Radio

Choose whether you want to apply the wireless settings to the

2.4G Hz

or

5G Hz

wireless radio.

Network Name

(SSID)

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

associated. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable characters found on a typical

English language keyboard) for the guest wireless network.

Security Mode

Select

WPA2-PSK

to enable data encryption. Or select

No Security

to allow wireless

clients to communicate with the NBG6817 without any data encryption.

Password

This field appears when you choose

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.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG6817.

Table 12

Easy Mode: Parental Control

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Status

This indicates whether the rule is active or not.

A yellow bulb signifies that this rule is active. A gray bulb signifies that this rule is not

active.

User Name

This shows the name of the user to which this rule applies.

Schedule

This shows whether the user is allowed to access the Internet (

Allow

) or not (

Block

).

Bonus

If the user is currently not permitted to access the Internet, you can click the

Bonus

to

allow access for a specified period of time. A screen then displays allowing you to set

how long (in minutes) the user is allowed to access the Internet.

This button is grayed out if the user is now able to access the Internet.

Remaining time

This field displays the amount of Internet access time that remains for each user before

the NBG6817 blocks the user from accessing the Internet.

None

means there is no extra Internet access time.

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5.6.4

Notification

Use this screen to view the e-mail notification rules configured on the NBG6817. See

Section 13.2.2

on page 123

for how to configure e-mail notification rules and e-mail settings.

Figure 26

Easy Mode: Notification

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

5.6.5

LED

Switch

ON

to turn on the LEDs (lights) on the NBG6817. Otherwise, switch

OFF

.

Table 13

Easy Mode: Notification

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Notification

Status

This indicates whether the rule is active or not.

A yellow bulb signifies that this rule is active. A gray bulb signifies that this rule is not

active.

User Name

This shows the name of the user to which this rule applies.

Notification

This shows the e-mail address to which the notification is sent.