Chapter 3
Route Entries
To set up a static route between the Router
and another network, select a number from the drop-
down list. Click Delete This Entry to delete a static route.
Enter Route Name
Enter a name for the Route here,
using a maximum of 25 alphanumeric characters.
Destination LAN IP
The Destination LAN IP is the address
of the remote network or host to which you want to assign
a static route.
Subnet Mask
The Subnet Mask determines which portion
of a Destination LAN IP address is the network portion and
which portion is the host portion.
Gateway
This is the IP address of the gateway device that
allows for contact between the Router and the remote
network or host.
Interface
This interface tells you whether the Destination
IP Address is on the LAN & Wireless (Ethernet and wireless
networks) or the WAN (Internet).
Click Show Routing Table to view the static routes you
have already set up.
Advanced Routing > Routing Table
Routing Table
For each route, the Destination LAN IP address, Subnet
Mask, Gateway and Interface are displayed. Click
Refresh to update the information. Click Close to exit
this screen.
Click Save Settings to apply your changes or click Cancel
Changes to cancel your changes.
Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings
The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this
screen.
There are two ways to configure the Router's wireless
network(s), manual and Wi-Fi Protected Setup.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup is a feature that makes it easy to set
up your wireless network. If you have client devices, such
as wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi Protected Setup,
then you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup.
Wireless Configuration
To manually configure your
wireless network, select Manual. Proceed to Basic
Wireless Settings, page 10. To use Wi-Fi Protected Setup,
Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link
Advanced Configuration
select Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Proceed to Wi-Fi Protected
Setup, page 11.
Basic Wireless Settings
Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings (Manual Setup)
Network Mode
From this drop-down menu, you can
select the wireless standards running on your network.
If you have Wireless-N, Wireless-G and Wireless-B devices
in your network, keep the default setting of Mixed. If
you have only Wireless-G and Wireless-B devices in your
network, select BG-Mixed. If you have only Wireless-N
devices, select Wireless-N Only. If you have only
Wireless-G devices, select Wireless-G Only. If you have
only Wireless-B devices, select Wireless-B Only. If you
do not have any wireless devices in your network, select
Disabled.
Network Name (SSID)
The SSID is the network name
shared among all points in a wireless network. The
SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless
network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed
32 characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard).
Make sure this setting is the same for all points in your
wireless network. For added security, you should change
the default SSID (linksys) to a unique name.
Channel Width
For best performance in a network using
Wireless-N, Wireless-G and Wireless-B devices, select
Wide - 40MHz Channel. For Wireless-G and Wireless-B
networking only, keep the default setting of Standard -
20MHz Channel. If you are not sure which option to use,
select Auto.
NOTE:
If you select Wide - 40MHz Channel for
the Channel Width setting, then Wireless-N can
use two channels: a primary one (Wide Channel)
and a secondary one (Standard Channel). This
will enhance Wireless-N performance.
Wide Channel
If Wide - 40MHz Channel is the Channel
Width setting, then this setting will be available for your
primary Wireless-N channel. Select any channel from the
drop-down menu. If you are not sure which channel to
select, keep the default setting of Auto.
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