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Chapter 3
Advanced Configuration
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Wireless-N Broadband Router
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.
Configuration View To manually configure your wireless
network, select Manual. Proceed to the “Basic Wireless
Settings” section. To use Wi-Fi Protected Setup, select
Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Proceed to the “Wi-Fi Protected
Setup” section.
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, 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 Select Auto if you want the Router
to automatically determine the proper channel width
(20 MHz or 40 MHz) to use, or select 20 MHz only
(default) if you want the Router to operate in Wireless-B
and Wireless-G mode only. For best performance, Auto is
recommended.
Channel Select a channel from 1 to 11, or Auto (default).
SSID Broadcast When wireless clients survey the local
area for wireless networks to associate with, they will
detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the
Router’s SSID, keep the default setting, Enabled. If you
do not want to broadcast the Router’s SSID, then select
Disabled.
Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel
Changes to cancel your changes.