Dual-Band Wireless A+G Broadband Router
Wireless MAC Filters
Wireless access can be filtered by using the MAC addresses of the wireless
devices transmitting within your network’s radius. Select Enable from the drop-
down menu and choose if you wish to Prevent wireless access by MAC address
or Permit by MAC Address. Then, click the Edit MAC Filter List button to
access a secondary screen, where you can enter the MAC Addresses of the
devices you wish to filter.
5GHz, 802.11a
Authentication Type The default is set to Auto, which allows either Open
System or Shared Key authentication to be used. For Open System authentica-
tion, the sender and the recipient do NOT use a WEP key for authentication.
For Shared Key authentication, the sender and recipient use a WEP key for
authentication. If you want to use only Shared Key authentication, then select
Shared Key.
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Figure 7-20
Linksys Website Clicking this link will take you to Linksys’s website,
www.linksys.com, provided you are connected to the Internet.
Online User Guide in PDF Format and Adobe Website Clicking the Online
User Guide in PDF format link opens the Router’s User Guide. The User
Guide is in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File (.pdf) format, so you need
the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader,
click the Adobe website link to download it.
The following instructions are for advanced users or users whose setup needs
require special configuration. When you click the Advanced tab, you will be
able to set up these features. There are six additional tabs available.
Advanced Wireless - Allows you to customize data transmission and 802.1x
settings for your wireless network(s).
Internet Filter - Enables you to set up filters that block specific internal users
from Internet access.
Port Forwarding - Lets you set up public services on your network, such as an
ftp server, mail server, or web server.
Routing - Enables you to configure the routing mode of the Router.
DDNS - Allows you to enable the Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS)
feature, so a fixed domain name can be assigned to a dynamic Internet IP
address.
If you need to access the basic configuration tabs, click the Setup tab.
The Advanced Wireless screen, shown in Figure 7-20, allows you to customize
data transmission settings. In most cases, the advanced wireless settings on this
screen should remain at their default values.
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Advanced Tabs
Advanced Wireless
