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Chapter 5 Using Network Connections
Advanced To set up the Router’s Coax broadband connection for advanced routing:
1. Select Advanced from the Routing drop-down list.
2. Enter a device metric in the “Device Metric” text box. The device metric is
a value used by the Router to determine whether one route is superior to
another, considering parameters such as bandwidth and delay time.
3. Click in the “Default Route” check box to define this device as the
default route.
4. Click in the “Multicast - IGMP Proxy Internal” check box to activate mul-
ticasting. Multicasting enables the Router to issue IGMP (Internet Group
Management Protocol) host messages on behalf of hosts the Router discovers
through standard
IGMP interfaces. IGMP proxy enables the routing of multicast
packets according to the IGMP requests of local network devices asking to join
multicast groups.
Internet Connection Firewall
Enable or disable the firewall for this interface. It is recommended to keep the
firewall enabled for all of the Router’s connection interfaces.
Additional IP Addresses
Click New IP Address to generate the “Additional
IP Address Settings” screen, where
additional IP addresses can be created to access the Router via the connection.