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Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

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Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link

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 Internet (WAN).
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 clear 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,

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, 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, 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, Auto.

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