• Clone My MAC Address. If you want to clone the MAC address of the PC you are currently using
to configure
the Router, then click the
Clone My MAC Address
button. The Router will automatically detect
your PC’s
MAC address, so you do NOT have to call your ISP to change the registered MAC address to the
Router’s MAC
address. It is recommended that the PC registered with the ISP is used to open the MAC Address
Clone tab.
When finished making your changes on this tab, click the
Save Settings
button to save these
changes, or click
the
Cancel Changes
button to undo your changes.
Advanced Routing Tab
The Advanced Routing screen allows you to configure the dynamic routing and static routing
settings. (See Figure
6-9.)
Advanced Routing
• Operating Mode. Select
Gateway
or
Router
for the Operating Mode from the drop-down menu.
• Dynamic Routing. With Dynamic Routing you can enable the Router to automatically adjust to
physical
changes in the network’s layout. The Router, using the RIP protocol, determines the network
packets’ route
based on the fewest number of hops between the source and the destination. The RIP protocol
regularly
broadcasts routing information to other routers on the network.
• Receive RIP Version To use dynamic routing for reception of network data, select the protocol
you want:
RIP1
or
RIP2
.
• Transmit RIP Version. To use dynamic routing for transmission of network data, select the
protocol you want:
RIP1, RIP1-Compatible, or RIP2
.
Figure 6-8: MAC Address Clone
Figure 6-9: Advanced Routing
Static Routing
If the Router is connected to more than one network, it may be necessary to set up a static route
between them.
A static route is a pre-determined pathway that network information must travel to reach a specific
host or
network. To create a static route, change the following settings:
• Select Number. Select the
number
of the static route from the drop-down menu. The Router
supports up to
20 static route entries.
• Delete This Entry. If you need to delete a route, select its
number
from the drop-down menu, and
click the
Delete Entry
button.
• LAN IP Address. The LAN IP Address is the address of the remote network or host to which you
want to assign
a static route. Enter the IP address of the host for which you wish to create a static route. If you are
building a
route to an entire network, be sure that the network portion of the IP address is set to 0. For
example, the
Router’s standard IP address is 192.168.1.1. Based on this address, the address of the routed
network is
192.168.1, with the last digit determining the Router’s place on the network. Therefore you would
enter the IP
address 192.168.1.0 if you wanted to route to the Router’s entire network, rather than just to the
