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Advanced Wireless-N Router
Linksys E2000
Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration
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 (Local Area
Network) 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)
. (WAN stands for Wide
Area Network .)
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 .
Configuration View
To manually configure your wireless
network, select
Manual
. Proceed to the
Manual Setup
section . To use Wi-Fi Protected Setup, select
Wi-Fi Protected
Setup
. Proceed to
.
Manual Setup
If you set the
Configuration View
to
Manual
, the
Basic
Wireless Settings
screen displays the following fields .
Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings (Manual Setup)
Wireless Band
This is used to select the 2 .4 GHz or
5 .0 GHz band .
Network Mode
From this drop-down menu, you can
select the wireless standards running on your network .
•
MIxed
If you have Wireless-N, Wireless-G, and
Wireless-B devices in your network, keep the default,
Mixed
.
•
BG-Mixed
If you have only Wireless-G and Wireless-B
devices in your network, select
BG-Mixed
.
•
Wireless-N Only
If you have only Wireless-N devices,
select
Wireless-N Only
.
•
Wireless-G Only
If you have only Wireless-G devices,
select
Wireless-G Only
.
•
Wireless-B Only
If you have only Wireless-B devices,
select
Wireless-B Only
.
•
Disabled
If you do not have any wireless devices in
your network, select
Disabled
.
NOTE:
If you are not sure which mode to use,
keep the default,
Mixed
.
Network Name (SSID)
The Service Set Identifier (SSID)
is the network name shared by all devices in a wireless
network . It is case-sensitive and must not exceed
32 keyboard characters . The default is
Ciscoxxxxx
(xxxxx
are the last five digits of the Router’s serial number) . The
serial number is located on the left side of the product
label, which is on the bottom panel .