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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Router Internet Setup
Using the Setup Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Logging In to Your N300 Wireless Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring ADSL Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 2
Wireless
Settings
Planning Your Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Wireless Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring WEP Wireless Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configuring WPA, WPA2, or Mixed WPA2 + WPA Wireless Security . . 22
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network . . . . 24
Using a WPS Button to Add a WPS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using PIN Entry to Add a WPS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring Advanced WPS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices after WPS Setup . . . . . . . 27
Adding More WPS Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Adding Both WPS and Non-WPS Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Restricting Access to Your N300 Wireless Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Wireless Guest Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Live Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 3
Security
Settings
Protecting Access to Your N300 Wireless Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing the Built-In Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Restricting Access by MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Blocking Access to Internet Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Firewall Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Port Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adding a Pre-set Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding a Custom Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Port Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Blocking Access to Internet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Scheduling Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Viewing Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring Email Alert and Web Access Log Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
