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Chapter 7: Configuring the Router’s Web-Based Utility
The Setup Tab
Dual-Band Wireless Access Point
MAC Address Clone Tab
The Router’s MAC address is a 12-digit code assigned to a unique piece of hardware for identification, like a
social security number. If your ISP requires MAC address registration, find your adapter’s MAC address by
following the instructions in “Appendix D: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Your Ethernet Adapter.”
MAC Clone
•
MAC Clone Service. To use MAC address cloning, select
Enable
.
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MAC Address. To manually clone a MAC address, enter the 12 digits of your adapter’s MAC address in the on-
screen fields (see Figure 6-25). Then click the
Save Settings
button.
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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.
Advanced Routing
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Operating Mode. Select the Operating Mode_________ from the drop-down menu.
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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
.
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Transmit RIP Version. To use dynamic routing for transmission of network data, select the protocol you want:
RIP1, RIP1-Compatible, or RIP2
.
Figure 7-8: MAC Address Clone
Figure 7-9: