T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENT
INTRODUCING THE 802.11A+G ROUTER ................................................................................................... 3
O
VERVIEW OF THE
802.11
A
+
G
R
OUTER
............................................................................................................ 4
802.11
A
+
G
R
OUTER
A
PPLICATIONS
.................................................................................................................. 4
A S
ECURITY
O
VERVIEW
.................................................................................................................................... 5
802.11
A
+
G
R
OUTER
F
EATURES
......................................................................................................................... 6
S
ETTING
U
P THE DEVICE
................................................................................................................................... 6
INSTALLING THE 802.11A+G ROUTER .................................................................................................... 7
W
HAT
’
S IN THE
B
OX
? ....................................................................................................................................... 7
A
PHYSICAL LOOK AT THE BACK PANEL
............................................................................................................ 8
A
PHYSICAL LOOK AT THE FRONT PANEL
.......................................................................................................... 9
C
ONNECTING THE
C
ABLES
.............................................................................................................................. 10
H
IGH
L
EVEL
C
ONFIGURATION
S
TEPS
R
EQUIRED FOR THE
802.11
A
+
G
R
OUTER
.............................................. 10
S
ETTING UP A
W
INDOWS
PC
OR WIRELESS CLIENT AS
DHCP
CLIENTS
........................................................... 11
C
ONFIGURING A
PC
RUNNING
MS-W
INDOWS
95/98/M
E
: ............................................................................... 11
C
ONFIGURING A
PC
RUNNING
MS-W
INDOWS
XP/2000:................................................................................. 12
C
ONFIRMING YOUR
PC’
S
IP C
ONFIGURATION
: ............................................................................................... 12
C
ONNECTING
M
ORE
D
EVICES
T
HROUGH
A H
UB
T
O
T
HE
802.11
A
+
G
R
OUTER
............................................... 12
BASIC CONFIGURATION OF THE 802.11A+G ROUTER ..................................................................... 13
L
OGGING
O
N
................................................................................................................................................... 14
S
ETUP
W
IZARD
............................................................................................................................................... 15
ADVANCED SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................... 26
O
PERATIONAL
M
ODE
...................................................................................................................................... 26
P
ASSWORD
S
ETTINGS
...................................................................................................................................... 28
S
YSTEM
M
ANAGEMENT
.................................................................................................................................. 29
SNMP S
ETTINGS
............................................................................................................................................ 31
DHCP S
ERVER
S
ETTINGS
............................................................................................................................... 33
M
ULTIPLE
DMZ.............................................................................................................................................. 35
V
IRTUAL
S
ERVER
S
ETTINGS
........................................................................................................................... 36
S
PECIAL
A
PPLICATIONS
.................................................................................................................................. 37
MAC F
ILTERING
S
ETTINGS
............................................................................................................................. 39
IP F
ILTERING
S
ETTINGS
.................................................................................................................................. 40
IP R
OUTING
S
ETTINGS
.................................................................................................................................... 42
W
IRELESS
S
ETTINGS
....................................................................................................................................... 44
RADIUS
S
ETTINGS
......................................................................................................................................... 45
D
YNAMIC
DNS
S
ETTINGS
............................................................................................................................... 47
MANAGING YOUR 802.11A+G ROUTER ................................................................................................. 48
H
OW TO
V
IEW THE DEVICE
S
TATUS
................................................................................................................ 48
H
OW TO
V
IEW THE
S
YSTEM
L
OG
.................................................................................................................... 49
DHCP C
LIENT
T
ABLE
..................................................................................................................................... 50
W
IRELESS
C
LIENT
T
ABLE
............................................................................................................................... 51
B
RIDGE
T
ABLE
................................................................................................................................................ 52
R
ADIO
T
ABLE
.................................................................................................................................................. 53
U
PGRADING
F
IRMWARE
.................................................................................................................................. 54
H
OW TO
S
AVE OR
R
ESTORE
C
ONFIGURATION
C
HANGES
................................................................................. 55
H
OW TO
R
EBOOT YOUR
802.11
A
+
G
R
OUTER
.................................................................................................. 57
W
HAT IF YOU
F
ORGOT THE
P
ASSWORD
? ......................................................................................................... 57
SPECIFICATION ........................................................................................................................................... 58
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