54M Wireless Router User Guide
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disconnect your Internet connection, and not be able to re-establish your connection
automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option,
click the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all
times, enter "0" in the
Max Idle Time
field. Otherwise, enter the number in minutes
that you wish to have the Internet connecting last unless a new link is requested.
Caution
: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a
time to Max Idle Time, since some applications is visiting the Internet continually in
the background.
5.4.3 MAC Clone
You can configure the MAC address of the WAN port on this page, figure 5-10:
Figure 5-10 MAC Address Clone
Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which is
connected to your cable, DSL modem or Ethernet during installation. You do not
generally need to change anything here.
WAN MAC Address -
This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port,
which is used for the WAN port. If your ISP requires that you register the MAC
address, please enter the correct MAC address into this field. The format for the
MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit).
Your PC's MAC Address -
This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is
managing the router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the
Clone MAC
Address
button and this MAC address will fill in the
WAN MAC Address
field.
Click
Restore Factory MAC
to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory
default value.
Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
Note
:
1) Only the PC(s) on your LAN can use the
MAC Address Clone
feature.
2) If you click the
Save
button, the router will prompt you to reboot.
5.5 Wireless
Figure 5-11 Wireless menu
