Linksys WAP11 User Guide - Page 17

The Help Tab For help on the various tabs in this Web-based Utility, along with upgrading the Access Point's firmware and viewing this User Guide, click the Help tab, shown in Figure 6-11. The help files for the various tabs in this Web-based Utility are listed by tab name on the lefthand side of the screen. Figure 6-11 Click the Linksys Website link to connect to the Linksys homepage for Knowledgebase help files and information about other Linksys products, provided you have an active Internet connection. For an Online manual in PDF format, click that text link. The User Guide will appear in Adobe pdf format. If you do not have the Adobe PDF Reader installed on your computer, click the Adobe Website link or go to the Setup Wizard CDROM to download this software. (To access the Adobe website, you will need an active Internet connection.) To download from the CD-ROM, click the Start button and select Run. Type D:\Acrobat (if "D" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). 26 New firmware versions are posted at www.linksys.com and can be downloaded for free. If the Access Point is not experiencing difficulties, then there is no need to download a more recent firmware version, unless that version has a new feature that you want to use. Loading new firmware does not always enhance the speed or quality of your Internet connection. Note: When you upgrade the Access Point's firmware, you may lose the Access Point's current configuration settings. To upgrade the Access Point's firmware: 1. Download the firmware upgrade file from the Linksys website. 2. Extract the firmware upgrade file. 3. Click the Upgrade Firmware button on the Help screen. 4. Enter the location of the firmware upgrade file in the File Path field, or click the Browse button to find the firmware upgrade file. 5. Double-click the firmware upgrade file. 6. Click the Upgrade button, and follow the on-screen instructions. Click the Cancel button to cancel the firmware upgrade. The Filter Tab To access the Filter tab, first click the Advanced tab. The Filter tab, shown in Figure 6-12, allows you to control which computers may or may not communicate with the Access Point-depending on their MAC addresses. To enable filtering of computers by their MAC addresses, click the Enable radio button. To disable this feature, click the Disable radio button. Next, determine if the Access Point will deny access only to the MAC addresses you will specify, OR if the Access Point will allow access only to the MAC addresses you will specify. Click the radio button next to the option that is appropriate. Above the MAC Address fields, there is a pull-down menu. For computers one through ten on your wireless network, 1~10 is selected by default. If you have more than ten computers on your wireless network, use this pull-down menu to select 11~20, 21~30, etc., up to a maximum of 50 MAC addresses. 27