Actiontec MI424WR User Guide - Page 2

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 Package Contents 1 Minimum System Requirements 2 Features 2 Getting to Know the Router 4 2 Connecting the Router 9 Setting Up the Router 9 Computer Network Configuration 14 Home Page 16 3 Configuring My Network Settings 19 Accessing My Network 19 Using My Network 20 4 Creating a Wireless Network 27 Overview 27 Wireless Network Connection 28 Configuring a Wireless Windows XP Client 35 Connecting a Wireless Windows XP Client 37 5 Using Network Connections 41 Network (Home/Office) 42 Ethernet Connection 48 Coax Connection 51 Broadband Ethernet Connection 54 Coax Broadband Connection 60 WAN PPPoE/WAN PPPoE 2 65 6 Configuring the Router's Security 71 General 73 Access Control 75 Port Forwarding 78 DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) Host 80 Port Triggering 81 Remote Administration 82 Website Blocking 84 Static NAT 86 Advanced Filtering 87 Security Log 90 7 Using Parental Controls 99 Activating Parental Controls 99 Creating a Filtering Policy 100 Advanced Options 104 Statistics 105 i