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Chapter 1
Configuring Your Internet Connection
Logging In to Your Wireless Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Selecting a Language for Your Screen Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2
Wireless Configuration
Planning Your Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Wireless Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Configuring WEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configuring WPA, WPA2, or WPA + WPA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network . . . . 18
WPS Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
WPS PIN Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adding Wireless Computers That Do Not Support WPS . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Wireless Guest Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Advanced Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Advanced WPS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Chapter 3
Protecting Your Network
Protecting Access to Your Wireless Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing the Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Blocking Access to Internet Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Blocking Access to Internet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Blocking Services by IP Address Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Scheduling Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Viewing Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Email Alerts and Web Access Log Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 4
Customizing Your Network
Using the LAN IP Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configuring a Device Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configuring LAN TCP/IP Setup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34