User`s guide

MN-500 Base Station Configuration Guide 2
Customizing the Microsoft Wireless Base Station (MN-500)
The Base Station Management Tool is a Web-based utility that you can use to manage network settings and
customize security options on the Microsoft
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Broadband Networking Wireless b-Base Station (MN-500).
You can establish many base station settings when you run the Setup Wizard. However, if you want to change a
setting, such as your base station password, or if you have special network requirements (for example, if you want
to establish a Web server on your network), you can use the Base Station Management Tool to configure the
necessary settings.
If you do not run the Setup Wizard when you set up your network, you must use the Base Station Management Tool
to configure your network settings.
This guide explains how to perform the following tasks:
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Open the Base Station Management Tool and view the current configuration of your base station.
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Configure the base station with the settings provided by your Internet service provider (ISP) so that your
networked computers can connect to the Internet.
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Manage network time settings, base station password, and firmware upgrades.
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Create a backup file of the base station settings.
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Change the wireless channel and wireless network name (also known as Service Set Identifier, or SSID) for your
network.
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Customize security features, such as media access control (MAC) filtering and wireless security (also known as
Wired Equivalent Privacy, or WEP) settings.
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Change the base station configuration from routing mode to bridging mode.
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Limit access to the Internet or to particular applications on one or more of your networked computers by setting
up client filtering.
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Set up the network to allow unrestricted access to the Internet from one computer by establishing a virtual
demilitarized zone (DMZ).
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Configure port forwarding to run applications with special network requirements.
Opening the Base Station Management Tool
You can open the Base Station Management Tool from the Microsoft Broadband Network Utility or open it directly
from a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later, or Netscape Navigator 4.7 or later. To use the
Base Station Management Tool, you must have a Java-enabled browser installed on your computer.
To open the Base Station Management Tool
1. In the Broadband Network Utility, on the Tools menu, click Base Station Management Tool.
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Open your Web browser, and then type the IP address of the base station in the address field. By default, this
address is http://192.168.2.1. However, you can change this address in the Base Station Management Tool.
2. To log on, type the base station password that you created when you ran the Setup Wizard. The base station
password is case sensitive. If you did not run the Setup Wizard, use the default base station password, admin.
If you do not remember the base station password that you set when you ran the Setup Wizard, you will need to
restore the factory default settings on the base station and use the default base station password, admin. When
you restore the original settings, you lose your ISP settings and must reconfigure these settings from the Wide Area
Network page in the Base Station Management Tool.
For information about restoring factory default settings by using the Reset button on the base station, see
“Restoring the Base Station” in Chapter 1 of your printed User’s Guide.