Specifications

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Method 3: WEP
SecuringyournetworkwithWEPisdonein2steps:
1. Selectthefollowingsettings:
SecurityMode:“MixedWEP”
DefaultKey:“Key1”
WEPKey1:Hereyouhavetosetthesecuritykey(password)foryourwirelessnetwork.Thisshouldbeadifficulttoguess5lettercombination,
or,ifyouchangethekeymodefrom“ASCII”to“HEX”,a10digitcode.WealsorecommendyoutowritetheWEPkeydownandstoreitnear
therouter.Ifthekeyislostyoupleaserefertothetroubleshootingsectionofthismanual.
2. Whenfinished,clickthe“Apply”button.Ifyouwereconnectedwirelessly,youwillnowobservethatyourconnectionislost.Followthesteps
describedinthe“Connectingtoawirelessnetwork”sectionofthemanualtoregainthe(nowsecure)connection.
Advanced features
Inthischapterwewilldescribesomeoftheadvancedfeaturesintherouter.Thefollowingsectionsassumebasicknowledgeofcomputernetworking
technologyandterminology.
Static DHCP
Bydefault,therouterdynamicallyassignsIPaddressestoallconnecteddevicesthroughtheDHCPprotocol.Thisisthemostuser-friendlymethod
ofnetworkconfigurationbutitcanalsoleadtoIPaddressesthatchangeovertimeorwhenadevicereconnects.Incertaincasesthisisundesirable
behaviour,forexamplewhenyouuseportforwardingitisnecessaryforthedevice’sIPaddresstoremainconstant.Onepossiblesolutionisto
configureastaticIPaddressinthedeviceitselfbutthiscancauseproblemswhenyoualsousethedeviceonothernetworks.Anothersolutionisto
instructtheroutertoalwaysassignthesameIPaddresstothedevice.ThisiscalledstaticDHCPorDHCPaddressreservation.
TosetupstaticDHCPforadevice,logintotherouterasdescribedinthe“Advancedsetup”chapterandclick“DHCPServer”–“DHCPList&
Binding”inthemenuontheleft.Youwillseethefollowingscreen:
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