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to establish the connection.   
Bridge: You can wirelessly connect two or more wired 
networks via this mode. In this mode, you need to add 
the Wireless MAC address of the connecting device into 
the Routers AP MAC address table or select one from 
the scanning table. 
Repeater Mode:In this mode, add the opposing MAC 
address into each own AP MAC address table by manual 
or scanner to enlarge and extend the wireless radio. 
Encrypt Type: Select one from WEP, TKIP, AES for 
security here. 
Pass phrase: Enter the encrypted key for wireless 
devices. 
AP MAC: Input the MAC address of another (opposing) 
wireless router you want to connect. 
 
NOTE:  
It is recommended that two wireless routers keep 
the same bandwidth, channel number, and security 
settings. Apply the settings and reboot the Router 
to activate it. 
  
						

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6.6 Wireless Access Control 
 
To secure your wireless LAN, the wireless access control 
is actually based on the MAC address management to 
allow or block the specific clients to access the wireless 
network. Select “Wireless Setting->Access Control” to 
display the following screen: 
 
 
 
¾ MAC Address Filter: Enable/disable MAC address 
filter. Select “Close” to malfunction MAC address; 
“disable” to prevent the MAC addresses in the list 
from accessing the wireless network; “Allow” to 
allow the MAC address in the list to access the 
wireless network. 
¾ MAC Address Management: Input the MAC 
address to implement the filter policy. Click “Add” 
to finish the MAC add operation. 
¾ MAC list: Show the added MAC addresses. You can 
add or delete them. 
  
						

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6.7 Connection Status 
 
This page shows wireless client’s connection status, 
including MAC address, Channel bandwidth, etc. Select 
“Wireless Setting->connection status” to enter the 
following screen: 
 
 
 
¾ MAC Address: Shows current MAC addresses of 
the hosts connecting to the Router. 
¾ Bandwidth: Shows current bandwidth of the hosts 
(wireless client). 
 
  
						

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Chapter 7 DHCP Server 
 
7.1 DHCP Settings 
 
DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is to assign an IP 
address to the computers on the LAN/private network. 
When you enable the DHCP Server, the DHCP Server will 
allocate automatically an unused IP address from the IP 
address pool to the requesting computer in premise of 
activating “Obtain an IP Address Automatically”. So 
specifying the starting and ending address of the IP 
Address pool is needed. 
 
 
 
¾ DHCP Server:  Activate the checkbox to 
enable DHCP server.   
¾ IP Address Start/End: Enter the range of IP 
address for DHCP server distribution. 
¾ Lease Time:   The length of the IP address lease. 
 
For example: 
If the lease time is an hour, then DHCP server will 
reclaim the IP address each hour.  
						

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7.2 DHCP List and Binding 
The Static IP assignment is to add a specifically static IP 
address to the assigned MAC address. You can view the 
related information in the DHCP server list.   
 
 
 
¾ IP Address: Enter the IP address which needs to 
be bound.   
¾ MAC Address:   Enter the MAC address of the 
computer you want to assign the above IP address. 
Click “Add” to add the entry in the list.   
¾ Hostname: The name of the computer which is 
added a new IP address. 
¾ Lease Time: The left time length of the 
corresponding IP address lease.  
  
						

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Chapter 8 Virtual Server 
 
8.1 Port Range Forwarding 
 
This section deals with the port range forwarding mainly. 
The Port Range Forwarding allows you to set up a range 
of public services such as web servers, ftp, e-mail and 
other specialized Internet applications to an assigned IP 
address on your LAN. 
 
 
 
¾ Start/End Port: Enter the start/end port number 
which ranges the External ports used to set the 
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¾ IP Address: Enter the IP address of the PC where 
you want to set the applications. 
¾ Protocol: Select the protocol (TCP/UDP/Both) for 
the application. 
¾ Delete/Enable: Click to check it for corresponding 
operation. 
¾ Well-Known Service Port: Select the well-known 
services as DNS, FTP from the drop-down menu to 
add to the configured one above. 
¾ Add: Add the selected well-known port to the 
policy ID. 
For example:  
The server at IP address of 192.168.0.10 provides WEB 
service for port 80 and Telnet service for port 23. If you 
want clients in the Internet visit that server, you need to 
set it as above. 
 
NOTE:  
If you set the virtual server of the service port as 80, 
you must set the Web management port on Remote 
Web Management page to be any value except 80 
such as 8080. Otherwise, there will be a conflict to 
disable the virtual server. 
  
						

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8.2 DMZ Settings 
The DMZ function is to allow one computer in LAN to be 
exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service as 
Internet gaming or videoconferencing. 
 
 
 
¾ DMZ Host IP Address: The IP address of the 
computer you want to expose. 
¾ Enable: Click the checkbox to enable the DMZ 
host. 
 
For example:   
Set the computer at IP address of 192.168.0.10 as DMZ 
host to connect another host in the Internet for 
intercommunication. 
 
IMPORTANT: When the DMZ host is enabled, the 
firewall settings of the DMZ host will not function. 
 
8.3 UPNP Settings 
 
It supports latest Universal Plug and Play. This function 
goes into effect on Windows XP or Windows ME or this 
function would go into effect if you have installed  
						

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software that supports UPnP. With the UPnP function, 
host in LAN can request the router to process some 
special port switching so as to enable host outside to 
visit the resources in the internal host. 
 
 
 
¾ Enable UPnP: Click the checkbox to enable the 
UPnP. 
        
  
						

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Chapter 9 Traffic Control 
 
9.1 Traffic Control 
 
Traffic control is used to limit communication speed in 
the LAN and WAN. Up to 20 entries can be supported 
with the capability for at most 254 PCs speed control, 
including for IP address range configuration. 
 
 
 
¾ Enable Traffic Control: To enable or disable the 
internal IP bandwidth control. The default is 
disabled. 
¾ Interface: To limit the uploading and downloading 
bandwidth in WAN port. 
¾ Service: To select the controlled service type, such