Table of Contents
Product Overview ...........................................................................1
Package Contents .......................................................................................................... 1
Features......................................................................................................................... 1
Product Hardware Features........................................................................................... 3
Applications ................................................................................................................... 5
Router Installation ..........................................................................2
Desktop Hardware Installation...................................................................................... 2
Rack Mount Hardware Installation................................................................................ 2
Basic Installation and Configuration.............................................................................. 3
Basic Router Settings.......................................................................8
Access your router management page.......................................................................... 8
Saving and applying router configuration changes ....................................................... 8
Change your administrator password ........................................................................... 9
Set your router date and time ....................................................................................... 9
Create time schedules ................................................................................................. 10
Change LAN IPv4 address settings............................................................................... 11
Configure LAN IPv4 DHCP server settings.................................................................... 12
Add static DHCP reservations ...................................................................................... 14
Add static host name entries....................................................................................... 14
Add static ARP entries ................................................................................................. 15
Configure WAN1 / WAN2 interfaces for Internet connectivity ................................... 16
IPv6 settings................................................................................................................. 18
Virtual LANs (VLANs).................................................................................................... 19
Create a port-based VLAN................................................................................................ 19
Create a port-based VLAN with 802.1Q tagging .............................................................. 20
Assigning VLAN IDs to Wireless SSIDs .............................................................................. 23
Application layer gateway (ALG) ................................................................................. 25
UPnP and NAT-PMP..................................................................................................... 26
Static routes................................................................................................................. 26
Dynamic routing protocols .......................................................................................... 27
Routing Information Protocol (RIP).................................................................................. 27
OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) ...................................................................................... 28
Quality of Service (QoS)............................................................................................... 29
Dynamic DNS ............................................................................................................... 31
File sharing server........................................................................................................ 32
Wake on LAN (WoL)..................................................................................................... 33
Wireless Networking and Security.................................................34
Wireless Settings ......................................................................................................... 34
Primary SSID..................................................................................................................... 34
Multiple SSID.................................................................................................................... 36
How to choose the type of wireless security............................................................... 37
Secure your wireless network ..................................................................................... 38
Guest Network............................................................................................................. 40
WiFi client bridge mode .............................................................................................. 41
Connect wireless devices using WPS ........................................................................... 42
Steps to improve wireless connectivity....................................................................... 44
Firewall & security settings ...........................................................45
General settings........................................................................................................... 45
Port forwarding rules................................................................................................... 46
Port trigger rules.......................................................................................................... 47
IP filtering .................................................................................................................... 48
MAC filtering................................................................................................................ 49
Denial of service (DoS) prevention .............................................................................. 50
DMZ Host..................................................................................................................... 50