Table of Contents
Product Overview ........................................................................... 1
Package Contents .......................................................................................................... 1
Features ......................................................................................................................... 1
Product Hardware Features........................................................................................... 3
Applications ................................................................................................................... 5
Router Installation .......................................................................... 1
Desktop Hardware Installation ...................................................................................... 1
Rack Mount Hardware Installation ................................................................................ 1
Basic Installation and Configuration .............................................................................. 2
Basic Router Settings ....................................................................... 6
Access your router management page .......................................................................... 6
Saving and applying router configuration changes ....................................................... 6
Change your administrator password ........................................................................... 6
Set your router date and time ....................................................................................... 7
Create time schedules ................................................................................................... 8
Change LAN IPv4 address settings ................................................................................. 8
Configure LAN IPv4 DHCP server settings ...................................................................... 9
Add static DHCP reservations ...................................................................................... 11
Add static host name entries ....................................................................................... 11
Add static ARP entries ................................................................................................. 12
Configure WAN1 / WAN2 interfaces for Internet connectivity ................................... 13
IPv6 settings ................................................................................................................. 15
Virtual LANs (VLANs) .................................................................................................... 15
• Create a port-based VLAN ................................................................................. 15
• Create a port-based VLAN with 802.1Q tagging ................................................ 17
• Assigning VLAN IDs to Wireless SSIDs ................................................................ 19
Application layer gateway (ALG) ................................................................................. 21
UPnP and NAT-PMP ..................................................................................................... 22
Static routes ................................................................................................................. 22
Dynamic routing protocols .......................................................................................... 23
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP) ................................................................... 23
• OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) ........................................................................ 24
Quality of Service (QoS) ............................................................................................... 25
Dynamic DNS ............................................................................................................... 26
File sharing server ........................................................................................................ 27
Wake on LAN (WoL) ..................................................................................................... 28
Wireless Networking and Security ................................................. 29
Wireless Settings ......................................................................................................... 29
• Primary SSID ...................................................................................................... 29
• Multiple SSID ..................................................................................................... 31
How to choose the type of security for your wireless network .................................. 32
Secure your wireless network ..................................................................................... 33
Guest Network............................................................................................................. 35
WiFi client bridge mode .............................................................................................. 36
Connect wireless devices using WPS ........................................................................... 37
Steps to improve wireless connectivity ....................................................................... 38
Firewall & security settings ........................................................... 39
General settings ........................................................................................................... 39
Port forwarding rules................................................................................................... 40
Port trigger rules .......................................................................................................... 40
IP filtering .................................................................................................................... 41
MAC filtering ................................................................................................................ 42
Denial of service (DoS) prevention .............................................................................. 42
