Introduction
find the HN294d and assign your computer an IP address. Now, you are ready to surf and use the Internet anywhere in your home.
Since a wireless network is more vulnerable to attacks than a traditional wired network it is recommended to make some configuration that will make it impossible for another user than you to access the wireless network. The HN294d has several configuration possibilities to help you improve the security in your wireless LAN.
In a wireless configuration the HN294d is designed to reach
The more walls the signal has to pass, the shorter will the signal reach.
The thicker the wall is, the shorter will the signal reach.
Keep the HN294d away from equipment that might disturb the signal (such as Bluetooth devices, microwave ovens and 2.4 GHz cordless phones).
1.2.3Security
You can connect more than 250 PCs to the HN294d, all sharing the same public IP address. This is made possible by NAT (Network Address Translation) technology. NAT also hides your PCs from the Internet, which serves as security protection, making it impossible to directly target your PCs from the outside. All traffic is addressed to the HN294d, which, with its powerful firewall, inspects all incoming and outgoing traffic and removes malicious or dangerous packets. The firewall is a full stateful packet inspection firewall, which means that it will not only inspect packets (like simple firewalls) but also will remember and investigate traffic flows and patterns to detect and prevent advanced attacks. To keep it simple, all that you need to do is select the desired level of security.
Even though your PCs are invisible and protected from the Internet you can still access the Internet as before, and all your Internet programs (games, applications,
The HN294 also supports
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