Section 3 - Configuration
Miscellaneous
Restart Device: Clicking the Reboot button will restart the router. This is useful for restarting when you are not near the router.
Discard Ping from If you enable this option, you are causing WAN Side: the router not to respond to ping commands to the public WAN IP address of the router.
Pinging public WAN IP addresses is a common method used by hackers to test whether your WAN IP address is valid.
Firewall Rule: Select a firewall rule that controls access as needed for ping commands. If you do not see the firewall rule you need in the list of firewall rules, go to the Advanced
UPnP: UPnP is short for Universal Plug and Play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. This router has optional UPnP capability, and can work with other UPnP devices and software. If you do need to use the UPnP functionality, you can enable it here.
Gaming Mode: If you are experiencing difficulties when playing online games or even certain applications that use voice data, you may need to enable Gaming Mode for these applications to work correctly. When not playing games or using these voice applications, it is recommended that Gaming Mode be disabled.
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