Configuration & Management

request. The Wireless Broadband Router can act as a DHCP Server for devices on your local LAN and WLAN.

Configuration & Management

Easy Setup. Use your WEB browser from anywhere on the LAN or WLAN for configuration.

Configuration File Upload/Download. Save (download) the configuration data from the Wireless Broadband Router to your PC, and restore (upload) a previously-saved configuration file to the Wireless Broadband Router.

Remote Management. The Wireless Broadband Router can be managed from any PC on your LAN or Wireless LAN. And, if the Internet connection exists, it can also (optionally) be configured via the Internet.

Network Diagnostics. You can use the Wireless Broadband Router to perform a Ping or DNS lookup.

Security Features

Password - protected Configuration. Password protection is provided to prevent unauthorized users from modifying the configuration data and settings.

Wireless LAN Security. WPA-PSK, WEP and Wireless access control by MAC address are all supported. The MAC- level access control feature can be used to prevent unknown wireless stations from accessing your LAN.

NAT Protection. An intrinsic side effect of NAT (Network Address Translation) technology is that by allowing all LAN users to share a single IP address, the location and even the existence of each PC is hidden. From the external viewpoint, there is no network, only a single device - the Wireless Broadband Router.

Firewall. All incoming data packets are monitored and all incoming server requests are filtered, thus protecting your network from malicious attacks from external sources.

Protection against DoS attacks. DoS (Denial of Service) attacks can flood your Internet connection with invalid packets and connection requests, using so much bandwidth and so many resources that Internet access becomes unavailable. The

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