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Setting up your wireless router

UPnP-compliant, and want to take advantage of the UPnP features, you can enable the UPnP feature. Select Enable in the UPnP Enabling section of the Utilities page, then click Apply Changes to save the change.

Enabling/Disabling Auto Firmware Update

This innovation provides your router with the built-in capability to automatically check for a new version of firmware and alert you that the new firmware is available. When you log into your router’s advanced user interface, your router will perform a check to see if new firmware is available. If so, you will be notified. You can choose to download the new version or ignore it. Your router shipped with this feature enabled. If you want to disable it, select Disable, then click Apply Changes.

Manually configuring network settings

Set up the computer that is connected to the cable or DSL modem FIRST using these steps. You can also use these steps to add computers to your router after it has been set up to connect to the Internet.

Windows 2000 or Windows XP

To manually configure network adapters in Windows 2000, NT, XP, or Vista:

1 Click Start, Settings, then click Control Panel.

2Double-click the Network and dial-up connections icon (Windows 2000) or the Network icon (Windows XP).

3Right-click the Local Area Connection associated with your network adapter, then click Properties in the list.