Setting up your wireless router

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Note: If a computer does not accept the phrase, it likely does not yet support WPA/WPA2. Go to your wireless adapter manufacturer's Web site and check for a driver update.

6If you do not want to update your computer's wireless adapter to work wit h WPA/ WPA2, return to Step 4 and choose WEP. See “WEP Setup” on page 30 for instructions on setting up WEP.

Alternate setup method

The Web-Based Advanced User Interface is a web-based tool that you can use to set up the router if you do not want to use the Easy Install Wizard. You can also use it to manage advanced functions of the router. From the Web-Based Advanced User Interface, you can perform the following tasks:

•View the router's current settings and status

•Configure the router to connect to your ISP with the settings that they provided you

•Change the current network settings such as the Internal IP address, the IP address pool, DHCP settings, and more

•Set the router's firewall to work with specific applications (port forwarding)

•Set up security features such as client restrictions, MAC address filtering, WEP, and

WPA

•Enable the DMZ feature for a single computer on your network

•Change the router's internal password

•Enable/Disable UPnP (Universal Plug-and-Play)

•Reset the router

•Back up your configuration settings

•Reset the router's default settings

•Update the router's firmware