HP 100 -G Router manual Navigating, Through the Router, Configuration, Pages, Main Menu

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5

ROUTER CONFIGURATION

 

Navigating

This chapter describes all the screens available through the Router

Through the Router

configuration pages, and is provided as a reference. To get to the

Configuration

configuration pages, browse to the Router by entering the URL in the

Pages

location bar of your browser. The default URL is http://192.168.1.1

 

but if you changed the Router LAN IP address during initial

 

configuration, use the new IP address instead. When you have

 

browsed to the Router, log in using your system password (default

 

admin).

Main Menu

At the left side of all screens is a main menu, as shown in Figure 26 on

 

page 47. When you click on a topic from the main menu, that page will

 

appear in the main part of the screen.

 

Welcome — displays the firmware version of the Router, allows you

 

to change your password, and launch the Wizard

 

LAN Settings — allows you to configure the LAN interface and view

 

the leased DHCP client list.

 

Wireless Settings — enables /disables access from wireless

 

computers, configures WPA or WEP encryption, provides facilities for

 

improving the security of the wireless network, setup WMM

 

parameters, Wireless mode selection, Mac Access Control and

 

Advanced Wireless Settings.

 

Internet Settings — let you set up the WAN (Wide Area Network) ie.

 

DSL Moden connection.

 

Firewall — allows configuration of the Router’s firewall features:

 

Virtual Servers, Special Applications, DMZ Hosts, SPI options, Internet

 

Access Policy, and Content Filtering.

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HP 100 -G Router manual Navigating, Through the Router, Configuration, Pages, Main Menu

100 -G Router specifications

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