Linksys WRT160N manual Wireless Basic Wireless Settings, Routing Table

Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

Route Entries  To set up a static route between the Router and another network, select a number from the drop- down list. Click Delete This Entry to delete a static route.

Enter Route Name  Enter a name for the Route here, using a maximum of 25 alphanumeric characters.

Destination LAN IP  The Destination LAN IP is the address of the remote network or host to which you want to assign a static route.

Subnet Mask  The Subnet Mask determines which portion of a Destination LAN IP address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion.

Gateway  This is the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the Router and the remote network or host.

Interface  This interface tells you whether the Destination IP Address is on the LAN & Wireless (Ethernet and wireless networks) or the WAN (Internet).

Click Show Routing Table to view the static routes you have already set up.

Advanced Routing > Routing Table

Routing Table

For each route, the Destination LAN IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and Interface are displayed. Click Refresh to update the information. Click Close to exit this screen.

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes.

Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings

The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this screen.

There are two ways to configure the Router’s wireless network(s), manual and Wi-Fi Protected Setup.

Wi-Fi Protected Setup is a feature that makes it easy to set up your wireless network. If you have client devices, such as wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi Protected Setup, then you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup.

Configuration View  To manually configure your wireless network, select Manual. Proceed to the “Basic Wireless Settings” section. To use Wi-Fi Protected Setup, select

Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Proceed to the “Wi-Fi Protected Setup” section.

Basic Wireless Settings

Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings (Manual Setup)

Network Mode  From this drop-down menu, you can select the wireless standards running on your network. If you have Wireless-N, Wireless-G, and Wireless-B devices in your network, keep the default setting, Mixed. If you have only Wireless-G and Wireless-B devices in your network, select BG-Mixed. If you have only Wireless-N devices, select Wireless-N Only. If you have only Wireless-G devices, select Wireless-G Only. If you have onlyWireless-B devices, select Wireless-B Only. If you do not have any wireless devices in your network, select Disabled.

Network Name (SSID)  The SSID is the network name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard). Make sure this setting is the same for all points in your wireless network. For added security, you should change the default SSID (linksys) to a unique name.

Channel Width  Select Auto if you want the Router to automatically determine the proper channel width (20 MHz or 40 MHz) to use, or select 20 MHz only (default) if you want the Router to operate in Wireless-B and Wireless-G mode only. For best performance, Auto is recommended.

Channel  Select a channel from 1 to 11, or Auto (default).

SSID Broadcast  When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router’s SSID, keep the default setting, Enabled. If you do not want to broadcast the Router’s SSID, then select Disabled.

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes.

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