Linksys WRT54G2 manual Administration Management, Wireless QoS, Router Password

Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

Application Priority

Application Priority QoS manages information as it is transmitted and received. Depending on the settings of the QoS screen, this feature will assign information a high or low priority for the applications that you specify.

Optimize Gaming Applications  Select this to automatically allow common game application ports to have a higher priority. These games include, but are not limited to: Counter-Strike,Half-Life,Age of Empires, Everquest, Quake2/Quake3, and Diablo II. The default setting is unselected.

Application Name  Enter the name you wish to give the application in the Application Name field.

Priority  Select High or Low to assign priority to the application. The default selection is Low.

Specific Port #  Enter the port number for the application.

Wireless QoS

WMM Support  Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), formerly known as Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME), is a Wi-Fi Alliance certified feature, based on the IEEE 802.11e standard. This feature provides QoS to wireless networks. It is especially suitable for voice, music and video applications; for example, Voice over IP (VoIP), video streaming, and interactive gaming. If you have other devices on your wireless network that support WMM, select Enabled. Otherwise, keep the default, Disabled.

No Acknowledgement  This feature prevents the Router from re-sending data if an error occurs. To use this feature, select Enabled. Otherwise, keep the default setting, Disabled.

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

Administration > Management

The Administration > Management screen allows the network’s administrator to manage specific Router functions for access and security.

Administration > Management

Router Password

Local Router Access

Router Password  Enter a new Password for the Router. Re-enter to confirm  Enter the Password again to confirm.

Web Access

Access Server  HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol) is the communications protocol used to connect to servers on the World Wide Web. HTTPS uses SSL (Secured Socket Layer) to encrypt data transmitted for higher security. Select HTTP or HTTPS. The default selection is HTTP.

Wireless Access Web  If you are using the Router in a public domain where you are giving wireless access to your guests, you can disable wireless access to the Router’s web-based utility. You will only be able to access the web-based utility via a wired connection if you disable the setting. Keep the default, Enable, to enable wireless access to the Router’s web-based utility, or select Disable to disable wireless access to the utility.

Remote Router Access

Remote Management  To access the Router remotely, from outside the network, select Enable.

Management Port  Enter the port number that will be open to outside access. You will need to enter the Router’s password when accessing the Router this way, as usual.

Use https  To require the use of HTTPS for remote access, select this feature.

UPnP

UPnP  Keep the default, Enable to enable the UPnP feature; otherwise, select Disable.

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

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