Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Router Internet Setup

Using the Setup Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Logging In to Your N300 Wireless Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using the Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Configuring ADSL Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 2 Wireless Settings

Planning Your Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Wireless Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Configuring WEP Wireless Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Configuring WPA, WPA2, or Mixed WPA2 + WPA Wireless Security . . 22 Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network . . . . 24 Using a WPS Button to Add a WPS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Using PIN Entry to Add a WPS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Configuring Advanced WPS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices after WPS Setup . . . . . . . 27 Adding More WPS Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Adding Both WPS and Non-WPS Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Restricting Access to Your N300 Wireless Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Wireless Guest Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Live Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Chapter 3 Security Settings

Protecting Access to Your N300 Wireless Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Changing the Built-In Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Restricting Access by MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Blocking Access to Internet Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Firewall Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Port Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Adding a Pre-set Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Adding a Custom Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Port Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Blocking Access to Internet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Scheduling Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Viewing Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Configuring Email Alert and Web Access Log Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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