NETGEAR WNR2000 manual Chapter Fine-Tuning Your Network

NETGEAR Wireless-N 300 Router WNR2000 User Manual

Chapter 5

Fine-Tuning Your Network

Allowing Inbound Connections to Your Network	5-1
How Your Computer Accesses a Remote Computer through Your Router	5-2
How Port Triggering Changes the Communication Process	5-3
How Port Forwarding Changes the Communication Process	5-5
How Port Forwarding Differs from Port Triggering	5-6
Configuring Port Forwarding to Local Servers	5-6
Adding a Custom Service	5-7
Editing or Deleting a Port Forwarding Entry	5-9
Configuring Port Triggering	5-10
Using Universal Plug and Play	5-14
Optimizing Wireless Performance	5-15
Changing the MTU Size	5-16
Quality of Service	5-18
Using WMM QoS for Wireless Multimedia Applications	5-18
Configuring QoS for Internet Access	5-18
Overview of Home and Small Office Networking Technologies	5-24
Assessing Your Speed Requirements	5-25
Chapter 6
Using Network Monitoring Tools
Viewing Wireless Router Status Information	6-2
Viewing a List of Attached Devices	6-7
Managing the Configuration File	6-7
Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration	6-8
Erasing the Configuration	6-9
Updating the Router Firmware	6-9
Checking for New Firmware in the Router Upgrade Screen	6-10
Updating Manually to New Router Firmware	6-11
Enabling Remote Management Access	6-13
Traffic Meter	6-15

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v1.3, July 2009