Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

Table 46 System Status screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

WLAN

 

 

 

Name

This field displays the SSID (Service set identifier) of the NBG-460N’s

(SSID)

Wireless LAN.

 

 

Security

This field displays the security authentication mode of the NBG-460N’s

Mode

Wireless LAN. This can be No Security, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSKor

 

WEP.

 

 

Channel

This field displays the channel the NBG-460N’s Wireless LAN operates

 

on. This will display as disabled if auto channel selection mode is on.

 

 

PIN Number

This field displays the NBG-460N’s WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) PIN

 

number. WPS allows you to connect wireless clients to your wireless

 

LAN easily. See Section 7.13 on page 124 for more information on WPS

 

and the PIN method of configuration.

 

 

Push Button

Press the Push Button to start either the Push Button Configuration or

 

PIN method of WPS configuration. The WPS in progress screen will

 

display, see Section 7.13.4 on page 129.

 

 

Client

This field displays the number of wireless clients on the network.

Number

 

 

 

Security

 

 

 

Firewall

Press the left side of the button to turn the firewall ON. Press the right

 

side of the button to turn the firewall OFF. To configure the firewall

 

access the Web Configurator from your computer.

 

A Firewall enables the NBG-460N to act as a secure gateway between

 

the LAN and the Internet.

 

 

URL Filtering

Press the left side of the button to turn URL Filtering ON. Press the right

 

side of the button to turn URL Filtering OFF. To configure URL filtering

 

access the Web Configurator from your computer and go to the content

 

filtering screens.

 

Content filtering enables you to block certain web features or specific

 

URL keywords.

 

 

Management

 

 

 

MBM

Press the left side of the button to turn MBM (Media Bandwidth

 

Management) ON. Press the right side of the button to turn MBM OFF.

 

To configure Media Bandwidth Management access the Web

 

Configurator from your computer and go to the Bandwidth Management

 

screens.

 

When accessed from a computer the Web Configurator allows you to

 

specify bandwidth management rules based on an application and/or

 

subnet.

 

 

Port

Press Details to go to another screen to manage the port forwarding

Forwarding

rules.

 

 

Activated

This field displays the currently activated port forwarding rules.

Rule

 

 

 

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