User manual NETGEAR WPN824

[. . . ] Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10072-01 March 2005 202-10072-01, March 2005 © 2005 by NETGEAR, Inc. Trademarks NETGEAR is a trademark of Netgear, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Any packets sent through the router that are larger than the configured MTU size will be repackaged into smaller packets to meet the MTU requirement. 2. Under MTU Size, enter a new size between 64 and 1500. Click Apply to save the new configuration. Using the LAN IP Setup Options Another feature category under the Advanced heading is LAN IP Setup. This menu allows configuration of LAN IP services such as DHCP and RIP. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on LAN IP Setup to view the LAN IP Setup menu, shown below. Figure 8-9: LAN IP Setup Menu Advanced Configuration of the Router 202-10072-01, March 2005 8-13 Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Configuring LAN TCP/IP Setup Parameters The router is shipped preconfigured to use private IP addresses on the LAN side, and to act. as a DHCP server. The router's default LAN IP configuration is: · · LAN IP addresses--192. 168. 1. 1 Subnet mask--255. 255. 255. 0 These addresses are part of the IETF-designated private address range for use in private networks, and should be suitable in most applications. If your network has a requirement to use a different IP addressing scheme, you can make those changes in this menu. The LAN IP parameters are: · · IP Address This is the LAN IP address of the router. IP Subnet Mask This is the LAN Subnet Mask of the router. Combined with the IP address, the IP Subnet Mask allows a device to know which other addresses are local to it, and which must be reached through a gateway or router. RIP Direction RIP (Router Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction selection controls how the router sends and receives RIP packets. -- When set to Both or Out Only, the router will broadcast its routing table periodically. -- When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the RIP information that it receives. -- When set to None, it will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets received. · RIP Version This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that the router sends. (It recognizes both formats when receiving. ) By default, this is set for RIP-1. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual network setup. RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting. · 8-14 Advanced Configuration of the Router 202-10072-01, March 2005 Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Note: If you change the LAN IP address of the router while connected through the browser, you will be disconnected. You must then open a new connection to the new IP address and log in again. Using the Router as a DHCP server By default, the router will function as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, allowing it to assign IP, DNS server, and default gateway addresses to all computers connected to the router's LAN. The assigned default gateway address is the LAN address of the router. IP addresses will be assigned to the attached computers from a pool of addresses specified in this menu. [. . . ] But, using TKIP, WPA-PSK automatically changes the keys at a preset time interval, making it much more difficult for hackers to find and exploit them. The Wi-Fi Alliance will call this, 'WPA-Personal. ' Wi-Fi Protected Access and IEEE 802. 11i Comparison Wi-Fi Protected Access will be forward-compatible with the IEEE 802. 11i security specification currently under development by the IEEE. Wi-Fi Protected Access is a subset of the current 802. 11i draft, taking certain pieces of the 802. 11i draft that are ready to bring to market today, such as its implementation of 802. 1x and TKIP. These features can also be enabled on most existing Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products as a software upgrade. [. . . ]