User manual NETGEAR WPM824

[. . . ] 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. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. [. . . ] In the IP Address box, type the IP address to assign to the computer or server. (choose an IP address from the router's LAN subnet, such as 192. 168. 1. X) Type the MAC Address of the computer or server. (Tip: If the computer is already present on your network, you can copy its MAC address from the Attached Devices menu and paste it here. ) Click Apply to enter the reserved address into the table. 4. Note: The reserved address will not be assigned until the next time the computer contacts the router's DHCP server. Reboot the computer or access its IP configuration and force a DHCP release and renew. 2. Click the button next to the reserved address you want to edit or delete. Click Edit or Delete. Using a Dynamic DNS Service If your network has a permanently assigned IP address, you can register a domain name and have that name linked with your IP address by public Domain Name Servers (DNS). However, if your Internet account uses a dynamically assigned IP address, you will not know in advance what your IP address will be, and the address can change frequently. In this case, you can use a commercial dynamic DNS service, who will allow you to register your domain to their IP address, and will forward traffic directed at your domain to your frequently-changing IP address. Note: If your ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192. 168. x. x or 10. x. x. x), the dynamic DNS service will not work because private addresses will not be routed on the Internet. 8-16 Advanced Configuration of the Router 202-10072-01, March 2005 Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 The router contains a client that can connect to many popular dynamic DNS services. Then, whenever your ISP-assigned IP address changes, your router will automatically contact your dynamic DNS service provider, log in to your account, and register your new IP address. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on Dynamic DNS. 7. Register for an account with one of the dynamic DNS service providers whose names appear in the `Select Service Provider' box. Type the Host Name (or domain name) that your dynamic DNS service provider gave you. If your dynamic DNS provider allows the use of wildcards in resolving your URL, you may select the Use wildcards check box to activate this feature. For example, the wildcard feature will cause *. yourhost. dyndns. org to be aliased to the same IP address as yourhost. dyndns. org Click Apply to save your configuration. 8. Configuring Static Routes Static Routes provide additional routing information to your router. Under normal circumstances, the router has adequate routing information after it has been configured for Internet access, and you do not need to configure additional static routes. You must configure static routes only for unusual cases such as multiple routers or multiple IP subnets located on your network. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on Static Routes to view the Static Route menu, shown below. Advanced Configuration of the Router 202-10072-01, March 2005 8-17 Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Figure 8-10: Static Route Summary Table To add or edit a Static Route: 1. Click the Add button to open the Add/Edit Menu, shown below. Figure 8-11. 7. Static Route Entry and Edit Menu Type a route name for this static route in the Route Name box under the table. (This is for identification purposes only. ) Select Private if you want to limit access to the LAN only. Type the Gateway IP Address, which must be a router on the same LAN segment as the router. 8-18 Advanced Configuration of the Router 202-10072-01, March 2005 Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 8. Type a number between 1 and 15 as the Metric value. This represents the number of routers between your network and the destination. Usually, a setting of 2 or 3 works, but if this is a direct connection, set it to 1. [. . . ] To use WPA-PSK, a person sets a static key or "passphrase" as with WEP. 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. [. . . ]