Cisco Linksys WRT310N - Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration; Setup > Basic Setup

Chapter 3
Advanced Configuration
7
Wireless-N Gigabit Router
Ch
apter 3:
A
dvanced Configuration
Af
ter setting up the Router with the Setup Wizard (located
on the CD-ROM), the Router will be ready
f
or use. However,
i
f you’d like to change its advanced settings, use the
Router’s we
b
-
b
ase
d
uti
l
it
y
. T
h
is c
h
apter
d
escri
b
es eac
h
web page o
f
the utility and each page’s key
f
unctions. You
can access the utility via a web browser on a computer
connecte
d
to t
h
e Router
.
T
he web-based utility has these main tabs: Setup,
W
ireless, Security, Access Restrictions, Applications &
Gaming, A
d
ministration, an
d
Status. A
dd
itiona
l
ta
b
s wi
ll
b
e available a
f
ter you click one o
f
the main tabs
.
NOTE: When first installing the Router, you
s
h
ou
ld
use t
h
e Setup Wizar
d
on t
h
e Setup
CD-ROM. I
f
y
ou want to con
f
igure advanced
settin
g
s, use this chapter to learn about the
we
b
-
b
ase
d
uti
l
it
y.
How to Access t
h
e We
b
-Base
d
Uti
l
it
y
T
o access the web-based utility, launch the web browser on
y
our computer, and enter the Router’s default IP address,
192
.
1
68.
1
.1
,
in the A
dd
r
ess
f
ield. Then, press
E
n
te
r
.
A
lo
g
in screen will appear. (Non-Windows XP users will
see a simi
l
ar screen.
)
Leave t
h
e
U
ser name field blank. The
f
irst time
y
ou open the Web-based utilit
y
, use the de
f
ault
p
assword
ad
mi
n
.
(You can set a new
p
assword from the
Ad
ministration ta
b
’s
Management
screen.) Click
t
OK
t
o
K
co
n
ti
n
ue.
L
o
g
in
S
creen
S
etu
p
> Basic Setu
p
T
he first screen that a
pp
ears is the
B
asic Setu
p
screen. This
all
ows
y
ou to c
h
ange t
h
e Router’s genera
l
settings.
S
etu
p
> Basic
S
etu
p
Internet Setu
p
T
he Internet Setup section configures the Router to your
Internet connection. Most o
f
this in
f
ormation can be
obtained through your ISP
.
I
nternet Connection T
y
p
e
S
elect the t
y
pe of Internet connection
y
our ISP provides
f
rom the drop-down menu. These are the available t
y
pes
:
A
utomatic Confi
g
uration - DHC
P
s
S
tatic IP
s
PPPo
E
s
PPTP
s
L2TP
s
T
e
l
stra Ca
ble
s
Automatic Con
f
iguration - DHC
P
B
y
de
f
ault, the Router’s Internet Connection T
y
pe is set
to
A
utomatic Confi
g
uration - DHC
P
, which should be
kept onl
y
if
y
our ISP supports DHCP or
y
ou are connecting
t
h
roug
h
a
dy
namic IP a
dd
ress. (T
h
is option usua
lly
app
l
ies
to cable connections.
)
I
nternet Connection Type > Automatic Configuration - DHC
P