Chapter 3
Advanced Configuration
10
Wireless-N Home Router
Route Entries  To set up a static route between the Router 
and  another  network,  select  a  number  from  the  drop-
down list. Click Delete This Entry to delete a static route.
Enter  Route  Name  Enter  a  name  for  the  Route  here, 
using a maximum of 25 alphanumeric characters.
Destination LAN IP  The Destination LAN IP is the address 
of the remote network or host to which you want to assign 
a static route.
Subnet  Mask  The  Subnet  Mask  determines  which 
portion  of  a  Destination  LAN  IP  address  is  the  network 
portion, and which portion is the host portion. 
Default Gateway  This  is  the IP address  of the gateway 
device that allows for contact between the Router and the 
remote network or host.
Interface  This interface tells you whether the Destination 
IP Address is on the LAN & Wireless (Ethernet and wireless 
networks) or the WAN (Internet).
Click Show Routing Table to view the static routes you 
have already set up.
Advanced Routing > Routing Table
Routing Table
For each route, the Destination LAN IP address, Subnet 
Mask, Gateway, and Interface are displayed. To update 
the information, click Refresh. To exit this screen and 
return to the Advanced Routing screen, click Close.
Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel 
Changes to clear your changes.
Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings
The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this 
screen.
There  are  two  ways  to  configure  the  Router’s  wireless 
network(s), manual and Wi-Fi Protected Setup.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup is a feature that makes it easy to set 
up your wireless network. If you have client devices, such 
as wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi Protected Setup, 
then you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup.
Configuration View  To manually configure your wireless 
network,  select  Manual.  Proceed  to  Basic  Wireless 
Settings  (Manual),  page  10.  To  use  Wi-Fi  Protected 
Setup,  select  Wi-Fi  Protected  Setup.  Proceed  to  Wi-Fi 
Protected Setup, page 11.
Basic Wireless Settings (Manual)
Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings (Manual Setup)
Network  Mode  From  this  drop-down  menu,  you  can 
select the wireless standards running on your network. If 
you have Wireless-N, Wireless-G, and Wireless-B devices in 
your network, keep the default, Mixed. If you have only 
Wireless-G and Wireless-B devices in your network, select 
BG-Mixed.  If  you  have  only  Wireless-N  devices,  select 
Wireless-N  Only.  If  you  have  only  Wireless-G  devices, 
select  Wireless-G  Only.  If  you  have  only  Wireless-B 
devices, select  Wireless-B Only. If  you do not  have any 
wireless devices in your network, select Disabled.
Network  Name  (SSID)  The  SSID  is  the  network  name 
shared  among  all  points  in  a  wireless  network.  The 
SSID  must  be  identical  for  all  devices  in  the  wireless 
network.  It  is  case-sensitive  and  must  not  exceed  
32 characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard). 
Make  sure  this setting is  the same  for  all points in  your 
wireless network. For added security, you should change 
the default SSID (linksys) to a unique name.
Channel  Width  For  best  performance  in  a  Wireless-N 
network, select 40MHz only. For Wireless-G and Wireless-B 
networking  only,  keep  the  default,  20MHz  only.  If  you 
are not sure which option to use, select Auto (20MHz or 
40MHz).
NOTE: If you select 40MHz only for the Channel 
Width  setting,  then  Wireless-N  can  use  two 
channels:  a  primary  one  (Wide  Channel)  and 
a  secondary  one  (Standard  Channel). This  will 
enhance Wireless-N performance.
Wide  Channel  If  40MHz  only  is  the  Channel  Width 
setting, then this setting will be available for your primary