Table of Contents
VMG5313-BXB Series User’s Guide
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7.2.1 No Security ..............................................................................................................................93
7.2.2 Basic (WEP Encryption) ..........................................................................................................93
7.2.3 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK) ....................................................................................................94
7.3 The Guest/More AP Screen ..............................................................................................................95
7.3.1 Edit Guest/More AP ................................................................................................................96
7.4 MAC Authentication ..........................................................................................................................98
7.5 The WPS Screen ..............................................................................................................................99
7.6 The WMM Screen ...........................................................................................................................101
7.7 The WDS Screen ............................................................................................................................102
7.7.1 WDS Scan .............................................................................................................................103
7.8 The Others Screen ..........................................................................................................................104
7.9 The Channel Status Screen ............................................................................................................105
7.10 Technical Reference ......................................................................................................................106
7.10.1 Wireless Network Overview .................................................................................................106
7.10.2 Additional Wireless Terms ...................................................................................................108
7.10.3 Wireless Security Overview .................................................................................................108
7.10.4 Signal Problems .................................................................................................................. 110
7.10.5 BSS ..................................................................................................................................... 111
7.10.6 MBSSID ............................................................................................................................... 111
7.10.7 Preamble Type .................................................................................................................... 112
7.10.8 Wireless Distribution System (WDS) ................................................................................... 112
7.10.9 WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) ............................................................................................... 112
Chapter 8
Home Networking .............................................................................................................................120
8.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................120
8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................................120
8.1.2 What You Need To Know .......................................................................................................121
8.1.3 Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................122
8.2 The LAN Setup Screen ...................................................................................................................122
8.3 The Static DHCP Screen .................................................................................................................126
8.4 The UPnP Screen ...........................................................................................................................127
8.4.1 Turning On UPnP in Windows 7 Example .............................................................................128
8.5 The Additional Subnet Screen ........................................................................................................129
8.6 The STB Vendor ID Screen .............................................................................................................131
8.7 The Wake on LAN Screen ..............................................................................................................131
8.8 The TFTP Server Name Screen .....................................................................................................132
8.9 Technical Reference ........................................................................................................................132
8.9.1 LANs, WANs and the VMG ....................................................................................................132
8.9.2 DHCP Setup ..........................................................................................................................133
8.9.3 DNS Server Addresses .........................................................................................................133
8.9.4 LAN TCP/IP ...........................................................................................................................134