Table of Contents
VMG3926-B10A User’s Guide
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7.2.1 No Security ..............................................................................................................................92
7.2.2 Basic (WEP Encryption) ..........................................................................................................92
7.2.3 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK) ....................................................................................................93
7.3 The Guest / More AP Screen ............................................................................................................94
7.3.1 Edit Guest / More AP ..............................................................................................................95
7.4 The WPS Screen ..............................................................................................................................97
7.5 The WMM Screen .............................................................................................................................99
7.6 The WDS Screen ............................................................................................................................100
7.6.1 WDS Scan .............................................................................................................................101
7.7 The Others Screen ..........................................................................................................................102
7.8 The Channel Status Screen ............................................................................................................103
7.9 Technical Reference ........................................................................................................................104
7.9.1 Wireless Network Overview ...................................................................................................104
7.9.2 Additional Wireless Terms .....................................................................................................106
7.9.3 Wireless Security Overview ...................................................................................................106
7.9.4 Signal Problems ....................................................................................................................108
7.9.5 BSS .......................................................................................................................................109
7.9.6 MBSSID .................................................................................................................................109
7.9.7 Preamble Type ...................................................................................................................... 110
7.9.8 Wireless Distribution System (WDS) ..................................................................................... 110
7.9.9 WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) ................................................................................................. 110
Chapter 8
Home Networking.............................................................................................................................119
8.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 119
8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................................119
8.1.2 What You Need To Know .......................................................................................................120
8.1.3 Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................121
8.2 The LAN Setup Screen ...................................................................................................................121
8.3 The Static DHCP Screen .................................................................................................................125
8.4 The UPnP Screen ...........................................................................................................................126
8.4.1 Turning On UPnP in Windows 7 Example .............................................................................127
8.5 The Additional Subnet Screen ........................................................................................................128
8.6 The STB Vendor ID Screen .............................................................................................................130
8.7 The Wake on LAN Screen ..............................................................................................................130
8.8 The TFTP Server Name Screen .....................................................................................................131
8.9 Technical Reference ........................................................................................................................131
8.9.1 LANs, WANs and the VMG ....................................................................................................131
8.9.2 DHCP Setup ..........................................................................................................................132
8.9.3 DNS Server Addresses .........................................................................................................132
8.9.4 LAN TCP/IP ...........................................................................................................................133
Chapter 9
Routing ..............................................................................................................................................135