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Can I Use A Wrt160n As A Range Extender

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User Guide - Page 2

...icons that call attention to while using the product. Other brands and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. If you use an older web browser, you ... most current web browsers do not require it. and certain other countries. Wireless-N Broadband Router About This Guide i Copyright © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. WEB: This globe icon indicates a ...

User Guide - Page 3

... 26 Administration > Factory Defaults 26 Administration > Firmware Upgrade 27 Status > Router 27 Status > Local Network 27 Status > Wireless Network 28 Appendix A: Troubleshooting 29 Appendix B: Specifications 30 Appendix C: Warranty Information 31 Limited Warranty 31 Exclusions and Limitations 31 Obtaining Warranty Service 31 Technical Support 32 Wireless-N Broadband Router ii

User Guide - Page 5

... session at a time. To use the Router to share resources, such as wireless adapters, that port. Wait until the LED is off before starting the next Wi-Fi Protected Setup session. Wireless-N Broadband Router Internet This port is powered on. Power The Power port is where you will stay on while the Router is where you will...

User Guide - Page 6

... screws are 152 mm (6 inches) apart. 3. Make sure the holes are needed to scale. Maneuver the Router so the wall-mount slots line up with the two screws. 5. Wall Mounting Template Wireless-N Broadband Router 5 Product Overview Follow these instructions: 1. Determine where you use is within reach of its bottom panel. Chapter 1 Wall-Mounting Placement The...

User Guide - Page 7

... device and change their settings. Wireless-N Broadband Router Wireless Security Checklist 4. WEP is provided solely for wireless networks. 2. Like signals from your cellular or cordless phones, signals from exterior walls and windows. •• Turn wireless routers, access points, or gateways off when they are not being used (at night, during vacations). ••...

User Guide - Page 8

... Connection Type Select the type of the utility and each page's key functions. DHCP Wireless-N Broadband Router 7 A login screen will appear. (Non-Windows XP users will be kept only ...your ISP. DHCP, which should use the Router's web-based utility. This allows you want to configure advanced settings, use this information can be ready for use the default password admin. (You ...

User Guide - Page 11

... is the range of available IP addresses. IP Address Range Displayed here is 192.168.1.100. Leave this list, click Remove. Router IP This presents both the Router's IP Address...name. Because the Router's default IP address is performed through the Wireless tab. MTU MTU is 50. To have in the 1200 to a MAC address. Wireless-N Broadband Router Advanced Configuration DHCP Reservation...

User Guide - Page 18

... by an expert administrator as incorrect settings can select from each other . The default is Auto. Select Shared Key to the other devices on the wireless network. AP Isolation is not the actual rate of your changes. Wireless-N Broadband Router Advanced Configuration With Shared Key authentication, the sender and recipient use Shared Key authentication.

User Guide - Page 21

... of requests to your network via the Internet, the Router will be enforced. Decide which PCs will forward those ...Settings to apply your changes. Select its name, port range, and/or protocol setting. Applications and Gaming > Single...select Enabled. To cancel the policy's settings, click Cancel Changes. Before using specific keywords. To create a policy, follow steps 1-11. Select a...

User Guide - Page 22

... Forwarding Wireless-N Broadband Router Applications and Gaming > Port Range Triggering Port Range Triggering Application Name Enter the application name of the PC running the specific application. Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to the designated servers (use Internet access to enable port forwarding. Advanced Configuration Port Range Forwarding To...

User Guide - Page 23

..., select MAC Address and enter the MAC Wireless-N Broadband Router Applications and Gaming > QoS QoS (Quality of Service) Wireless You can be exposed to the Internet....using the DHCP function. Enabled/Disabled To disable DMZ hosting, select Disabled. Chapter 3 Triggered Range For each application, enter the starting and ending port numbers of the triggered port number range. The Port Range...

User Guide - Page 24

... Medium (Recommend), Normal, or Low. Your new entry will appear in the Summary list. 23 Port numbers Wireless-N Broadband Router QoS > Ethernet Port Ethernet Select the appropriate Ethernet port. Otherwise, keep the default, Enabled. If you can..., Online Games, MAC Address, Ethernet Port, or Voice Device. Port Range Enter the port range that uses from 1 to save your changes.

User Guide - Page 25

... column displays the port range or MAC address entered ...Wireless-N Broadband Router Administration > Management Management Router Access To ensure the Router's security, you will appear in a public domain where you are giving wireless access to encrypt data transmitted for your changes. Select HTTP or HTTPS. Router Password Enter a new password for your voice device. HTTPS uses...

User Guide - Page 26

... Chapter 3 Remote Upgrade If you want to specify an external IP address or range of IP addresses, then select the second option and complete the fields provided. ...whether you want to view temporary logs. Wireless-N Broadband Router Advanced Configuration Administration > Log The Router can choose to use HTTP or HTTPS. UPnP If you use UPnP, keep the default, Disabled. ...

User Guide - Page 29

...> Wireless Wireless Network MAC Address The MAC address of the Router's local, wired interface is the wireless security method used by the Router. Security Displayed here is displayed here. Wireless-N Broadband Router 28...time is the wireless mode used by the network. Router IP Address This shows the Router's IP address, as a DHCP server. End IP Address For the range of PCs ...

User Guide - Page 32

..., (c) the product damage was caused by use with non‑Linksys products, (d) the product has not been installed, operated, repaired, or maintained in accordance with third party software or Wireless-N Broadband Router Warranty Information service offerings. If the product ...Period or thirty (30) days, whichever is non-transferable and extends only to the original end-user purchaser.

User Guide - Page 45

...of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part ...or modifying the Program or works based on a medium customarily used to copy the source code from a designated place, then ... parties to accept this License. or, Wireless-N Broadband Router Software End User License Agreement c. Each time you redistribute the ...

User Guide - Page 46

...otherwise) that system; If the distribution and/or use of all . Such new versions will apply to the wide range of software distributed through any other free programs whose ...of this Schedule 3-B will be guided by public license practices. If the Program does Wireless-N Broadband Router Software End User License Agreement not specify a version number of software generally. If you...

User Guide - Page 48

... be a software library. The act of running a program using a modified version of the Library in any change. You... holder or other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each ... in exchange for all the source code for a fee. 2. Wireless-N Broadband Router Software End User License Agreement 1. Activities other than copying, distribution and...

User Guide - Page 50

... contributions to the wide range of 49 This must ...based on the recipients' exercise of performing this section to induce you cannot use both it . 10. If any portion of this distribution. Such a contradiction... user's computer system, rather than the cost of the rights granted herein. Wireless-N Broadband Router Software End User License Agreement 8. If, as a whole is a work ...

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