ASUS WL-566gM
Configuration
For tuning, a convenient Web interface is used. Open the
browser and navigate to the address 192.168.1.1. Of course, the address
of the computer from which we access should be within the same network,
that is, within the range 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254, with the net
mask 255.255.255.0. However, you are unlikely to think about the
addresses - it suffices to enable automatic detection of IP settings
from the DHCP server and update the parameters.
You will be prompted to enter your access credentials (user
name/password) to log on to this important resource. Remember that the
"admin/admin" pair is used by default. If the logon credentials are
input successfully, you will be directed to the home page of the router
setup where at the first start-up you can use of the setup wizard which
will guide you through the main setup stages. Part of the stages is
briefly described on the home page, and others have to be learned on
your own. Navigation around the sections is done from a menu in the
left-hand part of the page. The sections are grouped quite logically
and are unlikely to mislead the user searching a specific parameter. In
the left-hand part of the page we counted as many as eight sections
(let alone Home and Logout): Quick Setup, Wireless, IP Config, NAT
Setting, Internet Firewall, Bandwidth Management, System Setup, and
Status & Log.
Now, a few more detail on the setup interface. On the home
page, besides the main menu in the left-hand part, there are links to
some sections which describe the key features of the device.
Many users will find the setup wizard quite handy which will
help pass through all the stages of the main router setup. The wizard
assumes six stages (including the wizard start-up and re-set) which
cover setting up the time zone, type and details of the external
connection, as well as wireless network settings. See the screenshots
of these stages below.
The next stage is the wireless network setup. Gathered here
are all the settings to adjust for the integrated wireless access
point. Four pages are provided for them. On the first page, we set up
the network ID, the channel, operation mode, use and type of
encryption. For WEP, 64- and 128-bit keys are supported, but we don't
recommend to use them because of poor security. However, in our case we
can use, for example, the WPA-PSK with a shared password. In this case,
AES or TKIP encryption will be used. You can also introduce a stronger
system: the WPA-EAP, but in this case the authentication will be done
at the external RADIUS server, whereas the same AES or TKIP protocols
will be used for encryption.
Among the wireless network security settings, there is also
access restriction based on MAC addresses. The filter can be disabled
or enabled into one of the modes: to allow access to all except those
in the list, or, on the contrary, do not allow anyone except those in
the list. The list is defined on the next page of the Wireless section.
The security settings configuration does not end at that, of
course. If what was described above is not enough, you can use
authorization of wireless clients on the external RADIUS server. To
configure such option, navigate to the next section and specify the
server location and the password to log on. In the encryption
parameters, select the type, for example, WPA.
All the other wireless network settings are gathered on a
separate page of the section. Here you can specify such settings like
hiding the SSID, operation speed, notification timeout (Beacon), use of
QoS, etc.
The next section assumes configuration of the interfaces. Here
you specify the connection types and interface addresses. For the
external interface, a number of connection types are supported: with
static and dynamic IP, as well as PPTP and PPPoE.
The router has an integrated DHCP server with the capability
of associating IP-addresses to MAC-addresses.
The third page is used for configuration of the time settings
(time zone and server), UPnP, as well as DDNS.
There is a separate section for NAT settings. Remember that
NAT separates the internal network from external not letting in any
traffic except that which arrived in response from the internal
network. However, some applications require access from outside through
strictly defined ports. In this case, static and dynamic redirection of
ports is assumed for use. The dynamic redirection is configured on the
first page, and static (also called a virtual server) - on the second
page.
Whenever neither dynamic nor static redirection of ports can
provide the required availability, you can use the demilitarized zone.
In this case, all the packets arriving at the external router port will
be redirected to a specified internal address.
To configure the integrated firewall, there is a separate
section which contains three pages. The first page lists the settings
like enable/disable, logging, Web access from outside, and response to
ping queries from the external port.
On the next page, there are configuration settings to restrict
packet transmission between the LAN and WAN interfaces. As rules you
can specify the week day or the time when the rule will be active.
Besides this restriction, there are also restrictions based on
the keywords in the URL-address. These restrictions are configured on
the third page of the firewall settings.
Although there is a separate section to configure the
bandwidth, it contains only one page where the rules for transmission
rate restriction for two-way traffic are defined: separately for the
incoming and outgoing traffic.
The System Setup section contains no features needed for daily
router management. From this page, you can change the logon password to
the administration interface, update the firmware, as well as save or
load the settings or clear the settings to the factory defaults.
The Status & Log section allows browsing the info on
the operation of the device: the current time, activity status of the
interfaces, current wireless clients, current DHCP server clients, and
the system log.
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