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60 Microsoft Broadband Networking Base Station User's Guide
5. Type a maximum idle time, if your ISP instructs you to. You will
be disconnected from the Internet if the time that you specify
elapses without activity.
6. Type the DNS primary and secondary addresses, if your ISP
provided you with this information.
7. To save the WAN settings, click Apply.
Disabled Connection
You can disable your Internet connection at any time. You may
want to disable your Internet connection in the following situations:
• You suspect that an unauthorized individual is accessing your
network.
• You want to limit your children's access to the Internet.
• You want to limit the exposure of your local network to the WAN.
Disabling your Internet connection does not affect your Internet
connection settings in any way. When you reestablish your
connection, your original settings are intact.
To disable the Internet connection
1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Wide
Area Network.
2. Under Internet Connection Type, click Disabled.
3. To disable your Internet connection, click Apply.
Wireless Settings
You can enable or disable wireless access from the Wireless page
of the Base Station Management Tool. When you enable wireless
access, you must establish the following base station settings:
• Wireless network name (SSID)
• Wireless channel
• Data rate
It is likely that you already established the wireless network name
(SSID) and wireless channel when you ran the Setup Wizard. If you
did not run the Setup Wizard, or if for some reason you want to
modify these settings, you must update the wireless network name
(SSID) and wireless channel on all the devices that connect
wirelessly to your network. For information about how to update the
wireless network name and wireless channel on specific devices,
see the Broadband Network Utility Help.
When you enable wireless access on your network, you should also
enable wireless security (WEP). For more information about
wireless security, see "Wireless Security (WEP)" in this chapter.
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