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Chapter 5 Fine-Tuning Your Network
Allowing Inbound Connections to Your Network ............................................................5-1
How Your Computer Accesses a Remote Computer through Your Router .............5-2
How Port Triggering Changes the Communication Process ....................................5-3
How Port Forwarding Changes the Communication Process ..................................5-5
How Port Forwarding Differs from Port Triggering ...................................................5-6
Configuring Port Forwarding to Local Servers ................................................................5-6
Adding a Custom Service .........................................................................................5-7
Editing or Deleting a Port Forwarding Entry .............................................................5-8
Configuring Port Triggering ............................................................................................5-9
Using Universal Plug and Play .....................................................................................5-12
Optimizing Wireless Performance ................................................................................5-14
Changing the MTU Size ...............................................................................................5-15
Quality of Service .........................................................................................................5-16
Using WMM QoS for Wireless Multimedia Applications .........................................5-16
Configuring QoS for Internet Access ......................................................................5-17
Overview of Home and Small Office Networking Technologies ...................................5-22
Assessing Your Speed Requirements ...................................................................5-23
Chapter 6 Using Network Monitoring Tools
Viewing Wireless Router Status Information ..................................................................6-2
Viewing a List of Attached Devices ................................................................................6-7
Managing the Configuration File .....................................................................................6-7
Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration ...........................................................6-8
Erasing the Configuration .........................................................................................6-8
Updating the Router Firmware .......................................................................................6-9
Checking for New Firmware in the Router Upgrade Screen ....................................6-9
Updating Manually to New Router Firmware .........................................................6-11
Enabling Remote Management Access .......................................................................6-12
Traffic Meter .................................................................................................................6-13
Contents
N-150 2-Port Wireless Router WNR500 User Manual
v1.0, November 2011
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