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The Router’s PIN has to be enabled for you to do this. •Enable Router's PIN. You can configure the router's wireless settings or add a wireless client through WPS using the router's PIN only when the PIN is enabled. •Auto Disable PIN. Selecting this check box causes the PIN to stop working after the number of failed PIN connections that you specify. This setting protects the router from a brute force attack. If the PIN is disabled automatically, it remains disabled until the router reboots or you log in to the router and change the setting by selecting the Enable Router's PIN check box and clicking the Apply button. •Keep Existing Wireless Settings. Leave this check box selected so that the wireless settings stay the same when a wireless computer or device uses WPS to join the network. If you clear this check box, and someone uses WPS to join the network, the wireless SSID and WPA2 or WPA password are automatically changed to random values. In addition, if this option is selected, some software such as Network Explorer on Windows Vista might not detect the wireless network. Wireless Card Access List. Click the Set Up Access List button display the Wireless Card Access List screen. You can restrict access to your network to specific devices based on their MAC address. Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address You can set up a list of computers and wireless devices that are allowed to join the wireless network. This list is based on the unique MAC address of each computer and device. Each network device has a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character physical address, containing the hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or A–F only, and separated by colons (for example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). Typically, the MAC address is on the label of the wireless card or network interface device. If you do not have access to the label, you can display the MAC address using the network configuration utilities of the computer. You might also find the MAC addresses in the Attached Devices screen. 1.On the Advanced Wireless Settings screen, click the Setup Access List to display the Wireless Card Access List. 2.Click Add to add a wireless device to the wireless access control list. The Wireless Card Access Setup screen opens and displays a list of currently active wireless cards and their Ethernet MAC addresses. 3.If the computer or device you want is in the Available Wireless Cards list, select that radio button; otherwise, type a name and the MAC address. You can usually find the MAC address on the bottom of the wireless device. Tip:You can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the Attached Devices screen into the MAC Address field of this screen. To do this, use each wireless computer to join the wireless network. The computer should then appear in the Attached Devices screen. 4.Click Add to add this wireless device to the Wireless Card Access List. The screen changes back to the list screen. 5.Add each computer or device you want to allow to connect wirelessly. 6.Select the Turn Access Control On check box. 7.Click Apply. Wireless AP You can set up the router to run as an access point (AP) on the same local network as another router. 1.Select Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP. 2.Select the Enable Access Point Mode check box. 3.Scroll down to view the bottom half of the screen to display more instructions. 4.Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Internet port of this router to a LAN port in the other router. 5.Select the check box for the IP address setting that you want to use: •Get an IP address dynamically from the other router. The other router on the network assigns an IP address to this router while this router is in AP mode. •Fixed IP address (not recommended). Use this setting if you want to manually assign a specific IP address to this router while it is in AP mode. Using this option effectively requires advanced network experience. 6.Click Apply. Wireless Repeating Function (WDS) You can set the router up to be used as a wireless access point (AP). Doing this enables the router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater connects to another wireless router as a client where the network to which it connects becomes the ISP service. Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distribution System (WDS). A WDS allows a wireless network to be expanded through multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to link them. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario. RepeaterBase stationaccess pointaccess point Figure 7. Wireless repeating scenario Note:If you use the wireless repeating function, you need to select either WEP or None as a security option in the Wireless Settings screen. The WEP option displays only if you select the wireless mode Up to 54 Mbps in the Wireless Settings screen. Wireless base station. The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and from the child repeater access point. The base station also handles wireless and wired local computers. To configure t...