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Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

NBG420N User’s Guide

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7.10.3 WPS in Progress

After pressing Push Button in the System Status screen the WPS in Progress screen will
display.
It can take around two minutes for a successful WPS connection to be made. The System
Status
screen will display after a connection has been made or if it has failed. For more
information on WPS see

Section 7.9 on page 106

.

Channel

This field displays the channel the NBG420N’s Wireless LAN operates on. This

will display as disabled if auto channel selection mode is on.

PIN Number

This field displays the NBG420N’s WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) PIN number.

WPS allows you to connect wireless clients to your wireless LAN easily. See

Section 7.9 on page 106

for more information on WPS and the PIN method of

configuration.

Push Button

Press the Push Button to start either the PBC (Push Button Configuration) or PIN

method of WPS configuration. The WPS in progress screen will display, see

Section 7.10.3 on page 112

.

Client Number This field displays the number of wireless clients on the network.

Security

Firewall

Press the left side of the button to turn the firewall ON. Press the right side of the

button to turn the firewall OFF. To configure the firewall access the web

configurator from your computer.
A Firewall enables the NBG420N to act as a secure gateway between the LAN

and the Internet.

URL Filtering

Press the left side of the button to turn URL Filtering ON. Press the right side of

the button to turn URL Filtering OFF. To configure URL filtering access the web

configurator from your computer and go to the content filtering screens.
Content filtering enables you to block certain web features or specific URL

keywords.

Management

MBM

Press the left side of the button to turn MBM (Media Bandwidth Management) ON.

Press the right side of the button to turn MBM OFF. To configure Media Bandwidth

Management access the web configurator from your computer and go to the

Bandwidth Management screens.
When accessed from a computer the web configurator allows you to specify

bandwidth management rules based on an application and/or subnet.

Port

Forwarding

Press Details to go to another screen to manage the port forwarding rules.

Activated Rule This field displays the currently activated port forwarding rules.

Table 41 System Status screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION