1. WAN setup: login via wifi, set the WAN address (see below for definitions of WAN)
2. LAN setup: Connect WAN port to ethernet, login via elab network, check speed at speedtest.net
3. Wireless options
Channels:
2.4 gHz has 11 channels, 20-40 mHz wide
5.8 gHz has many more, 20/40/80/160 mHz wide, two sets of channels ~30, ~150
Types of network:
a=5.8 gHz
b, g=2.4 gHz, b goes 11 mb/s, g goes 54 mb/s
n=is a combination of a and g, 150mb/s
ac=is the latest one, max speed is around 867 mb/s, fat channels
Check your wireless status with option-fan on macs
Look for:
PHYS
TX
channel #
channel width
4. Access control
MAC address
hidden network
5. NAT/DHCP, port forwarding
If a client on the LAN uses your router as a gateway, you can forward traffic from the WAN to that machine specifically, like a web server.
This is based on ports (like doors):
80 = web
8000, 8080, other web ones
22=ssh
548=apple file sharing
Next steps:
DD-WRT on linksys routers
ubnt wireless networks
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