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To upgrade the Router’s firmware:
1. Select the Help tab (see Figure 8-13).
2. Click on Upgrade Firmware to display a new window (see Figure 8-14).
3. Click the Browse button to find the firmware upgrade file that you down-
loaded from the Linksys website and then extracted.
4. Double-click the firmware file you downloaded and extracted. Click the
Upgrade button and follow the instructions there.
When you click the Advanced tab, you will be able to set up advanced features.
These are the additional tabs available:
• Filters - Filters block specific internal users from Internet access and enable
Virtual Private Network (VPN) sessions.
• Forwarding - Sets up public services on your network.
• Dynamic Routing - Sets up the Router so it will automatically adjust to phys-
ical changes in the network’s layout.
• Static Routing - Sets up static routes needed when network information must
travel to a specific host or network.
• DMZ Host - Allows one local user to be exposed to the Internet for use of spe-
cial-purpose services such as online gaming or videoconferencing.
• MAC Address Cloning - Allows you to “clone” your network adapter’s MAC
address onto your Router.
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Under the Help tab, you’ll find links to all of the Utility’s internal support doc-
umentation, including the application that upgrades the Router’s firmware.
New firmware versions are posted at www.linksys.com and can be downloaded
for free. If your Router can access the Internet already, there’s no need to
download a newer firmware version, unless that version has a new feature that
you want to use. Loading new firmware onto your Router does not enhance the
speed or the quality of your connection speed.
See the IP Filtering section for directions on enabling remote firmware
upgrades.
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Note: By upgrading the Router’s firmware, you may lose the Router’s
configuration settings.
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Figure 8-13
Figure 8-14
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