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How to use attached devices on your router
Pt. 5 of 10 | 2:28 |
Friday June 25, 2010
Routers 201: Intermediate Studies
Friday June 25, 2010
In this part of our 10-part series on
advanced router functions
, we'll show you how to view andaccess devices attached to your router
. You'll be able toview connected devices
including computers, printers and other devices!Download this episode now
Show Notes
- In your router software, look for the option Attached Devices and click on it.
- There will be a pause while your router checks to see what devices are connected then a list will be displayed.
- The list shows IP address, the device name if it has one available and a MAC address.
- Computers on your network most likely have names and you'll see those displayed.
- Some other devices won't have names and will only display in the name field.
- In the initial listing we had our Droid's WiFi turned off.
- We turned the WiFi on and then clicked Refresh in the router software.
- Now we can see the Droid listed with the other devices.
- This list will show every device currently connected to your wireless network.
- You can also grab the MAC addresses from your devices from this location in case you want to set up MAC address filtering.
- There will be a pause while your router checks to see what devices are connected then a list will be displayed.
- The list shows IP address, the device name if it has one available and a MAC address.
- Computers on your network most likely have names and you'll see those displayed.
- Some other devices won't have names and will only display in the name field.
- In the initial listing we had our Droid's WiFi turned off.
- We turned the WiFi on and then clicked Refresh in the router software.
- Now we can see the Droid listed with the other devices.
- This list will show every device currently connected to your wireless network.
- You can also grab the MAC addresses from your devices from this location in case you want to set up MAC address filtering.
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