Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL Router

The administration of the router is unique for this genre of product. Most network administrators are used to having to use telnet to configure the router. Well, Linksys has used a new approach to administration. The router has a built in webserver, so to configure it you simple open a browser up and go to the router's internal IP. Below are all the various screens in the administration area, and what each one does.

Main Configuration Page
	Once logged in, this is first configuration page you will see. Here, you can enter in a static IP for your router, or if your Cable/DSL ISP uses DHCP to assign you an IP address you can select the DHCP option. You can also set the domain name and router name, which for cable is usually something like CR123456-A. Not really all that much here to play with, but this is really all you need to touch for a basic network setup.
Password Configuration Page
	The router's webserver is protected by a password, which you can change in this screen.
Status Page
	Fairly basic information here. You can view MAC address for the WAN and LAN interface. This page also shows the router name, firmware, gateway, subnet and whether or not the DHCP server is enabled.
DHCP Configuration Page
	Built into this router is a DHCP server. You can enable or disable the DHCP server and specify what IP range you want to dynamically assign. By clicking the "DHCP Clients Table" button you can see what IP's have been served and each machine's NETBIOS name, MAC address and assigned IP.
Help Page
	Not much to say here, the help area contains a description of what each page does and a link to the PDF manual.