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Chapter II: System and Network Setup

2-1 Build network connection

Please follow the following instruction to build the network connection between
your new WIRELESS router and your computers, network devices:

1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WAN port of router by Ethernet

cable.

2. Connect all your computers, network devices (network-enabled consumer

devices other than computers, like game console, or switch / hub) to the
LAN port of the router.

Summary of Contents for DN-7059-2

Page 1: ...300 MBIT WIRELESS ACCESS POINT ROUTER User Manual DN 7059 2 ...

Page 2: ...spect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequen...

Page 3: ...off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution ...

Page 4: ...n exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm 8 inches during normal operation The antenna s used for this transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter The equipment version marketed in US is...

Page 5: ... of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use i...

Page 6: ... 98 Me IP address setup 2 2 2 Windows 2000 IP address setup 2 2 3 Windows XP IP address setup 2 2 4 Windows Vista IP address setup 2 2 5 Router IP address lookup 2 3 Using Quick Setup 2 3 1 Setup procedure for Cable Modem 2 3 2 Setup procedure for Fixed IP xDSL 2 3 3 Setup procedure for PPPoE xDSL 2 3 4 Setup procedure for PPTP xDSL 2 3 5 Setup procedure for L2TP xDSL 2 3 6 Setup procedure for Tel...

Page 7: ... Table 2 7 Wireless LAN Configurations 2 7 1 Basic Wireless Settings 2 7 1 1 Setup procedure for AP 2 7 1 2 Setup procedure for Station Infrastructure 2 7 1 3 Setup procedure for AP Bridge Point to Point 2 7 1 4 Setup procedure for AP Bridge Point to Multi Point 2 7 1 5 Setup procedure for AP Bridge WDS 2 7 1 6 Setup procedure for Universal Repeater 2 7 2 Advanced Wireless Settings 2 7 3 Wireless ...

Page 8: ...pecial Applications 3 2 5 UPnP Setting 3 2 6 ALG Settings 3 3 Firewall 3 3 1 Access Control 3 3 1 1 Add PC 3 3 2 URL Blocking 3 3 3 DoS Attack Prevention 3 3 3 1 DoS Advanced Settings 3 3 4 Demilitarized Zone DMZ 3 4 System Status 3 4 1 System information and firmware version 3 4 2 Internet Connection Status 3 4 3 Device Status 3 4 4 System Log 3 4 5 Active DHCP client list 3 4 6 Statistics 3 5 Co...

Page 9: ...cation 4 2 Troubleshooting 4 3 Glossary Note The setup images used in this manual are for reference only The contents of these images may vary according to firmware version The official image contents are based on the newest firmware version ...

Page 10: ...sers to setup a network environment in very short time within minutes even inexperienced When the number of your computers and network enabled devices grow you can also expand the number of network slot by simple attach a hub or switch to extend the scope of your network All computers and IEEE 802 11b g n wireless enabled network devices including PDA cellular phone game console and more can conne...

Page 11: ...iple wireless modes like AP Station Infrastructure Wireless Bridge and Universal Repeater Support WISP mode for accessing Internet through wireless network Advanced network and security features like Special Applications QoS DMZ Virtual Servers Access Control Firewall Allow you to monitor the router s status like DHCP Client Log System Log Security Log and Device Connection Status Easy to use Web ...

Page 12: ...3 years old They may put the small parts in their nose or month and it could cause serious damage to them KEEP THIS ROUTER OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN 6 The router will become hot when being used for a long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put this router on paper cloth or other flammable materials 7 There is no user serviceable part inside the router If you find that the route...

Page 13: ...dem with a RJ 45 Ethernet port Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 or above Netscape Navigator 4 7 or above Opera web browser or Safari web browser An available AC power socket 100 240V 50 60Hz ...

Page 14: ...o use this router please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items Broadband router main body 1 pcs Quick installation guide and User manual CDROM 1 pcs A C power adapter 1 pcs ...

Page 15: ...S function is enabled Off Wireless network is switched off Flashing Wireless LAN activity transferring or receiving data WAN LNK ACT On WAN port is connected Off WAN port is not connected Flashing WAN activity transferring or receiving data LAN 1 4 LNK ACT On LAN port is connected Off LAN port is not connected Flashing LAN activity transferring or receiving data ...

Page 16: ...lear all settings or start WPS function Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults and press this button for less than 5 seconds to start WPS function 1 4 Local Area Network LAN ports 1 to 4 WAN Wide Area Network WAN Internet port Power Power connector connects to A C power adapter Antenna A Antenna B ...

Page 17: ...etwork connection between your new WIRELESS router and your computers network devices 1 Connect your xDSL cable modem to the WAN port of router by Ethernet cable 2 Connect all your computers network devices network enabled consumer devices other than computers like game console or switch hub to the LAN port of the router ...

Page 18: ...he front panel PWR LED should be steadily on WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer network device connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected If PWD LED is not on or any LED you expected is not on please recheck the cabling or jump to 4 2 Troubleshooting for possible reasons and solution ...

Page 19: ...d start configuration procedures your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically use dynamic IP address If it s set to use static IP address or you re unsure please follow the following instructions to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address If the operating system of your computer is Windows 95 98 Me please go to section 2 2 1 Windows 2000 please go to section 2 2 2 Window...

Page 20: ... 98 Me IP address setup 1 Click Start button it should be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network icon and Network window will appear Select TCP IP then click Properties ...

Page 21: ...12 2 Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server and then click OK ...

Page 22: ...ld be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network and Dial up Connections icon click Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties ...

Page 23: ...14 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 24: ...ld be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network and Internet Connections icon click Network Connections then double click Local Area Connection Local Area Connection Status window will appear and then click Properties ...

Page 25: ...16 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 26: ...rner of your computer then click control panel Click View Network Status and Tasks and then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Network then select Properties Local Area Connection Properties window will appear select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click Properties ...

Page 27: ...18 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 28: ...19 2 2 5 Router IP address lookup After the IP address setup is complete please click start run at the bottom lower corner of your desktop Input cmd then click OK ...

Page 29: ...b browser After your computer obtained an IP address from router please start your web browser and input the IP address of router in address bar The following message should be shown NOTE If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed or the address followed by IP Address begins with 169 please recheck network connection between your computer and router and or go to the beginning of this chapter to...

Page 30: ... and password correctly Please retype user name and password again If you re certain about the user name and password you type are correct please go to 4 2 Troubleshooting to perform a factory reset to set the password back to default value TIP This page shows the four major setting categories QuickSetup General Setup Status and Tools You can find the shortcut which leads to these setting categori...

Page 31: ... Setup procedure which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short time Please follow the following instructions to complete the Quick Setup Please go to QuickSetup menu by clicking QuickSetup button HERE ...

Page 32: ... of time server Address 2 here Daylight If the country you live uses daylight saving Savings 3 please check Enable Function box and choose the duration of daylight saving After you finish with all settings please click Apply 4 button 1 2 3 4 NOTE There are several time servers available on internet 129 6 15 28 time a nist gov 132 163 4 101 time a timefreq bldrdoc gov 131 107 1 10 time nw nist gov ...

Page 33: ...t your Internet service provider A wrong Internet connection type will cause connection problem and you will not be able to connect to internet If you want to go back to previous step please press Back button on the bottom of this page 2 3 1 Setup procedure for Cable Modem NOTE Some service providers use DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol to assign IP address to you In this case you can choo...

Page 34: ...input MAC address of your computer here if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet If you re using the computer which used to connect to Internet via cable modem you can simply press Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer After you finish with all settings please click OK 3 button if you want to g...

Page 35: ...e input the IP address of DNS server Gateway Address 4 provided by your service provider When you finish with all settings press OK 5 if you want to go back to previous menu click Back 1 2 3 4 5 NOTE You can choose this Internet connection method if your service provider assigns a fixed IP address also know as static address to you and not using DHCP or PPPoE protocol Please contact your service p...

Page 36: ...net service provider here Service Name 3 Please give a name to this Internet service this is optional MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type 5 connection you wish to use detailed explanation listed below Idle Time Out 6 Please input idle time out detailed explanation ...

Page 37: ...s Continuous keep internet connection alive do not disconnect connect on Demand only connects to Internet when there s a connect attempt and Manual only connects to Internet when Connect button on this page is pressed and disconnects when Disconnect button is pressed Idle Time Out Specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected by minute This option is only ava...

Page 38: ...ce provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address i e static IP address WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct Please contact your Internet service provider if you don t know what you should fill in thes...

Page 39: ...MTU 5 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value BEZEQ ISRAEL 6 Setting item BEZEQ ISRAEL is only required to Check if you re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type 7 connection you wish to use please refer to last section for detailed descriptions Idle Time Plea...

Page 40: ...dress from your service provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address equal to static IP address please refer to PPPoE xDSL section above WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct Please contact your Inter...

Page 41: ...ice provider here MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type 5 connection you wish to use please refer to last section for detailed descriptions Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet Out 6 connection you wish to use and refer to last section for detailed de...

Page 42: ... service in Australia You need to input User Name 1 Please input the user name assigned by Telstra Password 2 Please input the password assigned by Telstra Assign login Check this box to choose login server manually 3 server by yourself Server IP Address 4 Please input the IP address of login server here 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 43: ...ngs are finished you ll see the following message displayed on your web browser Please click Apply button to prepare to restart the router and you ll see this message Please wait for about 30 seconds then click OK button You ll be back to router management interface again and the router is ready with new settings ...

Page 44: ...e the time zone password and remote management settings Please start your web browser and log onto router web management interface then click General Setup button on the left or click General Setup link at the upper right corner of web management interface HERE ...

Page 45: ...the IP address or host name of time server If you want to enable daylight savings setting please check Enable Function box and set the duration of daylight setting When you finish click Apply You ll see the following message displayed on web browser Press Continue to save the settings made and back to web management interface press Apply to save the settings made and restart the router so the sett...

Page 46: ...lick System menu on the left of web management interface then click Password Settings and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Current Please input current password here Password 1 New Password 2 Please input new password here Confirmed Please input new password here again Password 3 When you finish click Apply If you want to keep o...

Page 47: ...ord field is wrong please click OK to go back to previous menu and try to input current password again If the current and new passwords are correctly entered after you click Apply you ll be prompted to input your new password Please use new password to enter web management interface again and you should be able to login with new password ...

Page 48: ... or didn t change default password However you can still management this router from a specific IP address by enabling the Remote Management Function To do so please follow the following instructions Please click System menu on the left of web management interface then click Remote Management and the following message will be displayed on your web browser 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 49: ...should try to use other port number You can use the default port setting 8080 or something like 32245 or 1429 Any integer between 1 and 65534 Enabled 3 Select the field to start the configuration When you finish with all settings click Apply and you ll see the following message displayed on web browser Press Continue to save the settings made and back to web management interface press Apply to sav...

Page 50: ... will be a problem Please either asks your service provider to give you a static IP address or use dynamic IP to host name mapping services like DDNS Please refer to chapter 2 5 8 DDNS client for details NOTE Default port number the web browser will use is 80 If the Port setting in this page is not 80 you have to assign the port number in the address bar of web browser manually For example if the ...

Page 51: ...ill be displayed on your web browser Please select an Internet connection method depend on the type of connection you re using You can either click the connection method on the left 1 or right 2 If you select the connection method on the right please click More Configuration button after a method is selected Dynamic IP Please go to section 2 5 1 Static IP Please go to section 2 5 2 PPPoE Please go...

Page 52: ...service provider asks you to do so MAC Address 2 Please input MAC address of your computer if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet If you re using the computer which used to connect to Internet via cable modem you can simply press Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer 1 2 3 ...

Page 53: ...se click Cancel After you click Apply the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue 1 to back to previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 54: ... every setup items IP address 1 Please input IP address assigned by your service provider Subnet Mask 2 Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider Default Gateway 3 Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 55: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 56: ...e to this Internet service this is optional MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type 5 connection you wish to use Continuous The connection will be kept always on If the connection is interrupted the router will re connect automatically Connect On Demand Only connect wh...

Page 57: ...selected the connection type to Connect On Demand please input the idle time out After you finish with all settings please click Apply 7 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds...

Page 58: ...ovider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address i e static IP address WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct Please contact your Internet service provider if you don t know what you should fill in these fie...

Page 59: ... the connection ID here this is optional and you can leave it blank MTU 5 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value BEZEQ ISRAEL 6 If you are connecting to the BEZEQ network in Israel Please enable this function Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type 7 connection you wish to use please refer to section 2 5 3 for de...

Page 60: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 61: ...s of PPTP gateway Gateway 3 assigned by your Internet service provider here MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet connection type 5 you wish to use please refer to section 2 5 3 for detailed descriptions Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet connection Out ...

Page 62: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 63: ... service in Australia You need to input User Name 1 Please input the user name assigned by Telstra Password 2 Please input the password assigned by Telstra Assign login Check this box to choose login server by yourself server manually 3 Server IP Address 4 Please input the IP address of login server here 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 64: ...Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 65: ...on you can input the IP address of DNS server here Here are descriptions of every setup items DNS Address 1 Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider Secondary Please input the IP address of another DNS DNS Address 2 server provided by your service provider this is optional NOTE Only IP address can be entered here DO NOT use the hostname of DNS server i e only num...

Page 66: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 67: ...ternet because their IP address will vary every time when connected to Internet and other user will not be able to know the IP address they re using at a certain time This router supports DDNS service of several service providers for example DynDNS http www dyndns org TZO http www tzo com Please go to one of DDNS service provider s webpage listed above and get a free DDNS account by the instructio...

Page 68: ...egistration E Mail 4 Password Key 5 Input DDNS service password or key After you finish with all settings please click Apply 6 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while rou...

Page 69: ...twork service provided by your service provider is through wireless network please select this mode After you have connected the router to the access point of service provider wirelessly please setup the WAN connection type in WAN page 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 70: ...lease configure the router in this page for match the settings SSID 2 This is the name of wireless network Input the SSID name that your wirelesses ISP provide to you Site Survey 3 Click Select Site Survey button then a Wireless Site Survey Table will pop up It will list all available access points nearby Select the access point designated by your wireless ISP in the table and the router will join...

Page 71: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 72: ... IP address plan for your network here are some suggestions 1 A valid IP address has 4 fields a b c d for most of home and company users it s suggested to use 192 168 c d where c is an integer between 0 and 254 and d is an integer between 1 and 254 This router is capable to work with up to 253 clients so you can set d field of IP address of router as 1 or 254 or any number between 1 and 254 and pi...

Page 73: ...P address 1 Please input the IP address of this router Subnet Mask 2 Please input subnet mask for this network 802 1d If you wish to activate 802 1d spanning tree Spanning Tree 3 function select Enabled for setup item 802 1d Spanning Tree or set it to Disabled DHCP Server 4 If you want to activate DHCP server function of this router select Enabled or set it to Disabled Recommended Value if you don...

Page 74: ...nge Domain Name 4 If you wish you can also optionally input the domain name for your network This is optional Recommended Value if you don t know what to fill Lease Time Two Weeks or Forever if you have less than 20 computers Start IP 192 168 2 100 End IP 192 168 2 200 Domain Name leave it blank NOTE 1 The number of the last field mentioned d field of End IP must be greater than Start IP and can n...

Page 75: ...ssign a certain IP address to a specific computer since IP addresses will be assigned in random order by this way Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable Static Check this box to enable this function DHCP Leases 1 otherwise uncheck it to disable this function MAC Address 2 Input the MAC address of the computer or network device total 12 characters with character from 0 to 9 and from a to...

Page 76: ...Selected button 2 if you want to delete all mappings click Delete All 3 If you want to deselect all mappings click Reset 4 After you finish all LAN settings please click Apply button on the bottom of this page After you click Apply the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click Apply to reboot th...

Page 77: ...em connect to Internet and share resources with other computers with wired LAN connection You can also use the built in security functions to protect your network from being intruded by malicious intruders Please follow the following instructions to set wireless parameters Please click Wireless menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web bro...

Page 78: ... Ethernet device be a wireless station c AP Bridge Point to Point Connect this router with another wireless router to expand the scope of network d AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Connect this router with up to four other wireless routers to expand the scope of network e AP Bridge WDS Connect this router with up to four WDS capable wireless routers to expand the scope of network f Universal Repeate...

Page 79: ...ase go to section 2 7 1 4 AP Bridge WDS Please go to section 2 7 1 5 Universal Repeater Please go to section 2 7 1 6 NOTE For AP Bridge Point to Point and AP Bridge Point to Multi Point mode wireless router is operated in wireless bridge dedicated mode wireless router is only used to expand the scope of network and no wireless clients will be accepted If you want to use your wireless router to exp...

Page 80: ... 802 11n wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 300Mbps 2 4 GHz B G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b and 802 11g wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11g wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 54Mbps 2 4 G...

Page 81: ...d this would help in certain scenario when there is some radio communication problem Associated Clients 5 Click Show Active Clients button then an Active Wireless Client Table will pop up You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point TIPS You can try to change channel number to another one if you think the data transfer rate is too slow There could ...

Page 82: ...s wireless router as a wireless station for Ethernet network device to have wireless capability you have to associate it with a working access point Click Select Site Survey button then a Wireless Site Survey Table will pop up It will list all available access points near by You can select one access point in the table and it will join wireless LAN through this access point Wireless MAC For some a...

Page 83: ... two buildings Here are instructions about how to connect two wireless routers together Here are descriptions of every setup items Band 2 Select the band you want to use two wireless routers must use the same setting Channel Select the channel you want to use two wireless Number 3 routers must use the same setting MAC address 1 4 Input the MAC address of another wireless router Security Click to s...

Page 84: ...they re on the same physical network Here are descriptions of every setup items Band 2 Select the band you want to use all the wireless routers must use the same setting Channel Select the channel you want to use all the wireless Number 3 routers must use the same setting MAC address Input the MAC address of other wireless routers 1 to 4 4 7 Security Click to set security settings for this connect...

Page 85: ... mode you can expand the scope of network by combining up to four other access points together and every access point can still accept wireless clients 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 6 9 10 NOTE For WDS mode the output signal nature is the same as that of normal AP mode ...

Page 86: ...hannel you want to use all the wireless Number 4 routers must use the same setting Associated Clients 5 Click Show Active Clients button then an Active Wireless Client Table will pop up You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point MAC address Input the MAC address of other wireless routers 1 to 4 6 9 Security Click to set security settings for this...

Page 87: ...merical characters here maximum 32 characters SSID is used to identify your own wireless router from others when there are other wireless routers in the same area Default SSID is default it s recommended to change default ESSID value to the one which is meaningful to you like myhome office_room1 etc Channel Select the channel you want to use all the wireless Number 4 clients must use the same sett...

Page 88: ...Site Survey 7 Click Select Site Survey button then a Wireless Site Survey Table will pop up It will list all available access points near by You can select one access point in the table and the router will join wireless LAN through this access point After you finish the wireless setting please click Apply button after you click Apply the following message will be displayed on your web browser Plea...

Page 89: ...b browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Fragment Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio Threshold 1 Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2346 RTS Threshold 2 Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Beacon Interval 3 Set the beacon interval of wireless radio Do not ...

Page 90: ... value if you don t know what it is default setting is Short Preamble Broadcast ESSID 9 Decide if the wireless router will broadcast its own ESSID or not You can hide the ESSID of your wireless router set the option to Disable so only people those who know the ESSID of your wireless router can get connected CTS Protect 10 Enabling this setting will reduce the chance of radio signal collisions betw...

Page 91: ...on and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 92: ...ions to set wireless security settings Please select an encryption method from Encryption dropdown menu there are four options 2 7 3 1 Disable wireless security When you select this mode data encryption is disabled and every wireless device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless router if no other security measure is enabled like MAC address access control see section 2 7 4 or disable ...

Page 93: ...th and Hex as key format you ll see the message at the right of Key Format is Hex 10 characters which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters Default Tx Key 4 You can set up to four sets of WEP key and you can decide which key is being used by default here If you don t know which one you should use select Key 1 Encryption Key Input WEP key characters here the number of 1 5 characters must be ...

Page 94: ...he port number of radius Port 9 server here RADIUS Server Please input the port number of radius Password 10 password here 8 9 10 TIPS Some examples of WEP key Don t use those examples use the one of your own ASCII 5 characters pilot phone 23561 2Hyux xmL ASCII 13 characters digitalFAMILY 82Jh26xHy3m n Hex 10 characters 287d2aa732 1152dabc85 Hex 26 characters 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84 To improve ...

Page 95: ...lowing message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 96: ... Available options are WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected Pre shared Select the type of pre shared key you Key Format 3 can select Passphrase 8 or more alphanumerical characters up to 63 or Hex 64 characters of 0 9 and a f Pre shared Please input the WPA passphrase here Key 4 It s not recommende...

Page 97: ...evious setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting NOTE Some wireless clients especially those manufactured before year 2003 only support WEP or WPA TKIP cipher A driver upgrade would be needed for those clients to use WPA and WPA2 encryption ...

Page 98: ...WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected RADIUS Server Please input the IP address of your IP address 3 Radius authentication server here RADIUS Server Please input the port number of your Port 4 Radius authentication server here Default setting is 1812 RADIUS Server Please input the password of your ...

Page 99: ... following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 100: ...ntrol and the following message will be displayed on your web browser All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in MAC Address Filtering Table 1 Here are descriptions of every setup items Delete Selected 2 If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry check the select box of the MAC address you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one MAC addresses Delet...

Page 101: ...omment for every MAC addresses as a memory aid Add 7 Click Add button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address filtering table Clear 8 Click Clear to remove the value you inputted in MAC address and comment field After you finish with all settings please click Apply 9 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to pre...

Page 102: ...C and PIN code If you want to use PBC you have to push a specific button on the wireless client to start WPS mode and switch this wireless router to WPS mode too You can push Reset WPS button of this wireless router or click Start PBC button in the web configuration interface to do this if you want to use PIN code you have to know the PIN code of wireless client and switch it to WPS mode then prov...

Page 103: ...hentication mode of this wireless router will be displayed here If you don t enable security function of the wireless router before WPS is activated the router will auto set the security to WPA AES and generate a set of passphrase key for WPS connection Passphrase Key The wireless security key of the router will be displayed here Configure Click Start PBC to start Push Button style WPS by Push But...

Page 104: ...ess client is capable to keep the key or passphrase for you so you only have to input the complicated key or passphrase once It s not too trouble but will greatly improve security level 3 You can hide the ESSID of this router by set Broadcast ESSID option to Disable Your wireless router will not be found by other people in proximity if they re just using the AP scanning function of their wireless ...

Page 105: ...ranteed bandwidth like video streaming and network telephone will be affected therefore an unpleasing result will occur like the interruption of video audio transfer With this function you can limit the maximum bandwidth or give a guaranteed bandwidth for a specific computer to avoid said unpleasing result from happening 3 1 1 Basic QoS Settings Please follow the following instructions to set QoS ...

Page 106: ...S rule see section 3 1 2 Add a new QoS rule below Edit 6 If you want to modify the content of a specific rule please check the select box of the rule you want to edit then click Edit button Only one rule should be selected a time If you didn t select a rule before clicking Edit button you ll be prompted to add a new rule Delete 7 You can delete selected rules by clicking this button You can select...

Page 107: ...ngs please click Apply 11 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please...

Page 108: ...h for this rule or max set the maximum bandwidth for the application allowed by this rule Local IP Specify the local source IP address Address c that will be affected by this rule Please input the starting IP address in the left field and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address Local ...

Page 109: ...se select the traffic type of this rule available options are None SMTP HTTP POP3 and FTP You can select a specific traffic type for this rule if you want to make this rule as a IP address based rule apply the limitation on all traffics from to the specified IP address port number select None Protocol h Please select the protocol type of this rule available options are TCP and UDP If you don t kno...

Page 110: ... Therefore it s necessary to use NAT technology to share a single Internet IP address to multiple computers on local network so everyone can get connected to Internet Please follow the following instructions to set NAT parameters 3 2 1 Basic NAT Settings Enable or disable NAT function Please click NAT menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your ...

Page 111: ...nction allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on local network The port number s of Internet IP address and private IP address the IP address on local network must be the same If the port number of Internet IP address and private IP address is different please use Virtual Server function described in next section Please c...

Page 112: ...he starting port number in the left field and input the ending port number in the right field If you only want to redirect a single port number just fill the port number in the left field Comment 6 Please input any text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters Add 7 Add the mapping to port forwarding table Reset 8 Remove all inputted values Port Forwarding All existing port forw...

Page 113: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 114: ...omputer on local network without exposing it on Internet directly You can also build many sets of port redirection to provide many different Internet services on different local computers via a single Internet IP address Please click NAT menu on the left of web management interface then click Virtual Server and the following message will be displayed on your web browser 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 1...

Page 115: ... TCP or UDP If you re not sure please select Both Public Port 6 Please select the port number of Internet IP address which will be redirected to the port number of local IP address defined above Comment 7 Please input any text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters Add 8 Add the mapping to virtual server table Reset 9 Remove all inputted values Virtual Server All existing virt...

Page 116: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 117: ...ble virtual server IP Address 2 Input the IP address of the computer which you want to open the ports Computer Name 3 Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer TCP Port to Open 4 This is the out going Outbound range of TCP port numbers for this particular applicatio...

Page 118: ...Special Application settings from the Current Trigger Port Table select the Special Application settings you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all Special Appliacation settings from the table just click Delete All button Click Reset will clear your current selections Delete 11 Please select a special application by clicking the Select box of the mapping ...

Page 119: ...er Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 120: ...UPnP and the following message will be displayed on your web browser There is only one option in this page please select Enable or Disable to enable or disable UPnP function then click Apply button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the sett...

Page 121: ...d the following message will be displayed on your web browser There are many applications listed here Please check the box of the special support for applications you need and then click Apply button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the se...

Page 122: ...firewall function Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please select Enable or Disable to enable or disable firewall function of this router the click Apply button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setu...

Page 123: ...ess based Filtering 1 filtering and please select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of MAC filtering table If you select deny all MAC addresses listed in filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network if you select allow only MAC addresses listed in filtering table will be able to connect to the network and rejecting all other network devices Client PC Please input the MAC addres...

Page 124: ...AC All existing MAC addresses in filtering table Filtering Table 7 will be listed here Delete 8 If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry check the select box of the MAC address you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one MAC addresses Delete All 9 If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here please click Delete All button Reset 10 You can also...

Page 125: ...tton You can select more than one IP addresses Delete All 15 If you want to delete all IP addresses listed here please click Delete All button After you finish with all settings please click Apply 16 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so...

Page 126: ...117 3 3 1 1 Add PC After button is clicked the following message will be displayed on your web browser a b c d e f ...

Page 127: ...y this IP address to use you can check multiple services Protocol d If the service you need is not listed above you can create a new service on your own Please select TCP or UDP if you re not sure please select Both Port Range e Please input the port range of new service here If you want to specify port 80 to 90 please input 80 90 if you want to apply this rule on a single port just input the port...

Page 128: ... Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface then click URL Blocking and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable URL Check this box to enforce URL Blocking Blocking 1 uncheck it to disable URL Blocking URL Keyword 2 Input the URL host name or IP address of website like http www blocked site com or http 11 ...

Page 129: ...nt to delete all URL Keyword listed here please click Delete All button Reset 8 You can also click Reset button to unselect all URL Keywords After you finish with all settings please click Apply 9 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so th...

Page 130: ...may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much traffics This router has a built in DoS attack prevention mechanism when you activate it the router will stop the DoS attack for you Please follow the following instructions to set DoS prevention parameters Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface then click DoS and the following message will be displayed on...

Page 131: ... you activate this function you will not be able to ping your own router from internet too Port Scan 3 Some malicious intruder will try to use a port scanner to know how many ports of your Internet IP address are open and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing so Check this box and the router will block all traffics which are trying to scan your Internet IP address Sync Flood 4 Th...

Page 132: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 133: ...hold how many packets per second minute or hour you can also input the Burst value which means when this number of Ping of Death packet is received in very short time this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Discard Ping Check the box to activate this DoS From WAN b prevention mechanism Port Scan c Many kind of port scan methods are listed here please check one or more DoS attack methods yo...

Page 134: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 135: ...eft of web management interface then click DMZ and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable DMZ 1 Check this box to enable DMZ function uncheck this box to disable DMZ function Public IP You can select Dynamic IP or Static IP here address 2 If you select Dynamic IP you have to select an Internet connection session from dropdown m...

Page 136: ...e the value you inputted in Public IP address and Client PC IP address field Current All existing public IP address and private IP DMZ Table 7 address mapping will be displayed here Delete 8 If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry check the select box of the DMZ entry you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one DMZ entries Delete All 9 If you want to delete...

Page 137: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 138: ... of web management interface or click Status button in main menu 3 4 1 System information and firmware version You can use this function to know the system information and firmware version of this router Please click Status link located at the upper right corner of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser NOTE Information displayed here may vary ...

Page 139: ...ction to know the status of current Internet connection Please click Internet Connection menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser This information will vary depending on the connection status ...

Page 140: ...is function to know the status of your router Please click Device Status menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser This information will vary depending on the device status ...

Page 141: ...em Log menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser The system events will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every buttons Save 1 Save current event log to a text file Clear 2 Delete all event logs displayed here Refresh 3 Refresh the event log display 1 2 3 ...

Page 142: ... Please click Security Log menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser The system events will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every buttons Save 1 Save current event log to a text file Clear 2 Delete all event logs displayed here Refresh 3 Refresh the event log display 1 2 3 ...

Page 143: ...l active DHCP leases issued by this router Please click Active DHCP client menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser All information about active DHCP leases issued by this router will be displayed here You can click Refresh button to display latest information ...

Page 144: ... the statistics of wireless LAN and WAN interface of this router Please click Statistics menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser You can click Refresh button to display latest information ...

Page 145: ... descriptions of every buttons Backup Press Save button and you ll be prompted to Settings 1 download the configuration as a file default filename is config bin you can save it as another filename for different versions and keep it in a safe place Restore Press Browse to pick a previously saved Settings 2 configuration file from your computer and then click Upload to transfer the configuration fil...

Page 146: ...of this router To upgrade firmware please follow the following instructions Please click Tool located at the upper right corner of web management interface then click Firmware Upgrade on the left of web management interface then the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Next and the following message will be displayed Click Browse button first you ll be prompted to p...

Page 147: ...eral minutes please be patient NOTE Never interrupt the upgrade procedure by closing the web browser or physically disconnect your computer from router If the firmware you uploaded is corrupt the firmware upgrade will fail and you may have to return this router to the dealer of purchase to ask for help Warranty voids if you interrupted the upgrade procedure ...

Page 148: ...metime it will solve the problem To do so please click Tool located at the upper right corner of web management interface then click Reset on the left of web management interface then the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Apply to reset your router and it will be available again after few minutes please be patient ...

Page 149: ...t x 4 Antenna 2dBi Dipole Fixed Antenna x 2 2T2R Spatial Multiplexing MIMO configuration 2 antennas are for signal transmitting and 2 antennas are for signal receiving Power 5VDC 0 6A Switching Power Adapter Dimension 30 H x 127 W x 96 D mm Transmit Power 11n 12dBm 1 5dBm 11g 12dBm 1 5dBm 11b 16dBm 1 5dBm Temperature 32 104 F 0 40 C Humidity 10 90 NonCondensing ...

Page 150: ...uses d Are you using MAC or IP address filter Try to connect the router by another computer and see if it works if not please restore your router to factory default settings pressing reset button for over 10 seconds e Set your computer to obtain an IP address automatically DHCP and see if your computer can get an IP address f If you did a firmware upgrade and this happens contact your dealer of pu...

Page 151: ... from your router Try to get closer d Please remember that you have to input ESSID on your wireless client manually if ESSID broadcast is disabled File download is very slow or breaks frequently a Are you using QoS function Try to disable it and try again b Internet is slow sometimes being patient c Try to reset the router and see if it s better after that d Try to know what computers do on your l...

Page 152: ...mething wrong or see the smoke coming out from router or A C power adapter please disconnect the router and A C power adapter from utility power make sure it s safe before you re doing this and call your dealer of purchase for help The date and time of all event logs are wrong a Adjust the internal clock of router ...

Page 153: ...twork is the location of the DNS server your ISP has assigned to you DSL Modem DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line A DSL modem uses your existing phone lines to transmit data at high speeds Ethernet A standard for computer networks Ethernet networks are connected by special cables and hubs and move data around at up to 10 100 million bits per second Mbps Idle Timeout Idle Timeout is designed so...

Page 154: ...ted at the ISP s office ISP Internet Service Provider An ISP is a business that provides connectivity to the Internet for individuals and other businesses or organizations LAN Local Area Network A LAN is a group of computers and devices connected together in a relatively small area such as a house or an office Your home network is considered a LAN MAC Address MAC stands for Media Access Control A ...

Page 155: ...tocol A protocol is a set of rules for interaction agreed upon between multiple parties so that when they interface with each other based on such a protocol the interpretation of their behavior is well defined and can be made objectively without confusion or misunderstanding Router A router is an intelligent network device that forwards packets between different networks based on network layer add...

Page 156: ...ot reliable They both run on top of the IP Internet Protocol a network layer protocol WAN Wide Area Network A network that connects computers located in geographically separate areas e g different buildings cities countries The Internet is a wide area network Web based management Graphical User Interface GUI Many devices support a graphical user interface that is based on the web browser This mean...

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