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QK-R043 Manual
V 1.0
7 of 10
2023
The R043
’s default settings have been carefully selected to work well in most situations/installations,
commonly found on pleasure boats. Most PoE cameras, VoIP phones or wireless routers can be
plugged in directly and should work straightforward. We strongly suggest you not to change any settings
except those specifically mentioned in this manual.
The below image shows the main status page of the router.
On the left side of the page, it’s the main
menu bar, which will take you to various status, configuration, tools, and service menus.
The hardware of R043 and the latest firmware of it were designed to be able to support the next
generation NMEA standard,
OneNet
*
.
For most of marine applications, the only setting that users should check and set if needed is the default
gateway, which can be accessed via Device Management
→
System Configuration.
The primary function of a typical network switch is to connect devices together within a local area
network (LAN), allowing them to communicate with each other.
It doesn’t have the router function. In
another words, the switch only provides the function to communication between devices within the same
local area network. However, with a managed function, like the R043 features, the switch can be used
to connect to different LANs and route traffic between them.