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WLAN Broadband Router 

User Manual 

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User's Manual of WLAN Broadband Router 

(2T2R) 

USER MANUAL 3.0.0 

© 2011 

Summary of Contents for LP-8696C

Page 1: ...WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 1 User s Manual of WLAN Broadband Router 2T2R USER MANUAL 3 0 0 2011 ...

Page 2: ...uration on the WLAN Broadband Router 11 4 3 1 Setup Wizard 11 4 3 2 Operation Mode 14 4 3 3 Wireless 15 4 3 3 1 Basic Settings 15 4 3 3 2 Advanced Settings 17 4 3 3 3 Security 18 4 3 3 3 1 Disable 18 4 3 3 3 2 WEP 19 4 3 3 3 3 WPA 20 4 3 3 3 4 WPA2 21 4 3 3 3 5 WPA Mixed 22 4 3 3 4 Access Control 23 4 3 3 5 WDS Settings 24 4 3 3 5 1 WDS Security Setup 25 4 3 3 5 2 WDS AP Table 25 4 3 3 6 Site Surv...

Page 3: ...mware 60 4 3 7 8 Save Reload Settings 60 4 3 7 9 Password 61 5 FREQUENTLYASKED QUESTIONS FAQ 62 5 1 What and how to find my PC s IP and MAC address 62 5 2 What is Wireless LAN 62 5 3 What are ISM bands 62 5 4 How does wireless networking work 62 5 5 What is BSSID 63 5 6 What is ESSID 63 5 7 What are potential factors that may causes interference 63 5 8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authe...

Page 4: ...l Plug and Play uPNP 65 5 23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit MTU Size 66 5 24 What is Clone MAC Address 66 5 25 What is DDNS 66 5 26 What is NTP Client 66 5 27 What is VPN 66 5 28 What is IPSEC 66 5 29 What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients 66 5 30 What is WMM 66 5 31 What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT 66 5 32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme MCS 66 5 33 What is Frame Aggregation 67 5 34 What is Guard I...

Page 5: ...P Extensible Authentication Protocol ESP Encapsulating Security Payload FCC Federal Communications Commission FTP File Transfer Protocol IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IKE Internet Key Exchange IP Internet Protocol ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical LAN Local Area Network MAC Media Access Control MD5 Message Digest 5 NAT Network Address Translation NT Network Termination ...

Page 6: ...r Manual 6 TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play VPN Virtual Private Network WDS Wireless Distribution System WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WPA Wi Fi Protected Access ...

Page 7: ...high performance secure manageable and reliable WLAN This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other WLAN router configuration The description includes the implementation of the above steps 2 1 Package contents The package of the WLAN Broadband Router includes the following items The WLAN Broadband Router The DC Power Adapter The Documentation CD RJ 45 Cable ...

Page 8: ...receiving on the antenna off No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna 3 WAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface on Port linked off No link 4 LAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface on Port linked off No link 5 WPS LED ACT Flashing 1sec flash light 1sec light dark attempt to communicate with wireless client on When u...

Page 9: ...ough a Category 5 cable Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed and half full duplex comply with IEEE 802 3 802 3u respectively LAN The RJ 45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5 cables Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed and half full duplex comply with IEEE 802 3 802 3u respectively WPS Push the WPS button implementation to reduce the network configuration steps and also easy to imple...

Page 10: ...m A straight through Ethernet cable with appropriate cable length is needed Step 3 Plug in the DC power to the WLAN Broadband Router Use only the AC DC power adapter supplied with the WLAN Broadband Router it maybe occur damage by using a different type of power adapter The hardware installation finished 3 2 Software Installation There are no software drivers or utilities installation needed but o...

Page 11: ...k Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP IP protocol it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP IP installation 6 Select TCP IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box 7 Select Obtain an IP address automatically 8 Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting For OS of Microsoft Win...

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Page 13: ...WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 13 I Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode II WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type ...

Page 14: ... NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode Bridge Each interface LAN WAN and Wireless regards as bridge NAT Firewall and all router s functions are not supported Wireless ISP Switch Wireless interface to WAN port and all Ethernet ports in bridge mode Wireless interface can do all router s functions Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset...

Page 15: ...settings as well as wireless network parameters Item Description Disable Wireless LAN Interface Click on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission Band Click to select 2 4GHz B 2 4GHz G 2 4GHz N 2 4GHz B G 2 4GHz G N 2 4GHz B G N Mode Click to select the WLAN AP Client WDS AP WDS AP MESH MESH wireless mode Network Type While Mode is selected to be Client Click to select the network type infras...

Page 16: ...om pull down menu Data rate can be auto select 1M to 54Mbps or MCS Associated Clients Click the Show Active Clients button to open Active Wireless Client Table that shows the MAC address transmit packet receive packet and transmission rate for each associated wireless client Enable Mac Clone Single Ethernet Client Take Laptop NIC MAC address as wireless client MAC address Client Mode only Enable U...

Page 17: ...en 256 and 2346 bytes RTS Threshold Set the RTS Threshold value can be written between 0 and 2347 bytes Beacon Interval Set the Beacon Interval value can be written between 20 and 1024 ms Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission IAPP Click to enable or disable the IAPP function Protection Protect 802 11n user priority Aggreg...

Page 18: ... WPA2 by using encryption keys could prevent any unauthorized access to your wireless network 4 3 3 3 1 Disable Item Description Select SSID Select the SSID from multiple APs Disable Select the Disable option to disable wireless encryption Use 802 1x Authentication While Encryption is selected to be WEP Click the check box to enable IEEE 802 1x authentication function Apply Changes Click the Apply...

Page 19: ...Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull down menu The length can be chose between 64 bit and 128 bit known as WEP2 keys The WEP key is composed of initialization vector 24 bits and secret key 40 bit or 104 bit Key Format Select the WEP shared secret key format from pull down menu The format can be chose between plant text ASCII and hexadecimal HEX code Encryption Key Secret ke...

Page 20: ...onal Pre Shared Key WPA Cipher Suite Select the Cipher Suite for WPA encryption Pre Shared Key Format While Encryption is selected to be WPA Select the Pre shared key format from the pull down menu The format can be Passphrase or Hex 64 characters WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only Pre Shared Key Fill in the key value WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only RADIUS Server IP Address Fill in the IP address o...

Page 21: ...Cipher Suite Select the Cipher Suite for WPA2 encryption Pre Shared Key Format While Encryption is selected to be WPA Select the Pre shared key format from the pull down menu The format can be Passphrase or Hex 64 characters WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only Pre Shared Key Fill in the key value WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only RADIUS Server IP Address Fill in the IP address of RADIUS Server WPA Ent...

Page 22: ...er Suite Select the Cipher Suite for WPA2 encryption Pre Shared Key Format While Encryption is selected to be WPA Select the Pre shared key format from the pull down menu The format can be Passphrase or Hex 64 characters WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only Pre Shared Key Fill in the key value WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only RADIUS Server IP Address Fill in the IP address of RADIUS Server WPA Enterpr...

Page 23: ...gistered in the access control list can link to this WLAN Broadband Router MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of client to register this WLAN Broadband Router access capability Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered client Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configu...

Page 24: ...pull down menu Data rate can be auto select 1M to 54Mbps or MCS Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered AP Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Set Security Click button to configure wireless security like WEP 64bits WEP 128bits WPA TKIP WPA2 AES ...

Page 25: ... Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface Tx Errors It shows the statistic count of error sent packets on the Wireless LAN interface Rx Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface Tx Rare Mbps It shows the wireless link rate within WDS Refresh Click to refresh the sta...

Page 26: ...WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 26 4 3 3 6 Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours ...

Page 27: ...ID of AP Channel It show the current channel of AP occupied Type It show which type AP acts Encrypt It shows the encryption status Signal It shows the power level of current AP Refresh Click the Refresh button to re scan site survey on the screen Connect Click the Connect button to establish connection ...

Page 28: ...Rest to UnConfigured Click this button to back to UnConfigured status Self PIN Number Fill in the PIN Number of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability Push Button Configuration The Start PBC button provides tool to scan the wireless network If any Access Point or IBSS is found you could connect it automatically when client join PBC mode Apply Changes Click the Apply Chan...

Page 29: ...s Schedule Click to enable the Wireless Schedule function Days Select days that you want to enable wireless function Time Select the time that you want to enable wireless function Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting ...

Page 30: ...he subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Access Point Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets DHCP Click to select Disabled Client or Server in different operation mode of wireless Access Point DHCP Client Range Fill in the start IP address and end IP address to allocate a range of IP addresses client with DHCP function set will be assigned an IP ...

Page 31: ...ents It is optional field 802 1d Spanning Tree Select enable or disable the IEEE 802 1d Spanning Tree function from pull down menu Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting ...

Page 32: ...nt tag for the registered Static DHCP Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Static DHCP List It shows IP Address MAC Address from the Static DHCP Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be removed from the Static DHCP list Delete All Cl...

Page 33: ...nnects to the WAN port of your WLAN Broadband Router Here you may change the access method to Static IP DHCP PPPoE or PPTP by click the item value of WAN Access Type 4 3 4 2 1 Static IP Item Description Static IP Click to select Static IP support on WAN interface There are IP address subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done ...

Page 34: ...AC address that is the MAC address to be cloned Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy Enable Ping Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable ...

Page 35: ...N interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server Host Name Fill in the host name of Host Name The default value is empty MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected ...

Page 36: ...IGMP Proxy Enable Ping Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable PPTP packet pass through Enable L2TP pass through on...

Page 37: ...AN Broadband Router User Manual 37 4 3 4 2 3 PPPoE Item Description PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface There are user name password connection type and idle time settings need to be done ...

Page 38: ...ill in the idle time for auto disconnect function Value can be between 1 and 1000 minutes MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1 DNS ...

Page 39: ...WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 39 4 3 4 2 4 PPTP ...

Page 40: ...hrough the WAN interface there are a watchdog implemented to close the PPTP connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set Manual connection type means to setup the connection through the PPTP protocol by clicking the Connect button manually and clicking the Disconnect button manually Idle Time If you select the PPTP and Connect on Demand connection type fill in the idle...

Page 41: ...pass through Enable L2TP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable L2TP packet pass through Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Note PPTP Gateway Your ISP will provide you with the Gateway IP Address If your LAN has a PPTP gateway then ent...

Page 42: ...WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 42 4 3 4 2 5 L2TP Item Description ...

Page 43: ... connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set Manual connection type means to setup the connection through the L2TP protocol by clicking the Connect button manually and clicking the Disconnect button manually Idle Time If you select the L2TP and Connect on Demand connection type fill in the idle time for auto disconnect function Value can be between 1 and 1000 minutes ...

Page 44: ...Click to enable the port filtering security function Port Range Protocol Comment To restrict data transmission from the local network on certain ports fill in the range of start port and end port and the protocol also put your comments on it The Protocol can be TCP UDP or Both Comment let you know about whys to restrict data from the ports Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete t...

Page 45: ...tain IP addresses fill in the IP address and the protocol also put your comments on it The Protocol can be TCP UDP or Both Comment let you know about whys to restrict data from the IP address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to dele...

Page 46: ...al network on certain MAC addresses fill in the MAC address and your comments on it Comment let you know about whys to restrict data from the MAC address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the MAC address to MAC filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected port range tha...

Page 47: ...d in local network behind the NAT firewall fill in the IP address protocol port range and your comments The Protocol can be TCP UDP or Both The Port Range for data transmission Comment let you know about whys to allow data packets forward to the IP address and port number Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address and port number to Port forwarding list Reset Click the...

Page 48: ...L address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save settings Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected URL address that will be removed from the URL Filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the URL Filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and...

Page 49: ...c such as Web HTTP servers FTP servers SMTP e mail servers and DNS servers Item Description Enable DMZ Click to enable the DMZ function DMZ Host IP Address To support DMZ in your firewall design fill in the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address of DMZ host Reset Click the Reset button to abort change...

Page 50: ...ging is enabled WAN When Tag is enabled on the WAN port the incoming packet will be forwarded to router itself when its VID is matched with VID of WAN port Otherwise this receiving packet will be forwarded to LAN port with the same VID If no any VID is matched this incoming packet will be dropped Tag User may choose to enable VLAN tagging for each port Please refer to the above described WAN LAN d...

Page 51: ...on Automatic Uplink Speed Click the box to enable automatic uplink speed Otherwise fill out the uplink speed manually Manual Uplink Speed Fill out the uplink speed manually The unit is Kbps Automatic Downlink Speed Click the box to enable automatic downlink speed Otherwise fill out the downlink speed manually ...

Page 52: ...m bandwidth and Restricted maximum bandwidth Uplink Bandwidth Fill out a value Kbps to limit uplink bandwidth Downlink Bandwidth Fill out a value Kbps to limit downlink bandwidth Comment Type words or string to make a comment about the rule that you created Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to commit changes Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configura...

Page 53: ...d some basic settings of the device includes system wireless Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information Item Description System Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN AP Router is powered on Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN AP Router Build Time It shows the build time of firmware ...

Page 54: ...of LAN interface IP Address It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for LAN interfaces outgoing data packets DHCP Server It shows the DHCP server is enabled or not MAC Address It shows the MAC address of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router WAN Configurat...

Page 55: ...atistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface Ethernet LAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet LAN interface Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet LAN interface Ethernet WAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet WAN interface Received Packets It shows the statisti...

Page 56: ...ox to enable DDNS service Service Provider Click the drop down menu to pickup the right provider Domain Name To configure the Domain Name User Name Email Configure User Name Email Password Key Configure Password Key Apply Change Click the Apply Changes button to save the enable DDNS service Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting ...

Page 57: ... your country Enable NTP client update Click the checkbox to enable NTP client update Automatically Adjust Daylight Saving Click the checkbox to adjust Daylight Saving automatically NTP Server Click select default or input NTP server IP address Apply Change Click the Apply Changes button to save and enable NTP client service Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous con...

Page 58: ... is used to enable and setup protection to prevent attack by hacker s program It provides more security for users Item Description Enable DoS Prevention Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention Whole System Flood Per Source IP Flood Enable and setup prevention in details ...

Page 59: ...6 Log This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log Item Description Enable Log Click the checkbox to enable log System all Show all log of wireless broadband router Wireless Only show wireless log DoS Only show Denial of Service log Enable Remote Log Click the checkbox to enable remote log service Log Server IP Address Input the remote log IP address Apply Changes...

Page 60: ...the WLAN Broadband Router Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 4 3 7 8 Save Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file that was saved previously Besides you could reset the current configuration to factory default Item Description Save Settings to File Click the Save button to down...

Page 61: ...me Fill in the user name for web management login control New Password Fill in the password for web management login control Confirmed Password Because the password input is invisible so please fill in the password again for confirmation purpose Apply Changes Clear the User Name and Password fields to empty means to apply no web management login control Click the Apply Changes button to complete t...

Page 62: ...l then press the Enter button Your PC s IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PC s MAC address is the one entitled Physical Address 5 2 What is Wireless LAN A wireless LAN WLAN is a network that allows access to Internet without the need for any wired connections to the user s machine 5 3 What are ISM bands ISM stands for Industrial Scientific and Medical radio frequency bands that th...

Page 63: ...na for best reception Keep WLAN devices away from other electrical devices eg microwaves monitors electric motors etc Add additional WLAN Access Points if necessary 5 8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications IEEE 802 11 supports two subtypes of network authentication services open system and shared key Under open system authentication any wireless station can request authenticatio...

Page 64: ...cket to the receiving station and waits for the receiving station to send back a CTS Clear to Send packet before sending the actual packet data This setting is useful for networks with many clients With many clients and a high network load there will be many more collisions By lowering the RTS threshold there may be fewer collisions and performance should improve Basically with a faster RTS thresh...

Page 65: ...up authentication with Point to Point Protocol in RFC 2284 Beyond encapsulating EAP packets the 802 1x standard also defines EAPOL messages that convey the shared key information critical for wireless security 5 18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol pronounced tee kip is part of the IEEE 802 11i encryption standard for wireless LANs TKIP is the next ge...

Page 66: ...gned for creating point to point private link via shared or public network 5 28 What is IPSEC IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security It is used to transferring data securely under VPN 5 29 What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients An Infrastructure Basic Service Set is a BSS with a component called an Access Point AP The access point provides a local relay function for the BSS All stations in the...

Page 67: ...rm one larger packet The larger packet can be sent without the overhead of the individual packets This technique helps improve the efficiency of the 802 11n radio allowing more end user data to be sent in a given time 5 34 What is Guard Intervals GI A GI is a period of time between symbol transmission that allows reflections from multipath from the previous data transmission to settle before trans...

Page 68: ... PCs MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration WAN configuration PPPoE User Name 84549386 Password 2uprlamv Note User Name and Password are ISP provided LAN configuration IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 DHCP Client Range 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 200 WLAN configuration SSID AP Channel...

Page 69: ...l 69 1 Configure the WAN interface Open WAN Interface Setup page select PPPoE then enter the User Name 84549386 and Password 2uprlamv the password is encrypted to display on the screen Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

Page 70: ...the LAN interface Open LAN Interface Setup page enter the IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 192 168 1 100 to 192 168 1 200 Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

Page 71: ...WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 71 3 Configure the WLAN interface Open WLAN Interface Setup page enter the SSID AP Channel Number 11 Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

Page 72: ...rmation and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration WAN configuration Fixed IP IP Address 192 168 2 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 2 10 DNS Address 168 95 1 1 LAN configuration IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 2 254 DHCP Client Range 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 200 WLAN configuration SSID AP Channel ...

Page 73: ... Manual 73 1 Configure the WAN interface Open WAN Interface Setup page select Fixed IP then enter IP Address 192 168 2 254 subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 2 10 Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

Page 74: ...2 Configure the LAN interface Open LAN Interface Setup page enter the IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 192 168 1 100 to 192 168 1 200 Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

Page 75: ...WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 75 3 Configure the WLAN interface Open WLAN Interface Setup page enter the SSID AP Channel Number 11 Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

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