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Page 2: ...User s Manual Wired Giga USB Broadband Router MZK 04G ...

Page 3: ... any operational problems while conÀguring or setting up the product you may contact with our Customer Service Department or ask the agent or the distributor from which you bought the product for help Moreover during warranty if you Ànd any defect or breakdown of the product you may bring the product assembly and its warranty card to our company or to where you bought the product to ask for repair...

Page 5: ...izard 12 3 1 Enter Setup Wizard 12 3 2 Broadband Type IP Address Info 12 3 2 1 Static IP Address 13 3 2 2 DHCP 14 3 2 3 PPPoE 14 4 Status 15 4 1 System 15 4 2 LAN 16 4 3 WAN 16 5 Management 16 5 1 Remote Management 17 5 2 Administrator 18 5 3 Date Time 19 5 4 Firmware Management 19 5 5 Save Load Settings 20 5 6 Load Default Reboot 22 6 LAN 23 7 WAN 24 7 1 Static IP Address 24 7 2 DHCP 25 7 3 PPPoE...

Page 6: ...mic DNS 35 1 4 Static Routing 37 1 5 Jumbo Frame 38 1 6 IPv6 Bridge 38 2 Firewall 39 2 1 Local Server 39 2 2 DMZ 40 2 3 IP Filtering 41 3 USB 42 3 1 USB Device 42 3 2 File Server Settings 44 3 2 1 Basic Settings 44 3 2 2 User Settings 45 3 3 Bit Torrent 46 3 4 iTunes Server 49 3 5 DLNA Media Server 50 4 Log 51 4 1 System Log 51 MZK 04G Contents ...

Page 7: ...scape Firefox and so on You can set up and configure the settings easily and completely and enjoy the convenience instantly MZK 04G has 2 USB ports and supports BitTorrent download iTunes Server DLNA and NAS functions With all these features MZK 04G must be the best solution for both beginners and advanced users Special Features ŕ BitTorrent supported MZK 04G supports BitTorrent for efficient file...

Page 8: ...hed to it and files in the hard disk can be shared throughout the network via the router The product also supports USB flash memory ŕ USB formatting function of the device format Build in USB ports to connect and store formatting the function of the device in this product the hard disk form supported is two kinds of FAT32 and EXT3 1 Contents of Package After purchasing MZK 04G Wired Giga Router fo...

Page 9: ... ERROR LED will EH RQ IRU D IHZ PLQXWHV DQG WKHQ WXUQ RII I WKHUH V DQ software or hardware error happened it will be on USB1 2 On Off When connecting with a USB storage device the LED will be on LAN On Blinking When the connection is established between MZK 04G and a host the LAN LED will be on And the LAN LED will be blinking when transmitting or receiving data via LAN port WAN On Off When the c...

Page 10: ...h a cable use the supplied cable Otherwise use a standard LAN cable Power Plug the power cord into this port and the other side of the adaptor should be plugged into the socket Button Function Usage Reset Reset to default Press the button for 3 5 seconds and then unplug the power cord but do not release the Reset button and wait for 3 seconds before plugging the power cord back Release the Reset b...

Page 11: ...he Wired Router and the DSL Cable modem are not powered on yet 3 Connect LAN Cables Use standard LAN cables to connect PCs to the switching hub ports on MZK 04G Both 10 Base T and 100 Base T connections can be used simultaneously 4 Connect WAN Cable Connect the DSL or Cable modem to the WAN port on MZK 04G 5 Power On Power the DSL or Cable modem on At last connect the adapter with MZK 04G and plug...

Page 12: ...ge power supply will cause damage on MZK 04G and it is not included in warranty System Requirements ŕ Windows Macintosh or Linux based Operating System with an installed Ethernet adapter ŕ Network cables Use standard 10 100 1000 BaseT network UTP cables with RJ45 connectors ŕ TCP IP protocol must be installed on all PCs ŕ For Internet Access an Internet Access account with an ISP and either of a D...

Page 13: ...er and start to distribute IP to your host In addition the default IP address of MZK 04G is 192 168 1 1 If your operating system is Windows 98 2000 XP you may be able to use command of ipconfig to inquire whether you have the correct IP address or not If you are using Linux Unix Like system you can use ifconfig to check your NIC Network Interface Card address The instructions are as follows œ Wind...

Page 14: ... œ Linux Unix Like 1 At first please make sure that your NIC are already enabled and works properly 2 And be sure you have root number or your already are one of the members of a root group 3 Please type LIFRQÀJµ of LIFRQÀJ Dµ after and then press enter 4 It will appear your present NIC address in the window please take notice of the value of IPAddress and Gateway 5 The value of Gateway is the IP ...

Page 15: ...s on MZK 04G or on the same LAN segment Besides the MZK 04G Wired Router must be set up and powered on 7KH 0 LUHG 5RXWHU V GHIDXOW 3 GGUHVV LV 192 168 1 1 If the IP address has already used by another device the other device must be turned OFF until MZK 04G is allocated a new IP Address Using Web Browser To establish a connection between your PC and the MZK 04G Wired Router 1 Start the WEB browser...

Page 16: ...the Remember my password check box and next time you do not need to enter password to enter the system 4 After entering the system MZK 04G will show you the homepage XULQJ FRQÀJXUDWLRQ RX FDQ XVH WKH WDEV RQ WKH WRS RI WKH SDJH WR QDYLJDWH HVLGHV LW LV QHFHVVDU WKDW DIWHU FRQÀJXULQJ RX VKRXOG click Apply WR HQDEOH WKH VHWWLQJV RX YH PDGH ...

Page 17: ...the command prompt window Ś Enter the command ping 192 168 1 1 Ś If it shows the message of Request time out the problem FDQ EH HLWKHU GLVRUGHU RI FRQQHFWLRQ RU WKH FRQÁLFW EHWZHHQ RXU 3 V 3 DGGUHVV DQG WKH URXWHU V 3 DGGUHVV 2 If your PC uses static IP address the IP address must between in the range of 192 168 1 2 192 168 1 254 in order not to RFFXS WKH 0 V GHIDXOW 3 DGGUHVV 192 168 1 1 In addit...

Page 18: ... instructions below to set up MZK 04G 3 1 Enter Setup Wizard The followings are the most common used connection types Static IP Address DHCP and PPPoE If you want to know more about the other W SHV RI 1 FRQÀJXUDWLRQV SOHDVH UHIHU WR NetworkƖLAN Setup FRQÀJXUDWLRQ SDJH 3 2 Broadband Type IPAddress Info 3 2 1 Static IPAddress ŕ Step 1 If you have already had a Static IP address you can choose this H...

Page 19: ...ovided by your ISP œ Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask address provided by your ISP œ Default Gateway Enter the Default Gateway address provided by your ISP œ DNS address Enter the DNS IP address provided by your ISP œ Finish IWHU ÀQLVKLQJ VHWWLQJ XS RX PD FOLFN KHUH 3 2 1 DHCP ŕ Step1 If you use cable modem you may choose this entry and use the ZL DUG WR FRQÀJXUH OLFN DHCP to proceed ...

Page 20: ... provided by the ISP you may click Enable and enter the MAC address of NIC provided by the ISP We do not suggest you to change the default MAC address if your ISP does not ask you to change it œ Finish IWHU ÀQLVKLQJ VHWWLQJ XS RX PD FOLFN KHUH 3 2 3 PPPoE ŕ Step1 If you use PPPoE you may choose this entry and use the wizard to FRQÀJXUH OLFN PPPoE to proceed ŕ Step2 The following are the WAN settin...

Page 21: ...ric characters and case sensitive œ RQÀUP 3DVVZRUG QWHU WKH 3DVVZRUG DJDLQ IRU YHULÀFDWLRQ œ Finish IWHU ÀQLVKLQJ VHWWLQJ XS RX PD FOLFN KHUH 4 Status 4 1 System IWHU HQWHULQJ WKH FRQÀJXUDWLRQ KRPHSDJH RI 0 SOHDVH FOLFN Status on the upper left corner of the page This page shows the general current system status 4 2 LAN Click the link of LAN on the left side of the page it will show you the curren...

Page 22: ...V ŕ Remote Management ŕ Password ŕ Time Zone and NTP Network Time Protocol ŕ Firmware Update ŕ Save Load Settings ŕ Load Default Reboot 5 1 Remote Management MZK 04G Wired Router can be managed by any PC from your LAN If the router has connected to the Internet the administrator can also FRQÀJXUH LW YLD WKH QWHUQHW 2ZLQJ WR WKH VHFXULW KRZHYHU RX VKRXOG have a static IP before performing remote ma...

Page 23: ...is box and the router will reply all inbound PING request and when you activate this function not only you but all the users will be able to ping your router from Internet œ Apply Click this button to save the settings œ Clear If there is anything wrong with the settings you made you can click Clear WR FRQÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ 5 2 Administrator The default USER ID of MZK 04G Wired Router is admin a...

Page 24: ...RQ œ Apply Click this button to save the settings œ Clear If there is anything wrong with the settings you made you can click Clear WR FRQÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ 5 3 Date Time You can set the system date and time according to the time zone where you locate now œ NTP Click to enable the Network Time Protocol function œ Timezone Scroll the list to choose the time zone for MZK 04G œ NTP Server 1 2 You c...

Page 25: ...rst please go to the website http www planex com tw support indesx htm WR GRZQORDG WKH ODWHVW ÀUPZDUH RI 0 H VXUH WKDW WKH GRZQORDGHG ILUPZDUH LV VWRUHG LQ RXU 3 V GLVN DQG WKHQ FOLFN Browse WR VHDUFK IRU WKH ÀUPZDUH ÀOH ZKLFK RX MXVW GRZQORDGHG Click Open WR XVH WKH ÀUPZDUH DQG WKHQ JR EDFN WR WKH FRQÀJXUDWLRQ page and click Firmware Update to start upgrading immediately It is recommended that yo...

Page 26: ... can use this function to save current system VHWWLQJV RU XSORDG WKH SUHYLRXV VHWWLQJV DIWHU XSJUDGLQJ WKH ÀUPZDUH ŕ 6DYH 6HWWLQJV WR ÀOH You may click 6DYH 6HWWLQJV WR ÀOHµ button to save current system settings to your local disk The format will be bin ÀOH ...

Page 27: ...ngs 0DNH VXUH WKH VDYHG V VWHP VHWWLQJ ÀOH LV LQ WKH ORFDO KRVW GLVN DQG then click Browse WR VHDUFK IRU WKH VDYHG V VWHP VHWWLQJ ÀOH Click Open WR VHOHFW WKH V VWHP VHWWLQJ ÀOH WKDW RX ZDQW DQG WKHQ click RDG 6HWWLQJV IURP ÀOHµ to start restore the settings ...

Page 28: ...lt value afterward After successfully restoring the system will automatically go back to the homepage ŕ Reboot Go to the Load Default Reboot FRQÀJXUDWLRQ SDJH DQG WKHQ click Reboot to restart the system It may take some time to FRPSOHWH WKH SURFHVV SOHDVH GRQ W WXUQ RII WKH SRZHU RI WKH URXWHU before the process is completed ...

Page 29: ...ver which can automatically assign an IP address to those computers devices on the LAN private network If you enable DHCP server the client device will obtain an IP address automatically Whenever you turn on the computer the client device will automatically load the proper TCP IP settings from MZK 04G The DHCP server will allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting com...

Page 30: ...istribute IP addresses to The IP addresses in this range can get assigned IP addresses from MZK 04G However all the PCs on the same LAN should use the same subnet mask œ Apply Click this button to save the settings œ Clear If there is anything wrong with the settings you made you can click Clear WR FRQÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ 7 WAN In the WAN settings MZK 04G Wired Router provides many kinds of DFFHVV...

Page 31: ...he settings you made you can click Clear WR FRQÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ 7 2 DHCP If you automatically get the IP address from your ISP or use the Cable Modem please choose DHCP œ MAC address The default MAC address of MZK 04G is the 1HWZRUN QWHUIDFH DUG V 1 0 DGGUHVV RQ WKH 1 VLGH If you were asked to use the NIC provided by the ISP you may click Enable and enter the MAC address of NIC provided by the...

Page 32: ... network can transmit The default value is 1454 Please set up the MTU according to your system environment Only enter a new MTU when your ISP requires otherwise please leave it as the default setting When using PPPoE connection you may need to change MTU settings to maintain the connection with your ISP however if the incorrect value was entered you may be unable to access certain websites Reducin...

Page 33: ...sion ŕ PAP Short for Password Authentication Protocol the most EDVLF IRUP RI DXWKHQWLFDWLRQ LQ ZKLFK D XVHU V QDPH DQG password are transmitted over a network and compared to a table of name password pairs Typically the passwords stored in the table are encrypted The Basic Authentication feature built into the HTTP protocol uses PAP The main weakness of PAP is that both the username and password a...

Page 34: ...e password must be alphanumeric characters and case sensitive œ RQÀUP 3DVVZRUG QWHU WKH 3DVVZRUG DJDLQ IRU YHULÀFDWLRQ œ IPAddress Please enter the IP address provided by your ISP œ Subnet Mask Please enter the subnet mask address provided by the ISP œ MTU MTU means Maximum Transmission Unit the largest physical packet size measured in bytes that a network can transmit The default value is 1454 Pl...

Page 35: ...WR EH RU OHDYH WKH ÀHOG EODQN RWKHUZLVH WKHUH PLJKW EH a warning message Click Connect to manually make a connection or click Disconnect to disconnect the connection œ Auth Type You may choose PAP or CHAP authentication to enhance the security of data transmission ŕ PAP Short for Password Authentication Protocol the most EDVLF IRUP RI DXWKHQWLFDWLRQ LQ ZKLFK D XVHU V QDPH DQG password are transmit...

Page 36: ...ou can click Clear WR FRQÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ œ Refresh Click this button to update to the latest status 7 5 PPPoE Multisession Using Multiple PPPoE you can login to the different ISP concurrently and connect to the Internet MZK 04G provides two connections PPPoE 1 and PPPoE 2 ...

Page 37: ...ain websites or speeding up the transmission rate œ Dial On Demand Silent Timeout You may disconnect the connection when there is no activity for a period of time and set the 6LOHQW 7LPHRXW LQ WKH QH W ÀHOG 6LOHQW 7LPHRXW PHDQV D SHULRG RI idle time before you go offline Enter a maximum period of time PLQXWH WR GHÀQH WKH PD LPXP LGOH WLPH I WKH VLOHQW WLPH LV DERYH WKH GHÀQHG PD LPXP LGOH WLPH LW ...

Page 38: ...ver sends the client program a random value that is used only once and an ID value Both the VHQGHU DQG SHHU VKDUH D SUHGHÀQHG VHFUHW œ Network 1 4 When using NAPT LAN type you may do the following settings ŕ Disable Choose this to disable the function ŕ IP Address Please enter the range of IP addresses provided by your ISP ŕ Domain Name You can set a domain name as the transmission rule For exampl...

Page 39: ...uilt in DHCP server which can automatically assign an IP address to those computers devices on the LAN private network If you enable DHCP server the client host will obtain an IP address automatically Whenever you turn on the computer it will automatically load the proper TCP IP settings from MZK 04G The DHCP server will allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting comp...

Page 40: ...r in the columns œ Apply IWHU ÀQLVKLQJ VHWWLQJ XS 3 VHUYHU FOLFN WKLV EXWWRQ WR save the settings œ Clear If you want to clear the settings you just made click this button Static DHCP Leases œ MAC address Enter the MAC address of the PC or network device œ IP address Enter the IP address you want to assign to the PC or network device œ Apply After entering the MAC address and IP address click this...

Page 41: ...R FRQÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ 1 3 Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS can let you connect with one or more DDNS services to update your current dynamic IP address To make a WEB server publicly accessible on the Internet a static global IP address needs to be assigned to MZK 04G Even when there is an always on connection however disconnection does occur and the IP address may dynamically change after reconnection ...

Page 42: ...us of last update œ Subdomain Enter the sub domain which you registered on CyberGate website œ Domain Select the Domain Name which you registered œ Password Enter the Password or Key which you use to login the service œ RQÀUP 3DVVZRUG QWHU WKH 3DVVZRUG DJDLQ IRU YHULÀFDWLRQ œ Interval Choose an interval to renew DNS information You can choose 1 Day 3 Days 5 Days 1 Week or 2 Weeks œ Off Line Click ...

Page 43: ... setting the alias of sub domain name please click to enable this function For example sub domain of www planex dyndns org ftp planex dyndns org and etc can use the same IP address with the host name of planex dyndns org œ Mail Exchanger Enter the transferring setting of the mail server set with the host name on DynDNS website œ Apply Click this button to save the settings œ Clear If there is anyt...

Page 44: ...ÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ 1 5 Jumbo Frame Jumbo Frame support is designed to enhance Ethernet networking throughput and significantly reduce the CPU utilization of large file WUDQVIHUV OLNH ODUJH PXOWLPHGLD ÀOHV RU ODUJH GDWD ÀOHV E HQDEOLQJ PRUH efficient larger payloads per packet By sending larger payloads per packet fewer packets need to be routed reducing the overhead on the CPU and potentially im...

Page 45: ...u made you can click Clear WR FRQÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ 2 Firewall MZK 04G has three kinds of firewall functions which are Local Server DMZ and IP Filtering 2 1 Local Server RFDO 6HUYHU FRQÀJXUDWLRQ LV XVHG WR L PDNH D VHUYHU RQ 1 SXEOLFO accessible via the Internet and ii access applications including online games and chat programs Some services and applications used on the Internet have been alrea...

Page 46: ... DJDLQ 2 2 DMZ If your computer cannot use Internet applications or cannot provide services to remote users when applying MZK 04G at the same time you can let the host which wants to access to the Internet using DMZ IXQFWLRQ QWHU WKH KRVW V 1 3 DGGUHVV WR HQDEOH WKLV IXQFWLRQ EXW EH aware that one MZK 04G can only correspond to a single DMZ host œ Enable DMZ Check this box to enable DMZ function u...

Page 47: ...roduct LOWHU UXOHV LQFOXGH 3 ÀOWHULQJ DQG 3RUW ÀOWHULQJ RX PD VHW 32 sets of ÀOWHU UXOHV œ Action Drop PHDQV GURS WKH SDFNHWV WR ÀOWHU Accept means accept all packets related to this session œ Protocol KRRVH WR ÀOWHU TCP or UDP protocol œ Source IP Netmask Enter the Source IP address which you want to ÀOWHU DQG LW V 1HWPDVN œ Source PORT 6SHFLI WKH 6RXUFH 3257 ZKLFK RX ZDQW WR ÀOWHU œ Destination ...

Page 48: ... SURGXFW LW VHUYHV DV D ÀOH server The following summarizes the steps required to use a USB storage device via the product 1 Connect a USB storage device to the product 2 Format the USB storage device RQÀJXUH D ZRUNJURXS 4 Create a user account 3 1 USB Device Once a USB storage device is attached to the product its partition needs to be created and formatted Note that the hard disk formats support...

Page 49: ...the Format Type you wish to use and then click Start 3 After MZK 04G completes formatting the USB storage device it will be mounted automatically If you want to remove the USB storage device from MZK 04G please click Unmount LFRQ RQ WKH FRQÀJXUDWLRQ SDJH RU SUHVV WKH USB 1 2 EJECT button on the back panel of MZK 04G before removing the device ...

Page 50: ...UYHU WKURXJK QHWZRUN œ File Sharing Click to enable File Server function œ Workgroup Name Enter the name of workgroup which has already been configured on your computer For example Workgroup on your computer the Workgroup Name on MZK 04G must be Workgroup too If a different workgroup name is used the file server icon will not be displayed on My Network window of the computer œ Server Name Give you...

Page 51: ...d to the User Name œ Allow Read Users with this permission will be allowed to read GDWD IURP WKH ÀOH VHUYHU œ Allow Write Users with this permission will be allowed to both i ZULWH GDWD WR WKH ÀOH VHUYHU DQG LL GHOHWH GDWD LQ WKH VHUYHU œ Apply Click this button to save the settings œ Clear If there is anything wrong with the settings you made you can click Clear WR FRQÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ Users w...

Page 52: ... you want to use BT download please follow the steps below 6HW D XVHU ZKR FDQ UHDG DQG ZULWH WR PDQDJH WKH 7 ÀOHV 2 Open a web browser and enter 192 168 1 1 on the address column WR HQWHU WKH ÀOH VHUYHU RI 0 3 Enter the User Name and Password which you set on the User Settings of File Server ...

Page 53: ...ULQJ WKH VWRUDJH GHYLFH ÀUVW RX KDYH WR DGG D QHZ IROGHU and then name the folder as Torrent case sensitive RS WKH 7 VHHG ÀOH RQ RXU KDUG GLVN DQG WKHQ SDVWH WKH ÀOH LQWR the Torrent folder 7 Go back to the USBƖBit Torrent configuration page of 0 I RX VXFFHVVIXOO SXW WKH 7 VHHG ÀOH LQWR WKH 7RUUHQW folder Bit Torrent FRQÀJXUDWLRQ SDJH ZLOO VKRZ WKH GHWDLOV RI 7 seed on Torrent File List Click Star...

Page 54: ...VWDUWV GRZQORDGLQJ WKH ÀOH RX PD FOLFN Detail on Torrent File List WR FKHFN WKH GRZQORDG VWDWXV RI WKH ÀOH IWHU VXFFHVVIXOO GRZQORDGLQJ WKH ÀOH RX PD JR WR Download IROGHU RQ WKH ÀOH VHUYHU WR ORRN IRU WKH GRZQORDGHG ÀOH ...

Page 55: ... to the USB port of the router the router will immediately enables users which are on the same LAN to enjoy the music saved in the iPod Please follow the steps below to use iTunes Server function 1 Save the music into the USB connection storage device 2 Enable the iTunes Server IXQFWLRQ RQ WKH FRQÀJXUDWLRQ SDJH RI WKH router And give your MZK 04G a distinguishable Server Name 3 Using the iTunes on...

Page 56: ... RX ZDQW WR VHH DQ SLFWXUHV RU OLVWHQ WR PXVLF WKURXJK 36 ÀUVW RX OO KDYH WR FRQQHFW 36 ZLWK 0 WKURXJK 1 SRUW DQG build a connection And then insert a USB storage device which has photos or music on the USB port of MZK 04G After that Enable DLNA Media Server function to let PS3 find the server which the default name is router on its list Enter the Media Server and WKHQ RX PD ÀQG WKH SKRWRV RU PXVL...

Page 57: ...e it as default œ Apply Click this button to save the settings œ Clear If there is anything wrong with the settings you made you can click Clear WR FRQÀJXUH WKH SDJH DJDLQ 4 Log After entering the Log page of MZK 04G this page shows the general current system log 4 1 System Log System Log records every events happened on the MZK 04G Wired Router These data are useful for troubleshooting œ Refresh ...

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