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Quick Install Guide If any of the above items is incorrect, missing, or damaged, please contact your Tenda reseller for immediate replacement. 2 LEDs and Ports This part describes this device’s hardware features. The topics include: 1) Wireless Router’s front and back panels 2) LED designations...
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Solid WAN port connected correctly Blinking WAN port is transferring data Back Panel Back Overview: Port Function Description Usually for connecting DSL MODEM、CABLE MODEM、ISP to the Internet. 1/2/3 Usually for connecting computers, switches .etc. When you press this button for 7 seconds, files set by the router will be deleted and restored to default factory;...
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Chapter 2 Quick Internet Setup 1 Preparation Before connecting network lines, please verify the following items: Item Description Wireless Router Used with the provided power supply Installed with IE8 or other better web browsers. Ethenet Cable Used for linking the PC to the router Broadband Provided by ISP...
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 2 Physical installation 1. Connect one end of the included power adapter to the device and plug the other end into a wall outlet nearby.(Using a power adapter with a different voltage rating than the one included with the device will cause damage to the device) 2.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 4. When connected, log in to Web manager to set up Internet connection. 3 Internet Connection Setup 3.1 Log in to Web Manager 1. Launch a web browser, such as IE Web browser; 2. In the address bar, input 192.168.0.1 and press Enter; 3.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 4. Now you may access the device’s home page for quickly setting up Internet connection and wireless security. 5. If you fail to log in to it, please refer to Appendix 3 FAQs.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 3.2 Internet Connection Setup Common Internet connection types are available on the home page: PPPoE and DHCP. DHCP Select DHCP (Dynamic IP) if you can access Internet as soon as your computer directly connects to an Internet-enabled ADSL/Cable modem;...
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Note: 1. DHCP is the default Internet connection type; 2. If you are not sure about your PPPoE username and password, contact your Internet service provider (ISP) for help. For other Internet connection types, please go to section 1.2: Internet Connection Setup.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 4 Verify Internet Connection Settings System automatically skips to the status page when you finish all needed settings on the home page. Here you can see the system status and WAN connection status of the device. 1.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 3. If "Connecting" is displayed and no WAN IP address is seen, try refreshing the page five times. And if it still displays "Connecting" try steps below: 1). Contact your ISP for assistance if you are using the DHCP connection type.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1). You have connected to Internet successfully. 2). You might have entered a wrong user name and/or a wrong password. Please contact your ISP for the correct user name and password and enter them again. 3).
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 5 Connect to Device Wirelessly Having finished above settings, you can search the device's wireless network (SSID) from your wireless devices (notebook, iPad, iPhone, etc) and enter a security key to connect to it wirelessly. WIN7 Operation 1.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 5) Select a desired wireless connection and click Connect/Disconnect. 6) Select the wireless network you wish to connect and click Connect.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 7) Enter the security key and click OK. 8) You can access Internet via the device when "Connected" appears next to the wireless network name you selected.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Windows XP Operation 2. If you are using Windows XP OS, do as follows: 1) Click Start and select Control Panel. 2) Click Network Connections.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 3) Right click Wireless Network Connection and then select View Available Wireless Networks. 4) Select the desired wireless network, click Connect, enter the security key and then click OK.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 5) You can access Internet via the device when "Connected" appears next to the wireless network name you selected.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Chapter 3 Advanced Settings 1 Advanced 1.1 Status Here you can see at a glance the operating status of the device. If WAN port displays Disconnected, please refer to 3 Verify Internet Connection Settings. 1.2 Internet Connection Setup PPPoE Select PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) if you used to connect to the Internet using a broadband connection that requires...
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router a username and a password and enter the user name and password provided by your ISP. Static IP Select Static IP if your ISP provides all the needed info. You will need to enter the provided IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and DNS address(es) in corresponding fields.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1. Click Advanced. 2. Click Internet Connection Setup. 3. Internet connection Type: Select Static IP. 4. IP Address: Enter the IP address provided by your ISP. Consult your ISP if you are not clear.Consult your ISP if you are not clear. 5.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1. Internet connection Type: Select DHCP. 2. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory default of 1500 unless instructed by your ISP. You may need to change it for optimal performance with some specific websites or application software that cannot be opened or enabled;...
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1. Internet connection Type: Displays the current Internet connection type. 2. PPTP Server Address: Enter the IP address of a PPTP server. 3. User Name: Enter your PPTP User Name. 4. Password: Enter the password. 5.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router L2TP Select L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) if your ISP uses an L2TP connection. The L2TP connects your router to a L2TP server. For Example: A corporate branch and headquarter can use this connection type to implement mutual and secure access to each other’s resources.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router your ISP, otherwise select "Static". Consult your ISP if you are not clear. g) IP Address: Enter the IP address provided by your ISP. Consult your ISP if you are not clear. h) Subnet mask: Enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP. i) Gateway: Enter the WAN Gateway provided by your ISP.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router connection type. 2. PPPoE User Name: Enter the User Name provided by your ISP. 3. PPPoE Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. 4. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory default value unless necessary.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1.4 WAN Speed Here you can set the speed and duplex mode for WAN port. It is advisable to keep the default Auto setting to get the best speed. 1.5 LAN Settings Click Advanced > LAN Settings to enter the screen below: 1.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1.6 DNS Settings DNS is short for Domain Name System or Domain Name Service. 1. Enable Manual DNS Assignment: Check to activate DNS settings. 2. Primary DNS Server:Enter the primary DNS address provided by your IPS. 3.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router respectively on each such PC. When turned on, these PCs will automatically load IP information from the DHCP server. (This feature is enabled by default. Do NOT disable it unless necessary). 1.8 DHCP Client List DHCP Client List displays information of devices that have obtained IP addresses from the device’s DHCP Server.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 2. MAC Address: Enter the MAC address of a computer to always receive the same IP address (the IP you just specified). 3. Add: Click to add the entry to the MAC address reservation list. 4.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 2 Wireless Settings 2.1 Wireless Basic Settings If you want to create a WLAN for sharing Internet connection, simply click Wireless-> Wireless Basic Settings. Change the SSID, you can name it whatever you like. For example, select 2437MHz (channel 6) and leave other options unchanged and then click OK.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Wireless Security Setup This section allows you to secure your wireless network and block unauthorized accesses and malicious packet sniffing. To encrypt your wireless network, do as follows: 1. Select the wireless network (SSID) you wish to encrypt. 2.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Wi-Fi Protected Setup makes it easy for home users who know little of wireless security to establish a home network, as well as to add new devices to an existing network without entering long passphrases or configuring complicated settings. Simply enter a PIN code or press the software PBC button or hardware WPS button (if any) and a secure wireless connection is established.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Method 1 for PIN: On the wireless security page, enable WPS, select PIN and enter the 8-digit PIN code from network adapter; then, within 2 minutes, enable WPS/PIN on the client device; Method 2 for PIN: On the wireless security page, enable WPS, within 2 minutes, enable WPS/PIN and enter the 8-digit PIN code of N301 on the client device.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router the router will still be the same. If you want to generate a random wireless key via WPS, click Reset OOB and then follow WPS setup instructions above. Note: To use the WPS security, the wireless client must be also WPS-capable.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Click Open Scan, select the AP you wish to connect, such as Tenda-000248, and click OK. View and note down the wireless security settings: security mode, cipher type, security key.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Click Close Scan and OK. Save the settings and the router will reboot automatically.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Internet Connection Setup: Click Advanced>Internet Connection Setup, select Internet Connection Setup, such as DHCP, and click Click Advanced>Status and the connection status displays Connected.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Note: When the settings finished, remember to enter an Internet Connection and set up the mode to the original. Verify that the SSID, channel, and security mode on the page match those of the added wireless network. If not, manually correct them.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Click Open Scan, select the AP you wish to connect, such as Tenda-15058C, and click OK. View and note down the wireless security settings: security mode, cipher type, security key, etc., which should be in accordance with...
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Click Close Scan and OK. Save the settings and the router will restart automatically. WDS Bridge Mode Wireless distribution system (WDS) is a system enabling the wireless interconnection of access points in an IEEE 802.11 network. It allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the traditional requirement for a wired backbone to link them.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router For example: As seen in the figure above, PC1 and PC2 access Internet via a wireless connection to Router 1. While PC3 and PC4 are too far to directly connect to Router 1 for Internet access. Now you can use the WDS bridge feature to let PC3 and PC4 access Internet.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 3.Click Wireless>Wireless Security to check router one’s wireless security settings. 4. Verify that DHCP server is enabled on Router 1: Click Advanced>DHCP Server.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 5.Set the LAN IP address of Router 2 to a different address yet on the same net segment as Router 1. As shown below: Router 1: LAN IP: 192.168.0.1; Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0; Router 2: LAN IP:192.168.0.10; Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0;...
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 3) Select the wireless network to connect and click OK. 4) Verify that the SSID, channel, and AP MAC address on the page match those of the added wireless network. If not, manually correct them. 5) Close Scan and click OK to save your settings.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 7) Go to DHCP Server to disable the DHCP on Router 2. Now you have finished all settings on Router 2 required for WDS. 2. Configure Router 1: Go to wireless section on Router 1 and specify WDS (or WDS Bridge) as its wireless working mode.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 2.4 Wireless Access Control The Access Control feature allows you to specify a list of devices to Permit or Forbid a connection to your wireless network via the devices’ MAC addresses. All other devices not listed as Permitted will be Forbidden and vice versa.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Example: To forbid the PC at the MAC address of C8:3A:35:65:82:E6 from connecting to your wireless network, do as follows: Step1. Select an SSID, say, Tenda_178ED8. Step2. Select Forbid from the corresponding drop-down menu. Step3. Enter C8:3A:35:65:82:E6 in the MAC address box and click Add.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 3 Bandwidth Control 3.1 Bandwidth Control Use this section to manage bandwidth allocation to devices on your LAN. If there are multiple PCs behind your router competing for limited bandwidth resource, then you can use this feature to specify a reasonable amount of bandwidth for each such PC, so that no one will be over stuffed or starved to death.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router exceed your router's WAN bandwidth limit. (Consult your ISP if you are not clear.). 5. Enable: Check to enable current rule. (When disabled, corresponding entry will not take effect though existing in fact.) 6. Add to List: Click to add current rule to the rule list. OK: Click to activate your settings.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1. Enable Traffic Statistics: Check/uncheck the box to enable/disable the Traffic Statistics feature. To see at a glance how much traffic each device in your network is using, enable this option. However usually, disabling it may boost your network performance. This option is disabled by default.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 4 Special Applications 4.1 Port Range Forwarding Port range forwarding is useful for web servers, ftp servers, e-mail servers, gaming and other specialized Internet applications. When you enable port forwarding, the communication requests from the Internet to your router’s WAN port will be forwarded to the specified LAN IP address.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router single port, enter the port number in both Start and End fields, say, 21 for FTP). Contact corresponding service provider if you don't know the port number of the service to use. 2. LAN IP: Specify the internal host’s IP address. Be sure to statically assign the host’s IP address to make this function constant.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Note: If you include port 80 on this section, you must set the port for remote (web-based) management to a different number than 80, such as 8080, otherwise the virtual server feature may not take effect.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router DMZ Host IP Address: The IP Address of the device for which the router’s firewall will be disabled. Be sure to statically set the IP Address of that device for this function to be consistent. Enable: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the DMZ host feature.
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User Name: Enter the registered user name. Password: Enter the registered password. Domain Name: Enter the domain name you register, say, tenda.dyndns.org. OK: Click to activate your settings. Note: This feature is usually used together with virtual server and is disabled by default.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router simply entering http://tenda.dyndns.org in their browser address bar. 4.4 UPNP The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows network devices, such as computers from Internet, to access resources on local host or devices as needed. UPnP-enabled devices can be discovered automatically by the UPnP service application on the LAN.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1. Destination Network IP Address: Specify a single IP address, say, 172.17.0.100, or an IP net segment, .say, 192.168.88.0. 2. Subnet Mask: Specify a Subnet Mask that corresponds to the specified destination IP. 3. Gateway: Specif the IP address for next hop. 4.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router The principal task for a router is to look for an optimal transfer path for each data packet passing through it, and transfer it to the specified destination. To complete this work, the router stores and maintains related data of various transfer paths, i.e.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 5 Security 5.1 URL Filter To better control LAN PCs, you can use the URL filter functionality to allow or disallow such PCs to access certain websites within a specified time range. 1. Filter Mode: Select a proper filter mode, say, Forbid Only. 2.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 8. Enable: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the feature. 9. OK: Click to activate your settings. Example: If you want to disallow all computers on your LAN to access youtube.com from 8:00 to 18:00 during working days: Monday- Friday, then do as follows: 1.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1. Filter Mode: Select a proper filter mode, say, Forbid Only. 2. Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop-down list. 3. Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule (It can only consist of numbers, letters, or underscore).
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router (It can only consist of numbers, letters, or underscore). d) MAC Address: Enter 00:E4:A5:44:35:69. e) Time: Select 0 for all fields to apply the rule 24hrs/day. f) Day(s): Select Monday to Friday. g) Enable: Check the Enable box. h) OK: Click to save your settings.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Filter Mode: Select Permit Only. Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop-down list. Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule, say, 80. Start IP/End IP: Enter the same IP address, say, 110, or 2 different IP addresses, say, 110 and 120 in both boxes to specify a single PC or a range of PCs for the current rule to apply to.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1. Filter Mode: Select Forbid Only. 2. Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop-down list. 3. Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule, say, 123. 4. Start IP: Enter 100. 5.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 6 Tools 6.1 Reboot Reboot the device to activate your settings. WAN connection will be disconnected during reboot. 6.2 Restore to Factory Default Settings Click the Restore to Factory Default button to reset device to factory default settings.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Backup: Once you have configured the device the way you want it, you can save these settings to a configuration file on your local hard drive that can later be imported to your device in case that the device is restored to factory default settings.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Click the Restore button to reset your device to previous settings. 6.4 Syslog Here you can view the history of the device’s actions. After 150 entries, the earliest logs will clear automatically. 6.5 Remote Web Management The Remote management allows the device to be configured and managed remotely from the Internet via a web browser.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 1. Enable: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the DMZ host feature. 2. Port: This is the management port to be open to outside access. The default setting is 8080. Do NOT change it unless instructed by your ISP. 3.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router This page is used to set the router’s system time. You can choose to set the time manually or get the GMT time from the Internet and the system will automatically connect to NTP server to synchronize the time.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router confirmation. 3. OK: Click to activate your settings. Note: For security purpose, it is highly recommended that you change Device's default login password. 6.8 Firmware Upgrade Firmware upgrade is released periodically to improve the functionality of your device and also to add new features. If you run into a problem with a specific feature of the device, log on to our website (www.tendacn.com) to download the latest firmware to update your device.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Appendix 1 Glossary Channel A communication channel, also known as channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel. It is used to transfer an information signal, such as a digital bit stream, from one or more transmitters to one or more receivers.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router compliance with the full IEEE 802.11i standard and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in addition to TKIP encryption protocol to guarantee better security than that provided by WEP or WPA. Currently, WPA is supported by Windows XP SP1. IEEE 802.1X Authentication IEEE 802.1X Authentication is an IEEE Standard for port-based Network Access Control (PNAC).
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router PPPOE The Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) is a network protocol for encapsulating PPP frames inside Ethernet frames. Integrated PPP protocol implements authentication, encryption, and compression functions that traditional Ethernet cannot provide and can also be used in the cable modem and digital subscriber line (DSL) and Ethernet that provide access service to the users.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router (none, WEP, or WPA) and the same encryption keys. They may be configured to different service set identifiers. WDS also requires every base station to be configured to forward to others in the system. WDS may also be considered a repeater mode because it appears to bridge and accept wireless clients at the same time (unlike traditional bridging).WDS may be incompatible between different products (even occasionally from the same vendor) since it...
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Mail servers, FTP servers and VoIP servers, etc. that are being provided to users on the external network can be placed in the DMZ.
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Appendix 2 Verify the WDS Connection Configure PC2: Click Start> Run on PC3, input cmd on the appearing window and then click OK. Input ping 192.168.0.1 and press Enter.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Configure PC3 and PC4: Set PC3 and PC4 to Obtain an IP address automatically.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router When the two PCs get IP addresses, try below steps to verify the WDS connection: Click Start-> Run on PC3, input cmd on the appearing window and then click OK. Input ping 192.168.0.1 and press Enter. If you get a screen as seen...
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router below, you have successfully implemented WDS. Note: 1. WDS feature can only be implemented between 2 WDS-capable wireless devices. Plus, SSID, channel, security settings and security key must be exactly the same on both such devices. 2.
We will be more than happy to help you out as soon as possible. 1. Q: I entered the device’s LAN IP address in the web browser but cannot access the utility.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router a.Check if there are other DHCP servers present in your LAN. If there are other DHCP servers except your router, disable them immediately. b.The default IP address of the device is 192.168.0.1; make sure this address is not used by another PC or device. In case that two computers or devices share the same IP addresses, change either to a different address.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router simply input it. Step 6: Select a proper protocol type: TCP, UDP, or Both depending on which protocol(s) your internal host is using. Step 7: Click Enable and save your settings. For your reference, we collected a list of some well-known service ports as follows: Server Protocol...
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Appendix 4 Remove Wireless Network from Your PC If you change wireless settings on your wireless device, you must remove them accordingly your PC; otherwise, you may not be able to wirelessly connect to the device. Below describes how to do remove a wireless network from your PC.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 3.Click "Wireless Networks", select the item under "Preferred networks" and then click the Remove button. If you are using Windows 7, do as follows: 1.Click Network from your desktop and select Properties.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router 2.Select "Manage Wireless Networks". 3. Click the wireless connection and select "Remove network".
Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Appendix 5 Safety and Emission Statement CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. This device complies with EU 1999/5/EC.
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Wireless N301 Easy Setup Router Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.