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  • Page 1 WRTR-168G SpeedPlus Wireless-G AP/Router User’s Manual Version 1.0 User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright Statement No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior writing of the publisher. JULY 2008 User’s Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Introduction ....................4 2. Safety Notification ..................5 3. Hardware Installation .................6 4. How to Configuring the AP/ Router ............10 4.1 Quick Setup ....................12 4.2 General Setup ..................20 4.3 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup)..........24 4.4 Wired LAN Configuration...............34 4.5 Wireless LAN Configuration..............38 4.6 Quality of Service (QoS) ................56 4.7 Network Address Translation (NAT) .............60 4.8 Firewall ....................68...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing your SpeedPlus Wireless-G AP/Router. This user guide will assist you with the installation procedure. Package Contents Please make sure you have the following in the box: ♦ SpeedPlus Wireless-G AP/Router ♦ Quick Installation Guide ♦...

  • Page 5: Safety Notification

    2. Safety Notification Your Wireless Router should be placed in a safe and secure location. To ensure proper operation, please keep the unit away from water and other damaging elements. Please read the user manual thoroughly before you install the device. The device should only be repaired by authorized and qualified engineer.

  • Page 6: Hardware Installation

    3. Hardware Installation Front Panel The front panel provides LED’s for device status. Refer to the following table for the meaning of each feature. LED Name Light Status Description Router is switched on and correctly powered. Wireless WPS function is enabled. Wireless network is switched off.
  • Page 7 Rear Panel The rear panel features 4 LAN ports, 1 WAN port and Reset/WPS button. Refer to the following table for the meaning of each feature. Power The POWER port is where you will connect the power adapter. The WAN port is where you will connect your broadband Internet connection. These ports (1, 2, 3, 4) connect the Router to your networked PCs and other Ethernet network devices.
  • Page 8 AP Router Default Settings User admin Password 1234 IP Address 192.168.2.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 RF ESSID default Channel Radio Band Wide (Full speed to 300Mbps) Mode BGN Mixed Encryption Disabled WPS Function Enabled DHCP Server Enabled User’s Manual...
  • Page 9 Hardware Installation for Connection to Your Broadband Modem 1. Power off your network devices. 2. Locate an optimum location for the Router. The best place for the Router is usually at the center of your wireless network, with line of sight to all of your wireless devices. 3.

  • Page 10: How To Configuring The Ap/ Router

    4. How to Configuring the AP/ Router TURN ON POWER SUPPLY Quick power cycle would cause system corruption. When power on, be careful not to shut down in about 5 seconds, because data is writing to the flash. START UP & LOGIN In order to configure the SpeedPlus Wireless-G AP/Router, you must use web browser and manually input http://192.168.2.1 into the Address box and press Enter.
  • Page 11 Once you have logged-in as administrator, it is a good idea to change the administrator password to ensure a secure protection to the SpeedPlus Wireless-G AP/Router. The Security Settings section described later in this manual describes how to change the password.

  • Page 12: Quick Setup

    4.1 Quick Setup MAKE CORRECT NETWORK SETTINGS OF YOUR COMPUTER To change the configuration, use Internet Explorer (IE) or Netscape Communicator to connect the WEB management 192.168.2.1. Please go to Quick Setup menu by clicking ‘Quick Setup’ button. Most users will be able to configure the AP Router and get it working properly using the settings on this screen.
  • Page 13 Set Time Zone Here are descriptions of every setup items: Set Time Zone: Please press button, a drop-down list will be shown, and you can choose a time zone of the location you live. Time Server Address: Input the IP address / host name of time server here Daylight Savings: If the country you live uses daylight saves, please check ‘Enable Function’...
  • Page 14 Host Name: Please input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC address: Please input MAC address of your computer here, if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet.
  • Page 15 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE xDSL’: User Name: Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password: Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. Service Name: Please give a name to this Internet service, this is optional. MTU: Please input the MTU value of your network connection here.
  • Page 16 Select the type of how you obtain IP address 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’ (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.
  • Page 17 Connection ID: Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and you can leave it blank. MTU: Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you don’t know, you can use default value. BEZEQ-ISRAEL: Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to check if you’re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel.
  • Page 18 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 fields. Now please go to L2TP settings section: User ID: Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here.
  • Page 19 User Name: Please input the user name assigned by Telstra. Password: Please input the password assigned by Telstra. User device login server manually: Check this box to choose login server by yourself. Login Server: Please input the IP address of login server here. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK’...

  • Page 20: General Setup

    4.2 General Setup In this chapter, you’ll know how to change 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.
  • Page 21 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 settings will take effect after it reboots. Change management password: Default password of this router is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browser.
  • Page 22 Please retype the new password again when you see above message. If you see the following message: It means the content in ‘Current Password’ 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...
  • Page 23 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: Host Address: Input the IP address of the remote host you wish to initiate a management access. Port: You can define the port number this router should expect an incoming request.

  • Page 24: Setup Internet Connection (Wan Setup)

    4.3 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup) Internet connections setup can be done by using ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in chapter 4- 1. However, you can setup WAN connections up by using WAN configuration menu. You can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here. To start configuration, please follow the following instructions: Please click ‘WAN’...
  • Page 25 Host Name: Please input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC address: Please input MAC address of your computer here, if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet.
  • Page 26 Service Provider Gateway Address: Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider. After you finish with all settings, please 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’...
  • Page 27 Continuous – The connection will be kept always on. If the connection is interrupted, the router will re-connect automatically. Connect On-Demand – Only connect when you want to surf the Internet. “Idle Time Out” is set to stop the connection when the network traffic is not sending or receiving after an idle time.
  • Page 28 Select the type of how you obtain IP address 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’ (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.
  • Page 29 Connection ID: Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and you can leave it blank. MTU: Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you don’t know, you can use default value. BEZEQ-ISRAEL: Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to check if you’re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel.
  • Page 30 Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. L2TP Gateway: Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. MTU: Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.
  • Page 31 User device login server manually: Check this box to choose login server by yourself. Login Server: Please input the IP address of login server here. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK’ button; if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’...
  • Page 32 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’...
  • Page 33 Select your DDNS service provider here. Domain Name: Input the domain name you’ve obtained from DDNS service provider. Account / E-Mail: Input account or email of DDNS registration. Password / Key: Input DDNS service password or key. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’...

  • Page 34: Wired Lan Configuration

    4.4 Wired LAN Configuration Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. those computers connect to this router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access internet, they must have a valid IP address. There are two ways to assign IP addresses to computers: static IP address (set the IP address for every computer manually), and dynamic IP address (IP address of computers will be assigned by router automatically.
  • Page 35 If you don’t really understand the descriptions listed above, don’t worry! We will provide recommended setup values below. Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters: Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interface, there are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’.
  • Page 36 Start IP: Please input the start IP address of the IP range. End IP: Please input the end IP address of the IP range. Domain Name: If you wish, you can also optionally input the domain name for your network. This is optional.
  • Page 37 If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click ‘Delete 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’...

  • Page 38: Wireless Lan Configuration

    4.5 Wireless LAN Configuration If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices which is equipped with wireless network interface, you can use the wireless function of this router to let them connect to Internet and share resources with other computers with wired-LAN connection.
  • Page 39 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). Basic Wireless Settings Please click ‘Wireless’...
  • Page 40 Please select a proper operation mode you want to use from ‘Mode’ dropdown menu (1), and continue on other operation mode specific settings: Setup procedure for ‘AP’: Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown menu (2), and the following message will be displayed: Band: Please select the radio band from one of following options:...
  • Page 41 ESSID: This is the name of wireless router. You can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. ESSID 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.
  • Page 42 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. WLAN MAC: For some applications, you may need to designate a specific MAC address for the router.
  • Page 43 wireless clients in this mode) of the wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical network. Band: Select the band you want to use, all the wireless routers must use the same setting. Channel Number: Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless routers must use the same setting. MAC address 1 to 4: Input the MAC address of other wireless routers.
  • Page 44 Band: Select the band you want to use, all the wireless routers must use the same setting. ESSID: Input the ESSID of your wireless router, the setting should be the same with other wireless routers for the convenience of roaming. Channel Number: Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless routers must use the same setting.
  • Page 45 recommended to change default ESSID value to the one which is meaningful to you, like myhome, office_room1, etc. Channel Number: Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless clients must use the same setting. Associated Clients: 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.
  • Page 46 Fragment Threshold: Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346. RTS Threshold: Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347.
  • Page 47 Set the type of preamble, do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Short Preamble’. Broadcast ESSID: 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.
  • Page 48 Wireless Security: It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! If you don’t, hackers and malicious users can reach your network and valuable data without your consent and this will cause serious security problem. To set wireless security settings, Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Security Settings’, then follow the following instructions to set wireless security settings: Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’...
  • Page 49 Key Format: There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you select a key format, the number of characters of key will be displayed. For example, if you select ’64-bit’ as key length, 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.
  • Page 50 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). Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA): When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WPA encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: WPA Unicast Cipher Suite:...
  • Page 51 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). WPA RADIUS: If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication.
  • Page 52 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). Wireless Access Control This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router;...
  • Page 53 Reset: You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all MAC addresses. Enable Wireless Access Control: To enforce MAC address filtering, you have to check ‘Enable Wireless Access Control’. When this item is unchecked, wireless router will not enforce MAC address filtering of wireless clients.
  • Page 54 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and this wireless router. You don’t have to select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client, you only have to press a button on wireless client and this wireless router, and the WPS will do the rest for you.
  • Page 55 Enable WPS: Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable WPS. Wi-Fi Protected Setup Information: WPS-related system information will be displayed Setup Information here: 1. WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’...

  • Page 56: Quality Of Service (Qos)

    4.6 Quality of Service (QoS) Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to get internet bandwidth, and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth (like video streaming and network telephone) will be affected, therefore an unpleasing result will occur, like the interruption of video / audio transfer.
  • Page 57 All existing QoS rules will be displayed here. Add: Click ‘add’ button to add a new QoS rule, see ‘Add a new QoS rule’ below. Edit: 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’...
  • Page 58 If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button. Add a new QoS rule After you click ‘Add’ button in QoS menu, the following message will appear: Rule Name: Please give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical characters) Bandwidth: Set the bandwidth limitation of this QoS rule.
  • Page 59 define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address. Remote Port Range: Please input the range of remote (destination) port number that will be affected by this rule. If you want to apply this rule on port 80 to 90, please input ’80-90’;...

  • Page 60: Network Address Translation (Nat)

    4.7 Network Address Translation (NAT) Network address translations solve the problem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. Without NAT, all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connected to Internet, but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user.
  • Page 61 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). Port Forwarding This function 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.
  • Page 62 Type: Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you’re not sure, please select ‘Both’. Port Range: Input the 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.
  • Page 63 If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button. Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address (on WAN port) to a specified port of an IP address on local network, so you can setup an Internet service on the computer on local network, without exposing it on Internet directly.
  • Page 64 Comment: Please input any text to describe this mapping, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Add: Add the mapping to virtual server table. Reset: Remove all inputted values. Virtual Server Table: All existing virtual server mappings will be displayed here. Delete Selected: Please select a virtual server mapping by clicking the ‘Select’...
  • Page 65 Enable: Check this box to enable special applications and uncheck this box to disable virtual server. IP Address: Input the IP address of the computer which you want to open the ports. Computer Name: 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.
  • Page 66 want remove all Special Appliacation settings from the table, just click "Delete All" button. Click "Reset" will clear your current selections. Delete Selected: Please select a special application by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button to remove the setting. If there’s no setting here, this button will be grayed out.
  • Page 67 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’...

  • Page 68: Firewall

    4.8 Firewall Excepting NAT, this router also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on local network. These functions include inbound attack prevention, and block outbound traffics, like block URLs which have pre-defined keywords. Please follow the following instructions to enable or disable firewall function: Please click ‘Firewall’...
  • Page 69 Please click ‘Firewall’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Access Control’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Enable MAC Filtering: Check this box to enable MAC address based filtering, and please select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior of MAC filtering table.
  • Page 70 Click ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address filtering table. Reset: Remove all inputted values. MAC Filtering Table: All existing MAC addresses in filtering table will be listed here. Delete Selected: 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’...
  • Page 71 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’...
  • Page 72 Client PC Description: Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP address: 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.
  • Page 73 Port Range: 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 number, like ‘80’.
  • Page 74 Input the URL (host name or IP address of website, like http://www.blocked-site.com http://11.22.33.44), or the keyword which is contained in URL (like pornography, cartoon, stock, or anything). Add: Click ‘Add’ button to add the URL / keyword to the URL / Keyword filtering table. Reset: Click ‘Reset’...
  • Page 75 Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server, the Internet connection will become very slow, and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much traffics.
  • Page 76 Sync Flood: This is another kind of attack, which uses a lot of fake connection request to consume the memory of your server, and try to make your server become unusable. Check this box and the router will filter this kind of traffic out. Advanced Settings: Click this button and you can set advanced settings of the DoS prevention method listed above, please see section ‘DoS –...
  • Page 77 Ping of Death: Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. Please check the box of Ping of Death, and input the frequency of threshold (how many packets per second, minute, or hour), you can also input the ‘Burst’ value, which means when this number of ‘Ping of Death’...
  • Page 78 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’...
  • Page 79 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. Add: Click ‘Add’ button to add the public IP address and associated private IP address to the DMZ table.

  • Page 80: System Status

    4.9 System Status The functions described here will provide you with system related information. To enter system status menu, please either click ‘Status’ link located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, or click ‘Status’ button in main menu. System information and firmware version You can use this function to know the system information and firmware version of this router.
  • Page 81 This information will vary depending on the connection status. Device Status You can use this 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 82 The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every buttons: Save: Save current event log to a text file. Clear: Delete all event logs displayed here. Refresh: Refresh the event log display. Security Log All information about network and system security is kept here, and you can use this function to check the security event log of your router.
  • Page 83 Delete all event logs displayed here. Refresh: Refresh the event log display. Active DHCP client list: If you’re using the DHCP server function of this router, you can use this function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this router. Please click ‘Active DHCP client’...

  • Page 84: Tools Settings

    4.10 Tools Settings The Tools Settings section includes the basic configuration tools, such as Save, Restore Configuration Settings, and Upgrade Firmware. Configuration Backup and Restore You can backup all configurations of this router to a file, so you can make several copied of router configuration for security reason.
  • Page 85 equipped with new function. You can also use this firmware upgrade function to add new functions to your router, even fix the bugs 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’...
  • Page 86 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.

  • Page 87: Troubleshooting - Q & A

    5. Troubleshooting – Q & A 1. Router is not responding to me when I want to access it by web browser. Answer: Please check the connection of power cord and network cable of this router. All cords and cables should be correctly and firmly inserted to the router. If all LEDs on this router are off, please check the status of A/C power adapter, and make sure it’s correctly powered.
  • Page 88 with a remote server, but can’t use hostname, please check DNS setting. 3. I can’t locate my router by my wireless client. Answer: ‘Broadcast ESSID’ set to off? All three antennas are properly secured. Are you too far from your router? Try to get closer. Please remember that you have to input ESSID on your wireless client manually, if ESSID broadcast is disabled.
  • Page 89 This is not a malfunction, if you can keep your hand on the router’s case. If you smell something 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.
  • Page 90 This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. The WRTR-168G( FCC ID: RYK-WRTR168G ) is limited in CH1~CH11 for 2.4 GHz by specified firmware controlled in U.S.A. User’s Manual...
  • Page 91 This declaration has been signed under responsibility of the manufacturer / importer. Test laboratory: Advanced Data Technology Corporation Lab Address: No. 47, 14th Ling, Chia Pau Tsuen, Linko Hsiang 244, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan. Name manufacturer / importer: Sparklan Communications, Inc Aug 31 ,2008 Mike Chen President...

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