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AMW-DBR 1200AC Wireless AC1200 Dual- band Router User Guide AtlasMed iaCo.co m...
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Copyright State me nt is the regis tered trademark of Atlas Med ia Co. , LL C. All the produc ts and produc t names mentioned here in are the tradem arks or regis tered trad emarks of their res pec tive ho ld ers . Copyright of the w hole produc t as integrat ion, inc lud ing its ac c es s ories and s of tw are, belongs to At las Med ia Co.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Table of Contents I - - RO UT ER O V ER V IEW ................... 3 ....................3 ACKAGE ONT E NT S ............3 E T T I NG T O KNOW YOUR T LAS E DI A ROUT E R LE Ds .........................
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AMW-DBR 1200AC 3 .1 0 WPS S et u p ...................... 4 7 3 .11 C o n n ect i o n S t at u s ................... 5 0 4. 0 A ..................50 DVANCE D PP L I CAT I ONS 4 .1 Ba n d w i d t h C o n t rol ...................
Ens ure your box c ontains the follow ing items : If there are inc orrec t, mis s ing, or damaged parts pleas e c ontac t your Atlas Media dealer. Keep the c arton, inc luding the original pac king materials , in c as e you need to return the produc t for repair.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Solid/O ff Sy s t em is not p rop erly op erat ing. P O WER Solid P ow er s up p ly is p rop erly connect ed O ff T he rout er is not receiving p ow er, verify connect ion .
AMW-DBR 1200AC Router Label T he lab e l is loc ated on th e bottom of your At las M ed ia router. On th is labe l you w ill find important informat io n pertain in g to your router. We rec ommend that you le ave th is labe l on th e bottom of your router in th e c as e you w ill ever need to obtain any of this vital information.
Next c onnec t your broadband internet v ia Eth ernet c ab le to th e WAN port on the bac k of your Atlas Media router. Un les s you are us ing a DS L modem, your At las Med ia router w ill be autom at ic ally s et to us e Dynamic (DHCP) c onnec tion through the WAN port.
Appendix1 Configure P C T CP /IP Settings. Configure Router Step 1 - Login the Atlas Media router firmware 1. Open your w eb brow s er, and enter “192. 168. 0. 1” into the addres s bar as s how n.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC T he WAN c onnec tion s tatus w ill automatic ally be detec ted w hen you login. Pleas e note, this only happens the firs t time you s et up the router or if you fac tory res et the router.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Onc e logged in you w ill s ee your routers home s c reen. 1. See Static IP , if you are not us ing the PPPoE or Dyn amic IP (DHCP) Internet c onnec tion. 2. DHCP (Dynamic IP) the default s etting.
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(Sec urity key s hould be 8 -63 c harac ters ). Clic k Save Onc e s aved rec onnec t to your Atlas Media router w ith new s ec urity s ettings . PPPoE & Wire le s s Se curity Se tup...
(Sec urity key s hould be 8 -63 c harac ters ). Clic k Save Onc e s aved rec onnec t to your Atlas Media router w ith new s ec urity s ettings . Verify Internet Connectivity Check Status A.
AMW-DBR 1200AC P leas e w a it unt il p age up dat es i f t he conn ect ion s t at us dis p lay s "Connect ing …” an d WA N IP addres s dis p lay s "0.0.0.0 ”. A ll five fields dis p lay ing “ 0.0.0.0” w ill up dat e.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Join Your Wireless Network - Windows 7 Click t he icon on t he not ificat ion area on t he bot t om right corner of y our des kt op . If you c annot...
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AMW-DBR 1200AC If you s ee the s c reen below, you are c onnec ting to the w ireles s netw ork. Enter the s ec urity key and c lic k OK. When you s ee Conne cte d dis p lay ed next to the w ire les s netw ork you s elec ted,...
AMW-DBR 1200AC III -- Features & Configurations F or more feat ures , click t he “ Advan ce d” op t ion t he home p age. 1.0 Status 1.1 Sys te m Status From this tab you c an view the router ‟s WAN s tatus and s ystem s tatus as noted below : 1.
AMW-DBR 1200AC 2.0 Network 2.1. LAN Se ttings Und er the Netw ork tab c lic k LA N to enter the LAN c onfigurat ion s c reen. You are able to c onfigure the L AN IP addres s here. With th is IP addres s you c an acc ess the routers firmw are, and c hange s ettings from a w eb brow s er.
AMW-DBR 1200AC 2.2 WAN Se ttings Clic k Ne twork -> WAN to c onfigure your Internet c onnec tion s ettings . Selec t your Internet c onnec tion type: A. Selec t PPPoE if your ISP us es a PPPoE c onnec tion and gives you a PPPoE us er name and a PPPoE pas s w ord.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Clic k Save to s ave your s ettings . 1. MTU: MT U (ma x imum trans mis s ion un it) , s ome ISPs need you to c hange the MT U. T his is rare ly requir ed, and s hould not be done unles s you are s ure it is nec es s ary.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Dynamic IP (DHCP ) Configuration Proce dure s : I nte rne t conne ction Type : Selec t Dynamic I P (DHCP). Clic k Save to s ave your s ettings . WAN MTU Setup Pl e as e n ote : A wr ong/im pr oper MT U v alue m ay caus e Inter net com m unication pr oblem s .
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A. You have problems c onnec ting to your ISP or other Internet s ervic e, and the tec hnic al s upport of either your ISP or Atlas Media s ugges ts c hanging the MT U value. Below w eb-bas ed applic ations might require an MT U c hange: ...
AMW-DBR 1200AC 2.3 Port M ode 1. Mos t c ommonly “Auto” is the ideal port mode. 2. Certain s ituations you maybe need to c hange the port mode. Example : If the c able c onnec ted to your router' s WAN port is too long, you may need to us e 10 M fu ll-dup lex or 10 M ha lf -dup lex for bett er performanc e.
AMW-DBR 1200AC You mus t us e t he device w hos e M A C addres s is allow ed by y our ISP. You can restore default, clone, or m anually enter your MAC addresses, always rem em ber to SAVE after updating.
AMW-DBR 1200AC addres s pool here. T hes e addres s es s hould be part of the s ame IP addres s s ubnet as the router ‟s LAN IP addres s . Le as e Time : T he leas e t ime is a t im e length t hat the I P addres s is as s igned to eac h devic e before it is refres hed.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Static As s ignme nt Application Example : To have a PC at the MAC addres s of 44:37:E6 :4F :37 :3 B a lw ays rec eive the s ame IP addres s of 192. 168. 0. 123.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Remember to Save to s ave your s ettings onc e added. 1. If the IP addres s you have res erved for your PC is c urrently us ed by another c lient, then you w ill not be able to obtain a new IP addres s from the devic e' s DHCP s erver, ins tead, you mus t manually s pec ify a different IP addres s for your PC to ac c es s Internet.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC the s ame s ubnet as the devic e. Clic k Save to s ave your s ettings . Clic k Ne twork -> Clie nt Lis t - Gue s t Ne twork to enter the gues t netw ork DHCP c lient lis t s c reen.
AMW-DBR 1200AC 3.0 Wireless Settings 3.1 Wire le s s -Bas ic Here you c an c onfigure the bas ic w ireles s s ettings of the router. 1. Primary SSID is At las Med ia_XXX XX by defau lt, w here XXXXX is the las t f ive c harac ters in th e dev ic e' s M AC addres s .
AMW-DBR 1200AC 1. 802. 11 Mo de (Ne twork Mode ): Selec t a c orrec t mode acc ording to your w ireles s c lients . 11b: T his netw ork mode delivers w ireles s s peed up to 11Mbps and is only c ompatible w it h 11b w ireles s c lients .
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Configuration Proce du re s : Band: Selec t 2. 4GHz or 5GHz. Gue s t Ne twork : Enable or dis ab le the Gues t Netw ork feature. By default it is dis abled. .
AMW-DBR 1200AC 3.3 Se curity Go to Wire le ss -> Se curity to enter the Se curity sc reen. With in this menu you c an c reate a s ec urity key to s ec ure your w ire les s netw o rk agains t un author ized ac c es s.
For mos t us ers , the default s ettings w ill be opt ima l. If default s ettings do not w ork, c hange them ac c ording to the s ugges tions given by your ISP or Atlas Media...
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AMW-DBR 1200AC AP Is ol ati on : Is olat es client s connect ing t o t he p rimary SSID . Be acon In te rval : A t ime int erval bet w een any 2 cons ecut ive Beacon p acket s s ent by an A cces s P oint t o s y nchroniz e a w ireles s net w ork.
AMW-DBR 1200AC 3.5 Wire le s s Exte nde r Us e th is func tion to extend your ex is ting w ire les s netw ork. T he Atlas Med ia router provid es you w ith 3 different modes to ac hieve your goal of a larger w ire les s netw ork or s tronger s ignal s trength.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Selec t the uplink router' s w ireles s netw ork (SSID) and c lic k Clos e Scan . Onc e s elec ted, the SSID, c hannel, MAC add res s , s ec urity mode, and c ipher type of the remote rout er w ill be aut omat ic a lly filled.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Onc e s aved you mus t Re boot the router, and rec onnec t. After you reboot ing s elec t Ne twork > DHCP Se rve r then dis ab le the D HCP s erver.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC from your uplink router, but w ithin the s ame s ubnet. (example: 192. 168. 5. 1) Save , Re boot, and Re conne ct. **Remember, you w ill log in us ing your new LAN addres s (192. 168. 5. 1) ...
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Enter the s ec urity key for the uplink router and c lic k Save . Onc e s aved you mus t re boot on the follow ing s c reen.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Onc e you reboot, enter the home page (Quic k Internet Setup sc reen). You s hould s ee the mode dis played on the front page. Clic k the Advance d button here. Clic k Status -> WAN Status to c hec k the WAN s tatus .
AMW-DBR 1200AC 3.8 WDS M ode (Wire le s s Dis tributio n Sys te m) A WDS is a s ys tem enab les the w ire les s int erc onnec tion of ac c es s points w ithin an IEE E 802.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Save , Re boot , and Re conne ct . Go to the Wire le s s tab, and s elec t Wire le s s Exte nde r. Choos e WDS Mode from the Mo de drop-dow n lis t. Selec t Wire le ss AP or...
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Us e the s c an to loc ate and s elec t the bas e s tat ion (up link router) AP' s SSID and then Clos e Scan . T he SSID, c hannel, M AC addres s , and s ec urity s ettings exc ept s ec urity key of the bas e s tat ion AP w ill be autom at ic ally added to th e c orres ponding fields .
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Onc e s ave d you w ill ne ed to now c onnec t to your bas e s tation AP. T he remote router w ill no long er appear on your dev ic e lis t , it w ill be c onnec ted to your bas e s tation Ac c es s point .
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3. When the WDS is c onfigured s uc c ess f ully; w ire les s c lients need to jo in th is Atlas Media w ireles s router' s SSID for Internet ac c es s .
AMW-DBR 1200AC 3.9 Acce s s Control Spec ify a lis t of dev ic es to "Perm it " or "Forb id " a c onnec tion t o your w ire les s netw ork via the devic es ‟ MAC Ad dres s es . Clic k Wire le ss -> Wire les s Acce ss Control to enter the c onfiguration s c reen.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Clic k Add. Selec t or enter your w ireles s MAC addres s and c lic k Save .
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T he s c reen below w ill appear. Ple as e Note : T he Atlas Media router allow s for 16 w ireles s MAC addres s es to be c onfigured. If you don' t w ant to c onfigure the c omplex w ireles s s ec urity s ettings and w ant to dis allow others to join your w ireles s netw ork, you c an c onfigure a w ireles s ac c es s c ontrol rule to allow only your ow n w ireles s devic e.
AMW-DBR 1200AC 3.10 WPS Se tup Note : You must hav e a WP S capable client to use the WP S security f eatures. WPS (WiFi Prote cte d Se tup): Under the Wire les s tab c lic k WPS to enter WPS s c reen.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC You c an us e the follow ing 4 methods to es tablis h a WPS c onnec t ion: Method 1: Establish a WP S connection using P BC on the Web Manager: Selec t a band, for example, 2. 4GHz.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Clic k Enable . Selec t PI N and enter the 8-digit PIN c ode from the w ireles s netw ork adapter. Clic k Save to s ave your s ettings . Clic k Start PI N.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Enab le WPS/PIN- Regis trar on the w ire les s c lient and enter the 8 -d ig it PIN c ode from your router to join your w ireles s netw ork. 3.11 Conne ction Status Under the Wire le s s tab c lic k Conne ction Status .
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Configuration Proce dure s : Clic k Advance d -> Bandwidth Control . Clic k Add Bandwidth Control Rule . Enter 192. 168. 0. 100 in the I P Range fields . Enter 32 in the Uplink Bandwidth field.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Clic k Re boot on the appearing s c reen to reboot the router. Sys tem returns to the bandw idth c ontrol s c reen after reboot. You c an view the rule you jus t add. Als o you c an c lic k Edit to edit the rule or De le te to...
AMW-DBR 1200AC 4.2 DDNS Dynam ic DNS or DDNS (Dyn am ic Doma in Nam e Servers ) is a term us ed for the updat ing in re a l t ime of Internet Doma in N ame Sys tem (DNS) nam e s ervers . We us e a numeric IP addres s alloc ated by Intern et Servic e Prov ider (ISP) to c onnec t to Internet;...
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Us e r Name : Enter the DDNS us er nam e regis tered w ith your DDNS s ervic e provider. Here in this example, enter Atlas Media. Pas s wo rd: E nter the DDNS Pas s w ord regis tered w ith your DDNS s ervic e...
Here in this example, enter 123456. Domain Name : Enter the DDNS domain name w ith your DDNS s ervic e provider. Here in this example, enter Atlas Media. dyndns . org. Clic k Save to s ave your s ettings .
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AMW-DBR 1200AC 1. Make s ure your WAN IP addres s (Internet IP addres s ) is a public IP addres s. Private IP addres s es are not routed on the Internet. 2. Make s ure you enter c orrec t s ervic e port numbers .
AMW-DBR 1200AC Configuration Proce dure s : Ext Port: Enter the externa l port number for the public ports at the Internet interfac e. For this example w e are us ing port 21. I nt Port: Enter the internal port number for the private ports at the c omputer on the router ‟s loc al area netw ork (LAN).
AMW-DBR 1200AC Configuration Proce dure s : Enable : Chec k to enable the DMZ hos t. D MZ Hos t I P Addre s s : T he IP Addres s of the devic e for w hic h the router ‟s firew all w ill be dis ab led.
AMW-DBR 1200AC 4.6 Route Table Clic k Advance d -> Route Table to view the router' s route table. De s tination Ne twork : T he IP addres s of the final des t inat ion. If it reads "0. 0. 0. 0"...
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AMW-DBR 1200AC It is not rec ommended to us e this s etting unles s you are familiar w ith s tatic routing. In mos t c as es , dynamic routing is rec ommended, bec aus e this feature allow s the router to detec t th e phys ic al c hang es of the netw ork layout automat ic a lly.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Advan ce d -> Rout ing Table to v iew your s tatic route entry. If it does no t d is play, go to Tools to reboot your router. When the router s ucc es s fully c onnec ts to the Internet, the follow ing s c reen w ill...
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LAN I P: As s een in the above figure, PC2 on LAN2 c onnec ts w ith the Atlas Media Router via the Router; PC1 on LAN1 ac c es s es Internet via the Atlas Media Router that performs NAT.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Configuration Proce dure s : Clic k Add Static Route . De s tination Ne twork : Enter 192. 168. 50. 0. Subne t Mas k : Enter 255. 255. 255. 0. Gate way: Enter 192. 168. 0. 101 ...
AMW-DBR 1200AC When the router s ucc es s fully c onnec ts to the Internet, the follow ing s c reen w ill dis play: 5.0 Security T his router provides three s ec urity po lic ies : M AC f ilter, c lient f ilter and UR L filter.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC t he s p ecific t im e p eriod and /or s p ecif ic day s of t he w e ek. A c ces s t o Int ern et durin g ot her t ime p eriod and/or ot her day s of t he w eek are not res t rict ed.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Time : Spec ify a time period for the c urrent rule to take effec t. Here in th is example, s elec t 18:30 -22:30. Day: Se lec t a day, or s evera l days of the w eek for the c urrent ru le to t ake effec t.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Configuration Proce dure s : Filte r Mode : Selec t De ny. Se le ct: Selec t a rule ID, f or example, (1) . Enable : Chec k to enable this feature. De s cription: Br ief ly des c ribe the c urrent rule. T his fie ld is opt iona l. Or if you w ant to enter it, then enter numbers , letters or unders c ore only, for example, 80.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Clic k Se curity -> Pare ntal Controls to enter the c onfiguration s c reen. Pare ntal Controls Application Example : If you w ant to dis allow all c omputers on your LAN to ac c es s “yahoo. c om” from 8:00 to 18:00 during w orking days : Monday- Friday, then do as follow s : ...
AMW-DBR 1200AC Note : Eac h entry (rule) c an inc lude up to 16 URL keyw ords , eac h of w hic h mus t be s eparated by a c omma ", ". T here is no need to inc lude the “http://” or the “w w w. ”.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Enter 218. 88. 93. 33. Clic k Save to s ave your s ettings . Type http://102. 33. 66. 88:8080 into your brow s er ‟s addres s or loc ation field and you c an ac c es s the router at your home remotely.
AMW-DBR 1200AC 6.2 Traffic Statis tics Clic k Tools -> Traffic Statis tics to view the T raffic Statis tic s sc reen. T he T raffic Statis t ic s meter allow s you to monitor and view the volume of traffic us ed by various LAN devic es .
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AMW-DBR 1200AC 2. Clic k Save . 3. Clic k Re boot on the next s c reen that appears to res tart the router. 4. T he below s c reen appears after reboot.
AMW-DBR 1200AC I P Addre s s Eac h IP addres s of PCs c onnec ted to the devic e Uplink Rate T he upload s peed (KByte/s ) of a c orres ponding PC Downlink Rate T he dow nload s peed (KByte/s ) of a c orres ponding PC...
Ne w Pas s word: Input a new pas s w ord. Us ing this example, "Atlas Media" is entered. (Note: If you previous ly had a pas s w ord, enter it in Old Pas s word. ) ...
AMW-DBR 1200AC When the next w indow appears , c lic k OK T he s ys tem w ill automat ic a lly enter the log in w indow if you c lic k OK. Enter the new login pas s w ord of “Atlas Med ia ” and c lic k Login to enter the devic e‟s c onfiguration interfac e.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Note : The def ault conf iguration f ile name is " R outerCf m. cf g" . Mak e sure to include the f ile name suf f ix of ". cfg" when renaming to av oid problems.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Selec t the des tination on the loc al hard drive to s ave the file and c lic k Save . In this example, “My Doc uments ” is the des tination. 6.6 Re s tore Clic k Tools -> Re s tore to enter the c onfiguration s c reen.
AMW-DBR 1200AC Clic k the Re s tore button to res et your devic e to previous s ettings . 6.7 Firmwa re Update Note : P lease mak e sure you download the correct f irmware bef ore installing to your dev ice.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Configuration Proce dure s : Clic k Brows e . Selec t the upgrade file you dow nloaded and c lic k Ope n. Clic k Upgrade . Clic k OK on the next w indow that appears .
You need to join a different netw ork or you forget the login pas s w ord. You c annot ac c es s the Internet and Atlas Media s upport as ks you to res et the router.
AMW-DBR 1200AC 6.9 Re boot Clic k Tools -> Re boot to enter the c onfiguration s c reen. T his s ec tion allow s you to reboot the devic e. 1. Clic k Re boot . Clic k OK on the next s c reen that appears .
AMW-DBR 1200AC Appendix 2 - Join Your Wireless Network Note : In order to join your wireless network , your P C must hav e wireless capabilities. Join Your Wireless Network - Windows 7 1. Clic k Start -> Control Pane l .
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Clic k Ne twork and I nte rne t . Clic k Ne twork and Sharing Ce nte r.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Clic k Change adapte r s e ttings . Right c lic k the Wire le s s Ne twork Conne ction and s elec t Conne ct/Dis conne ct .
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Selec t the w ireles s netw ork you w is h to c onnec t and c lic k Conne ct . If you are joining a s ec ured w ireles s netw ork, it w ill appear as s een below :...
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AMW-DBR 1200AC You are required to enter a pas s w ord on the follow ing s c reen. Enter the pas s w ord and c lic k OK. When you s ee Conne cte d dis p lay ed next to the w ire les s netw ork you s elec ted,...
AMW-DBR 1200AC Appendix 3 - Factory Default Settings I te m De fault Se ttings Router Login Login IP Addres s 192. 168. 0. 1 Internet Connec tion DHCP Type Find it on the label attac hed to the MAC Addres s bottom of your devic e.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Bandw idth Control Dis abled T raffic Statis tic s Dis abled Others DMZ Hos t Dis abled UPnP Enabled Sec urity Dis abled...
AMW-DBR 1200AC Appendix 4 - FAQs T his s ec tion provides s olutions to problems that may oc c ur during ins tallation and operation of the devic e. Pleas e read the follow ing if you are experienc ing any problems .
AMW-DBR 1200AC Appendix 5 - Remove a Wireless Network If you c hange the w ireles s s ettings on your w ireles s devic e, you mus t remove them ac c ordingly from your PC; other w is e, you may not be able to w ireles s ly c onnec t to the new devic e.
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AMW-DBR 1200AC Selec t the w ireles s netw ork and c lic k Re move ne twork .
AMW-DBR 1200AC Appendix 6 - Safety and Emission Statement CE Mark Warning Operations in the 5. 15 -5. 25GHz band are res tric ted to indoor us age only. T his is a Clas s B produc t in a domes tic environment, this produc t may c aus e radio...
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AMW-DBR 1200AC T his trans mitter mus t not be c o -loc ated or operating in c onjunc tion w ith any other antenna or trans mitter. Radiation Expos ure State me nt T his equipment c omplies w ith FCC radiation expos ure limits s et forth for an unc ontrolled environment.
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