ENGLISH EM4505 - Concurrent Dual Band AC Gigabit Router Table of contents 1.0 Introduction ......................3 1.1 Packing contents ....................3 2.0 Configure your wireless router ................3 2.1 Connecting the router ..................4 2.2 Configuring the router for connection with the Internet ........5 2.3 Determining the connection method ..............
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ENGLISH Example of EM4505 as wireless router 2.1 Connecting the router Turn off your computer. Connect the router to a wall outlet using the supplied power adapter. Connect the supplied UTP network cable to the ‘WAN’ port of the router.
ENGLISH 2.2 Configuring the router for connection with the Internet Before you can configure the router for a connection with the Internet, you will first need to connect to the router. Follow the instructions below to connect to the router. Turn on your computer.
ENGLISH 2.3.1 Configuring the router for a DHCP Internet connection For an internet connection using ‘DHCP’ you can use the following steps. Click ‘Internet Wizard’. Select ‘Manual Internet Configuration’. Click ‘Next’. Select ‘DHCP Method’. Click ‘Next’. Click ‘Next’. Click ‘Save’ and ‘Close’. The wizard will now save the settings en will close the screen automatically.
ENGLISH 2.3.3 Configuring the router for a PPPoE Internet connection If your provider requires you to make a connection by using PPPoE (with username and password), then use the following steps. Click ‘Internet Wizard’. Select ‘Manual Internet Configuration’. Click ‘Next’. Select ‘PPPoE’.
ENGLISH 2.4.1 WPA2 AES security (recommended) Turn on your computer. Open your Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Firefox). Type ‘http://192.168.8.1’ in the address bar. Press the enter key or click ‘Go to’. A new screen with three different icons appears. These icons are named ‘Setup Tool’, ‘Internet Wizard’...
ENGLISH 35. Click ‘Next’. 36. Click ‘Finish’. 37. The wizard will now save the settings and will close the screen automatically. 2.4.2 WEP security If you would like to use WEP security, please follow the security steps in chapter 2.4.1, and select ‘WEP’...
ENGLISH 3.0 Setting up a secured connection using The EM4505 can be secured using WPS. WPS is a handy feature, which allows you to secure your wireless network by pressing the WPS button on both your Eminent router and your wireless WPS adapter. The Eminent router and your wireless WPS device will then automatically ‘agree’...
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If correct, Windows will now ask you to fill out your wireless security key. Also, the lower part of the screen shows you to push the WPS button on the router. Press the WPS button on the Eminent router for approximately 1-2 seconds (not longer!).
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You will now be able to access the internet. Hint: The WPS button also acts as a reset button. If you press the WPS button too long, (for example: 8~10 seconds), the Eminent router will be set back to factory defaults.
Internet browser and your network are well configured when configuring manually. You can assume that the settings are correct, unless you have changed any of the settings in the past. Example of EM4505 as an Access Point 4.1 Connecting the router Turn off the computer.
14 | ENGLISH Is my router correctly connected to the wall outlet? You can check this by verifying that the POWER LED is on. Do I have a proper network connection? Turn on the computer and verify if the LED on the router, corresponding with the LAN-port to which you connected the UTP networking cable, is lit.
(2) and of your wireless router / access point (1) must be modified. In the example below we use 2 pieces EM4505. Note: WDS is not a standard protocol and may not work between different brands and models.
16 | ENGLISH 5.1 Connecting the signal booster (2) Turn off your computer. Connect the router to a wall outlet using the supplied power adapter. Connect the supplied UTP network cable to the ‘LAN 1’ port of the router. Connect the other end of the UTP network cable to the network adapter of your computer.
17 | ENGLISH Click ‘Finish’ when the 5GHz settings are complete. The wizard will now save the settings and will close the screen automatically. *** The connection is lost when WPA2 AES has been enabled in the router and not yet in the wireless network adapter.
18 | ENGLISH Enter ‘255.255.255.0’ in the ‘Subnet mask’ field. Click ‘OK’. Enter ‘http://192.168.8.200’ in the address bar to log in to the router. 5.4 Configuring your wireless router (1) When configuring the router and its security, we assume you will be using the device as a wireless router.
19 | ENGLISH 5.5 Connecting your wireless router with the signal booster (2) If you have followed the previous steps, then you have filled in the following: - The signal booster (2) has the following IP-address: ‘192.168.8.200’. - The wireless router has the following IP-address: ‘192.168.8.1’. - Both devices are using the WPA2 AES protocol and are both using the same security key.
20 | ENGLISH 5.6 Completing the installation of the signal booster Type ‘http://192.168.8.200’ in the address bar to connect to the signal booster. Click ‘Setup Tool’. You will now be asked for a ‘Username’ and a ‘Password’. Fill out ‘admin’ in the ‘Username’...
If your own modem or your other wireless router has no support for WDS, you can setup the EM4505 as a signal booster by using the Wireless Multi Bridge option. Using this option, the Eminent router will connect to your wireless modem or router using the same technique as your computer does.
IP-Address ‘192.168.1.1’, you need to make sure the Eminent router is set to this IP-range. You can set the Eminent router to ‘192.168.1.200’. From that moment on, the Eminent router is accessible using this new IP-Address.
23 | ENGLISH 7.0 Configuring the wireless network on your computer Now that the router has been secured you will need to configure the computer itself so it can recognize your secured wireless network and will be able to make a connection. Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 are at this moment the most commonly used operating systems.
24 | ENGLISH 7.2 Configuring a wireless network using Windows Vista/7/8 To realize a wireless connection using Windows Vista you will need to follow the steps below: Click ‘Start’. Click ‘Control Panel’. Click ‘Network and Internet’. Click ‘Network and Sharing Centre’. Click ‘Manage wireless networks’...
25 | ENGLISH 8.0 Firewall & QoS settings The router is equipped with an advanced firewall. This firewall allows you to open ports, allowing certain programs to gain access to the Internet. You can open these ports using the function ‘Port Forwarding’. In some cases you will want to block access to the Internet.
26 | ENGLISH 8.2 URL filtering ‘URL filtering’ allows you to block websites by name or parts of a name. A useful feature if you want to protect your children from the contents of certain websites. Open your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Firefox). Type ‘http://192.168.8.1’...
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27 | ENGLISH 10. Place a mark at the option ‘Start’ at the right screen. 11. Fill in the speeds of your internet connection at ‘Download and Upload’. If you do not know these speeds look at the yellow ‘Hint’ field for a brief explanation. 12.
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