Broadband Router Quick Installation Guide Requirements • Cable modem or DSL/ADSL modem. • Network cables. Use standard 10/100BaseT network (UTP) cables with RJ45 connectors. • PCs using Windows 95/98/ME, NT4.0, or 2000/XP. PC Setup TCP/IP Setup 1. Select the Start - Settings - Control Panel - Network. You will see a screen like the one below: 2.
: 4. Ensure that the "Obtain an IP Address automatically" setting is selected, as shown above. The DHCP server in XRT-401B will provide the IP Address to the PC. Restart your PC, even if no changes were made. Internet Access 1.
6. Continue the Wizard until completed. 7. Configuration is now complete. XRT-401B Setup Physical Installation Ensure XRT-401B and the Cable/DSL modem are powered OFF before commencing. Leave your Cable/DSL modem connected to its wall socket (phone line or cable input). Cable Physical connection of XRT-401B...
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• Internet Explorer V4 or later Preparation Before attempting to configure XRT-401B, please ensure that: • Your PC can establish a physical connection to XRT-401B. PC and XRT-401B must be directly connected (using the switch ports on XRT-401B) or on the same LAN segment.
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Broadband Router Quick Installation Guide Connecting to XRT-401B To establish a connection from your PC to XRT-401B: 1. After installing XRT-401B in your LAN, start your PC. If your PC is already running, restart it. 2. Start your WEB browser.
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Broadband Router Quick Installation Guide Home Screen PPPoE Connection for WAN If your ISP uses PPPoE (Point-to-Point Over Ethernet) to establish communications with end-users, you will receive information such as User Name and Password from them. To set up a PPPoE connection for WAN, follow the instructions as shown in Figure 1 Cable/DSL Setup Menu Screen and Figure 2 Cable/DSL Setup Menu with “No”...
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Broadband Router Quick Installation Guide -Max Idle Time: The Max Idle time is the amount of time you would like to pass before the Router drops your Internet connection due to inactivity. Enter zero (0) in the field to remain Internet connection on at all time.
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Broadband Router Quick Installation Guide Figure 3 PPPoE Menu Screen Fixed IP for WAN If ISP has assigned your home a static IP address, you may connect to the Internet by using a fixed, or static address. To set up a Fixed IP for WAN, do the following steps as an example.
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Broadband Router Quick Installation Guide Figure 4 Cable/DSL Setup Menu Step 3 Enter the DNS Address. (See Figure 5 DNS Menu Screen) Your ISP should provide you with at least one DNS IP Address. If not, contact your ISP. Figure 5 DNS Setup Menu -10-...
Broadband Router Quick Installation Guide PPTP For WAN Step 1 Choose “YES” when you see the question: (See Figure 1 Cable/DSL Setup Menu) Has your Internet Service Provider given you static IP address? Select “PPTP”. Figure 6 PPTP Select Menu Step 2 Click “Next>>”, and then the following screen will appear.
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Broadband Router Quick Installation Guide Figure 7 PPTP Setting Screen Dynamic IP for WAN If you did not receive any values such as fixed IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and Primary DNS IP address from your ISP, choose the “NO” option in both Figure 4 Cable/DSL Setup Menu Screen and Figure 5 DNS Menu Screen.
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Broadband Router Quick Installation Guide The application of Virtual Server and DMZ Host IP Addresses requires more than one IP address. Alias IP provides a good support for such applications. Figure 8 Alias IP Setting Select the item of DNS from the Setup menu. The following screen will appear.
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