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FCC STATEMENT

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
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Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
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Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
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Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
1) This device may not cause harmful interference.
2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement
This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an
uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or
operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
"To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, this grant is applicable to
only Mobile Configurations. The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to
provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be
co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter."

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.
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  • Page 1: Fcc Statement

    User Guide WR-G+ FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Package contents......................1 Chapter 1: About this Guide ....................2 1.1 Purposes......................2 1.2 Conventions ......................2 1.3 Overview of this User Guide ................2 Chapter 2: Introduction...................... 3 2.1 Overview of the Router ..................3 2.2 Features....................... 3 2.3 Panel Layout ......................4 2.3.1 The Front Panel ..................
  • Page 3 5.8.5 Remote Management ................45 5.8.6 Advanced Security ................... 46 5.9 Static Routing..................... 47 5.10 DDNS....................... 48 5.10.1Dyndns.org DDNS .................. 48 5.10.2 Oray.net DDNS ..................49 5.10.3 Comexe.cn DDNS.................. 49 5.11 System Tools ....................50 5.11.1 Time ....................... 50 5.11.2 Firmware ....................51 5.11.3 Factory Defaults ..................

  • Page 4: Package Contents

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: One WR-G+ wireless Router One AC power Adapter for WR-G+ 54Mbps Wireless Router Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for WR-G+ 54Mbps Wireless Router, including: •...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: About This Guide

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 1: About this Guide Thank you for choosing the WR-G+ 54Mbps Wireless Router. This router provides dedicated solution for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks. With your network all connected, your local wired or wireless network can share Internet access, files and fun for multiple PCs through one ISP account.

  • Page 6: Chapter 2: Introduction

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 2: Introduction 2.1 Overview of the Router The WR-G+ 54Mbps Wireless Router integrates 4-port Switch, firewall, NAT-router and Wireless AP. Its design is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions. The WR-G+ 54Mbps Wireless Router will allow you to connect your network wirelessly better than ever, sharing Internet Access, files and fun, easily and securely.

  • Page 7: Panel Layout

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide PPPoE. Built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting static IP address distributing. Built-in firewall supporting IP address filtering, Domain Name filtering, and MAC address filtering. Supports connecting/disconnecting from the Internet on a specified time of day. Supports access control, parents and network administrators can establish restricted access policies based on time of day for children or staff.

  • Page 8: The Rear Panel

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Name Action Description Not lit No Power Lit up Power on Lit up The router is initializing Flashing The router is working properly Not lit The router has a hardware error Not lit There is no wireless device linked to the device WLAN Flashing The Wireless function is enabled...
  • Page 9 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 2-2 Rear Panel sketch - 6 -...

  • Page 10: Chapter 3: Connecting The Router

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 3: Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 connector (you do not need it if you connect the router to the Ethernet) Each PC in the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC...
  • Page 11 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the WR-G+ 54Mbps Wireless Router - 8 -...

  • Page 12: Chapter 4: Quick Installation Guide

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 4: Quick Installation Guide After connecting the WR-G+ Router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your WR-G+ Wireless Router. These procedures only take you a few minutes. You can access the Internet via the router immediately after successfully configuring.

  • Page 13: Quick Installation Guide

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-1 Successful result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to that shown in figure 4-2, it means that your PC has not connected to the router. Figure 4-2 Failed result of Ping command Please check it following these steps: Is the connection between your PC and the router correct? Note: The 1/2/3/4 LEDs of LAN port which you link to on the router and LEDs on your...
  • Page 14 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide admin for the User Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the OK button or press the Enter key. Figure 4-4 Login Windows Note: If the above screen does not pop-up, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy.
  • Page 15 WR-G+ + 54M 54M wireless Router User Guide compatible with your ISP. Click Next to enter the necessary network parameters. If you choose "PPPoE", you will see this page shown in figure 4-7: Figure 4-7 Quick Setup - PPPoE User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.
  • Page 16 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Wireless Radio - Indicates whether the Access Point feature of the router is enabled or disabled. If disabled, the WLAN LED on the front panel will not be lit and the wireless stations will not be able to access the router. If enabled, the WLAN LED will be lit up and wireless stations will be able to access the router.

  • Page 17: Chapter 5: Configuring The Router

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 5: Configuring the Router This chapter describes each web page's key functions. 5.1 login After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are ten main menus on the left of the web-based utility. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus.

  • Page 18: Quick Setup

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-1 Router Status 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in figure 5-2): LAN, WAN and MAC Clone.

  • Page 19: Wan

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-3 LAN MAC Address - The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed. IP Address - Enter the IP address of your router in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.1.1).
  • Page 20 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-4 WAN – Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters.
  • Page 21 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-5 WAN - Static IP You should type the following parameters into the spaces provided: IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 22 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide These fields are case-sensitive. Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again.
  • Page 23 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-7 PPPoE Advanced Settings Packet MTU - The default MTU size is 1480 bytes, which value is usually fine. For some ISPs, you need modify the MTU. This should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP.
  • Page 24 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-8 802.1X + Dynamic IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication. Click Logout to end 802.1X authentication.
  • Page 25 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. Default Gateway - (Optional) Enter the default gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
  • Page 26 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide manually. After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button.
  • Page 27 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field.

  • Page 28: Mac Clone

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Dynamic IP/ Static IP – Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name. If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP.

  • Page 29: Wireless

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide needed here. WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port, which is used for the WAN port. If your ISP requires that you register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address into this field. The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit).
  • Page 30 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-15 Wireless Settings SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name (SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. The default SSID is MyWLAN, but it is recommended strongly that you change your networks name (SSID) to a different value.
  • Page 31 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide • 54Mbps (802.11g) - Both 802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations can connect to the router. • 11Mbps (802.11b) - Only 802.11b wireless stations can connect to the router. Note: The default is "54Mbps (802.11g)", which allows both 802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations to connect to the router.

  • Page 32: Mac Filtering

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide • For 128-bit encryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters. • For 152-bit encryption - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters.
  • Page 33 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-16 Wireless MAC address Filtering The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations accessing the router, which depend on the station's MAC addresses. MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to access. Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled.
  • Page 34 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Privilege - Select the privileges for this entry, one of Allow / Deny / 64-bit / 128-bit / 152-bit. WEP Key - If you select 64-bit, 128-bit or 152-bit in the Privilege field, enter any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length.

  • Page 35: Wireless Statistics

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Return button. The filtering rules that configured should be similar to the following list: Note: If you select the radio button Allow the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules, the wireless station B will still not be able to access the router, however, other wireless stations that are not in the list will be able to access the router.

  • Page 36: Dhcp

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide 5.6 DHCP Figure 5-19 The DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in figure 5-19): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 37: Dhcp Clients List

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Secondary DNS - (Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS servers. Note: To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as "Obtain an IP Address automatically"...

  • Page 38: Forwarding

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide To Reserve IP addresses: Click the Add New button. (Pop-up figure 5-23) Enter the MAC address (The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.) and IP address in dotted-decimal notation of the computer you wish to add. Click the Save button when finished.
  • Page 39 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP Address because its IP Address may change when using the DHCP function. You can set up virtual servers on this page, shown in figure 5-25: Figure 5-25 Virtual Servers Service Port - The numbers of External Ports.

  • Page 40: Port Triggering

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Modify the information. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page.
  • Page 41 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Incoming Protocol - The protocol used for Incoming Ports Range, either TCP or UDP, or ALL (all protocols supported by the router). Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled. To add a new rule, enter the following data on the Port Triggering screen. Click the Add New button.

  • Page 42: Dmz

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Incoming Port Range cannot overlap each other. 5.7.3 DMZ The DMZ host feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ host forwards all the ports at the same time.

  • Page 43: Security

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Internal Port - Internal port, which the router opened for local host. • IP Address - The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router. • Status - Either Enabled or Disabled, “Enabled” means that port is still active, •...

  • Page 44: Ip Address Filtering

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Deny passing through the router. Enable Domain Filtering - set Domain Filtering is enabled or disabled. Enable MAC Filtering - set MAC Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. You can select the default filtering rules of MAC Address Filtering, either Allow or Deny accessing the router.

  • Page 45: Domain Filtering

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide - 2000. Keep the field open, which means all LAN ports have been put into the field. WAN IP Address - Enter a WAN IP Address or a range of WAN IP Addresses in the field, in dotted-decimal notation format.
  • Page 46 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-35 Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page "Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry "...

  • Page 47: Mac Filtering

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide For example, if you want to block the PCs on your LAN to access websites www.xxyy.com.cn, www.aabbcc.com and websites with .net in the end on the Internet while no limit for other websites, you should specify the following Domain filtering list: 5.8.4 MAC Filtering Like the IP Address Filtering page, the MAC Address Filtering page (shown in figure 5-37) allows you to control access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their...

  • Page 48: Remote Management

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide To modify or delete an existing entry: Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. Modify the information. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled.

  • Page 49: Advanced Security

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide number. For example, if your Router's WAN address is 202.96.12.8 and you use port number 8080, enter in your browser: http://202.96.12.8:8080. You will be asked for the router's password. After successfully entering the password, you will be able to access the router's web-based utility.

  • Page 50: Static Routing

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the router will start up the blocking function immediately.

  • Page 51: Ddns

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Add New button. (pop-up figure 5-43) Enter the following data: Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route. Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion.

  • Page 52: Oray.net Ddns

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-44 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service.

  • Page 53: System Tools

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide appear as shown in figure 5-46: Figure 5-46 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account.

  • Page 54: Firmware

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-48 Time settings Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list. Date - Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks. Time - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. Time setting follows these steps below: Select your local time zone.

  • Page 55: Factory Defaults

    To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions: Download the latest firmware upgrade file from the acorp website (www.acorp.ru ). Click Browse to view the folders and select the downloaded file.

  • Page 56: Reboot

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer. To restore the router's configuration, follow these instructions: • click the Browse button to select the backup file which you want to restore. •...

  • Page 57: Log

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide must not include any spaces. Enter the new Password twice to confirm it. Click the Save button when finished. Click the Clear All button to clear all. 5.11.7 Log This page (shown in figure 5-54) allows you to query the logs of the router. Figure 5-54 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic.
  • Page 58 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide The IP Address displayed with statistics IP Address The total amount of packets received and transmitted by the router. Packets Total The total amount of bytes received and transmitted by the router. Bytes The total amount of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Packets Statistic interval seconds.

  • Page 59: Appendix A: Faq

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the WAN port on the router.
  • Page 60 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide your browser, and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link. On the "MAC Clone" page, if your PC’s MAC address is proper MAC address, click the "Clone MAC Address" button and your PC’s MAC address will fill in the "WAN MAC Address" field.
  • Page 61 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure A-6 DMZ I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router, you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference.
  • Page 62 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide A-9 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry The wireless stations cannot connect to the router. Make sure the "Wireless Router Radio" is enabled. Make sure that the wireless stations' SSID accord with the router's SSID. Make sure the wireless stations have right KEY for encryption when the router is encrypted.

  • Page 63: Appendix B: Configuring The Pc

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows 95/98. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. Install TCP/IP component (If you use Windows 2000 or later, you can skip this step.) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click...
  • Page 64 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Network window that appears. An example is shown in the following figure: Figure B-3 Configuration tab Click on Properties. The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: Assigned by DHCP Sever •...
  • Page 65 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure B-5 Gateway tab Choose Disable DNS on the DNS configuration tab, as shown in the following figure: Figure B-6 DNS Configuration tab • Setting IP address manually Select Specify an IP address on IP Address tab, as shown in the following figure.
  • Page 66 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure B-7 IP Address tab Type the router’s LAN IP address (the default IP is 192.168.1.1) into the New gateway field on the Gateway tab, and click on the Add button, as shown in the figure: Figure B-8 Gateway tab On the DNS Configuration tab, click Enable DNS radio, and type your computer name in to the Host field and a Domain (such as szonline.com)
  • Page 67 WR-G+ 54M 54M Wireless Router User Guide Add button. Shown below: Figure B-9 DNS Configuration tab Now, all the configurations are finished, it will take effect after reboot. - 64 -...

  • Page 68: Appendix C: Specifications

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11b and 802.11g Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX Cabling Type 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω...

  • Page 69: Appendix D: Glossary

    WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary ™ WLAN Transmission Technology - The WLAN device 2x to 3x eXtended Range ™ with 2x to 3x eXtended Range WLAN transmission technology make its sensitivity up to 105 dB, which gives users the ability to have robust, longer-range wireless ™...
  • Page 70 WR-G+ 54M Wireless Router User Guide NAT (Network Address Translation) - NAT technology translates IP addresses of a local area network to a different IP address for the Internet. PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) - PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over an always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection.

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