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Federal Communications Commission Interference Statement FCC Part 15 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; and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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FCC Caution This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions, and a minimum 20cm spacing must be provided between and computer-mounted antenna and a person’s body (excluding extremities of hands, wrist and feet) during wireless modes of operation. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an...
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R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of Directive 1999/5/EC OF the European Parliament and the Council of March 9, 1999, on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE). Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it.
Contents Chapter I: Product Information ............... 9 1-1 Introduction and safety information ............. 9 1-2 Safety Information ................10 1-3 System Requirements............... 11 1-4 Package Contents................11 1-5 Becoming familiar with your new router ..........12 Chapter II: System and Network Setup ............14 2-1 Build network connection ..............
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2-6 Wired LAN Configurations ..............63 2-6-1 LAN IP section ................ 64 2-6-2 DHCP Server ................64 2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table ............. 66 2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations ............68 2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings ............69 2-7-1-1 Setup procedure for Access Point........ 71 2-7-1-2 Setup procedure for Station-Infrastructure ....
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3-4 System Status ................. 129 3-4-1 System information and firmware version ......129 3-4-2 Internet Connection Status ........... 130 3-4-3 Device Status ............... 131 3-4-4 System Log................132 3-4-5 Security Log................133 3-4-6 Active DHCP client list ............134 3-4-7 Statistics ................134 3-5 System Tools ..................
Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this 750AC Wireless Dual-Band Router. This cost-effective router is the best choice for Small office / Home office users, as all computers and network devices can share a single xDSL / cable modem Internet connection at high speed.
1-3 System Requirements Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with an RJ45 Ethernet port. Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card. Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Safari). An available AC power outlet (100 –...
1-5 Becoming familiar with your wireless router Front Panel LED Name Light Description Status Router is switched on and correctly powered. 5GHz Wireless WPS function is enabled. 5GHz Wireless network is switched off. Flashing 5GHz Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving data). 2.4GHz Wireless WPS function is enabled.
Back Panel Item Name Description Antenna It is External dipole antenna x 2 LAN 1 – 4 Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4. Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port. Power Jack Power connector, connects to A/C power adapter. Reset / WPS Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings) or start WPS function.
Chapter II: System and Network Setup 2-1 Building the network connection To build the network connection between your router and your computers and network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WAN port of the router using Ethernet cable. 2.
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3. Connect the power adapter to the wall outlet, then connect it to the power jack of the router.
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4. Check all LEDs on the front panel. The PWR LED should be steadily on; the WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected. If the PWR LED is not on, or if any LED you expect to be on is not, recheck the connections or refer to 4-2 Troubleshooting for possible reasons and solutions.
2-2 Connecting to the router by Web browser After the network connection is built, the next step is to set up the router with proper network parameters so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the router and start the configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use a dynamic IP address).
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2. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically,” then click OK.
2-2-2 Windows XP IP address setup: 1. Click Start (it should be located at the lower-left corner of your desktop), then click Control Panel. Double-click the Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, and then double-click Local Area Connection. The Local Area Connection Properties window will appear.
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2. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically,” then click OK.
2-2-3 Windows Vista/Windows 7 IP address setup: 1. Click Start (it should be located at the lower-left corner of your desktop), then click control panel. Click Network and Sharing Center, and then click Change adapter settings. Right-click Local Area Connection, then select “Properties.” The Local Area Connection Properties window will appear.
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2. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically,” then click OK.
2-2-4 Windows 8 IP address setup: 1. Right-click Start (it should be located at the lower-left corner of your desktop), then click Control Panel. Click Network and Sharing Center, then click Change adapter settings. Right-click Ethernet, then select “Properties.” The Ethernet Properties window will appear.
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2. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically,” then click OK.
2-2-5 Router IP address lookup After the IP address setup is complete, click Start, then Run at the bottom-left corner of your desktop:...
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Input “cmd,” then click OK. Input “ipconfig,” then press the Enter key. Check the IP address of the Default Gateway: In the example below, the address of the router is 192.168.2.1, but this value may be different.
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NOTE: If the IP address of the gateway is not displayed, or the address following IP Address begins with “169,” recheck the network connection between your computer and router, and/or go to the beginning of this chapter to recheck every step of the network setup procedure. 3.
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NOTE: If you can’t see the Web management interface and you’re being prompted to input the user name and password again, it means you didn’t input the username and password correctly. Re-enter them. If you confirm that the user name and password are correct, go to section 4-2 Troubleshooting’to perform a factory reset and set the password back to the default value.
2-3 Using Quick Setup This router provides a Quick Setup procedure, which will help you complete all required settings needed to quickly access the Internet. Click Quick Setup. HERE! The following configuration options will be presented.
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1. Set Time Zone Here are descriptions of every setup item: Time Zone (1): Press and you can choose the time zone of your location. Time Server Input the IP address / host name of the time Address (2): server. Daylight If the country you live uses Daylight Saving, Savings(3):...
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2. Set Broadband Type Choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using on this screen. There are six types of Internet connections: Cable Modem - go to section 2-3-1 Fixed-IP xDSL - go to section 2-3-2 PPPoE xDSL - go to section 2-3-3 PPTP xDSL - go to section 2-3-4 L2TP xDSL...
2-3-1 Setup procedure for Cable Modem Here are descriptions of every setup item: Host Name (1): Input the host name of your computer. This is optional, and is only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC address (2): Input the MAC address of your computer here if your service provider only permits computers with certain MAC addresess to access the Internet.
2-3-2 Setup procedure for Fixed-IP xDSL Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP Address (1): Input the IP address assigned by your service provider. Subnet Mask (2): Input the subnet mask assigned by your service provider. DNS Address (3): Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by your service provider.
2-3-3 Setup procedure for PPPoE xDSL Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. Service Name (3): Assign a name to this Internet service (optional).
When you finish with all settings, click OK (7). To go back to a previous menu, click Back. MTU – Use the default value if you don’t know what it is, or ask your service provider for a proper value. Connection Type - There are 3 options: Continuous will keep an Internet connection alive;...
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interface settings must be correctly set; otherwise, the Internet connection will fail even if the PPTP settings are correct. Contact your Internet service provider if you don’t know what to enter. Second, PPTP Settings: Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider.
Connection Select the type of Internet connection you type (7): want to use. (Refer to last section for detailed descriptions.) Idle Time Input the idle time out for the Internet Out (8): connection and refer to last section for details. When you finish with all settings, click OK (9).
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Second, L2TP Settings: Here are descriptions of all setup items: User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. L2TP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of the PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider.
2-3-6 Setup procedure for Telstra Big Pond: This setting only works when you’re using Telstra Big Pond’s network service in Australia. You need to input: User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by Telstra. Password (2): Input the password assigned by Telstra. Assign login Check this box to choose a login server server manually...
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Click Apply to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll see this message: Wait for about 40 seconds, then click OK! You’ll be back to the router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings.
2-4 General Setup In this section, you’ll learn how to change the time zone, password and remote management settings. Start your Web browser and log on to the router’s Web management interface, then click General Setup on the left or click the General Setup link at the upper-right corner of the interface.
2-4-1 Time zone and time auto-synchronization Click System on the left side of the Web management interface, then click Time Zone. Select your time zone from the Time Zone drop-down list, and input the IP address or host name of the time server. To enable the Daylight Saving setting, check Enable and set the duration of Daylight Saving.
2-4-2 Change management password The default password of this router is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from a Web browser. There’s a security risk if you don’t change the default password, since everyone can see it. This is very important when you have the wireless function enabled.
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Please retype the new password again when you see the above message. If you see the following message: It means the content in the Current Password field is wrong. Click OK to go back to the previous menu, and try to input the current password again.
again, and you should be able to log in with the new password. 2-4-3 Remote Management This router does not allow management access from the Internet to prevent possible security risks (especially when you use a weak password or didn’t change the default password); however, you can still manage this router from a specific IP address by enabling the Remote Management function.
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Click Continue to save the settings made and go back to the Web management interface. Click Apply to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots. NOTE: When you want to manage this router from another computer on the internet, you need to input the IP address and port number of this router.
2-5 Setup for an Internet Connection (WAN Setup) Internet connection setup can be done by using Quick Setup as described previously. However, you can set up WAN connections by using the WAN configuration menu. You can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here. Click WAN on the left side of the Web management interface.
2-5-1 Setup procedure for Dynamic IP: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Host Name (1): Input the host name of your computer. This is optional, and is only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC Address (2): Input the MAC address of your computer, if your service provider only permits a computer with a certain MAC address to access the Internet.
Click Continue (1) to go back to a previous menu or to continue the router setup, or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while the router is rebooting). 2-5-2 Setup procedure for Static IP: Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP Address(1): Input the IP address assigned by your...
After you finish with all settings, click Apply (4) and the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to another setup procedure. Click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while the router is rebooting).
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User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. Service Name (3): Give a name to this Internet service. This is optional. MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If you don’t know, you can use the default value.
Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures, or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while router is rebooting). If you decide to reset all settings on this screen back to previously saved values, click Cancel.
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Second, the PPTP settings: Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your ISP. PPTP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of the PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider.
Idle Time Out (8): Input the idle time out for the Internet connection you want to use (refer to 2-5-3 for details). When you finish with all settings, click Apply (9) and the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures, or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while router is rebooting).
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Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. L2TP Input the IP address of the PPTP gateway Gateway (3): assigned by your Internet service provider. MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If you don’t know it, you can use the default value. Connection Select the Internet connection type you want to use type (5):...
2-5-6 Setup procedure for Telstra Big Pond: This setting only works when you’re using Telstra Big Pond’s network service in Australia. You need to input: User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by Telstra. Password (2): Input the password assigned by Telstra. Assign login Check this box to choose a login server by server manually...
Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures, or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while router is rebooting). If you decide to reset all settings on this screen back to previously saved values, click Cancel.
DNS Address (1): Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by your service provider. Secondary Input the IP address of another DNS server DNS Address (2): provided by your service provider (optional). NOTE: Only an IP address can be entered here; DO NOT use the hostname of a DNS server! (i.e., only numeric characters and dots are accepted) 10.20.30.40………………………………………………………………...
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This router supports DDNS services of several service providers, such as: DynDNS (http://www.dyndns.org) TZO (http://www.tzo.com) Go to one of the DDNS service provider’s websites listed above, and get a free DDNS account using the instructions given on their website. Here are descriptions of every setup item: Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable the DDNS function, select Enabled;...
After you finish with all settings, click Apply (6) and the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures, or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while router is rebooting).
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Disable/Enable/ There are three selections to enable or disable Enable (Station wireless ISP functions. Mode Only) (1): Disable: Disable this function. Enable: Enable this function and the router can also act as an access point and allow the wireless clients to associate to it for WAN access service.
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Survey Table will pop up. It will list all available access points nearby. Select the access point designated by your wireless ISP in the table and the router will join the wireless network through this access point. Security Setting If the access point enables wireless security, (6): you need to follow the same settings in order to access the access point.
2-6 Wired LAN Configurations Before all computers using wired Ethernet connections (i.e., those computers connecting to this router’s LAN ports 1 to 4 via Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access the 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...
To set the wired LAN parameters: Click LAN on the left side of the Web management interface. There are three setup groups here: LAN IP, DHCP Server and Static DHCP Leases Table. Following are the setup instructions for each: 2-6-1 LAN IP section: Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP address (1): Input the IP address of this router.
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These settings are only available when DHCP Server in the LAN IP section is enabled. Here are descriptions of every setup item: Lease Time (1): Choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP address assigned by this router from the drop-down menu.
2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table: This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific computer forever: You don’t have to set the IP address, but you can still enjoy the benefit of using the DHCP server. Maximum 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here.
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After you click Add, the MAC address and IP address mapping will be added to Static DHCP Leases Table section. If you decide to delete a specific item, check the Select box of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click Delete Selected (2).
2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations If your computer, PDA, game console or other network device is equipped with a wireless network interface, you can use the wireless function of this router to connect to the Internet and share resources with other computers with a wired-LAN connection.
To disable the wireless function, press the WPS on the back panel. After you click Apply (2), the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures, or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while router is rebooting).
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5GHz Wireless This wireless router can operate in 6 modes: a. Access Point: Standard wireless AP. b. Station-Infrastructure: Configure the router to an Ethernet device such as a TV or game console to enable the Ethernet device be a wireless station. c.
f. Universal Repeater: The router can act as Station and AP at the same time. It can use the Station function to connect to a Root AP and use the AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage. NOTE: For AP Bridge-Point to Point and AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point modes, the wireless router is operated in wireless bridge dedicated mode –...
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5GHz Access Point Settings Here are descriptions of every setup item: Band (2): 2.4GHz Band 2.4 GHz (B): This mode only allows 802.11b wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate of 11 Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N): This mode only allows 802.11n wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate of 300 Mbps).
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11 Mbps for 802.11b clients and 54 Mbps for 802.11g clients). 2.4 GHz (G): This mode only allows 802.11g wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate of 54 Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N): This mode allows 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate of 11 Mbps for 802.11b clients, 54 Mbps for...
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this router (maximum transfer rate of 150 Mbps for 802.11n clients and 433 Mbps for 802.11ac clients). 5GHz (A+N+AC): This mode allows 802.11a, 802.11n and 802.11ac wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate of 54 Mbps for 802.11a clients, 150 Mbps for 802.11n clients and 433 Mbps for 802.11ac clients).
2.4GHz Band The available channel numbers are 1 to 13 for European countries, 1 to 11 for the U.S. 5GHz Band The available channel numbers are 36 to 140 (36-48, 52-64, 100-140) for European countries, and 36 to 48 and 149 to 165 for the U.S. Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients.
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5GHz Station (Infrastructure) Settings Here are descriptions of every setup item: Band (2): Select the band you want to use. SSID (3): This is the name of the wireless network. You can type the SSID of the network you would like to connect to here.
2-7-1-3 Setup procedure for AP Bridge-Point to Point: In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with another to combine two access points and expand the scope of a wireless network, so all clients (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) will think they’re on the same physical network.
Channel Select the channel. Two wireless Number (3): routers must use the same setting. MAC address 1 Input the MAC address of another wireless (4): router. Security Click to select the security for this connection Settings (5): (go to 2-7-3 Wireless Security for details). 2-7-1-4 Setup procedure for AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point: In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with at least four wireless routers to expand the scope of a wireless network, and all...
Here are descriptions of every setup item: Band (2): Select the band you want to use; all the wireless routers must use the same setting. Channel Select the channel you want to use (all the Number (3): wireless routers must use the same setting). MAC address Input the MAC address of the other wireless 1 to 4 (4-7):...
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5GHz AP Bridge (WDS) Settings Here are descriptions of every setup item: Band (2): Select the band you want to use; all the wireless routers must use the same setting. SSID (3): Input the SSID of your wireless router. The setting should be the same with other wireless routers for the convenience of roaming.
Number (4): wireless routers must use the same setting. Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients. An Active Wireless (5): Client Table will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. MAC address Input the MAC address of the other wireless 1 to 4 (6 - 9):...
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5GHz Universal Repeater Settings Here are descriptions of every setup item: Band (2): Select the band you want to use. All the wireless routers must use the same setting. SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router. You can enter up to 32 alphanumerical characters.
Site Survey (7): Click Select Site Survey and Wireless Site Survey Table will pop up. It will list all available access points nearby. You can select one access point in the table and the router will join the wireless LAN through this access point. After you finish the wireless settings, click Apply and the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to other...
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5GHz Advanced Settings Here are descriptions of every setup item: Fragment Set the fragment threshold of the wireless radio.
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Threshold (1): Do not modify the default value if you don’t know what it is. The default value is 2346. RTS Threshold (2): Set the RTS threshold of the wireless radio. Do not modify the default value if you don’t know what it is.
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wireless router can connect. CTS Protect (10): Enabling this setting will reduce the chance of radio signal collisions between 802.11b and 802.11g/n wireless access points. It’s recommended to set this option to Auto or Always. However, if you set it to None, your wireless router should be able to work fine.
2-7-3 Wireless Security It’s very important to set your wireless security settings properly! If you don’t, hackers and malicious users can reach your network and valuable data without your consent, possibly causing serious security problems. To set the wireless security settings, click 2.4GHz Wireless or 5GHz Wireless on the left side of the Web management interface, then click Security Settings and follow the instructions: Select an encryption method from the Encryption drop-down menu.
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using 128-bit is safer than 64-bit, but will reduce some data transfer performance. Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex.
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key here, and if you entered multiple WEP keys, they should not be the same. Enable 802.1x IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Authentication (9): Every user must use a valid account to log in to this wireless router before accessing the wireless LAN.
After you finish the WEP settings, click Apply (10). The following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures, or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while router is rebooting).
Key Format (3): (8 or more alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex (64 characters of 0-9, and a-f). Pre-shared Input the WPA passphrase. For security, Key (4): It’s recommended that you not use a word that can be found in a dictionary. After you finish the WPA Pre-shared key settings, click Apply (5);...
WPA Unicast Select a type of WPA cipher suite: WPA (TKIP), Cipher Suite (2): WPA2 (AES) or WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you need to make sure your wireless client supports the cipher you selected. RADIUS Server Input the IP address of your RADIUS IP address (3): authentication server.
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Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function. Click “2.4GHz Wireless” or “5GHz Wireless” on the left side of the Web management interface, then click “Access Control.” The following message will be displayed on your Web browser: All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in the MAC Address Filtering Table (1).
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MAC Address (5): Input the MAC address of your wireless devices. Note: dashes (-) and colons (:) are not required; i.e., if the MAC address label of your wireless device reads “aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff” or “aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff,” just input “aabbccddeeff.” Comment (6): You can input any text here to comment on or define this MAC address, such as “AndyS.”...
2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build a connection between wireless network clients and this wireless router. You don’t have to select an encryption mode or input a long encryption passphrase every time you need to set up a wireless client;...
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable WPS (1): Check this box to enable the WPS function; uncheck it to disable WPS. WPS Information WPS-related system information will be (2): displayed here: WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll see a “Configured”...
Enrollee mode is enabled, the router will follow the wireless settings of the wireless client for WPS connection. Configure by Click Start PBC to start the Push-Button type Push-Button (4): of WPS setup. This wireless router will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients for 2 minutes.
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4. Use the Access Control function described in section 2-7-4 so those people who are not on your list will not be able to connect to your network.
Chapter III Advanced Functions 3-1 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 for Internet bandwidth, and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth (like video streaming and network telephones) will be affected, resulting, for...
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Here are descriptions of every setting: Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable the QoS function; unselect this box if you don’t want to enforce QoS bandwidth limitations. Total Download You can set the limit of the total download Bandwidth (2): bandwidth in kbits.
Move Up (9): You can pull up the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. Move Down (10): You can lower the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. After you finish with all settings, click Apply (11); the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures, or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings...
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Rule Name (a): Assign a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical characters). Bandwidth (b): Set the bandwidth limitation of this QoS rule. You have to select the data direction of this rule (Upload or Download) and the speed of the bandwidth limitation in kbps, then select the type of QoS: ‘guarantee’...
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Remote IP Specify the remote (destination) IP address Address: (e): that will be affected by this rule. 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.
3-2 Network Address Translation (NAT) Network address translations solve the problem of sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. Without NAT, all computers must be assigned a valid Internet IP address to get connected to the Internet, but Internet service providers provide very few IP addresses to each user.
Click Continue to go back to the setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures, or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while router is rebooting). 3-2-2 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of an Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on a local network.
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable Port Check this box to enable port mapping; Forwarding (1): uncheck this box to disable port mapping. Private IP (2): Input the IP address of the computer on the local network that provides Internet service. Computer Name Pull down the menu and all the computers (3):...
Reset (12): Unselect all mappings. After you finish with all settings, click Apply (13); the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the previous setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures; or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while the router is rebooting).
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable Virtual Check this box to enable the virtual server Server (1): uncheck to disable the virtual server. Private IP (2): Input the IP address of the computer that provides Internet service. Computer Name Pull down the menu and all the computers (3): connected to the router will be listed here.
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Reset (9): Remove all inputted values. Virtual Server All existing virtual server mappings will be Table (10): displayed here. Delete (11): Select a virtual server mapping by clicking the “Select” box of the mapping, then click Delete Selected to remove the mapping. If there’s no existing mapping, this option will be grayed out.
3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection at a time; these applications won’t work with simple NAT rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable (1): Check this box to enable special applications;...
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Comment (6): The description of this setting. Popular This section lists the more popular applications Applications that require multiple connections. Select an (7): application and click Add to save the setting to the Current Trigger-Port Table. Add (8): Add the setting to the Current Trigger-Port Table.
Click Continue to go back to the previous setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures; or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while the router is rebooting). If you decide to reset all the settings on this screen back to previously saved values, click Cancel.
Click Continue to go back to the previous setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures; or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while the router is rebooting). If you decide to reset all the settings on this screen back to previously saved values, click Cancel.
special support for applications you need, then click Apply; the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the previous setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures; or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while the router is rebooting).
Select “Enable” or “Disable” to enable or disable the firewall function. Then click Apply; the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the previous setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures; or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while the router is rebooting).
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable MAC Check this box to enable MAC address-based Filtering (1): filtering, and select “Deny” or “Allow” to decide the behavior of the MAC filtering table. If you select “Deny,” all MAC addresses listed in the filtering table will be prevented from connecting to the network;...
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Reset (6): Remove all inputted values. Current MAC All existing MAC addresses in the filtering table Filtering Table (7): will be listed here. Delete (8): 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.”...
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Delete All (15): If you want to delete all IP addresses listed here, click “Delete All.” After you finish with all settings, click Apply (16); the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the previous setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures;...
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Client PC Input any text to describe this IP address, up to Description (a): 16 alphanumerical characters. Input the Client PC IP starting IP address in the left field, and input address (b): 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...
Client PC Check all the services you want to allow or Service (c): deny this IP address to use. You can check multiple services. Protocol (d): If the service you need is not listed above, you can create a new service on your own. Select “TCP”...
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable URL Check this box to enforce URL Blocking; Blocking (1): uncheck it to disable URL Blocking. URL/Keyword (2): 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 the URL (like pornography, cartoon, stock or anything).
Delete All (7): If you want to delete all URLs/Keywords listed here, click Delete All. Reset (8): You can also click Reset to unselect all URLs/Keywords. After you finish with all settings, click Apply (9); the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Click Continue to go back to the previous setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures;...
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Click Firewall on the left side of the Web management interface, then click DoS; the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Ping of Death (1): Ping of Death is a special packet, and it will cause certain computers to stop responding.
traffic that is trying to scan your Internet IP address. Sync Flood (4): This is another kind of attack. It uses a lot of fake connection requests to consume the memory of your server and make your server unusable. Check this box and the router will filter this kind of traffic out.
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Ping of Death (a): Set the threshold for when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. Check the box for Ping of Death, and input the frequency of the threshold (how many packets per second, minute or hour).
Click Continue to go back to the previous setup menu or to continue to other setup procedures; or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait about 40 seconds while the router is rebooting). If you decide to reset all the settings on this screen back to previously saved values, click Cancel.
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Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable DMZ (1): Check this box to enable the DMZ function; uncheck this box to disable DMZ function. Public IP You can select “Dynamic IP” or “Static IP” here. address (2): If you select “Dynamic IP,” you have to select an Internet connection session from the drop- down menu;...
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fields. Current All existing public IP address and private IP DMZ Table (7): address mapping will be displayed here. Delete (8): If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry, check the “Select” box of the DMZ entry you want to delete, then click “Delete Selected.” (You can select more than one DMZ entries.) Delete All (9): If you want to delete all DMZ entries listed here,...
3-4 System Status The functions described here provide system-related information. To enter this menu, either click the Status link located at the upper-right corner of the Web management interface or click Status in the main menu. HERE! 3-4-1 System information and firmware version You can use this function to learn about the system information and firmware version of this router.
NOTE: Information displayed here may vary. 3-4-2 Internet Connection Status You can use this function to see the status of current Internet connections. Click Internet Connection on the left side of the Web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: This information will vary depending on the connection status.
3-4-3 Device Status You can use this function to see the status of your router. Click Device Status on the left side of the Web management interface; the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: This information will vary depending on the device status.
3-4-4 System Log All important system events are logged. You can use this function to check the event log of your router. Click System Log on the left of side of the Web management interface; the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: The system events will be displayed on this screen.
3-4-5 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. Click Security Log on the left side of the Web management interface; the following message will be displayed on your Web browser: The system events will be displayed on this screen/ Jere are descriptions of the buttons:...
3-4-6 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. Click Active DHCP Client on the left side of the Web management interface;...
You can click Refresh to display latest information. 3-5 System Tools The functions described here will provide you system tools for the all the settings backup/restore, firmware upgrade and resetting the router to default settings. To enter system status menu, either click the Tools link located at the upper-right corner of the Web management interface or click Tools in main menu.
HERE! 3-5-1 Configuration Backup and Restore You can back up all configurations of this router to a file, so you can make several copies of router configuration for security. Click Tool located at the upper-right corner of the Web management interface, then click Configuration Tools on the left side of the Web management interface;...
filename is “config.bin.” You can save it as another filename for different versions and keep it in a safe place. Restore Press Browse… to pick a previously saved Settings (2): configuration file from your computer, and then click Upload to transfer the configuration file to the router.
Click Next and the following message will be displayed: Click Browse… first. You’ll be prompted to provide the filename of the firmware upgrade. Download the latest firmware file from our website and use it to upgrade your router. After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click Apply; the router will start the firmware upgrade procedure automatically.
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Click Apply to reset your router. It will be available again after a few minutes.
4-2 Troubleshooting If you found the router is working improperly or stop responding to you, don’t panic! Before you contact your dealer of purchase for help, read this. Some problems can be solved by you in a very short time! Scenario Solution Router is not...
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directly before, try to do that again, and check if you can get connected to Internet with your computer directly attached to the device provided by your Internet service provider. d. Check PPPoE / L2TP / PPTP user ID and password again. e.
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big files, other people will think Internet is really slow. e. If this never happens before, call you Internet service provider to know if there is something wrong with their network. I can’t log onto web a. Make sure you’re connecting to the management correct IP address of the router! interface: password...
4-3 Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router IP device needs to configure a default gateway’s IP address. When the device sends out an IP packet, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to its default gateway, which will then send it out towards the destination.
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cascaded decimal numbers separated by “.”: aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa, where each “aaa” can be anything from 000 to 255, or as four cascaded binary numbers separated by “.”: bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb, where each “b” can either be 0 or 1. A network mask is also a 32-bit binary pattern, and consists of consecutive leading 1’s followed by consecutive trailing 0’s, such as 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000.
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NAT capability, you can access the Internet from any computer on your home network without having to purchase more IP addresses from your ISP. Port: Network Clients (LAN PC) uses port numbers to distinguish one network application/protocol over another. Below is a list of common applications and protocol/port numbers: Application Protocol Port Number...
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Subnet Mask: A subnet mask, which may be a part of the TCP/IP information provided by your ISP, is a set of four numbers (e.g. 255.255.255.0) configured like an IP address. It is used to create IP address numbers used only within a particular network (as opposed to valid IP address numbers recognized by the Internet, which must be assigned by InterNIC).
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