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Ethernet Cable If any of the above items is incorrect, missing, or damaged, please contact your Link-One reseller for immediate replacement. 1.2 Getting to know your router Before you cable your router, take a moment to become familiar with the front and back panels and the label.
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Wireless N300 Home Router Back Panel Back Port Overview Port Description Usually for connecting DSL MODEM, CABLE MODEM, ISP to the Internet. LAN(1/2/3) Usually for connecting computers, switches ,etc. The power adapter is connected and you can use the provided POWER adapter to supply power.
Wireless N300 Home Router Chapter 2 Installation and Quick Setup Guide 2.1 Preparation Before connecting Ethernet cables, please verify the following items: Item Description Wireless Router Used with the provided power supply. Installed with IE8 or other better web browsers. Ethernet Cable Used for linking the PC to the router.
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Wireless N300 Home Router 2. Connect one of the LAN ports on the device to the NIC port on your PC using an Ethernet cable. 3. Connect the Ethernet cable from Internet side to the WAN port on the device. 4.
Wireless N300 Home Router 2.3 Internet Connection Setup Before you start the setup process, get your ISP information and make sure the computers and devices in the network have the settings described here. 2.3.1 Use Standard TCP/IP Properties for DHCP If you set up your computer to use a static IP address, change the settings so that it uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) If you are not clear about this...
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Wireless N300 Home Router 2) Click Network Connections. 3) Right click Wireless Network Connection and then select View Available Wireless Networks.
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Wireless N300 Home Router 4) Select the desired wireless network, click Connect, enter the security key and then click OK. 5) You can access Internet via the device when "Connected" appears next to the wireless network name you selected.
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Wireless N300 Home Router 2. If you are using Windows 7 OS, do as follows: 1) Click Start and select Control Panel.
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Wireless N300 Home Router 2) Click Network and Internet. 3) Click Network and Sharing Center. 4) Click Change adapter settings.
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Wireless N300 Home Router 5) Select a desired wireless connection and right click Connect/Disconnect. Select the wireless network you wish to connect and click Connect.
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Wireless N300 Home Router 7) Enter the security key and click OK. 8) You can access Internet via the device when "Connected" appears next to the wireless network name you selected.
Wireless N300 Home Router Chapter 3 Advanced Settings 3.1 Status Here you can see at a glance the operating status of the device. Connection Status: Displays WAN connection status: Disconnected, Connecting or Connected. Disconnected: Indicates that the Ethernet cable from your ISP side is not correctly connected to device's WAN port or the router is not logically connected to your ISP.
Wireless N300 Home Router LAN MAC Address: Displays device’s LAN MAC address. WAN MAC Address: Displays device’s WAN MAC address. System Time: Displays device’s system time either customized or obtained from Internet. Up Time: Displays device's uptime. Connected Client(s): Displays the number of connected network devices (which obtain IP addresses from device DHCP server).
Wireless N300 Home Router PPPoE User Name: Enter the User Name provided by your ISP. PPPoE Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory default of 1492 unless necessary. You may need to change it for optimal performance with some specific websites or application software that cannot be opened or enabled;...
Wireless N300 Home Router Subnet mask: Enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP. Gateway: Enter the WAN Gateway provided by your ISP. Consult your ISP if you are not clear. DNS Server: Enter the DNS address provided by your ISP. Alternate DNS Server: Enter the other DNS address if your ISP provides 2 such addresses (optional).
Wireless N300 Home Router Internet Connection Type: Displays the current Internet connection type. PPTP Server Address: Enter the IP address of a PPTP server. User Name: Enter your PPTP User Name. Password: Enter the password. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory default of 1492 unless instructed by your ISP.
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Wireless N300 Home Router Internet Connection Type: Displays the current Internet connection type. L2TP Server Address: Enter the IP address of a L2TP server. User Name: Enter your L2TP username. Password: Enter the password. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory default of 1492 unless instructed by your ISP.
Wireless N300 Home Router 3.3 MAC Clone This section allows you to configure Device’s WAN MAC address. MAC Address: Config device’s WAN MAC address. Clone MAC Address: Click to copy your PC's MAC address to the device as a new WAN MAC address. Restore Default MAC: Reset device’s WAN MAC to factory default.
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Wireless N300 Home Router Select the wireless network you wish to connect, say, Link_One_office, and click OK. Then close scan. 3. 1). Verify that SSID and channel on this page are exactly the same as they are on the uplink wireless network you just selected. 2).
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Wireless N300 Home Router WAN Medium Type: Select the WAN medium type you are going to use. Open Scan (or Scan): Click to search for available wireless networks in the area and select the one you wish to connect. SSID: The wireless network name of the uplink wireless device. Channel: The channel used by the uplink wireless device.
Wireless N300 Home Router 3.6 LAN Settings Click Advanced -> LAN Settings to enter the screen below. LAN MAC Address: Displays device's LAN MAC address, which is NOT changeable. IP Address: Device's LAN IP address. The default is 192.168.0.1. You can change it according to your need.
Wireless N300 Home Router OK: Click to save your settings. Note: Web pages are not able to open if DNS server addresses are entered incorrectly. Do remember to restart the device to activate new settings when you finish all settings. 3.8 DHCP The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an automatic configuration protocol used on IP networks.
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Wireless N300 Home Router IP Address: Enter the IP address for static DHCP reservation. MAC Address: Enter the MAC address of a computer to always receive the same IP address (the IP you just specified). Add: Click to add the entry to the MAC address reservation list. OK: Click to save your settings.
Wireless N300 Home Router Chapter 4 Wireless Settings 4.1 Wireless Basic Settings Here you can expand your wireless coverage with the following modes: Wireless AP (default mode) and WDS. Wireless Access Point (AP): Select this mode if you want to convert an existing wired network to a wireless network so as to extend Internet access to wireless clients.
Wireless N300 Home Router more details of other features, see Appendix 1. The device supports two SSIDs: primary SSID and secondary SSID. The secondary SSID is optional, left blank and disabled by default. To enable the secondary SSID, simply specify a SSID in the field and click OK. Instructions to configure the primary SSID also apply to the secondary SSID.
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Wireless N300 Home Router requirement for a wired backbone to link them. Note: The Access Points you select MUST support WDS. For example: As seen in the figure above, PC1 and PC2 access Internet via a wireless connection to Router 1. While PC3 and PC4 are too far to directly connect to Router 1 for Internet access.
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Wireless N300 Home Router Router 1: LAN IP: 192.168.0.1; Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0; Router 2: LAN IP:192.168.0.10; Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0; Then do as follows: 1. Configure Router 2: 1) Wireless Working Mode: Select WDS Bridge Mode. 2) Click Open Scan (or Scan) to search for Router 1. Select the wireless network to connect and click OK.
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Wireless N300 Home Router Verify that the SSID, channel, and AP MAC address on the page match those of the added wireless network. If not, manually correct them.
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Wireless N300 Home Router 5) Close Scan and click OK to save your settings. 6) Go to Wireless Security page and set the wireless security settings exactly as they are on the link partner (Router 1). 7) Go to DHCP Server to disable the DHCP on Router 2. Now you have finished all settings on Router 2 required for WDS.
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Wireless N300 Home Router 2. Configure Router 1: 1) Go to wireless section on Router 1 and specify WDS (or WDS Bridge) as its wireless working mode. 2) Manually enter Router 2's MAC address (Also, you can use the Scan option as mentioned above) and click OK to finish your settings.
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Wireless N300 Home Router 2) When the two PCs get IP addresses, try below steps to verify the WDS connection:...
Wireless N300 Home Router Click Start-> Run on PC3, input "cmd" on the appearing window and then click Input ping 192.168.0.1 and press Enter. If you get a screen as seen below, you have successfully implemented WDS. Note: 1. WDS feature can only be implemented between 2 WDS-capable wireless devices. Plus, SSID, channel, security settings and security key must be exactly the same on both such devices.
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Wireless N300 Home Router Disable WPS. (WPS is enabled on the router by default. If you want to use other security modes, you must first disable the WPS.) Select a proper security mode and cipher type (also known as WPA Algorithm or WPA Encryption Type).
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Wireless N300 Home Router PIN: On the wireless security page, enable WPS, select PIN and enter the 8-digit PIN code from network adapter; then, within 2 minutes, enable WPS/PIN on the client device; Note: With WPS successfully enabled, the WPS LED on the router keeps blinking for about 2 minutes, and during this time, you can enable WPS on a wireless adapter;...
Wireless N300 Home Router Note: To use the WPS security, the wireless client must be also WPS-capable. Before you press the hardware WPS button on the device for WPS/PBC connection, making sure the WPS feature has been enabled on the device. 4.3 Wireless Access Control The Access Control feature allows you to specify a list of devices to Permit or Forbid a connection to your wireless network via the devices’...
Wireless N300 Home Router Step4. Click OK to save your settings. You can add more wireless MAC addresses you wish to allow. Example: To forbid the PC at the MAC address of C8:3A:35:65:82:E6 from connecting to your wireless network, do as follows: Step1.
Wireless N300 Home Router Chapter 5 Bandwidth Control 5.1 Bandwidth Control Use this section to manage bandwidth allocation to devices on your LAN. If there are multiple PCs behind your router competing for limited bandwidth resource, then you can use this feature to specify a reasonable amount of bandwidth for each such PC, so that no one will be over stuffed or starved to death.
Wireless N300 Home Router 2 . Input "192.168.0.100" in both IP address boxes. . Select Download. . Enter "256" in both bandwidth range fields. . Check Enable. . Click Add To List . Click OK. 5.2 Traffic Statistics Traffic Statistics allows you to see at a glance how much traffic each device in your network is using.
Wireless N300 Home Router Chapter 6 Special Applications 6.1 Port Range Forwarding Port range forwarding is useful for web servers, ftp servers, e-mail servers, gaming and other specialized Internet applications. When you enable port forwarding, the communication requests from the Internet to your router’s WAN port will be forwarded to the specified LAN IP address.
Wireless N300 Home Router corresponding service provider if you don't know the port number of the service to use. LAN IP: Specify the internal host’s IP address. Be sure to statically assign the host’s IP address to make this function constant. Protocol: Specify the protocol required for the service utilizing the port(s).
(Here you can see a list of available service providers. Note that service providers not listed here are not available for use.) User Name: Enter the registered user name. Password: Enter the registered password. Domain Name: Enter the domain name you register, say, link-one.dyndns.org.
DDNS service provider on the DDNS screen. Others can access your web server by simply entering http://link-one.dyndns.org in their browser address bars. 6.4 UPNP The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows network devices, such as computers from Internet, to access resources on local host or devices as needed.
Wireless N300 Home Router Destination Network IP Address: Specify a single IP address, say, 172.17.0.100, or an IP net segment, .say, 192.168.88.0. Subnet Mask: Specify a Subnet Mask that corresponds to the specified destination IP. Gateway: Specify the IP address for next hop. OK: Click to activate your settings.
Wireless N300 Home Router Chapter 7 Security 7.1 URL Filter To better control LAN PCs, you can use the URL filter functionality to allow or disallow such PCs to access certain websites within a specified time range. Filter Mode: Select a proper filter mode, say, Forbid Only (or Forbid/Deny). Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop-down list.
Wireless N300 Home Router 1. Filter Mode: Select Forbid Only. 2. Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop-down list. 3. Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule, say, youtube, (It can only consist of numbers, letters, or underscore). 4.
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Wireless N300 Home Router Filter Mode: Select a proper filter mode, say, Forbid Only (or Forbid/Deny). Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop-down list. Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule (It can only consist of numbers, letters, or underscore).
Wireless N300 Home Router Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule, say, Permit only, (It can only consist of numbers, letters, or underscore). MAC Address: Enter 00:E4:A5:44:35:69. Time: Select 0 for all fields to apply the rule 24hrs/day. Day(s): Select Monday to Friday. Enable: Check the Enable box.
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Wireless N300 Home Router For example: If you want to prohibit PCs within the IP address range of 192.168.0.100--192.168.0.120 from accessing Internet, do as follows: Filter Mode: Select Forbid Only. Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop-down list. Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule, say, 123.
Wireless N300 Home Router Chapter 8 Tools 8.1 Reboot Reboot the device to activate your settings. WAN connection will be disconnected during reboot. 8.2 Restore to Factory Default Settings Click the Restore to Factory Default button to reset device to factory default settings. You need to reconfigure the device for Internet access as well as many other settings including wireless settings.
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Wireless N300 Home Router Click Save to save the configuration file. To restore previous settings, do as follows: Click the Browse button to locate and select a configuration file that is saved previously to your local hard drive. Click the Restore button to reset your device to previous settings.
Wireless N300 Home Router 8.4 Syslog Here you can view the history of the device’s actions. After 150 entries, the earliest logs will clear automatically. 8.5 Remote Web-based Management The Remote management allows the device to be configured and managed remotely from the Internet via a web browser.
Wireless N300 Home Router 1. To access the device via port 8080, enter "http://x.x.x.x:8080" where "x.x.x.x" represents the device's Internet IP address and 8080 is the remote admin port. Assuming the device's Internet IP address is 220.135.211.56, then, simply replace the "x.x.x.x" with "220.135.211.56" (namely, http://220.135.211.56:8080). 2.
Wireless N300 Home Router New Password: Enter a new password, say, 12345 (Note that the password can only be alphanumeric). Confirm New Password: Re-enter the new password for confirmation. OK: Click to activate your settings. Note: For security purpose, it is highly recommended that you change Device's default login password.
Wireless N300 Home Router Appendix 1 How to Configure IP WIN7 OS Configuration 1. Click Start>Control Panel; 2. Enter Control Panel and click Network and Internet;...
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Wireless N300 Home Router 3. Click Network and Sharing Center; 4. Click Change adapter settings; 5. Right click Local Area Connection and select Properties; 6. Select Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) and click Properties;...
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Wireless N300 Home Router 7. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and click OK to save the configurations.
Wireless N300 Home Router XP OS Configuration 1. Right click My Network Places and select Properties; 2. Right click Local and select Properties;...
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Wireless N300 Home Router 3. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties; 4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and click OK to save the settings.
Wireless N300 Home Router Appendix 2 Glossary Channel A communication channel, also known as channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel. It is used to transfer an information signal, such as a digital bit stream, from one or more transmitters to one or more receivers.
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Wireless N300 Home Router a host running software supporting the RADIUS and EAP protocols. The authenticator acts like a security guard to a protected network. The supplicant (i.e. client device) is not allowed access through the authenticator to the protected side of the network until the supplicant’s identity has been validated and authorized.
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Wireless N300 Home Router clients at the same time (unlike traditional bridging).WDS may be incompatible between different products (even occasionally from the same vendor) since it is not certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. WDS may provide two modes of wireless AP-to-AP connectivity: Wireless bridging, in which WDS APs communicate only with each other and don't allow wireless clients or stations (STA) to access them.
Wireless N300 Home Router Appendix 3 FAQs This section provides solutions to problems that may occur during installation and operation of the device. Read the following if you are running into problems. If your problem is not covered here, please feel free to go to www.link1.com.br to find a solution or email your problems to: services@link1.com.br.
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Wireless N300 Home Router the device? To let Internet users access internal servers on your LAN such as e-mail server, Web, FTP, via the device, use the "Virtual Server" feature. To do so, follow steps below: Step 1: Create your internal server, make sure the LAN users can access these servers and you need to know related service ports, for example, port number for Web server is 80;...
Wireless N300 Home Router Appendix 4 Remove Wireless Network from Your PC If you change wireless settings on your wireless device, you must remove them accordingly your PC; otherwise, you may not be able to wirelessly connect to the device. Below describes how to do remove a wireless network from your PC. If you are using Windows XP, do as follows: Right click My Network Places and select Properties.
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Wireless N300 Home Router If you are using Windows 7, do as follows: Right click Network from your desktop and select Properties. Select Manage Wireless Networks. 3. Click the wireless connection and select Remove network.
Wireless N300 Home Router Appendix 5 Safety and Emission Statement 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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