User Manual 1 Overview Thank you for choosing our product. The VX-583WR ADSL wireless N router is a ADSL modem, a 802.11n wireless router and a 4-port switch in one unit, bringing high-speed wireless Internet connection to a home or office.
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VX‐582WR User Manual IP Static Routing Routing Information Protocol (RIP, RIPv2) Network Address Translation (NAT) Virtual Server, Port Forwarding Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) DNS Relay, DDNS IGMP Proxy Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) VPN pass-through (IPSec/PPTP/L2TP) Parent control 1.1.5 ATM Capabilities...
VX‐582WR User Manual 1.1.7 Management Support Web Based GUI Upgrade or update via FTP/HTTP Command Line Interface via Telnet Diagnostic Test Firmware upgradeable for future feature enhancement 1.1.8 Operating System Support WINDOWS 98/98 SE/ME/2000/XP/VISTA/7 Macintosh LINUX 1.1.9 Environmental Operating humidity: 10%-90% non-condensing Non-operating storage humidity: 5%-95% non-condensing...
User Manual System Requirements Before using the VX-583WR ADSL wireless N router, verify that you meet the following requirements: Subscription for ADSL service. Your ADSL service provider should provide you with at least one valid IP address (static assignment or dynamic assignment via dial-up connection).
VX‐582WR User Manual 2 Hardware Description Front Panel Color Function Solid Power on Green Power off On: LAN link established and active via LAN port LAN1,2,3,4 Green Blinking: DSL data activity occurs. Off: No LAN link via LAN port On: The wireless module is ready and idle.
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VX‐582WR User Manual Rear panel Port Function Connect the device to an ADSL telephone jack or splitter using a RJ-11 telephone cable Connect the device to your PC's Ethernet port, or to the LAN1,2,3,4 uplink port on your hub/switch, using a RJ-45 cable ON/OFF Switch it on or off POWER...
User Manual 3 Hardware Installation This chapter shows you how to connect the VX-583WR ADSL wireless N router and the appropriate environment for the VX-583WR ADSL wireless N router installation. Using a telephone line to connect the DSL port of THE VX-583WR ADSL...
VX‐582WR User Manual 4 PC Configuration Guide Local PC Configuration in Windows 95, 98, ME, XP In the Windows task bar, click the “Start” button, point to “Settings”, and then click “Control Panel”. Double-click the “Network” icon. On the “Configuration”...
In order to use the web-based management software , it is necessary to use a computer that occupies the same subnet as the VX-583WR ADSL wireless N router. The simplest way to do this for many users will be to use DHCP server that is enabled by default on the VX-583WR ADSL wireless N router.
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VX‐582WR User Manual 3. Click WAN Service from the left menu. 4. Click Add to select a layer 2 interface for this service and then click Next. 5. Choose WAN service type, just choose PPPoE for example here. You can enter your own service description here if you want and then click Next.
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VX‐582WR User Manual 6. Input PPP Username & PPP Password and then click Next. The user interface allows a maximum of 256 characters in the user name and a maximum of 32 characters in the password. PPPoE service name can be blank unless your Internet Service Provider gives you a value to enter.
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VX‐582WR User Manual necessary. The default value for MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is 1500 for PPPoA and 1492 for PPPoE. Do not change these values unless your ISP asks you The gateway can be configured to disconnect if there is no activity for a specific period of time by selecting the Dial on demand check box and entering the Inactivity timeout.
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VX‐582WR User Manual 8. Get DNS server information from the selected WAN interface or enter static DNS server IP addresses. If only a single PVC with IPoA or static MER protocol is configured, you must enter static DNS server IP addresses. 9.
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VX‐582WR User Manual 5.2.2 VX-583WR ADSL Wireless N router Mode Setup 1. From Advanced Setup, click Layer 2 Interface and select ETH Interface. Before you configure ETH WAN interface, remove all PVC settings from ATM interface. 2. Click Add and you’ll see the following screen.
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VX‐582WR User Manual 6. Click Add and you’ll see the following screen. 7. Click Next and you’ll see the following screen. Select PPPoE as WAN service type for example. Click Next. 16 ...
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VX‐582WR User Manual 8. Enter the user name and password that your ISP has provided to you. Click Next. PPPoE service name can be blank unless your Internet Service Provider gives you a value to enter. Authentication method is default to Auto. It is recommended that you leave the Authentication method in Auto, however, you may select PAP or CHAP if necessary.
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VX‐582WR User Manual PPPoA and 1492 for PPPoE. Do not change these values unless your ISP asks you The gateway can be configured to disconnect if there is no activity for a specific period of time by selecting the Dial on demand check box and entering the Inactivity timeout.
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VX‐582WR User Manual 10. Get DNS server information from the selected WAN interface or enter static DNS server IP addresses. Click Next. 11. Make sure that the settings below match the settings provided by your ISP. Click on the Apply/Save button to save your configurations and reboot the ADSL router.
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VX‐582WR User Manual 5.2.3 LAN Settings From LAN, Configure the DSL Router’s IP Address and Subnet Mask for LAN interface. In this page, you can use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to control the assignment of IP addresses on your local network (LAN only). Item Description This is the IP address that other devices on your local network...
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LAN clients are accessible from the public network (e.g. FTP or HTTP servers). Note: If you want to cancel all modification that you do on the VX-583WR ADSL wireless N router, please select from “Management Setting Restore Default Settings” to restore factory default settings.
VX‐582WR User Manual 5.3 Wireless setting 5.3.1 Basic Option Description Enable A check box that enables or disables the wireless LAN interfaces. The default is to enable wireless communications. wireless Select Hide Access Point to protect the ADSL route access point from detection by wireless active scans.
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VX‐582WR User Manual user is using WDS or multiple gateways.) Click Apply to save changes. Drop-down menu that allows selection of specific channel. Country 5.3.2 Advanced Settings This page is where user specifies a number of advanced settings for wireless communications.
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VX‐582WR User Manual This is the range of frequencies the gateway will use to communicate with Band user’s wireless devices. Drop-down menu that allows selection of specific channel. Channel This drop-down list lets user specify the wireless communication rate, which Rate can be Auto (uses the highest rate when possible, or else a lower rate) or a fixed rate between 1 and 54 Mbps.
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VX‐582WR User Manual of which identifies the presence of an access point. By default, wireless interval clients passively scan all radio channels, listening for beacons coming from access points. Before a client enters power-save mode, it needs the beacon interval to determine when to wake up for the next beacon (and learn whether the access point has any messages for it).
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VX‐582WR User Manual 3.Enable WPS as below. 4.Set WPS AP mode as Unconfigured and click Config AP. 26 ...
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VX‐582WR User Manual 5. Set WPS AP mode as configured and click Save/Apply. 6.Now you can use a wireless adaptor with WPS function and the WPS button to connect to access the Internet. 7. To configure security features for the Wireless interface, please open Security item from Wireless menu.
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VX‐582WR User Manual authentication server receives a user ID and password. It grants or denies access based on whether the ID and password match any entries in its account list. User s can optionally enable WEP encryption with this option. Because it requires a separate machine acting as the authentication server, 802.1x is most often used in business environments.
VX‐582WR User Manual 5.4 Management 5.4.1 Remote Access When the firewall is enabled on a WAN or LAN interface, all incoming IP traffic is BLOCKED. However, some IP traffic can be ACCEPTED by setting up filters. 1. Select Advanced Setup=>Security=>IP Filtering=>Incoming and Choose Add or Remove to configure incoming IP filters.
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VX‐582WR User Manual 5.4.2 TR-069 Client WAN Management Protocol (TR-069) allows a Auto-Configuration Server (ACS) to perform auto-configuration, provision, collection, and diagnostics to this device. Inform: Whether or not the CPE must periodically send CPE information to Server using the Inform method call.
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VX‐582WR User Manual making a connection to the ACS using the CPE WAN Management Protocol. This password is used only for authentication of the CPE. GetRPCMethods: Used by a CPE or ACS to discover the set of methods supported by the ACS or CPE it is in communicate with.
(not UpLink port), you must use cross-cable. Please make sure that your network cables meet the networking requirements above. Q: PC cannot access the VX-583WR ADSL wireless N router? A: Please make sure that all devices communicating with the device must use the same channel (and use the same SSID).
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VX‐582WR User Manual Q: PC cannot browse Internet web page? A: Please make sure DNS server appointed to the PC is correct. You can use ping application program to test whether the PC can connect to the DNS server of the ADSL operator.
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