Contents
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Copyright & Trademarks
FCC Statement
Country Restriction Reason/remark
CE Mark Warning
Korea Warning Statements
Yang Hongliang Product Manager of International Business
Product Description 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router
Contents
USB Settings
III
Package Contents
Incredible Speed
Flexible Access Control
Simple Installation
Overview of the Router
Conventions
Main Features
Front Panel
Panel Layout
Name Status Indication
Rear Panel
¾ Reset
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Connecting the Router
Installation Environment Requirements
System Requirements
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TCP/IP Configuration
Quick Installation Guide
Please check the connection following these steps
Quick Installation Guide
3Login the Router
Choose WAN Connection Type
Quick Setup MAC Clone
10 Find MAC Address
12 Quick Setup Wireless
13 Quick Setup Finish
PSK Password You can enter Ascii or Hexadecimal characters
Status
Login
WPS
Quick Setup
Use the Wi-Fi Protected Setup Button
Wi-Fi Protected Setup function
III. Enter the Router’s PIN on your client device
II. Enter the client device’s PIN on the Router
1 WAN
Network
WAN Static IP
WAN PPPoE
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PPPoE Advanced Settings
10 WAN BigPond Cable
NSW / ACT nsw.bigpond.net.au
11 WAN -L2TP
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12 WAN -PPTP
13 LAN
2 LAN
14 MAC Address Clone
MAC Clone
Wireless Settings
Wireless
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Wireless Security
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Encryption You can select either Automatic, or Tkip or AES
Wireless MAC Filtering
21 Wireless MAC address Filtering
To modify or delete an existing entry
Wireless Advanced
Wireless Statistics
Dhcp
Dhcp Settings
Address Reservation
Dhcp Clients List
28 Address Reservation
To Reserve IP addresses
Storage Sharing
USB Settings
Router can automatically locate new USB drive
FTP Server
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Media Server
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Print Server
43 Pint Server Setting
To add a new user account, please follow the steps below
User Accounts
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Virtual Servers
Forwarding
48 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry
To setup a virtual server entry
To add a new rule, follow the steps below
Port Triggering
50 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry
Once the Router is configured, the operation is as follows
UPnP
3 DMZ
To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server
Security
52 UPnP Setting
54 Basic Security
Basic Security
Advanced Security
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56 Local Management
Local Management
57 Remote Management
Remote Management
To add a new entry, please follow the steps below
Parental Control
59 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry
60 Parental Control Settings
Access Control
Rule
62 Access Control Rule Management
There are two methods to add a new rule Method One
63 Quick Setup Create a Host Entry
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66 Quick Setup Create an Internet Access Control Entry
Method Two
67 Add Internet Access Control Entry
Host
68 Host Settings
69 Add or Modify a Host Entry
Target
71 Target Settings
72 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry
To add a new schedule, follow the steps below
Schedule
75 Advanced Schedule Settings
Static Routing List
Advanced Routing
To add static routing entries
System Routing Table
Other configurations for the entries
Bandwidth Control
Control Settings
Rules List
82 Bandwidth Control Rules List
Binding Settings
15 IP & MAC Binding Setting
To find an existing entry, follow the steps below
To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follow the steps below
ARP List
Dynamic DNS
Comexe.cn Ddns
To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions
Dyndns.org Ddns
90 Dyndns.org Ddns Settings
92 The System Tools menu
System Tools
To set time automatically
Time Setting
Diagnostic
95 Diagnostic Results
Firmware Upgrade
96 Firmware Upgrade
Factory Defaults
97 Restore Factory Default
Backup & Restore
Password
Reboot
101 System Log
System Log
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103 Statistics
Statistics
Statistics Table
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Appendix a FAQ
Figure A-3 MAC Clone
Want to use Netmeeting, what do I need to do?
Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry
Want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do?
Figure A-7 Basic Security
Figure A-9 Virtual Servers
Wireless stations cannot connect to the Router
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Install TCP/IP component
Appendix B Configuring the PCs
Figure B-2
Figure B-3
General
Wireless
Environmental and Physical
Appendix D Glossary
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