Draytek 5500 Series manual Hardware Installation, Internet

1.3 Hardware Installation

This section will guide you to install the router through hardware connection and configure the router’s settings through web browser.

Before starting to configure the router, you have to connect your devices correctly.

1.Connect the power cord to the router’s power port on the rear panel, and the other side into a wall outlet.

2.Power on the device by pressing down the power switch on the rear panel.

3.The system starts to initiate. After completing the system test, the ACT LED will light up and start blinking.

4.Connect one end of an Ethernet cable (RJ-45) to one of the LAN ports of the router and the other end of the cable (RJ-45) into the Ethernet port on your computer (that device also can connect to other computers to form a small area network). The LAN LED will light up according to the network card feature (10Mpbs or 100Mpbs) of the device that it connected.

5.Connect a modem/router (depends on your requirement) to any WAN port of router with Ethernet cable (RJ-45). The WAN1/WAN2 LED (down/up) will light up according to the network card feature ((10Mpbs or 100Mpbs) of the device that it connected.

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Power Switch

Power Cord

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Cable/DSL Modem or Media Converter

LAN

(For the detailed information of LED status, please refer to section 1.2.)

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