ESR-9710 Wireless N Gigabit Router Version 1.0
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................5
1.1 FEATURES & BENEFITS.................................................................................................5
1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS....................................................................................................6
1.3 SAFETY GUIDELINES ....................................................................................................6
1.4 WIRELESS SOHO ROUTER DESCRIPTION.....................................................................7
1.5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................................8
1.6 APPLICATIONS..............................................................................................................8
1.7 NETWORK CONFIGURATION..........................................................................................9
2 UNDERSTANDING THE HARDWARE................................................................................10
2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION...........................................................................................10
2.2 IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION.....................................................................................10
3 INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD................................................................................... 12
3.1 LOGGING IN...............................................................................................................12
3.1.1 DHCP CONNECTION (DYNAMIC IP ADDRESS)..............................................................15
3.1.2 PPPOE (POINT-TO-POINT PROTOCOL OVER ETHERNET)..............................................16
3.1.3 PPTP (POINT-TO-POINT TUNNELING PROTOCOL)........................................................17
3.1.4 L2TP (LAYER 2 TUNNELING PROTOCOL) .....................................................................18
3.1.5 STATIC IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION..........................................................................19
3.1.6 BIGPOND...................................................................................................................21
4 WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP WIZARD..................................................................................22
4.1 LOGGING IN...............................................................................................................22
4.2 ADD A WIRELESS DEVICE ...........................................................................................22
4.2.1 USING THE PIN..........................................................................................................23
4.2.2 USING THE PUSH BUTTON..........................................................................................24
5 WIRELESS NETWORK SETUP WIZARD........................................................................... 25
5.1 LOGGING IN...............................................................................................................25
5.2 WIRELESS NETWORK SETUP ......................................................................................25
5.2.1 AUTOMATIC NETWORK SETUP.....................................................................................26
5.2.2 MANUAL NETWORK SETUP .........................................................................................26
5.2.2.1 WIRELESS SECURITY LEVEL: BEST (WPA2)...............................................................28
5.2.2.2 WIRELESS SECURITY LEVEL: BETTER (WPA)............................................................29
5.2.2.3 WIRELESS SECURITY LEVEL: GOOD (WEP 64/128-BIT) .............................................30
5.2.2.4 WIRELESS SECURITY LEVEL: NONE (SECURITY DISABLED)...........................................31
6 ADVANCED WEB CONFIGURATION.................................................................................32
6.1 LOGGING IN...............................................................................................................32
6.2 BASIC........................................................................................................................33
6.2.1 WIZARD_WIRELESS ...................................................................................................33
6.2.2 NETWORK SETTINGS..................................................................................................33
6.2.2.1 BRIDGE MODE ...........................................................................................................33
6.2.2.2 ROUTER MODE..........................................................................................................34
6.2.3 WIRELESS SETTINGS..................................................................................................35
6.2.3.1 WIRELESS SECURITY MODE .......................................................................................36
6.2.3.1.1 WEP (WIRED EQUIVALENT PRIVACY)..........................................................................36
6.2.3.1.2 WPA PERSONAL (WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS) ............................................................37
6.2.3.1.3 WPA ENTERPRISE (WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS & 802.1X)...........................................38
6.2.4 WAN SETTINGS.........................................................................................................40
6.2.4.1 STATIC IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION..........................................................................40