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Product Description Wireless N Gigabit Router
Directives 1999/5/EC, Directives 2004/108/EC, Directives 2006/95/EC
Directives 1999/519/EC, Directives 2011/65/EU
Chapter
CONTENTS
4.7.3
4.17.4 Factory Defaults
4.17.3 Firmware Upgrade
4.17.5 Backup & Restore
4.17.7 Password
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Package Contents
Simple Installation
Flexible Access Control
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Overview of the Router
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1.3 Main Features
1.4.1 The Front Panel
1.4 Panel Layout
Name
Status
¾ RESET
1.4.2 The Rear Panel
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2.2 Installation Environment Requirements
Chapter 2. Connecting the Router
2.3 Connecting the Router
2.1 System Requirements
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7. Power on your PC and Cable/DSL Modem
electrical outlet. The Router will start to work automatically
Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide
3.1 TCP/IP Configuration
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3.2 Quick Installation Guide
Please check the connection following these steps
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Figure 3-3 Login the Router
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Figure 3-7 Quick Setup - PPPoE
Figure 3-6 Choose WAN Connection Type
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Figure 3-8 Quick Setup - MAC Clone
Figure 3-9 Quick Setup - MAC Clone
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Figure 3-10 Quick Setup - Static IP
Figure 3-11 Quick Setup - Wireless
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z PSK Password - You can enter ASCII or Hexadecimal characters
6. Click the Next button. You will then see the Finish page
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4.1 Login
Chapter 4. Configuring the Router
4.2 Status
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4.4 QSS
4.3 Quick Setup
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Please refer to Section 3.2 Quick Installation Guide
I. By PBC
Method One
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Method Two
The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter
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Method Three
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II. By PIN
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Next
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4.5 Network
4.5.1 WAN
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Figure 4-6 WAN - Static IP
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Figure 4-7 WAN - PPPoE
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Static IP - You can check this radio button to use Static IP as the secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP
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Click the Save button to save your settings
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NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au
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Figure 4-9 WAN - BigPond Cable
Figure 4-10 WAN -L2TP
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¾ Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately
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Figure 4-11 WAN -PPTP
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Dynamic IP - Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment
4.5.2 LAN
Static IP - Connections which use static IP address assignment
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4.5.3 MAC Clone
Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function
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4.6 Wireless
4.6.1 Wireless Settings
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4.6.2 Wireless Security
¾ Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, select this check box, but it’s strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security
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Encryption - You can select either Automatic, or TKIP or AES
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4.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering
¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled
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To modify or delete an existing entry
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4.6.4 Wireless Advanced
4.6.5 Wireless Statistics
This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds
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4.7.1 DHCP Settings
4.7 DHCP
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4.7.2 DHCP Clients List
4.7.3 Address Reservation
To Reserve IP addresses
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4.8.1 Storage Sharing
4.8 USB Settings
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To modify or delete an existing entry
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Follow the instructions below to set up your Router as a file server
4.8.2 FTP Server
1. The Router can automatically locate new USB drive
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To set up your FTP Server, please follow the instructions below
¾ Display Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder
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To set up your media server, please follow the instructions below
4.8.3 Media Server
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4.8.4 Print Server
4.8.5 User Accounts
To add a new user account, please follow the steps below
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1. Please restart the service for the new settings to take effect
4.9 Forwarding
4.9.1 Virtual Servers
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To setup a virtual server entry
¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry
To modify or delete an existing entry
4.9.2 Port Triggering
To add a new rule, follow the steps below
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Once the Router is configured, the operation is as follows
To modify or delete an existing entry
Figure 4-49 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry
4.9.4 UPnP
4.9.3 DMZ
3. Incoming Ports ranges cannot overlap each other
To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server
External Port - The port which the Router opened for the application
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4.10 Security
4.10.1 Basic Security
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4.10.2 Advanced Security
Figure 4-54 Advanced Security
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4.10.3 Local Management
4.10.4 Remote Management
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Figure 4-56 Remote Management
4.11 Parental Control
To add a new entry, please follow the steps below
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¾ Enable - Check this option to enable a specific entry
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7. Click the Save button
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4.12 Access Control
4.12.1 Rule
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There are two methods to add a new rule Method One
Figure 4-63 Quick Setup - Create an Access Target Entry
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Figure 4-64 Quick Setup - Create an Advanced Schedule Entry
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Method Two
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In Host field, select Host1 In Target field, select Target1
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4.12.2 Host
Figure 4-67 Host Settings
To add a new entry, please follow the steps below
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4.12.3 Target
Figure 4-70 Target Settings
Figure 4-69 Add or Modify a Host Entry
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To add a new entry, please follow the steps below：
Figure 4-71 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry
Figure 4-72 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry
4.12.4 Schedule
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Figure 4-73 Schedule Settings
To add a new schedule, follow the steps below
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Figure 4-74 Advanced Schedule Settings
4.13.1 Static Routing List
4.13 Advanced Routing
To add static routing entries
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Other configurations for the entries
4.13.2 System Routing Table
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4.14.1 Control Settings
4.14 Bandwidth Control
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4.14.2 Rules List
To add/modify a Bandwidth Control rule, follow the steps below
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4.15 IP & MAC Binding Setting
4.15.1 Binding Settings
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To modify or delete an existing entry, follow the steps below
To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follow the steps below
To find an existing entry, follow the steps below
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4.16 Dynamic DNS
4.15.2 ARP List
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To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions
4.16.1 Comexe.cn DDNS
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4.16.3 No-ip.com DDNS
4.16.2 Dyndns.org DDNS
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Figure 4-89 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings
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4.17 System Tools
Figure 4-90 No-ip.com DDNS Settings
Figure 4-91 The System Tools menu
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4.17.1 Time Setting
To set time manually
4.17.2 Diagnostic
To set time automatically
To set Daylight Saving
Figure 4-94 Diagnostic Tools
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1. Only one user can use the diagnostic tools at one time
4.17.3 Firmware Upgrade
To upgrade the Routers firmware, follow these instructions below
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4.17.5 Backup & Restore
4.17.4 Factory Defaults
All changed settings will be lost when defaults are restored
4 The firmware version must correspond to the hardware
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4.17.6 Reboot
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4.17.7 Password
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4.17.8 System Log
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4.17.9 Statistics
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Statistics Table
Reset
Appendix A FAQ
1. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by ADSL users?
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3. I want to use Netmeeting, what do I need to do?
Figure A-3 MAC Clone
Figure A-4 Virtual Servers
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Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry
Figure A-6 DMZ
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4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do?
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5. The wireless stations cannot connect to the Router
Appendix B Configuring the PCs
1. Install TCP/IP component
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Figure B-2
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Figure B-3
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Wireless
Appendix C Specifications
General
Environmental and Physical
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Appendix D Glossary
identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name
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