1.3 Good Habits for Managing the MWR102
Do the following things regularly to make the MWR102 more secure and to manage the MWR102 more effectively.
•Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of different types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
•Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
•Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the MWR102 to its factory default settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally
1.4 The Front Panel
Figure 1 The front panel of the Wireless Router
Table 1 Front Panel LEDs
Name | Status | Indication | |
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PWR | Green | Power on | |
Dark | Power off | ||
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| Blink green one time | System reboot | |
WPS | Blink green | WPS connecting | |
| Dark | System stable | |
| Off | The wireless function is disabled. | |
WLAN | Flashing | The wireless function is enabled. | |
| Flashing fast | Sending or receiving data over wireless. | |
| Off | There is no device linked to the corresponding port or | |
| the connection is dropping off. | ||
WAN / |
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| There are devices linked to the corresponding ports but | ||
LAN | On | ||
no data transmitted or received. | |||
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| Flashing | Sending or receiving data over corresponding port. | |
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