ASUS WL-AM604G User Manual

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11g WiFi ADSL Router

WL-AM604g

User Manual

E3654 / January 2008

ASUS Contact Information

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacic)

Company address: 15 Li-Te Road, Beitou, Taipei 11259

Telephone: +886-2-2894-3447

Fax: +886-2-2890-7798

E-mail: info@asus.com.tw

Web site: http://www.asus.com.tw

Technical support

General support: +1-502-995-0883

Support (fax): +1-502-933-8713

Online support: http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)

Company address: 44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 94538, USA

General (fax): +1-510-608-4555

Web site address: http://usa.asus.com

Technical support

General support: +1-502-995-0883

Support (fax): +1-502-933-8713

Online support: http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techserv.aspx

ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany & Austria)

Company address: Harkort Str. 25, D-40880 Ratingen, Germany

General (tel): +49-2102-95990

General (fax): +49-2102-959911

Web site address: http://www.asus.de

Online contact: http://www.asus.de/sales

Technical support

Components: +49-2102-95990

Fax: +49-2102-959911

Online support: http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx

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Table of contents

Package contents ...........................................................................3

Hardware overview .........................................................................4

Front panel ....................................................................................... 4

Rear panel .......................................................................................5

Product features ............................................................................... 5

Hardware connections ..................................................................... 6

Connecting to the Internet .............................................................7

Before you proceed .......................................................................... 7

Preparing your WAN ........................................................................ 7

Preparing your LAN .........................................................................7

Quick setup ...................................................................................... 9

Manual Setup ................................................................................. 11

Connecting WL-AM604g with ASUS WLAN Card ..........................15

Wireless settings ..........................................................................17

Setting up an SSID ........................................................................17

Setting up a wireless security ........................................................17

MAC lter ....................................................................................... 22

Wireless bridge .............................................................................. 22

Wireless advanced settings ........................................................... 26

Network security...........................................................................27

Setting up the access rights to WL-AM604g .................................. 27

Advanced settings........................................................................28

WAN ...............................................................................................28

LAN ...............................................................................................28

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Setting up the default gateway ....................................................... 29

Setting up the static route .............................................................. 29

Setting up mapping groups ............................................................ 30

Management ..................................................................................31

Conguration backup ..................................................................... 31

Restore settings from a backup le ................................................ 31

Restore to factory default settings .................................................31

Setting up the time server .............................................................. 32

Firmware update ............................................................................ 32

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Package contents

• WL-AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router

• AC power adapter (type varies by region)

• Categroy 5 (CAT5) Ethernet cable

• Telephone cable

• Splitter (type varies by region)

• Support CD (with User Guide included)

• Quick Start Guide

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Hardware overview

Front panel

The WL-AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router front panel contains LED indicators which shows the status of WL-AM604g.

Power

LAN1-LAN4

xDSL

LED Activity Description

AP Solid Wireless is enabled.

No light Wireless is disabled.

Blinking There is wireless trafc.

xDSL link Solid ADSL is connected.

No light ADSL is not connected. The alarm LED will be red.

Blinking The router is connected to ADSL.

xDSL ACT Solid ADSL is connected, and there is no ADSL trafc.

No light ADSL is not connected.

Quick blinking There is ADSL trafc.

LAN1LAN4

Solid Router is connected to the LAN.

No light No connection to the LAN. Check if the LAN cable is

connected to the router.

Blinking LAN trafc

! (Alarm) Solid (red) ADSL is not connected.

No light ADSL is connected.

(Power) Solid Router is powered on

No light Router is not turned ON. Check if the router is plugged

in and if the power switch is turned ON.

Alarm

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Rear panel

LINE

RESET

CONSOLE

POWER

ON/OFF

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ON/OFF switch Power connector

Reset button

LAN1-LAN4 ports

Line port Console port

Label Description

ON/OFF Press to turn the router on and off.

POWER Connects to a 15 VAC AC power adapter.

RESET Restart—Using a pointed object such as a ballpen, press the

button for less than four seconds.

Default settings— Using a pointed object such as a ballpen, press the button for four seconds or longer.

LAN1-LAN4 RJ-45 connects the unit to an Ethernet device such as a PC or a

switch.

CONSOLE NOTE: To be used by maintenance professionals only. If the router

needs repair, bring it to a service professional.

Line RJ-11 cable connects to the splitter provided.

Product features

The WL-AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router provides the following features:

• Built-in ADSL modem

• Built-in firewall

• IEEE802.11g standard-based wireless network, backward compatible with

802.11b devices

• Easy-to-use Web-based configuration interface: Quick Setup for ADSL connection, wireless, and security configuration

• Extensive routing protocol support: RIP v1, v2

• Content-based filter

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Hardware connections

ADSL connection

Use the ADSL splitter supplied in the package to split ADSL signal and telephone service. Connect your ASUS WL-AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router to the DSL port of the splitter with the telephone cable supplied in the package. Use another telephone cable to connect your telephone to the Phone port of the ADSL splitter.

Ethernet connection

Use Category 5 (CAT5) Ethernet cable to build up your wired LAN connections. The ASUS WL-AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router is a Fast Ethernet device that provides 100Mbps network connection. To ensure the connection quality, use CAT5 Ethernet cable to connect your network devices, such as desktop computers and network printers.

Wireless connection

To access Internet via wireless connection, you need to install an IEEE802.11b/g wireless adapter on your computer, such as ASUS WL-167g, WL-100gE, WL-100gD, WL-169gE, and WL-106gM.

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Connecting to the Internet

Before you proceed

Before proceeding, you need to:

• Ensure the cable connections are correct and WL-AM604g is powered ON; and

• Acquire an active Internet service, such as an ADSL account.

We recommend using wired connection for initial conguration, which may

help avoid possible setup problems due to wireless uncertainty. Use a CAT5 cable to connect an Ethernet-enabled computer to a LAN port of WLAM604g.

Preparing your WAN

Based on the requirements of your Internet Service Provider (ISP), ensure that you have the following information for setting up the Internet connection on your WLAM604g:

• Virtual Path Identifier (VPI)

• Virtual Channel Identifier (VCI)

• Host name

• Domain name

• ISP login user name and password

• ISP Domain Name System (DNS) server address

• Static IP address

Preparing your LAN

To use WL-AM604g on your network, you need to install a network interface card (NIC) or an IEEE802.11b/g wireless network card to your computer.

LAN conguration requirement

For the initial configuration, we recommend that you connect a computer to one of

the LAN port of WL-AM604g and congure the TCP/IP settings of your computer. The

default IP settings of WL-AM604g are:

IP address: 192.168.1.1

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

DHCP server: enabled

To access WL-AM604g, you must set your computer in the same subnet with the ADSL router. You can set the computer to accept a dynamic IP address assigned by the DHCP server of WL-AM604g, or manually set up an IP address for your computer.

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Getting dynamic IP address

Open

Control Panel

Connection

icon, then double-click

address automatically

Local Area Network Connection

Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

and

Obtain DNS server address automatically

, double-click

Select

Obtain an IP

, then click

Local

OK.

Assigning IP address manually

Open

Control Panel

Connection

, double-click

icon, then double-click

. Follow the descriptions below to set up the

IP)

TCP/IP on your computer.

•

IP address:

number between 2 and 254, make sure the IP address is not used by other device)

•

Subnet Mask:

•

Gateway:

•

DNS:

192.168.1.1

Local Area Network

Local Connection

Internet Protocol (TCP/

192.168.1.xxx (xxx can be any

255.255.255.0

192.168.1.1

To change the ADSL and wireless settings, you need to login to the Web conguration

interface.

1. Key i n 1 9 2 . 1 6 8 . 1 . 1 (default IP address of WL-AM604g) into the address box of the Web browser and press

Enter

2. A login window appears. The default username is

(in lower case).

admin

admin,

password is

3. When log ged in, you can see the home pa g e of WL - A M 6 0 4 g Web configuration interface. To set up the router, refer to Quick Setup in the next section. To set up the advanced functions, refer to the next chapters for detailed information.

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Quick setup

1. Key in

192.168.1.1

2. A login window appears for the username and password. The default username is , password is

admin

3. After logging in, you can see the WL-AM604g conguration page.

ADSL setup

1. By default, the

detects your ADSL connection type.

2. If ADSL connection is detected, the next page shows your ISP connection type.

in the address box of your web browser and press Enter.

(in lower case).

admin

Quick Setup

page pops up. The Quick Setup Wizard automatically

If your ADSL connection is not detected, click

Manual Setting

set up WL-AM604g. Refer to pages 11-14 for manual setting instructions.

* If your connection type is PPPoE or PPPoA

For dynamic IP users

Key in your user name and password then click Next.

For static IP users

Check Use Static IP Address, key in your IP address, then click Next.

If your actual connection is not PPPoE or PPPoA, click

Manual Setting

to manually set up WL-AM604g. Refer to pages 11-14 for manual setting instructions.

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