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Easy Start Guide
WL852RT4
WL852RT4 WL852RT4
WL852RT4
150Mbps 4-Port Wireless-N Router
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Connecting the Router
Connecting the RouterConnecting the Router
Connecting the Router
Before installing the router, you should have connected your PC to the Internet
through your broadband service successfully. If there are any problems, please
contact with your ISP. After that, please install the router according to the following
steps. Don't forget to pull out the power plug and keep your hands dry.
a. Power off your PC(s), Cable/DSL modem, and the router.
b. Locate an optimum location for the router. The best place is usually near the
center of the area in which your PC(s) will wirelessly connect.
c. Adjust the direction of the antenna. Normally, upright is a good direction.
d. Connect the PC(s) and each Switch/Hub on your LAN to the LAN Ports on the
router, shown in the following figure.
e. Connect the DSL/Cable Modem/Ethernet to the WAN port on the router, shown in
the following figure.
f. Connect the power adapter to the power socket on the router, and the other end
into an electrical outlet. The router will start to work automatically.
g. Power on your PC(s) and Cable/DSL modem.
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h. When all of the devices boot up completely, make sure that the router's LEDs
light as follows:
• Power LED: Light up
• System LED: Flash
• Link/Act LEDs (WAN&LAN): Light up
• WLAN LED: Flash
Login to the Router
Login to the RouterLogin to the Router
Login to the Router
To login to the router, you should set up the TCP/IP Protocol in "Obtain an IP address
Obtain an IP address Obtain an IP address
Obtain an IP address
automatically
automaticallyautomatically
automatically" mode on your PC(s). For the detailed instructions, please refer to
Appendix B in the
User Guide
on the
Resource CD.
a. To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type in the default
address http://192.168.1.1 in the address field of the browser.
a) After a moment, a login window will appear. Enter admin
adminadmin
admin for the User
Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click OK
OKOK
OK or press
Enter
EnterEnter
Enter.
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Connecting
Connecting Connecting
Connecting to
to to
to the Internet
the Internetthe Internet
the Internet
a. After successfully login, you can configure the router using the web browser.
Please click the Quick Setup link on the left of the main menu and the Quick
Setup screen will appear. Click Next
NextNext
Next to continue.
b. The Choose WAN Connection Type
Choose WAN Connection Type Choose WAN Connection Type
Choose WAN Connection Type screen will appear. Please select one
compatible with your ISP. Click Next
NextNext
Next to configure the necessary network
parameters.
I. If you have a PPPoE account, select PPPoE
PPPoE PPPoE
PPPoE and click Next
Next Next
Next to load the following
figure, and enter User Name and Password provided by your ISP.
II. If you have a Dynamic IP (or automatic IP) account, select Dynamic IP
Dynamic IP Dynamic IP
Dynamic IP and
click Next
NextNext
Next, the router will automatically get IP parameter from your ISP
without entering any parameters.
III. If you have a fixed IP (or static IP) account, select Static IP and click Next
Next Next
Next to
load the following figure, and fill the blanks with the parameters provided by
your ISP....
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c. After you complete the above, click Next
NextNext
Next, the Wireless settings screen will appear
as the following:
d. At the end of the Quick Setup
Quick SetupQuick Setup
Quick Setup, click the Finish
Finish Finish
Finish button to exit this Quick Setup
Quick SetupQuick Setup
Quick Setup. The
router should now be connecting you to the Internet.
WPS Configuration
WPS ConfigurationWPS Configuration
WPS Configuration
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function allows you to add a new wireless device to an
existing network quickly.
Note
NoteNote
Note:
1) To build a successful connection between the router and the wireless device by
WPS, the wireless device should support and do the corresponding configuration
for WPS meanwhile.
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2) You can establish a wireless connection by using either Push WPS Button
Push WPS ButtonPush WPS Button
Push WPS Button method
or PIN
PINPIN
PIN method. It is recommended that you choose the simplest method that
your AP device supports.
3) Below is an example of the wireless adapter software.
I.
I.I.
I. WPS Button Method
WPS Button MethodWPS Button Method
WPS Button Method
If the wireless adapter is equipped with a push-button for WPS:
Step1
Step1Step1
Step1: Press the push button on your router.
Step2
Step2Step2
Step2: Press and hold the WPS button on the Adapter for 2 or 3 seconds.
Or
OrOr
Or: select Push the button on my access point
Push the button on my access point Push the button on my access point
Push the button on my access point in the configuration utility of
the WPS as below, and click Next
NextNext
Next.
II.
II.II.
II. PIN Method
PIN MethodPIN Method
PIN Method
If the wireless adapter supports the PIN method:
1)
1)1)
1) Enter
Enter Enter
Enter the
thethe
the PIN code of wireless adapter
PIN code of wireless adapterPIN code of wireless adapter
PIN code of wireless adapter into
intointo
into the router.
the router.the router.
the router.
For the router, please select Enter the new device
Enter the new deviceEnter the new device
Enter the new device’’’’s PIN
s PINs PIN
s PIN and enter the PIN code of
the adapter. Then click Connect
ConnectConnect
Connect.
For the wireless adapter, please choose Enter a PIN into my access point
Enter a PIN into my access point Enter a PIN into my access point
Enter a PIN into my access point or a
or a or a
or a
registrar
registrarregistrar
registrar in the WPS configuration utility as shown below, and click Next
NextNext
Next.
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2)
2)2)
2) Enter the PIN
Enter the PIN Enter the PIN
Enter the PIN code of the router into
code of the router intocode of the router into
code of the router into the wireless adapter
the wireless adapterthe wireless adapter
the wireless adapter....
For the router, please get the Current PIN code.
For the wireless adapter, please choose Enter a PIN from my access point
Enter a PIN from my access pointEnter a PIN from my access point
Enter a PIN from my access point in the
WPS configuration utility as shown below, enter the PIN code of the Router into
the field behind Access Point PIN
Access Point PINAccess Point PIN
Access Point PIN, and then click Next
NextNext
Next.
You will see the following screen of the router when the new device successfully
connected to the network.
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Note
NoteNote
Note:
1) For the router, please keep the default WPS Status as Enabled
EnabledEnabled
Enabled all the time.
2) The status LED on the Router will light green all the time if the device has been
successfully added to the network.
Note
NoteNote
Note:
If you have any difficulty with these steps, please refer to the User Guide on the
Resource CD for detailed instructions.
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