Digitus DN-70590, DN-70690 User Manual

300 MBIT DUAL BAND

WIRELESS ACCESS

POINT | ROUTER

User Manual

DN-70590

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repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect

in the software. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this

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without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.

Federal Communication

Commission

Interference Statement

FCC Part 15

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class

B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed

to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential

installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency

energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may

cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no

guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this

equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,

which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is

encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following

measures:

1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that

to which the receiver is connected.

4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help.

FCC Caution

This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided

instructions and a minimum 20 cm spacing must be provided between

computer mounted antenna and person’s body (excluding extremities of hands,

wrist and feet) during wireless modes of operation.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the

following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference,

and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible

for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment.

Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure

Statement

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an

uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the

FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not

be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.

The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in

conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the channels

1-11 only.

R&TTE Compliance Statement

This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC

OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on

radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual

recognition of their conformity (R&TTE).

The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC

(Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station

Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.

Safety

This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who

install and use it. However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of

electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment. All

guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed

at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment.

EU Countries Intended for Use

The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria,

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,

Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United

Kingdom.

The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member

states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.

EU Countries Not intended for use

None.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION

1-1 Introduction and safety information

1-2 Safety Information

1-3 System Requirements

1-4 Package Contents

1-5 Know your new wireless broadband router

CHAPTER II: SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP

2-1 Build network connection

2-2 Connecting to wireless broadband router by web browser
2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup
2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP address setup
2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup
2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup
2-2-5 Router IP address lookup

2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’
2-3-1 Setup procedure for ‘Cable Modem’
2-3-2 Setup procedure for ‘Fixed-IP xDSL’
2-3-3 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE xDSL’
2-3-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP xDSL’
2-3-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP xDSL’
2-3-6 Setup procedure for ‘Telstra Big Pond’

2-4 Basic Setup
2-4-1 Time zone and time auto-synchronization
2-4-2 Change management password
2-4-3 Remote Management

2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup)
2-5-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’
2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’
2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’
2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’
2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’
2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘Telstra Big Pond’
2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’
2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’
2-5-9 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’

2-6 Wired LAN Configurations
2-6-1 LAN IP section
2-6-2 DHCP Server
2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table

2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations
2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings
2-7-1-1 Setup procedure for ‘AP'
2-7-1-2 Setup procedure for ‘Station-Infrastructure'
2-7-1-3 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge - Point to Point’
2-7-1-4

Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge - Point to Multi Point’

2-7-1-5 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge - WDS’
2-7-1-6 Setup procedure for ‘Universal Repeater'
2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings
2-7-3 Wireless Security
2-7-3-1 Disable wireless security
2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
2-7-3-3 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
2-7-3-4 WPA RADIUS
2-7-4 Wireless Access Control
2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
2-7-6 Security Tips for Wireless Network

CHAPTER III: ADVANCED FUNCTIONS

3-1 Quality of Service (QoS)
3-1-1 Basic QoS Settings
3-1-2 Add a new QoS rule

3-2 Network Address Translation (NAT)
3-2-1 Basic NAT Settings (Enable or disable NAT function)
3-2-2 Port Forwarding
3-2-3 Virtual Server
3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications
3-2-5 UPnP Setting
3-2-6 ALG Settings

3-3 Firewall
3-3-1 Access Control
3-3-1-1 Add PC
3-3-2 URL Blocking
3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention
3-3-3-1 DoS - Advanced Settings
3-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

3-4 System Status
3-4-1 System information and firmware version
3-4-2 Internet Connection Status
3-4-3 Device Status
3-4-4 System Log
3-4-5 Active DHCP client list
3-4-6 Statistics

3-5 System Tools
3-5-1 Configuration Backup and Restore
3-5-2 Firmware Upgrade
3-5-3 System Reset

CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX

4-1 Hardware Specification

4-2 Troubleshooting

4-3 Glossary

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Chapter I: Product Information

1-1 Introduction and safety information

Thank you for purchasing this wireless concurrent dual band gigabit
router! This high cost-efficiency router is the best choice for Small
office / Home office users, all computers and network devices can
share a single xDSL / cable modem internet connection at high
speed. Easy install procedures allows any computer users to setup
a network environment in very short time - within minutes, even
inexperienced. When the number of your computers and
network-enabled devices grow, you can also expand the number of
network slot by simple attach a hub or switch, to extend the scope
of your network!

With built-in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios, this router supports
both of the IEEE 802.11b/g/n and 802.11a/n wireless network
capabilities simultaneously, all computers and wireless-enabled
network devices (including PDA, cellular phone, game console, and
more!) can connect to this wireless router without additional cabling.
New N wireless capability also gives you the highest speed of
wireless experience ever! With a compatible wireless card installed
in your PC, you can transfer file for up to 300Mbps (transfer data
rate)! The radio coverage is also doubled, so don’t worry if your
office or house is really big!

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Other features of this router including:

• Supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless devices simultaneously.

• High Internet Access throughput.

• Allow multiple users to share a single Internet line.

• Share a single Cable or xDSL internet connection.

• Access private LAN servers from the internet.

• Four wired LAN ports (10/100/1000M) and one WAN port

(10/100/1000M).

• Provides IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN capability.

• Support DHCP (Server/Client) for easy IP-address setup.

• Support multiple wireless modes like: AP, Station-Infrastructure,

Wireless Bridge and Universal Repeater.

• Advanced network and security features like: Special Applications, QoS,

DMZ, Virtual Servers, Access Control, Firewall.

• Allow you to monitor the router’s status like: DHCP Client Log, System

Log, Security Log and Device/Connection Status.

• Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and

management purposes.

• Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from

a remote computer (over the Internet).

•

Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.

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1-2 Safety Information

In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the

following safety instructions:

1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router

outdoor.

2. DO NOT put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or

bathroom. Also, do not left this router in the car in summer.

3. DO NOT pull any connected cable with force; disconnect it from the router

first.

4. If you want to place this router at high places or hang on the wall, please

make sure the router is firmly secured. Falling from high places would damage

the router and its accessories, and warranty will be void.

5. Accessories of this router, like antenna and power supply, are danger to

small children under 3 years old. They may put the small parts in their nose or

month and it could cause serious damage to them. KEEP THIS ROUTER OUT

THE REACH OF CHILDREN!

6. The router will become hot when being used for long time (This is normal

and is not a malfunction). DO NOT put this router on paper, cloth, or other

flammable materials.

7. There’s no user-serviceable part inside the router. If you found that the

router is not working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase and ask

for help. DO NOT disassemble the router, warranty will be void.

8. If the router falls into water when it’s powered, DO NOT use your hand to

pick it up. Switch the electrical power off before you do anything, or contact an

experienced technician for help.

9. If you smell something strange, or even see some smoke coming out from

the router or power supply, remove the power supply or switch the electrical
power off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help.

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1-3 System Requirements

 Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with a RJ-45

Ethernet port.

 Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface

card.

 Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape

Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser, or Safari web browser).

 An available AC power socket (100 – 240V, 50/60Hz)

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1-4 Package Contents

Before you starting to use this router, please check if there’s
anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of
purchase to claim for missing items:

Gigabit router (main body, 1 pcs) ....................................... 1

Quick installation guide (1 pcs) ........................................... 2

User manual CDROM (1 pcs) ............................................. 3

A/C power adapter (1 pcs) .................................................. 4

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1-5 Know your new wireless broadband router

Front Panel

LED Name Light

Status

Description

PWR

On Router is switched on and correctly

powered.

2.4G

On 2.4GHz Wireless WPS function is

enabled.

Off 2.4GHz Wireless network is switched off.

Flashing 2.4GHz Wireless LAN activity

(transferring or receiving data).

5G

On 5GHz Wireless WPS function is enabled.

Off 5GHz Wireless network is switched off.

Flashing 5GHz Wireless LAN activity (transferring

or receiving data).

LAN 1-4
LNK/ACT

On LAN port is connected.

Off LAN port is not connected.

Flashing LAN activity (transferring or receiving

data).

WAN
LNK/ACT

On WAN port is connected.

Off WAN port is not connected.

Flashing WAN activity (transferring or receiving

data).

LAN 1-4
1000M

On LAN port is linked in 1000Mbps speed.

Off LAN port is linked in 10/100Mbps speed.

WAN
1000M

On WAN port is linked in 1000Mbps speed.

Off WAN port is linked in 10/100Mbps speed.

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Back Panel

Item Name Description

Antenna A/B It is dual band 3dBi dipole antenna.

Radio

ON/OFF

Switch the button to activate or deactivate the wireless

functions.

Reset / WPS Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings)

or start WPS function. Press this button and hold for 10

seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults; press this

button for less than 5 seconds once to start 2.4GHz wireless

WPS function, and press this button for less than 5 seconds

twice to start 5GHz wireless WPS function.

WAN Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port.

1 – 4 Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4.

Power Power connector, connects to A/C power adapter.

Antenna A Antenna B

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Chapter II: System and Network Setup

2-1 Build network connection

Please follow the following instruction to build the network
connection between your new WIRELESS router and your
computers, network devices:

1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WAN port of router by
Ethernet cable.

2. Connect all your computers, network devices (network-enabled
consumer devices other than computers, like game console, or
switch / hub) to the LAN port of the router.

3. Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then
connect it to the ‘Power’ socket of the router.

4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be
steadily on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer /
network device connected to the respective port of the router is
powered on and correctly connected. If PWD LED is not on, or
any LED you expected is not on, please recheck the cabling, or
jump to ‘4-2 Troubleshooting’ for possible reasons and
solution.

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2-2 Connecting to wireless broadband router by web browser

After the network connection is built, the next step you should do is
setup the router with proper network parameters, so it can work
properly in your network environment.

Before you can connect to the router and start configuration
procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address
automatically (use dynamic IP address). If it’s set to use static IP
address, or you’re unsure, please follow the following instructions
to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address:

If the operating system of your computer is….

Windows 95/98/Me - please go to section 2-2-1

Windows 2000 - please go to section 2-2-2
Windows XP - please go to section 2-2-3
Windows Vista - please go to section 2-2-4

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2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup:

1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of
your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network
icon, and Network window will appear. Select ‘TCP/IP’, then
click ‘Properties’.

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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server’ and then click

‘OK’.

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2-2-2Windows 2000 IP address setup:

1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of

your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and

Dial-up Connections icon; click Local Area Connection, and
Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select

‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’ and then click ‘Properties’

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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS

server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.

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2-2-3Windows XP IP address setup:

1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of

your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and
Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, then
double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection
Status window will appear, and then click ‘Properties’

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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS

server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.

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2-2-4Windows Vista IP address setup:

1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of

your computer), then click control panel. Click View Network
Status and Tasks, and then click Manage Network Connections.
Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’. Local
Area Connection Properties window will appear, select ‘Internet
Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click ‘Properties’

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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS

server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.

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2-2-5 Router IP address lookup

After the IP address setup is complete, please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at
the bottom-lower corner of your desktop:

Input ‘cmd’, then click ‘OK’

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Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter’ key. Please check the IP address
followed by ‘Default Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of
router is 192.168.2.1, please note that this value may be
different.)

NOTE: If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed, or the address followed

by ‘IP Address’ begins with ‘169’, please recheck network connection

between your computer and router, and / or go to the beginning of this

chapter, to recheck every step of network setup procedure.

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3. Connect the router’s management interface by web browser

After your computer obtained an IP address from router, please
start your web browser, and input the IP address of router in
address bar. The following message should be shown:

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Please input user name and password in the field respectively,
default user name is ‘admin’, and default password is ‘1234’, then
press ‘OK’ button, and you can see the web management interface
of this router:

NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re

being prompted to input user name and password again, it means you

didn’t input username and password correctly. Please retype user

name and password again. If you’re certain about the user name and

password you type are correct, please go to ‘4-2 Troubleshooting’ to

perform a factory reset, to set the password back to default value.

TIP: This page shows the four major setting categories: Quick Setup,

General Setup, Status, and Tools. You can find the shortcut which

leads to these setting categories at the upper-right corner of every

page, and you can jump to another category directly by clicking the

link, and don’t have to go back to the first page.

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2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’

This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you
to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in
very short time. Please follow the following instructions to complete
the ‘Quick Setup’:

Please go to QuickSetup menu by clicking ‘QuickSetup’ button.

HERE!

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And the following message will be displayed:

1. Set Time Zone

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Time Zone (1): Please press button, a drop-down list

will be shown, and you can choose a time zone of the

location you live.

Time Server Input the IP address / host name of time server

Address (2): here

Daylight If the country you live uses daylight saving,

Savings(3): please check ‘Enable Function’ box, and choose the

duration of daylight saving.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (4) button.

2. Broadband Type

1
2

3

4

NOTE: There are several time servers available on internet:

129.6.15.28 (time-a.nist.gov)

132.163.4.101 (time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov)

131.107.1.10 (time-nw.nist.gov)

If you found that the time of router is incorrect, try another time server.

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Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re
using in this page. There are six types of Internet connection, they
are:

Cable Modem - Please go to section 2-3-1
Fixed-IP xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-2
PPPoE xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-3
PPTP xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-4
L2TP xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-5
Telstra Big Pond - Please go to section 2-3-6

If you’re not sure, please contact your Internet service provider. A
wrong Internet connection type will cause connection problem, and
you will not be able to connect to internet.

If you want to go back to previous step, please press ‘Back’ button
on the bottom of this page.

2-3-1 Setup procedure for ‘Cable Modem’:

NOTE: Some service providers use ‘DHCP’ (Dynamic Host

Configuration Protocol) to assign IP address to you. In this case, you

can choose ‘Cable Modem’ as Internet connection type, even you’re

using another connection type, like xDSL. Also, some cable modem

uses PPPoE, so you can choose ‘PPPoE xDSL’ for such cable modem

connection, even you’re using a cable modem.

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer, this is

optional, and only required if your service provider

asks you to do so.

MAC address (2): Please input MAC address of your computer here, if

your service provider only permits computer with certain

MAC address to access internet. If you’re using the

computer which used to connect to Internet via cable

modem, you can simply press ‘Clone Mac address’

button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC

address of your computer.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK’ (3) button; if you
want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

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2

3

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2-3-2 Setup procedure for ‘Fixed-IP xDSL’:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

IP address Please input IP address assigned assigned by your

Service Provider (1): by your service provider.

Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service

provider

DNS address (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by

your service provider.

Service Provider Please input the IP address of DNS server

Gateway Address (4): provided by your service provider.

When you finish with all settings, press ‘OK’ (5); if you want to go
back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

2-3-3 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE xDSL’:

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2
3
4

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NOTE: You can choose this Internet connection method if your

service provider assigns a fixed IP address (also know as static

address) to you, and not using DHCP or PPPoE protocol. Please

contact your service provider for further information.

You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service

provider, wrong setting value will cause connection problem.

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is

optional

MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection

here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet

Type (5): connection you wish to use (detailed explanation listed

below).

Idle Time Out (6): Please input idle time out, (detailed explanation listed

below).

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK’ (7); if you want to
go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

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2

4

3

5
6

7

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MTU - Please use default value if you don’t know what it is, or ask

your service provider for a proper value.

Connection Type - There are 3 options: ‘Continuous’ - keep internet

connection alive, do not disconnect, connect on Demand - only

connects to Internet when there’s a connect attempt, and ‘Manual’ -

only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is

pressed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pressed.

Idle Time Out: Specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no

internet activity is detected by minute. This option is only available

when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’.

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2-3-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP xDSL’:

PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting
(setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and
password). Here we start from WAN interface setting:

Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service
provider here. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’
(equal to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or
‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e. static IP address).
WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet
connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct.
Please contact your Internet service provider if you don’t know what
you should fill in these fields.

Now please go to PPTP settings section:

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3
4
5
6

7

9

8

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your

Internet service provider here.

Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

PPTP Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway

Gateway (3): assigned by your Internet service provider here.

Connection Please input the connection ID here, this is

ID (4): optional and you can leave it blank.

MTU (5): Please input the MTU value of your network connection

here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.

BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to

Check if you’re using the service provided by BEZEQ

network in Israel.

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet

type (7): connection you wish to use, please refer to last section

for detailed descriptions.

Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet

Out (8): connection you wish to use, and refer to last section for

detailed descriptions.

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK (9); if you want to
go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

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2-3-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP xDSL’:

L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other
Internet connection types, and all required setting items are the
same with PPTP connection.

Like PPTP, there are two kinds of required setting, we’ll start from
‘WAN Interface Settings’:

Please select the type of how you obtain IP address from your
service provider here. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address
automatically’ (equal to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’
section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (equal to static IP
address, please refer to ‘PPPoE xDSL’ section above).
WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet
connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct.
Please contact your Internet service provider if you don’t know what
you should fill in these fields.

Now please go to L2TP settings section:

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2

4

3

5

7

6

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your

Internet service provider here.

Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

L2TP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned

by your Internet service provider here.

MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection

here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet

type (5): connection you wish to use, please refer to last section

for detailed descriptions.

Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet

Out (6): connection you wish to use, and refer to last section for

detailed descriptions.

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK (7); if you want to
go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

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2-3-6 Setup procedure for ‘Telstra Big Pond’:

This setting only works when you’re using Telstra big pond’s
network service in Australia. You need to input:

User Name (1): Please input the user name assigned by Telstra.

Password (2): Please input the password assigned by Telstra.

Assign login Check this box to choose login

server manually (3): server by yourself.

Server IP Address(4): Please input the IP address of login server here.

When you finish with all settings, click ‘OK (5); if you want to go
back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

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2

3

4

5

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When all settings are finished, you’ll see the following message
displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll
see this message:

Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be
back to router management interface again, and the router is ready
with new settings.

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2-4 Basic Setup

In this chapter, you’ll know how to change the time zone, password,
and remote management settings. Please start your web browser
and log onto router web management interface, then click ‘General
Setup’ button on the left, or click ‘General Setup’ link at the
upper-right corner of web management interface.

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2-4-1 Time zone and time auto-synchronization

Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management
interface, then click ‘Time Zone’, and the following message will be
displayed on your web browser:

Please select time zone at ‘Time Zone’ drop-down list, and input the
IP address or host name of time server. If you want to enable
daylight savings setting, please check ‘Enable’ box, and set the
duration of daylight setting. When you finish, click ‘Apply’. You’ll see
the following message displayed on web browser:

Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web
management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and
restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots.

NOTE: You can refer to the instructions given in last chapter: ‘Using

Quick Setup’, for detailed descriptions on time zone settings.

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2-4-2 Change management password

Default password of this router is 1234, and it’s displayed on the
login prompt when accessed from web browser. There’s a security
risk if you don’t change the default password, since everyone can
see it. This is very important when you have wireless function
enabled.

To change password, please follow the following instructions:

Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management
interface, then click ‘Password Settings’, and the following
message will be displayed on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Current Please input current password here.
Password (1):

New Password (2): Please input new password here.

Confirmed Please input new password here again.
Password (3):

When you finish, click ‘Apply’. If you want to keep original password
unchanged, click ‘Cancel’.

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If the password you typed in ‘New Password’ (2) and ‘Confirmed
Password’ (3) field are not the same, you’ll see the following
message:

Please retype the new password again when you see above
message.

If you see the following message:

It means the content in ‘Current Password’ field is wrong, please
click ‘OK’ to go back to previous menu, and try to input current
password again.

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If the current and new passwords are correctly entered, after you
click ‘Apply’, you’ll be prompted to input your new password:

Please use new password to enter web management interface
again, and you should be able to login with new password.

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2-4-3 Remote Management

This router does not allow management access from Internet, to
prevent possible security risks (especially when you defined a weak
password, or didn’t change default password). However, you can
still management this router from a specific IP address by enabling
the ‘Remote Management’ Function.

To do so, please follow the following instructions:

Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management
interface, then click ‘Remote Management’, and the following
message will be displayed on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Host Address (1): Input the IP address of the remote host you

wish to initiate a management access.

Port (2): You can define the port number this router

should expect an incoming request. If you’re
providing a web service (default port number is

80), you should try to use other port number.
You can use the default port setting ‘8080’, or
something like ‘32245’ or ‘1429’. (Any integer
between 1 and 65534)

Enable (3): Select the field to start the configuration.

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When you finish with all settings, click ‘Apply’, and you’ll see the
following message displayed on web browser:

Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web
management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and
restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots.

NOTE: When you want to manage this router from another computer

on internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this

router. If your Internet service provider assigns you with a static IP

address, it will not be a problem; but if the IP address your service

provider assigns to you will vary every time you establish an internet

connection, this will be a problem.

Please either asks your service provider to give you a static IP

address, or use dynamic IP to host name mapping services like

DDNS. Please refer to chapter 2-5-8 ‘DDNS client’ for details.

NOTE: Default port number the web browser will use is ‘80’. If the

‘Port’ setting in this page is not ‘80’, you have to assign the port

number in the address bar of web browser manually. For example, if

the IP address of this router is 1.2.3.4, and the port number you set is

8888, you have to input following address in the address bar of web

browser:

http://1.2.3.4:8888

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2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup)

Internet connections setup can be done by using ‘Quick Setup’
menu described in chapter 2-3. However, you can setup WAN
connections up by using WAN configuration menu. You can also
set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here.

To start configuration, please follow the following instructions:

Please click ‘WAN’ menu on the left of web management interface,
and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please select an Internet connection method depend on the type of
connection you’re using. You can either click the connection
method on the left (1) or right (2). If you select the connection
method on the right, please click ‘More Configuration’ button after a
method is selected.

Dynamic IP - Please go to section 2-5-1
Static IP - Please go to section 2-5-2
PPPoE - Please go to section 2-5-3
PPTP - Please go to section 2-5-4
L2TP - Please go to section 2-5-5
Telstra Big Pond - Please go to section 2-5-6
DNS - Please go to section 2-5-7
DDNS - Please go to section 2-5-8
WISP - Please go to section 2-5-9

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2-5-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Host Name (1): Please input host name of your computer, this

is optional, and only required if your service
provider asks you to do so.

MAC Address (2): Please input MAC address of your computer, if

your service provider only permits computer
with certain MAC address to access internet. If
you’re using the computer which used to
connect to Internet via cable modem, you can
simply press ‘Clone Mac address’ button to fill
the MAC address field with the MAC address of
your computer,

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (3); if you want
to remove and value you entered, please click ‘Cancel’.

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After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on
your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ (1) to back to previous setup menu; to
continue on router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the
settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

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2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

IP Address(1): Please input IP address assigned by your

service provider.

Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your

service provider

Default Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server

provided by your service provider.

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After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (4) button and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so
the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to
previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.

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2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is

optional

MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection

here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet

Type (5): connection you wish to use.

Continuous – The connection will be kept always on. If the

connection is interrupted, the router will re-connect

automatically.

Connect On-Demand – Only connect when you want to

surf the Internet. “Idle Time Out” is set to stop the

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connection when the network traffic is not sending or

receiving after an idle time.

Manual – After you have selected this option, you will see

the “Connect” button and “Disconnect” button, click

“’Connect” and the router will connect to the ISP. If you

want to stop the connection, please click “Disconnect”

button.

Idle Time Out (6): If you have selected the connection type to

“Connect-On-Demand”, please input the idle time out.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (7) button and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so
the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to
previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.

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2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’:

PPTP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP
address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here
we start from WAN interface setting:

Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service
provider here. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’
(equal to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or
‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e. static IP address)

WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet
connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct.
Please contact your Internet service provider if you don’t know what
you should fill in these fields.

Now please go to PPTP settings section:

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your

Internet service provider here.

Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

PPTP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned

by your Internet service provider here.

Connection ID (4): Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and

you can leave it blank.

MTU (5): Please input the MTU value of your network connection

here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.

BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): If you are connecting to the BEZEQ network in Israel.

Please enable this function.

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet

type (7): connection you wish to use, please refer to section

2-5-3 for detailed descriptions.

Idle Time Out (8): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you

wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed

descriptions.

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When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (9) button and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so
the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to
previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.

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2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service

provider here.

L2TP Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway

Gateway (3): assigned by your Internet service provider here.

MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here.

If you don’t know, you can use default value.

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet connection

type (5): you wish to use, please refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed

descriptions.

Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet connection

Out (6): you wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed

descriptions.

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When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (7) button and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so
the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to
previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.

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2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘Telstra Big Pond’:

This setting only works when you’re using Telstra big pond’s
network service in Australia. You need to input:

User Name (1): Please input the user name assigned by Telstra.

Password (2): Please input the password assigned by Telstra.

Assign login Check this box to choose login server by yourself.

server manually (3):

Server IP Address (4): Please input the IP address of login server here.

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When you finish with all settings, click ‘Apply’ (5) button and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so
the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to
previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.

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2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’:

If you select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘PPPoE’ as Internet connection method,
at least one DNS server’s IP address should be assigned
automatically. However, if you have preferred DNS server, or your
service provider didn’t assign the IP address of DNS server
because of any reason, you can input the IP address of DNS server
here.

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

DNS Address (1): Please input the IP address of DNS server

provided by your service provider.

Secondary Please input the IP address of another DNS
DNS Address (2): server provided by your service provider, this is

optional.

NOTE: Only IP address can be entered here; DO NOT use the hostname

of DNS server! (i.e. only numeric characters and dots are accepted)

10.20.30.40……………………………………………………………… Correct

dns.serviceprovider.com…………………………………………... Incorrect

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After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (3) button and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so
the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to
previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.

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2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’:

DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP-to-Hostname mapping service for
those Internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. It
will be a problem when such user wants to provide services to other
users on Internet, because their IP address will vary every time
when connected to Internet, and other user will not be able to know
the IP address they’re using at a certain time.

This router supports DDNS service of several service providers, for
example:

DynDNS (http://www.dyndns.org)
TZO (http://www.tzo.com)

Please go to one of DDNS service provider’s webpage listed above,
and get a free DDNS account by the instructions given on their
webpage.

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable DDNS function, please select

‘Enabled’; otherwise please select ‘Disabled’.

Provider (2): Select your DDNS service provider here.

Domain Name (3): Input the domain name you’ve obtained from DDNS

service provider.

Account / Input account or email of DDNS registration.

E-Mail (4):

Password / Key (5): Input DDNS service password or key.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so
the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to
previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.

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2-5-9 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’:

If your network service provided by your service provider is through
wireless network, please select this mode. After you have
connected the router to the access point of service provider
wirelessly, please setup the WAN connection type in WAN page.

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Disable/Enable/ There are three selections for disable or disable

Enable (Station wireless ISP functions.

Mode Only) (1):

Disable: disable this function.

Enable: enable this function and the router can also act

as an access point and allow the wireless clients to

associate to it for WAN access service.

Note: In this mode, if you are informed by your

wireless ISP that the wireless settings of the access

point is changed, please configure the router in this

page for matching the settings.

Enable (Station Mode Only): enable this function and

the router will act as a wireless client and after

connecting to WISP network devices, WAN access

service will be built up through wireless. Users are

allowed to access the WAN service through wired

Ethernet or through another wireless band.

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SSID (2): This is the name of wireless network. Input the SSID

name that your wireless ISP provide to you.

Channel Number (3):This is the radio frequency used to transmit and receive

the wireless signal. The wireless devices in the same

network should follow the same setting. Select the

channel designated by your wireless ISP.

Wireless Band (4): Check your Wireless ISP service provider either

2.4GHz or 5GHz wireless band is used for the network

and then select the wireless band here.

Site Survey (5): Click ‘Select Site Survey’ button, then a “Wireless Site

Survey Table” will pop up. It will list all available access

points nearby. Select the access point designated by

your wireless ISP in the table and the router will join

wireless network through this access point.

Security Setting (6): If the access point enables wireless security, you have to

follow the same settings in order to access the access

point. Click to set security settings for this connection

(Please go to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’ for

detailed instructions).

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After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (7) button and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so
the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to
previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.

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2-6 Wired LAN Configurations

Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. those
computers connect to this router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet
cable) can communicate with each other and access internet, they
must have a valid IP address.

There are two ways to assign IP addresses to computers: static IP
address (set the IP address for every computer manually), and
dynamic IP address (IP address of computers will be assigned by
router automatically. It’s recommended for most of computers to
use dynamic IP address, it will save a lot of time on setting IP
addresses for every computer, especially when there are a lot of
computers in your network; for servers and network devices which
will provide services to other computer and users that come from
Internet, static IP address should be used, so other computes can
locate the server.

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Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN
parameters:

Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interface,
there are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and
‘Static DHCP Leases Table’. Here are setup instructions for each of
them:

Suggestions on IP address numbering plan:

If you have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your

network, here are some suggestions.

1. A valid IP address has 4 fields: a.b.c.d, for most of home and
company users, it’s suggested to use 192.168.c.d, where c is
an integer between 0 and 254, and d is an integer between 1
and 254. This router is capable to work with up to 253 clients,
so you can set ‘d’ field of IP address of router as 1 or 254 (or
any number between 1 and 254), and pick a number between 0
and 254 for field ‘c’.

2. In most cases, you should use ‘255.255.255.0’ as subnet mask,
which allows up to 253 clients (this also meets router’s
capability of working with up to 253 clients).

3. For all servers and network devices which will provide
services to other people (like Internet service, print service,
and file service), they should use static IP address. Give each
of them a unique number between 1 and 253, and maintain a
list, so everyone can locate those servers easily.

4. For computers which are not dedicated to provide specific
service to others, they should use dynamic IP address.

If you don’t really understand the descriptions listed above, don’t
worry! We will provide recommended setup values below.

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2-6-1 LAN IP section:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

IP address (1): Please input the IP address of this router.

Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask for this network.

802.1d If you wish to activate 802.1d spanning tree

Spanning Tree (3): function, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.1d

Spanning Tree’, or set it to ‘Disabled’

DHCP Server (4): If you want to activate DHCP server function of this

router, select ‘Enabled’, or set it to ‘Disabled’.

Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:

IP Address: 192.168.2.1

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

802.1d Spanning Tree: Disabled

DHCP Server: Enabled

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2-6-2 DHCP Server:

These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’
section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup items:

Lease Time (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every

computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP

address assigned by this router from dropdown menu.

Start IP (2): Please input the start IP address of the IP range.

End IP (3): Please input the end IP address of the IP range.

Domain Name (4): If you wish, you can also optionally input the domain

name for your network. This is optional.

Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:

Lease Time: Two Weeks (or ‘Forever’, if you have less than 20 computers)

Start IP: 192.168.2.100

End IP: 192.168.2.200

Domain Name: (leave it blank)

NOTE:

1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be

greater than ‘Start IP’, and can not the same with router’s IP address.

2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘Start IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP

Address of ‘LAN IP’ section (mentioned ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ field) should be

the same.

3. These settings will affect wireless clients too.

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2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table:

This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific
computer forever, so you don’t have to set the IP address for a
computer, and still enjoy the benefit of using DHCP server.
Maximum 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here.

(If you set ‘Lease Time’ to ‘forever’ in ‘DHCP Server’ section, you
can also assign an IP address to a specific computer
permanently, however, you will not be able to assign a certain IP
address to a specific computer, since IP addresses will be
assigned in random order by this way).

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Enable Static Check this box to enable this function,
DHCP Leases (1): otherwise uncheck it to disable this function.

MAC Address (2): Input the MAC address of the computer or

network device (total 12 characters, with
character from 0 to 9, and from a to f, like
‘001122aabbcc’)

IP address (3): Input the IP address you want to assign to

this computer or network device

‘Add’ (4): After you inputted MAC address and IP

address pair, click this button to add the pair
to static DHCP leases table.

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If you want to remove all characters you just entered, click
‘Clear’.

After you clicked ‘Add’, the MAC address and IP address
mapping will be added to ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’ section.

If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box
of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click ‘Delete
Selected’ button (2); if you want to delete all mappings, click
‘Delete All’ (3). If you want to deselect all mappings, click ‘Reset
(4).

After you finish all LAN settings, please click ‘Apply’ button on the
bottom of this page. After you click ‘Apply’, the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings
will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is
rebooting).

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2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations

If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices
which is equipped with wireless network interface, you can use
the wireless function of this router to let them connect to Internet
and share resources with other computers with wired-LAN
connection. You can also use the built-in security functions to
protect your network from being intruded by malicious intruders.

This router supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless bands
simultaneously; the wireless settings for both wireless bands are
almost the same. The following sections will only highlight the
different descriptions between these two selections.

Enter into ‘General Setup’ page, select ‘2.4GHz Wireless’ or ‘5GHz
Wireless’ to configure the wireless settings for the different wireless
radio.

Please follow the following instructions to set wireless parameters:

Please click ‘2.4GHz Wireless’ or ‘5GHz Wireless’ menu on the left
of web management interface, and the following message will be
displayed on your web browser. You must enable wireless function

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of this router, or the wireless interface of this router will not function.
Please select ‘Enable’ (1), then click ‘Apply’ (3) button.

If you’re coming here because you want to disable wireless
function, please select ‘Disable’ (2), then click ‘Apply’ (3) button.

After you click ‘Apply’(3), the following message will be displayed
on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so
the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while
router is rebooting).

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2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings

Please click ‘2.4GHz Wireless’ or ‘5GHz Wireless’ menu on the left
of web management interface, then click ‘Basic Settings’, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:

2.4GHz Wireless

5GHz Wireless

This wireless router can be work in 6 modes:

a. Access Point: Standard wireless AP .

b. Station-Infrastructure: Configure the router to Ethernet device
such us TV, Game player, HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device
be a wireless station.

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c. AP Bridge-Point to Point: Connect this router with another
wireless router, to expand the scope of network.

d. AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point: Connect this router with up to four
other wireless routers, to expand the scope of network.

e. AP Bridge-WDS: Connect this router with up to four
WDS-capable wireless routers, to expand the scope of network.

f. Universal Repeater: The router can act as Station and AP at the
same time. It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and
use AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage.

Please select a proper operation mode you want to use from ‘Mode’
dropdown menu (1), and continue on other operation mode specific
settings:

Access Point - Please go to section 2-7-1-1
Station-Infrastructure - Please go to section 2-7-1-2
AP Bridge-Point to Point - Please go to section 2-7-1-3
AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point - Please go to section 2-7-1-4
AP Bridge-WDS - Please go to section 2-7-1-5
Universal Repeater - Please go to section 2-7-1-6

NOTE: For ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point’ and ‘AP Bridge-Point to

Multi-Point’ mode, wireless router is operated in wireless bridge

dedicated mode – wireless router is only used to expand the scope of

network, and no wireless clients will be accepted. If you want to use

your wireless router to expand the scope of network, and also accept

wireless clients, please select ‘AP Bridge-WDS’ or ‘Universal

Repeater‘ mode.

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2-7-1-1 Setup procedure for ‘Access Point’:

Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown
menu (2), and the following message will be displayed:

2.4GHz Access Point Settings

5GHz Access Point Settings

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band (2): Please select the radio band from one of following

options:

2.4GHz Band

2.4 GHz (B): this mode only allows 802.11b wireless

network client to connect this router (maximum transfer

rate 11Mbps).

2.4 GHz (N): this mode only allows 802.11n wireless

network client to connect this router (maximum transfer

rate 300Mbps).

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2.4 GHz (B+G): this mode only allows 802.11b and

802.11g wireless network client to connect this router

(maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, and

maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients).

2.4 GHz (G): this mode only allows 802.11g wireless

network client to connect this router (maximum transfer

rate 54Mbps).

2.4 GHz (B+G+N): this mode allows 802.11b, 802.11g,

and 802.11n wireless network client to connect this

router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b

clients, maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients, and

maximum 300Mbps for 802.11n clients).

5GHz Band

5GHz (A): this mode allows 802.11a wireless network

client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate

54Mbps for 802.11a clients).

5GHz (N): this mode allows 802.11n wireless network

client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate

300Mbps for 802.11n clients).

5GHz (A+N): this mode allows 802.11a and 802.11n

wireless network client to connect this router (maximum

transfer rate 54Mbps for 802.11a clients, and maximum

300Mbps for 802.11n clients).

NOTE: For 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g mode, the signals can be

transmitted only by antenna 1 (The antenna in the right side of the

rear panel).

For 802.11n mode: The router is operating in a 2T2R Spatial

Multiplexing MIMO configuration. 2 antennas are for signal

transmitting and 2 antennas are for signal receiving.

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SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router. You can type any

alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32

characters. SSID is used to identify your own wireless

router from others when there are other wireless routers

in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’s

recommended to change default SSID value to the one

which is meaningful to you, like myhome, office_room1,

etc.

Channel Number (4): Please select a channel from the dropdown list of

‘Channel Number’. You can choose any channel

number you want to use, and almost all wireless clients

can locate the channel you’re using automatically

without any problem. However, it’s still useful to

remember the channel number you use, some wireless

client supports manual channel number select, and this

would help in certain scenario when there is some radio

communication problem.

The available channels numbers for the following band

are:

2.4GHz Band

The available channel numbers are 1 to 13 for

European countries, 1 to 11 for USA.

5GHz Band

The available channel numbers are 36 to 140 (36~ 48,

52~64, 100~ 140) for European countries, and 36 to 48

and 149 to 165 for USA.

Associated Clients (5): Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active

Wireless Client Table” will pop up. You can see the

status of all active wireless stations that are connecting

to the access point.

NOTE: If you don’t have special reason to limit the type of allowed

wireless client, it’s recommended to choose ‘2.4GHz (B+G+N) and

5GHz (A+N) to maximize wireless client compatibility.

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2-7-1-2 Setup procedure for ‘Station-Infrastructure’:

In this mode, you can connect the router to Ethernet device such us
TV, Game player, HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device be a
wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access
point or AP router.

2.4GHz Station (Infrastructure) Settings

5GHz Station (Infrastructure) Settings

TIPS: You can try to change channel number to another one if you

think the data transfer rate is too slow. There could be some other

wireless routers using the same channel, which will disturb the radio

communication between wireless client and the wireless router.

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band (2): Select the band you want to use.

SSID (3): This is the name of wireless network. You can

type the SSID of the network you would like to
connect here.

Site Survey (4): When you use this wireless router as a wireless

station for Ethernet network device to have
wireless capability, you have to associate it with
a working access point. Click ‘Select Site
Survey’ button, then a “Wireless Site Survey
Table” will pop up. It will list all available access
points nearby. You can select one access point
in the table and it will join wireless LAN through
this access point.

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2-7-1-3 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point’:

In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with another, to
combine two access points and expand the scope of wireless
network, and all clients (wired only – AP will not accept wireless
clients in this mode) of two wireless routers will think they’re on the
same physical network. This function is very convenient when you
need to connect two networks between two buildings. Here are
instructions about how to connect two wireless routers together:

2.4GHz AP Bridge (Point to Point) Settings

5GHz AP Bridge (Point to Point) Settings

NOTE: Two wireless routers must use the same mode, band, channel

number, and security setting!

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band (2): Select the band you want to use; two wireless

routers must use the same setting.

Channel Select the channel you want to use, two

wireless

Number (3): routers must use the same setting.

MAC
address 1(4): Input the MAC address of another wireless

router.

Security Click to setting security for this connection
Settings (5): (Please go to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’

for detailed instructions).

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2-7-1-4 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point’:

In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with at least four
wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless network, and all
clients (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode)
of the wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical
network.

2.4GHz AP Bridge ( Point to Multi-Point) Settings

5GHz AP Bridge ( Point to Multi-Point) Settings

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band (2): Select the band you want to use; all the

wireless routers must use the same setting.

Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the

wireless

Number (3): routers must use the same setting.

MAC address Input the MAC address of other wireless

routers.

1 to 4 (4 - 7):

Security Click to set security settings for this connection
Setting (8): (Please go to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’

for detailed instructions).

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2-7-1-5 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge – WDS’

In this mode, you can expand the scope of network by combining
up to four other access points together, and every access point can
still accept wireless clients.

2.4GHz AP Bridge (WDS) Settings

5GHz AP Bridge (WDS) Settings

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NOTE: For WDS mode, the output signal nature is the same as that of

normal AP mode.

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band (2): Select the band you want to use; all the wireless routers

must use the same setting.

SSID (3): Input the SSID of your wireless router, the setting

should be the same with other wireless routers for the

convenience of roaming.

Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless

Number (4): routers must use the same setting.

Associated Clients (5):Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active

Wireless Client Table” will pop up. You can see the

status of all active wireless stations that are connecting

to the access point.

MAC address Input the MAC address of other wireless routers.

1 to 4 (6 - 9):

Security Click to set security settings for this connection

Setting (10): (Please go to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’ for

detailed instructions).

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2-7-1-6 Setup procedure for ‘Universal Repeater’

In this mode, the router can act as a wireless repeater; it can be
Station and AP at the same time. It can use Station function to
connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all wireless
stations within its coverage.

2.4GHz Universal Repeater Settings

5GHz Universal Repeater Settings

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NOTE: For Repeater Mode, this router will demodulate the received

signal, checking if this signal is noise for the operating network then

have the signal modulated and amplified again. The output power of

this mode is the same as that of WDS and normal AP mode.

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band (2): Select the band you want to use, all the wireless routers

must use the same setting.

SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router. You can type any

alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32

characters. SSID is used to identify your own wireless

router from others when there are other wireless routers

in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’s

recommended to change default ESSID value to the

one which is meaningful to you, like myhome,

office_room1, etc.

Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless

Number (4): clients must use the same setting.

Associated Clients (5): Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active

Wireless Client Table” will pop up. You can see the

status of all active wireless stations that are connecting

to the access point.

Root AP SSID (6): In ‘Universal Repeater’ mode, this device can act as a

station to connect to a Root AP. You should assign the

SSID of the Root AP here or click ‘Select Site Survey’

button to choose a Root AP.

Site Survey (7): Click ‘Select Site Survey’ button, then a “Wireless Site

Survey Table” will pop up. It will list all available access

points near by. You can select one access point in the

table and the router will join wireless LAN through this

access point.

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After you finish the wireless setting, please click ‘Apply’ button, after
you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your
web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings
will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is
rebooting).

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2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings

This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters,
if you want to configure these settings, please click ‘2.4GHz
Wireless’ or ‘5GHz Wireless’ menu on the left of web management
interface, then click ‘Advanced Settings’, and the following
message will be displayed on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Fragment Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.

Threshold (1): Do not modify default value if you don’t know what

it is, default value is 2346.

RTS Threshold (2): Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify

default value if you don’t know what it is, default

value is 2347.

Beacon Interval (3): Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not

modify default value if you don’t know what it is,

default value is 100.

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DTIM Period (4): Set the DTIM period of wireless radio. Do not modify

default value if you don’t know what it is, default

value is 3.

Data Rate (5): Set the wireless data transfer rate to a certain value.

Since most of wireless devices will negotiate with each

other and pick a proper data transfer rate automatically,

it’s not necessary to change this value unless you

know what will happen after modification.

N Data Rate (6): Same as above, but only for 802.11n clients.

Channel Width (7): Set channel width of wireless radio. Do not modify

default value if you don’t know what it is, default

setting is ‘Auto 20/40 MHz’.

Preamble Type (8): Set the type of preamble, do not modify default value

if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Short

Preamble’.

Broadcast ESSID (9): Decide if the wireless router will broadcast its own

ESSID or not. You can hide the ESSID of your wireless

router (set the option to ‘Disable’), so only people those

who know the ESSID of your wireless router can get

connected.

CTS Protect (10): Enabling this setting will reduce the chance of radio

signal collisions between 802.11b and 802.11g/n

wireless access points. It’s recommended to set this

option to ‘Auto’ or ‘Always’. However, if you set to

‘None’, your wireless router should be able to work fine,

too.

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Tx Power (11): You can set the output power of wireless radio. Unless

you’re using this wireless router in a really big space,

you may not have to set output power to 100%. This

will enhance security (malicious / unknown users in

distance will not be able to reach your wireless

router).

WMM (12): The short of Wi-Fi MultiMedia, it will enhance the data

transfer performance of multimedia contents when

they’re being transferred over wireless network. If you

don’t know what it is / not sure if you need it, it’s

safe to set this option to ‘Enable’, however, default

value is ‘Disable’.

After you finish these wireless settings, please click ‘Apply’ button,
button, and the following message will be displayed on your web
browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue
on router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings
will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is
rebooting).

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2-7-3 Wireless Security

It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! If
you don’t, hackers and malicious users can reach your network and
valuable data without your consent and this will cause serious
security problem.

To set wireless security settings, Please click ‘2.4GHz Wireless’ or
‘5GHz Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface,
then click ‘Security Settings’, then follow the following instructions
to set wireless security settings:

Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown
menu, there are four options:

2-7-3-1 Disable wireless security

When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every
wireless device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless
router if no other security measure is enabled (like MAC address
access control - see section 2-7-4, or disable ESSID broadcast).

Only use this option when you really want to allow everyone to
use your wireless router, and you don’t care if there’s
someone reads the data you transfer over network without
your consent.

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2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP
encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your
web browser:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and

128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will

reduce some data transfer performance.

Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex.

When you select a key format, the number of

characters of key will be displayed. For example, if you

select ’64-bit’ as key length, and ‘Hex’ as key format,

you’ll see the message at the right of ‘Key Format’ is

‘Hex (10 characters), which means the length of WEP

key is 10 characters.

Default Tx Key (4): You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can

decide which key is being used by default here. If you

don’t know which one you should use, select ‘Key

1’.

Encryption Key Input WEP key characters here, the number of

1 to 4 (5-8): characters must be the same as the number displayed

at ‘Key Format’ field. You can use any alphanumerical

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