Tenda W168 User Guide

Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide

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Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide

CONTENTS

Chapter One Hardware Installation................................................................... 1

1.1 Rear Panel.......................................................................................... 1

1.2 Hardware Installation......................................................................... 1

1.3 LED Indicators................................................................................... 2

1.4 Topology of the Wireless Router........................................................ 3

Chapter Two Configuration Guide.................................................................... 4

2.1 To Set the Network Configuration of your Computer........................ 4

2.2 To Check the Connection................................................................... 6

2.3 Log in................................................................................................. 4

2.4 The Management Interface................................................................. 7

2.5 Quick Installation Guide.................................................................... 8

2.6 Running Status..................................................................................11

2.7 ........................................................................................... 12 Wizard

2.8 ........................................................................... 12 Advanced Config

2.9 ............................................................................... 17 WLAN Setting

2.10 DHCP Server.................................................................................. 30

2.11 ................................................................................. 32 Virtual Server

2.12 .............................................................................. 36 Security Setting

2.13 .............................................................................. 44 Routing Setting

2.14 ................................................................................... 46 System Tool

Features: ....................................................................................................... 53

Deployment................................................................................................... 54

Physical Environment ..................................................................................... 55

Appendix: Package Contents........................................................................... 55

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Chapter One Hardware Installation

1.1 Rear Panel

Rear Panel Description

4 LAN Ports

RESET

WAN

AC9V AC9V/1.0A Power Interface

Connectible to 10/100-BaseT Ethernet LAN network adapter and can uplink to a hub or switch. Note! When you press the RESET Button for 7 seconds, the configuration that you have set would be deleted and restore to factory default setting. Connectible to ADSL, Cable Modem or community broadband.

1.2 Hardware Installation

1. Please connect the LAN port of the router to the network adapter of your computer with one cable.

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lease use the delivery-attached

2. P power supply to power the router.

3. Please connect your broadband line provided by your ISP to the WAN port of your router.

1.3 LED Indicators

LED Indicator Description

POWER Always ON Indicates it is powered on well.

SYS Always ON Indicates the system works well.

WAN Blinking

Blinking Indicates the wireless signal is OK.

WLAN

Off

LAN

(1/2/3/4)

Always ON

Blinking

Indicates the Router’s WAN port is transmitting and or receiving data packets.

Indicates wireless signal is turned off. (Press the “Wireless ON/OFF” for one second to turn on/off the wireless signal.) Indicates the Router connects with the computer well. Indicates the Router’s LAN port is transmitting and or receiving data packets.

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1.4 Topology of the Wireless Router

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Chapter Two Configuration Guide

2.1 To Set the Network Configuration of your Computer

1. Please right click “My Network Place” on your computer and select “Properties”.

2. In the following dialogue box, please click “Local Area Network Connection” and select “Properties”.

3. In the dialogue box, please select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties”.

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4. Please select “Obtain address automatically” or “Use the following IP address” a. For “Obtain an IP address automatically”, it is as the right figure.

b. For “Use the following IP address”, please configure as the right figure. IP Address: 192.168.0.xxx (xxx is

a number between 2

and 254) Subnet Mask: 255.255.25.0 Gateway:192.168.0.1 DNS Server: You could inquire your local ISP and fill in your local DNS server address or you can also use the router as the DNS proxy server. After configuration, please click “OK” and then click “OK” in “Local Area Connection Properties”

an IP

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2.2 To Check the Connection

1.Please select “Start”—All Programs ” —“Accessories”— “Command Prompt”

2. Please input “Ping 192.168.0.1” and press Enter, if your screen display as the figure, this means that your computer is connected to your router successfully.

2.3 Log in

1. Please open your Internet Browser, enter “http://192.168.0.1” in the address bar.

2. In the dialogue box, please input User Name: admin Password: admin And then click “OK”

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The router would verify your user

3. name and password. When they are right, you would see the screen as the right figure.

2.4 The Management Interface

1. On the left side, you can see the buttons: “Running Status”, “Wizard”, “Advanced Config”, “WLAN Setting”, “DHCP Server”, “Virtual Server”, “Security Setting”, “Routing Setting”, “System Tool” and “Logout”.

2. On the right side, you can see the function configuration of related buttons.

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2.5 Quick Installation Guide

1. Entering into the “Welcome” Interface of the router, please click “Next”.

2. Now you would enter the “Setting Wizard”. In order to access the Internet, you should select your connection type to your ISP (Internet Services Provider).

This router supports “Auto

Detect” and “Manual Set”.

a. If you are not clear of your connection type, please select “Auto Detect” mode and

click “Next”

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Of course, if you are clear, you could select manually and click “Next”.

3.A. If the connection type is “ADSL Virtual Dial-UP (PPPoE)”, please input the “User Name” and “Password” provided by your ISP.

B. If the connection provided by your ISP is DHCP of “Obtain an IP address automatically”, please click “Next”. C. If the connection is “Ethernet Broadband, fixed IP address provided by ISP (Static IP)”, please input the IP Address, Sub-net Mask, Gateway and DNS server address provided by your ISP.

D. If the connection is “PPP Tunneling Protocol”, please input the following parameters provided by your ISP: User Name, Password, Gateway, MTU, MPPE The default MTU is 1400, and you

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can

change it according to your requirements MPPE: To Encrypt the connection between your router and the server, if the ISP needs to encrypt the connection, then please select MPPE. PPTP provides two access modes. If the PPTP offered by your ISP is Dynamic IP: Please select Dynamic IP and.

If the PPTP offered by your ISP is Static IP: Please fill in the parameters provided by your ISP and.

4. After configuration, please click “Next” to enter into the figure beside and click “Save” to finish the configuration.

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5. “Running S After configuration, please click the “Running Status” button and check the connection status. If the Link Status is “Connected”, now you can access the internet.

tatus”

2.6 Running Status

Here we can see the working status of the router

1. WAN Port Sta tus Here you can see the status of the WAN port including Link Status, WAN IP, Sub-net Mask, Gateway, DNS, Second DNS and Link Type

2. LAN Port Status Here you can see the status of the LAN port including IP Address, Sub-net Mask, DHCP Server, NAT and Firewall.

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3. Information Here you can s router including Running Time, System Time, Client Count, Firewall Version, Bootcode Version, LAN MAC Address, WAN MAC Address, and Hardware Version.

ee the status of the

2.7 Wizard

Please refer to 2.5 for Quick Installation Guide

2.8 Advanced Config

LAN Setting

The configuration parameters of the LAN port of the router is displayed here.

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1. MAC MAC address of the router in the LAN, its value can not be changed.

2. IP Address: To display the IP address of the router in the LAN, the factory default value is 192.168.0.1, you can change it according to your requirements. For example, you can change the IP address of the router as 192.168.3.1 as the figure beside.

address into a new IP address, then next time when you log in the router, you must use this new IP address to access the management interface of the router. And all the default gateway of the computer in the LAN should be set as the value of this new IP address. Netmask: The default Sub-net Mask of this router in the LAN is

255.255.255.0

Address: To display the

Note: If you change this IP

WAN Setting

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The configuration parameters for the WAN port are displayed in this page.

Here we can change the configuration parameters of the WAN port here. Please refer to the figure beside, and this figure is subject to different connection types to your ISP. For example, in ADSL mode, we can change the parameters as the figure below:

MTU Value Name of the Server (AC NAME)

Please select the connectio n mode

Maximum Transmission Unit Some ISP provides the name of the server (AC Name) and requires using this name during the process of authentication. Connect Automatically: connect after start and break off Manual Connect: connect by user. Connect when

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needed Connect during

MAC Address Clone

In this page, you are able to configure the MAC address of the WAN port

With this function, you are able to clone the MAC address of your computer which is connected to the router, and copy this MAC address to the WAN port of the router. (You are also able to change the MAC Address manually.) If you don’t know how to input the MAC Address manually, we recommend that you should use the MAC Address Clone function to copy the MAC Address automatically. For example, if you require to change the MAC address of the WAN port into 00:00:00:00:0D:A0, you should fill it in manually as the figure beside.

DNS Server

fixed time

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