Topcom BR 604 User Manual

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1. THE CONNECTION PANEL 3

2. CONFIGURING THE PC TO CONNECT TO THE CABLE/DSL
ROUTER 3

3. VERIFY YOUR PC’S IP CONFIGURATION 4

4. SETUP THE BROADBAND ROUTER 5

5. CONNECTION STATUS 9

6. ROUTER ADVANCED SETTINGS 10

7. FIRMWARE UPDATE 10

8. WARRANTY 11

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1. THE CONNECTION PANEL

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POWER : The power port is to connect the 5V DC power adapter.

- The power LED on the front panel will go ON when the power adapter is connected.

• WAN : The WAN Ethernet port is to connect your ASDL/Cable modem.

- The WAN LED will go ON if the network Ethernet cable is properly connected.

• Ports 1- 4 : This is to connect networked devices, such as PCs, ftp servers or anything else you want to put on
your network.

- The LAN LED’s will indicate the connection status.

• Reset Button : If you would like to load default settings, press the reset button and hold it for 5 ~ 6 seconds. It will
load the factory default settings for the device. Do not press the reset button unless you want to clear the current
data.

2. CONFIGURING THE PC TO CONNECT TO THE CABLE/DSL
ROUTER

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- The routers default IP address is: 192.168.1.1

- DHCP server is ON

If you do not wish to set a static IP address on your PC, you will need to configure your PC to accept the IP address
that the router will provide.

1. Click Start button, select Settings , then Control Panel

2. Double-click the Network Icon

3. In the configuration windows, select the TCP/IP protocol line that has been associated with your network card/
adapter.

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4. Click the Properties button, then choose the IP ADDRESS tab. Select Obtain an IP address automatically .

5. Then select DNS configuration tab to add DNS IP address . Select Disable DNS function . Press OK . You have
completed the client settings.

6. After clicking OK , windows will ask you to restart the PC. Click Yes .

3. VERIFY YOUR PC’S IP CONFIGURATION

There are some tools which are great for finding out a computer’s IP configuration: MAC address and default gateway.

• WINIPCFG (for windows 95/98)

Inside the windows 95/98/ME Start button, select Run and type winipcfg . In the example below this computer has a IP
address of 192.168.1.100 and the default gateway is 192.168.1.1. The default gateway should be the broadband router
IP address. The MAC address in windows 95/98 is called the Adapter Address.

NOTE: You can also type winipcfg in the DOS command.

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• IPCONFIG (for windows 2000/NT)

In the DOS command type IPCONFIG and press Enter . Your PC IP information will be displayed as shown below.

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- IPCONFIG / RENEW will renew the IP address, gateway and DNS.

• Windows XP

Click the right mouse key on your network adapter and select Status

The support screen will display the IP information.

4. SETUP THE BROADBAND ROUTER

When your PC has a valid IP address, you should be able to go to the router setup web page.

Open Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigater and goto address: 192.168.1.1

Now the login screen will appear.

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• Enter the username and password.

- By default the username is admin and the password is admin .

Now you enter the web management of your Broadband Router.

• The setup wizard will automatically appear:

- Click Next to proceed

• In next screen you can change the login password (admin) to your own password.

- Click Next to proceed

• In next screen you can select your Time Zone

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- Click Next to proceed

• Now you can change the LAN settings:

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- The LAN IP address and Subnet mask can be changed.

- The router DHCP server can be Disabled / Enabled

- The DHCP range can be set.

- Click Next to proceed

• Now the BR604 will try to detect your broadband connection type

• Depending on your connection type next screen will appear: (for PPPoE, this screen will not appear if the auto
detection has been successful )

- Obtain IP automatilally (DHCP client) : this connection is mostly used for connecting the BR604 to a cable
modem.

- Select your Connection Type

- Click Next to proceed

- Fixed IP address : for connections with fixed WAN IP address.

- enter the WAN IP , Subnet Mask , Gateway and DNS addresses.

- Click Next to proceed.

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