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WL-500W SuperSpeed N
Wireless Multi-Function Router
User Manual
E2654 /2007 Feb.
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Manufacturer Contact Information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Company address: 15 Li-Te Road, Beitou, Taipei 11259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Web site address: www.asus.com.tw General (fax): +886-2-2894-7798 General email: info@asus.com.tw ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) Company address: 44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 94538, USA General (fax): +1-510-608-4555 Web site address: usa.asus.com Technical support General support: +1-502-995-0883 Support (fax): +1-502-933-8713 Online
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual Table of contents . Package contents .................................................................................3 2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router .................................3 1) Cable connection ...............................................................................3 2) Status indicators ................................................................................4 3) Wall mount option ......................................
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 7. Troubleshooting .................................................................................35 8. Appendix .............................................................................................37 2
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual . Package contents • WL-500W wireless router x 1 • Power adapter x 1 • Utility CD x 1 • RJ45 cable x 1 • Quick Start Guide x 1 2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router 1) Cable connection Wall power outlet Modem Power Phone Wall telephone outlet 2 Wall power outlet ASUS Wireless Router LAN Power 3 Wall power outlet ASUS Wireless Router Modem LAN Power Phone Power WAN Wall telephone outlet 3
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 2) Status indicators PWR AIR LAN WAN PWR (Power) Off No power On System ready Flashing-slow Firmware upgrade failed Flashing-quick EZsetup processing AIR (Wireless Network) Off No power On Wireless system ready Flashing Transmitting or receiving data (wireless) WAN (Wide Area Network) Off No power or no physical connection On Has physical connection to an Ethernet network Flashing Transmitting or receiving data (through Ethernet cable)
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 3. Getting started The ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router can meet various working scenarios with proper configuration. The default settings of the wireless router may need change so as to meet your individual needs. Therefore, before using the ASUS Wireless Router, check the basic settings to make sure they all work in your environment. ASUS provides a utility named EZSetup for fast wireless configuration. If you would like to use EZSetup for your wireless net
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual To set up the connection with a manually assigned IP address, the address of your PC and the wireless router must be within the same subnet: • IP address: 192.168.1.xxx (xxx can be any number between 2 and 254. Make sure the IP address is not used by other device) • Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (same as WL-500W) • Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (IP address of WL-500W) • DNS: 192.168.1.1 (WL-500W), or assign a known DNS server in your network. 4) Configuring the wirel
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 5) Quick setup To start quick setup, click Next to enter the “Quick Setup” page. Follow the instructions to setup the ASUS Wireless Router. 1. Select your time zone and click Next. 2. ASUS wireless router supports five types of ISP services: cable, PPPoE, PPTP, static WAN IP, and Telstra BigPond. Select your connection type and click Next to continue. Cable or dynamic IP user If you are using services provided by cable ISP, select Cable Modem or ot
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual PPTP user If you are using PPTP services, select ADSL herk036@adsl-comfort connection that requires username, password and IP address. Fill in the username, the password and the IP address provided by your ISP into the fields. Click Next to continue. Static IP user If you are using ADSL or other connection type that uses static IP address, select ADSL or other connection type that uses static IP address. Input the IP address, the subnet mask, and the
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 4. Input four sets of WEP keys in the WEP Key fields (10 hexadecimal digits for WEP 64bits, 26 hexadecimal digits for WEP 128bits). You can also let the system generate the keys by inputting a Passphrase. Record the Passphrase and the WEP keys in your notebook, then click Finish. For example, if we select WEP 64bits encryption mode and input 11111 as the Passphrase, the WEP Keys are generated automatically. 5. Click Save&Restart to restart the wir
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 1) Select Connect to an existing wireless 2) One Touch Wizard searches and displays LAN (Station) radio button and click the available APs in the Available Next to continue. Networks list. Select WL-500W and press Next to continue. 3) Set the authentication and encryption of 4) It takes several seconds for the wireless your WLAN card the same with those at card to associate with WL-500W. Press WL-500W. In the previous steps the Key Next to setup TCP/IP
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual ® Configuring WLAN card with Windows WZC service ® If you use non-ASUS wireless card, you can set up the wireless connection with Windows Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service. 1) Double-click the wireless network icon on 2) Input the 10-digit keys you have set on the task bar to view available networks. the wireless router and click Connect. Select your wireless router and click The connection is complete within Connect. several seconds. 7. Configur
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 4. Wireless router features This chapter provides setup examples of some frequently used router features. You can set up these features via your Web browser. 1) Choosing an appropriate operation mode ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router supports three operation modes: home gateway, router, and access point. Click System Setup -> Operation mode to open the configuration page. Home gateway mode is for home or SOHO users who want to connect to their ISPs for Interne
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 2) Setting up wireless encryption WL-500W provides a set of encryption and authentication methods to meet the different demands of home, SOHO, and enterprise users. Before setting up encryption and authentication for WL-500W, contact your network administrator for advice. Click Wireless -> Interface to open the configuration page. Note: For 802.11n performance, select 40MHz bandwidth. Channel option will depend on the bandwidth that you select. Encrypti
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual Authentication The authentication methods supported by WL-500W include: Open, shared key, WPA-PSK, WPA, and Radius with 80.211x. Open: This option disables authentication protection for wireless network. Under Open mode, any IEEE802.11b/g client can connect to your wireless network. Shared: This mode uses the WEP keys currently in use for authentication. WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK: WPA stands for WiFi-Protected Access. WPA provides two security modes: WP
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 4) Setting up virtual DMZ in your LAN To expose an internal host to the Internet and make all services provided by this host available to outside users, enable Virtual DMZ function to open all ports of the host. This function is useful when the host plays multiple roles such as HTTP server and FTP server. However, in doing this, your network becomes less secure. 1. Click Virtual DMZ in the NAT Setting menu. 2. Enter the IP address of the host and click Fin
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 3. After clicking Free Trial, you are directed to the homepage of www.DynDNS. org, where you can register and apply for DDNS service. Read the policy and select "I have read...". 4. Enter your user name, e-mail address, password, then click Create Account. 5. A m e s s a g e p r o m p t s out informing that your account has been created. An E-mail is sent to your mailbox. Open your mailbox and read the mail. 6. You can find the activation letter i
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 9. After logging in, you can see this welcome message. 10. Select Services tab. 11. Click Add Dynamic DNS Host . 12. Enter the host name then click Add Host. 13. You can see this message when your hostname is successfully created. 7
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WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 14. Fill the account information into the DDNS setting fields of your wireless router. 15. Click Finish. 16. Click Save & Restart to restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 17. Verify whether DDNS is working. Click Start menu and select Run. Type cmd and click OK to open the CLI console. 18. T y p e p i n g a c c o u n t . dyndns.org (your DDNS domain name). If you can see the reply like what is shown in the right picture, DDNS is wo
