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Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission. Trademarks All product, company, brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. They are used for identification purpo
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FCC Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation o
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................... 4 1.1 Functions and Features................................................................ 4 1.2 Packing List ................................................................................ 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation............................................................. 6 2.1. Panel Layout ..................................................................
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Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding Broadband Router. This product is specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solution for Internet surfing and office resources sharing, and it is easy to configure and operate for even non-technical users. Instructions for installing and configuring this product can be found in this manual. Before you install and use this product, please read this manual carefully
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Access Control supported allows you to assign different access right for different users. Virtual Server supported enables you to expose WWW, FTP and other services on your LAN to be accessible to Internet users. User-Definable Application Sensing Tunnel user can define the attributes to support the special applications requiring multiple connections, like Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and so on, then this product can sense the application type and open m
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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1. Panel Layout 2.1.1. Front Panel Figure 2-1 Front Panel RESET When RESET is pushed, system settings will be set to factory defaults. Readmy System status indicators, Orange. Ready is flashed once per second to &Com indicate system is alive. When COM port is active, COM LED is lighted. WAN & LAN Ethernet port indicators, Green. The LED flickers when LAN or WAN port is sending or receiving data. Link/Act. Link status indicators, Green. The LED flic
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Power Power inlet. This is where you connect the included power adapter. Note that, the included power adapter is DC 5V/1A. Using wrong type of power adapter may cause this product damage. 2.2. Installation Requirements This product can be positioned at any convenient place in your office or house. No special wiring or cooling requirements is needed. However, you should comply with the following guidelines to install: Place this product on a flat horizontal plane. Keep this product
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Figure 2-3 Setup of LAN connections for this product. 2. Setup WAN connection: prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting this product to your cable/xDSL modem or Ethernet backbone. Figure 2-4 illustrates the WAN connection. Figure 2-4 Setup of WAN connections for this product. 3. Power on: Connecting the power cord to power inlet and turning the power switch on, this product will automatically enter the self-test phase. When it is in the self-test phase, the indicators Ready and COM w
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finished. Finally, the M1 will be continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation. -9-
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Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation To use this product correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform (Windows 95/98/NT). 3.1 Make correct network settings of your computer The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. These addresses can be changed on your need, but the default values are used in this manual
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there must be something wrong in your installation procedure. You have to check the following items in sequence: 1. Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between this product and your computer? Tip: The LAN LED of this product and the link LED of network card on your computer must be lighted. 2. Is the TCP/IP environment of your computers properly configured? Tip: If the IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192.168.123.X and default ga
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Chapter 4 Configuring IP Sharer This product provides Web based configuration scheme, that is, configuring by Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms. 4.1 Start-up and Log in Activate your browser, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exceptions. Then, type this product’s IP address in the Location (for Netscape) or Address (for IE) field and press ENTER. For exampl
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To log in as an administrator, enter the system password (the factory setting is ”admin”) in the System Password field and click on the Log in button. If the password is correct, the web appearance will be changed into administrator configure mode. As listed in its main menu, there are several options for system administration. 4.2 Status This option provides the function for observing this product’s working status: A. WAN Port Status. If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP, there ma
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4.3 Toolbox This option enables you change the administrator password. Besides, you can get the information about Firmware version and WAN's MAC Address. You can also reboot this product by clicking the Reboot button. Note: we strongly recommend you to change the system password for security reason. If you forgot the system password, please refer to Appendix A to reset a new one. -14-
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4.4 Primary Setup This option is primary to enable this product to work properly. The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type before you start. 1. LAN IP Address: this product’s IP address. The default address is 192.168.123.254. You can change it on your need. 2. WAN Type: WAN connection type of your ISP. You can click Change button to choose a correct one from the following four options: A. Static IP Address: ISP assigns you a static IP add
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4.4.1 Static IP Address WAN IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS: enter the proper setting value provided by your ISP. 4.4.2 Dynamic IP Address 1. Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, for example, @Home. 2. Renew IP Forever: this feature enable this product renew IP address automatically when the lease time is being expired even the system is in idle state. 4.4.3 PPP over Ethernet 1. PPPoE Account and Password: the account and password your ISP assigned to y
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4.5 DHCP Server The settings of TCP/IP environment include Host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations. It is not a simple task to correctly configure all the computers in your LAN environment. Fortunately, DHCP provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings. This product supports the function of DHCP server. If you enable this product’s DHCP server and configure your computers as “automatic IP allocation” mode, then when your computer is powered on, it will aut
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4.6 Virtual Server This product’s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your Intranet, so all hosts behind this product are invisible to the outside world. If you wish, you can make some of them accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping. A virtual server is defined as a Service Port, and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the Server IP. For example, if you have an FTP server (port 21) at 192.168.123.1, a Web server (port 8
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4.7 Special AP Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony and so on. Due to the firewall function, these applications can not work with pure NAT router. Special Applications makes some of these applications to work with NAT router. If Special Applications is still insufficient to allow an application to function correctly, try DMZ host in the Misc Items options. 1. Trigger: the outbound port number the application issued fi
