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USER GUIDE
Wireless-G
Router for
Mobile Broadband
Model No: WRT54G3GV2-ST
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About This Guide About Ths Gude Icon Descriptions While reading through the User Guide you may see various icons that call attention to specific items. Below is a description of these icons: NOTE: This check mark indicates that there is a note of interest and is something that you should pay special attention to while using the product. WARNING: This exclamation point indicates that there is a caution or warning and it is something that could damage your property or product. WEB: T
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Product Overview 4 Top Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Opposite Side Panel with Antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bottom
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Table of Contents Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Exclusions and Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Obtaining Warranty Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Appendix D: Regulatory Information 36 FCC St
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Product Overview Chapter1 Side Panel Chapter 1: Product Overvew Thank you for choosing the Linksys Wireless-G Router for Mobile Broadband. The Router lets you access the Internet through either your mobile broadband service (requires a mobile broadband data card or USB adapter, available USB Port Reserved for future use. separately), or your cable or DSL broadband service. This access can be shared via a wireless connection or through Power (Green) The Power LED lights up and one of t
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Product Overview Chapter1 Securty Bracket The security bracket labeled Placement Positions “Reset” clips onto the Router. It covers the Reset There are three ways to physically install the Router. The button and the security slot on the Router’s top first way is to place the Router horizontally on a surface. panel. You can remove the security bracket to The second way is to stand the Router vertically on a access the Reset button. surface. The third way is to mount the Router on a wall.
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Product Overview Chapter1 Wall-Mounting Placement The Router has four wall-mount slots on its back panel. The distance between two adjacent slots is 68 mm (2.68 inches). Two screws are needed to mount the Router. Suggested Mountng Hardware 4-5 mm 1-1.5 mm †Note: Mounting hardware illustrations are not true to scale. NOTE: Linksys is not responsible for damages incurred by insecure wall-mounting hardware. Follow these instructions: 1. Determine where you want to mount the Router. Make s
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Wireless Security Checklist Chapter2 Chapter 2: . Enable encrypton Wreless Securty Checklst Encryption protects data transmitted over a wireless network. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) and Wired Wireless networks are convenient and easy to install, so Equivalency Privacy (WEP) offer different levels of security homes with high-speed Internet access are adopting them for wireless communication. at a rapid pace. Because wireless networking operates by sending information over rad
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 Chapter 3: Advanced Confguraton After setting up the Router with the Setup Wizard (located on the CD-ROM), the Router will be ready for use. However, if you’d like to change its advanced settings, use the Router’s web-based utility. This chapter describes each web page of the utility and each page’s key functions. You can access the utility via a web browser on a computer connected to the Router. The web-based utility has these main tabs: Setup, Wirele
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 select Connect on Demand. In the Max Idle Time field, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed Internet Connection Type > Automatic Configuration - DHCP before your Internet connection terminates. The default Max Idle Time is 1 minutes. Static IP Keep Alve: Redal Perod If you select this option, the Router will periodically check your Internet connection. If If you are required to use a permanent IP address to you are disconnected, then the
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 packet size that is transmitted. To have the Router select L2TP the best MTU for your Internet connection, keep the L2TP is a service that applies to connections in Israel only. default, Auto. Sze When Manual is selected in the MTU field, this option is enabled. Leave this value in the 1200 to 1500 range. The default size depends on the Internet Connection Type: • DHCP, Static IP, or Telstra: 100 • PPPoE: 192 Internet Connection Type > L2TP • PPTP or L2TP:
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 the Assign IP Address field. Enter its MAC address in the Network Address Server Settings (DHCP) To This MAC Address field. Then click Add. The settings allow you to configure the Router’s Dynamic Clients Already Reserved Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server function. The Router can be used as a DHCP server for your network. A A list of DHCP clients and their fixed local IP addresses DHCP server automatically assigns an IP address to each will be displ
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the Router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To Time Setting use this option, select Connect on Demand. In the Max Idle Time field, enter the number of minutes you want to Click Save Settngs to apply your changes, or click Cancel have elapsed before your mobile network connection Changes to cancel your changes. terminates. The default M
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 Mal Exchange (Optonal)En ter the address of your mail Actve V son User NameT he user name of your Active exchange server, so e-mails to your DynDNS address go to Vision account is displayed after the account has been your mail server. provisioned by Sprint. Backup MX This feature allows the mail exchange server Click Refresh to update the on-screen information. to be a backup. To disable this feature, keep the default, Click Save Settngs to apply your
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 you to register a MAC address in order to access the Advanced Routing Internet. If you do not wish to re-register the MAC address with your ISP, you may assign the MAC address you have NAT currently registered with your ISP to the Router with the Enabled/Dsabled If this Router is hosting your network’s MAC Address Clone feature. connection to the Internet, keep the default, Enabled. If another router exists on your network, select Dsabled . When the NAT
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 SSID Broadcast When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router’s SSID, keep the default, Enabled. If you do not want to broadcast the Router’s SSID, then select Dsabled . Click Save Settngs to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Advanced Routing > Routing Table Wireless > Wireless Security The Wireless Security scr
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 Key Renewal Enter a Key Renewal period, which instructs Shared Secret Enter the key shared between the Router the Router how often it should change the encryption and the server. keys. The default is 300 seconds. Key Renewal Enter a Key Renewal period, which instructs the Router how often it should change the encryption WPA2 Personal keys. The default Key Renewal period is 300 seconds. WPA2 Enterprise This option features WPA2 used in coordination with a RA
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 Security Mode > WEP Security Mode > RADIUS Encrypton Select a level of WEP encryption, 0/ bts (10 hex dgts) or 10/12 bts (2 hex dgts) . IMPORTANT: If you are using WEP encryption, The default is 0/ bts (10 hex dgts) . always remember that each device in your Passphrase Enter a Passphrase to automatically generate wireless network MUST use the same WEP WEP keys. Then click Generate. encryption method and encryption key, or else your wire
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 Wireless Client List This screen shows computers and other devices on the wireless network. The list can be sorted by Client Name, Interface, IP Address, MAC Address, and Status. Select Save to MAC Address Flter Lst for any device you want to add to the MAC Address Filter List. Then click Add. To retrieve the most up-to-date information, click Refresh. To exit this screen and return to the Wireless MAC Filter screen, click Close. MAC 01-0 Enter the MAC
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Advanced Configuration Chapter3 use a WEP key for authentication. Select Shared Key to RTS Threshold Should you encounter inconsistent data only use Shared Key authentication. flow, only minor reduction of the default value, 23, is recommended. If a network packet is smaller than the Basc Rate The Basic Rate setting is not actually one rate preset RTS threshold size, the RTS/CTS mechanism will of transmission but a series of rates at which the Router not be enabled. The Router sends Re
