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The C300BRS4 will activate WPA security on your wireless network and accepts the wireless

connection of your Wireless Client with the entered Pin Code.

The C300BRS4 will keep the WPS authentication active for 120 seconds. During this process, the WPS

LED will blink. If there is no connection in these 120 seconds, the LED will turn off and the WPS

authentication process is stopped.

Click “

Continue

” to return to the WPS Wizard screen.

Note:

If the WPS feature is not used earlier, the wireless network will still be unencrypted.

If the authentication of the Wireless Client is succeeded, the Wizard will show “

WPS - Adding

Wireless Device Success

”. The WPS LED will burn steady blue for 5 minutes. After these 5 minutes,

the LED will turn off.

Click “

Continue

” to return to the Wireless Configuration page.

Your Wireless Client is now connected to the C300BRS4 and your network is secured with WPA

Encryption.

If you want to add more Wireless Clients with the WPS feature, repeat step

A

t/m

C

.

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HOME - WAN

To access this window click on the

WAN

button in the left menu of the web manager.

You can configure the C300BRS4 as Router, or as Switch/Accesspoint.

•

When you select the “

Router

” option, you can configure a connection for your provider which is

described further in this manual.

•

When you select the “

Bridge

” function, the C300BRS4 will disable all router functions and will

work as a 5 ports switch with accesspoint. This can be useful if you want to use the C300BSRS4

just as a switch and accesspoint, instead of all the router functions.

WAN – Bridge or Router Mode

Note:

If you select the “

Bridge

” option, the DHCP Server also will be disabled. You cannot

access the configuration pages of the C300BRS4 anymore on

192.168.0.1

, but you need to

check the DHCP Server in your network which IP Address is assigned to the C300BRS4.

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Static IP Address

When the Router is configured to use Static IP Address assignment for the WAN connection, you

must manually assign a global IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway IP Address used for the WAN

connection. Follow the instruction below to configure the Router to use Static IP Address assignment

for the WAN connection.

To configure a Static IP Address connection, perform the steps listed below. Some of the settings do

not need to be changed the first time the device is set up, but can be changed later if you choose.

See the table below for a description of all the settings available in this window.

WAN Settings window for Static IP Address

To configure a Static IP type connection for the WAN, follow these steps:

1.

Click the

Static IP

radio button at the top of the window.

2.

Enter an

IP Address

,

Subnet Mask

,

ISP

Gateway Address

,

Primary DNS Address

, and (if

available)

Secondary DNS

Address

as instructed by your ISP. These are the global IP settings

for the WAN interface. This is the “visible” IP address of your account. Your ISP should have

provided these IP settings to you.

3.

Some ISPs record the unique MAC address of your computer’s Ethernet adapter when you first

access their network. This can prevent the Router (which has a different MAC address) from

being allowed access to the ISPs network (and the Internet). To clone the MAC address of your

computer’s Ethernet adapter, press the “

Clone MAC Address

” button or enter the MAC

Address manually.

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4.

Leave the

MTU

value at the default setting (default =

1500

) unless you have specific reasons

to change this (see table below).

5.

When you are satisfied that all the WAN settings are configured correctly, click on the

Apply

button.

6.

The new settings must be saved and the Router must be restarted for the settings to go into

effect. To save and reboot the Router, click on the

Tools

button in the top menu and select

the

System

button in the left menu. In the

System Management

window, click the

Save

button under Save Settings to Local Hard Drive and then click the

Reboot

button to reboot the

C300BRS4.

7.

The Router will save the new settings and restart. Upon restarting the Router will

automatically establish the WAN connection.

Additional settings for Static IP Address connections:

Static IP Parameters

Description

IP Address

This is the permanent global IP address for your account. This is the

address that is visible outside your private network. Get this from your

ISP.

Subnet Mask

This is the Subnet mask for the WAN interface. Get this from your ISP.

ISP Gateway Address

This is the IP address of your ISP’s Gateway router. It provides the

connection to the Router for IP routed traffic that is outside your ISP’s

network. That is, this will be the primary connection from the Router

to most of the Internet. Get this IP address from your ISP.

MAC Address

To use the Clone MAC Address feature, enter a MAC address in this

field and then click the

Clone MAC Address

button.

Primary DNS Address

This is the IP address of the first choice for Domain Name Service

(DNS) used to match the named URL web address used by most

browsers with the actual global IP address used for a web server.

Usually this will be a server owned by the ISP. Get this IP address from

your ISP.

Secondary DNS Address

This is the second choice for a DNS server. Get this IP address from

your ISP.

MTU

The Maximum Transmission Unit size may be changed if you want to

optimize efficiency for uploading data through the WAN interface. The

default setting (

1500

bytes) should be suitable for most users. Some

user may want to adjust the setting to optimize performance for

wireless traffic or when low latency is desired (such as with Internet

gaming). It is highly recommended that the user research how

adjusting the MTU may affect network traffic for better or worse.

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Dynamic IP Address

A Dynamic IP Address connection configures the Router to automatically obtain its global IP address

from a DHCP server on the ISP’s network. The service provider assigns a global IP address from a

pool of addresses available to the service provider. Typically the IP address assigned has a long

lease time, so it will likely be the same address each time the Router requests an IP address.

To configure a Dynamic IP Address connection, perform the steps listed below. Some of the settings

do not need to be changed the first time the device is set up, but can be changed later if you

choose. See the table below for a description of all the settings available in this window.

WAN Settings window for Dynamic IP Address

To configure a Dynamic IP Address connection for the WAN, follow these steps:

1.

Click the

Dynamic IP

radio button at the top of the window.

2.

Some ISPs record the unique MAC address of your computer’s Ethernet adapter when you first

access their network. This can prevent the Router (which has a different MAC address) from

being allowed access to the ISPs network (and the Internet). To clone the MAC address of your

computer’s Ethernet adapter, press the “

Clone MAC Address

” button or enter the MAC

Address manually.

3.

Fill in the

Primary DNS Address

. This information should be available from your ISP.

4.

Fill in the

Secondary DNS Address

(if available from your ISP).

5.

Leave the

MTU

value at the default setting (default =

1500

) unless you have specific reasons

to change this (see table below).

6.

When you are satisfied that all the WAN settings are configured correctly, click on the

Apply

button.