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Online status for DHCP

Detailed explanation is shown below:

Primary DNS

Displays the IP address of the primary DNS.

Secondary DNS

Displays the IP address of the secondary DNS.

LAN Status

IP Address

Displays the IP address of the LAN interface.

TX Packets

Displays the total transmitted packets at the LAN interface.

RX Packets

Displays the total number of received packets at the LAN interface.

WAN1 Status

Line

Displays the physical connection (Ethernet) of this interface.

Name

Displays the name set in WAN1/WAN web page.

Mode

Displays the type of WAN connection (e.g., PPPoE).

Up Time

Displays the total uptime of the interface.

IP

Displays the IP address of the WAN interface.

GW IP

Displays the IP address of the default gateway.

TX Packets

Displays the total transmitted packets at the WAN interface.

TX Rate

Displays the speed of transmitted octets at the WAN interface.

RX Packets

Displays the total number of received packets at the WAN

interface.

RX Rate

Displays the speed of received octets at the WAN interface.

Note:

The words in green mean that the WAN connection of that interface (WAN1) is

ready for accessing Internet; the words in red mean that the WAN connection of that

interface (WAN1) is not ready for accessing Internet.

2.6.2 Virtual WAN

Such page displays the virtual WAN connection information.

Virtual WAN are used by TR-069 management, VoIP service and so on.

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The Application field will list the purpose of such WAN connection.

2.7 Saving Configuration

Each time you click

OK

on the web page for saving the configuration, you can find

messages showing the system interaction with you.

Ready

indicates the system is ready for you to input settings.

Settings Saved

means your settings are saved once you click

Finish

or

OK

button.

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As for other examples of application, please refer to chapter 5.

1.

Open a web browser on your PC and type

http://192.168.1.1.

The window will ask for

typing username and password.

2.

Do not

type any word (both username and password are Null for user operation) on the

window and click

Login

on the window.

Now, the

Main Screen

will appear. Be aware that “User mode” will be displayed on the

bottom left side.

3.1 Internet Access

Quick Start Wizard

offers user an easy method to quick setup the connection mode for the

router. Moreover, if you want to adjust more settings for different WAN modes, please go to

WAN

group and click the

Internet Access

link.

3.1.1 Basics of Internet Protocol (IP) Network

IP means Internet Protocol. Every device in an IP-based Network including routers, print

server, and host PCs, needs an IP address to identify its location on the network. To avoid

address conflicts, IP addresses are publicly registered with the Network Information Centre

(NIC). Having a unique IP address is mandatory for those devices participated in the public

network but not in the private TCP/IP local area networks (LANs), such as host PCs under

the management of a router since they do not need to be accessed by the public. Hence, the

NIC has reserved certain addresses that will never be registered publicly. These are known as

private

IP addresses, and are listed in the following ranges:

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From 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255

From 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255

From 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255

What are Public IP Address and Private IP Address

As the router plays a role to manage and further protect its LAN, it interconnects groups of

host PCs. Each of them has a private IP address assigned by the built-in DHCP server of the

Vigor router. The router itself will also use the default

private IP

address: 192.168.1.1 to

communicate with the local hosts. Meanwhile, Vigor router will communicate with other

network devices through a

public IP

address. When the data flow passing through, the

Network Address Translation (NAT) function of the router will dedicate to translate

public/private addresses, and the packets will be delivered to the correct host PC in the local

area network. Thus, all the host PCs can share a common Internet connection.

Get Your Public IP Address from ISP

In ADSL deployment, the PPP (Point to Point)-style authentication and authorization is

required for bridging customer premises equipment (CPE). Point to Point Protocol over

Ethernet (PPPoE) connects a network of hosts via an access device to a remote access

concentrator or aggregation concentrator. This implementation provides users with

significant ease of use. Meanwhile it provides access control, billing, and type of service

according to user requirement.

When a router begins to connect to your ISP, a serial of discovery process will occur to ask

for a connection. Then a session will be created. Your user ID and password is authenticated

via

PAP

or

CHAP

with

RADIUS

authentication system. And your IP address, DNS server,

and other related information will usually be assigned by your ISP.

Below shows the menu items for Internet Access.

3.1.2 PPPoE/PPPoA

PPPoA, included in RFC1483, can be operated in either Logical Link Control-Subnetwork

Access Protocol or VC-Mux mode. As a CPE device, Vigor router encapsulates the PPP

session based for transport across the ADSL loop and your ISP’s Digital Subscriber Line

Access Multiplexer (SDLAM).

To choose PPPoE or PPPoA as the accessing protocol of the internet, please select

PPPoE/PPPoA

from the

Internet Access

menu. The following web page will be shown.

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Enable/Disable

Click

Enable

for activating this function. If you click

Disable

,

this function will be closed and all the settings that you adjusted

in this page will be invalid.

DSL Modem Settings

Set up the DSL parameters required by your ISP. These are vital

for building DSL connection to your ISP.

Multi-PVC channel

- The selections displayed here are

determined by the page of

Internet Access

–

Multi PVCs

.

Select

M-PVCs Channel

means no selection will be chosen.

VPI

- Type in the value provided by ISP.

VCI

- Type in the value provided by ISP.

Encapsulating Type

- Drop down the list to choose the type

provided by ISP.

Protocol

- Drop down the list to choose the one provided by ISP.

If you have already used

Quick Start Wizard

to set the protocol,

then it is not necessary for you to change any settings in this

group.

Modulation

– Drop down the list to choose a proper modulation