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2.4.5 DHCP

Click

DHCP

as the protocol. Type in all the information that your ISP provides for this

protocol.

After finishing the settings in this page, click

Next

to see the following page.

Click

Finish.

A page of

Quick Start Wizard Setup OK!!!

will appear.

Then, the system

status of this protocol will be shown.

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2.5 Online Status

The online status shows the system status, WAN status, and other status related to this router

within one page. If you select

PPPoE

as the protocol, you will find out a link of

Dial PPPoE

or

Drop PPPoE

in the Online Status web page.

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.

WAN 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 is ready for

accessing Internet; the words in red mean that the WAN connection of that interface is not

ready for accessing Internet.

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2.6 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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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

Internet Access

group.

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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