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Web configuration

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 advan

ced 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.

Router access

To access the web-based utility, launch the web browser on your computer and please

proceed as follows:

1.

Start your web browser and type the private IP address of the DSL Router in the

URL field:

192.168.1.1

.

Quick start

In chapter Router access we have explained how to log on to the router and in the

following; we are going to illustrate how to configure the router quickly to let your PC

access Internet.

The pages for the Quick start provide user a quick way to set up the router. If you do

not know more about the router, you can use the

Back to wizard

pages to adjust basic

settings to make your router activating.

This is a quick way to connect to Internet by using PPPoE interface, click

OK

at the end

to start.

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Status:

Shows you the current status of your ADSL router

VPI (Virtual Path Identifier):

Identifies the virtual path between endpoints in an ATM network.

The valid range is from 0 to 255. To enter the setting, please refer to

the setting that the ISP gave you.

VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier):

Identifies the virtual channel endpoints in an ATM network. The valid

range is from 32 to 65535 (1 to 31 is reserved for well-known

protocols). To enter the setting, please refer to the setting that the

ISP gave you.

PPPOE User name:

The user name provided by your ISP; used together with password

to authenticate the user.

PPPOE Password:

The password provided by your ISP; used together with user name

to authenticate the user.

Key:

Your security Key for the wireless access

This is a quick way to connect to Internet by using PPPoE interface, click

OK

at the end

to start.

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Access to the Router advanced configuration

If you want to go deeper into the configuration of you Router, please enter the setup

wizard screen below (as explained above) and then cl

ick “

Advanced Settings

” on the

upper right corner as shown in the figure below:

A login screen will appear. The first time you open the Web-based utility, use the

default

username:

admin and

password:

admin. (You can set a new password from the

Manag

ement tab’s Access Control screen.)

Click

OK

to continue.

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Info

The first screen that appears is the Info screen under the

Info

tab. This displays

information about the Router and its current settings.

Under the main tab Info you have the following additional tabs: Device Information, DSL

Line, Internet Connection, Traffic Statistics, DHCP Table, Wireless Clients, Routing Table

and ARP Table.

To get the information you need, choose between the tabs. If you need more information

for the additional tabs, please get into the next chapters.

Device Info

This screen (main page) displays the current status of your DSL router.

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WAN

This page displays the connection information for your router, such as

PVC Name

,

Category

,

Protocol

, invoking

NAT

and

QoS

or not,

WAN

IP address

and the

connection

Status

Traffic Statistics

This table shows the records of data going through the LAN and WAN interface.

Route

The Routing Table screen displays all of the current routing rules in your router.