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1.4

Physical Description

1.4.1 Front Panel

SP880B Front Panel

POWER LED

This LED comes on when the router is properly connected to power.

Port LEDs

Every RJ-45 port on the front panel has two relevant LEDs (10/100M; LINK/ACT) for

indicating the connection speed and activity status.

LEDs Status

Please refer to the following table for LED definition

LED

Status

Operation

Steady Green

Power is on

Power

Off

Power is off

Steady Green

Firmware unloaded or Hardware error

Off

Normal operation

System

Blinking

Transmitting or receiving data

Steady Green

Network connection established

Off

No connection established

LINK/ACT

Blinking

Transmitting or receiving data

Steady Green

100M network connection established

LAN

10/100M

Off

10M network connection established

Steady Green

Network connection established

WAN

10/100M

Off

No connection established

1.4.2 Rear Panel

SP880B Rear Panel

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DC 5V

Connect the supplied power adapter here.

Reset

After pressing and releasing the reset button, the router will

reboot (restart) within 1 second and resets to default if button is

pressed for over 3 seconds.

(Please refer to

default setting

below)

LAN Ports

Connect the PCs to these ports. Both 10BaseT and 100BaseT

connections can be used simultaneously.

Note:

Every port can automatically operate as an "Uplink" port if

required. Just use a normal LAN cable to connect to a normal port

on another hub.

WAN 1

Connect the primary Broadband Modem here.

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Default Settings

When the router has finished booting, all configuration settings will be set to the factory

defaults as follows:

IP Address:

192.168.1.1

Network Mask:

255.255.255.0

DHCP Server: enabled

User Name: admin

Password cleared (no password)

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2. Installation

2.1

Hardware Installation

1.

Shut off the power on all devices, including PCs, your DSL/Cable modem and SP880B.

2. Connect a network cable from one of your PC’s Ethernet port to one of LAN port on the

back of the SP880B.

3. Connect the network cable from your DSL/Cable modem to the WAN port of the

SP880B.

4. Connect the power adapter to the power jack on the rear of SP880B, and then plug the

power adapter into the power outlet.

5.

Turn on the power of the DSL/Cable modem.

2.2

Access Router

Below is a step-by-step instruction on how to access the SP880B from your PCs and get

connection to the Internet.

1.

Set your LAN PC clients to “

Obtain an IP Address automatically”

so that it can obtain

an IP address from DHCP server. (If you have already configured your PC to obtain an

IP automatically then proceed to step 3).

For all non-Server versions of Windows, the default TCP/IP setting is to act as a DHCP

client. Just start (or restart) your PC, and it will obtain an IP address from the Router.

By default, the SP880B will act as a

DHCP Server

, automatically providing a suitable

IP Address (and related information) to each PC when the PC boots. This section will

instruct you on how to configure your PC’s for either Windows 95/98/Me, 2000, NT

operating systems, Macintosh or Linux.

For other operating systems (Macintosh, Sun,

etc.), please refer to system manufacturer’s instructions.

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Windows 95/98/Me

a. Click the

Start

button and select

Settings

, then click

Control Panel

. The

Control Panel

window will appear.

b. Double-click the

Network

icon. The

Network

window will appear.

c.

Check your list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the

Add

button to install it now. If TCP/IP is installed, go to

step 6

.

d. In the

Network Component Type

dialog box, select

Protocol

and click the

Add

button.

e. In the

Select Network Protocol

dialog box, select

Microsoft

and

TCP/IP

and

then click the

OK

button to start installing the TCP/IP protocol. You may need

your Windows CD to complete the installation.

f.

After installing TCP/IP, go back to the

Network

dialog box. Select

TCP/IP

from

the list of

Network Components

and then click the

Properties

button.

g.

Check each of the tabs and verify the following settings:

±

Bindings

: Check

Client for Microsoft Networks

and

File and printer sharing

for Microsoft Networks

.

±

Gateway

: All fields are blank.

±

DNS Configuration

: Select

Disable DNS.

±

WINS Configuration

: Select

Disable WINS Resolution.

±

IP Address

: Select

Obtain IP address automatically

.

h.

Reboot the PC. Your PC will now obtain an IP address automatically from your

Broadband Router’s DHCP server. Once you’ve configured your PC to obtain

an IP address automatically, please proceed to Step 3.

Note

: Make sure that the Broadband router’s DHCP server is the only DHCP

server available on your LAN.

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Windows XP

a.

Click the

Start

button and select

Settings

, then click

Network Connections.

The

Network Connections

window will appear.

b.

Double-click

Local Area Connection

icon. The

Local Area Connection

window

will appear.

c.

Check your list of Network Components. You should see

Internet Protocol

[TCP/IP]

on your list. Select it and click the

Properties

button.

d.

In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window, select

Obtain an IP

address automatically

and

Obtain DNS server address automatically

as

shown on the following screen.

e.

Click

OK

to confirm the setting. Your PC will now obtain an IP address

automatically from your Broadband Router’s DHCP server. Once you’ve

configured your PC to obtain an IP address automatically, please proceed to

Step 3.

Note

: Make sure that the Broadband router’s DHCP server is the only DHCP server

available on your LAN.