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Mobile Broadband Settings

To manually configure your mobile broadband Internet settings:

1.

Log in to the router as described in

Log In to Your Router

on page

12.

2.

From the main menu, select Mobile Broadband Settings.

3.

Adjust the settings as needed based on your Internet connection. The fields in this screen

are described in

Table 3

.

4.

Available buttons are:

•

Connect

. Manually connect to the network.

•

Disconnect

. Disconnect from the current network.

•

Apply

. Apply the changes that you made.

•

Cancel

. Discard changes.

•

Refresh

. Update the connection status

Table 3.

Settings

Fields and Check Boxes

Description

User Name

Internet account login user name.

Password

Internet account password for authentication.

Country

Select your country from the drop-down list.

Internet Service Provider

Select your Internet Service Provider from the drop-down list.

Access Number

The remote site's phone number.

PIN code

Pin code of the SIM card, where applicable.

APN

Access point name.

PDP type

Select the type of packet data protocol:

•

IP

•

PDP-IP

•

PPP

•

PPP-IP

Connect automatically at startup

When this check box is selected, the modem automatically connects

to the network when powered up. This should be selected after login

information is provided.

Reconnect automatically when

connection is lost

When this check box is selected, the modem will attempt to

reconnect to the network when the connection is lost. Under normal

situations, this setting should be selected.

Roaming automatically

When this check box is checked, the unit might roam to any available

operator in range and might incur roaming charges.

Use internal antenna

If this check box is selected, the router will use the internal antenna

rather than the external antenna.

Wireless Button Configuration

Select the option to determine the behavior of the WPS push button

on the front panel when pressed.

•

Control Wi-Fi Only

: Pressing the push button toggles the Wi-Fi

function. If Wi-Fi is turned on, pressing the push button turns off the

Wi-Fi. Pressing it again will turn on the Wi-Fi. This function is

available only if the Wi-Fi function is enabled. The Wireless

Broadband function is unaffected.

•

Control Both Wi-Fi and Wireless Broadband

: Pressing the push

button toggles both the Wi-Fi function and wireless broadband at

the same time. If Wi-Fi is turned on, pressing the push button turns

off the Wi-Fi. At the same time, the wireless broadband connection

is disconnected. If you press the push button again, Wi-Fi is turned

on and the router attempts to re-establish the wireless broadband

connection. Depending on the coverage, wireless broadband

coverage might or might not be connected successfully.

Connection status

Current WAN port status.

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Ethernet Broadband Settings

To manually configure your Ethernet Broadband Internet settings:

1.

Log in to the router as described in

Log In to Your Router

on page

12.

2.

From the main menu, select Ethernet Broadband Settings.

The following question displays at the top of the screen:

Select the option based on the type of account you have with your ISP.

•

If you need to enter login information every time you connect to the Internet, or you

have a PPPoE account with your ISP, select

Yes

.

•

Otherwise, select

No

.

Then fill out the appropriate screen.

For details, see:

step

a, Login required

on page

20

or

step

b, Login not required

on page

22.

Note:

If you have installed PPP software such as WinPoET (from

Earthlink) or Enternet (from PacBell), then you have PPPoE. Select

Yes

. After selecting

Yes

and configuring your router, you do not

need to run the PPP software on your PC to connect to the Internet.

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a.

Login required

Adjust the settings as needed based on your Internet connection. The fields in this

screen are described in

Table 4

.

Table 4.

Ethernet Broadband Settings When Login Required

Fields and Checkboxes

Description

Internet Service Provider

Select the service provided by your ISP.

• Other (PPPoE) is the most common.

• PPTP is used in Austria and other European countries.

• Telstra BigPond is for Australia only.

Login

This is usually the name that you use in your email address. For example,

if your main mail account is [email protected], then put JerAB in this field.

Some ISPs (such as Mindspring, Earthlink, and T-DSL) require that you

use your full email address when you log in. If your ISP requires your full

email address, then type it in the

Login

field.

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Password

Type the password that you use to log in to your ISP.

Service Name (If Required)

If your ISP provided a service name, enter it here. Otherwise, this can be

left blank.

Connection Mode

Set the connection mode to

Dial on Demand

,

Always On

, or

Manually

Connect

.

• With the default setting,

Dial on Demand

, a PPPoE connection

automatically starts when there is outbound traffic to the Internet, and it

automatically terminates if the connection is idle based on the value in

the Idle Timeout field.

• When the connection mode is set to

Always On

, the PPPoE

connection automatically starts when the computer boots up, but the

connection does not time out. The router will keep trying to bring up the

connection if it is disconnected for some reason.

• If you select

Manually Connect

, you must go to the Router Status

screen and click the

Connect

button to connect to the Internet. The

manual connection does not time out, and you have to click the

Disconnect

button on the Router Status screen to disconnect it.

Idle Timeout (In Minutes)

An idle Internet connection will be terminated after this time period. If this

value is zero (0), then the router will keep the connection alive by

reconnecting immediately whenever the connection is lost.

Internet IP Address

If you log in to your service or your ISP did not provide you with a fixed IP

address, the router finds an IP address for you automatically when you

connect. Select

Get Dynamically from ISP

.

If you have a fixed (static, permanent) IP address, your ISP has provided

you with an IP address. Select

Use Static IP Address

and type in the IP

address.

Domain Name Server

(DNS) Address

The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on their names.

• If your ISP gave you one or two DNS addresses, select

Use These

DNS Servers

and type the primary and secondary addresses.

• Otherwise, select

Get Automatically From ISP

.

Note

: If you get “Address not found” errors when you go to a website, it is

likely that your DNS servers are not set up correctly. You should contact

your ISP to get DNS server addresses.

Table 4.

Ethernet Broadband Settings When Login Required

Fields and Checkboxes

Description