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3.1.5.

Windows 7

Please follow the steps blow to setup your computer

:

1.

Go to Start

→

Control Panel

→

Network and Internet.

2.

Click Network and Sharing Center

→

Change adapter settings.

3.

Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties.

Highlight Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4).

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4.

Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically,

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and then press the OK to close the window.

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5.

Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window.

3.1.6.

MAC OS

Please follow the steps blow to setup your computer:

1.

Go to Start

→

System preference Settings

→

Network.

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2.

Click Network, Select Use DHCP at the Configuration bar, the system will get the IP

address automatically.

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3.

Press Apply to complete this operation and close the window.

3.2.

Checking Connection with the Router

After configuring the TCP/IP protocol, use the ping command to verify if the computer can

communicate with the Router. To execute the ping command, open the DOS window and Ping

the IP address of the 300Mbps Wireless-N Router at the DOS prompt:

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For Windows 98/Me: Start

→

Run. Type command and click OK.

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For Windows 2000/XP: Start

→

Run. Type cmd and click OK.

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For Windows Vista/7:Start

→

Type cmd at the start search bar and press the Enter.

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For MAC OS

→

The system will complete this operation automatically.

At the DOS prompt, type the following command:

If the Command window returns something similar to the following:

C:\Documents and Settings\admin>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms

Then the connection between the router and your computer has been successfully established.

If the computer fails to connect to the router, the Command window will return the following:

C:\Documents and Settings\admin>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

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