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Step 7:

Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window

3.2 Additional Settings for Wireless Client

If you chose to access the router via a wireless client, also verify the following:

Step 1:

Make sure your PC is equipped with 802.11g or 802.11b wireless adapter and has appropriate WLAN

card driver/utility and TCP/IP installed.

Step 2:

Set the wireless adapter to use appropriate TCP/IP settings as described in previous section.

Step 3:

Launch the wireless adapter’s provided utility and verify that your wireless client is configured with

these settings:

±

Operation Mode: Infrastructure

±

SSID: default

±

Authentication: Disabled

±

Encryption: Off

±

Radio Band: 802.11B/G

If you only finished the wireless settings and didn’t configure the wireless adapter’s TCP/IP

settings, even your link status indicates a successful connection with the AP. This

connection applies to the “physical” network layer only. Your wireless adapter cannot

communicate with the AP. Make sure to set the TCP/IP properties as described in this

previous section.

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3.3 Checking PC’s IP and 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 Wireless

Broadband 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

.

At the DOS prompt, type the following command:

If the Command window returns something similar to the following:

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:

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Verify your computer's network settings are correct and check the cable connection between the router and

the computer.

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Chapter 4 Web Configuration

Web configuration provides a user-friendly graphical user interface (web pages) to manage your WRT-416.

An AP with an assigned IP address (e.g.

) will allow you to monitor and configure (via web

browser e.g., MS Internet Explorer or Netscape).

1. Open your web browser.

2. Enter WRT-416 IP address (default IP address is

) into the address field of the web

browser. Please also make sure your PC’s IP address is in the same IP range with WRT-416.

If the router’s LAN port has been changed with new IP address, enter the new IP address instead.

3. A User Name and Password dialog box will appear. Please enter your User Name and Password here.

The User Name and Password are “guest” by default. Click “OK” the management page.

Don’t forget to change the Password in configuration’s Authentication to ensure the security. When

first configuring your router, it is recommended that you have an Ethernet cable connected to the router.

Performing the INITIAL configuration using a wireless connection is not secure and is not recommended.

After you have finished the initial configuration of the router, your connection will be secure and you can

safely use either a wired or wireless connection.

On every page of the Wireless Router, the left navigation bar shows the main options to configure the

system. In the right navigation screen is the summary of system status for viewing the configurations.

You can usually get context sensitive help by clicking on the Help link at the top right of the page.

To apply any settings you’ve altered on any page, click the Save button. Otherwise you change

settings would be lost after the Router reboot.

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4.1 Status

4.1.1 System Status

This page shows most of the basic configuration parameters of the Router. It is the first page shown after

login.

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WAN Status:

This section shows the WAN interface parameters of the wireless router. This includes

information such as:

Connection type (DHCP, PPPoE or Static IP)

The MAC address of WAN interface

IP/Subnet Mask

Default Gateway

Primary DNS

Backup DNS

PPPoE: In PPPoE mode, if you want to start a connection, click on the “Connect” button to build a

PPPoE session.

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