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Section 3 - Configuration

Internet Setup

DS-Lite

Another Internet Connection type is DS-Lite.

DS-Lite is an IPv6 connection type. After selecting DS-Lite, the following parameters will be available for configuration:

DS-Lite Configuration:

Select the

DS-Lite DHCPv6 Option

to let

the router allocate the AFTR IPv6 address

automatically. Select the

Manual Configu-

ration

to enter the AFTR IPv6 address in

manually.

AFTR IPv6 Address:

After selecting the Manual Configuration

option above, the user can enter the AFTR

IPv6 address used here.

B4 IPv4 Address:

Enter the B4 IPv4 address value used here.

WAN IPv6 Address:

Once connected, the WAN IPv6 address

will be displayed here.

IPv6 WAN Default Gateway

Once connected, the IPv6 WAN Default

Gateway address will be displayed here.

Click on the

Save Settings

button to accept the changes made.

Click on the

Don’t Save Settings

button to discard the changes made.

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On this page the user can configure the Wireless settings for this device. There are 3 ways to configure Wireless using this router. Firstly, the user

can choose to make use for the quick and easy

Wireless Connection Setup Wizard

. Secondly, the user can choose to make use Wi-Fi Protected

Setup. Lastly, the user can configure the Wireless settings manually.

Wireless Settings: Wireless Connection Setup Wizard

The Wireless Connection Setup Wizard is specially designed to assist

basic network users with a simple, step-by-step set of instructions to

configure the wireless settings of this router. It is highly recommended

to customized the wireless network settings to fit into your environment

and to add higher security.

Step 1:

In this step, the user must enter a custom Wireless Network

Name or SSID. Enter the new

Network Name (SSID)

in the appropriate

space provided.

There are seperate spaces provided for a

2.4GHz

Network Name and a

5GHz

Network Name.

Secondly the user can choose between two wireless security wizard

configurations. The user can select ‘

Automatically assign a network

key

’, by which the router will automatically generate a WPA/WPA2 pre-

shared key using the TKIP and AES encryption methods; or the user

can select ‘

Manually assign a network key

’, by which the user will be

prompt to manually enter a WPA/WPA2 pre-shared key using the TKIP

and AES encryption methods.

Click on the

Prev

button to return to the previous page. Click on the

Next

button to continue to the next page. Click on the

Cancel

button to

discard the changes made and return to the main wireless page.

To initiate the

Wireless Connection Setup Wizard

click on the Wireless

Connection Setup Wizard button.

Wireless connection setup wizard

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Step 2:

This step will only be available if the user selected ‘Manually

assign a network key’ in the previous step. Here the user can manually

enter the WPA/WPA2 pre-shared key in the

Wireless Security Password

space provided. The key entered must be between 8 and 63 characters

long. Remember, this key will be used when wireless clients wants to

connect to this device. So please remember this key to prevent future

troubleshooting.

If you want to use the same Wireless Security Password for both 2.4GHz

and 5GHz bands,

tick

the option provided. If not selected, you need

to input two seperate

Wireless Security Passwords for each individual

Wireless band.

Click on the

Prev

button to return to the previous page. Click on the

Next

button to continue to the next page. Click on the

Cancel

button to

discard the changes made and return to the main wireless page.

Setup Complete:

On this page the user can view the configuration

made and verify whether they are correct.

Click on the

Prev

button to return to the previous page. Click on the

Cancel

button to discard the changes made and return to the main

wireless page. Click on the

Save

button to accept the changes made.

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After click the

Save

button the device will save the settings made and

return to the main wireless page.

End of Wizard.

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Wireless Settings: Wi-Fi Protected Setup Wizard

If your Wireless Clients support the WPS connection method, this Wi-Fi

Protected Setup Wizard can be used to initiate a wireless connection

between this device and Wireless clients with a simple click of the WPS

button. The Wi-Fi Protected Setup Wizard is specially designed to assist

basic network users with a simple, step-by-step set of instructions to

connect wireless clients to this router using the WPS method.

To initiate the Wi-Fi Protected Setup Wizard click on the

Add Wireless

Device with WPS

button.

Step 1:

In this step the user have two options to choose from. You can

choose

Auto

if the wireless client supports WPS, or

Manual

if the wire-

less client does not support WPS.

Click on the

Prev

button to return to the previous page. Click on the

Next

button to continue to the next page. Click on the

Cancel

button to

discard the changes made and return to the main wireless page.

Step 2:

After selecting

Auto

, the following page will appear. There are

two ways to add a wireless device, that supports WPS. Firstly, there is the

Personal Identification Number (

PIN

) method. Using this method will

prompt the user to enter a PIN code. This PIN code should be identical

on the wireless client. Secondly, there is the Push Button Configuration

(

PBC

) method. Using this method will allow the wireless client to con-

nect to this device by similarly pressing the PBC button on it.

Click on the

Prev

button to return to the previous page. Click on the

Next

button to continue to the next page. Click on the

Cancel

button to

discard the changes made and return to the main wireless page.

Wi-Fi Protected Setup Wizard