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5 Getting familiar with your new wireless broadband router

Front Panel

LED Name

Light Status

Description

PWR

ON

Router is switched on and

correctly powered

OFF

Router is not powered

(or not correctly powered)

WLAN

On

Wireless network is switched on

Off

Wireless network is switched off

Flashing

Wireless LAN activity (transferring

data) or WPS mode activated (LED

will flash once every second)

WAN

On

WAN port is connected

Off

WAN port is not connected

Flashing

WAN activity (transferring data)

LAN

LNK/ACT

On

LAN port is connected

Off

LAN port is not connected

Flashing

LAN activity (transferring data)

Back Panel

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Item Name

Description

Antenna

Wireless antenna

1 – 4 (Yellow)

Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4

WAN (Blue)

Wide Area Network (WAN/Internet) port

5VDC

Power connector (connects to power adapter)

Wireless Switch

Turn on/off the wireless signal

WPS/Reset

Resets the router to factory default settings (clears all

settings) or starts WPS function. Press this button

and hold for 20 seconds to clear all settings, or press

this button for less than 20 seconds to activate WPS

function.

Chapter II: System and Network Setup

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1 Establishing a network connection

Please follow the following instructions to build a network connection between your new

broadband router, your computers and other network devices:

1.

Connect your xDSL/cable modem to the WAN (Blue) port with an Ethernet cable.

2.

Connect all your computers, network devices (network

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enabled consumer devices like

game consoles, or switches/hubs) to the LAN ports (Yellow, 1 to 4).

3.

Connect the power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the ‘5VDC’ socket

on the back panel of the router.

4.

Please check all the LEDs on the front panel. The ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily on, WAN

and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the

respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected. If PWD LED is not

on, or any LED you expected is not on, please recheck the cabling, or jump to

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Troubleshooting’

for possible reasons and solution.

5.

To improve wireless signal reception, please arrange the antenna and make it

perpendicular to the ground, and place the wireless access point in open space. Please

keep the distance between antennas, if the antennas are too close to each other,

wireless signal reception will be affected.

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2 Setting client computers to obtain IP addresses automatically

After the network connection is established, the next step you should do is setup the

router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network

environment.

Before you can connect to the router and start configuration procedures, your

computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address). If it’s

set to use static IP address, or you’re unsure, please follow the following instructions to

configure your computer to use dynamic IP address:

If the operating system of your computer is….

Windows 95/98/Me

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Windows 2000

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please go to section 2

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Windows XP

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please go to section 2

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Windows Vista

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