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Change the WiFi Mbps Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Change the WiFi Password or Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Set Up a Guest WiFi Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Control the Wireless Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Use the WiFi On/Off Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Enable or Disable the Wireless Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Set Up a Wireless Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Specify WPS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chapter 11
Use VPN to Access Your Network
Set Up a VPN Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Specify VPN Service in the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Install OpenVPN Software on Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Use a VPN Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Use VPN to Access the Router’s USB Device and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Use VPN to Access Your Internet Service at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Set Up VPN Client Internet Access in the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Block VPN Client Internet Access in the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Use a VPN Tunnel to Access Your Internet Service at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Chapter 12
Specify Internet Port Settings
Set Up Port Forwarding to a Local Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Add a Custom Port Forwarding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Edit a Port Forwarding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Delete a Port Forwarding Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Application Example: Make a Local Web Server Public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
How the Router Implements the Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Set Up Port Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Add a Port Triggering Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Disable Port Triggering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Application Example: Port Triggering for Internet Relay Chat . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Chapter 13
Troubleshooting
Quick Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Sequence to Restart Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Check Ethernet Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Wireless Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Troubleshoot with the LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Standard LED Behavior When the Router Is Powered On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Power LED Is Off or Blinking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Power LED Stays Amber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
LEDs Never Turn Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Internet or Ethernet Port LEDs Are Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
WiFi LED Is Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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Cannot Log In to the Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cannot Access the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Troubleshoot PPPoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Troubleshoot Internet Browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Changes Not Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Troubleshoot Your Network Using the Ping Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Test the LAN Path to Your Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Appendix A
Appendix Title
This is hp1_head_p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Factory Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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1.
Hardware Setup
The AC1200 Smart WiFi Router with External Antennas is compatible with the latest WiFi
devices and is backward compatible with 802.11 a/b/g and n devices. With simultaneous
dual-band WiFi technology, the router offers speeds up to 300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz and 833 Mbps at
5 GHz and avoids interference, ensuring top WiFi speeds and reliable connections. You can also
use the Gigabit Ethernet ports and USB port to connect local devices.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•
Unpack Your Router
•
LEDs
•
Rear Panel
•
Position Your Router
•
Cable Your Router
For more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit the support website at
.
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Unpack Your Router
Your package contains the following items.
Figure 1. Package contents
LEDs
The status LEDs are located on the top of the router.
Table 1.
LED descriptions
LED
Description
Power
•
Solid green
. The router is ready.
•
Blinking green
. The firmware is upgrading or someone pressed the
Reset
button.
•
Off
. Power is not supplied to the router.
Internet
•
Solid green
. The Internet connection is ready.
•
Off
. No Ethernet cable is connected between the router and the modem.
WiFi
•
Solid green
. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
•
Blinking
. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
•
Off
. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is off.
Ethernet LAN
ports 1–4
•
Solid
. A powered-on device is connected to the Ethernet port.
•
Blinking
. The port is sending or receiving traffic.
•
Off
. No device is connected to this Ethernet port.
Router
Ethernet cable
Power adapter
(varies by region)
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AC1200 Smart WiFi Router with External Antennas
Rear Panel
The rear panel connections and buttons are shown in the following figure.
Figure 2. Router rear panel
The
WPS
button lets you use WPS to join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi password.
See
WiFi Connection
on page
14.
Pressing the
WiFi On/Off
button for two seconds turns the WiFi radios on and off.
Pressing the
Reset
button restores the factory settings. See
Factory Settings
on page
157.
USB port
•
Solid green
. A USB device is connected and is ready.
•
Blinking
. A USB device is plugged in and is trying to connect.
•
Off
. No USB device is connected, or someone clicked the
Safely Remove Hardware
button and it is now safe to remove the attached USB device.
WPS
•
Blinking for two minutes
. Someone pressed the
WPS
button on the router to join the
WiFi network. See
WiFi Connection
on page
14.
•
Solid green
. Someone used WPS to connect to the WiFi network.
Table 1.
LED descriptions
(continued)
LED
Description
Ethernet
WAN
Power
Power
(Internet)
LAN ports 1–4
connector
On/Off
WPS
button
WiFi On/Off
button
USB
port
Reset
button
port

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