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How to Log On to the Router After

Configuration Settings Have Been Applied

1.

Connect to the router by typing

in the address field of your

browser, then click

Enter

.

Figure 3-6:

Login URL

2.

For security reasons, the router has its own user name and password. When prompted, enter

admin

for the router user name and

password

for the router password, both in lower case

letters. To change the password, see

“Changing the Administrator Password” on page 5-8

.”

Note:

The router user name and password are not the same as any user name or password you

may use to log in to your Internet connection.

A login window like the one shown below opens:

Figure 3-7:

Login window

Once you have entered your user name and password, your Web browser should find the

router and display the home page as shown below.

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Figure 3-8: Login result: router home page

The browser will then display the router settings home page.

When the router is connected to the Internet, click the Knowledge Base or the Documentation link

under the Web Support menu to view support information or the documentation for the router.

If you do not click Logout, the router will wait 5 minutes after there is no activity before it

automatically logs you out.

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How to Bypass the Configuration Assistant

1.

When the router is in the factory default state, type

in the address field of your browser, then click

Enter

.

When the router is in the factory default state, a user name and password are not required.

2.

The browser will then display the router settings home page shown in

“Login result: RP614 v3

home page” on page 3-10

.

If you do not click Logout, the router will wait 5 minutes after there is no activity before it

automatically logs you out.

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How to Manually Configure Your Internet Connection

You can manually configure your router using the menu below, or you can allow the Setup Wizard

to determine your configuration as described in the previous section.

Figure 3-9:

Browser-based configuration Basic Settings menus

You can manually configure the router using the Basic Settings menu shown in

Figure 3-9

using

these steps:

1.

Connect to the router by typing

in the address field of your

browser, then click

Enter

.

ISP

Does

Not

Require Login

ISP

Does

Require Login

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2.

For security reasons, the router has its own user name and password. When prompted, enter

admin

for the router user name and

password

for the router password, both in lower case

letters.

3.

Click

Basic Settings

on the Setup menu.

4.

If your Internet connection does not require a login, click No at the top of the Basic Settings

menu and fill in the settings according to the instructions below. If your Internet connection

does require a login, click Yes, and skip to step 5.

a.

Enter your Account Name (may also be called Host Name) and Domain Name.

These parameters may be necessary to access your ISP’s services such as mail or news

servers.

b.

Internet IP Address:

If your ISP has assigned you a permanent, fixed (static) IP address for your computer,

select “Use static IP address”. Enter the IP address that your ISP assigned. Also enter the

netmask and the Gateway IP address. The Gateway is the ISP’s router to which your router

will connect.

c.

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address:

If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router

during login, select “Use these DNS servers” and enter the IP address of your ISP’s

Primary DNS Server. If a Secondary DNS Server address is available, enter it also.

Note:

If you enter an address here, restart the computers on your network so that these

settings take effect.

d.

Gateway’s MAC Address:

This section determines the Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the router on the

Internet port. Some ISPs will register the Ethernet MAC address of the network interface

card in your computer when your account is first opened. They will then only accept

traffic from the MAC address of that computer. This feature allows your router to

masquerade as that computer by “cloning” its MAC address.

To change the MAC address, select “

Use this Computer’s MAC address

.” The router

will then capture and use the MAC address of the computer that you are now using. You

must be using the one computer that is allowed by the ISP. Or, select “Use this MAC

address” and type in the MAC address.

e.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

5.

If your Internet connection does require a login, fill in the settings according to the instructions

below. Select Yes if you normally must launch a login program such as Enternet or WinPOET

in order to access the Internet.