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Specify Basic WiFi Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Change the WiFi Mbps Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Change the WiFi Password or Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Set Up a Guest WiFi Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Control the Wireless Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Use the WiFi On/Off Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Enable or Disable the Wireless Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Set Up a Wireless Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Specify WPS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Chapter 11

Use VPN to Access Your Network

Set Up a VPN Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Specify VPN Service in the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Install OpenVPN Software on Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Use a VPN Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Use VPN to Access the Router’s USB Device and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Use VPN to Access Your Internet Service at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Set Up VPN Client Internet Access in the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Block VPN Client Internet Access in the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Use a VPN Tunnel to Access Your Internet Service at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Chapter 12

Specify Internet Port Settings

Set Up Port Forwarding to a Local Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Add a Custom Port Forwarding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Edit a Port Forwarding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Delete a Port Forwarding Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Application Example: Make a Local Web Server Public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

How the Router Implements the Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Set Up Port Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Add a Port Triggering Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Disable Port Triggering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Application Example: Port Triggering for Internet Relay Chat . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Chapter 13

Troubleshooting

Quick Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Sequence to Restart Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Check Ethernet Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Wireless Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Troubleshoot with the LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Standard LED Behavior When the Router Is Powered On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Power LED Is Off or Blinking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Power LED Stays Amber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

LEDs Never Turn Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Internet or Ethernet Port LEDs Are Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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WiFi LED Is Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Cannot Log In to the Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Cannot Access the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Troubleshoot PPPoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Troubleshoot Internet Browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Changes Not Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Troubleshoot Your Network Using the Ping Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Test the LAN Path to Your Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Appendix A

Supplemental Information

Factory Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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1.

Hardware Setup

The N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router 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 300 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

•

Front Panel 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.

N600 WiFi Router

Ethernet cable

Power adapter

(varies by region)

Stand

Figure 1. Package contents

Front Panel LEDs

The status LEDs are located on the front 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.

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Rear Panel

The rear panel connections and buttons are shown in the following figure.

Ethernet

WAN

Power

Power

(Internet)

LAN ports 1–4

On/Off

connector

WPS

button

WiFi On/Off

button

USB

port

Reset

button

port

button

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

15.

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

159.

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

15.

•

Solid green

. Someone used WPS to connect to the WiFi network.

Table 1.

LED descriptions

(continued)

LED

Description