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N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router
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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N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router
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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Hardware Setup
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N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router
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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N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router
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

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