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2.1 Panel Layout
2.1.1. Front Panel
LED:
LED
Function
Color
Status
Description
POWER
Power
indication
Green
On
Power is being applied to this product.
Status
System
status
indicators
Green
Blinking
M1 is flashed once per second to
indicate system is alive. When system
is busy, M2 is lighted.
On
The WAN port is linked.
WAN
WAN port
activity
Green
Blinking
The WAN port is sending or receiving
data.
Reset
M1
Green
Flashing
To reset system settings to factory
defaults
On
An active station is connected to the
corresponding LAN port.
Link/Act.
1~4
Link status
Green
Blinking
The corresponding LAN port is
sending or receiving data.
10/100
Data Rate
Green
On
Data is transmitting in 100Mbps on
the corresponding LAN port.
For details, please refer to Appendix D FAQ and Troubleshooting.
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2.1.2. Rear Panel
Ports:
Port
Description
9VAC
Power inlet: AC9V, 1A
WAN
the port where you will connect your cable (or DSL) modem or
Ethernet router.
Port 1-4
the ports where you will connect networked computers and other
devices.
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2.2 Procedure for Hardware Installation
1. Decide where to place your Broadband Router
You can place your Broadband Router on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a
wall. For optimal performance, place your Broadband Router in the center of your office (or your
home) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or
microwave oven. This location must be close to power and network connection.
1.
Setup LAN connection
a.
Wired LAN connection: connects
an Ethernet cable from your computer
s Ethernet port to one
of the LAN ports of this product.
Figure 2-3 Setup of LAN and WAN connections for this product.
3. Setup WAN connection
Prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting this product to your cable/xDSL modem or Ethernet
backbone. Figure 2-3 illustrates the WAN connection.
4. Power on
Connecting the power cord to power inlet and turning the power switch on, this product will
automatically enter the self-test phase. When it is in the self-test phase, the indicators M1 will be
lighted ON for about 10 seconds, and then M1&M2 will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the
self-test operation has finished. Finally, the M1 will be continuously flashed once per second to
indicate that this product is in normal operation.
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To use this product correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers
and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform (Windows 95/98/NT/2000).
3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer
The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, and the default subnet mask is
255.255.255.0. These addresses can be changed on your need, but the default values are used in this
manual. If the TCP/IP environment of your computer has not yet been configured, you can refer to
Appendix A
to configure it. For example,
1.
configure
IP
as
192.168.123.1,
subnet
mask
as
255.255.255.0
and
gateway
as
192.168.123.254, or more easier,
2.
configure your computers to load TCP/IP setting automatically, that is, via DHCP server of
this product.
After installing the TCP/IP communication protocol, you can use the
ping
command to check if your
computer has successfully connected to this product. The following example shows the ping procedure
for Windows 95 platforms. First, execute the
ping
command
If the following messages appear:
Pinging 192.168.123.254 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.123.254: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
a communication link between your computer and this product has been successfully established.
Otherwise, if you get the following messages,
Pinging 192.168.123.254 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
There must be something wrong in your installation procedure. You have to check the following items
in sequence:
1.
Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between this product and your computer?
Tip
: The LAN LED of this product and the link LED of network card on your computer must be
lighted.
2.
Is the TCP/IP environment of your computers properly configured?
Tip
: If the IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, the IP address of your computer must
be 192.168.123.X and default gateway must be 192.168.123.254.
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This product provides Web based configuration scheme, that is, configuring by your Web browser,
such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS
Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms.

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