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Chapter 4. Configuring the router

This chapter will show each key function of the Web page and its configuration method.

4.1

Login

After your successful login, you will see the main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. On the

right, there are the corresponding explanations and instructions.

The detailed explanations for each Web page’s key function are listed below.

4.2

Status

The Status page provides the current status information about the router. All information is

read-only.

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Figure 4-1 Status

4.3

Quick Setup

Please refer to

3.2 Quick Installation Guide

.

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4.4

Network

Figure 4-2 the Network menu

There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-2):

WAN

,

LAN

and

MAC

Clone

. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

4.4.1

WAN

Choose menu “

Network

→

WAN

”, you can configure the IP parameters of the WAN on the

screen below.

1.

If your ISP provides the DHCP service, please choose

Dynamic IP

type,

and the router will

automatically get IP parameters from your ISP. You can see the page as follows (Figure

4-3):

Figure 4-3 WAN – Dynamic IP

This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP

address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the

Renew

button to renew the IP

parameters from your ISP. Click the

Release

button to release the IP parameters.

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If you want to do some advanced configurations, please click the

Advanced

button.



MTU(Bytes) -

The normal

MTU

(Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet

networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default

MTU

size unless

required by your ISP.



Enable Fullcone NAT -

It is a type of NAT, if not enabled, the default NAT will act.



Enable IGMP Proxy

-

IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is used to manage

multicasting on TCP/IP networks. Some ISPs use IGMP to perform remote configuration for

client devices, such as the modem router. The default value is enabled, and if you are not

sure, please contact your ISP or just leave it.



Get IP with Unicast -

A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast applications. If

you cannot get the IP Address normally, you can choose this option. (It is rarely required.)



Set DNS server manually -

If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select

Set

DNS server manually

and enter the primary and secondary addresses into the correct fields.

Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned automatically from your ISP.



Note:

If you find error when you go to a website after entering the DNS addresses, it is likely that

your DNS servers are set up improperly. You should contact your ISP to get DNS server

addresses.



Host Name

-

This option specifies the Host Name of the router.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

2.

If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS setting,

select

Static IP

. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 4-4.

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Figure 4-4 WAN - Static IP



IP Address -

Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.



Subnet Mask -

Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP,

usually is 255.255.255.0.



Gateway -

(Optional) Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by

your ISP.



DNS Server/Secondary DNS Server-

(Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in

dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.



MTU (Bytes)-

The normal

MTU

(Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet

networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default

MTU

size unless

required by your ISP.



Enable Fullcone NAT -

It is a type of NAT, if not enabled, the default NAT will act.



Enable IGMP Proxy

-

IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is used to manage

multicasting on TCP/IP networks. Some ISPs use IGMP to perform remote configuration for

client devices, such as the modem router. The default value is enabled, and if you are not

sure, please contact your ISP or just leave it.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

3.

If your ISP provides a PPPoE connection, select

PPPoE/Russia PPPoE

option. And you

should enter the following parameters (Figure 4-5):