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Connect Manually -
You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
After a specified period of inactivity (
Max Idle Time
), the router will disconnect from your
Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as
soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, check the radio button. If
you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the
Max Idle Time
field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting
last unless a new link is requested.
Caution
: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to
Max
Idle Time
, because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.
Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
6.
If your ISP provides PPTP connection, please select
PPTP/Russia PPTP
option. And you
should enter the following parameters (Figure 4-9):
Figure 4-9 PPTP Settings
User Name/Password -
Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These
fields are case-sensitive.
Dynamic IP/ Static IP -
Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP
address or the domain name.
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If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned
by your ISP. And click the
Save
button.
Click the
Connect
button to connect immediately. Click the
Disconnect
button to disconnect
immediately.
Connect on Demand -
You can configure the router to disconnect from your Internet
connection after a specified period of inactivity (
Max Idle Time
). If your Internet connection
has been terminated due to inactivity,
Connect on Demand
enables the router to
automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet
again. If you wish to activate
Connect on Demand
, check the radio button. If you want your
Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter “0” in the
Max Idle Time
field.
Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet
connection terminates.
Connect Automatically -
Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this
option, check the radio button.
Connect Manually -
You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
After a specified period of inactivity (
Max Idle Time
), the router will disconnect from your
Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as
soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button. If
you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the
Max Idle Time
field. Otherwise, enter the number in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting
last unless a new link is requested.
Caution
: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to
Max
Idle Time
because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.
Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
Note:
If you don't know how to choose the appropriate connection type, click the
Detect
button to allow
the router to automatically search your Internet connection for servers and protocols. The
connection type will be reported when an active Internet service is successfully detected by the
router. This report is for your reference only. To make sure the connection type your ISP provides,
please refer to the ISP. The various types of Internet connections that the router can detect are as
follows:
PPPoE
-
Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name and password.
Dynamic IP
-
Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.
Static IP
-
Connections which use static IP address assignment.
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AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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The router cannot detect PPTP/L2TP/Big Pond connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one
of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually.
4.4.2
LAN
Choose menu “
Network
→
LAN
”, you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the screen
as below.
Figure 4-10 LAN
MAC Address
-
The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't
be changed.
IP Address -
Enter the IP address of your router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation
(factory default: 192.168.0.1).
Subnet Mask -
An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use
255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.
Note:
1)
If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to log in the router.
2)
If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the DHCP
server will change accordingly at the same time
，
while the Virtual Server and DMZ Host will
not take effect until they are re-configured.
4.4.3
MAC Clone
Choose menu “
Network
→
MAC Clone
”, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on
the screen below, Figure 4-11:
Figure 4-11 MAC Address Clone
Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely
needed here.
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AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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WAN MAC Address -
This field displays the current MAC address of the Internet port. If
your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address
into this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format (X is any hexadecimal digit).
Your PC's MAC Address -
This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing
the router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the
Clone MAC Address
button
and this MAC address will fill in the
WAN MAC Address
field.
Click
Restore Factory MAC
to restore the MAC address of Internet port to the factory default
value. Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
Note:
Only the PC on your LAN can use the
MAC Address Clone
function.
4.4.4
IPTV
Choose menu “
Network
→
IPTV
”, you can configure the IPTV function on the screen below,
Figure 4-12Figure 4-11:
Figure 4-12 IPTV
IGMP Proxy
- If you want to watch TV through IGMP, please
Enable
it.
MODE
Automatic
- There would be no change to the LAN ports, work with IGMP Proxy
technology, allowing watch IPTV via wired and wireless connection.
Bridge
- Assign an individual LAN port for IPTV set-top-box, which can get IP address
from ISP directly, without any quality loss even when PCs connect with router are
downloading torrents at maximum speed, since this LAN port is isolated from other NAT
LAN ports.
802.1Q Tag VLAN
- ISP would provide the networking service based on 802.1Q Tag
VLAN technology. You can assign different VLAN Tag ID for different LAN ports, to
connect PC, IPTV set-top-box or IP-phone. Please contact with you ISP to get the VLAN
ID information.
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AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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4.5
Dual Band Selection
Choose menu “
Dual Band Selection
”, and you can choose the working frequency for your router.
It is recommended that your computers and devices running video and voice applications use the
5GHz band, while your guest access and computers that are only browsing the web use the
2.4GHz band.
Figure 4-13 Dual Band Selection
Concurrently with 2.4GHz and 5GHz (802.11a/b/g/n/ac)
-
Choose this option, and then
the router will work concurrently in 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency.
Only work in 2.4GHz (802.11b/g/n) -
Choose this option, and then the router will only work
in 2.4GHz frequency. You can use the 2.4GHz band to connect to many classic wireless
devices like gaming consoles, laptops, DVRs, ect.
Only work in 5GHz (802.11a/n/ac) -
Choose this option, and then the router will only work in
5GHz frequency. This band is less crowded and is used for time-sensitive music, video
streaming or gaming. Using this band can avoid interference with 2.4GHz networks or noisy
devices like cordless phones and microwave ovens.
4.6
Wireless 2.4GHz
Figure 4-14 Wireless menu
There are six submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-14):
Wireless Settings
,
WPS
,
Wireless Security
,
Wireless MAC Filtering
,
Wireless Advanced
and
Wireless
Statistics
. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions.

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