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Chapter 4. Basic

4.1

Network Map

Network Map

provides

a router-centered dashboard that lets you see the status of your

Internet connection and network at a glance. You can click any of the six sections of the

dashboard to view the d

etail information. All the information is read-only.

Figure 4-1 Network Map



Internet

-

View C

heck the ISP settings of your router.



Wireless Clients -

Click to view

the wireless devices connected to your network.



Wired Clients -

Click to view the

wired devices connected to your network.



Wireless -

Click to view

or change the wireless settings for your router.



Printer -

Click to view the information of the printer connected to your network.



USB Disk -

Click to view the information of the USB storage device connected to your

network.

4.2

Internet

Choose menu “

Basic

→

Internet

”, and you can view or change the basic ISP information for your

router.

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Figure 4-2 Internet

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 shown below.

Figure 4-3 Dynamic IP



IP Address -

Assigned dynamically by your ISP.



Subnet Mask -

Assigned dynamically by your ISP.



Default Gateway -

Assigned dynamically by your ISP.

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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

Primary/Secondary DNS -

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

Use

These DNS Servers

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

Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned dynamically 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.

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 as shown below.

Figure 4-4 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.



Default Gateway -

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

ISP.



Primary/Secondary DNS -

Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted-decimal notation

provided by your ISP.

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 in the screen below.

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Figure 4-5 PPPoE



User Name/Password -

Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These

fields are case-sensitive. Click the

Connect

button to connect immediately. Click the

Disconnect

button to disconnect immediately.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

4.

If your ISP provides L2TP connection, please select

L2TP/Russia L2TP

option. And you

should enter the following parameters in the screen below.

Figure 4-6 L2TP/Russia L2TP



VPN Server IP/Domain Name -

Enter the IP address or domain name of your VPN server.



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. Click the

Connect

button

to connect immediately. Click the

Disconnect

button to disconnect immediately.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

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5.

If your ISP provides PPTP connection, please select

PPTP/Russia PPTP

option. And you

should enter the following parameters (Figure 5-8).

Figure 4-7 PPTP/Russia PPTP



VPN Server IP/Domain Name -

Enter the IP address or domain name of your VPN server.



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. 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.

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.

The router cannot detect PPTP and L2TP connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one of

these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually.