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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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AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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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.

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