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Step 4. Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click

Finish

to complete the QSS

configuration.

The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter

II.

By PIN

If the new device supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup and the PIN method, you can add it to the

network by PIN with the following two methods.

Method One:

Enter the PIN into my Router

Step 1.

Keep the default QSS Status as

Enabled

and click the

Add device

button in Figure 4-2,

then the following screen will appear.

Step 2. Choose

Enter the new device's PIN

and enter the PIN code of the wireless adapter in

the field behind PIN in the above figure. Then click

Connect

.

)

Note:

The PIN code of the adapter is always displayed on the QSS configuration screen

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Step 3. For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose

Enter a PIN into my

access point or a registrar

in the configuration utility of the QSS as below, and click

Next

.

The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter

)

Note:

In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the above figure shown.

Method Two:

Enter the PIN from my Router

Step 1.

Get the Current PIN code of the Router in Figure 4-2 (each Router has its unique PIN

code. Here takes the PIN code 12345670 of this Router for example).

Step 2. For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose

Enter a PIN from my

access point

in the configuration utility of the QSS as below, and enter the PIN code of

the Router into the field behind Access Point PIN. Then click

Next

.

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The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter

)

Note:

The default PIN code of the Router can be found in its label or the QSS configuration screen as

Figure 4-2.

Step 3.

You will see the following screen when the new device successfully connected to the

network.

)

Note:

1.

The status LED on the Router will light green all the time if the device has been successfully

added to the network.

2. The QSS function cannot be configured if the Wireless Function of the Router is disabled.

Please make sure the Wireless Function is enabled before configuring the QSS.

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4.5

Network

Figure 4-4

the Network menu

There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in

Figure 4-4

):

WAN

,

LAN

and

MAC

Clone.

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

4.5.1

WAN

Choose menu “

Network

→

WAN

”, and then 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

4-5):

Figure 4-5

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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¾

MTU Size -

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.

¾

Use These DNS Servers -

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 Web site 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.

¾

Get IP with Unicast DHCP -

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.)

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 in Figure 4-6.

Figure 4-6

WAN - Static IP

¾

IP Address -

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

¾

Subnet Mask -

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

Usually, the Sub Mask is 255.255.255.0.

¾

Default Gateway -

(Optional) Enter the gateway IP address provided by your ISP in

dotted-decimal notation.

¾

MTU Size -

The normal

MTU

(Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks