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Figure 4-4 Add A New Device

Step 2:

Press and hold the

WPS

button of the client device.

Step 3:

The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected

Setup process.

Step 4:

When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the router.

II.

Enter the client device’s PIN on the router

Use this method if your client device does not have the WPS button, but has a Wi-Fi Protected

Setup PIN number.

Step 1:

Keep the default WPS status as

Enabled

and click the

Add device

button in

Figure 4-2

,

then Figure 4-5 will appear.

Figure 4-5 Add A New Device

Step 2:

Enter the PIN number from the client device in the field on the WPS screen above. Then

click

Connect

button.

Step 3:

“

Connect successfully

” will appear on the screen of Figure 4-5, which means the client

device has successfully connected to the router.

III. Enter the router’s PIN on your client device

Use this method if your client device asks for the router’s PIN number.

Step 1:

On the client device, enter the PIN number listed on the router’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup

screen, shown in

Figure 4-2

(It is also labeled on the bottom of the router).

Step 2:

The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected

Setup process.

Step 3:

When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the router.

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Note:

1)

The WPS LED on the router will light green for five minutes if the device has been

successfully added to the network.

2)

The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless Function of the router is disabled.

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

4.5 Network

Figure 4-6

the Network menu

There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in

Figure 4-6

):

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 4-7):

Figure 4-7

WAN - Dynamic IP

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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.



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.



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.



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 4-8.

Figure 4-8

WAN - Static IP



IP Address -

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



Subnet Mask -

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

Usually, the Sub Mask is 255.255.255.0.

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Default Gateway -

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

notation.



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.



Primary/Secondary DNS -

(Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted-decimal

notation provided by your ISP.

3.

If your ISP provides a PPPoE connection, select

PPPoE/Russia PPPoE

option. And you

should enter the following parameters (Figure 4-9):

Figure 4-9

WAN - PPPoE



User Name/Password -

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

fields are case-sensitive.



Confirm Password -

Re-enter the Password provided by your ISP to ensure the Password

you entered is correct.



Secondary Connection

-

It’s available only for PPPoE Connection. If your ISP provides an

extra Connection type such as Dynamic/Static IP to connect to a local area network, then you

can check the radio button of Dynamic/Static IP to activate this secondary connection.

•

Disabled

-

The Secondary Connection is disabled by default, so there is PPPoE

connection only. This is recommended.

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•

Dynamic IP

-

You can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as the secondary

connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP.

•

Static IP

-

You can check this radio button to use Static IP as the secondary connection

to connect to the local area network provided by ISP.



Connect on Demand -

In this mode, the Internet connection can be terminated automatically

after a specified inactivity period (

Max Idle Time

) and

be

re-established when you attempt to

access the Internet again.

If you want your Internet connection keeps active all the time,

please enter “0” in the

Max Idle Time

field.

Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want

to have elapsed before your Internet access disconnects.



Connect Automatically -

The connection can be re-established automatically when it was

down.



Time-based Connecting -

The connection will only be established in the period from the

start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format).



Note:

Only when you have configured the system time on

System Tools -> Time

page, will the

Time-based Connecting

function can take effect.



Connect Manually -

You can click the

Connect

/

Disconnect

button to connect/disconnect

immediately.

This mode also supports the

Max Idle Time

function as

Connect on Demand

mode. The Internet connection can be disconnected automatically after a specified inactivity

period and

re-established when you attempt to access the Internet again.

Caution

: Sometimes the connection cannot be terminated although you specify a time to Max Idle

Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.

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

Advanced

button, and the page

shown in Figure 4-10 will then appear:

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