® WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual E 2306/ Dec 2005
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual Index 1. Package contents ................................................................................3 2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router .................................3 1) Cable connection ...............................................................................3 2) Status indicators ...............................................................................4 3) Wall mount option ..............................................................
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 1. Package contents • WL-566gM wireless router x 1 • Power adapter x 1 • Utility CD x 1 • RJ45 cable x 1 • Quick Start Guide x 1 2.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 2) Status indicators PWR AIR PWR (Power) Off On Flashing-slow Flashing-quick LAN WAN No power System ready Firmware upgrade failed EZsetup processing AIR (Wireless Network) Off On Flashing No power Wireless system ready Transmitting or receiving data (wireless) WAN (Wide Area Network) Off On Flashing No power or no physical connection Has physical connection to an Ethernet network Transmitting or receiving data (through Ethernet cable) LAN 1-4 (Local Area Netw
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 3. Configuring the wireless router Note: 1) Before you start, we recommend using a wired connection for initial configuration, which may avoid possible setup problems due to wireless uncertainty. 2) ASUS also provides an EZSetup button for fast wireless configuration. If you would like to use EZSetup for your wireless network configuration, please refer to chapter 6 for more information. The ASUS Wireless Router can meet various working scenarios with proper configuration.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual Setting IP Manually To set IP address manually, you need to know the default settings of the ASUS Wireless Router: • IP address 192.168.1.1 • Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 To set up the connection with a manually assigned IP address, the address of your PC and the wireless router must be within the same segment: • IP address of your PC is 192.168.1.xxx (xxx can be any number between 2 and 254. Make sure the IP address is not used by other device) • Subnet Mask is 255.255.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 4) Quick setup To start quick setup, click Next to enter the “Quick Setup” page. Follow the instructions to setup the ASUS Wireless Router. 1 Select your time zone and click Next. 2 ASUS wireless router supports five types of ISP services: cable, PPPoE, PPTP, static WAN IP, and Telstra BigPond. Select the correct connection type and click Next to continue.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual PPTP user If you are using PPTP services, select ADSL connection that requires username, password and IP address. It is know as PPTP. Fill in the username, password and IP address provided by your ISP into the fields. Click Next to continue. herk036@adsl-comfort Static IP user If you are using ADSL or other connection type that uses static IP addresses, select ADSL or other connection type that uses static IP address.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 4 The ASUS wireless router configuration page provides a convenient approach to setup the WEP Keys: you can set up a Passphrase and let the system use certain algorithm to generate four WEP keys. Thus, instead of inputting long WEP keys, you can set up the encryption by fill in a single Passphrase. For example, if we select WEP 64bits encryption mode and input 11111 as the Passphrase, the WEP Keys are generated as shown in the right picture.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 1. Select Connect to an existing wireless LAN (Station) radio button and click Next to continue. 2. ASUS One Touch Wizard searches and displays all the available stations in the Available Networks window as shown in the picture. Select your wireless router and press Next to continue. 3. Next, we are to set up the encryption for the wireless adapter.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual ® 7 Windows Wireless Zero Configuration service For non-ASUS wireless adaptor user, you can set up the wireless connection via Windows® Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service. 1. Double-click the wireless network icon on the task bar to view available networks. Select your wireless router and click Connect. 8 2. A window prompts out asking for the encryption keys. Input the 10-digit keys you have set on the wireless router and click Connect.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 4. Commonly used advanced features The following pages are setup examples of commonly used advanced features. You can setup these features via a web browser. 1) How to setup encryption WL-566gM encryption setup Please refer to Page 9-11 for encryption setup information or to use ASUS EZSetup features which enable a quick encryption setup through several mouse clicks (Chapter 6).
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 3) Setting up virtual DMZ in your LAN You can enable all internet service such as Netmeeting, MSN and online games by enabling Virtual DMZ on the hosts in your LAN. 1 Click Virtual DMZ in the NAT Setting menu. 2 Enter the IP address of the host and click Finish. 3 Click Save & Restart to restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 4) Setting up DDNS Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows user to expose host to Internet through DDNS service provider.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 3 After clicking Free Trial, you are directed to the homepage of www.DynDNS.org, where you can register and apply for DDNS services. Read the policy and select "I have read...". 4 Enter your user name, e-mail address, password, then click Create Account. 5 A message prompts out informing that you account has been created. An e-mail is sent to your mailbox entered in the last step. Open your mailbox and read the mail.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 9 After logging in, you can see this welcome message. 10 Select Services tab. 11 Click Add Dynamic DNS Host . 12 Enter the host name then click Add Host. 13 You can see this message when your hostname is successfully created.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 14 Fill the account information into the DDNS setting fields of your wireless router. 15 Click Finish. 16 Click Save & Restart to restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 17 Now we are to verify whether DDNS is working. Click Start menu and select Run....Type cmd and click OK to open the CLI console. 18 Type ping account.dyndns.org (your DDNS domain name). If you can see the reply like what is shown in the right picture, DDNS is working correctly.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 5) Setting up Bandwidth Management Bandwidth Management provides a mechanism to setup bandwidths according to IP address or port or both. You can define the bandwidth policy, including minimum bandwidth and maximum bandwidth, to a fixed IP address or a fixed port or both for controlling the download traffic. You could also define upload bandwidth by setting up the NAT. 1 Click Basic Config page in Bandwidth Management folder.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 4. To s e t u p d o w n l o a d bandwidth policy for the all hosts in your LAN, leave the IP address and port fields blank, define the speeds (the speeds are higher than their counterparts in other entries), then click Add. 4 Upload stream If you want to set up upload traffic control policy, for example, to limit the upload bandwidth of port 2100 of 192.168.1.2 within 10 to 80kbps, we shall first set up NAT policy. 1. Select Yes to enable the Virtual Server.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 5. Troubleshooting 1. Cannot access to web browser for router configuration 1. Open a web browser and open "Internet Options" dialog box. 2. Click on "Delete Cookies" and "Delete Files". 2. Cannot Establish Connection via Wireless Out of Range: • Put the router closer to the wireless client. • Try to change the channel setting. Authentication: • Use wired connection to connect to router. • Check the wireless security setting.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 4.Internet is not accessible • Check the lights on ADSL modem and the Wireless Router • Check whether the "WAN" LED on the Wireless Router is ON. If the LED is not ON, change the cable and try again. 4.1. When ADSL Modem "Link" light is ON (not blinking), this means Internet Access is Possible. • Restart your computer. • Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of the wireless router and reconfigure the settings. • Check whether the WAN LED on the router is ON or not.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 6. Additional Information: EZSetup 1) Utility Installation for WL-566gM 1. Click Install ASUS Wireless Router Utilities to run the setup installation program. 3. Click Next to install the utility in the designated location. 2. Click Next to continue. 4. Select a program folder and click Next. 6.Open the EZSetup Wizard. 5. Select Yes and press Finish to restart your computer.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 2) EZSetup Wireless LAN setup will complete in two easy steps. First open the EZSetup utility form Start menu, then push the EZSetup button on the rear panel for 3 seconds. 1 Push EZSetup over 3 sec. and release. 1) If the setup button is pushed without running the EZsetup wizard utility, the PWR indicator will flash and Internet connections will pause for a short period but will then return to normal operation without change.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 4 If you need to configure the ISP settings for your wireless router, select Configure ISP settings, click Next and follow the instructions to complete the settings. 5 Setup is complete, press Print/Save Wireless LAN Settings button for future reference. Click Finish to exit the EZSetup utility.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 7. Appendix FCC Warning Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual Testing for electric safety according to EN 60950-1 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. Protection requirements for electromagnetic compatibility – Article 3.1b Testing for electromagnetic compatibility according to EN 301 489-1 and EN 301 489-17 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. Effective use of the radio spectrum – Article 3.2 Testing for radio test suites according to EN 300 328- 2 has been conducted.
