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WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual E2393 June 2006 Manufacturer contact information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Company address: 15 Li-Te Road, Beitou, Taipei 11259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Web site address: www.asus.com.cn General (fax): +886-2-2890-7698 info@asus.com.tw General email: ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) Company address: 44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 94538, USA General (fax): +1-510-608-4555 Web site address: usa.asus.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual Contents 1. Product introduction.................................................................5 1) System requirement.................................................................5 2) Package contents ...................................................................5 3) Rear panel...............................................................................5 4) Front panel...............................................................................6 2.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual About this guide This user manual contains the information you need when using the product, its chapters are as the following: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter guides you to explore the excellent features of WL700gE that endowed by ASUS. • Chapter 2: Connecting ADSL modem & installing the utilities This chapter tells how to connect ADSL modem and to install the software.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 1. Product introduction 1) System requirement You will need the following items to set up a wireless network environment using WL-700gE: 1. An ADSL/Cable modern and an account for broadband service 2. A computer with a 10-Base-T or 10/100Base-TX Ethernet adapter (with a RJ-45 LAN port) pre-installed for connecting the LAN 3. A wireless client (such as a PDA or laptop computer) that has build-in 802.11g/b wireless connection, or has a 802.11g/b wireless LAN card 4.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 4) Front panel READY IDE LAN 1-4 WAN AIR USB 2.0 PWR COPY PWR (Hard disk power indicator/ power switch) OFF Hard disk unmounted or no power ON Hard disk mounted *Push this button and wait for 10 seconds to shut down the hard disk. COPY This button is for copying the data in your USB storage to the hard disk of WL-700gE.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 2. Connecting ADSL modem and installing the utilities 1) Installing the utilities 1. Connect your WL-700gE wireless router to your ADSL or Cable modem. Refer to the illustration below to wire your network devices. ADSL Modem WL-700gE Wireless Router WAN 2. Insert the support CD into the optical drive of your computer to run the utility installation program. Select your language and click Install ASUS Wireless Router Utilities to install.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 3. On the Welcome window, click Next to start the installation. 4. Select the installation type, then click Next. (For non-advanced users, we suggest using “Complete” installation.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 5. Click “Next” on the Choose Destination Location screen to continue installation, or click “Browse” to choose another destination location for the software that will be installed in your computer. 6. Select a folder among the folder list in the text box on the screen, or type a new folder name in the text bar, then click “Next”. Setup will add program icons to the folder your chose or created.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 7. The program is being copied into your computer. This may takes several minutes to complete. 8. Click Finish to complete the installation process.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 2) Setting up the wireless router using EZSetup Before start, prepare an Ethernet and wireless enabled computer with ASUS utility pre-installed. 1. Press the EZSetup button on the rear panel of the wireless router until the READY LED indicator is flashing. EZSETUP If you use wireless connection for EZSetup and find the connection is not stable, use wired connection instead EZSetup. 2.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 3. Click the EZSetup button in the utility to search for WL-700gE Wireless Router. This action takes several seconds. 4. A window prompts out asking for the encryption mode you want to use. If you want to use WPA, select Yes; to use WEP, select No.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 5. If it is the first time you set up the wireless router, the screen below appears. You can manually setup the SSID and network key for the wireless router or accept the automatically generated values. Click Next to continue. If you have configured the wireless router before, the screen below appears. You can choose to modify the SSID and network key or preserve the previous settings. Click Next to continue.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 6. To connect your Internet Service Provider (ISP), select Config ISP settings. Click Next to set up ISP information. 7. Select the connection type of your ISP service and click Next to fill in the ISP information. According to the requirements of ISPs, you may need to input information such as IP address, username, and password. Refer to your ISP for detailed setup information.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 8. This page is for setting up network mass storage. Specify a drive letter for the hard disk in WL-700gE and check Create shortcut on desktop, then click Next. 9. Wait for several seconds to complete the setup. Click Print/Save wireless LAN settings for future reference. Click Finish to quit EZSetup. Save and print network information is highly recommended for future wireless connection setup.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual You can connect to WL-700gE from a wireless-enabled computer. Make sure the wireless card driver is correctly installed and the card functions normally. 1. Click Control panel -> Network connection, right-click the wireless icon -> Property -> Wireless Network tab. Select WL-700gE and click Connect button. 2. If you have setup WEP encryption for your wireless router, you need to fill the WEP keys into the Network Key field for connecting the router.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 3. Configuring the wireless router Note: 1) Before you start, we recommend using a wired connection for initial configuration, which will avoid possible setup problem due to wireless uncertainty. 2) ASUS also provides an EZSetup button for fast wireless configuration. The ASUS Wireless Router can be configured to meet various usage scenarios. Some of the factory default settings may suit your usage; however, others may need changing.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual Note: Before rebooting your PC, the ASUS Wireless Router should be switched ON and in ready state. Setting IP address manually If you want to set your IP address manually, the following default settings of the ASUS Wireless Router should be known: • IP address 192.168.1.1 • Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0. If you set your computer’s IP manually, it needs to be on the same segment. For example: • IP address 192.168.1.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual Select [Configuration] from the main manual. The screen displays the configuration screen. Follow the instruction below to configure. Select your time zone or the closest region. Click Next to continue. Now you are to set up your wireless interface. First, give an SSID (Service Set Identifier), which is a unique identifier attached to packets sent over WLANs. This identifier emulates a password when a wireless device attempts communication on the WLAN.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual ASUS wireless router WL700gE supports five types of ISP services— cable, ADSL (PPPoE, PPTP, static IP address), and Telstra BigPond. Since each service has its own protocols and standards, therefore, during the setup process, there are different identity settings demanded by WL-700gE. Select the correct connection type.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual PPTP user If you are using PPTP services, you would be asked to input the username, password, as well as IP address provided by your ISP. Static IP user If you are using ADSL or other connection type that uses static IP addresses, please select the fourth line, then input the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway provided by your ISP. You could choose to specify certain DNS servers, or select to get DNS automatically.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 1. Select Connect to an existing wireless LAN (Station) when the welcome window appears, then click Next. 2. ASUS ONE TOUCH WIZARD searches and displays all the available stations as shown in the picture. Select WL700gE and press Next to continue. 3. The setup wizard then asks for encryption setup. Set Key Length as 64 bits (10digits) as we have previously set on WL-700gE, then select Automatic Generation and input 11111 into the Passphrase box. 4.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 5. Then you will see the IP configuration screen. Setup the client IP address according to your network condition. After the setup is completed, Click Finish. Windows Zero Config service For non-ASUS wireless adaptor users, you can set up the wireless connection between your computer and the wireless router with Windows® Zero-Configure function. 1).
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 4. Wireless Router features 1) Setting up wireless encryption WL-700gE provides a set of encryption and authentication methods to meet the different demands of home, SOHO, and enterprise users. Before setting up encryption and authentication for WL-700gE, contact your network administrator for advice. Click Wireless -> Interface to open the configuration page. Encryption The encryption modes supported by WL-700gE are: WEP (64bits) and WEP (128bits).
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual Authentication The authentication methods supported by WL-700gE include: Open, shared key, WPA-PSK, WPA, and Radius with 802.1x. Open: This option disables authentication protection for wireless network. Under Open mode, any IEEE802.11b/g client can connect to your wireless network. Shared: This mode uses the WEP keys currently in use for authentication. WPA and WPA-PSK: WPA stands for WiFi-Protected Access.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 3) Setting up virtual DMZ in your LAN To expose an internal host to the Internet and make all services provided by this host available to outside users, enable Virtual DMZ function to open all ports of the host. This function is useful when the host plays multiple roles such as HTTP server and FTP server. However, in doing this, your network becomes less secure. 1. Click Virtual DMZ in the NAT Setting menu. 2. Enter the IP address of the host and click Apply. 3.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual Note: Before rebooting your computer, the ASUS Wireless Router should be switched ON and in ready state. 3. After you click Free Trail, you are directed to registration page of DynDNS. Check the two checkboxes as shown in the picture below. 4. Scroll down and enter the Username you want to use for your account, such as “account”. Enter your E-mail address to receive the confirmation letter from DynDNS. Enter the Password for your account.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 5. After pressing Create Account you can see a message telling you that a confirmation letter has been sent to your e-mail address. Open your mail box to check the mail. 6. Check your mail box for the confirmation letter, open the mail and click the link to reenter the DynDNS registration page and activate your account. 7. Click Login. 8. Input username and password to login. 9. After logging in, you can see this welcome message. 10. Select Services tab.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 11. Click Add Dynamic DNS Host. 12. Enter the host name then click Add Host. 13. Your hostname is successfully created. 14. Return to WL-700gE DDNS configuration page. Enable DDNS Client, set “Server” to WWW.DYNDNS.ORG and input your user name, password and host name to the fields. Click Apply to activate the settings.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 15. To test whether DDNS functions or not, ping the domain name to see whether your host is accessible. Click Start -> Run... -> type cmd, and enter the command line interface. 16. Type ping account.dyndns.org and press Enter. If you get reply from a certain IP address, it means your host is accessible from Internet.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 5. Utilities feature 1) USB auto copy function Follow the steps below to copy files from your USB storage to the hard disk in WL-700gE. The files are saved under the USBCopy directory. 1. Plug the USB storage to the USB2.0 port of WL-700gE. 2. Wait for several seconds until the READY LED indicator flashes slowly. Press the COPY button on the front panel and the LED flashes quickly. This means WL-700gE is copying data from your USB storage.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 2) Wireless data sharing This sections describes how to share the files in WL-700gE hard disk to your LAN users. 1. Connect a computer to WL-700gE and open the Web browser. Input 192.168.1.1 (the default IP address of WL-700gE) in the address box and press Enter.. 2. Login to the WL-700gE Web configuration interface. Login Name: admin; Password: admin (default). 3. Click Configuration to enter Web configuration page. Step 4 and 5 are for first configuration.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 5. To enable encryption protection, set Authentication method to WEP 64-bits, WEP 128-bits, or WPA. For WEP encryption, you need to input four WEP keys (10 hexadecimal digits for WEP-64bits; 26 digits for WEP-128bits). You can also let the system generate the WEP keys by inputting a Passphrase. Take down all keys and passphrase in your note. 6. Double-click the 700gE share folder short cut on your desktop to access WL-700gE share space.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual The default workgroup setting of WL-700gE is Workgroup. If your computer and WL-700gE are not within the same workgroup, you cannot find WL-700gE from your computer. Set WL-700gE within your workgroup by modifying the workgroup settings in Share Management -> Windows Setup page. 2. Double-click the WL700gE icon to enter the share folder. The files you copied from the USB storage are saved in USBCopy directory and are listed according to time/date.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 3) Download Machine You can use Download Master function in ASUS Utility to organize HTTP, FTP, and BT download tasks.. 1. Open Download Master from Start -> All Programs -> ASUS Utility -> WL-700gE Wireless Router -> Download Master. Click File -> Connect to associate with WL700gE. 2. HTTP download (1) Right-click the download link on the Web page and select Download using ASUS Download.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual HTTP download (2) Right click the download link on the Web page and select Properties. Copy the download Address (URL). If you select Download using ASUS Download, you can see the download task is added to the Transfer list. The blue bars indicate the progress of download tasks. If you copy the download address, click Assign button in the utility. Paste the address into Getting File From box, select HTTP from Option, and click Download button to start.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 3. FTP download Click Transfer button of the Download Master and select FTP in the Options field. Input the FTP site address, Port number, User Name, Password. Click Download to start. 4. BT download Save the BT seed on your computer. Click Transfer button of the Download Master and select BT in the Options field. Click Browse to locate the seed file and click Download to start. 5. Click Folder button to view the download file.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 4) Sharing photos on your Website You can upload your photos to WL-700gE to share them with your friends. 1. Click Start -> All Programs -> ASUS Utility -> WL-700gE Wireless Router -> Photo Album Exporter to open the photo upload utility. 2. Name your new album and add descriptions to the album. Click Next to continue. 3. Click Add to add photos from your local hard drive.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 4. Locate the photos you want to upload and browse them in the preview window. Select the photos you want to upload and click Add. 5. The photos you have selected appear in the lower window, click the arrows to adjust the sequence of the photos. Click OK to continue.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 6. Click Description to add description for individual photos. Click Next to continue. 7. The utility starts to upload the photos, this action takes several seconds. 8. Login your Web configuration interface. Login Name: admin; Password: admin (default).
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 9. Click Personal Webpage. 10. You can see the album is already added to you personal website. To view the photos, click the album. 11. Your friends can view these photos and leave comments to them.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 5) Setting up the Message Board You can create your own Blog site by setting up the Message Board to share you stories to your friend. 1. Click Login at the lower left corner. 2. Login Name: admin; Password: admin. Click Login to enter the website home page again. 3. Click the Message Board tab and click New topic.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 4. Input the subject for discussion and click Add. 5. When finished, click Add Message to enter the subject and leave a message.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 6. Input your information to the fields and write your message in the Message box. Click Submit to send out the message. 7. Your message board is ready.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 6) Web Camera The ASUS Wireless Router implements several applications for a Web camera, enabling you to capture images and send them over the Internet. For this function, you need to plug a web camera onto WL-700gE and enable ActiveX for your Web browser. Web camera 1. Click Web Camera under Applications. 2. Enable Web Camera - Selecting LAN Only enables Web Camera for LAN users.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual Enabling ActiveX for your IE If you use Internet Explorer®, you need to enable ActiveX or the Web Camera cannot function properly. For clients using Netscape or other browsers, ignore this part. 1. Open Internet Explorer 5.0 or above on your computer, click Tools -> Internet Options. 46 3. Select Security tab and click Custom Level button. 4. Enable the activeX controls and plug-ins. By default, these items are disabled. 5. By default, these three items are enabled.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual Security Mode Setting With proper setting to DDNS, you can monitor your working environment from anywhere on Internet, even if dynamic WAN IP address is used. If any motion is detected by the camera, WL-700gE captures the images and send them to your appointed E-mail box. Enable Security Mode? -Select Yes to enable security function on the data and time you set below. Date to Enable Security Mode This field defines the date that Security Mode is enabled.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 7) Setting up shared printer You can connect a USB printer to the USB2.0 port on WL-700gE Wireless Router and share the printer within your network. Follow the steps below to setup your shared printer on your . 1. Connect a USB printer to the USB2.0 port of WL-700gE. Make sure the printer is powered ON. 2. Enter the Web configuration page of WL-700gE. Click Applications -> Printer. You can see your printer is recognized by WL-700gE. 3.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual Setting up printer client under Windows XP Follow the steps below to install network printer on your clients. 1. Run Add Printer Wizard from Start -> Printers and Faxes -> Add a printer. 2. Select Local printer attached to this computer and click Next.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 3. A warning window prompts out. Click OK to continue. 4. Select the printer driver from the vendor-model list and click Next to install. If your printer is not in the list, click Have Disk to locate the driver. 5. Click Next to accept the default name for the printer.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 6. Select Yes to print a test page. Click Next to print. 7. The installation is complete. Click Finish to quit the Add Printer Wizard. 8. The printer is ready for share.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 6. Troubleshooting 1). Cannot access to web browser for router configuration 1. Open a web browser and open "Internet 2. Click on "Delete Cookies" and "Delete Options" dialog box. Files". 2). Cannot Establish Connection via Wireless Out of Range: Put the router closer to the client. Check and change the channel setting. Authentication setting mismatch: Use a Ethernet enabled computer to connect the wireless router.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual When ADSL Modem "Link" light is on (not blinking), this means Internet Access is Possible. Restart your computer. Reconfigure the settings for ASUS Router and please refer to the Quick Setup Guide of the WL-700gE. Check whether the WAN LED on the router is on or not. Check wireless encryption settings Check whether the computer can get the IP address or not.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual Six simple steps of trouble-shooting 1. Power ON the WL-700gE Wireless Router and make sure the LED indicators light up normally. 2. Make sure the ASUS Wireless Router Utility is correctly installed. 3. Ping WL-700gE at your computer. Click Start on the desktop and select Run..., type cmd and press OK. Then type ping 192.168.1.1 and press Enter. If ping times out, it means the router could not been reached by your computer.
WL-700gE Wireless Router User Manual 4. Press the RESET button on the rear panel for more than 5 seconds. 5. Check whether you can access the Web configuration page of WL-700gE and set up features via Web interface. 6. Check whether you can configure the wireless router and access Internet via wireless.
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