4ABLE OF #ONTENTS 4ABLE OF #ONTENTS 0RODUCT /VERVIEW 0ACKAGE #ONTENTS 3YSTEM 2EQUIREMENTS )NTRODUCTION &EATURES (ARDWARE /VERVIEW #ONNECTIONS
4ABLE OF #ONTENTS 7IRELESS 3ECURITY 7HAT IS 7%0 #ONlGURE 7%0 7HAT IS 70! #ONlGURE 70! 03+ #ONlGURE 70! 2!$)53 #ONNECT TO A 7IRELESS .
3ECTION 0RODUCT /VERVIEW 0RODUCT 0ACKAGE/VERVIEW #ONTENTS s $ ,INK 7"2 7IRELESS 2OUTER s 0OWER !DAPTER s %THERNET #ABLE s -ANUAL AND 7ARRANTY ON #$ .OTE 5SING A POWER SUPPLY WITH A DIFFERENT VOLTAGE RATING THAN THE ONE INCLUDED WITH THE 7"2 WILL CAUSE DAMAGE AND VOID THE WARRANTY FOR THIS PRODUCT 3YSTEM 2EQUIREMENTS s %THERNET BASED #ABLE OR $3, -ODEM s #OMPUTERS WITH 7INDOWS§ -ACINTOSH§ OR ,INUX BASED OPERATING SYSTEMS WITH AN INSTALLED %THERNET ADAPTER s )NTERNET %XPLORER 6ERSION OR .
3ECTION 0RODUCT /VERVIEW )NTRODUCTION $ ,INK THE INDUSTRY LEADER IN WIRELESS NETWORKING INTRODUCES ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH IN WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY 4HE $ ,INK 7IRELESS ' 7"2 2OUTER WHICH IS CAPABLE OF TRANSFERRING DATA WITH A MAXIMUM WIRELESS SIGNAL RATE OF UP TO -BPS IN THE '(Z FREQUENCY THE SAME WIRELESS FREQUENCY AS B 4HE $ ,INK 7"2 7IRELESS 2OUTER ALSO OFFERS FOUR %THERNET PORTS TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE COMPUTERS 4HE ADVANCED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY BUILT INTO THE 7"2 7IRELESS 2OUT
3ECTION 0RODUCT /VERVIEW &EATURES s &ASTER 7IRELESS .
3ECTION 0RODUCT /VERVIEW (ARDWARE /VERVIEW #ONNECTIONS $ ,INK 7"2 5SER -ANUAL
3ECTION 0RODUCT /VERVIEW $ ,INK 7"2 5SER -ANUAL
3ECTION )NSTALLATION )NSTALLATION 4HIS SECTION WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE INSTALLATION PROCESS 0LACEMENT OF THE ROUTER IS VERY IMPORTANT $O NOT PLACE THE ROUTER IN AN ENCLOSED AREA SUCH AS A CLOSET CABINET OR IN THE ATTIC OR GARAGE "EFORE YOU "EGIN 0LEASE CONlGURE THE ROUTER WITH THE COMPUTER THAT WAS LAST CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO YOUR MODEM !LSO YOU CAN ONLY USE THE %THERNET PORT ON YOUR MODEM )F YOU WERE USING THE 53" CONNECTION BEFORE USING THE ROUTER THEN YOU MUST TURN OFF YOUR MODEM DISCONNECT THE
3ECTION )NSTALLATION 7IRELESS )NSTALLATION #ONSIDERATIONS 4HE $ ,INK WIRELESS ROUTER LETS YOU ACCESS YOUR NETWORK USING A WIRELESS CONNECTION FROM VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE WITHIN THE OPERATING RANGE OF YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK +EEP IN MIND HOWEVER THAT THE NUMBER THICKNESS AND LOCATION OF WALLS CEILINGS OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT THE WIRELESS SIGNALS MUST PASS THROUGH MAY LIMIT THE RANGE 4YPICAL RANGES VARY DEPENDING ON THE TYPES OF MATERIALS AND BACKGROUND 2& RADIO FREQUENCY NOISE IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS 4HE KEY
3ECTION )NSTALLATION #ONNECT TO #ABLE $3, 3ATELLITE -ODEM )F YOU ARE CONNECTING THE ROUTER TO A CABLE $3, SATELLITE MODEM PLEASE FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW 0LACE THE ROUTER IN AN OPEN AND CENTRAL LOCATION $O NOT PLUG THE POWER ADAPTER INTO THE ROUTER 4URN THE POWER OFF ON YOUR MODEM )F THERE IS NO ON OFF SWITCH THEN UNPLUG THE MODEM S POWER ADAPTER 3HUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER 5NPLUG THE %THERNET CABLE THAT CONNECTS YOUR COMPUTER TO YOUR MODEM FROM YOUR COMPUTER AND PLACE IT INTO THE 7!.
3ECTION )NSTALLATION #ONNECT TO !NOTHER 2OUTER )F YOU ARE CONNECTING THE $ ,INK ROUTER TO ANOTHER ROUTER TO USE AS A WIRELESS ACCESS POINT AND OR SWITCH YOU WILL HAVE TO DO THE FOLLOWING BEFORE CONNECTING THE ROUTER TO YOUR NETWORK s $ISABLE 50N0Í s $ISABLE $(#0 s #HANGE THE ,!. )0 ADDRESS TO AN AVAILABLE ADDRESS ON YOUR NETWORK 4HE ,!.
3ECTION )NSTALLATION $ISCONNECT THE %THERNET CABLE FROM THE ROUTER AND RECONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO YOUR NETWORK #ONNECT AN %THERNET CABLE IN ONE OF THE ,!. PORTS OF THE ROUTER AND CONNECT IT TO YOUR OTHER ROUTER $O NOT PLUG ANYTHING INTO THE 7!. PORT OF THE $ ,INK ROUTER 9OU MAY NOW USE THE OTHER ,!.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION #ONlGURATION 4HIS SECTION WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO CONlGURE YOUR NEW $ ,INK WIRELESS ROUTER USING THE WEB BASED CONlGURATION UTILITY 7EB BASED #ONlGURATION 5TILITY 4O ACCESS THE CONlGURATION UTILITY OPEN A WEB BROWSER SUCH AS )NTERNET %XPLORER AND ENTER THE )0 ADDRESS OF THE ROUTER %NTER THE USER NAME ADMIN AND YOUR PASSWORD ,EAVE THE PASSWORD BLANK BY DEFAULT )F YOU GET A 0AGE #ANNOT BE $ISPLAYED ERROR PLEASE REFER TO THE 4ROUBLESHOOTING SECTION FOR ASSISTANCE $
3ECTION #ONlGURATION 3ETUP 7IZARD 9OU MAY RUN THE SETUP WIZARD TO QUICKLY SETUP YOUR ROUTER #LICK 3ETUP 7IZARD TO LAUNCH THE WIZARD #LICK ,AUNCH )NTERNET #ONNECTION 3ETUP 7IZARD TO BEGIN $ ,INK 7"2 5SER -ANUAL
3ECTION #ONlGURATION #LICK .EXT TO CONTINUE #REATE A NEW PASSWORD AND THEN CLICK .EXT TO CONTINUE 3ELECT YOUR TIME ZONE FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU AND THEN CLICK .EXT TO CONTINUE 3ELECT THE TYPE OF )NTERNET CONNECTION YOU USE AND THEN CLICK .
3ECTION #ONlGURATION )F YOU SELECTED $YNAMIC YOU MAY NEED TO ENTER THE -!# ADDRESS OF THE COMPUTER THAT WAS LAST CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO YOUR MODEM )F YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING THAT COMPUTER CLICK #LONE 9OUR 0# S -!# !DDRESS AND THEN CLICK .EXT TO CONTINUE 4HE (OST .AME IS OPTIONAL BUT MAY BE REQUIRED BY SOME )30S 4HE DEFAULT HOST NAME IS THE DEVICE NAME OF THE 2OUTER AND MAY BE CHANGED )F YOU SELECTED 000O% ENTER YOUR 000O% USERNAME AND PASSWORD #LICK .
3ECTION #ONlGURATION )F YOU SELECTED , 40 ENTER YOUR , 40 USERNAME AND PASSWORD #LICK .EXT TO CONTINUE )F YOU SELECTED 3TATIC ENTER YOUR NETWORK SETTINGS SUPPLIED BY YOUR )NTERNET PROVIDER #LICK .
3ECTION #ONlGURATION )NTERNET 3ETUP $YNAMIC #ABLE $YNAMIC )0 #HOOSE $YNAMIC )0 !DDRESS TO OBTAIN )0 !DDRESS !DDRESS INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY FROM YOUR )30 3ELECT THIS OPTION IF YOUR )30 DOES NOT GIVE YOU ANY )0 NUMBERS TO USE 4HIS OPTION IS COMMONLY USED FOR #ABLE MODEM SERVICES (OST .AME 4HE (OST .AME IS OPTIONAL BUT MAY BE REQUIRED BY SOME )30S 4HE DEFAULT HOST NAME IS THE DEVICE NAME OF THE 2OUTER AND MAY BE CHANGED -!# !DDRESS 4HE DEFAULT -!# !DDRESS IS SET TO THE 7!.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION )NTERNET 3ETUP 000O% $3, #HOOSE 000O% 0OINT TO 0OINT 0ROTOCOL OVER %THERNET IF YOUR )30 USES A 000O% CONNECTION 9OUR )30 WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A USERNAME AND PASSWORD 4HIS OPTION IS TYPICALLY USED FOR $3, SERVICES -AKE SURE TO REMOVE YOUR 000O% SOFTWARE FROM YOUR COMPUTER 4HE SOFTWARE IS NO LONGER NEEDED AND WILL NOT WORK THROUGH A ROUTER 000O% 3ELECT $YNAMIC MOST COMMON OR 3TATIC 3ELECT 3TATIC IF YOUR )30 ASSIGNED YOU THE )0 ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY AND $.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION )NTERNET 3ETUP 0040 #HOOSE 0040 0OINT TO 0OINT 4UNNELING 0ROTOCOL IF YOUR )30 USES A 0040 CONNECTION 9OUR )30 WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A USERNAME AND PASSWORD 4HIS OPTION IS TYPICALLY USED FOR $3, SERVICES 0040 3ELECT $YNAMIC MOST COMMON OR 3TATIC 3ELECT 3TATIC IF YOUR )30 ASSIGNED YOU THE )0 ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY AND $.3 SERVER ADDRESSES )0 !DDRESS %NTER THE )0 ADDRESS 3TATIC 0040 ONLY 3UBNET -ASK %NTER THE 0RIMARY AND 3ECONDARY $.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION )NTERNET 3ETUP , 40 #HOOSE , 40 ,AYER 4UNNELING 0ROTOCOL IF YOUR )30 USES A , 40 CONNECTION 9OUR )30 WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A USERNAME AND PASSWORD 4HIS OPTION IS TYPICALLY USED FOR $3, SERVICES , 40 3ELECT $YNAMIC MOST COMMON OR 3TATIC 3ELECT 3TATIC IF YOUR )30 ASSIGNED YOU THE )0 ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY AND $.3 SERVER ADDRESSES )0 !DDRESS %NTER THE )0 ADDRESS 3TATIC , 40 ONLY 3UBNET -ASK %NTER THE 0RIMARY AND 3ECONDARY $.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION )NTERNET 3ETUP "IG 0OND 5SER .AME %NTER YOUR "IG 0OND USER NAME 0ASSWORD %NTER YOUR "IG 0OND PASSWORD AND THEN RETYPE THE PASSWORD IN THE NEXT BOX !UTH 3ERVER %NTER THE )0 ADDRESS OF THE LOGIN SERVER ,OGIN 3ERVER )0 %NTER THE )0 ADDRESS OF THE LOGIN SERVER -!# !DDRESS 4HE DEFAULT -!# !DDRESS IS SET TO THE 7!.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION )NTERNET 3ETUP 3TATIC ASSIGNED BY )30 3ELECT 3TATIC )0 !DDRESS IF ALL 7!. )0 INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO YOU BY YOUR )30 9OU WILL NEED TO ENTER IN THE )0 ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY ADDRESS AND $.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION 7IRELESS 3ETTINGS %NABLE 7IRELESS #HECK THE BOX TO ENABLE THE WIRELESS FUNCTION )F YOU DO NOT WANT TO USE WIRELESS UNCHECK THE BOX TO DISABLE ALL THE WIRELESS FUNCTIONS 7IRELESS .ETWORK 3ERVICE 3ET )DENTIlER 33)$ IS THE NAME OF YOUR .
3ECTION #ONlGURATION .
3ECTION #ONlGURATION $(#0 3ERVER 3ETTINGS $(#0 STANDS FOR $YNAMIC (OST #ONTROL 0ROTOCOL 4HE 7"2 HAS A BUILT IN $(#0 SERVER 4HE $(#0 3ERVER WILL AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGN AN )0 ADDRESS TO THE COMPUTERS ON THE ,!.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION 0ORT &ORWARDING 2ULES 4HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO OPEN A SINGLE PORT OR A RANGE OF PORTS 2ULE #HECK THE BOX TO ENABLED THE RULE .AME %NTER A NAME FOR THE RULE )0 !DDRESS %NTER THE )0 ADDRESS OF THE COMPUTER ON YOUR LOCAL NETWORK THAT YOU WANT TO ALLOW THE INCOMING SERVICE TO 3TART 0ORT %NTER THE PORT OR PORTS THAT YOU WANT TO OPEN %ND 0ORT )F YOU WANT TO OPEN PORT ENTER THE SAME PORT IN BOTH BOXES 4RAFlC 4YPE 3ELECT 4#0 5$0 OR !.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION !PPLICATION 2ULES 3OME APPLICATIONS REQUIRE MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS SUCH AS )NTERNET GAMING VIDEO CONFERENCING )NTERNET TELEPHONY AND OTHERS 4HESE APPLICATIONS HAVE DIFlCULTIES WORKING THROUGH .!4 .ETWORK !DDRESS 4RANSLATION 3PECIAL !PPLICATIONS MAKES SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS WORK WITH THE 7"2 2ULE #HECK THE BOX TO ENABLED THE RULE .
3ECTION #ONlGURATION .ETWORK &ILTER 5SE -!# -EDIA !CCESS #ONTROL &ILTERS TO ALLOW OR DENY ,!. ,OCAL !REA .ETWORK COMPUTERS BY THEIR -!# ADDRESSES FROM ACCESSING THE .
3ECTION #ONlGURATION 7EBSITE &ILTER 52, AND DOMAIN BLOCKING ARE USED TO DENY ,!.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION &IREWALL 3ETTINGS 4HIS SECTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO SETUP A $-: HOST AND TO ENABLE 60.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION !DVANCED 7IRELESS 3ETTINGS 48 2ATE 3ELECT THE BASIC TRANSFER RATES BASED ON THE SPEED OF WIRELESS ADAPTERS ON YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK )T IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO KEEP THIS SETTING TO !UTO 4RANSMIT 0OWER 3ET THE TRANSMIT POWER OF THE ANTENNAS "EACON )NTERVAL "EACONS ARE PACKETS SENT BY AN !CCESS 0OINT TO SYNCHRONIZE A WIRELESS NETWORK 3PECIFY A VALUE IS THE DEFAULT SETTING AND IS RECOMMENDED 243 4HRESHOLD 4HIS VALUE SHOULD REMAIN AT ITS DEFAULT SETTING OF )F INCONS
3ECTION #ONlGURATION !DVANCED .ETWORK 3ETTINGS 50N0 3ETTINGS 4O USE THE 5NIVERSAL 0LUG AND 0LAY 50N0Í FEATURE CLICK ON %NABLED 50.0 PROVIDES COMPATIBILITY WITH NETWORKING EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE AND PERIPHERALS 7!. 0ING 5NCHECKING THE BOX WILL NOT ALLOW THE 7"2 TO RESPOND TO PINGS "LOCKING THE 0ING MAY PROVIDE SOME EXTRA SECURITY FROM HACKERS #HECK THE BOX TO ALLOW THE 7!. PORT TO BE hPINGEDv 7!. SELECT TO 9OU MAY SET THE PORT SPEED OF THE 7!.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION !DMINISTRATOR 3ETTINGS 4HIS PAGE WILL ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE THE !DMINISTRATOR AND 5SER PASSWORDS 9OU CAN ALSO ENABLE 2EMOTE -ANAGEMENT 4HERE ARE TWO ACCOUNTS THAT CAN ACCESS THE MANAGEMENT INTERFACE THROUGH THE WEB BROWSER 4HE ACCOUNTS ARE ADMIN AND USER !DMIN HAS READ WRITE ACCESS WHILE USER HAS READ ONLY ACCESS 5SER CAN ONLY VIEW THE SETTINGS BUT CANNOT MAKE ANY CHANGES /NLY THE ADMIN ACCOUNT HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE BOTH ADMIN AND USER ACCOUNT PASSWORDS !DMINISTRATOR %NTER A
3ECTION #ONlGURATION 4IME 3ETTINGS 4IME :ONE 3ELECT THE 4IME :ONE FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU $AYLIGHT 3AVING 4O SELECT $AYLIGHT 3AVING TIME MANUALLY SELECT ENABLED OR DISABLED AND ENTER A START DATE AND AN END DATE FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME !UTOMATIC .40 IS SHORT FOR .ETWORK 4IME 0ROTOCOL .
3ECTION #ONlGURATION 3YSTEM 3ETTINGS 3AVE 3ETTINGS TO 5SE THIS OPTION TO SAVE THE CURRENT ROUTER ,OCAL (ARD $RIVE CONlGURATION SETTINGS TO A lLE ON THE HARD DISK OF THE COMPUTER YOU ARE USING &IRST CLICK THE 3AVE BUTTON 9OU WILL THEN SEE A lLE DIALOG WHERE YOU CAN SELECT A LOCATION AND lLE NAME FOR THE SETTINGS ,OAD 3ETTINGS 5SE THIS OPTION TO LOAD PREVIOUSLY SAVED FROM ,OCAL (ARD ROUTER CONFIGURATION SETTINGS &IRST USE THE $RIVE "ROWSE CONTROL TO lND A PREVIOUSLY SAVE lLE OF CONlGURATION SETTINGS
3ECTION #ONlGURATION &IRMWARE 5PGRADE 9OU CAN UPGRADE THE lRMWARE OF THE 2OUTER HERE -AKE SURE THE lRMWARE YOU WANT TO USE IS ON THE LOCAL HARD DRIVE OF THE COMPUTER #LICK ON "ROWSE TO LOCATE THE lRMWARE lLE TO BE USED FOR THE UPDATE 0LEASE CHECK THE $ ,INK SUPPORT SITE FOR lRMWARE UPDATES AT HTTP SUPPORT DLINK COM 9OU CAN DOWNLOAD lRMWARE UPGRADES TO YOUR HARD DRIVE FROM THE $ ,INK SUPPORT SITE &IRMWARE #LICK ON THE LINK IN THIS SCREEN TO lND OUT IF THERE 5PGRADE IS AN UPDATED lRMWARE IF SO DO
3ECTION #ONlGURATION 3YSTEM #HECK 6IRTUAL #ABLE 6#4 IS AN ADVANCED FEATURE THAT INTEGRATES A 4ESTER 6#4 )NFO ,!.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION $EVICE )NFORMATION 4HIS PAGE DISPLAYS THE CURRENT INFORMATION FOR THE 7"2 )T WILL DISPLAY THE ,!. 7!. AND 7IRELESS INFORMATION )F YOUR 7!. CONNECTION IS SET UP FOR A $YNAMIC )0 ADDRESS THEN A 2ELEASE BUTTON AND A 2ENEW BUTTON WILL BE DISPLAYED 5SE 2ELEASE TO DISCONNECT FROM YOUR )30 AND USE 2ENEW TO CONNECT TO YOUR )30 )F YOUR 7!.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION ,OG &IRST 0AGE 6IEW THE lRST PAGE OF THE LOG ,AST 0AGE 6IEW THE LAST PAGE OF THE LOG 0REVIOUS 6IEW THE PREVIOUS PAGE .
3ECTION #ONlGURATION 3TATS 4HE SCREEN BELOW DISPLAYS THE 4RAFlC 3TATISTICS (ERE YOU CAN VIEW THE AMOUNT OF PACKETS THAT PASS THROUGH THE 7"2 ON BOTH THE 7!. AND THE ,!.
3ECTION #ONlGURATION 3UPPORT $ ,INK 7"2 5SER -ANUAL
3ECTION 3ECURITY 7IRELESS 3ECURITY 4HIS SECTION WILL SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SECURITY YOU CAN USE TO PROTECT YOUR DATA FROM INTRUDERS 4HE 7"2 OFFERS THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF SECURITY s 70! 7I &I 0ROTECTED !CCESS s 70! 7I &I 0ROTECTED !CCESS s 7%0 7IRED %QUIVALENT 0RIVACY s 70! 03+ 0RE 3HARED +EY s 70! 03+ 0RE 3HARED +EY 7HAT IS 7%0 7%0 STANDS FOR 7IRED %QUIVALENT 0RIVACY )T IS BASED ON THE )%%% STANDARD AND USES THE 2# ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 7%0 PROVIDES SECURITY BY ENCR
3ECTION 3ECURITY #ONlGURE 7%0 )T IS RECOMMENDED TO ENABLE ENCRYPTION ON YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER BEFORE YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK ADAPTERS 0LEASE ESTABLISH WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY BEFORE ENABLING ENCRYPTION 9OUR WIRELESS SIGNAL MAY DEGRADE WHEN ENABLING ENCRYPTION DUE TO THE ADDED OVERHEAD ,OG INTO THE WEB BASED CONlGURATION BY OPENING A WEB BROWSER AND ENTERING THE )0 ADDRESS OF THE ROUTER #LICK ON 7IRELESS 3ETTINGS ON THE LEFT SIDE .EXT TO 3ECURITY -ODE SELECT %NABLE 7%0 3ECURITY .
3ECTION 3ECURITY 7HAT IS 70! 70! OR 7I &I 0ROTECTED !CCESS IS A 7I &I STANDARD THAT WAS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE SECURITY FEATURES OF 7%0 7IRED %QUIVALENT 0RIVACY 4HE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS OVER 7%0 s )MPROVED DATA ENCRYPTION THROUGH THE 4EMPORAL +EY )NTEGRITY 0ROTOCOL 4+)0 4+)0 SCRAMBLES THE KEYS USING A HASHING ALGORITHM AND BY ADDING AN INTEGRITY CHECKING FEATURE ENSURES THAT THE KEYS HAVEN T BEEN TAMPERED WITH 70! IS BASED ON I AND USES !DVANCED %NCRYPTION 3TANDARD !%3 INSTEAD OF 4+)0
3ECTION 3ECURITY #ONlGURE 70! 03+ )T IS RECOMMENDED TO ENABLE ENCRYPTION ON YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER BEFORE YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK ADAPTERS 0LEASE ESTABLISH WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY BEFORE ENABLING ENCRYPTION 9OUR WIRELESS SIGNAL MAY DEGRADE WHEN ENABLING ENCRYPTION DUE TO THE ADDED OVERHEAD ,OG INTO THE WEB BASED CONlGURATION BY OPENING A WEB BROWSER AND ENTERING THE )0 ADDRESS OF THE ROUTER #LICK ON 7IRELESS 3ETTINGS ON THE LEFT SIDE .
3ECTION 3ECURITY #ONlGURE 70! 2!$)53 )T IS RECOMMENDED TO ENABLE ENCRYPTION ON YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER BEFORE YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK ADAPTERS 0LEASE ESTABLISH WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY BEFORE ENABLING ENCRYPTION 9OUR WIRELESS SIGNAL MAY DEGRADE WHEN ENABLING ENCRYPTION DUE TO THE ADDED OVERHEAD ,OG INTO THE WEB BASED CONlGURATION BY OPENING A WEB BROWSER AND ENTERING THE )0 ADDRESS OF THE ROUTER #LICK ON 7IRELESS 3ETTINGS ON THE LEFT SIDE .
3ECTION #ONNECTING TO A 7IRELESS .ETWORK #ONNECT TO A 7IRELESS .
3ECTION #ONNECTING TO A 7IRELESS .ETWORK #ONlGURE 7%0 )T IS RECOMMENDED TO ENABLE 7%0 ON YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER OR ACCESS POINT BEFORE CONlGURING YOUR WIRELESS ADAPTER )F YOU ARE JOINING AN EXISTING NETWORK YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW THE 7%0 KEY BEING USED /PEN THE 7INDOWS§ 80 7IRELESS 5TILITY BY RIGHT CLICKING ON THE WIRELESS COMPUTER ICON IN YOUR SYSTEM TRAY LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF SCREEN 3ELECT 6IEW !VAILABLE 7IRELESS .
3ECTION #ONNECTING TO A 7IRELESS .ETWORK 4HE 7IRELESS .
3ECTION #ONNECTING TO A 7IRELESS .ETWORK #ONlGURE 70! 03+ )T IS RECOMMENDED TO ENABLE 7%0 ON YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER OR ACCESS POINT BEFORE CONlGURING YOUR WIRELESS ADAPTER )F YOU ARE JOINING AN EXISTING NETWORK YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW THE 7%0 KEY BEING USED /PEN THE 7INDOWS§ 80 7IRELESS 5TILITY BY RIGHT CLICKING ON THE WIRELESS COMPUTER ICON IN YOUR SYSTEM TRAY LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF SCREEN 3ELECT 6IEW !VAILABLE 7IRELESS .
3ECTION #ONNECTING TO A 7IRELESS .ETWORK 4HE 7IRELESS .
3ECTION 4ROUBLESHOOTING 4ROUBLESHOOTING 4HIS CHAPTER PROVIDES SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT CAN OCCUR DURING THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF THE 7"2 2EAD THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS 4HE EXAMPLES BELOW ARE ILLUSTRATED IN 7INDOWS§ 80 )F YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM THE SCREENSHOTS ON YOUR COMPUTER WILL LOOK SIMILAR TO THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES 7HY CAN T ) ACCESS THE WEB BASED CONlGURATION UTILITY 7HEN ENTERING THE )0 ADDRESS OF THE $ ,INK ROUTER FOR
3ECTION 4ROUBLESHOOTING s #ONlGURE YOUR )NTERNET SETTINGS s 'O TO 3TART 3ETTINGS #ONTROL 0ANEL $OUBLE CLICK THE )NTERNET /PTIONS )CON &ROM THE 3ECURITY TAB CLICK THE BUTTON TO RESTORE THE SETTINGS TO THEIR DEFAULTS s #LICK THE #ONNECTION TAB AND SET THE DIAL UP OPTION TO .EVER $IAL A #ONNECTION #LICK THE ,!.
3ECTION 4ROUBLESHOOTING 7HY CAN T ) CONNECT TO CERTAIN SITES OR SEND AND RECEIVE EMAILS WHEN CONNECTING THROUGH MY ROUTER )F YOU ARE HAVING A PROBLEM SENDING OR RECEIVING EMAIL OR CONNECTING TO SECURE SITES SUCH AS E"AY BANKING SITES AND (OTMAIL WE SUGGEST LOWERING THE -45 IN INCREMENTS OF TEN %X ETC .
3ECTION 4ROUBLESHOOTING 9OU SHOULD START AT AND WORK YOUR WAY DOWN BY EACH TIME /NCE YOU GET A REPLY GO UP BY UNTIL YOU GET A FRAGMENTED PACKET 4AKE THAT VALUE AND ADD TO THE VALUE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE VARIOUS 4#0 )0 HEADERS &OR EXAMPLE LETS SAY THAT WAS THE PROPER VALUE THE ACTUAL -45 SIZE WOULD BE WHICH IS THE OPTIMUM FOR THE NETWORK WE RE WORKING WITH /NCE YOU lND YOUR -45 YOU CAN NOW CONlGURE YOUR ROUTER WITH THE PROPER -45 SIZE 4O CHANGE THE -45 RATE ON YOUR
!PPENDIX ! 7IRELESS "ASICS 7IRELESS "ASICS $ ,INK WIRELESS PRODUCTS ARE BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS TO PROVIDE EASY TO USE AND COMPATIBLE HIGH SPEED WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY WITHIN YOUR HOME BUSINESS OR PUBLIC ACCESS WIRELESS NETWORKS 3TRICTLY ADHERING TO THE )%%% STANDARD THE $ ,INK WIRELESS FAMILY OF PRODUCTS WILL ALLOW YOU TO SECURELY ACCESS THE DATA YOU WANT WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANT IT 9OU WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE FREEDOM THAT WIRELESS NETWORKING DELIVERS ! WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK 7,!.
!PPENDIX ! 7IRELESS "ASICS 7HAT IS 7IRELESS 7IRELESS OR 7I &I TECHNOLOGY IS ANOTHER WAY OF CONNECTING YOUR COMPUTER TO THE NETWORK WITHOUT USING WIRES 7I &I USES RADIO FREQUENCY TO CONNECT WIRELESSLY SO YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CONNECT COMPUTERS ANYWHERE IN YOUR HOME OR OFlCE NETWORK 7HY $ ,INK 7IRELESS $ ,INK IS THE WORLDWIDE LEADER AND AWARD WINNING DESIGNER DEVELOPER AND MANUFACTURER OF NETWORKING PRODUCTS $ ,INK DELIVERS THE PERFORMANCE YOU NEED AT A PRICE YOU CAN AFFORD $ ,INK HAS ALL THE PRODUC
!PPENDIX ! 7IRELESS "ASICS 7IRELESS 0ERSONAL !REA .ETWORK 70!. "LUETOOTH IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY USED FOR 70!. "LUETOOTH DEVICES IN 70!. OPERATE IN A RANGE UP TO FEET AWAY #OMPARED TO 7,!. THE SPEED AND WIRELESS OPERATION RANGE ARE BOTH LESS THAN 7,!.
!PPENDIX ! 7IRELESS "ASICS 7HERE IS WIRELESS USED 7IRELESS TECHNOLOGY IS EXPANDING EVERYWHERE NOT JUST AT HOME OR OFlCE 0EOPLE LIKE THE FREEDOM OF MOBILITY AND IT S BECOMING SO POPULAR THAT MORE AND MORE PUBLIC FACILITIES NOW PROVIDE WIRELESS ACCESS TO ATTRACT PEOPLE 4HE WIRELESS CONNECTION IN PUBLIC PLACES IS USUALLY CALLED hHOTSPOTSv 5SING A $ ,INK #ARDBUS !DAPTER WITH YOUR LAPTOP YOU CAN ACCESS THE HOTSPOT TO CONNECT TO )NTERNET FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS LIKE !IRPORTS (OTELS #OFFEE 3HOPS ,IBRARIES 2ESTA
!PPENDIX ! 7IRELESS "ASICS 3ECURITY $ON T LET YOU NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS OR INTRUDERS CONNECT TO YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK 3ECURE YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK BY TURNING ON THE 70! OR 7%0 SECURITY FEATURE ON THE ROUTER 2EFER TO PRODUCT MANUAL FOR DETAIL INFORMATION ON HOW TO SET IT UP 7IRELESS -ODES 4HERE ARE BASICALLY TWO MODES OF NETWORKING s )NFRASTRUCTURE n !LL WIRELESS CLIENTS WILL CONNECT TO AN ACCESS POINT OR WIRELESS ROUTER s !D (OC n $IRECTLY CONNECTING TO ANOTHER COMPUTER FOR PEER TO PEER COMMUNICATION U
!PPENDIX " .ETWORKING "ASICS .
!PPENDIX " .ETWORKING "ASICS 3TATICALLY !SSIGN AN )0 ADDRESS )F YOU ARE NOT USING A $(#0 CAPABLE GATEWAY ROUTER OR YOU NEED TO ASSIGN A STATIC )0 ADDRESS PLEASE FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW 3TEP 7INDOWS§ 80 #LICK ON 3TART #ONTROL 0ANEL .ETWORK #ONNECTIONS 7INDOWS§ &ROM THE DESKTOP RIGHT CLICK -Y .
!PPENDIX # 4ECHNICAL 3PECIlCATIONS 4ECHNICAL 3PECIlCATIONS s -BPS ##+ 0%2 D"M s -BPS /&$- 0%2 D"M s -BPS /&$- 0%2 D"M s -BPS ##+ 0%2 D"M s -BPS 103+ 0%2 D"M s -BPS "03+ 0%2 D"M 3TANDARDS s )%%% G s )%%% B s )%%% s )%%% U 7IRELESS 3IGNAL 2ATES s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS s -BPS 60.
!PPENDIX # 4ECHNICAL 3PECIlCATIONS !DVANCED &IREWALL &EATURES s .!4 WITH 60. 0ASS THROUGH .ETWORK !DDRESS 4RANSLATION s -!# &ILTERING s )0 &ILTERING s 52, &ILTERING s $OMAIN "LOCKING s 3CHEDULING 7EIGHT OZ KG 7ARRANTY 9EAR /PERATING 4EMPERATURE & TO & # TO # (UMIDITY MAXIMUM NON CONDENSING 3AFETY AND %MISSIONS &## ,%$S s 0OWER s 3TATUS s 7!. s 7,!. 7IRELESS #ONNECTION s ,!.
!PPENDIX $ #ONTACTING 4ECHNICAL 3UPPORT #ONTACTING 4ECHNICAL 3UPPORT $ ,INK PROVIDES FREE TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND WITHIN #ANADA FOR THE DURATION OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD ON THIS PRODUCT 5 3 AND #ANADIAN CUSTOMERS CAN CONTACT $ ,INK TECHNICAL SUPPORT THROUGH OUR WEB SITE OR BY PHONE "EFORE YOU CONTACT TECHNICAL SUPPORT PLEASE HAVE THE FOLLOWING READY s -ODEL NUMBER OF THE PRODUCT E G 7"2 s (ARDWARE 2EVISION LOCATED ON THE LABEL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE ROUTER E G
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!PPENDIX % 7ARRANTY s !FTER AN 2-! NUMBER IS ISSUED THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT MUST BE PACKAGED SECURELY IN THE ORIGINAL OR OTHER SUITABLE SHIPPING PACKAGE TO ENSURE THAT IT WILL NOT BE DAMAGED IN TRANSIT AND THE 2-! NUMBER MUST BE PROMINENTLY MARKED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PACKAGE $O NOT INCLUDE ANY MANUALS OR ACCESSORIES IN THE SHIPPING PACKAGE $,INK WILL ONLY REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PORTION OF THE PRODUCT AND WILL NOT SHIP BACK ANY ACCESSORIES s 4HE CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL IN BOUND SHIPPING CHARGES TO
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!PPENDIX % 7ARRANTY #% -ARK 7ARNING 4HIS IS A #LASS " PRODUCT )N A DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE RADIO INTERFERENCE IN WHICH CASE THE USER MAY BE REQUIRED TO TAKE ADEQUATE MEASURES &## 3TATEMENT 4HIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A #LASS " DIGITAL DEVICE PURSUANT TO PART OF THE &## 2ULES 4HESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE IN A RESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION 4HIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIAT
Appendix E - Warranty Industry Canada Statement Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) this device may not cause interference and 2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device This device has been designed to operate with an antenna having a maximum gain of 2dBi. Antenna having a higher gain is strictly prohibited per regulations of Industry Canada. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms.
!PPENDIX & 2EGISTRATION 2EGISTRATION 0RODUCT REGISTRATION IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY AND FAILURE TO COMPLETE OR RETURN THIS FORM WILL NOT DIMINISH YOUR WARRANTY RIGHTS 6ERSION $ ,INK 7"2 5SER -ANUAL 4
