GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 1.0 First Edition 25A08-0B46B-F00 Copyright ©2003 Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Contents Chapte r1 Introduction...................................................................................................................................4 Overview........................................................................................................................................................4 Features....................................................................................................................................
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Chapter1 Introduction Overview GN-B46B Router is a full function broadband router. This router equip with powerful firewall and DoS protection, which can give the user maximum protection to prevent from damage by malicious internet user. The UPnP and MSN messenger support can provide the environment for user to surfing internet with out any trouble. The GN-B46B wireless router is composed of the Realtek CCU, 802.11b wireless, Switch and 10/100 Ethernet.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Package Contents Before the installation procedures, please ensure the components are not damaged during the shipping. The shipment of the GN-B46B includes: - One GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router One AC Power Adapter One User Guide Please contact your local distributor or authorized reseller immediately for any missing or damaged components.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide The Front Panel LEDs The router’s LEDs display information about the router’s status. n Power (Green Light) The indicator will light on for 5 secs, then off for 5 secs, then blink for 10 secs, after that it will stay on. If the indicator does not show up by the previous procedures, please check your device. n WLAN (Green Light) Blinking n Package transmit WAN (Green Light) On Blinking n ADSL/Cable Modem is connected to WAN port.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 2 Connect to the Router Preparation It needs to prepare these three things before you begin: 1. An active Internet service such as that provided by an cable or ADSL broadband account. 2. Make sure the Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration information for your ADSL account.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Wired Connect to a PC Step1. Turn off your network’s hardware, including the Router, PCs and cable or ADSL modem. Step2. Connect an Ethernet cable form your cable or ADSL modem to the WAN port of the GN-B46B. Step3. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports (LAN 1-4) on the router, and the other end to an Ethernet port on a PC. Step4.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter3 Configuration of the PCs Overview To connect to the router, your computer needs to be configured to obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP server. Please follow the instructure to perform the setup under the TCP/IP network environment. By default Windows 98, Me, 2000 and XP has TCP/IP installed. If you have not installed the TCP/IP communication Protocol, please install it now, and then select your operating system for the setup.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step2. Double-click the “Network and Dial-up Connections” icon. Step3. Double-click the “LAN CONNECTION” and click the “Properties” button.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Step4. The “Local Area Connection Properties” dialog box will appear. Verfiy that the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) item is checked. And then double-click the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” item. Step5. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, click the “OK” button to return to Local Area Connection Properties. Click the “OK” button again to complete the PC configuration.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step6. Click “Start” at the desktop of the Windows, and then “Programs”, “Accessories” and “Command Prompt” in sequence. Step7. Key in the command “ipconfig / release” in DOS mode and then enter. Step8. Key in the command “ipconfig / renew” and then enter.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Note: If the IP address of the GN-B46B is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your com puter must be 192.168.1.X (where “X” is a number between 1 and 253. Each computer on your network must have a different IP address within that range where “X” represents a number between 1 and 253.) The default gateway must be 192. 168.1.254. Step9. Key in “exit” and then enter. Step10. In your “IE Browser” select “Internet Options” under “Tools”.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step11. In this dialog box, please click the “LAN Settings” on the “Connections” tab. Step12. Please DO NOT tick all of the selection boxes. Click the “OK” button after finishing with the setup, and go to the “Chapter4 Basic Setup for Router”. Note: If your ISP Company has a designated Proxy setting, Key in the setting after you complete the GN-B46B configuration.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide The Settings under Windows 95/98/Me Step1. Click “Start” at the desktop of the Windows and select “Settings”, and then select the “Control Panel”. Step2. Double-click the “Network” icon.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step3. On the Configuration tab, please choose your appropriate setting “TCP/IP-> your network LAN card” and click “Properties” button. Step4. Select the “IP Address” tab. Please select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and then select the “Gateway” tab.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Step5. On the “Gateway” tab, please clear all installed gateways and do not fill any of the blanks and then select the “DNS Configuration” tab. Step6. On the “DNS Configuration” tab, please select “Disable DNS” and then click the “OK” button.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step7. Click the “OK” button again. Windows will ask you to restart your PC. Please click the “Yes” button. If Windows does not ask you to restart , please restart your computer anyway. Note: The Windows may ask you for the original Windows installation disk or additional files. Please insert your Windows CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and check the correct location, e.g., D:\win98, D:\win9x, etc. (If “D” is your CD-ROM drive).
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Step10. In the pulled down menu, please select your network LAN card and click the “Release All” button, and then click the “Renew All” button. Click the “OK” button. Note: If the IP address of the GN-B46B is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your com puter must be 192.168.1.X (where “X” is a number between 1 and 253. Each computer on your network must have a different IP address within that range where “X” represents a number between 1 and 253.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step12. In this dialog box, please click the “LAN Settings” on the “Connections” tab. Step13. Please DO NOT tick all of the selection boxes. Click the “OK” button after finishing with the setup, and go to the “Chapter4 Basic Setup for Router”. Note: If your ISP Company has a designated Proxy setting, Key in the setting after you complete the GN-B46B configuration.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide The Settings under Windows XP Step1. Click “Start” in the desktop of the Windows to select “Settings”, and then select “Control Panel”. Step2. Double-click the “Network and Dial-up Connections” icon.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step3. Double-click the “LAN CONNECTION” and click the “Properties” button. Step4. The “Local Area Connection Properties” dialog box will appear. Verfiy that the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) item is checked. And then double-click the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” item.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Step5. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, click the “OK” button to return to Local Area Connection Properties. Click the “OK” button again to complete the PC configuration. Now, the computer will obtain an IP address automatically from GN-B46B then you can go to the Step10 directly. If you would like to obtain an IP address manually, please refer to Step6~Step9. Step6.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step7. Key in the command “ipconfig / release” in DOS mode and then enter. Step8. Key in the command “ipconfig / renew” and then enter. Note: If the IP address of the GN-B46B is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your com puter must be 192.168.1.X (where “X” is a number between 1 and 253. Each computer on your network must have a different IP address within that range where “X” represents a number between 1 and 253.) The default gateway must be 192. 168.1.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Step9. Key in “exit” and then enter. Step10. In your “IE Browser” select “Internet Options” under “Tools”. Step11. In this dialog box, please click the “LAN Settings” on the “Connections” tab.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step12. Please DO NOT tick all of the selection boxes. Click the “OK” button after finishing with the setup, and go to the “Chapter4 Basic Setup for Router”. Note: If your ISP Company has a designated Proxy setting, Key in the setting after you complete the GN-B46B configuration.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter4 Basic Setup for Router The GN-B46B provides Web based configuration. You can configure your GN-B46B through your Internet Explorer browser or Netscape Communicator. Log in to the Router Step1. Key in the preset IP address“192.168.1.254” in the address column in the browser, and then press enter. Step2.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Setup Wizard Step3. The homepage of the GN-B46B will appear as shown below, and click the “Setup Wizard” on the screen, and such Setup Wizard will guide you to complete the necessary steps for the setup on screen as follows. LAN Setup Step4. “LAN Setup” is shown in the diagram. Each setup item of the local area network is default setting, and is not necessary to make change to it for normal operation.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide DHCP Start Address / End Address When the DHCP setting is “enable”, the GN-B46B uses this allocable range of the IP address as the initial value to assign the IP to the PC connected to the LAN end. For example, The DHCP start address is 192.168.1.1 and the end address is 192.168.1.50. The IP allocable range of the DHCP is from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.50. Click “Next”, go to next step.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step5. Choose your desired wide area network mode. n “PPPoE”: If you are using the hourly rate for the ADSL, please select this item. And then please follow Step 6 n “Dynamic IP Address”: If you use the wideband fixed connection of ADSL/ Cable Modem, but do not have a static IP, please select this item.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide PPPoE Step6. If you select “PPPoE” under the WAN TYPE SELECT, key in the User ID and password. The wideband company provides the above data, and press “Finish” to go to next step. n PPPoE User ID and Password: The “User ID” and “Password” are your ISP assigned to you. Step7. Press “Reboot” to go to next step.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step8. Please wait a moment. Step9. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. Note: If you can connect to the Internet , the setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need further setting, please continue to Chapter5 Advanced Setup.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Dynamic IP Address Step10. If you select the “Dynamic IP Address” in the WAN TYPE SELECT, the following screen will appear. Please key in the Host Name if your ISP has provided. And then press “Finish” to go to next step. Step11. Press “Reboot” to go to next step.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step12. Please wait a moment. Step13. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. Note: If you can connect to the Internet , the setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need further setting, please continue to Chapter5 Advanced Setup.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Static IP Address Step14. If you select “Static IP Address” in the WAN TYPE SELECT, please key in the data provided by the wideband company in the following fields as shown below. And then press “Finish” to go to next step. Note: If your wideband company gives you more than one IP address, then select one of them to fill in the colum n in the following fields. Step15. Press “Reboot” to go to next step.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step16. Please wait a moment. Step17. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. Note: If you can connect to the Internet , the setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need further setting, please continue to Chapter5 Advanced Setup.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide PPPoE Unnumber Step18. If you select “PPPoE Unnumber” in the WAN TYPE SELECT, please key in the data provided by the wideband company in the following fields as shown below. And then press “Finish” to go to next step. Note: If your wideband company gives you more than one IP address, then select one of them to fill in the colum n in the following fields. Step19. Press “Reboot” to go to next step.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Step20. Please wait a moment. Step21. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. Note: If you can connect to the Internet , the setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need further setting, please continue to Chapter5 Advanced Setup.
GN-B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Status You can use this status screen to view the router’s current connection status.and configuration. Logout As you finished the configuration of the GN-B46B, please choose “Logout”. Note: After 5 minutes idle time, the system will be logout automatically.
GN-B 46B Wireless B roadband Router User Guide Chapter5 Advanced Setup This chapter will show you the advanced setup of the GN-B46B if you need require special configuration. Network Configuration The Network Configuration function allows you to access to the LAN Configuration, WAN Confguration and WAN Configuration Setting. LAN Configuration n LAN Configuration From this table, you can modify the LAN setting if it necessary.
