User Manual Part 1

ESR-9710 Wireless N Gigabit Router Version 1.0
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................5
1.1 F EATURES & B ENEFITS ............................................................................................5
1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ...............................................................................................6
1.3 S AFETY G UIDELINES ................................................................................................6
1.4 W IRELESS SOHO R OUTER D ESCRIPTION ..................................................................7
1.5 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS ..........................................................................................8
1.6 A PPLICATIONS .........................................................................................................8
1.7 N ETWORK C ONFIGURATION ......................................................................................9
2 UNDERSTANDING THE HARDWARE .............................................................................10
2.1 H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION ......................................................................................10
2.2 IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .................................................................................10
3 INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD ................................................................................12
3.1 L OGGING I N ..........................................................................................................12
3.1.1 DHCP C ONNECTION (D YNAMIC IP A DDRESS )...........................................................15
3.1.2 PPP O E (P OINT - TO -P OINT P ROTOCOL OVER E THERNET )............................................16
3.1.3 PPTP (P OINT - TO -P OINT T UNNELING P ROTOCOL ) .....................................................17
3.1.4 L2TP (L AYER 2 T UNNELING P ROTOCOL ) ..................................................................18
3.1.5 S TATIC IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .......................................................................19
3.1.6 B IG P OND ..............................................................................................................21
4 WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP WIZARD...............................................................................22
4.1 L OGGING I N ..........................................................................................................22
4.2 A DD A W IRELESS D EVICE .......................................................................................22
4.2.1 U SING THE PIN .....................................................................................................23
4.2.2 U SING THE P USH B UTTON ......................................................................................24
5 WIRELESS NETWORK SETUP WIZARD.........................................................................25
5.1 L OGGING I N ..........................................................................................................25
5.2 W IRELESS N ETWORK S ETUP ..................................................................................25
5.2.1 A UTOMATIC N ETWORK S ETUP .................................................................................26
5.2.2 M ANUAL N ETWORK S ETUP .....................................................................................26
5.2.2.1 W IRELESS S ECURITY L EVEL : BEST (WPA2)............................................................28
5.2.2.2 W IRELESS S ECURITY L EVEL : BETTER (WPA) .........................................................29
5.2.2.3 W IRELESS S ECURITY L EVEL : GOOD (WEP 64/128- BIT ) ...........................................30
5.2.2.4 W IRELESS S ECURITY L EVEL : N ONE (S ECURITY D ISABLED ).........................................31
6 ADVANCED WEB CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................32
6.1 L OGGING I N ..........................................................................................................32
6.2 B ASIC ...................................................................................................................33
6.2.1 W IZARD _W IRELESS ...............................................................................................33
6.2.2 N ETWORK S ETTINGS ..............................................................................................33
6.2.2.1 B RIDGE M ODE .......................................................................................................33
6.2.2.2 R OUTER M ODE .....................................................................................................34
6.2.3 W IRELESS S ETTINGS .............................................................................................35
6.2.3.1 W IRELESS S ECURITY M ODE ...................................................................................36
6.2.3.1.1 WEP (W IRED E QUIVALENT P RIVACY ).......................................................................36
6.2.3.1.2 WPA P ERSONAL (W I -F I P ROTECTED A CCESS )..........................................................37
6.2.3.1.3 WPA E NTERPRISE (W I -F I P ROTECTED A CCESS & 802.1 X ) ........................................38
6.2.4 WAN S ETTINGS ....................................................................................................40
6.2.4.1 S TATIC IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .......................................................................40