User Manual Part 1

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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1. F EATURES & B ENEFITS ............................................................................................ 7
1.2. P ACKAGE C ONTENTS .............................................................................................. 9
1.3. S AFETY G UIDELINES ............................................................................................... 9
1.4. W IRELESS SOHO R OUTER D ESCRIPTION ................................................................10
1.5. S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................12
1.6. A PPLICATIONS .......................................................................................................12
1.7. N ETWORK C ONFIGURATION ....................................................................................14
a) Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode........................................................................................................................................................................................14
b) Infrastructure Mode .....................................................................................................................................................................................................15
2. UNDERSTANDING THE HARDWARE........................................................................................................................................................ 16
2.1. H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION ......................................................................................16
2.2. W ALL M OUNTING ...................................................................................................17
2.3. IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .................................................................................18
3. LOGIN ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20
4. INTERNET SETTINGS................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
4.1. I NTERNET C ONNECTION T YPE .................................................................................22
4.1.1. DHCP Connection (Dynamic IP Address)........................................................................................................................................ 23
4.1.2. PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet)................................................................................................................................ 24
4.1.3. PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) ....................................................................................................................................... 26
4.1.4. Static IP Address Configuration ...................................................................................................................................................... 28
4.2. O THER I NTERNET S ETTINGS ...................................................................................29
4.2.1. RIP (Routing Information Protocol).................................................................................................................................................. 29
4.2.2. DNS Settings.................................................................................................................................................................................. 30
4.2.3. MTU Settings.................................................................................................................................................................................. 30
4.2.4. WAN Ping....................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
4.2.5. Multicast Streams ........................................................................................................................................................................... 31
4.2.6. MAC Cloning .................................................................................................................................................................................. 32
5. WIRELESS SETUP WIZARD...................................................................................................................................................................... 33
5.1. W IRELESS N ETWORK W IZARD S ETUP ......................................................................33
5.1.1. Automatic Network Setup................................................................................................................................................................ 34