WL-566gM Wireless Router PDF User Manual
The ASUS Wireless Router can meet various working scenarios with proper configuration. The default settings of the wireless router may need change so as to meet the individual needs; therefore, before using the ASUS Wireless Router, check the basic settings to make sure they all work in your environment. You can configue the ASUS Wireless Router via your web browser. Connect a notebook PC or desktop PC to your ASUS Wireless Router (either directly or through a hub) with an Ethernet cable, or to establish a wireless connection between the terminal and the wireless router. For the wireless connection, you need an IEEE 802.11b/g compatible device, such as an ASUS WLAN card. Disable encryption and set the SSID to “default” on your wireless card. If you want to configure the ASUS Wireless Router so as to access the Internet, you must have correct TCP/IP settings. Set the IP address of your terminal within the same subnet of your ASUS Wireless Router
The ASUS wireless router configuration page provides a convenient approach to setup the WEP Keys: you can set up a Passphrase and let the system use certain algorithm to generate four WEP keys. Thus, instead of inputting long WEP keys, you can set up the encryption by fill in a single Passphrase. For example, if we select WEP 64bits encryption mode and input 11111 as the Passphrase, the WEP Keys are generated as shown in the right picture. Record the Passphrase and the WEP keys in your notebook, then click Finish. A window prompts out asking you to save the settings. Click Save&Restart to activate the new settings
After the settings on the wireless router are complete, we are to setup encrypted wireless connection between the wireless router and your PCs pre-installed with wireless cards. If your use ASUS Wireless Card, you can use ASUS One Touch Wizard to setup the connection.You can also choose Windows® XP Wireless Zero Configuration service to configure the wireless connection. Virtual Server is a kind of technology which enables a computer within a local area network (LAN) to receive specialized packets from network, for example, when you need to make a host into an FTP server or Web server for outside user to access. Virtual DMZ is quite similar to Virtual Server, but it allows all incoming data packets instead of using policy to filter the packets
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows user to expose host to Internet through DDNS service provider. This function facilitates users who use dynamic IP service, i.e. the router receives a new IP address once the IP address release is expired. If you set up DDNS service on the wireless router, each time the wireless router connect to the Internet and get an IP address from ISP IP address pool, this function automatically updates your IP address information to DDNS service provider so that user on Internet can access the hosts and servers in your local area network through a predefined domain name registered at the DDNS service provider.
Bandwidth Management provides a mechanism to setup bandwidths according to IP address or port or both. You can define the bandwidth policy, including minimum bandwidth and maximum bandwidth, to a fixed IP address or a fixed port or both for controlling the download traffic. You could also define upload bandwidth by setting up the NAT
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April 19, 2010 | Posted in Computers, Wireless
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