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54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router WRT-414 User’s Manual

2.2 LED Indicators LED Color STATE MEANING On Device power on Off Device power off PWR Green Blinking During boot up procedure. Blinking Trans

Chapter 3 Web Login Web configuration provides a user-friendly graphical user interface (web pages) to manage your WRT-414. A WRT-414 with an assigne

to connect to your Internet Service Provider (ISP). General Setup This section contains configurations for the Broadband router’s advance functions

Chapter 4 Quick Setup This section describes the basic configuration of the WRT-414 and allows you to connect to Internet easily. 4.1 Time Zone The

4.2 Broadband Type Before establishing the Internet connection, please be sure to check with your ISP, and obtain all necessary information from the

4.2.1 Cable Modem With Cable Modem connection, the ISP will automatically give you an IP address. Some ISP may also require you to fill in additional

4.2.2 Fixed-IP xDSL Select Fixed-IP xDSL if your ISP has given you a specified IP address. Your ISP should provide all the information required in th

4.2.3 PPPoE xDSL Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the PPPoE protocol for Internet connectivity. Your ISP should provide all the information like us

packets have been sent (no one using the Internet) during this specified period, the router will automatically disconnect the connection from your IS

Parameter Description Obtain an IP address Select it if the ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by DHCP automatically.Host Name Type in the h

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some network application software, computer virus or hacker attacks from the Internet. For example, some software sends network packets to the Intern

button to replace the WAN port MAC address with the MAC address of that PC. To find out the PC’s MAC address, see Appendix A. (also see Glossary for

When the configuration finished please click “OK” to next step or click “Back” to previous step. After press “OK”, you will see a web screen to promp

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Chapter 5 General Setup After click on the “General Setup” button at the main Page, you should see the screen below. The General Setup contain advan

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5.1.1 Time Zone The Time Zone allows WRT-414 to allocate its time on the settings configured here, it will affect log display functions such as Secur

5.1.2 Password Setup This screen allows you to change the management password. Parameters Description Current Password Enter your current passwor

5.1.3 Remote Management You can specify a Host IP address that can perform remote management from Internet. Parameters Description Host Address Th

Telstra Big Pond. Please select one of the connection types and click “More Configuration” button or select the option on the left window for configu

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5.2.1 Dynamic IP If Dynamic IP is selected, your ISP will automatically give you an IP address. Some ISP’s may also require that you fill in addition

5.2.2 Static IP If Static IP is selected, your ISP should provide all the information required in this screen. Please refer to the section 4.2.2 for

5.2.3 PPPoE Select PPPoE if your ISP requires PPPoE protocol to connect to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this

5.2.4 PPTP Select PPTP if your ISP requires the PPTP protocol to connect to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in thi

5.2.5 L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in thi

5.2.6 Telstra Big Pond Select Telstra Big Pond if your ISP requires the Telstra Big Pond protocol to connect you to the Internet. Telstra Big Pond p

5.2.7 DNS A Domain Name System (DNS) server is like an index of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you type a Web address into your browser, such as

5.2.8 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from

Parameters Description LAN IP IP Address Designate the Access Point’s IP Address. This IP Address should be unique in your network. The defaul

settings or “Apply” to restart WRT-414 with new configuration. 5.4 Wireless This screen allows you to Enable/Disable WRT-414 wireless function.

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5.4.1 Basic Settings WRT-414 supports not only Access Point function, but also provides Station, Bridge and WDS mode. Please Refer to “Chapter 6 Wire

Parameters Description Authentication Type Normally, you can leave this at “Auto”, so that Wireless Stations can use either method ("Open Sy

private network, disabling “Broadcast ESSID” can provide better security. IAPP If you enable “IAPP”, the access point will automatically broadcast i

5.4.3.1 WEP When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You can generate the key by yourself. You can ente

128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”range) or 10-digit ASCII characters as the encryption keys. Enable 802.1x Authen

After configuration complete, please click “Apply” button to save the configuration. Then you will see a screen to prompt you the settings are save s

Hex: input 64-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) or at least 8 character pass phrase as the pre-shared keys. After configuration

5.4.4 Access Control WRT-414 provides MAC Address Filtering, which prevents the unauthorized users from accessing your wireless network. Parameter

feature, it is important to make sure the rules are not conflicted with each other. Parameters Description Add When you want to add a new QoS ru

After press Add or Edit button in QoS screen, you will see the web screen below for user to setup their QoS rule. Parameters Description Rule Na

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Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet via a single legal IP Address. NAT provides Firewal

5.6.1 Port Forwarding The Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a parti

Current Port Forwarding Table Delete Selected If you want to remove some MAC address from the “Current Access Control List”, select the MAC addres

Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP address for Virtual Server to work properly. Private Port This is the port number (of t

5.6.3 Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others.

for this popular application into the input fields. Add Add the settings into the “Current Trigger Port Table”. Reset Click “Reset” will clear yo

5.6.4 UPnP UPnP is more than just a simple extension of the Plug and Play peripheral model. It is designed to support zero-configuration, "invi

5.6.5 ALG Settings You can select applications that need “Application Layer Gateway” to support. Parameters Description Enable You can select to

Parameters Description Enable/Disable You can select to enable or disable the firewall function. After selected, please click “Apply” to make the

5.7.1 Access Control This screen allows you to restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, F

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in the list below. Add PC You can click “Add PC” to add an access control rule for users by IP addresses. Please refer to section 5.7.1.1. Remove

Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP address for the Access Control rule to work properly. Client PC Service You can block t

be cleared. Remove URL / Keyword If you want to remove some URL keyword from the "Current URL Blocking Table", select the URL keyword you

After configuration complete, please click “Apply” button to save the configuration. Then you will see a screen to prompt you the settings are save s

After configuration complete, please click “Apply” button to save the configuration. Then you will see a screen to prompt you the settings are save s

Chapter 6 Wireless Configuration In this chapter, you can Enable/Disable wireless function and configure the WRT-414 work in different operating mode

Parameter Description Mode Shows the current operation mode. You may set WRT-414 to other operating mode by select other operating mode. Band 2

You may press “Refresh” to get the new client table or “Close” to close this dialog box. After configuration complete, please click “Apply” button t

Parameter Description Mode Shows the current operation mode. You may set WRT-414 to other operating mode by select other operating mode. Band 2.

Parameter Description Mode Shows the current operation mode. You may set WRT-414 to other operating mode by select other operating mode. Band 2

Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing WRT-414. This manual guides you on how to install and properly use the WRT-414 in order to take full

Parameter Description Mode Shows the current operation mode. You may set WRT-414 to other operating mode by select other operating mode. Band 2

6.5 AP Bridge - Point to Multipoint Mode This function allows WRT-414 to bridge more than 2 wired Ethernet networks together by wireless connection

configure the detail settings. After configuration complete, please click “Apply” button to save the configuration. Then you will see a screen to p

WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations in the same WLAN network are

In “AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”, ““AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” and “AP Bridge-WDS mode”, you can click “Set Security” to add encryption f

Format (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) to be the Pre-shared Key. For example: Passphrase: iamguest Hex (64 characters): 12345abcde Pre-shared

Chapter 7 Status The Status screen allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the Status page to monitor the connection sta

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7.3 System Log This screen will show you the real-time information of WRT-414. Parameters Description System Log This page shows the current sys

Parameters Description Security Log This page shows the current security log of WRT-414. It displays any illegal attempts to access your network.

WAN Port 1 x 10/100Base-TX, Auto-MDI/MDI-X LAN Port 4 x 10/100Base-TX, Auto-MDI/MDI-X Antenna Dipole Antenna * 1 Data Encryption 64 bit / 128 bit

Parameters Description DHCP Client Table This page shows all the DHCP clients currently connected to your network. The “Active DHCP Client Table”

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Chapter 8 Tools This page includes the basic configuration tools, such as Configuration Tools (save or restore configuration settings), Firmware Upgr

Parameters Description Configuration Tools Use the "Backup" tool to save WRT-414 current configuration to a file named "config.bin&q

Parameters Description Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade WRT-414’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your Broadband ro

restart, you can start using the router. 8.3 Reset You can reset the router’s system should any problem exist. The reset function is essentially R

Appendix A Network Adapter Information 1. In Window’s open the Command Prompt program. 2. Type “ipconfig /all” and press “Enter” key. Then you can

Appendix B Frequently Ask Question Q. Can I run an application from a remote computer over the wireless network? A. This will depend on whether or n

large wired network. If you have much more clients has to connected via wireless, please set WAP-4033 to Bridge mode. Bridge mode will be suit to con

Appendix C Glossary Access Point Access points are way stations in a wireless LAN that are connected to an Ethernet hub or server. Users can roam wi

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Before you proceed with the installation, it is necessary that you have enough information about the WRT-414. 2.1 Ha

transferring large files or uploading the HTML pages for a Web site to the Web server. Gateway Gateways are computers that convert protocols enabling

Messages larger than the MTU are divided into smaller packets. NAT NAT (Network Address Translation - also known as IP masquerading) enables an organ

Server Servers are typically powerful and fast machines that store programs and data. The programs and data are shared by client machines (workstatio

delivery isn't necessary (for example, real-time video and audio where packets can be dumped as there is no time for retransmitting the data). V