Asus Router RT-N15 User Manual

User Manual
RT-N15 SuperSpeed N
E3515 /May 2008
Wireless Router
® 

Manufacturer Contact Information
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
Company address:  15 Li-Te Road, Beitou, Taipei 11259
Telephone:    +886-2-2894-3447 
Fax:      +886-2-2890-7798
E-mail:    [email protected] 
Web site:    http://www.asus.com.tw
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)
Company address:  44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 94538, USA
General (fax):    +1-510-608-4555 
Web site address:  http://usa.asus.com
Technical support
General support: +1-502-995-0883 
Support (fax):    +1-502-933-8713...

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Table of contents
Manufacturer Contact Information ..........................................................2
Table of contents  ........................................................................\
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1. Package contents  ........................................................................\
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2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router  .................................2
1) Cable connection...

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2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router
1. Package contents
• RT-N15 wireless router x 1
• Power adapter x 1
• Utility CD x 1
• RJ45 cable x 1
• Quick Start Guide x 1 
1) Cable connection
1
3
2
Modem
Wall telephone outlet
Wall power outlet
PhonePower
Wall power outlet
ASUS Wireless Router
Modem
Wall telephone outlet
PhonePower
Power
LAN
Wall power outlet
Power
WANLAN 

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2) Status indicators
PWR (Power)      
Off      No power
On       System ready
Flashing-slow  Firmware upgrade failed
Flashing-quick  WPS processing
AIR (Wireless Network)
Off      No power
On       Wireless system ready
Flashing    Transmitting or receiving data (wireless)
WAN (Wide Area Network)
Off      No power or no physical connection
On       Has physical connection to an Ethernet network
Flashing    Transmitting or receiving data (through Ethernet cable)
LAN...

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The ASUS RT-N15 Wireless Router can meet various working scenarios with proper configuration. The default settings of the wireless router may need change so as to meet your individual needs. Therefore, before using the ASUS Wireless Router, check the basic settings to make sure they all work in your environment. 
ASUS provides a utility named WPS for fast wireless configuration. If you would like to use EZSetup for your wireless network configuration, refer to...

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To set up the connection with a manually assigned IP address, the address of your PC and the wireless router must be within the same subnet:
• IP address: 192.168.1.xxx (xxx can be any number 
between 2 and 254. Make sure the IP address is not used by other device)
•  Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (same as RT-N15)
•  Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (IP address of 
RT-N15)
•  DNS: 192.168.1.1 (
RT-N15), or assign a known DNS server in your network.
4) Configuring the wireless...

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1. Select your time zone and click Next.
5) Quick setup 
To start quick setup, click Next to enter the “Quick Setup” page. Follow the instructions to setup the ASUS Wireless Router.
2.  ASUS wireless router supports five 
types of ISP services: cable, PPPoE, PPTP, static WAN IP, and Telstra BigPond.  Select your connection type and click Next to continue. 
Cable or dynamic IP user
If you are using services provided by cable ISP, select Cable Modem or other...

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3. To set up your wireless interface, specify an SSID (Service Set Identifier), which is a unique identifier attached to packets sent over WLAN. This identifier emulates a password when a device attempts to communicate with your wireless router 
via WLAN. 
If you want to protect transmitted data, select a Security Level to enable encryption methods. 
Medium: Only users with the same WEP key settings can connect to your wireless router and transmit data using 64bits...

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4. Input four sets of WEP keys in the WEP Key fields (10 hexadecimal digits for WEP 64bits, 26 hexadecimal digits for WEP 128bits). You can also let the system generate the keys by inputting a Passphrase. Record the Passphrase and the WEP keys in your notebook, then click Finish.
  For example, if we select WEP 64bits 
encryption mode and input 11111 as the Passphrase, the WEP Keys are generated automatically. 
5.  Click 
Save&Restart to restart the wireless router...