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)  Note: 
Click the  Login button to start 802.1x authentication. 
Click the  Logout button to end 802.1x authentication. 
5.  802.1X + Static IP  
If you are provided  802.1x + Static IP for ISP connection, your ISP will provides user 
name, password and the static IP in formation for you. You should select  “802.1X + Static 
IP”, enter the user name, pa ssword and static IP information provided by ISP (shown in 
Figure 4-9). 
 
Figure 4-9 
6. BigPond Cable  
If you are provided  BigPond Cable for ISP connection, your ISP will provides user name, 
password, Auth Name and Auth Domain for you. You should select  “BigPond Cable” 
(shown in  Figure 4-10).and enter these information correctly.  
						

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Figure 4-10 
¾  User Name/Password -  Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. 
These fields are case-sensitive. 
¾  Auth Server & Auth Domain:  Enter the Auth Name and Auth Domain provided by 
your ISP. 
¾  MTU Size  -  The normal MTU (Maximum Transmiss ion Unit) value for most Ethernet 
networks is 1500 Bytes. For some ISPs y ou need to reduce the MTU. But this is 
rarely required, and should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your 
ISP connection. 
)  Note: 
Please refer to  3 PPPoE for the explanations of  Connect on Demand, Connect 
Automatically , Connect Manually . 
7. L2TP 
If you are provided  L2TP for ISP connection, your ISP will  provides user name, password 
and other information for you. Please select  “L2TP” and then enter the following 
parameters (shown in Figure 4-11).  
						

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Figure 4-11 
¾  User  Name  & Password -  Enter the User Name and Password provided by your 
ISP. These fields are case-sensitive 
¾  Connect  & Disconnect  -  Click the button, you can handle the on-line connection 
or disconnection  
¾  Dynamic  IP & Static IP  - Select the type of IP address under your ISP’s 
introduction (We select Dynamic  IP for example as shown in Figure 4-11). 
¾  Server IP

 Address/Name - Please type the correct Server  IP Address/Name which 
your ISP provided. 
¾  MTU Size (in bytes) -  The default value is 1460, which  is usually fine. For some 
ISPs, you need modify the MTU. This shoul d not be done unless you are sure it is 
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)  Note: 
Please refer to  3 PPPoE for the explanations of  Connect on Demand, Connect 
Automatically , Connect Manually . 
8. PPTP 
If you are provided  PPTP for ISP connection, your IS P will provides user name, 
password and other information for you. Please select  “L2TP” and then enter the 
following parameters (shown in  Figure 4-12). 
 
Figure 4-12 
¾  User  Name  & Password -  Enter the User Name and Password provided by your 
ISP. These fields are case-sensitive  
						

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¾  Connect  & Disconnect  -  Click the button, you can handle the on-line connection 
or disconnection  
¾  Dynamic  IP & Static IP  - Select the type of IP address under your ISP’s 
introduction (We select Dynamic  IP for example as shown in Figure 4-12). 
¾  Server IP

 Address/Name - Please type the correct Server  IP Address/Name which 
your ISP provided. 
¾  MTU Size (in bytes) -  The default value is 1420, which  is usually fine. For some 
ISPs, you need modify the MTU. This shoul d not be done unless you are sure it is 
necessary for your ISP.  
) Note: 
Please refer to  3 PPPoE for the explanations of  Connect on Demand, Connect 
Automatically , Connect Manually . 
4.3.3 MAC Clone 
Choose menu “ Network→MAC Clone ”, you can configure  the MAC address of the 
WAN on the screen below (shown in  Figure 4-13). 
Some ISPs requir

e that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is 
connected to your cable, DSL modem or Ethernet during installation. You do not 
generally need to change anything here. 
 
Figure 4-13 
¾  WAN MAC Address -  This field displays the curr ent MAC address of the WAN port, 
which is used for the WAN port. If your IS P requires that you register the MAC 
address, please enter the correct MAC address  into this field. The format for the 
MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (f or example: 00-0A-EB-22-13-52). 
¾  Your PCs MAC Address -  This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is 
managing the router. If the MAC addre ss is required, you can click the Clone MAC 
Address button and this MAC address will fill in the “WAN MAC Address” field. 
)  Note: 
1) Click  Restore Factory MAC  to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the 
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2)  Only the PC(s) on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone  feature. 
3)  After you finish the configuration,  click the Save button, and the router will 
prompt you to reboot. 
4.4  DHCP 
Choose menu “ DHCP”, you can see the subm enus under the main menu:  DHCP Settings, 
DHCP Clients List  and Address Reservation . 
 
Figure 4-14 
Click any of them, and you will be able to  configure the corresponding function. The 
detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 
4.4.1  DHCP Settings 
Choose menu “DHCP →DHCP Settings ”, you can configure t he DHCP in the next 
screen (shown in  Figure 4-15).   
The router is

 set up by default as a DHCP (Dy namic Host Configuration Protocol) server, 
which provides the TCP/IP conf iguration for all the PCs that are connected to the router 
on the LAN. 
 
Figure 4-15  
						

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¾  DHCP Server -  Enable or disable the DHCP server . If you disable the Server, you 
must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually 
configure the computer. 
¾  Start IP Address -  This field specifies the first address in the IP address pool. The 
default address is 192.168.1.100. 
¾  End IP Address - This field specifies the end address in the IP address pool. The 
default address is 192.168.1.199. 
¾  Address Lease Time -  This is the amount of time in  which a network user will be 
allowed connection to the router with t heir current dynamic IP address. Enter the 
amount of time (in minutes),  the range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default 
value is 120 minutes. 
¾  Default Gateway -  Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the router, 
default value is 192.168.1.1. (Optional) 
¾  Default Domain -  Input the domain name of your network. (Optional) 
¾  Primary DNS -  Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. You can consult 
your ISP for it. (Optional) 
¾  Secondary DNS -  Input the IP address of another DNS  server if your ISP provides 
two DNS servers. (Optional) 
)  Note: 
To use the DHCP server function of the rout er, you must configure all computers on the 
LAN as Obtain an IP Address automatically m ode. This function will take effect until the 
router reboots. 
4.4.2  DHCP Clients List 
Choose menu “ DHCP→DHCP Clients List ”, you can view the information about the 
clients attached to the router in the next screen (shown in  Figure 4-16). Click the 
Refre

sh  button to update the information. 
 
Figure 4-16 
¾  Client Name  -  This field displays the name of the DHCP client   
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¾  Assigned IP  -  This field displays the IP address th at the router has allocated to the 
DHCP client. 
¾  Lease Time  - This field displays the time of the DHCP client leased. Before the 
time is up, DHCP client will reques t to renew the lease automatically. 
4.4.3 Address Reservation 
Choose menu “DHCP →Address Reservation ”, you can view and add reserved 
addresses for clients via the next screen (shown in  Figure 4-17).   
If you specify a reserved I

P address for a PC on  the LAN, that PC will always receive the 
same IP address each time when it access es the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses 
should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings. 
 
Figure 4-17 
¾  MAC Address  -  This field displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want 
to reserve IP address. 
¾  Reserved IP Address -  This field displays the IP address of the router reserved. 
¾  Status  - This field displays the status  of the virtual server entry. Enabled means 
that the entry will take effect,  Disabled means that the entry will not take effect. 
To add/modify a reserved IP address: 
Step 1:  Click Add New… /Modify  shown in  Figure 4-17, you will see a new screen 
shown in  Figure 4-18. 
Step 2:  Enter the MAC address, IP

 address and select Status as shown in the screen 
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Figure 4-18 
Step 3:  Click the  Save button when finished. 
) Note: 
1)  If you want to add more than one reserved IP, please go to  step 1 to continue. 
2)  The function wont take effe ct until the router reboots. 
Other configurations for the entries as shown in  Figure 4-17:  
C

lick the  Delete button to delete the entry. 
Click the  Enable All button to enable all the entries. 
Click the  Disable All  button to disable all the entries. 
Click the  Delete All  button to delete all the entries. 
Click the  Previous  button to view the informat ion in the previous screen, click the  Next 
button to view the information in the next screen. 
4.5  Forwarding 
Choose menu “ Forwarding”, you can see the submenus under the main menu:  Virtual 
Servers, Port Triggering , DMZ and UPnP . 
 
Figure 4-19 
Click any of them, and you will be able to  configure the corresponding function. The 
detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 
4.5.1  Virtual Servers 
Choose menu “ Forwarding→Virtual Servers ”, you can view and add virtual servers in 
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Virtual servers can be used for setting up pub lic services on your LAN, such as DNS, 
Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from Internet 
to this service port will be redirected to the  computer specified by the server IP. Any PC 
that was configured as a virt ual server must have a static or a reserved IP address 
because its IP address may change  when using the DHCP function. 
 
Figure 4-20 
¾  Service Port  -  This field displays the numbers of External Ports. It can be a service 
port or a range of service ports (the format  is XXX - YYY, XXX is Start port, YYY is 
End port). 
¾  IP Address  - This field displays the IP addr ess of the PC running the service 
application. 
¾  Protocol  - This field displays the protocol  used for this application, either  TCP, 
UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the router). 
¾ Status  - This field displays the status of the virtual server entry. Enabled means 
that the entry will take effect,  Disabled means that the entry will not take effect. 
To add/modify a virtual server entry:   
Step 1:  Click Add New… /Modify  shown in  Figure 4-17, you will see a new screen 
shown in  Figure 4-21. 
Step 2:  Select 

the service you want from the  “Common Service Port”, then the port and 
protocol value will be added to the corresponding field automatically, you only 
need to configure the IP address for the  virtual server; If the “Common Service 
Port” does not contain the service that  you want, please configure the Service 
Port, IP Address and Protocol manually.