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Rear Panel 
The figure below shows the rear panel of the Wireless Broadband Router. 
 
 
Figure 2. Rear Panel 
 
Antenna 
There are one 2 dBi Gain Antenna in the rear panel for wireless connection. 
LAN (1-4) 
Four RJ-45 10/100Mbps Auto-MDIX ports for connecting to either 10Mbps or 100Mbps Ethernet connections. 
WAN 
In the four port broadband router, there is an RJ-45 10/100Mbps Auto-MDIX port for the WAN that will fit the xDSL/Cable 
modem’s specification need. 
DC IN 
Plug the power adapter to this power jack 
RESET 
Use a pin-shape item to push to reset this device to factory  default settings. It will be useful too when the manager forgot 
the password to login, but the setting will be back to default setting. 
 
 
Hardware connections 
 
Connect the Router using LAN 
 
Plug in one end of the network cable to the WAN port of the Wireless Internet Broadband Router. 
Plug in the other end of the network cable to t he Ethernet port of the xDSL or Cable modem. 
Use another network cable to connect to the Ethernet card on the computer system ; the other end of the cable connects 
to the LAN port of the Internet Broadband Router. Since the  Wireless Broadband Router has four ports, you can connect 
up to four computers directly to the  unit. There you do not have to buy a switch  to connect these computers since one 
Internet Broadband Router functions both as  a connection-sharing unit and as a switch. 
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Connect the Router using Wireless LAN 
 
 
Figure 3. Connecting the WLAN Router 
 
Plug in one end of the RJ45 network cable to the xDSL/Cable Modem. 
Plug in the other end of the RJ45 network cable to the Wireless Internet Broadband Router WAN port. 
 
 
Check the installation 
The control LEDs of the Wireless Internet Broadband Router ar e clearly visible and the status of the network link can be 
seen instantly: 
With the power source on, once the device is connected  to the broadband modem, the Power, CPU, LAN, WLAN and 
WAN port link LEDs of the Internet Broadband R outer will light up indicating a normal status. 
While the WAN is link up to the ADSL/Cable mode m, the WAN port’s Link/ACT LED will light up. 
While the LAN is link up to the computer system, the  LAN port’s Link/ACT LED will light up. 
 
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PC Network TCP/IP Setting 
The network TCP/IP settings differ based on the computer’s operating system (Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP) and are as 
follows. 
 
 
Windows 95/98/ME 
Click on the “ Network neighborhood ” icon found on the desktop.  
Click the right mouse button and a context menu will be show.  
Select “Properties ” to enter the TCP/IP setting screen.  
Select “Obtain an IP address automatically ” on the “IP address” field. 
 
Figure 4. Windows 95/95/Me IP setup 
 
Select “Disable DNS ” in the “DNS” field. 
 
 
Figure 5. Windows 95/98/Me DNS setup  
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Select “None” for the “ Gateway address ” field. 
 
 
Figure 6. Windows 95/98/Me Gateway setup 
 
 
Windows 2000 
Double click on the “ My computer” icon on the desktop. When “ My computer” window opens, open the “ Control panel” 
and then open the “ Network dialup connection ” applet. Double click on the “Local area network connection” icon. Select 
“Properties” to enter the TCP/IP setting window. 
In the “ Local area network status ” window, click on “Properties.” 
In the “Local area network connection” window, first select TCP/IP setting and then select “ Properties.” 
Set both “IP address ” and “DNS” to Automatic configuration . 
 
Figure 7. Windows 2000 IP and DNS setup  
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Windows XP 
Point the cursor and click the right button on the “My Network Place” icon. 
Select “properties” to enter the TCP/IP setting window. 
Set “IP address ” to “Obtain an IP address automatically .” 
Set “DNS” to “Obtain DNS server address automatically .” 
 
 
Figure 8. Windows XP IP and DNS setup 
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Wireless Broadband Router Configuration 
First make sure that the network connections are functioning normally.  
This Wireless Broadband Router can be configured using In ternet Explorer 5.0 or newer web browser versions. 
 
 
Login to the Wireless Broadband Router through WLAN 
Before configuring the Wireless Broadband Router through WL AN, make sure that the SSID, Channel and the WEP is set 
properly. 
The default setting of the Wireless Br oadband Router that you will use: 
SSID: airlive  
Channel:  6 
Security: disable  
IP Address: 192.168.1.254 
 
 
Login to the Wireless Broadband Router through LAN 
Before you configure this device, note that when the Wi reless Broadband Router is configured through an Ethernet 
connection, make sure the host PC must be set on the  IP sub-network that can be accessed by the xDSL/Cable modem. 
For example, when the default network address of the xDSL /Cable modem Ethernet interface is 192.168.1.x, then the 
host PC should be set at 192.168.1.xxx  (where xxx is a number between 2 and 254), and t he default subnet mask is 
255.255.255.0. 
Using the Web Browser 
Open Internet Explorer 5.0 or above Internet browser. 
Enter IP address http://192.168.1.254  (the factory-default IP address setting ) to the URL web address location. 
 
 
Figure 9. Web address 
When the following dialog box appears, enter the user name and pa ssword to login to the main configuration window, the 
default username and password is “ airlive”. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Figure 10. Login 
 
Note: If needed to set a password, then refer to the  System – Password Setting. 
After entering the password, the  main page comes up, the screen will display the device information. 
 
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Figure 11. Device information 
 
 
 
Configuration Menu 
When the main page appears, find the Configuration menu in the left side of the screen. Click on the setup item that you 
want to configure. There are six main options:  WAN, Wireless, LAN, Access Control, System and Wizard as shown in the 
Configuration Menu screen. 
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Figure 12. Configuration Menu 
 
 
Setup Wizard 
Setup wizard is provided as the part of the web configuration utility. User can simply follow the step-by-step process to get 
the wireless router configurat ion ready to run in 6 easy steps by clicking  on the “Wizard” button on the function menu. The 
following screen will appear. Please click “Next” to continue. 
 
Figure 13. Setup Wizard 
 
 
 
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Step 1: Set up new Password 
User can change the password and then click “Next” to continue. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Figure 14. Setup Wizard – Set Password 
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Step 2: Choose time zone 
Select the time zone from the drop down list. Please click “Next” to continue. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Figure 15. Setup Wizard – Set time zone 
 
Step 3: Set LAN and DHCP Server 
Set user’s IP address and mask. The default IP is 192.168.1. 254. If user likes to enable DHCP, please click “Enabled”. 
DHCP enabled is able to automatically a ssign IP addresses. Please assign the range  of IP addresses in the fields of 
“Range start” and “Range end”. Please click “Next” to continue. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Figure 16. Setup Wizard – Set LAN & DHCP Server 
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