ActionTec GT704WR manual

S olutions for the Digital Life ™ U ser Manual 54 Mbps Wi r eless C able/DSL Router Model #: GT704WR Fi rmwar e version: 3.0.1.0.5b-GT704WR IB: 1.1.1.42[...]

i T able of C ont ents 1 Introduction 1 P ackage Contents 1 Minimum System Requirements 2 F eatures 2 Getting to K now the Router 3 2 Setting Up the Router 7 Connecting a Computer to the Router 7 3 P er forming a Basic Setup 21 Basic Setup 21 Changing the Admin User Name and Passw ord 24 4 Using Adv anced Setup 27 Accessing Adv anced S etup 27 W AN[...]

ii Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual ii 7 Setting Up a Network 55 Ethernet 55 Wireless 60 8 T roubleshooting 63 T roubleshooting 63 F requently Asked Questions 64 A Referenc e 71 Locating Computer Information 71 Locating Windows Operating System Files 72 B Setting Up Sta tic IP on the C omputer 75 Windows 98 SE 75 Windows M[...]

1 Intr oduc tion Th ank y ou fo r pu r cha si ng th e A cti on t ec 54 M bp s W ir ele ss C abl e/ D SL R ou te r . Th e R ou t er i s t he s im ple st w a y to co nne ct c omp ut er s t o a hi gh-s pee d br oad ban d c on - ne cti on u si ng a Et her n et c a bl e/D SL m od em . Thi s ea sy- to -u se p ro du ct i s pe rfe ct f or th e ho me o ff i[...]

2 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 3 Chapter 1 Intr oduc tion Minimum Sy stem Requirements s A cti v e DS L se r vic e wi th E the rn e t c a bl e/ DSL m od em s Co mpu te r wit h a 10/ 100 Mb ps E the rne t co nn ec ti on s M i cr o s of t W i n do w s 98 S ec o n d E di t io n ( SE ) , M i l l e n ni u m E di t io n ( M [...]

2 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 3 Chapter 1 Intr oduc tion s FTP fi rm wa re u pgr ad eab le s W eb d o wnlo ad s up port s 802 .11 b/g s up port Getting to Know the Router Th is s ec ti on c on ta ins a qu ick d esc ript ion o f the Ro ut er’ s li ght s, po rts, et c. Th e R ou te r c on tai ns s ev er al i nd ica to[...]

4 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 5 Chapter 1 Intr oduc tion Internet Light W he n th e I nt ern et li ght gl ow s st ead ily , th e R ou te r is c on nec t ed t o th e DS L pr o- vid er via an Et her n et c ab le /D SL m od em. Wireless Light Th e W ir ele ss l igh t il lu mi na te s wh en th e R ou t er i s c on ne cte [...]

4 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 5 Chapter 1 Intr oduc tion Cable/DSL Port The Ca bl e/ DS L port is us ed to c on ne ct the R out er to an Et herne t cab le/ DSL mode m. Reset Switch De pr ess ing the R es et swi tc h fo r on e or tw o se co nds wil l po we r cy cl e th e R o ut er (s imi lar t o un plu ggi ng an d th e[...]

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7 Setting Up the Router T h e i n s t ru c t i o ns t ha t f o l l o w p a ra l l e l t h e s t e p s c o n ta in e d i n t he A cti on t ec I n s t a l l a t i o n B u d d y ® , w h i c h p r o v id e s a v i s u a l g u i d e t o s e t t i n g u p t h e R o u t e r . I t i s r e c o m me nd ed t h e u s e r r un t h e I n s ta ll a t io n B ud d[...]

8 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 9 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 2. R ea d t he i ns tr uct io ns , se le ct In it ia l Se tu p b y c li c ki ng on th e a p p r op ri at e c hec k bo x, th en c li ck N ex t . 3. R ea d t he o n- sc r ee n i ns tr uc ti on s, s ele ct th e t ype of mo de m t o w hi c h th e R o u t er w[...]

8 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 9 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 4. R ea d t he o n- scr ee n in st ru ct io ns co nc ern ing c on ne cti ng t he R ou t er t o a ne t- w ork wit h a no the r r ou te r/g at ew a y c on ne cte d to i t, the n cl ick Next . 5. M ak e su re t he it em s ne ed ed t o c on nec t th e R ou te[...]

10 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 11 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 6. L oc at e th e Ethernet cable c on nec ti ng t he c ab le/ DSL m od em t o th e co mp ut er , th en c lic k N ext . 7. U npl ug the Ether net cable c on ne cte d to the ca bl e/ DSL mo de m f r om t he c omp ut er , th en c lic k N ext .[...]

10 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 11 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 8. Ge t th e R ou t er f r om t he k it , t he n cl ic k N ext . 9. Ge t th e yello w Ether net cable f r om t he k it , t he n cl ic k N ext .[...]

12 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 13 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 10. P l u g o ne en d o f th e yello w Ethe rne t cable in to on e o f th e y el lo w E th ern et po rts on th e b ac k o f t he R ou te r , th en cl ic k N ex t . 11. Pl ug th e o th er e nd o f t he yello w E therne t cable int o an Ethe r net p ort o[...]

12 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 13 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 12. Ge t th e black P ow er cord fr om t he k it . C li ck Next . 13. Pl ug th e s ma lle r en d o f t he black P ower cord in to t he black P ower por t on th e ba ck of t he R ou t er . Cl ic k N ex t .[...]

14 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 15 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 14. Pl ug th e l ar ger end o f t he black P ower cord in to a power outlet . Cli ck Next . 15. M ak e su re t he P ow er light glo ws so li d gr ee n (i t m a y ta k e a f ew m om en ts ) an d on e of the Ethe r net lig hts fli ck er s. Cl ic k N ext .[...]

14 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 15 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 16. Pl ug th e Ethernet cable di sc onn ect ed fr om th e c om pu te r in st ep 3 in t o the red Cable/DSL por t on t he b ac k of the Ro ut er , th en c lic k N ext . 17. M ak e s ur e t he o th er e nd of t he Ethernet cabl e c o n ne ct ed to th e R [...]

16 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 17 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 18. U np lu g t h e po wer cord o f t h e cable/DSL modem , c ou nt t o 1 0 , th en pl ug t he po w er c or d b ac k i n a ga in . Th is r es et s t he c ab le / D SL m od e m , a ll o win g it t o c om mu ni ca te wit h t he R ou te r . C ic k N ext . [...]

16 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 17 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 20. E nt e r th e u se r n a me an d p a ss w or d i n t he ap pr o pri at e t e xt bo x es (o r c li c k th e c he c k bo x n e xt t o “M y I SP do es no t r eq ui r e t h is in fo rm a ti on . ” ) , t he n c li ck N ex t . 21. Se lec t th e ap pr [...]

18 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 19 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 22. I f Sta tic I P w as se lec ted in st ep 2 1 , e nt er t he IP A ddress , Sub net , Rout er , DNS 1 , an d DNS 2 in for mat io n (i f ap pl ica ble ) in th e pr op er t ex t bo x es . Th is in fo rm at ion s ho uld be av ail abl e in th e I SP . W h[...]

18 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 19 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Router 24. Th e In sta lla tio n Bu dd y c hec ks t he c on fig urat io n o f t he R ou t e r . 25. W he n th e c on fig urat io n is co mpl et e, a se ries o f “ Co ngr atu lat ion s” sc re ens ap pea r . R ea d th e o n- scr ee n in fo rma tio n, th en c[...]

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21 P er f orming a Basic S etup Th is c hap te r is a gu id e t hr ou gh a ba sic s et up o f t he R ou te r , in c lu din g ho w t o c on - ne ct th e R out er t o th e IS P an d c han gin g t he u se r na me a nd p as sw o r d. T o c omp let e a b as ic s et up , the use r will n ee d inf orm ati on pr ovi de d b y th e I SP . Th is in fo rm at i[...]

22 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 23 Chapter 3 P er forming a Basic Setup 3. F oll ow t he i ns truc tio ns in the “S et U p/ Co nfi gur at ion ” s cr ee n, th en c lic k Beg in Basic Setup . 4. I n the nex t sc re en , fol lo w t he o nsc re en ins truc ti ons , the n cl ick N ext . 5. I n the nex t sc re en , sel e[...]

22 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 23 Chapter 3 P er forming a Basic Setup 6. En te r th e U ser N ame a nd P assword p ro vid ed b y th e IS P in th e “ D SL B r oad ba nd C onn ect io n - PP P oE ” sc r een . I f th e I SP pr o vid ed a st at ic IP a dd re ss, en te r it in th e Static IP te xt b o x. I f no t, lea [...]

24 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 25 Chapter 3 P er forming a Basic Setup 8. Th e “ Co ngra tul ati on s ” scr ee n ap pe ar s. Th e R ou te r is s uc ce ss ful ly c on fi gur ed . Th e P o we r li ght fla she s rap idl y whi le t he R ou te r r es ta rts, t he n glo ws st ea dil y gr een wh en f ul ly ope rat io nal[...]

24 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 25 Chapter 3 P er forming a Basic Setup 4. Th e “ Sa ve and R es tart ” pa ge a pp ear s. Cl ick “S a v e an d R es tart ” to sa ve t he s et - ti ngs ch ang ed i n t he C han ge A dm in U se rn am e/P as sw or d sc re en. On ce th e R out er h as r ebo ot ed , th e pa ssw or d i[...]

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27 # U sing A dv anc ed Setup Th is s ec ti on c on ta ins i nf orm ati on c on ce rni ng se tti ng u p t he ad va nc ed f ea tur es o f th e R ou te r , suc h as wir el ess s et tin gs, r emo te ma na ge me nt, and W eb si t e b lo ck in g. Acc essing Adv anced Setup T o ac c es s th e A d va nc ed Se tup c on fig urat io n sc re ens : 1. Op en a [...]

28 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 29 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup 4. I n the nex t sc re en , re ad t he r ec omm en da tio ns. T o pe rf or m a n a d va nc ed s et up on the R ou t er , cl ic k Beg in A dvanced Setup . 5. Th e “ Co nf ig urin g th e A d van ce d Se tti ngs ” sc r een ap pea rs . T o ch eck a ll[...]

28 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 29 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup W AN IP A ddress Se lec ti ng W AN I P A dd re ss in the “ A dv anc ed Co nfi gur ati on ” s cr ee n ge ner at es th e “ W AN I P A dd r ess ” sc re en . W AN I P A ddr es s all o ws ma nu al s et up of the IP a ddr es s of th e Ro ut er . Th [...]

30 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 31 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup I f a U ser Name , P assword a nd /or Stat ic IP was e nt er ed in the I nst all ati on Bud dy or duri ng B as ic S et up , it s ho uld be dis pla y ed in the “B ro ad ban d Co nne cti on via PP P oE ” scr ee n. I f no t, en te r th e in fo rma ti[...]

30 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 31 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup Specify a Static IP Address Se lec t th is op ti on i f t he IS P se r vi c e i s c on fi gur ed t o us e R FC 14 83 B ri dg ed o r R ou te d us ing a St at ic I P A ddr es s. En t er t he IP A ddress , Subnet M ask , an d Default Rout er A ddress pr [...]

32 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 33 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup Wir eless Settings Se lec ti ng W ireless S ettings in t he “ A dv anc ed Co nf ig ura ti o n ” scr ee n ge ne rat es th e “ W ir ele ss Se tti ngs ” sc r een . Wireless T o ac ti va t e t he wi r ele ss ra dio , c li ck in th e ci rc le ne xt[...]

32 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 33 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup Security Th er e ar e fo ur wi r ele ss se cur ity o pti on s: O ff , WE P , W EP +80 2. 1 x, a nd WP A . Th e l at - t er thr ee op tio ns ar e d if fe r ent type s of wir ele ss s ec urity . Off Se le cti ng Of f d is ab le s wi re le ss s ec ur ity[...]

34 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 35 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup 1 28 -b it W EP - 1 28 - b it WE P r e qu i r es o ne o r m or e k ey s, c om p ri s in g 1 3 h e xa de c i m al p ai rs . A h e x ad ec im a l di gi t c o ns i s t s o f al p h an u m e ri c c ha ra ct e rs ra n gi ng f r o m 0 -9 or A - F . A n ex a[...]

34 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 35 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup W P A A ct iv a t i n g WP A ( W i- Fi P r ot ect ed A c ce ss) a nd c lic ki ng N ext i n t he W i re l e ss S e t t i ng s s cr e en g en er at e s t h e “ W ir ele ss WP A Se tt in gs ” s c re e n. Th er e ar e tw o le v els o f WP A . Th e “[...]

36 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 37 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup Th is f ea tur e a ll ow s th e u se r to co ntr ol th e W ir ele ss L AN N et wo rk b y d en yin g o r al lo wing wir el ess ac c ess b y spe cif ying the MA C A ddr es s of th e wir el ess c lie nt( s) al lo wed o r de nie d o n th e wir el ess n et[...]

36 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 37 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup LAN IP Addr ess Se lec ti ng LAN IP Address i n the “ A dv anc ed C onf igu rat io n ” s cr ee n ge ne rat es th e “ L AN I P A dd r ess ” sc re en . Th e va lu es i n the “LA N I P A dd r ess ” an d “N etm ask ” t ex t bo x es a r e t[...]

38 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 39 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup A cti on t ec str o ngl y r ec om men ds l ea ving t he DH CP S erv er o pti on On . I f the DHC P Se rve r op tio n is Off , ens ur e th e I P ad dr ess es o f the net w ork ed c om pu te rs a r e on th e sa me s ubn et as the IP a dd re ss o f th e [...]

38 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 39 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup DNS (D ynamic or Static) Th ese o pti on s de sign at e th e type o f DN S se r v er pr o vid ed b y th e ISP . I f th e ISP pr o vide d DN S s erv er i nf orm ati on, s el ect th e type he r e. I f no t, lea v e as is . DNS S er ver 1 “ D NS Se rve[...]

40 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 41 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup Netmeeting I f a c om pu t er o n th e ne tw ork us es N et mee ti ng, en abl e N etm eeti ng, b y cl ick ing t he ci rc le n ext to “ On ” an d e nt er in g th e I P ad dr ess o f the c om put er . Cli ck N ext , the n c li ck Sa ve and Restart t[...]

40 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 41 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup Remote M anagement Se lec ti ng R em ot e Ma na ge me nt i n th e “ A dv an ce d C onf igu rat io n ” s cr ee n ge ne r - at es th e “R em ot e M an ag em en t” scr ee n. R em ot e M ana ge me nt a llo ws ac ce ss t o th e R ou t er t hr ou gh[...]

42 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 43 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup P or t F or war ding Se lec ti ng P ort F o rwa r di ng i n t he “ A dv anc ed Co nf ig ura ti on ” s cr ee n ge ner at es th e “P ort F orw ar din g” scr ee n. P o r t fo rwar di ng a ll o ws c ert ai n pr ogr am s to b ypas s th e R ou t er [...]

42 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 43 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup I n thi s sc re en , the us er ca n a ll o w on ly c ert ai n IP ad dr es ses to ac ce ss f orw ar ded po rts. E nt er t he po rt ran ge of the f or wa rd ed po rts i n the “R e mo te IP P o rt Ra nge ” te xt b o x es , e nt er th e IP ad dr ess t[...]

44 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 45 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup F irew all Se lec ti ng Fire wall in t he “ A dv anc ed Co nf ig ura ti on ” scr ee n ge ner at es th e “ F ir ew al l Se cu rity L ev el ” sc r een . S el ect t he le ve l of sec urit y ne ede d fo r th e n et wo rk. Se e A ppe nd ix F o n pa[...]

44 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 45 Chapter 4 U sing A dvanc ed Setup Static Routing Se lec ti ng Static Routing in th e “ A dv anc ed Se tti ngs ” scr ee n ge ne ra t es t he “S tat ic R ou ti ng ” sc re en. Ent er th e ad dr es ses i n th ei r r esp ect i v e te xt bo x es, t he n cl ic k A dd . Th e add re ss[...]

46 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual MA C Address Cloning Se lec ti ng MA C A ddress Cloning in the “ C on fig uri ng t he A dv anc ed Set tin gs ” s cr ee n ge ne ra t es t he “ M A C A ddr es s Clo nin g ” sc r een . A MA C (M edi a A cc es s C ont ro l) ad dr ess is an id en tif ie r un iqu e t o ev ery net wo rk[...]

47 Vie wing the Router’ s Settings A ft er c on fi guri ng t he R ou t er , set tin gs ca n be vie w ed b y se le cti ng Status in th e M ain M e nu. In th e l ef t ha nd c ol um n, th er e a r e ot he r St at us o pti ons a va il abl e: R outing T able , W AN Status , LAN Status , a nd A ctive User List . N o s et tin gs (o th er tha n c onn ect[...]

48 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless DSL Router User Manual 49 Chapter 5 Vie wing the Router’ s Settings W AN - C onnection Di spl ay s th e st at e of th e c on nect io n t o th e I SP se r vi c e ( C on nec te d o r Di sc onn ect ed) . W AN - Mode Di spl ay s th e type o f c on ne ctio n us ed t o c om mu ni cat e wit h th e ISP . W AN - IP A ddress[...]

48 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless DSL Router User Manual 49 Chapter 5 Vie wing the Router’ s Settings Routing T able Se lec ti ng R outing T able g en era te s t he “R ou tin g T ab le ” s cr ee n. Th is s cr ee n di sp la ys on ov ervi ew o f t he R ou te r’ s r out es . W AN Sta tus Se lec ti ng W AN Status in t he C ur r ent S ta tus s cr [...]

50 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless DSL Router User Manual LAN Sta tus Se lec ti ng LAN Status gen era te s the “ L AN St at us ” sc r een . T hi s sc r een di sp la ys on o ve rview o f th e R out er ’ s LAN (Lo cal Ar ea N et wo rk) po rt c on nec tio ns. Activ e User List Se lec ti ng A ctive User List ge ner at es th e “ A ct i v e U se r L[...]

51 U sing Utilities T o ac c es s th e R ou te r’ s W eb- ba se d U til it ies , s el ect Utilities fr om t he “M ai n M e nu ” sc re en. The “U til iti es ” scr ee n ap pe ars . F ro m th is s cr ee n, th e W eb ac ti vity lo g ca n b e vi ew ed, the DS L se tt ing s c han ged , t he R ou t er ’ s fa ct ory de fa ul t se tt in gs r est[...]

52 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 53 Chapter 6 U sing Utilities Aut o Refresh T o se t th e W eb A ct i vity Log s cr ee n to aut om ati cal ly re fr es h at c erta in i nt erv al s, act i- va te th e c ir cl e ne xt t o “ A u t o R ef re sh E ve r y ” at th e bo tt om o f the W eb A cti vity L og sc re en, the n en [...]

52 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 53 Chapter 6 U sing Utilities Upgrade Firmw are Se lec ti ng U pg rade Firmwar e in th e “U ti lit ies ” sc re en g ene rat es th e “U pg ra de Fi rm wa r e ” scr ee n. A cti on te c pe rio di cal ly po st s f ir m wa r e upg rad es to e nha nc e th e ca pa bil iti es a nd bo ost[...]

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55 S et ti ng Up a Ne twork Ot her c om pu te rs ca n be c on ne ct ed t o th e R ou t er t o fo rm a n et wo rk, wh ich al lo ws t he c om pu te rs t o tra nsf er fi le s, co mm uni cat e wit h ea c h o th er , an d sha re a n I nt er ne t co nn ec ti on. The ne tw or k ed c om put er s ca n be co nne cte d to t he R ou te r in tw o wa y s: Et her[...]

56 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 57 Chapter 7 Setting Up a Networ k 2. R ea d t he i ns tr uct io ns , se le ct A dd i ti on al Co mp ut er s b y c li ck in g o n th e a pp r o - p ri at e c he ck bo x , t h e n c li ck N ex t . 3. Se lec t W ired (USB or Ethernet) , the n cl ic k N ext .[...]

56 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 57 Chapter 7 Setting Up a Networ k 4. W he n th e n e xt wi nd ow app ea rs , get the yello w Ethernet cable fr om t he ki t, th en c lic k N ext . 5. Pl ug on e e nd o f th e yellow Ethernet cable in t o on e o f t he o pen yellow Ethernet por ts on t he b ac k of th e R ou t er , th en[...]

58 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 59 Chapter 7 Setting Up a Networ k 6. Pl ug th e o th er e nd o f t he yello w E therne t cable int o an Ethe r net p ort on th e ba ck of t he c om pu te r , t he n cl ic k N ext . ☞ Note : A n E th er ne t p ort loo ks si mi l ar t o a ph on e po rt , b u t is s li gh tl y b ig ge r [...]

58 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 59 Chapter 7 Setting Up a Networ k 8. I n the nex t win do w , th e In sta lla tio n Bu dd y c he ck s th e c onf igu rat io n of the R ou t er . 9. A s er ie s of congratulations w indo ws a pp ear s. Cl ick t hr ou gh th em t o ex it t he I nst all at ion B udd y . Th e c o m pu t er i[...]

60 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 61 Chapter 7 Setting Up a Networ k Wir eless ☞ N o te : Co mpu te rs wir ele ssl y c onn ect ed t o th e R ou te r mu st h a ve wir el ess ca pab il it ies (vi a a PC I wir ele ss a da pt er , USB wir el ess ad apt er , b uil t-i n wir ele ss a da pt er , et c. ). 1. I nse rt th e I ns[...]

60 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 61 Chapter 7 Setting Up a Networ k 3. Se lec t W ireless , th en cli ck N ext . 4. R ea d t he o n- scr ee n in st ru ct io ns , th en c lic k Finish . A ft er pe rfo rmi ng t he p r oc ed ur e ou tli ned in t he s cr ee n, abo v e, ma ke s ur e t he c om - pu te r an d t he R ou te r ar[...]

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63 T roubleshooting Th is c hap te r co nt ai ns a lis t of pr ob lem s th at ma y be e nc oun te re d wh ile u si ng t he R ou t er , and t ec hn iqu es t o so lv e th em . N ot e th at t he se t ec hn iq ue s ma y no t be su c- c ess ful i n al l ca se s. A lso i nc lu ded i s a l ist o f f r eq ue nt ly a sk ed q ue sti ons . T roubleshooting Ca[...]

64 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 65 Chapter 8 T roubleshooting F requently Ask ed Questions Th is s ec ti on c on ta ins a li st o f q ues tio ns c on c ern in g th e R ou te r , an d an swe rs to the qu es ti o ns . General I ha v e run out of Ethernet por ts on my Router . How do I add more computers? Pl ugg in g in a[...]

64 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 65 Chapter 8 T roubleshooting Do I need a specific cable or DSL modem to use the Router? N o , the R ou te r wo rks wit h an y Et her net ca bl e, an d virtu all y an y c abl e/ D SL mo dem . Wireless Can I use an 802.11b wireless card to connect to the Router? Y es , th e R ou te r c an[...]

66 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 67 Chapter 8 T roubleshooting Can my wireless signal pass through floors, walls, and glass? Th e ph y si cal e n vir on men t ar ou nd t he R ou t er c an h a ve a va rying e ffe ct on w i r e- le ss s ign al str en gth a nd q ua lit y . Th e m or e d ens e an ob je ct, th e gr eat er th[...]

66 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 67 Chapter 8 T roubleshooting Windows NT , 2000, and XP - Sel ect Star t , R un an d type cm d . P r ess Enter . W he n th e c omm and scr ee n is d isp la ye d, type ip con fig an d p r ess Enter . I used DHCP to configure my network. Do I need to restar t my computer to refresh my IP a[...]

68 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 69 Chapter 8 T roubleshooting C onnections Ev er ything appears to b e setup properly with the Rout er , but I can ’t connect to the Internet. Why? I f yo u ha d y ou r In te rnet co nne cti on a lr ea d y s et up on y ou r co mp ut er , yo u ma y ne ed t o po we r cy cl e y ou r ca bl[...]

68 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 69 Chapter 8 T roubleshooting How do I mak e a HEX-based WEP key? 64-bit - Ge ne ra t ed as 10 al ph an um er ic c hara ct er s ( 0 - 9 , a -f ). E xa mpl e: 84 3 c 29 a 56 2 . 128-bit - Ge ne rat ed a s 29 a lp han um eri c c hara ct er s ( 0 - 9 , a- f ) . E xa mpl e: 3 c 29 f 25 36 be[...]

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71 Re feren c e Th is a pp end ix c on tai ns in fo rma ti o n ab ou t va rio us t op ic s, in c lu din g ac ce ssi ng in fo rm at ion a bo ut y ou r W ind o ws c om pu te r . Locating Computer Information Th e fo ll owi ng p r oc ed ur e is va li d fo r co mp ut er s run nin g W in do ws 9 8 S E , M e, NT 4.0 , 20 00 , and X P . 1. F ro m th e d e[...]

72 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Gatewa y User Manual 73 Appendix A Reference Locating Window s Opera ting Syst em F iles I f the o pera tin g sy st em fil es r esi de on th e h ar d dr i ve o f t he c om pu te r , f ol lo w th e in stru cti ons be lo w t o l oc at e th em . If th e f il es a r e no t o n t he h ar d dr i v e, th ey mu st [...]

72 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Gatewa y User Manual 73 Appendix A Reference 4. Cl ic k t he do w n ar ro w n e xt t o th e “L ook in ” te xt bo x an d s el ect My Comput er fr om th e li st th at a ppe ars . 5. Cl ic k Search No w . 6a. Windows Me: W he n th e se ar ch i s c om ple t e, not e th e di r ect ory pa th t ha t ap pea rs [...]

74 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Gatewa y User Manual Windo ws Me, 2000 1. F ro m th e d esk to p , cl ick Star t . 2. Se lec t Search , t he n For Files and Folders . 3. Th e “ Sea rc h R es ul ts ” wind o w ap pea rs . In t he p an el a t le ft tit led “ W ha t do y ou wa nt t o se ar c h f or? ” , cl ic k All files and folders .[...]

75 Setting Up Sta tic IP on the C omputer T o c omm un ic at e with the R ou t er fr om a co mp ut er o n the net w ork (t o u se th e W eb C on fig ura tio n U til ity , fo r ex am pl e), t he u se r ma y ha v e t o swit c h t he IP a dd re ss se t- ti ngs fr om DH CP -en abl ed t o st ati c I P , s o t ha t th e c om pu te r an d t he R ou te r a[...]

76 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 77 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 3. A no the r me nu ap pe ars . S el ect Co ntrol P anel . 4. W he n th e “ Co ntr ol P an el” wi nd ow app ear s, do ubl e-c li ck Netw ork .[...]

76 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 77 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 5. Th e “ N et w ork ” win do w a ppe ar s. I n t he “The fol lo win g ne tw or k c om po ne nt s ar e i ns tal le d” li st bo x, lo ca te an d do ubl e- cl ic k T CP/IP . 6. Th e “ T CP /I P Pr o pe rtie s” wind ow app ea rs[...]

78 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 79 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 9. En te r th e f ol lo wing ad dr ess i n t he “S ub net ma sk ” te xt bo x: 2 55 .25 5. 255 .0 En te r th e pe rio ds in the ad dr ess b y pr es sin g th e s pa ce ba r o n t he k eyb oar d. 10. Cl ic k OK . Th e T CP/ IP P r op er[...]

78 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 79 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 3. A no the r me nu ap pe ars . S el ect Co ntrol P anel . 4. W he n th e “ Co ntr ol P an el” wi nd ow app ear s, do ubl e-c li ck Netw ork .[...]

80 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 81 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 5. Th e “ N et w ork ” win do w a ppe ar s. I n t he “The fol lo win g ne tw or k c om po ne nt s ar e i ns tal le d” li st bo x, lo ca te an d do ubl e- cl ic k T CP/IP . 6. Th e “ T CP /I P Pr o pe rtie s” wind ow app ea rs[...]

80 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 81 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 9. En te r th e f ol lo wing ad dr ess i n t he “S ub net ma sk ” te xt bo x: 2 55 .25 5. 255 .0 En te r th e pe rio ds in the ad dr ess b y pr es sin g th e s pa ce ba r o n t he k eyb oar d. 10. Cl ic k OK . Th e T CP/ IP P r op er[...]

82 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 83 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 3. A no the r me nu ap pe ars . S el ect Co ntrol P anel . 4. W he n th e “ Co ntr ol P an el” wi nd ow app ear s, do ubl e-c li ck Netw ork and Dial- up Co nnections .[...]

82 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 83 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 5. I n the “N etw ork a nd Di al -u p Co nne cti on s ” win d o w , do ubl e-c li ck Local Area Connection . A num ber ma y be d isp la ye d aft er t he L oca l A re a Co nne cti on . I f mo r e t ha n on e Lo ca l A re a Co nn ec ti[...]

84 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 85 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 7. Th e “ Lo cal A r ea C onn ect io n P ro pert ies ” win d o w ap pe ars . C li ck General . 8. I n the “ Co mpo nen ts c hec k ed a r e u se d by t hi s c on nec tio n ” li st bo x, do ubl e- c li ck I nternet Prot ocol ( TCP/[...]

84 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 85 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 12. En te r th e f ol lo wing ad dr ess i n t he “S ub net ma sk ” te xt bo x: 2 55 .25 5. 255 .0 En te r th e pe rio ds in the ad dr ess b y pr es sin g th e s pa ce ba r o n t he k eyb oar d. 13. Cl ic k OK . Th e “I nt ern et P [...]

86 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 87 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 3. W he n th e “ Co ntr ol P an el” wi nd ow app ear s, do ubl e-c li ck Netw ork Connections . 4. I n the “N etw ork C on ne ctio ns ” wind o w , do ub le- cl ick Local Area Connection . A n umb er m a y be di sp la ye d af t er[...]

86 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 87 Appendix B Setting Up Static IP on the Computer 5. Th e “ Lo cal A r ea C onn ect io n P ro pert ies ” win d o w ap pe ars . Se lec t General . 6. I n the “Th is c on ne cti on u se s th e f oll o wing i t em s ” li st bo x, do ubl e- cl ic k Inte r net Protocol ( T CP/IP ) . [...]

88 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 9. En te r th e f ol lo wing ad dr ess i n t he “ I P A dd r ess ” t e xt bo x: 1 92 .16 8. 0.2 En te r th e pe rio ds in the ad dr ess b y pr es sin g th e s pa ce ba r o n t he k eyb oar d. 10. En te r th e f ol lo wing ad dr ess i n t he “S ub net ma sk ” te xt bo x: 2 55 .25 [...]

89 C omputer S ecurity Th e In te rne t is a gia nt n et wo rk of c om pu t er s lo ca te d a ll o ve r th e wo rld . W he n a c om pu te r is c onn ect ed to t he I nt ern et , it can e xc ha nge i nf orm ati on wi th a n y ot her co mpu te r on th e I nt ern et. Thi s all ow s a c omp ut er u ser t o se nd E -m ail , s ur f th e W orl d W id e W [...]

90 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 91 Appendix C Comput er Security Router S ecurity I f co nne cti ng t o th e ISP t hr ou gh P o int -t o- P oi nt P r ot oc ol ( P PP ), be s ur e to p r ovi de th e R ou te r an ad min ist rati v e pa ss wo rd . I f a pa ssw or d is n ot s et , s om eon e on th e I nt er ne t ca n ac c [...]

90 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 91 Appendix C Comput er Security Network Applications N et w ork ap pli cat ion s (s uch as so ft wa re p r ogra ms ) th at a ll o w r em ot e ac ce ss t o th e c omp ut er a lso ma k e t he c om pu te r vu ln era bl e t o ac c ess fr o m o th er pe op le o n t he I nt er ne t. If us in [...]

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93 Specifications General Model Number GT 704 WR -0 0 (5 4 Mb ps W ir el ess C ab le / D SL R ou t er ) Standards IE EE 80 2.3 x (1 0B ase T , ful l du pl ex ca pa ble ) IE EE 8 02 .3u ( 10 0Ba seT X, au to neg oti ati on ) IE EE 8 02 .11 b/g (W i r ele ss) Prot ocol LAN - CSM A / CD W AN 10 /10 0 R J- 45 E th ern et po rt LAN 10 /10 0 R J- 45 swi [...]

94 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual Wir eless Opera ting Range Indoors U p t o 91 M ( 3 00 ft .) Outdoors U p t o 53 3 M ( 175 0 f t. ) T op ology St ar ( E th ern et) LED Indicators P ow er , I nt ern et, W ir el ess , E the rne t ( 4 ) En vironmental P ower E xt ern al, 12V DC , 600 mA Certifications FC C Cl as s B, FCC [...]

95 Glossar y Acc ess Poin t A d evic e th at a ll o ws wi r ele ss c lie nts t o c on nec t to o ne a no the r . A n ac ce ss p oi nt ca n al so a ct as a br id ge be tw ee n wir el es s cl ien ts a nd a “ wir ed ” ne tw or k, s uc h as an E the rne t n et wo rk. W ir el ess c li ent s ca n be m o ve d an yw he re wi th in t he c ov e r - ag e [...]

96 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 97 Appendix E Glossar y Ethernet Network A s ta nda rd wir ed n et wo rki ng c on fi gur at ion u si ng c ab les a nd h ubs . F irewall A m et hod pr ev en ti ng u se rs o uts ide the ne tw ork fr om ac c es sin g an d/o r da ma g- in g fi le s or c om pu te rs o n the net w ork . Gatewa[...]

96 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 97 Appendix E Glossar y PPP oE (Poin t-T o-Point Protoc ol o ver Ethernet)/ PPP oA (Poin t-T o-Point Protoc ol o ver A TM) M et hod s o f sec ur e da ta tr an smi ssi on . Router A c en tra l devi ce t ha t ma na ges the da ta t raf fi c o f t he ne tw ork . Subnet Mask A s et o f f ou r[...]

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99 F i rew a ll S ec uri t y Le v e l S e r vi c e s T abl e Th e fo ll owi ng in fo rma ti o n is re la te d t o th e F ir ew all o pt io ns (H igh , M edi um , an d L o w) s ec ti on i n t he “ A dv anc ed Set up ” c hap te r of thi s ma n ua l (s ee p ag e 44 ) . The type s o f s ervi ce s a nd t he ir r es pe cti v e po rts a r e lis te d i[...]

100 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 101 Appendix F Fire wall Security Medium Security Lev el Ser v ice P or t In Out htt p 80 no ye s dns 53 no ye s ft p 21 n o y es te lne t 23 n o ye s smt p 2 5 y es ye s po p3 11 0 y es y es nn tp 1 19 n o y es re al a ud io/ vide o 70 70 y es ye s ic mp n /a no ye s H. 323 172 0 no ye[...]

100 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 101 Appendix F Fire wall Security Basic Security Lev el N A T ( N e tw ork A dd r ess T ra nsl ati on) o nl y . Ser vice Acron ym Definitions http H ype r T e xt T ran sfe r P r ot oc ol . Th is p ro to c ol d el iv er s in fo rma tio n o v er t he I nt er ne t, an d i s u se d whe n a [...]

102 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual real audio/video A p ro toc ol u se d to tr an sf er R ea l A ud io o r R eal V ide o fi le s. icmp I nt er ne t C on tr ol M es sa ge P r ot oc ol. A ll o ws e rro r me ssa ges , t ex t p ac ka ge s, an d in fo rm at ion al m es sag es to be tr ans fer r ed o ve r th e In te rnet . H.3[...]

103 Non-W indo ws S ystem S e tup Th e R ou te r su ppo rts bo th t he C la ssi c M ac int os h ope rat ing sy st em s ( 9. 2. 2 an d be lo w), a s w ell as OS X . ☞ N o te : W he n in st a ll i n g a n y s o ft wa r e, c o n s ul t t h e us er m an u a l an d h el p f il e s su p p l ie d w i t h t he s o ft wa r e f o r d et a i le d i nf o rm [...]

104 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 105 Appendix G Non-Windo ws Setup 2. W he n th e “ T CP/ IP ” win do w ap pea rs, sel ect Edit fr om m e nu bar , t he n se lect U ser Mode . 3. W he n th e “U se r M ode ” win do w ap pea rs, sel ect A dva nc ed , t he n cl ic k OK . 4. I n the “ T CP/ IP ” win do w , se le[...]

104 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 105 Appendix G Non-Windo ws Setup OS X 1. F ro m th e Ap pl e M e n u, s el ect System Pref erenc es . 2. W he n th e “ S yst em P r ef er en c es ” w i nd o w a pp ear s, cl ick N etwork .[...]

106 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 3. Th e N etw or k wi nd ow app ear s. Sel ect Built-I n Ether net fr om th e “S ho w” dr o p- do wn li st. 4. Se lec t T CP/IP and , f r om t he “ C o nf igu re ” dr op -d o wn li st , s el ect Using DHCP . 5. Cl ic k A pply N ow an d cl ose t he “S y st em P re fe re nc es ?[...]

107 Notic es Regulatory C ompliance Notices Class B Equipment Th is eq ui pm en t h as be en te st ed a nd f ou nd t o c om pl y wi th th e li mit s fo r a Cl ass B di git al d evi c e, pur su ant t o P art 15 of the FCC R ul es. The se l im its a r e de si gned to pr o vide re as ona bl e p r ot ecti on aga ins t ha rm fu l in t erf er enc e i n a[...]

108 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 108 2. Th is d evi c e mu st ac c ept an y in t er fer e nc e r ec ei v ed, i nc lu din g int er fer e nc e th at ma y c aus e un wa nt ed o pe rat io n. ☞ N ote : T o c om ply wi th FC C RF e xpo su re c om pli anc e r equ ir e- me nts , the a nt en na u se d fo r th is tr an smi tt [...]

109 Li mi ted W arrant y Har dware : A cti on te c E le ctr oni cs, In c., w arr an ts t o th e en d u se r (“ C us t om er ”) t ha t th is h ar d wa re p r odu ct wil l be f r ee fr o m d ef ect s in wo rkm ans hip and ma te ria ls , un de r n or ma l us e and s e rvic e, fo r tw el ve (1 2) mo nt hs f r om t he d at e o f pu rc ha se fr om A [...]

110 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual TH IS A CTI ON T EC EL ECT R ON IC S P R ODU CT MA Y INC L UD E OR BE B UN DLE D WI TH TH IRD -P AR TY S OF TW AR E, THE US E OF W HI CH IS GO VER NED BY A SE P AR A TE EN D-U SER LI CEN SE A GR EE MEN T . TH IS A CTI ON T EC EL ECT R ON IC S W ARR ANT Y DOE S N O T A PPL Y T O S UC H T[...]

110 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual 111 Limited W arran ty NE ITH ER AS SU MES NOR A UTH OR IZE S AN Y O TH ER P ER SON T O A SSU ME FO R IT AN Y O TH ER LI ABI LIT Y I N CO NNE CTI ON WI TH TH E SAL E, INS T AL LA TI ON, MA INT EN ANC E OR USE OF I TS P R ODU CTS . A C T I ON TE C E LE CT R O N I C S S H A L L N O T B E [...]

112 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless Cable/DSL Router U ser Manual Gov er ning Law : Thi s Li mit ed W ar ran ty sh all be g o ve rne d b y th e la ws o f t he St at e of Ca lif orn ia, U .S .A. , e x c lu din g it s co nf li cts of la ws an d pri nci pl es , a nd e x cl ud in g th e U ni te d N at io ns C on v en ti on o n Co ntra cts f or t he I nt e[...]