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300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router C opyrigh t Stat ement is the registered tr ademark of Shenzhen T enda T echnology Co ., Lt d. All the products and product names mentioned herein are the trademarks or register ed trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright of the whole pr oduct as integration, including its accessories an d so[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router T able of C on tents C OPY RIGHT ST A TEMENT ...............................................................................................2 CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ................................................................................4 1.1 W HA T IT DOES ................................[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Chapter 1 Product Ov er view 1.1 What it does The T enda N 6 Concurr ent Dual Band W ireless N Rout er accommodates use rs looking for extreme wireless performance. Deliv ering up to 300+300Mbps wireless speed, it uses dual band technology to deliver 2.4GHz and 5GH z wireless signals simultaneously , [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 1.3 Package Contents Please unpack the bo x and check the fo llowing items:  N6 Concurrent Dual Band Wir eless N Router  P ower A dapter  Quick Installation Guide  CD-ROM  1-meter Ethernet cable If any of the above items are incorrect, missing, or damaged , please contac t your T enda r[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Cha pter 2 Hard ware 2.1 Panel Overview Fr ont Panel Power LED: A solid light indicates a pr oper connec tion to the pow er supply . System LED: A blinking light indicates system is functioning correctly . WPS LED: A blinking light indicates rout er is per forming a WPS authen tication on a client dev[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Back Panel W AN: Internet por t （ RJ-45 ） for connection to an Internet-enabled xDSL Modem/Cable Modem or existing Ethernet. IPTV ： IPT V port for connection to a network set-top box. How ever such port can function as a LAN por t if the IPT V STB port is n ot enabled. LAN/1/2/3: 3 LAN ports （[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 2 . Connect one of the LAN por ts on the Router to the NIC por t on your PC using an Ethernet cable. 3. Connect the Ethernet cable from Intern et side to the W AN port on the R outer . 8[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Chapter 3 L ogin to W eb Utility The device ’ s default IP is 192.168.0.1. Y o u can change it to accommoda te y our own needs. Her e in this manual, we use the default IP . Connect you PC to the router and conf ig your PC’ s TCP/IP settings f ollowing instructions in appendix 1 hereto . And then [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Login to web utility Launch a web browser on y our PC and enter http://192.168.0.1 as below . Then press “Ent er ” . Enter user name and passw ord in corr esponding fields on window below (Default user name and password ar e respectively set to admin). Note: F or securit y purpose, please change t[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Chapter 4 C onfigurations This chapter delivers a detailed presenta tion of router ’ s functionalities and featur es under 7 main menus below , allowi ng y ou to manage the router with ease. During operation, if y ou are not clear a bout a cer tain f eature , you can simply click the “Help ” but[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router This section allows you to view the router ’ s W A N inf o listed below : W AN Status: Displays W AN connec tion status: Disconnected, Connecting or Connected. Disconnected: Indicates that the Ethernet cable from y our ISP side is / is not correctly connec ted to the W AN por t on th e router or the[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Wireless This section allows you to view the wireless info listed below:  W ireless Radio: Displays whether wireless is enabled or not.  Wireless MA C address: Displays MAC addr ess of the router ’ s wireless inter face.  SSID: Displays current SSID .  802.11 Mode: Displays curr ently ac[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  CPU Usage : Displa ys current CPU usage status.  Memory Usage : Displays curr ent memor y usage status.  Up Time: Displays uptime.  Tim e: Displays device ’ s time synchronized with Internet or manually set by user .  Connected Client(s) ： Displays the number of connected computers[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 4.2.2 W AN S ettings The screen below displa ys W AN connec tion status and interface in fo . Click the “C onfig” button to enter W AN configuration int er face. The r outer supports six Internet connection t ypes, include Dyna mic IP , Static IP , L2TP , PPTP , PPPoE, and PPP oE dual access. 1) D[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  Internet connection T ype: Displays a list of avai lable Internet connec tion type s .  IP Address: Enter the W AN IP address provided by y our ISP . I nquire your ISP if you are not clear .  Subnet Mask: Enter W AN Subnet Mask provided by your ISP .  Default Gatewa y: Enter the W AN Gate[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  User Name: Ent er the User Name provided by your ISP .  Passw ord: Enter the passwor d provided by y our ISP .  MT U: Maximum T ransmission Unit. The default value is 1492. Note: DO NO T change the factor y default M TU value unless necessary as an improper MTU value ma y degrade your networ[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  MT U: Maximum T ransmission Unit. The default value is 1460. 5) L2TP: Allows y ou to connect your router to a L2TP ser ver . F or example ： A corporate branch and headquar ter can use this connection type to implement mutual and secure access to each other’ s resources .  Internet connectio[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 6) PPPOE Dual Access  Internet connection T ype: Displays a list of avai lable Internet connec tion type s .  Username: Enter the PPPOE account provided by y our ISP .  Passw ord: Enter the PPPOE passwor d provided by your ISP .  Address mode: Select “D ynamic” if you don ’t get any [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  DHCP Ser ver-Enable: Check or uncheck the bo x to enable or disable the device ’ s DHCP ser ver f eature.  Start IP Address: Enter the star ting IP address for the DHCP server ’ s IP assignment.  End IP Address: Enter the ending IP address f or the DHCP ser ver’ s IP assignment.  Le[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Static Assignment If you would like some devices on y our network to always hav e fixed IP addresses, you can use this fea ture and manually add a static DHCP assignment entry for each such device. F o r example: T o have a PC at the M AC addr ess of 00:15:58:c0:d4:3f alway s receive the same IP addre[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  W AN MAC Address: Displa ys router's curr en t W AN MAC addr ess, you can manually change it.  Restore to F ac tory Default MAC: Click it to r estore router’ s W AN MAC to fa ctor y default value.  Clone MA C: Click to copy your PC’ s MAC to r outer ’ s W AN MAC Addr ess field. NO[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 4.3 Security Settings “Security S ettings” includes the following 5 submenus . Click ing any of them enters corr esponding interf ace f or configuration. Below explains , in details, each such feat ure. 4.3.1 Group Settings “Group Settings” includes 2 submenus: Group Settings, User Group and T[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 1. Enter R_D in group name field. 2. Enter R_D IP Range in group description field. 3. Enter “192.168.0.20” and “ 192.168.0.30” in IP fields. 4. Click “ A dd “ and then the “Save “button; you will find such entr y in User Group list below: Tim e G r ou p T o create a time gr oup , you [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 1. Enter “ W o rking days” i n group name field . 2. Enter “worki ng day s” in group description field. 3. Selec t the time and days. 4. Click “Sav e ” and you will find such entry in Time Group list below : 4.3.2 P or t Filter T o better manage PCs in LAN , you can allow or disallow such [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  Filter Mode: Select Deny or Allow according to your own needs. Deny Acce ss to Inte rne t: Disallow specified packets to pass through the router; other packets are pr ocessed according to default rule. Allow A ccess to Int ernet: Allow specified packets to pass through the router; other packets ar[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 9. Selec t “ Allow ” fr om the “Default ” dr op- down list and check “Enable” Port Filter featur e. 4.3.3 URL Filter T o better control LAN PCs, you can use th e URL filter func tion ality to allow or disallow such PC to access cer tain webs ites within a specified time range. Click “ Ad[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Filter Mode: Select Deny or Allo w according to y our own needs. Deny Acc ess to Internet: Disallow specified packets to pass thro ugh the router; other packets are proc essed according to default rule. ¾ Allow Access to Internet: Allow specified packets to pass through the r outer; other packets are[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 7. Click “Save ” to display page below : 8. Select “ Allow ” from the “Default ” drop-down li st and check the “Enable ” URL Filter f e atur e. 29[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 4.3.4 MA C Address Filter T o better manage PCs in LAN, you can use the MAC A ddress F ilter func tion to allow/disallow such PCs to access to Internet. Click “ Add” to display page below:  Filter Mode: Select Deny or Allow according to your own needs.  Deny Acc ess to Internet: Disallow spe[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Click “Save ” to display the f ollowing page. Select “ Allow ” from the “Default ” drop- down list and check the “Enab le MAC F ilter ” featur e as below . 4.3.5 W AN Access C ontrol The W AN Access Control f eature allows users to configur e your router from Internet via a web browser[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Note: If you enter 0.0.0.0 in the IP address bo x, then all PC s on Internet can access your router’ s W eb -based utility to view o r change your settings remotely once you enable the featur e. F or example: If you want to allow only a PC at the IP address of 58.60.111.221 to access your r outer ?[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Click “ Add” to display below page .  W AN Port: Enter the W AN ser vice por t.  W ell-Known Ser vice P orts: The “ W ell-Known Ser vice Port ” lists commonly used protocol ports such as DNS （ 53, FTP （ 21 ） , GOPHER(70), HT TP(80), NNTP(1190), POP3(110), PPTP(1723) , SMTP(25), SOC[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Note: Setting W AN por t hereon to the same value as that on W AN access control section will deactivate the vir tual ser ver f eature. 4.4.2 DMZ Settings In some cases, we need to set a computer t o be completely exposed to extranet for implementation of a bidirectional communica tion. T o do so , we[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  ID: Entr y ID .  Remote Host: Description of a remote host that receiv es/sends responses.  WA N Po r t : P or t on router side .  LAN Ho st : Description of an internal host that receives/sends r esponses.  LAN Port: Port on host side.  Proto col: Indicates whether to per form TCP [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router drop- down menu (Dyndns or Noip).  Username: Enter the DDNS username r e gistered on DDNS server .  Passw ord: Enter the DDNS password register ed on DDNS ser ver .  Domain Name: Enter the DDNS domain name distributed by y our DDNS ser vice provider .  Connection Status: Displays current s[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  Destination Network: Enter a destination IP address .  Subnet Mask: Enter a Subnet M ask that corr esponds to the destination IP address y ou entered.  G ateway: Next-hop IP address. 4.4.6 Bandwidth C ontrol T o better manage bandwidth allocation and optimize netw ork per formance, use the C[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  Enable: Check/uncheck to enable/disable current bandwidth entr y .  IP Range: Enter a single IP or an IP range.  Upstream Bandwidth Limit: Max total upload bandwidth f or a specified PC or a range of PCs.  Downstream Bandwidth Limit: Ma x total download bandwidth f or a specified PC or a [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 4.5 W ireless Settings Wir eless Settings includes 8 submenus as shown in the screenshot below . Clicking any tab enters corr esponding inter face for configuration. 4.5.1 Basic Settings This section allows you to manage your wireless network (2.4G or 5G). Y ou can config country code, wireless networ[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  SSID Broadcast: Selec t “Enable ”/“Disable ” to make your wir eless network visible/ invisible to an y wireless clien ts within cover age when they per form a scan they per form a scan to see what’ s available. When disabled, such wireless clients will hav e to first k now this SSID and [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  SSID Broadcast: Selec t “Disable ” to hide your SSID . When disabled, no wireless clients will be able to see your wireless network when they per form a scan to see what’ s available. I f they want to conne ct to your r outer , they will have to first know this SSID an d then manually ente r[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 1. OPEN/SHARED WEP is intended to pr ovide data confidentia lity comparable to that of a tr aditional wired network. T wo methods of authen tication can be used with WEP: Open System authentica tion and Shared Key authentication.  Security Mo de: Select a proper security mode from the drop- down me[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 3. WP A2-PSK The later WP A2 protocol f eatures complia nce with the full IEEE 802.11i standard and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in addition to TKIP encryption protocol to guarantee bett er security than that pr ovided by WEP or WP A.  Cipher T ype: Selec t one cipher type from AES (adva[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Operation Instructions PBC: If you find the WPS LED blink ing for 2 minutes after you press the har dware WPS button on the device, it means that PBC encryption method is successfully enabled. And an authentication will be per formed between y our router and the WPS/PBC-e nabled wireless client device[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router F or example: If you want to implement the WDS featur e on 2 N6 routers labeled N6-1 and N6-2 respectively , then first selec t “Repeater Mode ” and f ollow steps below : 1. If you already k now N6-2’ s MAC addr ess, then you can manually enter it on N6-1 and click “Sav e ” . 2. Or you can u[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 3. Repeat steps 1-2 on N6-2. A fter the 2 devices hav e added each other ’ s MA C address the WDS feature can be implemented . Note: 1. WDS featur e can only be implemented between 2 wireless devices that both suppor t the WDS featur e. Plus, SSID , cha nnel, security setting s and securit y key mus[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  Guest Netw ork: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the guest network f eature .  SSID Broadcast: Selec t “Disable ” to hide your SSID . When disabled, no wireless clients will be able to see your wireless network when they per form a scan to see what’ s available. I f they want to conne ct t[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  MA C Address Filter: Selecting “Disable” means to deac tivate the MA C address filter featur e. “ Allow ” means to only allow PCs at specified M AC addr esses to connect to your wireless network while “Deny ” means to only bloc k PCs at specified MA C addresses fr om connec ting to you[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 4.5.8 Wireless –A dvanc e Settings This section allows you to config advanced settings , including Beacon interval ， F ragment thr eshold ， RTS threshold and D TIM interval, etc, f or both 2.4G and 5G wireless networks.  AP Isolation: Isolates clien ts connecting to the private SSID .  Bea[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 4.6 IPTV S ettings The IPT V feature makes it possible to enjoy online videos on y our T V set via a set-top box while surfing I nternet. Enable IPT V : Check/uncheck to enable/dis able the IPT V featur e. Enable IPT V STB P ort: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the IPT V-specific por t. See below for [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 4.7 T ools System tools include the f ollowing 8 su bmenus. Clicking any of them enters corresponding int er face for configuration. Below explains, in details, each such featur e. 4.7.1 Tim e Settings This section assists you in setting the devi ce’ s system time; y ou can either selec t to set the[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 4.7.2 F irm ware Upgrade F irmwar e upgrade is released periodically to impr ove the functionality of your device and also to add new featur es. If you run into a problem with a specific featur e of the device, log on to our w ebsite ww w .tendacn.com to download the latest firmwar e to update your de[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  Restore Settings: Click the "Browse" button to locate and select a configuration file that is sav ed previously to your local hard driv e. And then click the "Restore" button to reset your device to pr evious settings. 4.7.4 Restore to F ac tory Default S ettings T o restore al[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router NOTE: F or the sake of security , it is high ly recommended tha t you change default login password and user name. 4.7.6 Reboot This section allows you to r eboot the device. T o restart your device, click the “R eboot” button. 4.7.7 Sta tistics Statistics displays current traffic of PCs on y our [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router  Refresh: Click to update sta tistic data .  Clear: Click to remov e statistic data . Note: Enabling the T raffic Statistics fea tur e may degr ade router ’ s packet processing capacity . S o , do not enable it unless necessar y . 4.7.8 logs The Syslog option allows y ou to view all ev ents th[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router A ppendix 1 Config TCP/IP Settings on PC This section presents you how to config yo ur PC’ s TCP/IP settings (in W indows XP and Windo ws 7). Bef ore you start, make sure your PC has an installed NIC. If not, please install one first. Windo ws XP If you are using Window s XP ope rating system, do as[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 3. Selec t “Internet Protocol ( TCP/IP)” on the appearing window and click “Pr operties” button. 4. Selec t “Use the following IP address ” or “Obtain an IP address automatically” . a. T o “Obtain an IP address automatically” simply click the corresponding button. 57[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router b . “Use the f o llowing IP address ” IP address: Ent er 192. 168.0.xxx (xxx can be an y value from 2~254). Subnet mask: Enter 255.255.255.0. Default gatewa y : Enter 192.168.0.1. Pr ef erred DNS server: Enter 192.168.0.1 in case that y ou don ’t know the local DNS ser ver address ( Or contac t [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router 4.Selec t “Internet Protocol ( TCP/IP)” on the appearing window and click the “Pr operties” button. 5. Selec t “Use the following IP address ” or “Obtain an IP address automatically” . a. T o “Obtain an IP address automatically” simply click the corresponding button. 59[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router b . “Use the f o llowing IP address ” IP address: Ent er 192. 168.0.xxx (xxx can be an y value from 2~254). Subnet mask: Enter 255.255.255.0. Default gatewa y : Enter 192.168.0.1. Pr ef erred DNS server: Enter 192.168.0.1 in case that y ou don ’t know the local DNS ser ver address ( Or contac t [...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router NC C Notice 經型式認證合格之低 功率射頻電機，非經許可， 公司、商號或使用者 均不得擅自變更頻率、加 大功率或變 更設計之特性及功能。 低功率射頻電機之作 用不得影響飛航安全及幹擾 合法通信；經發現有 幹擾現象時，應?[...]

300Mbps Concur rent Dual Band Wireless N Router Radiation Exposure Sta tement This equipment complies with FC C radia tion exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled en vironment. This equipment should be installed and operat ed with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & y our body . NO TE: (1)The manufacturer is not responsible f or [...]