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    User Manual WL-500W SuperSpeed N E2654 /2007 Feb. Wireless Multi-Function Router ®[...]

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    Manufacturer Contact Information ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacic) Company address: 15 Li-T e Road, Beitou, T aipei 1 1259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Web site address: www .asus.com.tw General (fax): +886-2-2894-7798 General email: info@asus.com.tw ASUS COMPUTER INTERNA TIONAL (America) Company address: 44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 9453[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 1 T able of contents 1. Package contents ................................................................................. 3 2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router ................................. 3 1) Cable connection ............................................................................... 3 2) Sta[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 2 7. T roubleshooting ................................................................................. 35 8. Appendix ............................................................................................. 37[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 3 2. Co nne cti ng ADS L mo dem an d w ire les s rou ter 1. Package contents • WL-500W 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 Phone Power Wall power outlet LAN Power ASUS Wi[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 4 2) Status indicators PWR (Power) Off No power On System ready Flashing-slow Firmware upgrade failed Flashing-quick EZsetup processing AIR (Wireless Network) Off No power On Wireless system ready Flashing T ransmitting or receiving data (wireless) W AN (Wide Area Network) Off No power or no physical connection O[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 5 The ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router can meet various working scenarios with proper co n gur at io n. Th e de fa ult se tti ng s of the wir el es s rou ter ma y ne ed cha ng e so as to mee t yo ur in di vi du al ne ed s. T he re fo re , be fo re us in g t he ASU S W ir el es s R ou te r , ch ec k t he ba si c s [...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 6 T o 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 WL-5[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 7 1 . Select your time zone and click Next . 5) Quick setup T o 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 fi v e ty p e s of IS P se rv i c e s: c a bl e , PPPoE, PPTP , static WAN IP , and T el [...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 8 PPTP user If y ou a re us in g PP TP se rv ic es , s el ec t AD SL connection that requires username, password and IP address. F i l l i n t h e us er na me , t he pa ss wor d a nd th e IP add re ss provided by your ISP into the fields. C li ck Next to continue. Static IP user If you are using ADSL or other con[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 9 4. Inp ut fo ur set s of WE P ke ys in the WE P Key fields (10 hexadecimal digits for WEP 64bits, 26 hexadecimal digits for WEP 128bits). Y ou can also let the system generate the keys by inputting a Passphrase. Record the Passphrase an d th e WE P ke ys i n yo ur n ot eb oo k, t he n cl ic k Fini sh . For exam[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 10 3) Set the authentication and encryption of your WLAN card the same with those at WL-5 00W . In the previo us steps the Key Length is 64 bits , Passphrase is 1 1 1 1 1 Cl ic k Ne xt t o co nt in ue . 1) Select Connect to an existing wireless LAN (Station) r a d i o b u t t o n a n d c l i c k Next to continue.[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 1 1 7. Conguring advanced features T o view and adjust other settings of the wireless router, enter the Web conguration page of WL-500W . Click on items on the menu to open a submenu and follow the instructions to setup the router . Tips show up when you move your cursor over each item. Conguring WLAN ca[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 12 4. Wireless router features This chapter provides setup examples of some frequently used router featu res. Y ou can set up these features via your Web browser . 1) Choosing an appropriate operation mode ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router su pports three oper ation modes: home gateway , router , and access point. Cli[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 13 2) Setting up wireless encryption WL-500W provides a set of encryption and authentication methods to meet the different demands of home, SOHO, and enterprise users. Before setting up encryption and authentication for WL-500W , contact your network administrator for advice. Cli ck W irel ess - > In terfa ce [...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 14 2. Select Y es to enable virtual server . For example, if h o s t 1 9 2 . 1 6 8 . 1 . 1 0 0 is t h e FTP server that the user will access, it means all packets from Internet with destination port as 21 are to be directed to the host. Set Well-known Application to FTP . Port rang e to 21, Local IP to the host I[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 15 1. Click Virtual DMZ in the NA T Setting menu. 2. Enter the IP address of the host and click Finish . 3. C l i c k Save & Restart t o restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 5) Setting up DDNS DNS enables host who uses static IP address to associate with a domain name; for dynamic IP users, [...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 16 3. A f t e r c l i c k i n g F r e e Tr i a l , you are directed to the ho mep age of ww w .Dyn DNS . org , whe re you c an reg iste r and ap ply for DD NS serv ice . Read the policy and select " I have read... ". 4 . Enter your user name, e-mail address, password, then click Create Account . 5 . A m[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 17 9. A f t e r l o g g i n g i n , y o u c a n see this welco me me ssage . 10. Select Services tab. 1 1. Cl ic k Add Dynamic DNS Host . 12. Enter the host name then click Add Host . 13. Y ou can see this message when your hostname is successfully created.[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 18 14. Fill the account information into the DDNS setting elds of your wireless router . 15. Click Finish . 16. C l i c k Save & Restart t o restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 17. V erify whether DDNS is working. Click Start menu an d select Run. T ype cmd and click OK to open the CLI c[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 19 6) Setting up Bandwidth Management Ba n dw i d th M a na g em e nt p r o vi d es a m e ch a ni s m th a t co n tr o l s th e t ra ff ic o f y ou network. T o set up bandwidth management: 1. Cl ick Basic Config page in Bandwidth Management folder . In this page you can see four buttons including Gaming Blaster [...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 20 500W FTP Server After you applying the 500W FTP Server settings, a screen appears asking you to do further conguration:[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 21 2. Y ou can also congure the bandwith manually by clicking " User Specify Services ". Input the IP adress , destination port and choose the priority status from the drop-down list. VOIP/Video Streaming[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 22 ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router provides two USB2.0 ports for connecting the USB storage, the USB camera, and the USB printer . Thus, you can monitor the working environment, share data and printer with both wired and wireless users in your network. Furthermore, WL-500W provides a download utility -- the Download[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 23 2. C l i c k Add t o a d d a s h a r e folder . 3. Select the folder you want to share from Folder Manager and click Ok . T o create a share folder , input the folder name in A d d F o l d e r f i e l d and press Add . 4. Dene the access right for the share folder by appoint User Name a n d Access Right . C[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 24 2) Setting up FTP site WL -50 0W ca n als o ser ve as an FTP sit e. Y ou can make your FTP site acce ssi ble to al l user s, or set up an acc ess po lic y to res tri ct ano nym ou s logi n. T o use this fea tur e, yo u need to plu g a USB s tor age d isk t o the U SB2 .0 po rt on the rear pane l of WL- 50 0W .[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 25 1. Click Basic Cong page in USB Application folder . 2. S e t E n a b l e D o w n l o a d M a s t e r t o Yes . I f yo u w a n t t o s h a r e th e downloaded file with your LAN u s e r s , s e t Enable Download Share to Ye s . C l i c k Finish an d save and restart the wireless router . 3) Download Master [...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 26 I f y o u s e l e c t Download using A S U S D o w n l o a d , y o u c a n s e e the download task is added to t h e T ransfer list. The blue bars indicate the progress of download tasks. If you copy the download address, click Assign button in the utility . Paste the address into Getting File From box, select[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 27 Web Camera Mode - S el ect th e appropriate camera mode from th e dro p dow n li st . Ac t iv eX On ly enables user to execute ActiveX clients on an Windows ® I E pl at fo r m and ge t the b es t ima ge quality . ActiveX and Refresh enables user to get a basic image on both IE and other browsers. Refresh Only[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 28 1. Enable Security Mode? -Se le ct Y es to enable security function on the data and time you set below . Date to Enable Security Mode - This field defines the date that Security Mode is enabled. Time to Enable Security Mode - This eld denes the time interval that Security Mode is enabled. Send to - Input[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 29 Remote Site 1-6 - T h i s f i e l d s t a n d s f o r t h e I P a d d r e s s a n d port number of Remote Site. T h e v a l u e o f t h i s f i e l d i s [ I P Address]:[Connection Port]. Preview - Click Preview to see th e vi e w of a ll t he We b Ca m e ra sites you set in Remote Site. 5) Sharing USB printer[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 30 5. I n p u t th e IP ad d r e s s of WL - 5 0 0 W in the Printer Name of IP Address eld and click Next . 6. Select Custom and click Settings. 7. S e t Protocol t o LPR a n d t y p e LPRServer i n Queue Name eld. Click Next to continue. 8. Pr ess Next t o fini sh stan dar d TC P/I P port setting. 3. Selec[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 31 9. Press Finish to complete the settings and return to Add Printer Wizard. 10 . Install printer driver from the vendor- model list. If your printer is not in the list, click Have Disk to manua lly assign the location of driver . 1 1. Click Next to accept the default name for the printer . 12. Sele ct Y es to p[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 32 1) Utility Installation for WL-500W 1. C l i c k In s t a l l A S U S Wi r e l e s s R o u t e r Utilities t o ru n th e se t u p i n s t a l l a t i o n program. 2. Click Next to continue. 3. C l i c k Next t o i n s t a l l t h e u t i l i t y i n t h e desi gnate d loc ation . 4. Selec t a p rogra m fol der[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 33 Wireless settings, including network name and network keys, are generated automatically . Y ou can modify these settings manually . Note if your wireless router is congured before, select Preserve original wireless router settings to use the current value. Click Next to continue. Click the EZSetup button in[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 34 If you need to configure the ISP settings for your wireless router , select Configure ISP settings , click Next and follow the instructions to complete the settings. Setup is complet e, press Print/Save W ireless LAN Settings button for future reference. Click Finish to exit the EZSetup utility . 4 5[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 35 7. T roubleshooting C an no t a cc e ss to w e b b ro ws e r fo r ro ut e r co n gu ra t io n 1. Open a web browser and open "Internet Options" dialog box. 2. Click on "Delete Cookies" and "Delete Files". Cannot Establish Connection via Wireless Out of Range: • Put the router[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 36 Internet is not accessible • Check the lights on ADSL modem and the Wireless Router . • Check whether the "WAN" LED on the Wireless Router is ON. If the LED is not ON, change the cable and try again. Wh en ADS L Mo de m "L in k" l i gh t is O N (n ot b li n ki ng ), t h is m ea ns I nt [...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 37 8. Appendix FCC W arning Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. [...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 38 T esting for electric safety according to EN 60950-1 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufcient. Protection requirements for electromagnetic compatibility – Article 3.1b T esting for electromagnetic compatibility according to EN 301 489-1 and EN 301 489-17 has been conducted. These are[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 39 T o protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it. For example, if you distribute copies of such [...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 40 b) Y ou must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when ru[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 41 If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object co[...]

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    WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 42 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. E a c h v e r s i o n is g i v e n a d i s t i n g u i s h i[...]