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    User Manual WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router E3188 First Edition March 2007 ® R[...]

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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-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 1 R T able of Contents Specication Summary ................................................................................ 2 1. Package Contents ................................................................................ 3 2. Connecting ADSL Modem and Wireless Router ..............[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 2 R Network Standard Operating Frequency Date Rate Operational Channel Port Antenna EZSeup Button Power Supply * Security Access Control Firewall Quality of Service Network Management T emperature Humidity IEEE 802.1 1b, IEEE 802.1 1g, IEEE 802.3, IEEE802.3x, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE [...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 3 R 2. Co nne cti ng ADS L Mo dem an d W ir ele ss Ro ute r 1. Package Contents • WL-520GU/GC Wireless Router x 1 • Power Adapter x 1 • Utility CD x 1 • RJ45 Cable x 1 • External Antenna x 1 • Quick Start Guide x 1 1) Cable connection 1 Modem Wall T elephone Outlet Wall Power Ou[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 4 R WL-520GU 125M High Speed AIR WAN LAN1 LAN2 LAN3 LAN4 R 2) Status Indicators PWR (Power) Off No power On System ready Flashing-slow Firmware upgrade failed/Rescure Mode Flashing-quick EZsetup processing/Rescure Mode AIR (Wireless Network) Off No power On Wireless system ready/Radio-off F[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 5 R The AS US WL-520GU /GC Wireless Router can meet various workin g scenarios with prope r co n gur at io n. Th e de fa ult se tti ng s of th e wi re les s r out er may ne ed cha ng e so as t o me et you r in di vi du al n ee ds . The re fo re , be fo re u si ng t he ASU S Wi re le ss R[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 6 R 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: • I P a d d r e s s : 1 9 2 . 1 6 8 . 1 . x x x ( x x x c a n b e a n y number between 2 and 254. Make sure the IP address is not used by other[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 7 R 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 . ASU S Wireless Router supports fi v e t yp e s o f IS P se r v ic e s : ca b l e, PPPoE, PPTP [...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 8 R 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 username, password and IP address provided by your ISP into the fields. C li c k Next to continue. Static IP user If you are using ADSL or oth[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 9 R 4. In pu t fo ur set s of WE P ke ys in th e W EP Key fields (10 hexadecimal digits for WEP 64bits, 26 hexadecimal digits for WEP 128b its) . Y ou can also let the system generate the keys by inputting a Pass phra se. Recor d the Pass phra se and the WEP keys in your notebook, th en c l[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 10 R 3) Set the authentication and encryption of your WLAN card the same with those at WL -520 GU/ GC. In the prev iou s step s the Ke y L en g th i s 6 4 bi t s , P a ss p hr a s e i s 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[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 1 1 R 7. Conguring advanced features T o view and adjust other settings of the wireless router , enter the Web confi guration page of WL-520GU/GC. Click on items on the menu to open a submenu and follow the instructions to setup the router. T ips show up when you move your cursor over ea[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 12 R 4. Wireless Router Features This chapter provides setup examples of some frequentlly used router features. Y ou can setup these features via your Web browser . 1) Setting up Wireless Encryption WL-520GU/GC provides a set of encryption and authentication methods to meet the different de[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 13 R Encryption The encrytion modes supported by WL-520GU/GC are: WEP-64bits, WEP-128bits, WP A-Personal, WP A2-Personal, WP A-Auto-Personal(TKIP . AES. TKIP+AES), WP A-enterprise, WP A2-enterprise, WP A-Auto-Enterprise (TKIP . AES. TKIP+AES), Radius with 802.1x WEP stands for Wired Equival[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 14 R 2. Select Y es to enable virtual server . For example, if host 192. 168.1. 100 is FTP serv er which is to be accessed by Internet user , 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,[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 15 R 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 nam[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 16 R 3. A f t e r c l i c k i n g F r e e T r i a l , you are directed to the ho mep age of ww w .Dyn DNS . org , whe re you can regi ster 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 [...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 17 R 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-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 18 R 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. Verify whether DDNS is working. Click Start menu and select Run.... Ty p e c m d a[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 19 R 6) Setting up Bandwidth Management (for WL-520GU Only) Bandwidth Management provides a mechanism that controls the trafc of your network. T o set up bandwidth management: 1. Click Basic Cong page in Bandwidth Management folder . In this page you can see four buttons including Gam[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 20 R VOIP/Video Streaming Internet Application[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 21 R 2. Y ou can also congure the bandwidth manually by clicking " User Specify Services ". Input the IP adress , destination port and choose the priority status from the drop- down list.[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 22 R ASUS WL-520GU Wireless Router provides one USB2.0 port for printer sharing . 5. Application Features 1) Sharing USB Printer (WL-520GU only) Y ou can connect a comptible USB printer to the USB2.0 port of WL-520GU to share the printer with your LAN users. Follow the procedures below to s[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 23 R 5. Input the IP address of WL-520GU 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 to fi nis h sta ndar d T CP/I P port sett[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 24 R 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. Cl ic k Next to accpt the default name for the print[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 25 R 1) Utility Installation for WL-520GU/GC 1. C l i c k I n s t a l l A S U S W i r e l e s s R o u t e r Utilities t o r u n t h e s e 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 atio[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 26 R 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. C[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 27 R 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 EZSetu[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 28 R Cannot Establish Connection via Wireless Out of Range: • Put the router closer to the wireless client. • Try to change the channel setting. Authentication: • Use wired connection to connect to router. • Check the wireless security setting. • Do th e h ard reset on the wireles[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 29 R 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 AD SL M od em "L in k " li g ht i s O N ( no t b li n ki n[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 30 R 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. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause [...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 31 R 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 [...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 32 R 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 d[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 33 R 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 comma[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 34 R 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[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 35 R 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 rs i o n i s g i v e n [...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 36 R Congure WL-520GU/GC under V ista OS The Windows Simple Cong function, which is preinstalled in the ASUS WL-520GU/GC, enables the device to be congured via WCN Net process of Windows Vista. Follow the steps below to congure the device using WCN-Net process of Windows Vista: [...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 37 R A screen prompts you to enter the PIN of your device. The PIN is located on the sticker posted on the device. 4. Enter the PIN in the PIN box, then click Next . 4. Give the network a name and type it in the Network name box, then click Next.[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 38 R A Passphrase is generated for WP A security for the network. 5. Click Next from this screen. If you want to create a different passphrase, click create a different passphrase for me . If you want to use security method other than WP A-Personal, click Show advanced network security opti[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 39 R Create a different passphrase Four security methods[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 40 R 6. Click Next from the above screens after the conguration is completed. The complete conguration screen appears as shown below . Click Close to nish the process and exit. 2) Setting up the network sharing center Follow the steps below to set up a sharing center to allow the n[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 41 R 3. Click Set up a wireless router or network .[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 42 R 3. Choose Set up a wireless router or access point , then click Next. 4. Click Next.[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 43 R 5. In the screen that appears, type a network name in the Network name box, then click Next . A passphrase is generated for the WP A security . 6. Click Next . If you want to use security methods other than WP A-Personal, click Show advanced network security options .[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 44 R 7. Choose a security method and click Next. 8. A screen prompts you to enter the PIN for the device. Enter the PIN, which is located on the sticker posted on the device, then click Next .[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 45 R 9. Choose a le and printer sharing option and click Next. A screen appears showing that the set up is complete as shown below .[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 46 R 10. From the above screen you can choose to View settings or , Save settings to a USB ash drive . The respective screens are shown below . View settings screen Save settings to a USB ash drive screen[...]

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    WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual 47 R 1 1. When Save settings to a USB ash drive screen appears, plug a USB ash drive into your computer , then select the drive from the Save settings to box and click Next . The settings starts to be saved into the USB drive. After the saving process is completed, a screen appears to[...]