Belkin AC1800 manual

User Manual F9K1118V1 8820 -0124 5 Rev . A00 W i- Fi ® DUAL BAND AC + G IGABIT ROUTE R AC 1 800 DB[...]

T ABLE O F CONTE NTS Getti ng Starte d ............................................................ 1 What ’s in the B ox ................................................................ 1 Initial Setup ..................................................................... 1 Advan ced Tools & Se tt ing s .......................................[...]

1 What’s in the B ox AC180 0 DB Wi -Fi Du al-B and AC + Giga bit Rout er Ethern et cab le (atta che d to route r ) Power sup ply (at tach ed to route r ) Net work i nformati on ca rd (attac hed to ro uter) Belk in Se tup CD wit h User M anual Quick Setup Guide Init ial Se tup Whe re to Pla ce Y our R oute r For th e best r esult s, p lace th e Ro[...]

2 GET TIN G ST ARTE D How to Set It U p Connect Y our A C1800 DB Ro uter 1. T urn of f your m ode m by disco nne ctin g its p ower sup ply. 2. Con nec t your Rou ter to your m ode m usin g the ca ble (alre ady at tach ed). N150/300/450 Steps 1 & 2 1 2[...]

3 GET TIN G ST ARTE D 3. Pow er up your m ode m by plug ging in i ts powe r supp ly. 4. Power up yo ur Route r by plugg ing in it s powe r suppl y. N150/300/450 Steps 3 & 4 3 4[...]

4 GET TIN G ST ARTE D Run the I nstaller S oftware Inse rt t he inc lude d CD into you r comp uter. It should r un autom atica lly; if not, fi nd the s etup pro gram an d ope n it. Follow t he prom pts . The set up sof t ware will c onfi gure your I nterne t conn ec tion and le t you kn ow when t hing s are work ing . If you have DSL , you may ne e[...]

5 GET TIN G ST ARTE D 1. Click th e Set up icon o n the CD m enu .[...]

6 GET TIN G ST ARTE D 2. Af ter a brie f instal lation , the s etup so ft ware w ill ask you f or the net work n ame an d pas sword fr om the n et work info rmatio n card th at is store d in the f oot of your n ew Be lkin Ro uter. S tore th e card un der the ba se of your Ro uter fo r future r eferen ce.[...]

7 GET TIN G ST ARTE D 3. A p rogre ss sc reen w ill app ear wh ile ad ditio nal sof t ware is instal led . This m ay take a few minute s to compl ete. O nce fin ishe d, a “ Su ccess ” me ssa ge will a ppe ar indi catin g that you are con nec ted to th e Intern et via you r new Be lkin Ro uter. Duri ng s etup you m ay be as ked for a dd ition al[...]

8 GET TIN G ST ARTE D Advanced T ools & S etting s Afte r the init ial set up is com plete , you have the o ption to c hang e set ting s like your net wo rk name , sec urit y ty pe, a nd pa ssword . T o make th ese chan ges a nd othe rs , click o n the Adva nced T ool s icon at th e CD Se tup me nu and se lec t on e of the fol lowin g set ting [...]

9 GET TIN G ST ARTE D The Belk in Rout er Manager The Be lkin Ro uter Ma nag er app ears i n your sys tem tray ( Wind ows) or men u bar (Ma c). Its i con in dicate s the cu rrent statu s of your Ro uter an d also a llows you to a cces s your Rou ter ’s setti ngs to m ake chang es . It als o provid es qui ck acce ss to sof t ware th at cam e bund [...]

10 GET TIN G ST ARTE D Adding C omputers t o Y our Network Wirel ess d evice s such a s comp uter s, ne two rk printe rs , and gam ing system s can c onne ct to yo ur Router w ith a few sim ple st eps . Usi ng th e CD 1. Put th e Setup C D into your co mpute r . If the CD doe sn’t o pen a utomat icall y, browse to your CD drive an d ope n the Be [...]

11 GET TIN G ST ARTE D able baker belkin.### zebranet Manual Setup If you kn ow what so rt of I nterne t ser vic e you have, you might tr y a ma nual se tup. Fo r this you w ill ne ed a Wi- Fi-enabled smartphone, t ablet, or computer . Connect t o Y our Ro uter Retrieve th e net work I D card fro m the fo ot of your ne w Belk in Route r . When r eq[...]

12 GET TIN G ST ARTE D Usi ng th e WPS B utt on 1. Start WP S Pus h But ton Con nec tio n (W PS PBC ) on your comp uter or ot her Wi -Fi dev ice that yo u would l ike to conne ct wirel essl y to your Rou ter. Often t here wi ll be a bu tto n for thi s purp ose in s oft ware t hat cam e with th e devi ce, or a p hysical “ WPS ,” “PB C,” or ?[...]

13 GET TIN G ST ARTE D Manually Set U p Y our Internet Connection Use a br owser to v isit ht tp: / /route r / The rout er homepage should appear . Y ou c an al so tr y visit ing ht tp: / / 192 .168 .2 .1/ The statu s of your Inte rnet c onne cti on is sh own in th e upper right corner of the router homepage. If af ter a few mo ment s it says “ C[...]

14 GET TIN G ST ARTE D If not, sel ec t “Conn ec tion T y pe” f rom the m enu o n the lef t. If a pas sword s cree n app ears , pre ss “ Subm it.” Internet Status: Not Connected g DHCP Client List Static Route Internet WAN Connection Ty pe DNS MAC Address Wireless Channel and SSID[...]

15 GET TIN G ST ARTE D Dynamic Connection Cable and fiber customers generally require a dynamic connection . Som e DSL cu stom ers re quire a PPPo E conn ec tion . Let ’s tr y dynam ic fir st. Sel ect “ Dy nami c” fro m the m enu tha t appe ars an d pres s “N ex t.” A ser vic e name i s gen erally n ot requi red . Hit “ A pply Cha nge s[...]

16 GET TIN G ST ARTE D If af ter a few min utes you r Intern et Status says “ Conn ecte d,” you’re don e! Y ou ca n sur f the Inte rnet. PPPoE Connection Som e DSL cu stom ers re quire a PPPo E conn ec tion . Sel ect PPPo E this t ime an d pres s “N ext.” If th ese st eps d o not wo rk, tr y resta rtin g your modem and repeat ing the proc[...]

17 GET TIN G ST ARTE D Enter the u sern ame an d pas sword su ppli ed by your Inte rnet p rovide r and clic k “ A pply Cha nge s.” Ign ore th e other f iel ds. T he Route r will re star t. If af ter a few min utes you r Intern et Status says “ Conn ecte d,” you’re don e! Y ou ca n sur f the Inte rnet. If th ese st eps d o not wo rk, tr y [...]

18 GET TIN G ST ARTE D A n d r o i d (phones and tablets ) 1. Op en the S et tings a pp an d sele ct W irele ss an d Net work . 2 . From th ere, se lec t Wi- Fi to see t he lis t of availabl e net work s. 3. Sele ct yo ur wirel ess n et work fro m the lis t. If asked to do so, e nter your n et work pa sswo rd. Connect Y our Wireless De vices iOS (i[...]

19 GET TIN G ST ARTE D Wi nd ows ® 7 Y ou r comp uter prov ides a m enu of avail able w irele ss net work s at the ri ght end o f the task b ar. 1. Lef t -c lick o n the icon th at loo ks like sig nal stre ngth b ars . 2 . Sel ect yo ur wire less n et work fro m the lis t. If asked , enter you r net work p ass word (ne two rk key ). Windows Vista [...]

20 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S Addin g US B Devic es[...]

21 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S Addi ng a D rive Y ou c an sha re a USB h ard drive o r flas h drive to your n et work via your Route r ’s USB por t. On ce conn ec ted, yo u can sh are f iles an d musi c with oth er com puter s and d evice s within yo ur net work . Plug you r USB ha rd drive into th e USB p or t on the b ack of your Rou ter. When [...]

22 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S Adding Other USB De vices Oth er US B device s may als o be sha red via yo ur Route r . Plug you r device i nto the U SB por t lo cate d on the b ack of your Route r . Whe n the lig ht above th e USB p or t is lit, your devic e is availab le to com puter s on your n et work . Comp uters r unnin g the B elkin U SB Prin[...]

23 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S US B Print an d Storage Ma nag er The US B Print an d Storage Ma nage r help s to mana ge an d moni tor the u se of your U SB pri nters , sca nner s, h ard drive s, and oth er dev ices th at are con nec ted to you r Router ’s USB por t an d share d acro ss your n et work . USB Pr int and Storag e Mana ger is f ound [...]

24 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S Media Serv er Med ia Ser ver s ends m edi a from a US B drive at tach ed to your Ro uter to any UPnP ( Univer sal Pl ug-an d-Pl ay ) o r DLNA-com patib le dev ice on your n et work . Thes e devic es inc lud e cer tain gam ing sys tems , televisions, Blu-r ay players, and cell phones. There a re several se tti ngs in t[...]

25 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S Website Fi lters . Powered by No rton Provide s a fir st layer of w hole -ho me Inte rnet p rotec tion to gu ard you fro m uns afe and in appro priate we bsite s on any dev ice on you r net work . There are four differen t filter ing options: 1 . Block malicious, adult, and other non-f amily- friendly sites 2. Block m[...]

26 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S Inte lliSt ream Q oS Intelli Stream is a fe ature of B elkin r outer s that pri oritize s vide o and gaming t raffic for a better on line enterta inment experience. Ther e are t wo ways to enab le I ntel li Strea m: Run a S pe ed T e st: In ord er for Inte lliStream t o provid e you the b est m edia ex peri ence , you[...]

27 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S Onc e comp lete you wi ll see th e resu lts . If your Inte rnet s pee d is great er than 70M bps wh en dow nloa ding , IntelliStream QoS will only improve your uploading experien ce.[...]

28 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S Man ua l set – Thi s will le t you set you r approxi mate Inter net spe eds . If you d o not kn ow your Inte rnet sp ee ds, c all your I SP . When yo u clic k “ A pply Cha nge s,” your Ro uter wil l save your cha nge s. IntelliSt ream is now en abled. Refresh – This will ret est your Internet speed. When yo u [...]

29 ADDITIONAL CAP ABI LIT IE S IPv6 Con figura tion A new ver sion of I nterne t Protoco l (IP) us es a 128- bit ad dres s to impl emen t addit iona l feature s that are n ot pres ent in cur rent IP a ddres ses . Contac t your I SP to inq uire ab out th eir sup por t for IP v6 . Pass- Through Devic es con nec ted to you r Router c an talk to e ach [...]

A B 30 GETTIN G TO KNOW Y OU R ROUTER A) Ro ute r Status Lig ht Y ou r Route r ’s status is sh own by the l ight on t he front. Off: The Router i s not plu gge d into a powe r sourc e. Blinking Blue: The Route r is star tin g up. Solid Blue: The Route r is con nec ted to th e Intern et. Blinking Amber: The Route r can’ t dete ct th e mod em . E[...]

31 GETTIN G TO KNOW Y OU R ROUTER A) Modem (W AN) Connector Conne ct you r mode m to thi s port using an Ethernet cable. B) Wir ed (LAN) C onnectors Connect computers and other wire d net work dev ices t o thes e ports using Ethernet cables. C) U SB 2 .0 Po rts USB pr inter s, di sks , and othe r USB dev ice s plugg ed into th ese ports will be sha[...]

32 TECH NIC AL DET AI LS T echnical Fea tures Inte grated 8 02 .11a/b/ g/n/ ac ( Draft 2 . 0) Wire le ss Acc es s Poin t Utilizin g Dua l-Ba nd Ne two rk tech nol ogy, your Route r create s two s eparate net work s (one at 2 .4 GHz ba nd and t he othe r at 5GHz b and ), allowin g incre ase d ban dwidt h to all your co nne cted w irele ss dev ices a[...]

33 TECH NIC AL DET AI LS Sy stem Requiremen ts Rout er Broa dba nd Ethern et Inte rnet co nnec tio n with R J4 5 At least on e comp uter wi th: Instal led n et work inter fac e card a nd TCP / IP net wo rking p rotoco l RJ45 Ethernet networking cable Internet browser Setup Software A comp uter run ning W indow s ® XP SP 3 or high er, Windows Vis t[...]

34 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R Ena bli ng Auto Up date on Y our B elk in Route r The Rou ter has th e cap abil ity to a utomat icall y che ck for a n ewer versi on of f irmware an d aler t you wh en it ’s availa ble. You can cho ose to downl oad th e new ver sion o r igno re it. By defa ult thi s feature i s disa ble d. If you want to e nabl e it, sele [...]

35 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R 35 6. S ele ct “ Enab le” by c lick ing the ra dio bu tto n and th en clic k “ A pply Cha nge s” at th e bot tom of th e scre en.  4. Click o n “Syste m Set tin gs” in t he lef t-hand column under the “ Utilities ” heading. 5. T o ward the l ower -half s ide of th e scre en you wi ll fin d “ Au to Update[...]

36 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R 36 Up dating Y our Rou ter via Y our System T ra y (Wi ndows) o r Men u Bar ( Mac ) Onc e you have comp leted t he set up proc ess , you will n ee d to update t he new s oft ware f or your Rou ter. This can be d one easil y via your c ompu ter ’s system tray or m enu ba r . Setup steps: 1. Click on th e blu e Belk in Route[...]

37 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R 37 Up dating th e Route r’s Firmware v ia the Web Inte rface The fol lowin g steps s how you how to u pdate you r Router ’s firmwa re usin g its we b inter face. You do not ne ed to be c onne cte d to the Inte rnet a s this inte rfa ce is bu ilt into th e Router i tsel f. Setup steps: 1. Locate a nd down loa d the f irmw[...]

38 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R 38 4. Op en a web bro wser o n the com puter. 5. I n the ad dres s bar of th e web brow ser, typ e “ht tp://192 .168. 2 .1” and pr ess “ Enter ” on you r keyboard . 6. Cl ick “ Login ” in the up per r ight-hand co rner of th e pag e. The Router d oes n ot ship w ith a pas sword , so ju st cli ck “ Subm it ”. [...]

39 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R 39 8. Click the “ Brows e” bu tto n toward the m iddl e of the scre en to sea rch for th e fil e you saved p reviou sly. Note: The f irmware ver sion i n the ima ges b elow i s depi cte d as an examp le. Y our f ile na me will va ry d epe ndin g on your m ode l and ver sion . 9. S ele ct th e fir mware fi le by lef t-cli[...]

40 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R 40 10. Click th e “U pdate ” but ton . 11. A prompt a skin g, “Are you sure you want to c ontinu e with up gradin g? ” will ap pea r . Click “ OK”. 12. A sec ond pr ompt wil l ope n tellin g you the Ro uter will n ot resp ond du ring th e upgra de an d warnin g you not to rem ove the p ower supp ly fro m the Rout[...]

41 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R Resetting the Router Res et Bu tto n – Red The “ Reset ” but ton i s use d in rare ca ses wh en the Ro uter may f unc tion impro perl y. Resetti ng the Ro uter wil l restor e the Route r ’s normal o perati on while m aintaini ng the p rogra mme d set ting s. Y ou ca n also re store th e facto ry d efaul t set ting s [...]

42 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R Resto ring th e Router t o Defaul t Setti ng s Usi ng the Web I nterfac e Symptoms Y ou n ee d to restor e the fac tor y defa ults u sing th e web inte rfa ce. This may b e bec aus e the Rou ter is not p er form ing as e xpe cted or you wi sh to rem ove all previo usly c onf igure d set ting s. Setup steps 1. Ope n a web bro[...]

43 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R 4. Click o n “Re store Fac tor y Defau lts” i n the le ft- hand column unde r the “Utilitie s” heading . 5 . Click on the “ Res tore De fault s” but ton . [...]

44 US ING Y OUR ROUTE R 6. A warning b ox will ope n that says , “ Warnin g: All you r set ting s will b e lost. Are you s ure you want to d o this? ” Clic k “OK ”. 7 . The Rou ter will b egin t he res toring p roce ss . Once t he resto re is com plete , the Rou ter will re boot. Note: This may take severa l minute s. Y ou r Router h as suc[...]

45 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY T roubleshooting The S etup C D do es no t auto matic al ly start. If Be lkin S etup do es not r un whe n you ins ert t he CD -RO M, you r comp uter may not b e conf igu red to op en CD s autom atica lly. If Be lkin S etup do es not a ppe ar withi n 15 se cond s, b rowse to you r CD -ROM d rive and o [...]

46 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY Belkin Set up cannot connect m y Rout er to t he Inter net. If Be lkin S etup is n ot abl e to conne ct t he Route r to the Inte rnet, ple ase c hec k the foll owing i tems : 1. Use the troublesh ooting suggesti ons within Belkin S etup. 2. If your I SP re quire s a user n ame an d pas sword , make su[...]

47 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY Bel kin S etu p com pl eted i nsta llati on, b ut I c ann ot brows e the Web. The l ig ht on th e front o f my Route r is so lid a mb er. 1. Use the troublesh ooting suggesti ons within Belkin S etup. 2. If your I SP re quire s a user n ame an d pas sword , make sure t hat you have ty pe d in your us [...]

48 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY I can’t connect to the Int ernet wirelessly and my net work na me i s not li ste d in Availab le N etwo rks . 1. V erif y that you r Router i s on an d the fro nt -pa nel li ght show s solid b lue . 2. If you a re far from th e Route r , you migh t try m oving clo ser to se e if you mi ght have bee [...]

49 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY I’ ve insta lle d thi s new Rou ter a nd so me of my n etwo rk cli ent s (comput ers, game consoles, e tc.) are no w unable to c onnect. Y ou r new Rou ter cam e pre -co nfig ured wi th a net work n ame an d pas sword , foun d printe d on an at tach ed ca rd. Al l clien ts mus t use th is net work n[...]

50 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY Doe s the R oute r sup po rt Wi rel es s Prote cted Ac ce ss ( WPA) sec urit y? The Rou ter ship s with WPA/ WPA2 secu rit y turne d on . Wind ows XP an d som e old er net wor k hardwar e may requi re a sof t ware upd ate to supp or t WP A/ WPA2 . I am havi ng di ffi cul ty se ttin g up W P A s ec uri[...]

51 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY I am havi ng di ffi cul ty se ttin g up W ire d Equ ivale nt Privacy ( WE P) se curi ty on my R oute r . 1. Log in to your Ro uter. Visit h t t p : // r o u t e r / with yo ur web br owser. Click on the “ Log in” but ton i n the top ri ght-hand cor ner of th e scre en . Y ou w ill be a sked to ent[...]

52 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY A dis k I pl ugg ed i nto the U S B por t is n ot showi ng up on m y computer or in Memory Saf e. 1. Is the li ght on over th e USB p or t that th e disk is p lug ged into? If not, tr y unpl uggin g and re -pl uggin g the di sk . Pleas e che ck that the U SB co nnec tor i s firm ly plu gge d into the [...]

53 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY A dif fere nt so rt of U SB d evice t hat I pl ug ged i nto the US B po rt is n ot sh owing u p on my co mp uter. Mos t USB dev ices ot her th an disk s and p rinter s mus t be acce sse d via the U SB Print a nd Storage C enter. 1. Is the li ght on over th e USB p or t that th e device i s plu gge d i[...]

54 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY T echnical Support US http://www.b elkin.co m/support UK http://www.b elkin.co m/uk/support Au st ra li a http://www.b elkin.co m/ au/support New Z ealand http://www.b elkin.co m/ au/support Singapore 180 0 622 113 0 Europe http://www.b elkin.co m/uk/support[...]

55 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY Bel kin I nternatio nal , Inc . , Limite d 2- Y e ar Prod uct Warranty What th is warran ty cover s. Belk in Inte rnatio nal, I nc . (“ Belk in” ) warrant s to the o rigina l purch aser o f this B elki n prod uct th at the pr oduc t sha ll be fre e of defe ct s in des ign , asse mbly, materia l, o[...]

56 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY How to g et ser vic e. T o get se r vice for yo ur Be lkin pr oduc t you mu st take the fo llowin g step s: 1. Contac t Bel kin Inte rnatio nal, I nc ., at 120 45 Water fron t Drive, Lo s Ang ele s, CA 9 00 94, Attn: Cu stome r Ser vi ce, or cal l (800)-22 3-5 54 6, w ithin 1 5 days of the O ccur renc[...]

57 TROUBLES HOOTING , SUPPO RT , AND W AR RANTY How state law r elate s to th e warrant y. THIS WARR ANT Y CONT AIN S THE SO LE W ARR ANT Y OF B ELKIN . THERE AR E NO OTHER WARRANTI ES, E XPRES SED OR , E XCEPT AS REQU IRED BY LAW, IMPLIED, INCLUD ING THE I MPLIED WARRA NTY OR COND ITION O F QUALIT Y , MERC HANT AB ILITY O R FITNES S FOR A P A RTIC[...]

58 REGULA T OR Y INFORMA TION FCC Stateme nt DEC LA RA TIO N OF C ON FOR MIT Y WITH FCC R ULE S FOR ELECT ROMA GNETIC COMP A TIBILI TY We, Belk in Inter nation al, In c ., of 120 45 Water front D rive, Lo s Ange les , CA 90 094, de cla re unde r our so le res pon sibil ity t hat the d evice, F9K1118V1, complie s with Par t 15 of t he FCC Rule s. O [...]

59 IC Statem ent This Cla ss B digi tal app aratus co mpli es with C anad ian IC ES- 003 . This d evice co mplie s with In dus try C anad a licen se- exempt R SS stan dard (s). Ope ration i s subje ct to th e foll owing t wo co nditio ns: ( 1) this d evice m ay not ca use inte rfe renc e, and ( 2 ) this d evice m ust ac cept any inte rfe renc e, in[...]

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