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U ser Manual M I S O W i r e l e s s b r o a d b a n d R o u t e r CG-WLBARGMO[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual PB 1 1. Product Introduction ...................................................................................................3 1.1 Package Contents ............................................................................................ 3 1.2 F eatures ..........................................................................[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 2 3 2 3 2 3 <WP A-EAP> ...................................................... .........................................33 6. F unc tion Introduction ...........................................................................................34 6.1 F eatures .......................................................................[...]
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2 3 2 3 WLBARGMO Manual 2 3 Corega WLBARGMO is a MISO wireless broadband Router with IEEE802.11g wireless access point standard . Its MIMO XR technique can improve transmit speed and cover age area. The maximum transmit length is up to 450m and the cover age area can be six times more than general 802.11g products. I t also has 3 antennas which can[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 4 5 4 5 4 5 1.3 Hardware In troduc tion 1 3 4 5 7 6 2 8 9 11 10 1. Reset Button Press this butt on it will reset to default setting 2. WLAN LED (Green) ON:Connected 3. Power LED (Gr een) Indicate power sta tus 4.Status LED (Orange) Blink:W or king normal ON:Firmwar e upgrade 5. W AN LED (Green) ON:Connected Blink:T ransmitting or re[...]
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4 5 4 5 WLBARGMO Manual 4 5 2.1 Hardware Installa tion F ollowing the steps below to set up WLBARGMO and the connection. (1) Insert the cable connec tor into the Network Adapt er emb eded in PC, and insert the other side into one of LAN por ts (1~4) of the Router . (2) Insert the connec t into the W AN por t of the Router and inser t the other side[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 6 7 6 7 6 7 3.1 TCP/IP C onfiguration The following st eps and screenshots maybe dissimilar in diff erent operating systems. This manual takes Windows Vista/XP/2000, 95/98/ME, and M ac O/S as examples: 3.1.1 Window s Vista 1. Click[Star t] > select [Control P anel] 2 . Double click [Netw ork and Shar ing Center]=>Click [V i ew[...]
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6 7 6 7 WLBARGMO Manual 6 7 4. Select [Inter net Protocol V ersion 4 (TCP/IPv 4 )]=>clic k [ Proper ties ] 。 5 . Select the [General] tab=>clic k both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS Ser ver address automatically]=>click [Adv anced]. 6. Select the [DNS] tab=>uncheck the [Register this connection's addresses i[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 8 9 8 9 3.1.2 Window s XP O/S (1) Enter [Contr ol Panel] -> click [Network Connection] -> right click and select [Open]. (2) Click [Local Area C onnec tion] and right click and select [Properties]. (3) Click [General] -> click [Internet Pr otocol ( T CP/IP), and click [Properties].[...]
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8 9 WLBARGMO Manual 8 9 (4) Click [General], selec t [Obtain an IP Address Automatically], and [Obtain DNS Ser ver address automatically], and press [Adv ance].[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 10 11 10 11 (5) Click [DNS] tab , unselect [Register this connec tion ’ s address in DNS], and press [OK]. (6) Go back to [Internet Pr otocol TCP/IP] and press [OK]. (7) Press [OK] t o close [Local Area C onnection Properties]. 3.1.3 Window s 2000 O/S (1) Go to [My Computer], and enter [Control P anel], click open [Network and Dia[...]
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10 11 WLBARGMO Manual 10 11 (2) Right click [Local Area C onnection], and select [Properties] * Note: Please check if TCP/IP had been installed in the [Local Ar ea Connection]. (3) Click [Internet protocol ( TCP/IP)] and click [P roperties].[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 12 13 12 13 (4) Select [Obtain an IP address automatically], and [Obtain DNS server address automatically]. And click [Advance]. (5) Click [DNS] tab in [Adv ance TCP/IP setting] page , and unselect [Register this connection’ s DNS address , and press [OK]. (6) Please close all pages.[...]
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12 13 WLBARGMO Manual 12 13 3.1.4 Window s 98/95/ME O/S The configurations in all Windows 98/95/ME are the same , and this manual takes Windows 98 as an example. (1) Enter [Con trol P anel], and double click [Network]. (2) Click [Configuration] tab , and selec t [ TCP/IP], click [Properties]. (3) Select [IP Address], and selec t [Obtain IP address[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 14 15 14 15 (4) Click [Gateway] tab , remove all the gatewa ys, and press [OK] to close the window . (5) Go to [Network] and press [OK] to close the page. (6) The [Restar t the windows] screen will pop-up , press [OK] to restar t the PC. I f the PC is not shown this message, restart the PC manually . 3.1.5 Mac OS 8.x~9.x O/S (1) Ope[...]
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14 15 WLBARGMO Manual 14 15 3.2 Brow ser Configur ation The following e xamples are for Windows V ista/XP , sk ip this chapter if you are using Windows 2000/98/ME. 3.2.1 Window s V ista 1 . Open Internet Explorer, clic k [T ools]=>select[Internet Options] 。 *Note:When the dial up connection page appears, please close it, do not connect to Inte[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 16 17 16 17 3 . Uncheck the three bo xes on the Local Area Netw ork Setting page=>click[OK]. 4 . Click [OK] on the [Internet Options] page. 3.2.2 Window s XP (1) Open Internet Explorer (IE 6.0), selec t [ T ools] menu and click [Internet Options]. If a [Dial-up Connection] window is pop-up , close it, and do not connect to the In[...]
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16 17 WLBARGMO Manual 16 17 (2) Click [Connections] tab -> select [Never dial a connection] -> click [LAN Settings]. (3) Unselect all three options in the [Local Area Network LAN Setting]. (4) Press [OK] in the [Int er net Options].[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 18 19 18 19 18 19 3.2.3 Mac O/S (1) Open Internet Explorer (IE 5.0) Go to [Edit] in the menu bar , select [Internet Explorer Pr eferences]. (2) Select [Proxies] options in [Network] on the left-side configuration it ems. (3) Do not select [ Web P roxy], press [OK].[...]
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18 19 18 19 WLBARGMO Manual 18 19 4.1 Quick Network C onfiguration Basic configuration is required bef ore connection your computer to the inter- net via WLBARGMO. The c onnec tion methods may be differed by y our contract to the ISP . Please reconfirm your connection conditions with your ISP prior to configure this router . The configuration proce[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 20 21 20 21 (5) Click [Quick Installation Setting]. (6) When seeing this screen shot, click on [Next]. (7) Select your connection type. Please make sure that your ADSL connection type is correct as you enter; the correct information can be obtained from the documents given by y our ISP . If not, consult with your ISP before setting [...]
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20 21 WLBARGMO Manual 20 21 4.1.1 Auto obtain IP (DHCP) (1) If you are subscribing to auto obtain IP service ( or DHCP Dynamic IP) from your ISP , such as Cable Modem that obtain an IP automatically for connection, please select [Auto obtain IP(DHCP)]. Click on [Next]. (2) Press [MA C address clone] to obtain the Ethernet card’ s MAC address . Th[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 22 23 22 23 (3) Click on [Save] t o per form connection tests. (4) Within seconds, the result of the connection test will be appeared in the dialogue box to indicate the c onnec tion status. When [C onnec tion ok] appears, click on [Close]. (5) Open the web browser (IE 6.0), and test with any websit e for testing the connection. * N[...]
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22 23 WLBARGMO Manual 22 23 4.1.2 Fix ed IP (1) If you are subscribing F ixed IP connection from your ISP , then select [Fixed IP], and click on [Nex t]. (2) Enter the network setting provided b y your ISP . Then click on [Next].[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 24 25 24 25 (3) Click on [Save] t o per form connection tests. (4) Within seconds, the result of the connection test will be appeared in the dialogue box to indicate the c onnec tion status. When [C onnec tion OK] appears, click on [Close].[...]
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24 25 WLBARGMO Manual 24 25 (5) Open the web browser (IE 6.0), and test with any websit e for testing the connection. *Note: If the connection to the website fails. Please make sure the data you entered are correct , or any mistake occured in the process of the installation, such as the LAN/W AN connections. After verifying that, repeat these setps[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 26 27 26 27 (3) Click on [Save] t o per form connection tests. (4) Within seconds, the result of the connection test will be appeared in the dialogue box to indicate the c onnec tion status. When [C onnec tion OK] appears, click on [Close].[...]
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26 27 WLBARGMO Manual 26 27 (5) Open the web browser (IE 6.0), and test with any websit e for testing the connection. *Note: If the connection to the website fails. Please make sure the data you entered are correct , or any mistake occured in the process of the installation, such as the LAN/W AN connections. After verifying that, repeat these setps[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 28 29 28 29 (2) Go [Control P anel] -> [Network connection] again ->R ight click [ Wireless network connection] ,select [Av ailable wireless network connection], choose one available netw ork e.g. ) corega , and click [Connect]. (3) Connection status will appear in the bottom right of the screen.[...]
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28 29 WLBARGMO Manual 28 29 <Window s XP (SP2) O/S> (1) Go [Control P anel], double click on [Network connection], right click on [ Wireless Networks Connection], selec t [properties], click on [ Wireless Network] tab , select [Use Windows t o configure my wir eless networks setting] , and press [OK]. (2) Go [Control P anel] -> [Network c[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 30 31 30 31 30 31 (3) Connection status will appear in the bottom right of the screen. *Note: The wireless connection has been established now . Please go to corega ’ s website at http://www .corega-asia.com to check the connection to the Internet.[...]
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30 31 30 31 WLBARGMO Manual 30 31 T o prevent fr om unlawful access to your network, you are recommended to per form wireless security setting. Type [192.168.1.1] in the bro wser ’ s address bar , press [Enter]. Enter the function menu, ad click on [802.11g/b Securit y set- ting] item. And select WEP or WP A setting. 5.1 WEP S etting In order to [...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 32 33 32 33 5.2 WP A S etting WP A is encr ypted by a periodic update, making it more difficult to be hacked. Home users and company users are rec ommended to use <WP A-PSK> and <WP A-EAP> respectively . <WP A-PSK> (1) S elect [ WP A-PSK] or [ WP A/WP A2-PSK](Recommended) in the column of [Authentication] . a. [ W[...]
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32 33 WLBARGMO Manual 32 33 <WP A-EAP> (1) S elect [ WP A2-EAP] or [ WP A/WP A2-EAP](Recommended). in the column of [Authentication] a. [ WP A2-EAP]: T he 2nd generation encryption sk ill per forms stricter protec- tion than before . B efore selection, please check the func tion availability of your network adapter , or select b. b . [ WP A/W[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 34 35 34 35 34 35 The chapter will briefly introduce all functions of this product, and spell them out. Log in the management program and the below interface will appear . 6.1 Fea tures <Mode> Mode Select and switch to Router(wireless broadband router) or AP(Ac ess point) mode. *Note:When switch to AP mode , the product will s[...]
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34 35 34 35 WLBARGMO Manual 34 35 type, [Link connection speed] - default setting is recommended . A. For [PPP oE]: Username Please enter username , given by y our ISP . Passw ord Please enter passwor d, given by your ISP . Passw ord Confirm Please type your password again. Ser vice name Please enter your ISP name . (optional) Connection type [Aut[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 36 37 36 37 B. For auto obtain IP (DHCP) : T ype Press [MA C address clone] to obtain the Ethernet card's MAC address . Computer name Please refer t o your ISP internet service information, add/edit [Computer name]. MTU value Maxi mum T rans missio n Unit .deafault setting:1500 Byte. DNS Ser ver Select [Auto Setup] or [Manual S[...]
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36 37 WLBARGMO Manual 36 37 W AN IP address Please refer t o your ISP internet service information. Subnet mask Default gateway MTU Maxi mum T rans missio n Unit . Deafault setting :1500 Byte. DNS server Select [Auto Setup] or [Manual Setup] to configure DNS1 and DNS2 servers. Multi-NA T Setup corresponding sets of Internal IP and public IP <W [...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 38 39 38 39 <W AN setting/Other setting> VPN PPTP pass through VPN pass-through func tion enable/disable. VPN IPSec pass through VPN pass-through function enable/disable. <LAN setting/LAN IP> MAC address Displays the MA C address of LAN LAN IP address The device IP address , not recommended to change this address.Default[...]
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38 39 WLBARGMO Manual 38 39 (1) Select [Enable] to enable DHCP ser ver function. Default is [enable]. (2) Enter DHCP servers star t IP and end IP . (3) Then click on save button to sa ve the setting. <LAN setting/PC database> the following table displa y the current connected users information, you can add/edit/delete users data. *Add a pc da[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 40 41 40 41 <Wireless setting/802.11g/b setting> ESSID ESSID is a name that makes wireless adapter identify this Router . T he default ESSID is [corega]. Mode • 802.11b/g: auto connect in either 802.11b or 802.11g. • 802.11g: connec t in 802.11g mode. Channel When there is interruption, other channels can be selected. TX B[...]
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40 41 WLBARGMO Manual 40 41 <Wireless setting/802.11g/b security setting> This section contains WEP ,W AP-PSK, WP A2-PSK, WP A-EAP and WP A2-EAP encryption setting, please refer to Chapter 5 to get detail information. <Wireless setting/C onnec tion Control> Wireless to wireless connection Configure wireless c ommunication between clien[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 42 43 42 43 <Security setting> Configuring firewall and no response t o W AN Ping requests. <Security setting/Connection control> This function can limit or control some certain networking ser vices: (1) Enter the range of limited IP address. (2) S elect one of limit/stop networking ser vices. (3) S elect one of protocol[...]
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42 43 WLBARGMO Manual 42 43 (6) Please click on [sav e] button to store the inf or mation. <Security setting/filter list> This function can forbid users to access certain website on the Internet: (1)Enter the forbidden URL or keywords (2) Then click [save] to complet e the configuration. All the forbidden data will be displayed in the table[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 44 45 44 45 <Adv anced setting/DMZ> If the online game’ s por t range is unknown, or its parameter is differ ent every login, DMZ func tion is recommended. While this func tion star ts, select the PC, being allowed to connect with, then click [Save]. *Note: 1. The PC becomes vulnerable to being hacked if DMZ function star ts[...]
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44 45 WLBARGMO Manual 44 45 <Advanc ed setting/Routing T able/Routing T able> All routing logs are display ed in the table. <Advanc ed setting/UPnP > Activating this function can detect the device or software of LAN, supporting UPnP . For example: online games supporting UPnP or Windows Messenger ( Ver . 4.7 or above), MSN Messenger ( V[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 46 47 46 47 <Management> Admin login name User name for login this management progr am. Default setting is [root] . Admin login password Default password is empty . Passw ord comfirmation P lease retype password . Connection Timeout Enter connection time-out time. Back to default setting Click [Proceed] t o restore all defaul[...]
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46 47 WLBARGMO Manual 46 47 * Firmw are update (1) Click [Browse] to open the data f older . Follow the route tha t the firmware saves t o select the file. (2) After selection, click [Firmwar e update]. (3) When the countdown starts, do not click any button. The update will complete soon afterward. *Note: Y ou may proceed [Check for updat es] to lo[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 48 49 48 49 The activation processes ar e as follows: (1) S elect [Enable]. (2) Indic ate 1 ~ 9600 for par ameters of port range. e.g. ) 8080 (Recommended keeping default values). (3) Click on [S ave] after completing settings . e.g . ) Assume the por t value is 8080, enter IP address as the type : [http:// xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: 8080] to[...]
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48 49 WLBARGMO Manual 48 49 <Status/Log Displa y/system log> System log is displa yed in the table. <Status/Log Displa y/E-mail func tion> An E-mail address can be set below . Special incidents will be recorded and sent to the appointed E-mail address . After entering all information, click [Save] to sa ve and complete the setting.[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 50 51 50 51 50 51 50 51 50 51 When the installation fails or the connection doesn ’t succeed, it ’ s recommend- ed to take the following actions. (1) Find y our problem in the troubleshooting collection. (2) Search on our official website at http://www .corega-asia.com f or the latest information of this product. (3) Go to our [...]
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50 51 50 51 50 51 WLBARGMO Manual 50 51 50 51 (8) Has all information provided b y your ISP been entered correctly? (9) Are the settings of your w eb browser correct? Q2. Can not access the management program A: Please confirm the following settings. (1)Is the TCP/IP address correct?(Please ref er to 3.1) (2)Is the cardbus successfully installed? [...]
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WLBARGMO Manual 52 53 52 53 52 53 <Window s XP/ 2000> (1) Click [Start] => [Programs] => [Command pr ompt]. (2) Input [ipconfig] => [Enter]. (3) Confirm IP address (which sould be 192.168.1.x). If the IP is incorrect, please enter 1-byte char acter as [ipconfig /renew] => Press [En ter]. <Window s Me/ 98/ 95> (1) Click [S[...]
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52 53 52 53 WLBARGMO Manual 52 53 Compliance Standard WLAN:IEEE802.11, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g LAN:IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3x Interface W AN:10/100Mbps x 1 Port (RJ-45, Auto MDI/MDI-X) LAN:10/100Mbps x 4 Ports (RJ-45, Auto MDI/MDI-X) Frequency Band 2.412~2.472 GHz T ransmission speed IEEE802.11b: 11/5.5/2/1Mbps IEEE802.11g: 54/48/36/24/[...]
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WLBARGMO Manual F ederal C ommunic ation C ommission Interference Stat ement This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable prot ec tion against harmful inter ference in a residential instal - lation. T his equi[...]
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www .corega.com.tw PN : T30-UM8411-00 Rev .D www .corega-asia.com 7F ., No. 10, Lane 345, Y angGuang St. Nei-Hu Chiu, T aipei Cit y 114, T aiwan R.O.C. TE L: + 88 6- 2- 87 51- 91 64 F A X: +8 86 -2 -8 75 1- 91 74 corega T aiwan Inc.[...]