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Gateway HG256S manual

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    1 HUAWEI HG256s Home Gateway Quick Start 1 Introduction The Front Panel of the HG256s The fro nt pa nel of the HG 256s provides the follo wing i ndicato rs:  One power indicator: POWER  One Internet indicator: INTERNET  One WiFi indicator: WLAN  Two VoIP indicators: VO IP 1 , VOIP2  Four LAN indicators : LAN1 , LAN2 , LAN3 , LAN4 [...]

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    2 The Rear and Side Panel of the HG256s 1. The re ar pa nel of the HG 256s provides the follo wing i nterfac es and butto n:  One WAN interface : WAN  Two PHONE interfaces : PHONE1 , PHONE2  Four LAN interfaces : LAN1 , LAN2 , LAN3 , LAN4  One Reset button: RESET  One power interface : POWER 2. The si de pane l of the HG 256s provi d[...]

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    3 2 Installation Guide The figure as below shows the cable connections. 1 Network jack on the wall 2 Phone 3 PC 4 Set-top box 5 Power adapter 3 Getting Started To power on the HG256s, press the ON/OFF bu tton on the side panel of the HG256s. After you power on the HG256s, the POWER and INTERNET indicators turn solid on, which indicates that the HG2[...]

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    4 4 Co nfiguring the Wireless Network Connection If a wireless network adapter is installed on y our computer, you can conn ect your computer to the HG256s through a wireless connection. There are two methods to configure the wireless network connection. Setting Up a Wireless Connection Manually To configure the wireless network connection through [...]

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    5 2. In the Network Connections win dow, right-click Wireless Network Connection to display a shortcut menu, and then select View Available Wireless Networks from the shortcut menu. 3. Select the wireless network that is config ured in Step 1 from the wireless network list, and then click Connect in the lower right corner of the window.[...]

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    6 Connected appears on the icon of the wireless network in the wireless netw ork list, which indicates that your computer is connected to the HG256s th rough wireless connection. Setting Up a Wireless Connection by the WPS button If the wireless network adapter on your computer can support the WPS function , you can conn ect your computer to the HG[...]

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    7 Step 3 In the Login dialog box, enter the user account ( admin by default) and the password ( admin by default), and then click OK . Step 4 In the navigation tree, choose Basic > WLAN . The WLAN configuration page is displaye d.[...]

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    8 Step 5 Set the Security Mode to WPA-PSK , WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK . The W PS function can be used o nly when the sec urity mode of the W LAN is set to WPA- PSK, WPA2-PSK, or W PA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. Step 6 In WPA Pre-Shared Key , enter a WLAN access password. Step 7 Select AES for WPA Encryption . Step 8 Click Submit . Step 9 Press the WPS button [...]

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    9 5 Configuring the WLAN MAC filtering By default, the sec urity m ode of the WLAN is set to OPEN with out a ny e ncryption and authentication mechanism. You can protect a wireless network by the WLAN MAC filtering function of the HG256s. To p rotect a wireless network by the WLAN MAC filtering function, do as follows: Step 1 View and record the MA[...]

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    10 3. You can find a line o f information that is similar to Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00 -19-B9- F9 - 59 - BB . 00 -19-B9- F9 - 59 - BB is the MA C address of the PC. Step 2 L og in to the hom e page of the HG256s. 1. In the address bar of the Internet Explorer, en ter http://192.168.1.1 , and then press Enter .[...]

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    11 2. In the Login dialog box, enter the user account ( admin by default) and the password ( admin by default), and then click OK . Step 3 Specify the SSID name of WLAN. 1. In the naviga tion tree, choose B asic > WLAN . The WLAN page will be shown as below:[...]

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    12 2. Enter the SSID nam e in the SSID text box (for example HG256s ) and keep the other parameters as default. Step 4 Click WLAN Filtering and select En able . Step 5 Select Whitelist for Filtering mode and then click .[...]

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    13 Step 6 In Source MAC address , enter the MAC address of the laptop. For example, the MAC address can be 00 :19:B9:F9:59:BB . The format of the MAC address entered in Source MAC address is different from that of the MAC address display ed in the command line window of a Windows XP operating system. T he colons (: ) replace the hyphens (- ). Step [...]

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    14 When y ou selec t Blac klist for Filtering mode , you can use the same way to prohibit specified PCs from being connected to the WLAN. By default, the security mode of the WLA N is set to OPEN . It is highly recommended that you should set the security mode to WPA2-PSK for the W LAN and set the encry ption as AES . In advance , y ou need to ensu[...]