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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) RG300EX - 300Mbps 1 1 n/g/b W ireless Router with gigabit switch RG300EX Lite - 150Mbps 1 1 n/g/b W ireless broadband router . 1.T able of contents ……………………………………………………………………………1 2.0 Introduct ion ..................................................................[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 2.0 Introduction Thank you for purc hasing MSI RG300EX （ Lite) rout er . W e would like bri efly introduce how to setup our N router to you with follow ing charters. After this configuratio n, you can enjoy the spee d brings by RG300EX （ Lite) series pr oducts. 2.1 Functions and features The RG300EX （ Lite) is ide[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) which you co nnected the UTP networking cable, is lit. The LED on the ne twork adapter of your computer should also be lit. 3.2 Configuring the RG300EX （ Lite) for connection with the Internet （ Appendix B ） Before you can config ure the RG300EX （ Lite) for a connection with the Internet, you will f irst need to[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 6. The logi n s creen is show n. 3.3 Determining the connection method T o quickly configure the RG 300EX （ Lite) for a conne ction to the Interne t through your provider you will first need to determine which connec tion method your provider is using (‘ DHCP’, ‘Static IP’, or ‘PPPoE’ ). Consult the inform[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 2. Select ‘Manual In ternet Configuration’. 3. Select ‘DHCP Method’. Page 5 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 4. Click ‘Next ’. 5. Click ‘Next ’. Page 6 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 6. Click ‘Save’ and ‘Close’. 3.3.2 Configuring the RG300EX （ Lite) for a S tatic Internet connection If your provider requires yo u to make a connection by using a S tatic IP-address, then use the following ste ps. (e.g. Speedtouch Home). 1. Click ‘Internet W izard’. Page 7 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 2. Select ‘Manual In ternet Configuration’. 3. Select ‘Static IP’. Page 8 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 4. Click ‘Next ’. 5. Fill in the data as provided by your Inte rnet Service Provider . Page 9 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 6. Click ‘Next ’. 7. Click ‘Save’ and ‘Close’ . Page 10 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 3.3.3 Configuring the RG300EX （ Lite) for a PPPoE Internet If your provider requires you to make a connection by using PPPoE (w ith username and password), then use the follow ing steps. 1. Click ‘Internet W izard’. 2. Select ‘Manual In ternet Configuration’. Page 1 1 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) . 3. Select ‘PPPoE’. 4. Click ‘Next ’. Page 12 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 5. Fill in the data as provided by your Inte rnet Service Provider . 6. Click ‘Next ’. Page 13 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 7. Click ‘Save an d Close’. 3.4 Securing a wireless network T o avoid having uninvite d guests probing y our wireless network w e strongly recomm end securing your wireless network. There are several security methods w hich can secure th e network at dif ferent levels. T o apply a metho d to your network it is req u[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) WEP security , continue with paragraph 3.4 .2. 3.4.1 WP A security (recommended) 1. Click ‘W ireless W izard’. 2. The wizard appears in a p op-up screen. Click ‘Nex t’. 3. Choose you count ry/region and click ‘Nex t ’. Page 15 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 4. Click ‘Next ’. 5. The RG300EX （ Lite) will autom atically scan for a suita ble wireless channel. Page 16 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 6. Choose ‘WP APSK’ and click ‘Next’. 7. Choose ‘TKIP’ and click ‘Next’. Page 17 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 8. Fill in a password in the ‘ Network Key’ field (e.g. ‘yournam e1’). Do not use any punctuation m arks and make sure the password is at least 8 characters long! 9. W rite down the network name and th e chosen password. Page 18 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 10. Click ‘Next’. 1 1. Click ‘Finish’. Page 19 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 12. The wizard will no w save the se ttings and wi ll close t he screen au tomatic ally . Hint: WP A security is supported by W indows 2000 and up (wit h all updates installed).This se curity method is not supported by W indows 98, unless your w ireless network adapter software sup ports WP A. In case yo u do not have W[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 3. Fill in the desired name for your wireless networ k in the field ‘SSID’. (Use the ‘ Check SSID’ option to ensure this nam e is not already in use.) 4. The RG300EX （ Lite) will autom atically scan for a suita ble wireless channel. Page 21 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 5. As a choice, the most suitable wirel ess channel will appear on your screen. 6. Choose ‘WEP’ and click ‘Next’. Page 22 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 7. Choose ‘Use a 128 bit key’ and click ‘Next’. Fill in a pas sword in the field ‘Network Key’. For this WEP key you are only allowed to use numbers from 0 till 9 and the letters a till f. Do not use any punctuation marks and make sure the password is exactly 26 characters long. 8. W rite down the network na[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 9. Click ‘Next ’. 10. Click ‘Finish’. Page 24 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) The wizard will now save the settings and will close the screen automatically . 3.5 Finishing the inst allation procedure of your wireless router After following c hapter 3, you can fin ish the installation proc edure by following the next steps: 1. Remove the UTP network cable from your computer . 2. Remove the UTP net[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 3.7 Connecting the RG300EX （ Lite) 1. T urn off t he computer . 2. Connect the RG300EX （ Lite) to a wall outlet using the suppli ed power adapter . 3. Connect the supplied UTP network cable to the ‘LAN 4’ port of th e RG300EX （ Lite). 4. Connect the ot her end of this UTP network cable to the ne twork adapter [...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 6. Click ‘Advance d Setup’ in the left menu. 7. Click ‘Network’ in the left m enu. 8. Click ‘LAN/DHCP Server ’. 9. Select ‘S top’ at ‘DHCP Server ’. Page 27 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 10. Click ‘Apply’ at the right side in the menu ‘DHCP Server ’. 1 1. T ype ‘192.168.0.200’ in the ‘LAN IP address’ field. 12. T ype ‘255.255.2 55.0’ in the ‘Sub net mask’ field. 13. Click the button ‘Apply & Restart’. Note! If you wish to lo g in to your RG300EX （ Lite) at a later point[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 3. Right click the appropriate ’LAN Connection’ . 4. Click ‘Properties’. Page 29 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 5. Select ‘Internet-p rotocol (TCP/IP)’. 6. Click ‘Properties’. Page 30 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 7. Select ‘Use the f ollowing IP Address’. 8. Enter ‘192.168.0.2 5’ in the ‘IP Address’ field. 9. Enter ‘255.25 5.255.0’ in t he ‘Subnet mask’ field. 10. Click ‘OK ’. Page 31 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 1 1 . Enter ‘http:/ /192.168.0.200’ in the address bar to log in to the RG 300EX （ Lite). 3.9 Securing a wireless network T o avoid having uninvite d guests probing y our wireless network w e strongly recomm end securing your wireless network. There are several security methods w hich can secure th e network at di[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 2. The wizard appears in a p op-up screen. Click ‘Nex t’. 3. Fill in the desired name for your wireless networ k in the field ‘SSID’. (Use the ‘ Check SSID’ option to ensure this nam e is not already in use.) Page 33 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 4. The RG300EX （ Lite) will autom atically scan for a suita ble wireless channel. As a choice, the most suita ble wireless channel will appear on your screen. . 5. Choose ‘WEP’ and click ‘Next’. Page 34 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 6. Choose ‘Use a 128 bit key’ and click ‘Next’. Fill in a pas sword in the field ‘Network Key’. For this WEP key you are only allowed to use numbers from 0 till 9 and the letters a till f. Do not use any punctuation marks and make sure the password is exactly 26 characters long. 7. W rite down the network na[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 8. Click ‘Next ’. 9. Click ‘Finish’. Page 36 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) The wizard will now save the settings and will cl ose the screen autom atically . Finishing the instal lation procedure of your Access Point After following c hapter 4, you can fin ish the installation proc edure: 1. Remove the UTP network cable from your computer . 2. Remove the UTP networking cabl e from the LAN port [...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 4.2 Configuring the RG300EX （ Lite) signal booster (2) 1. T urn on your com puter . 2. Open your internet brow ser (e.g. Internet Explorer , Netscape of Fir efox). 3. T ype ‘ http://192.168. 0.1 ’ in the address bar . 4. Y o u will now be asked for a ‘Username’ and a ‘Password’. Fill in ‘admin’ in the [...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 7. Click ‘LAN/DHCP Server ’. 8. Select ‘S top’ at ‘DHCP Server ’. 9. Click ‘Appl y’ at the right side in the menu ‘DHCP Server ’. 10. T ype ‘192.168.0.200’ in the ‘LAN IP address’ field. 1 1. T ype ‘255.255.255.0’ in the ‘Subne t mask’ field. 12. Click the button ‘Apply & Restar[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 3. Right click the appropriate ’LAN Connection’. 4. Click ‘Properties’. Page 40 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 5. Select ‘Internet-p rotocol (TCP/IP)’. 6. Click ‘Properties’. Page 41 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 7. Select ‘Use the f ollowing IP Address’. 8. Enter ‘192.168.0.2 5’ in the ‘IP Address’ field. 9. Enter ‘255.25 5.255.0’ in t he ‘Subnet mask’ field. 10. Click ‘OK ’. Page 42 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 1 1. Enter ‘http ://192.168.0.200’ in the addr ess bar to log in to the RG300EX （ Lite). 4.3Configuring your wireless router (1) When configuring the router and its security (paragra ph 5.5), we assum e you will be using the RG300EX （ Lite) as a wireless router . Make sure your wireless router is conn ected to y[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 14. Click ‘Next’. 15. Y ou will see a brief sum mary with the settings you have made so f ar . Click ‘Next’ to continue. 16. Choose ‘ WP APSK’ and click ‘Next’. 17. Choose ‘T KIP’ and click ‘N ext’. 18. Fill in the same password in the field ‘ Network Key’ you have chosen for your si gnal boo[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 9. Click ‘W ireless’ in the left menu. 10. Click ‘WDS Setup’ in the left m enu. 1 1. Click ‘Search AP’ in the right screen. 12. A screen appears. A summary of found wireless networks will be displayed. Page 45 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 13. Double-click w ith the left m ouse button on the nam e (SSID) of the signal booster . 14. Click ‘OK ’. 15. Click ‘Add’ in the right screen. 16. Click ‘Save’ at the top of the right screen. 17. Click ‘OK’ to save the settings . 18. Close the window . Completing the inst allation of the signal bo oster[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 5.0 Configuring the wireless network on your computer Now that the router has been secured, you w ill need to configure t he computer itself so it c an recognize your secured wireless network an d will be able to ma ke a connection. W indows XP and W indows V ista are at this moment the m ost commonly used operating sy [...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 6.0 Firewall & QoS settings The RG300EX （ Lite) is equipped with an advanced firewall. T his firewall allows y ou to open ports, allowing certain pr ograms to gain access to the Internet. Y ou can open these ports usin g the function ‘Port Forwarding’. In some cases you will wan t to block access to the I nter[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 5. The logi n s creen is show n. 6. Click ‘Setup T ool’. 7. Click ‘Advance d Setup’ in the left menu. 8. Click ‘Port Forwarding’ bellow ‘N A T/Routing’ in the left m enu. Page 49 of 52[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 9. In the field ‘LAN IP-address you can fill in the IP-address of the c omputer for which you wa nt to open the specific po rts. 10. Select the correct protocol in the ‘Protocol’ field. 1 1. Fill in the necess ary ports at the ‘External port’ field. Fill in the start or begin port i n the first field. In the s[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) Thanks to QoS (Quality Of Service) you can m ake sure that a specific program or computer gets priori ty above other pr ograms. By using this featur e, you are cer tain tha t you will not get ‘la g’ in games of hitches during video playback, in ca se one of the com puters starts to down load. Setting up Q os diff er[...]

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    MSI R G 3 0 0 E X （ Lite ) 12. Click ‘Apply’ to activate these basic s ettings. Hint: If you do not exactly know the speed of your internet connectio n, please contact your Internet Service Provider . Y our provider will usually speak in term of MB. This value is in Mbite. 1 MB =1024 Kbit. Y ou can use both values in t he webpage of the route[...]