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Quick Start GUIDE www .parkervision.com WIRELES S WR1500 4-P ort DSL/Cable Router ® SIGNAL MAX[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable R outer ® 3 Congratulations on your purchase of the P arkerVision WR1500 Wireless Router . Y ou have just purchased a wireless device that is guaranteed to provide the best distance, best coverage, best throughput, and best technology of any 802.1 1b/802.1 1g-compatible Wi-Fi router or access point. Please follow [...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 4 WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router Start Here! INST ALLA TION This section will guide you through the installation of the WR1500. Unpack your WR1500 and make sure that everything is unwrapped and ready to begin. First, either install, or make sure the antennas for the WR1500 are securely installed[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 5 The WR 1500 s hips w ith a n inte rnal I P addre ss of 192.1 68.1.1 , which certai n cabl e/DSL modems may also utiliz e. If your cable/ DSL modem has t he sam e IP address as the WR1500 (192.1 68.1.1 ) you will not be able to con nect during setup . Parker V ision has al ready perfo rmed t his pr ocedu[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 6 Changi ng the IP A ddress Step 1 . O n the LAN s creen, chang e the IP Pool St artin g Address (Bo x 1 on the illust ration belo w; 19 2.168 .1.33 by def ault) to th e reco mmende d se tting of 19 2.168. 2.33. Step 2 . C hange the I P Address (Box 2 on the i llus[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 7 Make the connections as described below . The re ar pan el of the W R1500 conta ins se veral ports , as sho wn: For in itial setup , you shoul d have : • The p ower a dapte r plug ged i nto th e WR15 00 as shown , and thi s adap ter p lugged into a sur ge-pro tecte d elec trica l outl et. • Y our Ca[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 8 WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router Estab lish ing Cont act on Y ou r Co mput er with the WR15 00. Once y ou hav e mad e all of th e conn ection s sho wn in the previo us ste p, co mplete the follow ing st eps, which will allow you to confi gure t he WR1 500 u sing t he W eb Confi gur ation Utili[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 9 Note - If th e def ault p asswo rd of “1234” is n ot acc epted , refe r to page 1 7 of t his g uide a nd go throu gh the rese t proc edure to se t all pa ramete rs ba ck to facto ry def aults. Then try t he ab ove st eps again. If you do no t see the l og-in windo w , go b ack an d doub le ch eck th[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 10 Estab lish ing Cont act on Y ou r Co mput er with the WR15 00 - Contin ued Step 3 .7 Y ou should now see th e MAIN MENU sc reen, as show n below . Note - The WR1 500 W ireless Router automa tically times out aft er fi ve min utes of inacti vity . Simply l og ba[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 11 Wizard Setup: General Setup General Setup contains administrative and system-related information. The following table describes the labels in the Wizard Setup screen. LA BE L DE SCR IPT IO N DE SCR IPT IO N Sy st em Sy st em Na me It is recomm ended you t ype y our co mputer’s “Compu ter It is reco[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 12 Wizard Setup: Wireless LAN Setup - Continued Set up your wireless LAN using the wizard screen below . The table on the following page describes the labels in the Wizard Setup screen shown above. Continued next page WIZARD Back Next Scan Wireless Channel-06 2437M[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 13 LA BE L DES CR IP TIO N DES CR IP TIO N ES SID ES SID Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN. If you chang e thi s fi eld on t he WR1 500 Wi reles s Router , make su re all wire less s tation s use th[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 14 Continued - ISP P arameters The WR1500 Wireless Router offers three choices of encapsulation. They are Ethernet, PPTP or PPPoE. The screen varies depending upon the type chosen. Ethernet The following table describes the labels in the above screen. LA BE L DE SC[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 15 Wizard Setup - Ethernet - Continued LA BE L DE SCR IPT IO N DE SCR IPT IO N Use r N ame T ype the user name g iven t o you by yo ur ISP . T ype the user name g iven t o you by yo ur ISP . Pa ss wo rd T ype the pass word a ssocia ted w ith th e userna me abo ve. Log in Serve r I P Log in Serve r I P Add[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 16 PPTP Encapsulation Point-to-Point T unneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables transfers of data from a remote client to a private server , creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using TCP/IP-based networks. PPTP supports on-demand, multi-prot[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 17 PPTP Encapsulation - Continued The following table describes the labels in the wizard screen on the previous page. LA BE L DE SC RI PTIO N DE SC RI PTIO N ISP Pa rame ter s fo r In ter net Acce ss ISP Pa rame ter s fo r In ter net Acce ss ISP Pa rame ter s fo r In ter net Acce ss ISP Pa rame ter s fo r[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 18 PPPoE Encapsulation Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) functions as a dial-up connection. PPPoE is an IETF (Internet Engineering T ask Force) draft standard specifying how a host personal computer interacts with a broadband modem (for example xDSL, ca[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 19 PPPoE Encapsulation - Continued PPoE Wizard Setup Screen The following table describes the labels in the above screen. L A BE L DE SCR IPT IO N DE SCR IPT IO N ISP Par ame te r f or In te rne t Acces s ISP Par ame te r f or In te rne t Acces s ISP Par ame te r f or In te rne t Acces s ISP Par ame te r [...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 20 Wizard Setup: WAN and DNS The fourth wizard screen allows you to confi gure WAN IP address assignment, DNS server address assignment and the W AN MAC address. WAN IP Address Assignment Every computer on the Internet must have a unique IP address. If your networ[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 21 IP Address and Subnet Mask Similar to the way houses on a street share a common street name, so too do computers on a LAN share one common network number . Where you obtain your network number depends on your particular situation. If the ISP or your network administrator assigns you a block of register[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 22 DNS Server Address Assignment Use DNS (Domain Name System) to map a domain name to its cor- responding IP address and vice versa. For instance, the IP address of a web site with an URL of www .anycompany .com could be 192.168.3.1. The DNS server is extremely imp[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 23 WAN MAC Address - Continued Example of Network Properties for LAN Servers with Fixed IP Addresses: Choose an IP address Choose an IP address 192 .16 8.1.2 -19 2.1 68.1. 32; 192 .16 8.1.6 5-1 92. 168.1 .25 4. Subnet mask Subnet mask 255 .25 5.255 .0 Gatewa y (or defau lt rou te) Gatewa y (or defau lt ro[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 24 WAN MAC Address - Continued LA BE L DE SCR IPT IO N W AN IP Addre ss Assignm ent Get au tomat ica lly from I SP Get au tomat ica lly from I SP Select this optio n If y our IS P did no t assi gn you Select this optio n If y our IS P did no t assi gn you a fi xed[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 25 The Basic Setup of Y our WR1500 is Now Complete Click Finish to complete and save the wizard setup. If you are currently using a wireless (LAN) adapter to access this ParkerVision Router/Wireless Router and you made changes to the ESSID, then you will need to make the same change to your wireless (LAN)[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 26 Append ix 1 - How to R eset t he WR 1500 Resett ing t he WR 1500 Wireless Rout er If you forget your pa ssword or cann ot acce ss the WR1500 Wireles s Router , you will ne ed to r eload t he fact ory-def ault co nfi gurat ion fi le or use the RESET button on t[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 27 Append ix 2 - T roubl eshoo ting the WR 1500 Initi al Setup and I nstal latio n This se ction w ill ass ist you in tro ublesho oting t he setu p and inst allati on of yo ur WR15 00. Ex tensive troub leshoot ing procedu res are includ ed in t he manu al on th e CD RO M. Problem s Start ing Up the WR1 50[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 28 Append ix 2 - T roubl eshoo ting the WR 1500 Initi al Setup and I nstal latio n - Co ntinued Pr obl em s w it h t he P ass wor d T rou ble sho oti ng the Pa ssw ord PR OBL EM PR OBL EM CO RR EC TIVE AC TI ON CO RR EC TIVE AC TI ON I c ann ot ac ces s the WR1500 [...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 29 Append ix 2 - Continue d T roubles hootin g the WR15 00 In itial Setup and I nstal latio n Pro blem s wit h th e W AN In terf ac e Tr oubles hooti ng the W AN In terfac e PR OB LE M PR OB LE M CO RR EC TIVE AC TI ON CO RR EC TIVE AC TI ON I ca nn o t g e t a W AN IP add res s fro m t he IS P . The IS P[...]
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WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router WR1500 4-P ort Wireless DSL/Cable Router ® 30 Append ix 2 - Continu ed T roubles hootin g the WR15 00 In itial Setup and I nstal latio n Pro blem s wit h In te rne t Ac ce ss Tr oubles hooti ng Int ernet Acces s PR OBL EM PR OBL EM CO RR EC TIVE AC TI ON CO RR EC TIVE AC TI ON I ca nn o t a c c es s th e In[...]