Chapter 2 installing and using wireless router, Chapter 2, Wireless 11n router – Longshine LCS-WRN-3211 User Manual

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Wireless 11n Router

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Chapter 2

Installing and Using Wireless Router

This chapter provides a step-by-step guide to the installation and configuration of the Wireless

Travel Router.

We suggest you go over the whole chapter and then do more advanced operation.

2.1 Connecting this Router to your network

Steps to build up the network:

 Connect the phone line from the wall socket to the line-in port on the ADSL modem, or the

coaxial cable to the line-in port on the Cable modem.

 Connect the ADSL or Cable modem to the Ethernet WAN port on the back of the Wireless

Router by using the UTP cable.

 Plug-in the power adapter to the modem and turn on the power. Install the Ethernet card into

the computer by referring to the User Guide that came with the card.

 Connect the computer to the Wireless Router by using standard twisted-pair Ethernet cable

from the computer’s Ethernet card to a 10/100Mbps Ethernet port on the back of the

Wireless Router.

 Plug-in the power adapter to the Router and the other side to the wall outlet.

2.2 Configuring the IP address of your computer

In order to communicate with this Wireless Router, you have to configure the IP addresses of

your computer to make it compatible with the device.

Note:

The router supports DHCP server and it is enabled as default. Users that configure your

IP address as “Obtain an IP address automatically” may skip the following IP configuration

instruction.

1. The default network setting of the device:

IP address: 192.168.1.1

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

DHCP Server: enable

2. In the following TCP/IP configuration guide, the IP address “192.168.1.2” is assumed to be

your IP address if you want to specify IP addresses manually. Please DO NOT choose

“192.168.1.1” as the IP address. For the IP address “192.168.1.1“has been set as the

default IP for this device.

3. The following TCP/IP configuration guide uses windows XP as the presumed operation

system.

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