Managing your router, Overview – Dell 2300 Wireless Broadband Router User Manual

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Managing Your Router:
Dell™ TrueMobile™ 2300 Wireless Broadband Router User's
Guide

Overview

Setup Wizard

Control Utility

Web-based Configuration Tool

Overview

Your TrueMobile 2300 Wireless Broadband Router came with factory default settings that should work for the majority of the
network usage scenarios. However, there are cases where your network environment may require a different router
configuration.

Setup Wizard: Setup Wizard is a Windows-based software program included on your TrueMobile 2300 CD. You can use
this program to 1) install the router on your network and create an environment for multiple PCs to share Internet access, 2)
add additional computers to the network, and 3) provide links to the User's Guide and the

Dell support website

.

Control Utility: Control Utility is another Windows-based software program included on your TrueMobile 2300 CD. This utility
is usually installed at the end of the router installation. It provides you useful configuration tool to manage your Wireless
Broadband Router. Please refer to the section

Control Utility

for detailed information.

Web-based Configuration Tool: Web-Based Configuration Tool is for advanced configuration of the Wireless Broadband
Router. It is a tool provided inside the router which can be accessed via the web browser on your PC. This tool includes every
basic and advanced configuration option for the Wireless Broadband Router. For instance, you can allow other Internet users
to access a Web server hosted on your local private network, or disable your wireless network.

NOTE: Setup Wizard or Control Utility must be run on Windows 2000, and XP computers. Microsoft
Internet Explorer (4.0 or higher) or Netscape (4.0 or higher) must be used for the web-based configuration
tool

Factory Default Settings:

Dell pre-configures the Wireless Broadband Router with the following settings:

NOTE: If you lose track of the device settings, you can reset the router by pushing the reset button to
restore these settings back to your router.

Setting

Default

User Name

admin

Password

admin

Device Name

my router

IP Address

192.168.2.1

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