EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1. F EATURES & B ENEFITS ................................................................................................ 7
1.2. P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ................................................................................................... 9
1.3. S AFETY G UIDELINES .................................................................................................... 9
1.4. W IRELESS SOHO R OUTER D ESCRIPTION ................................................................... 10
1.5. S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................ 12
1.6. A PPLICATIONS ........................................................................................................... 12
1.7. N ETWORK C ONFIGURATION ........................................................................................ 14
a) Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
b) Infrastructure Mode ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2. UNDERSTANDING THE HARDWARE............................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.1. H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION .......................................................................................... 16
2.2. IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .................................................................................... 17
3. LOGGIN IN.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
4. INTERNET SETTINGS ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
4.1. I NTERNET C ONNECTION T YPE .................................................................................... 21
4.1.1. DHCP Connection (Dynamic IP Address) .............................................................................................................................................. 22
4.1.2. PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet)...................................................................................................................................... 23
4.1.3. PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol).............................................................................................................................................. 25
4.1.4. Static IP Address Configuration ............................................................................................................................................................. 27
4.2. O THER I NTERNET S ETTINGS ....................................................................................... 28
4.2.1. RIP (Routing Information Protocol) ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
4.2.2. DNS Settings .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
4.2.3. MTU Settings.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
4.2.4. WAN Ping ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
4.2.5. Multicast Streams ................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
4.2.6. MAC Cloning .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
5. WIRELESS SETUP WIZARD ............................................................................................................................................................................. 32
5.1. W IRELESS N ETWORK W IZARD S ETUP ......................................................................... 32
5.1.1. Automatic Network Setup ....................................................................................................................................................................... 33
5.1.2. Manual Network Setup ........................................................................................................................................................................... 34