Asus AM604, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual E3654 March 2008 LINK AP ACT xDSL LAN 4 3 2 1 11g WiFi ADSL Router WL AM604g ...

Page 2: ...erica Company address 44370 Nobel Drive Fremont CA 94538 USA General fax 1 510 608 4555 Web site address http www usa asus com Technical support General support 1 502 995 0883 Support fax 1 502 933 8713 Online support http vip asus com eservice techserv aspx ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Germany Austria Company address Harkort Str 25 D 40880 Ratingen Germany General tel 49 2102 95990 General fax 49 2102 9599...

Page 3: ...roceed 7 Preparing your WAN 7 Preparing your LAN 7 Login to the Web configuration interface 8 Quick setup 9 Manual Setup 11 Connecting WL AM604g with ASUS WLAN Card 15 Wireless settings 17 Setting up an SSID 17 Setting up a wireless security 17 MAC filter 22 Wireless bridge 22 Wireless advanced settings 26 Network security 27 Setting up the access rights to WL AM604g 27 Advanced settings 28 WAN 28...

Page 4: ... AP ACT xDSL LAN 4 3 2 1 Setting up the static route 29 Setting up mapping groups 30 Management 31 Configuration backup 31 Restore settings from a backup file 31 Restore to factory default settings 31 Setting up the time server 32 Firmware update 32 ...

Page 5: ...L AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router AC power adapter type varies by region Category 5 CAT5 Ethernet cable Telephone cable Splitter type varies by region Support CD with User Guide included Quick Start Guide LINK AP ACT xDSL LAN 4 3 2 1 Package contents ...

Page 6: ...ADSL is not connected The alarm LED will be red Blinking The router is connected to ADSL xDSLACT Solid ADSL is connected and there is no ADSL traffic No light ADSL is not connected Quick blinking There is ADSL traffic LAN1 LAN4 Solid Router is connected to the LAN No light No connection to the LAN Check if the LAN cable is connected to the router Blinking LAN traffic Alarm Solid red ADSL is not co...

Page 7: ...LINE RESET CONSOLE POWER ON OFF LAN1 LAN4 ports Label Description ON OFF Press to turn the router on and off POWER Connects to a 15 VAC AC power adapter RESET Restart Using a pointed object such as a ballpen press the button for less than four seconds Default settings Using a pointed object such as a ballpen press the button for four seconds or longer LAN1 LAN4 RJ 45 connects the unit to an Ethern...

Page 8: ...ephone to the Phone port of the ADSL splitter Ethernet connection Use Category 5 CAT5 Ethernet cable to build up your wired LAN connections The ASUS WL AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router is a Fast Ethernet device that provides 100Mbps network connection To ensure the connection quality use CAT5 Ethernet cable to connect your network devices such as desktop computers and network printers Wireless connecti...

Page 9: ...ntifier VPI Virtual Channel Identifier VCI Host name Domain name ISP login user name and password ISP Domain Name System DNS server address Static IP address Preparing your LAN To use WL AM604g on your network you need to install a network interface card NIC or an IEEE802 11b g wireless network card to your computer LAN configuration requirement For the initial configuration we recommend that you ...

Page 10: ...puter IP address 192 168 1 xxx xxx can be any number between 2 and 254 make sure the IP address is not used by other device Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 1 DNS 192 168 1 1 Login to the Web configuration interface To change the ADSL and wireless settings you need to login to the Web configuration interface 2 A login window appears The default username is admin password is admin in low...

Page 11: ...assword is admin in lower case 3 After logging in you can see the WL AM604g configuration page ADSL setup 1 By default the Quick Setup page pops up The Quick Setup Wizard automatically detects your ADSL connection type 2 If ADSL connection is detected the next page shows your ISP connection type If your ADSL connection is not detected click Manual Setting to manually set up WL AM604g Refer to page...

Page 12: ...al setting instructions Wireless setup 1 Choose a Security Level For detailed security information refer to pages 17 18 2 Enter a key in the Key field The number of digit for the key depends on the security level you choose 3 The summary page is displayed If the information displayed is correct click Save Reboot to finish the setup Otherwise click Back to modify the settings The system reboots in ...

Page 13: ...y when configuring your ADSL connection with Quick Setup click Manual Setting to manually set up your WL AM604g ADSL Setup 1 Select your Country and ISP and click Next 2 If your country and ISP are not on the list select Not list key in your VPI and VCI values and click Next You may ask your ISP for VPI VCI values ...

Page 14: ...ection type and click Next You can get the connection type from your ISP If your connection type is PPPoA or PPPoE For dynamic IP users Key in your PPP username password and service name then click Next For static IP users Check Use Static IP Address then key in your IP address then click Next ...

Page 15: ...t gateway automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click Next For static IP users Check Use the following IP Address Use the following default gateway and Use the following DNS server address then key in the addresses in the corresponding fields If your connection type is IPoA Static IP user only Key in the WAN IP address assigned by your ISP then click Next ...

Page 16: ...ey depends on the security level you choose Refer to the note on the web page When finished click Next 2 This page provides a summary of WAN and wireless configurations of your WL AM604g Click Save Reboot to save and activate your configuration 3 WL AM604g reboots in about 50 seconds The green bar shows the current rebooting status After rebooting the web page automatically refreshes to display th...

Page 17: ...One Touch Wizard to launch the One Touch Wizard utility 3 Set the authentication and encryption of your WLAN card the same with those at WL AM604g Click Next to continue 1 Select Connect to an existing wireless LAN Station radio button and click Next to continue 2 One Touch Wizard searches and displays the available APs in the Available Networks list Select WL AM604g and press Next to continue 4 I...

Page 18: ...ireless network icon on the task bar to view available networks Select your wireless router and click Connect 5 Set up the IP address of the WLAN Card based to your network environment After the setup is completed click Finish to exit the One Touch Wizard Configuring WLAN card with Windows WZC service You can also use Windows Wireless Zero Configuration service to set up the wireless connection wi...

Page 19: ...onnect to your WL AM604g 3 Define the SSID for your WL AM604g The default SSID is Default 4 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings Setting up a wireless security To protect your wireless network you need to set up a security mechanism at both WL AM604g and the wireless clients Network authentication Network authentication uses certain types of mechanism to identify authenticated wirele...

Page 20: ...cryption is used to convert plain text data into unreadable codes with certain type of algorithm before capsulation for wireless transmission WL AM604g supports the following encryption methods WEP WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy It uses 64 or 128 bit static keys Key in a passphrase to let the system generate the WEP keys TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP dynamically generates uniq...

Page 21: ...ssphrase and the system automatically generates four network keys for you You can also disable ASUS Passphrase and enter four keys manually Take note of the passphrase if any and keys 5 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings Shared 1 Click Wireless Security in the navigation menu to open the configuration page 2 Select Shared in the Network Authentication field to use WEP authenticatio...

Page 22: ...US Key 4 You can choose to enable or disable data encryption If you want to encrypt data select Enable in the WEP Encryption field select 64 bit or 128 bit Encryption Strength for key length Click Set Encryptioin Keys button to set up the keys 5 Refer to Open mode Step 4 for key configuration 6 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings WPA WPA2 1 Click Wireless Security in the navigation ...

Page 23: ...mode Step 4 for key configuration 8 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings WPA PSK WPA2 PSK 1 Click Wireless Security in the navigation menu to open the configuration page 2 Select WPA PSK WPA2 PSK in the Network Authentication field 3 Key in the WPA Pre Shared Key The key is masked by the system To check the key press Save Apply and wait until the page refreshes Then click Click here ...

Page 24: ...he Wireless Distribution System WDS To set up WDS the wireless routers must meet the following requirements 1 Using the same encryption 2 Working on the same channel 3 The IP addresses of all wireless bridges are within the same subnet 4 WDS enabled 5 For bridging wireless routers the MAC Addresses of the uplink wireless router must be saved to the Remote Bridge List For uplink wireless router MAC...

Page 25: ...p encryption If you want to use the encryption function select a Network Authentication mode If not select Disabled Click Wireless Security to open the configuration page In this example set authentication to Open and encryption to Enabled select 128bit for Encryption Strength then click Set Encryption Keys ...

Page 26: ... channel Click Wireless Advanced Set Channel to 11 and click Save Apply You can check Enable ASUS PassPhrase and key in a string in the Passphrase field to let the system generate the Network Keys You can also disable Passphrase and enter four keys manually When finished click Save Apply ...

Page 27: ...192 168 1 4 Click Save Reboot 4 Setting WDS Click Wireless Wireless Bridge Select Wireless Bridge You can select Enabled Scan to find WL 500gD and WL 500gP If the stations are on the list check the checkbox and click Save Apply If you cannot find WL 500gD by scanning set Bridge Restrict to Enable and key in the MAC address of WL 500gD and WL 500gP manually When finished click Save Apply WL AM604g ...

Page 28: ...04g 2 Set IP address to 192 168 1 2 WL 500gD 192 168 1 3 WL 500gP 3 Disable DHCP Server and set default gateway to 192 168 1 1 4 WDS Setting Open Wireless Bridge set AP Mode to Hybrid Set Channel to 11 Add the MAC address of WL AM604g to Remote Bridge List 5 Save the settings and reboot Wireless advanced settings Click Wireless Advanced to configure the advanced features of the wireless router suc...

Page 29: ...SCL that can enable or disable services which are used to access the router configuration interface You can choose allowing HTTP ICMP from WAN or allowing HTTP from LAN After the configuration is completed click Save Apply to activate the settings IP address restriction To protect the router from being accessed by unauthenticated user in your LAN you can restrict the access right to the hosts with...

Page 30: ...he IP address and subnet mask of the router enables or disables UPnP IGMP snooping and DHCP server The default settings are IP Address 192 168 1 1 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Enable UPnP Yes Enable IGMP Snooping No Enable DHCP Server Yes Start IP Address 192 168 1 2 End IP Address 192 168 1 254 Lease Time hour 24 By default DHCP server is enabled The DHCP server enables you to assign the addresses f...

Page 31: ...tatic route For simple networks with only one router you do not need to set up the static route For more complicated network such as an enterprise network where several routers and different subnets exist you need to configure static routes so as to direct the network traffic correctly 1 Click Advanced Setup Routing Static Route to open the configuration page and view the current static route sett...

Page 32: ...ng groups Port Mapping enables you to create mapping groups with appropriate LAN and WAN interfaces To set up a mapping group 1 Click Advanced Setup Port Mapping to open the configuration page 2 Click the Add button and enter the appropriate information The new group is displayed on the list ...

Page 33: ...can restore the settings from a backup file when you reset the wireless router to factory default Click Management Settings Update to open the configuration page Click Browse to locate the backup file on your computer then click Update Settings button to proceed When restoring is completed the wireless router reboots The whole process takes about 80 seconds Restore to factory default settings To c...

Page 34: ... Click Management Time settings and check Automatically synchronize with International servers Select a time server from the drop down list and set your time zone When finished click Save Apply Firmware update To update the firmware click Management Update Software Click Browse to locate the firmware file then click Update Software button to start uploading the firmware The update process takes ab...