Asus DSL-N13, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual E3738 April 2008 DSL N13 Wireless ADSL 2 2 Modem Router ...

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Page 3: ...g your WAN 7 Preparing your LAN 7 Login the Web configuration interface 8 Quick setup 9 Manual Setup 11 EZSetup 15 Connecting DSL N13 with ASUS WLAN Card 19 Wireless settings 21 Setting up SSID 21 Setting up wireless security 21 MAC filter 26 Wireless bridge 26 Wireless advanced settings 30 Network security 31 Setting up access right to DSL N13 31 Setting up port triggering 32 Setting up virtual s...

Page 4: ...37 WAN 37 LAN 37 Setting up DNS server 38 Setting up dynamic DNS 38 Setting up default gateway 41 Setting up static route 41 Setting up routing protocol RIP 42 ASUS AiDisk Setup 43 USB applications 46 FTP server function 46 Sharing USB printer 48 Management 51 Configuration backup 51 Restore settings from a backup file 51 Reset to factory default 51 Setting up time server 52 Firmware update 52 ...

Page 5: ...Manual DSL N13 Wireless ADSL2 2 Modem Router AC power adapter type varies by region Categroy 5 Cat 5 Ethernet cable Telephone cable Splitter type varies by region Support CD with electronic user manual included Quick Start Guide Package contents ...

Page 6: ...Blink Green ADSL training ON Red ADSL link down OFF ADSL is down IP ON Green ADSL is up and the link is PPP ON Red ADSL is up but the link is not PPP OFF ADSL is down USB 2 0 ON USB device detected OFF No USB device detected AIR ON Wireless LAN ready Blink Transmiting or receiving data through wireless OFF No power or wireless LAN not ready LAN 1 4 ON Physically connected to an Ethernet device Bli...

Page 7: ...ntenna connector Product features The DSL N13 Wireless ADSL 2 2 Modem Router provides the following features Built in ADSL modem Built in firewall IEEE802 11n standard based wireless network backward compatible with 802 11b g devices Easy to use Web based configuration interface Quick Setup for ADSL connection wireless and security configuration EZSetup utility for ADSL connection wireless network...

Page 8: ...gory 5 CAT5 Ethernet cable to build up your wired LAN connections The ASUS DSL N13 Wireless ADSL2 2 Modem 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 Wall power outlet ASUS Wireless Router Wall telephone outlet Splitter Phone DSL Powe...

Page 9: ...r 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 the DSL N13 WirelessADSL2 2 Modem Router 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 initial configuration we recommend you to connect a co...

Page 10: ... 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 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 lower case 1 T...

Page 11: ...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 DSL N13 Refer to Page 11 13 for manual setting instruction If your connection type is PPPoE or PPPoA For dynamic IP users input your user name and password then click Next For static IP users check Use Static...

Page 12: ...ion Wireless setup 1 Choose a Security Level For detailed security information refer to Page 21 22 2 Input a key in the Key field The number of digit for the key depends on the security level you choose 3 The summary page then shows up If the information displayed is correct click Save Reboot to finish the setup Otherwise click Back to modify the settings 4 Setup complete Wait for about 60 seconds...

Page 13: ...nfiguring your ADSL connection with Quick Setup click Manual Setting to manually set up your DSL N13 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: ...e and click Next You can get the connection type from your ISP If your connection type is PPPoA or PPPoE For dynamic IP users input your PPP user name 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: ...ay 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 input the addresses in correspondent fields If your connection type is IPoA Static IP user only Input the WAN IP address assigned by your ISP then click Next ...

Page 16: ...n the security level you choose Refer to the note on the web page When finished click Next 2 This page provides a summary of DSL N13 WAN and wirelss configuration Click Save Reboot to save and activate your configuration 3 Setup complete DSL N13 reboots in about 50 seconds The green bar shows the current rebooting status After reboot the web page will automatically refresh to display the settings ...

Page 17: ...SL N13 configuration you must install the ASUS utilities from the support CD included in your package Insert the CD into your optical drive and autorun the installation program If autorun is disabled on your computer double click SETUP EXE in the root directory of the CD Setup DSL N13 using EZSetup 1 Before using this utility make sure that your hardware connections are all set Click Start Program...

Page 18: ...anel of DSL N13 for over 3 seconds until the PWR LED is blinking 5 The system generates the SSID and Network key automatically The network key is a 128 bit WEP key by default You can accept the settings or assign SSID and keys to your own need Click Next to save the wireless settings 4 Click EZSetup button ...

Page 19: ...ttings then click Next to continue 7 The system detects your Internet connection type The progress may take several seconds If your ADSL connection is successfully detected by DSL N13 skip to Step 8 If your ADSL connection can not be detected you need follow Step 8 and manually set up your ADSL connection 8 Select your country and ISP then click Next ...

Page 20: ...and ISP fields Then select Connection type and fill in VPI and VCI You can get VPI VCI values from your ISP 9 Input your ISP account User name and Password then click Next 10 Setup complete This page shows the wireless network setting parameters You can either save it or print it out for future reference Click Finish to quit EZSetup ...

Page 21: ...ch Wizard to launch the One Touch Wizard utility 3 Set the authentication and encryption of your WLAN card the same with those at DSL N13 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 DSL N13 and press Next to continue 4 It takes sev...

Page 22: ...work icon on the task bar to view available networks Select your wireless router and click Connect 5 Setup the IP address of the WLAN Card according to your network condition After the setup is complete 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 with DSL N13 ...

Page 23: ...ct SSID 4 Define the SSID for DSL N13 The default SSID is Default 5 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings Setting up wireless security To protect your wireless network you need to setup a security mechanism at both DSL N13 and the wireless clients Network authentication Network authentication uses certain types of mechanism to identify authenticated wireless clients DSL N13 supports t...

Page 24: ... with certain type of algorithm before capsulation for wireless transmission DSL N13 supports the following encryption methods WEP WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy It uses 64 or 128 bit static keys You can let the system generate the WEP keys by inputting a Passphrase TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP dynamically generates unique keys to encypt every data packet in a wireless sessio...

Page 25: ...ystem automatically generates four netwrok keys for you You can also disable ASUS Passphrass and input four keys manually Record the passphrase if any and keys in your note 5 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings Shared 1 Click Wireless Security in the left side menu to open the configuration page 2 Select Shared in the Network Authentication field to use WEP authentication 3 The WEP ...

Page 26: ...y 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 setup the keys 5 Refer to Open mode Step 4 for key configuration 6 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings WPA 1 Click Wireless Security in the left side menu to open...

Page 27: ...o Open mode Step 4 for key configuration 8 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings WPA PSK 1 Click Wireless Security in the left side menu to open the configuration page 2 Select WPA PSK in the Network Authentication field 3 Input the WPA Pre Shared Key The key is masked by system To check the key press Save Apply and wait until the page refreshes Then click Click here to display link y...

Page 28: ...Distribution System WDS To setup 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 addresses of...

Page 29: ...on If you want to use 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 30: ... Click Wireless Advanced Set Channel to 11 and click Save Apply You can check Enable ASUS PassPhrase and input a string in Passphrase field to let the system generate the Network Keys You can also disable Passphrase and input four keys manually When finished click Save Apply ...

Page 31: ...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 input the MAC address of WL 500gD and WL 500gP manually When finished click Save Apply DSL N13 WDS setup is co...

Page 32: ...etup WL 500gD and WL 500gP Set up WL 500gD and WL 500gP according to the table on Page 26 1 Wireless Setting Set WL 500gD WL 500gP wireless channel authentication encryption and keys the same as DSL N13 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...

Page 33: ...an 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 configuration is complete 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 certain IP add...

Page 34: ...e software 1 Click Management Access Control Passwords in the left side menu to setup passwords for these accounts 2 Select the account username and fill in old password and new password twice Each passwords contains up to 16 characters or digits 3 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings Setting up port triggering Some applications such as games video conferencing and remote access requ...

Page 35: ...a LAN With virtual server the router checks the port number of the packets sent to the WAN interface translates the port numbers into private IP address and redirects the packets to the corresponding internal hosts and servers DSL N13 supports up to 32 virtual server entries To set up virtual server 1 Click Advanced Setup NAT Virtual Server in the left side menu to open the configuration page Clic...

Page 36: ...ynamic ports for session control such as Session Initiation Protocol SIP traditional NAT cannot translate the address because lack of preset service ports To enable such services while at the same time do not sacrifice network security DSL N13 introduces Application Layer Gateway ALG to allow SIP request going through fireware and NAT from WAN To configure ALG 1 Click Advanced Setup NAT ALG in the...

Page 37: ...IP traffic is blocked You can allow certain types of IP traffic by setting up filter rules at DSL N13 1 Click Advanced Setup Security IP Filtering Incoming in the left side menu to open the configuration page Click Add to create a new rule 2 Define a Filter Name for the filter rule Specify protocol source IP address subnet mask and port range and destinationi IP address submask and port range 3 Se...

Page 38: ...s configuration at the computer of restricted host select Browser s MAC Address radio button The system automatically detects the MAC address of the configuration console If you want to configure hosts other than the console computer enter the MAC address manually To get the MAC address of a host click Start menu on the desktop of the host select Run type cmd into the box and press OK then type co...

Page 39: ...ess and subnet mask of the router enables or disables UPnP IGMP snooping and DHCP server The default settings are IPAddress 192 168 1 1 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Enable UPnP Yes Enable IGMP Snooping No Enable DHCP Server Yes Start IPAddress 192 168 1 2 End IPAddress 192 168 1 254 Lease Time hour 24 DHCP server is enabled by default You can define which addresses to be assigned to the LAN computers...

Page 40: ... uncheck Enable Automatic Assigned DNS checkbox and type the DNS addresses into the Primary DNS server box and Secondary DNS server box if any Click Save to save the settings Setting up dynamic DNS Hosts using dynamic IP addresses can associate with a domain name via Dynamic DNS DDNS To use DDNS function you need first register at a dynamic DNS service provider such as DDNS to get a valid account ...

Page 41: ...your mailbox and read the mail 4 You can find the letter in your E mail box Click the hyperlink 5 The link directs you to a login page Click login 6 Enter the user name and password then click Login 7 After logging in you can see this welcome message 8 Select Services tab 9 Click Add Dynamic DNS Host 10 Enter the host name then click Add Host ...

Page 42: ...console 5 Type ping account dyndns org your DDNS domain name If you can see the reply like what is shown in the picture DDNS is working correctly DSL N13 DDNS settings 1 Click Advanced Setup DNS Dynamic DNS to enter the configuration page Press Add to configure Dynamic DNS 2 Choose your DDNS provider and fill in the hostname The supported DDNS provider are DynDNS org and TZO DynDNS org settings re...

Page 43: ...le networks that have only one router you do not need to set up 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 settings Press Add to c...

Page 44: ...upports RIPv1 and RIPv2 1 Click Advanced Setup Routing RIP to open the configuration page 2 To activate RIP select Enabled radio button for global RIP mode 3 To configure an individual interface select the desired RIP version and operation and check the Enabled checkbox for the interface 4 Press Save Apply to save and activate the settings ...

Page 45: ...olders ftp_pub and ftp_prt Now people can access your FTP without using any account ID and password to read write and delete both ftp_pub and ftp_prt folders and other files on the USB disk attached to DSL N13 Secured AiDisk Sharing To allow only a limited number of selected people to access the FTP files 1 Select No behind the Allow Anonymous User to Login option from the FTP Settings page see fi...

Page 46: ... to add users If you want to remove a user check the Remove box behind that user and click the Remove button 4 On the User List Add page see figure above key in the User Name and Password for an allowed user 5 From the Login folder rights drop down list select the folder ftp_pub or ftp_prt that you allow the user to access and the right read write delete or any combination that you want to assign ...

Page 47: ...erred name in the Hostname bar Click Check button to see if your preferred name is still available 4 Choose your current Internet settings from the Interface drop down list then click Save Apply DSL N13 will automatically reboot 5 You can now have your unique preferred and easy to remember name to share your AiDisk Just tell your friends to type ftp yourpreferredname asuscomm com into the address ...

Page 48: ...er to access your FTP site select Yes if you want to protect your data from unauthenticated user select No 4 Allow Super User to Login Select Yes to allow super user to access the FTP server 5 FTP Port Set up the port number of the FTP server For example if the port number is set to 1111 you can access the FTP server by typing ftp 192 168 1 1 1111 into the address box of your Web browser 192 168 1...

Page 49: ...ve to save and activate the settings Setting up FTP security You can deny access request from certain IP address by setting up Banned IP List 1 Click USB Application FTP Server Banned IP List in the left side menu to open the configuration page Click Add to create a new rule 2 Input the IP address of the banned host and click Apply to save the banned IP Make sure the banned IP is static 3 Click Sa...

Page 50: ...y clicking USB Application Printer Status 1 Run Add Printer Wizard from Start Printers and Faxes Add a printer 2 Select Local printer attached to this computer and click Next 3 Select Create a new port and set Type of port to Standard TCP IP Port then click Next 4 Click Next to setup TCP IP port for accessing the network printer Setting up printer client under Windows XP Follow the steps below to ...

Page 51: ...ick Settings 7 Set Protocol to LPR and type LPRServer in Queue Name field Click Next to continue 8 Press Next to finish standard TCP IP port setting 9 Press Finish to complete the settings and return to Add Printer Wizard 10 Install printer driver from the vendor model list If your printer is not in the list click Have Disk to manually assign the location of driver ...

Page 52: ...he Add Printer Wizard If you use Windows 98 or ME which does not support Standard TCP IP port you need to use Romote Port which is supported by DSL N13 If you have already installed the printer locally on your computer right click the printer icon and select Property Port tab to add a standard TCP IP port Click Add Port then select Standard TCP IP Port and click New Port button Refer to Step 5 8 f...

Page 53: ... restore the settings from a backup file when you have 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 complete the wireless router reboots The whole process takes about 80 seconds Reset to factory default If you want to...

Page 54: ...ment 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 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 about two minutes ...