GL Technologies GL.iNet Slate GL-AR750S-Ext, Getting Started

Page 1: ...tarted with GL iNet Slate Model GL AR750S Ext 1 Power on Plug the Micro USB power cable into the power port of the router Make sure you are using a standard 5V 2A power adapter Otherwise it may cause malfunction ...

Page 2: ...net cable or Wi Fi Note This step only connects your devices to the local area network LAN of the router You cannot access the Internet currently In order to connect to the Internet please finish the setup procedures below and then follow Internet to set up an Internet connection Connect via LAN Connect your device to the LAN port of the router via Ethernet cable ...

Page 3: ...he following formats GL AR750S XXX GL AR750S XXX 5G 3 Access the Web Admin Panel Open a web browser we recommend Chrome firefox and visit http 192 168 8 1 You will be directed to the initial setup of the web Admin Panel 1 Language Setting You need to choose the display language of the Admin Panel Currently our routers support English 简体中 文 繁體中文 Deutsch Français and Español ...

Page 4: ...1 cgi bin luci you can visit http 192 168 8 1 index html instead of http 192 168 8 1 2 Admin Password Setting There is no default password for the Admin Panel You have to set your own password which must be at least 5 characters long Then click Submit to proceed ...

Page 5: ...dded Linux system It will not change your Wi Fi password 3 Admin Panel Now you will enter the web Admin Panel of the router It allows you to check the status and manage the settings of the router Please refer to the sections below for the detailed instructions ...

Page 6: ...INTERNET There are total 4 types of connection method that you can use to access the Internet Cable Repeater 3G 4G Modem and Tethering Click INTERNET to create an Internet connection ...

Page 7: ...uter you can click Use as LAN to set the WAN port as a LAN port That is useful when you are using the router as a repeater As a result you can have one more LAN port Plug the Ethernet cable into the WAN port of the router The information of your connection will be shown on the Cable section DHCP is the default protocol You can click Modify to change the protocol ...

Page 8: ... is required if your Internet Service Provider ISP has provided a fixed IP address for you or you want to configure the network information such as IP address Gateway Netmask manually The current settings will be automatically filled once you choose Static Change it according to your needs and then click Apply ...

Page 9: ...me and password then click Apply 2 Repeater Using Repeater means connecting the router to another existing wireless network e g when you are using free Wi Fi in hotel or cafe It works in WISP Wireless Internet Service Provider mode by default which means that the router will create its own subnet and act as a firewall to protect you from the public network In Repeater section click Scan to search f...

Page 10: ...ivated and you will be able to set up your USB modem Be aware that some modems work in host less mode which have to be configured through Tethering but not 3G 4G modem In general you can set up your 3G 4G modem by the three basic parameters below Click Apply to connect Device Choose dev cdc wdm0 if your modem supports QMI otherwise you need to choose dev ttyUSB which may include several ttyUSB from...

Page 11: ...et it manually However if you have this info please input it Pincode Username and Password Generally these are not necessary for an unlocked SIM card However if you have a locked SIM card please consult your service provider It is connected when the IP address of your SIM card shows up ...

Page 12: ...Compatible Modems Here is a list of supported modems that we had tested ...

Page 13: ...de Please choose dev cdc wdm0 in the Device list Host less This modem supports tethering mode please set up by using Tethering but not 3G 4G modem You can also refer to http ofmodemsandmen com supported html for a well supported modem list 4 Tethering Using USB cable to share network from your smartphone to the router is called Tethering Host less modem works in Tethering as well For host less mod...

Page 14: ...ggested to use unicode characters such as Chinese Wi Fi Key The password of the Wi Fi which must be at least 8 characters long Channel The router will not choose the best channel itself You need to choose a channel manually If your router is used as a Wi Fi repeater the channel will be fixed according to the connected wireless network Speed The wireless speed of the router TX Power dBm It specifies ...

Page 15: ...Click Modify to change the settings of the wireless network ...

Page 16: ...all connected clients in CLIENTS You can see their name IP MAC address and connection type Click the button on the right to block any unwanted client UPGRADE Click UPGRADE to check any available update and upgrade the firmware ...

Page 17: ...or the newer firmware version available for download Note It is suggested to uncheck Keep setting If you keep the settings and encounter problems after the upgrade please reset the router Upload Firmware Click Local Upgrade to upload a firmware file to the router Simply drag and drop your firmware file to the area indicated ...

Page 18: ...mware testing Beta version of GL iNet OpenWrt LEDE firmware Note You have to upload the tar file The img file can only be flashed to the router through Uboot Compile your own firmware You can compile your own firmware and flash to the router Please refer to github com domino team openwrt cc Note If you uploaded an incompatible firmware thus bricked the router please use Uboot to re install the correct firm...

Page 19: ...uard Please refer to the links below for the detailed setup instruction OpenVPN https docs gl inet com en 3 app openvpn WireGuard https docs gl inet com en 3 app wireguard APPLICATIONS Plug ins Plug ins allows you to manage the OpenWrt packages You can install or remove any package ...

Page 20: ...L iNet router The file sharing features of the external storage device can be configured in File Sharing Share via LAN Share the contents of the external storage device with all connected clients Share via WAN The contents of the external storage device can be access from the WAN Writable The contents of the external storage device can be edited ...

Page 21: ...ur computer or smart phone please refer to our online documentations https docs gl inet com en 3 app file_sharing MORE SETTINGS Admin Password Change the password of the web Admin Panel which must be at least 5 characters long You have to input your current password in order to change it ...

Page 22: ...LAN IP LAN IP is the IP address that you use to connect to this router The default IP address of GL iNet router is 192 168 8 1 If it conflicts with the IP address of your main router you can change it ...

Page 23: ...ation is recommended MAC Clone Clone the MAC address of your current client to the router It is used especially in hotel when the network checks your MAC address For example if you got your smartphone registered on the network you can clone the MAC address of your smartphone to the router so that the router can also connect to the network ...

Page 24: ...le this option if the captive portal of your network cannot be resolved Override DNS Settings for All Clients Enabling this option will capture DNS request from all connected clients DNS over TLS from Cloudflare Cloudflare DNS over TLS uses the TLS security protocol for encrypting DNS queries which helps increase privacy and prevent eavesdropping Manual DNS Server Settings Input a custom DNS server ...

Page 25: ...Button Settings Configure the function of the mode switch It doesn t have any function by default You can set it as a toggle to turn on or off Wireguard OpenVPN client ...

Page 26: ...the web Admin Panel in this case you have to use the IP address assigned by the main router to the GL iNet router Router Create your own private network The router will act as NAT firewall and DHCP server Access Point Connect to a wired network and broadcast a wireless network Extender Extend the Wi Fi coverage of an existing wireless network WDS Similar to Extender please choose WDS if your main r...

Page 27: ...Luci which is the default web interface of OpenWrt You can check the detailed system log or conduct more advanced configurations here Note The username is root The password is same as the one that you used to access the web Admin Panel ...