Connections



This page discusses how to connect Internet Broadband Router in the network environments.

3.1. Connect the Internet Broadband Router to the WAN Device


3.1.1. Connect the WAN Ethernet port with a DSL modem, Cable modem
Attach the Internet Broadband Router's WAN Ethernet port to your cable modem(Figure A), DSL modem(Figure B) using a crossover cable. After apply power to both devices, please check the WAN-LNK LED on the Internet Broadband Router's WAN Ethernet port is lit.

Figure A. ADSL(PPPoE)

Figure B. Cable (DHCP)


3.1.2. Connect the WAN COM port with an external 56K modem or ISDN TA
(When you already have a WAN Ethernet port connection, this connection is optional to build a backup line. Or if you do not have any WAN Ethernet connection, you need this dial-up connection to access Internet.)

Attach the Internet Broadband Router's WAN COM port an external 56k modem or ISDN TA, using a RS232 serial cable (This cable generally provided by the modem manufacturer). The COM-Link LED will be lit only when the dial-up connection is successfully built.



3.2. Connect the Internet Broadband Router to the Workstation

Attach one of the Internet Broadband Router's LAN Ethernet ports to the Ethernet device of your workstation using a crossover cable. After apply power to both devices, please check the LAN-Link LED respectively to the port is lit.


3.3. Setting Up a Management Station

The Internet Broadband Router's default IP address is 192.168.16.1. To contact the Internet Broadband Router for the first time, you need to get an IP address for the management station from the DHCP server of the Internet Broadband Router.

Configure TCP/IP Settings
The following steps help you to configure the communication protocol.

For Win 95/98/NT Platform

Step 1. On Windows 98 desktop, double click "My Computer".



Step 2. Double click "Control Panel".




Step 3. Double click "Network".



Step 4. This windows appears the related information about the Network Interface Card which you installed. Please check out if "TCP/IP" component is installed or not. If not, click "Add". If you had installed "TCP/IP" component, please go to the Step 8.



Step 5. Double click "Protocol".



Step 6. On the left side of the window, please choose "Microsoft", and then choose "TCP/IP" component on the right side.


Step 7. After "TCP/IP" component is installed completely, you will be asked to restart the system. Please click "O.K.".


Step 8. Double click "TCP/IP" component.



Step 9. The TCP/IP Properties window appears. Please click "IP Address" and choose "Obtain IP address automatically".



Step 10. Click "WINS Configuration" and choose "Disable WINS Resolution", then click "O.K".


Note: When you're done with this step, you will be asked to restart Win 95 if any properties are ever modified. After the system restarted, please go to the next section.


IP Configuration

Step 1. On Win 98 Desktop. Click "Start" => "Program" => "MS-DOS Prompt".



Step 2. After entering "MS-DOS Prompt", please execute "winipcfg". (On Windows NT, please execute "ipconfig".)



Step 3. After execute "winipcfg", an IP Configuration window appears. This window will show your Network Interface Card's Address (Adapter Address), IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway. Click the "Release" button to erase old setting, then click the "Renew" button to get the values from the DHCP server in Internet Broadband Router. If an error of getting these values, please check Internet Broadband Router and the network connection and try it again. If no error occurred, a set of values will show up, then click the "O.K" button to close the IP configuration window.


3.4. Contact the Internet Broadband Router from the Management Station
Step 1. Any computer used for management will be referred to as a "Management Station".
Now that you have changed your Management station's IP address which is in the same domain with the Internet Broadband Router. Then launch your browser, and type the IP address of the Internet Broadband Router, default is "192.168.16.1". Upon entering the address into the web browser an username and password request window will pop up.
Type "admin" into the User Name field and "123" into the Password field.




Step 2.
After your login request is verified, the Internet Broadband Router's configuration page will show up.

Now, you have completed the basic setup for connecting the Internet Broadband Router to your LAN. Please follows the instructions in "Quickstart your Internet Broadband Router" or "Advanced Configuration " to do the further configuration for accessing Internet.