Page 2 - receiver is connected.
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resident...
Page 3 - Table of Contents; FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT; EZ; CHAPTER 3 USING WEB CONFIGURATION UTILITY
Table of Contents FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT ............................ 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................
Page 4 - CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING
3.5.3 VPN Pass through .................................................................................................................. 70 3.6 A DMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................... 71 3.6.1 Ti...
Page 5 - Chapter 1 Introduction; Package Contents
6 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the AR685W Wireless N 300 Green Router. The Wireless N 300 Green Router is recommended to be used with AirLink101® Wireless N products to provide the best performance. The high speed of up to 300Mbps* combined with extended wireless covera...
Page 8 - Chapter 2 Installing the Router; Insert the Setup CD into your CD-ROM drive.; Next; to start the configuration.
9 Chapter 2 Installing the Router 2.1 Using EZ Setup Wizard Step 1 Insert the Setup CD into your CD-ROM drive. Step 2 Click Next to start the configuration.
Page 9 - other end to your computer.
10 Step 3 Connect one end of a network cable to the WAN port of the router and connect the other end to your DSL/Cable modem. Step 4 Connect one end of another network cable to the LAN port of the router and connect the other end to your computer.
Page 10 - Step 5; Power on the Router. It will take about 30 seconds.; POWER; port that the computer is connected to
11 Step 5 Power on the Router. It will take about 30 seconds. Step 6 Make sure POWER , WAN , WLAN , and the LAN port that the computer is connected to are lit. If not, try the above steps again. Step 7 Enter the Router’s password to log in to the Router. The default password is “admin”. It is recomm...
Page 11 - configure it manually. Click; Service Provider for this information.
12 Step 8 Verify the Internet Connection Type the wizard detected. If it is not correct, please configure it manually. Click Next . Note: If you are not sure which Internet Connection Type you use, please contact your Internet Service Provider for this information. Step 9 Enter the settings for your...
Page 12 - Enter the user name and password provided by your ISP then click; to configure the wireless settings.
13 PPPoE (DSL users) Enter the user name and password provided by your ISP then click Next . Step 10 Please wait while the Wizard trying to connect to the Internet. If you see the window “Internet Connection Succeed”, your router has been successfully connected to the Internet. Please click Next to ...
Page 13 - Configure a name for your wireless network. Click; Configure the security key for your wireless network. Check; Enable WPA Pre-Share
14 Step 11 Configure a name for your wireless network. Click Next . Step 12 Configure the security key for your wireless network. Check Enable WPA Pre-Share Key . Enter 8 to 63 characters into WPA-Pre-Share Key. Click Next .
Page 14 - Verify the settings you just configured for the Router. Click; Finish; to restart the Router.; Congratulations! Your router configuration has been finished.
15 Step 13 Verify the settings you just configured for the Router. Click Finish to restart the Router. Congratulations! Your router configuration has been finished.
Page 15 - Connecting to the Router Wirelessly; Windows 7; regarding how to connect to a router wirelessly.
16 2.2 Connecting to the Router Wirelessly You must configure your wireless computer in order to establish a wireless connection to the router. In this section, you can find the instructions of how to connect to the router wirelessly with your Windows 7 computer. You can also refer to the manual of ...
Page 16 - has wireless encryption enabled. Click; OK; . The connection should be now established.
17 Step 2 Enter the network security key if the wireless network you are attempting to connect to has wireless encryption enabled. Click OK . The connection should be now established.
Page 17 - Access Restrictions; You can see Router’s status in this section.
18 Chapter 3 Using Web Configuration Utility The Web Configuration Utility contains advanced features that allow you to configure the router to meet your network’s needs such as: Access Control, QoS (Quality of Service), Port Forwarding (Virtual Server) and other functions. If you have already gone ...
Page 18 - Enter; Enter your user name and password and click; can now access the complete features/settings of the router.
19 Step 1 Go to the computer that is connected to the router with an Ethernet cable, open the web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) and type 192.168.2.1 or the IP address you assigned to this router in the URL address bar and press Enter . Step 2 Enter your user name and password a...
Page 19 - Configure the Time Zone Settings of the Router. You can click on; Copy Time from PC; Enable Daylight Saving if it is applicable in your country. Click; NEXT; Parameter
20 3.0 Setup Wizard Click on Setup Wizard and start the basic configuration for this router. If you have gone through the EZ Setup Wizard on the provided CD, you do not need to set up the router again. Step 1 Configure the Time Zone Settings of the Router. You can click on Copy Time from PC . Enable...
Page 20 - Time Zone; Input the IP address / host name of time server here; Daylight Savings; Dynamic IP (for Cable or some DSL users); Clone MAC; and click; Host Name
21 Time Zone You can select your local time zone here. The router will sync time according to your time zone selection. Time Server Address Input the IP address / host name of time server here Daylight Savings If the country you live uses daylight saving, please check the Enable box and choose the d...
Page 21 - Secondary DNS
22 automatically”, or “Use the following IP address” (i.e. static IP address). Primary DNS Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider. Secondary DNS Please input the IP address of another DNS server provided by your service provider, this is optional. PPPoE (for DSL ...
Page 22 - User Name; Please give a name to this Internet service (this is optional).; Idle Time Out
23 Parameter Description User Name Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. DNS Address Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can choose “Obt...
Page 23 - PPTP
24 PPTP PPTP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from WAN interface setting: Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can choose “Obtain an IP address automatica...
Page 24 - When you finish with all settings, please click NEXT.
25 Parameter Description User Name Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. PPTP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. Con...
Page 26 - can always recognize your wireless network with it. Click
27 Parameter Description User Name Please input user name assigned by Telstra. Password Please input the password assigned by Telstra. Assign login server manually Check this box to choose login server by yourself. Server IP Address Please input the IP address of login server here. When you finish w...
Page 27 - SSID
28 Parameter Description Band Please select the radio band from one of the following options. 2.4GHz (B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network client to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network client to connec...
Page 30 - and; Telstra Big Pond; . Please choose one type and complete the detail settings below.
31 3.1 Network 3.1.1 WAN Use the WAN setting page to change your Internet connection type. The WAN setting page allows you to configure the Internet connection type of your ISP. The WAN settings offer the following selections for the router’s WAN port, Dynamic IP, Static IP, PPPoE , PPTP , L2TP and ...
Page 32 - DHCP Server; section, you can assign an IP address to a specific computer
33 ¾ DHCP Server section Parameters Description Lease Time Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP address assigned by this router from dropdown menu. DHCP Client Start IP Please input the start IP address of the IP range. DHCP Client ...
Page 35 - From the; Current Static Routing Table; , you can check each Static Routing setting.; Delete All; You can also click ‘Reset’ button unselect all.
36 From the Current Static Routing Table , you can check each Static Routing setting. Parameter Description Delete If you want to delete a setting, check the ‘select’ box of the setting you want to delete, then click ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one setting). Delete All If you want to ...
Page 36 - Disable; Provider; Select a DDNS service provider.; Domain; Your static domain name that use DDNS.; Account
37 3.1.4 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and a static domain name from a DDNS service provider. This router supports DynDNS ( www.dyndns.org ), and TZO ( www.tzo.com ). Parameters Default Description Dynamic DNS Disable En...
Page 41 - IEEE802.11n standard only accepts AES
42 Encryption Key 1~4 The WEP key are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the rules below. 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) or 5-digit ASCII character as the encryption keys. 128-bit WEP: input 26-digit H...
Page 42 - Parameters
43 Parameters Description WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Available options are: WPA(TKIP) and WPA2(AES). Please make sure your wireless client supports the cipher you selected. Pre-shared Key Format You may select Passphrase (alphanumeric format) or Hex (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) to be the Pre-...
Page 46 - You can set the output power of wireless radio. Unless you are; WMM
47 Channel Width Set channel width of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Auto 20/40 MHz’. Preamble Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN performance....
Page 51 - Delete; You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all.
52 Delete If you want to delete a setting, check the ‘select’ box of the setting you want to delete, then click ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one setting). Delete All If you want to delete all settings listed here, please click ‘Delete All’ button. Reset You can also click ‘Reset’ butto...
Page 52 - Description; Check to enable Special Applications, or uncheck to disable.
53 3.3.2 Special Applications (Port Triggering) Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. These applications cannot work with simple Network Address Translation (NAT) rules. In this page, you can configure the Router t...
Page 53 - Current Trigger-Port Table; , you can select each Special Application setting by checking the
54 Add (in red box) Click on Add button in the red box to save the Special Application rule you set into the Current Trigger-Port Table. From the Current Trigger-Port Table , you can select each Special Application setting by checking the “Select” checkbox. Parameter Description Delete If you want t...
Page 60 - Add PC
61 3.4 Access Restrictions This function allows you to configure some Internet access rules for your local computers based on the IP address, applications, URL or keywords. 3.4.1 IP & Port Filtering If you want to restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Interne...
Page 61 - Client PC Description
62 Parameters Description Client PC Description Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP address Please input the starting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses, or ju...
Page 66 - SPI Firewall; which is a type of firewall
67 3.5 Security 3.5.1 Firewall Excepting NAT, this router also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on local network. These functions include inbound attack prevention, and block outbound traffics. The Wireless N 300 Green Router AR685W has built in S...
Page 68 - Ping of Death
69 Parameter Description Ping of Death Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. Please check the box of Ping of Death, and input the frequency of threshold (how many packets per second, minute, or hour), you can also input the ‘Burst’ value, which means when this nu...
Page 73 - Status > Internet Connection > IP Address; port number is 8080. You need to go to
74 3.6.3 Remote Management You can manage this router remotely by enabling the ‘Remote Management’ function. Parameters Description Host Address Input the IP address of the remote host you wish to initiate a management access. “0.0.0.0” means any remote IP address. If you specify an IP address here,...
Page 74 - Click; to start the firmware upgrade.; Browse; to select the firmware you just downloaded/unzipped, then click; APPLY; to
75 3.6.4 Firmware Upgrade To upgrade the firmware for the Router, you need to download the firmware file and save it to your local hard disk first. You may need to unzip it if it is a .zip file. Click NEXT to start the firmware upgrade. Click on Browse to select the firmware you just downloaded/unzi...
Page 75 - Backup; ) the router’s current; Restore; If extreme problems occur you can use the; Restore to; Backup Settings
76 3.6.5 Configuration Settings The Configuration Settings screen allows you to save ( Backup ) the router’s current configuration setting. Saving the configuration settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur with the router and you have to reset to factory default. W...
Page 76 - Save; Save current event log to a text file.; Clear; Delete all event logs displayed here.; Refresh; Refresh the event log display.
77 3.6.6 Log All important system events and system security are logged. You can use this function to check the log of your router. Parameters Description Save Save current event log to a text file. Clear Delete all event logs displayed here. Refresh Refresh the event log display.
Page 80 - Chapter 4 Troubleshooting; Power off the Cable/DSL modem, router, and computer and wait for
81 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting If you have trouble connecting to the Internet, try the following steps: Step 1 Power off the Cable/DSL modem, router, and computer and wait for 5 minutes . Step 2 Turn on the Cable/DSL modem and wait for the lights on the modem to settle down. Step 3 Turn on the route...
Page 81 - Technical Support
82 Technical Support E-mail: [email protected] Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Website: www.airlink101.com *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE standard 802.11 specifications. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume ...
