Asus RTAC68U - Manual

Table of Contents:

• Page 3 – Table of contents; Getting to know your wireless router
• Page 4 – Configuring the Advanced Settings
• Page 5 – Utilities
• Page 6 – • If any of the items are damaged or missing, contact ASUS for; Thank; Package contents
• Page 7 – Your wireless router
• Page 9 – Positioning your router; For the best wireless signal transmission between the wireless
• Page 10 – Setup Requirements; To set up your wireless network, you need a computer that meets
• Page 11 – plug it to a power outlet.
• Page 12 – IMPORTANT! Ensure that the LAN LED is blinking.; To set up your wireless router via wireless connection:
• Page 13 – Insert your modem’s AC adapter to the DC-IN port and plug it; • For details on connecting to a wireless network, refer to the WLAN
• Page 14 – Getting started; Logging into the Web GUI; Your ASUS Wireless Router comes with an intuitive web graphical; NOTE: The features may vary with different firmware versions.; You can now use the Web GUI to configure various settings of; directed to the Quick Internet Setup (QIS) page automatically.
• Page 15 – detection; The Quick Internet Setup (QIS) function guides you in quickly; • By default, the login username and password for your wireless; router's Web GUI is admin. For details on changing your wireless; router's login username and password allows you to log into your
• Page 16 – the necessary information for your ISP connection type.; Obtain the necessary information from your ISP about
• Page 17 – for Static IP; • The auto-detection of your ISP connection type takes place when; manual setting and manually configure your connection settings.; Assign the wireless network name (SSID) and security key for; your 2.4GHz and 5 GHz wireless connection. Click Apply when
• Page 18 – Your Internet and wireless settings are displayed. Click Next to; Read the wireless network connection tutorial. When done,
• Page 19 – Connecting to your wireless network; • Refer to the next chapters for more details on configuring your
• Page 20 – Using the Network Map; Network Map allows you to configure your network’s security
• Page 21 – Setting up the wireless security settings; To set up the wireless security settings:; . On the Network Map screen and under; System status; configure the wireless security settings such as SSID, security; GHz security settings; field, key in a unique name for
• Page 22 – Security Level; The IEEE 802.11n/ac standard prohibits using High; Apply
• Page 24 – You first need to create a share account and its; USB Application and 3.6 Using AiCloud in this user manual.; To monitor your USB device:; . On the Network Map screen, select the; USB Disk Status; icon to; GO; to set up an FTP server for; • For more details, refer to the section 3.5.2 Using Servers Center in; • The wireless router works with most USB HDDs/Flash disks (up to 2TB
• Page 25 – Safely removing the USB disk; IMPORTANT: Incorrect removal of the USB disk may cause data; the USB disk is ejected successfully, the USB status shows
• Page 26 – Creating a Guest Network; The Guest Network provides temporary visitors with Internet; To create a guest network:; band for the guest network that you want to create.
• Page 28 – Using the Traffic Manager; Quality of Service (QoS) allows you to set the bandwidth priority; Click ON to enable QoS. Fill in the upload and download; NOTE: Get the bandwidth information from your ISP.
• Page 29 – On the user-defined QoS rules page, there are four default; online service types – web surf, HTTPS and file transfers.; Select your preferred service, fill in the Source IP or MAC,; NOTES
• Page 30 – • Under Download Bandwidth table, set Maximum Bandwidth
• Page 32 – Setting up Parental Control; Parental Control allows you to control the Internet access time.; You may also key in the client’s MAC address in the Client MAC; or spaces as this may cause the router to function abnormally.; and drop a desired time zone to allow client’s network usage.
• Page 33 – Using the USB Application; IMPORTANT! To use the server functions, you need to insert a USB; storage device, such as a USB hard disk or USB flash drive, in the USB
• Page 34 – accept the Terms of service and key in your domain name.
• Page 35 – Using Media Server; NOTE: Before using the DLNA Media Server function, connect your
• Page 37 – To delete an existing account:; created will be added to the folder list.; To create a new account:; password of your network client. Retype the password to; confirm. Click Add to add the account to the list.
• Page 38 – Using the FTP Share service; FTP share enables an FTP server to share files from USB disk to; USB disk may cause data corruption.; • To safely remove the USB disk, refer to the section Safely removing
• Page 39 – To use FTP Share service:; Ensure that you have set up your FTP server through
• Page 40 – • Maximum Login User; NOTE: Some FTP clients may establish more than one connection.; Setting this number too low will lead to login failures.; • Device Name
• Page 41 – • Work Group; Assigns the name of the local RT-AC68U network as seen in; NOTE: For Device Name and Work Group, the standard input; find your device in the network.; • Character set on FTP Server; G/4G USB modems can be connected to RT-AC68U to allow
• Page 44 – account and password. For better user experience, we; recommend that you use Google Chrome or Firefox.
• Page 45 – NOTE: When accessing the devices that are connected to the network,; will not be saved by AiCloud for security reason.
• Page 46 – • You can create a domain name for your router with ASUS DDNS. For
• Page 47 – directory that you want to sync with WebStorage.
• Page 48 – To configure the basic wireless settings:; NOTE: You can assign unique SSIDs for the 2.4 GHz and 5GHz frequency
• Page 51 – NOTE: Ensure that the devices support WPS.; frequency to 5GHz, turn OFF the WPS function, click Switch
• Page 54 – • HYBRID: Enables the Wireless Bridge feature and allows; NOTE: Channel availability varies per country or region.; Channel as the ASUS wireless router.
• Page 56 – wireless router’s Authentication Mode.; In the Connection Secret field, assign the password to access
• Page 57 – NOTE: We recommend that you use the default values on this page.
• Page 59 – NOTE: Increasing the TX Power adjustment values may affect the; stability of the wireless network.; NOTE: Any changes to the LAN IP address will be reflected on your
• Page 61 – • We recommend that you use an IP address format of 192.168.1.xxx; (where xxx can be any number between 2 and 254) when specifying
• Page 62 – NOTE: We recommend that you do not change the default route; settings unless you have advanced knowledge of routing tables.; other access points or nodes. Click the Add; button to add or remove a device on the list.
• Page 63 – an ISP or a LAN. The IPTV tab provides the configuration settings
• Page 68 – data from the Internet.
• Page 69 – NOTE: When port forwarding is enabled, the ASUS router blocks; from outbound requests from the LAN. The network client does not
• Page 72 – Caution: Opening all the ports on a client to the Internet makes the; risks involved in using DMZ.; Exposed Station text box.
• Page 74 – Enable wildcard: Enable wildcard if your DDNS service; DDNS service will not work under these conditions:; NAT Passthrough allows a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Page 75 – your Internet service.
• Page 76 – NOTE: Before setting up a VPN connection, you would need the IP; address or domain name of the VPN server you are trying to access.; NOTE: For advanced VPN server settings, click the VPN Server tab to; Client IP address range.
• Page 77 – visited websites). To resolve this issue, clear the DNS cache before
• Page 78 – Keyword filter blocks access to webpages containing specified
• Page 79 – • The Keyword Filter is based on a DNS query. If a network client has; the website will not be blocked (a DNS cache in the system stores; • Web pages compressed using HTTP compression cannot be filtered.; HTTPS pages also cannot be blocked using a keyword filter.; The Network Services Filter blocks LAN to WAN packet exchanges
• Page 80 – network services. White List limits access to only the specified
• Page 81 – NOTE: The router will reboot when you change the modes.
• Page 83 – NOTE: Download the latest firmware from the ASUS website at; • When the upgrade process is complete, wait for some time for the; Firmware Restoration.; settings. Do not restore the router to its default settings.
• Page 84 – System Log contains your recorded network activities.; NOTE: System log resets when the router is rebooted or powered off.; You can view your network activities in any of these tabs:
• Page 85 – Utilities; • If Autorun is disabled, run setup.exe from the root directory of the; • The utilities are not supported on MAC OS.; Device Discovery; Device Discovery is an ASUS WLAN utility that detects an ASUS; NOTE: When you set the router to Access Point mode, you need to use; Device Discovery to get the router’s IP address.
• Page 86 – Firmware Restoration; IMPORTANT: Launch the rescue mode on the router before using the; Firmware Restoration utility.; NOTE: This feature is not supported on MAC OS.; To launch the rescue mode and use the Firmware Restoration
• Page 87 – Set a static IP on your computer and use the following to set up; NOTE: This is not a firmware upgrade utility and cannot be used on; a working ASUS Wireless Router. Normal firmware upgrades must be; done through the web interface. Refer to Chapter 4: Configuring the; Setting up your printer server; ASUS EZ Printing Sharing utility allows you to connect a USB
• Page 88 – NOTE: The print server function is supported on Windows® XP,; Network Printer Server.; NOTE: Network printer utility is supported on Windows® XP, Windows®; Unzip the downloaded file and click the Printer icon to run the
• Page 89 – Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your hardware, then
• Page 91 – You can share your printer with computers running on Windows®; Sharing your LPR printer
• Page 93 – LPRServer then click OK to continue.
• Page 94 – Click Next to finish setting up the standard TCP/IP port.; Install the printer driver from the vendor-model list. If your; printer is not in the list, click Have Disk to manually install the
• Page 96 – Download Master; NOTE: You need a USB device connected to the wireless router to use; want to download the files to.; Bit Torrent download settings.
• Page 97 – Use the navigation panel to configure the advanced settings.; launch the Bit Torrent Setting page.; You can limit the maximum number of allowed peers and; Configuring Bit Torrent download settings
• Page 98 – You can set up a USENET server to download NZB files. After
• Page 99 – Troubleshooting; Basic Troubleshooting; Upgrade Firmware to the latest version.
• Page 101 – Network Map > Clients page, and hover the mouse pointer
• Page 102 – I cannot access the router GUI using a web browser; Browsing history, click; • The commands for deleting cookies and files vary with web
• Page 103 – The client cannot establish a wireless connection with the; NOTE: If you are having issues connecting to 5Ghz network, make; described in section 1.4 Positioning your router.
• Page 105 – Internet is not accessible.; Restart your network in following sequence under Basic
• Page 107 – Firmware upgrade failed.; Launch the rescue mode and run the Firmware Restoration utility.; Refer to section 5.2 Firmware Restoration on how to use the
• Page 108 – Cannot access Web GUI; Windows; to launch the browser.; screen, untick Use a proxy
• Page 110 – NOTE: Refer to your operating system’s help and support feature for; details on configuring your computer’s TCP/IP settings.
• Page 112 – Appendices; Notices; ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services
• Page 113 – Prohibition of Co-location; CAUTION: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by; operate the equipment.
• Page 115 – Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure Information
• Page 116 – NCC; 警語; GNU General Public License; Licensing information
• Page 117 – Preamble
• Page 124 – NO WARRANTY
• Page 125 – For Turkey only; EEE Yönetmeliğine Uygundur.; Authorised distributors in Turkey:; CEMAL SURURI CD. HALIM MERIC IS MERKEZI
• Page 126 – ASUS Contact information; Technical Support; Fax
• Page 127 – Networks Global Hotline Information