Page 2 - Table of Contents
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................1 What is unique about the TM-G5240.................................
Page 4 - Introduction; WPA; What is unique about the TM-G5240
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 1 Introduction TM-G5240 Wireless Router Congratulations on your purchase of the T-Mobile TM-G5240 wireless router (also referred to as TM-G5240). The TM-G5240 supports high-speed wireless networking at home, at work, and in public plac...
Page 5 - TKIP
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 2 TM-G5240 Features • Fully compatible with the 802.11g standard to provide a wireless data rate of up to 54Mbps.* • Backwards compatible with the 802.11b standard to provide a wireless data rate of up to 11Mbps. • WPA (Wi Fi Protected...
Page 6 - Technical specifications
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 3 Technical specifications Standards • IEEE 802.11g • IEEE 802.11b • IEEE 802.3 • IEEE 802.3u VPN Pass Through • PPTP • L2TP • IPSec Device Management • Web-Based- Internet Explorer v6 or later; Netscape Navigator v6 or later; or other...
Page 8 - Receiver Sensitivity; Package contents
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 5 48 Mbps 36 Mbps 24 Mbps 18 Mbps 12 Mbps 11 Mbps 9 Mbps 6 Mbps 5.5 Mbps 2 Mbps 1 Mbps Receiver Sensitivity • Better than -92dBm @ 6, 9Mbps • Better than -92dBm @ 12Mbps • Better than -88dBm @ 18Mbps • Better than -84dBm @ 24Mbps • Bet...
Page 9 - Panel components; Back panel
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 6 Panel components Back panel Reset Button Press and hold for 10 seconds to restore to original factory settings. Power Plug the power adaptor to power on the TM- G5240. Internet Port Plug the network cable used to connect to the Inter...
Page 10 - Front panel
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 7 Front panel Power Light Solid green if the power adaptor is plugged into an electrical outlet and is receiving adequate power. Internet Light Blinking green if the modem is plugged into the Internet port and connection is good. Wirel...
Page 11 - Getting Started; What you need before installing the TM-G5240
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 8 Getting Started What you need before installing the TM-G5240 Before you install and use the TM-G5240, you must have: • Broadband Internet access (a cable or DSL-subscriber line into your home or office) NOTE: Consult with your Cable ...
Page 13 - Configuring
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 10 Configuring TM-G5240 Configure the TM-G5240 The configuration of the TM-G5240 involves the following: 1. The Installation Wizard walks you through the steps to physically connect the hardware components (computer, TM-G5240, modem, c...
Page 14 - Physical connection of hardware components; Installation Wizard
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 11 Physical connection of hardware components To start the Installation Wizard, insert the CD into your computer that is connected to your modem and click the Installation Wizard button. Follow the instructions on screen. Note: If the ...
Page 15 - Next
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 12 1. Power off your modem, by unplugging the power cord. When done, click the Next button on the Wizard.
Page 19 - Yes
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 16 If you want to replace the existing router with the TM-G5240, click the Yes button on the Wizard. 1. Power off your modem, by unplugging the power cord. When done, click the Next button on the Wizard.
Page 23 - Checks Internet Connection Type
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 20 Checks Internet Connection Type After you have finished connecting the cables, the Installation Wizard will check your Internet connection and display the following screen while detecting the type of internet connection you have.. N...
Page 25 - Static IP
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 22 Static IP If you select Static IP from the drop-down box, you must complete the information on this screen. Refer to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) for information on IP address, subnet mask, and so on. When done, click the Ne...
Page 27 - Print Settings
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 24 10. To protect your router settings from un-authorized access, change the administrative password. You will see a confirmation of settings page where you can print this information for future reference. When done, click the Next but...
Page 30 - Encryption for your wireless computers
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 27 Encryption for your wireless computers 1. With a T-Mobile router and phone you do NOT have to enter the security key or passphrase into your phone manually. Follow these steps to share the encryption settings with your phone: • Turn...
Page 31 - Tips for Get Security Key
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 28 3. Review your settings and either print or save a copy for your records. • Click the Save a copy button to save your security settings to your computer. You will see a pop-up with open, save, cancel. Select save. • Click the Print ...
Page 32 - Advanced; Configuration menu; admin
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 29 Advanced Settings Configuration menu The Configuration menu allows you to adjust network and TM-G5240 settings. To access the Configuration menu: 1. Open a Web browser. 2. Type http://192.168.0.1/ . This is the default IP address of...
Page 33 - OK
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 30 Click OK . The Configuration menu opens. The Configuration menu has the following tabs: • Home • Advanced • Tools • Status • Help
Page 34 - Home tab; Apply
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 31 Home tab Home > Wizard The Home tab introduces you to the Configuration menu and allows you to access the Installation Wizard. The following buttons appear on most of the Configuration screens after you have made a configuration ...
Page 35 - Authentication
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 32 Home > Wireless At the Home > Wireless tab, you can adjust: • Wireless Radio - This option turns off and on the wireless connection feature of the router. If this is not enabled, you cannot connect using a wireless network ada...
Page 38 - Dynamic IP Address; Host Name; MAC Address; Clone MAC Address
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 35 Home > WAN Home > WAN > Dynamic IP Address At Home > WAN > Dynamic IP Address , you can adjust: • Dynamic IP Address - Choose Dynamic IP Address to obtain IP Address information automatically from your ISP. Select thi...
Page 39 - Primary DNS Address -; Secondary DNS Address -
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 36 “Clone MAC Address” button to copy the MAC address of the Ethernet Card installed by your ISP and replace the WAN MAC address with the MAC address of the router. It is not recommended that you change the default MAC address unless r...
Page 41 - PPPoE; User Name
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 38 Home > WAN > PPPoE At Home > WAN > PPPoE , you can adjust: • PPPoE – Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet. Choose this option if your ISP uses PPPoE connection (Most DSL users will select this option.) Your ISP provider...
Page 42 - Primary DNS Address
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 39 • Primary DNS Address - Primary DNS IP address provided by our ISP • Secondary DNS Address - This option is only available for Static PPPoE. Enter the static IP Address for the PPPoE connection. • Maximum Idle Time - Enter a maximum...
Page 43 - IP Address; Subnet Mask; Local Domain
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 40 Home > LAN LAN is short for Local Area Network. This is considered your internal network. These are the IP settings of the LAN interface for the TM-G5240. These settings may be referred to as Private settings. You may change the ...
Page 44 - DHCP Server
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 41 Home > DHCP DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Control Protocol . The TM-G5240 has a built-in DHCP server. The DHCP Server will automatically assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network. Be sure to set your compute...
Page 45 - Host Name –
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 42 • Static DHCP - Used to allow the DHCP server to assign the same IP address to a specified MAC address. Enter the name, IP address, and MAC address into the fields. Select which DHCP client to clone. • Host Name – The name to be use...
Page 46 - Advanced tab; Advanced > Virtual Server
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 43 Advanced tab Advanced > Virtual Server The TM-G5240 can be configured as a virtual server so that remote users accessing Web or FTP services via the public IP address can be automatically redirected to local servers in the LAN (L...
Page 48 - EXAMPLE 2
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 45 EXAMPLE 2 If you have an FTP server that you wanted Internet users to access by WAN port 2100 and only during the weekends, you would need to enable it as such. FTP server is on LAN computer 192.168.0.30. FTP uses port 21, TCP. Name...
Page 49 - Name
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 46 Advanced > Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. These applications have difficulties working through NAT (Network Address Transla...
Page 50 - Public Port; Public Type
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 47 • Public Port - This is the port number on the WAN side that will be used to access the application. You may define a single port or a range of ports. You can use a comma to add multiple ports or port ranges. • Public Type - This is...
Page 51 - IP Filters
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 48 Advanced > Filters Advanced > Filters > IP Filters Filters are used to deny or allow LAN (Local Area Network) computers from accessing the Internet. The TM-G5240 can be setup to deny internal computers by their IP or MAC ad...
Page 54 - Advanced > Parental Control
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 51 Advanced > Parental Control Parental Control filters are used to allow or deny LAN users from accessing the Internet by either blocking URL’s or Specific Domains. At Advanced > Parental Control , you can adjust: • URL Blocking...
Page 57 - DMZ
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 54 Advanced > DMZ If you have a client PC that cannot run Internet applications properly from behind the TM-G5240, then you can set the client up for unrestricted Internet access. It allows a computer to be exposed to the Internet. ...
Page 58 - Advanced > Performance; Beacon Interval; RTS Threshold; Fragmentation
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 55 Advanced > Performance Displayed in this window are the Wireless Performance features for the Access Point portion of the TM-G5240. At the Advance > Performance tab, you can adjust: • Beacon Interval - Beacons are packets sent...
Page 59 - Preamble Type; None
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 56 • Preamble Type - Select Short or Long Preamble . The Preamble defines the length of the CRC block (Cyclic Redundancy Check is a common technique for detecting data transmission errors) for communication between the wireless router ...
Page 60 - Tools tab
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 57 Tools tab Tools > Admin At this page, the TM-G5240 administrator can change the system password. There are two accounts that can access the wireless router’s Web-Management interface. They are admin and user. Admin has read/write...
Page 61 - Port
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 58 This feature enables you to perform Administrator tasks from the remote (Internet) host. • IP Address – The Internet IP address of the computer that has access to the Wireless router. If you input an asterisk (*) into this field, th...
Page 62 - Time Zone; Set the Time
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 59 Tools > Time At the Tools > Time tab, you can adjust: • Time Zone – Select the time from the pull-down menu. • Default NTP Server – NTP is short for Network Time Protocol. NTP synchronizes computer clock times in a network of ...
Page 63 - Save Settings to Local Hard Drive; Load Settings from Local Hard Drive; Load
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 60 Tools > System The current system settings can be saved as a file onto the local hard drive. The saved file or any other saved setting file can be loaded back on the wireless router. To reload a system settings file, click on Bro...
Page 64 - Firmware Upgrade; Browse
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 61 Tools > Firmware You can upgrade the firmware of the Router here. Make sure the firmware you want to use is on the local hard drive of the computer. Click on Browse to browse the local hard drive and locate the firmware to be use...
Page 70 - Status tab; Status > Device Info
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 67 Status tab Status > Device Info This page displays the current information for the TM-G5240. It will display the LAN, WAN, and MAC address information.If your WAN connection is set up for a Dynamic IP address then a Release butto...
Page 71 - Wireless
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 68 Domain Name Server: WAN/Public DNS IP AddressWAN Status: WAN Connection Status • Wireless – MAC Address: Displays the MAC address SSID: Displays the current SSID Channel: Displays the current channel WEP: Indicates whether WEP is en...
Page 72 - View Log; SMTP Server/IP Address; Email Address
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 69 Status > Log The wireless router keeps a running log of events and activities occurring on the Router. If the device is rebooted, the logs are automatically cleared. You may save the log files under Log Settings. At the Status &g...
Page 74 - Help
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 71 Status > Wireless The wireless client table displays a list of current connected wireless clients. This table also displays the connection time and MAC address of the connected wireless client. Click Help at any time for more inf...
Page 75 - Help tab
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 72 Help tab On the Help tab, you can click on the links to quickly access information.
Page 76 - Troubleshooting; Power light
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 73 Troubleshooting Introduction This section provides solutions to problems that can occur during the installation and operation of the TM-G5240. Note: It is recommended that you use an Ethernet connection to configure the TM-G5240 wir...
Page 78 - I can’t wirelessly connect to the TM-G5240; My wireless connection keeps dropping
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 75 I can’t wirelessly connect to the TM-G5240 • Verify your wireless settings on your computer. Make sure the SSID and security settings are the same as the TM-G5240. • Change the channel on the TM-G5240 to reduce interference. For bes...
Page 79 - I want to modify TM-G5240 settings; Reset to factory default setting; Reset
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 76 I want to modify TM-G5240 settings To modify settings, you must log on to the TM-G5240: 1. Open your Web browser and type the IP address of the TM-G5240 in the address bar. The default IP address is 192.168.0.1 . You are prompted fo...
Page 80 - How do I find the IP address; winipcfg
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 77 How do I find the IP address Windows 95, 98, and ME 1. On the computer’s taskbar, click Start > Run. The Run Dialogue box opens. 2. At the Run Dialogue box, type winipcfg in the window as shown then click OK . The IP Configuratio...
Page 81 - Windows Vista
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 78 Windows Vista 1. Click on Start . 2. In the Start Search dialog box, type cmd and press Enter . See Step 3 below and continue from there. Windows 2000 and XP 1. Click on Start and select Run . 2. Type cmd then click OK. 3. From the ...
Page 82 - How do I assign a static IP address; Windows XP; Windows 98 and ME
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 79 6. Make sure you take note of your computer´s Default Gateway IP Address. The Default Gateway is the IP Address of the T-Mobile router. By default, it should be 192.168.0.1. How do I assign a static IP address Windows Vista 1. Click...
Page 84 - How can I set up TM-G5240 to work with a cable modem; Dynamic cable connection
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 81 How can I set up TM-G5240 to work with a cable modem Dynamic cable connection Note: Please configure the TM-G5240 with the computer that was last connected directly to the cable modem. Try running the CD that came with the router fi...
Page 85 - Static cable connection
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 82 Static cable connection 1. Access the TM-G5240’s Configuration menu by typing the TM-G5240’s IP address in your Web browser. 2. Login using your password. The default username is “admin” and the password is blank. 3. Click the Home ...
Page 86 - How can I set up my router to work with Earthlink DSL or any
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 83 How can I set up my router to work with Earthlink DSL or any PPPOE connection Make sure you disable or uninstall any PPPoE software such as WinPoet or Enternet 300 from your computer or you will not be able to connect to the Interne...
Page 88 - Status; WAN
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 85 10. Turn off your DSL modem for 2-3 minutes and then turn it back on. Once the modem has established a link to your ISP, plug the power back into the TM-G5240. Wait about 30 seconds and log back into the router. 11. Click the Status...
Page 89 - How do I open ports on the TM-G5240; Virtual Server
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 86 How do I open ports on the TM-G5240 To allow traffic from the Internet to enter your local network, you will need to open up ports or the TM-G5240 will block the request. 1. Access the TM-G5240’s Configuration menu by typing the TM-...
Page 91 - How do I open a range of ports on the TM-G5240 using firewall
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 88 How do I open a range of ports on the TM-G5240 using firewall rules 1. Access the TM-G5240’s Configuration menu by typing the TM-G5240’s IP address in your Web browser. The default IP address is 192.168.0.1 . 2. Login using your pas...
Page 92 - LAN; Destination; Continue
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 89 6. Select LAN as the Destination and type the IP address of the computer on your local network that you want to allow the incoming service to. This will not work with a range of IP addresses. 7. Type the port or range of ports that ...
Page 93 - Limited Warranty
T-Mobile TM-G5240 Wireless Router User Manual Version 0.7 041807 90 Limited Warranty (USA only) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, D-Link Systems, Inc. (“D-Link”) provides this Limited Warranty: • Only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from D-Link or it...
