Asus WL-500W: 3. Getting started

WL-500W Wireless Router Quick Start Guide

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3. Getting started

The ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router can meet various working scenarios with proper

conguration. The default settings of the wireless router may change to meet your individual needs.

Thus, before using the wireless router, check the basic settings to make sure they all work in your

environment.

ASUS provides a utility named EZSetup for fast wireless conguration. If you would like to use

EZSetup for your router conguration, refer to chapter 6 of user manual in support CD.

Note:

Wired connection for initial conguration is recommended to avoid possible

setup problems due to wireless uncertainty.

1) Wired connection

The WL-500W Wireless Router is supplied with an Ethernet cable in the package. The wireless

router has an integrated auto-crossover function. Thus, you can either use a straight-through or

a crossover cable for wired connection. Plug one end of the cable to the LAN port on the rear

panel of the router and the other end to the Ethernet port on your PC.

2) Wireless Connection

For establishing wireless connection, you need an IEEE 802.11b/g compatible WLAN card.

Refer to your wireless adapter user manual for wireless connection procedures. By default,

the SSID of the wireless router is “default” (in lower case), encryption is disabled and open

system authentication is used.

3) Setting IP address for wired or wireless client

To access the WL-500W Wireless Router, you must have the correct TCP/IP settings on your

wired or wireless clients. Set the IP addresses of the clients within the same subnet of WL-500W.

Getting an IP address automatically

The WL-500W Wireless Router integrates DHCP server functions, thus, your PC gets an IP

address automatically.

Note:

Before rebooting your PC, switch ON the

wireless router and make sure the router is ready.

Setting up the IP address manually

To manually set the IP address, you need to know the

default settings of the wireless router:

• IP address 192.168.1.1

• Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

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To set up the connection with a manually assigned

IP address, the address of your PC and the wireless

router must be within the same subnet:

• IP address: 192.168.1.xxx (xxx can be any

number between 2 and 254. Make sure the IP

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address is not used by other device)

• Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (same as WL-

500W)

• Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (IP address of

WL-500W)

• DNS: 192.168.1.1 (

WL-500W), or assign a known

DNS server in your network.

4) Conguring the wireless router

Follow the steps below to enter the Web conguration interface of WL-500W.

Enter the following address in your

web browser: http://192.168.1.1

Defaults

User name:

admin

Password:

admin

After logging in, you can see the ASUS Wireless Router home page.

The homepage displays quick links to congure the main features of the wireless

router.

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5) Quick setup

To start quick setup, click

Next

to enter the “Quick Setup”

page. Follow the instructions to setup the ASUS Wireless

Router.

1. Select your time zone and click

Next

.

2. ASUS wireless router supports

five types of ISP services: cable,

PPPoE, PPTP, static WAN IP,

and Telstra BigPond. Select your

connection type and click

Next

to

continue.

Cable or dynamic IP user

If you are using services provided by

cable ISP, select

Cable Modem or other

connection that gets IP automatically

.

If your ISP provides you with the

hostname, the MAC address, and the

heartbeat server address, fill these

information into the boxes on the setting

page; if not, click

Next

to skip this step.

PPPoE user

If you use PPPoE service, select

ADSL

connection that requires username

and password.

It is known as PPPoE.

You need to input the username and

password provided by your ISP. Click

Next

to continue.

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