Asus AAM6030EV Manuale

Supplemental setup instructions for

Asus AAM6030VI

Wireless ADSL Router

(read these notes whilst also referring to the manual supplied with the product)

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Quick setup instructions for

Asus AAM6030EV ADSL Router

(read these notes whilst also referring to the manual supplied with the product)

1Supplemental..........................................................................................................................................................................4

2Connecting to your network ...................................................................................................................................................4

3Configuration .........................................................................................................................................................................4

3.1 Configuration with no WEP security..............................................................................................................................5

3.2 With WEP security.........................................................................................................................................................7

3.2.1 Setup the Router .....................................................................................................................................................7

3.2.2 Client Setup for PCI ...............................................................................................................................................8

3.2.3 Using a PCMCIA Wireless card...........................................................................................................................10

3.3 WLAN Bridging Mode.................................................................................................................................................13

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1 Supplemental

These setup notes cover the wireless setup for the Asus AAM6030VI Wireless ADSL router. They cover the additional

wireless aspects of this product. For basic ethernet and ADSL setup please refer to the standard manual or additional

Quick Setup guide.

2 Connecting to your network

Setup of the wireless features of this router can only be done using a web browser via the LAN. As such initial setup

should be done via a standard wire type LAN connection. Connect your PC (or other computer) to one of the LAN ports

on the VI router. After you have gone through wireless setup of the router (see below) and your computers wireless

adapter you can then wirelessly connect to the router.

3 Configuration

It is assumed that you have correctly setup the TCP/IP settings of the router and your computers LAN card (see other

notes). After checking your connections and TCP settings (see above) you are ready to run your browser in order to

configure the router.

Any browser can be used on any operating system: The configuration screens are the same. If you are using Explorer then

click on your Explorer icon to start your browser.

When your browser starts up enter the IP address of the router as the URL. The browser should then load the startup page

from the router:

Click in ‘Enter’ to goto the configuration logon (or if you wait

a few seconds this should happen automatically anyway).

(Don’t worry that the example above shows the router address

as 192.168.0.3 – this is the address we’ve used on our

network. If you left the addresses as default in the router then

yours will show as 192.168.1.1).

Now enter the default user name and password.

Click OK and you should then goto the main configuration menu.

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Now, to configure the 802.11b wireless setup click on the menu item labelled ‘IEEE 802.11B’:

There are two basic ways of running your wireless network:

With WEP security and without WEP security. It’s easiest to start without security.

3.1 Configuration with no WEP security

Click on IEEE/Basic:

Ensure that the Channel and ESSID (if used by your computers wireless adapter) match those used by your wireless clients. If

you have to change any settings then click on submit and then on save to store the changes.

Next click on Advanced:

Things to check on this screen are that the Fragmentation Threshold and RTS Threshold match those used on you wireless

clients adapters. Check that the Authentication type is set to ‘Open System’; this means NO security. Check that Basic and

Transfer Rates are both set to 1,2,5.5,11 (so that the router will accept connection from wireless clients at any standard 802.11b

speed). As before, if you have to change any settings then click on submit and then on save to store the changes.

Now click on WEP:

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Since we are using NO security you must ensure that the WEP setting shows disabled. Remember to click on submit and then

save if you change any setting.

Finally click on Reset Modem to reboot the router. Then, after the router has restarted goto the IEEE/Status page:

Now you must check the settings of your wireless clients to ensure their setup exactly matches the router setup as you’ve just

done above. One thing you must check is that your clients are set in

‘Infrastructure’ mode. This means that the clients expect to communicate

via the access point built into the router. The alternative setup is called

Ad-hoc or sometimes peer-to-peer. With Peer-to-peer client setup each

clients expects to talk to another client. If the clients are set this way they

won’t be able to communicate with the VI router (A good analogy to use

for the different between Infrastructure and Peer-to-peer is to compare

with using normal copper network cables to connect clients together. If

the clients are connected via a network hub then a standard CAT5 LAN

cable is required. But, if the connect direct i.e. a cable connected directly

from the back of one PC to the other PC, then they need to use a cross-

over LAN cable; the normal LAN cable won’t work).

Also check that the Preamble mode for your clients match the router. The default for the router is ‘Long’ so your clients must

also be set to ‘Long’

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If you’ve done this correctly then your wireless clients should now

be able to see the router. You can test this by running a browser on

your client and entering the IP address of the router: The router

sign on screen should display.

You should also be able to ‘see’ your wireless clients from any

LAN based clients connected via the LAN ports on the VI router

(and vice-a-versa).

3.2 With WEP security

If you are really worried about network security (I can’t imagine the average home user being all that bothered) you can

configure the VI router to use 64 or 128 bit WEP security. This security relies upon both the router and your clients using an

encryption key word on all transmitted and received data.

3.2.1 Setup the Router

To configure WEP security on the router first of all go to the IEEE/Advanced page:

Now select ‘Shared Key’ as the Authentication Type. Remember submit and then save to store the changes.

Now you need to setup a WEP encryption key.

Click on WEP:

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Now select 128 Bit for WEP (for this example we’ll use 128 encryption).

Now you need to enter an encryption key. The easiest way to make a key is enter a word in the Passphrase box and then click

on Submit. TAKE CARE: the ‘Create with Passphrase’ feature is case sensitive. So, in the example above ‘WIRELESS’ (all

caps.) gives a different key than ‘wireless’ (lower case).

Now click on Save to store the settings.

After doing these changes the IEEE/Status page should look like this:

3.2.2 Client Setup for PCI

With WEP security it is especially important that you get the client setup exactly correct: Get it wrong and it just won’t work!

For the purposes of this example setup will be for the Pheenet PCI wireless network card. However the principles are the same

and will apply equally to any other make or brand of wireless adapter.

First of all install the drivers and setup utilities for your wireless card. Now goto to Control Panel (assuming a Windows PC)

and click on Network. Next click on the Properties for your wireless network adapter:

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Now check that the Channel number, Fragmentation Threshold, Preamble (Long), RTS Threshold, SSID (Wireless), and

Transmission Rate match the router setup. Also check that the Network Type is Infrastructure.

Now check that the Encryption is set to 128 Bit (to match the router):

You will now need to correctly setup the WEP security key for the clients. For the Pheenet PCI wireless card this means

running a separate utility. So, exit the Properties setup for your adapter, saving any changes you’ve done (you may need to

reboot your PC).

Now setup the WEP security:

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Ensure that the same security settings are used on your clients i.e. 128 Bit and use the same WEP key. The Pheenet setup

utility allows you to create the key from a Passphrase. As with the router ensure that you correctly observe character case (i.e.

lower or upper) when entering the passphrase. If your adapter key setup doesn’t have this passphrase feature than you must

manually copy the key numbers from the router setup (e.g. ‘WIRELESS’ is cd 9a d2 b7 19 8a 75 7c c7 41 0c 39 c0).

Now save the settings for your client (as before you may need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect).

If all’s gone according to plan your wireless client should now be able to see the VI router:

If your wireless adapters have a signal strength utility then this can be used to check how good a signal you are getting from

the VI router:

If your clients cannot see the router but they could with security off (see above) then the reason for it not working now will be

because you’ve made a mistake with the security setup of either your router or client. Take great care typing in the security

settings, particularly the WEP key. A single number wrong and it won’t work! You probably won’t even be able to use the

signal strength utility to ‘see’ the router.

3.2.3 Using a PCMCIA Wireless card

Setup for the PCMCIA Card (based upon the Pheenet WL-0011 PC card) follows the same guidelines as per using the PCI card

i.e. ensure that all settings for VI router and the PCMCIA card are the same. Get any setting incorrect and the chances are it

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won’t work! Also, try setting the configuration without security first of all. Once you have the connection working that way

you can then go and add the security.

First of all ensure the PCMCIA card is correctly installed with no resource/driver problems. Next goto Control Panel/Network:

Next select the Properties of the PCMCIA card (PRISM2 IEEE...) and then go to

Advanced:

Now it’s just a case of ensuring that every setting of the card matches the router....

First of all check the Fragmentation

Threshold – the default setting for

the router is 2304 (check this on the

‘IEEE 80211b/Advanced’ screen).

Alter the card setting to match.

Next check the Network Type – when using the VI router (or an access

point) you need to use Infrastructure. The other possible setting is

Peer-to-Peer which is the setting you use when configuring and client-

to-client setup.

Next ensure that the Preamble is set the same as the router; normal

setting is Long TX.

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