Asus WL-500W User Manual
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® WL-500W SuperSpeed N Wireless Multi-Function Router User Manual E2654 /2007 Feb. - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 2
94538, USA General (fax): +1-510-608-4555 Web site address: usa.asus.com Technical support General support: +1-502-995-0883 Support (fax): +1-502-933-8713 Online support: http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techserv.aspx ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany & Austria) Company address: Harkort Str. 25, D-40880 - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 3
up DDNS 15 6) Setting up Bandwidth Management 19 5. Application features 22 1) Sharing USB storage 22 2) Setting up FTP site 24 3) Download Master 25 4) Web camera 26 5) Sharing USB printer 29 6. Setting up using ASUS utility 32 1) Utility Installation for WL-500W 32 2) EZSetup 33 - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 4
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 7. Troubleshooting 35 8. Appendix 37 - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 5
• Quick Start Guide x 1 WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router 1) Cable connection Wall power outlet Modem Power Phone Wall telephone outlet 2 Wall power outlet Power ASUS Wireless Router LAN 3 Wall power outlet Modem Power Phone Wall telephone - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 6
LAN 1-4 (Local Area Network) Off On Flashing No power or no physical connection Has physical connection to an Ethernet network Transmitting or receiving data (through Ethernet cable) 3) Wall mount option The ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router is designed to sit on a raised flat surface like - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 7
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 3. Getting started The ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router can meet various working scenarios with proper configuration. The default settings of the wireless router may need change so as to meet your individual needs. Therefore, before using the ASUS Wireless Router, - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 8
steps below to enter the Web configuration interface of WL-500W. 2 Enter the following address in your web browser: http://192.168.1.1 3 Defaults User name: admin Password: admin After logging in, you can see the ASUS Wireless Router home page. The homepage displays quick links to configure - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 9
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 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, - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 10
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual PPTP user If you are using PPTP services, select ADSL connection that requires username, password and IP address. Fill in the username, the password and the IP address provided by your ISP into the fields. Click Next to continue. herk036@adsl-comfort Static IP - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 11
User Manual Note: We recommend using WL-100W wireless adapters to connect WL-500W so as to achieve high speed data transmission. 6. To connect the wireless router from a wireless client, you can use Windows® Wireless Zero Configuration service to set up the connection. If you use ASUS Wireless Card - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 12
Click Next to continue. 4) It takes several seconds for the wireless card to associate with WL-500W. Press Next to setup TCP/IP for your WLAN Card. 5) Setup the IP address of the WLAN Card according to your network condition. After the setup is complete, click Finish to exit the One Touch Wizard - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 13
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual Configuring WLAN card with Windows® WZC service If you use non-ASUS wireless card, you can set up the wireless connection with Windows® Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service. 1) Double-click the wireless network icon on the task bar to view available - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 14
are supported. Router mode is for office use where multiple routers and switches co-exist. You can set up routing policies in this mode; however, NAT function is disabled. Access point mode works when you setup WL-500W as a wireless bridge. In this mode, all Ethernet ports on WL-500W (4 LAN ports - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 15
modes supported by WL-500W are: WEP (64bits), WEP (128bits), TKIP, AES, and TKIP+AES. WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, it uses 64bits or 128bits static keys to encrypt the data for wireless transmission. To setup WEP keys, set WEP Encryption to WEP-64bits or WEP-128bits, then manually - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 16
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual Authentication The authentication methods supported by WL-500W include: Open, shared key, WPA-PSK, WPA, and Radius with 80.211x. Open: This option disables authentication protection for wireless network. Under Open mode, any IEEE802.11b/g client can connect to - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 17
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 4) Setting up virtual DMZ in your LAN To expose an internal host to the Internet and make all services provided by this host available to outside users, enable Virtual DMZ function to open all ports of the host. This function is useful when the host plays multiple - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 18
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 3. After clicking Free Trial, you are directed to the homepage of www.DynDNS. org, where you can register and apply for DDNS service. Read the policy and select "I have read...". 4. E n t e r y o u r u s e r n a m e , e-mail address, password, then click Create - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 19
9. After logging in, you can see this welcome message. 10. Select Services tab. WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 11. Click Add Dynamic DNS Host . 12. Enter the host name then click Add Host. 13. You can see this message when your hostname is successfully created. 17 - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 20
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 14. Fill the account information into the DDNS setting fields of your wireless router. 15. Click Finish. 16. Click Save & Restart to restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 17. Verify whether DDNS is working. Click Start menu and select Run. Type - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 21
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 6) Setting up Bandwidth Management Bandwidth Management provides a mechanism Management folder. In this page you can see four buttons including Gaming Blaster, Internet Application, 500W FTP Server, and VOIP/Video Streaming. In this page, you can click each item to - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 22
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 500W FTP Server After you applying the 500W FTP Server settings, a screen appears asking you to do further configuration: 20 - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 23
VOIP/Video Streaming WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 2. You can also configure the bandwith manually by clicking "User Specify Services". Input the IP adress, destination port and choose the priority status from the drop-down list. 21 - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 24
features ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router provides two USB2.0 ports for connecting the USB storage, the USB camera, and the USB printer. Thus, you can monitor the working environment, share data and printer with both wired and wireless users in your network. Furthermore, WL-500W provides a download - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 25
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 4. Define the access right for the share folder by appoint User Name and Access Right. Click Add to add the access right rule. When finished, click Apply to save the configuration. 5. Set Network Neighbourhood Mode to Apply rules in shared node list, Work Group - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 26
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 2) Setting up FTP site WL-500W can also serve as an FTP site. You can make your FTP site accessible to all users, or set up an access policy to restrict anonymous login. To use this feature, you need to plug a USB storage disk to the USB2.0 port on the rear panel - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 27
to Yes. Click Finish and save and restart the wireless router. 3. Open Download Master from Start -> All Programs -> ASUS Utility ->WL-500W Wireless Router -> Download Master. Click File -> Connect to associate with WL500W. 4. HTTP download (1) Right click the download link on the Web page and click - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 28
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual If you select Download using ASUS Download, you can see the download task is added to the Transfer list. The blue bars indicate the progress of download tasks. If you copy the download address, click Assign button in the utility. Paste the address into Getting - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 29
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual Web Camera Mode - Select the appropriate camera mode from the drop down list. ActiveX Only enables user to execute ActiveX clients on an Windows® IE platform and get the best image quality. ActiveX - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 30
in your LAN. You can enter the IP addresses of other ASUS Wireless Routers which have Web Camera attached. Note: When enabling "LAN and WAN" remote control in the Wireless Router, packets from Internet with destination ports 8081 to 8086 will be forwarded to WL-500W in Remote Control fields. To make - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 31
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 5) Sharing USB printer You can connect a compatible USB printer to the USB2.0 port of WL-500W to share the printer with your LAN users. Follow the procedures below to setup your computers to utilize the printer server function of WL-500W. Installing USB printer - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 32
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 3. Select Create a new port and set Type of port to Standard TCP/IP Port, then click Next. 4. Click Next to setup TCP/IP port for accessing the network printer. 5. Input the IP address of WL-500W in the Printer Name of IP Address field and click Next. 6. Select - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 33
and return to Add Printer Wizard. WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 10. Install printer driver from the vendormodel list. If your printer is not in the list, click Have Disk to manually assign the location of driver. 11. Click Next to accept the default name for the printer. 12. Select Yes to - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 34
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 6. Setting up using ASUS utility 1) Utility Installation for WL-500W 1. Click Install ASUS Wireless Router Utilities to run the setup installation program. 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Click Next to install the utility in the designated location. 4. Select - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 35
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 2) EZSetup Wireless LAN setup will complete in two easy steps. First open the EZSetup utility form Start menu, then push the EZSetup button on the rear panel for 3 seconds. Push EZSetup over 3 sec. and release. 1) If the setup button is pushed without running - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 36
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 4 If you need to configure the ISP settings for your wireless router, select Configure ISP settings, click Next and follow the instructions to complete the settings. 5 Setup is complete, press Print/Save Wireless LAN Settings button for future reference. Click - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 37
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 7. Troubleshooting Cannot access to web browser for router configuration 1. Open a web browser and open "Internet Options" dialog box. 2. Click on "Delete Cookies" and "Delete Files". Cannot Establish Connection via Wireless Out of Range: • Put the router - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 38
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual Internet is not accessible • Check the lights on ADSL modem and the Wireless Router. • Check whether the "WAN" LED on the Wireless Router is ON. If the LED is not ON, change the cable and try again. When ADSL Modem "Link" light is ON (not blinking), this means - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 39
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 8. Appendix FCC Warning Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 40
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual shipped with our product. All future firmware updates will also be accompanied with we do not offer direct support for the distribution. GNU are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed (and charge for this service if you wish), that - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 41
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual what they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors' output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 42
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole Subsection b above.) The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 43
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept - Asus WL-500W | User Manual - Page 44
WL-500W Wireless Router User Manual 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems guided NECESSARY SERVICING,
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User Manual
WL-500W SuperSpeed N
E2654 /2007 Feb.
Wireless Multi-Function Router
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