Techsolo TC-R10 Owner Manual

BROADBAND INTERNET ROUTER – USER’S MANUAL

Version 1.0

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10/100M Broadband Router

GETTING TO KNOW

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LED Indicator

S/N Indicator

1 Power LED (Green)

2 LAN 100Mb LED

(Green)

Function

LED lights up steadily indicate that the power is applied to the router.

LED lights up steadily indicate that the respective LAN connection is at 100Mbps.

LED lights off indicate that the respective LAN connection is at 10Mbps.

3 WAN Activity LED

(Green)

LED blinks indicate that the WAN connection has activity.

4 Diag LED (Green)

5 Conn LED (Green)

6 WAN Link LED

(Green)

Firmware diagnostic LED.

Not in use

LED lights up steadily indicate that there is a good cable connection to the WAN port.

7 LAN Link/Act LED

(Green)

LED blinks indicate that the LAN connection has activity.

LED lights up steadily indicate that there is a good cable connection to the respective LAN ports.

B. Rear Panel

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C. Reset Button

While you forget the password to login the utility or want to re-configure it, press the button to restore the factory default configuration. Press the button during 1~5seconds, system will just restart. Press the button more than 5 seconds, system will restore default config (default IP is 192.168.1.1)

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4 LAN Ports

For linking computers or other Ethernet devices, e.g. a hub/switch

WAN Port

For linking to the Ethernet port of a cable/DSL modem

Power (3.3V/3A)

Used to connect the external power adapter supplied with the router. Note that only the supplied adapter should be used.

Hardware Installation

Making a Connection

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Connect to a cable/DSL modem -- Use a standard Ethernet RJ-45 cable

(Cross over).

Check the “Link/Act” LED of “WAN” port on front panel, it must be on.

2.

Connect to the PCs – use a standard Ethernet RJ-45 Cable.

3.

Connect the power adapter.

Attention:

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The cable distance between the IP Sharing Router and PC/hub/Switch should not exceed 100 meters.

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Make sure the wiring is correct. In 10Mbps operation, Category 3/4/5 cable can be used for connection. To reliably operate your network at 100Mbps, you must use Category 5 cable, or better Data Grade.

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Utility Setup

1. Before Setup…

Have the following information ready

For ADSL service with PPPoE, obtain the following information from your ISP: a.

The user login name b.

The login password c.

Service name (some ISP may not require you to use this)

If you have a fixed public IP address, obtain the following information from your

ISP: a.

The assigned Gateway IP address b.

Domain Name Server’s IP address c.

Subnet Mask

Release/Renew IP Address of the PC a.

For Windows 98 user, click Start, Run…, enter winipcfg. Click release then

renew the IP. b.

For Windows 2000/XP user, run ipconfig /release in DOS prompt. Do

ipconfig /renew again.

Note: There’s a space before the “/”.

1) After getting the correct connection, start the web browser and type

192.168.1.1 in the address field. Press Enter

2) Enter the factory default password password and click OK

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3) You will enter the Utility homepage

2. LAN SETUP

The LAN Setup screen provides the basic setup for the LAN port

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User could set the router IP and DHCP range. DHCP function must be enabled if user need

Auto-IP assign by router.(recommend)

User can set advanced DHCP options, can check the IP list information and lease time as below

Click ‘DHCP server reservation’, the reserved IP list will be showed, and also can set reserved IP by user.

3. WAN setup

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Different Wan connect type could be selected by different web page.

1) PPP over Ethernet a) For ADSL user, please select PPP over Ethernet, and fill in the user name , password. Can set the connection type as ‘ On demand’ or ‘Always On’, and also the Idle time or reconnect time. b) For some ISP need MAC as the user identification, please clone your network MAC to the router, just click the ‘ MAC clone ’.

2) Static IP address

If your ISP provide direct broadband connection and give your static IP address, please fill in the IP/network mask/gateway

3) Dynamic IP address

If ISP provide Cable Modem or dynamic IP address, select this.

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NAT(network address translation) function

Usually all PCs connected to the router are protected from Internet intruders by a built-in firewall. For some kinds of Internet applications, for example, Internet interactive games, video-conferencing, VPN (Virtual Private Network), or as an e-mail server etc., computers must be exposed to the Internet. The DMZ Host feature allows 15 local users to be exposed to the Internet.

You must assign a static IP address to the Client PC to be exposed to the Internet.

User can set the rules according to the Port or IP address.

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5. Routing

If your Cable/DSL Router is connected to more than one network, you may have to set up a static route between the two networks. A static route is a predetermined pathway that network data packets must travel to reach a specific host or network.

Click ‘Static Routing table’ can set routing function

6. LAN filter

This feature allows you to block/enable some LAN Computers access to the Internet.

You can set up filters by using IP addresses, network port numbers, day of the week or time of the day.

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7. Wan filter

This feature allow you to access or block to some internet domain

8. System tools

User can setup some feature according below list

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Router identity: user can set router name, contact and router location.

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Set router’s clock: user can set router time or get from time server

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Firmware upgrade: user can upgrade software if needed

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Save or Reset: a.

User must Save the config after any changing b.

User can backup the current config and save to the computer c.

User can restore to default setting by click ‘reset’

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Change Password: user can change the login password as admin needed

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Reboot Router: Router will reboot.

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9. System Information

This page show all the current information of router.

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