Asus RT-N12B1 User Manual

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User Manual RT-N12 B1 SuperSpeed N Router RT-N12 300M SuperSpeed ...

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2 Copyright © 2011 ASUSTeK Computer Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language i...

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3 Table of contents About this guide .................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1: Knowing your wireless router Package contents .......................................................................

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4 Table of contents About this guide This user guide contains information that you need to install and congure the ASUS Wireless Router. How this guide is organized This guide contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Knowing your wireless r...

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5 • Chapter 6: Troubleshooting This chapter provides you with a troubleshooting guide for solving common problems you may encounter when using the ASUS Wireless Router. • Appendices This chapter provides you with the regulatory Notices and...

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6 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 1: Knowing your wireless router 1 Knowing your wireless router Package contents Check the following items in your ASUS Wireless Router package. RT-N12 B1 Wireless Router x1 Power adapter x1 Suppor...

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7 Chapter 1: Knowing your wireless router RT-N12 B1 Status indicators LED Status Indication (Power) Off No power or wireless signal is disabled On System ready Flashing-slow Rescue mode Flashing-quick WPS processing (Wireless) O...

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8 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 1: Knowing your wireless router Rear panel Label Description WAN Connect an RJ-45 Ethernet cable to this port to establish WAN connection. LAN1-LAN4 Connect RJ-45 Ethernet cables to these ports to establish L...

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9 Chapter 1: Knowing your wireless router RT-N12 B1 Bottom panel 1 2 Item Description 1 Mounting hooks Use the mounting hooks to mount your router on concrete or wooden surfaces using two round head screws. 2 Air vents These vent...

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10 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 2: Setting up the hardware 2 Getting started Setting up the wireless router The ASUS Wireless Router includes a web graphics user interface (web GUI) that allows you to congure the wireless router using y...

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11 Chapter 2: Setting up the hardware RT-N12 B1 LAN1 LAN2 LAN3 LAN4 Internet Modem RT-N12 B1 Client 2. Connect your devices. Setting up the wireless router in Router mode In the Router mode, the wireless router connects to the ...

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12 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 2: Setting up the hardware 3. Launch your web browser and the QIS starts to detect your Internet connection type. Note: If the QIS web page does not appear after you launched your web browser, disable the ...

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13 Chapter 2: Setting up the hardware RT-N12 B1 5. The Internet connection setup is completed. • Click Going to Internet to surf the Internet. • Click Advanced Setting page to manually congure advanced settings for ...

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14 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 2: Setting up the hardware Setting up the wireless router in Repeater mode In the Repeater mode, the wireless router extends your wireless network coverage and provides you with higher quality wireless radio...

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15 Chapter 2: Setting up the hardware RT-N12 B1 3. Launch your web browser and the QIS web page appears automatically. Select the AP whose wireless signal you want to extend, then click Connect. Note: If the QIS web page does no...

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16 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 2: Setting up the hardware Setting up the wireless router in AP mode RT-N12 B1 LAN1 LAN2 LAN3 LAN4 Internet Router AP Repeater In the AP mode, the wireless router receives the WAN IP address from the router...

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17 Chapter 2: Setting up the hardware RT-N12 B1 5. From the main page, click the navigation menu or links to congure the various features of the wireless router. 3. Launch the Device Discovery utility and click Congure to...

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18 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 3: Conguring the clients 3 Conguring the network clients Accessing the wireless router Setting an IP address for wired or wireless clients To access the ASUS Wireless Router, you must have the correct...

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19 Chapter 3: Conguring the clients RT-N12 B1 Windows ® 9x/ME 1. Click Start > Control Panel > Network to display the Network setup window. 2. Select TCP/IP then click Properties. 3. If you want your computer to ...

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20 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 3: Conguring the clients 4. Select the Gateway tab, and key in New gateway then click Add. 5. Select the DNS conguration tab and click Enable DNS. Key in Host, Domain, and DNS Server Search Order,...

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21 Chapter 3: Conguring the clients RT-N12 B1 Windows ® NT4.0 1. Go to Control Panel > Network to display the Network setup window then select the Protocols tab. 2. Select TCP/IP Protocol from the Network Protocols l...

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22 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 3: Conguring the clients 4. Select the DNS tab then click Add under the DNS Service Search Order and key in DNS. Windows ® 2000 1. Click Start > Control Panel > Network and Dial-up Connection....

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23 Chapter 3: Conguring the clients RT-N12 B1 2. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then click Properties. 3. Select Obtain an IP address automatically if you want the IP settings to be assigned automatically. Otherwise,...

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24 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 3: Conguring the clients 2. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then click Properties. 3. Select Obtain an IP address automatically if you want the IP settings to be assigned automatically. Otherwise,...

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25 Chapter 3: Conguring the clients RT-N12 B1 Windows ® Vista 1. Go to Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center. Click View status > Properties > Continue. 2. Select Inter...

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26 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 4: Conguring via the web GUI 4 Conguring via the web GUI Conguring via the web GUI The router’s web graphics user interface (web GUI) allows you to congure these features: Network Map and EZQoS...

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27 Chapter 4: Conguring via the web GUI RT-N12 B1 3. From the main page, click the navigation menu or links to congure the various features of the ASUS Wireless Router. ...

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28 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 4: Conguring via the web GUI Using the Network Map Network Map allows you to view the status and congure the connection settings of the Internet, system, and clients in your network. It enables you to qu...

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29 Chapter 4: Conguring via the web GUI RT-N12 B1 Creating multiple SSID proles The wireless router allows you to create multiple SSID proles that meet various working scenarios. To create an SSID prole: 1. Under System...

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30 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 4: Conguring via the web GUI Managing bandwidth with EzQoS EzQoS Bandwidth Management enables you to set the bandwidth priority and manage the network trafc. To set up the bandwidth priority: 1. Click E...

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31 Chapter 4: Conguring via the web GUI RT-N12 B1 Upgrading the rmware Note: Download the latest rmware from the ASUS website at http://www.asus.com. To upgrade the rmware: 1. Click Advanced Setting from the navigation m...

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32 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 4: Conguring via the web GUI Restoring/Saving/Uploading settings To restore/save/upload the settings: 1. Click Advanced Setting from the navigation menu at the left side of your screen. 2. Under the Admi...

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33 Chapter 4: Conguring via the web GUI RT-N12 B1 ...

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34 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 5: Installing the utilities 5 Installing the utilities 2. Click Next. Installing the utilities The support CD contains the utilities for conguring the ASUS Wireless Router. To install the ASUS WLAN Uti...

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35 Chapter 5: Installing the utilities RT-N12 B1 3. Click Next to accept the default destination folder or click Browse to specify another path. 4. Click Next to accept the default program folder or enter another name. 5. ...

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36 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 5: Installing the utilities Device Discovery Device Discovery is an ASUS WLAN utility that detects an ASUS wireless router and enables you to congure the device. To launch the Device Discovery utility: Fr...

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37 Chapter 5: Installing the utilities RT-N12 B1 Firmware Restoration Firmware Restoration is used on an ASUS Wireless Router that failed during its rmware upgrading process. It uploads the rmware that you specify. The pr...

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38 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting 6 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting This troubleshooting guide provides solutions to some common problems that you may encounter while installing or using the ASUS Wireless Router. These ...

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39 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting RT-N12 B1 Problem Action Cannot access the Internet via wireless LAN adapter. • Move the router closer to the wireless client. • Check whether the wireless adapter is connected to the corre...

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40 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Problem Action How to restore the system to its default settings? • Press the Restore button at the rear panel of the wireless router for more than ve seconds. • Refer to the ...

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41 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting RT-N12 B1 ASUS DDNS Service RT-N12 B1 supports the ASUS DDNS service. When exchanging devices at the service center, if you have registered the ASUS DDNS service and want to keep the original dom...

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42 RT-N12 B1 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting 5. After restarting the router, why is it that I see different WAN IPs in MS DOS and in the router conguration page? This is normal. The interval time between the ISP DNS server an...

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43 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting RT-N12 B1 ...

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44 RT-N12 B1 Appendices Notices ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services ASUS recycling and takeback programs come from our commitment to the highest standards for protecting our environment. We believe in providing solutions fo...

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45 Appendices RT-N12 B1 Country Code Statement For product available in the USA/Canada market, only channels 1~11 can be operated. Selection of other channels is not possible. Prohibition of Co-location This device and i...

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46 RT-N12 B1 Appendices GNU General Public License Licensing information This product includes copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Please see The GNU General Publi...

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47 Appendices RT-N12 B1 Also, for each author’s protection and ours, we want to make certain that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free software. If the software is modied by someone else and...

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48 RT-N12 B1 Appendices you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is...

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49 Appendices RT-N12 B1 accompanies the executable. If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from...

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50 RT-N12 B1 Appendices made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she...

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51 Appendices RT-N12 B1 12 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIAB...

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52 RT-N12 B1 Appendices ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia Pacic) Address 15 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 11259 Website www.asus.com.tw Technical Support Telephone +886228943447 Support Fax +88622890...

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53 Appendices RT-N12 B1 Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Tel: +886-2-2894-3447 Address: No. 150, LI-TE RD., PEITOU, TAIPEI 112, TAIWAN Authorised representative in Europe: ASUS Computer GmbH Address: HARKORT STR. 21...