User`s manual

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Chapter 1 Product Information
1.1 Introduction and safety information
Congratulations on your purchase of the Airlink101® AR686W Wireless N 300 Green
Router. This Router is recommended to be used with AirLink101® Wireless N 300
products to provide the best performance. The high bandwidth combined with extended
wireless coverage delivers fast and reliable connections for all of your networking
applications. The built-in gigabit switch highly increases the wired Ethernet speed.
The Green power saving technology intelligently reduces power consumption when no
network activity is detected. A full range of security features such as WEP, WPA-PSK,
and WPA2-PSK provide the highest level of wireless network security. The bundled EZ
Setup Wizard allows you to set up the router with an easy-to-use user interface. Best of
all, AR686W works with all 802.11n / g / b network devices which ensures compatibility
with the existing wireless products.
Other features of this router including:
• Support high wireless data rate of up to 300Mbps* with 802.11n standard
• Built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100Mbps Switch to connect your wired network up to
Fast Ethernet speeds, with cable length and link down power saving
• Support virtual server, ALG, DMZ and UPnP for various networking applications
• Support multiple sessions IPSec, L2TP and PPTP VPN pass-through
• Advanced NAT+SPI firewall with DoS detection prevents your network from
outside attacks
• Wirelessly connect to another 4 AR686W routers with WDS (Wireless Distribution
System) supported
• Establish secured wireless connection via Easy Setup Button(WPS compatible)
• QoS (Quality of Service) designed for prioritizing multimedia data transmission (i.e.
VoIP, online gaming or movie streaming, etc.)