® RT-N13 SuperSpeed N Wireless Router User Manual E3391/August 2008
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RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual Table of contents 1. Package contents..................................................................................2 2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router..................................2 1) Cable connection................................................................................2 2) Status indicators.................................................................................3 3. Getting started.....................................................
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 1. Package contents • RT-N13 wireless router x 1 • Power adapter x 1 • Utility CD x 1 • RJ45 cable x 1 • Quick Start Guide x 1 2.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 2) Status indicators LAN WAN AIR PWR PWR (Power) Off On Slow blinking Fast blinking No power System ready Firmware upgrade failed WPS processing AIR (Wireless Network) Off On Blinking No power Wireless system ready Transmitting or receiving data (wireless) WAN (Wide Area Network) Off On Blinking No power or no physical connection Has physical connection to an Ethernet network Transmitting or receiving data (through Ethernet cable)
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 3. Getting started The ASUS RT-N13 Wireless Router can meet various working scenarios with proper configuration. The default settings of the wireless router may change to meet your individual needs. Thus, before using the wireless router, check the basic settings to ensure that they all work in your environment. ASUS provides a utility named WPS for fast wireless configuration. If you would like to use WPS for your router configuration, refer to chapter 5 for details.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual Setting up the IP address manually To manually set the IP address, you need to know the default settings of the wireless router: • IP address 192.168.1.1 • Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 To set up the connection with a manually assigned IP address, the address of your PC and the wireless router must be within the same subnet: • IP address: 192.168.1.xxx (xxx can be any number between 2 and 254. Ensure that the IP address is not used by other device) • Subnet Mask: 255.255.
RT-N13 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, static WAN IP, and Telstra BigPond. Select your connection type and click Next to continue.
RT-N13 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, password and IP address provided by your ISP into the fields. Click Next to continue. Static IP user If you are using ADSL or other connection type that uses static IP address, select ADSL or other connection type that uses static IP address. Input the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway provided by your ISP.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 4. Input four sets of WEP keys in the WEP Key fields (10 hexadecimal digits for WEP 64bits, 26 hexadecimal digits for WEP 128bits). You can also let the system generate the keys by inputting a Passphrase. Record the Passphrase and the WEP keys in your notebook, then click Finish. For example, if we select WEP 64bits encryption mode and input 11111 as the Passphrase, the WEP Keys are generated automatically. 5.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 1) Select Connect to an existing wireless LAN (Station) radio button and click Next to continue. 2) One Touch Wizard searches and displays the available APs in the Available Networks list. Select RT-N13 and press Next to continue. 3) Set the authentication and encryption of your WLAN card the same with those at RT-N13. In the previous steps the Key Length is 64 bits, Passphrase is 11111. Click Next to continue.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 4) It takes several seconds for the wireless card to associate with RT-N13. 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. 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.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 2) Input the 10-digit keys you have set on the wireless router and click Connect. The connection is complete within several seconds. 7. Configuring advanced features To view and adjust other settings of the wireless router, enter the Web configuration page of RT-N13. Click on items on the menu to open a submenu and follow the instructions to setup the router. Tips show up when you move your cursor over each item.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 4. Wireless router features This chapter provides setup examples of some frequently used router features. You can set up these features via your Web browser. 1) Choosing an appropriate operation mode ASUS RT-N13 Wireless Router supports three operation modes: home gateway, router, and access point. Click System Setup -> Operation mode to open the configuration page. Home gateway mode is for home or SOHO users who want to connect to their ISPs for Internet services.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 2) Setting up wireless encryption RT-N13 provides a set of encryption and authentication methods to meet the different demands of home, SOHO, and enterprise users. Before setting up encryption and authentication for RT-N13, contact your network administrator for advice. Click Wireless -> Interface to open the configuration page. Note: For 802.11n performance, select 40MHz bandwidth. Channel option will depend on the bandwidth that you select.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual Authentication The authentication methods supported by RT-N13 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 your wireless network. Shared: This mode uses the WEP keys currently in use for authentication. WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK: WPA stands for WiFi-Protected Access.
RT-N13 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 roles such as HTTP server and FTP server. However, in doing this, your network becomes less secure. 1. Click Virtual DMZ in the NAT Setting menu. 2. Enter the IP address of the host and click Finish. 3.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 3. Select WWW.ASUS.COM for detail setting. You do not necessary to key in User Name of E-mail Address and Password or DDNS Key if you select this server. Or you can select another website to register and apply for DDNS service. Please refer to Page 17 to see another service setting. 4. Enter the host name then click Query. The format should be xxx.asuscomm. com. (xxx is what you want to set up a host name) 5.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 8. If the host name had been registered, you will see this message. Please re-enter your host name again. 9. Click Apply then click Finish. 10. Click Save & Restart to restart RT-N13 and activate settings. 11. You can type your host name in the address bar of browser to access your Hard Disk Drive plugged in RT-N13. DynDNS Service 1. Select Yes to enable the DDNS service. If you do not have a DDNS account, click Free Trial to register for a trial account. 2.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 4. A message prompts out informing that your account has been created. An E-mail is sent to your mailbox. Open your mailbox and read the mail. 5. You can find the activation letter in your E-mail box. Click the hyperlink. 6. The link directs you to a login page. Click login. 7. Enter the user name and password then click Login. 8. After logging in, you can see this welcome message. 9. Select Services tab. 10. Click Add Dynamic DNS Host .
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 11. Enter the host name then click Add Host. 12. You can see this message when your hostname is successfully created. 13. Fill the account information into the DDNS setting fields of your wireless router. 14. Click Finish. 15. Click Save & Restart to restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 16. Verify whether DDNS is working. Click Start menu and select Run. Type cmd and click OK to open the CLI console. 17. Type ping account.dyndns.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 6) Setting up Bandwidth Management Bandwidth Management provides a mechanism that controls the traffic of you network. To set up bandwidth management: 1. Click Basic Config page in Bandwidth Management folder. In this page you can see four buttons including Gaming Blaster, Internet Application, and VOIP/Video Streaming. In this page, you can click each item to set its priority higher.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 2. You can also configure the bandwith manually by clicking "User Specify Services". Input the IP address, destination port and choose the priority status from the drop-down list.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 5. Setting up using ASUS utility 1) Utility Installation for RT-N13 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.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 4. Select a program folder and click Next. 5. Press Finish to quit the installation program. 6. Open the WPS Wizard.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 2) WPS utility 1) To use WPS, your should use a wireless router and a wireless LAN card with WPS function. 2) Operating systems and wireless adapters that support WPS: OS Support Vista 32/64 XP SP2 XP SP1 and 2000 Wireless Adapter Support Intel wireless LAN card ASUS 167gv2 driver v3.0.6.0 or later ASUS 160N/130N driver v2.0.0.0 or later Intel wireless LAN card ASUS 167gv2 driver v1.2.2.0 or later ASUS 160N/130N driver v1.0.4.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 3. Wireless settings, including Network name and passphrase, are generated automatically. You can modify these settings manually. If your wireless router is already configured, select Preserve original wireless router settings to use the current value. Click Next to continue. 4. Setup is complete, press Save or print Settings, or Save settings to a USB drive button for future reference. Click Next to connect to the Internet.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 2) Remove the USB flash drive from this computer, and then plug to the computer that you want to add to the wireless network. 3) Locate the SetupWireless.exe from the USB drive, and double-click to run it. Click Yes to add this computer to the wireless network. 4) Click OK to exit the Wireless Network Setup Wizard. 5. You have connected to the wireless router. If you need to configure the Internet settings, click Setup to open the web browser.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 3) Firmware Restoration This utility will automatically search out failed ASUS Wireless Routers and upload a firmware that you specify. The process takes about 3 to 4 minutes and during this process the PWR, AIR, and WAN LEDs will remain lit while the LAN LED will flash slowly. The Firmware Restoration utility is an emergency rescue tool to restore a ASUS Wireless Router which has failed during a previous firmware upload.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 6. Configure RT-N13 under Vista OS The Windows Simple Config function, which is preinstalled in the ASUS RT-N13, enables the device to be configured via WCN Net process of Windows Vista. Note: The WCN Net process of Windows Vista can only discover the device when it is not configured and is in the default settings state. If the device is configured, you have to set up the device by WEB or EZsetup. You can also push the Reset button and then begin WCN-NET setup.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 5. Give the network a name and type it in the Network name box, then click Next. 6. A Passphrase is generated for WPA security for the network. Click Next from this screen. If you want to create a different passphrase, click create a different passphrase for me. If you want to use security method other than WPA-Personal, click Show advanced network security options. Refer to the following screens for Create a different passphrase and Security methods.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual Four security methods 7. Click Next from the above screens after the configuration is completed. The complete configuration screen appears as shown below. Click Close to finish the process and exit. 2) Setting up the network sharing center Follow the steps below to set up a sharing center to allow the network users to share printer, file and media. 1. Connect the device to your PC and power it on. 2. Click Network and Sharing Center in the navigation bar.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 3. Click Set up a wireless router or network. 4. Choose Set up a wireless router or access point, then click Next. 5. Click Next. 6. In the screen that appears, type a network name in the Network name box, then click Next. A passphrase is generated for the WPA security.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 7. Click Next. If you want to use security methods other than WPA-Personal, click Show advanced network security options. 8. Choose a security method and click Next. 9. A screen prompts you to enter the PIN for the device. Enter the PIN, which is located on the sticker posted on the device, then click Next. 10. Choose a file and printer sharing option and click Next.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual A screen appears showing that the set up is complete as shown below. 11. From the above screen you can choose to View settings or, Save settings to a USB flash drive. The respective screens are shown below. View settings screen Save settings to a USB flash drive screen 12. When Save settings to a USB flash drive screen appears, plug a USB flash drive into your computer, then select the drive from the Save settings to box and click Next.
RT-N13 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 closer to the wireless client. • Try to change the channel setting. Authentication: • Use wired connection to connect to router. • Check the wireless security setting.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual Cannot get access to the Internet via wireless LAN adapter • Move the router closer to the wireless client. • Check whether the wireless adapter is connected to the correct AP. • Check whether the wireless channel in use conforms to the channels available in your country/ area. • Check encryption setting. • Check whether the ADSL or Cable connection is correct. • Retry using another Ethernet cable.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual Network name or encryption keys are forgotten • Try to setup the wired connection for setup the wireless encryption again. • Do the hard reset on the wireless router by pressing the Reset button on the rear panel for more than 5 seconds. How to reset to defaults The following are factory default values.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual 8. Appendix FCC Warning Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
RT-N13 Wireless Router User Manual Declaration of Conformity for R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC Essential requirements – Article 3 Protection requirements for health and safety – Article 3.1a Testing for electric safety according to EN 60950-1 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. Protection requirements for electromagnetic compatibility – Article 3.1b Testing for electromagnetic compatibility according to EN 301 489-1 and EN 301 489-17 has been conducted.
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