® WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual E3209/ October 2007
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WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual Table of contents 1. Package contents..................................................................................3 2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router..................................3 1) Cable connection................................................................................3 2) Status indicators.................................................................................4 3) Wall mount option..............................................
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 7. Configure WL500gP V2 under Vista OS............................................36 8. Troubleshooting..................................................................................48 9. Appendix..............................................................................................
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 1. Package contents • WL-500gP V2 wireless router x 1 • Power adapter x 1 • Utility CD x 1 • RJ45 cable x 1 • Quick Start Guide x 1 2.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 2) Status indicators PWR AIR LAN WAN PWR (Power) Off On Flashing-slow Flashing-quick No power System ready Firmware upgrade failed EZsetup processing AIR (Wireless Network) Off On Flashing No power Wireless system ready Transmitting or receiving data (wireless) WAN (Wide Area Network) Off On Flashing No power or no physical connection Has physical connection to an Ethernet network Transmitting or receiving data (through Etherne
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 3. Getting started The ASUS WL-500gP V2 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, check the basic settings to make sure they all work in your environment. ASUS provides a utility named EZSetup for fast wireless configuration.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 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. Make sure the IP address is not used by other device) • Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (same as WL-500gP V2) • Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (IP address of WL-500gP V2) • DNS: 192.168.1.1 (WL-500gP V2), or assign a known DNS server in your network.
WL-500gP V2 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.
WL-500gP V2 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. herk036@adsl-comfort 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.
WL-500gP V2 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.
WL-500gP V2 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 WL-500gP V2 and press Next to continue. 3) Set the authentication and encryption of your WLAN card the same with those at WL-500gP V2. In the previous steps the Key Length is 64 bits, Passphrase is 11111 Click Next to continue.
WL-500gP V2 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 networks. Select your wireless router and click Connect. 2) Input the 10-digit keys you have set on the wireless router and click Connect. The connection is complete within several seconds. 7.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 4. Wireless router features This chapter provides setup examples of some frequently used router features. You can setup these features via your Web browser. 1) Choosing an appropriate operation mode ASUS WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router supports three operation modes: home gateway, router, and access point. Click System Setup -> Operation mode to open the configuration page.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 2) Setting up wireless encryption WL-500gP V2 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 WL-500gP V2, contact your network administrator for advice. Click Wireless -> Interface to open the configuration page. Encryption The encryption modes supported by WL-500gP V2 are: WEP (64bits), WEP (128bits), TKIP, AES, and TKIP+AES.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual Authentication The authentication methods supported by WL-500gP V2 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 the WEP keys currently in use for authentication. WPA and WPA-PSK: WPA stands for WiFi-Protected Access.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 4) Setting up virtual DMZ in your LAN To expose an internal host to 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.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 3. Select WWW.ASUS.COM for detail setting. You are not necessary to key in User Name or 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 18 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.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 6. If host name’s format does not follow xxx.asuscomm.com, you will see this message. Please re-enter your host name again. 7. If you want to change host name, please enter new host name and click Query. You can see this message when your host name is successfully updated. 8. If the host name had been registered, you will see this message. Please re-enter your host name again.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 9. Click Apply then click Finish. 10. Click Save & Restart to restart WL-500gP V2 and activate settings. 11. You can type your host name in the address bar of browser to access your Hard Disk Drive plugged in WL-500gP V2. For FTP site setting, please refer to P25 "Setting up FTP Site" section. 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.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 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 .
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 11. Enter the host name then click Add Host. Note: The input character should be in the range of A-Z, a-z, or 0-9, and the length of the characters should be no more than 64 bytes. 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.
WL-500gP V2 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, WL-500gP V2 FTP Server, and VOIP/Video Streaming. In this page, you can click each item to set its priority higher.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual WL-500gP V2 FTP Server After you applying the WL-500gP V2 FTP Server settings, a screen appears asking you to do further configuration: 22
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual VOIP/Video Streaming 2. You can also configure the bandwidth manually by clicking "User Specify Services". Input the IP address, destination port and choose the priority status from the drop-down list.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 5. Application features ASUS WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router provides two USB2.0 ports for connecting USB storage, USB camera, and USB printer, therefore, you can monitor the working environment, share data and printer with both wired and wireless users in your network. Warning: Before unplugging the USB storage disk from WL-500gP V2, you must eject the disk in Status & Log -> USB page to prevent data corruption.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 2. Click Add to add a share folder. 3. Select the folder you want to share from Folder Manager and click Ok. To create a share folder, input the folder name in Add Folder field and press Add. 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.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 2) Setting up FTP site WL-500gP V2 can also serve as an FTP site. You can make your FTP site accessible by all users, or set up 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 of WL500gP V2. Make sure the hard disk is formatted and partitioned properly. 1.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 3) Sharing USB printer You can connect a compatible USB printer to the USB2.0 port of WL-500gP V2 to share the printer with your LAN users. Follow the procedures below to setup your computers to utilize the printer server function of WL-500gP V2. Installing USB printer Plug your USB printer to the USB2.0 port on WL-500gP V2 rear panel. To verify whether your printer is properly installed and to WL-500gP V2 Wireless router, click Status & Log -> Status.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 28 5. Input the IP address of WL-500gP V2 in the Printer Name of IP Address field and click Next. 6. Select Custom and click Settings... 7. S e t P r o t o c o l t o L P R a n d t y p e LPRServer in Queue Name field. Click Next to continue. 8. Press Next to finish standard TCP/IP port setting. 9. Press Finish to complete the settings and return to Add Printer Wizard. 10. Install printer driver from the vendormodel list.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 11. Click Next to accept the default name for the printer. 12. Select Yes to print a test page. Click Next to print. 13. The installation is complete. Click Finish to quit the Add Printer Wizard. Note: If you have already installed the printer locally on your computer, right click the printer icon and select Property -> Port tab to add a standard TCP/IP port. Click Add Port then select Standard TCP/IP Port and click New Port button.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 6. Setting up using ASUS utility 1) Utility Installation for WL-500gP V2 1. Click Install ASUS Wireless Router Utilities to run the setup installation program. 30 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Click Next to install the utility in the designated location. 4. Select a program folder and click Next. 5. Press Finish to quit the installation program. 6. Open the EZSetup Wizard.
WL-500gP V2 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 the EZsetup wizard utility, the PWR indicator will flash and Internet connections will pause for a short period but will then return to normal operation without change.
WL-500gP V2 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 Finish to exit the EZSetup utility.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 7. Configure WL500gP V2 under Vista OS The Windows Simple Config function, which is preinstalled in the ASUS WL500gP V2, 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 the device 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.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual A screen prompts you to enter the PIN of your device. The PIN is located on the sticker posted on the device. 4. Enter the PIN in the PIN box, then click Next. 5. Give the network a name and type it in the Network name box, then click Next.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual A Passphrase is generated for WPA security for the network. 6. 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. The “Create a different passphrase” and “Security methods” screens are shown below.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual Create a different passphrase Four security methods 36
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 6. 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.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 3. Click Set up a connection or network.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 4. Choose Set up a wireless router or access point, then click Next. 5. Click Next.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 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. 7. Click Next. If you want to use security methods other than WPA-Personal, click Show advanced network security options.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 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.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 10. Choose a file and printer sharing option and click Next. A screen appears showing that the set up is complete as shown below.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 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.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 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. The settings start to be saved into the USB drive. After the saving process is completed, a screen appears to instruct you to add computer or other devices into the network. Follow the instructions to add computers and devices into your network.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 8. 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.
WL-500gP V2 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 Internet Access is Possible. • Restart your computer. • Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of the wireless router and reconfigure the settings. • Check whether the WAN LED on the router is ON or not.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual 9. 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. (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.
WL-500gP V2 Wireless Router User Manual Testing for electromagnetic compatibility according to EN 301 489-1 and EN 301 489-17 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. Effective use of the radio spectrum – Article 3.2 Testing for radio test suites according to EN 300 328- 2 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient.
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