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Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Gigabit Gaming Router
How to Access the Web-based Utility
Wireless-N Gigabit Gaming Router
• DIAGNOSTICS. If you want to run a ping or traceroute test, then use this screen.
• FACTORY DEFAULTS. If you want to restore the Router’s factory defaults, then use this screen.
• FIRMWARE UPGRADE. Click this tab if you want to upgrade the Router’s firmware.
STATUS
• ROUTER. This screen provides status information about the Router.
• LOCAL NETWORK. This provides status information about the local network.
• WIRELESS NETWORK. This provides status information about the wireless network.
How to Access the Web-based Utility
To access the Web-based Utility of the Router, launch Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, and enter the
Router’s default IP address, 192.168.1.1, in the Address field. Press the Enter key.
A screen will appear asking you for your User name and Password. Leave the User Name field blank. Enter admin
in the Password field. Then click the OK button.
Figure 5-1: Router Login
static ip address: a fixed address
assigned to a computer or device
connected to a network.
pppoe: a type of broadband connection that
provides authentication (username and
password) in addition to data transport
subnet mask: an address code that
determines the size of the network
default gateway: a device that forwards
Internet traffic from your local area network
