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GN-B41G 54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router User ’ s Manual www .gigabyte. com.tw Revision 1.1.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been test ed and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable pr otection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Content s Chapter 1 Introduction .............................. 6 Overview ........................................................................... 6 Features .......................................................
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Setup Wizard ................................................................... 33 Stat us .............................................................................. 43 Logout ....................................
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Appendix A: Glossary ............................. 78 Appendix B: Specification ...................... 81 Physical Interface ............................ 錯誤 ! 尚未定義書籤。 System Specification ...........
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Chapter 1 Introduction Overview Thank you for purchasing the GN-B41G 54 Mbps Wireless Router . With the advantages of 54 Mbps high-speed wireless data rates and 4-ports 10/100 wired Ethernet, the GN-B41G is the idea l networkin g devic e for you to share a broadband connection in your home or office.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Package Contents Please check that the GN-B41G package contents include: - GN-B41G 54Mbps Wireless Broadban d Router - Power adapter (5V DC, 2.0A) - GN-B41G Resource CD - GN-B41G Quick Installation Guide - Smart Setup II Installation Guide - Cat.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router GN-B41G Front Panel Viewed from right to left, the tabl e b elow describes the LEDs on the front panel of the GN-B41G. All LEDs are green whe n lit . LED ST A TUS DESCRIPTION On Power is supplied to router Power Off Power is NOT supplied to router WLAN Flashing Data is being transmitted wirelessly .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Chapter 2 Quick Installation Y our Gigabyte GN-B41G Wireless Broadban d Router has a built-in software application called Smart Setup II that will auto-configure your router for Internet access. 1. Please refer to diagram ab ove to connect your router to your net work.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Static IP address If you use a static IP address, please enter your WAN IP address, WAN subnet Mask, WAN Gateway, and DNS information provided by your ISP. 4. Once you have entered your information, click the Finish button to automatically complete router setup an d close the web browser windo w.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Chapter 3 Connecting the GN-B41G What Y ou Will Need Please prepare the following before you begin connecting your GN-B41G: 1. Have active Internet service p r ovide d throu g h either ADSL or cable Modem. 2. Valid ISP user account and pass word.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Making a Wired Connection S tep 1. Turn of f all the hardware devices in your n et work, including the ADSL/Cable modem by unpluggin g their power supply . S tep 2. Connect the Ethernet cable of your ADSL/Cable modem to the WAN port of the GN-B41G .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Chapter 4 Configuring the PCs Overview Before your GN-B41G Wireless Broadb and Router can communicate with a computer , the PC’s network settings must be configured.
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GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 3. Double-cl ick the L ocal Area Connectio n icon, and then the Properties button. S tep 4. T he Local A rea Connection Properties window will appear .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 5. Select both the Ob t ain IP address automatically and Obt ain DNS server address automatically ,options and then click OK . Continue clicking on the OK button to complete the PC configuration. Y our computer has been confi gure d to obtain an IP address automatically from the GN-B41G .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 6. Click the Sta rt button. Select Programs , then Acce ssories and then click Command Prompt. S tep 7. At the command prompt, type “ ipconfig /release ” and press the ENTER key .. S tep 8. At the next command pr ompt , type “ ipconfig/rene w ” and press the ENTER key .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Note: If the IP address of your GN-B41G , for example, is 192.168.1.254, your computer ’s IP address must be 19 2.168.1.x, wher e x is an ythi ng between 1 and 253. (Note: Each computer in a network has one unique IP located within this range.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 1 1. From the Internet Options window , click the Connections tab, and then click the LAN Settings button (see figure below). S tep 12. Now verify that none of the checkboxes have been ticke d, and click on the OK button.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Configuring Settings Under Windows XP S tep 1. Click the Sta rt button and then the Control Panel icon. S tep 2. Double-cl ick the Netw ork Connections icon.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 3. Double-cl ick the Local Connections icon, and then click on the Properties button. S tep 4. T he Local A rea Connection Properties window will appear .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 5. Select both the Ob t ain IP address automatically and Obt ain DNS server address automatically ,options and then click OK . Continue clicking on the OK button to complete the PC configuration. Y our computer has been confi gure d to obtain an IP address automatically from the GN-B41G .
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GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 7. At the command prompt, type “ ipconfig /release ” and press the ENTER key .. S tep 8. At the next command pr ompt , type “ ipconfig/rene w ” and press the ENTER key .. Note: If the IP address of your GN-B41G , fo r example, is 192.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 9. At the command prompt, type in “ exit ” and then press the ENTER key to exit and close the window . S tep 10. Open Internet Explorer . From the menu se lect T ools and then click Internet Options . A dialog bo x a ppears.
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GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 12. Now verify that none of the checkboxes have been ticke d, and click on the OK button. Go to Chapter 5 - Basic GN-B41G Configuration Settings .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Chapter 5 Basic GN-B41G Settings Y ou can change the settings of your GN-B4 1G wireless router using an Internet browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) to access the web-based utility . Login GN-B41G S tep 1.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 3. Once you hav e logged in successfully , you will see the GN-B 41G homepage in your browser window . If this is the first time configuri ng your router , clic k the Smart Setup button from the side me nu.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Using Smart Setup Y our GN-B41G Wireless Router has bu ilt-in software – Smart Setup – that can automatically detect your Internet connection type. Either a PPoE, Dynamic IP or S tatic IP will be detected, and t he appropriate screen will appear prom pting you to enter basic ISP account information.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 3. If you are connecting through a Dynamic IP address, no further action is required. Please clic k the OK button on the warning wind ow .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Note: An error message will appear if Smart Setup cannot detect your Internect connection type. Please ve rif y that the cable from your ADSL/Cable modem to your router is pro perl y connected.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Using Setup Wizard T o manually configur e your router ’s Internet connection, click on the Setup Wizard button. The LAN Setup Screen S tep 1. Each field on the LAN Setup screen is set to a default value, so it is not necessary to make any modificati ons.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Note: T he default IP address of your Router is 192.168.1.254. Click the Next button to continue GN-B41G configuration.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Connection T ype - PPPoE S tep 3. On the PPPoE screen, enter your User Nam e and Password as provided by your ISP . Click the Finish button to continue with setup. S tep 4. A screen with the message Setup Completed appears.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 5. While the route r is rebooti ng, the scree n will display the time remaining. S tep 6. Once your rout er has successfully rebooted, it will load the main page of the GN-B41G configurati on utility .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Connection T ype - Dynamic IP Address S tep 7. On the Dynamic IP A ddress screen, type in the informati on provided by your ISP , and then click the Finish button to continue with router setup. S tep 8. A screen with the message Setup Completed appears.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 9. While the route r is rebooti ng, the scree n will display the time remaining. S tep 10. Once your router has successfully rebooted, i t will load the main page of the GN-B41G configurati on utility .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Connection T ype - S t atic IP Address S tep 1 1. On the St atic IP Address screen,type in the information provide d b y your ISP , and then click the Finish button to continue with router setup. Note: If y our ISP has assigned you several IP addresses, please select and enter only one.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 13. While the router is rebooti ng, the screen will displa y the time remaining. S tep 14. Once your router has successfully rebooted, i t will load the main page of the GN-B41G configurati on utility .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Connection T ype - PPPoE Unnumber S tep 15. On the PPPoE Unnumber screen, type in the information provided by your ISP , and then click the Finish button to continue with router setup. Note: If y our ISP has assigned you several IP addresses, please select and enter only one S tep 16.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router S tep 17. While the router is rebooti ng, the screen will displa y the time remaining. S tep 18. Once your router has successfully rebooted, i t will load the main page of the GN-B41G configurati on utility .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Status Page On the Stat us page the router ’s current connection and configuration information is displayed. LAN Ethernet Status MA C This field displays the MAC address of the GN-B41G as seen on your wireless net work.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router WAN Ethernet Status MA C The field displays the MAC ad dress used by the W AN port of the router . MTU The maximum size of the packet sent from your computer to the Internet. Rx packet s T he number of receive d packets of this port af ter resetting or manually initial.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Tx packet s The number of transmitted packets of this wireless port after resetting or manually initial. Rx bytes The current reception band width on the Wireless LAN. Rx bytes The current transmission band wid th on the Wireless LAN.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Routing Table The Routing Table displays the GN-B41G routing details. UpnP Port Mapping Table The UPnP Port Mapping Table displays the GN-B41G port mapping and UPnP details.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Logout Page When you have compl eted m aking modificati ons to the configuration settings of your GN-B41G , pleas e click the Logout button to end your session. Note: Y ou will be aut omatically logged out of the GN-B41G Co nfiguration Utility if your system remains idle for more than 5 minutes.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Chapter 6 Advanced GN-B41G Settings In this chapter, you will find descriptions for configuring the advanced settings of the GN-B41G wireless broadband router.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The WAN Configuration Tab This window displays the settings of WAN connections that are ava ilable..
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router A screen based on the Internet (WAN) connection t ype you selected will appear and provide parameter fields. WAN Configuration Tab – Dynamic IP Address ISP Name, Host Name, Gateway, DNS1 and NS2 Address, DNS Domain Name Enter the information provide d b y your ISP.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router UPnP Delete Time Select the duration that UPnP will be active. Default setting is 0. Note : If the WAN IP address and LAN IP address obtained from DHCP server are from the same subnet, the LAN IP address will automatically change to another subnet and reboot the router.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) is a simple PPP authentication protocol allowi ng a Router to send a sim ple user ID and password to another Router for authenticatio n.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router WAN Configuration Tab - PPPoE Unnumber PPPoE Unnumbered is a PPPoE service provided b y an ISP. When using PPPoE Unnumbered, yo u can have more than one Global IP address, of which the number can be 8 or 16 addresses according to the ISP service policy.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Session Configuration Tab The Session Con figuration screen displays the settings of the Main Session and Backup Session . Select a WAN connection type for the Main Sessio n from the dro p-do wn menu and select Backup Session t ype.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Wireless Configuration Screen The Wireless Config uration screen al lo ws you how to configure the Rout er’s WLAN function. The 802.11g Tab Region Indicates the geographical re gion you are in. Verify that the region indicated is correct .
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router you want to use in the SSID field and click Submit . If you make a change to the SSID, any wireless devices on your network must also be reconfigured to connec t to the ne w network name. Rate Select a wireless data transmission rate from the drop- down list.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router use WPA through the use of WPA Pre-shared Key. WEP Key The GN-B41G supports two WEP standards: 64-bit,128-bit . Select either 64-bits or 128-bits from the drop-down list activate WEP encryption. The 64-bits encryption uses 40 bits as a secret key, (user-defined) and the remaining 24 bits are reserved.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The MAC Access Control Tab The MAC Access Control screen allows you to specif y the Media Access Controller (MAC) address of up to 32 devices on your network. Only those devices listed in the table will have acc ess to transmit data through the GN-B41G.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Radius Server Configuration Tab A Radius Server provides a centraliz ed, server- based authentication of client access to the network. 1) A user will send a “start” message to a Router, which requests the identity of the user.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The WDS Tab Wireless Distribution System (WDS) technolog y enabl es several access points to increase the coverage of a wireless net work. Although enterprises or home users can reduce most wiring problem s b y us ing acc ess points that support WDS, they still need cables to connect external ISP.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Static Routing Table Screen The Static Routing Table displays the GN-B41G routing settings.To add or modify, enter a value into the field and click the Submit button. Destination IP Enter the Destination IP address that will be assigned to a specific network or host.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Virtual Server Screen The Virtual Server screen allo ws you to manage the virtual server settings of the GN-B41G. There are t wo virtual serv er options: router has only one IP address or router has multiple IP addresse s (8 or 16 in most instances).
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The PPPoE/DHCP/Static Tab A Virtual Server allows computers on the WAN side of the n et work to connect with a PC server on the LAN side of the network. For example, a PC on the LAN side with an IP address of 192.168.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The PPPoE Unnumber Tab In instances where multiple global IP addres ses exist each IP address requires its own setting. Note: Your ISP may provide you a with a list of “Global IP”, for example 61.222.10.1 ~ 61.222.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Firewall Rule Screen The Firewall Rule screen disp lays your network security set tings. Use this screen to create network securit y policies to prevent unauthorized access to your network.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The VPN Pass Through Tab A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a type of secured private network connection, built upon publicly-accessible infrastructure s uch as the Internet.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router If administrators allow a host to enable VPN pass through i n the configuration, the Router will automatically set up a virtual s erver and firewall for this host. All VPN packets will be transparent and redirect ed to this host.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Rule Number (No.) Enter a number for the rule bet ween 1 and 6 4. Rules ar e ranked in priority based on their number in desce nding order, so that rule 1 is given the highest priority and rule 64 the lo west priority.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The DNS Configuration Screen DNS Relay When DNS query packets are receiv ed b y the GN-B41G a response signal is sent to the host that s ends the DNS query packet. T hen, users have to set the IP address of the Ro uter as the IP address of DNS.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The URL Blocking Configuration Screen The URL Blocking Config uration screen al lows you to restrict access based upon specific web addresses and/or ke ywords. 1. To activate the URL Blocking feature, select the Enable option.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Chapter 7 Using M anagement Tools The instructions in this chapter will he lp you how to use the management tools of the web-based utility to effectivel y manage your GN-B41G wireless broadband router. The PPP Monitor Screen The PPP Monitor screen displa ys the WAN (Int ernet) connection status.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Initialization Screen The Initialization screen allows you to reset the GN-B41G back to its original factory settings. To initialize the router, use the tip of a pencil or a paperclip to press the init button (located on the bottom of the unit).
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Change WAN MAC Screen The Change W AN MAC screen allows you to assign a new MAC addres s. If your ISP asks you to use the original MAC address, chose the Assign WAN MA C option and enter a new WAN MAC address in the New WAN MAC Add re ss fiel d and click the Submit button.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Backup / Restore Screen The Backup / Restore screen allo ws you to save the current configuration settings of the GN-B41G as a temp file onto your computer. To revert the GN-B41G to previously saved configuration s ettings, click the Browse to locate the saved file.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The WAN Connection Ta b The UPnP Log Tab 73.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Save Maintenance Screen The Save Maintenance scree n allo ws you to save logs and status information as a file which can then be sent to the Technical Support team at GIGABYTE. The Ping Screen The Ping screen allo ws you to perform a test to determine whether a particular IP address is online.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router The Help Screen The Help screen is where you can access o nline guide to assist in configuring the GN-B41G. The About Screen The About screen displays the model name and fi rm ware version of the router.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Chapter 8 Troubleshooting This sections provides solutions to common probl ems that may occur during installation, configuration or use of the GN-B41G. Q: I can’t remember the password o r IP ad d ress of the router.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Q: What is the IEEE802.11g standard? A: Th e IEEE 802.11g standard specif ies data rates of up to 54 Mbits/s in the 2.45-GHz band. It uses Orthogonal Frequen cy Division Multiplexing (OFDM), which is provided by this standard and is compatibl e with 802.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Appendix A: Glossary ADS L Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a new modem technology that converts existing twisted-pair telephon e lines into access paths for high-speed communication of various sorts.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Firewall A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both har dware and software, or a combination of both.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router PPPoE Point-to-Point over Ethernet is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over an always-on connection b y simulating a dial-up connection. Router A device that forwards data packets along networks.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Appendix B: Specifications General Standards IEEE802.3(10Base-T), IEEE802.3u(100Base-TX), IEEE802.11b/g(Wireless) Ports / Buttons LAN – 4 ports 10/100 Ethernet (aut.
GN-B41G Wireless Broadband Router Limited Warranty Statement (1-Year Warranty) Thank you for purchasing the Gigab yte Product. This limited warranty statement will provide you one year warra nty starting from the purchase date.
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