NOTES:

???If any of the items is damaged or missing, contact ASUS for technical inquiries and support, Refer to the ASUS Support Hotline list at the back of this user manual.

???Keep the original packaging material in case you would need future warranty services such as repair or replacement.

NOTE:

It's normal if you hear squeaking while dismounting the RT-N53 from the stand.

2 Creating your network

Positioning your router

For the best wireless signal transmission between the wireless router and the network devices connected to it, ensure that you:

???Place the wireless router in a centralized area for a maximum wireless coverage for the network devices.

???Keep the device away from metal obstructions and away from direct sunlight.

???Keep the device away from 802.11g or 20MHz only Wi-Fi devices, 2.4GHz computer peripherals, Bluetooth

devices, cordless phones, transformers, heavy-duty motors, fluorescent lights, microwave ovens, refrigerators, and other industrial equipment to prevent signal interference or loss.

???For the best front-to-rear coverage, place the wireless router in an upright position.

???For the best up-and-down coverage, place the wireless router in an inclined position.

???Always update to the latest firmware. Visit the ASUS website at http://www.asus.com to get the latest firmware updates.

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What you need

To set up your network, you need one or two computers that meet the following system requirements:

???Ethernet RJ-45 (LAN) port (10Base-T/100Base-TX)

???IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless capability

???An installed TCP/IP service

???Web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome

NOTES:

???If your computer does not have built-in wireless capabilities, you may install an IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN adapter to your computer to connect to the network.

???With its dual band technology, your wireless router supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless signals simultaneously. This allows you to do Internet-related activities such as Internet surfing or reading/writing e-mail messages using the 2.4GHz band while simultaneously streaming high-definition audio/ video files such as movies or music using the 5GHz band.

???If you are using only one computer with single band IEEE 802.11b/g/n WLAN adapter, you will only be able to use the 2.4GHz band.

???If you are using only one computer with dual band

IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN adapter, you will be able to use the 2.4GHz or 5GHz band.

???If you are using two computers with both

IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN adapters, you will be able to use both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously.

???The Ethernet RJ-45 cables that will be used to connect the network devices should not exceed 100 meters.

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Setting up your wireless router

IMPORTANT!

???Use wired connection in setting up your wireless router to avoid possible setup problems due to wireless uncertainty.

???Before setting up your ASUS wireless router, do the following:

???If you are replacing an existing router, disconnect it from your network.

???Disconnect the cables/wires from your existing modem setup. If your modem has a backup battery, remove it as well.

???Reboot your computer (recommended).

Wired connection

NOTE: Your wireless router has an integrated auto-crossover function, so use either straight-through or crossover cable for wired connection.

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Modem

2 3

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To set up your wireless router via wired connection:

1.Insert your wireless router???s AC adapter to the DC-In port and plug it to a power outlet.

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2.Using the bundled network cable, connect your computer to your wireless router???s LAN port.

IMPORTANT! Ensure that the LAN LED is blinking.

3Using another network cable, connect your modem to your wireless router???s WAN port.

4.Insert your modem???s AC adapter to the DC-In port and plug it to a power outlet.

5.Switch on the wireless router.

Wireless connection

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Modem

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To set up your wireless router via wirless connection:

1.Insert your wireless router???s AC adapter to the DC-In port and plug it to a power outlet.

2Using the bundled network cable, connect your modem to your wireless router???s WAN port.

3.Insert your modem???s AC adapter to the DC-In port and plug it to a power outlet.

4.Install an IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN adapter on your computer.

5.Switch on the wireless router.

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NOTES:

???For details on connecting to a wireless network, refer to the WLAN adapter???s user manual.

???To set up the security settings for your network, refer to the section Setting up the wireless security settings in this user manual.

Before you proceed

NOTE: Before configuring your wireless router, do the steps described in this section for your host computer and network clients.

A.Disable the proxy server, if enabled.

Windows?? 7

1.Click Start > Internet Explorer to launch the browser.

2.Click Tools > Internet options > Connections tab > LAN settings.

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3.From the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings screen, untick Use a proxy server for your LAN.

4.Click OK when done.

MAC OS

1.From your Safari browser, click Safari > Preferences > Advanced > Change Settings...

2. From the Network screen, deselect FTP Proxy and Web Proxy (HTTP).

3.Cllick Apply Now when done.

NOTE: Refer to your browser's help feature for details on disabling the proxy server.

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B.Set the TCP/IP settings to automatically obtain an IP address.

Windows?? 7

1.Click Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet >

Network and Sharing Center > Manage network connections.

2.Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6), then click Properties.

3.To obtain the IPv4 IP settings automatically, tick Obtain an IP address automatically.

To obtain the IPv6 IP settings automatically, tick Obtain an IPv6 address automatically.

4.Click OK when done.

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MAC OS

1.Click the Apple icon located on the top left of your screen.

2.Click System Preferences > Network > Configure...

3.From the TCP/IP tab, select Using DHCP in the Configure IPv4 dropdown list.

4.Cllick Apply Now when done.

NOTE: Refer to your operating system???s help and support feature for details on configuring your computer???s TCP/IP settings.

C.Disable the dial-up connection, if enabled.

Windows?? 7

1.Click Start > Internet Explorer to launch the browser.

2.Click Tools > Internet options > Connections tab.

3.Tick Never dial a connection.

4. Click OK when done.

NOTE: Refer to your browser's help feature for details on disabling the dial-up connection.

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3 Configuring via the web GUI

Logging into the web GUI

Your ASUS Wireless Router comes with an intuitive web graphics user interface (GUI) that allows you to easily configure its various features through a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome.

To log into the web GUI:

1.On your web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome, manually key in the wireless router???s default IP address: 192.168.1.1

2.On the login page, key in the default user name (admin) and password (admin).

NOTES:

???For your network clients, ensure that you set the TCP/IP settings to obtain IP addresses automatically, disable the proxy server settings, disable the dial-up settings, and cancel the dial-up connection.

???For more details, refer to the section Before you proceed in this user manual.

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3.The wireless router???s web GUI launches. Use the web GUI to configure various wireless settings.

Using the Network Map

Network Map allows you to view the status and configure the connection settings of the Internet, system, and clients in your network. It enables you to quickly set up your Wide Area Network (WAN) using the Quick Internet Setup (QIS) feature.

To view the status or configure the settings, click any of these icons displayed on the main page:

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Setting up the Internet connection

NOTE: When setting the Internet connection for the first time, press the Reset button on your wireless router to reset it to its factory default settings.

Quick Internet Setup (QIS) with auto-detection

The Quick Internet Setup (QIS) function guides you in quickly setting up your Internet connection.

To use QIS with auto-detection:

1.Launch a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome.

2.The wireless router automatically detects if your ISP connection type is Dynamic IP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, and Static IP. Key in the necessary information for your ISP connection type.

IMPORTANT! Obtain the necessary information about your Internet connection type from your ISP.

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NOTES:

???The auto-detection of your ISP connection type takes place when you configure the wireless router for the first time or when your wireless router is reset to its default settings.

???If QIS failed to detect your Internet connection type, click Skip to manual setting (see the screen capture in step 1) and manually configure your connection settings.

???If QIS failed to launch automatically, manually launch your wireless router's web GUI to access the QIS page. To do this, follow these steps:

???On your web browser, key in http://192.168.1.1

???On the login page, key in the default username admin and password admin.

???Click GO in the Quick Internet Setup field under Internet status in the Network Map page.

3.Internet connection setup is done.

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Select your next preferred task from any of these options:

1. Going to Internet: Click to start surfing the Internet or do Internet-related activities such as chat, or read/ write e-mail messages.

2. Advanced Setting page: Click to go to the wireless router???s Advanced Setting page and configure more advanced wireless settings.

3. Add to Favorites: Click to go add the router???s web interface to your Favorites.

Using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) allows you to set up a secure and protected wireless network easily.

NOTES:

???Ensure that you use a wireless LAN adapter with WPS function on your network clients.

???Windows?? operating systems and wireless LAN cards/ adapters that support WPS:

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To use WPS:

1.In the WPS field, click the red button to launch the WPS Wizard.

NOTE: You may also press the WPS button on your wireless router to launch the WPS Wizard.

2.Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the wireless network setup.

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Setting up the wireless security settings

To protect your wireless network from unauthorized access, you need to configure its security settings.

To set up the wireless security settings:

1.Key in 192.168.1.1 on your web browser.

2.On the login screen, key in the default user name (admin) and password (admin), then click OK. The wireless router???s web GUI launches.

3.On the Network Map screen, select the System status icon to display the wireless security settings such as SSID, security level, and encryption settings.

NOTE: You can set up different wireless security settings for 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.

2.4GHz security settings

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5GHz security settings

4.On the Wireless name (SSID) field, key in a unique name for your wireless network.

5.From the Security Level dropdown list, select the encryption method for your wireless network.

IMPORTANT! The IEEE 802.11n standard prohibits using High Throughput with WEP or WPA-TKIP as the unicast cipher. If you use these encryption methods, your data rate will drop to IEEE 802.11g 54Mbps connection.

6.Key in your security passkey.

7.Click Apply when done.

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Creating multiple SSID profiles

The wireless router allows you to create multiple SSID profile on

2.4GHz that meet various working scenarios.

To create an SSID profile:

1. Under System status, click Add.

2. Configure the profile settings, then click Add.

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Managing your network clients

To manage your network clients:

1.Launch the wireless router???s web GUI.

2.On the Network Map screen, select the Client Status icon to display the information about your network clients.

3.In the Priority field under the Client List, you can set the priority packet for each client as Normal, High, or Low.

NOTE: You can also delete the priority settings from Advanced Setting > WAN > QoS tab.

4.To block a client???s access to your network, select the client and click Block.

To restore a client???s access to your network, select the client in the Blocked client list and click Unblock.

NOTE: You can also delete the MAC filter from Advanced Setting > Firewall > MAC Filter tab.

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Managing EZQoS Bandwidth

EzQoS Bandwidth Management allows you to set the

bandwidth priority and manage the network traffic. To set up the bandwidth priority:

1.Click EzQoS Bandwidth Management from the navigation menu at the left side of your screen.

2.Click each of these four applications to set the bandwidth priority:

IconDescription

Gaming Blaster

The router handles gaming traffic at first priority.

Internet Application

The router handles the e-mail, web browsing and other Internet applications traffic at first priority.

FTP

The router handles at first priority the traffic of downloading/ uploading data to/from the FTP server.

Voip/Video Streaming

The router handles the audio/video traffic at first priority.

3. Click Save to save the configuration settings.

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Configuring the Advanced settings

Advanced Setting allows you to configure the advanced features of your wireless router.

Setting up the DHCP Server

You may enable the DHCP Server function in your wireless router so your network clients can automatically obtain IP addresses from your wireless router.

NOTE: The ASUS Wireless Router can support up to 253 IP addresses for your network.

To set up the DHCP server:

1.Click Advanced Setting from the navigation menu at the left side of your screen.

2.Under the LAN menu, click DHCP Server.

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3.In the Enable the DHCP Server? field, tick Yes.

4.In the IP Pool Starting Address field, key in the starting IP address.

5.In the IP Pool Ending Address field, key in the ending IP address.

6.In the Lease Time field, key in the time that the IP addresses expire and the wireless router automatically assigns new IP Addresses for the network clients.

IMPORTANT!

???For the IP Pool Starting and Ending IP addresses, we recommend that you use:

???IP address: 192.168.1.xxx (xxx can be any number between 2 and 254)

???IP Pool Starting Address should not be greater than the IP Pool Ending Address.

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Upgrading the firmware

NOTE: Download the latest firmware from the ASUS website at http://www.asus.com

To upgrade the firmware:

1.Click Advanced Setting from the navigation menu at the left side of your screen.

2.Under the Administration menu, click Firmware Upgrade.

3.In the New Firmware File field, click Browse to locate the new firmware on your computer.

4.Click Upload. The uploading process takes about three minutes.

NOTE: If the upgrade process fails, the wireless router automatically enters the rescue mode and the power LED indicator at the front panel flashes slowly. To recover or restore the system, use the Firmware Restoration utility.

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Restoring/Saving/Uploading settings

To restore/save/upload the settings:

1.Click Advanced Setting from the navigation menu at the left side of your screen.

2.Under the Administration menu, click Restore/Save/Upload Setting.

3.Select the tasks that you want to do:

???To restore to the default factory settings, click Restore, and click OK in the confirmation message.

???To save the current system settings, click Save, and click Save in the file download window to save the system file in your preferred path.

???To restore previous system settings, click Browse to locate the system file that you want to restore, then click Upload.

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4 Using the utilities

NOTES:

???Install the wireless router's utilities from the bundled support CD.

???If Autorun is disabled, run setup.exe from the root directory of the support CD.

Device Discovery

Device Discovery is an ASUS WLAN utility that detects an ASUS wireless router device, and enables you to configure the device.

To launch the Device Discovery utility:

???From your computer???s desktop, click

Start > All Programs > ASUS Utility > RT-N53 Wireless Router > Device Discovery.

NOTE: When you set the router to Access Point mode, you need to use Device Discovery to get the router???s IP address.

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Firmware Restoration

Firmware Restoration is used on an ASUS Wireless Router that failed during its firmware upgrading process. It uploads the firmware that you specify. The process takes about three to four minutes.

IMPORTANT: Launch the rescue mode before using the Firmware Restoration utility.

To launch the rescue mode and use the Firmware

Restoration utility:

1.Unplug the wireless router from the power source.

2.Hold the Reset button at the back side and simultaneously press the power switch to power off the wireless router. Release the Reset button when the Power LED at the front panel flashes slowly, which indicates that the wireless router is in the rescue mode.

3.Use the following to set up your TCP/IP settings: IP address: 192.168.1.x

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

4.From your computer???s desktop, click

Start > All Programs > ASUS Utility RT-N53 Wireless Router > Firmware Restoration.

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5. Specify a firmware file, then click Upload.

NOTE: This is not a firmware upgrade utility and cannot be used on a working ASUS Wireless Router. Normal firmware upgrades must be done through the web interface. Refer to Chapter 3: Configuring via the web GUI for more details.

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5 Troubleshooting

NOTE: If you encounter problems that are not mentioned in this chapter, contact the ASUS Technical Support.

Troubleshooting

I cannot access a web browser for configuring the router.

???Delete the cookies and files in your web browser. To do this, follow these steps:

1.Launch your web browser, then click Tools > Internet Options...

2.Under Temporary Internet files, click Delete Cookies...

and Delete Files...

NOTE: The commands for deleting cookies and files vary with the web browser.

???Disable the proxy server settings, cancel the dial-up connection, and set the TCP/IP settings to obtain IP addresses automatically. For more details, refer to the section Before you proceed in this user manual.

The client cannot establish a wireless connection with the router.

Out of Range:

???Put the router closer to the wireless client.

???Try to change the channel settings. Authentication:

???Use wired connection to connect to the router.

???Check the wireless security settings.

???Press the Reset button at the back side for more than five seconds.

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Cannot find the router:

???Press the Reset button at the back side for more than five seconds.

???Check the setting in the wireless adapter such as SSID and encryption settings.

Cannot access the Internet via wireless LAN adapter.

???Move the router closer to the wireless client.

???Check whether the wireless adapter is connected to the correct wireless router.

???Check whether the wireless channel in use conforms to the channels available in your country/area.

???Check the encryption settings.

???Check if the ADSL or Cable connection is correct.

???Retry using another Ethernet cable.

Internet is not accessible.

???Check the status indicators on the ADSL modem and the wireless router.

???Check if 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 Start Guide of the wireless router and re- configure the settings.

???Check if the WAN LED on the wireless router is ON.

???Check the wireless encryption settings.

???Check if the computer can get the IP address (via both wired network and wireless network).

???Ensure that your web browser is configured to use the local LAN, and is not configured to use a proxy server.

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If the ADSL ???LINK??? light blinks continuously or stays off, Internet access is not possible - the Router is unable to establish a connection with the ADSL network.

???Ensure that all your cables are all properly connected .

???Disconnect the power cord from the ADSL or cable modem, wait a few minutes, then reconnect the cord.

???If the ADSL light continues to blink or stays OFF, contact your ADSL service provider.

Network name or encryption keys are forgotten.

???Try setting up the wired connection and configuring the wireless encryption again.

???Press the Reset button at the back side of the wireless router for more than five seconds.

How to restore the system to its default settings?

???Press the Reset button at the back side of the wireless router for more than five seconds.

???Refer to the section Restoring/Saving/Uploading settings in Chapter 3 of this user manual.

The following are the factory default settings:

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ASUS DDNS Service

RT-N53 supports the ASUS DDNS service. When exchanging devices at the service center, if you have registered the ASUS DDNS service and want to keep the original domain name, data transfer is a must. Visit your local service center for more information.

NOTES:

???If there is no activity in the domain - such as reconfiguring the router or accessing the registered domain name - within 90 days, the system automatically deletes the registered information.

???If you encounter any problem or difficulty in using your device, contact the service center.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1.Will the registered information be lost or registered by others?

If you have not updated the registered information in 90 days, the system automatically deletes the registered information and the domain name may be registered by others.

2.I did not register the ASUS DDNS for the router I bought six months ago. Can I still register it?

Yes, you can still register the ASUS DDNS service for your router. The DDNS service is embedded in your router, so you can register the ASUS DDNS service anytime. Before registering, click Query to check if the hostname has been registered or not. If not, the system registers the hostname automatically.

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3.I have registered a domain name before and it has been working well until my friends told me that they could not access my domain name.

Check the following:

1.The internet is working well.

2.The DNS server is working well.

3.The last time you updated the domain name.

If there are still problems in accessing your domain name, contact the service center.

4.Can I register two domain names to separately access my http and ftp servers?

No, you cannot. You can only register one domain name for one router. Use port mapping to implement security in the network.

5.After restarting the router, why is it that I see different WAN IPs in MS DOS and in the router configuration page?

This is normal. The interval time between the ISP DNS server and ASUS DDNS results in different WAN IPs in MS DOS and in the router configuration page. Different ISPs may have different interval time for IP updating.

6.Is the ASUS DDNS service free, or is it just a trial version?

The ASUS DDNS service is a free and embedded service in some ASUS routers. Check your ASUS router if it supports the

ASUS DDNS service.

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Appendices

Notices

ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services

ASUS recycling and takeback programs come from our commitment to the highest standards for protecting our environment. We believe in providing solutions for you to be able to responsibly recycle our products, batteries, other components, as well as the packaging materials. Please go to http://csr.asus. com/english/Takeback.htm for the detailed recycling information in different regions.

REACH

Complying with the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals) regulatory framework, we published the chemical substances in our products at ASUS REACH website at

http://csr.asus.com/english/index.aspx

Federal Communications Commission Statement

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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential

installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to

radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference

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by one of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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.

FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user???s authority to operate this equipment.

For operation within 5.15 ~ 5.25GHz frequency range, it is restricted to indoor environment.

IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g operation of this product in the U.S.A. is firmware-limited to channels 1 through 11.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

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IMPORTANT! This device within the 5.15 ~ 5.25 GHz is restricted to indoor operations to reduce any potential for harmful interference to co-channel MSS operations.

Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user???s authority to operate the equipment.

Industry Canada statement:

This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada 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.

Ce dispositif est conforme ?? la norme CNR-210 d???Industrie Canada applicable aux appareils radio exempts de licence. Son fonctionnement est sujet aux deux conditions suivantes: (1) le dispositif ne doit pas produire de brouillage pr??judiciable, et

(2) ce dispositif doit accepter tout brouillage re??u, y compris un brouillage susceptible de provoquer un fonctionnement ind??sirable.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

Caution:

The device for the band 5150-5250 MHz is only for indoor usage to reduce potential for harmful interference to co-channel mobile satellite systems.

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High power radars are allocated as primary users (meaning they have priority) of 5250-5350 MHz and 5650-5850 MHz and these radars could cause interference and/or damage to LE-LAN devices.

NOTE IMPORTANTE: (Pour l???utilisation de dispositifs mobiles) D??claration d???exposition aux radiations:

Cet ??quipement est conforme aux limites d???exposition aux rayonnements IC ??tablies pour un environnement non contr??l??. Cet ??quipement doit ??tre install?? et utilis?? avec un minimum de 20 cm de distance entre la source de rayonnement et votre corps.

Avertissement:

Le dispositif fonctionnant dans la bande 5150-5250 MHz est r??serv?? uniquement pour une utilisation ?? l???int??rieur afin de r??duire les risques de brouillage pr??judiciable aux syst??mes de satellites mobiles utilisant les m??mes canaux.

Les utilisateurs de radars de haute puissance sont d??sign??s utilisateurs principaux (c.-??-d., qu???ils ont la priorit??) pour les bandes 5250-5350 MHz et 5650-5850 MHz et que ces radars pourraient causer du brouillage et/ou des dommages aux dispositifs LAN-EL.

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Prohibition of Co-location

This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter

Safety Information

To maintain compliance with FCC???s RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. Use on the supplied antenna.

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. 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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CE Mark Warning

This is a Class B product, in a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

NCC ??????

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????

GNU General Public License

Licensing information

This product includes copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Please see The GNU General Public License for the exact terms and conditions

of this license. We include a copy of the GPL with every CD shipped with our product. All future firmware updates will also be accompanied with their respective source code. Please visit our web site for updated information. Note that we do not offer direct support for the distribution.

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

Version 2, June 1991

Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

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Preamble

The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation???s software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to your programs, too.

When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.

To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.

For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.

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We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software.

Also, for each author???s protection and ours, we want to make certain that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free software. If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors??? reputations.

Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone???s free use or not licensed at all.

The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow.

Terms & conditions for copying, distribution, & modification

0.This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License. The ???Program???, below, refers to any such program or work, and a ???work based on the Program??? means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion

of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the term ???modification???.) Each licensee is addressed as ???you???.

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Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.

1.You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program???s source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program.

You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.

2.You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:

a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.

b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.

c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or

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else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.)

These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program,

the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it.

Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program.

In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program with the Program (or with a work based on the

Program) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this License.

3.You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:

a)Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine- readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

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b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

c)Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This

alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)

The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable.

If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code.

4.You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.

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5.You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works.

These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying the Program or works based on it.

6.Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients??? exercise

of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License.

7.If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.

If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances.

It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to contest

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validity of any such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution system, which is implemented by public license practices. Many people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that choice.

This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to be a consequence of the rest of this License.

8.If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original copyright holder who places the

Program under this License may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the body of this License.

9.The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.

Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and ???any later version???, you have the option

of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.

10.If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free

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programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author to ask for permission.

For software which is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.

NO WARRANTY

11 BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE,

THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT

PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE

STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER

PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ???AS IS???WITHOUT WARRANTY

OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,

BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF

THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE

DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY

SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

12 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR

AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR

ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE

THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR

DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL

OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE

OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT

LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED

INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES

OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER

PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS

BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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