Asante Technologies friendlynet fr1104-g User Manual

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Before you begin, please verify that you have 
the following items:

•  Valid Internet connection with user name 

and password. 

•  Broadband (cable or DSL) modem with a 

10BaseT port (PCI-based modems are not 
supported).

•  Network connection for each computer – a  

10/100 Fast Ethernet adapter or built-in 
10/100 Fast Ethernet port (RJ-45). 
AsantéFast 10/100 or FriendlyNET 10/100 
PCI recommended. 

•  Network cable from the router to each 

computer. Unshielded twisted pair (UTP) 
Category 5 cable is required.

•  Supported operating systems: 

– Apple Mac OS (8, 9 and X) 
– Microsoft Windows (98, 2000, NT and XP) 
– Linux/UNIX

•  TCP/IP network protocol must be 

configured for each computer (refer to 
computer configuration on reverse). Each 
client must also be configured to accept an 
IP address from a DHCP server.

•  You will also need a web browser to 

configure the router. Microsoft Internet 
Explorer or Netscape Communicator 
version 4 or later is required.

If you have the FriendlyNET FR1104-G 
wireless router, these items are optional:

•  Wireless network connection for each 

computer. A built-in 802.11b/g (Airport,  
Wi-Fi) or adapter for each computer. 
FriendlyNET AeroLAN adapters 
recommended.

Cable or DSL modems using USB or Firewire 
connections, asymmetrical dual media 
connections, Home PNA or any other non-
Ethernet compatible communication devices 
are not compatible with the FriendlyNET 
FR1100 Series routers.

Se

tting up your r

outer r

equires thr

ee  

basic steps:

1. Install y

our hardwar

e.

2. D

ete

rmine the TCP/IP settings f

or your 

specific comput

er follo

wing the instructions 

pro

vided for y

our operating syst

em.

 Reco

rd

 your inf

ormation and save

 it for 

future r

efe

renc

e. Y

ou will need to

 have

 these 

settings if you ev

er change rout

ers, c

omputers 

or servic

e plans.

3. C

onfigure y

our rout

er.

Tu

rn off the pow

er t

o y

our comput

ers, 

modem and rout

er, then f

ollow these st

eps  

to

 connec

t the rout

er to

 your netw

ork:

1. C

onnect an Ethernet cable fr

om your 

comput

er’s

 Ethernet port t

o one of the LAN 

ports (number

ed 1–4) on the rout

er. 

Repeat the proc

ess to

 connec

t other 

comput

ers to

 the rout

er. 

2. C

onnect an Ethernet cable fr

om your cable 

or DSL modem to

 the rout

er’s

 W

AN port.

 

 FR1100 Se

ries rout

ers support A

uto

-

Uplink

™

. If

 you need t

o c

onnect mor

e than 

four c

omputers t

o the r

outer

, y

ou can 

uplink a 10/100 Fast Ethernet swit

ch 

(pref

erred) or hub using an Ethernet cable 

to

 any LAN por

t on the r

outer

. FR1100 

Se

ries rout

ers support up t

o 253 c

ompters 

and netwo

rk devices

.

3. C

onnect the po

we

r co

rd

 to

 the rout

er then 

turn on your c

omputers and modem.

Fo

llow

 the Comput

er Configur

ation steps  

for y

our comput

er’s

 operating syst

em.

FR1104-G Cable/DSL 802.11g

Wireless Firewall Router with

Integrated 4-Port 10/100 Switch

Th

e follo

wing steps explain ho

w to

 determine 

your curr

ent netw

ork settings and set up y

our 

co

mputer so that it can be aut

omatically 

co

nfigured b

y the r

outer

’s DHCP (dynamic 

host configur

ation prot

ocol) f

eatur

e. 

1. F

rom the Apple menu

, open y

our 

co

mputer

’s 

TCP/IP c

ontr

ol panel.

2. In the 

 drop-do

wn list, selec

t 

your Ethernet adapt

er. In 

, selec

t 

er.

 

3. T

he DHCP screen bef

ore

 re

ceiving a 

dynamic IP address fr

om the Asanté  

ro

uter looks as f

ollows:

 

4. T

he DHCP screen af

ter r

eceiving a  

dynamic IP address fr

om the Asanté  

rout

er looks as follo

ws:

5. Close the 

TCP/IP c

ontr

ol panel and Sav

e 

the settings.

 

Th

e TCP/IP c

onfiguration of y

our comput

er  

is now c

omplete

. Repeat these st

eps to

 

configur

e additional Mac OS 8 or 9 

co

mputers y

ou wish to

 add to

 the rout

er.

The router must be configured to match your 
Internet service. If you do not know your 
Internet connection configuration, please 
contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

By default, the router is pre-configured with 
these settings:

•  Automatically set IP addresses for 

computers on your LAN (connected to the 
router’s ports 1–4). The router acts as a 
server for dynamic host configuration 
protocol (DHCP) and assigns IP addresses 
in the range 192.168.123.100 through 
192.168.123.199

•  The default LAN IP address for the router is 

192.168.123.254 with a subnet mask of 
255.255.255.0

•  The Internet service connected to the 

router’s WAN port uses a dynamic IP 
address

Note: To configure the router, you will need 
to use the information you collected when 
determining network settings (Computer 
Configuration) for your operating system.

1. Start your browser and type 

http://192.168.123.254 in the location 
field. Press Enter.

2. Log in to the router using the default 

password (“admin”) and click the Log in 
button.

3. From the top navigation bar, click on the 

Wizard link.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

5. Fill in the network settings using the 

information gathered during Computer 
Configuration.

6. When you are finished, click Save. You will 

be prompted to restart your router for 
changes to take effect. Click the Restart 
Router button and follow the prompts. 
Your router will be restarted and you will 
have to log in again. 

7. Restart all the computers on your network. 

8. To verify your Internet connection, try 

connecting to the www.asante.com 
website from your web browser. 

The basic configuration of your Asanté 
router is now complete. See the User’s 
Manual for additional information on 
advanced settings.

(See r

ev

erse for M

ac OS X)

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features and specifications are subject to change without prior notice.  06-00697-00 (01/04)