- Encore Wireless Broadband Router User Guide

Antenna

There are two 2 dBi Gain Antenna in the rear panel for wireless connection.

LAN (1-4)

Four RJ-45 10/100Mbps Auto-MDIX ports for connecting to either 10Mbps or

100Mbps Ethernet connections.

WAN

In the four port broadband router, there is an RJ-45 10/100Mbps Auto-MDIX port

for the WAN that will fit the xDSL/Cable modem’s specification need.

DC IN

Plug the power adapter to this power jack

RESET

Use a pin-shape item to push to reset this device to factory default settings. It will

be useful too when the manager forgot the password to login, but the setting will be

back to default setting.

Hardware connections

Connect the Router using LAN

1. Plug in one end of the network cable to the WAN port of the Wireless Internet

Broadband Router.

2. Plug in the other end of the network cable to the Ethernet port of the xDSL or

Cable modem.

3. Use another network cable to connect to the Ethernet card on the computer

system; the other end of the cable connects to the LAN port of the Internet

Broadband Router. Since the Wireless Broadband Router has four ports, you can

connect up to four computers directly to the unit. There you do not have to buy a

switch to connect these computers since one Internet Broadband Router

functions both as a connection-sharing unit and as a switch.