Wireless-G Broadband Router 7Instant Wireless® Series6The Router’s LEDs display information about the Router’s status.PowerGreen. This LED lights up when the Router is powered on.DMZGreen. The DMZ LED lights up when the DMZ hosting fea-ture is being used.DiagRed. The Diag LED lights up when the Router goes throughits self-diagnosis mode during every boot-up. It will turn offupon successful completion of the diagnosis. If this LED stays on for one minute or longer, see “AppendixA: Troubleshooting.”The Router’s Front Panel LEDsFigure 2-2The Reset ButtonThe Reset button can be used in one of two ways: 1. Reboot the Router while keeping all of its settings.If the Router is having problems connecting to the Internet, press the Resetbutton for just a moment with a paper clip or a pencil tip. This clears up anyjammed connections, and is similar to pressing the Reset button on your PCto reboot it.2. Restore the Router’s factory defaults and clear all of its settings, including anew password or wireless settings.If you are experiencing extreme problems with the Router and have tried allother troubleshooting measures, press the Reset Button and hold it down for10 seconds.Chapter 2: Getting to Know theWireless-G Broadband RouterThe Router’s ports are located on the Router’s back panel.InternetThe Internet port is where you connect your cable orDSL modem through an Ethernet network cable.Your modem connection will not work from anyother port. Ports 1-4These four LAN (Local Area Network) ports con-nect to network devices, such as PCs, print servers,and network attached storage (NAS). Each of theports will auto-detect whether a straight-through orcrossover cable is plugged into it, so there is no needfor an uplink port. Any one of the four ports canserve as an uplink port to other network devices.PowerThe Power port is where you will connect the poweradapter. The Router’s Back PanelFigure 2-1
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