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HUAWEI HG256s
Home Gateway Quick Start
1 Introduction
The Front Panel of the HG256s
The front panel of the HG256s provides the following indicators:
One power indicator: POWER
One Internet indicator: INTERNET
One WiFi indicator: WLAN
Two VoIP indicators: VOIP1, VOIP2
Four LAN indicators: LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4
One USB indicator: USB
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The Rear and Side Panel of the HG256s 1. The rear panel of the HG256s provides the following interfaces and button: One WAN interface: WAN Two PHONE interfaces: PHONE1, PHONE2 Four LAN interfaces: LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4 One Reset button: RESET One power interface: POWER 2. The side panel of the HG256s provides the following buttons: One WPS button: WPS One WLAN button: WLAN One ON/OFF button: ON/OFF The USB interface is on the top of the HG256s. Portable s
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2 Installation Guide The figure as below shows the cable connections. 1 Network jack on the wall 2 Phone 3 PC 4 Set-top box 5 Power adapter 3 Getting Started To power on the HG256s, press the ON/OFF button on the side panel of the HG256s. After you power on the HG256s, the POWER and INTERNET indicators turn solid on, which indicates that the HG256s is working properly. 3
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4 Configuring the Wireless Network Connection If a wireless network adapter is installed on your computer, you can connect your computer to the HG256s through a wireless connection. There are two methods to configure the wireless network connection. Setting Up a Wireless Connection Manually To configure the wireless network connection through the web page, do as follows: Step 1 Record the WLAN name. The WLAN name (SSID) of the HG256s is preset before delivery. You can find it from the l
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2. In the Network Connections window, right-click Wireless Network Connection to display a shortcut menu, and then select View Available Wireless Networks from the shortcut menu. 3. Select the wireless network that is configured in Step 1 from the wireless network list, and then click Connect in the lower right corner of the window. 5
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Connected appears on the icon of the wireless network in the wireless network list, which indicates that your computer is connected to the HG256s through wireless connection. Setting Up a Wireless Connection by the WPS button If the wireless network adapter on your computer can support the WPS function, you can connect your computer to the HG256s wirelessly as follows: Step 1 Set the network connection of your PC and ensure that your PC obtains an IP address automatically. By defau
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Step 3 In the Login dialog box, enter the user account (admin by default) and the password (admin by default), and then click OK. Step 4 In the navigation tree, choose Basic > WLAN. The WLAN configuration page is displayed. 7
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Step 5 Set the Security Mode to WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. The WPS function can be used only when the security mode of the WLAN is set to WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. Step 6 In WPA Pre-Shared Key, enter a WLAN access password. Step 7 Select AES for WPA Encryption. Step 8 Click Submit. Step 9 Press the WPS button to enable the HG256s to start the WPS negotiation. Step 10 Enable the WPS negotiation function of the wireless network adapter on your PC within t
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5 Configuring the WLAN MAC filtering By default, the security mode of the WLAN is set to OPEN without any encryption and authentication mechanism. You can protect a wireless network by the WLAN MAC filtering function of the HG256s. To protect a wireless network by the WLAN MAC filtering function, do as follows: Step 1 View and record the MAC address of the laptop. Take the Windows XP operating system as an example. To view the MAC address of a PC, do as follows: 1. Choose Start > Run, en
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3. You can find a line of information that is similar to Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-B9-F9-59-BB. 00-19-B9-F9-59-BB is the MAC address of the PC. Step 2 Log in to the home page of the HG256s. 1. In the address bar of the Internet Explorer, enter http://192.168.1.1, and then press Enter. 10
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2. In the Login dialog box, enter the user account (admin by default) and the password (admin by default), and then click OK. Step 3 Specify the SSID name of WLAN. 1. In the navigation tree, choose Basic > WLAN. The WLAN page will be shown as below: 11
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2. Enter the SSID name in the SSID text box (for example HG256s) and keep the other parameters as default. Step 4 Click WLAN Filtering and select Enable. Step 5 Select Whitelist for Filtering mode and then click . 12
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Step 6 In Source MAC address, enter the MAC address of the laptop. For example, the MAC address can be 00:19:B9:F9:59:BB. The format of the MAC address entered in Source MAC address is different from that of the MAC address displayed in the command line window of a Windows XP operating system. The colons (:) replace the hyphens (-). Step 7 Click Submit. After finish the settings, you can allow only the PC with the MAC address is 00:19:B9:F9:59:BB to connect to the WLAN. 13
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When you select Blacklist for Filtering mode, you can use the same way to prohibit specified PCs from being connected to the WLAN. By default, the security mode of the WLAN is set to OPEN. It is highly recommended that you should set the security mode to WPA2-PSK for the WLAN and set the encryption as AES. In advance, you need to ensure your wireless adapter can support the security and encryption mode. Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2011. All rights reserved. Trademarks
