Asus RC-AC68U User manual

Gv J. v. Stolbergln 31 - A3850
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Manual for low radiation wireless access point
with JRS Eco 100 Wifi firmware
Download the latest anual fro www.j rseco.co / anua ls.
The version nu ber of this copy is listed below.
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Table of Contents
1. Is a router with JRS fir ware safe in ter s of exposure to wifi radiation?....3
2. Connecting your Eco-wifi router....................................................................4
2.1. Connecting your co puter to the Eco-wifi router.......................................4
3. Setting up the Eco-wifi router.........................................................................5
3.1. How to start over if you can't get into the router's setup enu any ore....6
3.2. Asus Setup Wizard screens variant 1.........................................................7
3.3. Asus Setup Wizard screens variant 2.........................................................9
3.4. Su ary of passwords involved in the setup process.............................13
4. Connecting your wireless devices to the router...........................................13
5. I portant: Turning off the built-in wifi of your Internet ode ....................15
6. Dual band....................................................................................................15
7. The JRS Eco 100 Wifi router: 100% radiation-free in stand-by...................16
8. Using the JRS Eco 100 router.....................................................................17
8.1. Beacon Eco ode versus Full Eco ode.................................................17
8.2. How do I connect a new wireless device to the Eco 100 router?.............17
9. JRS Eco 100 settings..................................................................................21
9.1. Detailed JRS Eco 100 settings.................................................................21
10. Manually turning on and off the wifi signal.................................................23
11. Fir ware updates......................................................................................24
12. Troubleshooting.........................................................................................24
12.1. The router does not go into Full Eco standby ode. What can I do?....24
12.2. The router does not wake up fro Full Eco standby ode....................26
12.3. I cannot connect to the wireless network................................................26
12.4. Devices can’t find Eco-wifi network, connection drops or is slow...........26
12.5. If the 5GHz network is not showing on your wireless device.................27
12.6. I can connect to the Eco-wifi network but can’t get on the Internet........27
13. Frequently asked questions.......................................................................28
Appendix 1. Eco-wifi: reducing electro agnetic e ission, also when wifi is
active...............................................................................................................31
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1. Is a router runnin JRS Eco firmware safe in terms of exposure
to wifi radiation?
A wifi router e its electro agnetic radiation, which is shown
to be possibly unsafe in nu erous scientific studies, even if
the e ission is below the current official exposure li its. A
nu ber of studies are listed on our website at
www.jrseco.co /science. You can reduce your exposure by
li iting the duration of exposure and by increasing the
distance between your body and the antennas. Any wifi device has antennas,
either internal or external.
Although the JRS Eco 100 router fir ware easurably reduces router
electro agnetic field (EMF) e issions, JRS offers no other than legally
required safety guarantees regarding the electro agnetic radiation of the
router running the JRS Eco fir ware, and use is at your own risk and
responsibility.
Wifi is two-way traffic. Both the router and your wireless devices e it EMFs.
Althou h the Eco firmware reatly reduces router radiation durin
stand-by and partly durin operation, it does not reduce radiation from
your wireless devices. For each piece of data sent fro the wifi router, a
confir ation is sent back by your device. Wifi radiation fro devices is very
strong and you keep the device very close to your body. Especially in data-
intensive applications such as video, wifi radiation fro the device is high.
Even when the router is off, your wireless device will still e it wifi radiation as
long as its wifi is turned on. Most devices will inter ittently send out wifi
network scans, looking for available wifi networks.
By usin the JRS Eco firmware you a ree to be aware of the risks and
that the use of the router and firmware is at your own risk. It ay be
possible to reduce the trans it power of your co puter's wifi adapter by
adjusting its settings with the Windows Device Manager. You can ini ize
your exposure to electro agnetic radiation by working with a wired Internet
connection. A hardwired Internet connection is radiation-free.
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2. Connectin your Eco-wifi router
The figure below shows how to connect the router to your Internet ode .
1. Connect the included Ethernet cable from the blue WAN port of the
Eco-wifi to a free LAN port of your Internet modem.
2. Mount the antennas on the Eco-wifi. If a plu adapter was included
in your shipment, push the power adapter in as far as it will o.
Connect the power adapter to the router and plu the adapter in to
a power outlet.
3. Important! If your Internet modem has wifi built in, switch it off. If
you don't know how, ask the customer service of your provider for
help. See also later in this manual.
2.1. Connectin your computer to the Eco-wifi router
You now have two options to connect your computer or other device to
the router in order to perform the setup. You can connect wirelessly to
the setup wifi network labeled ‘Asus®’, an open network without
password. Alternatively you can make a hardwired connection between
your computer and the Eco-wifi usin one of its LAN ports.
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3. Settin up the Eco-wifi router
In ost cases the router will auto atically detect the WAN connection type,
provided it has been connected to your Internet ode as illustrated on the
previous page. If auto atic detection doesn’t work, you need to infor with
your Internet Service Provider about the required settings.
Now you need to set up the router. Please follow the 3-step uide below.
Step 1: Log in to your JRS Eco account via www.j rseco.co /account with the
e ail address and password you chose when placing your order. In My
Account, click Orders, and then click the View button next to your order
nu ber. Now download the JRS Eco 100 fir ware file for your router by right-
clicking on it and selecting 'Save (Link) As...' or si ilar. You don't need to
actually open the fir ware file on your co puter, you just need to save it
because you’ll need it in step 3. On Windows® and on Chro e OS®, this is
done by right-clicking on the file and selecting ‘Save (Link) As’ or si ilar. On a
Macbook® in the Safari® browser this is done by selecting ‘Download Linked
File’. On an iPad you would need to use ‘Save to Dropbox’ or ‘Save to Google
Drive’ function, which beco es available after you install the Dropbox or
Google Drive app.
Step 2: Connect your co puter to the Asus router either via wifi or a LAN
cable and go to router.asus.co or http://192.168.1.1. This is actually not a
page fro the Internet but it is generated locally by the router itself. When you
go through the Asus wizard, you create an ad inistrator login and password,
that you will need later to access the router settings enu. (These credentials
have nothing to do with your login on www.jrseco.co needed in step 1.) The
setup wizard will also ask you to create na es for the wifi network (‘SSIDs’)
and to set a wifi password. If the wizard asks you to update the fir ware, you
can click on ‘Cancel’.
On the followin pa es you will find screenshots of the Asus setup
wizard. There may be small differences. We ive screenshots for 2
different variants of the wizard. Use the screenshots that best match the
setup wizard of your router. You can also contact your local Asus
customer service if you need help with this part of the setup process.
The router manual from Asus proposes the use of the AiMesh system which
allows multiple Asus routers to be interconnected wirelessly. This is not
supported by the JRS Eco firmware and will increase wifi radiation, because
all wireless si nals then need to be transmitted multiple times, hoppin from
one mesh node to another.
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After co pleting the Asus Setup Wizard as shown in the
screen shots on the next pages, co e back to this page of the
anual to perfor step 3.
Make sure not to skip step 3 because if you skip it, the
router will run the stock Asus firmware and will not be low
radiation!
Step 3: Now log back in to the router via router.asus.co . In the router
settings enu, click on Ad inistration and then on the tab ‘Fir ware
Upgrade’. If the router proposes to upgrade the fir ware, click on ‘Cancel’.
You will now need the JRS Eco 100 fir ware file that you downloaded fro
www.jrseco.co /account in step 1. This file has a ‘.trx’ extension and is
approxi ately 40MB in size.
Variant 1: Click on Choose File next to New Fir ware File and select the
fir ware file. Then click on Upload.
Variant 2: Click on Upload next to Manual Fir ware Upload and select the
fir ware file.
The router will install the Eco fir ware and reboot. After 3 inutes the process
is co plete. Congratulations! Your JRS Eco 100 fir ware is now installed.
If the JRS Eco fir ware has been uploaded correctly, the JRS logo should be
showing at the top of the router settings screen, when you log back in to the
router settings enu. Also, there should be a tab labeled 'JRS' on the
Wireless page, where you can adjust all Eco related settings. Here you can
also check the ode of the router. The first day, the router will be in Beacon
Eco ode (a.k.a. Learning ode). After one day it will switch to full Eco ode.
3.1. How to start over in case you can't et into the router's setup menu
anymore
If you can't re e ber what you set the ad inistrator password to, and you
can’t get into the router.asus.co page, you can reset the router as follows.
This will return all settings to the default values. Turn off the power to the
router and then turn it back on while keeping the WPS button pressed. When
the power light starts flashing rapidly, you can release the WPS button. It ay
take up to 30 seconds until the light starts flashing. Then the router will restart,
which takes 3 inutes. If the JRS Eco fir ware has already been installed, it
will re ain on the router after resetting. The Asus setup wizard should now be
available again at router.asus.co or at http://192.168.1.1, provided that your
co puter is connected directly to the Asus router (see earlier in this anual).
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3.2. Asus Setup Wizard screens, variant 1
Set up the ad inistrator userna e and password here. You’ll need the to
log in to the router settings enu later. We advise to set ‘ad in’ as userna e.
Set up the wifi network na es (SSIDs) and wifi password(s) here. There are 2
wifi networks. You can turn off 5GHz later. See ‘dual band’ later in this anual.
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A su ary is given of the settings you created.
Log back in to the settings enu at router.asus.co and go to Ad inistration
→ Fir ware Upgrade. If the router proposes to upgrade the fir ware, click on
‘Cancel’. Now upload the JRS Eco firmware as explained in step 3.
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3.3. Asus Setup Wizard screens, variant 2
Click on Create a New Network
In ost cases the router will now auto atically detect the connection type,
provided you have connected the Ethernet cable fro its WAN port to a LAN
port of your Internet ode /router. If auto atic detection doesn’t work, you
need to infor with your Internet Service Provider about the required settings.
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In the above two screens, in ost cases you need to click ‘Auto atic’ (top
screen) and ‘No’ (botto screen) . If that doesn’t give you a working Internet
connection, you need to infor with your Internet Service Provider about the
required settings.
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