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Important safety instructions
These precautions explain how to safely operate your new router, preventing
injury to you or to others, or damage to the router.
Warning - read this carefully before proceeding.
• Do not open the router or attempt to disassemble or modify it.
• Do not insert fingers or foreign objects into the router.
• Do not expose the router to rain, use it near water or in damp or wet
conditions, or place containers on it that contain liquids which might spill
into openings.
•Follow the Installation Guide and this User Guide carefully. Follow the
correct procedures when setting up the router.
Introduction to broadband router
technology
A router is a device that forwards data packets from a source to a destination using
IP addresses, not MAC addresses. A router forwards data from the Internet to a
particular computer on your network.
The information that makes up the Internet gets moved around using routers.
When you click on a link on a Web page, you send a request to a server to show
you the next page. The information that is sent and received from your computer
is moved from your computer to the server using routers. A router also determines
the best route that your information should follow to ensure that the information
is delivered correctly.
A router controls the amount of data that is sent through your network by
eliminating information that should not be there. This provides security for the
computers connected to your router, because computers from the outside cannot
access or send information directly to any computer on your network. The router
determines which computer the information should be forwarded to, then sends
it. If the information is not intended for any computer on your network, the data is
discarded. This keeps unwanted or harmful information from accessing or
damaging your network.