USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 User’s Manual Version: 2.6 WLAN Broadband Router WA - 2204 Technologies, Inc.
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USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 INFORMATION TO USER Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 In order to maintain compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. Use only with supplied antenna. Unauthorized antenna, modification, or attachments could damage the transmitter and may violate FCC regulations. “CC&C Technologies, Inc.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 REGULATORY INFORMATION WLAN Broadband Router must be installed and used in strict accordance with the instructions. This device complies with the following radio frequency and safety standards. USA - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2.
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USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Table of Contents REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................... 錯誤! 尚未定義書籤。 TERMINOLOGY ..........................................................................................................................VI 1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2 INSTALLATION .......................
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3.3.17 PASSWORD SETUP .............................................................................................................. 33 4 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ).................................................................... 35 4.1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC’S IP AND MAC ADDRESS? .............................................. 35 4.2 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN? ......................................................................................
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 1 Introduction The Wireless LAN Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN broadband router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other WLAN router configuration. The description includes the implementation of the above steps.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Dimension 140 x 110 x 35 mm Operating Temperature 0 – 50oC ambient temperature Storage Temperature -20 - 70oC ambient temperature Humidity 5 to 90 % maximum (non-condensing) Version: 2.6 1.3 Product Features Complies with IEEE 802.11b standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN. Supports 11Mbps data transfer rate with automatic fallback to 5.5M, 2M and 1Mbps. Supports bridging, routing functions between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Figure 1 –WLAN Broadband Router Front Panel LED Indicator State 1. Power LED On The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. Off The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off. 2. WLAN Activity LED Flashing Off 3. WAN ACT LED 4. WAN 10/100M LED 5. LAN ACT LED 6. LAN 10/100M LED Flashing Description Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 1.5 Rear Panel Description Antenna Reset WAN LAN Power Figure 2 – WLAN Broadband Router Rear Panel Interfaces Description 1. Reset Push continually the reset button 5 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults. 2. WAN The RJ-45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 cable. Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex; comply with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively. 3.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step One: Place the Wireless LAN Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations. Step Two: Connect the WLAN Broadband Router to your wired network.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3 Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The WLAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: WEB login Password: 3.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in the Local Area Connection window. 3. Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6. 4.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3.2 Connecit to the WLAN Broadband Router Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router. 3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router 3.3.1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN Broadband Router. The SSID is the unique name of WLAN Broadband Router and shared among its service area, so all devices attempts to join the same wireless network can identify it. Channel Number It shows the wireless channel connected currently. Encryption It shows the status of encryption function. Associated Clients It shows the number of connected clients (or stations, PCs).
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3.3.2 Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Broadband Router. Here you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters. Screen snapshot – Wireless Basic Settings Item Description Alias Name It is the alias name of this WLAN Broadband Router. The alias name can be 32 characters long.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.3 Wireless Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your WLAN Broadband Router.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 and 1024 ms. Refer to 4.12 What is Beacon Interval? Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu. Data rate can be auto-select, 11M, 5.5M, 2M or 1Mbps. Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission. Refer to 4.13 What is Preamble Type? Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. Refer to 4.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Item Description Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption method can be None, WEP or WPA. Refer to 4.9 What is WEP? 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? 4.16 What is 802.1X Authentication? 4.17 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)? 4.18 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)? Use 802.1x Authentication While Encryption is selected to be WEP. Click the check box to enable IEEE 802.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Set WEP Key Item Description Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-down menu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys. The WEP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit). Key Format Select the WEP shared secret key format from pull-down menu. The format can be chose between plant text (ASCII) and hexadecimal (HEX) code.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 previous configuration setting. WEP encryption key (secret key) length: Length 64-bit Format 128-bit ASCII 5 characters 13 characters HEX 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes 3.3.5 Wireless Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Broadband Router access capability. Comment Fill in the comments for the registered client. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the client to new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Current Access Control It shows the registered clients that are allowed to link to List this WLAN Broadband Router.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Item Description Enable Wireless Distribution System Click the check box to enable wireless distribution system. Refer to 4.20 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)? MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability. Comment Fill in the comments for the registered AP. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the AP to new configuration setting.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Broadband Router. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Broadband Router. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets. DHCP Server Select to enable or disable the DHCP server function on LAN interfaces from pull-down menu.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.8 WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for wide area network that connects to the WAN port of your WLAN Broadband Router. Here you may change the access method to Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE or PPTP by click the item value of WAN Access Type.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 in the subnet mask for it. Default Gateway If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned. Refer to 4.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 address assigned automatically from a DHCP server. Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected. Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Password If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Connection Type Select the connection type from pull-down menu.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned. Refer to 4.23 What is Clone MAC Address? Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function. Refer to 4.21 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. D.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPTP -2 Item Description PPTP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. IP Address If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the subnet mask for it.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 selected. Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for PPTP support. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned. Refer to 4.23 What is Clone MAC Address? Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function. Refer to 4.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering security function. Port Range To restrict data transmission from the local network on certain ports, fill in the range of start-port and end-port, and the protocol, also put your comments on it. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the ports.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Firewall - IP Filtering Item Description Enable IP Filtering Click to enable the IP filtering security function. Local IP Address To restrict data transmission from local network on certain IP addresses, fill in the IP address and the protocol, also put your comments on it. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the IP address.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3.3.11 Firewall - MAC Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Screen snapshot – Firewall - MAC Filtering Item Description Enable MAC Filtering Click to enable the MAC filtering security function.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 MAC-filtering list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.12 Firewall - Port Forwarding Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NAT firewall.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address and port number to Port forwarding list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address and port number that will be removed from the port-forwarding list. Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the port-forwarding list.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 DMZ Host IP Address To support DMZ in your firewall design, fill in the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address of DMZ host. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Ethernet LAN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet LAN interface. Ethernet WAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet WAN interface. Ethernet WAN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet WAN interface. Refresh Click the refresh the statistic counters on the screen. 3.3.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 previous configuration setting. 3.3.16 Save/ Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file that was saved previously. Besides, you could reset the current configuration to factory default. Screen snapshot – Save/Reload Settings Item Description Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Password Setup Item Description User Name Fill in the user name for web management login control. New Password Fill in the password for web management login control. Confirmed Password Because the password input is invisible, so please fill in the password again for confirmation purpose. Apply Changes Clear the User Name and Password fields to empty, means to apply no web management login control.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 191.168.1.254 could be an IP address.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 4.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference: Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc. Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs. Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interferences: Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings. Position the WLAN antenna for best reception.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large. This means the spatial reuse ratio of parallel transmissions is high.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point). 4.13 What is Preamble Type? There are two preamble types defined in IEEE 802.11 specification.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 authentication server, typically one that supports RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol, will be added to the network. 4.16 What is 802.1x Authentication? 802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-level access control, defines Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over LANs (WAPOL). The standard encapsulates and leverages much of EAP, which was defined for dial-up authentication with Point-to-Point Protocol in RFC 2284.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 4.21 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? UPnP is an open networking architecture that consists of services, devices, and control points. The ultimate goal is to allow data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media, operating system, programming language, and wired/wireless connection. 4.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 5 Configuration Examples 5.1 Example One – PPPoE on the WAN Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on sales’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Configure the WAN interface: Open WAN Interface Setup page, select PPPoE then enter the User Name “H890123456” and Password “PW192867543210”, the password is encrypted to display on the screen. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”, Default Gateway “0.0.0.0”, enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.1.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “MyWLAN”, Channel Number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. 5.2 Example Two – Fixed IP on the WAN Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 SSID: MyWLAN Channel: 11 DHCP client SSID: MyWLAN Channel: 11 DHCP client SSID: MyWLAN Channel: 11 DHCP client SSID: MyWLAN Channel: 11 DHCP client SSID: MyWLAN Channel: 11 DHCP range: 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.200 192.168.2.254/ 255.255.255.0 Ethernet Cable 192.168.2.10/ 255.255.255.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Configure the WAN interface: Open WAN Interface Setup page, select Fixed IP then enter IP Address “192.168.2.254”, subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, Default gateway “192.168.2.10”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”, enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.1.100” to “192.168.1.200”.
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “MyWLAN”, Channel Number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting.
