User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Revision History
- Terminology
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Package contents
- 1.2 Product Features
- 2 Installation
- 3 Software configuration
- 3.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router
- 3.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router
- 3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router
- 3.3.1 Status
- 3.3.2 Setup Wizard
- 3.3.3 Operation Mode
- 3.3.4 Wireless - Basic Settings
- 3.3.5 Wireless - Advanced Settings
- 3.3.6 Wireless - Security Setup
- 3.3.7 Wireless - Access Control
- 3.3.8 WDS Settings
- 3.3.9 Site Survey
- 3.3.10 WPS
- 3.3.11 Schedule
- 3.3.12 LAN Interface Setup
- 3.3.13 WAN Interface Setup
- 3.3.14 Firewall - Port Filtering
- 3.3.15 Firewall - IP Filtering
- 3.3.16 Firewall - MAC Filtering
- 3.3.17 Firewall - Port Forwarding
- 3.3.18 Firewall – URL Filtering
- 3.3.19 Firewall - DMZ
- 3.3.20 QoS
- 3.3.21 Management - Statistics
- 3.3.22 Management - DDNS
- 3.3.23 Management - Time Zone Setting
- 3.3.24 Management – Denial-of-Service
- 3.3.25 Management - Log
- 3.3.26 Management - Upgrade Firmware
- 3.3.27 Management Save/ Reload Settings
- 3.3.28 Management - Password Setup
- 3.3.29 Management – Watchdog Setting
- 4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- 4.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?
- 4.2 What is Wireless LAN?
- 4.3 What are ISM bands?
- 4.4 How does wireless networking work?
- 4.5 What is BSSID?
- 4.6 What is ESSID?
- 4.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference?
- 4.8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?
- 4.9 What is WEP?
- 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold?
- 4.11 What is RTS (Request To Send) Threshold?
- 4.12 What is Beacon Interval?
- 4.13 What is Preamble Type?
- 4.14 What is SSID Broadcast?
- 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
- 4.16 What is WPA2?
- 4.17 What is 802.1x Authentication?
- 4.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?
- 4.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
- 4.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?
- 4.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?
- 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?
- 4.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?
- 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address?
- 4.25 What is DDNS?
- 4.26 What is NTP Client?
- 4.27 What is VPN?
- 4.28 What is IPSEC?
- 4.29 What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients?
- 4.30 What is WMM?
- 4.31 What is WLAN ACK TIMOUT?
- 4.32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?
- 4.33 What is Frame Aggregation?
- 4.34 What is Guard Intervals (GI)?
- 5 Configuration Examples
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0
17
bytes long.
Channel Width Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 40 MHz.
[N band only]
Control Sideband Select the Sideband with Upper or Lower for channel
width 40MHz. [N band only]
Channel Number Select the wireless communication channel from
pull-down menu.
Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function.
Refer to
4.14 What is SSID Broadcast?
WMM Click Enabled/Disabled to init WMM feature.
Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu.
Data rate can be auto-select, 1M to 54Mbps or MCS.
Refer to 4.32 What is Modulation Coding Schemes
(MCS)?
Associated Clients Click the Show Active Clients button to open Active
Wireless Client Table that shows the MAC address,
transmit-packet, receive-packet and transmission-rate for
each associated wireless client.
Enable Mac Clone
(Single Ethernet Client)
Take Laptop NIC MAC address as wireless client MAC
address. [Client Mode only]
Enable Universal
Repeater Mode
Click to enable Universal Repeater Mode
SSID of Extended
Interface
Assign SSID when enables Universal Repeater Mode.
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.
3.3.5 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.