Wireless‐N Broadband Router User’s Manual Version A1.
Preface This manual provides information related to the installation and operation of this device. The individual reading this manual is presumed to have a basic understanding of telecommunications terminology and concepts. If you find the product to be inoperable or malfunctioning, please contact technical support for immediate service by email at homesupport@comtrend.com For product updates, manual revisions, or software upgrades, please visit our website at http://www.comtrend.
Important Safety Instructions With reference to unpacking, installation, use, and maintenance of your electronic device, the following basic guidelines are recommended: Do not use or install this product near water, to avoid fire or shock hazard. For example, near a bathtub, kitchen sink or laundry tub, or near a swimming pool. Also, do not expose the equipment to rain or damp areas (e.g. a wet basement). Do not connect the power supply cord on elevated surfaces. Allow it to lie freely.
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Table of Contents Chapter I: Product Information ................................................................................................. 9 1‐1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 9 1‐2 System Requirements ................................................................................................... 11 1‐3 Package Contents ...............................................................................
2‐5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup) ...................................................................... 49 2‐5‐1 Setup procedure for ‘DHCP’:.................................................................................. 51 2‐5‐2 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’:................................................................................. 53 2‐5‐3 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’: .............................................................................. 55 2‐5‐4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’:....
2‐7‐3 Wireless Security.................................................................................................... 97 2.7.3.1 WEP ‐ Wired Equivalent Privacy .......................................................................... 98 2.7.3.2 Wi‐Fi Protected Access (WPA):.......................................................................... 101 2.7.3.3 WPA RADIUS:.....................................................................................................
3.3.3.1 DoS ‐ Advanced Settings.................................................................................... 146 3‐3‐4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) .................................................................................... 148 3‐4 System Status .............................................................................................................. 151 3‐4‐1 System information and firmware version ..........................................................
Chapter I: Product Information 11 Introduction This Comtrend WR‐5882 is an excellent choice for Small office / Home office users, allowing computers and network devices to easily share a single xDSL / cable modem Internet connection. Easy installation procedures allow any computer user to setup a network environment in a very short time.
Easily monitor the router’s status with built‐in functions such as DHCP Client Log, System Log, Security Log and Device/Connection Status Easy to use Web‐based GUI for network configuration and management purposes Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer (over the Internet) 10
12 System Requirements An Internet connection provided by xDSL or cable modem with an RJ‐45 Ethernet port. Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card. Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser, or Safari web browser). An available AC power socket (100 – 240V, 50/60Hz).
13 Package Contents Before starting to use this router, check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your place of purchase to claim for missing items: * 1 ‐ Driver/Utility/QIG/User Manual CD‐ROM (1) * 1 ‐ Broadband Router (2) * 1 ‐ Ethernet Cable (3) * 1 ‐ Printed QIG (4) 1 2 3 4 12
14 Get familiar with your new Wirelessn Broadband Router Front Panel LED Status Description POWER On Router is switched on and correctly powered. On Wireless WPS function is enabled. Off Wireless network is switched off. Flashing Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving data). On WAN port is connected. Off WAN port is not connected. Flashing WAN activity (transferring or receiving data). On LAN port is connected. Off LAN port is not connected.
Back Panel Antenna B Antenna A Item Name Description Antenna A/B 2dBi dipole antennas. Reset / WPS Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings) or start the WPS function. Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults, and press this button for less than 5 seconds to start the WPS function. 1‐4 Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4. WAN Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port. Power Power connector, connects to A/C power adapter.
Chapter II: System and Network Setup 21 Installation Follow the instructions below to build the network connection between your new Wireless router and your computers, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WAN port of the router by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect your computers and network devices (network‐enabled consumer devices other than computers, like game consoles, or a switch / hub) to an available LAN port of the router.
3. Insert the A/C power adapter into the wall socket, and then connect it to the ‘Power’ socket of the router. 4. Check all LEDs on the front panel. The ‘Power’ LED should be steadily on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network devices connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected. If the Power LED is not on, or any LED you expected to be on is not on, recheck the cabling, or jump to ‘4‐2 Troubleshooting’ for possible reasons and solutions.
22 Connecting to the wireless broadband router by web browser Before you can connect to the router and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (using a dynamic IP address). If it’s set to use a static IP address, or you’re unsure, follow the instructions below to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address: If the operating system of your computer is….
221 Windows 2000 IP address setup: 1. Click the ‘Start’ button (it should be located at the lower‐left corner of your computer screen), then click control panel. Double‐click the Network and Dial‐up Connections icon; click Local Area Connection, and the Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’ and then click the ‘Properties’ button. 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click the ‘OK’ button.
222 Windows XP IP address setup: 1. Click the ‘Start’ button (it should be located at the lower‐left corner of your computer screen), then click control panel. Double‐click the Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, then double‐click Local Area Connection, the Local Area Connection Status window will appear, and then click the ‘Properties’ button. 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click the ‘OK’ button.
223 Windows Vista/Windows 7 IP address setup: 1. Click the ‘Start’ button (it should be located at the lower‐left corner of your computer screen), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, and then click Manage Network Connections. Right‐click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’. The Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click the ‘Properties’ button.
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click the ‘OK’ button.
224 Router IP address lookup After the IP address setup is complete, click ‘start’ ‐> ‘run’ at the bottom‐lower corner of your desktop: Input ‘cmd’, then click the ‘OK’ button.
Input ‘ipconfig’, then press the ‘Enter’ key. Check the IP address followed by ‘Default Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router is 192.168.0.1) NOTE: If the IP address of the “Default Gateway” is not displayed, or the address is followed by an ‘IP Address’ that begins with ‘169’, please recheck the network connection between your computer and router, and / or go to the beginning of this chapter to recheck every step of the network Connect to the router’s management interface by web browser.
Input the user name and password in their respective fields, the default user name is ‘admin’, and the default password is ‘admin’, then press the ‘OK’ button, and you can see the web management interface of this router: NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re being prompted to input the user name and password again, it means you didn’t input the username and password correctly. Please retype the user name and password again.
TIP: This page shows the five major setting categories: QuickSetup, General Setup, Status, Wireless and Tools. You can find the shortcut which leads to these setting categories at the upper-right corner of every page, and you can jump to another category directly by clicking the link, you don’t have to go back to the first page.
23 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to complete all the required settings you need to access the Internet in a very short time. Follow these instructions to complete the ‘Quick Setup’: The following will be displayed after logging in: 1. Set Time Zone 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Set Time Zone (1): Press button, a drop‐down list will be shown, and you can choose the time zone of the location in which you live.
2. WAN Type Choose the WAN (Internet connection) type you’re using on this page. There are six options for the type of Internet connection: DHCP ‐ go to section 2‐3‐1 PPPoE ‐ go to section 2‐3‐2 Static IP ‐ go to section 2‐3‐3 PPTP ‐ go to section 2‐3‐4 L2TP ‐ go to section 2‐3‐5 If you’re not sure, contact your Internet service provider. A wrong Internet connection type will cause a connection problem, and you will not be able to connect to the Internet.
231 Setup procedure for ‘DHCP Connection’ (Dynamic IP Address): 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Host Name (1): Input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC address (2): Input the MAC address of your computer, if your service provider only permits computers with a certain MAC address to access the Internet.
Click the ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll see this message: After the countdown then click the ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be brought back to the router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings.
232 Setup procedure for ‘Username/Password Connection (PPPoE)’: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. Service Name (3): Give a name to this Internet service. This is optional. MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If you don’t know, you can use the default value.
Click the ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll see this message: After the countdown then click the ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be brought back to the router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings. MTU - Please use the default value if you don’t know what it is, or ask your service provider for a proper value.
233 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP Address Connection’: 1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP Address (1): Input the IP address assigned by your service provider. Subnet Mask (2): Input the subnet mask assigned by your service provider. DNS address (3): Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by your service provider. Service Provider Input the IP address of the DNS server Gateway Address (4): provided by your service provider.
When you complete all settings, press the ‘OK’ (5) button; if you want to go back to the previous menu, click the ‘Back’ button. NOTE: You can choose this Internet connection method if your service provider assigns a fixed IP address (also known as a static address) to you, and doesn’t use DHCP or PPPoE protocol. Please contact your service provider for further information.
234 Setup procedure for ‘Username/Password Connection (PPTP)’: PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of settings: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from the WAN interface setting: Select how you obtain and IP address from your service provider. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to DHCP, refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e. static IP address).
Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. PPTP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider. Connection ID (4): Input the connection ID. This is optional and you can leave it blank. MTU (5): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If you don’t know, you can use the default value.
Out (8): connection you wish to use, and refer to the previous section for detailed descriptions. When you complete all settings, click the ‘OK (9) button; if you want to go back to previous menu, click the ‘Back’ button. Upon clicking the ‘OK’ (7) button, you’ll see the following displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll see this message: After the countdown then click the ‘OK!’ button.
235 Setup procedure for ‘Username/Password Connection (L2TP)’: L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection types, and all required setting items are the same as a PPTP connection. Like PPTP, there are two kinds of required settings, we’ll start from ‘WAN Interface Settings’: Select how you obtain IP address from your service provider.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. L2TP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of L2TP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider. MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If you don’t know, you can use the default value.
Idle Time Out (6): Input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use, and refer to last section for detailed descriptions. When you complete all settings, click the ‘OK (7) button; if you want to go back to previous menu, click the ‘Back’ button. When all settings are completed, you’ll see the following message displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll see this message: After the countdown, click the ‘OK!’ button.
24 Basic Setup In this chapter, you’ll learn how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Start your web browser and log into the router web management interface, and then click the ‘General Setup’ link at the upper‐right side of the web management interface.
Select the time zone from the ‘Set time zone’ drop‐down list, and input the IP address or host name of the time server. If you want to enable the daylight savings setting, check the ‘Enable Function’ box, and set the duration of daylight setting. When you finish, click the ‘Apply’ button.
242 Change management password The default password of this router is admin, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from the web browser. To change the password, follow the instructions below: Click the ‘System’ menu on the left of the web management interface, then click ‘Password Settings’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Current Password (1): Input current password. New Password (2): Input new password.
If the password you typed in ‘New Password’ (2) and ‘Confirmed Password’ (3) field are not the same, you’ll see the following message: Retype the new password again when you see the above message. If you see the following message: It means the content in ‘Current Password’ field is wrong, click the ‘OK’ button to go back to previous menu, and try to input current password again.
Use the new password to enter web the management interface again.
243 Remote Management This router does not allow remote management access from the Internet by default. However, you can still manage this router from a specific IP address by enabling the ‘Remote Management’ Function.
Enabled (3): Select the field to enable the configuration. When you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ button, and you’ll see the following displayed on the web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
25 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup) The Internet connection setup can be completed by using the ‘Quick Setup’ procedure as described in section 2‐3. However, you can setup WAN connections by using the WAN configuration menu. You can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here. For WAN setup, follow these instructions: Click the ‘WAN’ menu on the left of the web management interface. Select an Internet connection method depending on the type of connection you’re using.
DHCP ‐ go to section 2‐5‐1 PPPoE ‐ go to section 2‐5‐2 Static IP ‐ go to section 2‐5‐3 PPTP ‐ go to section 2‐5‐4 L2TP ‐ go to section 2‐5‐5 DNS ‐ go to section 2‐5‐6 DDNS ‐ go to section 2‐5‐7 WISP ‐ go to section 2‐5‐8 IPv6 ‐ go to section 2‐5‐9 50
251 Setup procedure for ‘DHCP’: 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup item:70 Host Name (1): Input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC Address (2): Input the MAC address of your computer, if your service provider only permits computers with certain MAC address to access the Internet.
After you click the ‘OK’ button, the following will be displayed on your web browser: Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
252 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Here are descriptions of every setup item: 7 User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. Service Name (3): Give a name to this Internet service. This is optional. MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If you don’t know, you can use the default value.
Continuous – The connection will be always kept on. If the connection is interrupted, the router will re‐connect automatically. Connect On‐Demand – Only connect when you want to surf the Internet. “Idle Time Out” is set to stop the connection when the network traffic is not sending or receiving after an idle time. Manual – After you have selected this option, you will see the “Connect” button and “Disconnect” button, click the “Connect” button and the router will connect to the ISP.
253 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’: 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP address(1): Input the IP address assigned by your service provider. Subnet Mask (2): Input subnet mask assigned by your service provider. DNS Address (3): Input DNS address assigned by your service provider. Service Provider Gateway Address (4): Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by your service provider.
Click the ‘Continue’ (1) button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).
254 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’: PPTP requires two kinds of settings: the WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and the PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from the WAN interface setting: Select how you obtain an IP address from your service provider. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to DHCP, refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. PPTP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider. Connection ID (4): Input the connection ID, this is optional and you can leave it blank. MTU (5): Input the MTU value of your network connection.
BEZEQ‐ISRAEL (6): If you are connecting to the BEZEQ network in Israel, enable this function. Connection type (7): Select the type of Internet connection you wish to use, refer to section 2‐5‐3 for detailed descriptions. Idle Time Out (8): Input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use, and refer to section 2‐5‐3 for detailed descriptions.
255 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Here are descriptions of every setup item: User ID (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. L2TP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of L2TP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider. MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If you don’t know, you can use the default value.
Idle Time Out (6): Input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use, and refer to section 2‐5‐3 for detailed descriptions. When you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (7) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ (1) button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).
256 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’: If you select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘PPPoE’ as the Internet connection method, at least one DNS server’s IP address should be assigned automatically. However, if you have a preferred DNS server, or your service provider didn’t assign the IP address of the DNS server for any reason, you can input the IP address of the DNS server here. 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup item: DNS Address (1): Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by your service provider.
After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (3) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ (1) button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).
257 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’: DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP‐to‐Hostname mapping service for Internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. Problems will occur when user(s) want to provide services to other users on the Internet, as their IP address will vary every time when connected to the Internet. This router supports the DDNS service of several service providers, for example: DynDNS (http://www.dyndns.org) TZO (http://www.tzo.
Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable the DDNS function, select ‘Enabled’; otherwise select ‘Disabled’. Provider (2): Select your DDNS service provider. Domain Name (3): Input the domain name you’ve obtained from the DDNS service provider. Account / E‐Mail (4): Input account or email of DDNS registration. Password / Key (5): Input the DDNS service password or key.
258 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’: If the network service provided by your service provider is through a wireless network, select this mode. After you have connected the router to the access point of the service provider wirelessly, set up the WAN connection type in the WAN page. 1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Disable/Enable/ staEnable (1): There are three selections for wireless ISP functions. Disable: disables this function.
Note: In this mode, if you are informed by your wireless ISP that the wireless settings of the access point have changed, configure the router in this page to match the settings. staEnable: enable this function and the router can only allow connection through wired Ethernet cable for WAN access service. SSID (2): This is the name of the wireless network. Input the SSID name that your ISP provided to you.
Click the ‘Continue’ (1) button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).
259 Setup procedure for ‘IPv6’: 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup item: WAN IPv6 Settings (1): LAN IPv6 Settings (2): Select the required transition mechanism as assigned by your service provider. Select the auto configuration method for IPv6. IPv6 Address (3): Input the IPv6 address for the LAN port. Subnet Prefix Length (4): Default is set at 64. Only change if required to do so by your ISP.
After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (5) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ (1) button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).
26 Wired LAN Configurations Before all computers using wired Ethernet connections (i.e. those computers that connect to this router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access the Internet, they must have a valid IP address. There are two ways to assign IP addresses to computers: static IP address (set the IP address for every computer manually), and dynamic IP address (IP addresses of computers will be assigned by the router automatically.
Suggestions on IP address numbering plan: If you have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your network, here are some suggestions. 1. A valid IP address has 4 fields: a.b.c.d, for most home and company users, it’s suggested to use 192.168.c.d, where c is an integer between 0 and 254, and d is an integer between 1 and 254.
261 LAN IP section: 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP address (1): Input the IP address of this router. Subnet Mask (2): Input the subnet mask for this network. 802.1d Spanning Tree (3): If you wish to activate the 802.1d spanning tree function, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.1d Spanning Tree’, or set it to ‘Disabled’ DHCP Server (4): If you want to activate the DHCP server function of this router, select ‘Enabled’, or set it to ‘Disabled’.
262 DHCP Server: 1 2 3 4 These settings are only available when the ‘DHCP Server’ in the ‘LAN IP’ section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup item: Lease Time (1): Choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP address assigned by this router from the drop‐down menu. Start IP (2): Input the start IP address of the IP range. End IP (3): Input the end IP address of the IP range.
NOTE: 1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be greater than the ‘Start IP’, and cannot be the same as the router’s IP address. 2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘Start IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP Address of ‘LAN IP’ section (mentioned ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ field) should be the same. 3. These settings will affect wireless clients too.
263 Static DHCP Leases Table: This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific computer forever and still enjoy the benefit of using a DHCP server. A maximum of 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here.
IP address (3): Input the IP address you want to assign to this computer or network device. ‘Add’ (4): After you inputted the MAC address and IP address pair, click this button to add the pair to the static DHCP leases table. If you want to remove all the characters you just inputted, click the ‘Clear’ button. After you clicked the ‘Add’ button, the MAC address and IP address mapping will be added to the ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’ section.
Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).
27 Wireless LAN Configurations If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices are equipped with a wireless network interface, you can use the wireless function of this router to allow them connect to the Internet and share resources with other computers with a wired‐LAN connection. You can also use the built‐in security functions to protect your network from being attacked by malicious intruders.
After you click the ‘Apply’ (2) button, the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting).
271 Basic Wireless Settings Click the ‘Wireless’ menu on the upper‐right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Basic Settings’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: This wireless router can work in 6 modes: a. Access Point: Standard wireless AP . b. Station‐Infrastructure: Configure the router to an Ethernet device such as TV, Game player, HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device to be a wireless station. c.
d. AP Bridge‐Point to Multi‐Point: Connect this router with up to four other wireless routers, to expand the scope of the network. e. AP Bridge‐WDS: Connect this router with up to four WDS‐capable wireless routers, to expand the scope of the network. f. Universal Repeater: The router can act as Station and an AP at the same time. It can use the Station function to connect to a Root AP and use the AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage.
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2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 300Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and 802.11g wireless network client to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, and maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients). 2.4 GHz (G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.
SSID (3): This is the name of the wireless router. You can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. The SSID is used to identify your own wireless router from others when there are other wireless routers in the same area. The default SSID is ‘default’, it’s recommended to change the default SSID value to the one which is meaningful to you, like myhome, office_room1, etc.
2.7.1.2 Setup procedure for ‘StationInfrastructure’: In this mode, you can connect the router to an Ethernet device such as TV, Game player, HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device to be a wireless station and join a wireless network through an access point or AP router. Select Station (Infrastructure) from the ‘Mode’ drop‐down menu (1), and the following will be displayed: 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Band (2): Select the band you want to use.
2.7.1.3 Setup procedure for ‘AP BridgePoint to Point’: In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with another, to combine two access points and expand the scope of the wireless network, and all clients (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of the two wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical network. This function is very convenient when you need to connect two networks between two buildings.
2.7.1.4 Setup procedure for ‘AP BridgePoint to MultiPoint’: In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with at least four wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless network, and all clients (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of the wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical network.
2.7.1.5 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge – WDS’ In this mode, you can expand the scope of the network by combining up to four other access points together, and every access point can still accept wireless clients. Select AP Bridge (WDS) from the ‘Mode’ drop‐down menu (1), and the following will be displayed: NOTE: For WDS mode, the output signal nature is the same as that of normal AP mode.
Channel Number (4): Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless routers must use the same setting. Associated Clients (5): Click the ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active Wireless Client Table” will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. MAC address 1 to 4 (6 ‐ 9): Input the MAC address of other wireless routers.
2.7.1.6 Setup procedure for ‘Universal Repeater’ In this mode, the router can act as a wireless repeater; it can be a Station and an AP at the same time. It can use the Station function to connect to a Root AP and use the AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage.
Channel Number (4): Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless clients must use the same setting. Associated Clients (5): Click the ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active Wireless Client Table” will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. Root AP SSID (6): In ‘Universal Repeater’ mode, this device can act as a station to connect to a Root AP.
272 Advanced Wireless Settings This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if you want to configure these settings, click the ‘Wireless’ menu on the upper‐right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Advanced Settings’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Fragment Threshold (1): RTS Threshold (2): The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed messag
Beacon Interval (3): The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Router to synchronize the wireless network. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 100. DTIM Period (4): Configures the DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) send period. Do not modify the default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 3. Data Rate (5): Set the wireless data transfer rate to a certain value.
Preamble Type (8): The Preamble type defines the length of the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) block for communication between the Access Point and roaming wireless adapters. Do not modify the default value if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Short Preamble’. Broadcast ESSID (9): Decide if the wireless router will broadcast its own ESSID or not.
WMM (12): This stands for Wi‐Fi MultiMedia, it will enhance the data transfer performance of multimedia contents when they’re being transferred over wireless networks. If you don’t know what it is / not sure if you need it, it’s safe to set this option to ‘Enable’, however, default value is ‘Disable’.
273 Wireless Security It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! If you don’t, hackers and malicious users can reach your network and access valuable data without your consent and this will cause serious security problems.
2.7.3.1 WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64‐bit and 128‐bit. Using ‘128‐bit’ is safer than ’64‐bit’, but will reduce some data transfer performance. Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex.
Default Tx Key (4): You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can decide which key is being used by default here. If you don’t know which one you should use, select ‘Key 1’. Encryption Key 1 (5): Input the WEP key characters here, the number of characters must be the same as the number displayed in the ‘Key Format’ field. You can use any alphanumerical characters (0‐9, a‐z, and A‐Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key format, and if you select ‘Hex’ as key format, you can use characters 0‐9, a‐f, and A‐F.
RADIUS Server IP address (7): Input the IP address of the radius server. RADIUS Server Port (8): Input the port number of the radius server. RADIUS Server Password (9): Input the port number of the radius password.
Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting). 2.7.3.
Pre‐shared Key (4): Input the WPA passphrase. It’s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reasons.
2.7.3.3 WPA RADIUS: If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Here are descriptions of every setup item: WPA Unicast Cipher Suite (2): Select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select any one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client supports the cipher you selected. RADIUS Server IP address (3): Input the IP address of your Radius authentication server.
After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting).
274 Wireless Access Control This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless router. You can use this function with other security measures described in previous sections, to create a safer wireless environment. Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function.
Delete (2): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click the ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one MAC address). Delete All (3): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, click the ‘Delete All’ button. Enable Access Control (4): To enforce MAC address filtering, you have to check ‘Enable Wireless Access Control’.
Add (7): Click the ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address filtering table. Clear (8): Click the ‘Clear’ button to remove the value you inputted in the MAC address and comment field.
275 WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi‐Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build a connection between wireless network clients and this wireless router. You don’t have to select the encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client, you only have to press a button on the wireless client and on this wireless router, and the WPS will do the rest for you.
1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable WPS (1): Check this box to enable the WPS function, uncheck it to disable WPS. WPS Information (2):WPS‐related system information will be displayed here: WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’.
PinCode Self: This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless router. This code is useful when you need to build a wireless connection by WPS with other WPS‐enabled wireless devices. SSID: The SSID of this wireless router will be displayed here. Authentication Mode: The wireless security authentication mode of this wireless router will be displayed here.
Configure by client PinCode (5): Input the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect, and click the ‘Start PIN’ button. The ‘WLAN’ LED on the wireless router will be steady on when this wireless router is waiting for an incoming WPS request.
276 Security Tips for a Wireless Network Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your wireless network: 1. Never use simple words (like school, apple or computer) as the WEP encryption or WPA passphrase. 2. A complicated (combination of numbers, letters, even symbols, and long enough) WEP key and WPA passphrase is much safer than simple and short ones.
Chapter III Advanced Functions 31 Quality of Service (QoS) Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the Internet bandwidth with a promised quality of Internet service.
311 Basic QoS Settings Follow the instructions below to set QoS parameters: Click the ‘Qos’ menu on the left of the general setup interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4 9 10 11 Here are descriptions of every setting: Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable the QoS function, unselect this box if you don’t want to enforce QoS bandwidth limitations. Total Download Bandwidth (2): You can set the limit of total download bandwidth in kbits.
Total Upload Bandwidth (3): You can set the limit of total upload bandwidth in kbits. To disable upload bandwidth limitation, input ‘0’ here. Current QoS Table (4): All existing QoS rules will be displayed here. Add (5): Click the ‘add’ button to add a new QoS rule, see section 3‐1‐2 ‘Add a new QoS rule’ below. Edit (6): If you want to modify the content of a specific rule, check the ‘select’ box of the rule you want to edit, then click the ‘Edit’ button.
Move Up (9): You can pull up the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. Move Down (10): You can lower the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button.
312 Add a new QoS rule After you click the ‘Add’ button in the QoS menu, the following will appear: a b c d e f g h i Here are descriptions of every setup item: Rule Name (a): Give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical characters). Bandwidth (b): Set the bandwidth limitation of this QoS rule.
Local IP Address (c): Specify the local (source) IP address that will be affected by this rule. Input the starting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address. Local Port Range (d): Input the range of local (source) port number that will be affected by this rule.
Traffic Type (g): Select the traffic type of this rule, available options are None, SMTP, HTTP, POP3, and FTP. You can select a specific traffic type for this rule, if you want to make this rule as an IP address based rule (apply the limitation on all traffics from / to the specified IP address / port number), select ‘None’. Protocol (h): Select the protocol type of this rule, available options are TCP and UDP.
32 Network Address Translation (NAT) Network address translations solve the problem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. Without NAT, all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connected to the Internet, but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user. Therefore it’s necessary to use NAT technology to share a single Internet IP address to multiple computers on a local network, so everyone can get connected to the Internet.
321 Basic NAT Settings (Enable or disable NAT function) Click the ‘NAT’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 To enable the NAT function, select ‘Enable’ for ‘Enable NAT module function’ (1); to disable, select ‘Disable’.
322 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of an Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on the local network. The port number(s) of Internet IP address and private IP address (the IP address on local network) must be the same. If the port number of Internet IP address and private IP address are different, use the ‘Virtual Server’ function, described in the next section.
Private IP (2): Input the IP address of the computer on the local network which provides the Internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. You can easily select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer. Type (4): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you’re not sure, select ‘Both’.
Delete (10): Select a port forwarding mapping by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click the ‘Delete’ button to remove the mapping. If there’s no existing mapping, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (11): Delete all mappings that exist in the virtual server table. Reset (12): Unselect all mappings.
323 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on an Internet IP address (on WAN port) to a specified port of an IP address on the local network, so you can setup an Internet service on the computer on the local network, without exposing it on the Internet directly. You can also build many sets of port redirection, to provide many different Internet services on different local computers via a single Internet IP address.
Private IP (2): Input the IP address of the computer which provides the Internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. You can easily select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer. Private Port (4): Input the port number of the IP address that provides the Internet service. Type (5): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you’re not sure, select ‘Both’.
Virtual Server Table (10): All existing virtual server mappings will be displayed here. Delete (11): Select a virtual server mapping by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click the ‘Delete’ button to remove the mapping. If there’s no existing mapping, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (12): Delete all mappings existing in the virtual server table. Reset (13): Unselect all mappings.
324 Port Mapping for Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection at a time; these applications won’t work with simple NAT rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 8 9 12 13 10 14 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable (1): Check this box to enable special applications and uncheck this box to disable the virtual server.
UDP Port to Open (5): This is the out going (Outbound) range of UDP port numbers for this particular application. Comment (6): The description of this setting. Popular Applications This section lists the more popular applications that (7): require multiple connections. Select an application from the Popular Applications selection and click the ‘Add’ button to save the setting to the ‘Current Trigger‐Port Table.’ Add (8): Add the setting to the ‘Current Trigger‐Port Table.
Delete (11): Select a special application by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click the ‘Delete’ button to remove the setting. If there’s no setting here, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (12): Delete all settings that exist in the trigger port table. Reset (13): Unselect all settings. Note: Only one LAN client can use a particular special application at a time.
325 UPnP Setting This function enables network auto‐configuration for peer‐to‐peer communications, with this function, network devices will be able to communicate with other devices directly, and learn about information about other devices. Many network devices and applications rely on UPnP function nowadays.
326 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway (ALG) is a special function of this router. It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applications which require special support. With these supports, those applications which require special support will be able to work with the NAT architecture. Click the ‘NAT’ menu on the left of the web management interface, then click ‘ALG Settings’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: There are many applications listed here.
33 Firewall Apart from NAT, this router also provides a firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on the local network. These functions include inbound attack prevention, and block outbound traffics, like block URLs which have pre‐defined keywords.
331 Access Control This function allows or denies computers with a specific MAC address from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny computers with a specific IP address, protocol, or port. Click the ‘Firewall’ menu on the left of the general setup interface, then enable the Firewall module by selecting the radio button and click Apply.
Client PC MAC address (2): Input the MAC address of the computer or network device here, dash ( ‐ ) or colon ( : ) are not required. (i.e. If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates ‘aa‐bb‐cc‐dd‐ee‐ff’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff’, just input ‘aabbccddeeff’ Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. You can easily select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer.
Delete (8): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click the ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one MAC address). Delete All (9): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, click the ‘Delete All’ button. Reset (10): You can also click the ‘Reset’ button to unselect all MAC addresses.
Delete (14): If you want to delete a specific IP address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the IP address you want to delete, then click the ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one IP address). Delete All (15): If you want to delete all the IP addresses listed here, click the ‘Delete All’ button.
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Client PC Description (a): Input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP address (b): Input the starting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address. Client PC Service (c): Check all the services you want to allow or deny this IP address to use, you can check multiple services.
332 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in local network from accessing certain websites (like pornography, violence, or anything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in the local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is useful for parents and company managers.
URL/Keyword (2): Input the URL (host name or IP address of the website, like http://www.blocked‐site.com or http://11.22.33.44), or the keyword which is contained in URL (like pornography, cartoon, stock, or anything). Add (3): Click the ‘Add’ button to add the URL / keyword to the URL / Keyword filtering table. Reset (4): Click the ‘Reset’ button to remove the value you inputted in the URL/Keyword field.
After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (9) button, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously‐saved values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.
333 DoS Attack Prevention Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server, the Internet connection will become very slow, and the server may stop responding because it is not capable of handling too much traffic. This router has a built‐in DoS attack prevention mechanism; when you activate it, the router will stop the DoS attack for you.
Discard Ping From WAN (2): Ping is a common and useful tool to know the connection status of a specified remote network device, but some malicious intruder will try to fill your network bandwidth with a lot of PING request data packets, to make your Internet connection become very slow, even unusable. Check this box and the router will ignore all inbound PING requests, but when you activate this function, you will not be able to ping your own router from the Internet, too.
Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting). If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously‐saved values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.
3.3.3.1 DoS Advanced Settings When you click the ‘Advanced’ button in the DoS menu, the following will be displayed on your web browser: a b c d e Here are descriptions of every setup item: Ping of Death (a): Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated.
Port Scan (c): Many kinds of port scan methods are listed here, check one or more DoS attack methods you want to prevent. Sync Flood (d): Like Ping of Death, you can set the threshold when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated.
334 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) refers to a special area in your local network. This area resides in the local network, and all computers in this area use a private IP address, too. But these private IP addresses are mapped to a certain Internet IP address, so other people on Internet can fully access those computers in DMZ.
Enable DMZ (1): Check this box to enable the DMZ function, uncheck this box to disable DMZ function. Public IP address (2): You can select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘Static IP’. If you select ‘Dynamic IP’, you have to select an Internet connection session from the drop‐down menu; if you select ‘Static IP’, input the IP address that you want to map to a specific private IP address. Client PC IP address (3): Input the private IP address that the Internet IP address will be mapped to.
Delete (8): If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry, check the ‘select’ box of the DMZ entry you want to delete, then click the ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one DMZ entry). Delete All (9): If you want to delete all DMZ entries listed here, click the ‘Delete All’ button. Reset (10): You can also click the ‘Reset’ button to unselect all DMZ entries.
34 System Status The functions described here will provide you with system related information. To enter the system status menu, click the ‘Status’ link located at the upper‐right side of the web management interface. 341 System information and firmware version You can use this function to view the system information and firmware version of this router. Click the ‘Status’ link located at the upper‐right side of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser.
342 Internet Connection Status You can use this function to view the status of the current Internet connection. Click the ‘Internet Connection’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: This information will vary depending on the connection status.
343 Device Status You can use this function to know the status of your router. Click the ‘Device Status’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: This information will vary depending on the device status.
344 System Log All important system events are logged. You can use this function to check the event log of your router. Click the ‘System Log’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every button: Save (1): Save current event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all event logs displayed here. Refresh (3): Refresh the event log display.
345 Security Log All information about the network and system security is kept here, and you can use this function to check the security event log of your router. Click the ‘Security Log’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every button: Save (1): Save current event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all event logs displayed here.
346 Active DHCP client list If you’re using the DHCP server function of this router, you can use this function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this router. Click the ‘Active DHCP client’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: All information about active DHCP leases issued by this router will be displayed here. You can click the ‘Refresh’ button to display the latest information.
347 Statistics You can use this function to check the statistics of wireless, LAN and WAN interfaces of this router. Click the ‘Statistics’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: You can click ‘Refresh’ button to display the latest information.
35 Configuration Backup and Restore You can backup all configurations of this router to a file, so you can make several copies of router configuration for security reasons.
36 Firmware Upgrade The system software used by this router is called ‘firmware’, just like any applications on your computer, when you replace the old application with a new one; your computer will be equipped with new functions. You can also use this firmware upgrade function to add new functions to your router, even fix the bugs of this router.
Click the ‘Browse’ button first; you’ll be prompted to provide the filename of firmware upgrade file. Download the latest firmware file from our website, and use it to upgrade your router. After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click the ‘Apply’ button, and the router will start the firmware upgrade procedure automatically. The procedure may take several minutes, please be patient.
37 System Reset If you think the network performance is bad, or you found the behavior of the router is strange, you can perform a router reset. To do so, click ‘Tools’ located at the upper‐right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Reboot’ on the left of the web management interface, then the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click ‘Apply’ button to reboot restore your router, and it will be available again after a few moments.
Chapter IV: Appendix 41 Hardware Specification WAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 LAN Ports: 10/100M UTP Port x 4 Antenna: 2dBi Dipole Fixed Antenna x 2 (2T2R Spatial Multiplexing MIMO configuration; 2 antennas are for signal transmitting and 2 antennas are for signal receiving) Power: 5VDC, 1A Switching Power Adapter Dimensions: 30(H) x 127(W) x 96(D) mm Transmit Power : 11n: 12dBm±1.5dBm, 11g: 12dBm±1.5dBm, 11b: 16dBm±1.
42 Troubleshooting If you found the router is working improperly or stops responding, please read this troubleshooting section first. Scenario Solution Router is not responding to me when I want to access it by web browser a. Check the connection of the power cord and network cable of this router. All cords and cables should be correctly and firmly inserted into the router. b. If all LEDs on this router are off, check the status of the A/C power adapter, and make sure it’s correctly powered. c.
Can’t get connected to a. Go to ‘Status’ ‐> ‘Internet Connection’ the Internet menu, and check the Internet connection status. b. If you connected a computer to the Internet directly before, try to do that again, and check if you can get connected to the Internet with your computer directly attached to the device provided by your Internet service provider. c. Check PPPoE / L2TP / PPTP user ID and passwords again. d. Call your Internet service provider and check if there’s something wrong with their service.
File download is very slow or breaks frequently a. Are you using the QoS function? Try to disable it and try again. b. Try to reset the router and see if it’s better after that. c. If this never happened before, call your Internet service provider to know if there is something wrong with their network. I can’t log onto the web management interface: password is wrong a. Make sure you’re connecting to the correct IP address of the router b. The password is case‐sensitive.
