User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Terminology
- Introduction
- Installation
- Software configuration
- Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router
- Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router
- Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router
- Status
- Setup Wizard
- Operation Mode
- Wireless - Basic Settings
- Wireless - Advanced Settings
- Wireless - Security Setup
- Wireless - Access Control
- WDS Security Setup
- WDS AP Table
- WDS Settings
- Site Survey
- WPS Settings
- LAN Interface Setup
- WAN Interface Setup
- Firewall - Port Filtering
- Firewall - IP Filtering
- Firewall - MAC Filtering
- Firewall - Port Forwarding
- Firewall - URL Filtering
- Firewall - DMZ
- Management - Statistics
- Management - DDNS
- Management - Time Zone Setting
- Management - Denial-of-Service
- Management - Log
- Management - Upgrade Firmware
- Management - Save/ Reload Settings
- Management - Password Setup
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
- What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?
- What is Wireless LAN?
- What are ISM bands?
- How does wireless networking work?
- What is BSSID?
- What is ESSID?
- What are potential factors that may causes interference?
- What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?
- What is WEP?
- What is Fragment Threshold?
- What is RTS (Request To Send) Threshold?
- What is Beacon Interval?
- What is Preamble Type?
- What is SSID Broadcast?
- What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
- What is WPA2?
- What is 802.1x Authentication?
- What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?
- What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
- What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?
- What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?
- What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?
- What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?
- What is Clone MAC Address?
- What is DDNS?
- What is NTP Client?
- What is VPN?
- What is IPSEC?
- What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients?
- What is WMM?
- What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT?
- What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?
- What is Frame Aggregation?
- What is Guard Intervals (GI)?
- Configuration examples
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Notice: It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the WLAN Broadband
Router; Power LED will be active, and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be flashing to show the WLAN interface is
enabled and working now.
Software configuration
There are we
b based management and c
onfiguration 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: <empty>
WEB login Password: <empty>
Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router
For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
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. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.
5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP/IP
protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog
box after the TCP/IP installation.
6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.
7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.
IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless
LAN Access Point.
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
8. Click OK to completes the IP parameters setting.
For OS of Microsoft Windows Vista:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network Connections item. The Network Connections window
will appear. Double click Local Area Connection icon, then User Account Control window shown. Right click
Continue button to set properties.
3. In Local Area Connection Properties window, Choose Networking tab, move mouse and click Internet Protocol
Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click Properties button.
4. Move mouse and click General tab, Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.
IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless
LAN Access Point.
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
5. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.
For OS of Microsoft Windows 95/ 98/ Me:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
Note: Windows Me users may not see the Network control panel. If so, select View all Control Panel options
on the left side of the window
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network window will appear.
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. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.