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W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. 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.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Ta ble of Con t e n t s Ch a pt e r 1 I n t r odu ct ion ...................................................................... 5 1.1 Welcom e ..................................................................................5 1.2 About This Guide .......................................................................5 1.3 Copyright st at em ent ..................................................................
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l 6.9.1 MAC Filt ering .................................................................. 45 6.9.2 Access Cont rol ................................................................ 46 6.9.3 URL Filt ering ................................................................... 47 6.10 DDNS................................................................................... 48 6.11 MI SC ...........................................................................
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Ch a pt e r 1 I n t r odu ct ion 1 .1 W e lcom e Congrat ulat ions on purchasing t his Wireless Broadband Rout er. This Wireless Broadband Rout er is a cost - effect ive I P Sharing Rout er t hat enables m ult iple users t o share t he I nt ernet t hrough an ADSL or cable m odem .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l t ransm it t ed in any form or by any m eans, whet her elect ronic, m echanical, phot ocopying, recording, or ot herw ise wit hout t he prior writ ing of t he publisher. Ch a pt e r 2 D e signin g You r W ir e le ss N e t w or k 2 .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 1 Local Area Net work Cha pt e r 3 Ge t t ing t o Know t he W ir e le ss- G Br oa dba n d Rou t e r The follow ing sect ions describe t he physical charact erist ics of your rout er. 3 .1 Ba ck Pa n e l The follow ing illust rat ion shows t he Wireless Broadband Rout er back panel: 1 3 2 4 5 Figure 2 back panel Pow e r : The recept acle where you plug in t he power adapt er.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l ext end your net work. W AN : Connect your m odem t o your rout er using t his port wit h your supplied Et hernet cable. This is t he only port you can use for t his procedure. This enables your rout er t o access t he I nt ernet . The port support s 10/ 100 Mbps as well as st raight - t hrough and crossover Et hernet cables. Re se t bu t t on : Reset s your rout er or reset s t he rout er t o t he default login set t ings.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l 1 PWR ON 2 CPU ON 3 WLAN RX Flashing 4 WLAN TX Flashing 5 WAN ON Off Flashing 6 LAN( 1- 4) ON Off Flashing This indicat or light s green when t he Wireless Rout er is receiving power; ot herw ise, it is off. The LED will be dark for a few seconds when t he syst em is st art ed. Aft er t hat , t he LED will st ays green t o show t he Wireless Rout er is working norm ally.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Cha pt e r 4 ha r dw a r e conne ct ion Begin by finding a good place t o set up your wireless broadband. Som e t hings t o consider: ٛ z Keep t he access point as cent ral in your w ork area as possible. Signal st rengt h and speed fall off wit h dist ance. z Higher is oft en bet t er. For inst ance, set it up on t he t op shelf of a bookcase rat her t han t he bot t om one, if possible. 4 .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Cha pt e r 5 Configur ing Loca l PC t o Acce ss t h e W ir e le ss Rou t e r You can m anage t he Wireless Broadband Rout er t hrough t he Web browser- based configurat ion ut ilit y. To configure t he device via Web browser, at least one properly configured com put er m ust be connect ed t o t he device via Et hernet or wireless net work. The Wireless Broadband Rout er is configured wit h t he default I P address of 192.168.10.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l St e p 1 : Go t o St a rt Æ Se t t in gs Æ Con t r ol Pa n e l Figure 4 St e p 2 : D ou ble click t h e icon N e t w or k a n d D ia l- u p Con n e ct ion s St e p 3 : H igh ligh t t h e icon Loca l Ar e a Con n e ct ion , r igh t click you r m ou se , Click Pr ope r t ie s Figure 5 St e p 4 : H ighligh t I n t e rn e t Pr ot ocol ( TCP/ I P) , t h e n pr e ss Pr ope rt ie s Pa ge 1 2 of 5 4
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l bu t t on Figure 6 St e p 5 : Ch oose Obt a in a n I P a ddr e ss a u t om a t ica lly a n d Obt a in D N S Se rv e r Addr e ss a u t om a t ica lly, a n d t h e n pr e ss OK t o close t h e I n t e r n e t Pr ot ocol ( TCP/ I P) Pr ope r t ie s w indow .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 8 5 .1 .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 10 St e p 4 : H igh ligh t t h e icon Loca l Ar e a Con n e ct ion , r igh t click you r m ou se , Click Pr ope r t ie s Figure 11 St e p 5 : H ighligh t I n t e rn e t Pr ot ocol ( TCP/ I P) , t h e n pr e ss Pr ope rt ie s bu t t on Pa ge 1 5 of 5 4
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 12 St e p 6 : Ch oose Obt a in a n I P a ddr e ss a u t om a t ica lly a n d Obt a in D N S Se r v e r a ddr e ss a u t om a t ica lly, a n d t h e n pr e ss OK t o close t h e I n t e rn e t Pr ot ocol ( TCP/ I P) Pr ope r t ie s w indow Figure 13 St e p 7 : Pr e ss OK t o close t h e Loca l Ar e a Con n e ct ion Pr ope r t ie s w in dow Pa ge 1 6 of 5 4
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 14 5 .2 Addit ion a l Se t t in gs for W ir e le ss Clie n t I f you chose t o access t he rout er via a wireless client , also verify t he follow ing: St ep 1: Make sure your PC is equipped w it h 802.11g or 802.11b wireless adapt er and has appropriat e WLAN card driver/ ut ilit y and TCP/ I P inst alled. St ep 2: Set t he wireless adapt er t o use appropriat e TCP/ I P set t ings as described in previous sect ion.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l 5 .3 Ch e ck in g PC’s I P a n d Con n e ct ion w it h t h e Rou t e r Aft er configuring t he TCP/ I P prot ocol, use t he ping com m and t o verify if t he com put er can com m unicat e w it h t he Rout er. To execut e t he ping com m and, open t he DOS window and PI NG t he I P address of t he Wireless Broadband Rout er at t he DOS prom pt : z z For Windows 98/ Me: St art - > Run. Type “com m a n d” and click OK.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 16 Verify your com put er's net work set t ings are correct and check t he cable connect ion bet ween t he rout er and t he com put er.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Ch a pt e r 6 W e b Con figu r a t ion 6 .1 Loggin g I n I n order t o m ake t he whole net work operat e successfully, it is necessary t o configure t he Wireless Rout er t hrough your com put er has a WEB browser inst alled. Please follow up t he st eps list ed below. St ep 1: St art your Web browser and t ype h t t p:/ / 1 9 2 .1 6 8 .1 0 .1 in t he Address field. This address is t he default privat e I P of your rout er.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l opt ions t o configure t he syst em . I n t he right navigat ion screen is t he sum m ary of syst em st at us for view ing t he configurat ions. You can usually get cont ext sensit ive help by clicking on t he Help link at t he t op right of t he page. Figure 18 To apply any set t ings you’ve alt ered on any page, click t he Save but t on. Ot herwise you change set t ings would be lost aft er t he Rout er reboot . 6 .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l inform at ion necessary t o access t he I nt ernet . St ep 1: Click on t he Wizard in t he HOME page, you should see t he screen below t hen click on “ St art ” . Figure 19 St ep 2: Select your I nt ernet connect ion t ype and t hen input t he configurat ions needed t o connect t o your I nt ernet Service Provider ( I SP) Figure 20 For D yn a m ic I P Addr e ss z Choose DHCP if your I SP w ill aut om at ically give you an I P address.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z Use r m a n u a l I nt ernet . Your I SP should provide all t he inform at ion required in t his sect ion. Ent er t he User Nam e and Password provided by your I SP for t he PPPoE connect ion t hen click on “ Next ” . Figure 21 For St a t ic I P z Select St at ic I P if your I SP has given you a specific I P address for you t o use. Your I SP should provide all t he inform at ion required in t his sect ion.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l t he new set t ings and st art reboot ing r ight away. Figure 23 z Aft er reboot , t he Wireless Rout er will enable t hese set t ings wit h t he Rout er. 6 .3 St a t u s 6 .3 .1 Syst e m St a t us This page shows m ost of t he basic configurat ion param et ers of t he Rout er. I t is t he first page shown aft er login.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 24 z WAN St at us: This sect ion shows t he WAN int erface param et ers of t he wireless rout er. This includes inform at ion such as: Connect ion t ype ( DHCP, PPPoE or St at ic I P) , The MAC address of LAN int erface, I P/ Subnet Mask, Default Gat eway, Prim ary DNS, Backup DNS. PPPoE: I n PPPoE m ode, if you want t o st art a connect ion, click on t he “ Connect ” but t on t o open a PPPoE session.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 25 To t erm inat e t he connect ion, click on t he “ Disconnect ” but t on. Figure 26 D H CP: I n DHCP m ode, press " Disconnect " but t on t o release I P address and press " Connect " but t on t o renew I P address.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z Use r m a n u a l LAN St at us: This sect ion shows t he LAN int erface param et ers of t he wireless rout er. This includes inform at ion such as: The MAC address of LAN int erface, I P/ Subnet Mask, DHCP Server ( whet her t he DHCP Server is Enables or disables, and display address pool) . Figure 28 z Wireless St at us: This sect ion shows t he WLAN int erface param et ers of t he wireless rout er.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l ( LAN and WLAN) . And display Syst em Run Tim e. Figure 31 z z Syst em Run Tim e: Display Syst em Run Tim e. St at ist ics: You can m onit or current sent & received packet s count ers of wireless and Et hernet net works .To see t he lat est inform at ion, click “ Refresh” but t on. 6 .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 32 z z z z Ph ysica l Addr e ss Clon e : Your I SP m ay require a part icular MAC address in order for you t o connect t o t he I nt ernet . This MAC address is t he PC’s MAC address t hat your I SP had originally connect ed your I nt ernet connect ion t o.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 33 z z z z z z PPPoE Accou n t : Ent er t he User Nam e provided by your I SP for t he PPPoE connect ion PPPoE Pa ssw or d: Ent er t he Password provided by your I SP for t he PPPoE connect ion Ph ysica l Addr e ss Clon e : Your I SP m ay require a part icular MAC address in order for you t o connect t o t he I nt ernet . This MAC address is t he PC’s MAC address t hat your I SP had originally connect ed your I nt ernet connect ion t o.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z Use r m a n u a l I nt ernet account is billed based on t he am ount of t im e of your I nt ernet connect ion, you probably want t o enable t his opt ion and ent er an idle t im e value best suit able for your net work. To use t his opt ion, click t he radio but t on next t o Connect on dem and. Con n e ct t o I n t e r n e t m a n u a lly: The rout er w ill connect t o I nt ernet while click t he “ Connect ” but t on on t he Web.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z z z Use r m a n u a l connect ion t o. Type in t his MAC address in t his sect ion t o replace t he WAN MAC address wit h t he MAC address of t hat PC ( you have t o be using t hat PC for t he Clone MAC Address but t on t o work) . M TU: MTU is t he Maxim um Transm ission Unit . I t specifies t he largest packet size perm it t ed for I nt ernet t ransm ission. Ent er your MTU num ber in t he t ext- box t o set t he lim it at ion.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l I f you change t he privat e I P address and apply t he changes, t he PC from which you configure t he rout er will lose t he com m unicat ion t o t he rout er. To reconnect , you w ill need t o renew t he I P address of t he PC or change t o an I P address com pat ible wit h t he new LAN port I P address. 6 .5 .2 D H CP I n fo You can View all t he pc which connect t o t he Wireless Rout er by DHCP here. Figure 36 6 .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z z z z z Use r m a n u a l know or have bot h 11g and 11b devices in your net work, t hen keep t he default in m ixed m ode. From t he drop- down m anual, you can select 802.11G if you have only 11G card. I f you have only 802.11 B card, t hen select 802.11B. Ra dio M ode: The Rout e has 3 m odes: AP, WDS, AP+ WDS SSI D : The SSI D is t he net work nam e shared am ong all point s in a wireless net work.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z z z Use r m a n u a l D TI M I n t e r va l: This value indicat es how oft en t he Access Point sends out a Delivery Traffic I ndicat ion Message ( DTI M) . Lower set t ings result in m ore efficient net working, while prevent ing your PC from dropping int o pow er saving sleep m ode. Higher set t ings allow your PC t o ent er sleep m ode, t hus saving power, but int erferes wit h wireless t ransm issions.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l wireless dat a com m unicat ions. WEP uses a com binat ion of 64- bit or 128- bit keys t o provide access cont rol t o your net work and encrypt ion securit y for every dat a t ransm ission. Figure 40 z Ope n - Syst e m : No aut hent icat ion is used. But uses WEP encrypt dat a packet s. z Sh a r e - k e ys: Aut hent icat ion is a process in which t he AP validat es whet her t he wireless client is qualified t o access t he AP’s service.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l are allowed. Valid key lengt h for each encrypt ion t ype is as below: Key Lengt h z HEX Form at ASCI I Form at 64 Bit 10 hexadecim al digit s 5 ASCI I charact ers 128 Bit 26 hexadecim al digit s 13 ASCI I charact ers Click “ Apply” at t he bot t om of t he screen t o save t he above configurat ions. 6 .6 .3 .3 W PA Pe r son a l Wi- Fi Prot ect ed Access ( WPA) is an advanced securit y st andard.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z Use r m a n u a l change is done aut om at ically bet ween t he server and t he client . The default value is 86400. Click “ Apply” at t he bot t om of t he screen t o save t he above configurat ions. 6 .6 .3 .4 W PA2 Pe rson a l The WPA2 is a st ronger version of WPA. You can use a pre- shared key t o aut hent icat e wireless st at ions and encrypt dat a during com m unicat ion. I t uses AES t o change t he encrypt ion key frequent ly.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 43 z Click “ Apply” at t he bot t om of t he screen t o save t he above configurat ions. 6 .6 .4 W ir e le ss M AC Filt e r This Wireless rout er has t he capabilit y t o cont rol t he wireless client access based on t he MAC address of t he wireless client .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z z z Use r m a n u a l Defined it em s in MAC list are DENI ED t o connect AP, ot hers are PERMI T. Click “ Apply” when you have select ed, M AC: Ent er t he MAC Address of a st at ion. D e script ion : Ent er t he Com m ent of st at ion. Click " Add” . Then t his wireless st at ion will be added int o t he” Current Access Cont rol List " below.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l 6 .7 Rou t in g I f t he Rout er is connect ed t o m ore t han one net work, it m ay be necessary t o set up a st at ic rout e bet w een t hem . A st at ic rout e is a pre- det erm ined pat hway t hat net work inform at ion m ust t ravel t o reach a specific host or net work. Figure 48 z z z z Type / Ta rge t / M a sk / Ga t e w a y : Fill in t hese fields required by t his St at ic Rout ing funct ion.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l a part icular I P address in your LAN. The difference bet ween t he virt ual server and t he DMZ funct ion is t hat t he virt ual server re- direct s a part icular service/ I nt ernet applicat ion ( e.g. FTP, websit es) t o a part icular LAN client / server, whereas DMZ re- direct s all packet s ( regardless of services) going t o your WAN I P address t o a part icular LAN client / server.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Port ) t o a part icular LAN privat e I P address and it s service port num ber. Figure 51 z z z z z z z Ru le N a m e : You can ent er what ever you want . I t 's j ust a st ring. I n t e r n a l Se r v e r I P: Ent er t he host I P address t o which t he packet will be forwarded. The virt ual server can be set easily by set t ing t he int ernal server I P address only.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 53 6 .8 .4 Por t Tr igge r Port Trigger set t he port you want used for som e special use. Figure 54 z z z Ru le N a m e : You can ent er what ever you want . I t 's j ust a st ring. Trigge r Pr ot ocol: Chose TCP/ UDP t ype for t he packet you want t o t rigger. I f t he rule exist ed in predefined virt ual server rule, you can choose t he rule.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z z z z Use r m a n u a l from which t he packet will be on WAN. For w a r d Pr ot ocol: Chose TCP/ UDP t ype for t he packet you want t o forward. I f t he rule exist ed in predefined virt ual server rule, you can choose t he rule. For w a r d Por t : Ent er t he port num ber t o which t he packet will be forwarded on LAN Press " Add" but t on aft er ent er t he all fields t o add t he rule. Check t o select t he rule and press " Delet e" t o delet e t he rule.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z z z Use r m a n u a l M AC: Ent er t he MAC Address of a st at ion. D e script ion : Ent er t he Com m ent of st at ion. Click " Add” . Then t his wired st at ion will be added int o t he” Current Access Cont rol List " below. Figure 57 z I f you want t o rem ove som e MAC address from t he " Current Access Cont rol List " , select t he MAC address you want t o rem ove in t he list and t hen click " Delet e " . 6 .9 .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Enable Access Cont rol is checked. You can choose a default operat ion for your fact ual securit y or m anagem ent considerat ion: The Undefined it em s beside t he Rule list are PERMI T t o access int ernet DENI ED t o access int ernet . The Undefined it em s beside t he Rule list are DENI ED t o access int ernet DENI ED t o access int ernet . Ru le N a m e : Ent er t he rule nam e which you want , it is j ust only a st ring.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 61 z Press “ Delet e” but t on t o delet e a rule aft er select a rule. 6 .1 0 D D N S DDNS allows you t o m ap t he st at ic dom ain nam e t o a dynam ic I P address. You m ust get an account , password and your st at ic dom ain nam e from t he DDNS service providers. Figure 62 z z Use r I D / Pa ssw ord/ H ost N a m e : Ent er your regist ered dom ain nam e and your usernam e and password for t his service.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Figure 63 z z z New Password. Ent er your new password. Confirm ed New Password: Ent er your new password again for verificat ion purposes. Click “ Apply” at t he bot t om of t he screen t o change t he password. I f you forget your password, you’ll have t o reset t he rout er t o t he fact ory default ( Password is “ N/ A” ) wit h t he reset but t on ( see rout er’s front panel) . 6 .1 1 .
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l 6 .1 1 .3 W AN Link St a t us & Se t up Figure 66 6 .1 1 .4 Re st or e D e fa u lt / Re st a r t Syst e m Figure 67 Re st or e D e fa u lt / Re st a r t Syst e m Rest ore t he Rout er’s configurat ion t o it s fact ory default set t ings. Rest ore Fact ory Default s. To clear all of t he Rout er’s set t ings and reset t hem t o it s fact ory default s. z Click t he Rest ore Default but t on. Rout er will rest art aut om at ically.
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W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r Use r m a n u a l Appe n dix Ⅰ: Tr ou ble sh oot in g 1 . I ca nnot a cce ss t h e W e b- ba se d Con figu r a t ion Ut ilit y fr om t h e Et h e r n e t com put e r u se d t o con figu r e t h e r out e r . z z z z z z Check t hat t he LAN LED is on. I f t he LED is not on, verify t hat t he cable for t he LAN connect ion is firm ly connect ed. Check whet her t he com put er resides on t he sam e subnet wit h t he rout er’s LAN I P address.
W ir e le ss Br oa dba n d Rou t e r z Use r m a n u a l light should be solid; t he WAN light should be blinking. I f you use your com put er, t he corresponding LAN port light should be blinking t oo. I f not , please check whet her t he cables work or not . Repeat t he st eps in WAN Set up Connect wit h I nt ernet t hrough DSL Modem . 4 . I ca n br ow se t h e r out e r ’s W e b- ba se d Con figur a t ion Ut ilit y but ca nn ot a cce ss t he I nt e r ne t . z z z z Check if t he WAN LED is ON.
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