Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual
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Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Contents TERMINOLOGY -------------------------------------------------------------------------5 1.INTRODUCTION-----------------------------------------------------------------------6 1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 1.2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------6 1.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.12Firewall - Port Filtering -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 3.3.13Firewall - IP Filtering----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 3.3.14Firewall - MAC Filtering ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 3.3.15Firewall - Port Forwarding ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 3.3.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 4.26 WHAT IS NTP CLIENT? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 4.27 WHAT is VPN? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 54 4.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Terminology 3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard AES Advanced Encryption Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute AP Access Point CCK Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server DH Diffie-Hellman Algorithm DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum EAP Extensible Authenticat
Wireless Router RNX-G40 1 User Manual Introduction The WLAN AP Router is IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN AP router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assignment and other WLAN router configuration. The description includes the implementation of the above steps. 1.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 1.3 Product Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.1 lb/g standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN. ¾ Supports bridging, routing, VPN, WISP functions between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces. ¾ Supports 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption function to protect the wireless data transmission. ¾ Supports IEEE 802. lx Authentication. ¾ Support Wi-Fi Protected Access Authentication with Radius and Pre-Shared Key mode.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 1.4 Front Panel Description 1 2 3 4 Figure 1 -WLAN AP Router Front Panel LED Indicator State Description On The WLAN AP Router is powered on. Off The WLAN AP Router is powered off. 1. POWER LED Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. 2. WLAN LED 3. LAN LED ACT (LAN 1-4) Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. On Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 1.5 Rear Panel Description 1 2 4 3 5 Figure 2 - WLAN AP Router Rear Panel (SMA Antenna) Interfaces Description 1.Antenna (SMA) The Wireless LAN Antenna.(Figure 2) 2.Reset Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults. 3.WAN The RJ-45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 cable. Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex; comply with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 2 User Manual Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step 1: Place the WLAN AP Router to the optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN AP Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations. Step 2: Prior to connecting the hardware, make sure to power off your Ethernet device, Cable/ADSL modem and Broadband Router. Then follow the steps below to connect the related devices.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 3 User Manual Software configuration The web based management and configuration functions allow you to do the step-by-step easily. The WLAN AP Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. For the first time setting, you need to use the computer which connects to the LAN port of the router to complete the first setting Directly by RJ45 cable. Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual For Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/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 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.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.2 Connect to the WLAN AP Router Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN AP Router. 3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN AP Router 3.3.1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 Item User Manual Description System Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN AP Router is powered on. Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN AP Router. Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency. SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN AP Router.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.2 Setup Wizard This page guides you to configure wireless AP router for first time Screen snapshot - Setup Wizard I Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 II User Manual Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot - Time Zone Settings III LAN Interface Setup This page is used to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot - LAN Interface Setup - 16 -
Wireless Router RNX-G40 IV User Manual WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type Screen snapshot - WAN Interface Setup V Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network Type SSID, Channel Number, Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Client) Screen snapshot — Wireless Basic Settings - 17 -
Wireless Router RNX-G40 VI User Manual Wireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security Screen snapshot - Wireless Security Setup 3.3.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description Gateway Traditional gateway configuration. It always connects internet via ADSL/Cable Modem. LAN interface, WAN interface, Wireless interface, NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode Bridge Each interface (LAN, WAN and Wireless) regards as bridge. NAT, Firewall and all router's functions are not supported Wireless ISP Switch Wireless interface to WAN port and all Ethernet ports in bridge mode.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 Item User Manual Description Disable Wireless LAN Click on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission. Interface Band Click to select 2.4GHz(B) / 2.4GHz(G) / 2.4GHz(B+G) Mode Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS wireless mode. Site Survey The Site Survey button provides tool to scan the wireless network. If any Access Point or IBSS is found, you could choose to connect it manually when client mode is enabled. Refer to 3.3.9 Site Survey.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Screen snapshot - Wireless Advanced Settings Item Description Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System, Shared Key or Auto selection. Fragment Threshold Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes. Refer to 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold? Refer to 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold? RTS Threshold Set the RTS Threshold, value can be written between 0 and 2347 bytes. Refer to 4.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 IAPP 802.1 lg Protection User Manual Click to enable or disable the IAPP function. Refer to 4.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol(IAPP)? Protect 802.1 lb user. RF Power Level Select the TX Power from 18-19dBm to 24-26dbm. ACK Timeout The Acknowledgement Timeout means from remote to local data transmission, one parameter to control both acknowledging action toguaranty those packets have already be received. Usually, for short distance, keep default setting is proposed.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 Item Encryption User Manual Description Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption method can be None, WEP, WPA(TKIP), WPA2 or WPA2 Mixed Refer to 4.9 What is WEP? 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? 4.16 What is WPA2CAES1? 4.17 What is 802. IX Authentication? 4.18 What is Temporal Kev Integrity Protocol (TKIP)? 4.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)? Use 802. lx While Encryption is selected to be WEP.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 I User Manual WEP Key Setup Screen snapshot - WEP Key Setup Item Description Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-downmenu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as "WEP2") keys. The WEP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit). Key Format Select the WEP shared secret key format from pull-down menu. The format can be chose between plant text (ASCII) and hexadecimal (HEX) code.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.7 Wireless - Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point. When this option is enabled, no wireless clients will be able to connect if the list contains no entries.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Current Access Control List It shows the registered clients that are allowed to link to this WLAN AP Router. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be access right removed from this WLAN AP Router. Delete All Click to delete all the registered clients from the access allowed list.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 I User Manual Item Description Enable WDS Click the check box to enable wireless distribution system. Refer to 4.21 What is Wireless Distribution Svstem (WDS)? MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability. Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered AP. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the AP to new configuration setting.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 II User Manual WDS AP Table This page is used to show WDS statistics Screen snapshot - WDS AP Table Item Description MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS. Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. Tx Errors It shows the statistic count of error sent packets on the Wireless LAN interface. Rx Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description SSID It shows the SSID of AP. BSSID It shows BSSID of AP. Channel It show the current channel of AP occupied. Type It show which type AP acts. Encrypt It shows the encryption status. Signal It shows the power level of current AP. Select Click to select AP or client you'd like to connect. Refresh Click the Refresh button to re-scan site survey on the screen Connect Click the Connect button to establish connection. 3.3.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN AP Router. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN AI Router. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets. DHCP Server Click to select Disabled, Client or Server in different operation mode of wireless AP router.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description Static IP Click to select Static IP support on WAN interface. There are IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done. IP Address If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the subnet mask for it.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description DHCP Client Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server. Attain DNS Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. Automatically Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected. Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Password If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Connection Type Select the connection type from pull-down menu.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 IV User Manual PPTP Screen snapshot - WAN Interface Setup – PPTP Item Description PPTP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. IP Address If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the subnet mask for it.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side. Enable WAN Echo Reply Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response. 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. Note: PPTP Gateway Your ISP will provide you with the Gateway IP Address.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 3.3.13 User Manual Firewall - IP Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Screen snapshot - Firewall - IP Filtering Item Description Enable IP Filtering Click to enable the IP filtering security function.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.14 Firewall - MAC Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 3.3.15 User Manual Firewall - Port Forwarding Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NAT firewall.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 3.3.16 User Manual Firewall - URL Filtering URL Filtering is used to restrict users to access specific websites in internet. Item Description Enable URL Filtering Click to enable the URL Filtering function. URL Address Add one URL address. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save settings. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected URL address that will be removed from the URL Filtering list.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.17 Firewall - DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network. Typically, the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic, such as Web (HTTP) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers. Screen snapshot - Firewall – DMZ Item Description Enable DMZ Click to enable the DMZ function.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.18 Management – Statistics This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless, Ethernet LAN and Ethernet WAN networks. Screen snapshot - Management – Statistics Item Description Wireless LAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. Wireless LAN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.19 Management – DDNS This page is used to configure Dynamic DNS service to have DNS with dynamic IP address. Screen snapshot - Management – DDNS Item Description Enable DDNS Click the checkbox to enable DDNS service. Refer to 4.25 What is DDNS? Service Provider Click the drop down menu to pickup the right provider. Domain Name To configure the Domain Name. User Name/Email Configure User Name, Email. Password/Key Configure Password, Key.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.20 Management - Time Zone Setting This page is used to configure NTP client to get current time. Screen snapshot - Management - Time Zone Settings Item Description Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country. Enable NTP client update Click the checkbox to enable NTP client update. Refer to 4.26 What is NTP Client? NTP Server Click select default or input NTP server IP address.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.21 Management - Log This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log. Screen snapshot - Management – Log Item Description Enable Log Wireless only System all Click the checkbox to enable log. Only show wireless log Show all log of wireless AP router Enable Remote Log Log Server IP Address Click the checkbox to enable remote log service.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 3.3.22 User Manual Management - Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version. Please note, do not power off the device during the upload because it may crash the system. Screen snapshot - Management - Upgrade Firmware Item Description Select File Click the Browse button to select the new version of web firmware image file. Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the WLAN AP Router.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.23 Management Save/ Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file that was saved previously. Besides, you could reset the current configuration to factory default. Screen snapshot - Management - Save/Reload Settings Item Description Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.24 Management - Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point. Empty user name and password will disable the protection. Screen snapshot - Management - Password Setup Item Description User Name Fill in the user name for web management login control. New Password Fill in the password for web management login control.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 3.3.26 User Manual Qos(Quality of Service) The QoS can let you classify Internet application traffic by source/destination IP address and port number. You can assign priority for each type of application and reserve bandwidth for it. The packets of applications with higher priority will always go first. Lower priority applications will get bandwidth after higher priority applications get enough bandwidth.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Edit QoS Rule: You can assign packet classification criteria by its local IP range, remote IP range parameters. The parameters that you leave as blank will be ignored. The priority of this rule will be applied to packets that match classification criteria of this rule. You can limit bandwidth consumed by packets that match this rule or guarantee bandwidth required by packets that match this rule. Item Description Rule Name The name of this rule.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 4 User Manual Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC's IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 191.168.1.254 could be an IP address.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold? The proposed protocol uses the frame fragmentation mechanism defined in IEEE 802.11 to achieve parallel transmissions. A large data frame is fragmented into several fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? Wi-Fi's original security mechanism, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), has been viewed as insufficient for securing confidential business communications. A longer-term solution, the IEEE 802.Hi standard, is under development. However, since the IEEE 802. Hi standard is not expected to be published until the end of 2003, several members of the Wi-Fi Alliance teamed up with members of the IEEE 802.
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address? Clone MAC address is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address. Since that all the clients will communicate outside world through the WLAN AP Router, so have the cloned MAC address set on the WLAN AP Router will solve the issue. 4.25 What is DDNS? DDNS is the abbreviation of Dynamic Domain Name Server.
