User Manual

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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................5
1.1 F EATURES & B ENEFITS ...........................................................................................................5
1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ...............................................................................................................6
1.3 W IRELESS SOHO R OUTER D ESCRIPTION ................................................................................6
1.4 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS .........................................................................................................7
1.5 A PPLICATIONS .........................................................................................................................7
1.6 N ETWORK C ONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................8
a) Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode..........................................................................................................................8
b) Infrastructure Mode........................................................................................................................................8
2 UNDERSTANDING THE HARDWARE...........................................................................................9
2.1 H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION .....................................................................................................9
2.2 IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .................................................................................................9
3 WEB CONFIGURATION.................................................................................................................10
3.1 L OGGING I N ...........................................................................................................................10
3.2 M ANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................................11
3.2.1 S TATUS .................................................................................................................................11
3.2.2 S TATISTICS ............................................................................................................................13
3.2.3 D YNAMIC DNS .....................................................................................................................13
3.2.4 T IME Z ONE S ETTING .............................................................................................................14
3.2.5 D ENIAL OF S ERVICE (D O S) ...................................................................................................15
3.2.6 L OG .......................................................................................................................................16
3.2.7 U PGRADE F IRMWARE ............................................................................................................17
3.2.8 S AVE C ONFIGURATION TO A F ILE ..........................................................................................17
3.2.9 R ESTORE THE C ONFIGURATION FROM A F ILE ........................................................................18
3.2.10 R ESTORE S ETTINGS TO F ACTORY D EFAULTS ........................................................................18
3.2.11 A DMINISTRATOR S ETTINGS ...................................................................................................19
3.3 TCP/ IP S ETTINGS .................................................................................................................19
3.3.1 LAN S ETTINGS – S TATIC IP..................................................................................................20
3.3.2 LAN S ETTINGS – DHCP C LIENT ...........................................................................................21
3.3.3 LAN S ETTINGS – DHCP S ERVER ..........................................................................................22
3.3.4 WAN S ETTINGS – S TATIC IP.................................................................................................23
3.3.5 WAN S ETTINGS – DHCP C LIENT .........................................................................................24
3.3.6 WAN S ETTINGS – PPP O E .....................................................................................................25
3.3.7 WAN S ETTINGS – PPTP........................................................................................................26
3.4 W IRELESS ..............................................................................................................................28
3.4.1 W IRELESS B ASIC S ETTINGS ...................................................................................................28
3.4.2 W IRELESS A DVANCED S ETTINGS ..........................................................................................29
3.4.3 W IRELESS S ECURITY .............................................................................................................31
3.4.3.1 W IRELESS S ECURITY - D ISABLED ..........................................................................................31
3.4.4 W IRELESS S ECURITY - WEP..................................................................................................31
3.4.5 W IRELESS S ECURITY – WPA / WPA2-M IXED .......................................................................33
3.4.6 W IRELESS A CCESS C ONTROL ................................................................................................34
3.4.7 WDS (W IRELESS D ISTRIBUTION S YSTEM )............................................................................35
3.4.7.1 WDS S ECURITY ....................................................................................................................36
3.4.7.1.1 WDS S ECURITY - N ONE ........................................................................................................36
3.4.7.1.2 WDS S ECURITY – WEP 64/128 ............................................................................................36
3.4.7.1.3 WDS S ECURITY – WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES)....................................................................37
3.5 F IREWALL .............................................................................................................................39
3.5.1 P ORT F ILTERING ....................................................................................................................39
3.5.2 IP F ILTERING .........................................................................................................................40
3.5.3 MAC F ILTERING ...................................................................................................................41