Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 Full manual
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 1. Table of Contents 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................... 2 2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 4 2.1 THANK YOU .......................................................................................................4 2.2 FEATURES ...............................................................................
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 7.4 ACCESS CONTROL.............................................................................................. 32 7.5 WPS FUNCTION ................................................................................................ 33 8 FIREWALL SETTINGS ...................................................................................... 35 8.1 DMZ............................................................................
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 2. Introduction 2.1 Thank you Thank you for buying the Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183. This Wireless Broadband Router is a cost-effective IP Sharing Router that enables multiple users to share the Internet through an ADSL or cable modem. Simply configure your Internet connection settings in the Wireless Broadband Router and connect your PC’s to the LAN ports and you're ready to share files and access the Internet.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 2.3 Minimum Requirements • One External xDSL (ADSL) or Cable modem with an Ethernet port (RJ-45) • Network Interface Card (NIC) for each Personal Computer (PC) • PCs with a Web-Browser (Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or Netscape Navigator 7.2 or higher) 2.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 3. Hardware Installation 3.1 Panel Layout 3.1.1 Top & frontpanel LED Function Color Status Description POWER Power indication Green On Power is connected. The corresponding WAN or LAN port is On Link/ Modem Link Status linked. Green Blinking WLAN Wireless Activity Data Rate sending or receiving data. On Wireless LAN has been enabled Blinking Sending or receiving data via wireless.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Port Description POWER Power inlet WAN The port to connect with your ADSL/Cable Ethernet modem. Port 1-4 The ports where you can connect networked computers and other devices. Reset To reset the system settings to factory defaults, press the reset button for at least 10 seconds. 3.1.2 Rear Panel Port Description WPS For setting up an automated, secure wireless connection, press this button for 2 seconds.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 3.2 Procedure for Hardware Installation 3.2.1 Decide where to place your Wireless Broadband Router You can place your Wireless Broadband Router on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your Wireless Broadband Router in the center of your office (or your home) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Power adapter 4 connections for wired PCs Connection for your modem Reset button Figure 2-3 Setup of LAN and WAN connections for this product. 3.2.3 Setup WAN connection Use a Ethernet cable to connect the WAN port to your ADSL/Cable modem. Figure 2-3 illustrates the WAN connection. 3.2.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 4 Network Settings and Software Installation 4.1 Windows 2000/XP 1. Go to START > Configuration screen > (Network and Internet connections >) Network connections. 2. Click on your network connection with the right hand mouse button and select ‘Properties’. 3. Click on ‘Internetprotocol (TCP/IP)’, and click on the button ‘Properties’. 4. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’. 5. Click on OK, then on Close, and restart your PC. 4.2 Windows Vista 1.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 5 Configuring Wireless Broadband Router This router uses a easy-setup web-interface which can be opened through your webbrowser, such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms. 5.1 Start-up and Log in 1. Start your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer). 2. Type in de address bar: http://192.168.0.1, and press [Enter]. 3.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 The Status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the Status page to monitor; the connection status of the Broadband router's WAN/LAN interfaces, the current firmware and hardware version numbers, any illegal attempts to access your network, and information on all DHCP client PCs currently connected to your network.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 5.1.1 LAN Settings The LAN Tabs shows all the available LAN settings which can be altered. Parameters Default Description IP address 192.168.0.1 This is the router’s LAN IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address) IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment 802.1d Spanning Tree Disabled If 802.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 Lease Time Forever In the Lease Time setting you can specify the time period that the DHCP lends an IP address to your LAN clients. The DHCP will change your LAN client’s IP address when this time threshold period is reached. IP Address Pool You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients. Note: By default the IP range is from: Start IP 192.168.0.100 to End IP 192.168.0.199.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 5.1.2 Device Status View the Broadband router’s current configuration settings. The Device Status displays the configuration settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wireless Settings section. Parameters Description Device Status This page displays the Broadband router LAN port’s current LAN IP Address and Subnet Mask. It also shows whether the DHCP Server function is enabled/disabled.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 5.1.3 Internet Status View the Broadband router’s current Internet connection status and other related information. Parameters Description Internet Connection This page displays whether the WAN port is connected to a Cable/DSL connection. It also displays the router’s WAN port: WAN IP address, Subnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as well as the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS being used.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 5.1.4 DHCP Client status View the current LAN clients which are assigned with an ip-address by the DHCP-server. Parameters Description Active DHCP Client This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The “Active DHCP Client Table” displays the IP address and the MAC address and Time Expired of each LAN Client. Use the Refresh button to update the available information.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 5.1.5 System Log View the operation log of the system. Parameters System Log Description This page shows the current system log of the Broadband router. It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the system log can be saved to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared or it can be refreshed to get the most updated information.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 5.1.6 Statistic View the statistics of packets sent and received on WAN, LAN and Wireless LAN. Parameters Description Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and received on WAN, LAN and Wireless LAN.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 6 Run Setup Wizard • Click Wizard to configure the router. • The Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the modem is connected and click Next. • Select your country from the Country list. • From Service, select your internet provider. Click Next.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support • Depending on the chosen provider, you may need to enter your user name and password, MAC address or hostname in the following window. After you have entered the correct information, click Next. • Click APPLY to complete the configuration. • The router will now save the settings and restart, please wait 60 seconds and you will be transferred back to the status window. The configuration is complete.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 7 Wireless Settings 7.1 Wireless Basic Settings You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router. The parameters include Mode, ESSID, Channel Number and Associated Client. Parameters Description Mode Allows you to set the AP to AP, Station, Bridge or WDS mode. Band Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b or 802.11g mode. You can also select B+G mode to allow 80211b and 802.11g clients at the same time.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support will become a part of the network. Set Security Click the “Set Security” button, an “WDS Security Settings” will pop up. You can set the security parameters used to bridge access points together when your AP is set to any of the bridge-modes.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 7.2 Advanced Wireless Settings This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. The options included are; Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Preamble Type. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on the router. Parameters Description Authentication Type There are two authentication types: "Open System" and "Shared Key".
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support transmission rate to transmit the data packets. Preamble Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN performance. Broadcast ESSID If you enabled “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located within the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 7.3 Wireless Security Options This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN security functions, included are WEP, IEEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11x with WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With these security functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access. Please make sure your wireless stations uses the same security function, and is setup with the same security key! 7.3.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support For example: ASCII Characters: guest Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde Default Key Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Only the key that you select it in the "Default key" will be used to secure the wireless signal. Key1 - Key4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Use the following rules to setup a WEP key on the device.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 7.3.2 802.1x only IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Point before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates users by IEEE 802.1x, but it does not encrypt the data during communication. Parameters Description RADIUS Server IP address The IP address of the external RADIUS server.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 7.3.3 WPA Pre-shared key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be cracked by hackers. This is the best security available.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 described below to setup the wepkey. Hex WEP: input 64-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) or at least 8 character if you select passphrase.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 7.3.4 WPA Radius Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use an external RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently. Parameters Description WPA(TKIP) TKIP can change the encryption key frequently to enhance the wireless LAN security.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 7.4 Access Control This wireless router supports MAC Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from accessing your wireless network. Parameters Description Enable wireless access control Enables the wireless access control function Adding an address into the list Enter the "MAC Address" and "Comment" of the wireless station to be added and then click "Add".
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 7.5 WPS Function Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to establish a connection between the wireless clients and the wireless router. You don’t have to select the encryption mode and fill -in a long encryption passphrase every time when you try to setup a wireless connection. You only need to press a button on both wireless client and wireless router, and the WPS will do the rest for you.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 Self Pin Code This is the WPS PIN code of the wireless router. You may need this information when connecting to other WPS-enabled wireless devices. SSID This is the networkname (SSID) of the router. Authentication Mode It shows the active authentication mode for the wireless connection. Passphrase Key It shows the passphrase key that is randomly generated by the wireless router during the WPS process.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 8 Firewall Settings The Broadband router provides extensive firewall protection by restricting connection parameters, thus limiting the risk of hacker attacks, and defending against a wide array of common Internet attacks. However, for applications that require unrestricted access to the Internet, you can configure a specific client/server as a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 Parameters Description Enable DMZ Enable/disable DMZ Note: If there is a conflict between the Virtual Server and the DMZ setting, then the Virtual Server function will have priority over the DMZ function.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 8.2 DoS Attack The Broadband router's firewall can block common hacker attacks, including Denial of Service, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events. Parameters Description Ping of Death Protections from Ping of Death attack Discard Ping From WAN The router’s WAN port will not respond to any Ping requests Port Scan Protects the router from Port Scans.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 8.3 Access Control If you want to restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.), then this is the place to set that configuration. Access Control allows users to define the traffic type permitted in your LAN. You can control which PC client can have access to these services.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enable MAC Filtering” to enable MAC Filtering. Add PC Fill in “Client PC MAC Address” and “Comment” of the PC that is allowed to access the Internet, and then click “Add”. If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype again, just click "Reset" and the fields will be cleared.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 8.4 URL Block You can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keywords of the Web site. Parameters Description Enable URL Blocking Enable/disable URL Blocking Add URL Keyword Fill in “URL/Keyword” and then click “Add”. You can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the web site you want to block.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 9 Advanced Settings Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses. NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key services such as Websites and FTP. Select Disable to disable the NAT function.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 Type This is the protocol type to be forwarded. You can choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP” packets only, or select “both” to forward both “TCP” and “UDP” packets. Port Range The range of ports to be forward to the private IP. Comment The description of this setting. Add Port Forwarding Fill in the "Private IP", “Type”, “Port Range” and "Comment" of the setting to be added and then click "Add".
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 9.2 Virtual Server Use the Virtual Server function when you want different servers/clients in your LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP, Web server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers called port numbers to recognize a particular service/Internet application type.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 Internet that will be re-directed to the above Private IP address host in your LAN Note: Virtual Server function will have priority over the DMZ function if there is a conflict between the Virtual Server and the DMZ settings. Comment The description of this setting. Add Virtual Server Fill in the "Private IP", "Private Port", "Type", “Public Port” and "Comment" of the setting to be added and then click "Add".
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 9.3 Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications. Parameters Description Enable Trigger Port Enable the Special Application function.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 Popular applications This section lists the more popular applications that require multiple connections. Select an application from the Popular Applications selection. Once you have selected an application, select a location (1-10) in the Copy to selection box and then click the Copy to button. This will automatically list the Public Ports required for this popular application in the location (1-10) you’d specified.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 9.4 ALG Settings You can select applications that need “Application Layer Gateway” support. Parameters Description Enable You can select enable “Application Layer Gateway”, then the router will let the selected application to correctly pass through the NAT gateway.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 9.5 UPnP Settings With UPnP, all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically. So you don’t have to configure your PC and it can Easily access the Internet through this router. Parameters UPnP Feature Default Disable Description You can Enable or Disable the UPnP feature here.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 9.6 QoS 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 disable QoS function for the WAN port. Add a QoS rule into the table Click “Add” then enter a form of the QoS rule. Click “Apply” after filling out the form the rule will be added into the table. Remove QoS rules from the table If you want to remove QoS rules from the table, select the QoS rules you want to remove in the table and then click "Delete Selected". If you want remove all QoS rules from the table, just click the "Delete All" button.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support addresses: 192.168.2.3, 192.168.2.4 and 192.168.2.5 Remote Port Range Enter the remote port range of the packets that this rule will apply to. You can assign a single port number here or assign a range of port numbers by assigning the first port number and the last port number of the range.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 10 Toolbox You can change the password required to log into the broadband router's system web-based management. By default, the password is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive. Parameters Description Current Password Fill in the current password to allow changing to a new password.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 10.1 Timezone The Time Zone allows your router to reference or base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Log entries and Firewall settings. Parameter Description Set Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The router will set its time based on your selection. Time Server Address The router default the “Time Server Address” is “192.43.244.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 10.2 Remote Management The remote management function allows you to designate a host in the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband router from a remote site. Enter the designated host IP Address in the Host IP Address field. Parameters Description Host Address This is the IP address of the host in the Internet that will have management/configuration access to the Broadband router from a remote site. If the Host Address is left 0.0.0.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Port The port number of the remote management web interface. Enabled Select “Enabled” to enable the remote management function. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other sections by choosing Continue, or choose Apply to apply the settings and reboot the device.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 10.3 Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware. Parameters Description Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade the Broadband router’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your Broadband router, you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page. You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 10.4 Backup Settings The Backup screen allows you to save (Backup) the router’s current configuration settings. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved configuration into the router through the Restore selection. If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to Factory Defaults selection, this will set all configurations to its original default settings (e.g.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 10.5 Reset (restart) the router You can reset the router’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially re-boots your router’s system. Note: Your settings will NOT be changed by the system-reboot.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 10.6 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service providers. This router supports DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS service providers.
Sitecom Wireless Network Broadband Router 300N WL-183 Appendix A How to manually find your PC’s IP and MAC address 1) In Window’s open the Command Prompt program 2) Type ipconfig /all and • Your PC’s IP address is the one entitled IP address (e.g. 192.168.0.100) • The router’s IP address is the one entitled Default Gateway (e.g. 192.168.0.1) • Your PC’s MAC Address is the one entitled Physical Address (e.g.
