WL-346 Wireless Broadband modem/router 150N (ADSL2+, 802.11B/G/N draft 2.0) User Manual Version: 1.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1KEY FEATURES...................................................................................................................................4 2PACKAGE CONTENTS......................................................................................................................5 3PRODUCT LAYOUT............................................................................................................................6 4NETWORK + SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.....................................
Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the WL-346 Wireless Network Broadband modem/Router. The WL-346 is compliant with draft 802.11n v2.0 and up to 6 times faster than standard 802.11g based routers while still being compatible with 802.11g & 802.11b gadgets. The WL-346 is not only a Modem or Wireless Access Point, but also doubles as a 4-port full-duplex Switch that connects your wired-Ethernet devices together at.
1 Key Features Features Advantages Incredible Data Rate up to Heavy data payloads such as 150Mbps** MPEG video streaming IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 Compliant Fully Interoperable with IEEE and backward compatible with 802.11b / IEEE802.11g 802.11b/g compliant devices with legacy protection Four 10/100 Mbps Fast Switch Ports Scalability, extend your network.
2 Package Contents Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped back in its original package. 1. WL-346 modem/router 2. 220V ~ 240V Power Adapter 3. Quick Install Guide 4. CD (User’s Manual) 5. Warranty card 6.
3 Product Layout Power connector Modem connection Reset button LAN / computer connections Port ADSL Description Connect your telephone/ADSL cable this port Connect the cable from your PC’s or network LAN Power connector devices to this port Blinks on traffic for specific LAN PORT 6
Front panel The front panel describes the corresponding LED indications and port functionality. LED POWER Description Lights up when powered ON. Blinks Wan on TEST/RESET Lights up when an ADSL cable is Online connected. Lights up when internet connection is WLAN UP. Lights up in Blue when WLAN is WPS Lan1 - Lan4 enabled. Blinks on traffic Blinks when WPS mode is on When a lan cable is connected the corresponding light lights up.
Network + System Requirements 4 To begin using the WL-346, make sure you meet the following as minimum requirements: 5 • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – Microsoft Windows XP/2000/VISTA • 1 Free Ethernet port. • Wi-Fi card/USB dongle (802.11 b/g/n) – optional. • Annex A, ADSL internet connection. • PC with a Web-Browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Opera) • Ethernet compatible CAT5 cables.
6 Setup LAN, WAN Modem connection LAN / computer connections 9
7 PC Network Adapter setup (Windows XP) • Enter [Start Menu] select [Control panel] select [Network].
• Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties]. • Select the [General] tab. a. WL-346 supports [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].
8 Bringing up the WL-346 Connect the supplied power-adapter to the power inlet port and connect it to a wall outlet. The WL-346 automatically enters the self-test phase. During self-test phase, the Power LED will blink briefly, and then will be lit continuously to indicate that this product is in normal operation. 9 Initial Setup WL-346 LOGIN procedure 2. OPEN your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer).
3. Type http://192.168.0.
4. Type user name and password (default is admin/admin). 4. Click OK. 5. You will see the home page of the WL-346. The System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router: the UP time, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware version information is displayed here.
LAN settings The LAN tab gives you the opportunity to change the IP settings of the WL346. Click at the bottom of this screen to save any changes. IP address 192.168.0.1. It 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 is Disabled by default. If the 802.1d Spanning Tree function is enabled, this router will use the spanning tree protocol to prevent network loops.
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: default IP range 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.199.
Device Status View the Broadband modem/router’s current configuration settings. Device Status displays the configuration settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wireless Settings section.
Internet Status This page displays whether the ADSL port is connected to an ADSL service provider. It also displays the router’s WAN IP address, Subnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as well as MAC address, the Primary DNS. Press Renew button to renew your WAN IP address.
ADSL Status This page shows the current operation mode, status of your ADSL connection, the data rate and the quality of your ADSL link. Operation mode allows manual selection of the ADSL mode.
DHCP Client Status DHCP This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The table shows the assigned IP address, MAC address and expiration time for each DHCP leased client. Use the Refresh button to update the available information.
WL-346 Log View the operation log of the WL-346. This page shows the current system log of the Broadband modem/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. When the system is powered down, the system log will disappear if not saved to a local file.
10 Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to configure the modem. The Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the adsl line is connected and click Next. Select your country from the Country list. Select your internet provider. Click Next.
Depending on the chosen provider, you may need to enter your user name and password or hostname in the following window. After you have entered the correct information, click Next. Click APPLY to complete the configuration.
11 Wireless 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. Wireless Function Enable or Disable Wireless function here. Click Apply and wait for module to be ready & loaded.
Basic Settings Band Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b or 802.11g mode. You can also select B+G+N mode to allow 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n clients at the same time. ESSID This is the name of the wireless signal which is broadcasted. All the devices in the same wireless LAN should have the same ESSID. Channel Number The channel used by the wireless LAN. All devices in the same wireless LAN should use the same channel.
Advanced Settings This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. The options included are Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, and Preamble Type. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on the router. Fragment Threshold "Fragment Threshold" specifies the maximum size of a packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance.
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. If you are building a public wireless network, enabling this feature is recommended. Disabling “Broadcast ESSID” can provide better security.
Security 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 use the same security function, and are setup with the same security key. Disable When you choose to disable encryption, it is very insecure to operate the WL346.
WEP When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four WEP keys and select one of them as a default key. Then the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys. Key Length You can select the WEP key length for encryption, 64-bit or 128bit. The larger the key will be the higher level of security is used, but the throughput will be lower.
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. 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.
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. Press Apply button when you are done.
ACL This wireless router supports MAC Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from accessing your wireless network. Enable wireless access control Enables the wireless access control function Adding an address into the list Enter the "MAC Address” of the wireless station to be added and then click "Apply". The wireless station will now be added. If you are having any difficulties filling in the fields, just clear the MAC Address.
WPS 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 WPS will do the rest for you. The wireless router supports two types of WPS: WPS via Push Button and WPS via PIN code.
WPS Current Status If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll see a ‘Configured’ message here. Otherwise, you’ll see ‘UnConfigured’. 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 network broadcast name (SSID) of the router. Authentication Mode It shows the active authentication mode for the wireless connection.
12 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). Note: To enable the Firewall settings select Enable and click Apply.
DMZ If you have a client PC that cannot run an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NAT firewall, then you can open up the firewall restrictions to unrestricted two-way Internet access by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all packets going to your WAN port IP address to a particular IP address in your LAN. The difference between the virtual server and the DMZ function is that the virtual server re-directs a particular service/Internet application (e.g.
Denial of Service (DoS) 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. SPI and Anti-Dos firewall protection blocks basic hacker attacks (DOS, Sync flood, port scan) RIP defect Discard Ping to WAN interface The router’s WAN port will not respond to any Ping requests Stateful packet inspection allows the user to manually determine which packets should be scanned.
Access You can restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.). 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. Deny If you select “Deny” then all clients will be allowed to access Internet accept for the clients in the list below. Allow If you select “Allow” then all clients will be denied to access Internet accept for the PCs in the list below.
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. Remove PC If you want to remove some PC from the "MAC Filtering Table", select the PC you want to remove in the table and then click "Delete Selected".
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. 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.
13 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.
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. The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a particular service port number (from the Internet/WAN Port) to a particular LAN private IP address and its service port number.
service (service/Internet application) port number from the Internet that will be re-directed to the above Private IP address host in your LAN 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". Then this Virtual Server setting will be added into the "Current Virtual Server Table" below.
Special application 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. Enable Trigger Port Enable the Special Application function. Trigger Port This is the out going (Outbound) range of port numbers for this particular application. Trigger Type Select whether the outbound port protocol is “TCP”, “UDP” or both.
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 specified.
UPNP 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. UPnP Feature You can enable or Disable the UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without having to configure anything.
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. This can let you have a better experience in using critical real time services like Internet phone, video conference …etc.
Edit a QoS rule Select the rule you want to edit and click “Edit”, then enter the detail form of the QoS rule. Click “Apply” after editing the form and the rule will be saved. Adjust QoS rule priority You can select the rule and click “Move Up” to make its priority higher. You also can select the rule and click “Move Down” to make its priority lower.
Routing These screens define routing related parameters, including static routes and RIP (Routing Information Protocol) parameters. Routing Table Flags Indicates the route status: C = Direct connection on the same subnet. S = Static route. R = RIP (Routing Information Protocol) assigned route. I = ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) Redirect route. Static Route Click Add to add a new static route to the list, or check the box of an already entered route and click Modify.
Disable: RIP disabled on this interface. Enable: RIP enabled on this interface. Silent: Listens for route broadcasts and updates its route table. It does not participate in sending route broadcasts. Version Sets the RIP (Routing Information Protocol) version to use on this interface.
SNMP Use the SNMP configuration screen to display and modify parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP operation mode To select the SNMP modes for this device. Community A computer attached to the network, called a Network Management Station (NMS), can be used to access this information.
are controlled by community strings. To communicate with the Router, the NMS must first submit a valid community string for authentication. Note: Up to five community names may be entered. Trap Specify the IP address of the NMS to notify when a significant event is detected by the agent. When a trap condition occurs, the SNMP agent sends an SNMP trap message to any NMS specified as a trap receiver. IP Address Traps are sent to this address when errors or specific events occur on the network.
14 TOOLBOX Settings Password change options 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. Current Password Fill in the current password to allow changing to a new password.
Time Zone The Time Zone allows your router to base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Log entries and Firewall settings. 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 You can set an NTP server address. Enable Daylight Savings The router can also take Daylight savings into account.
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. 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.
Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware. 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.
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. when you first purchased the router).
Reset You can reset the router’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially re-boots your router’s system.
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.
