Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 Full manual
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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 7.3.1 WEP Encryption ....................................................................................... 30 7.3.2 802.1x only............................................................................................. 32 7.3.3 WPA Pre-shared key................................................................................. 33 7.3.4 WPA Radius...........................................................................
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 2. Introduction 2.1 Thank you Thank you for buying the Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610. 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 to the LAN port 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 6.0 or higher, or Netscape Navigator 7.2 or higher) 2.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 3. Hardware Installation 3.1 Panel Layout 3.1.1 Top panel LED Function Color Status Description POWER Power indication Green On Power is being applied to this product. The corresponding WAN or LAN port is On Link/ Modem Link Status linked. Green Blinking WLAN Wireless Activity Data Rate On Wireless LAN had been enabled Blinking Sending or receiving data via wireless.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 3.1.2 Rear Panel Port Description POWER Power inlet Modem The port where you will connect your cable (or DSL) modem or Ethernet router. Port 1-4 The ports where you will connect networked computers and other devices. To reset system settings to factory defaults, press the reset button for at least 4 seconds. Reset To reboot the device, press the reset button less than 4 seconds.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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 not be lighted for about 15 seconds, and then Power will flash 9 times to indicate that the self-test operation has finished. Finally, power will be lit continuously to indicate that this product is in normal operation.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 4 Network Settings and Software Installation To use this product correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform (Windows 2000/XP). 4.1 Make The Correct Network Settings for your PC The default IP address of this product is 192.168.0.1, and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Tip: If the IP address of this product is 192.168.0.1, the IP address of your computer must be 192.168.0.X and default gateway must be 192.168.0.1.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 5 Configuring Wireless Broadband Router This product provides a Web based configuration scheme which can be configured by your Web browser, 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 Activate your browser, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exceptions.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Note: The default IP-address for this router is: 192.168.0.1 5.2 Start-up and Log in The Status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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. 5.2.1 LAN Settings The LAN Port screen below allows you to specify a private IP address for your router’s LAN ports as well as a subnet mask for your LAN segment. Parameters Default Description IP address 192.168.0.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support your LAN clients an IP address. 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 5.2.2 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 5.2.3 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 5.2.4 DHCP Client status View your LAN client's information that is currently linked to the Broadband router's 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 5.2.5 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 situation.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 5.2.6 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 6 Run Setup Wizard You can choose between setting up the WAN port for a normal Cable or xDSL connection, or run the 3G setup and setup the USB port for use with a 3G USB modem. Follow the steps in chapter 6.1 for WAN and the steps in chapter 6.2 for 3G. 6.1 Run WAN Setup • Click Wizard to configure the router. • The Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the modem is connected and click Next.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 • 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support • Wait for about 10 seconds to allow the router to connect to the Internet. 6.2 Run 3G Setup • 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 3G Setup. Click Next.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 • Depending on your provider, you may need to enter your user name, password and PIN code in the following window. After you have entered the correct information, click Next. • Click APPLY to complete the configuration.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support • 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. • Wait for about 10 seconds to allow the router to connect to the Internet.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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 It allows you to set the AP to AP, Station, Bridge or WDS mode. Band It allows you to set the AP fix at 802.11b or 802.11g mode. You also can select B+G mode to allow the AP select 802.11b and 802.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Set Security Click the “Set Security” button, then a “WDS Security Settings” will pop up. You can set the security parameters used to bridge access points together here when your AP is in AP Bridge modes.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 7.2 Advanced Wireless Settings You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The parameters include 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 this 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 enable “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located within the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 7.3 Wireless Security Options This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN security functions, include 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. 7.3.1 WEP Encryption When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support in the "Default key" will take effect. Key1 - Key4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the rules below. 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 5-digit ASCII character as the encryption keys.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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 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 broken by hackers. This can improve security very much.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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. This can improve security very much. Parameters Description WPA (TKIP) TKIP can change the encryption key frequently to enhance the wireless LAN security.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 7.4 Access Control This wireless router provides MAC Address Control, which prevents the unauthorized MAC Addresses from accessing your wireless network. Parameters Description Enable wireless access control Enable wireless access control Add MAC address into the list Fill in the "MAC Address" and "Comment" of the wireless station to be added and then click "Add".
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 8 Firewall Settings The Broadband router provides extensive firewall protection by restricting connection parameters, thus limiting the risk of hacker attack, 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 8.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Parameters Description Enable DMZ Enable/disable DMZ Note: If there is a conflict between the Virtual Server and the DMZ setting, then Virtual Server function will have priority over the DMZ function.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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 Protection the router from Port Scan.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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". If you want to remove all PCs from the table, just click the "Delete All" button.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 8.4 URL Block You can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keyword 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed IP address for Port Forwarding to work properly. 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Public Port Enter the service (service/Internet application) port number from the 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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. Trigger Port This is the out going (Outbound) range of port numbers for this particular application.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 9.4 ALG Settings You can select applications that need “Application Layer Gateway” to support. Parameters Description Enable You can select to enable “Application Layer Gateway”, then the router will let that application correctly pass though the NAT gateway.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 9.5 UPnP Settings With UPnP, all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically. So you do not have to do any configuration for your PC and can access the Internet through this router easily. Parameters UPnP Feature Default Disable Description You can Enable or Disable UPnP feature here.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 9.6 QoS 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support added into the table. Remove QoS rules from the table If you want to remove some 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 "Delete All" button. Click "Reset" will clear your current selections.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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. The two numbers are separated by a dash “-“, for example “101-150” means from port number 100 to port number 150 – the range of 50 port numbers. Traffic Type Select the traffic type of the packets that this rule will apply to. We list some popular applications here to ease the configuration.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 10 Toolbox You can change the password required to log into the broadband router's system web-based management. By default, there is no password. So please assign a password to the Administrator as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 Port The port number of 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 10.4 Backup Settings The Backup screen allows you to save (Backup) the router’s current configuration setting. Saving the configuration settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur with the router and you have to reset to factory default. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved configuration into the router through the Restore selection.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 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.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 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.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router IP device needs to configure a default gateway’s IP address. When the device sends out an IP packet, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to its default gateway, which will then send it out towards the destination. DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol automatically gives every computer on your home network an IP address.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support When both are represented side by side in their binary forms, all bits in the IP address that correspond to 1’s in the network mask become part of the IP network address, and the remaining bits correspond to the host ID. For example, if the IP address for a device is, in its binary form, 11011001.10110000.10010000.00000111, and if its network mask is, 11111111.11111111.11110000.
Sitecom Wireless Network UMTS Router 54G WL-610 FTP TCP 21 SMTP TCP 25 POP3 TCP 110 H.323 TCP 1720 SNMP UCP 161 SNMP Trap UDP 162 HTTP TCP 80 PPTP TCP 1723 PC Anywhere TCP 5631 PC Anywhere UDP 5632 PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. Point-to-Point Protocol is a secure data transmission method originally created for dial-up connections; PPPoE is for Ethernet connections. PPPoE relies on two widely accepted standards, Ethernet and the Point-to-Point Protocol.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support on top of the IP (Internet Protocol), a network layer protocol. WAN: Wide Area Network. A network that connects computers located in geographically separate areas (e.g. different buildings, cities, countries). The Internet is a wide area network. Web-based management Graphical User Interface (GUI): Many devices support a graphical user interface that is based on the web browser.
