WLR-9000 User Manual
Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................ 3 Package Contents ..................................................................................................... 5 Cautions ................................................................................................................ 6 Product Layout.........................................................................................................
Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the AC1900 WiFi Router. This router is compliant with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac and up to 6 times faster than standard 802.11n based routers while still being compatible with 802.11g & 802.11b devices. This router is not only a Wireless Access Point, but also doubles as a 4-port full-duplex Gigabit switch that connects your wired-Ethernet devices together at 10/100/1000 Mbps speeds. At 600Mbps wireless transmission rate on 2.
Key Features Features Incredible Data Rate up to 1300Mbps* IEEE 802.11n Compliant and backwards compatible with 802.11b/g/n Four 10/100/1000 Mbps gigabit Switch Ports (Auto-Crossover) Firewall supports Virtual Server Mapping, DMZ, IP Filter, ICMP Blocking, SPI Support 802.1x authenticator, 802.11i (WPA/WPA2, AES), VPN pass-through USB Ports Advantages Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g, IEEE 802.
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.
Cautions This router’s design and manufacturer has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this router, please read the following before usage. Usage Cautions The user should not modify this router. The environmental temperature should be within +5 ~ +35 degrees Celsius. Power The router’s power voltage is DC 12V 1.5A. When using this router, please connect the supplied AC adapter or AC adapter cable to the router’s power jack.
Product Layout Port Description Power connector Connect the 12V DC adapter to this port LAN (Black) Connect your PCs or network devices to these ports WAN (Grey) Connect your ADSL/Cable modem to this port USB Port Connect a USB device to this port
Backlabel and Network Details Folder The Network Details Folder describes the IP address, login details, network name, security code and OPS button functionality. Button Description OPS Button Press 2 seconds for WPS/OPS mode Reset Push a pin in the reset hole to reset to factory defaults.
LED Definition As shown from the top to the bottom. LED Description Power Shows the device is turned on. Internet Shows the device is connected to the internet. LAN Shows the cable is connected. LAN Shows the cable is connected. LAN Shows the cable is connected. LAN Shows the cable is connected. USB1 Shows a device is connected to the USB port. USB2 Shows a device is connected to the USB port. 2.4GHz WiFi Shows 2.4GHz WiFi activity. 5GHz WiFi Shows 5GHz WiFi activity.
Network + System Requirements To begin using the router, make sure you meet the following as minimum requirements: Network Requirements An Ethernet-based broadband modem Computer with the following: - Web-based Configuration - Windows®, Macintosh, or Linux-based operating system An installed Ethernet adapter or wireless adapter Supported Browsers: Internet Explorer 9 or higher Firefox Safari 4 or higher Chrome
Setup your Router You can place the router on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your router in the center of your home (or your office) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven. This location must be close to a power connection and your ADSL/Cable modem. Connect the supplied power-adapter to the power inlet port and connect it to a wall outlet.
Setup your Computer Windows, Manual Connection Click on the icon for wireless connectivity. This is usually located in the System Tray, next to the clock. Select the Sitecom network. The correct network name can be found on the sticker on bottom of the router, or in the Network Details Folder. Fill in the password for the wireless network. The correct password can be found on the sticker on the bottom of the router, or in the Network Details Folder.
Windows, OPS Connection Click on the icon for wireless connectivity. This is usually located in the System Tray, next to the clock. Select the Sitecom network. The correct network name can be found on the sticker on bottom of the router, or in the Network Details Folder. Push the OPS Button on the router. For 2.4GHz, press 0-5 seconds. For 5GHz, press 5-10 seconds. Wait for the icon to display that it’s connected to the network.
Mac OSX Click on the icon for wireless connectivity. This is usually located in the System Tray, next to the clock. Select the Sitecom network. The correct network name can be found on the sticker on bottom of the router, or in the Network Details Folder. Fill in the password for the wireless network. The correct password can be found on the sticker on the bottom of the router, or in the Network Details Folder. Wait for the icon to display that it’s connected to the network.
Login to your Router LOGIN procedure • OPEN your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer). • Type http://sitecom.router in the address bar and press [Enter]. • Type user name and password. The default username is admin, the password can be found on the back label on the bottom of your router. • • Click OK. You will see the home page of the AC1900 WiFi Router.
Configure your Internet connection From the menu, select “Internet Settings”. Depending on the chosen setting, 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 Apply.
IPv6 Configuration The IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) section is where you configure your IPv6 Connection type. IPv6 Connection Type There are several connection types to choose from: Static IPv6, Autoconfiguration, 6RD and Link-local only. If you are unsure of your connection method, please contact your IPv6 Internet Service Provider. Static IPv6 Mode This mode is used when your ISP provides you with a set IPv6 addresses that does not change.
6RD Mode In the 6RD mode, no additional configuration is necessary. Link-local Mode The Link-local address is used by nodes and routers when communicating with neighboring nodes on the same link. This mode enables IPv6-capable devices to communicate with each other on the LAN side.
Configure your Router Status The System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router, the UP time, hardware information and serial number as well as firmware version information is displayed here.
DHCP Server The DHCP Server tab gives you the opportunity to change the IP settings of the router. Click Apply 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: Disabled by default. If the 802.
Device Status View the router’s current configuration settings. Device Status displays the configuration settings you’ve configured in the Internet Settings and WiFi Settings sections.
DHCP Client Status 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. You can check “Enable Static DHCP IP”. It is possible to add more static DHCP IPs. They are listed in the table Current Static DHCP Table. IP can be deleted at will from the table. Click Apply to save the changed configuration.
Log View the operation log of the router. This page shows the current system log of the router. It displays any event that occurred during or 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.
Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and received on WAN, LAN & WLAN.
Wireless Settings You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router for the 2.4 GHz radio or 5 GHz radio. 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.
• • • • Band: Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b or 802.11g mode. You can also select B+G mode to allow 802.11b and 802.11g clients at the same time. For the 5GHz mode you can set 802.11a, 802.11n, 802.11a/n or 802.11ac mode. Guest Network: Enable this to activate the Guest Network. Devices connected to the Guest network will have Internet connection but no access to the main network and cannot communicate with each other SSID: This is the name of the wireless signal which is broadcasted.
Guest Network • • • • • Guest IP address: The gateway address for the Guest Network. This address cannot be the same as the default router’s IP Address. Guest Subnet Mask: The Subnet Mask for the Guest network. This address cannot be the same as the default router’s Subnet Mask. Guest Lease Time: One Week. In the Lease Time setting you can specify the time period that the DHCP lends an IP address to your LAN clients.
Advanced Settings This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. The options included are, 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.
Security This router 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 use the router. Enable 802.1x Authentication IEEE 802.
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 128-bit. The larger the key will be the higher level of security is used, but the throughput will be lower.
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. WPA-Radius Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard.
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" and "Comment" of the wireless station to be added and then click "Add". The wireless station will now be added into the "Current Access Control List" below.
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 via PIN: You can fill-in the PIN code of the wireless device and press the button to start the WPS process. The router will wait for the WPS request from the wireless device within 2 minutes.
Firewall Settings The 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).
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. Ping of Death: Protection from Ping of Death attacks Discard Ping From WAN: The router’s WAN port will not respond to any Ping requests Port Scan: Protects the router from Port Scans. Sync Flood: Protects the router from Sync Flood attack.
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.
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.
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. NAT: Select Disable to disable the NAT function. Hardware Accelerator: Select Enable to use hardware acceleration for routing.
Port Forwarding Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Port) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host servers behind the router NAT firewall. Enable Port Forwarding: Enable Port Forwarding Local IP: This is the private IP of the server behind the NAT firewall. Type: This is the protocol type to be forwarded.
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.
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. Enable Trigger Port: Enable the Special Application function. Trigger Port: This is the outgoing (Outbound) range of port numbers for this particular application.
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 and newer, 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.
USB port You can use the USB port in a Samba server for filesharing in your home network. Server name: Enter a name for the network share. Workgroup: If you wish to add the share to your workgroup enter the workgroup name here. Description: Enter a desired description for the share. Administrator: Enter a desired username for access to the share.
Toolbox Settings Password You can change the password required to log into the router's system web-based management. 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. New Password: Enter your new password. Confirmed Password: Enter your new password again for verification purposes. Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configuration.
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 Enable automatic firmware update: When enabled the router will periodically check if a new firmware is available. If a new firmware is detected the router will give a notification. 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.
Backup Settings The Backup screen allows you to save (Backup) the 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). Use the "Backup" tool to save the current configuration to a file named "config.
Reset You can reset the router’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially reboots 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.
