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Screenshot – Firewall - MAC Filtering 
 

Item 

Description 

 

 

Enable MAC Filtering

Click to enable the MAC filtering security function. 

MAC Address 
Comments

 

To restrict data transmission from local network on 
certain MAC addresses, fill in the MAC address and your 
comments on it. 

Comments

 let you know about whys to restrict data from 

the MAC address. 

Apply Changes

 

Click the 

Apply Changes

 button to register the MAC 

address to MAC filtering list. 

Reset 

Click the 

Reset 

button to abort change and recover the 

previous configuration setting. 

Delete Selected 

Click to delete the selected MAC address that will be 
removed from the MAC-filtering list. 

Delete All 

Click to delete all the registered entries from the 
MAC-filtering list.   

Reset 

Click the 

Reset 

button to abort change and recover the 

previous configuration setting. 

 

3.3.11 Firewall - Port Forwarding 

Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network services 

Summary of Contents for 11b

Page 1: ...Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router User Manual Version 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...al Communications Commission FTP File Transfer Protocol IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IP Internet Protocol ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical LAN Local Area Network MAC Media Access Control NAT Network Address Translation NT Network Termination PSD Power Spectral Density RF Radio Frequency SNR Signal to Noise Ratio SSID Service Set Identification TCP Transmission Control...

Page 3: ...ACER WLAN 11B BROADBAND ROUTER 8 3 3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON ACER WLAN 11B BROADBAND ROUTER 8 3 3 1 STATUS 8 3 3 2 WIRELESS BASIC SETTINGS 10 3 3 3 WIRELESS ADVANCED SETTINGS 11 3 3 4 WIRELESS SECURITY SETUP 13 3 3 5 WIRELESS ACCESS CONTROL 14 3 3 6 LAN INTERFACE SETUP 16 3 3 7 WAN INTERFACE SETUP 17 3 3 8 FIREWALL PORT FILTERING 20 3 3 9 FIREWALL IP FILTERING 21 3 3 10 FIREWALL MAC FILTER...

Page 4: ...WORKING WORK 30 4 5 WHAT IS BSSID 31 4 6 WHAT IS ESSID 31 4 7 WHAT ARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE 32 4 8 WHAT ARE THE OPEN SYSTEM AND SHARED KEY AUTHENTICATIONS 32 4 9 WHAT IS WEP 32 4 10 WHAT IS FRAGMENT THRESHOLD 32 4 11 WHAT IS RTS REQUEST TO SEND THRESHOLD 33 4 12 WHAT IS BEACON INTERVAL 33 4 13 WHAT IS PREAMBLE TYPE 34 4 14 WHAT IS SSID BROADCAST 34 ...

Page 5: ...ing now 1 1 Package contents The package of Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router includes the following items Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router The AC to DC power adapter User s Manual 1 2 Product Specifications Product Name Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Standard 801 11b Wireless 802 3 10BaseT 802 3u 100BaseT Data Transfer Rate 11Mbps Wireless 100Mbps Ethernet Modulation Method DBPSK DQPSK CCK Frequency B...

Page 6: ...s IEEE 802 3x full duplex flow control on 10 100M Ethernet interface Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment Supports DHCP client for Ethernet WAN interface auto IP address assignment Supports static and dynamic IP routing Supports PPPoE on Ethernet WAN interface Supports clone MAC address function Supports firewall security with port filtering IP filtering MAC filteri...

Page 7: ...N interface Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface 6 LAN 10 100M LED On Connection speed is 100Mbps on LAN interface Off Connection speed is 10Mbps on LAN interface 1 5 Rear Panel Description Figure 2 Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Rear Panel Interfaces Description 1 WAN The RJ 45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 cable Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed a...

Page 8: ... 3 Power The power jack allows an external DC 9 V power supply connection The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the WLAN Broadband Router 4 Antenna The Wireless LAN Antenna ...

Page 9: ...face of Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router by category 5 Ethernet cable to your switch hub xDSL modem or cable modem A straight through Ethernet cable with appropriate cable length is needed Step Three Supply DC power to Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Use only the AC DC power adapter supplied with Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router it may occur damage by using a different type of power adapter The hardwar...

Page 10: ...w will appear 3 Check the installed list of Network Components If TCP IP is not installed click the Add button to install it otherwise go to step 6 4 Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button 5 Select TCP IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP IP protocol it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the ...

Page 11: ...ss Point IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 8 Click OK to completes the IP parameters setting For OS of Microsoft Windows NT 1 Click the Start button and select Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Move mouse and double click the right button on Network icon The Network window will appear Click Protocol tab from the Network window 3 Check the installed list of Network...

Page 12: ...192 168 1 254 on the URL to connect Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router 3 3 Management and configuration on Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router 3 3 1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device includes system wireless Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information Screenshot Status 1 ...

Page 13: ... Broadband Router Wireless configuration SSID It shows the SSID of Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router The SSID is the unique name of Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router and shared among its service area so all devices attempts to join the same wireless network can identify it Channel Number It shows the wireless channel connected currently WEP It shows the status of WEP encryption function Associated Clien...

Page 14: ... It shows how Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router gets the IP address The IP address can be set manually to a fixed one or set dynamically by DHCP server or attain IP by PPPoE connection IP Address It shows the IP address of WAN interface of Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of WAN interface of Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Default Gateway It shows the default gate...

Page 15: ...ss communication channel from pull down menu Associated Clients Click the Show Active Clients button to open Active Wireless Client Table that shows the MAC address transmit packet receive packet and transmission rate for each associated wireless client Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover th...

Page 16: ...ue can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes Refer to 4 10 What is Fragment Threshold RTS Threshold Set the RTS Threshold value can be written between 0 and 2347 bytes Refer to 4 11 What is RTS Request To Send Threshold Beacon Interval Set the Beacon Interval value can be written between 20 and 1024 ms Refer to 4 12 What is Beacon Interval Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull down...

Page 17: ... 3 3 4 Wireless Security Setup This page allows you setup the WEP security Turn on WEP by using encryption keys could prevent any unauthorized access to your wireless network Screenshot Wireless Security Setup Item Description Enable WEP Security Click the check box to enable WEP security function Refer to 4 9 What is WEP Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull down menu The l...

Page 18: ...n Encryption Key 4 Secret key 4 of WEP security encryption function Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting WEP encryption key secret key length Length Format 64 bit 128 bit ASCII 5 characters 13 characters HEX 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes 3 3 5 Wi...

Page 19: ... for the registered client Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the client to new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Current Access Control List It shows the registered clients that are allowed to link to Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be...

Page 20: ...ll in the IP address of LAN interfaces of Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets DHCP Server Select to enable or disable the DHCP server function on LAN interfaces from pull down menu DHCP Client Range Fill in the start IP address and...

Page 21: ...ister to a server machine with one identified MAC address Since that all the clients will communicate outside world through Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router so have the cloned MAC address set on Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router will solve the issue Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previou...

Page 22: ...nshot WAN Interface Setup 1 Screenshot WAN Interface Setup 2 Item Description Attain IP Automatically DHCP Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server ...

Page 23: ... the user name and password to login the PPPoE server Connection Type Select the connection type from pull down menu There are Continuous Connect on Demand and Manual three types to select Continuous connection type means to setup the connection through PPPoE protocol whenever Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router is powered on Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through PPPoE...

Page 24: ...n to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 8 Firewall Port Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network Screenshot Firewall Port...

Page 25: ...revious configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected port range that will be removed from the port filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the port filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 9 Firewall IP Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of d...

Page 26: ... address to IP filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address that will be removed from the IP filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the IP filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3...

Page 27: ... the Apply Changes button to register the MAC address to MAC filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected MAC address that will be removed from the MAC filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the MAC filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change...

Page 28: ...Port Range Comment To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall fill in the IP address protocol port range and your comments The Protocol can be TCP UDP or Both The Port Range for data transmission Comments let you know about whys to allow data packets forward to the IP address and port number Apply Changes Click the Apply Ch...

Page 29: ... is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network Typically the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic such as Web HTTP servers FTP servers SMTP e mail servers and DNS servers Screenshot Firewall DMZ Item Description Enable DMZ Click to enable the DMZ function DMZ Host IP Address To support DMZ in your firewall design fill ...

Page 30: ...Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface Wireless LAN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface Ethernet LAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet LAN interface Ethernet LAN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet LAN int...

Page 31: ...crash the system Screenshot Upgrade Firmware Item Description Select File Click the Browse button to select the new version of web firmware image file Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 15 Save Reload Settings This page allows you s...

Page 32: ...the Browse button to select the configuration files then click the Upload button to update the selected configuration to Acer WLAN 11b Broadband Router Reset Settings to Default Click the Reset button to reset the configuration parameter to factory defaults 3 3 16 Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point Empty user name and password will disable ...

Page 33: ...d Password Because the password input is invisible so please fill in the password again for confirmation purpose Apply Changes Clear the User Name and Password fields to empty means to apply no web management login control Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting ...

Page 34: ...m in the Microsoft Windows Type in ipconfig all then press the Enter button Your PC s IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PC s MAC address is the one entitled Physical Address 4 2 What is Wireless LAN A wireless LAN WLAN is a network that allows access to Internet without the need for any wired connections to the user s machine 4 3 What are ISM bands ISM stands for Industrial Scient...

Page 35: ... quickly and easily setting up a wireless network anywhere that a wireless infrastructure does not exist or is not required for services such as a hotel room convention center or airport or where access to the wired network is barred such as for consultants at a client site Example 2 wireless Ad Hoc Mode 4 5 What is BSSID A six byte address that distinguishes a particular a particular access point...

Page 36: ...station The receiving station then returns a frame that indicates whether it recognizes the sending station Under shared key authentication each wireless station is assumed to have received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is independent from the 802 11 wireless network communications channel 4 9 What is WEP An optional IEEE 802 11 function that offers frame transmission privacy simi...

Page 37: ...alue as close to the maximum value as possible 4 11 What is RTS Request To Send Threshold The RTS threshold is the packet size at which packet transmission is governed by the RTS CTS transaction The IEEE 802 11 1997 standard allows for short packets to be transmitted without RTS CTS transactions Each station can have a different RTS threshold RTS CTS is used when the data packet size exceeds the d...

Page 38: ... systems The difference between the two is in the Synchronization field The long preamble is 128 bits and the short is 56 bits 4 14 What is SSID Broadcast Broadcast of SSID is done in access points by the beacon This announces your access point including various bits of information about it to the wireless world around it By disabling that feature the SSID configured in the client must match the S...

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