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AirLive WN-250R User’s Manual

WN250R

Wireless b/g/n 1T1R 150 Mbps Router

User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...1 Product Information 1 AirLive WN 250R User s Manual WN250R Wireless b g n 1T1R 150 Mbps Router User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...er expressed or implied with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair ...

Page 3: ...rmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate ...

Page 4: ... order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm 8 inches during normal operation The antenna s used for this transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the channels 1 11 only R TTE Co...

Page 5: ... and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg the Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden and the United Kingdom The ETSI version of this device is also authori...

Page 6: ... 2 Connecting To Wireless Broadband Router By Web Browser 9 2 2 1 Windows 95 98 Me IP address setup 10 2 2 2 Windows 2000 IP address setup 12 2 2 3 Windows XP IP address setup 14 2 2 4 Windows Vista IP address setup 16 2 2 5 Router IP Address Lookup 18 2 3 Using Quick Setup 22 2 3 1 Setup procedure for Cable Modem 26 2 3 2 Setup procedure for Fixed IP xDSL 27 2 3 3 Setup procedure for PPPoE xDSL 2...

Page 7: ...p procedure for PPPoE 48 2 5 4 Setup procedure for PPTP 50 2 5 5 Setup procedure for L2TP 53 2 5 6 Setup procedure for Telstra Big Pond 55 2 5 7 Setup procedure for DNS 56 2 5 8 Setup procedure for DDNS 58 2 5 9 Setup procedure for WISP 60 2 6 Wired LAN Configurations 62 2 6 1 LAN IP section 64 2 6 2 DHCP Server 65 2 6 3 Static DHCP Leases Table 66 2 7 Wireless LAN Configurations 68 2 7 1 Basic Wi...

Page 8: ... 1 Basic NAT Settings Enable or disable NAT function 102 3 2 2 Port Forwarding 104 3 2 3 Virtual Server 106 3 2 4 Port Mapping for Special Applications 109 3 2 5 UPnP Setting 111 3 2 6 ALG Settings 113 3 3 Firewall 114 3 3 1 Access Control 116 3 3 2 URL Blocking 122 3 3 3 DoS Attack Prevention 124 3 3 4 Demilitarized Zone DMZ 128 3 4 System Status 131 3 4 1 System information and firmware version ...

Page 9: ...3 4 5 Security Log 135 3 4 5 Active DHCP client list 136 3 4 6 Statistics 137 3 5 Configuration Backup and Restore 138 3 6 Firmware Upgrade 139 3 7 System Reset 141 4 Appendix 142 4 1 Hardware Specification 142 4 2 Troubleshooting 143 4 3 Glossary 147 ...

Page 10: ...ce Home office users all computers and network devices can share a single xDSL cable modem internet connection at high speed Easy install procedures allows any computer users to setup a network environment in very short time within minutes even inexperienced When the number of your computers and network enabled devices grow you can also expand the number of network slot by simple attach a hub or s...

Page 11: ... private LAN servers from the internet Four wired LAN ports 10 100M and one WAN port 10 100M Work with IEEE 802 11b g n wireless LAN devices Support DHCP Server Client for easy IP address setup Support multiple wireless modes like AP Station Infrastructure Wireless Bridge and Universal Repeater Advanced network and security features like Special Applications QoS DMZ Virtual Servers Access Control ...

Page 12: ...accessories and warranty will be void 5 Accessories of this router like antenna and power supply are danger to small children under 3 years old They may put the small parts in their nose or month and it could cause serious damage to them KEEP THIS ROUTER OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 6 The router will become hot when being used for long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put this rout...

Page 13: ... port l Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card l Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 or above Netscape Navigator 4 7 or above Opera web browser or Safari web browser l An available AC power socket 100 240V 50 60Hz 1 4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this router please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of ...

Page 14: ...ly powered WLAN On Wireless WPS function is enabled Off Wireless network is switched off Flashing Wireless LAN activity transferring or receiving data WAN LNK ACT On WAN port is connected Off WAN port is not connected Flashing WAN activity transferring or receiving data LAN 1 4 LNK ACT On LAN port is connected Off LAN port is not connected Flashing LAN activity transferring or receiving data ...

Page 15: ... functions Reset WPS Reset the router to factory default settings clear all settings or start WPS function Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults and press this button for less than 5 seconds to start WPS function 1 4 Local Area Network LAN ports 1 to 4 WAN Wide Area Network WAN Internet port Power Power connector connects to A C power adapter ...

Page 16: ...stem and Network Setup 2 1 Build Network Connection Please follow the following instruction to build the network connection between your new WIRELESS router and your computers network devices 1 Connect your xDSL cable modem to the WAN port of router by Ethernet cable ...

Page 17: ...nnect all your computers network devices network enabled consumer devices other than computers like game console or switch hub to the LAN port of the router 3 4Connect the A C power adapter to the wall socket and then connect it to the Power socket of the router 4 ...

Page 18: ...er After the network connection is built the next step you should do is setup the router with proper network parameters so it can work properly in your network environment Before you can connect to the router and start configuration procedures your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically use dynamic IP address If it s set to use static IP address or you re unsure please follow the...

Page 19: ...s Manual 10 2 2 1 Windows 95 98 Me IP address setup 1 Click Start button it should be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network icon and Network window will appear Select TCP IP then click Properties ...

Page 20: ...2 System and Network Setup 11 AirLive WN 250R User s Manual 2 Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server and then click OK ...

Page 21: ... 1 Click Start button it should be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network and Dial up Connections icon click Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties ...

Page 22: ...2 System and Network Setup 13 AirLive WN 250R User s Manual 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 23: ...1 Click Start button it should be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network and Internet Connections icon click Network Connections then double click Local Area Connection Local Area Connection Status window will appear and then click Properties ...

Page 24: ...2 System and Network Setup 15 AirLive WN 250R User s Manual 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 25: ... be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Click View Network Status and Tasks and then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Network then select Properties Local Area Connection Properties window will appear select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click Properties ...

Page 26: ...2 System and Network Setup 17 AirLive WN 250R User s Manual 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 27: ...2 System and Network Setup AirLive WN 250R User s Manual 18 2 2 5 Router IP Address Lookup After the IP address setup is complete please click start run at the bottom lower corner of your desktop ...

Page 28: ...teway In this example the IP address of router is 192 168 1 254 please note that this value may be different NOTE If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed or the address followed by IP Address begins with 169 please recheck network connection between your computer and router and or go to the beginning of this chapter to recheck every step of network setup procedure ...

Page 29: ... an IP address from router please start your web browser and input the IP address of router in address bar The following message should be shown Please input user name and password in the field respectively default user name is admin and default password is airlive then press OK button and you can see the web management interface of this router ...

Page 30: ...ou re certain about the user name and password you type are correct please go to 4 2 Troubleshooting to perform a factory reset to set the password back to default value TIP This page shows the four major setting categories QuickSetup General Setup Status and Tools You can find the shortcut which leads to these setting categories at the upper right corner of every page and you can jump to another ...

Page 31: ...This router provides a Quick Setup procedure which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short time Please follow the following instructions to complete the Quick Setup Please go to Quick Setup menu by clicking Quick Setup button HERE ...

Page 32: ...put the IP address host name of time server Address 2 here Daylight If the country you live uses daylight saving Savings 3 please check Enable Function box and choose the duration of daylight saving After you finish with all settings please click Apply 4 button 1 2 3 4 NOTE There are several time servers available on internet 129 6 15 28 time a nist gov 132 163 4 101 time a timefreq bldrdoc gov 13...

Page 33: ...ion type you re using in this page There are six types of Internet connection they are Cable Modem Please go to section 2 3 1 Fixed IP xDSL Please go to section 2 3 2 PPPoE xDSL Please go to section 2 3 3 PPTP xDSL Please go to section 2 3 4 L2TP xDSL Please go to section 2 3 5 Telstra Big Pond Please go to section 2 3 6 ...

Page 34: ...If you want to go back to previous step please press Back button on the bottom of this page NOTE Some service providers use DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol to assign IP address to you In this case you can choose Cable Modem as Internet connection type even you re using another connection type like xDSL Also some cable modem uses PPPoE so you can choose PPPoE xDSL for such cable modem conn...

Page 35: ...o do so MAC address 2 Please input MAC address of your computer here if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet If you re using the computer which used to connect to Internet via cable modem you can simply press Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer After you finish with all settings please click...

Page 36: ... provider Subnet Mask 2 Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider DNS address 3 Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider Service Provider Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your Gateway Address 4 service provider 1 2 3 4 5 You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service provider wrong setting value will cause conne...

Page 37: ...Password 2 Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here Service Name 3 Please give a name to this Internet service this is optional MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value NOTE You can choose this Internet connection method if your service provider assigns a fixed IP address also know as static addres...

Page 38: ...use default value if you don t know what it is or ask your service provider for a proper value Connection Type There are 3 options Continuous keep internet connection alive do not disconnect connect on Demand only connects to Internet when there s a connect attempt and Manual only connects to Internet when Connect button on this page is pressed and disconnects when Disconnect button is pressed Idl...

Page 39: ...in IP address from your service provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address i e static IP address WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct Please contact your Internet service provider if you don t know...

Page 40: ... ID 4 you can leave it blank MTU 5 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value BEZEQ ISRAEL 6 Setting item BEZEQ ISRAEL is only required to Check if you re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel Connection Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to type 7 use please refer to last section for detaile...

Page 41: ...ect the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address equal to static IP address please refer to PPPoE xDSL section above WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings a...

Page 42: ...by your Internet service provider here MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish type 5 to use please refer to last section for detailed descriptions Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish Out 6 to use and refer to last se...

Page 43: ...ia You need to input User Name 1 Please input the user name assigned by Telstra Password 2 Please input the password assigned by Telstra User decide login Check this box to choose login server by server manually 3 yourself Login Server 4 Please input the IP address of login server here When you finish with all settings click OK 5 if you want to go back to previous menu click Back 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 44: ...u ll see the following message displayed on your web browser Please click Apply button to prepare to restart the router and you ll see this message Please wait for about 30 seconds then click OK button You ll be back to router management interface again and the router is ready with new settings ...

Page 45: ...nt settings Please start your web browser and log onto router web management interface then click General Setup button on the left or click General Setup link at the upper right corner of web management interface 2 4 1 Time zone and time auto synchronization Please follow the following instructions to set time zone and time auto synchronization parameters HERE ...

Page 46: ...f you want to enable daylight savings setting please check Enable Function box and set the duration of daylight setting When you finish click Apply You ll see the following message displayed on web browser Press Continue to save the settings made and back to web management interface press Apply to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots NOTE ...

Page 47: ...reless function enabled To change password please follow the following instructions Please click System menu on the left of web management interface then click Password Settings and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Current Password 1 Please input current password here New Password 2 Please input new password here Confirmed Passw...

Page 48: ...nfirmed Password 3 field are the not same you ll see the following message Please retype the new password again when you see above message If you see the following message It means the content in Current Password field is wrong please click OK to go back to previous menu and try to input current password again ...

Page 49: ...ord to enter web management interface again and you should be able to login with new password 2 4 3 Remote Management This router does not allow management access from Internet to prevent possible security risks especially when you defined a weak password or didn t change default password However you can still management this router from a specific IP address by enabling the Remote Management Func...

Page 50: ...the IP address of the remote host you wish to initiate a management access Port 2 You can define the port number this router should expect an incoming request If you re providing a web service default port number is 80 you should try to use other port number You can use the default port setting 8080 or something like 32245 or 1429 Any integer between 1 and 65534 Enabled 3 Select the field to start...

Page 51: ...m but if the IP address your service provider assigns to you will vary every time you establish an internet connection this will be a problem Please either asks your service provider to give you a static IP address or use dynamic IP to host name mapping services like DDNS Please refer to chapter 2 5 8 DDNS client for details NOTE Default port number the web browser will use is 80 If the Port setti...

Page 52: ...ons like DDNS Dynamic DNS here To start configuration please follow the following instructions Please click WAN menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please select an Internet connection method depend on the type of connection you re using You can either click the connection method on the left 1 or right 2 If you select the con...

Page 53: ...section 2 5 1 Static IP Please go to section 2 5 2 PPPoE Please go to section 2 5 3 PPTP Please go to section 2 5 4 L2TP Please go to section 2 5 5 Telstra Big Pond Please go to section 2 5 6 DNS Please go to section 2 5 7 DDNS Please go to section 2 5 8 WISP Please go to section 2 5 9 ...

Page 54: ...so MAC Address 2 Please input MAC address of your computer if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet If you re using the computer which used to connect to Internet via cable modem you can simply press Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer After you finish with all settings please click Apply 3 i...

Page 55: ... Apply the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue 1 to back to previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 56: ...ss assigned by your service by your Service Provider 1 provider Subnet Mask 2 Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider Service Provider Please input the IP address of DNS server provided Gateway Address 3 by your service provider After you finish with all settings please click Apply 4 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 57: ... Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 2 5 3 Setup procedure for PPPoE Here are descriptions of every setup items User Name 1 Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here Password 2 Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provid...

Page 58: ...automatically Connect On Demand Only connect when you want to surf the Internet Idle Time Out is set to stop the connection when the network traffic is not sending or receiving after an idle time Manual After you have selected this option you will see the Connect button and Disconnect button click Connect and the router will connect to the ISP If you want to stop the connection please click Discon...

Page 59: ... so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 2 5 4 Setup procedure for PPTP PPTP requires two kinds of setting WAN interface setting setup IP address and PPTP setting PPTP user name and password Here we start from WAN interface setting ...

Page 60: ...et connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct Please contact your Internet service provider if you don t know what you should fill in these fields Now please go to PPTP settings section Here are descriptions of every setup items User Name 1 Please input user ID user name assigned by your Internet service provider here Password 2 Please input the password assigned by your...

Page 61: ... use please refer to section 2 5 3 for detailed descriptions Idle Time Out 8 Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use and refer to section 2 5 3 for detailed descriptions When you finish with all settings please click Apply 9 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other ...

Page 62: ... of every setup items User ID 1 Please input user ID user name assigned by your Internet service provider here Password 2 Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here L2TP Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet Gateway 3 service provider here 1 2 4 3 5 6 ...

Page 63: ...e out of Internet connection you wish to use Out 6 and refer to section 2 5 3 for detailed descriptions When you finish with all settings please click Apply 7 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wai...

Page 64: ...to input User Name 1 Please input the user name assigned by Telstra Password 2 Please input the password assigned by Telstra Assign login server Check this box to choose login server manually 3 by yourself Server IP Address 4 Please input the IP address of login server here When you finish with all settings click Apply 5 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser 1 2 3 ...

Page 65: ... is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 2 5 7 Setup procedure for DNS If you select Dynamic IP or PPPoE as Internet connection method at least one DNS server s IP address should be assigned automatically However if you have preferred DNS server or your service provider didn t assign the IP address of DNS server because ...

Page 66: ...utton and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button NOTE O...

Page 67: ...services to other users on Internet because their IP address will vary every time when connected to Internet and other user will not be able to know the IP address they re using at a certain time This router supports DDNS service of several service providers for example DynDNS http www dyndns org TZO http www tzo com Please go to one of DDNS service provider s webpage listed above and get a free D...

Page 68: ...ail 4 Input account or email of DDNS registration Password Key 5 Input DDNS service password or key After you finish with all settings please click Apply 6 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait f...

Page 69: ...the router to the access point of service provider wirelessly please setup the WAN connection type in WAN page Here are descriptions of every setup items Disable Enable There are three selections for disable or disable staEnable 1 wireless ISP functions Disable disable this function Enable enable this function and the router can connect to the access points installed by your wireless service provi...

Page 70: ...you Channel Number 3 This is the radio frequency used to transmit and Receive the wireless signal The wireless devices in the same network should follow the same setting Select the channel designated by your wireless ISP Site Survey 4 Click Select Site Survey button then a Wireless Site Survey Table will pop up It will list all available access points nearby Select the access point designated by y...

Page 71: ... If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 2 6 Wired LAN Configurations Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection i e those computers connect to this router s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable can communicate with each other and access internet they must have a valid IP address There are two ways to assign IP addresses to co...

Page 72: ... integer between 1 and 254 This router is capable to work with up to 253 clients so you can set d field of IP address of router as 1 or 254 or any number between 1 and 254 and pick a number between 0 and 254 for field c 2 In most cases you should use 255 255 255 0 as subnet mask which allows up to 253 clients this also meets router s capability of working with up to 253 clients 3 For all servers a...

Page 73: ...tions of every setup items IP address 1 Please input the IP address of this router Subnet Mask 2 Please input subnet mask for this network 802 1d Spanning If you wish to activate 802 1d spanning tree function select Tree 3 Enabled for setup item 802 1d Spanning Tree or set it to Disabled DHCP Server 4 If you want to activate DHCP server function of this router select Enabled or set it to Disabled ...

Page 74: ...end IP address of the IP range Domain Name 4 If you wish you can also optionally input the domain name for your network This is optional Recommended Value if you don t know what to fill Lease Time Two Weeks or Forever if you have less than 20 computers Start IP 192 168 1 25400 End IP 192 168 2 200 Domain Name leave it blank NOTE 1 The number of the last field mentioned d field of End IP must be gr...

Page 75: ...n a certain IP address to a specific computer since IP addresses will be assigned in random order by this way Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable Static Check this box to enable this function otherwise uncheck it to DHCP Leases 1 disable this function MAC Address 2 Input the MAC address of the computer or network device total 12 characters with character from 0 to 9 and from a to f l...

Page 76: ...ted button 2 if you want to delete all mappings click Delete All 3 If you want to deselect all mappings click Reset 4 After you finish all LAN settings please click Apply button on the bottom of this page After you click Apply the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click Apply to reboot the rou...

Page 77: ...uilt in security functions to protect your network from being intruded by malicious intruders Please follow the following instructions to set wireless parameters Please click Wireless menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser You must enable wireless function of this router or the wireless interface of this router will not function...

Page 78: ...evious setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting 2 7 1 Basic Wireless Settings Please click Wireless menu on the left of web management interface then click Basic Settings and the following message will be displayed on your web browser 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 79: ...twork e AP Bridge WDS Connect this router with up to four WDS capable wireless routers to expand the scope of network f Universal Repeater The router can act as Station and AP at the same time It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage NOTE For AP Bridge Point to Point and AP Bridge Point to Multi Point mode wireless...

Page 80: ... 1 Station Infrastructure Please go to section 2 7 1 2 AP Bridge Point to Point Please go to section 2 7 1 3 AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Please go to section 2 7 1 4 AP Bridge WDS Please go to section 2 7 1 5 Universal Repeater Please go to section 2 7 1 6 2 7 1 1 Setup procedure for Access Point Please select the radio band you want to use from Band dropdown menu 2 and the following message wi...

Page 81: ...fer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11g wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 54Mbps 2 4 GHz B G N 2 4GHz band allows 802 11b 802 11g and 802 11n wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients and maximum 150...

Page 82: ...nnel you re using automatically without any problem However it s still useful to remember the channel number you use some wireless client supports manual channel number select and this would help in certain scenario when there is some radio communication problem Associated Clients 5 Click Show Active Clients button then an Active Wireless Client Table will pop up You can see the status of all acti...

Page 83: ...Band 2 Select the band you want to use SSID 3 This is the name of wireless network You can type the SSID of the network you would like to connect here Site Survey 4 When you use this wireless router as a wireless station for Ethernet network device to have wireless capability you have to associate it with a working access point Click Select Site Survey button then a Wireless Site Survey Table will...

Page 84: ...connect two networks between two buildings Here are instructions about how to connect two wireless routers together Here are descriptions of every setup items Band 2 Select the band you want to use two wireless routers must use the same setting Channel Select the channel you want to use two wireless routers must use Number 3 the same setting MAC address 1 4 Input the MAC address of another wireles...

Page 85: ... wireless routers will think they re on the same physical network Here are descriptions of every setup items Band 2 Select the band you want to use all the wireless routers must use the same setting Channel Select the channel you want to use all the wireless routers must Number 3 use the same setting MAC address Input the MAC address of other wireless routers 1 to 4 4 7 Security Click to set secur...

Page 86: ...are descriptions of every setup items Band 2 Select the band you want to use all the wireless routers must use the same setting SSID 3 Input the SSID of your wireless router the setting should be the same with other wireless routers for the convenience of roaming Channel Select the channel you want to use all the wireless Number 4 routers must use the same setting 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 6 9 10 NOTE For WDS...

Page 87: ...ng 10 to section 2 7 3 Wireless Security for detailed instructions 2 7 1 6 Setup procedure for Universal Repeater In this mode the router can act as a wireless repeater it can be Station and AP at the same time It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 NOTE For Repeater Mode this router will demodulate...

Page 88: ... Number 4 must use the same setting Associated Clients 5 Click Show Active Clients button then an Active Wireless Client Table will pop up You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point Root AP SSID 6 In Universal Repeater mode this device can act as a station to connect to a Root AP You should assign the SSID of the Root AP here or click Select Site...

Page 89: ...ll take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting 2 7 2 Advanced Wireless Settings This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters if you want to configure these settings please click Wireless menu on the left of web management interface then click Advanced Settings and the following message will be displayed on your web browser 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 6 9 10 11 ...

Page 90: ... Period 4 Set the DTIM period of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 3 Data Rate 5 Set the wireless data transfer rate to a certain value Since most of wireless devices will negotiate with each other and pick a proper data transfer rate automatically it s not necessary to change this value unless you know what will happen after modification N Da...

Page 91: ...if you set to None your wireless router should be able to work fine too WMM 11 The short of Wi Fi MultiMedia it will enhance the data transfer performance of multimedia contents when they re being transferred over wireless network If you don t know what it is not sure if you need it it s safe to set this option to Enable however default value is Disable After you finish these wireless settings ple...

Page 92: ...encryption method from Encryption dropdown menu there are four options 2 7 3 1 Disable wireless security When you select this mode data encryption is disabled and every wireless device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless router if no other security measure is enabled like MAC address access control see section 2 7 4 or disable ESSID broadcast Only use this option when you really wan...

Page 93: ...ight of Key Format is Hex 10 characters which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters Default Tx Key 4 You can set up to four sets of WEP key and you can decide which key is being used by default here If you don t know which one you should use select Key 1 Encryption Key 1 5 Input WEP key characters here the number of characters must be the same as the number displayed at Key Format field You...

Page 94: ...ADIUS server This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802 1x but it does not encryption the data during communication If there is a RADIUS server in you environment please enable this function Check this box and another sub menu will appear RADIUS Server Please input the IP address of radius IP address 8 server here RADIUS Server Please input the port number of radius Port 9 server here RADIUS Se...

Page 95: ... of WEP key Don t use those examples use the one of your own ASCII 5 characters pilot phone 23561 2Hyux xmL ASCII 13 characters digitalFAMILY 82Jh26xHy3m n Hex 10 characters 287d2aa732 1152dabc85 Hex 26 characters 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84 To improve security level do not use those words which can be found in a dictionary or too easy to remember pilot and phone listed above are bad examples just ...

Page 96: ...S and WPA2 Mixed You can select one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected Pre shared Select the type of pre shared key you can select Passphrase Key Format 3 8 or more alphanumerical characters up to 63 or Hex 64 characters of 0 9 and a f Pre shared Please input the WPA passphrase here Key 4 It s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a ...

Page 97: ...ngs will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting 2 7 3 4 WPA RADIUS If you have a RADIUS server this router can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication NOTE Some wireless clients especially those manufactured before year 2003 only support WEP or WPA TKIP cipher A driver upgrade would be needed for those clients to use WPA and WPA2 encryption 1 3 4 2 5 ...

Page 98: ...thentication IP address 3 server here RADIUS Server Please input the port number of your Radius authentication Port 4 server here Default setting is 1812 RADIUS Server Please input the password of your Radius authentication server Password 5 here After you finish with all settings please click Apply 6 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to b...

Page 99: ...te a safer wireless environment Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function Please click Wireless menu on the left of web management interface then click Access Control and the following message will be displayed on your web browser All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in MAC Address Filtering Table 1 Here are descriptions of every setup items Delete Selected 2 If you want...

Page 100: ...ss device indicates aa bb cc dd ee ff or aa bb cc dd ee ff just input aabbccddeeff Comment 6 You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC address like ROOM 2A Computer or anything You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here This is optional and you can leave it blank however it s recommended to use this field to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a memory aid Add 7 Clic...

Page 101: ...long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client you only have to press a button on wireless client and this wireless router and the WPS will do the rest for you This wireless router supports two types of WPS Push Button Configuration PBC and PIN code If you want to use PBC you have to push a specific button on the wireless client to start WPS mode and switch this wir...

Page 102: ...S function uncheck it to disable WPS WPS Information 2 WPS related system information will be displayed here WPS Status If the wireless security encryption function of this wireless router is properly set you ll see Configured message here If wireless security function has not been set you ll see unConfigured PinCode Self This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless router This code is useful when yo...

Page 103: ...assphrase Key The wireless security key of the router will be displayed here Configure Click Start PBC to start Push Button style WPS setup procedure by Push Button 3 This wireless router will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients for 2 minutes The WLAN LED on the wireless router will be steady on for 2 minutes when this wireless router is waiting for incoming WPS request Configure Please in...

Page 104: ...ones Remember that the wireless client is capable to keep the key or passphrase for you so you only have to input the complicated key or passphrase once It s not too trouble but will greatly improve security level 3 You can hide the ESSID of this router by set Broadcast ESSID option to Disable Your wireless router will not be found by other people in proximity if they re just using the AP scanning...

Page 105: ...es on the network will compete with each other to get internet bandwidth and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth like video streaming and network telephone will be affected therefore an unpleasing result will occur like the interruption of video audio transfer With this function you can limit the maximum bandwidth or give a guaranteed bandwidth for a specific computer to avoid sai...

Page 106: ...tting Enable QoS 1 Check this box to enable QoS function unselect this box if you don t want to enforce QoS bandwidth limitations Total Download You can set the limit of total download bandwidth in kbits To disable Bandwidth 2 download bandwidth limitation input 0 here Total Upload You can set the limit of total upload bandwidth in kbits To disable Bandwidth 3 upload bandwidth limitation input 0 h...

Page 107: ...ou can select one or more rules to delete by check the select the box of the rule s you want to delete a time If the QoS table is empty this button will be grayed out and can not be clicked Delete All 8 By clicking this button you can delete all rules currently in the QoS table If the QoS table is empty this button will be grayed out and can not be clicked Move Up 9 You can pull up the priority of...

Page 108: ...ck Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 3 1 2 Add a new QoS rule After you click Add button in QoS menu the following message will appear a b c d e f g h i ...

Page 109: ...ess c Please input the starting IP address in the left field and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address Local Port Please input the range of local source port number that will be Range d affected by this rule If you want to apply this rule on port 80 to 90 please input 80 90 if you w...

Page 110: ...is rule if you want to make this rule as a IP address based rule apply the limitation on all traffics from to the specified IP address port number select None Protocol h Please select the protocol type of this rule available options are TCP and UDP If you don t know what protocol your application uses please try TCP first and switch to UDP if this rule doesn t seems to work After you finish with a...

Page 111: ... Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user Therefore it s necessary to use NAT technology to share a single Internet IP address to multiple computers on local network so everyone can get connected to Internet Please follow the following instructions to set NAT parameters 3 2 1 Basic NAT Settings Enable or disable NAT function Please click NAT menu on the left of w...

Page 112: ... Disable After you made the selection please click Apply button 2 and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 113: ... Internet IP address and private IP address is different please use Virtual Server function described in next section Please click NAT menu on the left of web management interface then click Port Forwarding and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable Port Check this box to enable port mapping and uncheck this box Forwarding 1 to...

Page 114: ...y want to redirect a single port number just fill the port number in the left field Comment 6 Please input any text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters Add 7 Add the mapping to port forwarding table Reset 8 Remove all inputted values Port Forwarding All existing port forwarding mappings will be displayed Table 9 here Delete 10 Please select a port forwarding mapping by clic...

Page 115: ... page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 3 2 3 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address on WAN port to a specified port of an IP address on local network so you can setup an Internet service on the computer on local network without exposing it on Internet directly You can also build many sets of port redirection to provide many differ...

Page 116: ...e computer which provides Internet service Computer Name 3 Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer Private Port 4 Input the port number of the IP address which provides Internet service Type 5 Select the type of connection TCP or UDP If you re not sure please sele...

Page 117: ...ove all inputted values Virtual Server All existing virtual server mappings will be displayed Table 10 here Delete 11 Please select a virtual server mapping by clicking the Select box of the mapping then click Delete Selected button to remove the mapping If there s no existing mapping this button will be grayed out Delete All 12 Delete all mappings existed in virtual server table Reset 13 Unselect...

Page 118: ...e please click Cancel button 3 2 4 Port Mapping for Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection a time these applications won t work with simple NAT rules In order to make these applications work you can use this function to let these applications work Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable 1 Check this box to enable special applications and uncheck this box ...

Page 119: ...lications selection and click Add to save the setting to Current Trigger Port Table Add 8 Add the setting to the Current Trigger Port Table Reset 9 Click Reset will clear all above setting and you can set up again Current All the settings for the special applications will be listed here Trigger Port 10 If you want to remove some Special Application settings from the Current Trigger Port Table sele...

Page 120: ...tup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 3 2 5 UPnP Setting This function enables network auto configuration for peer to peer communications with this functi...

Page 121: ...sable to enable or disable UPnP function then click Apply button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back ...

Page 122: ...many preset routing rules for numerous applications which require special support With these supports those applications which required special support will be able to work with NAT architecture Please click NAT menu on the left of web management interface then click ALG Settings and the following message will be displayed on your web browser ...

Page 123: ...ut 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 3 3 Firewall Excepting NAT this router also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on local network These functions include inbound attack prevention and block outbound traffics like block URLs which have pre...

Page 124: ...f this router the click Apply button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 125: ...following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable MAC Check this box to enable MAC address based Filtering 1 filtering and please select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of MAC filtering table If you select deny all MAC addresses listed in filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network if you select allow only MAC addresses...

Page 126: ...ke ROOM 2A Computer or anything You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here This is optional and you can leave it blank however it s recommended to use this field to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a memory aid Add 5 Click Add button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address filtering table Reset 6 Remove all inputted values Current MAC All existing MAC ...

Page 127: ...ting all other network devices IP Filtering All existing IP addresses in filtering table will be listed Table 12 here Add PC 13 Click this button to add a new IP address to IP filtering table up to 20 IP addresses can be added Please refer to section 3 3 1 1 Add PC below Delete 14 If you want to delete a specific IP address entry check the select box of the IP address you want to delete then click...

Page 128: ...ous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 129: ...4 Appendix AirLive WN 250R User s Manual 120 3 3 1 1 Add PC After button is clicked the following message will be displayed on your web browser a b c d e f ...

Page 130: ...llow or deny this IP Service c address to use you can check multiple services Protocol d If the service you need is not listed above you can create a new service on your own Please select TCP or UDP if you re not sure please select Both Port Range e Please input the port range of new service here If you want to specify port 80 to 90 please input 80 90 if you want to apply this rule on a single por...

Page 131: ...you can use this function to stop computers in local network from accessing the site you defined here This function is useful for parents and company managers Please follow the following instructions to set URL blocking parameters Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface then click URL Blocking and the following message will be displayed on your web browser 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 132: ...table Reset 4 Click Reset to remove the value you inputted in URL Keyword field Current URL All existing URL Keywords in filtering table will be listed Blocking Table 5 here Delete 6 If you want to delete a specific URL Keyword entry check the select box of the MAC address you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one MAC addresses Delete All 7 If you want to de...

Page 133: ...vice DoS is a common attack measure by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server the Internet connection will become very slow and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much traffics This router has a built in DoS attack prevention mechanism when you activate it the router will stop the DoS attack for you Please follow the fo...

Page 134: ...ING request but when you activate this function you will not be able to ping your own router from internet too Port Scan 3 Some malicious intruder will try to use a port scanner to know how many ports of your Internet IP address are open and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing so Check this box and the router will block all traffics which are trying to scan your Internet IP add...

Page 135: ...ayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 136: ...he threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Please check the box of Ping of Death and input the frequency of threshold how many packets per second minute or hour you can also input the Burst value which means when this number of Ping of Death packet is received in very short time this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Discard Ping Check the box to activate this Do...

Page 137: ... back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 3 3 4 Demilitarized Zone DMZ Demilitarized Zone DMZ refers to a special area in your local network T...

Page 138: ... items Enable DMZ 1 Check this box to enable DMZ function uncheck this box to disable DMZ function Public IP You can select Dynamic IP or Static IP here address 2 If you select Dynamic IP you have to select an Internet connection session from dropdown menu if you select Static IP please input the IP address that you want to map to a specific private IP address Client PC IP Please input the private...

Page 139: ...ss and Client PC IP address field Current All existing public IP address and private IP DMZ Table 7 address mapping will be displayed here Delete 8 If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry check the select box of the DMZ entry you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one DMZ entries Delete All 9 If you want to delete all DMZ entries listed here please click D...

Page 140: ...Cancel button 3 4 System Status The functions described here will provide you with system related information To enter system status menu please either click Status link located at the upper right corner of web management interface or click Status button in main menu 3 4 1 System information and firmware version You can use this function to know the system information and firmware version of this ...

Page 141: ...ction to know the status of current Internet connection Please click Internet Connection menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser This information will vary depending on the connection status NOTE Information displayed here may vary ...

Page 142: ...t interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser This information will vary depending on the device status 3 4 4 System Log All important system events are logged You can use this function to check the event log of your router Please click System Log menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser ...

Page 143: ...anual 134 The system events will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every buttons Save 1 Save current event log to a text file Clear 2 Delete all event logs displayed here Refresh 3 Refresh the event log display 1 2 3 ...

Page 144: ...nt log of your router Please click Security Log menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser The system events will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every buttons Save 1 Save current event log to a text file Clear 2 Delete all event logs displayed here Refresh 3 Refresh the event log display 1 2 3 ...

Page 145: ... function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this router Please click Active DHCP client menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser All information about active DHCP leases issued by this router will be displayed here You can click Refresh button to display latest information ...

Page 146: ...his function to check the statistics of wireless LAN and WAN interface of this router Please click Statistics menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser You can click Refresh button to display latest information ...

Page 147: ... web management interface then the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every buttons Backup Press Save button and you ll be prompted to Settings 1 download the configuration as a file default filename is config bin you can save it as another filename for different versions and keep it in a safe place Restore Press Browse to pick a previously saved Setti...

Page 148: ...place the old application with a new one your computer will be equipped with new function You can also use this firmware upgrade function to add new functions to your router even fix the bugs of this router To upgrade firmware please follow the following instructions Please click Tool located at the upper right corner of web management interface then click Firmware Upgrade on the left of web manag...

Page 149: ...d click Apply button and the router will start firmware upgrade procedure automatically The procedure may take several minutes please be patient NOTE Never interrupt the upgrade procedure by closing the web browser or physically disconnect your computer from router If the firmware you uploaded is corrupt the firmware upgrade will fail and you may have to return this router to the dealer of purchas...

Page 150: ...orm a router reset sometime it will solve the problem To do so please click Tool located at the upper right corner of web management interface then click Reset on the left of web management interface then the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Apply to reset your router and it will be available again after few minutes please be patient ...

Page 151: ...rts 10 100M UTP Port x 4 Antenna 2dBi Dipole Antenna x 1 1T1R 1 antenna is for signal transmitting and 1 antenna is for signal receiving Power 5VDC 1A Switching Power Adapter Dimension 30 H x 157 W x 127 D mm Transmit Power 11n 13dBm 1 5dBm 11g 14dBm 1 5dBm 11b 17dBm 1 5dBm Temperature 32 104 F 0 40 C Humidity 10 90 NonCondensing Certification FCC CE 4 4 Appendix ...

Page 152: ...ly and firmly inserted to the router b If all LEDs on this router are off please check the status of A C power adapter and make sure it s correctly powered c You must use the same IP address section which router uses d Are you using MAC or IP address filter Try to connect the router by another computer and see if it works if not please restore your router to factory default settings pressing reset...

Page 153: ... the device provided by your Internet service provider d Check PPPoE L2TP PPTP user ID and password again e Call your Internet service provide and check if there s something wrong with their service f If you just can t connect to one or more website but you can still use other internet services please check URL Keyword filter g Try to reset the router and try again later h Reset the device provide...

Page 154: ...t and try again b Internet is slow sometimes being patient c Try to reset the router and see if it s better after that d Try to know what computers do on your local network If someone s transferring big files other people will think Internet is really slow e If this never happens before call you Internet service provider to know if there is something wrong with their network I can t log onto web m...

Page 155: ...outer s case b If you smell something wrong or see the smoke coming out from router or A C power adapter please disconnect the router and A C power adapter from utility power make sure it s safe before you re doing this and call your dealer of purchase for help The date and time of all event logs are wrong a Adjust the internal clock of router ...

Page 156: ...d as in typing Broadbandrouter com into your Internet browser the user is sent to the proper IP address The DNS server IP address used by the computers on your home network is the location of the DNS server your ISP has assigned to you DSL Modem DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line A DSL modem uses your existing phone lines to transmit data at high speeds Ethernet A standard for computer network...

Page 157: ...me 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 00000000 It means the device s network address is 11011001 10110000 10010000 00000000 and its host ID is 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000111 This is a convenient ...

Page 158: ...ress Translation This process allows all of the computers on your home network to use one IP address Using the broadband router s NAT capability you can access the Internet from any computer on your home network without having to purchase more IP addresses from your ISP Port Network Clients LAN PC uses port numbers to distinguish one network application protocol over another Below is a list of com...

Page 159: ...rks based on network layer address information such as IP addresses Subnet Mask A subnet mask which may be a part of the TCP IP information provided by your ISP is a set of four numbers e g 255 255 255 0 configured like an IP address It is used to create IP address numbers used only within a particular network as opposed to valid IP address numbers recognized by the Internet which must be assigned...

Page 160: ...anagement Graphical User Interface GUI Many devices support a graphical user interface that is based on the web browser This means the user can use the familiar Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer to Control configure or monitor the device being managed ...

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