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NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re being 

prompted to input user name and password again, it means you didn’t input 

username and password correctly. Please retype user name and password 

again. If you’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. 

Summary of Contents for AR580W3G

Page 1: ...Wireless N 150 3G 3 5G Travel Router Model AR580W3G User s Manual Ver 1A...

Page 2: ...espect 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...

Page 3: ...ich 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 the receiving antenn...

Page 4: ...ement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits human proximi...

Page 5: ...are for the safety of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines...

Page 6: ...his product SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR POWER SUPPLY UNIT Use the correct external power source A product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the electrical ratings label If...

Page 7: ...ort circuit Keep metal objects away so they don t come in contact with the battery or its connectors as it may lead to short circuit during operation Do not use a battery that appears damaged deformed...

Page 8: ...most countries Please don t use this travel router when you are on board an aircraft ENVIRONMENT RESTRICTIONS Do not use this product in gas stations fuel depots chemical plants or where blasting ope...

Page 9: ...y other personal medical device consult the manufacturer of your device to determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF energy Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this...

Page 10: ...BROWSER 12 2 4 USING QUICK SETUP 14 2 5 BASIC SETUP 30 2 6 SETUP INTERNET CONNECTION WAN SETUP 34 2 6 SETUP INTERNET CONNECTION WAN SETUP 35 2 7 WIRED LAN CONFIGURATIONS 52 2 8 WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURA...

Page 11: ...ellular phone game console and more can transfer file up to 150Mbps transfer data rate Stable wireless connection and high bandwidth enable you to enjoy the network applications without any interrupti...

Page 12: ...rs 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 ti...

Page 13: ...or above Netscape Navigator 4 7 or above Opera web browser or Safari web browser An available AC power socket 100 240V 50 60Hz 1 4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this router please check...

Page 14: ...arged completely Orange On The battery is charging Orange Flashing Battery power is not enough only 20 minutes remains PWR CHG Off Router is powered off Off Wireless network is switched off WLAN Flash...

Page 15: ...ETHERNET port is not connected ETHERNET Flashing ETHERNET activity transferring or receiving data On Router is connected to the Internet Off Router is not connected to the Internet INTERNET Flashing R...

Page 16: ...Section 3 4 for more details WPS Start WPS function or reset the router to factory default settings clear all settings Press this button and hold for over 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory...

Page 17: ...e following instructions to charge the router 1 Remove the battery cover in the rear side of the router and insert the supplied battery into the slot and then put back the cover 2 Connect the power ad...

Page 18: ...charged the Power LED is lit in orange color When the Power LED is not lit the battery is charged completely Note The Power LED is lit in green color when the battery is charged completely if router...

Page 19: ...e are three ways to activate the router 1 To use battery 2 To use power adapter 3 To use power adapter at the meanwhile put the charged battery into the router and the battery will be charged 2 2 Conf...

Page 20: ...to the Ethernet port on the right side of the router for configuring the router Note It is recommended to configure the router through the Ethernet port for the first time setup Please go to Section 3...

Page 21: ...ED should be steadily on in green color and ETHERNET LED should be on if the computer network device connected to the Ethernet port of the router is powered on and correctly connected 5 If PWD LED is...

Page 22: ...nput 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 admi...

Page 23: ...me and password again it means you didn t input username and password correctly Please retype user name and password again If you re certain about the user name and password you type are correct pleas...

Page 24: ...lete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short time Please follow the following instructions to complete the Setup Wizard Please click on Setup Wizard And the following messa...

Page 25: ...u 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 Next 4 button 2 Broadband Type NOTE Th...

Page 26: ...o to section 2 4 2 Fixed IP xDSL Please go to section 2 4 3 PPPoE xDSL Please go to section 2 4 4 PPTP xDSL Please go to section 2 4 5 L2TP xDSL Please go to section 2 4 6 Telstra Big Pond Please go t...

Page 27: ...at 802 11b or 802 11g or 802 11n mode You also can select B G or B G N mode to allow the AP select 802 11b 802 11g and 802 11n connection automatically NOTE Some service providers use DHCP Dynamic Hos...

Page 28: ...el number you want to use and almost all wireless clients can locate the channel you re using automatically without any problem However it s still useful to remember the channel number you use some wi...

Page 29: ...o previous step please press BACK button on the bottom of this page 2 4 1 Setup procedure for 3G 3 5G Here are descriptions of every setup items PIN Code 1 Please input Pin Code for your UMTS or HSDPA...

Page 30: ...ain for confirmation Service 6 Please select your Card type from the drop down menu AT Dial Script 7 Please input Dialed Number for your UMTS or HSDPA connection the default is 99 This field should no...

Page 31: ...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 sim...

Page 32: ...lease input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider When you finish with all settings press Next 5 if you want to go back to previous menu click Back 1 2 3 4 5 NOTE You can choo...

Page 33: ...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 Connection Please select the c...

Page 34: ...owing IP address i e static IP address MTU Please 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 int...

Page 35: ...put user name assigned by your Internet service provider here Password 2 Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here PPTP Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway Gate...

Page 36: ...ack 2 4 6 Setup procedure for L2TP xDSL L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection types and all required setting items are the same with PPTP connection Like PPT...

Page 37: ...ed by your Internet service provider here L2TP Gateway 3 Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network co...

Page 38: ...ork service in Australia You need to input User Name 1 Please input the user name assigned by Telstra Password 2 Please input the password assigned by Telstra Assign login Check this box to choose log...

Page 39: ...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 man...

Page 40: ...tructions to set time zone and time auto synchronization parameters Please click System menu on the left of web management interface then click Time Zone and the following message will be displayed on...

Page 41: ...om web browser There s a security risk if you don t change the default password since everyone can see it This is very important when you have wireless function enabled To change password please follo...

Page 42: ...nchanged click Cancel If the password you typed in New Password 2 and Confirmed Password 3 field are not the same you ll see the following message Please retype the new password again when you see abo...

Page 43: ...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 Re...

Page 44: ...splayed 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...

Page 45: ...ur 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 connectio...

Page 46: ...tatic IP Please go to section 2 6 3 PPPoE Please go to section 2 6 4 PPTP Please go to section 2 6 5 L2TP Please go to section 2 6 6 Telstra Big Pond Please go to section 2 6 7 DNS Please go to sectio...

Page 47: ...me 3 Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here Password 4 Please input password assigned by your Internet service provider here Verify Password 5 Please input password aga...

Page 48: ...e click Cancel 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 rebo...

Page 49: ...rnet 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 if you wa...

Page 50: ...ur service provider After you finish with all settings please click Apply 4 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu...

Page 51: ...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...

Page 52: ...to stop the connection please click Disconnect button Idle Time Out 6 If you have selected the connection type to Connect On Demand please input the idle time out After you finish with all settings pl...

Page 53: ...vider 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 b...

Page 54: ...ank 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 If you are connecting to the BEZEQ network in Israel Please enable this...

Page 55: ...onds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button 2 6 6 Setup procedure for L2TP Here are descriptions of every se...

Page 56: ...the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use and refer to last section for detailed descriptions When you finish with all settings please click Apply 7 and the following message will be di...

Page 57: ...assigned by Telstra Password 2 Please input the password assigned by Telstra Assign login Check this box to choose login server by yourself server manually 3 Server IP Address 4 Please input the IP a...

Page 58: ...lue please click Cancel button 2 6 8 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 Howev...

Page 59: ...ious 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 res...

Page 60: ...ertain 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...

Page 61: ...he 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 setting...

Page 62: ...IP address plan for your network here are some suggestions 1 A valid IP address has 4 fields a b c d for most of home and company users it s suggested to use 192 168 c d where c is an integer between...

Page 63: ...address 1 Please input the IP address of this router Subnet Mask 2 Please input subnet mask for this network 802 1d If you wish to activate 802 1d spanning tree Spanning Tree 3 function select Enable...

Page 64: ...ress assigned by this router from dropdown menu Start IP 2 Please input the start IP address of the IP range End IP 3 Please input the end IP address of the IP range Domain Name 4 If you wish you can...

Page 65: ...dresses 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 DHCP Leases 1 otherwise uncheck it to disable this...

Page 66: ...CP Leases Table section If you want to delete a specific item please check the Select box of a MAC address and IP address mapping 1 then click Delete button 2 if you want to delete all mappings click...

Page 67: ...57 seconds while router is rebooting...

Page 68: ...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 displaye...

Page 69: ...conds while router is rebooting 2 8 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 o...

Page 70: ...hout any problem However it s still useful to remember the channel number you use some 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11...

Page 71: ...layed on your web browser Please click Continue 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...

Page 72: ...d Settings and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Fragment Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio Threshold 1 Do not modify de...

Page 73: ...tting is Auto 20 40 MHz Preamble Type 8 Set the type of preamble do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default setting is Short Preamble Broadcast ESSID 9 Decide if the wireless rou...

Page 74: ...us 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 2 8 3 Wireless Security It s v...

Page 75: ...eally want to allow everyone to use your wireless router and you don t care if there s someone reads the data you transfer over network without your consent 2 8 3 2 WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy When y...

Page 76: ...Format field You can use any alphanumerical characters 0 9 a z and A Z if you select ASCII key format and if you select Hex as key format you can use characters 0 9 a f and A F You must enter at leas...

Page 77: ...is rebooting 2 8 3 3 Wi Fi Protected Access WPA TIPS Some examples 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 digita...

Page 78: ...ent support the cipher you selected Pre shared Select the type of pre shared key you Key Format 3 can select Passphrase 8 or more alphanumerical characters up to 63 or Hex 64 characters of 0 9 and a f...

Page 79: ...ixed You can select one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected RADIUS Server Please input the IP address of your IP address 3 Radius authentication serv...

Page 80: ...ccess Control This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access t...

Page 81: ...ce MAC address filtering Access Control 4 you have to check Enable Wireless Access Control When this item is unchecked wireless router will not enforce MAC address filtering of wireless clients MAC Ad...

Page 82: ...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 set...

Page 83: ...N code of wireless client and switch it to WPS mode then provide the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect to this wireless router The detailed instructions are listed follow Please clic...

Page 84: ...less security key of the router will be displayed here Config Mode 3 There are Registrar and Enrollee modes for the WPS connection When Registrar is enabled the wireless clients will follow the router...

Page 85: ...ss 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...

Page 86: ...nteed 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...

Page 87: ...e see section 3 1 2 Add a new QoS rule below Edit 6 If you want to modify the content of a specific rule please check the select box of the rule you want to edit then click Edit button Only one rule s...

Page 88: ...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...

Page 89: ...by this rule Local IP Specify the local source IP address Address c that will be affected by this rule Please input the starting IP address in the left field and input the end IP address in the right...

Page 90: ...f this rule available options are None SMTP HTTP POP3 and FTP You can select a specific traffic type for this rule if you want to make this rule as a IP address based rule apply the limitation on all...

Page 91: ...gle 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...

Page 92: ...ts of Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on local network The port number s of Internet IP address and private IP address the IP address on local network must be the same If the po...

Page 93: ...ange 5 Input the starting port number in the left field and input the ending port number in the right field If you only want to redirect a single port number just fill the port number in the left fiel...

Page 94: ...ack 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 loc...

Page 95: ...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 n...

Page 96: ...appings existed in virtual server table Reset 13 Unselect all mappings After you finish with all settings please click Apply 14 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser P...

Page 97: ...ck this box to disable virtual server IP Address 2 Input the IP address of the computer which you want to open the ports Computer Name 3 Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the route...

Page 98: ...ent Trigger Port Table select the Special Application settings you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all Special Appliacation settings from the table just c...

Page 99: ...onfiguration for peer to peer communications with this function network devices will be able to communicate with other devices directly and learn about information about other devices Many network dev...

Page 100: ...ly saved value please click Cancel button 3 2 6 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway ALG is a special function of this router It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applications which re...

Page 101: ...ge 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...

Page 102: ...words Please follow the following instructions to enable or disable firewall function Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on...

Page 103: ...ent interface then click Access Control and the 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...

Page 104: ...commended 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 R...

Page 105: ...P address entry Selected 14 check the select box of the IP address you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one IP addresses Delete All 15 If you want to delete al...

Page 106: ...3 1 1 Add PC After button is clicked the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Client PC Please input any text to describe this IP a b c d...

Page 107: ...want to specify port 80 to 90 please input 80 90 if you want to apply this rule on a single port just input the port number like 80 Add f When you finish with all settings please click Add to save se...

Page 108: ...or http 11 22 33 44 or the keyword which is contained in URL like pornography cartoon stock or anything Add 3 Click Add button to add the URL keyword to the URL Keyword filtering table Reset 4 Click R...

Page 109: ...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 va...

Page 110: ...the connection status of a specified remote network device but some malicious intruder will try to fill your network bandwidth with a lot of PING request data packet to make your internet connection b...

Page 111: ...ttings below 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 cont...

Page 112: ...cket is received in very short time this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Discard Ping Check the box to activate this DoS From WAN b prevention mechanism Port Scan c Many kind of port scan m...

Page 113: ...militarized Zone DMZ Demilitarized Zone DMZ refers to a special area in your local network This area resides in local network and all computers in this area uses private IP address too But these priva...

Page 114: ...map to a specific private IP address Client PC IP Please input the private IP address that the address 3 Internet IP address will be mapped to Computer Name 4 Pull down the menu and all the computers...

Page 115: ...e please click Delete All button Reset 10 You can also click Reset button to unselect all DMZ entries After you finish with all settings please click Apply 11 button and the following message will be...

Page 116: ...ver 1 WAN Priority 2 Please select the WAN connection priority from the drop down menu Idle Timeout Please input the idle time for detecting the Internet Detect 3 connection If the major Internet conn...

Page 117: ...cation to you SMTP Server 6 Please input the SMTP Server you wish to use Mail Address please input the mail address which you would like From 7 to use as an alarm Mail Address please input the mail ad...

Page 118: ...function to know the system information and firmware version of this router Please click Status link located at the upper right corner of web management interface and the following message will be di...

Page 119: ...on the connection status 3 5 3 Device Status You can use this function to know the status of your router Please click Device Status menu on the left of web management interface and the following messa...

Page 120: ...s 3 5 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 f...

Page 121: ...Security Log All information about network and system security is kept here and you can use this function to check the security event log of your router Please click Security Log menu on the left of...

Page 122: ...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...

Page 123: ...nterface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser 3 6 Configuration Backup and Restore You can backup all configurations of this router to a file so you can make several copied...

Page 124: ...sfer the configuration file to router After the configuration is uploaded the router s configuration will be replaced by the file you just uploaded Restore to Click this button to remove all settings...

Page 125: ...le Please download the latest firmware file from our website and use it to upgrade your router After a firmware upgrade file is selected click Apply button and the router will start firmware upgrade p...

Page 126: ...etime 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 mes...

Page 127: ...P Port x 1 USB Post USB 2 0 Type A x 1 3G Mini USB x 1 Power Antenna Internal Printed Antenna 1T1R Power 5VDC 2A xMini USB Type Switch Power Adaptor Dimension 16 8 H x 70 W x 100 D mm Transmit Power 1...

Page 128: ...ered 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...

Page 129: ...te server but can t use hostname please check DNS setting I can t locate my router by my wireless client a Broadcast ESSID set to off b All two antennas are properly secured c Are you too far from you...

Page 130: ...rd do a hard reset Router become hot a This is not a malfunction if you can keep your hand on the router s case b If you smell something wrong or see the smoke coming out from router or A C power adap...

Page 131: ...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 tra...

Page 132: ...stination ISP Gateway Address see ISP for definition The ISP Gateway Address is an IP address for the Internet router located at the ISP s office ISP Internet Service Provider An ISP is a business tha...

Page 133: ...ely accepted standards Ethernet and the Point to Point Protocol It is a communications protocol for transmitting information over Ethernet between different manufacturers Protocol A protocol is a set...

Page 134: ...proper error detection and error recovery and thus is reliable UDP on the other hand is not reliable They both run on top of the IP Internet Protocol a network layer protocol WAN Wide Area Network A n...

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