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Wireless Broadband Router

User Manual

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Page 1: ...this publication may be reproduced in any form by any means without the prior written permission Other trademarks or brand names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Jan 2003 Draft Version F W 2 02 00 ...

Page 2: ...e equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Chang...

Page 3: ... Up Ethernet WLAN Client 11 3 1 Setting up Ethernet Client 11 For Windows 98 ME 12 For Windows NT 13 For Windows 2000 14 3 2 Setting up Wireless Client 15 3 3 Checking Connection with the Router 16 4 Web Configuration 17 4 1 Accessing Web Based Configuration Utility 17 To enable Your Settings 18 4 2 Viewing System Status 19 4 3 Configuration for NAT Routing Mode 20 WAN Configuration for NAT Routin...

Page 4: ...Your IP Filter Rules 37 Filter Types 38 Filter Scenario of the Wireles Broadband Router 39 Viewing Filter Log 40 Other Firewall Settings 40 4 7 Forwarding 42 Setting Up Forwarding Entries 42 If you have a Web server on your network 43 4 8 Administration 45 5 Specification 49 5 1 Hardware 49 5 2 Software 50 ...

Page 5: ...nshine Do not expose the product to moisture Never spill any liquid on the product Do not attempt to connect with any computer accessory or electronic product without instructions from qualified service personnel This may result in risk of electronic shock or file Do not place this product on an unstable stand or table Using Power off and unplug this product from the wall outlet when it is not in ...

Page 6: ... Contact qualified service personnel under the following conditions If the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed If liquid has been spilled into the product If the product has been exposed to rain or water If the product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are followed If the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged If the product exhibits a distinct change ...

Page 7: ...r abbreviations are used interchangeably Access Point AP Wireless LAN WLAN Ethernet network LAN network This User Manual contains information on how to install and configure your Wireless Broadband Router to get your network started accessing the Internet From now on we will guide you through the correct configuration steps to get your device up and run ...

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Page 9: ...er than 802 11b Since 802 11g operates on the same frequency of 2 4 GHz as 802 11b it is backwards compatible with existing Wi Fi devices The benefit is that you can preserve the existing 802 11b infrastructure while migrating to the new screaming fast 802 11g The integrated DHCP server automatically assigns IP addresses to your LAN devices and with the built in Network Address Translation NAT fun...

Page 10: ...ding DMZ Hosting ASCII HEX Format 64 128 Bit WEP Key for Wireless LAN Allow List for Wireless LAN VPN Support IPSec Passthrough and PPTP Passthrough Configurable through Web Browser via WAN LAN Software Upgrade NTP Manual System Clock Configuration Saving Retrieving Event Log 1 3 Package Contents Check the contents of the package against the pack contents checklist below If any of the items is mis...

Page 11: ...nnection using Cable ADSL modem for Internet connection One computer with 10 100Base T Ethernet card and TCP IP protocol installed for initial setup Internet Explorer 5 0 or higher for Web configuration Requirement for each PC on the LAN TCP IP protocol installed ...

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Page 13: ...ibed in the table below from left to right LEDs Function Color Status Description Off No power is supplied to the unit Power Green Solid Power is connected to the unit Off WLAN interface is not initialized properly On WLAN interface is initialized properly and ready WLAN Wireless Ready Activity Green Blinking Transmitting receiving packets to from WLAN interface LAN 1 4 LAN port Status Green 100 M...

Page 14: ...s not yet obtain an IP address Connected Green On Indicates the WAN port successfully obtains an IP address Rear Panel and Connectors The following figure illustrates the rear panel of your Wireless Broadband Router DC 5V 2 8A Power connector LAN Ports 1 4 RJ 45 Connectors Integrated 4 port 10 100BaseT switch Connects to a hub switch or NIC equipped PC in your network The LAN ports support Auto MD...

Page 15: ...people may walk on the cables Also keep it away from direct sunshine or heat sources Place the device on a flat and stable stand Connecting the Wireless Broadband Router Prior to connecting the hardware make sure to power off your Ethernet device Cable ADSL modem and Wireless Broadband Router Then follow the steps below to connect the related devices Step 1 Connecting Your PC to the LAN port Attac...

Page 16: ...nnect the single DC output connector of the power adapter to the power jack on the back of the Wireless Broadband Router Then connect the supplied power cord to the power adapter and the other end to an AC outlet Step 4 Turn on the power switch ...

Page 17: ...2 Hardware Description Installation 9 The figure below illustrates a connection diagram example ...

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Page 19: ...mask as 255 255 255 0 and the gateway as 192 168 1 1 to be on the same subnet with the router This chapter describes how to configure your PC to be a DHCP client for initial connection to the device If you have modified the router s network setting your LAN WLAN clients should make appropriate changes in order to make successful connection 3 1 Setting up Ethernet Client To access the Wireless Broa...

Page 20: ...y Then click OK Step 5 If your network settings is changed you will be prompted with System Settings Change dialog box click Yes to restart your computer Checking Renew IP Address under Windows 98 ME The following steps help you verify if your network adapter gets an IP address within the DHCP IP pool range 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 150 by default of the router If not you may need to renew the IP in...

Page 21: ...rnet adapter For Windows NT Step 1 Click Start point to Settings and then click Control Panel Step 2 Double click the Network icon Step 3 On the IP Address tab click on the drop down arrow of Adapter to select required adapter Enable Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server and then click OK Step 4 When returning to Network window click Close Step 5 When prompted with Network Settings Change dialog...

Page 22: ...alog box and then click OK Step 3 At prompt type ipconfig to see the IP information from DHCP server Step 4 If you want to get a new IP address type ipconfig release to release the previous IP address and then type ipconfig renew to get a new one For Windows 2000 Step 1 From the Start menu point to Settings and then click Network and Dial up Connections Step 2 Right click the Local Area Connection...

Page 23: ...resource and Internet connection To get your wireless client connected to the router verify the following 1 Make sure your PC is equipped with WLAN adapter and has appropriate WLAN card driver utility and TCP IP installed 2 Set the WLAN client to obtain a dynamic IP address from the Wireless Broadband Router The procedures are the same as described above The only difference is that you are configu...

Page 24: ... the IP address of the router at the DOS prompt For example ping 192 168 1 1 If the following response occurs Reply from 192 168 1 1 bytes 32 time 100ms TTL 253 Then the connection between the Wireless Broadband Router and the network has been successfully established Otherwise if you get a failed ping with the response of Request time out Then the connection is fail Verify your network setting is...

Page 25: ... and enter the default password of admin Figure 4 1 Login to Web Configuration Utility After you login the System Overview page of the Wireless Broadband Router displays From now on the Wireless Broadband Router acts as a Web server sending HTML pages forms on your request You can click the menu options at the top to start your configuration task While working with this Web Configuration Utility c...

Page 26: ...be prompted to wait for a few seconds for the router to commit changes to permanent storage During this process it is important not to switch on or off the router otherwise damage may be caused to the device After the settings have been registered the screen will return to previous page and the settings are effective You may then proceed with other configuration tasks Figure 4 2 Apply Changes ...

Page 27: ...s Broadband Router including the system WAN LAN interface and Wireless LAN interface information You may click the Update button to update the overall status If firewall is enabled an additional item Firewall is displayed at the bottom of the page Clicking the Show Log button under this item will display the firewall activity log in a separate window Figure 4 3 System Overview ...

Page 28: ...E Client Some ISPs use a PPPoE session to make connection with their clients If this is the case you should enable this option and finish the PPPoE Client settings The WAN port of the device will be assigned a public IP address from your ISP s server PPTP Client This router supports VPN Virtual Private Network pass through for both PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol and IPSec IP Security VPN a...

Page 29: ...4 Web Configuration 21 and obtain related information for correct configuration Then proceed to finish the following procedures ...

Page 30: ...e according to the connection type offered by your ISP 3 If required in the MAC Address field enter your network adapter s MAC address in the format of xx xx xx xx xx xx Otherwise just keep the default values This field allows you to clone a network adapter s MAC address to the WAN port of the router Some ISPs use the MAC address of NIC which was connected to your Cable ADSL modem for static mappi...

Page 31: ...ure 4 4 WAN Configuration DHCP Client υ PPPoE Client If PPPoE Client is your option configure these fields as required by your ISP PPPoE Connection Status This item is not configurable It displays whether the connection is up or down Username Password Enter the username and password provided by your ISP used to log on to Internet connection Connection Mode Select your PPP connection from these opt...

Page 32: ... time value best suitable for your network Manual Connect If enabled the system administrator can manually connect or disconnect the PPP session by clicking the Connect Disconnect buttons in this page MTU MRU Allows you to adjust the Maximum Transmission Receive Unit in bytes for the WAN interface You may need to adjust the values to a smaller size if the servers of your ISP do not support full si...

Page 33: ...itiate a PPTP connection to the PPTP server Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the PPTP server IP Address Subnet Mask Enter the Internet IP address subnet mask that the ISP assigns to this router for reaching the PPTP server Idle Disconnect If checked enter the amount of time the router will maintain the PPTP connection to when there is no traffic Figure 4 6 WAN Configuration PPTP Client ...

Page 34: ...Servers Specifies the IP address of the Domain Name Server Your LAN side DHCP clients use the DNS to map a domain name to its corresponding IP address and vice versa Up to three DNS servers are allowed If no DNS server is specified or the specified servers are not available the router will automatically assign a DNS server to the DHCP clients WINS Servers Optional for Windows Internet Names Servic...

Page 35: ... Configuration Protocol server on its LAN interface which dynamically assigns IP addresses to the DHCP clients on the LAN WLAN The DHCP server also provides a default gateway the router s LAN IP address and DNS addresses for DHCP clients to access the Internet DHCP function spares you the hassle of manually assigning a fixed IP address to each PC on the LAN WLAN It is probably you already have a D...

Page 36: ...ed amount of time Figure 4 8 LAN Configuration in Router Mode Viewing Current DHCP Assignments When DHCP server function is enabled for your LAN the router keeps a record of any machine either Ethernet or Wireless node that has leased IP from the specified IP pool The DHCP lease table is displayed under System Overview LAN Interface Figure 4 9 DHCP Lease Table ...

Page 37: ...he WAN LAN relation and then click Apply to commit the changes Figure 4 10 Enabling Bridging Part 2 LAN configuration 1 In the Protocol item select DHCP Client or Manual Config as required DHCP Client Select this option if there is already a DHCP server in your network which assigns IP to this bridge If enabled no further configuration is needed since the DHCP server will pass the required IP info...

Page 38: ...CP server service is enabled proceed to set up the items below DHCP Lease Time Specify the time that a network device can lease a private IP address before the device reassigning the IP address IP Pool Range Specify the starting and ending IP address of the IP address pool Whenever a network device requests an Internet session the device will allocate an unused IP addresses from this pool and leas...

Page 39: ...4 Web Configuration 31 Figure 4 12 Bridge Mode Manual Config ...

Page 40: ...dically broadcast its SSID to allow the wireless clients to recognize their presence However this creates a security hole since any wireless station with SSID set to any or got the broadcast may associate to your AP It is recommended to set this option to Closed to have your AP only accept stations whose SSID are the same as this AP Country Select the country where you use this AP When the country...

Page 41: ...Shared Key on the other hand utilizes WEP capability to further verify if the wireless client is authorized to share this AP s resource If the client has the wrong key or no key it will fail authentication and will not be allowed to associate with the AP If you select Open System or Shared Key wireless stations can communicate with or without data encryption WEP Keys Enter one to four WEP keys in ...

Page 42: ...ed υ Advanced Configuration We suggest you not to modify the Advanced parameters unless specific requirement is required The parameters are described as below Beacon Interval Defines the periodic interval at which the 802 11 WLAN Access Point sends out a beacon RTS Threshold Request to send threshold It specifies the packet size beyond which the AP invokes its RTS CTS mechanism Packets that exceed...

Page 43: ...n select from a range of transmission speeds from 1 to 54 Mbps or keep the default setting Auto to have the AP automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the auto fallback feature Basic Rate Set Sets what data rate control and management frames will be transmitted at The Default option uses 1 or 2 Mbps for 802 11b and 6 12 or 24Mbps for 802 11g The All option uses 1 2 5 5 6 11 12 ...

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Page 45: ... to pass through the WAN port depending on whether packets match your filter rules and whether your filter type is Listed Pass or Listed Block In addition to filter settings the Filters page also allows to configure other firewall settings including WAN Management WAN Port Ping Reply and Report Log to TFTP Server Specifing Your IP Filter Rules If you are going to specify your filter rules follow t...

Page 46: ...ackets are allowed or prohibited to pass through the WAN port You may enter the same address in both Start and End fields to define a single IP address Up to 5 entries are allowed TCP Port Filters Allows or prohibits certain LAN machine to use TCP based service in the specified port range through the WAN port Up to 12 entries are allowed For example to allow or prohibit local PC 192 168 1 210 to u...

Page 47: ...any packet All packets can pass through the WAN port Defaults If any filter is enabled only the packets matching the specified rule are blocked other packets can pass through the WAN port When Filter Type is Listed Pass If all the filters are disabled No filter rule is specified to allow any packet to pass All packets are blocked If any filter is enabled Only the packets matching the specified rul...

Page 48: ...le only when Firewall is enabled If available this item is disabled by default that rejects any external access from the WAN port If this option is enabled a WAN Port filed is displayed with the default value 80 If required you may enter another port number used by the external WAN access If WAN Management is enabled using a non 80 port the router s HTTP service Web Configuration Utility will be a...

Page 49: ...ernal host will get reply when trying to ping the IP address of your WAN port It s disabled by default Report Log to TFTP Server Available only when Firewall is enabled If available it specifies whether to report firewall event log to your TFTP server If enabled a LAN TFTP Server field is present for you to specify the IP address of the TFTP server All the filter logs are sent to TFTP server altho...

Page 50: ...packets However if you designate a DMZ sever incoming packets that do not match the forwarding criteria will be redirected to the DMZ IP address That is forwarding demands a higher priority than DMZ Setting Up Forwarding Entries To set up your forwarding entries enter these fields DMZ IP Address DMZ setting allows a local machine to be exposed to the Internet If you specify a DMZ host here all vir...

Page 51: ... on your network If you enable WAN Management i e allow external access from the WAN port see 4 6 Filters and want to designate another Web server on your local network take either of the procedures below to avoid port confliction Option 1 In Filters page with WAN Management enabled enter a port number other than 80 for example 1234 and reserve the number 80 for your Web server If any external hos...

Page 52: ...ress 8080 If you do not enter the suffix 8080 the external host s packets will contain the standard port number 80 and the router will not forward the packets since no forwarding entry matches As a result if a WAN computer tries to access the LAN s Web server it will turn to access the Web service on the WAN port i e the Web Configuration Utility of the router instead Figure 4 15 Forwarding ...

Page 53: ...raphic location Option 2 Specifying the router as your network NTP server 1 In Set by item enable the Manual Setup option 2 Manually enter the date and time information in respective fields υ Management Setup Username Password For administration security specify required User Name and Password and re enter password in corresponding field for confirmation This setting limits your Web based manager ...

Page 54: ...erly configured you may wish to save current settings The saved settings can be retrieved easily if required even after you reload factory defaults Retrieve User Configurations If you have loaded factory defaults either via the Load Default button on the back panel or via the Restore button in this group you can restore your settings by clicking the Retrieve button Restore Factory Defaults To rest...

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Page 57: ...ase TX auto sensing crossover Ethernet Switch LAN connection 802 11g wireless LAN Two external antennas for wireless technology Physical Front Panel 8 LEDs Power x 1 LAN x 4 WAN x 1 Wireless x 1 Connected x 1 Back Panel Reset button Power Jack RJ 45 LAN Port x 4 RJ 45 WAN Port x 1 Dimensions 145 mm L x 240 mm W x 40 mm H Case types Lay down Power Adapter and Environmental Requirement DC Adaptor In...

Page 58: ...Connect On Demand Support PAP and CHAP Authentication DHCP Client MAC Address Cloning Settable and Changeable IP Address LAN Port Features DHCP Server Settable and Changeable IP Address Router Features NAT Firewall Support Bridge Mode Support 802 1D Spanning Tree Bridging IP Filtering IP Forwarding DMZ Hosting DNS Forwarding UPNP Support Microsoft NetMeeting Passthrough Support Microsoft XP Messen...

Page 59: ...ssthrough Wireless LAN Features Fully compatible to 802 11g standard Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS technology exploitation Seamless roaming within wireless LAN infrastructure Low power consumption via efficient power management Configuration and Management Features Configurable through Web Browser via WAN LAN Software Upgrade DHCP Server function for IP distribution to local network users N...

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