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8 

Chapter II: System 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.   

 

 
2.

 

Connect 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. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for BlackRapid N+

Page 1: ...GreyRapid N Wireless Network Router User s Manual DN 7049 1 Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...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 and any incidental or consequ...

Page 3: ... to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution This equipment must be installed and ope...

Page 4: ... environment In 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 1...

Page 5: ... 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 of this 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 i...

Page 6: ...s 95 98 Me IP address setup 2 2 2 Windows 2000 IP address setup 2 2 3 Windows XP IP address setup 2 2 4 Windows Vista IP address setup 2 2 5 Router IP address lookup 2 3 Using Quick Setup 2 3 1 Setup procedure for Cable Modem 2 3 2 Setup procedure for Fixed IP xDSL 2 3 3 Setup procedure for PPPoE xDSL 2 3 4 Setup procedure for PPTP xDSL 2 3 5 Setup procedure for L2TP xDSL 2 3 6 Setup procedure for...

Page 7: ...ess LAN Configurations 2 7 1 Basic Wireless Settings 2 7 1 1 Setup procedure for AP 2 7 1 2 Setup procedure for Station Infrastructure 2 7 1 3 Setup procedure for AP Bridge Point to Point 2 7 1 4 Setup procedure for AP Bridge Point to Multi Point 2 7 1 5 Setup procedure for AP Bridge WDS 2 7 1 6 Setup procedure for Universal Repeater 2 7 2 Advanced Wireless Settings 2 7 3 Wireless Security 2 7 3 1...

Page 8: ...pecial Applications 3 2 5 UPnP Setting 3 2 6 ALG Settings 3 3 Firewall 3 3 1 Access Control 3 3 1 1 Add PC 3 3 2 URL Blocking 3 3 3 DoS Attack Prevention 3 3 3 1 DoS Advanced Settings 3 3 4 Demilitarized Zone DMZ 3 4 System Status 3 4 1 System information and firmware version 3 4 2 Internet Connection Status 3 4 3 Device Status 3 4 4 System Log 3 4 5 Active DHCP client list 3 4 6 Statistics 3 5 Co...

Page 9: ...CHAPTER IV APPENDIX 4 1 Hardware Specification 4 2 Troubleshooting 4 3 Glossary ...

Page 10: ...hone game console and more can connect to this wireless router without additional cabling With a compatible wireless card installed in your PC you can transfer file for up to 150Mbps transfer data rate Other features of this router including High Internet Access throughput Allow multiple users to share a single Internet line Supports up to 253 users Share a single Cable or xDSL internet connection...

Page 11: ...eb based GUI for network configuration and management purposes Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer over the Internet Auto MDI MDI X function for all wired Ethernet ports ...

Page 12: ...er 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 router on paper cloth or other flammable materials 7 There s no user serviceable part inside the router If you found that the router ...

Page 13: ...dem with a RJ 45 Ethernet port Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 or above Netscape Navigator 4 7 or above Opera web browser or Safari web browser An available AC power socket 100 240V 50 60Hz ...

Page 14: ... this router please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items Broadband router main body 1 pcs 1 Quick installation guide 1 pcs 2 User manual CDROM 1 pcs 3 A C power adapter 1 pcs 4 ...

Page 15: ...s 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 16: ... 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 17: ...etwork 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 2 Connect 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 ...

Page 18: ...he front panel PWR LED should be steadily on WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer network device connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected If PWD LED is not on or any LED you expected is not on please recheck the cabling or jump to 4 2 Troubleshooting for possible reasons and solution ...

Page 19: ...f it s set to use static IP address or you re unsure please follow the following instructions to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address If the operating system of your computer is Windows 95 98 Me please go to section 2 2 1 Windows 2000 please go to section 2 2 2 Windows XP please go to section 2 2 3 Windows Vista please go to section 2 2 4 2 2 1 Windows 95 98 Me IP address setup 1 Clic...

Page 20: ...11 2 Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server and then click OK ...

Page 21: ...ld 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: ...13 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 23: ...d 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: ...15 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 25: ...ner 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: ...17 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

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Page 28: ...19 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 Input cmd then click OK ...

Page 29: ...b browser After your computer obtained 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 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...

Page 30: ... 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 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 categori...

Page 31: ... 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 QuickSetup menu by clicking QuickSetup button HERE ...

Page 32: ... 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 131 107 1 10 time nw nist gov ...

Page 33: ... sure please contact your Internet service provider A wrong Internet connection type will cause connection problem and you will not be able to connect to internet 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 I...

Page 34: ... 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 OK 3 button if you want to go back to previous menu c...

Page 35: ...input the IP address of DNS server Gateway Address 4 provided by your service provider When you finish with all settings press OK 5 if you want to go back to previous menu click Back NOTE You can choose this Internet connection method if your service provider assigns a fixed IP address also know as static address to you and not using DHCP or PPPoE protocol Please contact your service provider for ...

Page 36: ...net 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 Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type 5 connection you wish to use detailed explanation listed below Idle Time Out 6 Please input idle time out detailed explanation ...

Page 37: ...able Modem section above or Use the following 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 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 Co...

Page 38: ...gned 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 Gateway 3 assigned by your Internet service provider here Connection Please input the connection ID here this is ID 4 optional and you can leave it blank MTU 5 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If ...

Page 39: ...revious menu click Back 2 3 5 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 PPTP there are two kinds of required setting we ll start from WAN Interface Settings Please select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here You can choose...

Page 40: ...vice provider here Password 2 Please input the password assigned 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 connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type 5 connection you w...

Page 41: ... 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 manually 3 server by 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 When all settings are finish...

Page 42: ...ply 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 43: ...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 Please click System menu on the left of web management interface then click Time Zone and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please select time zone at Set time zone drop down list an...

Page 44: ...d Default password of this router is 1234 and it s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from 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 follow the following instructions Please click System menu on the left of web management interface then clic...

Page 45: ...ncel 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 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 If the current and new passwords ...

Page 46: ...ecurity 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 Function To do so please follow the following instructions Please click System menu on the left of web management interface then click Remote Management and the following message will be displayed on yo...

Page 47: ...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 the configuration When you finish with all settings click Apply and 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 sav...

Page 48: ...will be a problem Please either askasks 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 setting in this page is not 80 you have to assign the port number in the address bar of web browser manually For example if th...

Page 49: ...lowing 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 connection method on the right please click More Configuration button after a method is selected Dynamic IP Please go to section 2 5 1 Static IP Please go to section 2 5 2...

Page 50: ...rvice 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 if you want to remove and value you entered please click Cancel After ...

Page 51: ...e descriptions of every setup items IP address assigned Please input IP address assigned by your Service by your service provider Provider 1 Subnet Mask 2 Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider Service Provider Please input the IP address of DNS Gateway Address 3 server provided by your service provider After you finish with all settings please click Apply 4 button and the foll...

Page 52: ...ll 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 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 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 ...

Page 53: ...ll re connect 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 pleas...

Page 54: ...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 Select 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 i e static IP ad...

Page 55: ... the password assigned by your Internet service provider here PPTP Gateway 3 Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here Connection ID 4 Please input the connection ID here this is optional and 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 If you are ...

Page 56: ...en 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 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 pr...

Page 57: ...lue Connection Please select the connection type of Internet connection type 5 you wish to use please refer to section 2 5 3 for detailed descriptions Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet connection Out 6 you wish to use 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 y...

Page 58: ...e 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 login server by yourself server manually 3 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...

Page 59: ...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 of any reason you can input t...

Page 60: ...age 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 Only IP address can be entere...

Page 61: ...ress 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 DDNS account by the instructions given on their webpage Here are descriptions of every setup items Dynamic DNS 1 If you want to enable DDNS function please sele...

Page 62: ...ton 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 ...

Page 63: ... 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 0 and 254 and d is an 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 pi...

Page 64: ...P 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 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 Recommended Value if you don...

Page 65: ...nge 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 2 100 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 greater than Start IP and can n...

Page 66: ...ssign 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 DHCP Leases 1 otherwise uncheck it to 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...

Page 67: ...Selected 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 th...

Page 68: ...truded 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 Please select Enable 1 then click Apply 2 button If you re comi...

Page 69: ...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 This wireless router can be work in 6 modes a Access Point Standard wireless AP b Station Infrastructure Configure the router to Ethernet device such us TV Game player HDD DVD to enable the Ethernet device be a wi...

Page 70: ...e on other operation mode specific settings AP Please go to section 2 7 1 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 ba...

Page 71: ... maximum transfer rate 150Mbps 2 4 GHz B G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b and 802 11g wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer 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...

Page 72: ...blem 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 active wireless stations that are connecting to the...

Page 73: ...u 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 pop up It will NOTE If you don t have special reason to limit the type of allowed wireless client it s recommended to choose 2 4 GHz B G N to maximize wireless client comp...

Page 74: ...oint to Point In this mode you can connect your wireless router with another to combine two access points and expand the scope of wireless network and all clients wired only AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode of two wireless routers will think they re on the same physical network This function is very convenient when you need to connect two networks between two buildings Here are ins...

Page 75: ...oint to Multi Point In this mode you can connect your wireless router with at least four wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless network and all clients wired only AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode of the 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...

Page 76: ...pe of network by combining up to four other access points together and every access point can still accept wireless clients 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 SSID 3 Input the SSID of your wireless router the setting should be the same with other wireless routers for the convenience of roaming 1 2 3 4...

Page 77: ...nection Setting 10 Please go 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...

Page 78: ...etting 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 Survey button to choose a Ro...

Page 79: ...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 Here are descriptions of every setup items Fragment Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 80: ...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 Data Rate 6 Same as above but only for 802 11n clients Channel Width 7 Set channel width of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default setting is Auto 20 40 MHz P...

Page 81: ...rs in distance will not be able to reach your wireless router WMM 12 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 please click ...

Page 82: ...own 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 want to allow everyone to use your wireles...

Page 83: ...t Key 1 Encryption Key Input WEP key characters here the number of 1 to 4 5 8 characters must be the same as the number displayed at Key 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 least one encryption key here and if you entered multiple WEP keys t...

Page 84: ... 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 intended to show ...

Page 85: ...Here are descriptions of every setup items WPA Unicast Please select a type of WPA cipher suite Cipher Suite 2 Available options are WPA TKIP WPA2 AES 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 Key Format 3 can select Passphrase 8 or more alphanumerical characters up to 63...

Page 86: ...S If you have a RADIUS server this router can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication Here are descriptions of every setup items WPA Unicast Please select a type of WPA cipher suite Cipher Suite 2 Available options are WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected NOTE Some wireless clients ...

Page 87: ...etup 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 4 Wireless Access 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 to your wireless router You can use this ...

Page 88: ...lete All 3 If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here please click Delete All button Enable To enforce 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 Address 5 Input the MAC address of your wireless devices here dash or colon are not required ...

Page 89: ...ment to the MAC address filtering table Clear 8 Click Clear to remove the value you inputted in MAC address and comment field After 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 setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will...

Page 90: ... 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 wireless router to WPS mode too You can push Reset WPS button of this wireless router or click Start PBC button in the web configuration interface to do this if you want to use PIN code you have to know the PIN code of wireless client and switch it to WPS mode then provi...

Page 91: ... wireless devices SSID The SSID of this wireless router will be displayed here Authentication Mode The wireless security authentication mode of this wireless router will be displayed here If you don t enable security function of the wireless router before WPS is activated the router will auto set the security to WPA AES and generate a set of passphrase key for WPS connection Passphrase Key The wir...

Page 92: ...tes 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 input the PIN code of the wireless client you by client wish to connect and click Start PIN button PinCode 5 The WLAN LED on the wireless router will be steady on when this wireless router is waiting for incoming WPS request ...

Page 93: ...ess 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 function of their wireless ...

Page 94: ...ranteed 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 said unpleasing result from happening 3 1 1 Basic QoS Settings Please follow the following instructions to set QoS ...

Page 95: ...S rule 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 should be selected a time If you didn t select a rule before clicking Edit button you ll be prompted to add a new rule Delete 7 You can delete selected rules by clicking this button You can select...

Page 96: ...g 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 3 1 2 Add a new QoS rule Aft...

Page 97: ...for the application allowed 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 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 Range...

Page 98: ...e select the traffic type of 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 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...

Page 99: ...ngle 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 web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser To enable NAT function please select Enable for E...

Page 100: ...rts 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 port number of 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 cl...

Page 101: ...not sure please select Both Port Range 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 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 inputt...

Page 102: ... reset all settings in this 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 redirec...

Page 103: ...elect 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 select Both Public Port 6 Please select the port number of Internet IP address which will be redirected to the port number of local IP address defined above Comment 7 ...

Page 104: ...ll 12 Delete all mappings 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 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 3...

Page 105: ...le 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 router will be listed here You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer TCP Port to Open 4 This is the out going Outbound range of TCP port numbers for this particular application...

Page 106: ...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 click Delete All button Click Reset will clear your current selections Delete 11 Please select a special application by clicking the Select box of the mapping then click Delete Selected button to remove the setting If there ...

Page 107: ...configuration 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 device and applications rely on UPnP function nowadays Please click NAT menu on the left of web management interface then click UPnP and the following message will be displayed on your web browser There...

Page 108: ...sly 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 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 th...

Page 109: ...age 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 ...

Page 110: ...ollowing 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 your web browser Please select Enable or Disable to enable or disable firewall function of this router the click Apply button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to pr...

Page 111: ...cess 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 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 all...

Page 112: ...lphanumerical 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 addresses in filtering table Filtering Table 7 will be l...

Page 113: ...C 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 Delete Selected button You can select more than one IP addresses Delete All 15 If you want to delete all IP addresses list...

Page 114: ... 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 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 115: ...ce 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 port just input the port number like 80 Add f When you finish with all settings please click Add to save...

Page 116: ... will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable URL Check this box to enforce URL Blocking Blocking 1 uncheck it to disable URL Blocking URL Keyword 2 Input the URL host name or IP address of website like http www blocked site com 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 t...

Page 117: ...t all URL Keywords After 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 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 i...

Page 118: ...n your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Ping of Death 1 Ping of Death is a special packet and it will cause certain computer to stop responding Check this box and the router will filter this kind of packet out Discard Ping Ping is a common and useful tool to know From WAN 2 the connection status of a specified remote network device but some malicious intruder will try to fill...

Page 119: ...ecome unusable Check this box and the router will filter this kind of traffic out Advanced Click this button and you can set advanced Settings 5 settings of the DoS prevention method listed above please see section 3 3 3 1 DoS Advanced Settings 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 ...

Page 120: ...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 DoS From WAN b prevention mechanism Port Scan c Many kind of port scan methods are listed here please check one or more DoS attack metho...

Page 121: ...ge 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 This area resides in local network and all computers in this area uses private IP address too But these private IP addresses are mapped to a certain Internet IP address so other people on Internet can fully access those computers in DMZ Ple...

Page 122: ... 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 connected to the router will be listed here You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer Add 5 Click Add button to add the public IP address and associat...

Page 123: ...re 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 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 wa...

Page 124: ... 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 router Please click Status link located at the upper right corner of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser NOTE Information displayed here may vary ...

Page 125: ... web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser This information will vary depending on the connection status 3 4 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 message will be displayed on your web browser ...

Page 126: ...us 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 1 2 3 ...

Page 127: ...k 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 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 a...

Page 128: ...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 3 4 6 Statistics You can use this 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 displa...

Page 129: ... 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 Settings 2 configuration file from your computer and then click Upload to transfer the configuration fil...

Page 130: ...er 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 management interface then the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Next and the following message will be displayed Click Browse button first yo...

Page 131: ...ick 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 NOTE Never interrupt the upgrade procedure by closing the web browser or physically disconnect your ...

Page 132: ...00M UTP Port x 4 Antenna 3dBi Dipole Antenna x 1 1T1R 1 antenna is for signal transmitting and 1 antenna iss are for signal receiving Power 12VDC 1A Switching Power Adapter Dimension 30 H x 157 W x 127 D mm Transmit Power 11n 15dBm 1dBm 11g 15dBm 1dBm 11b 18dBm 1dBm Temperature 32 104 F 0 40 C Humidity 10 90 NonCondensing Certification FCC CE ...

Page 133: ...t 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 button for over 10 seconds e Set your computer to obtain an IP address automatically DHCP and see if your computer can get an IP address f If you did a firmware upg...

Page 134: ...NS 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 your router Try to get closer d Please remember that you have to input ESSID on your wireless client manually if ESSID broadcast is disabled File download is very slow or breaks frequently a Are you using QoS function Try to disable it and try again ...

Page 135: ... 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 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 clo...

Page 136: ...etwork 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 networks Ethernet networks are connected by special cables and hubs and move data around at up to 10 100 million bits per second Mbps Idle Timeout Idle Timeout is designed s...

Page 137: ...ted at the ISP s office ISP Internet Service Provider An ISP is a business that provides connectivity to the Internet for individuals and other businesses or organizations LAN Local Area Network A LAN is a group of computers and devices connected together in a relatively small area such as a house or an office Your home network is considered a LAN MAC Address MAC stands for Media Access Control A ...

Page 138: ...ultiple parties so that when they interface with each other based on such a protocol the interpretation of their behavior is well defined and can be made objectively without confusion or misunderstanding Router A router is an intelligent network device that forwards packets between different networks based on network layer address information such as IP addresses Subnet Mask A subnet mask which ma...

Page 139: ...ayer protocol WAN Wide Area Network A network that connects computers located in geographically separate areas e g different buildings cities countries The Internet is a wide area network Web based management 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 ...

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