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Wireless Multi-Homing

Broadband Router

User Manual

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Page 1: ...1 Wireless Multi Homing Broadband Router User Manual...

Page 2: ...23 2 1 System 24 2 1 1 Time Zone 25 2 1 2 Password Settings 26 2 1 3 Remote Management 27 2 2 WAN 29 2 2 1 Dynamic IP 30 2 2 2 Static IP Address 30 2 2 3 PPPoE PPP over Ethernet 30 2 2 4 PPTP 30 2 2...

Page 3: ...2 6 3 DoS Denial of Service 79 2 6 4 DMZ 80 2 7 Print Server 81 Chapter 3 83 Status 83 3 1 Status and Information 84 3 2 Internet Connection 85 3 3 Device Status 86 3 4 System Log 87 3 5 Security Log...

Page 4: ...Server Client for easy setup Support advance features such as Special Applications DMZ Virtual Servers Access Control Firewall and Printer mode Allow you to monitor the router s status such as DHCP C...

Page 5: ...to your xDSL or Cable modems and are linked to the Internet 3 Universal Serial Bus USB These 2 USB ports are where you connect to USB printer 3 Reset The Reset button allows you to do one of two thin...

Page 6: ...T ON WAN is connected Port 1 2 Off No WAN connection Flashing WAN port has Activity ACT data being sent LAN 10 100M ON LAN port 100Mbps is connected Port 1 4 Off LAN port 10Mbps is connected LAN LNK A...

Page 7: ...Setup Diagram Figure 1 2 below shows a typical setup for a Local Area Network LAN ADSL or Cable Modem Internet Internet ADSL or Cable Modem Figure 1 2 7...

Page 8: ...how to configure your PC to obtain an IP address automatically for 2a Windows 95 98 Me 2b Windows 2000 and 2c Windows NT 2a Windows 95 98 Me 1 Click the Start button and select Settings then click Co...

Page 9: ...Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Double click Network and Dial up Connections icon In the Network and Dial up Connection window double click Local Area Connection icon The Local Area Conne...

Page 10: ...Start button and select Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Double click Network icon The Network window will appear Select the Protocol tab from the Network windo...

Page 11: ...all fields are blank 7 Click OK to confirm the setting Your PC will now obtain an IP address automatically from your Broadband Router s DHCP server Note Please make sure that the Broadband router s D...

Page 12: ...y default the user name is admin and the password is 1234 For security reasons it is recommended that you change the password as soon as possible in General setup system password see chapter 2 6 The H...

Page 13: ...ion type and then input the configurations needed to connect to your Internet Service Provider ISP General Setup Chapter 2 This section contains configurations for the Broadband router s advance funct...

Page 14: ...ill return you to the LOGIN page 7 Click on Quick Setup Wizard see chapter 1 to start configuring settings required by your ISP so that you can start accessing the Internet The other sections General...

Page 15: ...ase its time on the settings configured here this will affect functions such as Log entries and Firewall settings Parameter Description Set Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are curren...

Page 16: ...four types of connections that you will be using to connect your broadband router s WAN port to your ISP see screen below Note Different ISP s require different methods of connecting to the Internet...

Page 17: ...The Host Name and MAC address section is optional and you can skip this section if your ISP does not require these settings for you to connect to the Internet Parameters Description Host Name If your...

Page 18: ...connection You can start using the router now if you wish to use some of the advance features supported by this router see chapter 2 3 4 1 2 Fixed IP xDSL Select Fixed IP xDSL if your ISP has given yo...

Page 19: ...ter see chapter 2 3 4 1 3 PPPoE Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the PPPoE protocol to connect you to the Internet Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section Parameter Descr...

Page 20: ...specified period the router will automatically disconnect the connection with your ISP Note The WAN idle timeout auto disconnect function may not work due to abnormal activities of some network appli...

Page 21: ...ct to the PPTP server IP Address This is the IP address that your ISP has given you to establish a PPTP connection Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP e g 255 255 255 0 Default Gate...

Page 22: ...ne breaks down and latter links again the router will not auto connect to the ISP Idle Time You can specify an idle time threshold minutes for the WAN port This means if no packets have been sent no o...

Page 23: ...router to meet your network s needs such as Address Mapping Virtual Server Access Control Hacker Attack Prevention Special Applications DMZ and other functions Below is a general description of what...

Page 24: ...can pass your router s NAT 2 5 Firewall The Firewall section allows you to configure Access Control Hacker Prevention and DMZ 2 6 Print The Print section allows you to enable the USB port to support...

Page 25: ...pecify a Host IP address that can perform remote management functions Select one of the above three system settings selections and proceed to the manual s relevant sub section 2 1 1 Time Zone The Time...

Page 26: ...Daylight Savings Time Select the period in which you wish to end daylight Savings Time Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sec...

Page 27: ...eset the router to the factory default password is 1234 with the reset button see router s back panel Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure oth...

Page 28: ...based configuration from a remote location providing they know the password Click the Enabled box to enable the Remote Management function Note When you want to access the web based management from a...

Page 29: ...Big Pond Qos Policy DNS and DDNS You have to select one of the two WAN ports first and configure one WAN port at a time Parameters Description 2 2 1 Dynamic IP address Your ISP will automatically give...

Page 30: ...e Modem for more detail 2 2 2 Static IP Address Select Static IP address if your ISP has given you a specific IP address for you to use Your ISP should provide all the information required in this sec...

Page 31: ...Type in this MAC address in this section or use the Clone MAC Address button to replace the WAN MAC address with the MAC address of that PC you have to be using that PC for the Clone MAC Address butt...

Page 32: ...outer will connect to ISP only when you click Connect manually from the Web user interface The WAN connection will not disconnected due to the idle timeout If the WAN line breaks down and latter links...

Page 33: ...lstra Big Pond connection Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the Telstra Big Pond connection User deside login server Select if you want to assign the IP of Telstra Big Pond s login...

Page 34: ...and keep surfing the Internet smoothly You also can setup a WAN port as a backup WAN port Backup WAN port would not be activated when the router start up When the other active WAN port fails to conne...

Page 35: ...of application and reserve bandwidth for it The packets of applications with higher priority will always go first Lower priority applications will get bandwidth after higher priority applications get...

Page 36: ...e table If you want to remove some QoS rules from the table select the QoS rules you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all QoS rules from the table just cli...

Page 37: ...s blank will be ignored The priority of this rule will be applied to packets that match classification criteria of this rule You can limit bandwidth consumed by packets that match this rule or guarant...

Page 38: ...ckets that this rule will apply to We list some popular applications here to ease the configuration You also can get the same result by using other parameters for example source or destination port nu...

Page 39: ...like an index of IP addresses and Web addresses If you type a Web address into your browser such as www router com a DNS server will find that name in its index and the matching IP address Most ISPs p...

Page 40: ...creen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place 2 2 10 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain na...

Page 41: ...n name that use DDNS Account E mail The account that your DDNS service provider assigned to you Password Key The password you set for the DDNS service account above Click Apply at the bottom of the sc...

Page 42: ...ubnet Mask for your LAN segment 802 1d Spanning Tree Disabled If 802 1d Spanning Tree function is enabled this router will use the spanning tree protocol to prevent from network loop happened in the L...

Page 43: ...Pool You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients Note By default the IP range is from Start IP 192 168 2 100 to End IP 192 168 2 199 If...

Page 44: ...ance the security of your wireless network Parameters Default Description Enable or disable Enable You can select to enable or disable the wireless access point module of this router Wireless module f...

Page 45: ...can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router The parameters include Mode ESSID Channel Number and Associated Client AP Mode setting Page AP Bridge Point to Poi...

Page 46: ...AP Bridge Point to Multi Point mode setting page 46...

Page 47: ...AP Bridge WDS mode setting page 47...

Page 48: ...me channel Associated Clients 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...

Page 49: ...ess you know what effect the changes will have on this router Parameters Default Description Authentication Type There are two authentication types Open System and Shared Key When you select Open Syst...

Page 50: ...SID If you enable Broadcast ESSID every wireless station located within the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily If you are building a public wireless network enabling t...

Page 51: ...e shared key and WPA with RADIUS With these security functions you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access Please make sure your wireless stations use the same security function 2 4 3 1 WEP...

Page 52: ...of them as default key Then the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys Parameters Default Description Key Format You may select to select ASCII Characters alphanumeric format...

Page 53: ...you select it in the Default key will take effect Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with...

Page 54: ...tions You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place 2 4 3 3 802 1x WEP Static key IEEE 802 1x is an authentication protocol Every user must...

Page 55: ...t WEP input 10 digit Hex values in the A F a f and 0 9 range or 5 digit ASCII character as the encryption keys 128 bit WEP input 26 digit Hex values in the A F a f and 0 9 range or 13 digit ASCII char...

Page 56: ...he Pre shared Key For example ASCII Characters iamguest Hexadecimal Digits 12345abcde Pre shared Key The Pre shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network Fil...

Page 57: ...RADIUS Server IP address The IP address of external RADIUS server RADIUS Server Port The service port of the external RADIUS server RADIUS Server Password The password used by external RADIUS server...

Page 58: ...lear and both MAC Address and Comment fields will be cleared Remove MAC address from the list If you want to remove some MAC address from the Current Access Control List select the MAC addresses you w...

Page 59: ...te IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key services such as Websites and FTP You also can disable NAT function and use the static route Parameter Description Enable or Diable NAT You can enable NA...

Page 60: ...IP of the server behind the NAT firewall Note You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed static IP address for Port Forwarding to work properly Type This is the protocol type to be forwarded You can...

Page 61: ...s will be cleared Remove Port Forwarding into the table If you want to remove some Port Forwarding settings from the Current Port Forwarding Table select the Port Forwarding settings you want to remov...

Page 62: ...and its service port number See Glossary for an explanation on Port number Parameters Description Enable Virtual Server Enable Virtual Server Private IP This is the LAN client host IP address that th...

Page 63: ...WAN Port and Comment of the setting to be added and then click Add Then this Virtual Server setting will be added into the Current Virtual Server Table below If you find any typo before adding it and...

Page 64: ...rom WAN 2 The configuration below means that any request coming form the Internet to access your web server will be translated to your LAN s web server 192 168 2 2 Note For the virtual server to work...

Page 65: ...ion function Trigger Port This is the out going Outbound range of port numbers for this particular application Trigger Type Select whether the outbound port protocol is TCP UDP or both Public Port Ent...

Page 66: ...e Current 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 Application settings from the table j...

Page 67: ...client systems that support UPnP like Windows XP can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without any configuration The NAT Traversal function provided by UP...

Page 68: ...Range Only packets with this assigned source IP range will statically bind to the assigned WAN port If you assign 192 168 2 3 192 168 2 5 it means 3 IP addresses 192 168 2 3 192 168 2 4 and 192 168 2...

Page 69: ...Binding Table below If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype again just click Clear and the fields will be cleared Remove a Rule If you want to remove some rule of Protocol and Port B...

Page 70: ...the NAT gateway Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place 2 5...

Page 71: ...Default Gateway The next stop gateway of the path toward the destination LAN This is the IP of the neighbor router that this router should communicate with on the path to the destination LAN Hop Count...

Page 72: ...routing rules from the Static Routing Table select the rules you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all rules from the table just click Delete All button Cli...

Page 73: ...le and click Apply Parameters Description 2 5 1 Access Control Access Control allows you to specify which hosts users can or cannot have access to certain Internet applications 2 5 2 URL Blocking URL...

Page 74: ...access to these services Parameters Description Filter client PCs by IP Fill IP Filtering Table to filter PC clients by IP Add PC You can click Add PC to add an access control rule for users by IP add...

Page 75: ...some PC from the MAC Filtering Table select the PC you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all PCs from the table just click Delete All button If you want to...

Page 76: ...services by checking the services you want to block Protocol This allows you to select UDP TCP or both protocol type you want to block Port Range You can assign up to five port ranges The router will...

Page 77: ...mple Access Control In the example below LAN client A can only access websites that use Port 80 However LAN client B is able to access websites and any other service that uses ports between 80 and 999...

Page 78: ...ress or the keyword of the web site you want to block If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype again just click Reset and the field will be cleared Remove URL Keyword If you want to re...

Page 79: ...of Death Discard Ping from WAN Port Scan and Sync Flood If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events Parameters Description Intrusion Detection Feature Ping of Death Protections from any Pi...

Page 80: ...a local client PC that cannot run an Internet application e g Games properly from behind the NAT firewall then you can open the client up to unrestricted two way Internet access by defining a DMZ Hos...

Page 81: ...the WAN Port Public IP Address and Client IP Address of the DMZ to be added and then click Add Then this DMZ entry will be added into the DMZ Table below If you find any typo before adding it and want...

Page 82: ...he printer name It has to be assigned a name The client utility uses this name to access the printer server Port Name 1 It is the name of the printer port Each printer port has to be assigned a name T...

Page 83: ...the router s system information 3 2 Internet Connection View the Broadband router s current Internet connection status and other related information 3 3 Device Status View the Broadband router s curre...

Page 84: ...s and Information section allows you to view the router s system information Parameters Description Information You can see the router s system information such as the router s Hardware version Boot c...

Page 85: ...other related information Parameters Description Internet Connection This page displays whether the WAN ports are connected to Cable DSL connections It also displays the router s WAN port WAN IP addr...

Page 86: ...uration settings you ve configured in the Quick Setup Wizard General Setup section Parameters Description Device Status This page shows the Broadband router s current device settings This page display...

Page 87: ...It displays any event occurred after system start up At the bottom of the page the system log can be saved Save to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared Clear or it can...

Page 88: ...he Broadband router It displays any illegal attempts to access your network At the bottom of the page the security log can be saved Save to a local file for further processing or the security log can...

Page 89: ...ter s DHCP server Parameters Description DHCP Client Log This page shows all DHCP clients LAN PCs currently connected to your network The Active DHCP Client Table displays the IP address and the MAC a...

Page 90: ...3 7 Statistics View the statistics of packets sent and received on each WAN and LAN interface Parameters Description Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and received on WAN and LAN 90...

Page 91: ...figuration Tools You can save the router s current configuration restore the router s saved configuration files and restore the router s factory default settings 4 2 Firmware Upgrade This page allows...

Page 92: ...selection If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to Factory Defaults selection this will set all configurations to its original default settings e g when you first purchased the router Par...

Page 93: ...er that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC Once you ve selected the new firmware file click Apply at the b...

Page 94: ...ops functioning you can perform a reset Your settings will not be changed To perform the reset click on the APPLY button You will be asked to confirm your decision The reset will be complete when the...

Page 95: ...stall Print Server Network Driver 1 Execute Client exe and the PrintServer Network driver Setup program window will be displayed 2 Click Next and specify the destination folder where the utility will...

Page 96: ...3 Click Next and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added 4 Click Next to start installation 96...

Page 97: ...installing all the utilities and drivers Thus far you have completed the installation phase and prepare to use the print server 6 Click Continue and all the print server s network ports detected on th...

Page 98: ...ork Printer After installing the print server client tool you can then perform the standard Add Printer procedure to add network printer to your PC 1 Click Start button choose Setting Printers 2 Doubl...

Page 99: ...5 Choose print server s remote port which has been created in the previous client tools installation process and click Next 6 Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup 99...

Page 100: ...n the Command Prompt program 2 Type Ipconfig all and enter Your PC s IP address is the one entitled IP address 192 168 1 77 The router s IP address is the one entitled Default Gateway 192 168 1 254 Yo...

Page 101: ...matically be disconnected IP Address and Network Subnet Mask IP stands for Internet Protocol An IP address consists of a series of four numbers separated by periods that identifies a single unique Int...

Page 102: ...col over another Below is a list of common applications and protocol port numbers Application Protocol Port Number Telnet TCP 23 FTP TCP 21 SMTP TCP 25 POP3 TCP 110 H 323 TCP 1720 SNMP UCP 161 SNMP Tr...

Page 103: ...r 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 network that...

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