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2.4.3.1 WEP only 

 
When you select 64-bit or128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to 
encrypt data. You can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can 
enter four WEP keys and select one of them as default key. Then the 
router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys 
 

 

 
Parameters       Default  Description 

 

Key Length        64-bit 

You can select the WEP key length for  
encryption, 64-bit or 128-bit. Larger WEP key 
length will provide higher level of security, but the 
throughput will be lower.  

 

Key Format                  

You may to select ASCII Characters 
(alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in 
the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be the WEP 
Key. 

For example: ASCII Characters: guest 
Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde 
 

Default Key 

Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Only the 
key you select it in the "Default key" will take effect. 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for Wireless VPN Broadband Router

Page 1: ...Wireless VPN Broadband Router User s Manual 0...

Page 2: ...PPoE 18 1 4 PPTP 20 1 5 L2TP 22 1 6 Telstra Big Pond 24 Chapter 2 25 General Settings 25 2 1 System 27 2 1 1 Time Zone 28 2 1 2 Password Settings 29 2 1 3 Remote Management 30 2 2 WAN 31 2 2 1 Wireles...

Page 3: ...6 5 ALG Settings 62 2 6 6 Static Routing 63 2 7 Firewall 64 2 7 1 Access Control 65 2 7 2 URL Blocking 69 2 7 3 DoS Denial of Service 70 2 7 4 DMZ 71 2 8 VPN 71 Chapter 3 73 Status 73 3 1 Status and...

Page 4: ...s expansion and speed Features High Internet Access throughput 50M Allow multiple users to share a single Internet line Supports up to 253 users Internet Access via Cable or xDSL modem Access Private...

Page 5: ...iagram fig1 0 below shows the broadband router s back panel The router s back panel is divided into three sections LAN WAN and Reset Figure 1 0 1 Local Area Network LAN The Broadband router s 4 LAN po...

Page 6: ...N 10 100M ON WAN port 100Mbps is connected Off WAN port 10Mbps is connected WAN LNK ACT ON WAN is connected Off No WAN connection Flashing WAN port has Activity ACT data being sent LAN 10 100M ON LAN...

Page 7: ...already configured your PC to obtain an IP automatically then proceed to step 3 page 11 Configure your PC to obtain an IP address automatically By default the broadband router s DHCP is on this means...

Page 8: ...5 In the Select Network Protocol dialog box select Microsoft and TCP IP and then click the OK button to start installing the TCP IP protocol You may need your Windows CD to complete the installation 6...

Page 9: ...appear 2 Double click Local Area Connection icon The Local Area Connection window will appear 3 Check your list of Network Components You should see Internet Protocol TCP IP on your list Select it and...

Page 10: ...erties button 4 Check your list of Network Components You should see Internet Protocol TCP IP on your list Select it and click the Properties button 5 In the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window...

Page 11: ...is installed go to step 5 4 In the Select Network Protocol window select the TCP IP Protocol and click the Ok button to start installing the TCP IP protocol You may need your Windows CD to complete t...

Page 12: ...e if you have obtained an IP address see Appendix A Note Please make sure that the Broadband router s DHCP server is the only DHCP server available on your LAN If there is another DHCP on your network...

Page 13: ...System Tools Quick Setup Wizard Chapter 1 Select your Internet connection type and then input the configurations needed to connect to your Internet Service Provider ISP General Setup Chapter 2 This s...

Page 14: ...SP so that you can start accessing the Internet The other sections General Setup Status Information and Tools do not need to be configured unless you wish to implement monitor more advance features in...

Page 15: ...ight Savings The router can also take Daylight savings into account If you wish to use this function you must check tick the enable box to enable your daylight saving configuration below Start Dayligh...

Page 16: ...uires Menu Description 1 1 Cable Modem Your ISP will automatically give you an IP address 1 2 Fixed IP xDSL Your ISP has given you an IP address already 1 3 PPPoE Your ISP requires you to use a Point...

Page 17: ...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 ISP requires a Host Name type in the h...

Page 18: ...ration for the Cable Modem 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 xD...

Page 19: ...router now if you wish to use some of the advance features supported by this router see chapter 2 3 4 1 3 PPPoE Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the PPPoE protocol to connect you to the Internet Your...

Page 20: ...ction will not disconnected due to the idle timeout If the WAN line breaks down and latter links again the router will not auto connect to the ISP Idle Time You can specify an idle time threshold minu...

Page 21: ...in this section Parameter Description Obtain an IP address The ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by DHCP automatically before connecting to the PPTP server Use the following The ISP give you a...

Page 22: ...nected until the WAN idle timeout The router will close the WAN connection if the time period that no one is using the Internet exceeds the Idle Time If you select Manual the router will connect to IS...

Page 23: ...h to use some of the advance features supported by this router see chapter 2 3 4 1 5 L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect you to the Internet Your ISP should provide all...

Page 24: ...tion Sometimes called a Connection ID Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection L2TP Gateway If your LAN has a L2TP gateway then enter that L2TP gateway IP address here...

Page 25: ...nction can work properly when you use this function in the first time especially your ISP charge you by time used Due to the many uncontrollable issues we do not guarantee the WAN idle timeout auto di...

Page 26: ...Pond s login manually server manually Login Server The IP of the Login Server Click OK when you have finished the configuration above Congratulations You have completed the configuration for the Telst...

Page 27: ...Special Applications DMZ and other functions Below is a general description of what advance functions are available for this broadband router Menu Description 2 1 System This section allows you to se...

Page 28: ...pecify what user packet can pass your router s NAT 2 7 Firewall The Firewall section allows you to configure Access Control Hacker Prevention and DMZ Select one of the above five General Setup selecti...

Page 29: ...dress 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 Zone allows your r...

Page 30: ...vings 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 sections or sta...

Page 31: ...o reset the router to the factory default No password 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 other...

Page 32: ...our web browser followed by port number 8080 e g 10 0 0 1 8080 see below You ll also need to know the password set in the Password Setting screen in order to access the router s web based management P...

Page 33: ...2 2 4 PPPoE Your ISP requires PPPoE connection 2 2 5 PPTP Your ISP requires you to use a Point to Point Tunneling Protocol PPTP connection 2 2 6 L2TP Your ISP requires L2TP connection 2 2 7 Telstra B...

Page 34: ...tocol to connect you to the Internet Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section See chapter 1 PPPoE for more detail 2 2 5 PPTP Select PPTP if your ISP requires the PPTP proto...

Page 35: ...S server here Parameters Description Domain Name Server DNS Server This is the ISP s DNS server IP address that they gave you or you can specify your own preferred DNS server IP address Secondary DNS...

Page 36: ...ts DynDNS TZO and other common DDNS service providers Parameters Default Description Enable Disable Disable Enable Disable the DDNS function of this router Provider Select a DDNS service provider Doma...

Page 37: ...router s LAN ports as well as a subnet mask for your LAN segment Parameters Default Description LAN IP IP address 192 168 2 1 This is the router s LAN port IP address Your LAN clients default gateway...

Page 38: ...e your LAN client s IP address when this time threshold period is reached IP Address Pool You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients No...

Page 39: ...e of this router Wireless module function 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 advan...

Page 40: ...ess LAN All the devices in the same wireless LAN should have the same ESSID Channel Number 11 The channel used by the wireless LAN All devices in the same wireless LAN should use the same channel Asso...

Page 41: ...Settings will pop up You can set the security parameters used to bridge access points together here when your AP is in AP Bridge modes You can refer to section 4 3 Security Settings for how to set the...

Page 42: ...router If you select Auto the wireless client can associate with this wireless router by using any one of these two authentication types Fragment Threshold Fragment Threshold specifies the maximum siz...

Page 43: ...ing between IAPP enabled access points within the same wireless LAN 802 11g Protection This is also called CTS Protection It is recommended to enable the protection mechanism This mechanism can decrea...

Page 44: ...cription Key Length 64 bit You can select the WEP key length for encryption 64 bit or 128 bit Larger WEP key length will provide higher level of security but the throughput will be lower Key Format Yo...

Page 45: ...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 4 3 2 802 1x only IEEE 802 1x is...

Page 46: ...col Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Point before accessing the wireless LAN The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server This mode also uses WEP to encrypt the data d...

Page 47: ...e the wireless LAN security WPA2 Mixed This will use TKIP or AES based on the other communication peer automatically Pre shared Key Format You may select to select Passphrase alphanumeric format or He...

Page 48: ...cess WPA is an advanced security standard You can use an external RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data during communication It uses TKIP or CCMP...

Page 49: ...the external RADIUS server RADIUS Server Password The password used by external RADIUS server Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advan...

Page 50: ...ick 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 QoS The QoS can let...

Page 51: ...Enable QoS to disable QoS function for the WAN port Add a QoS rule into the table Click Add then you will enter a form of the QoS rule Click Apply after filling out the form and the rule will be adde...

Page 52: ...ts priority lower Edit QoS Rule You can assign packet classification criteria by its local IP range remote IP range traffic type protocol local port range and remote port range parameters The paramete...

Page 53: ...f 50 port numbers Remote IP Address Enter the remote IP address range of the packets that this rule will apply to If you assign 192 168 2 3 192 168 2 5 it means 3 IP addresses 192 168 2 3 192 168 2 4...

Page 54: ...Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key...

Page 55: ...at 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 UPnP can let applica...

Page 56: ...be forwarded You can choose to forward TCP or UDP packets only or select both to forward both TCP and UDP packets Port Range The range of ports to be forward to the private IP Comment The description...

Page 57: ...the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place 2 6 2 Virtual Server Use the Virtual Server function when you want d...

Page 58: ...e Internet that will be re directed to the above Private IP address host in your LAN Note Virtual Server function will have priority over the DMZ function if there is a conflict between the Virtual Se...

Page 59: ...ted in your private LAN to be accessible to Internet users 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...

Page 60: ...ter the In coming Inbound port or port range for this type of application e g 2300 2400 47624 Note Individual port numbers are separated by a comma e g 47624 5775 6541 etc To input a port range use a...

Page 61: ...ular Application and then click Add Remove Special Application If you want to remove some Special Application settings from the Current Trigger Port Table select the Special Application settings you w...

Page 62: ...cular special application at a time 2 6 4 UPnP Settings With UPnP all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically So you do not have to do any configuration for your PC and can access...

Page 63: ...save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place 2 6 5 ALG Settings You can select applications that need Applic...

Page 64: ...rk any more in Static Routing mode Note The DMZ function of firewall will not work if static routing is enabled Parameter Description Enable Static Routing Static Routing function is default disabled...

Page 65: ...to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all rules from the table just click Delete All button Click Reset will clear your current selections Click Apply at the bottom...

Page 66: ...6 4 DMZ The DMZ function allows you to re direct all packets going to your WAN port IP address to a particular IP address in your LAN Click on one of the firewall selections and proceed to the manual...

Page 67: ...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 addresses Remove PC If you want to remove some PC from the IP Fi...

Page 68: ...then click Delete Selected If you want remove all PCs from the table just click Delete All button If you want to clear the selection and re select again just click Reset You can now configure other ad...

Page 69: ...The router will block clients from accessing Internet services that use these ports Apply Changes Click Apply Changes to save the setting Reset Click Reset to clear all fields Click Apply Changes at...

Page 70: ...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 remove some URL keyword from the Current URL Blocking T...

Page 71: ...usion Detection Feature Ping of Death Protections from Ping of Death attack Discard Ping From WAN The router s WAN port will not respond to any Ping requests Port Scan Protection the router from Port...

Page 72: ...LAN client server whereas DMZ re directs all packets regardless of services going to your WAN IP address to a particular LAN client server Parameters Description Enable DMZ Enable disable DMZ Note If...

Page 73: ...to connect to each over the Internet Note To enable the VPN settings select Enable and click Apply Parameters Description 2 8 1 IPSec Server IPSec Server allows you to set up a server that enables sec...

Page 74: ...nformation on all DHCP client PCs currently connected to your network Parameters Description 3 1 Status and Information Shows the router s system information 3 2 Internet Connection View the Broadband...

Page 75: ...o the Broadband router s DHCP server 3 7 Statistics Shows the statistics Select one of the above five Status selections and proceed to the manual s relevant sub section 3 1 Status and Information The...

Page 76: ...de Version 3 2 Internet Connection View the Broadband router s current Internet connection status and other related information Parameters Description Internet Connection This page displays whether th...

Page 77: ...gs 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 displays the Broadban...

Page 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...er s DHCP server Parameters Description Active DHCP Client 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...

Page 81: ...7 Statistics View the statistics of packets sent and received on WAN LAN and Wireless LAN Parameters Description Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and received on WAN LAN and Wireless LAN...

Page 82: ...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 83: ...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 84: ...eed to download the firmware file to your local hard disk and enter 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 P...

Page 85: ...vent that the system stops responding correctly or in some way stops functioning you can perform a reset Your settings will not be changed To perform the reset click on the APPLY button You will be as...

Page 86: ...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 87: ...P 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 net...

Page 88: ...rovider 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...

Page 89: ...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 info...

Page 90: ...ties 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 use...

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