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USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER

Version: 1.2

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SSID

Service Set Identification

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TKIP

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

UPNP

Universal Plug and Play

VPN

Virtual Private Network

WDS

Wireless Distribution System

WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy

WISP

Wireless Internet Service Provider

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access

WPS

Wi-Fi Protected Setup

Summary of Contents for MWA-6212U

Page 1: ...User s Manual Version 1 2 Wireless LAN Broadband Router ...

Page 2: ...pment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to whi...

Page 3: ...CT TO THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER 9 3 3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER 9 3 3 1 Status 9 3 3 2 Setup Wizard 12 I Operation Mode 12 II Time Zone Setting 12 III LAN Interface Setup 13 IV WAN Interface Setup 14 V Wireless Basic Settings 14 VI Wireless Security Setup 15 3 3 3 Operation Mode 15 3 3 4 Wireless Basic Settings 16 3 3 5 Wireless Advanced Settings 18 3 3 6 Wireless S...

Page 4: ...iltering 54 3 3 19 Firewall DMZ 55 3 3 20 Firewall VLAN 56 3 3 21 Firewall Virtual Server 57 3 3 22 QoS 59 3 3 23 Route Setup 61 3 3 24 USB Storage Printer Server 62 3 3 25 Management Statistics 64 3 3 26 Management DDNS 65 3 3 27 Management Time Zone Setting 66 3 3 28 Management Denial of Service 67 3 3 29 Management Log 68 3 3 30 Management Upgrade Firmware 69 3 3 31 Management Save Reload Setti...

Page 5: ... 4 17 WHAT IS 802 1X AUTHENTICATION 78 4 18 WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL TKIP 78 4 19 WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD AES 78 4 20 WHAT IS INTER ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL IAPP 78 4 21 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WDS 79 4 22 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY UPNP 79 4 23 WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT MTU SIZE 79 4 24 WHAT IS CLONE MAC ADDRESS 79 4 25 WHAT IS DDNS 79 4 26 WHAT ...

Page 6: ... S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 2 i Revision History DATE REVISION OF USER S MANUAL FIRMWARE 2009 09 11 Version 1 0 e U2301 2011 10 11 Version 1 2 GWU2x2 2402 2012 12 28 Version 1 2 GWU2x2 2403 ...

Page 7: ... Spread Spectrum EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol ESP Encapsulating Security Payload FCC Federal Communications Commission FTP File Transfer Protocol GI Guard Intervals IAPP Inter Access Point Protocol IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IKE Internet Key Exchange IP Internet Protocol ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical LAN Local Area Network MAC Media Access Control MCS M...

Page 8: ...ol TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play VPN Virtual Private Network WDS Wireless Distribution System WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WISP Wireless Internet Service Provider WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WPA Wi Fi Protected Access WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup ...

Page 9: ... 802 11g high rate standard to provide wireless Ethernet speeds of 54Mbps data rate Maximizes the performance and ideal for media centric applications like streaming video gaming and Voice over IP technology Supports multi operation bridge gateway WISP modes between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces Supports WPS 64 bit and 128 bit WEP WPA WPA2 encryption decryption and WPA with Radius functio...

Page 10: ...S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 2 2 Supports Log table and remote Log service Support Setup Wizard mode Supports FTP Server function Supports USB storage Printer Server tool Supports IPv6 LAN WAN ...

Page 11: ...ta is transmitting or receiving on the antenna Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna 3 WPS LED Flashing The WPS feature is Enabled Off The WPS feature is Disabled 4 WAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface On Port linked Off No link 5 LAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface On Port linked Off No link Power LED...

Page 12: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 2 4 Type1 Type2 Type3 WAN LAN Power Reset WPS WAN LAN Power Reset USB USB Reset Power LAN WAN WPS WPS ...

Page 13: ... seconds to enable the WPS feature RS Reset Push continually the reset button 5 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults 2 Installation 2 1Hardware Installation Step 1 Place the Wireless LAN Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission location The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network...

Page 14: ...n needed but only the configuration setting Please refer to chapter 3 for software configuration Notice It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the WLAN Broadband Router Power LED will be active and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be flashing to show the WLAN interface is enabled and working now ...

Page 15: ...n on Network icon The Network window will appear 3 Check the installed list of Network Components If TCP IP is not installed click the Add button to install it otherwise go to step 6 4 Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button 5 Select TCP IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP IP protocol it may need the Mi...

Page 16: ... good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 8 Click OK to completes the IP parameters setting For OS of Microsoft Windows NT 1 Click the Start button and select Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Move mouse and double click the right button on Network icon The Network window will appear Click Protocol tab from the Network window...

Page 17: ... Version 4 TCP IPv4 then click Properties button 4 Move mouse and click General tab Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example IP Address 192 168 1 1 any IP address within 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 5 Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting 3 2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router Open ...

Page 18: ...Router is powered on Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN Broadband Router Build time It shows the Build up time of firmware USB Memery It shows USB connection status Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN Broadband Router ...

Page 19: ...t mask of LAN interfaces of WLAN Broadband Router Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for LAN interfaces outgoing data packets DHCP Server It shows the DHCP server is enabled or not MAC Address It shows the MAC address of LAN interfaces of WLAN Broadband Router WAN configuration Attain IP Protocol It shows how the WLAN Broadband Router gets the IP address The IP address can be set...

Page 20: ...guides you to configure wireless broadband router for first time Screen snapshot Setup Wizard I Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode Screen snapshot Operation Mode II Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client ...

Page 21: ...L OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 2 13 Screen snapshot Time Zone Settings III LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask Screen snapshot LAN Interface Setup ...

Page 22: ...ge is used to configure WAN access type Screen snapshot WAN Interface Setup V Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band Mode Network Type SSID Channel Number Enable Mac Clone Single Ethernet Client Screen snapshot Wireless Basic Settings ...

Page 23: ... 1 2 15 VI Wireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security Screen snapshot Wireless Security Setup 3 3 3 Operation Mode This page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts Screen snapshot Operation Mode ...

Page 24: ...e not supported Wireless ISP Switch Wireless interface to WAN port and all Ethernet ports in bridge mode Wireless interface can do all router s functions Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 4 Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure the pa...

Page 25: ... disable the wireless LAN data transmission Band Click to select 2 4GHz B 2 4GHz G 2 4GHz N 2 4GHz B G 2 4GHz G N 2 4GHz B G N Mode Click to select the WLAN AP Client WDS AP WDS wireless mode Network Type While Mode is selected to be Client Click to select the network type infrastructure or Ad hoc SSID It is the wireless network name The SSID can be 32 ...

Page 26: ...how Active Clients button to open Active Wireless Client Table that shows the MAC address transmit packet receive packet and transmission rate for each associated wireless client Enable Mac Clone Single Ethernet Client Take Laptop NIC MAC address as wireless client MAC address Client Mode only Enable Universal Repeater Mode Click to enable Universal Repeater Mode SSID of Extended Interface Assign ...

Page 27: ... 10 What is Fragment Threshold RTS Threshold Set the RTS Threshold value can be written between 0 and 2347 bytes Refer to 4 11 What is RTS Request To Send Threshold Beacon Interval Set the Beacon Interval value can be written between 20 and 1024 ms Refer to 4 12 What is Beacon Interval Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmissio...

Page 28: ...enable or disable that prevents associated wireless clients from communication with each other STBC Click to enable or disable the STBC function 20 40MHz Coexist Click to enable or disable the 20 40MHz Coexist function RF Output Power To adjust transmission power level Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort chang...

Page 29: ...e WEP WPA WPA2 or WPA Mixed Refer to 4 9 What is WEP 4 15 What is Wi Fi Protected Access WPA 4 16 What is WPA2 Use 802 1x Authentication While Encryption is selected to be WEP Click the check box to enable IEEE 802 1x authentication function Refer to 4 17 What is 802 1x Authentication Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System Shared Key or Auto selection Key Length...

Page 30: ...rotocol TKIP 4 19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard AES WPA2 Cipher Suite Select the Cipher Suite for WPA2 encryption Pre Shared Key Format While Encryption is selected to be WPA Select the Pre shared key format from the pull down menu The format can be Passphrase or Hex 64 characters WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only Pre Shared Key Fill in the key value WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only Enable P...

Page 31: ...bled Allow Listed or Deny Listed of drop down menu choose wireless access control mode This is a security control function only those clients registered in the access control list can link to this WLAN Broadband Router MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of client to register this WLAN Broadband Router access capability Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered client Apply Changes Click ...

Page 32: ...tton to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 8 WDS Settings Wireless Distribution System uses wireless media to communicate with other APs like the Ethernet does To do this you must set these APs in the same channel and set MAC address of other AP that you want to communicate with in the table and then enable the WDS Screen snapshot WDS Setup Item Description Enable WDS ...

Page 33: ...previous configuration setting Set Security Click button to configure wireless security like WEP 64bits WEP 128bits WPA TKIP WPA2 AES or None Show Statistics It shows the TX RX packets rate statistics Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be removed from the wireless distribution system Delete All Click to delete all the registered APs from the wireless distribution system...

Page 34: ...AP Table This page is used to show WDS statistics Screen snapshot WDS AP Table Item Description MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface Tx Errors It shows the statistic count of error sent packets on the ...

Page 35: ... received packets on the wireless LAN interface Tx Rare Mbps It shows the wireless link rate within WDS Refresh Click to refresh the statistic counters on the screen Close Click to close the current window 3 3 9 Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours Screen snapshot Wireless Site Survey ...

Page 36: ...ows the power level of current AP Select Click to select AP or client you d like to connect Connect Click the Connect button to establish connection 3 3 10 WPS This page allows you to change the setting for WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup Using this feature could let your wireless client automically syncronize its setting and connect to the Access Point in a minute without any hassle Screen snapshot Wi ...

Page 37: ...nlocked Self PIN Number Fill in the PIN Number of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability Push Button Configuration The Start PBC button provides tool to scan the wireless network If any Access Point or IBSS is found you could connect it automatically when client join PBC mode STOP WSC Click on to stop the WSC function Client PIN Number Fill in the Client PIN Number from ...

Page 38: ... Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 12 LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of your WLAN Broadband Router Here you may change the setting for IP address subnet mask DHCP etc Screen snapshot LAN Inter...

Page 39: ...address MAC address and time expired information Server mode only Static DHCP Select enable or disable the Static DHCP function from pull down menu Server mode only Set Static DHCP Manual setup Static DHCP IP address for specific MAC address Server mode only Domain Name Assign Domain Name and dispatch to DHCP clients It is optional field 802 1d Spanning Tree Select enable or disable the IEEE 802 1...

Page 40: ...e Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Static DHCP List It shows IP Address MAC Address from the Static DHCP Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be removed from the Static DHCP list Delete All Click to delete all the registered clients from the Static DHC...

Page 41: ...n 1 2 33 connects to the WAN port of your WLAN Broadband Router Here you may change the access method to Static IP DHCP PPPoE PPTP L2TP or USB 3G by click the item value of WAN Access Type I Static IP Screen snapshot WAN Interface Setup Static IP ...

Page 42: ...is the MAC address to be cloned Refer to 4 24 What is Clone MAC Address Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable FTP Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable FTP Server Access on WAN Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click t...

Page 43: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 2 35 previous configuration setting II DHCP Client Screen snapshot WAN Interface Setup DHCP Client Item Description ...

Page 44: ...ress of Domain Name Server 3 Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned Refer to 4 24 What is Clone MAC Address Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function Refer to 4 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy Enable Ping Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Enable Web Serv...

Page 45: ...ection Enable Automatic Reboot Click the checkbox to enable Automatic Reboot packet pass through Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting ...

Page 46: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 2 38 III PPPoE Screen snapshot WAN Interface Setup PPPoE ...

Page 47: ... PPPoE protocol whenever this WLAN Broadband Router is powered on Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through PPPoE protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the WAN interface there are a watchdog implemented to close the PPPoE connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set Manual connection type means to setup the connection thr...

Page 48: ... WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable FTP Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable FTP Server Access on WAN Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enabl...

Page 49: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 2 41 IV PPTP Screen snapshot WAN Interface Setup PPTP Item Description ...

Page 50: ...re are Continuous Connect on Demand and Manual three types to select Continuous connection type means to setup the connection through PPTP protocol whenever this WLAN Broadband Router is powered on Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through PPTP protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the WAN interface there are a watchdog implemented to close the PPTP ...

Page 51: ...to 4 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy Enable Ping Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable FTP Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable FTP Server Access on WAN Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection C...

Page 52: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 2 44 previous configuration setting V L2TP Screen snapshot WAN Interface Setup PPTP ...

Page 53: ...and password to login the L2TP server Connection Type Select the connection type from pull down menu There are Continuous Connect on Demand and Manual three types to select Continuous connection type means to setup the connection through L2TP protocol whenever this WLAN Broadband Router is powered on Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through L2TP protocol whenever you...

Page 54: ...NP function Refer to 4 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy Enable Ping Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable FTP Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable FTP Server Access on WAN Enable IPsec pass through o...

Page 55: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 2 47 previous configuration setting VI USB3G ...

Page 56: ... Automatic 3Gwatchdog feature Enable keep alive HSPA Click the checkbox to enable HSPA Advanced Click the checkbox to enable Advanced IP If you select the USB3G support on WAN interface fill in the IP address for it Ping Interval Packet Size Fill in the Packet size of Packet Size The default value is 500 Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for USB3G support Please select S...

Page 57: ...ble IPsec pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable PPTP packet pass through Enable L2TP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable L2TP packet pass through Enable IPv6 pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable IPv6 packet pass through Enable Automa...

Page 58: ...ransmission from the local network on certain ports fill in the range of start port and end port and the protocol also put your comments on it The Protocol can be TCP UDP or Both Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the ports Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the ports to port filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previ...

Page 59: ...function Local IP Address Protocol Comments To restrict data transmission from local network on certain IP addresses fill in the IP address and the protocol also put your comments on it The Protocol can be TCP UDP or Both Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the IP address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address to IP filtering list Reset Click the...

Page 60: ... Firewall MAC Filtering Item Description Enable MAC Filtering Click to enable the MAC filtering security function MAC Address Comments To restrict data transmission from local network on certain MAC addresses fill in the MAC address and your comments on it Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the MAC address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the MAC address...

Page 61: ...wall These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway s NAT firewall Screen snapshot Firewall Port Forwarding Item Description Enable Port Forwarding Click to enable the Port Forwarding security function Enable NAT Loopback Click to enable the Port Forwarding NAT Loopback function IP Address ...

Page 62: ...o abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address and port number that will be removed from the port forwarding list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the port forwarding list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 18 Firewall URL Filtering URL Filte...

Page 63: ...on to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 19 Firewall DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network Typically the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic such as Web HTTP servers FTP servers SMTP e mail servers and DNS servers Screen snapshot Firewall DMZ Item Descripti...

Page 64: ...VLAN Entries in this table could configure wired or wireless VLAN settings for scalability security and network management Screen snapshot Firewall VLAN Item Description Enable VLAN Click to enable the LAN function Enable Click Enable Ethernet LAN port Wireless AP or WAN port Tag When Tag is enabled Router will add a 802 1Q tagging 4 bytes long w VID Priority and CFI in the ...

Page 65: ...rward this packet to the LAN port with matched VID Priority Select port priority CFI Click to Enable CFI 3 3 21 Firewall Virtual Server Virtual server have option to configure ports separately for public and private side Example if you want to forward public port 25 to private port 21 Screen snapshot Firewall Virtual Server Item Description Enable Port Forwarding Click to enable the Port Forwardin...

Page 66: ...Comments let you know about whys to allow data packets forward to the IP address and port number Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address and port number to Port forwarding list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address and port number that will be removed from t...

Page 67: ... 59 3 3 22 QoS Entries in this table improve your online gaming experience by ensuring that your game traffic is prioritized over other network traffic such as FTP or Web Screen snapshot QoS Item Description Enable QoS Click to enable the QoS function ...

Page 68: ...ress Input the range IP address of LAN MAC Address Input MAC address Mode There are 2 options to control the bandwidth One is Guaranteed minimum bandwidth The other is Restricted maximum bandwidth Uplink bandwidth Kbps Set Uplink bandwidth for range of IP addresses or specific MAC address Downlink bandwidth Kbps Set Downlink bandwidth for range of IP addresses or specific MAC address Comment Comme...

Page 69: ...ntry Screen snapshot Routing Setup Item Description Enable Dynamic Route Click to enable the Dynamic Router function NAT Click to enable or disable the NAT function Transmit Click to disable or RIP1 RIP2 the Transmit function Receive Click to disable or RIP1 RIP2 the Transmit function Enable Static Route Click to Enable the Static Router function ...

Page 70: ...y Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Show Route Table Click button to show route table Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 24 USB Storage Printer Server This functions for Router s USB port and it can support plug in a USB mas...

Page 71: ... Storage Information USB Storage List It lists mounted USB storage ID USB Storage Status It shows USB storage link status Network File Sharing Information Enable Network File Sharing Click checkbox to enable Enable Network File Sharing by system Select Shared Folder Select Shared Folder It shows Current Shared Folder ...

Page 72: ...ult is quest Read only Account FTP Password Assign FTP server login password Default is quest1234 Printer Server Information Enable Printer Server Click to enable Printer Server Apply Change Click the Apply Change button to save and enable services Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 25 Management Statistics This page shows the packet cou...

Page 73: ...ts It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet LAN interface Ethernet WAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet WAN interface Ethernet WAN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet WAN interface Refresh Click the refresh the statistic counters on the screen 3 3 26 Management DDNS This page is used to c...

Page 74: ...ge and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 27 Management Time Zone Setting This page is used to configure NTP client to get current time Screen snapshot Management Time Zone Settings Item Description Current Time It shows the current time Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country Enable NTP client update Click the checkbox to enable NTP client update Refer to 4 26 What is NTP...

Page 75: ...on setting Refresh Click the refresh the current time shown on the screen 3 3 28 Management Denial of Service This page is used to enable and setup protection to prevent attack by hacker s program It provides more security for users Screen snapshot Management Denial of Service Item Description Enable DoS Prevention Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention Whole System Flood Enable and setup pre...

Page 76: ...nfigure the remote log server and shown the current log Screen snapshot Management Log Item Description Enable Log System all Wirelessy DoS Click the checkbox to enable log Show all log of wireless broadband router Only show wireless log Only show Denial of Service log Enable Remote Log Log Server IP Address Click the checkbox to enable remote log service Input the remote log IP address Apply Chan...

Page 77: ...le Click the Browse button to select the new version of web firmware image file Firmware Version It show the current firmware version Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the WLAN Broadband Router Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 31 Management Save Reload Settings This page allows you save current...

Page 78: ...utton to update the selected configuration to the WLAN Broadband Router Reset Settings to Default Click the Reset button to reset the configuration parameter to factory defaults 3 3 32 Management Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point Empty user name and password will disable the protection Screen snapshot Management Password Setup Item Descrip...

Page 79: ...nagement WatchDog Use ping command to identify whether the router is functional or not User has to set IP address interval and fail count to decide reboot router Screen snapshot Management WatchDog Item Description Enable WatchDog Click to Enable the WatchDog function WatchDog IP Address Fill in the IP address If router doesn t get request form the IP address router will restart Ping Interval Set ...

Page 80: ...reboot system Screen snapshot Management Reboot Item Description Apply Change Click to reboot system 3 3 35 Management Web Server Port Screen snapshot Management Web Server Port Item Description Web Server Port Fill in the Web Server Port for web management control Apply Change Click to reboot system ...

Page 81: ...ss Open the Command program in the Microsoft Windows Type in ipconfig all then press the Enter button Your PC s IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PC s MAC address is the one entitled Physical Address 4 2What is Wireless LAN A wireless LAN WLAN is a network that allows access to Internet without the need for any wired connections to the user s machine 4 3What are ISM bands ISM stan...

Page 82: ...rk This mode is useful for quickly and easily setting up a wireless network anywhere that a wireless infrastructure does not exist or is not required for services such as a hotel room convention center or airport or where access to the wired network is barred such as for consultants at a client site Example 2 wireless Ad Hoc Mode 4 5What is BSSID A six byte address that distinguishes a particular ...

Page 83: ... identity of the sending station The receiving station then returns a frame that indicates whether it recognizes the sending station Under shared key authentication each wireless station is assumed to have received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is independent from the 802 11 wireless network communications channel 4 9What is WEP An optional IEEE 802 11 function that offers frame t...

Page 84: ...ou ll want to keep this value as close to the maximum value as possible 4 11 What is RTS Request To Send Threshold The RTS threshold is the packet size at which packet transmission is governed by the RTS CTS transaction The IEEE 802 11 1997 standard allows for short packets to be transmitted without RTS CTS transactions Each station can have a different RTS threshold RTS CTS is used when the data ...

Page 85: ...that feature the SSID configured in the client must match the SSID of the access point Some wireless devices don t work properly if SSID isn t broadcast for example the D link DWL 120 USB 802 11b adapter Generally if your client hardware supports operation with SSID disabled it s not a bad idea to run that way to enhance network security However it s no replacement for WEP MAC filtering or other p...

Page 86: ...tocol pronounced tee kip is part of the IEEE 802 11i encryption standard for wireless LANs TKIP is the next generation of WEP the Wired Equivalency Protocol which is used to secure 802 11 wireless LANs TKIP provides per packet key mixing a message integrity check and a re keying mechanism thus fixing the flaws of WEP 4 19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard AES Security issues are a major concern...

Page 87: ...tion will indicate its MRU and will be accepted The actual MTU of the PPP connection will be set to the smaller one of MTU and the peer s MRU The default is value 1400 4 24 What is Clone MAC Address Clone MAC address is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address Since that all the clients will communicate outside w...

Page 88: ...home network users and enterprise network managers to decide which data streams are most important and assign them a higher traffic priority 4 31 What is WLAN ACK TIMOUT ACK frame has to receive ACK timeout frame If remote does not receive in specified period it will be retransmitted 4 32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme MCS MCS is Wireless link data rate for 802 11n The throughput range performan...

Page 89: ...tipath from the previous data transmission to settle before transmitting a new symbol The 802 11n draft specifies two guard intervals 400ns short and 800ns long Support of the 400ns GI is optional for transmit and receive The purpose of a guard interval is to introduce immunity to propagation delays echoes and reflections to which digital data is normally very sensitive ...

Page 90: ...Cs MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration WAN configuration PPPoE User Name H890123456 Password PW192867543210 LAN configuration IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 DHCP Client Range 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 200 WLAN configuration SSID MyWLAN Channel Number 11 Figure 3 Configuration E...

Page 91: ...PW192867543210 the password is encrypted to display on the screen Press button to confirm the configuration setting Configure the LAN interface Open LAN Interface Setup page enter the IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 192 168 1 100 to 192 168 1 200 Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

Page 92: ...ort mobile communication on all employees Notebook PCs MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration WAN configuration Fixed IP IP Address 192 168 2 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 2 10 DNS Address 168 95 1 1 LAN configuration IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 2 254 ...

Page 93: ...Configuration Example Two Fixed IP on the WAN Configure the WAN interface Open WAN Interface Setup page select Fixed IP then enter IP Address 192 168 2 254 subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 2 10 Press button to confirm the configuration the setting ...

Page 94: ...he IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 192 168 1 100 to 192 168 1 200 Press button to confirm the configuration setting Configure the WLAN interface Open WLAN Interface Setup page enter the SSID MyWLAN Channel Number 11 Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

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