WF-2406
User Manual
Netis 300Mbps Wireless-N
Gigabit Router
V1.1
2011-06-21
Page 1: ...WF 2406 User Manual Netis 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router V1 1 2011 06 21...
Page 2: ...ipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help To assure continued compliance any changes o...
Page 3: ...ight Announcement Copyright 2010 Netis Corporation All rights reserved is a registered trademark of Netis Corporation Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either t...
Page 4: ...8 Me 10 3 1 2 Windows 2000 10 3 1 3 Windows XP 13 3 1 4 Windows Vista 16 3 1 5 Windows 7 20 3 1 6 MAC OS 22 3 2 CHECKING CONNECTIONWITH THE ROUTER 24 3 3 LOGIN 25 4 ROUTER SETUP 27 4 1 SYSTEM INFORMAT...
Page 5: ...P Settings 54 4 6 QOS SETUP 55 4 7 APPLICATIONS GAME 56 4 7 1 Virtual Servers 56 4 7 2 Port Trigger 56 4 7 3 DMZ Setting 57 4 7 4 UPnP 58 4 8 SECURITY SETUP 58 4 8 1 VPN Pass through 58 4 8 2 Internet...
Page 6: ...that network administrators can manage and monitor the network in real time The 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router also provides a hardware WPS Wi Fi protected setup button which helps you setup a secu...
Page 7: ...rotocol IEEE 802 11b g n IEEE 802 11e IEEE 802 11h IEEE 802 11k IEEE 802 11i IEEE 802 3 10Base T IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX IEEE802 3ab 1000 Base T 1 4 Working Environment Temperature 0 to 40 C operating...
Page 8: ...ternet Explorer 5 0 Firefox 2 0 or Safari 1 4 or higher 2 2 Panel Front panel Figure 2 1 LED Function PWR ON Power on Off Power off WPS Flashing slowly WPS is running OFF WPS is not running SYS ON and...
Page 9: ...cause you can t remember the IP you have given it or other problem you may have to utilize the reset button on the back of the router to put it back to factory settings You have to press and hole this...
Page 10: ...port and the other end to one of the LAN ports of your router Connect another Ethernet cable from your Cable DSL modem to the WAN port of your router Connect the single DC output connector of the powe...
Page 11: ...card 4 Select TCP IP If TCP IP appears more than once please select the item that has an arrow pointing to the network card installed on your computer DO NOT choose the instance of TCP IP with the wo...
Page 12: ...e 3 1 2 Double click the icon Network and Dial up Connections 3 Highlight the icon LocalArea Connection right click your mouse and click Properties Figure 3 2 4 Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and...
Page 13: ...5 Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically and then press OK to close the InternetProtocol TCP IP Properties window Figure 3 4 6 Press OK to close the Loca...
Page 14: ...er Manual 13 Figure 3 5 3 1 3 Windows XP Please follow the steps below to setup your computer 1 Go to Start Settings Control Panel 2 Click Network and Internet Connections Figure 3 6 3 Click Network C...
Page 15: ...WF 2406 User Manual 14 Figure 3 7 4 Highlight the icon LocalArea Connection right click your mouse and click Properties Figure 3 8 5 Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and then press Properties button...
Page 16: ...Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically and then press OK to close the InternetProtocol TCP IP Properties window Figure 3 10 7 Press OK to close the Loca...
Page 17: ...Manual 16 Figure 3 11 3 1 4 Windows Vista Please follow the steps below to setup your computer 1 Go to Start Settings Control Panel 2 Click Network and Sharing Center Figure 3 12 3 Click Manage Networ...
Page 18: ...6 User Manual 17 Figure 3 13 4 Highlight the icon LocalArea Connection right click your mouse and click Properties Figure 3 14 5 Highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IP and then press Properties...
Page 19: ...WF 2406 User Manual 18 Figure 3 15 6 Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically and then press OK to close the InternetProtocol TCP IP Properties window...
Page 20: ...WF 2406 User Manual 19 Figure 3 16 7 Press OK to close the LocalArea Connection Properties window...
Page 21: ...ps blow to setup your computer 1 Go to Start Control Panel Network and Internet 2 Click Network and Sharing Center Change adapter settings 3 Highlight the icon Local Area Connection right click your m...
Page 22: ...WF 2406 User Manual 21 Figure 3 18 Figure 3 19 4 Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically...
Page 23: ...then press the OK to close the window Figure 3 20 5 Press OK to close the LocalArea Connection Properties window 3 1 6 MAC OS Please follow the steps blow to setup your computer 1 Go to Start System p...
Page 24: ...WF 2406 User Manual 23 Figure 3 21 2 Click Network Select Use DHCP at the Configuration bar the system will get the IP address automatically Figure 3 22...
Page 25: ...y At the DOS prompt type the following command If the Command window returns something similar to the following C Documents and Settings admin ping 192 168 1 1 Pinging 192 168 1 1 with 32 bytes of dat...
Page 26: ...uter In order to make the whole network operate successfully it is necessary to configure the 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router through your computer has a WEB browser installed Please follow up the s...
Page 27: ...After you have logged in the router s user interface willbe displayed The left menu shows the main options to configure the system and the right screen is the summary information for viewing and adjus...
Page 28: ...detailed information about router 4 1 1 System Show current running information of System Figure 4 1 4 1 2 Internet Access This feature provides running status information of the WAN port the port con...
Page 29: ...dress input the most common DNS server address you used or provided by your ISP Secondary DNS Input IP address of a backup DNS server or you can leave this field blank MTU The MTU Maximum Transmission...
Page 30: ...e Current wireless mode of wireless router Channel Display current channel of your wireless router MAC Address The MAC address is used for wireless communication WPS Status Display WPS Wi Fi Protected...
Page 31: ...way for you to use it and configure your router to access the Internet quickly including DHCP dynamic PPPoE Static and Wireless Configuration This is the most convenient tool for you to configure rou...
Page 32: ...transaction will supply this service such as the most popular ADSL technique please select this item In the Convenient configuration You can input your PPPoE username and password to access the Intern...
Page 33: ...be input in appropriate IP field a IP address only divided into four IP octets by sign is acceptable WAN IP address The IP address that your Internet access into Subnet mask Specify a Subnet Mask for...
Page 34: ...input your PPTP Server username and password to access the Internet Server The Server IP address that your Internet access into Local IP The Local IP address that your Internet access into Subnet mask...
Page 35: ...Local IP address that your Internet access into Subnet mask Subnet mask Specify a Subnet Mask for your WAN segment Default gateway It is provided by your ISP User ID Iput User name your ISP provides...
Page 36: ...curity you should change the default SSID to a unique name 4 3 WPS Settings Wi Fi Protect Setup WPS function can let you create a safety network easily You can through PIN Input Config PIN or Push But...
Page 37: ...onnect successfully it will be encrypted to WPA2 PSK WPS PBC settings Click connect when it connect successfully it will be encrypted to WPA2 PSK WPS Configuration display the encryption information W...
Page 38: ...e Router until the LED is flashing 2 Push the Push button Config PBC in the Wi Fi protect setup of the adapter until the following picture appears Figure 4 15 3 The next is the safe connection between...
Page 39: ...put Config PIN in the Wi Fi protect setup of the adapter Figure 4 2 3 Select this router in the pop up window then click Select Figure 4 18 4 Please wait until the following window appears the connect...
Page 40: ...the Wi Fi protect setup of the adapter until the following picture appears Figure 4 4 3 The next is the safe connection between the adapter and the router please wait 4 The connect between the adapter...
Page 41: ...lease wait until the following window appears the connect between the adapter and the router will connect automatically Figure 4 24 Remark If there is more than one AP in the PBC mode when you use the...
Page 42: ...cess and wireless access 4 4 1 1 Wired Access Figure 4 25 Access Type Ask for your ISP to get the correct access type WAN IP address The IP address you obtained after connect to the Internet if you ha...
Page 43: ...So if that happen you can contact your ISP for more information and correct your router s MTU value Primary DNS The DNS server translates domain or website names into IP address input the most common...
Page 44: ...igure 4 28 DHCP Server Status Keep the default setting Enable so router is able to use DHCP function If a DHCP server has already existed in the network please select Disable IP Address Pool The IP Ad...
Page 45: ...SP only allows certain MAC address to access the Internet thus you can modify your WAN port s MAC address in accord with the requirement of ISP avoiding ISP s detection Figure 4 30 4 5 Wireless Manage...
Page 46: ...function If the setting of this field is disable wireless client can t obtain this SSID to login in then user have to input the SSID value manually Channelwidth This switch allows you to set Router s...
Page 47: ...d of wireless is more slower Key Mode If you select WEP to encrypt your data choose the bits of password it should be 64 bits or 128 bits Then choose the format of password it should be HEX or ASCII T...
Page 48: ...hich utilizes a symmetric 128 Bit block data Key Renewal you can configure the renewal time between 60 to 86400 seconds Key Length description you need to input 8 to 63 ASCII characters no matter whic...
Page 49: ...less Access Control Status the default is disable You can filter wireless users by enabling this function thus unauthorized users can not access the network Rule you can select permit or deny The defa...
Page 50: ...button 4 5 4 WDS Settings If you have selected WDS or AP WDS mode in Wireless Basic Radio Mode please do the following configurations Figure 4 38 WDS Name Give a description of your wireless bridge to...
Page 51: ...in WDS list Select Channel is Channel 6 in wireless management basic of AP2 AP2 Select radio mode is WDS or AP WDS in wireless management basic of AP2 The IP address of AP2 should be 192 168 1 x 1 x...
Page 52: ...the wireless signal from a relay point to the next point relay and amplify the signals and form a new wireless coverage area Figure 4 40 AP1 Select radio mode is AccessPoint in wireless management ba...
Page 53: ...lect radio mode is REPEATER in wireless management basic of AP3 Click AP Scan in wireless management basic of AP3 and select Netis1 and Connect then the Repeater SSID and Channel become same asAP2 The...
Page 54: ...RTS CTS mechanism will not be enabled Aggregation You can accelerate the wireless transmission speed by enabling the aggregation function The default is AMPDU AMSDU Fragmentation Threshold It specifi...
Page 55: ...Manual 54 4 5 7 Multiple AP Settings The default status of secondary AP is disable you can select enable to enable the secondary AP Please refer to Convenient Setup and Wireless Security for details...
Page 56: ...Speed Router adjusts uplink bandwidth automatically Manual Uplink Speed Kbps User configures uplink bandwidth manually IP Address Set the IP address range for restricted hosts Minimum bandwidth setup...
Page 57: ...erver Protocol The protocol item supplies several protocols For example if you have web server within LAN you can select the HTTP template then the router will input port number 80 automatically Exter...
Page 58: ...rd Protocol you can select TCP UDP Forward Port you can select a part of ports 4 7 3 DMZ Setting DMZ opens all the ports of one computer exposing the computer to the Internet So it should only be used...
Page 59: ...ord automatically Select Enable to enable this function Figure 4 49 4 8 Security Setup 4 8 1 VPN Pass through VPN is commonly used for encapsulate and encrypt data across the public network For VPN tu...
Page 60: ...You can select appropriate item and apply it Or you can input protocol type and port number manually click add button then the item will displayed in the list Follow the following steps to set Interne...
Page 61: ...you can select permit or deny The default is permit MAC address input the MAC address that you want to control The default format is e g 00 22 33 da cc bb Follow the following steps to set MAC filter...
Page 62: ...e to enable DNS Filter function This is only the first step you should continued to create appropriate rules for DNS Filter 2 Input DNS Filter Key words 3 There are two items supplied Permit through t...
Page 63: ...ice and also is the gateway address for local host that allows forwarding data between router and remote network or host Routing Table You can check out all current route items click delete button to...
Page 64: ...ervice providers as the same Username Password Dynamic Domain Name After register an DDNS account from DDNS service providers you will get User Name Password Dynamic Domain Name Input information in a...
Page 65: ...cute upgrade procedure Do not cut off the power supply during the process of upgrading Figure 4 58 4 12 2 System Time You can choose the time server and the time zone for the system time Figure 4 59 4...
Page 66: ...the LAN Figure 4 61 4 12 5 Backup Here you can Backup and Recovery system Configuration Parameter Figure 4 62 4 12 6 WEB Management WEB Management Status the default is disable Router can be accessed...
Page 67: ...e Router will erase all of your settings and replace them with the factory defaults make sure you have backup current settings before click this button Figure 4 64 4 12 8 Reboot Click Restart button t...
Page 68: ...ted to Connection with Cable Modem Please follow the following steps to check the problems Check whether the DSL modem works well or the signal is stable Normally there will be some indicator lights o...
Page 69: ...is properly installed Make sure the wireless client uses the same SSID and security settings if enabled as the 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Ensure that the wireless adapter s TCP IP settings are...
