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WHR-609N

2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual

USER MANUAL 1.0.0

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Page 1: ...WHR 609N 2 4G Outdoor Router User Manual USER MANUAL 1 0 0 2010 1 ...

Page 2: ...on 14 4 Software configuration 14 4 1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router 15 4 2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router 16 4 3 Management and configuration on the Outdoor Router 16 4 3 1 Wizard 16 4 3 2 Operation Mode 23 4 3 3 Internet Settings 24 4 3 3 1 WAN 24 4 3 3 2 LAN 29 4 3 3 3 DHCP clients 30 4 3 3 4 VPN Passthrough 30 4 3 4 Wireless Settings 31 4 3 4 1 Basic 31 4 3 4 2 Ad...

Page 3: ...t and how to find my PC s IP and MAC address 59 5 2 What is Wireless LAN 59 5 3 What are ISM bands 59 5 4 How does wireless networking work 59 5 5 What is BSSID 60 5 6 What is ESSID 60 5 7 What are potential factors that may causes interference 60 5 8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications 60 5 9 What is WEP 60 5 10 What is Fragment Threshold 61 5 11 What is RTS Request to Send Th...

Page 4: ... 5 23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit MTU Size 63 5 24 What is Clone MAC Address 63 5 25 What is DDNS 63 5 26 What is NTP Client 63 5 27 What is VPN 63 5 28 What is IPSEC 63 5 29 What is WLAN Block Relay between Clients 63 5 30 What is WMM 63 5 31 What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT 63 5 32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme MCS 63 5 33 What is Frame Aggregation 64 5 34 What is Guard Intervals GI 64 4 ...

Page 5: ...ntication Protocol ESP Encapsulating Security Payload FCC Federal Communications Commission FTP File Transfer 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 MD5 Message Digest 5 NAT Network Address Translation NT Network Termination NTP Network Time P...

Page 6: ...poral Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play VPN Virtual Private Network WDS Wireless Distribution System WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WPA Wi Fi Protected Access 6 ...

Page 7: ...EE 802 11g standard to provide wireless speeds of 54Mbps data rate Maximizes the performance and ideal for media centric applications like streaming video gaming and Voice over IP technology Support various operation Bridge Gateway Ethernet Converter modes between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces Supports WPS 64 bit and 128 bit WEP WPA WPA2 encryption to protect the wireless data transmissio...

Page 8: ...r is powered Off 2 WLAN LED Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the wireless ON Wireless Radio ON Off Wireless Radio Off 3 WAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface ON Port linked Off No link 4 LAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface ON Port linked Off No link 8 ...

Page 9: ...ults LAN Middle The RJ 45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5 cables Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed and half full duplex comply with IEEE 802 3 802 3u respectively WAN Right The RJ 45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 cable Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed and half full duplex comply with IEEE 802 3 802 3u respectively 9 ...

Page 10: ...3 1 1 Appearance and Interface Introduction Notes The product shot is for reference only please refer to physical product LED Panel Waterproof Sliding Door Pass trough Ethernet cable from this cable Push this button to remove upper housing 10 ...

Page 11: ...Wall Mount Pole Mount LAN port with POE WAN port Reset Button 11 ...

Page 12: ...Hardware installation steps Step1 Push the button in the side to remove upper housing Step2 Pass through Ethernet cable from the hole insert the cable to LAN port Note RJ 45 8P8C Ethernet cable is required 12 ...

Page 13: ...make sure the housing is well installed Step4 Install POE Injector DC Insert adapter POE This hole is linked to LAN port of the Outdoor Router with RJ 45 LAN This hole is linked to LAN side PC Hub or Router ADSL modem device with RJ 45 13 ...

Page 14: ...n Notice It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the Outdoor 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 4 Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily The Outdoor Router is delivered w...

Page 15: ...s item The Network Connections window will appear Double click Local Area Connection icon then User Account Control window shown Right click Continue button to set properties 3 In Local Area Connection Properties window Choose Networking tab move mouse and click Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 then click Properties button 4 Move mouse and click General tab Select Specify an IP address and typ...

Page 16: ...tdoor Router 4 3 1 Wizard This Wizard page guides you to configure Internet connection and Wireless Settings quickly Step 1 configure Internet connection Click Next button to next step for Internet connection settings There are five options DHCP Static Mode PPPOE L2TP PPTP for Internet connection on WAN port a DHCP Auto Config If you select DHCP option please click Next button to jump at Step2 16 ...

Page 17: ... Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Primary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1 Secondary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2 When you finish these settings then click Next button to jump at Step2 17 Setup Wizard Setup Wizard ...

Page 18: ...login the PPPoE server Verify Password Fill in the password again for verification Operation Mode Keep Alive Keep the PPPoE connection all the time Please also configure the Redial Period field On Demand Please configure the Idle Time field When time is up the PPPoE connection will disconnect The connection will re connect when any outgoing packet arise Manual Let user connect the PPPoE connection...

Page 19: ...d L2TP If you select L2TP please fill in these fields on next page 19 Setup Wizard Setup Wizard ...

Page 20: ...dress information by manually please fill in the related setting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Operation Mode Keep Aliv...

Page 21: ...ode Static To configure the IP address information by manually please fill in the related setting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data...

Page 22: ...Step 2 configure Wireless Settings There are three options Disable WEP WPA PSK WPA2 PSK for Wireless security connection Disable WEP WPA PSK WPA2 PSK 22 Setup Wizard Setup Wizard Setup Wizard ...

Page 23: ...5 13 ASCII 10 or 26 HEX characters for WEP Key WPA PSK WPA2 PSK When WPA WPA2 Pre shared key encryption is selected please fill in the Pre shared key The format can be passphrase or Hex 64 characters When you finish these settings then click Apply button to save 4 3 2 Operation Mode a Bridge The Bridge mode allows that all Ethernet and wireless interfaces are bridged into a single bridge interface...

Page 24: ...e Ethernet port and the wireless interface are bridged together and are treated as LAN ports c Ethernet Converter The Ethernet Converter mode allows that the wireless interface is treated as WAN port and the Ethernet ports are LAN ports 4 3 3 Internet Settings 4 3 3 1 WAN a STATIC 24 ...

Page 25: ...ress Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Primary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1 Secondary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2 MAC Clone Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN interf...

Page 26: ...ssword to login the PPPoE server Pasword If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server Verify Password Fill in the password again for verification MAC Clone Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN interface c PPPoE 26 ...

Page 27: ...etting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Operation Mode Keep Alive Keep the L2TP connection all the time Please also config...

Page 28: ...etting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Operation Mode Keep Alive Keep the PPTP connection all the time Please also config...

Page 29: ...es client with DHCP function set will be assigned an IP address from the range End IP Address Fill in the end IP address to allocate a range of IP addresses client with DHCP function set will be assigned an IP address from the range Lease Time Fill in the lease time of DHCP server function 802 1d Spanning Tree Select enable or disable the IEEE 802 1d Spanning Tree function from pull down menu LLTD...

Page 30: ...P address and time expired information 4 3 3 4 VPN Passthrough Item Description L2TP Passthrough Select enable or disable the L2TP pass through function from pull down menu IPSec Passthrough Select enable or disable the IPSec pass through function from pull down menu PPTP Passthrough Select enable or disable the PPTP pass through function from pull down menu 30 ...

Page 31: ...2 bytes long User can use the default SSID or change it Broadcast Network Name SSID Enable or disable the SSID broadcast function AP Isolation Wireless network is similar to the virtual local area network All of the Wireless client devices can access each other completely When you enable this function it will turn off connection between wireless clients Only allows connection between wireless clie...

Page 32: ...cy Channel Select the wireless communication frequency channel from pull down menu Operating Mode Select Mixed Mode for 11b g n mode or Green Field for 11n mode Channel BandWidth Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 20 40 MHz Guard Interval Select Long or Auto Guard intervals are used to ensure that distinct transmissions do not interfere with one another Only effect under Mixed Mode MCS S...

Page 33: ...ng in areas where communication is poor or where there is a great deal of radio interference This function will help you to improve the network performance RTS Threshold The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the radio issues a request to send RTS before sending the packet A low RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the device or...

Page 34: ...4 3 4 3 Security a Disable If you set Security Mode to Disable the wireless data transmission will not include encryption to prevent from unauthorized access and monitoring b WEPAUTO 34 ...

Page 35: ...I 10 or 26 HEX characters for WEP Key c WPAPSK WPA2PSK If you set Security Mode to WPAPSKWPA2PSK please fill in the related configurations at below Item Description WPAAlgorithms Select TKIP AES or TKIPAES for WPA algorithms Pass Phrase Please fill in a passphrase like test wpa 123 or a hexadecimal string like 65E4 E123 456 E1 Key Renewal Interval Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal inte...

Page 36: ...ant features beyond WPA to become standardized through 802 11i WPA2 are Pre authentication which enables secure fast roaming without noticeable signal latency IP Address Enter the RADIUS Server s IP Address provided by your ISP Port Enter the RADIUS Server s port number provided by your ISP The Default is 1812 Shared Secret Enter the password that the Wireless Router shares with the RADIUS Server ...

Page 37: ... to Disable Wireless Distribution System function will not effect b Lazy Mode Lazy mode allows user to operate in an automatic mode that detects and learns WDS peer addresses from received WDS packets without the need to configure a MAC address list This feature allows the Wireless 11n Access Point Repeater to associate with other Wireless 11n Access Point Repeaters in the network and use their WD...

Page 38: ... OFDM 11g HTMIX 11b g n mixed mode Encryp Type Select encryption type for wireless data transmission There are four options None WEP TKIP or AES Encryp Key When you select WEP encryption type on above please input 5 13 ASCII 10 or 26 HEX characters for WEP Key When you select TKIP or AES encryption type on above please input a Passphrase or Hex 64 characters 38 ...

Page 39: ... clients will not be able to connect to the 2 4G outdoor router directly Item Description Phy Mode Select wireless physical mode from pull down menu CKK 11b OFDM 11g HTMIX 11b g n mixed mode Encryp Type Select encryption type for wireless data transmission There are four options None WEP TKIP or AES Encryp Key When you select WEP encryption type on above please input 5 13 ASCII 10 or 26 HEX charac...

Page 40: ...elect wireless physical mode from pull down menu CKK 11b OFDM 11g HTMIX 11b g n mixed mode Encryp Type Select encryption type for wireless data transmission There are four options None WEP TKIP or AES Encryp Key When you select WEP encryption type on above please input 5 13 ASCII 10 or 26 HEX characters for WEP Key When you select TKIP or AES encryption type on above please input a Passphrase or H...

Page 41: ...elated information and status AP PIN Here shows the AP s PIN code Personal Identification Number that the enrollee should enter the registrar s PIN code to make a connection Click Generate button to generate a new AP PIN code Reset OOB Click Reset OOB button to reset WPS AP to the OOB out of box configuration WPS mode Select WPS mode PIN Personal Identification Number PBC Push Button Communication...

Page 42: ...ransmission Source IP Address Fill in the IP address of source to restrict data transmission Protocol Select the protocol that you want to restrict There are four options None TCP UDP and ICMP Dest Port Range Fill in the start port and end port number of destination to restrict data transmission Source Port Range Fill in the start port and end port number of source to restrict data transmission Ac...

Page 43: ...Item Description Make a mark for next action Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items 4 3 5 2 Port Forwarding 43 ...

Page 44: ... mark for next action Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items Item Description Virtual Server Select Enable or Disable the Virtual Server function IP Address To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall fill in the IP address Public Port To ...

Page 45: ... IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface Protocol Specify protocol TCP UDP TCP or UDP Comment Make a comment for the virtual server policy Make a mark for next action Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items 4 3 5 3 DMZ 45 ...

Page 46: ... Remote management Select Deny or Allow for remote management function Ping form WAN Filter Select Disable or Enable for Ping permit from WAN SPI Firewall Select Disable or Enable for SPI firewall function 4 3 5 5 4 4 5 5 Content Filtering 46 ...

Page 47: ...to save the URL filter policy or click Reset button to clear the field Make a mark for next action Delete Click Delete button to delete all that you selected Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items Item Description Keyword Fill in a word for Webs Host Filter policy Make a mark for next action Delete Click Delete button to delete all that you selected Reset Click Reset button to clear sele...

Page 48: ...or web management login control Current Time It shows the current time Time Zone Select the time zone in your country from pull down menu NTP Server Fill in NTP server IP address NTP synchronization Fill in a number to decide the synchronization frequency with NTP server 4 3 6 Administration 4 3 6 1 Management 48 ...

Page 49: ...ount Fill in the account of DDNS you registered Password Fill in the password of DDNS you registered DDNS Fill in the domain name that you registered 4 3 6 2 Upload Firmware Item Description Location Click the Browse button to select the new firmware image file on PC And click the Apply button to upgrade firmware 49 ...

Page 50: ... the current configuration to your PC Settings file location Click Browse button to select the configuration file from your PC then click Import button to update the configuration Load Default Button Click the Load Default button to reset the configuration parameter to factory defaults 50 ...

Page 51: ...e device includes system info Internet Configurations and Local Network 4 3 6 5 System Log This page is used to view system logs Item Description Refresh Click the Refresh button to refresh the log shown on the screen Clear Click the Clear button to clear the log display screen 51 ...

Page 52: ...ion PPPoE User Name user123 Password password123 Note User Name and password that ISP provided LAN configuration IP Address 10 10 10 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 DHCP Client Range 10 10 10 100 10 10 10 200 WLAN configuration SSID AP Channel Number AutoSelect 1 Configure the WAN interface Open Wide Area Network WAN Settings page select PPPoE then enter the User Name user123 and Password password12...

Page 53: ... 255 0 Enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 10 10 10 100 to 10 10 10 200 default Gateway 10 10 10 254 Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting 3 Configure the WLAN interface Open Basic Wireless Settings page enter the SSID AP Channel Number AutoSelect Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting 53 ...

Page 54: ...168 20 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 20 1 Primary DNS Address 168 95 1 1 LAN configuration IP Address 10 10 10 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 DHCP Client Range 10 10 10 100 10 10 10 200 WLAN configuration SSID AP Channel Number AutoSelect 1 Configure the WAN interface Open Wide Area Network WAN Settings page select STATIC fixed IP then enter IP Address 192 168 20 254 subnet ...

Page 55: ... 255 0 Enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 10 10 10 100 to 10 10 10 200 default Gateway 10 10 10 254 Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting 3 Configure the WLAN interface Open Basic Wireless Settings page enter the SSID AP Channel Number AutoSelect Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting 55 ...

Page 56: ...mary DNS Address n a LAN configuration IP Address 10 10 10 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 DHCP Client Range 10 10 10 100 10 10 10 200 WLAN configuration SSID Depend on AP Channel Number Depend on AP WiFi server AP configuration SSID TEST AP Channel Number Channel 1 Wireless Encryption WPA2 DHCP server 192 168 0 33 192 168 0 254 1 Configure the Operation Mode Open Operation Mode Configuration page s...

Page 57: ...t the AP testap Press Connect button to connect with the AP 3 Wireless encryption setting If the AP has encryption setting it will pop out a window for you filling the encryption setting Please fill up the encryption code and click Apply button to connect with the AP 57 ...

Page 58: ...n Link Status After connection with AP you can open Link Status page under Wireless Settings to check Link Status 5 Status You also can open Status page under Administration to check Internet Configurations 58 ...

Page 59: ...er button Your PC s IP address is the one entitled IPAddress and your PC s MAC address is the one entitled Physical Address 5 2 What 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 5 3 What are ISM bands ISM stands for Industrial Scientific and Medical radio frequency bands that the Federal Communicati...

Page 60: ...Keep WLAN devices away from other electrical devices eg microwaves monitors electric motors etc Add additional WLAN Access Points if necessary 5 8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications IEEE 802 11 supports two subtypes of network authentication services open system and shared key Under open system authentication any wireless station can request authentication The station that nee...

Page 61: ...g station and waits for the receiving station to send back a CTS Clear to Send packet before sending the actual packet data This setting is useful for networks with many clients With many clients and a high network load there will be many more collisions By lowering the RTS threshold there may be fewer collisions and performance should improve Basically with a faster RTS threshold the system can r...

Page 62: ...th Point to Point Protocol in RFC 2284 Beyond encapsulating EAP packets the 802 1x standard also defines EAPOL messages that convey the shared key information critical for wireless security 5 18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol pronounced tee kip is part of the IEEE 802 11i encryption standard for wireless LANs TKIP is the next generation of WEP the ...

Page 63: ... private link via shared or public network 5 28 What is IPSEC IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security It is used to transferring data securely under VPN 5 29 What is WLAN Block Relay between Clients An Infrastructure Basic Service Set is a BSS with a component called an Access Point AP The access point provides a local relay function for the BSS All stations in the BSS communicate with the access...

Page 64: ... The larger packet can be sent without the overhead of the individual packets This technique helps improve the efficiency of the 802 11n radio allowing more end user data to be sent in a given time 5 34 What is Guard Intervals GI A GI is a period of time between symbol transmission that allows reflections from multipath from the previous data transmission to settle before transmitting a new symbol...

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