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54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router

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Page 1: ...B BL LW W 0 04 4G G 54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router User Manual ...

Page 2: ...PTER 3 INTERNET ACCESS 8 3 1 PREPARE YOUR NETWORK INFORMATION 8 3 2 WEB BASED USER INTERFACE 8 3 3 INITIAL CONFIGURATION SETUP 9 CHAPTER 4 ADVANCED APPLICATIONS 14 4 1 DHCP CONFIGURATION 14 4 2 ACCESS CONTROL 15 4 3 VIRTUAL SERVER SETTINGS 16 4 4 DMZ HOST 17 4 5 DEVICE ADMINISTRATION SETTINGS 18 4 6 STATUS MONITOR 20 4 7 DYNAMIC ROUTING 21 4 8 STATIC ROUTING 22 4 9 LOG 23 4 10 DDNS 23 4 11 WIRELES...

Page 3: ...GURATION 29 5 4 ADDING BLW 04G TO EXISTING NETWORK 29 CHAPTER 6 TROUBLE SHOOTING 31 HARDWARE 31 CLIENT SIDE COMPUTERS 32 APPENDIX A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 34 APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 36 APPENDIX C GLOSSARY 37 ...

Page 4: ...t key and 128 bit WEP data encryption for high level security With built in NAT this device not only provides natural firewall protecting your network from access by outside users but also extends your LAN connection Users on the LAN can share a single account of Internet access by having this device connect to a DSL Cable modem This Firewall Router allows up to 253 users on the Ethernet LAN simul...

Page 5: ... Chapter provides instructions on how to set up your Macintosh computers in your network Chapter 6 Trouble Shooting This chapter describes any potential problems you may encounter and the suggested remedies Conventions The following explains the conventions used throughout this document Italics New words terms or special emphasis E g Getting to know your BLW 04G Boldface Buttons checkboxes or item...

Page 6: ...defined as IEEE 802 3u standard a high speed version of Ethernet with 100Mbps transmission rate Wireless LAN Wireless Local Area Network systems WLANs transmit and receive data through the air by using radio frequency RF This offers some advantages like mobility ease of installation and scalability over traditional wired systems y Mobility WLANs combine data connectivity with user mobility This pr...

Page 7: ... it excellent for network connections y Allows multiple users to access the Internet at the same time by providing maximum Internet utilization to multiple users sharing a single public IP Address y Allows users on Ethernet LAN and Wireless LAN to transfer data to each other through wireless to wire bridge y Provides wireless access roaming best access point selection loading balance network traff...

Page 8: ... manage LAN IP addresses y Allow administrators to block specific internal users from accessing specified applications or services y Allows external Internet users to access information from the internal target host by setting the Virtual Server y Provides unrestricted two way communication between one PC on your LAN and certain Internet services such as conferencing video and gaming applications ...

Page 9: ...RJ45 Ethernet jack on your ADSL or Cable modem y Connect a PC which must have an Ethernet NIC Network Interface Card installed to one of the LAN Ports y Connect the external power supply to the BLW 04G y The Reset button is used to reboot and re initialize the device press once quickly or for clearing configuration settings back to factory default values press for longer than 3 seconds 2 2 Front P...

Page 10: ...N port FD Col Green Steady on when operating at full duplex mode Off at half duplex mode Blinking when a collision has occurred on this port 100 Yellow Steady on when it operates at 100Mbps 2 3 System Requirements and Setup To connect to the Internet an external ADSL or Cable modem and an Internet access account from an ISP is required In order to operate with the BLW 04G each PC that is to be con...

Page 11: ...col has been installed follow these steps to check and if necessary install TCP IP onto your PCs 1 Click the Start button Choose Settings then Control Panel Double click the Network icon Your Network window should appear Select the Configuration tab Note For Windows 2000 Windows XP Setting Click the Local Area Connection icon on the lower right hand side of your desktop screen ...

Page 12: ...ear There is only one tab General in the Network window 2 Check whether the TCP IP Protocol has already been installed onto your computer s Ethernet card Note that TCP IP Protocol can be installed for a computer s Dial Up Adapter as well as for the Ethernet card If yes go to step 7 If no click the Add button ...

Page 13: ... in the Select Network Component Type or highlight Protocol then click Add 4 Highlight Microsoft under the list of manufacturers Double click TCP IP from the list on the right or highlight TCP IP then click OK to install TCP IP ...

Page 14: ...Fixed IP Addresses Configuration Fixed IP addresses may be assigned to network devices for many reasons such as the server PCs or printers which are consistently accessed by multiple users To set up computers with fixed IP Addresses go to the IP Address tab of the TCP IP Properties window as shown above Select Specify an IP address and enter 192 168 1 in the IP Address location where is a number b...

Page 15: ...Enable DNS Enter the DNS IP Address obtained from your ISP in the Server Search Order location Then click the Add button Click on the Gateway tab and enter the BLW 04G s default gateway value 192 168 1 1 in the New gateway field then click Add Botton ...

Page 16: ... 7 Click OK Restart your PC to complete the TCP IP installation ...

Page 17: ...ost Name Domain Name IP address given by ISP Obtain IP Address automatically Static IP IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DNS Server Primary DNS Server Secondary DNS Server Third PPP authentication PPPoE PPTP Login Name Password ________________ 3 2 Web based User Interface Your BLW 04G is designed to use a Web based User Interface for configuration Open your web browser and type http 192 168 ...

Page 18: ...nstalled and set up this screen s values will already be properly configured y Host Name This entry is required by certain ISPs y Domain Name This entry is required by certain ISPs y Time Zone Select the correct Time Zone for your location This is required for the date time shown on the logs to be correct y Private IP Address The Device IP Address and Subnet Mask of ...

Page 19: ...ired Equivalent Privacy WEP is an encryption mechanism used to protect your wireless data communications WEP uses a combination of 64 bit 128 bit keys to encrypt data that is transmitted between all points in a wireless network to insure data security To code decode the data transmission all points must use the identical key To make the WEP encryption active or inactive select Mandatory or Disable...

Page 20: ...on your ISP s assignment If you are unsure which connection type you currently use contact your ISP to obtain the correct information Obtain an IP automatically It is the default option for the router If your ISP automatically assign a IP address and other values to the BLW 04G leave them there without making any changes Static IP The Public IP Address and Subnet Mask of the router are used by ext...

Page 21: ...nd is a utility used to trigger the PPPoE session when there is packet being sent through the WAN port while it is on disconnected situation Check the radio button to make this function active and then you must enter the number of minutes you wish the network to remain idle before disconnection occurs in the Max Idle Time location Note that this function is for PPPoE only y Keep Alive This functio...

Page 22: ...to trigger the PPTP session when there is packet being sent through the WAN port while it is on disconnected situation Check the radio button to make this function active and then you must enter the number of minutes you wish the network to remain idle before disconnection occurs in the Max Idle Time location Note that this function is for PPTP only y Keep Alive This function keeps your PPTP conne...

Page 23: ...dy have a DHCP server in your network set the router s DHCP option to Disable y Starting IP Address Enter a numerical value from 2 to 254 for the DHCP server to start at when assigning IP Addresses y Number of Users Enter the maximum number of PCs that you want the DHCP server to assign IP Addresses to with the absolute maximum being 253 y Client Lease Time Enter a number of seconds that you wish ...

Page 24: ... five groups of specified network users computers from accessing the certain applications y Packet Filter Select a policy number from the drop down box This allows you to identify the setting of each individual tunnel It is possible to create maximum of 10 policies y Name Enter the name of the policy in this field This allows you to differentiate a new policy from any others you have created y IP ...

Page 25: ...ovided by a dedicated network computer server configured with a fixed IP Address Although the internal service addresses are not directly accessible to the external user the BLW 04G is able to identify the service requested by the service port number and redirects the request to the appropriate internal IP Address server To use this application it is recommended you use a fixed Public IP Address f...

Page 26: ... is a list of the protocol and port ranges that are used by some common applications Application Protocol Port Range FTP Server TCP 21 Half Life UDP 6003 7002 27010 27015 27025 MSN Messenger TCP TCP UDP UDP UDP TCP 6891 6900 File send 1863 1863 5190 6901 Voice 6901 Voice PC Anywhere host TCP UDP 5631 5632 Quake 2 UDP 27910 Quake III UDP 27660 first player C Program Files Quake III Arena quake3 exe...

Page 27: ...G s default setting of 192 168 1 1 In the Public IP Address area select Internet IP Address and then enter the IP Address and other necessary information provided by your ISP 3 Click the DMZ Host option in the Advanced Menu and enter the fixed IP Address of the Exposed Host PC in the DMZ Host IP Address location Remember choose Disable will disable this application 4 5 Device Administration Settin...

Page 28: ...between 1024 and 65535 8080 is recommended This port number must be specified when you connect To access the setting page from the external side enter http WAN IP Address Port Number into the web browser address bar and press the Enter key y MTU MTU Maximum Transmission Unit value should only be changed if advised to do so by Technical Support Enter a value between 1 and 1500 This device will stil...

Page 29: ...shows the router s current status All of the information provided is read only y Login This column shows the login information of PPPoE or PPTP You can manually initiate the connection or make a disconnection by clicking the appropriate buttons Be aware that if you make a disconnection here Connect on demand will not function until the connection button is clicked Note that Login won t show any in...

Page 30: ...omatically in the OnePage Setup y Intranet This section displays the current Private IP Address and Subnet Mask of the router as seen by users of your internal network y DHCP Clients Table If the router is setup to act as a DHCP server the LAN side IP Address distribution table will appear by clicking this button 4 7 Dynamic Routing The Dynamic Routing feature allows your BLW 04G to exchange routi...

Page 31: ... the physical connections required to use Static Routing In the above diagram PC2 in LAN 2 is connected to the BLW 04G via another router while PC1 in LAN 1 is connected to the BLW 04G directly Without configuring the Static Routing function the two PCs would not be able to communicate with each other y Select Route entry Select the route entry number from 1 to 20 that you wish to configure y Dest...

Page 32: ...ss LAN 2 LAN1 Click Apply after making any changes 4 9 Log The Log application provides the administrator with the ability to trace Internet connection y Log If Enable the Access Log button will enable you to use y Access Log Click this button to open the sub screen to the System Log page Click Apply after making any changes 4 10 DDNS DDNS is an acronym for Dynamic Domain Name Service Whenerver yo...

Page 33: ...n error when you set up the public computer servers in your LAN side PCs Internet users may not be able to reach your servers because your WAN side IP address may change each time you initiate the connection to your ISP The DDNS function will help to map your IP address to your domain name when your ISP assigns a new dynamic IP Address Note that this DDNS function acts as the client appliance of D...

Page 34: ...lly understand those technical terms it would be better to leave them as default setting y Beacon Interval It s the signal sent periodically by wireless access point to provide synchronization among the stations in wireless LAN y RTS Threshold RTS packet is use to account for potential hidden stations This feature allows you to set the size of RTS packet y Fragmentation Threshold If the length of ...

Page 35: ...ows you to restrict wireless users to access Internet Select Deny to block the wireless nodes listed on the MAC Address Filter List to access Internet Select Allow to allow the wireless nodes listed on the MAC Address Filter List to access Internet Click Active MAC Table button to open the Wireless Active MAC table Click Edit MAC Filter Setting button to open the MAC address edit table Wireless MA...

Page 36: ... file then select Firmware Upgrade on the Advanced menu You will see a screen like the following 4 12 1 To perform the Firmware Upgrade 1 Click the Browse button and navigate to the location of the upgrade file 2 Select the upgrade file It s name will appear in the Upgrade field 3 Click the Upgrade button to commence the firmware upgrade ...

Page 37: ...is assumed that your computer s system software already has TCP IP installed You may manually configure your computer with a fixed IP Address or have an IP Address dynamically assigned to it by the BLW 04G s DHCP server 5 2 1 Dynamic IP Addressing using DHCP Server 1 From the Apple menu select Control Panel and click on TCP IP 2 In the TCP IP A New Name For Your Configuration window select Etherne...

Page 38: ...hen Quit TCP IP 5 Restart the computer 5 3 BLW 04G Configuration To configure your BLW 04G use your Web Browser and follow the instructions given in Chapter 3 Internet Access section 3 3 To configure advanced settings see Chapter 4 Advanced Applications 5 4 Adding BLW 04G to Existing Network If the BLW 04G is to be added to an existing Macintosh computer network the computers will have to be confi...

Page 39: ...ask location Enter 192 168 1 1 the BLW 04G s default IP Address in the Router Address location Enter the ISP s IP Address in the Name Server location if your ISP has provided the information Close the window 5 Click Confirm TCP IP is now configured for manual IP Addressing 6 Configure your BLW 04G see 5 3 above ...

Page 40: ...t to 255 255 255 0 T The Status LED stays lit The Status LED should light up when the device is first powered up to indicate it is checking for proper operation After a few seconds the LED should go off If it stays lit the device is experiencing a problem Please contact your dealer T Why can t I configure the BLW 04G First check whether the BLW 04G is properly installed or not including the LAN an...

Page 41: ...cal web pages If you are unable to access your ISP s home page enter your ISP s Domain Name into the OnePage Setup 3 3 to enable all computers in your LAN access to it If you only want to allow computers to access these home pages open the TCP IP Properties window 2 4 on these computers click the DNS Configuration tab and enter your ISP s Domain Name in the Domain Name Search Suffix location Clien...

Page 42: ... 33 Check whether other computers work If they do ensure the computer s IP settings are correct IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway IP Address and DNS 3 3 Check the BLW 04G s settings are correct 3 3 ...

Page 43: ...ddresses on a private LAN into a single public IP Address that is accessible to the Internet NAT not only provides the basis for multiple IP Address sharing but also adds to the LAN s security since the multiple IP Addresses of LAN computers are never transmitted directly to the Internet Q How can BLW 04G share single user account to multiple users BLW 04G combines the following technologies to en...

Page 44: ...the Internet to apply for a free E mail account Q Can Internet users access LAN computers BLW 04G uses NAT to router all in out packets All external users can only see the IP of the BLW 04G but cannot access LAN computers The LAN computers are well protected with the BLW 04G s natural firewall Q When should I use DMZ host Enable DMZ host when you want to have unrestricted communication between you...

Page 45: ...ss point Management Web based UI Management LED Display Power DMZ Status Enable Activity for Wireless interface Link Activity for both WAN and LAN port s Full Duplex Collision for WAN and LAN port s 100 for WAN and LAN port s Environment Operation Temperature 0 45 degrees C 32 113 degrees F Storage Temperature 20 65 degrees C 4 149 degrees F Humidity 0 90 non condensing Dimension 180 W x 150 H x 2...

Page 46: ...ers ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ADSL as it s name indicates is an asymmetrical data trasmission technology with higher traffic rate downstream and lower traffic rate upstream ADSL technology satisfies the bandwidth requirements of applications which demand asymmetric traffic such as web surfing file downloads and telecommuting Bandwidth The amount of data that can be transmitted in a f...

Page 47: ... occurs when a computer or network is overwhelmed to the point that it can no longer function normally For example a hacker may use fake IP addresses to accumulate numerious connections to flood the server he wants to attack DDNS DDNS is an acronym for Dynamic Domain Name Service It helps map the domain name of a host which has a dynamic public IP address to the IP address that is allocated each t...

Page 48: ...data to the other point through a dedicated access point Additionally the access point enables users on a wireless LAN to access an existing wired network to take advantage of sharing the wired networks resources such as files printers and Internet access IP Address An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP IP network Networks using the TCP IP Protocol route messages based on the IP Address ...

Page 49: ...help maximize the utilization of assigned IAN and global IP Addresses Network Protocol Network protocols encapsulate and forward data packets from one interface to another PAP CHAP ISP Short for Password Authentication Protocol and Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol Most ISPs use either one for user identification If your ISP doesn t support these two protocols contact your ISP for an aut...

Page 50: ...ansmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol the suite of communications protocols that enable hosts on the Internet to connect and exchange streams of data VPN VPN is an acronym for Virtual Private Network Via access control and encryption VPN brings the same security to data transmission through the Internet as if it being transmitted through a private network It not only takes advantage of...

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