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3.7.2 NTP Setting 

User could change Network Time Protocol (NTP) for time synchronization needs. 

Current Time:

 Show router's current time. 

Time Zone: 

Time  zone  is  a  region  of  the  earth  that  has  uniform  standard  time,              

usually referred to as the local time. By convention, time zones compute their local time as an 

offset from UTC (see also Greenwich Mean Time). Local time is UTC plus the current time 

zone offset for the considered location. 

NTP Server:

 The server which provide the time synchronization service. 

3.7.3 Administration 

You may configure administrator account and password in here. 

Summary of Contents for WR750RL

Page 1: ...Draft 802 11n Wireless Broadband Router User s Manual November 2009 ...

Page 2: ... changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesi...

Page 3: ...part of this document can be copied or reproduced in any form without written consent from the company Trademarks All trade names and trademarks are the properties of their respective companies Revision History Revision History V1 1st Release ...

Page 4: ...ity 19 3 2 Operation Mode 21 3 3 Quick Start 21 3 4 Internet Settings 22 3 4 1 WAN 22 3 4 2 LAN 22 3 4 3 DHCP Clients 24 3 4 4 VPN Passthrough 25 3 4 5 DNS 26 3 4 6 Advanced Routing 26 3 5 Wireless Settings 27 3 5 1 Basic 27 3 5 2 Advanced 29 3 5 3 Security 31 3 5 4 WDS 32 3 5 5 WPS 34 3 5 6 Station list 36 3 5 7 Site Survey 36 3 6 Firewall 37 3 6 1 MAC IP Port Filtering Settings 37 3 6 2 Port For...

Page 5: ...4 3 7 1 DDNS Setting 42 3 7 2 NTP Setting 43 3 7 3 Administration 43 3 7 4 Upgrade Firmware 44 3 7 5 Setting Management 44 3 7 6 Status 45 3 7 7 Statistics 45 3 7 8 System Log 46 3 7 9 Logout 47 ...

Page 6: ...evice also supports the latest wireless security features such as WEP WPA WPA2 and WPS to prevent from unauthorized access 1 1 Features Θ Compliant with IEEE 802 11n draft 2 0 standard Θ Backward compatible with IEEE 802 11b g Θ Supports NAT NAPT DHCP Server Client Θ Supports VPN pass through IPSec PPTP L2TP Θ Supports Virtual Server Port Trigger Θ Supports Virtual DMZ Host DNS Proxy DDNS UPnP Θ S...

Page 7: ...MS Internet Explorer ver 5 0 or later or Netscape Navigator ver 4 7 or later 1 4 LEDs Indication Connectors of Wireless Router Front Panel LEDs Indication LED Light Status Description On Wireless Router is powered on PWR Off Wireless Router is powered off On Wireless Router is hung Status Blinking Wireless Router is up and ready On LAN port is successfully connected LAN 1 2 3 4 Blinking Data is be...

Page 8: ...nect to the power adapter packaged with the AP router 1 5 Installation Instruction 1 Power off 802 11n AP Router and DSL Cable modem 2 Connect computer to the LAN port on the Wireless Router with Ethernet cable 3 Connect the DSL or Cable modem to the WAN port on the Wireless Router with Ethernet cable 4 Power on DSL or Cable modem first then connect power adapter to the power jack on the rear pane...

Page 9: ...8 1 1 without network connectivity This IP address is used for communicating with the 802 11n AP router via the web UI or Telnet with the PC connected to the LAN port The 802 11n AP router assumes a DHCP IP address on the WAN side if connected to the network In this case user can communicate with the same IP address 192 168 1 1 with PC connected to the LAN port PC in the network can communicate wi...

Page 10: ... click OK to confirm your settings Once you restart your system Wireless Router will obtain an IP address for this system Θ If you decide to use fixed IP address for your system select Specify an IP address and make sure that IP Address and Subnet Mask are correct c Select Gateway tab and enter correct gateway address in New gateway field then click Add ...

Page 11: ... Enable DNS enter the DNS address provides from your ISP in the DNS Server Search Order field then click Add Checking TCI IP Setting for Windows NT4 0 a Select Control Panel Æ Network window below will appear click Protocols tab then select TCP IP protocol ...

Page 12: ...rver Θ If you decide to use the IP address you are desired select Specify an IP address Make sure enter correct addresses in IP Address and Subnet Mask fields Θ You must set Wireless Router s IP address as Default Gateway c To enter DNS address is provided from your ISP Select DNS tab click Add under DNS Service Search Order list then enter DNS Server IP address in TCP IP DNS Server window and cli...

Page 13: ...12 Checking TCP IP Settings for Windows 2000 a Select Start Æ Control Panel Æ Network and Dial up Connection and right click Local Area Connection then click Properties ...

Page 14: ...the following IP address Make sure enter correct addresses in IP Address and Subnet Mask fields Θ You must set Wireless Router s IP address as Default Gateway Θ If the DNS Server fields are empty select Use the following DNS server addresses and enter the DNS address is provided by your ISP then click OK Checking TCP IP Settings for Windows XP a Click Start select Control Panel Æ Network Connectio...

Page 15: ...14 b Select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click Properties window below will appear ...

Page 16: ...st set Wireless Router s IP address as Default Gateway Θ If the DNS Server fields are empty select Use the following DNS server addresses and enter the DNS address is provided by your ISP then click OK Checking TCP IP Settings for Windows Vista a Click Start Æ Control Panel Æ Manage Network Connections and right click Local Area Connection then select Properties window below will appear b Select I...

Page 17: ... set Wireless Router s IP address as Default Gateway Θ If the DNS Server fields are empty select Use the following DNS server addresses and enter the DNS address is provided by your ISP then click OK Checking TCP IP Settings for Windows 7 a Click Start Æ Control Panel Æ Double click Network and Sharing Center icon Æ Select Local Area Connection Local network your ADSL hooked up with Æ Select Prope...

Page 18: ...17 Configure IP address Automatically b Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically Click OK to finish the configuration ...

Page 19: ...r select Obtain an IP address automatically Θ If you decide to use the IP address you are desired select Use the following IP address Make sure enter correct addresses in IP Address and Subnet Mask fields Θ You must set Wireless Router s IP address as Default Gateway Θ If the DNS Server fields are empty select Use the following DNS server addresses and enter the DNS address is provided by your ISP...

Page 20: ...outer via Web Based Utility The Wireless Router implements a Web server allowing user configure this device via the web based Utility This Utility provides comprehensive system management scheme including system configuration performance monitoring system maintenance and administration 3 1 Access Web Based Configuration Utility To access the Web Based Configuration Utility you have to launch your ...

Page 21: ... Login dialog box will appear enter admin as Administrator Name and 1234 as default Administrator Password and then click OK to access Configuration Utility Step3 After log in you can see the Main menu as below ...

Page 22: ...three modes is provided Gateway The first Ethernet port is treated as WAN port The other Ethernet ports and the wireless interface are bridge together and are treated as LAN ports 3 3 Quick Start Quick Start will help you setup Wireless 11n Router quickly There have five types of WAN Connections Static Fixed IP DHCP Auto Config PPPoE ADSL PPTP and L2TP ...

Page 23: ... This AP Router supports 5 methods of obtaining the WAN IP Address Static IP fixed IP Use static IP address to access Network Your ISP will provide a static IP address DHCP Auto Config Automatic gets IP address from your ISP PPPoE ADSL PPPoE is an common connection type used for xDSL PPTP PPP Tunneling Protocol can support multi protocol Virtual Private Network VPN L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol ...

Page 24: ... Select Server to enable this Router to distribute IP addresses DHCP server And the following field will be activated for you to enter this starting IP address Start IP address Specify the starting IP address of the IP address pool Default Start IP 192 168 1 100 End IP address Specify the ending IP address of the IP address pool Default End IP 192 168 1 250 Lease Time Specify the time duration for...

Page 25: ...ke networking particularly home networking possible for more people UPnP allows automatic discovery and configuration of equipment attached to your LAN UPnP is support Windows Me XP or later It provides compatibility with networking equipment software and peripherals of the over 400 vendors that cooperate in the Play and Play forum Default Disable 3 4 3 DHCP Clients DHCP client computers connected...

Page 26: ... allow users and telecommuters to connect to their corporate intranets or extranets IPSec Passthrough IPSec is a framework for a set of protocols for security at the network or packet processing layer of network verification PPTP Passthrough PPTP is a protocol that allows corporations to extend their own corporate network through private tunnels over the public Internet Enable Disable this protoco...

Page 27: ...he IP address of the Primary DNS Server provided by your ISP Secondary DNS Server Enter the IP address of the Secondary DNS Server provided by your ISP 3 4 6 Advanced Routing Static routes are special routes that the network administrator manually enters into the router configuration The route table allows the user to configure and define all the static routes supported by the router You may add a...

Page 28: ...from drop down list Comment Enter the comment for this static route Current Routing table in the system To see the detail settings of current routing information in the system 3 5 Wireless Settings The wireless settings can be quickly configured as a wireless access point for roaming client by setting the access identifier and channel number It also supports data encryption and client filtering Th...

Page 29: ...nique Network Name to identify the network This name is called the Service Set Identifier SSID When you set up your wireless adapter you specify the SSID If you want to connect to an existing network you must use the make up your own name and use it on each computer The name can be up to 20 characters long and contain letters and numbers Default name is Default_11N Broadcast Network Name SSID Enab...

Page 30: ...ard periods allow more distant echoes to be tolerated However longer guard intervals reduce the channel efficiency MCS The Modulation and Coding Scheme MCS is a value that determines the modulation coding and number of spatial channels Select the MCS from the pull down menu 0 15 32 or Auto Default Auto Reverse Direction Grant RDG Enable Disable RDG function Reverse Direction Grant RDG essentially ...

Page 31: ... often transmit large files in wireless network you can enter new Fragment Threshold value to split the packet The value can be set from 256 to 2346 The default value is 2346 RTS Threshold RTS stands for Request to Send This parameter controls what size data packet the low level RF protocol issues to an RTS packet RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the Hidden Node problem If the H...

Page 32: ... over IP VoIP on Wi Fi phones WMM Capable Enable Disable the Wi Fi Multimedia WMM support APSD Capable Enable Disable the APSD support WMM Parameters Click WMM Configuration to setup the WMM function 3 5 3 Security This function allows you setup the wireless security Setup the wireless security and encryption to prevent from unauthorized access and monitoring Security Mode This function allows you...

Page 33: ...ver is a server that has access to a user database with authentication information IP Address The IP address of the RADIUS server for 802 1X wireless authentication and dynamic WEP key derivation Enter the RADIUS Server s IP address provided by your ISP Port The UDP port number for connection to the RADIUS server Enter the RADIUS Server s port number provided by your ISP The default is 1812 Shared...

Page 34: ...cant cost to the equipment The WDS peers must be manually stated and wireless stations will not be able to connect to AP router You can see from below diagram that clients do not associate to bridges but rather bridges are used to link two or more wired segments together wirelessly 3 Repeater AP router will act as a repeater interconnecting between access points WDS peers can be determined by auto...

Page 35: ...the repeater access point is communicating with the client as well as the upstream access point over the wireless link reducing throughput on the wireless segment Users attached to the repeater access point will likely experience low throughput and high latencies in the scenario It is typical for wired Ethernet port to be disabled while in repeater mode 3 5 5 WPS You could setup security easily by...

Page 36: ...connect to the Access Point WPS Summary From this section you can view the current WPS status Configured SSID Auth mode Encrypt Type Default Key Index WPS Key and AP PIN information Reset OOB Click this button to rest the settings WPS Progress WPS Mode Specify the AP router acts as a Registrar or an Enrollee In PIN method PIN Personal Identification Number When your 11n router acts as a Registrar ...

Page 37: ...PS Wi Fi Protected Setup will establish the connection automatically PIN Enter the PIN code from the registrar or enrollee WPS Status Here shows the current status of the WPS function 3 5 6 Station list In this section you can monitor stations which associated to this AP 3 5 7 Site Survey Site Survey page shows information of AP nearby ...

Page 38: ...AC IP Port Filtering Enable this function all list from the filtering will be deny the internet access MAC Address The MAC address of the computer in the LAN Local Area Network to be used in the MAC filter table Enter the MAC address of LAN port e g 00 00 27 88 81 18 Dest IP Address The IP address that will be denied to access Source IP Address The IP address that will be denied access to the Inte...

Page 39: ... can use a comma to add multiple ports or port ranges Port Range This is the port used to forward the application It can be either a single port or a range of ports For the TCP and UDP services enter the beginning of the range of port numbers used by the service If the service uses a single port number enter it in both the start and finish fields Protocol Select the protocol TCP UDP or TCP UDP use...

Page 40: ...ecially Internet Online game can have two way connections Select Enable or Disable from the pull down menu DMZ IP Address Enter the IP address of a particular host in your LAN that will receive all the packets originally going to the WAN port Public IP address above Note You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed static IP address for DMZ to work properly 3 6 4 System Security Settings You may c...

Page 41: ...ava and ActiveX When those options are checked the content filter will deny computer from access to the internet by contented those options Filter Proxy Blocks HTTP requests containing the Host string Filter Java Applets Blocks HTTP requests containing a URL ending in js or class Filter ActiveX Blocks HTTP requests containing a URL ending in ocx or cab Web URL Filter Setting With security reason t...

Page 42: ...ons specify the port normally associated with an application in the Trigger Port field select the protocol type as TCP or UDP then enter the public ports associated with the trigger port to open them for inbound traffic Port Trigger Setting After Enable the Port Trigger it allows a host machine to dynamically and automatically forward a specific port back to itself Port triggering opens an incomin...

Page 43: ...og ϨLogout 3 7 1 DDNS Setting DDNS allows you to create a hostname that points to your home or office IP address providing and easy to remember URL for quick access Dynamic DNS providers It provide a software client program that automates the discovery and registration of client s public IP addresses Account The account using to authentication or login to DDNS provider Password The password using ...

Page 44: ...uniform standard time usually referred to as the local time By convention time zones compute their local time as an offset from UTC see also Greenwich Mean Time Local time is UTC plus the current time zone offset for the considered location NTP Server The server which provide the time synchronization service 3 7 3 Administration You may configure administrator account and password in here ...

Page 45: ...s are required for adding new features or to resolves bugs It takes about 1 minute to upload upgrade flash and be patient please Caution A corrupted image will hang up the system 3 7 5 Setting Management You might save system settings by exporting them to configuration file restore them by import the file or reset them to factory default ...

Page 46: ...the status of this wireless 11n Router such as System Info Internet Configurations and Local Network etc 3 7 7 Statistics In this section you can look at the statistics of this wireless 11n Router such as Memory statistics WAN LAN s Rx Tx packets etc ...

Page 47: ... 7 8 System Log This 802 11n Router supports sending system log sending UDP packets and keeping log messages in Log Server Click Refresh on Administration below screen will prompt for System Log information ...

Page 48: ...47 3 7 9 Logout Click Logout to exit Wireless 11n router configuration page ...

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