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Summary of Contents for WL-350

Page 1: ...Wireless Media Router WL 350 Full Manual ...

Page 2: ... PIN 17 USING THE PUSH BUTTON 17 4 ADVANCED WEB CONFIGURATION 19 LOGGING IN 19 4 1 HOME 20 Device 20 Wireless 20 Logs 22 Stats 23 DHCP 24 Firewall 25 4 2 BASIC 26 Network 26 Wireless 28 WAN 33 Advanced Wireless 41 Advanced Network 42 4 3 FIREWALL 44 Virtual Server 44 Special Application 45 Port Forwarding 46 Access Control 47 Website Filter 49 Schedules 50 4 4 ADVANCED SETTINGS 51 Dynamic DNS 51 S...

Page 3: ...WL 350 Wireless Media Router Full Manual 3 Time Configuration 66 System Settings 67 Firmware 71 Syslog 71 Administrator Settings 72 APPENDIX A FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT 74 ...

Page 4: ...s channel The robust signal travels farther maintaining wireless connections up to 3 times farther than standard 802 11g eliminating dead spots and extending network range To protect the data and privacy the Router can encode all wireless transmissions with 64 128 bit encryption It can serve as your network s DHCP Server has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most kn...

Page 5: ...ernal IP addresses for keeping hacker out Hide SSID Avoids unallowable users sharing bandwidth increases efficiency of the network Firewall supports Virtual Server Mapping DMZ IP Filter ICMP Blocking SPI Avoids the attacks of Hackers or Viruses from Internet Support 802 1x authenticator 802 11i WPA WPA2 AES VPN pass thru mechanisms Provide mutual authentication Client and dynamic encryption keys t...

Page 6: ...ere to the following safety guidelines Carefully follow the instructions in this manual also follow all instruction labels on the device Except for the power adapter supplied the device should not be connected to any other adapters Do not spill liquid of any kind on the device Do not place the device on an unstable stand or table The device may drop and become damaged Do not expose the device to d...

Page 7: ...the power cable and connect the adapter to the power socket on the wall and the DC inlet into the DC connector 4 USB port The USB port can be used to connect a USB memory stick or hard disk 5 WPS on the top of the router WPS Wireless Push Button is used for Wi Fi Protected Setup By pressing this button the security settings of the device will automatically synchronize with other wireless devices o...

Page 8: ... details SSID security code and WPS button functionality Button Description WPS BUTTON Press 0 5 seconds for 2 4 GHz WPS mode Press 5 10 seconds for 5 GHz WPS mode Press 10 seconds to reset the router Press 15 Seconds to reset the router to factory defaults ...

Page 9: ...activity on the 2 4 GHz band WiFi 2 4 GHz Blue Shows WiFi activity on the 2 4 GHz band WAN Blue Shows the cable is connected LAN Blue Shows the cable is connected LAN Blue Shows the cable is connected LAN Blue Shows the cable is connected LAN Blue Shows the cable is connected WPS Blue Shows WPS activity after pushing WPS button Flashing In progress Solid success ...

Page 10: ... device PC Notebook Operating System Microsoft Windows XP 2000 Vista Seven 1 Free Ethernet port Wi Fi card USB dongle 802 11 b g n optional External xDSL ADSL or Cable modem with an Ethernet port RJ 45 PC with a web browser Internet Explorer Safari Firefox Opera Ethernet compatible CAT5 cables ...

Page 11: ...al source of interference such as a metal wall or microwave oven This location must be close to a power connection and your ADSL Cable modem Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the LAN port of the device and another end into your PC Notebook Plug one end of another Ethernet cable to the WAN port of the device and the other end into you cable DSL modem Internet Insert the DC outlet of the power...

Page 12: ... click Network Connections and then double click on the connection of your Network Interface Card NIC You will then see the following screen 2 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click on the Properties button This will allow you to configure the TCP IP settings of your PC Notebook Select both Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically 3 Click on the OK but...

Page 13: ...ter 6 in order to configure the more advanced features of the device Logging In To configure the device open a web browser Type http 192 168 0 1 in the address bar and press Enter After connecting to the IP address the web browser will display the login page Fill in the username and password The default credentials are shown below Click on the Wizard button to begin the process Username admin Pass...

Page 14: ...ternet provider Click Next Depending on the chosen provider you may need to enter your user name and password MAC address or hostname in the following window After you have entered the correct information click Next Click APPLY to complete the configuration ...

Page 15: ... Devices can still be added to the wireless network using Wi Fi Protected Setup Please refer to Chapter 5 in order to configure the more advanced features of the device Logging In Open a web browser and type in the IP address default http 192 168 0 1 the web browser will display the login page Fill in the username and password The default credentials are shown below Username admin Password admin ...

Page 16: ...h Button Select this radio button if your wireless device supports push button o Manual Select the radio button if you would like to setup your wireless device manually Refer to chapter 5 in order to manually configure the device The wizard will either display the wireless network settings to guide you through manual configuration prompt you to enter the PIN for the device or ask you to press the ...

Page 17: ...ber that can be used to add the router to an existing network or to create a new network The default PIN may be printed on the bottom of the router For extra security a new PIN can be generated You can restore the default PIN at any time Only the Administrator admin account can change or reset the PIN Select the PIN radio button and then click on the Next button Specify the PIN and then click on t...

Page 18: ...evice and then the one the router within 60 seconds The status LED on the router will flash three times if the device has been successfully added to the network Select the Push Button radio button and then click on the Next button Press the WPS button on the device which is located on the left side of the front panel and then click on the Next button ...

Page 19: ...ivided into six main sections 1 Home This shows the basic status of the router 2 Wizard The setup wizard which will guide you through the initial setup 3 Basic This menu includes the network settings wireless settings and WAN settings 4 Firewall This menu includes virtual server special applications port forwarding access control etc 5 Advanced Settings This menu includes DDNS the Stream engine MA...

Page 20: ...rmware version is also displayed here Wireless Click on the Wireless link in the navigation menu The wireless section allows you to view the wireless clients that are connected to the device MAC Address The Ethernet ID MAC address of the wireless client IP Address The LAN side IP address of the client ...

Page 21: ... connection Target The IP address and where appropriate port number of the computer to which a network connection has been made Protocol The communications protocol used for the conversation State State for sessions that use the TCP protocol o NO None This entry is used as a placeholder for a future connection that may occur o SS SYN Sent One of the systems is attempting to start a connection o ES...

Page 22: ...possible interest in its internal memory If there is not enough internal memory for all events logs of older events are deleted but logs of the latest events are retained The Logs option allows you to view the router logs You can define what types of events you want to view and the level of events to view This router also has external Syslog Server support so you can send the log files to a comput...

Page 23: ...k on the Statistics link in the navigation menu This page displays the transmitted and received packet statistics of the wired LAN WAN and wireless interface Click on the Refresh button to refresh the statistics ...

Page 24: ...nt One of the systems is attempting to start a connection o EST Established the connection is passing data o FW FIN Wait The client system has requested that the connection be stopped o CW Close Wait the server system has requested that the connection be stopped o TW Time Wait Waiting for a short time while a connection that was in FIN Wait is fully closed o LA Last ACK Waiting for a short time wh...

Page 25: ...n o 300 seconds UDP connections o 240 seconds Reset or closed TCP connections The connection does not close instantly so that lingering packets can pass or the connection can be re established o 7800 seconds Established or closing TCP connections Firewall Click on the Firewall link in the navigation menu This page displays the details about firewall holes in your router ...

Page 26: ...idge between the network on its WAN port and the devices on its LAN port and those connected to it wirelessly Select the Bridge Mode radio button WAN Port Mode Select the Bridge Mode radio button Router IP Address Specify the IP address of this device Subnet Mask Specify the subnet mask for the IP address Default Gateway Specify the IP address of the upstream router Primary Secondary DNS Specify t...

Page 27: ...ou have a LAN side laptop with a name of mark that laptop will be known as mark mynetwork net Note however the entered domain name can be overridden by the one obtained from the router s upstream DHCP server Enable DNS Relay Place a check in this box to enable the DNS relay feature When DNS Relay is enabled the router plays the role of a DNS server DNS requests sent to the router are forwarded to ...

Page 28: ...shared amongst all the points of the wireless network The SSID must be identical on all points of the wireless network and cannot exceed 32 characters 802 11 Mode Select the IEEE 802 11 mode from the drop down list For example if you are sure that the wireless network will be using only IEEE 802 11g clients then it is recommended to select 802 11g only instead of 2 4 GHz B G which will reduce the ...

Page 29: ... button to store these settings Wireless Security Mode To protect your privacy this router supports several types of wireless security WEP WPA WPA2 and WPA Mixed WEP is the original wireless encryption standard WPA provides a higher level of security The following section describes the security configuration in detail WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Select the WEP radio button if your wireless networ...

Page 30: ...cation encrypts the challenge text and sends it back to the access point If the challenge text is encrypted correctly the access point allows the requesting device to authenticate It is recommended to select Auto if you are not sure which authentication type is used Click on the Apply button to store these settings WPA Personal Wi Fi Protected Access Select the WPA Personal radio button if your wi...

Page 31: ...aracters although for proper security it needs to be of ample length and should not be a commonly known phrase This phrase is used to generate session keys that are unique for each wireless client Click on the Apply button to store these settings WPA Enterprise Wi Fi Protected Access 802 1x Select the WPA Enterprise radio button if your wireless network uses WPA encryption WPA Wi Fi Protected Acce...

Page 32: ... broadcast and multicast data is changed Authentication Timeout Specify the number of minutes after which the client will be required to re authenticate RADIUS Server IP Address Specify the IP address of the RADIUS server RADIUS Server Port Specify the port number of the RADIUS server the default port is 1812 RADIUS Server Shared Secret Specify the pass phrase that is matched on the RADIUS Server ...

Page 33: ...nection from the drop down list Static IP Address Configuration The WAN interface can be configured as Static IP address In this type of connection your ISP provides you with a dedicated IP address which does not change as DHCP Select Static IP from the My Internet Connection drop down list IP Address Specify the IP address for this device which is assigned by your ISP ...

Page 34: ... match the MTU of the connection to your ISP Typical values are 1500 bytes for an Ethernet connection and 1492 bytes for a PPPoE connection If the router s MTU is set too high packets will be fragmented downstream If the router s MTU is set too low the router will fragment packets unnecessarily and in extreme cases may be unable to establish some connections In either case network performance can ...

Page 35: ...ctly provides an IP address to the router However if the router cannot obtain an IP address from the DHCP server the DHCP server may be one that works better with unicast responses In this case turn the Unicasting option on and observe whether the router can obtain an IP address In this mode the router accepts unicast responses from the DHCP server instead of broadcast responses Primary Secondary ...

Page 36: ...ented downstream If the router s MTU is set too low the router will fragment packets unnecessarily and in extreme cases may be unable to establish some connections In either case network performance can suffer MAC Address If you need to change the MAC address of the router s WAN side Ethernet interface either type in an alternate MAC address for example the MAC address of the router initially conn...

Page 37: ...is provided by your ISP Password Specify the password which is provided by your ISP and then verify it once again in the next field Service Name Specify the name of the ISP Reconnect Mode Select a reconnection time Always on A connection to the Internet is always maintained On demand A connection to the Internet is made as needed Manual You have to open up the Web based management interface and cl...

Page 38: ...PPoE connection If the router s MTU is set too high packets will be fragmented downstream If the router s MTU is set too low the router will fragment packets unnecessarily and in extreme cases may be unable to establish some connections In either case network performance can suffer MAC Address If you need to change the MAC address of the router s WAN side Ethernet interface either type in an alter...

Page 39: ...utton then the IIP address in the next field is not required However if you select the Static IP radio button then the IP address in the next field is required PPTP Address Specify the IP address PPTP Subnet Mask Specify the subnet mask for the IP address PPTP Gateway IP Address Specify the IP address of the PPTP gateway PPTP Server IP Address If the PPTP Server s IP address is different from the ...

Page 40: ...rger packets the router will break them into smaller packets Ideally you should set this to match the MTU of the connection to your ISP Typical values are 1500 bytes for an Ethernet connection and 1492 bytes for a PPPoE connection If the router s MTU is set too high packets will be fragmented downstream If the router s MTU is set too low the router will fragment packets unnecessarily and in extrem...

Page 41: ...eature can be helpful in restricting the coverage area of the wireless network Beacon Period Beacons are packets sent by a wireless Access Point to synchronize wireless devices Specify a Beacon Period value between 20 and 1000 The default value is set to 100 milliseconds RTS Threshold Packets over the specified size will use the RTS CTS mechanism to maintain performance in noisy networks and preve...

Page 42: ...mmunicate with other APs via WDS links Note that WDS is incompatible with WPA both features cannot be used at the same time A WDS link is bidirectional so this AP must know the MAC Address creates the WDS link of the other AP and the other AP must have a WDS link back to this AP Make sure the APs are configured with same channel number WDS AP MAC Address Specify one half of the WDS link The other ...

Page 43: ...ations on the LAN participate in a multicast group If you have a multimedia LAN application that is not receiving content as expected try enabling this option Enable PPPoE Pass Through Place a check in this box to enable PPPoE pass through This option controls whether LAN computers can act as PPPoE clients and negotiate the PPP sessions through the router over the WAN ethernet link Enabling this o...

Page 44: ...tion Name drop down list Selecting one of these entries fills some of the remaining parameters with standard values for that type of server IP Address Specify the IP address for the virtual server entry Protocol Specify a protocol or select one from the drop down list Public Port Specify the public port number Private Port Specify the private port number Schedule Select a schedule Always or Never ...

Page 45: ...ral well known types of virtual server are available from the Application Name drop down list Selecting one of these entries fills some of the remaining parameters with standard values for that type of server Triggering Ports Specify the outgoing port range that is used by the application Firewall Ports Specify the port range that you would like to open for Internet traffic Schedule Select a sched...

Page 46: ...Web Server Several well known types of virtual server are available from the Application Name drop down list Selecting one of these entries fills some of the remaining parameters with standard values for that type of server IP Address Specify the IP address for the virtual server entry TCP UDP Ports Specify the TCP or UDP port numbers Schedule Select a schedule Always or Never from the drop down l...

Page 47: ...f you enable Access Control Internet access is restricted for those devices that have an Access Control Policy configured for them All other devices have unrestricted access to the Internet Place a check in the Enable Access Control check box and then click on the Add Policy button This will bring up the Add New Policy wizard The wireless wizard will inform you that there are six major steps in th...

Page 48: ...d to change the MAC address of the router s WAN side Ethernet interface either type in an alternate MAC address for example the MAC address of the router initially connected to the ISP or click on Clone Your PCs MAC Address Click on the OK button to insert the entry into the table Click on the Next button to continue Select a filtering method Log Web Access Only Select this radio but in order to l...

Page 49: ...estrict certain websites form being accessed through your network These filters can be used for securing and restricting your network Website URL Domain Specify the web address that you would like to filter Do not use http Click on the Save button to store the changes ...

Page 50: ...a Start Time of 3pm and End Time of 8pm Name Specify a name for the schedule Day s Select the days at which you would like the schedule to be effective All Day 24 hrs Place a check in this box if you would like the schedule to be active for 24 hours Start Time If you do not use the 24 hours option you may specify a start time End Time If you do not use the 24 hours option you may specify an end ti...

Page 51: ...address is Enable Dynamic DNS Place a check in this box to enable the DDNS feature Service Address Select a DDNS service provider from the drop down list DynDNS is a free service while TZO offers a 30 day free trial Host Name Specify the website URL User Name Specify the user name for the DDNS service Password Specify the password for the DDNS service and verify it once again in the next field Tim...

Page 52: ...shed after a reboot for example Measured Uplink Speed Displays the uplink speed This is the uplink speed measured when the WAN interface was last re established The value may be lower than that reported by your ISP as it does not include all of the network protocol overheads associated with your ISP s network Typically this figure will be between 87 and 91 of the stated uplink speed for xDSL conne...

Page 53: ...e on such connections but gives much better results Click on the Apply button to store these settings Routing This section adds a new entry into the routing table Enable Place a check in this box to enable the routing table entry Name Specify a name for the rule Destination IP Specify the destination IP address Netmask Specify the subnet mask for the IP address Gateway Specify the IP address of th...

Page 54: ...ol network access o Turn MAC Filtering ON and ALLOW computers listed to access the network When ALLOW is selected only computers with MAC addresses listed in the MAC Filtering Rules list are granted network access o Turn MAC Filtering ON and DENY computers listed to access the network When DENY is selected any computer with a MAC address listed in the MAC Filtering Rules list is refused access to ...

Page 55: ...ion discarding those packets that do not have valid sequence numbers Whether SPI is enabled or not the router always tracks TCP connection states and ensures that each TCP packet s flags are valid for the current state TCP UDP NAT Endpoint Filtering options control how the router s NAT manages incoming connection requests to ports that are already being used Select one of the radio buttons o End P...

Page 56: ...xpected Enable Port Preservation Place a check in this box to enable Port Preservation NAT Port preservation on by default tries to ensure that when a LAN host makes an Internet connection the same LAN port is also used as the Internet visible port This ensures best compatibility for internet communications Under some circumstances it may be desirable to turn off this feature Enable anti spoof che...

Page 57: ...ALG provides special handling for a specific protocol or application A number of ALGs for common applications are enabled by default o PPTP Allows multiple machines on the LAN to connect to their corporate networks using PPTP protocol When the PPTP ALG is enabled LAN computers can establish PPTP VPN connections either with the same or with different VPN servers When the PPTP ALG is disabled the ro...

Page 58: ...cross NAT o H 323 Netmeeting Allows H 323 specifically Microsoft Netmeeting clients to communicate across NAT server o SIP Allows devices and applications using VoIP Voice over IP to communicate across NAT Some VoIP applications and devices have the ability to discover NAT devices and work around them This ALG may interfere with the operation of such devices If you are having trouble making VoIP c...

Page 59: ... in this box to add HTTP as a classifier This enables the router to recognize certain audio and video streams generated by a Windows Media Center PC and to prioritize these above other traffic Such streams are used by systems known as Windows Media Extenders such as the Xbox 360 Automatic Place a check in this box for the device to automatically configure the classifiers When enabled this option c...

Page 60: ...ighest priority will be used Name Assign a meaningful name to the WISH rule Priority Select a priority from the drop down list The four priority message flows are o BK Background least urgent o BE Best Effort o VI Video o VO Voice most urgent Protocol Select a protocol from the drop down list Host 1 IP Range Specify the IP range for the rule Host 1 Port Range Specify the port range for the rule Ho...

Page 61: ...ust to access your LAN through the ports that you have opened Inbound Filters can be used for limiting access to a server on your network to a system or group of systems Filter rules can be used with Virtual Server Gaming or Remote Administration features Name Specify a name for the inbound filter Action Select Allow or Deny from the drop down list This will apply the inbound filter rule on the WA...

Page 62: ...is page it s possible to perform a variety of network tests between the router and other LAN devices Choose the Test Type select a computer or enter it s MAC address and click the Start button to start bandwidth testing ...

Page 63: ...e total space on the device and available space is shown in the table Click the Safely remove button to safely remove the USB disk Note Only FAT12 FAT16 and FAT32 drives are supported For information regarding partitioning and formatting of a drive see the manual of your operating system ...

Page 64: ...Share On this page the sharing mode can be changed Choose to share all folders with all users or to restrict the sharing of folders When Sharing mode is set to restrict shares can be added and changed ...

Page 65: ...ssword Enter a password for the selected user Share Name Select a shared folder The Shared folders can be configured on the Share tab Access Select Read Only to allow the user to read files in the selected share Select Read Write to also allow users to write to the selected share ...

Page 66: ...Current Router Time Displays the current time on the device Time Zone Select your time zone from the drop down list Enable Daylight Saving Place a check in this box to enable daylight savings time Daylight Saving Offset Select the offset from the drop down list Daylight Saving Date Select the daylight savings date from the drop down list Select the starting and ending times for the change to and f...

Page 67: ...uter s Time Settings button Click on the Apply button once you have modified the settings System Settings Click on the System link in the navigation menu This page allows you to reboot the device using the current settings or restore all the settings to the factory defaults Save To Local Hard Drive This option allows you to save the current configuration of the device into a file Click on the Save...

Page 68: ...button to select the file and then click on Restore Configuration from a File button The system then prompts you to reboot the device Click on the OK button to continue You will then see the Rebooting page Please wait while the system is rebooting Note Do no unplug the device during this process as this may cause permanent damage ...

Page 69: ... on the OK button to continue You will then see the Rebooting page Please wait while the system is rebooting Note Do no unplug the device during this process as this may cause permanent damage Reboot The Device Click on the Reboot the Device button to reboot the device using its current settings Once the dialog box appears click on the OK button to confirm the action Once the dialog box appears cl...

Page 70: ...Please wait while the system is rebooting Note Do no unplug the device during this process as this may cause permanent damage ...

Page 71: ... firmware from the vendor s website Connect the device to your PC using an Ethernet cable as the firmware cannot be upgraded using the wireless interface Click on the Browse button to select the firmware and then click on the Upload button Syslog Logs display a list of events that are triggered on the Ethernet and Wireless interface This log can be referred when an unknown error occurs on the syst...

Page 72: ...ttings Administrator Settings Admin Password You can change the password required to log into the broadband router s system web based management By default the password is admin Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters and are case sensitive Username Fill in the current username default admin Password Enter your new password Verify Password Enter your new password again for verificati...

Page 73: ...y Time Out Time after which you will be automatically logged out of the web interface HTTPS Server Enable HTTPS connection for the web interface Enable Remote Management Select Enabled to enable the remote management function Remote Admin Port The port number of the remote management web interface Click Apply at the top of the screen to save the above configurations ...

Page 74: ...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 which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority ...

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