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1.1 Status 

The Status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the Status 
page to monitor: the connection status of the Broadband router's WAN/LAN interfaces, the 
current firmware and hardware version numbers, any illegal attempts to access your network, and 
information on all DHCP client PCs currently connected to your network. 

  

 

Parameters   

 

Description 

 

1.1 

Status and Information

  Shows the router’s system information, the current internet 

connection status, wireless configuration status, and other 
related information.  

 

1.2 LAN Settings

 

Shows the LAN settings, and allows the user to change LAN 
settings. 

 

1.3 DHCP

 

 

 

View your LAN client's information that is currently linked to the  

 

 

 

 

Broadband router's DHCP server 

 

1.4 Log 

 

 

View the Broadband router’s system log

 

 

1.5 Statistics

 

Shows the statistics  

 
 

 

Summary of Contents for WL-600

Page 1: ...1 WL 600 607 Wireless Broadband Router 802 11bg ...

Page 2: ...vides IEEE 802 11g b wireless LAN access point Support DHCP Server Client for easy setup Support advance features such as Special Applications DMZ Virtual Servers Access Control Firewall Allow you to monitor the router s status such as DHCP Client Log System Log Security Log and Device Connection Status Easy to use Web based GUI for configuration and management purposes Remote Management allows co...

Page 3: ...ed to your xDSL or Cable modem and is linked to the Internet 3 Reset The Reset button allows you to do one of two things 1 If problems occur with your router press the router s reset button with a pencil tip for less than 4 seconds and the router will re boot itself keeping your original configurations 2 If problems persist or you experience extreme problems or you forgot your password press the r...

Page 4: ...ected OFF WAN port 10Mbps is connected WAN LNK ACT ON WAN is connected OFF No WAN connection Flashing WAN port has Activity ACT data being sent LAN 10 100M ON LAN port 100Mbps is connected Port 1 4 OFF LAN port 10Mbps is connected LAN LNK ACT ON LAN is connected Port 1 4 OFF No LAN connection Flashing LAN port has Activity ACT data being sent 802 11G ON Wireless LAN has been activated OFF Wireless...

Page 5: ...5 Setup Diagram Figure 1 2 below shows a typical setup for a Local Area Network LAN Figure 1 2 ...

Page 6: ... to configure your PC to obtain an IP address automatically for 2a Windows 95 98 Me 2b Windows XP 2c Windows 2000 and 2d Windows NT 2a Windows 95 98 Me 1 Click the Start button and select Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Double click Network icon The Network window will appear 3 Check your list of Network Components If TCP IP is not installed click the Add b...

Page 7: ...ndows XP 1 Click the Start button and select Settings then click Network Connections The Network Connections window will appear 2 Double click Local Area Connection icon The Local Area Connection window will appear 3 Check your list of Network Components You should see Internet Protocol TCP IP on your list Select it and click the Properties button 4 In the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties windo...

Page 8: ...e Start button and select Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Double click Network and Dial up Connections icon In the Network and Dial up Connection window double click Local Area Connection icon The Local Area Connection window will appear 3 In the Local Area Connection window click the Properties button 4 Check your list of Network Components You should see ...

Page 9: ...your PC to obtain an IP address automatically please proceed to Step 3 2d Windows NT 1 Click the Start button and select Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Double click Network icon The Network window will appear Select the Protocol tab from the Network window 3 Check if the TCP IP Protocol is on your list of Network Protocols If TCP IP is not installed click ...

Page 10: ...llowing settings IP Address Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server DNS Let all fields are blank WINS Let all fields are blank Routing Let all fields are blank 7 Click OK to confirm the setting Your PC will now obtain an IP address automatically from your Broadband Router s DHCP server Note Please make sure that the Broadband router s DHCP server is the only DHCP server available on your LA...

Page 11: ...HCP on your network then you ll need to switch one of the DHCP servers off To disable the Broadband router s DHCP server see chapter 2 LAN Port 4 Once your PC has obtained an IP address from your router enter the default IP address 192 168 0 1 broadband router s IP address into your PC s web browser and press enter 5 The login screen below will appear Enter the User Name and Password and then clic...

Page 12: ...section contains the wireless settings and allows you to configure the AP settings and security This section also contains Site Survey to find wireless networks in the neighborhood and WDS settings Firewall Chapter 4 This section contains configurations for the Broadband router s advance functions such as Virtual Server Access Control Hacker Attack Prevention DMZ Special applications and other fun...

Page 13: ...d router s firmware The RESET tool allows you to reset your Broadband router 7 Click on Wizard see chapter 2 to start configuring settings required by your ISP so that you can start accessing the Internet 8 It s also highly recommended to setup encryption for your wireless network Go to Wireless Settings and click on Security to change the encryption options in the router ...

Page 14: ...n on all DHCP client PCs currently connected to your network Parameters Description 1 1 Status and Information Shows the router s system information the current internet connection status wireless configuration status and other related information 1 2 LAN Settings Shows the LAN settings and allows the user to change LAN settings 1 3 DHCP View your LAN client s information that is currently linked ...

Page 15: ...ent 802 1d Spanning Tree Disabled If 802 1d Spanning Tree function is enabled this router will use the spanning tree protocol to prevent from network loop happened in the LAN ports DHCP Server Enabled You can enable or disable the DHCP server By enabling the DHCP server the router will automatically give your LAN clients an IP address If the DHCP is not enabled then you ll have to manually set you...

Page 16: ...articular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients Note By default the IP range is from Start IP 192 168 0 100 to End IP 192 168 0 199 If you want your PC to have a static fixed IP address then you ll have to choose an IP address outside this IP address Pool Domain Name You can specify a Domain Name for your LAN Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save...

Page 17: ...router s DHCP server Parameters Description Active DHCP Client This page shows all DHCP clients LAN PCs currently connected to your network The Active DHCP Client Table displays the IP address and the MAC address and Time Expired of each LAN Client Use the Refresh button to get the most updated situation ...

Page 18: ...ter It displays any event occurred after system start up At the bottom of the page the system log can be saved Save to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared Clear or it can be refreshed Refresh to get the most updated situation When the system is powered down the system log will disappear if not saved to a local file ...

Page 19: ...9 1 5 Statistics View the statistics of packets sent and received on WAN LAN and Wireless LAN Parameters Description Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and received on WAN LAN and Wireless LAN ...

Page 20: ... Click Wizard to configure the router The Setup wizard will now be displayed check that the modem is connected and click Next Select your country from the Country list From Service select your internet provider Click Next ...

Page 21: ... enter your user name and password MAC address or hostname in the following window After you have entered the correct information click Next Click OK to complete the configuration Wait for about 10 seconds to allow the router to connect to the Internet ...

Page 22: ...isabled You can select to enable or disable the wireless access point module of this router Mode It allows you to set the AP to AP Station Bridge or WDS mode Band It allows you to set the AP fix at 802 11b or 802 11g mode You also can select B G mode to allow the AP select 802 11b and 802 11g connection automatically ESSID Sitecom This is the name of the wireless LAN All the devices in the same wi...

Page 23: ... together with wireless LAN you have to set this access point to AP Bridge Point to Point mode AP Bridge Point to Multi Point mode or AP Bridge WDS mode You have to enter the MAC addresses of other access points that join the bridging work Set Security Click the Set Security button then a WDS Security Settings will pop up You can set the security parameters used to bridge access points together he...

Page 24: ...outer without WEP encryption When you select Shared Key you should also setup WEP key in the Encryption page and wireless stations should use WEP encryption in the authentication phase to associate with this wireless router If you select Auto the wireless client can associate with this wireless router by using any one of these two authentication types Fragment Threshold Fragment Threshold specifie...

Page 25: ... can discover this access point easily If you are building a public wireless network enabling this feature is recommended Disabling Broadcast ESSID can provide better security IAPP If you enable IAPP it will allow wireless station roaming between IAPP enabled access points within the same wireless LAN 802 11g Protection This is also called CTS Protection It is recommended to enable the protection ...

Page 26: ... to enter WEP keys to encrypt data You can generate the key by yourself and enter it You can enter four WEP keys and select one of them as default key Then the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys Parameters Description Key Length You can select the WEP key length for encryption 64 bit or 128 bit Larger WEP key length will provide higher level of security but the throug...

Page 27: ...ccess Point before accessing the wireless LAN The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802 1x but it does not encryption the data during communication Parameters Description RADIUS Server IP address The IP address of external RADIUS server RADIUS Server Port The service port of the external RADIUS server RADIUS Server Password The password used b...

Page 28: ...he A F a f and 0 9 range to be the Pre shared Key For example Passphrase iamguest Hexadecimal Digits 12345abcde Pre shared Key The Pre shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network Fill the text box by following the rules below Hex WEP input 64 digit Hex values in the A F a f and 0 9 range or at least 8 character pass phrase as the pre shared keys Click Ap...

Page 29: ...munication peer automatically RADIUS Server IP address The IP address of external RADIUS server RADIUS Server Port The service port of the external RADIUS server RADIUS Server Password The password used by external RADIUS server Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings i...

Page 30: ...ow If you find any issues before adding it and want to retype again Just click Clear and both MAC Address and Comment fields will be cleared Remove MAC address from the list If you want to remove some MAC address from the Current Access Control List select the MAC addresses you want to remove in the list and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all MAC addresses from the table just click ...

Page 31: ...31 3 5 Site Survey This page provides a tool to scan the wireless network If any Access Point or IBSS is found you can choose to connect it manually when client mode is enabled ...

Page 32: ... media to communicate with other APs To use WDS you must set these APs in the same channel and set MAC addresses of other APs which you want to communicate with in the table and then enable the WDS Click the Set Security button to change security options ...

Page 33: ...all 4 1 Port Filtering The WL 161 offers the option to filter certain ranges of ports on your local area network Select Enable Port Filtering to enable the port filter option and enter a port range in the appropriate box ...

Page 34: ... The WL 161 offers the option to filter UDP or TCP traffic for certain IP addresses on your local area network Select Enable IP Filtering to enable the IP filter option and enter a local IP address in the appropriate box ...

Page 35: ...35 4 3 MAC Filtering This wireless router provides MAC Address Control which prevents the unauthorized MAC Addresses from accessing your network ...

Page 36: ...l Note You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed static IP address for Port Forwarding to work properly Protocol This is the protocol type to be forwarded You can choose to forward TCP or UDP packets only or select both to forward both TCP and UDP packets Port Range The range of ports to be forward to the private IP Comment The description of this setting Add Port Forwarding into the table Fill...

Page 37: ...rt Forwarding Table select the Port Forwarding settings you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all Port Forwarding settings from the table just click Delete All button Click Reset will clear your current selections Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the route...

Page 38: ...icular service Internet application e g FTP websites to a particular LAN client server whereas DMZ re directs all packets regardless of services going to your WAN IP address to a particular LAN client server Parameters Description Enable DMZ Enable disable DMZ Note If there is a conflict between the Virtual Server and the DMZ setting then Virtual Server function will have priority over the DMZ fun...

Page 39: ...assword Enter your current password for the remote management administrator to login to your Broadband router Note By default there is NO password New Password Enter your new password Confirmed Password Enter your new password again for verification purposes Note If you forget your password you ll have to reset the router to the factory default No password with the reset button see router s back p...

Page 40: ...escription Select Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in The router will set its time based on your selection NTP Server Address The router default the Time Server Address is 192 43 244 18 Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place ...

Page 41: ...ou need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC Once you ve selected the new firmware file click Apply at the bottom of the screen to start the upgrade process You may have to wait a few minutes for the upgrade to complete Once the upgrade is...

Page 42: ...lection If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to Factory Defaults selection this will set all configurations to its original default settings e g when you first purchased the router Parameters Description Configuration Tools Use the Backup tool to save the Broadband router current configuration to a file named config bin on your PC You can then use the Restore tool to restore the saved...

Page 43: ...able Disable Disable Enable Disable the DDNS function of this router Provider Select a DDNS service provider Domain name Your static domain name that use DDNS Account E mail The account that your DDNS service provider assigned to you Password Key The password you set for the DDNS service account above Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure ot...

Page 44: ... open the Command Prompt program 2 Type Ipconfig all and enter Your PC s IP address is the one entitled IP address 192 168 1 77 The router s IP address is the one entitled Default Gateway 192 168 1 254 Your PC s MAC Address is the one entitled Physical Address 00 50 FC FE 02 DB ...

Page 45: ...automatically be disconnected IP Address and Network Subnet Mask IP stands for Internet Protocol An IP address consists of a series of four numbers separated by periods that identifies a single unique Internet computer host in an IP network Example 192 168 2 1 It consists of 2 portions the IP network address and the host identifier The IP address is a 32 bit binary pattern which can be represented...

Page 46: ...protocol over another Below is a list of common applications and protocol port numbers Application Protocol Port Number Telnet TCP 23 FTP TCP 21 SMTP TCP 25 POP3 TCP 110 H 323 TCP 1720 SNMP UCP 161 SNMP Trap UDP 162 HTTP TCP 80 PPTP TCP 1723 PC Anywhere TCP 5631 PC Anywhere UDP 5632 PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet Point to Point Protocol is a secure data transmission method originally ...

Page 47: ...error detection and error recovery and thus is reliable UDP on the other hand is not reliable They both run on top of the IP Internet Protocol a network layer protocol WAN Wide Area Network A network that connects computers located in geographically separate areas e g different buildings cities countries The Internet is a wide area network Web based management Graphical User Interface GUI Many dev...

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