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User Guide

802.11ac Wave 2 Router

Summary of Contents for 802.11ac Wave 2

Page 1: ...User Guide 802 11ac Wave 2 Router ...

Page 2: ...o your WiFi Router Web GUI 7 2 1 Login 7 2 2 Wizard Setup 10 2 3 Basic Setup 13 2 3 1 Router 13 2 3 2 WPS Setup 15 2 3 3 LAN Setup 17 2 3 4 WAN Setup 18 2 3 5 Parental Control 23 2 3 6 Services 25 2 3 7 System 35 2 4 Advanced Setup 36 2 4 1 Network 36 2 4 2 Services Config 66 2 4 3 Security 79 2 4 4 QoS 92 2 4 5 Admin 100 2 4 6 Tools 104 2 4 7 Status 106 113 3 FCC Statement 113 Table of Contents ...

Page 3: ...R RAM Dual Band wireless up to AC2350 2 4G 150M 4 5G 433M 4 Gigabyte 1 x WAN 4x LAN Ethernet ports 2 High security Firewall VPN supported 3 Easy to setup Friendly wizard visual setup maintenance Basic Mode complete functions Advanced Mode 4 USB based services File media printer sharing The WiFi Router is an ideal choice for residential and SMB Small Business users who can enjoy a variety of wirele...

Page 4: ...x contains the following items WiFi Router AC power adapter Quick Start Guide WiFi Network Name and Password Sticker Ethernet cord If any items are missing or damaged please contact your Charter Communications Please keep original packing materials in case you need to return the product for repairing 3 WiFi Router Power Adapter Figure 1 Check the package contents ...

Page 5: ...ff Blue Flashing 0 4 second intervals Blue Pulsing 1 second intervals Blue solid Red Flashing Red and Blue alternate Pulsing Red solid LED on front of device will dim to low 65 when there is no settings activity or connectivity issues for 120 hours If any settings are changed or connectivity issues occur LEDs will return to normal 100 brightness 4 Figure 2 WiFi Router front view Device off Booting...

Page 6: ... Push the button more than 1 second to activate WPS Reference 2 3 2 WPS Setup Connect Ethernet cables for LAN local area network connections e g network switch hub personal computer or Internet devices Connect Ethernet cable for WAN Wide Area Network connection to modem This connects the Ethernet and other access lines e g modem Connect a USB Printer U Disk or USB drive For printer and folder shar...

Page 7: ... of sight to your wireless devices So it is accessible to an AC power outlet and near Ethernet cables for wired computers In an elevated location such as a shelf keeping the number of walls and ceilings between the WiFi Router and your other devices to a minimum Away from electrical devices that are potential sources of interference Equipment that might cause interference includes ceiling fans hom...

Page 8: ... through a web browser 2 1 Sign In 1 Open a web browser then key in the WiFi Router s default IP address http 192 168 1 1 and click Enter key in the keyboard 2 On the sign in webpage type in its Username and password admin admin then click Login button After the administrator has logged into the WiFi Router some basic information about it will be displayed in the browser ...

Page 9: ... two command buttons Change Password and Logout Please click the Logout button when administrator intends to leave the Web GUI When the Change Password button has been clicked the browser will navigate to the corresponding webpage 8 ...

Page 10: ...On this page user should just type in new password in New Password and Retype New Password then click Apply button Web GUI user sign in password will be changed 9 ...

Page 11: ... Internet Setup After the administrator has clicked the Wizard button the Internet Setup page will be displayed Connection Type There are 5 kinds of connection types DHCP PPPoE Static PPTP and L2TP 1 DHCP Enable WiFi Router to obtain IP addresses automatically This setting is the default for Spectrum services More types of settings reference 2 3 4 WAN Setup 10 ...

Page 12: ...ide a name for WiFi Router Either of them indicates the IP address of a DNS Server Name for a wireless network that s to say it s used to identify a wireless network WiFi devices automatically detect all networks within its communication range These are defaulted from the printed WiFi network name on the back of the WiFi Router You can change them here but they would no longer match the sticker on...

Page 13: ... a summary of configuration information If the settings are all correct administrator should click Apply icon 12 A password used by WiFi Router to authenticate wireless connections These are defaulted from the printed WiFi password on the back of the WiFi Router You can change it here but they would no longer match the sticker on your router ...

Page 14: ...r From the navigation panel go to Basic Router 13 NOTE Click Reset Icon in the Web GUI is used to restart the WiFi Router The WiFi Router hardware Factory Reset pinhole was pressed and hold over 5 seconds it will reset to factory ...

Page 15: ...connection A unique name that identifies the wireless network Wireless device can automatically detect all networks within its communication range The maximum length of a network name SSID is 32 characters A string used for connection authentication Its length ranges from 0 to 63 characters letters numbers or a combination or from 8 to 64 hex digits ...

Page 16: ... From the navigation panel go to Basic Router 2 Frequency 3 Enable WPS 15 NOTE Authentication methods supported by WPS are Open system WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal Not supported methods are Shared Key WPA Enterprise WPA2 Enterprise and RADIUS Selecting operating band 2 4 GHz or 5 GHz for WPS function Each one is enabled separately Selecting On to run WPS which simplifies the process of connectin...

Page 17: ...11 10 To set up WPS using the WiFi Router s WPS button follow these steps a Click Start or press the WPS button found at the rear of the WiFi Router b Press the WPS button on your wireless device This is normally identified by the WPS logo 11 To set up WPS using the Client s PIN code follow these steps a Locate the WPS PIN code in wireless device s in Web GUI b Key in the Client PIN code on the te...

Page 18: ... assign IP address to LAN side device manually 5 Click Apply The LAN IP address of the WiFi Router Its default value is 192 168 1 1 In IP based networks packets are sent to the network devices specific IP addresses Subnet mask of WiFi Router Its default value is 255 255 255 0 DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is mostly used to allocate IP address for LAN side devices And a DHCP server can i...

Page 19: ...to update the MAC address associated with your ISP subscription Clone or change the MAC address of the new device to match the MAC address of the original device Host Name This field lets you provide a host name for WiFi Router Usually it s provided by ISP DNS 1 DNS 2 Either of them indicates IP address of a DNS server Click Apply MAC Media Access Control address is a unique identifier that identi...

Page 20: ...2TP Password This field is only available when you set WAN Connection Type as PPPoE PPTP or L2TP DNS1 DNS2 Either of them indicates IP address of a DNS server that WiFi Router will contact Click Apply NOTE All of the parameters mentioned above are provided If you need assistance please contact Charter customer service ...

Page 21: ... If WAN connection requires a static IP address key in the IP address in this field If WAN connection requires a static IP address key in the subnet mask in this field If WAN connection requires a static IP address key in the gateway IP address in this field Either of them indicates IP address of a DNS server MAC Media Access Control address is a unique identifier that identifies your computer or ...

Page 22: ...d is only available when you set WAN Connection Type as PPPoE PPTP or L2TP Select Yes to get WAN IP automatically and No to enter IP manually below If WAN connection requires a static IP address key in the IP address in this field If WAN connection requires a static IP address key in the subnet mask in this field If WAN connection requires a static IP address key in the gateway IP address in this ...

Page 23: ...6 If you select L2TP 22 Please reference to PPTP above for relevant settings descriptions and enter the required information ...

Page 24: ...2 3 5 Parental Control Parental Control lets administrator control the Internet access of the client 23 ...

Page 25: ... or to add delete the profile Click then setup the client s schedule timetable to allow or deny client s access to Internet WiFi Router prevents LAN side device from accessing the URL in list It will filter all Internet WEB URLs which contains the URLs defined by user For example the filter abc can filter both www abc com and www abcd com Click or to add delete the profile WiFi Router prevents LAN...

Page 26: ...ed and click Continue 3 Select one of the following modes to install the printer driver and click Add printer Auto select Automatically searches for the appropriate printer driver and installs If there is no corresponding printer driver the system displays add a printer error please select the correct printer driver manually Select printer driver Manually select the corresponding printer brand and...

Page 27: ...s working correctly or not input the LAN address 192 168 1 1 for the printer in Windows Finder 6 Double click the printer icon and if you see the status interface as shown below the installation was successful If an error message prompts that the driver cannot be found then return to Add Printer settings and select the correct driver ...

Page 28: ...can view print status information in the Print Jobs tab Active Processing All Jobs 27 All active jobs including processing and pending jobs The job currently processing communicating print data All print jobs ...

Page 29: ...sk drive or USB flash drive to your WiFi Router and your device will be displayed here 3 Enable FTP 4 Maximum number of Connections 5 Enable Outside Access 6 Outside Access 7 Safely Remove Disk Click On Off to enable disable Internet access to FTP service the maximum number of concurrent connections for the Network Neighborhood or FTP Server Select On Off to enable disable access to FTP server by ...

Page 30: ...lash drive to your WiFi Router and your device will be displayed here Enable Share Device Name Work Group Safely Remove Disk Click the On Off to enable disable Internet access to Samba service Enter a name for your device and you can use this name in your web browser s URL field to quickly access the device as a Network Place service Group name of the WiFi Router in Network Neighborhood Click to s...

Page 31: ... Connect an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive to your WiFi Router and your device will be displayed here 3 HTTP Access Port 4 HTTPS Access Port 5 Enable Outside Access The port to access the WebDAV server for HTTP protocol in the local area network default value 80 The port to access the WebDAV server for HTTPS protocol in the local area network default value 443 Select On Off to ena...

Page 32: ...move Disk The port number of external service ports via HTTP default value 8080 The port number of external service ports via HTTPS default value 8443 Click to safely remove the disk When the USB disk is ejected successfully the USB status shows No device ...

Page 33: ...NA Steps to set DLNA 1 From the navigation panel go to Basic Services DLNA 2 Connect an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive to your WiFi Router and your device will be displayed here 3 Enable DLNA Media Server 4 Media Server Name 5 Safely Remove Disk Switch DLNA media server on or off The DLNA server s name which will be displayed by the media player such as VLC or Windows Media Player...

Page 34: ...r To setup AFP go to Advanced Servers AFP Steps to set AFP 1 From the navigation panel go to Basic Services AFP 2 Connect an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive to your WiFi Router and your device will be displayed here 3 Enable Share 4 Safely Remove Disk Click On Off to enable disable AFP service Click to safely remove the disk When the USB disk is ejected successfully the USB status ...

Page 35: ...S go to Advanced Servers NFS Steps to set NFS 1 From the navigation panel go to Basic Services NFS 2 Connect an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive to the WiFi Router then device s name will be displayed here 3 Enable NFS 4 Safely Remove Disk Enable or disable NFS service When disabled users can t access the USB storage via the NFS service Click to safely remove the disk When the USB d...

Page 36: ...changed Steps to set the System settings 1 From the navigation panel go to Basic System 2 Username 3 New Password 4 Retype New Password 5 Time Zone 6 Auto Logout 7 NTP Server 8 Click Apply Name used to sign in WiFi Router New sign in password for WiFi Router Retype new sign in password for WiFi Router The time zone used by default Auto logout after a specified period of time DNS of a NTP Network T...

Page 37: ...36 2 4 Advanced Setup 2 4 1 Network 2 4 1 1 WAN Settings 2 4 1 1 1 Internet Settings WiFi Router supports several WAN connection types Select the type from the WAN Connection Type dropdown menu ...

Page 38: ...s to get WAN IP automatically and No to enter IP manually below If your WAN connection requires a static IP address key in the IP address in this field If your WAN connection requires a static IP address key in the subnet mask in this field If your WAN connection requires a static IP address type in the gateway IP address in this field Either of them indicates an IP address of a DNS server Use 802...

Page 39: ...Frequency In the default Aggressive mode if your WiFi Router does not get a response from the ISP it sends another query after 20 seconds and makes three more attempts In Normal mode if your WiFi Router does not get a response from the ISP it makes a second query after 120 seconds and makes two more attempts Whether to create a default route over the tunnel IP address or DNS for VPN server ...

Page 40: ...vice will not work properly under these conditions When the WiFi Router is using a private WAN IP address 192 168 x x 10 x x x or 172 16 x x as indicated by yellow text The WiFi Router works on a network who uses multiple NAT tables Yes means enable DDNS function No means disable DDNS function Select supported DDNS service provider s URL from the list URL that has been registered in the specified ...

Page 41: ...conferencing and web or proxy servers Unlike Port forwarding UPnP automatically configures the WiFi Router to accept incoming connections and direct requests to a specific PC on the local network Steps to set up UPnP 1 From the navigation panel go to Advanced Network WAN UPnP 2 Enable UPnP 3 Advertisement Period 4 Advertisement Time To Live 5 Click Apply Yes means enable UPnP and No means disable ...

Page 42: ...rded as a triggering that s to say when data comes to this port the Port Triggering mechanism will be activated Check to enable or disable Port Triggering Select popular games and web services to add to the Port Triggering List A brief description for application When there is incoming data from LAN side application to this port the Port Triggering mechanism will be activated Local host s IP addre...

Page 43: ...ervice within a LAN side network It can redirect a network request from one address ports Public IP Port to another Local IP Port Steps to set up Port Forwarding 1 From the navigation panel go to Advanced Network WAN Port Forwarding 2 Click the Add button to add the port forwarding rules ...

Page 44: ... between port triggering and port forwarding Port triggering will work even without setting up a specific LAN IP address Unlike port forwarding which requires a static LAN IP address port triggering allows dynamic port forwarding using the WiFi Router Predetermined port ranges are configured to accept incoming connections for a limited period of time Port triggering lets multiple computers run app...

Page 45: ...e network client receives all inbound packets CAUTION Opening all of the client s ports to Internet makes the network vulnerable to outside attacks Please be aware of the security risks involved in using DMZ Steps to set up DMZ 1 From the navigation panel go to Advanced Network WAN DMZ 2 Enable ipv4 DMZ 3 IP Address of Exposed Station 4 Enable IPv6 DMZ 5 IPv6 Address of Exposed Station Check to en...

Page 46: ...45 6 IPv6 prefix for DMZ setting The IPv6 DMZ address must be in the range of IPv6 prefix Show it for user to set valid DMZ address 7 Click Apply ...

Page 47: ...ing Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol L2TP is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks VPNs or as part of the delivery of services by ISPs It does not provide any encryption or confidentiality by itself Enable or disable Internet Protocol Security IPsec is a protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol IP communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communicat...

Page 48: ...P is a communications protocol for signaling and controlling multimedia communication sessions The most common applications of SIP are in Internet telephony for voice and video calls as well as instant messaging all over Internet Protocol IP networks Enable or disable NACK Oriented Reliable Multicast NORM Transport Protocol which can provide end to end reliable transport of bulk data objects or st...

Page 49: ...anel go to Advanced Network LAN LAN IP 2 IP Address 3 Subnet Mask 4 Click Apply NOTE Any change to the LAN IP module will affect router s DHCP settings The LAN IP address of WiFi Router The default value is 192 168 1 1 In IP based networks data packets are sent to the network devices specific IP addresses The LAN subnet mask of WiFi Router Its default value is 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 50: ...ate up to 253 IP addresses for LAN side devices Steps to configure the DHCP server 1 From the navigation panel go to Advanced Network LAN DHCP Server 2 Enable DHCP Server Enable DHCP server function which lets WiFi Router act as a DHCP server to automatically assign IP addresses to network clients If this function is disabled administrator has to manually set LAN devices ...

Page 51: ...mbols Starting address that can be allocated to LAN side devices Ending address that can be allocated to LAN side devices Defines the time that LAN side devices can use the assigned IP address When the lease time expires the network client will either send renew or rebind message to a DHCP server IP address of the gateway for LAN IP address of a DNS server DNS Server is used to resolve a DNS into ...

Page 52: ...Select the frequency band to configure Switch the SSID on off enable disable A name whose length is less than 32 characters is used to identify a wireless network WiFi devices automatically detect all networks within its communication range If Yes is selected network name SSID does not show in site surveys by wireless mobile clients and they can only connect to WiFi Router by manually enteringnetw...

Page 53: ...t the encryption process Protected Management Frames is a feature to protect some types of management frames like deauthorization disassociation and action frames The maximum number of clients allowed This field specifies the interval in seconds after which a WPA group password is changed Enter 0 zero to indicate that a periodic key change is not required Please input the value between 600 to 8640...

Page 54: ... 2 WPS WPS WiFi Protected Setup is a wireless security standard that lets you easily connect devices to a wireless network You can trigger the WPS function via the PIN code or WPS button Reference 2 3 2 WPS Setup ...

Page 55: ...t you want to use for the ACL settings A name whose length is less than 32 characters is used to identify a wireless network Enable MAC filter or disable Select Accept to allow devices in the MAC filter list to associate to the AP Router select Reject to prevent devices in the MAC filter list from associating to the AP Router Enter the MAC address of the wireless device MAC filtering lets users ei...

Page 56: ...55 2 4 1 3 4 Radio Administrator can set some advanced feature for radio of the WiFi Router ...

Page 57: ...ration TX Bursting improves transmission speed between WiFi Router and 802 11g devices Set the capability for transmission power The maximum value is 100 You can save power and increase security if you don t require full wireless range Configure OBSS RSSI threshold If OBSS RSSI is greater than configured value then only move to 20 Mhz Select a lower value for RTS Request to Send Threshold to impro...

Page 58: ...57 20 DCS Enable 21 Radio Resource Management 22 When done click Apply Enable or disable DCS function which is a feature to detect and avoid CW interference Enables or disables 802 11k ...

Page 59: ...58 2 4 1 3 5 Advanced The Professional module provides advanced configuration options NOTE We recommend that administrators use the default settings ...

Page 60: ... enable this feature or select No to disable Setting transmission rate for multicast Defines the length of time that the WiFi Router spends for CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC is a method of detecting errors during data transmission Select Enable for a busy wireless network with high network traffic DTIM Delivery Traffic Indication Message Interval or Data Beacon Rate is the time interval before a...

Page 61: ...60 2 4 1 4 IPv6 The module is used to set some basic functions related to IPv6 For IPv6 service is not yet widely available contact your ISP to make sure whether IPv6 service is provided ...

Page 62: ... WAN interface s IPv6 MTU Maximum Transmission Unit The user class option 15 of ORO that DHCPv6 clients send to the DHCPv6 server by solicit message Enable Disable WiFi Router allocating IPv6 addresses for LAN side devices The mode which hosts connected to the LAN interface can get IPv6 addresses When enabled hosts get IPv6 address by simultaneous Stateless and Stateful requires address between DH...

Page 63: ...address for DNS server 23 IPv6 DNS Server 3 IPv6 address for DNS server 24 Port Ranges Valid for Port Forwarding The port ranges are set by Map T mode and the port setting for port forwarding must be in these ranges 25 Click Apply ...

Page 64: ...upstream network PIM PIM Source specific multicast SSM is used in IPv4 IPv6 and is a method of delivering multicast packets in which the only packets that are delivered to a receiver are those originating from a specific source address requested by the receiver By limiting the source SSM reduces demands on the network and improves security 3 IPv6 Multicast Route Select an IPv6 Multicast Route MLD ...

Page 65: ...e snooping IGMP MLD snooping is the process of listening to Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP Multicast Listener Discovery MLD network traffic The feature lets a network switch listen in on the IGMP MLD conversation between hosts and WiFi Routers 5 When done click Apply 64 ...

Page 66: ...ion check No to disable this function 3 Name A brief description for application 4 Public IP IP address from Charter supplied public IP subnets 5 Local IP Key in the client s LAN IP address not limited to the subnet for the directly connected LAN interface 6 Click On Off to enable disable Internet access to FTP service 7 Click to add this item to the 1 1 NAT List 8 Click Apply NOTE This module onl...

Page 67: ... Server FTP Server enables an FTP server to share files from USB disk to other devices via your local area network or via the Internet To set up FTP Server 1 From the navigation panel go to Advanced Services FTP Server 2 Connect an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive to the WiFi Router and your device will be displayed here ...

Page 68: ...or specific users R W Select this option to assign read write access R Select this option to assign read only access No Select this option if you do not want to share a specific file folder 2 Click Save Permission to apply the changes Refer to the following descriptions Maximum number of Connections The maximum number of concurrent connections for the Network Neighborhood or FTP Server Enable Outs...

Page 69: ...nnect an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive to the WiFi Router and your device will be displayed here 3 Click On Off to enable disable Internet access to Samba service To create a new account 1 Add new account 2 In the Account and Password fields key in the name and password of your network client Retype the password to confirm Click Add to add the account to the list ...

Page 70: ...ermission to apply the changes Refer to the following descriptions Device Name Enter a name for your device and you can use this name in your web browser s URL field to quickly access the device as a Network Place service Work Group Group name of the cascade in Network Neighborhood Note The standard input characters include letters A Z a z digits 0 9 The hyphen and under line _ characters may also...

Page 71: ...2 Connect an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive to your WiFi Router and your device will be displayed here 3 Click On Off to enable disable Internet access via WebDAV To create a new account 1 Add new account 2 In the Account and Password fields key in the name and password of your network client Retype the password to confirm Click Add to add the account to the list ...

Page 72: ...e access R Select this option to assign read only access 2 Click Save Permission to apply the changes Refer to the following for the descriptions of the fields Enable Outside Access Select On Off to enable disable access to WebDAV server by WAN wide area network Outside Access The port number of external service ports via HTTP default value 8080 Outside Access HTTPS The port number of external ser...

Page 73: ...be displayed by the media player such as VLC or windows media player 4 Media Server Path Setting The methods of setting the folders path which will be shared There are two methods to be chose All Disks Shared means share all of the mounted disks all media Manual Media Server Path means set the folders to be shared manually When Manual is selected you must enter additional information in Manual Med...

Page 74: ...nt Type The media type that will be shared by the DLNA server audio image video 8 Safely Remove Disk Click to safely remove the disk When the USB disk is ejected successfully the USB status shows No device 9 Click Apply ...

Page 75: ...ard disk drive or USB flash drive to your WiFi Router and your device will be displayed here 3 Click the On Off to enable disable Internet access via AFP To create a new account 1 Add new account 2 In the Account and Password fields key in the name and password of your network client Retype the password to confirm Click Add to add the account to the list To add a folder 1 Add new folder 2 Enter a ...

Page 76: ...is option to assign read only access No Select this option if you do not want to share a specific file folder 2 Click Save Permission to apply the changes Refer to the following for the descriptions of the fields Guest Login By enabling Guest Login any user in your local network can access your network place AFP without authentication Safely Remove Disk Click to safely remove the disk When the USB...

Page 77: ...can input the proper information into the input field to allow the clients to access the specified shared partition The proper permission format is IP address Read and write permission and if you want to set more than one clients and with different permission you can input the information separated by For read and write permissions ro means read only permission and the rw means read and write perm...

Page 78: ...t clients access the destination shared partition with the read only permission ro 5 Safely Remove Disk Click to safely remove the disk When the USB disk is ejected successfully the USB status shows No device ...

Page 79: ...t up access to PPTP VPN server 1 From the navigation panel go to Advanced Security VPN PPTP VPN Server Enable VPN Server enable or disable PPTP VPN Server VPN Details The details of PPTP VPN Server Select General or Advanced settings Username and Password The user information of PPTP VPN Server Input the user name and password for the VPN server and click the button NOTE Before setting up a VPN co...

Page 80: ...NS Server Automatically WINS of PPTP clients MRU MTU The Maximum Receive Unit MRU or Maximum Transmission Unit MTU sizes are sent to the client as part of the PPTP parameters to use during the PPTP session We recommend that you do not change MTU or MRU values unless you are sure the change corrects a known problem with your PPTP sessions Incorrect MTU or MRU values cause traffic through the PPTP V...

Page 81: ...panel go to Advanced Security VPN OpenVPN Server Enable VPN Server Enable or disable OpenVPN server function VPN Details Enter the details of your VPN server Select General or Advanced settings Username and Password The user information of OpenVPN server Input the user name and password for the VPN server and click the button 2 Advanced VPN server settings ...

Page 82: ...Server Port The TCP UDP port which OpenVPN server will listen on Firewall Firewall configuration for VPN server Auto will create complete firewall configurations External only will create basic firewall configurations and Custom will not create any firewall configurations Authorization Mode Select Authorization Mode ...

Page 83: ...figure all clients to redirect their default network gateway through the VPN causing all IP traffic such as web browsing and DNS lookups to go through the VPN Respond to DNS Push DNS to clients Encryption Cipher Select a cryptographic method This configure item must be copied to the client configure file as well Compression Enable compression on the VPN link If this function is enable here in the ...

Page 84: ...TP and Open VPN Steps to setup a VPN Client 1 From the navigation panel go to Advanced Security VPN VPN Client 2 VPN Sever list is displayed Click Add Profile to set up VPN Client 3 VPN Server List Current VPN Services which have been configured 4 VPN Type Type of VPN Server access such as PPTP L2TP and OpenVPN ...

Page 85: ...No to use general default route Enter a description for reference VPN Server IP address or URL VPN authentication username VPN authentication password PPTP Encryption method Select Auto for automatic Microsoft Point to Point Encryption MPPE and select No Encryption to disable MPPE Select MPPE 40 for 40 bit MPPE with PPTP Server and select MPPE 128 for 128 bit MPPE with PPTP Server ...

Page 86: ...ivate all related functions 3 Enable DoS Protection A denial of service attack is an explicit attempt to deny legitimate users from using a service or computer resource Enabling this feature can protect the WiFi Router from DoS attack but it would increase the WiFi Router s workload 4 Respond to Ping Request from WAN This feature lets WiFi Router make a response to ping request from WAN 5 Enable I...

Page 87: ...filter list White List Black List White List can make WiFi Router serve the specified service defined in the list Black List make WiFi Router deny serving the specified service 4 Filtered ICMP packet types This field defines a list of LAN to WAN ICMP packets type that will be filtered For example if you would like to filter Echo type 8 and Echo Reply type 0 ICMP packets you need to enter a string ...

Page 88: ... such as 192 168 122 1 b enter IP addresses within one subnet or within the same IP pool such as 192 168 123 or 192 168 c enter all IP addresses as 8 Port Range For source or destination port range you can either a enter a specific port such as 95 b enter ports within a range such as 103 315 100 or 65535 9 Protocol The protocol of service used to transport the packages UDP TCP 10 Add Delete Click ...

Page 89: ...n t visit the resource of WiFi Router and the internet Steps to set up Client ACL 1 From the navigation panel go to Advanced Security IPv4 Firewall Client ACL 2 Enable Client ACL Enable or disable Client ACL function 3 Client MAC address of LAN side devices 4 Add Delete Click or to add delete the profile 5 When done click Apply ...

Page 90: ...able or disable the IPv6 firewall When disabled all IPv6 packages can input WiFi Router output WiFi Router and forward without any limitation 3 Respond to Ping Request from WAN This feature lets WiFi Router make a response to ping request from WAN 4 Enable MLD Check Yes to allow MLD packages to be transferred to the WiFi Router Check No to deny MLD packages 5 Click Apply ...

Page 91: ...low Services Enable or disable the IPv6 Allow Services feature When Allow Services is enabled the Allowed Service Rules will be allowed 3 Allowed Well Known Server List List of well known servers to be allowed For example ftp samba 4 Service Name The name of the service which will add IPv6 firewall rule 5 Remote IP Prefix IPv6 address or Prefix of a remote server 6 Local IP Prefix IPv6 address or ...

Page 92: ...transport the packages e g UDP TCP 9 ICMPv6 Message Type Make WiFi Router process the defined types of ICMPv6 packet from specified host 10 Local Host IPv6 address of the host 11 Add Delete Click or to add delete the profile 12 When done click Apply ...

Page 93: ...imarily focuses on scheduling fairness for transmission of traffic from Access Point AP and efficient WiFi bandwidth utilization 3 Frequency In the frequency field select the frequency band that you want to use for the ATF settings 4 ATF Mode Airtime Fairness implements 2 scheduling algorithms strict queue and fair queue algorithm which are mutually exclusive Strict queue algorithm follows strict ...

Page 94: ...93 6 Percentage of Air Time Set the percentage of SSID which will be used for ATF control 7 MAC Select client by MAC address and set the percent which will be used for ATF control 8 Click Apply ...

Page 95: ...oS Enable Set the switch of CPE QOS function through Web page 3 WAN Uploading Speed The speed of the uplink data limit 4 LAN Downloading Speed The downstream limit of the subnet LAN 5 WAN Interface Queue Type Upstream Qos queue type should to be set Strict Priority Weighted Round Robin Weighted Fair Queuing 6 LAN Interface Queue Type Downstream Qos queue type Should to be set Strict Priority Weigh...

Page 96: ... In the queue page on the queue Add delete modify 2 4 4 3 1 UpStream Queue Steps to set queue 1 From the navigation panel go to Advanced QoS Queue UpStream Queue 2 Enable Enables or disables this queue 3 Weight Weight of this queue in case of Weighted Round Robin or Weighted Fair Queuing but only used for queues of equal precedence 4 Operation Add Edit or Delete operation for this item 5 Click App...

Page 97: ... to Advanced QoS Queue DownStream Queue 2 Enable Enables or disables this queue 3 Weight Weight of this queue in case of Weighted Round Robin or Weighted Fair Queuing but only used for queues of equal precedence 4 Operation Add Edit or Delete operation for this item 5 Click Apply ...

Page 98: ...4 Queue Type The queue that represents the current entry selection 5 Enable Display the entry s status 6 Edit Del Modify or delete this entry 2 4 4 4 Classification According to the characteristics of the data flow traffic is classified and then queued to the specified upstream or downstream queues Classification Display page Display classification table Simple information ...

Page 99: ...downstream Only display Indicates the index number of the queue type selected by the user This specifies the ingress interface associated with the entry Source IP address An empty string indicates this criterion is not used for classification Source MAC Address An empty string indicates this criterion is not used for classification Source port number Protocol Destination IP address an empty string...

Page 100: ...m 2 Username WiFi Router s sign in name 3 New Password New password 4 Retype New Password Retype new password 2 4 5 Admin 2 4 5 1 System The System page lets you configure your WiFi Router settings If you changed the password the user password used to sign in SSH will be changed ...

Page 101: ...yslog server to which log messages will be sent in addition to the local destination Default time zone is America New York Auto sign out after a specified time When there is no Internet access redirect to local notification WiFi Router can access a NTP Network Time Protocol server in order to synchronize the time automatically ...

Page 102: ... Configuration 2 Click Save and then the browser will automatically download WiFi Router s setting files 3 Click Reset to Default this will this resets all settings to factory default settings 4 Click to select setting file the click Upload button this will make the WiFi Router to be set 2 4 5 2 Configuration ...

Page 103: ...tion panel go to Advanced Admin Log 2 Clear Clear contents in log file 3 Save Download log file from WiFi Router 4 Refresh Refresh the log window to show the latest log 2 4 5 3 Log System Log contains logs on network activities in the WiFi Router ...

Page 104: ...103 2 4 5 4 Reboot Click the Reboot button the WiFi Router will restart ...

Page 105: ... Tools Diagnostic Tools 2 Method Choose a specified method to test network 3 Target Choose target for the test 4 Count Number of times to test 5 Click Diagnose 2 4 6 Tools 2 4 6 1 Diagnostic Tools Various diagnostic tools are available such as ping ping6 traceroute and nslookup ...

Page 106: ... Name Name of device 4 MAC Address The format for the MAC address is six groups of two hexadecimal digits separated by colons in transmission order e g 12 34 56 aa bc ef 5 When done click Apply 2 4 6 2 Wake on LAN Wake on LAN is a power management function It lets network admins wake up LAN side devices from standby or hibernation mode This function requires motherboard support on LAN side devices...

Page 107: ...106 2 4 7 Status 2 4 7 1 System Information System Information displays basic System WAN LAN and USB information From the navigation panel go to Advanced Status System Information ...

Page 108: ...information for wireless clients From the navigation panel go to Advanced Status Wireless 2 4 7 3 DHCP Lease Show DHCP Lease status information including MAC IP and Hostname information From the navigation panel go to Advanced Status DHCP Lease ...

Page 109: ...108 2 4 7 4 Routing Table Show IPv4 and IPv6 routing table and status information From the navigation panel go to Advanced Status Routing Table ...

Page 110: ...on panel go to Advanced Status Connection List 2 4 7 5 Port Forwarding This module is used to show the WiFi Router s port forwarding rules information which contains both Port Forwarding module s rules and UPnP module s rules From the navigation panel go to Advanced Status Port Forwarding ...

Page 111: ...N IPv6 information From the navigation panel go to Advanced Status IPv6 Information 2 4 7 8 Snooping Table Displays snooping table for client joins leaves for both wired and wireless client streams From the navigation panel go to Advanced Status Snooping Table ...

Page 112: ...111 2 4 7 9 Current Users Display current user who is permitted to get access to Internet through the router From the navigation panel go to Advanced Status Current User ...

Page 113: ...112 2 4 7 10 Blocked Users Display current users who are not permitted to get access to Internet through the router From the navigation panel go to Advanced Status Blocked User ...

Page 114: ...e user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient 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 modificatio...

Page 115: ...Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 21 cm between the radiator your body 114 ...

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