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AC 1200 Wireless Router

User’s Manual

Version A1.0, November 05, 2014

261097-013

Summary of Contents for AC 1200

Page 1: ...AC 1200 Wireless Router User s Manual Version A1 0 November 05 2014 261097 013 1 ...

Page 2: ...umed to have a basic understanding of telecommunications terminology and concepts If you find the product to be inoperable or malfunctioning please contact technical support for immediate service by email at homesupport comtrend com For product updates manual revisions or software upgrades please visit our website at http www comtrend com 2 ...

Page 3: ... basement Do not connect the power supply cord on elevated surfaces Allow it to lie freely There should be no obstructions in its path and no heavy items should be placed on the cord In addition do not walk on step on or mistreat the cord Use only the power cord and adapter that are shipped with this device To safeguard the equipment against overheating make sure that all openings in the unit that...

Page 4: ...tect Our Environment This symbol indicates that when the equipment has reached the end of its useful life it must be taken to a recycling centre and processed separate from domestic waste The cardboard box the plasticcontainedinthe packaging andthe parts that make upthis routercan be recycledinaccordance withregionallyestablishedregulations Never dispose of thiselectronicequipmentalongwithyourhous...

Page 5: ...ows 7 IP address setup 19 2 2 2 Router IP addresslookup Error Bookmark not defined 2 3 Using Quick Setup 23 2 3 1 Setup procedure for Dynamic IP Cable Modem 25 2 3 2 Setup procedure for PPPoE 26 2 3 3 Setup procedure for Static IP 28 2 3 4 Setup procedure for PPTP 29 2 3 5 Setup procedure for L2TP 32 2 4 Basic Setup 35 2 4 1 Time zone and time auto synchronization 35 2 4 2 Change management passwo...

Page 6: ...6 2 DHCP Server 67 2 6 3 Static DHCP Leases Table 69 2 7 Wireless LAN Configurations 72 2 7 1 Basic Wireless Settings 74 2 7 1 1 Setup procedure for Access Point 76 2 7 1 2 Setup procedure for Station Infrastructure 79 2 7 1 3 Setup procedure for AP Bridge Point to Point 80 2 7 1 4 Setup procedure for AP Bridge Point to Multi Point 81 2 7 1 5 Setup procedure for AP Bridge WDS 82 2 7 1 6 Setup proc...

Page 7: ...ttings 106 3 1 2 Add a new QoS rule 109 3 2 Network Address Translation NAT 112 3 2 1 Basic NAT Settings Enable or disable NAT function 113 3 2 2 Port Forwarding 114 3 2 3 Virtual Server 117 3 2 4 Port Mapping for Special Applications 120 3 2 5 UPnP Setting 123 3 2 6 ALG Settings 124 3 2 7 IGMP Settings 125 3 3 Firewall 126 3 3 1 Access Control 127 3 3 1 1 Add PC 131 3 3 2 URL Blocking 133 3 3 3 D...

Page 8: ...Connection Status 145 3 4 3 Device Status 146 3 4 4 System Log 147 3 4 5 Security Log 148 3 4 6 Active DHCP clientlist 149 3 4 7 Statistics 150 3 5 Configuration Backup and Restore 151 3 6 Firmware Upgrade 152 3 7 System Reboot Restore 154 Chapter IV Appendix 155 4 1 Hardware Specification 155 4 2 Troubleshooting 156 8 ...

Page 9: ...ow any computer user to setup a network environmentin a very shorttime And when the number of computers and network enabled devices increase you can expand the number of network ports by simply attaching a Comtrend switch to extend the scopeof your network In addition all computers and IEEE802 11b g n 802 11a n ac wireless enabled network devices including PDA cellular phone game console etc can c...

Page 10: ...d network and security features like Special Applications QoS DMZ Virtual Servers Access Controland Firewall Easily monitor the router s status with built in functions such as DHCP Client Log SystemLog Security Log and Device Connection Status Easy to use Web based GUI for network configuration and management purposes Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades froma remote comput...

Page 11: ...dem with an RJ 45 Ethernet port Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card Web browser MicrosoftInternetExplorer 4 0 or above Netscape Navigator 4 7 or above Opera web browser or Safariweb browser An available AC power socket 100 240V 50 60Hz 11 ...

Page 12: ...ntents Before starting to usethis router check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your place of purchaseto claim for missing items 1 Broadband Router 1 1 Ethernet Cable 2 1 Printed QIG 3 2 1 3 12 ...

Page 13: ... 2 4GHz Wireless LANactivity transferring or receiving data 5G On 5GHz Wireless WPS function is enabled Off 5GHz Wireless network is switched off Flashing 5GHz Wireless LAN activity transferring or receiving data LAN 1 4 LNK ACT On LAN port is connected Off LAN port is not connected Flashing LAN activity transferring or receiving data WAN LNK ACT On WAN portis connected Off WAN portis not connecte...

Page 14: ...LAN 1 4 1000M On LAN port is linked in 1000Mbps speed Off LAN port is linked in 10 100Mbps speed WAN 1000M On WAN portis linked in 1000Mbps speed Off WAN portis linked in 10 100Mbpsspeed 14 ...

Page 15: ...settings clear all settings or startWPS function Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restoreall settings to factory defaults press this button for less than 5 seconds once to start 2 4GHz 5GHz wireless WPS function 1 4 Local Area Network LAN ports 1 to 4 WAN Wide Area Network WAN Internet port Power Power connector connects to A C power adapter 15 ...

Page 16: ...twork devices 1 Connect your xDSL cable modem to the WAN portof the router by Ethernet cable 2 Connect your computers and network devices network enabled consumer devices other than computers like game consoles or a switch hub to an available LAN portof the router 3 Insertthe A C power adapter into the wall socket and then connect it to the Power socketof the router 16 ...

Page 17: ... should be on if the computer network devices connected to the respectiveport of the router is powered on and correctly connected If the Power LED is not on or any LED you expected to be on is not on recheck the cabling or jump to 4 2 Troubleshooting for possiblereasons and solutions 17 ...

Page 18: ...onnect to the router and start configuration procedures your computer mustbe able to get an IP address automatically using a dynamic IP address If it s setto usea static IP address or you reunsure follow the instructions below to configure your computer to usedynamic IP address 18 ...

Page 19: ...our computer screen then click controlpanel Click View Network Statusand Tasks and then click ManageNetwork Connections Right click Local Area Network then select Properties TheLocal Area Connection Propertieswindow willappear select InternetProtocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click the Properties button 19 ...

Page 20: ...2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click the OK button 20 ...

Page 21: ...ess of the router in the address bar type http 192 168 0 1 A dialog box will appear such as the one below Inputthe user name and password in their respective fields the default user name is admin and the default password is admin then press the OK button and you can see the Quick Setup interface of this router 21 ...

Page 22: ... and password you type are correct please go to 4 2 Troubleshooting to perform a factory reset to set the password back to its default value TIP This page shows the five major setting categories Quick Setup Status General Setup Wireless and Tools You can find the shortcut which leads to these setting categories at the upper right corner of everypage and you can jump to another category directly by...

Page 23: ...gging in for the first time you will reach the Quick Setup screen 1 Set Time Zone Here are descriptions of every setup item Set Time Press button a drop down list Zone 1 will be shown and you can choose the time zone of the location in which you live Daylight If the country you live in uses daylightsavings Savings 2 Check the Enable Function box and choose the duration of daylightsavings After you...

Page 24: ...word Connection L2TP go to section 2 3 5 If you renot sure contact your Internetserviceprovider A wrong Internetconnection type will causea connection problem and you will not be able to connect to the Internet If you want to go back to the previous step press the Back button on the bottom of this page NOTE Some service providers use DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol to assign IP address to...

Page 25: ...C addressof your computer if your service provider only permitscomputerswith a certain MAC addressto access the Internet If you re using the computer which wasused to connectto the Internetvia cable modem you can simply pressthe Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC addressfield with the MAC addressof your computer After you complete all settings click the OK 3 button if you wantto go back to p...

Page 26: ...to this Internetservice This is optional MTU 4 Inputthe MTU value of your network connection If you don tknow you can use the defaultvalue Connection Select the Internetconnection type Type 5 you wish to use detailed explanation listed below Idle Time Out 6 Inputthe idle time out detailed explanation listed below When you complete all settings click the OK 7 button if you wantto go back to the pre...

Page 27: ...nnect on Demand only connects to the Internet when there s a connection attempt Manual only connects to the Internet when the Connect button on this page is pressed and disconnects when the Disconnect button is pressed Idle Time Out Specify the time to shutdown the Internet connection after no Internet activity is detected byminute This option is only available when connection type is Connect on D...

Page 28: ...r Gateway Addressprovided by your service provider When you complete all settings press the OK 5 button if you want to go back to the previous menu click the Back button 1 2 3 4 5 NOTE You can choose this Internet connection method if your service provider assigns a fixed IP address also known as a static address to you and doesn t use DHCP or PPPoE protocol Please contact your service provider fo...

Page 29: ...ddress fromyour serviceprovider You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address i e static IP address WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even though the PPTP settings are correct Contact your Internet serviceprovider if you don tknow how to fill in these fields Now go t...

Page 30: ...password assigned by your Internet service provider PPTP Inputthe IP addressof PPTP gateway Gateway 3 assigned by your Internetservice provider Connection Inputthe connection ID This is ID 4 optionaland you can leave it blank MTU 5 Inputthe MTU value of your network connection If you don tknow you can use the defaultvalue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 30 ...

Page 31: ...e of Internet type 7 connection you wish to use refer to the previous section for detailed descriptions Idle Time Inputthe idle time outof the Internet Out 8 connection you wish to use and refer to the previoussection for detailed descriptions When you complete all settings click the OK 9 button if you want to go back to previous menu click the Back button 31 ...

Page 32: ...ou obtain IP address fromyour serviceprovider You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equalto DHCP refer to the Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address equal to static IP address refer to the PPPoExDSL section above WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even thought the PPTP settings are correct Contact your Internetservicepro...

Page 33: ... by your Internet service provider L2TP Gateway 3 Inputthe IP addressof L2TP gateway assigned by your Internetservice provider MTU 4 Inputthe MTU value of your network connection If you don tknow you can use the defaultvalue Connection Select the type of Internet type 5 connection you wish to use refer to last section for detailed descriptions 1 2 4 3 5 7 6 33 ...

Page 34: ...f you want to go back to previous menu click the Back button When all settings are completed you ll see the following message displayed on your web browser Click the Apply button to prepareto restartthe router and you ll see this message After the countdown click the OK button You ll be broughtback to the router management interface again and the router is ready with new settings 34 ...

Page 35: ...face and then click the General Setup link at the upper rightside of the web management interface 2 4 1 Time zone and time auto synchronization Follow the instructions below to set time zoneand time auto synchronization parameters Click the General Setup menu at the upper rightside of the web management interface and then select Systemon the left menu bar followed by Time Zone 35 ...

Page 36: ...n you finish click the Apply button You ll see the following messagedisplayed on the web browser Press the Continue button to savethe settings and go back to the web management interface press the Apply button to savethe settings made and restartthe router so the settings will take effect after it reboots NOTE You can refer to the instructions given in the last chapter Using Quick Setup for detail...

Page 37: ...tem menu on the left of the web management interface then click Password Settings and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Current Inputcurrentpassword Password 1 New Password 2 Inputnew password Confirm Inputnew password again Password 3 When you finish click the Apply button If you want to keep the original password unchanged click the Can...

Page 38: ...d again when you see the above message If you see the following message Itmeans the content in CurrentPassword field is wrong click the OK button to go back to previous menu and try to input currentpassword again If the current and new passwordsarecorrectly inputted after you click the Apply button you ll be prompted to input your new password 38 ...

Page 39: ...Use the new password to enter web the management interface again 39 ...

Page 40: ...then click Remote Management and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Host Address 1 Inputthe IP addressof the remote host you wish to initiate managementaccesswith Port 2 You can define the portnumber this router should expect an incoming requestfrom If you re providing a web service defaultportnumber is80 you should try to use another port...

Page 41: ...l take effect after it reboots NOTE When you want to manage this router from another computer on the Internet you have to input the IP address and port number of this router NOTE The default port number the web browser will use is 80 If the Port setting in this page is not 80 you have to assign the port number in the address bar of the web browser manually For example if the IP address of this rou...

Page 42: ...s like DDNS Dynamic DNS here For WAN setup follow these instructions Click the WAN menu on the left of the web management interface Select an Internetconnection method depending on the type of connection you reusing You can either click the connection method on the left 1 or right 2 If you select the connection method on the right click the MoreConfiguration button after a method is selected Dynam...

Page 43: ...Static IP go to section 2 5 3 PPTP go to section 2 5 4 L2TP go to section 2 5 5 DNS go to section 2 5 6 DDNS go to section 2 5 7 WISP go to section 2 5 8 IPv6 go to section 2 5 9 43 ...

Page 44: ... your computer if your service provider only permitscomputerswith certain MAC addressto access the Internet If you re using a computer which is used to connectto the Internetvia cable modem you can simply press the Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC addressfield with the MAC addressof your computer After you complete all settings click the Apply 3 button if you want to remove the values you ...

Page 45: ...isplayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds whilethe router is rebooting 45 ...

Page 46: ...ce provider Password 2 Inputthe password assigned by your Internet service provider Service Name 3 Give a name to this Internetservice This is optional MTU 4 Inputthe MTU value of your network connection If you don tknow you can use the defaultvalue Connection Select the type of Internetconnection you wish Type 5 to use 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 46 ...

Page 47: ...r receiving after an idle time Manual After you have selected this option you will see the Connect button and Disconnect button click the Connect button and the router will connectto the ISP If you wantto stop the connection click the Disconnect button Idle Time Out 6 If you have selected the connection type to Connect On Demand inputthe idle time out After you complete all settings click the Appl...

Page 48: ...ue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously saved values click the Cancel button 48 ...

Page 49: ... your service provider After you complete all settings click the Apply 4 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all t...

Page 50: ...ess fromyour serviceprovider You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equalto DHCP refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address i e static IP address The WAN interface settings mustbe correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even though the PPTP settings are correct Contact your Internetserviceprovider if you don tknow whatyou should put in these fields Now...

Page 51: ...password assigned by your Internet service provider PPTP Gateway 3 Inputthe IP addressof PPTP gateway assigned by your Internetservice provider Connection ID 4 Inputthe connection ID this is optionaland you can leave it blank MTU 5 Inputthe MTU value of your network connection If you don tknow you can use the defaultvalue 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 6 51 ...

Page 52: ...r to section 2 5 2 for detailed descriptions When you complete all settings click the Apply 9 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting If you wa...

Page 53: ...ssword assigned by your Internetservice provider L2TP Inputthe IP addressof L2TP gateway Gateway 3 assigned by your Internetservice provider MTU 4 Inputthe MTU value of your network connection If you don tknow you can use the defaultvalue Connection Select the type of Internetconnection type 5 you wish to use refer to section 2 5 2 for detailed descriptions 1 2 4 3 5 7 6 53 ...

Page 54: ...following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously saved values click the Cancel button 54 ...

Page 55: ...you can input the IP address of the DNS server here Here are descriptions of every setup item DNS Address 1 Inputthe IP addressof the DNS server provided by your service provider Secondary Inputthe IP addressof another DNS DNS Address 2 server provided by your service provider This is optional NOTE Only the IP address can be inputted here DO NOT use the hostname of the DNS server i e only numeric ...

Page 56: ...ue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously saved values click the Cancel button 56 ...

Page 57: ... on the Internet as their IP address will vary every time when connected to the Internet This router supports the DDNS serviceof several serviceproviders for example DynDNS http www dyndns org TZO http www tzo com Go to one of the DDNS serviceprovider s WebPages listed above and get a free DDNS accountby following the instructions given on their webpage Here are descriptions of every setup item 1 ...

Page 58: ... Inputthe DDNS service password or key After you complete all settings click the Apply 6 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to...

Page 59: ...ly setup the WAN connection type in the WAN page Here are descriptions of every setup item Disable Enable 1 There are three selections for wireless ISP functions Disable disables this function Enable enables this function and the router can connectto the access pointsinstalled by your wireless service provider Any clients associated with the router can accessthe Internetservice through the wireles...

Page 60: ...ll pop up It will list all available access points nearby Selectthe access point designated by your wirelessISP in the table and the router will join the wireless network through this accesspoint Encryption 4 If the access point enableswireless security you have to follow the same settings in order to access the access point Click to set security settings for this connection go to section 2 7 3 Wi...

Page 61: ...inue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously saved values click the Cancel button 61 ...

Page 62: ...elect the required transition mechanism as assigned by your service provider LAN IPv6 Settings 2 Select the auto configuration method for IPv6 IPv6 Address 3 Inputthe IPv6 addressfor the LAN port SubnetPrefixLength 4 Default is set at 64 Only change if required to do so by your ISP 1 2 3 4 5 62 ...

Page 63: ...ue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously saved values click the Cancel button 63 ...

Page 64: ...mputers static IP address setthe IP address for every computer manually and dynamic IP address IP addresses of computers willbe assigned by the router automatically It s recommended for most of computers to obtain an IP address automatically as it will savea lot of time on setting IP addresses for every computer For servers and network devices which will provide services to other computers and use...

Page 65: ...h up to 253 clients so you can set the d field of IP address of router as 1 or 254 or any number between 1 and 254 and pick a number between 0 and 254 for field c 2 In most cases you should use 255 255 255 0 as the subnet mask which allows up to 253 clients this also meets the router s capability of working with up to 253 clients 3 For all servers and network devices which will provide services to...

Page 66: ...the 802 1d spanning tree Spanning Tree 3 function select Enabled for setup item 802 1d Spanning Tree or setit to Disabled DHCP Server 4 If you wantto activate the DHCP server function of this router select Enabled or set it to Disabled Recommended Values if you don t know what to fill IP Address 192 168 0 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 802 1d Spanning Tree Disable DHCP Server Enable 1 3 2 4 66 ...

Page 67: ...P addressassigned by this router from the drop down menu StartIP 2 Inputthe start IP addressof the IP range End IP 3 Inputthe end IP addressof the IP range Domain Name 4 If you wish you can also optionally inputthe domain name for your network Thisis optional Recommended Values if you don t know what to fill Lease Time Two Weeks or Forever if you have less than 20 computers Start IP 192 168 2 100 ...

Page 68: ... be greater than the Start IP and cannot be the same as the router s IP address 2 The former three fields of IP address of Start IP End IP and IP Address of LAN IP section mentioned a b and c field should be the same 3 These settings will affect wireless clients too 68 ...

Page 69: ...n an IP addressto a specific computer permanently however you willnot be able to assign a certain IP addressto a specific computer since IP addresseswill be assigned in random order by this way Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable Static Check this box to enable this function DHCP Leases 1 otherwise uncheck it to disable this function MAC Address 2 Inputthe MAC addressof the computer o...

Page 70: ... After you clicked the Add button the MAC address and IP address mapping will be added to the Static DHCP Leases Table section If you want to delete a specific item check the Select box of a MAC address and IP address mapping 1 then click the Delete button 2 if you wantto delete all mappings click the Delete All 3 button After you complete all LAN settings click the Apply button on the bottom of t...

Page 71: ...inue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds whilethe router is rebooting 71 ...

Page 72: ...ttacked by malicious intruders Follow these instructions to set wireless parameters Click the Wireless menu at the top of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser You must enable the wireless function of this router or the wireless interface of this router will not function Select Enable 1 then click the Apply 2 button If you recoming here because you wa...

Page 73: ...e button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting 73 ...

Page 74: ... and the following will be displayed on your web browser This wireless router can work in 6 modes a Access Point Standard wireless AP b Station Infrastructure Configurethe router to an Ethernet device such as TV Game player HDD DVD to enable the Ethernet device to be a wireless station c AP Bridge Point to Point Connectthis router with another wireless router to expand the scopeof the network 74 ...

Page 75: ...enu 1 and continue on other operation mode specific settings AP go to section 2 7 1 1 Station Infrastructure go to section 2 7 1 2 AP Bridge Pointto Point go to section 2 7 1 3 AP Bridge Pointto Multi Point go to section 2 7 1 4 AP Bridge WDS go to section 2 7 1 5 UniversalRepeater go to section 2 7 1 6 NOTE For AP Bridge Point to Point and AP Bridge Point to Multi Point mode the wireless router o...

Page 76: ...dure for Access Point Select Access Point fromthe Mode drop down menu 1 and the following will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Band 2 Select the radio band from one of following options 1 2 3 4 5 76 ...

Page 77: ...allows 802 11n wireless network clients to connect to this router maximum transfer rate 300Mbps 2 4 GHz B G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b and 802 11g wireless network client to connect to this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11g wireless network clients to connect to this router maximum transfer ...

Page 78: ...utany problem However it sstill useful to remember the channelnumber you use some wireless clients supportmanualchannelnumber select and this would help in certain scenarioswhen there is some radio communication problem Associated Clients 5 Click the Show Active Clients button then an Active Wireless Client Table will pop up You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connectin...

Page 79: ...ry setup item Band 2 Select the band you wantto use SSID 3 This is the name of the wireless network You can type the SSID of the network you would like to connectto Site Survey 4 When you use this wireless router as a wireless station for an Ethernet network device to have wireless capability you have to associate it with a working accesspoint Click the Select Site Survey button then a Wireless Si...

Page 80: ...Select AP Bridge Pointto Point from the Mode drop down menu 1 and the following will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Band 2 Select the band you wantto use the two wireless routersmust use the same setting Channel Select the channelyou wantto use the two Number 3 wireless routersmust use the same setting MAC address1 4 Inputthe MAC addressof another wirelessrouter Security Cl...

Page 81: ...e Pointto Multi Point fromthe Mode drop down menu 1 and the following will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Band 2 Select the band you wantto use all the wireless routersmust use the same setting Channel Select the channelyou wantto use all the wireless Number 3 routersmust use the same setting MAC address Inputthe MAC addressof the other wireless 1 to 4 4 7 routers Security ...

Page 82: ...mthe Mode drop down menu 1 and the following will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Band 2 Select the band you wantto use all the wireless routersmust use the same setting SSID 3 Inputthe SSID of your wirelessrouter the setting should be the same with other wireless routersfor the convenience of roaming 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 6 9 10 NOTE For WDS mode the output signal nature is the sam...

Page 83: ...button then an Active Wireless Client Table will pop up You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point MAC address Inputthe MAC addressof other wireless routers 1 to 4 6 9 Security Click to set the security for this connection Settings 10 Go to section 2 7 3 WirelessSecurity for detailed instructions 83 ...

Page 84: ...routersmust use the same setting SSID 3 This is the name of the wireless router You can type any alphanumericalcharactershere maximum 32 characters SSID isused to identify your own wireless router from otherswhen there are other wireless routersin the same area DefaultSSID is default it s recommended to change defaultSSID value to the one which is meaningfulto you like myhome office_room1 etc 1 2 ...

Page 85: ...Site Survey button to choose a Root AP Site Survey 7 Click the SelectSite Survey button then a Wireless Site Survey Table will pop up It will list all available access points nearby You can select one access point in the table and the router will join the wireless LAN through thisaccess point After you complete the wireless settings click the Apply button after you click the Apply button the follo...

Page 86: ...s of every setup item Fragment The threshold number of bytes for the Threshold 1 fragmentation boundary for directed messages Itis the maximum data fragmentsize that can be sent Do not modify the default value if you don t know what it is default valueis 2346 RTS Threshold 2 The RTS Request To Send threshold parameter controls what size data packet number of bytes the low level RF protocolissues t...

Page 87: ...s data transfer rate to a certain value Since most of wirelessdevices will negotiate with each other and pick a proper data transfer rate automatically it snot necessary to change thisvalue unless you know what will happen after modification N Data Rate 6 Same as above but only for 802 11nclients ChannelWidth 7 Setchannelwidth of wireless radio Do not modify the default valueif you don t knowwhat ...

Page 88: ...ss router can get connected CTS Protect 10 Enabling this setting will reduce the chance of radio signal collisions between 802 11b and 802 11g n wireless access points It s recommended to set this option to Auto or Always However if you set to None your wirelessrouter should be able to work fine too Tx Power 11 Select the wireless transmitting power level from 10 to 100 When wireless clients are n...

Page 89: ... safe to set this option to Enable however default value is Disable After you complete these wireless settings click the Apply button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds whilethe rou...

Page 90: ...nstructions to set the wireless security settings Select an encryption method fromthe Encryption drop down menu there are four options Disable wireless security When you select this mode data encryption is disabled and every wireless device in proximity will be able to connect to your wireless router if no other security measureis enabled like MAC address access control see section 2 7 4 or disabl...

Page 91: ...key length 64 bitand 128 bit Using 128 bit is safer than 64 bit but will reduce some data transfer performance Key Format 3 There are two typesof key format ASCII and Hex When you select a key format the number of charactersof key will be displayed For example if you select 64 bit as key length and Hex as key format you llsee the message at the right of Key Format is Hex 10 characters which meanst...

Page 92: ...9 a f and A F You must inputat least one encryption key here and if you inputted multiple WEP keys they should not be same as each other Enable 802 1x IEEE 802 1xis an authentication protocol Every Authentication 6 user must use a valid accountto login to this wireless router before accessing the wireless LAN The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server This mode only authenticatesthe user b...

Page 93: ... phone 23561 2Hyux xmL ASCII 13 characters digitalFAMILY 82Jh26xHy3m n Hex 10 characters 287d2aa732 1152dabc85 Hex 26 characters 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84 To improve the security level do not use words which can be found in a dictionary or words too easy to remember pilot and phone listed above are bad examples just intended to show you what a WEP key looks like Wireless clients will remember the...

Page 94: ... 3 2 Wi Fi Protected Access WPA When you select this mode the wireless router will useWPA encryption and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item WPA Unicast Select a type of WPA cipher suite Cipher Suite 2 Available optionsare WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select any one of them but you have to make sure your wirelessclient su...

Page 95: ...re shared key settings click the Apply button 5 and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting NOTE Some wireless clients especially those manufactured befor...

Page 96: ...optionsare WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select any one of them but you have to make sure your wirelessclient supports the cipher you selected RADIUS Server Inputthe IP addressof your IP address 3 Radius authentication server RADIUS Server Inputthe portnumber of your Port 4 Radius authentication server Default setting is 1812 RADIUS Server Inputthe password of your Radius Password 5 aut...

Page 97: ... will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting 97 ...

Page 98: ... with other security measures described in previous sections to create a safer wireless environment Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function Click the Wireless menu on the upper rightside of the web management interface then click Access Control and the following will be displayed on your web browser All allowed MAC addresses willbe displayed in the MAC Address Filtering Table...

Page 99: ...checked the wirelessrouter will not enforce MAC addressfiltering of wireless clients MAC Address 5 Inputthe MAC addressof your wirelessdevices here dash or colon are not required i e If the MAC addresslabel of your wirelessdevice indicates aa bb cc dd ee ff or aa bb cc dd ee ff justinput aabbccddeeff Comment 6 You can inputany text here as the commentof this MAC address like ROOM 2A Computer or an...

Page 100: ...ngs click the Apply 9 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously saved v...

Page 101: ...ion PBC and PINcode If you want to use PBC you haveto push a specific button on the wireless client to startWPS mode and switch this wireless router to WPS mode too You can push the Reset WPS button of this wireless router or click the Start PBC button in the web configuration interface to do this if you want to use PIN code you have to know the PINcode of wireless client and switch it to WPS mode...

Page 102: ... here WPS Status If the wireless security encryption function of this wireless router is properly set you ll see Configured message here If wirelesssecurity function hasnot been set you llsee unConfigured PinCode Self This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless router Thiscode is useful when you need to build a wireless connection by WPS with other WPS enabled wirelessdevices 1 3 4 2 5 102 ...

Page 103: ...played here Config Mode 3 Select Registrar or Enrollee from the drop down menu Configure Click StartPBC to start the Push Button style WPS by Push Button 4 setup procedure Thiswirelessrouter will wait for WPS requestsfrom wireless clients for 2 minutes The WLAN LED on the wireless router will be steady on for 2 minutes when this wireless router is waiting for an incoming WPS request Configure Inpu...

Page 104: ... capable of keeping the key or passphrasefor you so you only have to input the complicated key or passphraseonce It s nottoo troublesomebut will greatly improve the security level 3 You can hide the ESSID of this router by setting the BroadcastESSID option to Disable Your wireless router will not be found by other people in proximity if they rejustusing the AP scanning function of their wireless c...

Page 105: ...oS all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to get Internetbandwidth and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth like video streaming and network telephone will be affected thereforean unpleasing result will occur like the interruption of video audio transfer With this function you can limit the maximum bandwidth or give a guaranteed bandwidth to a specifi...

Page 106: ...be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setting Enable QoS 1 Check this box to enable the QoS function unselect this boxif you don twantto enforce QoS bandwidth limitations Total Download You can set the limit of total download Bandwidth 2 bandwidth in kbits To disable download bandwidth limitation input 0 here 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 106 ...

Page 107: ...to edit then click the Edit button Only one ruleshould be selected at a time If you didn tselect a rule before clicking the Edit button you llbe prompted to add a new rule Delete 7 You can delete selected rules by clicking this button You can select one or more rulesto delete by checking the select the box of the rule s you wantto delete If the QoS tableis empty this button will be grayed out and ...

Page 108: ...1 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously saved values click the Canc...

Page 109: ...up to 15 alphanumericalcharacters Bandwidth b Set the bandwidth limitation of this QoS rule You have to select the data direction of this rule Upload or Download and the speed of bandwidth limitation in Kbps then select the type of QoS guarantee guaranteed usable bandwidth for this rule or max set the maximum bandwidth for the application allowed by this rule a b c d e f g h i 109 ...

Page 110: ... a single port just inputthe portnumber like 80 Remote IP Specify the remote destination IP address Address e that will be affected by this rule Inputthe starting IP addressin the left field and inputthe end IP addressin the rightfield to define a range of IP addresses or just inputthe IP addressin the left field to define a single IP address Remote Port Inputthe range of remote destination Range ...

Page 111: ... this rule available optionsare TCP and UDP If you don tknow what protocolyour application uses try TCP first and switch to UDP if this rule doesn tseem to work After you complete all settings click the save button i you llbe broughtback to previous menu and the rule you justset will appear in the currentQoS table if you did anything wrong you llget an error messagewhen you click the Save button c...

Page 112: ...igned with a valid InternetIP address to get connected to the Internet but Internetserviceproviders only providevery few IP addresses to every user Therefore it s necessary to useNAT technology to sharea single InternetIP address to multiple computers on a local network so everyonecan get connected to the Internet Follow the instructions below to set NAT parameters 112 ...

Page 113: ...ble for Enable NAT module function 1 to disable select Disable After you made the selection click the Apply button 2 and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while router is reb...

Page 114: ... private IP address aredifferent use the VirtualServer function described in the next section Click the NAT menu on the left of the general setup interface then click PortForwarding and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable Port Check this box to enable portforwarding Forwarding 1 and uncheck this boxto disable portforwarding Private I...

Page 115: ...ect Both PortRange 5 Inputthe starting port number in the left field and input the ending portnumber in the rightfield If you only wantto redirecta single portnumber just fill the portnumber in the left field Comment 6 Inputany text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumericalcharacters Add 7 Add the mapping to portforwarding table Reset 8 Remove all inputted values PortForwarding All existing...

Page 116: ...elect all mappings After you complete all settings click the Apply 13 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all the ...

Page 117: ...also build many sets of portredirection to provide many different Internetservices on different local computers via a single InternetIP address Click the NAT menu on the left of the web management interface then click Virtual Server and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable Virtual Check this box to enable the virtual server Server 1 a...

Page 118: ...ate Port 4 Inputthe portnumber of the IP address that providesthe Internetservice Type 5 Select the type of connection TCP or UDP If you re not sure select Both Public Port 6 Select the portnumber of the InternetIP address which will be redirected to the portnumber of the local IP addressdefined above Comment 7 Inputany text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumericalcharacters Add 8 Add the ...

Page 119: ...ng in the virtual server table Reset 13 Unselect all mappings After you complete all settings click the Apply 14 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router...

Page 120: ...rk Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable 1 Check this box to enable special applicationsand uncheck this boxto disable the virtual server IP Address 2 Inputthe IP addressof the computer thatyou want to open the ports Computer Name 3 Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here You can easily select the computer name withoutchecking the IP addresso...

Page 121: ... Add button to save the setting to the Current Trigger PortTable Add 8 Add the setting to the CurrentTrigger PortTable Reset 9 Clicking Reset will clear all above settings and you can set up again CurrentTrigger PortAllthe settings for the special applicationswill be Table 10 listed here If you wantto remove some Special Application settings from the CurrentTrigger Port Table select the SpecialApp...

Page 122: ...ient can usea particular special application at a time After you complete all settings click the Apply 14 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is reb...

Page 123: ...rface then click UPnP and the following will be displayed on your web browser Select Enable or Disable to enable or disable UPnP function then click the Apply button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take eff...

Page 124: ... the following will be displayed on your web browser There are many applications listed here Check the box of the special supportfor applications you need and then click the Apply button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the s...

Page 125: ...ting theseuses Click the NAT menu on the left of the web management interface then click IGMP Settings and the following will be displayed on your web browser Select Enable or Disable to enable or disable IGMP function then click the Apply button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup proced...

Page 126: ...allfunction Click the Firewall menu on the left of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser Select Enable or Disable to enable or disable firewall function of this router then click the Apply button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures...

Page 127: ...ess Control and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable MAC Check this box to enable MAC addressbased Filtering 1 filtering and select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of the MAC filtering table If you select deny all MAC addresseslisted in the filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network if you select allow only MAC...

Page 128: ...outchecking the IP addressof the computer Comment 4 You can inputany text here as the commentof this MAC address like ROOM 2A Computer or anything You can inputup to 16 alphanumerical charactershere Thisis optionaland you can leave it blank however it srecommended to use this field to write a commentfor every MAC addressas a memory aid Add 5 Click the Add button to add the MAC addressand the assoc...

Page 129: ...based Filtering 11 filtering and select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of the IP filtering table If you select deny all IP addresseslisted in the filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network if you select allow only IP addresseslisted in the filtering table will be able to connectto the network and allother network deviceswill be rejected IP Filtering All existing IP address...

Page 130: ...ll button After you complete all settings click the Apply 16 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in t...

Page 131: ...button is clicked the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Client PC Inputany text to describe this IP Description a address up to 16 alphanumericalcharacters a b c d e f 131 ...

Page 132: ...vice you need is notlisted above you can create a new service on your own SelectTCP or UDP if you re notsure select Both PortRange e Inputthe portrange of the new service here If you wantto specify port80 to 90 input 80 90 if you wantto apply this rule on a single port just input the portnumber like 80 Add f When you complete all settings click the Add button to save your settings you llbe brought...

Page 133: ... you defined here This function is useful for parents and company managers Follow the instructions below to set URL blocking parameters Click the Firewall menu on the left of the web management interface then click URL Blocking and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable URL Check this box to enforce URL Blocking Blocking 1 uncheck it to...

Page 134: ...utton to remove the value you inputted in the URL Keyword field CurrentURL All existing URL Keywordsin the filtering Blocking Table 5 table will be listed here Delete 6 If you wantto delete a specific URL Keyword entry check the select boxof the MAC addressyou want to delete then click the Delete button You can select more than one MAC address Delete All 7 If you wantto delete all URL Keyword list...

Page 135: ...nue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved values click the Cancel button 135 ...

Page 136: ...n DoS attack prevention mechanism when you activate it the router will stop the DoS attack for you Follow the instructions below to set DoS prevention parameters Click the Firewall menu on the left of the web management interface then click DoS and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Ping of Death 1 Ping of Death is a special packet and it ...

Page 137: ... 3 Some malicious intruderswill try to use a port scanner to know how many portsof your Internet IP addressare open and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing so Check this box and the router will block all trafficsthat are trying to scan your InternetIP address Sync Flood 4 This is another kind of attack which uses a lot of fake connection requestto consume the memory of your ser...

Page 138: ...e button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously saved values click the Cancel button 138 ...

Page 139: ...en this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Check the Ping of Death box and input the frequency of threshold how many packetsper second minute or hour you can also inputthe Burst value which means when this number of Ping of Death packetis received in a very shorttime this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Discard Ping Check the boxto activate this DoS prevention From WAN b mechani...

Page 140: ...e all settings click the Apply e button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously ...

Page 141: ...rtain InternetIP address so other people on Internetcan fully access those computers in DMZ Follow the instructions below to set DMZ parameters Click the Firewall menu on the left of the general setup interface then click DMZ and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable DMZ 1 Check this box to enable the DMZ function uncheck this boxto di...

Page 142: ...swill be mapped to Computer Name 4 Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here You can easily select the computer name withoutchecking the IP addressof the computer Add 5 Click the Add button to add the public IP address and associated private IP addressto the DMZ table Reset 6 Click the Reset button to remove the values you inputted in Public IP addressand...

Page 143: ...eset button to unselect all DMZ entries After you complete all settings click the Apply 11 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Continue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click the Apply button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you w...

Page 144: ...per rightsideof the web management interface 3 4 1 System informationand firmware version You can usethis function to view the systeminformation and firmware version of this router Click the Status link located at the upper rightside of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser NOTE Information displayed here may vary 144 ...

Page 145: ...on to view the status of the currentInternet connection Click the InternetConnection menu on the left of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser This information will vary depending on the connection status 145 ...

Page 146: ...is function to know the status of your router Click the DeviceStatus menu on the left of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser This information will vary depending on the device status 146 ...

Page 147: ...Log menu on the left of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser The systemevents will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every button Save 1 Save currenteventlog to a text file Clear 2 Delete all event logs displayed here Refresh 3 Refresh the event log display 1 2 3 147 ...

Page 148: ...ter Click the Security Log menu on the left of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser The systemevents will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every button Save 1 Save currenteventlog to a text file Clear 2 Delete all event logs displayed here Refresh 3 Refresh the event log display 1 2 3 148 ...

Page 149: ...ive DHCP leases issued by this router Click the Active DHCP client menu on the left of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser All information about active DHCP leases issued by this router will be displayed here You can click the Refresh button to display the latest information 149 ...

Page 150: ...e statistics of wireless LANand WAN interfaces of this router Click the Statistics menu on the left of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser You can click Refresh button to display the latest information 150 ...

Page 151: ... then the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every button Backup Press the Save button and you llbe prompted to Settings 1 download the configuration asa file default filename is config bin you can save it as another filename for differentversions and keep it in a safe place Restore Press Browse to pick a previously saved Settings 2 configuration file from you...

Page 152: ...ons You can also use this firmwareupgradefunction to add new functions to your router even fix the bugs of this router To upgradefirmware follow the instructions below Click Tools located at the upper rightsideof the web management interface then click FirmwareUpgrade on the left of the web management interface then the following will be displayed on your web browser Click Next and the following w...

Page 153: ...k the Apply button and the router will start the firmwareupgradeprocedureautomatically The proceduremay take severalminutes please be patient NOTE Never interrupt the upgrade procedure by closing the web browser or physically disconnect your computer from the router If the firmware you uploaded is corrupt the firmware upgrade will fail and you may have to return this router to the place of purchas...

Page 154: ...forma router reboot or restore To do so click Tools located at the upper rightsideof the web management interface then click Reboot on the left of the web management interface then the following will be displayed on your web browser Click Apply to Reboot or Restore your router and it will be available again after a few moments 154 ...

Page 155: ...16 1 5 dBm 11g 54M 14 1 5 dBm 11n 20MHz MCS7 13 1 5 dBm 11n 40MHz MCS7 13 1 5 dBm 5GHz 11a 54M 12 1 5 dBm 11n 20MHz MCS7 12 1 5 dBm 11n 40MHz MCS7 12 1 5 dBm 11ac 80MHz VHTMCS9 10 1 5 dBm Receive Sensitivity 2 4GHz 11b 11M 84 2dBm 11g 54M 70 2dBm 11n 20MHz MCS7 65 2dBm 11n 40MHz MCS7 63 2dBm 5GHz 11a 54M 70 2dBm 11n 20MHz MCS7 68 2dBm 11n 40MHz MCS7 64 2dBm 11ac 80MHz VHTMCS9 54 2dBm Temperature 3...

Page 156: ...re off check the status of the A C power adapter and make sureit s correctly powered c You mustuse the sameIP address range which the router uses d Are you using MAC or IP address filter Try to connect the router by another computer and see if it works if not restoreyour router to factory default settings pressing the reset button for over 10 seconds e Set your computer to obtain an IP address aut...

Page 157: ...swordsagain d Call your Internetserviceprovider and check if there s something wrong with their service e If you justcan t connect to one or more websites but you can still useother Internetservices check the URL Keyword filter f Try to resetthe router and try again later g Reset or reboot the device provided by your Internetserviceprovider I can t locate my router by my wireless client a Is Broad...

Page 158: ...now if there is something wrong with their network I can t log onto the web management interface password is wrong a Make sureyou reconnecting to the correct IP address of the router b The password is case sensitive Makesure the Caps Lock light is not illuminated c If you forgetthe password do a hard reset by holding in the reset button for 10 seconds The date and time of all event logs are wrong ...

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