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Wireless-N Broadband Router

User’s Manual

Version A1.0, June 20, 2012

Summary of Contents for Wireless-N Broadband Router

Page 1: ...1 Wireless N Broadband Router User s Manual Version A1 0 June 20 2012 ...

Page 2: ...esumed 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 ...

Page 3: ...et 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 th...

Page 4: ...ronment 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 plastic contained in the packaging and the parts that make up this router can be recycled in accordance with regionally established regulations Never dispose of this electronic equipment along with your ...

Page 5: ...r 17 2 2 1 Windows 2000 IP address setup 18 2 2 2 Windows XP IP address setup 20 2 2 3 Windows Vista Windows 7 IP address setup 22 2 2 4 Router IP address lookup 24 2 3 Using Quick Setup 28 2 3 1 Setup procedure for Cable Modem Dynamic IP 31 2 3 2 Setup procedure for Fixed IP xDSL 32 2 3 3 Setup procedure for PPPoE xDSL 34 2 3 4 Setup procedure for PPTP xDSL 36 2 3 5 Setup procedure for L2TP xDSL ...

Page 6: ...dure for WISP 66 2 5 9 Setup procedure for IPv6 69 2 6 Wired LAN Configurations 71 2 6 1 LAN IP section 73 2 6 2 DHCP Server 74 2 6 3 Static DHCP Leases Table 76 2 7 Wireless LAN Configurations 79 2 7 1 Basic Wireless Settings 81 2 7 1 1 Setup procedure for Access Point 83 2 7 1 2 Setup procedure for Station Infrastructure 86 2 7 1 3 Setup procedure for AP Bridge Point to Point 87 2 7 1 4 Setup pr...

Page 7: ...less Network 112 Chapter III Advanced Functions 113 3 1 Quality of Service QoS 113 3 1 1 Basic QoS Settings 114 3 1 2 Add a new QoS rule 117 3 2 Network Address Translation NAT 120 3 2 1 Basic NAT Settings Enable or disable NAT function 121 3 2 2 Port Forwarding 122 3 2 3 Virtual Server 125 3 2 4 Port Mapping for Special Applications 128 3 2 5 UPnP Setting 131 3 2 6 ALG Settings 132 3 3 Firewall 1...

Page 8: ...and firmware version 151 3 4 2 Internet Connection Status 152 3 4 3 Device Status 153 3 4 4 System Log 154 3 4 5 Security Log 155 3 4 6 Active DHCP client list 156 3 4 7 Statistics 157 3 5 Configuration Backup and Restore 158 3 6 Firmware Upgrade 159 3 7 System Reset 161 Chapter IV Appendix 162 4 1 Hardware Specification 162 4 2 Troubleshooting 163 ...

Page 9: ...ts by simply attaching a Comtrend switch to extend the scope of your network In addition all computers and IEEE 802 11b g n wireless enabled network devices including PDA cellular phone game console etc can connect to this wireless router without additional cabling Other features of this router include Allows multiple users to share a single Internet line Supports up to 253 users Access private LA...

Page 10: ...ions such as DHCP Client Log System Log 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 from a remote computer over the Internet ...

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

Page 12: ...to use this router please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your place of purchase to claim for missing items 1 Driver Utility QIG User Manual CD ROM 1 1 Broadband Router 2 1 Ethernet Cable 3 1 Printed QIG 4 2 1 3 4 ...

Page 13: ... WPS function is enabled Off Wireless network is switched off Flashing Wireless LAN activity transferring or receiving data WAN LNK ACT On WAN port is connected Off WAN port is not connected Flashing WAN 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 ...

Page 14: ...ll settings or start the WPS function Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults and press this button for less than 5 seconds to start the 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 ...

Page 15: ...between your new Wireless router and your computers network devices 1 Connect your xDSL cable modem to the WAN port of 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 port of the router ...

Page 16: ...anel The Power LED should be steadily on WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer network devices connected to the respective port 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 check the cabling or jump to 4 2 Troubleshooting for possible reasons and solutions ...

Page 17: ... able to get an IP address automatically using a dynamic IP address If it s set to use a static IP address or you re unsure follow the instructions below to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address If the operating system of your computer is Windows 2000 go to section 2 2 1 Windows XP go to section 2 2 2 Windows Vista or Windows 7 go to section 2 2 3 ...

Page 18: ...lick control panel Double click the Network and Dial up Connections icon click Local Area Connection and the Local Area Connection Properties window will appear Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click the Properties button 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click the OK button ...

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Page 20: ...ick control panel Double click the Network and Internet Connections icon click Network Connections then double click Local Area Connection the Local Area Connection Status window will appear and then click the Properties button 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click the OK button ...

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Page 22: ...er of your computer screen then click control panel Click View Network Status and Tasks and then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Network then select Properties The Local Area Connection Properties window will appear select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click the Properties button ...

Page 23: ...23 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click the OK button ...

Page 24: ...24 2 2 4 Router IP address lookup After the IP address setup is complete click start run at the bottom lower corner of your desktop Input cmd then click the OK button ...

Page 25: ...ained an IP address from the router start your web browser and input the IP address of the router in the address bar The following should be shown NOTE If the IP address of the Default Gateway is not displayed or the address is followed by an IP Address that begins with 169 please recheck the network connection between your computer and router and or go to the beginning of this chapter to recheck ...

Page 26: ...uter NOTE If you can t see the web management interface and you re being prompted to input the user name and password again it means you didn t input the username and password correctly Please retype the user name and password again If you re certain that the user name and password you type are correct please go to 4 2 Troubleshooting to perform a factory reset to set the password back to its defa...

Page 27: ...ckSetup General Setup Status Wireless and Tools You can find the shortcut which leads to these setting categories at the upper right side of every page and you can jump to another category directly by clicking the link you don t have to go back to the first page ...

Page 28: ...time zone of the location in which you live Time Server Input the IP address host name of the time Address 2 server to use if you don t want to use the default one Daylight If the country you live in uses daylight savings Savings 3 check the Enable Function box and choose the duration of daylight savings After you complete all settings click the Next 4 button 2 WAN Type 2 WAN Type 1 2 3 4 NOTE The...

Page 29: ... to section 2 3 2 PPPoE xDSL go to section 2 3 3 PPTP xDSL go to section 2 3 4 L2TP xDSL go to section 2 3 5 If you re not sure contact your Internet service provider A wrong Internet connection type will cause a 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 ...

Page 30: ...vice providers use DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol to assign IP address to you In this case you can choose Cable Modem as the Internet connection type even though you re using another connection type like xDSL ...

Page 31: ... address of your computer if your service provider only permits computers with a certain MAC address to access the Internet If you re using the computer which was used to connect to the Internet via cable modem you can simply press the Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer After you complete all settings click the OK 3 button if you want to go...

Page 32: ... subnet mask assigned by your service provider DNS address 3 Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by your service provider Service Provider Input the IP address of the DNS server Gateway Address 4 provided by your service provider 1 2 3 4 5 You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service provider incorrect setting values will cause connection problems ...

Page 33: ... the previous menu click the Back button 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 for further information ...

Page 34: ...me to this Internet service This is optional MTU 4 Input the MTU value of your network connection If you don t know you can use the default value Connection Select the Internet connection type Type 5 you wish to use detailed explanation listed below Idle Time Out 6 Input the idle time out detailed explanation listed below When you complete all settings click the OK 7 button if you want to go back ...

Page 35: ... Connect 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 by minute This option is only available when connection type is Connect ...

Page 36: ... address from your service provider here 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 service provider if you don t know how to fill in these fiel...

Page 37: ... password assigned by your Internet service provider PPTP Input the IP address of PPTP gateway Gateway 3 assigned by your Internet service provider Connection Input the connection ID This is ID 4 optional and you can leave it blank MTU 5 Input the MTU value of your network connection If you don t know you can use the default value 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 ...

Page 38: ...ype of Internet connection you wish to type 7 use refer to the previous section for detailed descriptions Idle Time Input the idle time out of the Internet connection Out 8 you wish to use and refer to the previous section 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 ...

Page 39: ...w you obtain IP address from your service provider You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP refer to the Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address equal to static IP address refer to the PPPoE xDSL section above WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even thought the PPTP settings are correct Contact your Internet se...

Page 40: ...y your Internet service provider L2TP Gateway 3 Input the IP address of L2TP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider MTU 4 Input the MTU value of your network connection If you don t know you can use the default value Connection Select the type of Internet connection you wish type 5 to use please refer to last section for detailed descriptions 1 2 4 3 5 7 6 ...

Page 41: ...ton if you want to go back to previous menu click the Back button Upon clicking the OK 7 button you ll see the following displayed on your web browser Click the Apply button to prepare to restart the router and you ll see this message After the countdownthen click the OK button You ll be brought back to the router management interface again and the router is ready with new settings ...

Page 42: ...rface and then click the General Setup link at the upper right side of the web management interface 2 4 1 Time zone and time auto synchronization Follow the instructions below to set time zone and time auto synchronization parameters Click the General Setup menu at the upper right side of the web management interface and then select System on the left menu bar followed by Time Zone ...

Page 43: ...hen you finish click the Apply button You ll see the following message displayed on the web browser Press the Continue button to save the settings and go back to the web management interface press the Apply button to save the settings made and restart the 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 ...

Page 44: ...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 Input current password Password 1 New Password 2 Input new password Confirmed Input new password again Password 3 When you finish click the Apply button If you want to keep the original password unchanged click t...

Page 45: ...rd again when you see the above message If you see the following message It means the content in Current Password field is wrong click the OK button to go back to previous menu and try to input current password again If the current and new passwords are correctly inputted after you click the Apply button you ll be prompted to input your new password ...

Page 46: ...46 Use the new password to enter the web management interface again ...

Page 47: ...en click Remote Management and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Host Address 1 Input the IP address of the remote host you wish to initiate management access with Port 2 You can define the port number this router should expect an incoming request from If you re providing a web service default port number is 80 you should try to use anoth...

Page 48: ...will 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 ...

Page 49: ...ynamic DNS here For WAN setup follow these instructions Click the WAN menu on the left of the web management interface Select an Internet connection method depending on the type of connection you re using 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 More Configuration button after a method is selected Dynamic IP go t...

Page 50: ...50 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 ...

Page 51: ...of your computer if your service provider only permits computers with certain MAC address to access the Internet If you re using a computer which is used to connect to the Internet via cable modem you can simply press the Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer After you complete all settings click the Apply 3 button if you want to remove the va...

Page 52: ...displayed on your web browser Click the Continue 1 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 while the router is rebooting ...

Page 53: ... provided by your service provider After you complete all settings click the Apply 4 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click Continue 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 ...

Page 54: ...ce provider Password 2 Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider Service Name 3 Give a name to this Internet service This is optional MTU 4 Input the MTU value of your network connection If you don t know you can use the default value Connection Select the type of Internet connection you Type 5 wish to use 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 ...

Page 55: ... sending or receiving after an idle time Manual After you have selected this option you will see the Connect button and Disconnect button click Connect and the router will connect to the ISP If you want to stop the connection click the Disconnect button Idle Time Out 6 If you have selected the connection type to Connect On Demand input the idle time out After you complete all settings click the Ap...

Page 56: ...tinue 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 ...

Page 57: ...from your service provider 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 The WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even though the PPTP settings are correct Contact your Internet service provider if you don t know what you should put in these fields...

Page 58: ... password assigned by your Internet service provider PPTP Gateway 3 Input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider Connection ID 4 Input the connection ID this is optional and you can leave it blank MTU 5 Input the MTU value of your network connection If you don t know you can use the default value 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 6 ...

Page 59: ...d refer to section 2 5 3 for detailed descriptions When you complete all settings click the Apply 9 button and the following will be displayed on your web browser Click Continue 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 wan...

Page 60: ...ssword assigned by your Internet service provider L2TP Input the IP address of L2TP gateway Gateway 3 assigned by your Internet service provider MTU 4 Input the MTU value of your network connection If you don t know you can use the default value Connection Select the type of Internet connection type 5 you wish to use refer to section 2 5 3 for detailed descriptions 1 2 4 3 5 7 6 ...

Page 61: ...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 Cancel button ...

Page 62: ...ason you can input the IP address of the DNS server here Here are descriptions of every setup item DNS Address 1 Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by your service provider Secondary Input the IP address of 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 DNS server i e only num...

Page 63: ...tinue 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 ...

Page 64: ...sers on the Internet as their IP address will vary every time when connected to the Internet This router supports the DDNS service of several service providers for example DynDNS http www dyndns org TZO http www tzo com Go to one of the DDNS service provider s WebPages listed above and get a free DDNS account by following the instructions given on their webpage Here are descriptions of every setup...

Page 65: ...rd Key 5 Input the 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 Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want ...

Page 66: ...set up the WAN connection type in the WAN page Here are descriptions of every setup item Disable Enable There are three selections for staEnable 1 wireless ISP functions Disable disables this function Enable enables this function and the router can connect to the access points installed by your wireless service provider Any clients associated with the router can access the Internet service through...

Page 67: ...elect Site Survey button then a Wireless Site Survey Table will pop up It will list all available access points nearby Select the access point designated by your wireless ISP in the table and the router will join the wireless network through this access point Security Settings 4 If the access point enables wireless security you have to follow the same settings in order to access the access point C...

Page 68: ...tinue 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 ...

Page 69: ... Select the required transition mechanism as assigned by your service provider LAN IPv6 Settings 2 Select the auto configuration method for IPv6 IPv6 Address 3 Input the IPv6 address for the LAN port Subnet Prefix Length 4 Default is set at 64 Only change if required to do so by your ISP 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 70: ...tinue 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 ...

Page 71: ...computers static IP address set the IP address for every computer manually and dynamic IP address IP addresses of computers will be assigned by the router automatically It s recommended for most of computers to obtain an IP address automatically as it will save a lot of time on setting IP addresses for every computer For servers and network devices which will provide services to other computers an...

Page 72: ...with 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...

Page 73: ...ate the 802 1d spanning tree Spanning Tree 3 function select Enabled for setup item 802 1d Spanning Tree or set it to Disabled DHCP Server 4 If you want to 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 ...

Page 74: ...P address assigned by this router from the drop down menu Start IP 2 Input the start IP address of the IP range End IP 3 Input the end IP address of the IP range Domain Name 4 If you wish you can also optionally input the domain name for your network This is 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 16...

Page 75: ...ust 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 ...

Page 76: ...an IP address to a specific computer permanently however you will not be able to assign a certain IP address to a specific computer since IP addresses will 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 Input the MAC address of the comput...

Page 77: ...button 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 want to delete all mappings click the Delete All 3 button After you complete all LAN settings click the Apply button on the bott...

Page 78: ...ontinue 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 while the router is rebooting ...

Page 79: ...ng attacked 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 re coming here because y...

Page 80: ...ontinue button to go back to the previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting ...

Page 81: ...splayed on your web browser This wireless router can work in 6 modes a Access Point Standard wireless AP b Station Infrastructure Configure the 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 Connect this router with another wireless router to expand the scope of the network ...

Page 82: ...own menu 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 Point to Point go to section 2 7 1 3 AP Bridge Point to Multi Point go to section 2 7 1 4 AP Bridge WDS go to section 2 7 1 5 Universal Repeater go to section 2 7 1 6 NOTE For AP Bridge Point to Point and AP Bridge Point to Multi Point mode the wireless ...

Page 83: ...cedure for Access Point Select Access 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 radio band from one of following options 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 84: ...y 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 clients 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 transf...

Page 85: ...ly without any problem However it s still useful to remember the channel number you use some wireless clients support manual channel number select and this would help in certain scenarios when 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 tha...

Page 86: ...y setup item Band 2 Select the band you want to use SSID 3 This is the name of the wireless network You can type the SSID of the network you would like to connect to here 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 access point Click the Select Site Survey button then a Wire...

Page 87: ...elect AP Bridge Point to 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 want to use the two wireless routers must use the same setting Channel Select the channel you want to use the two Number 3 wireless routers must use the same setting MAC address 1 4 Input the MAC address of another wireless router Se...

Page 88: ... Point to Multi 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 want to use all the wireless routers must use the same setting Channel Select the channel you want to use all the wireless Number 3 routers must use the same setting MAC address Input the MAC address of the other wireless 1 to 4 4 7 routers S...

Page 89: ...m 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 want to use all the wireless routers must use the same setting SSID 3 Input the SSID of your wireless router the setting should be the same with other wireless routers for the convenience of roaming 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 6 9 10 NOTE For WDS mode the output signal nature is t...

Page 90: ... 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 Input the MAC address of other wireless routers 1 to 4 6 9 Security Click to set security settings for this connection Settings 10 Go to section 2 7 3 Wireless Security for detailed instructions ...

Page 91: ... routers must use the same setting SSID 3 This is the name of the wireless router You can type any alphanumerical characters here maximum 32 characters SSID is used to identify your own wireless router from others when there are other wireless routers in the same area Default SSID is default it s recommended to change default SSID value to the one which is meaningful to you like myhome office_room...

Page 92: ...Select Site Survey button to choose a Root AP Site Survey 7 Click the Select Site 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 this access point After you complete the wireless settings click the Apply button after you click Apply the followi...

Page 93: ...ons of every setup item Fragment The threshold number of bytes for the Threshold 1 fragmentation boundary for directed messages It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent Do not modify the default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2346 RTS Threshold 2 The RTS Request To Send threshold parameter controls what size data packet number of bytes the low level RF protocol is...

Page 94: ...ess data transfer rate to a certain value Since most of wireless devices will negotiate with each other and pick a proper data transfer rate automatically it s not necessary to change this value unless you know what will happen after modification N Data Rate 6 Same as above but only for 802 11n clients Channel Width 7 Set channel width of wireless radio Do not modify the default value if you don t...

Page 95: ...less 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 wireless router should be able to work fine too Tx Power 11 Select the wireless transmitting power level from 10 to 100 When wireless clients ar...

Page 96: ...it s 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 while th...

Page 97: ...nstructions to set wireless security settings Select an encryption method from the 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 measure is enabled like MAC address access control see section 2 7 4 or disable ...

Page 98: ...of WEP key length 64 bit and 128 bit Using 128 bit is safer than 64 bit but will reduce some data transfer performance Key Format 3 There are two types of key format ASCII and Hex When you select a key format the number of characters of key will be displayed For example if you select 64 bit as key length and Hex as key format you ll see the message at the right of Key Format is Hex 10 characters w...

Page 99: ...key format you can use characters 0 9 a f and A F You must input at 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 1x is an authentication protocol Every Authentication 6 user must use a valid account to login to this wireless router before accessing the wireless LAN The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server...

Page 100: ...e of your own ASCII 5 characters pilot 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 l...

Page 101: ...l use WPA 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 options are WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select any one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client supports the cipher you selected Pre shared Select the type of pre shared key yo...

Page 102: ...yed 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 NOTE Some wireless clients especially those manufactured before 2003 only support WEP or WPA TKIP cipher A driver upgrade would be needed ...

Page 103: ...options are WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select any one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client supports the cipher you selected RADIUS Server Input the IP address of your IP address 3 Radius authentication server RADIUS Server Input the port number of your Port 4 Radius authentication server Default setting is 1812 RADIUS Server Input the password of your Radius Passwor...

Page 104: ...ng 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 30 seconds while the router is rebooting ...

Page 105: ...ion 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 right side of the web management interface then click Access Control and the following will be displayed on your web browser All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in the MAC Address Filtering ...

Page 106: ...nchecked the wireless router will not enforce MAC address filtering of wireless clients MAC Address 5 Input the MAC address of your wireless devices here dash or colon are not required i e If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates aa bb cc dd ee ff or aa bb cc dd ee ff just input aabbccddeeff Comment 6 You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC address like ROOM 2A Com...

Page 107: ...l 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 the router is rebooting If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously ...

Page 108: ...ration PBC and PIN code If you want to use PBC you have to push a specific button on the wireless client to start WPS 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 PIN code of wireless client and switch it to W...

Page 109: ...heck it to disable WPS WPS Information 2 WPS related system information will be displayed here WPS Status If the wireless security encryption function of this wireless router is properly set you ll see Configured message here If wireless security function has not been set you ll see unConfigured 5 4 2 1 3 ...

Page 110: ...ireless router before WPS is activated the router will auto set the security to WPA AES and generate a set of passphrase key for WPS connection Passphrase Key The wireless security key of the router will be displayed here Config Mode 3 Select Registrar or Enrollee from the drop down menu Configure by Click Start PBC to start the Push Button style WPS Push Button 4 setup procedure This wireless rou...

Page 111: ...e PIN code of the wireless client you by client wish to connect and click the Start PIN button PinCode 5 The WLAN LED on the wireless router will be steady on when this wireless router is waiting for an incoming WPS request ...

Page 112: ... is capable of keeping the key or passphrase for you so you only have to input the complicated key or passphrase once It s not too troublesome but will greatly improve the security level 3 You can hide the ESSID of this router by setting the Broadcast ESSID option to Disable Your wireless router will not be found by other people in proximity if they re just using the AP scanning function of their ...

Page 113: ...out QoS all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to get Internet bandwidth and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth like video streaming and network telephone will be affected therefore an 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 ...

Page 114: ...l 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 box if you don t want to 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 ...

Page 115: ...ant to edit then click the Edit button Only one rule should be selected at a time If you didn t select a rule before clicking the Edit button you ll be prompted to add a new rule Delete 7 You can delete selected rules by clicking this button You can select one or more rules to delete by checking the select the box of the rule s you want to delete If the QoS table is empty this button will be graye...

Page 116: ...ick 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 want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously saved values...

Page 117: ...le up to 15 alphanumerical characters 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 ...

Page 118: ...on a single port just input the port number like 80 Remote IP Specify the remote destination IP address Address e that will be affected by this rule Input the starting IP address in the left field and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address Remote Port Input the range of remote destin...

Page 119: ... this rule available options are TCP and UDP If you don t know what protocol your application uses try TCP first and switch to UDP if this rule doesn t seem to work After you complete all settings click the save button i you ll be brought back to previous menu and the rule you just set will appear in the current QoS table if you did anything wrong you ll get an error message when you click the Sav...

Page 120: ...ssigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connected to the Internet but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user Therefore it s necessary to use NAT technology to share a single Internet IP address to multiple computers on a local network so everyone can get connected to the Internet Follow the instructions below to set NAT parameters ...

Page 121: ...nable 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 the router ...

Page 122: ...be the same If the port number of Internet IP address and private IP address are different use the Virtual Server function described in the next section Click the NAT menu on the left of the general setup interface then click Port Forwarding and the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable Port Check this box to enable port forwarding Forward...

Page 123: ...type of connection TCP or UDP If you re not sure select Both Port Range 5 Input the starting port number in the left field and input the ending port number in the right field If you only want to redirect a single port number just fill the port number in the left field Comment 6 Input any text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters Add 7 Add the mapping to port forwarding table...

Page 124: ...12 Unselect 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 al...

Page 125: ...can also build many sets of port redirection to provide many different Internet services on different local computers via a single Internet IP 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 Ser...

Page 126: ...ivate Port 4 Input the port number of the IP address that provides the Internet service Type 5 Select the type of connection TCP or UDP If you re not sure select Both Public Port 6 Select the port number of the Internet IP address which will be redirected to the port number of the local IP address defined above Comment 7 Input any text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters Ad...

Page 127: ...existing 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 ...

Page 128: ...1 Check this box to enable special applications and uncheck this box to disable the virtual server IP Address 2 Input the IP address of the computer that you 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 without checking the IP address of the computer TCP Port to Open 4 This is the...

Page 129: ...Table Add 8 Add the setting to the Current Trigger Port Table Reset 9 Clicking the Reset button will clear all above settings and you can set up again Current Trigger Port All the settings for the special applications will be 10 listed here If you want to remove some Special Application settings from the Current Trigger Port Table select the Special Application settings you want to remove in the t...

Page 130: ...N client can use a 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 i...

Page 131: ...interface 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...

Page 132: ... and the following will be displayed on your web browser There are many applications listed here Check the box of the special support for 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 ...

Page 133: ...irewall function 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 proce...

Page 134: ...cess 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 address based Filtering 1 filtering and select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of the MAC filtering table If you select deny all MAC addresses listed in the filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network if you select allow only ...

Page 135: ...t checking the IP address of the computer Comment 4 You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC address like ROOM 2A Computer or anything You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here This is optional and you can leave it blank however it s recommended to use this field to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a memory aid Add 5 Click the Add button to add the MAC address a...

Page 136: ...ss based Filtering 11 filtering and select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of the IP filtering table If you select deny all IP addresses listed in the filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network if you select allow only IP addresses listed in the filtering table will be able to connect to the network and all other network devices will be rejected IP Filtering All existing IP...

Page 137: ...Delete All 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 setti...

Page 138: ...138 3 3 1 1 Add PC After this button is clicked the following will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup item a b c d e f ...

Page 139: ...u can check multiple services Protocol d If the service you need is not listed above you can create a new service on your own Select TCP or UDP if you re not sure select Both Port Range e Input the port range of the new service here If you want to specify port 80 to 90 input 80 90 if you want to apply this rule on a single port just input the port number like 80 Add f When you complete all setting...

Page 140: ...e site 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...

Page 141: ...tton to remove the value you inputted in the URL Keyword field Current URL All existing URL Keywords in the filtering Blocking Table 5 table will be listed here Delete 6 If you want to delete a specific URL Keyword entry check the select box of the MAC address you want to delete and then click the Delete button You can select more than one MAC address Delete All 7 If you want to delete all URL Key...

Page 142: ...ontinue 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 ...

Page 143: ...lt in 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...

Page 144: ...an 3 Some malicious intruders will try to use a port scanner to know how many ports of your Internet IP address are open and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing so Check this box and the router will block all traffics that are trying to scan your Internet IP address Sync Flood 4 This is another kind of attack which uses a lot of fake connection request to consume the memory of ...

Page 145: ...tinue 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 ...

Page 146: ...hen this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Check the Ping of Death box and input the frequency of threshold how many packets per second minute or hour you can also input the Burst value which means when this number of Ping of Death packet is received in a very short time this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Discard Ping Check the box to activate this DoS prevention From WAN b m...

Page 147: ...complete 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 prev...

Page 148: ...oo But these private IP addresses are mapped to a certain Internet IP address so other people on Internet can 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 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...

Page 149: ...e IP address that the address 3 Internet IP address will 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 without checking the IP address of the computer Add 5 Click the Add button to add the public IP address and associated private IP address to the DMZ table Reset 6 Click the Reset button to ...

Page 150: ... the Reset 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...

Page 151: ...upper right side of the web management interface 3 4 1 System information and firmware version You can use this function to view the system information and firmware version of this router Click the Status link located at the upper right side of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser NOTE Information displayed here may vary ...

Page 152: ...nction to view the status of the current Internet connection Click the Internet Connection 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 ...

Page 153: ...e this function to know the status of your router Click the Device Status 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 ...

Page 154: ...tem Log menu on the left of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser The system events will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every button Save 1 Save current event log to a text file Clear 2 Delete all event logs displayed here Refresh 3 Refresh the event log display 1 2 3 ...

Page 155: ...router Click the Security Log menu on the left of the web management interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser The system events will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every button Save 1 Save current event log to a text file Clear 2 Delete all event logs displayed here Refresh 3 Refresh the event log display 1 2 3 ...

Page 156: ...l active 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 ...

Page 157: ...the statistics of wireless LAN and 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 the Refresh button to display the latest information ...

Page 158: ...very button Backup Press the Save button and you ll be prompted to Settings 1 download the configuration as a file default filename is config bin you can save it as another filename for different versions and keep it in a safe place Restore Press Browse to pick a previously saved Settings 2 configuration file from your computer and then click the Upload button to transfer the configuration file to...

Page 159: ... You can also use this firmware upgrade function to add new functions to your router even fix the bugs of this router To upgrade firmware follow the instructions below Click Tools located at the upper right side of the web management interface then click Firmware Upgrade on the left of the web management interface then the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Next button and t...

Page 160: ...d click the Apply button and the router will start the firmware upgrade procedure automatically The procedure may take several minutes 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 deale...

Page 161: ...an perform a router reset To do so click Tools located at the upper right side of the web management interface then click Reset on the left of the web management interface then the following will be displayed on your web browser Click the Apply button to reset your router and it will be available again after a few moments ...

Page 162: ...na 2dBi Dipole Antenna x 1 1T1R 1 antenna is for signal transmitting and 1 antenna is for signal receiving Power 5VDC 1A Switching Power Adapter Dimensions 30 H x 127 W x 96 D mm Transmit Power 11n 12dBm 1 5dBm 11g 12dBm 1 5dBm 11b 16dBm 1 5dBm Temperature 32 104 F 0 40 C Humidity 10 90 NonCondensing Certification FCC ...

Page 163: ...are off check the status of the A C power adapter and make sure it s correctly powered c You must use the same IP 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 restore your router to factory default settings pressing the reset button for over 10 seconds e Set your computer to obtain an IP addres...

Page 164: ...words again d Call your Internet service provider and check if there s something wrong with their service e If you just can t connect to one or more websites but you can still use other Internet services check the URL Keyword filter f Try to reset the router and try again later g Reset or reboot the device provided by your Internet service provider I can t locate my router with my wireless client ...

Page 165: ...der to know if there is something wrong with their network I can t log onto the web management interface password is wrong a Make sure you re connecting to the correct IP address of the router b The password is case sensitive Make sure the Caps Lock light is not illuminated c If you forget the password do a hard reset by holding in the reset button for 10 seconds The date and time of all event log...

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