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300 MBIT DUAL BAND

WIRELESS ACCESS

POINT | ROUTER

User Manual

DN-70590

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Page 1: ...300 MBIT DUAL BAND WIRELESS ACCESS POINT ROUTER User Manual DN 70590 ...

Page 2: ...respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequ...

Page 3: ...off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution ...

Page 4: ...n exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm 8 inches during normal operation The antenna s used for this transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter The equipment version marketed in US is...

Page 5: ... of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use i...

Page 6: ... 98 Me IP address setup 2 2 2 Windows 2000 IP address setup 2 2 3 Windows XP IP address setup 2 2 4 Windows Vista IP address setup 2 2 5 Router IP address lookup 2 3 Using Quick Setup 2 3 1 Setup procedure for Cable Modem 2 3 2 Setup procedure for Fixed IP xDSL 2 3 3 Setup procedure for PPPoE xDSL 2 3 4 Setup procedure for PPTP xDSL 2 3 5 Setup procedure for L2TP xDSL 2 3 6 Setup procedure for Tel...

Page 7: ... Table 2 7 Wireless LAN Configurations 2 7 1 Basic Wireless Settings 2 7 1 1 Setup procedure for AP 2 7 1 2 Setup procedure for Station Infrastructure 2 7 1 3 Setup procedure for AP Bridge Point to Point 2 7 1 4 Setup procedure for AP Bridge Point to Multi Point 2 7 1 5 Setup procedure for AP Bridge WDS 2 7 1 6 Setup procedure for Universal Repeater 2 7 2 Advanced Wireless Settings 2 7 3 Wireless ...

Page 8: ...ications 3 2 5 UPnP Setting 3 2 6 ALG Settings 3 3 Firewall 3 3 1 Access Control 3 3 1 1 Add PC 3 3 2 URL Blocking 3 3 3 DoS Attack Prevention 3 3 3 1 DoS Advanced Settings 3 3 4 Demilitarized Zone DMZ 3 4 System Status 3 4 1 System information and firmware version 3 4 2 Internet Connection Status 3 4 3 Device Status 3 4 4 System Log 3 4 5 Active DHCP client list 3 4 6 Statistics 3 5 System Tools ...

Page 9: ...CHAPTER IV APPENDIX 4 1 Hardware Specification 4 2 Troubleshooting 4 3 Glossary ...

Page 10: ...vices grow you can also expand the number of network slot by simple attach a hub or switch to extend the scope of your network With built in both 2 4GHz and 5GHz radios this router supports both of the IEEE 802 11b g n and 802 11a n wireless network capabilities simultaneously all computers and wireless enabled network devices including PDA cellular phone game console and more can connect to this ...

Page 11: ...HCP Server Client for easy IP address setup Support multiple wireless modes like AP Station Infrastructure Wireless Bridge and Universal Repeater Advanced network and security features like Special Applications QoS DMZ Virtual Servers Access Control Firewall Allow you to monitor the router s status like DHCP Client Log System Log Security Log and Device Connection Status Easy to use Web based GUI ...

Page 12: ...er 3 years old They may put the small parts in their nose or month and it could cause serious damage to them KEEP THIS ROUTER OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 6 The router will become hot when being used for long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put this router on paper cloth or other flammable materials 7 There s no user serviceable part inside the router If you found that the router ...

Page 13: ...dem with a 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 14: ...e this router please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items Gigabit router main body 1 pcs 1 Quick installation guide 1 pcs 2 User manual CDROM 1 pcs 3 A C power adapter 1 pcs 4 ...

Page 15: ...led 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 port is connected Off WAN port is not connected Flashing WAN activity transferring or receiving data LAN 1 4 1000M On LAN port is linked in 1000...

Page 16: ...gs or start WPS function Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults press this button for less than 5 seconds once to start 2 4GHz wireless WPS function and press this button for less than 5 seconds twice to start 5GHz wireless WPS function WAN Wide Area Network WAN Internet port 1 4 Local Area Network LAN ports 1 to 4 Power Power connector connects to A ...

Page 17: ...ices other than computers like game console or switch hub to the LAN port of the router 3 Connect the A C power adapter to the wall socket and then connect it to the Power socket of the router 4 Please check all LEDs on the front panel PWR LED should be steadily on WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer network device connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctl...

Page 18: ... start configuration procedures your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically use dynamic IP address If it s set to use static IP address or you re unsure please follow the following instructions to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address If the operating system of your computer is Windows 95 98 Me please go to section 2 2 1 Windows 2000 please go to section 2 2 2 Windows...

Page 19: ... 98 Me IP address setup 1 Click Start button it should be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network icon and Network window will appear Select TCP IP then click Properties ...

Page 20: ...11 2 Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server and then click OK ...

Page 21: ...ld be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network and Dial up Connections icon click Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties ...

Page 22: ...13 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 23: ...d be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network and Internet Connections icon click Network Connections then double click Local Area Connection Local Area Connection Status window will appear and then click Properties ...

Page 24: ...15 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 25: ...ner of your computer then click control panel Click View Network Status and Tasks and then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Network then select Properties Local Area Connection Properties window will appear select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click Properties ...

Page 26: ...17 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 27: ...18 2 2 5 Router IP address lookup After the IP address setup is complete please click start run at the bottom lower corner of your desktop Input cmd then click OK ...

Page 28: ...router is 192 168 2 1 please note that this value may be different NOTE If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed or the address followed by IP Address begins with 169 please recheck network connection between your computer and router and or go to the beginning of this chapter to recheck every step of network setup procedure ...

Page 29: ... router s management interface by web browser After your computer obtained an IP address from router please start your web browser and input the IP address of router in address bar The following message should be shown ...

Page 30: ...and password correctly Please retype user name and password again If you re certain about 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 default value TIP This page shows the four major setting categories Quick Setup General Setup Status and Tools You can find the shortcut which leads to these setting categori...

Page 31: ... Setup procedure which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short time Please follow the following instructions to complete the Quick Setup Please go to QuickSetup menu by clicking QuickSetup button HERE ...

Page 32: ...rver Address 2 here Daylight If the country you live uses daylight saving Savings 3 please check Enable Function box and choose the duration of daylight saving After you finish with all settings please click Apply 4 button 2 Broadband Type 1 2 3 4 NOTE There are several time servers available on internet 129 6 15 28 time a nist gov 132 163 4 101 time a timefreq bldrdoc gov 131 107 1 10 time nw nis...

Page 33: ...nternet service provider A wrong Internet connection type will cause connection problem and you will not be able to connect to internet If you want to go back to previous step please press Back button on the bottom of this page 2 3 1 Setup procedure for Cable Modem NOTE Some service providers use DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol to assign IP address to you In this case you can choose Cable...

Page 34: ...f your computer here if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet If you re using the computer which used to connect to Internet via cable modem you can simply press Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer After you finish with all settings please click OK 3 button if you want to go back to previous ...

Page 35: ...ut the IP address of DNS server Gateway Address 4 provided by your service provider When you finish with all settings press OK 5 if you want to go back to previous menu click Back 2 3 3 Setup procedure for PPPoE xDSL 1 2 3 4 5 NOTE You can choose this Internet connection method if your service provider assigns a fixed IP address also know as static address to you and not using DHCP or PPPoE protoc...

Page 36: ...ternet service this is optional MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type 5 connection you wish to use detailed explanation listed below Idle Time Out 6 Please input idle time out detailed explanation listed below When you finish with all settings please click OK 7 if yo...

Page 37: ...isconnect connect on Demand only connects to Internet when there s a connect attempt and Manual only connects to Internet when Connect button on this page is pressed and disconnects when Disconnect button is pressed Idle Time Out Specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected by minute This option is only available when connection type is Connect on Demand ...

Page 38: ...ce provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please 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 those settings of PPTP settings are correct Please contact your Internet service provider if you don t know what you should fill in thes...

Page 39: ...MTU 5 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value BEZEQ ISRAEL 6 Setting item BEZEQ ISRAEL is only required to Check if you re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type 7 connection you wish to use please refer to last section for detailed descriptions Idle Time Plea...

Page 40: ...dress from your service provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address equal to static IP address please refer to PPPoE xDSL section above WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct Please contact your Inter...

Page 41: ...ice provider here MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type 5 connection you wish to use please refer to last section for detailed descriptions Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet Out 6 connection you wish to use and refer to last section for detailed de...

Page 42: ...e 1 Please input the user name assigned by Telstra Password 2 Please input the password assigned by Telstra Assign login Check this box to choose login server manually 3 server by yourself Server IP Address 4 Please input the IP address of login server here When you finish with all settings click OK 5 if you want to go back to previous menu click Back 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 43: ...e displayed on your web browser Please click Apply button to prepare to restart the router and you ll see this message Please wait for about 30 seconds then click OK button You ll be back to router management interface again and the router is ready with new settings ...

Page 44: ...e the time zone password and remote management settings Please start your web browser and log onto router web management interface then click General Setup button on the left or click General Setup link at the upper right corner of web management interface HERE ...

Page 45: ...ou want to enable daylight savings setting please check Enable box and set the duration of daylight setting When you finish click Apply You ll see the following message displayed on web browser Press Continue to save the settings made and back to web management interface press Apply to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots NOTE You can refe...

Page 46: ...nge password please follow the following instructions Please click System menu on the left of web management interface then click Password Settings and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Current Please input current password here Password 1 New Password 2 Please input new password here Confirmed Please input new password here agai...

Page 47: ... not the same you ll see the following message Please retype the new password again when you see above message If you see the following message It means the content in Current Password field is wrong please click OK to go back to previous menu and try to input current password again ...

Page 48: ...nd new passwords are correctly entered after you click Apply you ll be prompted to input your new password Please use new password to enter web management interface again and you should be able to login with new password ...

Page 49: ...eb management interface then click Remote Management and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Host Address 1 Input the IP address of the remote host you wish to initiate a management access Port 2 You can define the port number this router should expect an incoming request If you re providing a web service default port number is 80 ...

Page 50: ...ss it will not be a problem but if the IP address your service provider assigns to you will vary every time you establish an internet connection this will be a problem Please either asks your service provider to give you a static IP address or use dynamic IP to host name mapping services like DDNS Please refer to chapter 2 5 8 DDNS client for details NOTE Default port number the web browser will u...

Page 51: ...ill be displayed on your web browser Please select an Internet connection method depend 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 please click More Configuration button after a method is selected Dynamic IP Please go to section 2 5 1 Static IP Please go to section 2 5 2 PPPoE Please go...

Page 52: ...t MAC address of your computer if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet If you re using the computer which used to connect to Internet via cable modem you can simply press Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer After you finish with all settings please click Apply 3 if you want to remove and val...

Page 53: ...will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue 1 to back to previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 54: ... every setup items IP Address 1 Please input IP address assigned by your service provider Subnet Mask 2 Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider Default Gateway 3 Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 55: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 56: ...e to this Internet service this is optional MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type 5 connection you wish to use Continuous The connection will be kept always on If the connection is interrupted the router will re connect automatically Connect On Demand Only connect wh...

Page 57: ...selected the connection type to Connect On Demand please input the idle time out After you finish with all settings please click Apply 7 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds...

Page 58: ...ovider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please 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 those settings of PPTP settings are correct Please contact your Internet service provider if you don t know what you should fill in these fie...

Page 59: ... the connection ID here this is optional and you can leave it blank MTU 5 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value BEZEQ ISRAEL 6 If you are connecting to the BEZEQ network in Israel Please enable this function Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type 7 connection you wish to use please refer to section 2 5 3 for de...

Page 60: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 61: ...s of PPTP gateway Gateway 3 assigned by your Internet service provider here MTU 4 Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Please select the connection type of Internet connection type 5 you wish to use please refer to section 2 5 3 for detailed descriptions Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet connection Out ...

Page 62: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 63: ... service in Australia You need to input User Name 1 Please input the user name assigned by Telstra Password 2 Please input the password assigned by Telstra Assign login Check this box to choose login server by yourself server manually 3 Server IP Address 4 Please input the IP address of login server here 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 64: ...Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 65: ...on you can input the IP address of DNS server here Here are descriptions of every setup items DNS Address 1 Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider Secondary Please input the IP address of another DNS DNS Address 2 server provided by your service provider this is optional NOTE Only IP address can be entered here DO NOT use the hostname of DNS server i e only num...

Page 66: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 67: ...ternet because their IP address will vary every time when connected to Internet and other user will not be able to know the IP address they re using at a certain time This router supports DDNS service of several service providers for example DynDNS http www dyndns org TZO http www tzo com Please go to one of DDNS service provider s webpage listed above and get a free DDNS account by the instructio...

Page 68: ...egistration E Mail 4 Password Key 5 Input DDNS service password or key After you finish with all settings please click Apply 6 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while rou...

Page 69: ...ble this function Enable enable this function and the router can also act as an access point and allow the wireless clients to associate to it for WAN access service Note In this mode if you are informed by your wireless ISP that the wireless settings of the access point is changed please configure the router in this page for matching the settings Enable Station Mode Only enable this function and ...

Page 70: ...ess band is used for the network and then select the wireless band here Site Survey 5 Click Select 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 wireless network through this access point Security Setting 6 If the access point enables wire...

Page 71: ...ser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 72: ...ress set the IP address for every computer manually and dynamic IP address IP address of computers will be assigned by router automatically It s recommended for most of computers to use dynamic IP address it will save a lot of time on setting IP addresses for every computer especially when there are a lot of computers in your network for servers and network devices which will provide services to o...

Page 73: ...o 253 clients so you can set 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 subnet mask which allows up to 253 clients this also meets router s capability of working with up to 253 clients 3 For all servers and network devices which will provide services to other people like...

Page 74: ... to activate 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 DHCP server function of this router select Enabled or set it to Disabled Recommended Value if you don t know what to fill IP Address 192 168 2 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 802 1d Spanning Tree Disabled DHCP Server Enabled 1 3 2 4 ...

Page 75: ...nge Domain Name 4 If you wish you can also optionally input the domain name for your network This is optional Recommended Value 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 End IP 192 168 2 200 Domain Name leave it blank NOTE 1 The number of the last field mentioned d field of End IP must be greater than Start IP and can n...

Page 76: ...ssign 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 items 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 computer or network device total 12 characters with character from 0 to 9 and from a to...

Page 77: ...Selected button 2 if you want to delete all mappings click Delete All 3 If you want to deselect all mappings click Reset 4 After you finish all LAN settings please click Apply button on the bottom of this page After you click Apply the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click Apply to reboot th...

Page 78: ...upports both 2 4GHz and 5GHz wireless bands simultaneously the wireless settings for both wireless bands are almost the same The following sections will only highlight the different descriptions between these two selections Enter into General Setup page select 2 4GHz Wireless or 5GHz Wireless to configure the wireless settings for the different wireless radio Please follow the following instructio...

Page 79: ... wireless function please select Disable 2 then click Apply 3 button After you click Apply 3 the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting 1 3 2 ...

Page 80: ...Basic Settings and the following message will be displayed on your web browser 2 4GHz Wireless 5GHz Wireless This wireless router can be work in 6 modes a Access Point Standard wireless AP b Station Infrastructure Configure the router to Ethernet device such us TV Game player HDD DVD to enable the Ethernet device be a wireless station ...

Page 81: ... want to use from Mode dropdown menu 1 and continue on other operation mode specific settings Access Point Please go to section 2 7 1 1 Station Infrastructure Please go to section 2 7 1 2 AP Bridge Point to Point Please go to section 2 7 1 3 AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Please go to section 2 7 1 4 AP Bridge WDS Please go to section 2 7 1 5 Universal Repeater Please go to section 2 7 1 6 NOTE Fo...

Page 82: ...Access Point Settings Here are descriptions of every setup items Band 2 Please select the radio band from one of following options 2 4GHz Band 2 4 GHz B this mode only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps 2 4 GHz N this mode only allows 802 11n wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 300Mbps 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 83: ... 5GHz A this mode allows 802 11a wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 54Mbps for 802 11a clients 5GHz N this mode allows 802 11n wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 300Mbps for 802 11n clients 5GHz A N this mode allows 802 11a and 802 11n wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 54Mbps for 802 11a clients ...

Page 84: ...ember the channel number you use some wireless client supports manual channel number select and this would help in certain scenario when there is some radio communication problem The available channels numbers for the following band are 2 4GHz Band The available channel numbers are 1 to 13 for European countries 1 to 11 for USA 5GHz Band The available channel numbers are 36 to 140 36 48 52 64 100 ...

Page 85: ...a wireless network through an access point or AP router 2 4GHz Station Infrastructure Settings 5GHz Station Infrastructure Settings TIPS You can try to change channel number to another one if you think the data transfer rate is too slow There could be some other wireless routers using the same channel which will disturb the radio communication between wireless client and the wireless router 1 2 3 ...

Page 86: ...e Survey 4 When you use this wireless router as a wireless station for Ethernet network device to have wireless capability you have to associate it with a working access point Click 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 it will join wireless LAN through this access poi...

Page 87: ...lients in this mode of two wireless routers will think they re on the same physical network This function is very convenient when you need to connect two networks between two buildings Here are instructions about how to connect two wireless routers together 2 4GHz AP Bridge Point to Point Settings 5GHz AP Bridge Point to Point Settings NOTE Two wireless routers must use the same mode band channel ...

Page 88: ...the same setting Channel Select the channel you want to use two wireless Number 3 routers must use the same setting MAC address 1 4 Input the MAC address of another wireless router Security Click to setting security for this connection Settings 5 Please go to section 2 7 3 Wireless Security for detailed instructions ...

Page 89: ...r wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless network and all clients wired only AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode of the wireless routers will think they re on the same physical network 2 4GHz AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Settings 5GHz AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Settings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 90: ...ame 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 other wireless routers 1 to 4 4 7 Security Click to set security settings for this connection Setting 8 Please go to section 2 7 3 Wireless Security for detailed instructions ...

Page 91: ...rk by combining up to four other access points together and every access point can still accept wireless clients 2 4GHz AP Bridge WDS Settings 5GHz AP Bridge WDS Settings 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 6 9 10 NOTE For WDS mode the output signal nature is the same as that of normal AP mode 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 6 9 10 ...

Page 92: ...hannel you want to use all the wireless Number 4 routers must use the same setting Associated Clients 5 Click 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 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...

Page 93: ...unction to service all wireless stations within its coverage 2 4GHz Universal Repeater Settings 5GHz Universal Repeater Settings 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 NOTE For Repeater Mode this router will demodulate the received signal checking if this signal is noise for the operating network then have the signal modulated and amplified again The output power of this mode is the same as that of WDS and normal AP mode ...

Page 94: ...nel you want to use all the wireless Number 4 clients must use the same setting Associated Clients 5 Click 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 connecting to the access point Root AP SSID 6 In Universal Repeater mode this device can act as a station to connect to a Root AP You should assign the S...

Page 95: ...lick Apply the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on router setup or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 96: ...n your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Fragment Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio Threshold 1 Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2346 RTS Threshold 2 Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Beacon Interval 3 Set the beacon interval of wireless radi...

Page 97: ...fy default value if you don t know what it is default setting is Auto 20 40 MHz Preamble Type 8 Set the type of preamble do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default setting is Short Preamble Broadcast ESSID 9 Decide if the wireless router will broadcast its own ESSID or not You can hide the ESSID of your wireless router set the option to Disable so only people those who know t...

Page 98: ...ormance of multimedia contents when they re being transferred over wireless network If you don t know what it is not sure if you need it it s safe to set this option to Enable however default value is Disable After you finish these wireless settings please click Apply button button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu ...

Page 99: ...ing instructions to set wireless security settings Please select an encryption method from Encryption dropdown menu there are four options 2 7 3 1 Disable wireless security When you select this mode data encryption is disabled and every wireless device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless router if no other security measure is enabled like MAC address access control see section 2 7 4...

Page 100: ...en 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 which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters Default Tx Key 4 You can set up to four sets of WEP key and you can decide which key is being used by default here If you don t know...

Page 101: ...n to this wireless router before accessing the wireless LAN The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802 1x but it does not encryption the data during communication If there is a RADIUS server in you environment please enable this function Check this box and another sub menu will appear RADIUS Server Please input the IP address of radius IP addre...

Page 102: ... examples use the one 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 security level do not use those words which can be found in a dictionary or too easy to remember pilot and phone listed above are bad examples just intended to show you how a ...

Page 103: ... Available options are WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected Pre shared Select the type of pre shared key you Key Format 3 can select Passphrase 8 or more alphanumerical characters up to 63 or Hex 64 characters of 0 9 and a f Pre shared Please input the WPA passphrase here Key 4 It s not recommende...

Page 104: ...evious setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting NOTE Some wireless clients especially those manufactured before year 2003 only support WEP or WPA TKIP cipher A driver upgrade would be needed for those clients to use WPA and WPA2 encryption ...

Page 105: ...WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected RADIUS Server Please input the IP address of your IP address 3 Radius authentication server here RADIUS Server Please input the port number of your Port 4 Radius authentication server here Default setting is 1812 RADIUS Server Please input the password of your ...

Page 106: ... following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 107: ...se this function with other security measures described in previous section to create a safer wireless environment Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function Please click 2 4GHz Wireless or 5GHz Wireless menu on the left of web management interface then click Access Control and the following message will be displayed on your web browser All allowed MAC addresses will be displaye...

Page 108: ...f 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 Computer or anything You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters he...

Page 109: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 110: ...e 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 Reset WPS button of this wireless router or click 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 WPS mode then provide the PIN c...

Page 111: ...d wireless devices SSID The SSID of this wireless router will be displayed here Authentication Mode The wireless security authentication mode of this wireless router will be displayed here If you don t enable security function of the wireless 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 wi...

Page 112: ...tes The WLAN LED on the wireless router will be steady on for 2 minutes when this wireless router is waiting for incoming WPS request Configure Please input the PIN code of the wireless client you by client wish to connect and click Start PIN button PinCode 5 The WLAN LED on the wireless router will be steady on when this wireless router is waiting for incoming WPS request ...

Page 113: ...ess client is capable to keep the key or passphrase for you so you only have to input the complicated key or passphrase once It s not too trouble but will greatly improve security level 3 You can hide the ESSID of this router by set 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 wireless ...

Page 114: ...d 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 for a specific computer to av...

Page 115: ...t 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 Total Upload You can set the limit of total upload Bandwidth 3 bandwidth in kbits To disable upload bandwidth limitation input 0 here Current QoS All existing QoS rules will be displayed here Ta...

Page 116: ...ou can select one or more rules to delete by check the select the box of the rule s you want to delete a time If the QoS table is empty this button will be grayed out and can not be clicked Delete All 8 By clicking this button you can delete all rules currently in the QoS table If the QoS table is empty this button will be grayed out and can not be clicked Move Up 9 You can pull up the priority of...

Page 117: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 118: ... QoS guarantee guaranteed usable bandwidth for this rule or max set the maximum bandwidth for the application allowed by this rule Local IP Specify the local source IP address Address c that will be affected by this rule Please 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 f...

Page 119: ... just leave it blank Traffic Type g Please select the traffic type of this rule available options are None SMTP HTTP POP3 and FTP You can select a specific traffic type for this rule if you want to make this rule as a IP address based rule apply the limitation on all traffics from to the specified IP address port number select None Protocol h Please select the protocol type of this rule available ...

Page 120: ... Therefore it s necessary to use NAT technology to share a single Internet IP address to multiple computers on local network so everyone can get connected to Internet Please follow the following instructions to set NAT parameters 3 2 1 Basic NAT Settings Enable or disable NAT function Please click NAT menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your ...

Page 121: ...llowing message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting ...

Page 122: ... Please click NAT menu on the left of web management interface then click Port Forwarding and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable Port Check this box to enable port mapping Forwarding 1 and uncheck this box to disable port mapping Private IP 2 Input the IP address of the computer on local network which provides internet serv...

Page 123: ...o describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters Add 7 Add the mapping to port forwarding table Reset 8 Remove all inputted values Port Forwarding All existing port forwarding mappings will Table 9 be displayed here Delete 10 Please select a port forwarding mapping by clicking the Select box of the mapping then click Delete Selected button to remove the mapping If there s no existing map...

Page 124: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 125: ...web management interface then click Virtual Server and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable Virtual Check this box to enable virtual server Server 1 and uncheck this box to disable virtual server Private IP 2 Input the IP address of the computer which provides Internet service Computer Name 3 Pull down the menu and all the co...

Page 126: ...16 alphanumerical characters Add 8 Add the mapping to virtual server table Reset 9 Remove all inputted values Virtual Server All existing virtual server mappings will be Table 10 displayed here Delete 11 Please select a virtual server mapping by clicking the Select box of the mapping then click Delete Selected button to remove the mapping If there s no existing mapping this button will be grayed o...

Page 127: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 128: ...ble virtual server IP Address 2 Input the IP address of the computer which 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 to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer TCP Port to Open 4 This is the out going Outbound range of TCP port numbers for this particular applicatio...

Page 129: ...Special Application settings from the Current Trigger Port Table select the Special Application settings you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected If you want remove all Special Appliacation settings from the table just click Delete All button Click Reset will clear your current selections Delete 11 Please select a special application by clicking the Select box of the mapping ...

Page 130: ...er Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while the router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 131: ...UPnP and the following message will be displayed on your web browser There is only one option in this page please select Enable or Disable to enable or disable UPnP function then click Apply button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the sett...

Page 132: ...rules for numerous applications which require special support With these supports those applications which required special support will be able to work with NAT architecture Please click NAT menu on the left of web management interface then click ALG Settings and the following message will be displayed on your web browser ...

Page 133: ...age will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 134: ...firewall function Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please select Enable or Disable to enable or disable firewall function of this router the click Apply button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setu...

Page 135: ...ox to enable MAC address based Filtering 1 filtering and please select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of MAC filtering table If you select deny all MAC addresses listed in filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network if you select allow only MAC addresses listed in filtering table will be able to connect to the network and rejecting all other network devices Client PC Please...

Page 136: ...omment to the MAC address filtering table Reset 6 Remove all inputted values Current MAC All existing MAC addresses in filtering table Filtering Table 7 will be listed here Delete 8 If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry check the select box of the MAC address you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one MAC addresses Delete All 9 If you want to del...

Page 137: ... address you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one IP addresses Delete All 15 If you want to delete all IP addresses listed here please click Delete All button After you finish with all settings please click Apply 16 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on othe...

Page 138: ...129 After button is clicked the following message will be displayed on your web browser a b c d e f ...

Page 139: ...y this IP address to use you can check multiple services Protocol d If the service you need is not listed above you can create a new service on your own Please select TCP or UDP if you re not sure please select Both Port Range e Please input the port range of new service here If you want to specify port 80 to 90 please input 80 90 if you want to apply this rule on a single port just input the port...

Page 140: ...g parameters Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface then click URL Blocking and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable URL Check this box to enforce URL Blocking Blocking 1 uncheck it to disable URL Blocking URL Keyword 2 Input the URL host name or IP address of website like http www blocked site com...

Page 141: ... 7 If you want to delete all URL Keyword listed here please click Delete All button Reset 8 You can also click Reset button to unselect all URL Keywords After you finish with all settings please click Apply 9 button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the ...

Page 142: ...ter will stop the DoS attack for you Please follow the following instructions to set DoS prevention parameters Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface then click DoS and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Ping of Death 1 Ping of Death is a special packet and it will cause certain computer to stop respond...

Page 143: ...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 which 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 your server and try to make your server become unusable Check t...

Page 144: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 145: ...hold 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 very short time this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Discard Ping Check the box to activate this DoS From WAN b prevention mechanism Port Scan c Many kind of port scan methods are listed here please check one or more DoS attack methods yo...

Page 146: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 147: ...et DMZ parameters Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface then click DMZ and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Enable DMZ 1 Check this box to enable DMZ function uncheck this box to disable DMZ function Public IP You can select Dynamic IP or Static IP here address 2 If you select Dynamic IP you have to ...

Page 148: ...address to the DMZ table Reset 6 Click Clear to remove the value you inputted in Public IP address and Client PC IP address field Current All existing public IP address and private IP DMZ Table 7 address mapping will be displayed here Delete 8 If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry check the select box of the DMZ entry you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more th...

Page 149: ...wser Please click Continue to back to previous setup menu to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously saved value please click Cancel button ...

Page 150: ...tions described here will provide you the system related information To enter system status menu please either click Status link located at the upper right corner of web management interface or click Status button in main menu HERE ...

Page 151: ... function to know the system information and firmware version of this router Please click Status link located at the upper right corner of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser NOTE Information displayed here may vary ...

Page 152: ...ction to know the status of current Internet connection Please click Internet Connection menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser This information will vary depending on the connection status ...

Page 153: ...is function to know the status of your router Please click Device Status menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser This information will vary depending on the device status ...

Page 154: ...em Log menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser The system events will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every buttons 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: ... Please click Security Log menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser The system events will be displayed in this page and here are descriptions of every buttons 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 Please click Active DHCP client menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser All information about active DHCP leases issued by this router will be displayed here You can click Refresh button to display latest information ...

Page 157: ... the statistics of wireless LAN and WAN interface of this router Please click Statistics menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser You can click Refresh button to display latest information ...

Page 158: ...tem tools for the all the settings backup restore firmware upgrade and resetting the router to default settings To enter system status menu please either click Tools link located at the upper right corner of web management interface or click Tools button in main menu HERE ...

Page 159: ...e descriptions of every buttons Backup Press 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 Upload to transfer the configuration fi...

Page 160: ...also use this firmware upgrade function to add new functions to your router even fix the bugs of this router To upgrade firmware please follow the following instructions Please click Tool located at the upper right corner of web management interface then click Firmware Upgrade on the left of web management interface then the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Next...

Page 161: ...and the router will start 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 router If the firmware you uploaded is corrupt the firmware upgrade will fail and you may have to return this router to the dealer of purchase to ask for help War...

Page 162: ...ometime it will solve the problem To do so please click Tool located at the upper right corner of web management interface then click Reset on the left of web management interface then the following message will be displayed on your web browser Please click Apply to reset your router and it will be available again after few minutes please be patient ...

Page 163: ...Ports 10 100 1000M Port x 4 Antenna 3dBi Dual Band Dipole Antenna x 2 2T2R Spatial Multiplexing MIMO configuration 2 antennas are for signal transmitting and 2 antennas are for signal receiving Power 12VDC 1A Switching Power Adapter Dimension 30 H x 157 W x 127 D mm Temperature 32 104 F 0 40 C Humidity 10 90 NonCondensing Certification FCC CE ...

Page 164: ...make sure it s correctly powered c You must use the same IP address section which 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 please restore your router to factory default settings pressing reset button for over 10 seconds e Set your computer to obtain an IP address automatically DHCP and see if your computer can get...

Page 165: ... service provider too i Try to use IP address instead of hostname If you can use IP address to communicate with a remote server but can t use hostname please check DNS setting I can t locate my router by my wireless client a Broadcast ESSID set to off b All two antennas are properly secured c Are you too far from your router Try to get closer d Please remember that you have to input ESSID on your ...

Page 166: ...address of the router b Password is case sensitive Make sure the Caps Lock light is not illuminated c If you really forget the password do a hard reset Router become hot a This is not a malfunction if you can keep your hand on the router s case b If you smell something wrong or see the smoke coming out from router or A C power adapter please disconnect the router and A C power adapter from utility...

Page 167: ...ress used by the computers on your home network is the location of the DNS server your ISP has assigned to you DSL Modem DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line A DSL modem uses your existing phone lines to transmit data at high speeds Ethernet A standard for computer networks Ethernet networks are connected by special cables and hubs and move data around at up to 10 100 million bits per second Mbp...

Page 168: ...eir destination ISP Gateway Address see ISP for definition The ISP Gateway Address is an IP address for the Internet router located at the ISP s office ISP Internet Service Provider An ISP is a business that provides connectivity to the Internet for individuals and other businesses or organizations LAN Local Area Network A LAN is a group of computers and devices connected together in a relatively ...

Page 169: ...ed for dial up connections PPPoE is for Ethernet connections PPPoE relies on two widely accepted standards Ethernet and the Point to Point Protocol It is a communications protocol for transmitting information over Ethernet between different manufacturers Protocol A protocol is a set of rules for interaction agreed upon between multiple parties so that when they interface with each other based on s...

Page 170: ...ission over the Internet Both TCP and UDP are transport layer protocol TCP performs proper error detection and error recovery and thus is reliable UDP on the other hand is not reliable They both run on top of the IP Internet Protocol a network layer protocol WAN Wide Area Network A network that connects computers located in geographically separate areas e g different buildings cities countries The...

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