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4-Port Wireless 11n Router (2T2R) 

 

UGL2430-RTB 

 

User’s Manual 

 

Version: 1.2 

 

 

Copyright EUSSO Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved

Summary of Contents for UGL2430-RTB

Page 1: ...4 Port Wireless 11n Router 2T2R UGL2430 RTB User s Manual Version 1 2 Copyright EUSSO Technologies Inc All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ...pment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to whi...

Page 3: ...L2430 RTB 9 3 3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON THE UGL2430 RTB 9 3 3 1 Status 9 3 3 2 Setup Wizard 11 I Operation Mode 12 II Time Zone Setting 12 III LAN Interface Setup 13 IV WAN Interface Setup 13 V Wireless Basic Settings 14 VI Wireless Security Setup 14 3 3 3 Operation Mode 15 3 3 4 Wireless Basic Settings 16 3 3 5 Wireless Advanced Settings 18 3 3 6 Wireless Security Setup 20 3 3 7 Wireless ...

Page 4: ...ent Statistics 56 3 3 24 Management DDNS 57 3 3 25 Management Time Zone Setting 58 3 3 26 Management Denial of Service 59 3 3 27 Management Log 60 3 3 28 Management Upgrade Firmware 61 3 3 29 Management Save Reload Settings 61 3 3 30 Management Password Setup 62 4 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FAQ 64 4 1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC S IPAND MAC ADDRESS 64 4 2 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN 64 4 3 WHAT ARE ISM BA...

Page 5: ...INT PROTOCOL IAPP 69 4 21 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WDS 69 4 22 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY UPNP 70 4 23 WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT MTU SIZE 70 4 24 WHAT IS CLONE MAC ADDRESS 70 4 25 WHAT IS DDNS 70 4 26 WHAT IS NTP CLIENT 70 4 27 WHAT IS VPN 70 4 28 WHAT IS IPSEC 70 4 29 WHAT IS WLAN BLOCK RELAY BETWEEN CLIENTS 70 4 30 WHAT IS WMM 71 4 31 WHAT IS WLAN ACK TIMOUT 71 4 32 WHAT...

Page 6: ...Revision History DATE REVISION OF USER S MANUAL FIRMWARE 2011 07 12 Version 1 1 GW2x2 1 2 0 0 2011 11 29 Version 1 2 GW2x2 1 2 0 3 ...

Page 7: ...ible Authentication Protocol ESP Encapsulating Security Payload FCC Federal Communications Commission FTP File Transfer Protocol GI Guard Intervals IAPP Inter Access Point Protocol IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IKE Internet Key Exchange IP Internet Protocol ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical LAN Local Area Network MAC Media Access Control MCS Modulation Coding Scheme MD5...

Page 8: ...r Protocol TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play VPN Virtual Private Network WDS Wireless Distribution System WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WISP Wireless Internet Service Provider WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WPA Wi Fi Protected Access WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup ...

Page 9: ... n Wireless 802 3 10BaseT 802 3u 100BaseT Data Transfer Rate Maximum of 300Mbps Wireless 100Mbps Ethernet Modulation Method BPSK QPSK 16 QAM 64 QAM Frequency Band 2 4GHz 2 497GJz ISM Band DSSS RF Output Power 13dBm 802 11n 17dBm 802 11b 15dBm 802 11g Receiver Sensitivity 802 11b 80dBm 8 802 11g 70dBm 10 802 11n 64dBm 10 Operation Range Indoor Up to 100 meters Antenna External Antenna LED Power Act...

Page 10: ...Support Wi Fi Protected Access Authentication with Radius and Pre Shared Key mode Supports Inter Access Point Protocol IAPP Supports Wireless Distribution System WDS Supports IEEE 802 3x full duplex flow control on 10 100M Ethernet interface Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment Supports DHCP client for WAN interface auto IP address assignment from ISP Supports PPPoE...

Page 11: ...shing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna 3 WPS LED Flashing The WPS feature is Enabled Off The WPS feature is Disabled 4 WAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface On Port linked Off No link 5 LAN LED Power LED WLAN LED LAN LED WAN LED WPS LED ...

Page 12: ...cription Interfaces Description Antenna The Wireless LAN Antenna Power The power jack allows an external DC power supply connection The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the UGL2430 RTB WAN The RJ 45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category WAN LAN Power Reset WPS Antenna ...

Page 13: ...llow LAN connection through Category 5 cables Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed and half full duplex comply with IEEE 802 3 802 3u respectively WPS Push continually the reset button 5 10 seconds to enable the WPS feature Reset Push continually the reset button 5 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults ...

Page 14: ... by using a different type of power adapter The hardware installation finished 2 2 Software Installation There are no software drivers patches or utilities installation needed but only the configuration setting Please refer to chapter 3 for software configuration Notice It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the UGL2430 RTB Power LED will be active and afte...

Page 15: ...box 7 Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example 9 IP Address 192 168 1 1 any IP address within 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point 9 IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 8 Click OK and reboot your PC after completes the IP parameters setting For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 1 Click the Start button and select Settings then click Contr...

Page 16: ...osoft Windows CD to complete the installation Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP IP installation 6 Select TCP IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box 7 Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example 9 IP Address 192 168 1 1 any IP address within 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point 9 IP Subnet Ma...

Page 17: ...d click Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 then click Properties button 4 Move mouse and click General tab Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example 9 IP Address 192 168 1 1 any IP address within 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point 9 IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting 3 2 Connect to the ...

Page 18: ...0 RTB Build time It shows the Build up time of firmware Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency SSID It shows the SSID of this UGL2430 RTB The SSID is the unique name of UGL2430 RTB and shared among its service area so all devices attempts to join the same wireless network can identify it ...

Page 19: ...ces outgoing data packets DHCP Server It shows the DHCP server is enabled or not MAC Address It shows the MAC address of LAN interfaces of UGL2430 RTB WAN configuration Attain IP Protocol It shows how the UGL2430 RTB gets the IP address The IP address can be set manually to a fixed one or set dynamically by DHCP server or attain IP by PPPoE PPTP connection IP Address It shows the IP address of WAN...

Page 20: ...apshot Setup Wizard I Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode Screen snapshot Operation Mode II Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client ...

Page 21: ... Zone Settings III LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask Screen snapshot LAN Interface Setup IV WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type ...

Page 22: ...s This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band Mode Network Type SSID Channel Number Enable Mac Clone Single Ethernet Client Screen snapshot Wireless Basic Settings VI Wireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security ...

Page 23: ...3 Operation Mode This page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts Screen snapshot Operation Mode Item Description Gateway Traditional gateway configuration It always connects internet via ADSL Cable Modem LAN interface WAN ...

Page 24: ...in bridge mode Wireless interface can do all router s functions Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 4 Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Broadband Router Here you may c...

Page 25: ...ransmission Band Click to select 2 4GHz B 2 4GHz G 2 4GHz N 2 4GHz B G 2 4GHz G N 2 4GHz B G N Mode Click to select the WLAN AP Client WDS AP WDS wireless mode Network Type While Mode is selected to be Client Click to select the network type infrastructure or Ad hoc SSID It is the wireless network name The SSID can be 32 bytes long ...

Page 26: ...tive Wireless Client Table that shows the MAC address transmit packet receive packet and transmission rate for each associated wireless client Enable Mac Clone Single Ethernet Client Take Laptop NIC MAC address as wireless client MAC address Client Mode only Enable Universal Repeater Mode Click to enable Universal Repeater Mode SSID of Extended Interface Assign SSID when enables Universal Repeater...

Page 27: ... Send Threshold Beacon Interval Set the Beacon Interval value can be written between 20 and 1024 ms Refer to 4 12 What is Beacon Interval Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission Refer to 4 13 What is Preamble Type IAPP Click to enable or disable the IAPP function Refer to 4 20 What is Inter Access Point Protocol IAPP Protec...

Page 28: ...ick to enable or disable HT20 40 coexist RF Output Power To adjust transmission power level Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 6 Wireless Security Setup This page allows you setup the wireless security Turn on WEP WPA WPA2 by using encryption keys coul...

Page 29: ...and secret key 40 bit or 104 bit Key Format Select the WEP shared secret key format from pull down menu The format can be chose between plant text ASCII and hexadecimal HEX code Encryption Key Secret key of WEP security encryption function WPAAuthentication Mode While Encryption is selected to be WPA Click to select the WPAAuthentication Mode with Enterprise RADIUS or Personal Pre Shared Key Refer...

Page 30: ... and recover the previous configuration setting WEP encryption key secret key length Length Format 64 bit 128 bit ASCII 5 characters 13 characters HEX 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes 3 3 7 Wireless Access Control If you enable wireless access control only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point When this optio...

Page 31: ... to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Current Access Control List It shows the registered clients that are allowed to link to this UGL2430 RTB Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be access right removed from this UGL2430 RTB Delete All Click to delete all the registered clients from the access allowed list Reset Click the Reset button to abort c...

Page 32: ...enu Data rate can be auto select 1M to 54Mbps or MCS Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered AP Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the AP to new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Set Security Click button to configure wireless security like WEP 64bits WEP 128bits WPA TKIP WPA2 AES or No...

Page 33: ...k the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting I WDS Security Setup Requirement Set Wireless Basic Settings Mode AP WDS This page is used to configure the wireless security between APs Refer to 3 3 6 Wireless Security Setup Screen snapshot WDS Security Setup II WDS AP Table This page is used to show WDS statistics ...

Page 34: ...s the statistic count of error sent packets on the Wireless LAN interface Rx Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface Tx Rare Mbps It shows the wireless link rate within WDS Refresh Click to refresh the statistic counters on the screen Close Click to close the current window 3 3 9 Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours ...

Page 35: ...power level of current AP Select Client Only Click to select AP or client you d like to connect Refresh Click the Refresh button to re scan site survey on the screen Connect Click the Connect button to establish connection 3 3 10 WPS This page allows you to change the setting for WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup Using this feature could let your wireless client automically syncronize its setting and conn...

Page 36: ...Access Point or IBSS is found you could connect it automatically when client join WPS mode Push Button Configuration The Start PBC button provides tool to scan the wireless network If any Access Point or IBSS is found you could connect it automatically when client join PBC mode Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to ab...

Page 37: ...days to set the rules Time Click 24 hrs or set the starting time and ending time Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 12 LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of your UGL24...

Page 38: ...ill in the start IP address and end IP address to allocate a range of IP addresses client with DHCP function set will be assigned an IP address from the range Show Client Click to open the Active DHCP Client Table window that shows the active clients with their assigned IP address MAC address and time expired information Server mode only Static DHCP Select enable or disable the Static DHCP functio...

Page 39: ...ious configuration setting I Static DHCP Setup Screen snapshot Static DHCP Setup Item Description Enable Static DHCP Click on to Enable the Static DHCP Setup function IP Address If you select the Set Static DHCP on LAN interface fill in the IP address for it MAC Address If you select the Set Static DHCP on LAN interface fill in the MAC address for it Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registe...

Page 40: ...tatic DHCP list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 13 WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for wide area network that connects to the WAN port of your UGL2430 RTB Here you may change the access method to Static IP DHCP PPPoE PPTP or L2TP by click the item value of WAN Access Type ...

Page 41: ...ere are IP address subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done IP Address If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface fill in the IP address for it Subnet Mask If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface fill in the subnet mask for it Default Gateway If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface fill ...

Page 42: ...checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy Enable Ping Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable PPTP packet pass through Enable L...

Page 43: ...lly from a DHCP server Host Name Fill in the host name of Host Name The default value is empty MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size The default value is 1492 Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support ...

Page 44: ...checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable PPTP packet pass through Enable L2TP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable L2...

Page 45: ... There are user name password connection type and idle time settings need to be done User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server Password If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server ...

Page 46: ...button manually Idle Time If you select the PPPoE and Connect on Demand connection type fill in the idle time for auto disconnect function Value can be between 1 and 1000 minutes MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size The default value is 1452 Refer to 4 23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit MTU Size Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for PPPoE support Please select Set...

Page 47: ...through Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable PPTP packet pass through Enable L2TP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable L2TP packet pass through Enable IPv6 pass through Click the checkbox to enable IPv6 packet pass through Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to ...

Page 48: ...terface Setup PPTP Item Description PPTP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection ...

Page 49: ...ion type means to setup the connection through PPTP protocol whenever this UGL2430 RTB is powered on Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through PPTP protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the WAN interface there are a watchdog implemented to close the PPTP connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set Manual connection type ...

Page 50: ...sal Plug and Play uPNP Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy Enable Ping Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click the c...

Page 51: ...n L2TP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection User can use embedded L2TP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection IP Address If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface fill in ...

Page 52: ...ough L2TP protocol whenever this UGL2430 RTB is powered on Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through L2TP protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the WAN interface there are a watchdog implemented to close the L2TP connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set Manual connection type means to setup the connection through the ...

Page 53: ...x to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable PPTP packet pass through Enable L2TP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable L2TP packet pass through Enable IPv6 pass through Click the checkbox to enable IPv6 pack...

Page 54: ...button to register the ports to port filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected port range that will be removed from the port filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the port filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previo...

Page 55: ...k the Apply Changes button to register the IP address to IP filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address that will be removed from the IP filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the IP filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and...

Page 56: ...ply Changes button to register the MAC address to MAC filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected MAC address that will be removed from the MAC filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the MAC filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and re...

Page 57: ...fill in the IP address protocol port range and your comments The Protocol can be TCP UDP or Both The Port Range for data transmission Comments let you know about whys to allow data packets forward to the IP address and port number Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address and port number to Port forwarding list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover ...

Page 58: ...e the URL Filtering function URL Address Add one URL address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save settings Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected URL address that will be removed from the URL Filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the URL Filtering li...

Page 59: ... DMZ Item Description Enable DMZ Click to enable the DMZ function DMZ Host IP Address To support DMZ in your firewall design fill in the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address of DMZ host Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 20 Firewall VLAN E...

Page 60: ...is enabled Router will add a 802 1Q tagging 4 bytes long w VID Priority and CFI in the header of each outgoing packet VID The VID on WAN and LAN port need not be the same When the packet is forwarded from LAN to WAN the VID of LAN port will be carried to WAN port Also when packet is come from WAN to LAN router will forward this packet to the LAN port with matched VID ...

Page 61: ...Priority Select port priority CFI Click to Enable CFI 3 3 21 QoS This page sets bandwidth control by IP or Mac address Screen snapshot QoS Item Description Enable QoS Click to enable the QoS function ...

Page 62: ...e 2 options to control the bandwidth One is Guaranteed minimum bandwidth The other is Restricted maximum bandwidth Uplink Bandwidth Kbps Set Uplink bandwidth for range of IP addresses or specific MAC address Downlink Bandwidth Kbps Set Downlink bandwidth for range of IP addresses or specific MAC address Comment Comments let you to remind your settings easily Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes b...

Page 63: ...mit Disable or transmit via RIP 1 or RIP 2 Receive Disable or receive via RIP 1 or RIP 2 Enable Static Route Click to Enable the Static Route function IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Metric Manually Specify the packets arrive at the destination The internal network can be avoided through the Internet of the packet exchange Interface Select LAN WAN as main interface ...

Page 64: ... abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 23 Management Statistics This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless Ethernet LAN and Ethernet WAN networks Screen snapshot Management Statistics Item Description Wireless LAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface Wireless LAN Received Pack...

Page 65: ...fresh Click the refresh the statistic counters on the screen 3 3 24 Management DDNS This page is used to configure Dynamic DNS service to have DNS with dynamic IP address Screen snapshot Management DDNS Item Description Enable DDNS Click the checkbox to enable DDNS service Refer to 4 25 What is DDNS Service Provider Click the drop down menu to pickup the right provider Domain Name To configure the...

Page 66: ...ime Screen snapshot Management Time Zone Settings Item Description Current Time It shows the current time Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country Enable NTP client update Click the checkbox to enable NTP client update Refer to 4 26 What is NTP Client NTP Server Click select default or input NTP server IP address Apply Change Click the Apply Changes button to save and enable NTP client...

Page 67: ...rrent time shown on the screen 3 3 26 Management Denial of Service This page is used to enable and setup protection to prevent attack by hacker s program It provides more security for users Screen snapshot Management Denial of Service ...

Page 68: ...nges Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings 3 3 27 Management Log This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log Screen snapshot Management Log Item Description Enable Log System all Wirelessy DoS Click the checkbox to enable log Show all log of wireless broadband router Only show wireless log Only show Denial of Service log Enable Remote Log Log Serv...

Page 69: ...en snapshot Management Upgrade Firmware Item Description Select File Click the Browse button to select the new version of web firmware image file Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the UGL2430 RTB Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 29 Management Save Reload Settings This page allows you save curre...

Page 70: ...lected configuration to the UGL2430 RTB Reset Settings to Default Click the Reset button to reset the configuration parameter to factory defaults 3 3 30 Management Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point Empty user name and password will disable the protection Screen snapshot Management Password Setup Item Description User Name Fill in the user ...

Page 71: ...or confirmation purpose Apply Changes Clear the User Name and Password fields to empty means to apply no web management login control Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting ...

Page 72: ... MAC address 9 Open the Command program in the Microsoft Windows 9 Type in ipconfig all then press the Enter button Your PC s IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PC s MAC address is the one entitled Physical Address 4 2 What is Wireless LAN A wireless LAN WLAN is a network that allows access to Internet without the need for any wired connections to the user s machine 4 3 What are IS...

Page 73: ... wired network This mode is useful for quickly and easily setting up a wireless network anywhere that a wireless infrastructure does not exist or is not required for services such as a hotel room convention center or airport or where access to the wired network is barred such as for consultants at a client site Example 2 wireless Ad Hoc Mode 4 5 What is BSSID A six byte address that distinguishes ...

Page 74: ...ns a frame that indicates whether it recognizes the sending station Under shared key authentication each wireless station is assumed to have received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is independent from the 802 11 wireless network communications channel 4 9 What is WEP An optional IEEE 802 11 function that offers frame transmission privacy similar to a wired network The Wired Equival...

Page 75: ...Threshold The RTS threshold is the packet size at which packet transmission is governed by the RTS CTS transaction The IEEE 802 11 1997 standard allows for short packets to be transmitted without RTS CTS transactions Each station can have a different RTS threshold RTS CTS is used when the data packet size exceeds the defined RTS threshold With the CSMA CA transmission mechanism the transmitting st...

Page 76: ...if SSID isn t broadcast for example the D link DWL 120 USB 802 11b adapter Generally if your client hardware supports operation with SSID disabled it s not a bad idea to run that way to enhance network security However it s no replacement for WEP MAC filtering or other protections 4 15 What is Wi Fi Protected Access WPA Wi Fi s original security mechanism Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP has been view...

Page 77: ...less LANs TKIP provides per packet key mixing a message integrity check and a re keying mechanism thus fixing the flaws of WEP 4 19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard AES Security issues are a major concern for wireless LANs AES is the U S government s next generation cryptography algorithm which will replace DES and 3DES 4 20 What is Inter Access Point Protocol IAPP The IEEE 802 11f Inter Acces...

Page 78: ...nts to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address Since that all the clients will communicate outside world through the UGL2430 RTB so have the cloned MAC address set on the UGL2430 RTB will solve the issue 4 25 What is DDNS DDNS is the abbreviation of Dynamic Domain Name Server It is designed for user own the DNS server with dynamic WAN IP address 4 26 What is NTP Client NTP cli...

Page 79: ...he throughput range performance of a AP will depend on its implementation of coding schemes MCS includes variables such as the number of spatial streams modulation and the data rate on each stream Radios establishing and maintaining a link must automatically negotiate the optimum MCS based on channel conditions and then continuously adjust the selection of MCS as conditions change due to interfere...

Page 80: ...normally very sensitive 5 Configuration Examples 5 1 Example One PPPoE on the WAN Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on sales Notebook PCs MIS engineer collects information and plans the UGL2430 RTB implementation by the following configuration ...

Page 81: ... PW192867543210 LAN configuration IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 DHCP Client Range 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 200 WLAN configuration SSID MyWLAN Channel Number 11 Figure 3 Configuration Example One PPPoE on the WAN ...

Page 82: ... is encrypted to display on the screen Press button to confirm the configuration setting Configure the LAN interface Open LAN Interface Setup page enter the IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 192 168 1 100 to 192 168 1 200 Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

Page 83: ...on on all employees Notebook PCs MIS engineer collects information and plans the UGL2430 RTB implementation by the following configuration WAN configuration Fixed IP IP Address 192 168 2 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 2 10 DNS Address 168 95 1 1 LAN configuration IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 2 254 DHCP Client Range 192 168 1 100 ...

Page 84: ...ixed IP on the WAN Configure the WAN interface Open WAN Interface Setup page select Fixed IP then enter IP Address 192 168 2 254 subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 2 10 Press button to confirm the configuration the setting ...

Page 85: ... Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 192 168 1 100 to 192 168 1 200 Press button to confirm the configuration setting Configure the WLAN interface Open WLAN Interface Setup page enter the SSID MyWLAN Channel Number 11 Press button to confirm the configuration setting ...

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