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WLAN  

Broadband Router

 

User 

Manual

 

 V1.0

 

 

Содержание XG-506RT

Страница 1: ...WLAN Broadband Router User Manual V1 0 ...

Страница 2: ...ent 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 which...

Страница 3: ... 1 PREPARE YOUR PC TO CONFIGURE THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER 7 3 2 CONNECT TO THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER 9 3 3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER 9 3 3 1 Status 9 3 3 2 Setup Wizard 11 I Operation Mode 11 II Time Zone Setting 12 III LAN Interface Setup 12 IV WAN Interface Setup 13 V Wireless Basic Settings 13 VI Wireless Security Setup 14 3 3 3 Operation Mode 14 3 3 4 Wireless B...

Страница 4: ...tup 42 3 3 18 Management Statistics 43 3 3 19 Management DDNS 44 3 3 20 Management Time Zone Setting 45 3 3 21 Management Log 45 3 3 22 Management Upgrade Firmware 46 3 3 23 Management Save Reload Settings 47 3 3 24 Management Password Setup 48 3 3 25 Logout 48 4 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FAQ 50 4 1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC S IPAND MAC ADDRESS 50 4 2 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN 50 4 3 WHAT ARE ISM BAN...

Страница 5: ... 4 17 WHAT IS 802 1X AUTHENTICATION 55 4 18 WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL TKIP 55 4 19 WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD AES 55 4 20 WHAT IS INTER ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL IAPP 55 4 21 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WDS 56 4 22 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY UPNP 56 4 23 WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT MTU SIZE 56 4 24 WHAT IS CLONE MAC ADDRESS 56 4 25 WHAT IS DDNS 56 4 26 WHAT ...

Страница 6: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 0 i Revision History DATE REVISION OF USER S MANUAL FIRMWARE 2006 11 17 First release Version 1 0 v1 4b ...

Страница 7: ...ectrum EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol ESP Encapsulating Security Payload FCC Federal Communications Commission FTP File Transfer 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 MD5 Message Digest 5 NAT Network Address Translation NT Network Ter...

Страница 8: ...UTER Version 1 0 iii TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play VPN Virtual Private Network WDS Wireless Distribution System WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WPA Wi Fi Protected Access ...

Страница 9: ...d Router Standard 802 11b g Wireless 802 3 10BaseT 802 3u 100BaseT Data Transfer Rate 54Mbps Wireless 100Mbps Ethernet Modulation Method CCK 802 11b OFDM 802 11g Frequency Band 2 4GHz 2 483GJz ISM Band DSSS RF Output Power CCK 17 dBm OFDM 13 5 dBm Receiver Sensitivity 802 11b 80 dBm 10 802 11g 68 dBm 8 Operation Range 30 to 280 meters dependent on surroundings Antenna External Antenna LED Power Ac...

Страница 10: ... interface Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment Supports DHCP client for Ethernet WAN interface auto IP address assignment Supports static and dynamic IP routing Supports PPPoE on Ethernet WAN interface Supports clone MAC address function Supports firewall security with port filtering IP filtering MAC filtering port forwarding trigger port and DMZ hosting functions ...

Страница 11: ...ata is transmitting or receiving on the antenna 3 WAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface 10 100M On Connection speed is 100Mbps on WAN interface Off Connection speed is 10Mbps on WAN interface 4 LAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface Off No data is transmitting or...

Страница 12: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 0 4 1 5 Rear Panel Description Figure 2 WLAN Broadband Router Rear Panel SMA Antenna ...

Страница 13: ...nection through a Category 5 cable Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed and half full duplex comply with IEEE 802 3 802 3u respectively 4 LAN The RJ 45 sockets allow 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 5 Power The power jack allows an external DC 5 V power supply connection The external AC t...

Страница 14: ...modem A straight through Ethernet cable with appropriate cable length is needed Step 3 Supply DC power to the WLAN Broadband Router Use only the AC DC power adapter supplied with the WLAN Broadband Router it may occur damage by using a different type of power adapter The hardware installation is finished 2 2 Software Installation There are no software drivers patches or utilities installation need...

Страница 15: ...k icon The Network window will appear 3 Check the installed list of Network Components If TCP IP is not installed click the Add button to install it otherwise go to step 6 4 Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button 5 Select TCP IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP IP protocol it may need the Microsoft Win...

Страница 16: ...3 is used to connect the WLAN Broadband Router 9 IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 8 Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting For Microsoft Windows NT 1 Click the Start button and select Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Move mouse and double click the right button on Network icon The Network window will appear Click Protocol tab from the Network window 3 Ch...

Страница 17: ...uter 3 3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router 3 3 1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device includes system wireless Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information Screen snapshot Status Item Description System Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN Broadband Router is powered on Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN Br...

Страница 18: ...P address of LAN interfaces of WLAN Broadband Router Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of WLAN Broadband Router Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for LAN interfaces 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 WLAN Broadband Router WAN configuration Attain IP Protoco...

Страница 19: ... 1 0 11 3 3 2 Setup Wizard This page guides you to configure wireless broadband router for first time Screen snapshot Setup Wizard I Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode Screen snapshot Operation Mode ...

Страница 20: ...0 12 II Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot Time 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 ...

Страница 21: ...ge is used to configure WAN access type Screen snapshot WAN Interface Setup V Wireless Basic Settings 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 ...

Страница 22: ...re wireless security Screen snapshot Wireless Security Setup 3 3 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 ...

Страница 23: ... 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 change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parame...

Страница 24: ...nts button to open Active 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 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to a...

Страница 25: ...s Refer to 4 11 What is RTS Request To 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 Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull down menu Data rate can be auto select 11M 5 5M 2M or 1Mbps Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmis...

Страница 26: ...e wireless security Turn on WEP WPA WPA2 by using encryption keys could prevent any unauthorized access to your wireless network Screen snapshot Wireless Security Setup Item Description Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless access The encryption method can be None WEP WPA TKIP WPA2 or WPA2 Mixed Refer to 4 9 What is WEP 4 15 What is Wi Fi Protected Access WPA 4 16 What is WPA2 A...

Страница 27: ... Format While Encryption is selected to be WPA Select the Pre shared key format from the pull down menu The format can be Passphrase or Hex 64 characters WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only Pre Shared Key Fill in the key value WPA Personal Pre Shared Key only Enable Pre Authentication Click to enable Pre Authentication WPA2 WPA2 Mixed only Enterprise only Authentication RADIUS Server Set the IP addre...

Страница 28: ...mat can be chose between plant text ASCII and hexadecimal HEX code Default Tx Key Set the default secret key for WEP security function Value can be chose between 1 and 4 Encryption Key 1 Secret key 1 of WEP security encryption function Encryption Key 2 Secret key 2 of WEP security encryption function Encryption Key 3 Secret key 3 of WEP security encryption function Encryption Key 4 Secret key 4 of...

Страница 29: ...e access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point When this option is enabled no wireless clients will be able to connect if the list contains no entries Screen snapshot Wireless Access Control Item Description Wireless Access Control Mode Click the Disabled Allow Listed or Deny Listed of drop down menu choose wireless access control mode This is a security control function only t...

Страница 30: ... this WLAN Broadband Router Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be access right removed from this WLAN Broadband Router Delete All Click to delete all the registered clients from the access allowed list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 8 WDS Settings Wireless Distribution System uses wireless media to communi...

Страница 31: ...d recover the previous configuration setting Set Security Click button to configure wireless security like WEP 64bits WEP 128bits WPA TKIP WPA2 AES or None Show Statistics It shows the TX RX packets rate statistics Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be removed from the wireless distribution system Delete All Click to delete all the registered APs from the wireless distr...

Страница 32: ... snapshot WDS AP Table Item Description MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface Tx Errors It shows 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 ...

Страница 33: ...e SSID of AP BSSID It shows BSSID of AP Channel It show the current channel of AP occupied Type It show which type AP acts Encrypt It shows the encryption status Signal It shows the power level of current AP Select 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 ...

Страница 34: ...ent or Server in different operation mode of wireless broadband router DHCP Client Range Fill 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...

Страница 35: ...cts to the WAN port of your WLAN Broadband Router Here you may change the access method to Static IP DHCP PPPoE or PPTP by click the item value of WAN Access Type I Static IP Screen snapshot WAN Interface Setup Static IP Item Description Static IP Click to select Static IP support on WAN interface There are IP address subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done IP Address If you selec...

Страница 36: ... the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned Refer to 4 24 What is Clone MAC Address Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function Refer to 4 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable WAN Echo Reply Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes ...

Страница 37: ... in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2 DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3 Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned Refer to 4 24 What is Clone MAC Address Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function Refer to 4 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration ...

Страница 38: ...N 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 Connection Type Select the connection type from pull down menu There are Continuous Connect on Demand and Manual three types to select Continuous connection type means to setup the connection through PPPoE pr...

Страница 39: ...n DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for PPPoE support Please select Set DNS Manually if the PPPoE support is selected Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for Static IP support DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1 DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2 DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3 Clone MAC Address Fill in th...

Страница 40: ...r can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection IP Address If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface fill in the IP address for it Subnet Mask If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface fill in the subnet mask for it Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the PPTP Server User Name If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface fill in the user name a...

Страница 41: ...dress of Domain Name Server 3 Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned Refer to 4 24 What is Clone MAC Address Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function Refer to 4 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable WAN Echo Reply Click the checkbox to enable W...

Страница 42: ...es Click the Apply Changes 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 ch...

Страница 43: ... address Apply Changes Click 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...

Страница 44: ... Apply Changes Click the Apply 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 bu...

Страница 45: ...rk behind the NAT firewall 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 t...

Страница 46: ...SMTP e mail servers and DNS servers Screen snapshot Firewall 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 recov...

Страница 47: ...A Key Click to generate RSA key Show RSA Public Key Click to show RSA public key that we generate Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to enable IPSEC VPN NAT Traversal settings Current VPN Connection Table It shows current WAN interface information and VPN connection table Edit Click to enter the current VPN tunnel configuration page Delete Click to delete the current VPN tunnel that radi...

Страница 48: ...ends on which Local Site option you choose Fill in the local subnet mask Remote Site Remote Secure Gateway Remote IP Address Network Remote Subnet Mask Click to select Single Address Subnet Address Any Address or NAT T Any Address VPN remote connection Fill in remote gateway IP address Fill in IP address or subnet address depends on which Remote Site option you choose Fill in remote subnet mask Lo...

Страница 49: ...8 or NULL encryption Click to configure MD5 or SHA1 authentication PreShared Key Fill in the key value IKE mode only Remote RSA Key Fill in the remote gateway RSA key IKE mode only Status It shows connection status IKE mode only SPI Fill in Security Parameter Index value Manual mode only Encryption Key Fill in encryption key Manual mode only Authentication Key Fill in authentication key Manual mod...

Страница 50: ...ption Phase 1 Negotiation Mode Main mode Encryption Algorithm Click to select 3DES or AES128 encryption Authentication Algorithm Click to select MD5 or SHA1 authentication Key Group Click to select DH1 modp768 DH2 modp1024 or DH5 modp1536 key group Default value is DH2 Key Life Time Fill in the key life time value by seconds Phase 2 ...

Страница 51: ...to close current window without any changes 3 3 18 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 Packets It shows the ...

Страница 52: ...ent 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 Domain Name User Name Email Configure User Name Email Password Key Configu...

Страница 53: ...y 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 service Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Refresh Click the refresh the current time shown on the ...

Страница 54: ...og Log Server IP Address Click the checkbox to enable remote log service Input the remote log IP address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings Refresh Click the refresh the log shown on the screen Clear Clear log display screen 3 3 22 Management Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version Please note do not power off the devi...

Страница 55: ...e previous configuration setting 3 3 23 Management Save Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file that was saved previously Besides you could reset the current configuration to factory default Screen snapshot Management Save Reload Settings Item Description Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration para...

Страница 56: ...er name for web management login control New Password Fill in the password for web management login control Confirmed Password Because the password input is invisible so please fill in the password again for 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 configurat...

Страница 57: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 0 49 Screen snapshot Logout Screen snapshot Logout OK Item Description Apply Change Click the Apply Change button Then click OK button to logout ...

Страница 58: ...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 ISM bands ISM s...

Страница 59: ...k 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 a particular ...

Страница 60: ... the identity of the sending station The receiving station then returns 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 fr...

Страница 61: ...ou ll want to keep this value as close to the maximum value as possible 4 11 What is RTS Request To Send 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 ...

Страница 62: ...that feature the SSID configured in the client must match the SSID of the access point Some wireless devices don t work properly 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 p...

Страница 63: ...tocol pronounced tee kip is part of the IEEE 802 11i encryption standard for wireless LANs TKIP is the next generation of WEP the Wired Equivalency Protocol which is used to secure 802 11 wireless 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...

Страница 64: ...tion will indicate its MRU and will be accepted The actual MTU of the PPP connection will be set to the smaller one of MTU and the peer s MRU The default is value 1400 4 24 What is Clone MAC Address Clone MAC address is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address Since that all the clients will communicate outside w...

Страница 65: ...USER S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version 1 0 57 4 28 What is IPSEC IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security It is used to transferring data securely under VPN ...

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