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1. Product Information 1 AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual W N250 R W ireless b/g/n 1T1R 150 Mbps Router Use r ’ s Manual[...]

Copyright and Disclaimer 1 AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Copyright Copyright ©2010/201 1 by this company . All rights reserved. No p art of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcr ibed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer l anguage, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magne[...]

Copyright and Disclaimer AirLive WN-250R User ’ s Manual 2 Federal Communication Commission Interference S t atement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to co mply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interferen[...]

Copyright and Disclaimer 3 AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure St atement This equipment complies with FCC radiat ion exposure set fort h for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoi d the possibility of exceedi ng the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna sha[...]

Copyright and Disclaimer AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 4 EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended fo r home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ge rmany , Greece, Ireland, Italy , Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, S pain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The ETSI version of this devi[...]

T able of Content i AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual T able of Content s 1. Product In formati on....................................................................................................... 1 1-1 Introduction and Safe ty Inform ation ................................................................... 1 1-2 Safety Informati on ...........[...]

T able of Content AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual ii 2-4 Basi c Setu p ...................................................................................................... 36 2-4-1 T ime zone and time auto-synchr onizati on ............................................... 36 2-4-2 Change managem ent passw ord .....................................[...]

T able of Content i i i AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protec ted Setup (WPS) ................................................................. 92 2-7-6 Security T ip s for Wireless Networ k .......................................................... 95 3. Advanced Functions .............................................................[...]

T able of Content AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual iv 3-4-5 Secu rity Log ........................................................................................... 135 3-4-5 Active DHC P client list ........................................................................... 136 3-4-6 S tat istics ..................................................[...]

1. Product Information 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 1 1. Product Information 1-1 Introduction and Safety Information Thank you for purchasing this wireless broadband r outer! This high cost-ef ficiency router is the best choice for Small office / Home office users, all computers and network devices can share a single xDSL / cable modem inte [...]

1. Product Information AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2 All computers and IEEE 802.1 1 b/g/n wireless-enabled network devices (including PDA, cellular phone, game consol e, and more!) can connect to this wireless router without additional cabling. With a compatible wireless ca rd installed in your PC , you can transfer file for up to 150Mbps (tra[...]

1. Product Information 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This router is designed for indoor us e only; DO NOT place this router outdoor . 2. DO NOT put this rout er at or near hot or humid places , like kitchen or b[...]

1. Product Information AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 4 9. If you smell something st range, or even see some smok e coming out from the router or power supply , remove the power supply or s witch the electrical power off immediately , and call dealer of purchase for help. 1-3 System Requirement s z Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable m[...]

1. Product Information 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 1-5 Familiar With Y our New Wireless Broadband Router Front Panel LED Name Light S tatus Description PWR On Router is switched on and correctly powered. On Wireless WPS function is enabled. Off Wireless network is switched off. WLAN Flashing Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving [...]

1. Product Information AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 6 Back Panel Item Name Description Antenna It is 2dBi dipole antenna. Radio ON/OFF Switch the button to activate or deactivate the wireless functions. Reset / WPS Reset the router to fact ory default settings (clear all settings) or start WPS function. Press this button and hold for 10 seconds[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2 2. System and Network Setup 2-1 Build Network Connection Please follow the following instruction to bui ld the network connection between your new WIRELESS router and your computers, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the W AN port of r outer by Ethernet cable.[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 8 2. Connect all your computers, network dev ices (network-enabled consumer devices other than computers, lik e game console, or switch / hub) to the LAN port of the router . 3. 4Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the ‘Power ’ socket of the router[...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 5. Please check all LEDs on the front panel . ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily on, W AN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected. If PWD LED is not on, or any LED you expected is not [...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 10 2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup: 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be located at lo wer-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network icon, and Network window will appear . Select ‘TCP/IP’, then click ‘Properties’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP a ddress from a DHCP server’ and then click ‘OK’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 12 2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP address setup: 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be located at lo wer-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 wind ow will a[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automat ically’ and ‘Obt ain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 14 2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup: 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be located at lo wer-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 Co[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2 Select ‘Obt ain an IP address automat ically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 16 2-2-4 Windows V ista IP address setup: 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be located at lo wer-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click V i ew Netw ork St atus and T asks , and then click Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Netw ork, then sel e[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automat ically’ and ‘Obt ain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 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:[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Input ‘cmd’, then click ‘OK’ Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter ’ key . Pl ease check the IP address followed by ‘Default Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router is 192.168.1.254, please note that this value may be different. ) NOTE: If the IP address[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 20 Connect the router ’s management interface by web browser After your computer obt ained an IP address from router , please start y our web browser , and input the IP address of router in address bar . The following message should be shown: Please input user name and password in the f[...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re being prompted to input user name and p assword again, it means you didn’t input username and p assw ord correctly . Please ret ype user name and p assw ord again. If you’re cert ain about the user name and p ass[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 22 2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This router provides a ‘Quick Se tup’ 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 Quick Setu[...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual And the following message will be displayed: 1. Set T ime Zone 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Set T ime Please press button, a drop-down list will be shown, and you Zone (1): can choose a time zone of the location you live. T ime Server Input the IP address / hos[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 24 2. Broadband T ype Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using in this page. There are six types of Internet connection, they are: Cable Modem - Please go to section 2-3-1 Fixed-IP xDSL - Pleas e go to section 2-3-2 PPPoE xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-3 PPTP[...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual If you’re not sure, please contact your Inte rnet 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, pleas e press ‘Back’ button on the bottom of this page.[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 26 2-3-1 Setup procedure for ‘Cable Modem’ 1 2 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer , th is is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC address (2): Please input MAC address of your co[...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-3-2 Setup procedure for ‘Fixed-IP xDSL ’: 1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup items: IP Address (1): Please input IP address assigned by your by your service provider . Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet ma sk assigned by your service provider . DNS address (3): Pl[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 28 When you finish with all settings, press ‘OK’ (5 ); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’. NOTE: Y ou 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 PPPo [...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Connection Please select the con nection type of Internet connection you T ype (5): wish to use (detailed explanation listed below). Idle T ime Out (6): Please input idle ti me out, (detailed explanation listed below). When you finish with all settings, please click ‘O K’ (7); if[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 30 2-3-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP xDSL ’: PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of setting: W A N interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we st art from W AN interface setting: Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service pro[...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: User Name (1): Please input user ID (use r name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet service provider here. PPTP Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway ass[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 32 2-3-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP xDSL ’: L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection types, and all required setting items are the same with PPTP connection. Like PPTP , there are two kinds of required setti ng, we’ll start from ‘W AN Interfa[...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: User Name (1): Please input user ID (u ser name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet service provider here. L2TP Gateway (3): Please input the IP addr ess of PP[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 34 2-3-6 Setup procedure for ‘T elstra Big Pond’: 1 2 3 4 This setting only works when you’re using T elstra big pond’s network service in Australia. Y ou need to input: User Name (1): Please input t he user name assigned by T elstra. Password (2): Please input the password assign[...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual When all settings are finished, you’ll see the following message displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Apply’ bu tton to prepare to rest art the router , and you’ll see this message: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. Y ou’ll be back to ro[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 36 2-4 Basic Setup In this chapter , you’ll k now how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Please start your web browser and log onto router web management interface, then click ‘General Se tup’ button on the left, or cli ck ‘General Setup’ link at [...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘T ime Zone’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please select time zone at ‘Set time zone’ drop-down list, and input t he IP address or host name of time server .[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 38 2-4-2 Change management p assword Default password of this router is airliv e, and it’ s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browser . There’ s a se curity risk if you don’t change the default password, since everyone can see it. This is very important when you h[...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual If the password you typed in ‘New Password’ (2 ) and ‘Confirmed Password’ (3) field are the not 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 Pass[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 40 If the current and new passwords are correct ly entered, af ter you click ‘Apply’, you’ll be prompted to input your new p assword: Please use new password to enter web management interface again, and you should be able to login with new password. 2-4-3 Remote Management This rout[...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual T o do so, please follow the following instructions: Please click ‘System’ menu on t he left of web management interface, then click ‘Remote Management’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Host Ad[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 42 Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restar t the router so the settings will take ef fect after it reboot s. NOTE: When you want to manage th is router from another computer on internet, yo[...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-5 Setup Internet Connection (W AN Setup) Internet connections setup can be done by using ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in chapter 2-3. However , you can setup W AN connections up by using WAN configuration menu. Y ou can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here. [...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 44 Dynamic IP - Please go to section 2-5-1 S tatic IP - Please go to section 2-5-2 PPPoE - Please go to section 2-5-3 PPTP - Please go to section 2-5-4 L2TP - Please go to section 2-5-5 T elstra Big Pond - Pleas e go to section 2-5-6 DNS - Please go to section 2-5-7 DDNS - Please go to se[...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-5-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’: 1 2 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Host Name (1): Please input host name of your computer , this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC Address (2): Please input MAC address of your compu[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 46 After you click ‘Apply’, the following message 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 setti ngs will take effect (Please wait for about 30 s[...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘S t atic IP’: 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: IP address assigned Please input IP address assigned by your service by your Service Provider (1): provider . Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider Ser[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 48 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the r outer so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds wh ile router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page [...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Service Name (3): Please give a name 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 t he connection type of Internet T ype (5): connection you wi[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 50 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 ef fect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page ba[...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. Y ou can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ ( equal to DHCP , pleas e refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e. static IP address) W AN interface se[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 52 Connection ID (4): Please input the connec tion ID here, this is optional and you can leave it blank. MTU (5): Please input the MTU val ue 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 I[...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’: Here are descriptions of every setup items: 1 2 4 5 6 3 User ID (1): Please input user ID (use r name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the password assi gned by your Internet service provider here. L2TP[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 54 MTU (4): Please input the MTU val ue of your network connection here. If you don’t know , you can use default value. Connection Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to type (5): use, please refer to sect ion 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. Idle T ime Ple[...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘T elstra Big Pond’: 1 2 3 4 This setting only works when you’re using T elstra big pond’s network service in Australia. Y ou need to input: User Name (1): Please input t he user name assigned by T elstra. Password (2): Please input the password assi[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 56 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 ef fect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page ba[...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: DNS Address (1): Please input the IP address of DN S server provided by your service provider . Secondary DNS Address (2): Please input the IP address of another DNS server provided by your service provider , this is optional. NOTE: Only IP[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 58 2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’: DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP-t o-Hostname mapping service for those Internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. It will be a problem when such user wants to provide services to other users on Internet, because their IP address will [...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable DDNS function, please select ‘Enabled ’; otherwise please select ‘Disabled’. Provider (2): Select your DDNS service provider here. Domain Name (3): Input the domain name you’ve obtained from [...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 60 2-5-9 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’: If your network service provided by your se rvice provider is th rough wireless network, please select this mode. After you have connect ed the router to the a ccess point of service provider wirelessly , please setup the W AN connection type in WA[...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual associated to the router can a ccess the Internet service through the wireless network. Note: In this mode, if you are in formed by your wireless ISP that the wireless settings of the ac cess point is changed, please configure the router in this p age for match the settings. staEnabl[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 62 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 s[...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 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 netwo rk; for servers and network devices which will provide servic es to other computer and user s that come from Internet, static IP addr[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 64 Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters: Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interface, t here are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server ’, and ‘S tatic DHCP Leases T able’. Here are setup instructions for each of[...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-6-2 DHCP Server: 1 These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Serv er ’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup items: Lease T ime (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address) of e[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 66 2-6-3 S t atic DHCP Leases T able: This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific computer forever , so you don’t have to set the IP address for a com puter , and still enjoy the benefit of using DHCP server . Maximum 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here.[...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual After you clicked ‘Add’, the MAC address and IP address mapping will be added to ‘S tatic DHCP Leases T able’ section. 1 2 3 4 If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click ‘Delete Selected?[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 68 2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations If your computer , PDA, game console, or other network devices which is equipped with wireless network interface, you can use the wir eless function of this router to let them connect to Internet and share resour ces with other computers with wired-LAN c[...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual After you click ‘Apply’(2), the followi ng 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 ef fect (Please wait fo[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 70 This wireless router can be work in 6 modes: a. Access Point: S tandard wireless AP . b. S tation-Infrastructure: Conf igure the router to Ethernet dev ice such us TV , Game player , HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device be a wireless station. c. AP Bridge-Point to Point: Connect t[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Please select a proper operation mode you want to use from ‘Mode’ dropdown menu (1), and continue on other operation mode specific settings: AP - Please go to section 2-7-1-1 S tation-Infrastructure - Please go to section 2-7-1-2 AP Bridge-Point to Point - Please go to section 2-[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 72 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): Please select the radi o band from one of following options: 2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only al lows 802.1 1b wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 1 1Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only al lows 802.1 [...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router . Y ou can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. SSID is used to identify your own wireless router from other s when there are other wireless routers in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’ s recom[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 74 2-7-1-2 Setup procedure fo r ‘St ation-Infrastructure’: In this mode, you can connect the router to Ethernet device such us TV , Game player , HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device be a wir eless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or AP router . Here[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-7-1-3 Setup procedure for ‘A P Bridge-Point to Point’: In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with another , to combine two access points and exp and the scope of wireless network, and all client s (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 76 2-7-1-4 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point’: In this mode, you can connect your wireless r outer with at least four wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless network, and all cl ient s (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of the [...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-7-1-5 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge – WDS’ In this mode, you can expand the scope of ne twork by combining up to four other access points together , and every access point can still accept wireless clients. NOTE: For WDS mode, the output signal nature is the same as that of [...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 78 Associated Clients (5): Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active Wireless Client T able” will pop up. Y ou can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. MAC address Input the MAC addres s of other wireless routers. 1 to 4[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): Select the band you want to us e, all the wireless routers must use the same setting. SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router . Y ou can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. SSID is used to identif[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 80 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to cont inue 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). 2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings This router provides some [...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: Fragment Set the Fragment thre shold of wireless radio. Threshold (1): Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346. R TS Threshold (2): Set the R TS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default va[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 82 Broadcast ESSID (9): Decide if the wirel ess router will broadcast its own ESSID or not. Y ou can hide the ESSID of your wireless router (set the option to ‘Disable’), so only people those who know the ESSID of your wireless rout er can get connected. CTS Protect (10): Enabling thi[...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-7-3 Wireless Security It’ s ver y import ant to set wireless securit y settings properly! If you don’t, hackers and malicious users can reach your network and valuable data without your consent and this will cause serious security problem. T o set wireless security settings, Pl[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 84 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will reduce some data transfer performance. 5 6 4 Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII an[...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Enable 802.1x IEEE 802.1x is an authentication pr otocol. Every Authentication (6): user must use a valid account to login to this wireless router before accessing the wireless LA N. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server . This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 86 T o improve securit y 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 ho w a WEP key look like). Wireless clients will remember the WEP key , so you only hav[...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-7-3-3 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WP A): When you select this mode, the wireless rout er will use WP A encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: WP A Unicast Please select a type of WP A cipher suite. C[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 88 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 ef fect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). NOTE: Some wireless clients (especi ally those ma[...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: WP A Unicast Please select a type of WP A cipher suite. Cipher Suite (2): Available options ar e: WP A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), and WP A2 Mixed. Y ou can select one of them , but you have to make sure your wireless client suppor t the cipher yo[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 90 2-7-4 Wireless Access Control This function will help you to prevent unauthor ized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless router . Y ou can use th is function with other secu[...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Delete All (3): If you want to delet e all MAC addresses listed here,please click ‘Delete All’ button. Enable T o enforce MAC address filtering, you have to check ‘Enable Access Control (4): Wireless Access Cont rol’. When this item is unchecked, wireless router will not enfo[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 92 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 ef fect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page ba[...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of w eb management interface, then click ‘WPS’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable WPS (1): Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable W[...]

2. System and Network Setup AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 94 SSID: The SSID of this wirele ss 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 se[...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 2-7-6 Security T ips for W ireless Network Here are some quick tips to help you improve t he security level of your wireless network: 1. Never use simple words (like school, appl e and computer) as WEP encryption or WP A passphrase. 2. A complicat ed (the combination of number , alph[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 96 3 3. Advanced Functions 3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) Quality of service provides an efficient wa y for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of inte rnet service. Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with eac h other to[...]

3. Advanced Functions 9 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 3-1-1 Basic QoS Settings Please follow the following instructions to set QoS para meters: Please click ‘Qos’ menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 10 6 7 8 9 5 ere are descriptions of every setting: QoS fun[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 98 dd (5): Click ‘add’ button to add a new QoS rule, see section 3-1-2 ‘Add a Edit (6): ent of a specific rule, please check the . Delete (7): of the Delete All (8): tly in the QoS Move Up (9): of the QoS rule you se lected by clicking Move Down (10): of the QoS rule you se lected by clic[...]

3. Advanced Functions 9 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual lease click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup e wait you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click 3-1-2 Add a new QoS rule fter you click ‘Add’ button in QoS menu, the following message will appear: P p[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 100 ere are descriptions of every setup items: this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical Bandwidth (b): Set the bandwidth limit ation of this QoS rule. Y ou have to select the max’ (set Local IP S pecify the local (source) IP address that will be af fected by this rule. ): Local Port Please inpu[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 0 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual emote Port Please input the range of remote (destination) port number that will T raffic T ype (g): Protocol (h): ions are es, After you finish with all settings, please click ‘save’ button (i), you’ll be brought back to hing you want to erase all values you just entered. Click ‘[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 102 3-2 Network Address T ranslat ion (NA T) Network address translations solve the problem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. Without NA T , all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connected to Internet, but Internet service providers only prov[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 0 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual T o enable NA T function, please select ‘Enable’ for ‘Enable NA T module function’ (1); to disable, please select ‘Disable’. After you made the selection, please click ‘A pply’ button (2) and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Con[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 104 3-2-2 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single por t or consecutive ports of Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on local network. The port number(s) of Internet IP address and private IP address (the IP address on local network) must be the same. If [...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 0 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Computer Name (3): Pull down the m enu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. Y ou can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer . T ype (4): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP . If you’re not sure, please sele[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 106 After you finish with all settings, please cli ck ‘Apply’ (13) 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[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 0 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 1 6 7 2 4 5 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable Virtual Check this box to enable virtual server , Server (1): and uncheck this box to disable v irtual server . Private IP (2): Input the IP address of the computer which provides Internet service. Comput[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 108 Public Port (6): Please select the por t number of Internet IP address which will be redirected to the port number of local IP address defined above. Comment (7): Please input any te xt to describe this mapping, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Add (8): Add the mapping to virtual server [...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 0 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 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 ef fect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 1 10 Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. Y ou 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 p[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Delete All (12): Delete all settings existed in trigger port table. Reset (13): Unselect all settings. Note: Only one LAN client can use a part icular special application at a time. After you finish with all settings, please cli ck ‘Apply’ (14) button and the following message will b[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 1 12 Please click ‘NA T’ menu on the left of web management interface, t hen click ‘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 ?[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 3-2-6 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway (ALG) is a special function of this r outer . It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applications which r equire special support. With these supports, those applications which required special support will be able to work with NA T[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 1 14 There are many applications listed here. Pleas e check the box of the special support for applications you need, and 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 ot[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Please select ‘Enable’ or ‘Disable’ to enable or disable firewall function of this router , the click ‘Apply’ button, and the following messa ge will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup proce[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 1 16 3-3-1 Access Control This function allows or denies computers with specific MAC addr ess from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny computers with specific IP address, protocol, or port. Please click ‘Firewall’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Client PC Please input the MAC address of computer MAC address (2): or network device her e, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) ar e 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’ Com[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 1 18 Reset (10): Y ou can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all MAC addresses. Enable IP Check this box to ena ble IP address based filtering, and please Filtering (1 1): select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior of IP filtering t able. If you select deny , all IP addresse[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 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 ef fect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 120 3-3-1-1 Add PC After button is clicked, the following mess age will be displayed on your web browser: a b c d e f[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 2 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: Client PC Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 Description (a): alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP Please input the starti ng IP address in the left field, and input the address (b): end IP address in the right fiel [...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 122 3-3-2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent comput ers in local network from a ccessing certain website (like pornography , violence, or anything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is useful [...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 2 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 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 or http://1 1.22.33.44 ), or the keyword [...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 124 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 ef fect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 2 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: Ping of Death (1): Ping of Death is a spec ial packet, and it will cause certain computer to stop responding. Check this box and the router will filt er this kind of packet out. Discard Ping Ping is a common and useful tool to know the connecti[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 126 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 settin[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 2 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 3-3-3-1 DoS - Advanced Settings When you click ‘Advanced’ button in DoS menu, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: a b c d Here are descriptions of every setup items: Ping of Death (a): Set the threshold of when this Do S prevention mechanism will be activated[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 128 Port Scan (c): Many kind of port scan met hods are listed here, pl ease check one or more DoS attack methods you want to prevent. Sync Flood (d): Like Ping of Deat h, you can set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. After you finish with all settings, pleas[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 2 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Please follow the following instructions to set DMZ para meters: Please click ‘Firewall’ m enu on the left of web m anagement interface, then click ‘DMZ’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enab[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 130 Computer Pull down the menu and all the computers c onnected to the router Name (4): will be listed here. Y ou can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer . Add (5): Click ‘Add’ button to add the public IP address and associated private IP addr[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 3 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 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 ef fect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 132 NOTE: Information displayed here may vary . 3-4-2 Internet Connection St atus Y ou can use this function to know the status of current Internet connection. Please click ‘Internet Connecti on’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on yo[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 3 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 3-4-3 Device St atus Y ou can use this function to know the status of your router . Please click ‘Device S tatus’ 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. [...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 134 The system events will be displayed in this p age, 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[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 3 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 3-4-5 Security Log All information about network and system security is kept here, and you can use this function to check the security event log of your router . Please click ‘Security Log’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on y[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 136 3-4-5 Active DHCP client list If you’re using the DHCP server function of this router , you can use this function to check all 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 d[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 3 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 3-4-6 S t atistics Y ou can use this function to check the statisti cs of wireless, LAN, and W AN interface of this router . Please click ‘S tatistics’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Y ou can click ‘Ref[...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 138 3-5 Configuration Backup and Restore Y ou can backup all configurations of this router to a file, so you can make several copied of router configuration for security reason. T o backup or restore router configuration, please follo w the following instructions: Please click ‘T ool’ locat[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 3 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Restore to Click this button to remove all settings Factory Default (3): you made, and re store the configuration of this router back to factory default settings. 3-6 Firmware Upgrade The system software used by this router is called as ‘firmware’, just like any applications on your [...]

3. Advanced Functions AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 140 Click ‘Browse’ button first, you’ll be prom pted to provide the f ilename of firmware upgrade file. Please download the latest firmware file from our website, and use it to upgrade your router . After a firmware upgrade file is selected, c lick ‘Apply’ button, and the router will [...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 4 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 3-7 System Reset If you think the network performance is bad, or you found the behavior of the router is strange, you can perform a router reset, sometime it will solve the problem. T o do so, please click ‘T ool’ located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, then cl[...]

4. Appendix AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 142 4 4. Appendix 4-1 Hardware S pecification SoC + RF: Realtek RTL8196C + RTL8188CE Flash: 2MB SDRAM: 16MB WAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 LAN Ports: 10/100M UTP Port x 4 Antenna: 2dBi Dipole Antenna x 1 (1T1R ; 1 antenna is for signal transmitting and 1 antenna is for signal receiving) Power: 5VDC, 1A S[...]

4. Appendix 1 4 3 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 4-2 T roubleshooting If you found the router is worki ng improperly or stop responding to you, don’t p anic! Before you contact your dealer of purchase for help, please read this troubleshooting first. Some problems can be solved by you within very short time! Scenario Solution Router is not res[...]

4. Appendix AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 144 Scenario Solution Can’t get connected to Internet a. Go to ‘S tatus’ -> ‘Internet Connec tion’ menu, and check Internet connection status. b. Please be patient, sometime In te r n e t i s j u s t t h at slow . c. If you connect a computer to Internet directly before, try to do that again[...]

4. Appendix 1 4 5 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Scenario Solution 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? T ry to get closer . d. Please remember that you have to input ESSID on your wireless client manually , if ESSID br[...]

4. Appendix AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 146 Scenario Solution 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 power (make sure it’ s [...]

4. Appendix 1 4 7 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 4-3 Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router IP device needs to configure a default gateway’s IP address. When the device sends out an IP p acket, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to it s default gateway , which will then send it out tow[...]

4. Appendix AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 148 The IP address is a 32-bit binary pattern, which can be represented as four cascaded decimal numbers separated by “.”: aaa. aaa.aaa.aaa, where each “aaa” can be anything from 000 to 255, or as four casc aded binary numbers sep arated by “.”: bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb. bbbbbbbb, where eac[...]

4. Appendix 1 4 9 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual MAC Address: MAC stands for Media Access Control. A MAC address is the hardware address of a devic e connected to a network. The MAC address is a unique identifier for a device with an Ethernet interface. It is comprised of two part s: 3 bytes of data that corresponds to the Manufacturer ID (uni q[...]

4. Appendix AirLive WN-250R User ’s Manual 150 PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. Po int-to-Point Protocol is a secure data transmission method originally created for di al-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 p[...]

4. Appendix 1 5 1 A irLive WN-250R User ’s Manual Web-based management Graphi cal User Interface (GUI): Many devices support a graphical user interface that is based on the web browser . This means the user can use the familiar Netscape or Microsof t Internet Explorer to Control/configure or monitor the device being managed.[...]