AmbiCom WL250N-AR Bedienungsanleitung

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Inhaltsverzeichnis der Gebrauchsanleitungen

  • Seite 1

    AmbiCom Wireless-N Broadband Router AmbiCom Wireless-N Broadband Router Kit Model: WL250N-AR WL250-KIT User ’ s Manual V ersion: 1.0 (November , 2008) COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2008/2009 by AmbiCom, Inc. All right s reserved. No part of this pub lication may be reprodu ced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translate d into a[...]

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    Federal Communication Commission Interference St atement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are de signed to provide reason able protection against harmful interference in a residential inst allation. T his equipment generates, u[...]

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    R&TTE Compliance St atement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DI RECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN P ARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunica tion terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE). The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive [...]

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    CA T ALOG CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMA TION 1-1 Introduction And Safety Information 1-2 Safety Information 1-3 System Requirements 1-4 Package Contents 1-5 Familiar With Y our New Wireless Broadband Router CHAPTER II: SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP 2-1 Connecting Y our Devices 2-2 Connecting T o Wireless Broadband Router By W eb Browser 2-2-1 Windows 95/98[...]

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    2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations 2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings 2-7-1-1 Setup Procedures For ‘AP' 2-7-1-2 Setup Procedures For ‘S tation-Infrastructure' 2-7-1-3 Setup Procedures For ‘AP Bridge - Point to Point’ 2-7-1-4 Setup Procedures For ‘A P Bridge - Point to Multi Point’ 2-7-1-5 Setup Procedures For ‘AP Bridge - WDS’ 2-7[...]

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    3-4-5 Active DHCP Client List 3-4-6 S tatistics 3-5 Configuration Backup And Restore 3-6 Firmware Upgrade 3-7 System Reset CHAPTER IV : APPENDIX 4-1 Hardware S pecification 4-2 T roubleshooting 4-3 Glossary[...]

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    CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMA TION 1-1 Introduction And Safety Information Thank you for purchasing this wireless broadband router! 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 Internet connection at high speed. Easy install procedures[...]

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    1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your proper ties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router out door . 2. DO NOT put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. 3. DO NOT pull any connected cable with fo rce; dis[...]

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    1-5 Familiar With Y our New Wireless Broadband Router Front Panel LED Name Light S tatus Description POWER 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 data). On W AN port is connected. Off W AN port is not co[...]

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    CHAPT ER II: SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP 2-1 Connecting Y our Devices Follow the instructions here to connect your computer and other devices to your new wireless router . 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WA N port of router by using an Ethernet cable. 2. Connect all your computers, network devices (game console, switch / hub) to the LAN port[...]

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    2-2-4 Windows V ista IP address setup: 1. Click the ‘S tart’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click Vi e w Network S tatus and T asks , and then click Manag e Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’. The Local Area Connection Properties windo[...]

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    3. Connect to the router ’s management interface by using a web browser After your computer obt ained an IP address from the r outer , please start your web browser , and input the ’Default Gatew ay’ IP address in address bar . The following message should be shown: 4. Please input user name and password in t he field respectively , default u[...]

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    2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ pr ocedure, which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short time. HERE! And the following message will be displayed: 1. Set T ime Zone 1 2 3 Set Ti m e Zone (1): Choose your time zone by clicking on the button. Time Server Addres[...]

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    2. Broadband T ype Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using. There are six types of Internet connection, they are: NOTE: Some service providers use ‘DHCP’ (D ynamic Host Configuration Protocol ) to assign IP address to you. In this case, you can choose ‘Cable Modem’ as Internet connection type; even y ou’re us[...]

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    2-3-1 Setup Procedures For ‘Cable Modem’: 1 2 Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer , this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC address (2): If your service provider only permit s com put er with certain MAC address to access internet, please input MAC address of your computer here.[...]

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    2-3-2 Setup Procedures For ‘Fixed-IP xDSL ’: 1 2 3 4 IP address assigned by your Service Provider (1): Please input IP address assigned service provider Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet ma sk assigned by your service provider DNS address (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider . Service Provider Gate[...]

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    2-3-3 Setup Procedures For ‘PPPoE xDSL ’: 1 2 4 5 6 3 User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the password assigned by y our Internet service provider here. Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service. (Optional) MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of yo[...]

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    2-3-4 Setup Procedures For ‘PPTP xDSL ’: PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of setting: W AN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your se rvice provider here. Y ou can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to DHCP , please refer to ‘Ca[...]

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    3. Manual: Only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is pressed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pressed. Idle Time Out (8): Please input idle tim e out. S pecify the time to shutdown Inter net connects after no internet activi ty is detected by minute. This option is only available when connection type is ‘Con[...]

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    2-3-5 Setup Procedures For ‘L2TP xDSL ’: L2TP xDSL requires two kinds of setting: W AN interface setting (setup IP address) and L2TP setting (L2TP user name and p assword). Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your se rvice provider here. Y ou can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to DHCP , please refer to ‘C[...]

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    S pecify the time to shutdown Inter net connects after no internet activi ty is detected by minute. This option is only available when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’. When all settings are finished, you’ll see the fo llowing message displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Apply’ button to prep are to restart the router , and [...]

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    2-3-6 Setup Procedures 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. User Name (1): Please input the user name assigned by T elstra. Password (2): Please input the password assigned by T elstra. User device login server manually (3): Check this box to choose log[...]

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    2-4 Basic Setup Click ‘General Setup’ button on the left, or click ‘General Setup’ link at the upper-right corner of web management interface. HERE! 2-4-1 Time Zone And Time Auto-Synchronization Please click ‘System’ menu on the lef t of web management interface, then click ‘Time Zone’ , and the following message will be displayed o[...]

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    2-4-2 Changing The Management Passw ord Default password of this router is 1234, and it’ s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browser . There’s a security risk if you don’t change the defaul t password, since everyone can see it. This is very import ant when you have wireless function enabled. Please click ‘System’ menu [...]

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    If the current and new passwords are correctly entered, after you click ‘Apply’ , you’ll be prompted to in put your new pa ssword again to login: 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 router does not allow manageme nt access from Interne[...]

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    When you finish with all settings, click ‘Apply’ , and you’ll see the following message displayed on web browser: Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will t ake ef fect after it reboot s. NOTE: When y ou want to [...]

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    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 W AN configuration menu. Y ou can also set advanced functions lik e DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here. Please click ‘W AN’ menu on the left of web management inter[...]

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    2-5-1 Setup Procedures For ‘Dynamic IP’: 1 2 Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer , this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC address (2): If your service provider only permit s com put er with certain MAC address to access internet, please input MAC address of your computer here. [...]

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    2-5-2 Setup Procedures For ‘S tatic IP’: 1 2 3 IP address assigned by your Service Provider (1): Please input IP address assigned service provider Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet ma sk assigned by your service provider Service Provider Gateway Address (3): Please input t he IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider . After[...]

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    2 -5-3 Setup Procedures For ‘PPPoE’: 1 2 4 5 6 3 User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the password assigned by y our Internet service provider here. Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service. (Optional) MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your ne[...]

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    2-5-4 Setup Procedures For ‘PPTP’: PPTP requires two kinds of setting: W AN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). 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 , please refer to ‘Cable Modem’[...]

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    5. Connect on Demand: Only connects to Internet when there’s a connect attempt 6. Manual: Only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is pressed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pressed. Idle Time Out (8): Please input idle tim e out. S pecify the time to shutdown Inter net connects after no internet activi ty is[...]

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    2-5-5 Setup Procedures For ‘L2TP’: L2TP requires two kinds of setting: W AN interface setting (setup IP address) and L2TP setting (L2TP user name and p assword). 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 , please refer to ‘Cable Modem?[...]

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    S pecify the time to shutdown Inter net connects after no internet activi ty is detected by minute. This option is only available when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’. When all settings are finished, you’ll see the fo llowing message displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Apply’ button to prep are to restart the router , and [...]

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    2-5-6 Setup Procedures 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. User Name (1): Please input the user name assigned by T elstra. Password (2): Please input the password assigned by T elstra. User device login server manually (3): Check this box to choose logi[...]

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    2-5-7 Setup Procedures For ‘DNS’: If you select ‘ Dynamic IP ’ or ‘ PPPoE ’ as Internet connection method, at leas t one DNS server ’s IP address should be assigned automatically . However , if you have preferred DNS server , or your service provider didn’t assign the IP address of DNS server because of any reason, you can input the[...]

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    2-5-8 Setup Procedures 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 want s to provide serv ices to other users o n Internet, because their IP address wil l vary every time when connected to Interne t, and other user[...]

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    Please click ‘Apply’ button to prep are to restart the router , and you’ll see this message: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ bu tton. Y ou’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings. 2-6 Wired LAN Configurations Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. [...]

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    2-6-1 LAN IP Section: 1 2 3 4 IP address (1): Please input the IP address of this router . Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask for this network. 802.1d Spanning T ree (3): If you wish to activate 802.1d spanning tree func tion, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.1d Spanning T ree’, or set it to ‘Disabled’ DHCP Server (4): If you[...]

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    NOTE: 1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be greater than ‘St art IP’, and cannot the same w ith router ’ s IP address. 2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘S tart IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP Address of ‘LAN IP’ section (mentioned ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ field) should be the sa[...]

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    After you finish all settings, please click ‘Apply ’ button on the bottom of this page. After you click ‘Apply’ , the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ bu tton. Y ou’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings. 2-7 [...]

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    2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web mana gement interface, then cli ck ‘Basic Settings’ , and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 This wireless router can be work in 6 modes: A. AP : S tandard wireless AP (access point). B. S tation-Infrastructure : Configure the rou[...]

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    2-7-1-1 Setup Procedures For ‘AP’: Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown menu, and the following message will be displayed: 1 2 3 4 5 Band (2): Please select the radio band from one of options ESSID (3): This is the name of wireless router . Y ou can ty pe any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters[...]

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    access point in the table and it will join wireless LAN through this access point. WLAN MAC (5): For some applications, you may need to designate a spec ific MAC address for the router . Please enter the MAC address here. If you are connecting the router to a computer , you can simply press ‘Clone Mac address’ button to fill the MAC address fie[...]

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    MAC address 1 to 4 (4 – 7): Input the MAC address of another wireless router . Set Security (8): Click to set security settings for this connection. 2-7-1-5 Setup Procedures For ‘AP Bridge – WDS’ In this mode, you can expand the scope of network by comb ining up to four other access points together , and every access point can still accept [...]

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    2-7-1-6 Setup Procedures For ‘Universal Repeater ’ In this mode, the router can act as a wire less repeater; it can be S tation and AP at the same time. It can use S tation function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all wireless st ations within it s coverage. NOTE : For Repea ter Mode, this router w ill demodulate the rece[...]

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    2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings This router provides some advanced control of wireless parame ters, if you want to confi gure these settings, please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the lef t of web manageme nt interface, then click ‘Advanced Settings’ , and the followi ng message wi ll be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 10 11 12 [...]

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    message will be displayed on your web browser: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ bu tton. Y ou’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings. 2-7-3 Wireless Security It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! If you don’t, hackers and malici ous users can r[...]

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    2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equiv alent Privacy When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WE P encryption, and the following se tup menu will be shown on your web browser: 1 2 3 5 4 7 8 6 9 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 tran[...]

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    TIPS: Some examples of WEP key (Don’t use those examples; use the one of your own!): ASCII (5 characters): pilot, phone, 23561, 2Hyux, #@xmL ASCII (13 characters): digit alF AMIL Y , 82Jh26xHy3m&n Hex (10 characters): 287d2aa732, 1 152dabc85 Hex (26 characters): 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84 T o improve security level, do not use those words tha[...]

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    Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ bu tton. Y ou’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings. NOTE: Some w ireless client s (especially those manufactured before y ear 2003) only support WEP or WP A (TKIP) cipher . A driver upgrade w ould be needed for those clients to use WP A an[...]

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    2-7-4 Wireless Access Control This function will help you to prevent unaut horized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here c an gain access to your wireless router . Y ou can use this function with other security measures described in previous se ction, to create a safer [...]

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    Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ bu tton. Y ou’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings. 2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to b uild connection between wi reless network client s and this wirel ess router . Y ou don’t have to [...]

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    Enable WPS (1): Check this box to enable WPS func tion, uncheck it to disable WPS. Wi-Fi Protected Setup Information (2): WPS-related system information will be displayed here: WPS S tatus: If the wireless security (encrypt ion) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll see ‘ Configured’ message here. If wireless security funct[...]

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    3. Y ou can hide the ESSID of this router by set ‘Broadcast ESSID’ opti on to ‘Disable’. Y our wireless router will not be found b y other people in proximity if they’re just using the AP scanning function of their wireless client, and this can reduce the chance of being intruded. 4. Use ‘Access Control’ function described in section [...]

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    Delete Selected (7): Y ou can delete selected rules by cli cking this button. Y ou can select one or more rules to delete by check the ‘select’ the box of the rule(s) you want to delete a time. If the QoS table is empty , this button will be grayed out and cannot be clicked. Delete All (8): By clicking this button, yo u can delete all rules cu [...]

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    addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address. Local Port Range (4): Please input the range of local (source) port number t hat will be affected by this rule. If you want to apply this rule on port 80 to 90, please input ’80-90’ ; if you want to apply this rule on a single port, just input the port numb[...]

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    T o enable NA T function, please select ‘Enable’ for ‘Enable NA T module function; to disable, please select ‘Disable’. After you finish all settings, please click ‘Apply ’ button on the bottom of this page. After you click ‘Apply’ , the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please wait for about 30 seconds, the[...]

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    Port Forwarding T able (9): All existing por t forwarding m appings will be displayed here. Delete Selected (10): Please select a port forwarding mapping by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button to remove the mapping. If there’ s no existing mapping, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (1 1):[...]

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    T ype (5): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP . If you’re not sure, please select ‘ Both’ . Public Port (6): Please select the port number of Interne t IP addre ss which will be redire cted to the port num ber of local IP address defined above. Comment (7): Please input any text to describe this mapping, up to 16 alphanumerical charact[...]

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    TCP Port to Open (4): This is the out going (Outbound) r ange of TCP port numbers for this particular application. UDP Port to Open (5): This is the out going (Outbound) r ange of UDP port num bers for this particular application. Comment (6): The description of this setting. Popula Applications (7): This section li sts the m ore popular applicatio[...]

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    3-2-5 UPnP Setting This function enables network auto-configuration for peer-to-peer communications, with this function, network devices will be able to communicate with other devices directly , and learn about information about other dev ices. Many network device and applications rely on UPnP function nowadays. Please click ‘NA T’ menu on the [...]

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    3-2-6 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway (ALG) is a spec ial function of this router . It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applications which require special support. With these supports, those applications which required special support will be able to work with NA T architecture. Please click ‘NA T’ menu on the left of web [...]

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    3-3 Firew all Excepting NA T , this router also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on local network. These functions include inbound att ack prevention, and block outbound tr affics, like block URLs which have pre-defined keywords. Please click ‘Firewall’ menu on the left of web management inte[...]

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    3-3-1 Access Control This function allows or denies computers with specific MAC address 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 in terface, then click ‘Access C ontrol’, and the following message will be displa[...]

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    Delete All (9): If you want to delete all MAC addre sses listed here, please click ‘Delete All’ button. Reset (10): Y ou can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all MAC addresses. Enable IP Filtering T able (1 1): Check this box to enable IP address based filtering, and please select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior of IP [...]

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    3-3-1-1 Add PC 1 2 Client PC Description (1): Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanum erical characters. Client PC IP address (2): Please input the starting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right fie ld to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the lef t field to[...]

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    3-3-2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in local network from acce ssing certain website (like pornography , violence, or anything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computer s in local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is useful for parent s and company managers. Please click ‘Firewall[...]

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    3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention Denial of Service (DoS) is a common atta ck measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server , the Internet connection will become very slow , and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much traffics. This router has a built-in DoS attack preven[...]

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    Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ bu tton. Y ou’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings. 3-3-3-1 DoS - Advanced Settings When you click ‘Advanced’ button in DoS menu, the fo llowing message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 Ping of Death (1): Ping of Death is[...]

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    Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ bu tton. Y ou’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings. 3-3-4 Demilit arized Zone (DMZ) Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) refers to a special area in your local network. This area resides in local network, and all computers in this area uses private IP[...]

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    Reset (10): Y ou can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all DMZ entries. After you finish all settings, please click ‘Apply ’ button on the bottom of this page. After you click ‘Apply’ , the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ bu tton. Y ou’ll be back to ro[...]

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    3-4-2 Internet Connection St atus Y ou can use this function to know the status of current Internet connection. Please click ‘Internet Connection’ menu on the left of web ma nagem ent interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: NOTE: This information will vary depending on the connection st atus. 3-4-3 Device S t[...]

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    3-4-4 System Log All important system event s are logged. Y ou can use this function to check the event log of your router . Please click ‘System Log’ menu on the lef t of web managem ent inte rface, and the following m essage will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 Save (1): Save current event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all eve[...]

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    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 th is router . Please click ‘Active DHCP client’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: All information about active[...]

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    3-5 Configuration Backup And Restore Y ou can backup all configurations of this r outer to a file, so you can make several copied of router configuration for security reason. Please click ‘T ool’ located at the upper-right corner of web m anagement interface, then click ‘Configuration T ools’ on the left of web management interface, then th[...]

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    Click ‘Browse’ button first, you’ll be prompted to provide t he filename of firmware upgrade file. Please download the latest firmware file from our website, and use it to upgrade your router . After a firmware upg rade file is selected, click ‘Apply’ butt on, and the router will start firmware upgrade pro cedure automatic ally . The proc[...]

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    CHAPTER IV : APPENDIX 4-1 Hardw are Specification • SoC: Ralink RT3052 • Flash: 4MB • SDRAM: 16MB • W AN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 • LAN Ports: 10/100M UTP Port x 4 • Antenna: 3dBi Dipole Antenna x 2 (2T2R S patial Multiple xing MIMO configuration; 2 antennas are for signal transmitting and 2 antennas are for signal receiving) • Powe[...]

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    f. If you just can’t connect to one or more w ebsite, but you can still use other internet services, please check URL/Keyword filter . g. T r y to reset the router and try again later . h. Reset the device provided by your Internet service provider too. i. T ry to use IP address instead of hostname. If you can use IP address to communicate with a[...]

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    DSL Modem: DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line. A DSL modem uses your existing phone lines to transmit data at high speeds. Ethernet: A standard for computer networks. Et hernet networks are connected by s pecial cables and hubs, and move data around at up to 10/100 million bits per second (Mbps). Idle Timeout: Idle Timeout is designed so that a[...]

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    data that co rresponds to the Man ufacturer ID (unique for each ma n ufacturer), plus 3 bytes that are of ten used as the product’ s serial number . NAT: Network Address Translation. This process allows all of the computers on your home network to use one IP address. Using the broadband router’s NAT capability, you can access the Internet from [...]

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    TCP/IP , UDP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Unreliable Dat agram Protocol (UDP). TCP/IP is the standard protocol for dat a transmission over the Internet. Both TCP and UDP are transport layer protocol. TCP performs proper error detection and error recovery , and thus is reliable. UDP on the other hand is not reli able[...]