Icidu Nl-707539 Bedienungsanleitung

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CATAL OG CHAPTER I : PRODUCT IN FORMA TION 1- 1 In troduction and saf ety inf ormation 1- 2 Safe ty Inform ation 1- 3 System Requ ire ments 1- 4 P ackage Conte nts 1- 5 Famili ar with you r new w ireless broadban d router 2- 1 Build network con nection CHAPTER II: SY STEM AND NETWORK SETUP 2- 2 Conne cting to wireless b roadband route r by web brow[...]

2-4- 3 Remote Management 2- 5 Setup Inte rnet C onnecti on (W AN Setup) 2-5- 1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’ 2-5- 2 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’ 2-5- 3 Setup proc edure for ‘PPPoE’ 2-5- 4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’ 2-5- 5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’ 2-5- 6 Setup procedure for ‘T elstra Big Pond’ 2-5- 7 Setup procedure f[...]

CHAP TER III : AD V ANCED FUNCTIONS 3- 1 Qualit y of Servic e (QoS) 3-1- 1 Basic QoS Settings 3-1- 2 Add a new QoS rule 3- 2 Network Address T ra n slation (NA T ) 3-2- 1 Basic NA T Settings (Enable or disable NA T f unction) 3-2- 2 Port Forward ing 3-2- 3 Virtual Ser ver 3-2- 4 Port Mapping for Special Applicat ions 3-2- 5 UPnP Set ting 3-2- 6 ALG[...]

CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX 4- 1 Hardware Specificat ion 4- 2 T roublesh ooting 4- 3 Glossary[...]

1 CH APTE R I: PRODUCT IN FORMATIO N 1- 1 Introduction and safety informat ion Thank you for purchasing this wireless broadband router! Thi s high cost - efficien c y route r is the best choice for Small of fice / Home offic e users, all compute rs and ne twork de vices can sh are a sing le xDSL / cable modem inter net connection at high speed. Eas[...]

2 • Allow you to m onitor the r outer ’ s sta tus like : DHCP Client Log , System Log , Security Log an d Device/ Connecti on Status • Easy t o use W eb - based G UI for net work configurati on and man agement pur poses • Remote manag ement fu nction all ows configurati on and upgrades f rom a remot e computer ( over the Inter n et) • Aut[...]

3 In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follo w the following safe ty instructions: 1- 2 Saf ety In form ation 1. This r outer is designed for indoor use only; DO NO T place this router outdoor . 2. DO NO T put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. A lso , do not left this router in the car[...]

4 1-3 System Requi r ements  Inter net connect ion, provided by xDSL or cabl e modem w ith a RJ - 45 Ether net port.  Computer or network d evices wit h wired or w ireless network int erface card.  W eb bro wser ( Microsof t Inter net Exp lorer 4.0 or above , Netscape Navigator 4.7 or abov e, Oper a web br owser , or Safari web browser). ?[...]

5 1-4 P ack age Contents Before you starting to use this router , please c heck if there’ s anything missing i n the package , and contact your dealer of purchase to c lai m f or missing ite ms: Broadband router (main body , 1 pcs)…………………………… ....… 1 Quick installation guide and U ser manual CDROM (1 pcs) …… ………2[...]

6 1- 5 Familiar with y our new wir eless broadband router Front Pan el LED Name Light Stat us Description PWR On Router is switched on and correctly power ed . WLAN On Wire les s W PS function is enabled . Off Wireless network is switched of f . Flashing Wireless LAN activity (transferr ing or receiving data) . WAN LNK /ACT On W AN port is connecte[...]

7 Bac k Panel Item Na me Description Antenna A/B T hese ante nnas are 3dBi d ipole ant ennas. Radio ON/ OFF Switch the button to activate or deactivate the w ireless functions . Reset / WPS Reset t he router to factor y default settings (clear all setting s ) or start WPS function. Press this butt on and hold for 10 seco nds to res tore all setting[...]

8 CHAPTER II: SYS TEM A ND NETW OR K S ETUP 2- 1 Build network connecti on Please follow the following instruction to build the network connec tion between your new WIRELES S router and you r compu ters, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the W AN port of router by Ethernet cable . 2. Connect all your computers, network devices [...]

9 3. Connect t he A/C power adapter to the w all sock et, and then connect it to the ‘Po wer’ socket of the router . 4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily on, W AN and LAN LEDs should be on if the com put er / network device connected to the respective port of the router is power ed on and correctly conne[...]

10 2- 2 Connecting to wir eless br oadband router b y web bro wser After the network connection is built, t he next step you should do is setup the router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the router and start configuration proced ures, your computer must be able to get an[...]

11 2 . Select ‘Obt ain an IP addr ess from a DHCP ser ver’ and then c lick ‘OK’.[...]

12 2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it s hould be located at lo wer - left corner o f your computer ), t hen click control panel. Double -click Network and Dial - up Connecti ons icon ; clic k Local Area Conn ection, and Local Area Conne ction Propert ies window will appear . Select ‘I nternet Protocol ( TCP/IP )?[...]

13 2. Select ‘Obt ain an IP addr ess automatically’ and ‘Obt ain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

14 2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it s hould be located at lo wer - left corner o f your computer), then click control panel. Double -click Netwo rk and I nternet Connecti ons icon, click Netwo rk Connec tions , then double -click Local Area Connec tion, Local Area C onnect ion Statu s window will appear , and then [...]

15 2. Select ‘Obt ain an IP addr ess automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS s erver address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

16 2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it s hould be located at lo wer - left corner o f your computer), then click control panel. Click View N etwor k Status a nd T asks , and th en click Manage Net work Conn ections . Right -click Local Area Network , th en select ‘Pr operties’. Local Area Connection Properties [...]

17 2. Select ‘Obt ain an IP addr ess automatically’ and ‘Obt ain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

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19 2-2- 5 Router IP address lookup After the IP address setup is complete , please clic k ‘st art’ - > ‘run’ at the botto m- lower corner of your desktop: Input ‘cmd’, t hen click ‘OK’[...]

20 Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter ’ key . Please check the IP addr ess followed by ‘ Def aul t Gat eway ’ (In this example , the IP address of router is 192.168.2 .1 , please n ote that this value may be diff erent. ) 3. Connect the router’ s management interface b y web browser After your computer obtained an IP address from rou[...]

21 Please input user name and password in the field respectively , de fault user name is ‘admin’, and default passwor d is ‘12 34’, then press ‘OK’ button, and you can see the web management interface of this router: NO TE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’ re being prompted to inpu t user name and pass wor d a[...]

22 2- 3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure , which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very sho rt time . Please f ollow the following instructions to complete the ‘Quick Setup’: Please go to QuickSetup menu by click ing ‘QuickSetup’ but ton. HERE![...]

23 And the fo llowing message will be displayed: 1. Set T ime Zone Here are descr iptions of ever y setup items: Set Ti me Please press but ton, a dro p - down list Zone (1): will be shown, and you can choose a time zone of the locati on you live . T ime Ser ver Input t he IP address / host name of time server Address (2): he re Daylight If t he co[...]

24 2. Broadband T ype Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’r e using in this page . There are six types of Inter net connection, they are: Cable Modem - Pleas e go to section 2 -3-1 Fixed - IP xDSL - Please go to section 2 -3-2 PPPoE xDS L - Please go to section 2 -3-3 PPTP xDSL - Please go to section 2 -3-4 L2TP xDSL - Plea[...]

25 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Host Name (1): Please input t he host name of your computer , this is optional, and only required if your service provid er asks you to do so. MAC address (2) : P lease input MAC addr ess of your computer here , i f your service pro vider on ly permits computer with certain MAC address to access inter[...]

26 IP A ddress (1): Please input IP address as signed by you r by you r service provid er . Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provid er DNS address (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided b y your service pro vider . Service Provider Please input the IP address of DNS ser ver Gateway Addre ss (4): pr[...]

27 2-3- 3 Setup procedure for ‘P PPoE x D S L’ : Here are descr iptions of ever y setup items: User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider he re . Password (2): Please input t he passwo rd assigned by your Inter net service provider he re . Ser vice Name (3): Please give a name t o this In ternet service , t[...]

28 When you finis h with all settings, please click ‘OK’ (7 ); i f you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’ . 2-3- 4 Setup procedure for ‘ PPTP xDSL ’: PPTP xDSL requires tw o kinds of setting: W AN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPT P setting (PPTP user name and password) . Here we start from WAN inter face setting:[...]

29 W AN interface settings must be corr ectly set, or the Int ernet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please con tact your Internet service provider if you don’t know what you should fill in these fields. Now please go to PPTP settings sect ion: Here are descr iptions of ever y setup items: User Nam e (1): Ple[...]

30 network in Israel. Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type ( 7) : connection you wish to use , please refer to la st section for detailed descriptions. Idle T ime Pleas e input the id le time o ut o f Interne t Ou t ( 8) : connection you wish to use , and refer to last section for detai led descriptions . When you fini sh w[...]

31 W AN interface settings must be corr ectly set, or the Int ernet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please con tact your Internet service provider if you don’ t know what you should fil l in these fields. Now please go to L2TP settings section: Here are descr iptions of ever y setup items: User Nam e (1): Pl[...]

32 for detai led descriptions. When you finish with all settings, please clic k ‘OK (7); if you want to go bac k to previous menu, click ‘Back’. 2-3-6 Setup procedure for ‘T els tra Big Pond’: This setting only works when you’ re using T el stra big pond’ s network servic e in Australia. Y ou need to input : User Name (1): Please inpu[...]

33 Please click ‘ Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router , and you’ll see this message: Please wait for about 30 seconds, t hen cl ick ‘OK!’ button. Y ou’ll be back to router management interface again, and t he router is read y with new settings.[...]

34 2- 4 Basic Setup In this chapter , you’ll know how to change the time zone , password, and remote management settings. Please start your web bro wser and log onto router web management interface , then click ‘General Setup’ button on the left, or click ‘General Setup’ link at the upper - right corner of web management interface . 2-4- [...]

35 savings setting, please check ‘Enable Func tion’ box, and set the duration of daylight sett ing. When you finish, click ‘ Apply’ . Y ou’ll see the following message displayed on web bro wser: Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press ‘ Apply ’ to save the settings made and restart th[...]

36 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Current Please input current password here . Password ( 1): New Password (2): Please input new password her e . Confirmed Please input new passwor d here again. Password (3): When you fini sh, click ‘ Apply’ . If you want to k eep origina l password unchanged, click ‘Cancel’ . If the password [...]

37 Please use new password to enter web management int erface again, and you should be able t o login with new password. 2-4- 3 Remote Managem ent This router does not allow management acce ss from Internet , to prevent possible security risks (especially when you defined a weak password, or didn’t change default passwor d). However , you can sti[...]

38 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Host Address (1): I nput t he IP address of the remote host you wish to initiate a management access. Port (2): Y ou can define the port num ber this router should expect an incoming request . If you’ re providing a web ser vice (default port number is 80), you should tr y to use other por t number [...]

39 NO TE: When you want to manage this router fr om another computer on internet, you have to input the IP addres s and port number of this router . If your Internet service provider ass igns you with a static IP address, it will not be a problem; but if the IP addr ess your service pr ovider assigns to you will vary every time you establish an int[...]

40 2-5 Setup Internet Connecti on (W AN Setup) Inter net connections setup can be do ne by using ‘Quick Set up’ menu described in chapter 2 - 3. How ever , you can setup WAN connections up b y using W AN configuration menu. Y ou c an also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here . T o start configuration, please follow the following [...]

41 DDNS - Please go to section 2 -5-8 WISP - Please go to section 2 -5-9 2-5- 1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynam ic IP’: Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Host Name (1): Please input host name of your computer , this is optional, and only required if your ser vice provider asks you to do so. MAC A dd ress (2 ): P lease input MAC address of[...]

42 Please click ‘Continue’ (1) to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router setup , or clic k ‘ Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will tak e effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 2-5- 2 Setup procedure for ‘Sta tic IP’: Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: IP address assigned Ple[...]

43 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘ Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you w ant to reset all settings in this page bac k to previously - sav ed va lu e , please click ‘Cancel[...]

44 service provider he re . Ser vice Name (3): Please give a name t o this Internet ser vice , this is optional MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your netw ork connection here . If you don’t know , you can use default value . Connection Please select the connection type of Internet T ype (5): connection you wish to use . Continuous – The c[...]

45 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘ Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to rese t all settings in this page back to previously - sav ed va lue , please click ‘Cancel?[...]

46 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: User Nam e (1 ): Please input user ID (user name) assigned b y your Internet service provider here . Password ( 2): Please input the password assigned by your Interne t service provider he re . PPTP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by you r Internet service pro vider h[...]

47 you wish to use , and r efer to section 2 -5-3 for detailed descriptions. When you fini sh with all settin gs, please clic k ‘ Appl y’ (9) button and the following message will be display ed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘ Apply’ to reboot [...]

48 Here are descript ions of ever y setup items: User I D (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned b y your Internet service provider he re . Password ( 2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider he re . L2TP Please input the IP address of PPTP gatew ay Gateway (3): assigned b y your Intern et service provide r h[...]

49 2-5- 6 Setup procedure for ‘T el stra Big Pond’: This setting only works when you’ re using T el stra big pond’ s network servic e in Australia. Y ou need to input: User Name (1): Please input the user name assigned by T elstra. Password ( 2): Please input t he passwor d assigned by T elstra. Assign l ogin Check this box to choose login [...]

50 take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooti ng). If you want to rese t all settings in this page back to previously - sav ed va lue, please click ‘Cancel’ button. 2-5- 7 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’: If you select ‘ Dynamic IP ’ or ‘ PPPoE ’ as Internet connection method, at least one DNS ser ver’ s IP a[...]

51 After you finish with all setti ngs, please click ‘ Apply’ (3) button and the following message will be display ed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘ A pply’ to reboot th e router so the settings will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 sec[...]

52 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable DDNS function, please select ‘Enabled’; otherwise please select ‘Disabled’. Provi der (2): S elect your DDNS ser vice pro vider h e r e. Domain Name (3): I nput the dom ain name you’ve obtained fr om DDNS service provider . Account / Input account or em[...]

53 take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to rese t all settings in this page back to previously - sav ed val ue, please click ‘Cancel’ button. 2-5- 9 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’: If your netwo rk service pro vided b y your service provi der is throug h wir eless network, please select this mod[...]

54 can access th e Internet ser vice through the wireless network. Note: In this mod e, if you are informed by your wireless IS P that the wireless set tings of the acce ss point i s changed, pleas e configur e the ro uter in thi s page for match the settings. staEnable: enable this funct ion and the router can only allow to be connected through w [...]

55 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘ Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to rese t all settings in this page back to previously - sav ed va lue, please click ‘Cancel’[...]

56 2- 6 Wired LAN Configurations Before all computer s using wired Ethernet c onnection (i.e . those computers connect to this router’ s LAN port 1 to 4 by Et hernet cable) can communicat e with each other and access internet, they m ust have a valid IP add ress. There are tw o ways to assign IP ad dresses to computers: static IP addr ess (set th[...]

57 Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN par ameters: Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interface , there are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘S tatic DHCP Le ases T able’. Here are setup instructions for each of them: 2-6- 1 LAN IP section : Here are descriptions of ever[...]

58 2-6- 2 DHCP Serv er: These settings are only a vailable when ‘DHCP Se r v er’ in ‘LAN IP’ se ction is ‘Enabled’, and h ere are descriptions o f ever y setup items: Lease T ime (1): Please choose a lease t ime (the duration that ever y computer can keep a specific IP address) of e ver y IP address assigned by this router from dropdown[...]

59 2-6- 3 Static DHCP Leases T able: This function allows you to assign a static IP addr ess to a specific computer forever , so you don’t ha ve to set the IP address for a computer , and still enjoy t he benefit of using DHCP serv er . Maximu m 16 sta ti c IP addresses can be assigned here . (If you set ‘Lease T ime’ to ‘fore ve r’ in ?[...]

60 I f you want to re move all char acters you just entered, click ‘Clear’. After you cl icked ‘ Add’, the MAC address and IP address mapping will be added to ‘S tatic DHCP Leases T able’ section. If you want to delete a specific item, please c heck the ‘Se lect’ box of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click ‘Delete [...]

61 2- 7 Wir eless LAN Configu rations If your computer , PDA, game console , o r other network devices which is equipped with wireless network interface , y ou can use the wireless function of this router to let them connect to Inter net and share res ources with other computers with wired - LAN connection. Y ou can also use the built - in security[...]

62 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures , or cl ick ‘ A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for abou t 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 2-7- 1 Basi c Wireless Setti ngs Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface [...]

63 d . AP Bridge - Poin t to Mul ti - Point : C onnect this router with up t o four other wireless routers, to expand the scope of network. e . AP Bri dg e- WDS : C onnect this router with up to four WDS - capable wireless routers, t o expand the scope of network. f. Universal Repeate r : The router can act as Station and AP at the same time . It c[...]

64 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Band (2): Please select the radio band from one of following options: 1 2 3 4 2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only allo ws 802.11b wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allo ws 802.11n wireless network client to conne ct this router ( max[...]

65 SSID (3 ): This is the name of wireless router . Y ou can type any alphanumerical char acters here , maximum 32 characters. SSID is us ed to identify your own wireless router fro m others wh en there are other wir eless routers in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’ s recommended to change d efault SSID value to the one which is [...]

66 2-7-1- 2 Setup procedur e for ‘Station - Infra struc ture ’ : In this m ode , you can connect the router to Ethernet device such us TV , Game player , HDD &DVD to enable the Ethernet device be a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or AP router . Here are descriptions of ever y setup items : Band (2) : [...]

67 MAC address here . If you are c onnect ing the router to a computer , you can si mply press ‘Clone Mac address’ button t o fill the MAC address field with t he MAC address of your computer . 2-7-1-3 Setup procedur e for ‘ AP Bridge - Point t o Point ’: In this m ode , you can connect your wireless router with another , to combine two acc[...]

68 Sec urit y Click to set ti ng securi ty for this conn ection Set tings (5) : (Please go to section ‘2 -7- 3 Wireless Security’ for detailed instructions). In this mode , you can connect your wireless router with at least four wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless net work, and all clients (wir ed only – AP will not accept wirele[...]

69 for detailed instructions). 2-7-1-5 Setup procedure for ‘ AP Bridge – WDS’ In this m ode , you can e xpand the sco pe of network by combining up to four other access points together , and every access point can still accept wirele ss clients. Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Band (2) : Select the band yo u w ant to us e, all th[...]

70 status of all active wireless stations that are connecting t o the access po int. MAC address Input the MAC address of other wireless rou ters. 1 to 4 ( 6 - 9): Sec urit y Click to se t securi ty settings for this conne ction Set ting ( 10 ): (P lease go to section ‘2 -7- 3 Wireless Securit y’ for detailed ins tructions). 2-7-1- 6 Setup pr o[...]

71 SSID (3) : This is the name of wireless router . Y ou can type any alphanumerical char acters here , maximum 32 characters. SSID is us ed to identify your own wireless router from others when there are other wir eless routers in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’ s recommended to change d efault ESSID value to the one which is m[...]

72 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click ‘ Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is reb ooting). 2-7- 2 Advanced Wireless Settings This router provides some advanced con trol of wireless parameter s, i f you want to [...]

73 Beacon Interval (3) : Set the beacon interval of wireless radio . Do not modify default value if you d on’t kn ow what it is, defau lt value is 100 . DTIM Period (4) : Set the DTIM period of wir eless radio . Do not mod ify defau lt value if you don ’t know what it is, default value is 3. Data Rate (5) : Set the wireless data transfer rate t[...]

74 WMM (1 1) : The short of Wi - Fi MultiMedia, it will enhance the data transfer performance of multimedia contents when they’r e being transferre d over wireless netw ork. If you don’t k now what it is / not sure if you need it, it’ s safe to s et this op tion to ‘Enable’, however , default value is ‘Disable ’. After you finis h the[...]

75 2-7-3- 1 Disable wireless securi ty When you select this mode , data encr yption is disabled, and every wireless device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless router if no other security measure is enabled ( like MAC address access control - see section 2-7- 4, or disable ESS ID broadcast). Only us e this op tion w hen you really wan[...]

76 Default Tx K ey (4): Y ou can set up t o four sets of WEP key , and you can decide which key is being used by default here . If you don’t kno w which o ne y ou shoul d use, select ‘Ke y 1’. Encr yption Key Input W EP key char acters here , the number of 1 (5): characters must be th e same as the number displayed at ‘Key Format’ field. [...]

77 After you finis h WEP sett ing, please click ‘ Apply’ butt on and the following message will be displayed on your web bro wser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures , or cl ick ‘A p ply’ to reboot the router so the setting s will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds w[...]

78 Here are descr iptions of ever y setup items: WP A Unicast Please select a type of W P A cipher suite . Cipher Suite (2): Available o ptions are: WP A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), and WP A2 Mixed. Y ou can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wir eless client support the cipher you selected. Pre - shared Select the type of pre - shared k e[...]

79 2-7-3- 4 WP A RADIUS: If you have a RADIUS server , this router can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication. Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: WP A Unicast Please select a type of W P A cipher s uite . Cipher Suite (2) : Available op tions are: WP A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), and WP A2 Mixed. Y ou can select one of them, but [...]

80 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup proced u res , or cli ck ‘ Apply ’ to reboot t he router so the settings will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 2-7- 4 Wireless Access Control This funct ion will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecti[...]

81 Delete Selected (2): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entr y , check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete , the n cli ck ‘D elete Selected’ button. (Y ou can select more than one MAC addre sses). Delete All (3): If you wan t to delete all MAC addresses listed her e , please cli ck ‘Dele te All’ but ton. [...]

82 After you finish with all settings, please click ‘ Apply’ ( 9 ) button and t he following message will be display ed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures , or cl ick ‘ A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 [...]

83 Wi - Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simp lest way to build connection betw een wireless netw ork clients and this wireless router . Y ou don’t have to select encr yption mode and input a lo ng encr yption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client, y ou only have to press a button on wireless client and this wireless route[...]

84 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Enable WPS (1) : Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable WPS . WPS Information (2): WPS - related system inform ation will be dis played here: WPS Status: If the wire less security (encr yption) functio n of this wireless r outer is properly set, y ou’ll see ‘Configured’ mes[...]

85 Configure Please input the PIN code of the wireless client you by client wish to connect, and click ‘St art PIN’ button. PinCode ( 4): The ‘WLAN’ LED on the wireless r outer will be steady on when this wireless r outer is waiting for incoming WPS request.[...]

86 2-7-6 Security T ips for Wireless Network Here are some quick ti ps to help you improve the security level of your wireless network: 1. Never use simple words (like sc hool, apple and computer) as WEP encr yption or WP A passphrase . 2. A com plicated (the combination of num ber , alphabet, ev en symbol, and long enough) WEP key and W P A pas sp[...]

87 CHAPTER III ADVA NCE D FUNC TI ONS 3- 1 Quali ty of Se rvi ce (QoS) Quality of ser vice provide s an efficient way for computers on the network to share the inter net bandwidth wit h a promised quality of inter net ser vice . Without QoS , all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to g et internet bandwidt h, and some[...]

88 Here are de scr iptions of every setting : Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable QoS function, unselect this box if you don’t want to en force QoS bandwidth limitations. T ot al Download Yo u c a n set the limit of total download Bandwidth (2): bandwidth in kbit s. T o disable download bandwi dth limitation, input ‘0’ here . T ot al Upl[...]

89 Move Up (9): Y ou c an pull up the priority of the QoS rule you selected b y clicking th is b utton. Move Do wn (10): Y ou can lower the priority of the QoS rule yo u selected by clicking this button. After you finis h with all settings, please click ‘ Apply ’ (1 1 ) button and the following message will be display ed on your web browser: Pl[...]

90 Here are descr iptions of ever y setup items: Rule Name (a): Pleas e give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical char acters) Bandwidth (b): Set the bandwidth l imitation of t his QoS rule . Y ou have to select the data direction of this rule (Upload of Download), and the s peed of bandwidth li mitation in Kbps, the n select the type o[...]

91 Remote IP Specif y the remote (de stination) IP address A d d r e s s : ( e ) : that wil l be affected by this rule . Please input the starting IP address i n the left field, and input the end IP address in the right fiel d to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the lef t field to define a single IP address. Remote Po[...]

92 3- 2 Network Address T ra n slation (NA T) Network address trans lations solve the problem i f sharing a single IP address to multiple c ompu ters. Without NA T , all comput ers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connected to Internet, but Internet ser vice providers only p rovide very few IP addresses to every user . There[...]

93 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures , or cl ick ‘ A pply’ to reboot the router so the setti ngs will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 3-2- 2 Port Forwar ding This function allows you to redir ect a single port or consecutive ports of Inter[...]

94 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Enable Port C heck this box to enable port mapping, Forwarding (1): and uncheck this box to disable port mapping. Private IP (2) : Input the IP address of the computer on local network which provides inter net ser vice . Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all t he comput ers connected to the ro[...]

95 Reset (1 2 ) : U nselect all mappings . After you finish with all settings, please click ‘ Apply’ (1 3 ) button and the following message will be display ed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup men u; to continue on other setup procedures , or cl ick ‘ A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings wil[...]

96 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Enable Virtual C heck this box to enable virtual server , Ser ver (1): and uncheck this box to disable virtual ser ver . Private IP (2) : Input the IP address of the computer w hich provides Internet service . Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all t he computers connected to the router will be[...]

97 Reset ( 9 ): Rem ove all inputted va lues. Virtual Ser ver All existing virtual server mappings will be T able ( 10 ) : displ ayed here . Delete (11): Please select a virtual ser ver mapping b y clic king the ‘S elect’ box of the mapping , then click ‘Delete Selected’ button to remove the mapping . I f ther e’ s no existing mapping, th[...]

98 3-2- 4 Port Mapping for Spec ial Applic ations Some applications requir e more than one connection a time; these applications won’t work with simple N A T rules. In order to make the se applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Enable (1): Check this box to enable [...]

99 Popula Applicat ions Thi s sect ion lists the more p opular applications that (7 ): require multiple connections. Select an applicat ion from the Popular Applicat ions selection and click ‘ A dd’ to save the setting t o ‘Current T rigger - P o r t Ta b l e .’ Add ( 8 ): Add the s etting to t he ‘Current T rigger - P o r t Ta b l e .’[...]

100 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘ A pply’ to reboot the router s o the settings will take effect (Please wai t for about 3 0 seconds while the r outer is rebooting). If you want to rese t all settings in this page back to previously - sav ed va lue, please click ‘[...]

101 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures , or cl ick ‘ A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for abou t 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to rese t all settings in this page back to previously - sav ed va lue, please click ‘Cance[...]

102 following message will be display ed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures , or cl ick ‘ A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to rese t all settings in this page[...]

103 3- 3 Fir ewall Excepting NA T , this router also pr ovides firew al l function to block malicious intru ders from accessing your computers on local network. These functions include inbound att ack prevention, a nd block outbound traffics, like block URLs which have pre - defined keywords. Please follow the following instructions to enable or di[...]

104 take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 3-3- 1 Access Control This funct ion 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. P lease click ‘Firewall’ menu on the left of web management inte[...]

105 MAC address (2): or network device here , dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) are not required. ( i.e . If the MAC address label of your wir eless device i ndicates ‘aa - bb - cc - dd - ee - ff ’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff ’, just input ‘aabbccddeeff ’ Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all t he computers connected to the router will be lis[...]

106 Filtering ( 11 ): filt ering , and please select ‘Deny’ or ‘ Allow’ to decide the behavior of IP filtering table . If you select deny , al l IP addr esses listed in filter ing table will be denied from connecting to the network; if you select allow , only IP add resses listed in filtering tabl e will be able to connect to the network, a[...]

107 please click ‘ Cancel’ button. 3-3-1- 1 Add PC After button is clicked, the following message will be displayed on your web browse r: a b c d e f[...]

108 Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Client PC Please input any text to describe this IP Description (a): add ress, up to 16 alphan umerical characters . Client PC IP Please input the start ing IP address in the left address (b): field, and input the end IP address in t he right field to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the[...]

109 Thi s funct ion is useful for parents and company manager s. Please follow the following instructions to set URL blocking par ameters: Please click ‘Firewall’ menu on the left of web mana geme nt in ter face , then click ‘URL Blocking’, an d the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Here are descriptions of ever y set[...]

110 Delete ( 6 ) : If you wan t to delete a specific URL/Keyword entr y , check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete , then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (Y ou c an select more than one MAC addre sses). Delete All (7): If you wan t to delete all URL/Keyword lis ted here , please cli ck ‘Dele te All’ but ton. Reset (8[...]

111 activate it, the router will stop the DoS attack for you. Please follow the following instructions to set DoS preven tion parameters: Please click ‘Firewall’ menu on the left of web management interface , then click ‘DoS’, and the following message will be display ed on your web browse r: Here are descriptions of ever y setup items: Pin[...]

112 the router will block all traffics which ar e try ing to scan your Int ernet IP address. Sync Flood (4): This is another kind of attack, which uses a lot of fake connection request to consume the memor y of your ser ver , and t ry to make your serv er become unusable . Chec k this box and t he router will filter t his kind of traf fic o ut. Adv[...]

113 Here are descr iptions of ever y setup items: Ping of Death (a): Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. Please c heck the box of Ping of Death, and input the frequency of thr eshold (how many packets per second, minute , or hour), you can also input the ‘Bur st’ value , whic h means when this number of ?[...]

114 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures , or cl ick ‘ A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wai t for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to rese t all settings in this page back to previously - sav ed va lue, please click ‘Cance[...]

115 Here are descr iptions of ever y setup items: Enable DMZ (1): Check this box to enable DMZ func tion, unch eck this box to disable DMZ function. Public IP Y ou can select ‘Dynam ic IP’ or ‘Stat ic IP’ here . address (2) : If you select ‘Dynamic IP’, you ha ve to select an Inter net connection session f rom dropdown menu; if you sele[...]

116 Current All existing public IP address and private IP DMZ T able ( 7 ) : address mapping will be displayed here . Delete (8): If you wan t to delete a specific DMZ entry , chec k the ‘s elect’ box of the DMZ entry you want to delete , then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (Y ou can select more than one DMZ entries). Delete All ( 9 ) : If[...]

117 3- 4 System Status The functions described here will pro vide you with system related inform ation. T o enter system status menu, please either click ‘Stat us’ link located at the upper - right corner of web management interface , or click ‘Status’ button i n main menu. 3-4- 1 System information and firmware version Y ou can use this fu[...]

118 interface , and the following message will be display ed on your web browser: This inform ation will vary depending on the connecti on status. 3-4- 3 Device Status Y ou can use this funct ion to know the s tatus of your router . Please click ‘Device Status’ menu on the left of web management interface , and the following message will be dis[...]

119 3-4- 4 System Log All import ant system events are logg ed. Y ou can use this function to check the event log of your router . Please click ‘System Log’ menu on the left of web management interface , and the following message will be displayed on your web bro wser: The system event s will be displayed in thi s page , and here are descriptio[...]

120 The system events will be displayed in this page , and here are descriptions of ever y 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 . 3-4- 5 Active DHCP client list If you’re using the DHCP serv er function of this route r , you can use [...]

121 3-4- 6 Statisti cs Y ou can use this funct ion to check the statistics of wireless, LAN, and W AN interface of this router . Please click ‘Statistics’ menu on the left of web management interface , and the following message will be displayed on your web b rowser: Y ou can cli ck ‘Refresh’ button to display latest information.[...]

122 3- 5 Configuration Backup and Restore Y ou can backup all configurations o f this router to a file , so you can make several copied of router configuration for security reason. T o backup or restore router configura tion, please follow the following instructions : Please click ‘T ool’ located at the upper - right corner of web managem ent i[...]

123 3- 6 Firmware Upgrade The system software used by this router is ca lled as ‘firmware ’, just like any applications on your computer , when you replace the old application with a new one ; your computer will be equi pped with new function. Y ou can also u se this fir mware upgr ade functi on to add new functions to y our router , even fix t[...]

124 website , and use it to upgrade your router . After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click ‘ Apply’ button, and the router will start firmware upgrade procedur e automatically . The procedure may take several minutes, please be patient. 3- 7 System Reset If you think the network performance is bad, or you found the beha vior of the rout[...]

125 CH APTE R IV: APPENDIX 4- 1 Hardwar e Specification SoC + RF: Re al te k RT L8196C + RTL8192 CE Flash: 2 MB SDRAM: 16MB WAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 LAN Port s : 10/100M UTP Port x 4 Antenna: 3 dBi Dipole Fixe d Antenna x 2 (2T2R Spat ial Multipl exing MIMO conf iguration; 2 antennas ar e for si gnal trans mitting and 2 antennas are for s ign[...]

126 4- 2 T r oubleshooting If you found the router is working improperly or stop resp onding to you, don’t panic! Before you contact your dealer of purc hase for help, please read this troubleshooting first. Some problems can be solved by you within v er y short time ! Scenario Solution Router is not responding to me when I want to acc ess it by [...]

127 computer directly attac hed to the device provid ed by you r Internet service pro vider . d. Check PPPoE / L2TP / PPTP user ID and password again. e. Call your Internet ser vice provide and c heck if there’ s something wrong with their s ervice. f. If you just can’t connect to one or more website , but y ou can still use other inter net ser[...]

128 c . I f you really forge t the password, do a hard reset. Ro uter 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 fro m uti lity po wer (mak e su re it’[...]

129 4- 3 Glossary Default Gateway (Router ): Ever y non - r outer IP dev ice needs to configure a default gateway’ s IP address . When the devic e sends out an IP pa cket, if t he destinat ion is not on the same net work, the device has to send t he packet to it s default gateway , w hich will then send it out towards the destination. DHCP: Dynam[...]

130 1’ s followed by conse cutive trailing 0 ’ s , such as 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000. Therefore sometimes a net work ma sk can also be described simply as “x” number of leading 1’ s. When both are represented side by side in their binar y f orms, all bits in the IP address that corres pond to 1’ s in t he network mas k become [...]

131 Applicati on Protocol Port Numb er T elnet TCP 23 FTP TC P 21 SMTP TCP 25 POP3 TCP 110 H.323 TC P 1720 SNMP UCP 161 S N M P Tr a p UDP 162 HTTP TCP 80 PPTP TCP 1723 PC Anywhere TCP 5631 PC Anywhere UDP 5632 PPP oE: Point - to - Point Pr otocol over Et hernet . Point - to - Point Protoco l is a secu re data transmis sion method origi nally creat[...]

132 Inter net. Bot h TCP and UDP are trans port layer protocol. TCP perfor ms proper error detection and error recover y , and thus is reliabl e . U DP on the ot her hand is n ot reliabl e . They both r un on top of t he IP (Int ernet Protocol) , a network layer p rotocol. WA N : Wide Area Networ k. A network th at connects computer s located in ge[...]