Sitecom WL-527 Bedienungsanleitung

1 Wireless Network Broadband R outer 54 G+ WL-527 Full man ual[...]

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3 Table of Cont ents CHAPTER 1 INTROD UCTION .............................................................. ................. 6 1.1 FEATURES ........................................... ..................................... .................... 6 1.2 MINIMUM RE QUIREM ENTS ........................................ .................................. 7[...]

4 6.2.4 PPTP .... ......... ........ ......... ........ ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ....... 27 6.2.5 L2TP .... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ........ ......... ..[...]

5 10.5 RESET (RE STAR T) THE ROUTER ............... .................................................. 56 10.6 DDNS ............................................. ................................................ ............ 57 APPENDIX A ................................................... ............................................ 58 GLOSSARY ...[...]

6 Chapter 1 I ntroduct ion Congratulati ons on pur chasin g thi s Wi reless B roadband Router . Thi s Wi reless Broadban d Router i s a cost-effecti ve I P Sharin g R outer that enables multi ple users t o share the Internet through an ADSL or cable modem. Si mply confi gure yo ur I ntern et connecti on setting s in the Wireless Broadband Router an[...]

7 1.2 Minimum Req uirements • One External xDSL (AD SL) or Cabl e modem with an Ethernet p ort (RJ- 45) • Network Inte rface Card (NIC) for each Personal Computer (PC) • PCs with a W eb-Browse r (Internet Expl orer 4.0 or higher , or Netscape Naviga tor 4.7 or higher) 1.3 Package Cont ent • One 4-port Wi reless Br oadband router uni t • O[...]

8 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Insta llation 2.1 Panel Lay out 2.1.1 Front LEDs Figure 2-1 F ront LEDs LEDs: LED Function Color Status Description POWER Po w er indi cation Green On Po w er is bein g applied to th is product. On The corresp ondin g WAN o r LAN port i s linked. LNK/ACT Link Sta tus Green Blin king The corresp ondin g WAN o r LAN port i s sen[...]

9 2.1.2. R ear P anel Figure 2-2 Rear Panel Po rts: Port Description PWR Po w er inlet WAN the port whe re you will conn ect your cable (or DSL) modem or Ethernet rout er . Port 1-4 the po rts wh ere you w ill connect n etworked computers and other de vices. Reset T o res et system s ettin gs to factory defaul ts, press the reset button for at leas[...]

10 2.2 Procedur e for Hard ware Inst allatio n 2.2.1 Decide where to p lace your Wireless Br oadband R outer Y ou can place your Wireless Broa dband Router on a desk o r other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. F or optimal performance, pl ace your Wireless Broadband R outer in th e center o f your o ffice (o r y our h ome) i n a location[...]

11 Chapter 3 N etwork Settin gs and Soft ware Installation T o u se thi s product corr ectly , you have t o properl y configu re the n etwork setting s of your computers and install the attach ed s etup program into your MS Wi ndows p latform (Windows 95/98/NT/2 000). 3.1 Make Th e Corr ect Net work Sett ings for you r PC The def ault IP ad dress o[...]

12 1. Is the Ethernet cable c orrectly c onnected betw een thi s product and your c omputer? Tip : Th e LAN LED of th is product an d the li nk LED of network card on your comput er must be li ghted. 2. Is the TCP/IP environm ent of your com puters p roperly confi gured? Tip : If the IP addres s o f thi s produ ct i s 192.16 8.0.1, the IP add ress [...]

13 Chapter 4 Configurin g Wireless Broadband Router This product provid es W eb bas ed c onfig uration schem e, th at is, configu ring by your Web browser , such a s Netscape Commu nicat or o r Internet Explorer . This approach can be adopted in any MS Wi ndows, Maci ntosh or UN IX based pl atforms.[...]

14 4.1 Start-up and Log in Activate your bro wser , an d disable the pr oxy o r add the IP address o f th is p roduct into the ex ceptio ns . Then , type th is product’s IP address i n the Lo cation (for N etscape) or Address (for IE) fiel d and press ENT ER. For example: http://192 .168.0.1 . After t he connection is establi shed, y ou will see [...]

15 4.2 Status The Status section al lows you to moni tor the current status of your router . Y ou can use the Status page to monitor: t he connecti on status of the Broadban d route r's WAN/LAN i nterfaces , the current firmware an d hardware versi on numbers, any i llegal at tempts to acces s your network, and informati on on all DHCP client [...]

16 4.2.1 Device Stat us View the Broad band rou ter ’ s current configu ration settings. The Devi ce Statu s displays the configuration setti ngs you’ve config ured in th e Wizard/Basic Settings/Wi reless Settings sect ion. Par ameters Descripti on Device Status This pag e displ ays the B roadband router LAN por t’s current LAN IP Address and[...]

17 4.2.2 Internet Sta tus View th e Broadband route r’s current Inte rnet connection sta tus and oth er related informati on Par ameters Descripti on Internet Conn ection This page di spl ays whether the W AN port is c onnected to a Cable/DSL connection. It also displ ays the router’ s W AN port: WAN IP address, Subnet Mask , and ISP Gateway as[...]

18 4.2.3 DHCP C li ent status View your LAN cli ent's informati on tha t i s currently lin ked t o the B roadband router's D HCP server . Par ameters Descripti on Active DHCP Cli ent This pag e shows all DHCP cl ients (LA N PCs) curre ntly connect ed to y our network. The “ Ac tive DHCP Cl i ent T a ble” displays the IP address and th[...]

19 4.2.4 S ystem Log View the op eration log of the syst em. Par ameters Descripti on System Log This page show s the current system l og of th e Broadba nd router . It displ ays any event occurred afte r system sta rt up. At the bottom of the pag e, the system log can be saved < Save > to a l ocal fil e for further proces sing or t he system[...]

20 4.2.5 Statistics View the stati sti cs of packets sent and received on WAN, LAN and Wi reless LAN . Par ameters Descripti on Stati stics Shows the coun ters of packets sent and recei ved o n W A N, LAN and Wirel ess LAN.[...]

21 5. Run Setu p Wizard • Cli ck Wizard to con figure the router . • The Setup wizard wi ll now be di spl aye d; che ck that the modem i s connected and click Next . • Select your countr y from th e Country li st. • From Service , select your i nternet provi der . Cli ck Next .[...]

22 • Dependin g on the chose n provider , you may need to enter your user na me and password, MAC address or hostname in the following window . Afte r yo u have ente red the correct i nformation , click Next . • Click APPLY to complet e the con figuration. • The router wi ll now sa ve the setti ngs and restart, please wait 30 seconds and you [...]

23 Chapter 6 Basi c Setting s 6.1 LAN S ettings The LAN Port screen b elow all ows you to spe cify a private IP add ress f or your rou ter’s LAN ports as wel l as a subne t mask fo r your LAN seg ment. Par ameters Default Descripti on IP address 192.168.0.1 Th is is the rout er’ s LA N port IP addres s (Y our LA N clients defaul t gateway IP ad[...]

24 DHCP l ends an IP add ress to your LAN cli ents. The DHCP wi ll change your LAN client ’ s IP address when thi s time th reshol d period is reached IP Address Pool Y ou can select a parti cular I P addre ss range for your DHCP server to issue IP addre sses to you r LAN Cli ents. Note: B y d efault t he IP rang e is from: Start IP 192.168.0.100[...]

25 Par ameters Descripti on 6.2.1 Dynam ic IP add ress Y our ISP will automatically gi ve yo u an IP addr ess 6.2.2 Static IP addres s Y our ISP has given you an IP address al ready 6.2.3 PPPoE Y our ISP requires PPPoE connecti on. 6.2.4 PPTP Y our ISP requires you to use a Point-to-P oi nt T unneling Protocol (PPTP) connecti on. 6.2.5 L2TP Y our I[...]

26 Par ameter Descripti on User Name Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPPoE connection Pass w ord Enter the Password provi ded by your ISP f or the PPPoE connection Service Nam e This is opti onal. Enter the Service name sh ould your ISP requi res it, otherwise l eave it blank. MTU This i s optional. Y ou can speci fy the maximu m s[...]

27 6.2.4 PPTP Select P PTP i f your ISP requi res t he PP TP protocol to connect you t o th e Internet. Y our ISP should p rovide all th e information requi red in th is section. Par ameter Descripti on Obtain an IP address The ISP requi res you to obtai n an IP addre ss by DHCP automati cally before conne ctin g to the PPTP server . Use foll owing[...]

28 application software, com puter virus or ha cker a ttacks from th e Internet. For exam ple, some software sends network packet s t o the Intern et in the ba ckgrou nd, eve n wh en you are not using the Internet. S o p lease turn off your c omput er wh en you are not using it. This funct ion also may not wo rk with some ISP. S o plea se mak e sur[...]

29 6.3 DNS A Domain Name System (DNS) server is li ke an i ndex of I P a ddress es and Web addresses. If you typ e a Web address into your br owser, such as www.r outer.com, a DNS serv er will f i nd that nam e in its i ndex and the mat ching IP address. Most ISPs provi de a DNS server for speed and convenience. If your S ervice Provider connects y[...]

30 Chapter 7 W ireless Settings 7.1 Wireles s Basic S ettings Y ou can set parameters that are used for the wi reless stati ons to connect to this router . The parameters incl ude Mode, ESSID, Channel Nu mber and Associ ated Cli ent. Par ameters Description Mode It allows you to s et the AP to AP , Stati on, Bridge or WD S mode. Band It allows you [...]

31 Set Securit y Click the “Set Security” button, then a “WDS Security Settings” will pop up. Y ou c an set th e securi ty parameters used t o bridge access points together her e when you r AP is in AP Bridge mod es. 7.2 Advanc ed Wirel ess Settings Y ou can set advanced wi reless LAN parameters of thi s router . Th e parameters incl ude Au[...]

32 Data Rate The “Data Rate” is the rate thi s access point uses to transmit dat a packets. The acc ess poi nt will use the high est possible select ed transmission rate to transmit the data packets. Preambl e T ype The “Long Pr eamble” ca n provide better wi reless LAN compati bility whil e the “Short Pream ble” can pr ovide better wir[...]

33 Par ameters Descripti on K ey Length Y ou can select th e WE P key l ength for encryption , 6 4-bi t or 12 8-bi t. Larger WEP key lengt h will provide higher l evel of security , but the t hroughput will be lower . K ey Format Y ou m ay select to s elect ASCII Cha racters (alphanumeri c format) or Hexadeci mal Digit s (i n the "A-F", &[...]

34 7.3.2 802.1x on ly IEEE 8 02.1x is an auth enticati on protocol. Every user must use a v al id account to logi n to this Access Point before acce ssing the wireles s LAN. The authenti cati on is processed by a RADIUS server . This mode only authen ticates use rs by IEEE 802.1x, bu t it does not encrypt the data durin g communi cation. Par ameter[...]

35 7.3.3 WP A Pre-shared k ey Wi-Fi Protected Access ( WPA) is an advanced securi ty standard. Y ou can use a pre-sha red key to authenti cate wireless stati ons and encrypt data during communi cation. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encryption key frequentl y . So t he encrypti on key is not easy to b e broken by hackers. Thi s can i mprov[...]

36 7.3.4 WP A R adius Wi-Fi Protected Access ( WPA) is an advanced securi ty standard. Y ou can use an extern al RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide th e session key to encrypt data durin g communi cation. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encryption key frequentl y . This can i mprove security very much . Par ameters [...]

37 7.4 Access Control This wi reless router provi des MAC Add ress Cont rol, which pre vents the un authorized MAC Addresses fr om accessin g your wireless n etwork. Par ameters Descripti on Enable wi reless access c ontrol Enable wi reless access con trol Add MAC addr ess int o the list Fill in the "MAC Address" and "Comment" o[...]

38 Chapter 8 Firewall Set tings The Broadband router pr ovides extensi ve firewall protection by restricti ng connecti on parameters, thus l imiting the ri sk of hacker atta ck, and defendi ng agai nst a wide array of common Inte rnet attack s. Howe ver , for app lications that requ ire unrest ri cted access to th e Internet, you can configure a sp[...]

39 Publi c IP Address The IP add ress of the WAN port o r any other Publ ic IP addresses given to you by your IS P Client PC IP Ad dress Input the IP address of a particular host in your LAN that will receive all the packets origi nally goi ng to the WAN p ort/Publi c IP addr ess above Note: You need t o gi ve your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP [...]

40 Sync Flood Protection th e router fro m Sync Flood attac k. Click < Apply> at the b ottom of th e screen to s ave the above configuration s. Y ou can now configure oth er advance secti ons or start usi ng the route r (with th e advance settings i n place) 8.3 Access Control If you want to r estrict u sers from a ccessing certain Internet a[...]

41 just cli ck "Delete All " button. Filter client PC by MA C Check “Enab le MAC Fil tering ” to enable MAC Fi ltering. Add PC Fill in “Client PC MAC Address” and “Comment” of the PC t hat is allowed to access the Internet, and then click “ Add” . I f you find any typo before addi ng it an d want to retype a gai n, just cl[...]

42 Add URL Keyword Fill in “URL/K eyword” an d then cli ck “ Add ” . Y ou can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the w eb site you w ant to block. If you find any typ o before addi ng it and want to retype again, just cli ck "R eset" and the fi eld will be cleared. Re m ove URL K eyword If you want to remove some URL key[...]

43 Chapter 9 Ad vanced Settings Network Addr ess T ranslation (NA T) all ows multipl e users at your local site to access th e Internet th rough a si ngle Publi c IP Address or mul tiple Public IP Add resses. NA T provides Firewall protection from hacker attack s and has the flexibi lity to al low you to map Private IP Addresses t o Publ ic IP Add [...]

44 forward “T CP” or “UDP” packets only or select “b oth” to f orward both “TCP” and “UDP” packets. Po rt Range The range of ports to b e forward to the private IP . Comment The descripti on of thi s setting. Add Port F orwardi ng Fill in th e "Private IP", “T ype” , “Port R ang e” and "Comm ent" of t[...]

45 Par ameters Descripti on Enable Vi rtual Server Enable Vi rtual Server . Private IP This i s the LAN cli ent/host IP address that the Pu blic Port number packet will be sent to. Note: You ne ed to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP address for Virtual S erver to work properly. Private P ort This is the port numb er (of the above Private [...]

46 9.3 Specia l Applicati ons Some appli cations require mu ltipl e connections, such as Internet games, video conferenci ng, Internet t elephony an d oth ers. In thi s secti on you can confi gure th e r outer t o supp ort multipl e connections for these types of appli cations. Par ameters Descripti on Enable T rigger Port Enabl e the Speci al Appl[...]

47 Po pul ar appli cations This section lists the mo re popular app lications th at require multipl e connections. S elect an app licati on from the Popular Appli cations selection . Once you have selected an appli cation, select a locati on (1-10) in the Copy to selection box and then cli ck the Copy to b utton. Thi s will automaticall y list the [...]

48 9.4 ALG Set tings Y ou can select appli cations that ne ed “ Appli cation Layer Gateway” to supp ort. Par ameters Descripti on Enable Y ou can select to enable “ Applicat ion Layer Gat eway” , then the router will let that application corr ectly pass th ough the N A T gateway . 9.5 UpnP Settings With UPnP , all PCs in you Intranet will d[...]

49 Par ameters Default Descripti on UPnP Feature Dis able Y ou can Enabl e or Disable UPnP featu re here. Aft er you enable th e UPnP feature , all cli ent systems that support UPn P , li ke Windows XP , can discover this router autom aticall y and access the Internet th rough this router wi thout any configuration. The NA T T r aversal fun ction p[...]

50 Par ameters Descripti on Enable/Di sable QoS Y ou can check “Enabl e QoS” to enable QoS functi on for the WAN port. Y ou a lso can uncheck “Enab le QoS” to disabl e QoS functi on for the WAN port. Add a QoS rul e into th e tabl e Cl ick “ Add” then you will enter a form of the QoS rule. Click “ Apply” after filli ng ou t t he f o[...]

51 150 – the range of 50 p ort numbe rs. Re mot e IP Addr ess Enter the remote IP ad dress range of the packets th at thi s rule will apply t o. If y ou assign 19 2.168.2.3 – 192 .168.2 .5, it means 3 IP addresses: 192.16 8.2.3 , 192.168.2.4 and 192. 168.2.5 Re mot e Port R ange Enter th e remot e port ran ge of the packets that th is rul e wil[...]

52 Chapter 10 Tools Y ou can change the password required t o log into the br oadband rout er's system web-based management. By defaul t, there i s no passwo rd. So please as sign a p assword to the Admi nistrator as soon as pos sible, and store i t in a safe pl ace. P assw ords can c ontain 0 to 12 alph anumeric characters, and a re case s en[...]

53 10.1 Time zone The Time Zone all ows your router to refe rence or base its ti me on the setti ngs config ured here, which will affect f uncti ons such as Log entries and Fi rewall setti ngs. Par ameter Descripti on Set Time Zone Select the ti me zone of the count ry you are currentl y in. The router will set its ti me based on your selecti on. T[...]

54 10.2 Rem ote Managem ent The remote man agem ent functi on allows you t o designat e a host in the Internet th e abili ty to configure the Broadban d router from a remote site. Enter th e desi gnated host IP Address i n the Host IP Add ress fiel d. Par ameters Descripti on Host Addres s This is the IP addr ess of th e host in th e Internet tha t[...]

55 Po rt The port num ber of r emote manag ement web i nterface. Enabled Select “Enabl ed” t o enabl e the remote manag ement function. Click < Apply> at the b ottom of th e screen to s ave the above configuration s. Y ou can now configure oth er advance secti ons or start usi ng the route r (with th e advance settings i n place) 10.3 Fir[...]

56 10.4 Back-u p Settings The Ba ckup screen all ows you to save ( Backu p ) th e r outer’s curr ent c onfigu ration setting . Saving the configu ration setti ngs provides a n added protecti on and convenience should problems occur wi th the router and you have to rese t to fact ory default. When you save the configuration settin g (Backup) you c[...]

57 10.6 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynam ic IP address. Y ou must get an account, pa ssword and your sta tic domai n nam e from th e DDNS servi ce p roviders. Thi s router support s DynDN S, TZO and other comm on DDNS service provi ders. Par ameters Descri ption Enable/Di sable Enabl e/Disabl e the DDNS functi on of thi[...]

58 Appendix A How to Manu ally find your PC’s IP and MAC address 1) In Wi ndow’ s open th e Comm and Prompt p rogram 2) T ype Ipco nfig /all and <ente r> • Y our PC’ s IP addr ess is the on e enti tled IP address (e.g. 1 92.168.1 .77) • The router ’ s IP ad dress i s the one enti tled Default G ateway (e.g. 19 2.168.1.25 4) • Y [...]

59 Glossary Default Gate way (Ro uter): Every non -router IP d evice needs to confi gure a default gateway’ s IP address. When the device sen ds out an IP packet, if the d estinati on is not on the same n etwork, the device has to send the packet to its default gatewa y , which will then send it out towards th e destin ation. DHCP: Dynam ic Host [...]

60 When both are represen ted side by side in their bi nary forms, all bits in the IP address that correspond to 1 ’ s i n the netwo rk mask becom e part of the IP network a ddress, an d the remaini ng bits correspo nd to the h ost ID. For examp le, if th e IP add ress for a devi ce is, in i ts binary form, 11011001 .10110000.10 010000.00000 111,[...]

61 FTP TCP 21 SMTP TCP 25 POP3 T CP 110 H.323 T CP 1720 SNMP U CP 161 SNMP T rap UDP 162 HT TP T CP 80 PPTP T CP 1723 PC Anywhere T CP 5631 PC Anywhere UDP 5632 PPPoE: Point-to-P oin t Protocol over Ethernet. Point-to-P oin t Protocol is a secu re data transmission meth od origi nally created fo r dial -up connecti ons; PPPoE is for Ethernet connec[...]

62 on top of th e IP (Intern et Protocol ), a network l ayer protocol. WAN: Wi de Area Netw ork. A netw ork that c onnects comp uters located i n geographicall y separate areas (e.g. di fferent bu ildi ngs, cities, count ries). The Inte rnet is a wi de area network. Web-based m anagem ent Graph ical User Interface (G UI): Many d evices sup port a g[...]