Advantek Networks AWR-1054GR manual

1 Wirele ss Broa db and Router + Access Poin t / Bridg e User’s Ma nu al Model # A WR-1054G R[...]

2 FCC Warning This device i s intended o nly form OEM integra tors un der the followi ng condit ions: 1) The antenna m ust be installed su ch that 20 cm is ma intained be tween the antenna an d users, and 2) The transmitte r module m ay not b e co-located with any o ther tra nsmitter or a ntenna . IMPORTAN T NO TE: In the event that th ese conditio[...]

3 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ...... ..... .... .... ..... ... ... ..... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... .... .... ..... .. 5 1.1 Features ........ ......... ...... .......... ......... ......... .......... ...... ......... .......... ..6 1.2 Package Contents . ......... ....... ......... ......... .......... ......... ...... .......... ..7 [...]

4 3.5 TCP/IP Settings ...... ......... .......... ...... ............. ......... ...... .......... ...... 48 3.5.1 LAN Interface ..... ..... .... ..... .... ..... ...... ..... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... ... 48 3.5.2 WAN Interface .. .... ..... .... ..... .... ....... ..... .... ..... .... ..... ..... ...... ..... ... 49 3.6 Firewall ...[...]

5 1. Introduction Thank you f or purchasing the W ireless 11g Acce ss Point (A P) Router. This W ireless AP Router, I EEE802.11g standar d comp liant, is a high qua lity and reliable Intern et routin g and security d evice, en ables multiple u sers t o share the Broadband Internet conne ction w ith or without w ires thro ugh a Cable or D SL mod em.[...]

6 1.1 Features Internet Access Featu res • Shared Internet Access: All users on th e LAN o r W LAN can access the Internet through the W ir eless R outer, us ing on ly a sing le exter nal IP addre ss. The loc al (invalid) IP addr esses are hid den from e xternal sources. This p rocess is called NAT (Netw ork Addres s Translat ion). • DSL and ca[...]

7 L A N Featu res • 4-Port Ethern et switch : The W ireless Rou ter pro vides 4 10/1 00BaseT sw itchin g ports • DHCP Server Support: This fe ature provides a d ynamic IP ad dress to PCs an d other de vices upon requ est. The W ireless Router can act as a DHCP Server for devices on your local LAN and W LAN. • Multi Segment LAN Support : This [...]

8 1.3 LEDs Indication & Co nnectors of Wireless Router Front Panel LEDs In dicatio n LED Light Stat us Description PWR On Off W ireless Router is p owered on. No power. LAN (1, 2, 3, 4) On Flashing LAN port is successf ully connected . Data is be ing sent or receiv ed. W AN On Flashing W AN port is successfully co nnected Data is be ing sent or[...]

9 Back Pan el Connecto rs Button /port Description Reset Reset config urations to default. Press the button and hold for 10 seconds. LAN (1x, 2x, 3x, 4x) Connect LA N systems with RJ-45 cable. W AN Connect DS L or Cabl e modem. AC IN Connect w ith AC Pow er Adapter. 1.4 System Requirement s • One or mo re PCs (d esktop or notebook ) with Ethernet[...]

10 4) Power on D SL o r cable m odem fir st, t hen connect power ad apter to the pow er j a ck on the W ireless Router a nd plug th e pow er cable into a n outlet. 5) Check LEDs. a) Once pow er on W ireless Router, Power L ED shoul d be on. b) LAN LED sh ould be o n for each active LAN connectio n. c) The WAN LED should be on wh en the D SL or cabl[...]

11 2 PC Configuration User needs t o co nfigure TCP/IP networ k s ettings, Intern et acce ss configuration and W ireless configuratio n for ea ch system w ithin W ireless Router ’s LAN netw ork . By default, W ireless Rou ter acts as a DHCP ser ver for server version of W indows, i t automatica lly assi gns IP address to ea ch s ystem w hen s yst[...]

12 b) C lick “ Propert ies ”, the w indow below w ill appear: • If you de cide to u se DHCP, select “ Obtain an IP add ress aut omati cally ”, then click “ OK” to co nfirm your se ttings. Once you restart your system, W ireless Router w ill obtain an IP addre ss for this s ystem. • If you de cide to use fixed IP a ddress for your sy[...]

13 d) Select “ DNS Config urat ion ” tab and m ake sure select “ En able DNS ”, e nter the D NS address pr ovide s from your ISP in the “ DNS Ser ver Se arch Ord er ” fie ld, the n click “ A dd ”:[...]

14 Checking TC I/IP Setting for Wind ow s NT4.0 a) Select “ Control Panel     Netw ork ”, click “ Proto cols ” tab then select “ TCP/IP protocol ”, w indow show n as below will app ear: b) Click “ Properties ”, window shown as be low w ill appear.[...]

15 • Select the ne twork card on your system fr om “ A d apt er ” field. • If you decide to use IP address fro m W ireless Ro uter, select “ Ob tain an IP address from a DHC P server ”. • If you decide to u se the IP addre ss y ou are desired , select “ Spec ify an IP address ”. Mak e sur e ente r corr ect addres ses in “ I P Ad[...]

16 b) Select the “ Internet Protoc ol (TCP/I P) ” for the netw ork c ard on your system, then click “ Properties ”, w indow shown a s below w ill appear.[...]

17 • If you decide to use IP address fro m W ireless Ro uter, select “ Ob tain an IP address auto maticall y ”. • If you decide to use th e IP addre ss you are d esired, select “ Use the follow ing IP ad dress ”. Mak e sure e nter correct addresses in “ IP Address ” and “ Subnet Mask ” fiel ds. • You must set W ireless Router [...]

18 • If you decide to use IP address fro m W ireless Ro uter, select “ Ob tain an IP address auto maticall y ”. • If you decide to use th e IP addre ss you are d esired, select “ Use the follow ing IP ad dress ”. Mak e sure e nter correct addresses in “ IP Address ” and “ Subnet Mask ” fiel ds. • You must set W ireless Router [...]

19 2.2 S etting up I nternet Access This section d escribes how to setup W ireless Rout er Intern et access th rough DSL or cable modem. For Window s 9x/2000 a) Click “ Sta rt ” and sele ct “ Sett ings     Control Pan el     Internet Op tions ”. b) Select “ Co nnection ” tab then c lick “ Setu p ” button. c) [...]

20 If you d ecide to assign I P addres ses m anuall y instead of D HCP, s et t he Rou t er A dd ress f ield with w ireles s router’ s IP addres s and mak e sure DNS settin gs are correct. For Linux Cli ents To acces s Internet via th e wirele ss r outer, yo u ne ed to s et the w ireless r outer as t he “ Gatew ay ”. Make sure login a s “ ro[...]

21 3. Setup Wireless Router Configurations via Web Bro w ser The W ire less Router co mes w ith a w eb-based con figuration utility. Users can acce ss this configuration utility fr om any of c lient system w ith in W ireless Ro uter’s LAN. F or b est results, either us e Micr osoft Inter net Exp lorer 5. 0 or l ater, or Net scape Na vigator 4 .7 [...]

22 3.2 Setup Wizard This Se tup W izard w ill guide you to co nfigure acces s for the f irst time. Plea se fo llow the s etup wizard step b y step. Depend on dif fer ent modes, the setup wizard w ill be different. Please follow the below brief descript ions:[...]

23 3.2.1 Gateway (1) Setup Operation Mod e – Gatew ay: In this mod e, the de vice i s supposed to conn ect t o internet via ADSL/Cable Modem . The NAT i s enabled and PCs in fo ur LAN ports share the same IP to ISP thro ugh W AN port. The connect ion type can be setup in WA N port. The connection t ype ca n be setup in W AN page b y using PPPoE, [...]

24 server over th e Internet. (3) Setup L A N Interf ace: This page is u sed to configur e the parameter s for local area network which connects t o the LAN port of your AP Router. Here you ma y chan ge t h e se tting f or IP address, sub net ma sk, DHCP, etc.[...]

25 (4) Setu p WAN Int erfac e: This page is used to c onfigure the par ameters for In ternet n etwork which conn ects to the W AN port of your AP Router. Here you ma y change t he acces s metho d to static IP, D HCP, PP PoE, PPT P, or L2TP by click the item val ue of W AN Access type. (5) Wire less L AN Set ting: Th is p age is u sed t o configure [...]

26 (6) W irele ss Security: This pa ge allows you s etup t he wireless securit y. Turn on W EP o r W PA by using Encr yption Ke ys coul d prevent a ny unauth orized a ccess to your wireles s network . 3.2.2 Bridge (1) Setup Operation Mo de – Brid ge: In this mo de, all Ethernet ports and wireless interface are br idged togethe r and NAT fun ction[...]

27 (2) Choose your Ti me Zone : You can maintain the system t ime by synchronizing with a pub lic server over th e Internet. (3) Setup L A N Interf ace: This page is u sed to configur e the parameter s for local area network which connects t o the LAN port of your AP Router. Here you ma y chan ge t he setting for I P address, sub net ma sk, DHCP, e[...]

28 A tt ention: DHCP serv er of L AN will be disabled w hen you are u sing BRIDG E mode. P lease remember the IP address in this p age and set u p your computer with a nother fix IP in the same domain to co nnect to th is setup pag e in the fu ture. For Exa mple: If t he IP addr ess of LA N is 192.16 8.1.1 and the Net mask is 255.255 .255.0, you ca[...]

29 (5) W irele ss Security: This pa ge allows you s etup t he wireless securit y. Turn on W EP o r W PA by using Encr yption Ke ys coul d prevent a ny unauth orized a ccess to your wireles s network . 3.2.3 Wireless ISP (1) Setu p Operatio n Mode – W ireless ISP: In t his mode, all Ethernet p orts are bridged together and th e wireless c lient wi[...]

30 (2) Choose your Ti me Zone : You can maintain the system t ime by synchronizing with a pub lic server over th e Internet.[...]

31 (3) Setup L A N Interf ace: This page is u sed to configur e the parameter s for local area network which connects t o the LAN port of your AP Router. Here you ma y chan ge t h e se tting f or IP address, sub net ma sk, DHCP, etc. (4) Setu p WAN Int erfac e: This page is used to c onfigure the par ameters for In ternet n etwork which conn ects t[...]

32 (5) Wire less L AN Set ting: Th is p age is u sed t o configure t he parameter s for wireless LAN clients who ma y conne ct to your AP Ro uter.[...]

33 (6) W irele ss Security: This pa ge allows you s etup t he wireless securit y. Turn on W EP o r W PA by using Encr yption Ke ys coul d prevent a ny unauth orized a ccess to your wireles s network .[...]

34 3.3 Operation Mo de You can setup different modes to LAN and W LAN inte rface for N AT and bri dging function. Gatewa y: In this mode, the device is supposed to conn ect to i nter net via ADSL/Cable Modem. The NAT is enabled and PCs in LAN ports sha re the same IP to S|ISP thro ugh WAN port. Th e connection t ype ca n be setup in W AN page b y u[...]

35 3.4 Wireless 3.4.1 Basic Settings This page is used to configure t he par ameters for w ireless LAN cli ents who ma y connect t o y ou r AP Route r. H ere you ma y change w ireless encr yption s ettings as w ell as w ireless n etwork parameter s.[...]

36 3.4.2 A dvanced Setti ngs These setting s are onl y for more tec hnicall y advanced users wh o have a su fficient k nowledge about the w ireless LAN. T here se ttings sho uld note b e change d unles s you k now what effect the changes wil l have o n your A P Router.[...]

37 3.4.3 Security This page allows you setu p t he wireless s ecurit y. Turn on W EP or W PA by us ing Encr yption Keys could pre vent an y unauthori zed acces s to your wireless network .[...]

38 3.4.4 A ccess Control If you choo se “All owed L isted”, on ly those client s whose wireless M AC ad dresse s are in the access contro l list will be able to connect to your AP R outer. W hen “Deny Listed ” is s elected, these wireless clients on the lust w ill not be a ble to conn ect the AP Router.[...]

39 3.4.5 WDS Settings W ireless Distr ibution S ystem u ses wire less media to com municat e with other A Ps, l ike the Ethernet d oes. To d o this, you must set these A Ps in the same c hannel and se t MA C address of other APs w hich you w ant to commu nicate with in the t able and e nable the W DS.[...]

40 3.4.6 Site Survey This pa ge pro vides tool t o scan the wir eless n etw ork. If an y AP R outer or I BSS is foun d, you could choose to connect it manu ally when client mode is enable d.[...]

41 3.4.7 Easy Config This pag e al lows you to change t he setting f or E as yConfig. U se th is feature could l et your wireless clie nt auto maticall y sync hronize its setting and conn ect to t he A P Router in a minute with an y hassle. Below describes w hat Realt ek EasyConfig is and h ow to u se it in Realtek W LAN A P Router and PCI/mini-PCI[...]

42 Realtek Eas yConfig has imple mented two methods a s: Button Mode: User only needs push a touch- button in AP and client utilit y (a button in client Utility program) , then it wi ll do Eas yConfig auto maticall y betwe en AP and client. Q&A Mode: User needs answer so me questions in client si de, and selects the same questions and g ives sa[...]

43 If an y o ne client h as done the EasyConfig successfully, the PSK will be generated a nd y o u may see the encr yption k ey di spla yed on the E asyConfig pa ge (as shown in F igur e-1). W hen EasyConfig SSID and PSK a re adop ted, the Ea syConfig LED w ill be stead y on. Please note, when EasyConfig settin g has been generated, you may not be [...]

44 Figure 3 After “ Start ” is clicke d, Utilit y pr ogram will tr y to scan Realte k EasyConfig AP, wa iting f or B utton Mode re quest (i.e., The EasyConfi g button h as been pressed and the EasyConfig LED is blinking in AP). If an y EasyCo nfig AP i s found, it will be shown on the li st table as above Figure-3. User should asse rt the check[...]

45 Figure 5 Now, it w ill try t o link EasyConfig AP and exc hange se ttings. Afte r it is done , you ma y s ee a successful m essage s hown in Figure- 5. If Question- Answer mode i s selected a nd “ Sta rt ” but ton is c licked i n Figure- 2, a W iz a rd will b e shown as Figur e-6: Figure 6 If the AP you want to d o E as yConfig h as b een in[...]

46 first time Q&A mode c onfiguratio n f or the AP, you sho uld assert the che ckbox of “ First Ti me Configuratio n ”, and then sele ct the question to answer. You could inpu t any answer as you like, but you s hould re member which que stion and answ er you set f or the other client configurat ion. After a nswer is set and “ Ne xt ” b[...]

47 EasyConfig is done. W hen the client has adopted Eas yConfig the setting, the Eas yConfig LED will be s t ead y on. Except pu sh b utton on evaluation boa rd, u ser ma y ena ble t he req uest b y cli ck “ Do EasyConf ig (Butto n )” on web p age. Beside But ton mod e, use r ma y select Q&A mo de f or Eas yConfig. If this is first tim e co[...]

48 be saved as current setting. “ WL ANn_XXXX ”, where ‘ n ’ could be 0 or 1 repr esente d as 1 st and 2nd wlan interface. By defau lt, 1st wlan interface wi ll use the 8186 internal wlan contro ller, and 2nd interface w ill base on extern al wlan ada pter thro ugh 8186 PCI interfac e. 3.5 TCP/IP Settings 3.5.1 LAN Interface This pag e is u[...]

49 This page is used to configure the parameters for Internet netw ork which connec ts to t he W AN port of y our AP Router. H er e y o u m a y cha nge the Access Method t o s tatic IP, PP PoE, PPTP o r L2TP by click the item va lue of W AN Access Type. 3.6 Firew all[...]

50 3.6.1 Port Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data pack ets from your local network to Internet through the Gatew ay. Use of such filter can be helpful securing or re stricti ng your local network . 3.6.2 IP Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data pack ets from your local netw[...]

51 3.6.3 MAC Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data pack ets from your local network to Internet throu gh the Gat ewa y. U se of su ch filter s can be help ful in se curing or restricting y our local network .[...]

52 3.6.4 Port Forwarding Entries in thi s table a llow you to au tomati cally r edire ct common n etwork s ervice s to a specific machine be hind the NA T fire wall. These settings are o nly ne cessary if you w ish to host s ome sort of se rver lik e a w eb server or mail se rver o n t he private l ocal netw ork behind y our Gateway’s NA T firewa[...]

53 3.6.6 DMZ A Demilit arized Zo ne is use d to provi de I nternet s ervice w ithout sa crificing u nauthor ized a ccess to its local pr ivate network . Typi cally, the D MZ h ost con tains d evices a ccessibl e to In ternet traffic, such as Web (HTTP) server s, FTP ser vers, SM TP(e-mail) servers a nd DNS ser vers. 3.7 Route Setup[...]

54 This page is u sed to set up dynam ic routing pr otocol or edit stat ic route entr y. 3.8 Management[...]

55 3.8.1 Status This pa ge shows the current status and s ome basic settings of th e device, s uch as System information, W ire less Configuratio n, TCP/IP C onfigur ation, and W AN Configuratio n. 3.8.2 Statistics[...]

56 This page shows the p acket counters for transmission and reception rega rding to wireless and Ethernet netw ork s. 3.8.3 DDNS Dynamic DN S is a servi ce th at prov ides you with a vali d, unchan ging, i nternet domain na me (an URL) to go with that (po ssibl y ever-changing) IP addr ess.[...]

57 3.8.4 Time Zone Setting You can maint ain the syste m time b y synchronizi ng with a pu blic time server over the Int ernet. 3.8.5 Log This page ca n be used to set rem ote log se rver and show the s ystem log.[...]

58 3.8.6 Upgrade Firmw are This p age allows you upgrade the AP R outer firmw are to ne w version. Please no te DO N OT power off the de vice d uring the upload be cause it ma y crash th e system. 3.8.7 Save/Reload Setting This pag e al lows y o u save cu rrent s ettin gs to a file or r eload the settings f ro m the file whic h was saved pre viousl[...]

59 3.8.8 Password This page is used to set the account to access the web server of AP Router. Empty user name and password w ill disab le the prot ection. 3.9 Logout This page is u sed to log out W LAN AP W ebserver.[...]

6 0 Click “ Apply Change ” button to logout the webserver. And then, y ou will see the below screen: 4 Troubleshooting[...]

61 This chapter covers some common problems that user may encounter while accessing the wireless ro uter and some possible solutio ns for th em. If you fo llow the su ggested instruction s to configure th e w ireless router, but router still d oes not function properl y, please contact your loca l dealer for assista nce. Q1) Can not con nect to the[...]

62 Ans: Check the foll owing. a) If your PC is set to Infr astructur e M ode, b ecause the ro uter is alw ays in Infrastructure Mode. b) If the SSID on your PC an d wireless route r are the same. Rememb er that the SSID is ca se-sensiti ve. c) If both of your PC and wire less r outer h ave t he same W EP s ettings. The d efault setting for the wire[...]