Airlink101 AR685W manual

Wireless N 300 Green Router Model # AR685W User’s Manual Ver. 1A[...]

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 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 designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, [...]

Table of Contents  FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION INTERFERE NCE STATEMENT ............................ 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCT ION ..............................................................................[...]

3.5.3 VPN Pass through .................................................................................................................. 70 3.6 A DMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................... 71 3.6.1 Time ...............................................[...]

6 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the AR685W Wireless N 300 Green Router. The Wireless N 300 Green Router is recommended to be used with AirLink101® Wireless N products to provide the best performance. The high speed of up to 300Mbps* combined with extended wireless coverage delivers fast and reliable conn ections for al[...]

7 1.3 Router Interface Front Panel LEDs LED Light Status Description POWER On Router is powered on. On WPS setup is in progress. Off Wireless network is switched off. WLAN Flashing Wireless network is ready and WPS setup is not in progress. On WAN port is connected. Off WAN port is not connected. WAN LNK/ACT Flashing WAN port is transferring or rec[...]

8 Back Panel Item Name Description Antenna The antenna is 3dBi dipole antenna. Radio ON/OFF Switch the button to activate or deactivate the Router’s wireless function. Reset / WPS Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings) or start security synchronization function (WPS). Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore[...]

9 Chapter 2 Installing the Router 2.1 Using EZ Setup Wizard Step 1 Insert the Setup CD into your CD-ROM drive. Step 2 Click Next to start the configuration.[...]

10 Step 3 Connect one end of a network cable to the WAN port of the router and conn ect the other end to your DSL/Cable modem. Step 4 Connect one end of another network cable to the L AN port of the router and connect the other end to your computer.[...]

11 Step 5 Power on the Router. It will take about 30 seconds. Step 6 Make sure POWER , WAN , WLAN , and the LAN port that the computer is connected to are lit. If not, try the above steps again. Step 7 Enter the Router’s password to log in to the Router. The default password is “admin”. It is recommended to change the router’s password to p[...]

12 Step 8 Verify the Internet Connection Type the wizard detected. If it is not correct, please configure it manually. Click Next . Note: If you are not sure which Internet Connection Type you use, please contact your Internet Service Provider for this information. Step 9 Enter the settings for your Internet Connection Type. Dynamic IP (Cable Modem[...]

13 PPPoE (DSL users) Enter the user name and password pr ovided by your ISP then click Next . Step 10 Please wait while the Wizard trying to connect to the Internet. If you see the window “Internet Connection Succeed”, your router has been successfully connected to the Internet. Please click Next to configure the wireless settings.[...]

14 Step 11 Configure a name for your wireless network. Click Next . Step 12 Configure the security key for your wireless network. Check Enable WPA Pre-Share Key . Enter 8 to 63 characters into WPA-Pre-Share Key. Click Next .[...]

15 Step 13 Verify the settings you just configured for the Router. Click Finish to restart t he Router. Congratulations! Your router configuration has been finished.   [...]

16 2.2 Connecting to the Router Wirelessly You must configure your wireless computer in order to establish a wireless connection to the router. In this section, you can find the instructions of how to connect to t he router wirelessly with your Windows 7 computer. You can also refer to the manual of your wireless network card regarding how to conne[...]

17 Step 2 Enter the network security key if the wireless network you are attempting to connect to has wireless encryption enabled. Click OK . The connection should be now established.[...]

18 Chapter 3 Using Web Configuration Utility The Web Configuration Utility contains advanced features that allow you to configure the router to meet your network’s needs such as: Access Control, QoS (Quality of Service), Port Forwarding (Virtual Server) and other functions. If you have already gone through the EZ Setup Wizard, you do NOT need to [...]

19 Step 1 Go to the computer that is connected to the router with an Ethernet cable, open the web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) and type 192.168.2.1 or the IP address you assigned to this router in the URL address bar and press Enter . Step 2 Enter your user name and password and click OK . (The default user name and password [...]

20 3.0 Setup Wizard Click on Setup Wizard and start the basic config uration for this router. If you have gone through the EZ Setup Wizard on the provided CD, you do not need to set up the router again. Step 1 Configure the Time Zone Settings of the Router. You can click on Copy Time from PC . Enable Daylight Saving if it is applicable in your coun[...]

21 Time Zone You can select your local time zone here. The router will sync time according to your time zone selection. Time Server Address Input the IP address / host name of time server here Daylight Savings If the country you live uses day light saving, please check the Enable box and choose the duratio n of daylight savin g. Step 2 Select WAN t[...]

22 automatically”, or “Use the followi ng IP address” (i.e. static IP address). Primary DNS Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider. Secondary DNS Please input the IP address of another DNS serve r p rovided by your service provider, this is optional. PPPoE (for DSL users) For DSL users, your Internet type [...]

23 Parameter Description User Name Please input user name assigned by your Intern et se rvice provider here. Password Please input the password assi gn ed by your Internet service provider here. DNS Address Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can choose “Obtain an IP addre ss automatically”, or “U[...]

24 PPTP PPTP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from WAN interface setting: Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can choose “Obtain an IP address automatically, or “Use the following IP address” (i.e.[...]

25 Parameter Description User Name Please input user name assigned by your Intern et se rvice provider here. Password Please input the password assi gn ed by your Internet service provider here. PPTP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. Connection ID Please input the connection ID here[...]

26 will fail even those settings of L2TP settings are correct. Ple ase contact your Internet service provider if you don’t know what you should fill in these fields. Now please go to L2TP settings section: Parameter Description User Name Please input user name assigned by your Intern et se rvice provider here. Password Please input the password a[...]

27 Parameter Description User Name Please input user name assigned by Tel stra. Password Please input the password assign ed by Telstra. Assign login server manually Check this bo x to choose login server by yourself. Server IP Address Please input the IP addres s of login server here. When you finish with all settings, please click NEXT . Step 3 K[...]

28 Parameter Description Band Please select the radio ba nd from one of the following option s. 2.4GHz (B): 2.4GHz b and, only allows 802.11b wireless n etwork client to connect to this router (m aximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N): 2.4GHz b and, only allows 802.11n wireless net work client to connect to this router (m aximum transfer rate 30[...]

29 WPA2(AES) is the most secured encryption mode for general users. WEP is the most common encryption but the least secured. It is recommended to use WPA2(AES) for your wireless security if all wireless devices on your network support it. WPA2(AES) Select WPA pre-shared key for Encryption. Enter the settings below: • WPA Unicast Cipher Suite: Sel[...]

30 If each field has valid numbers or IP addresses being assign ed, the router is connected to the Internet.          [...]

31 3.1 Network 3.1.1 WAN Use the WAN setting page to change your Internet connection type. The WAN setting page allows you to configure the Internet connection type of your ISP. The WAN settings offer the following selections for the router’s WAN port, Dynamic IP, Static IP, PPPoE , PPTP , L2TP and Telstra Big Pond . Please choose one type and co[...]

32 3.1.2 LAN This page allows you to specify an IP address for your router, configure the DHCP Server and Static DHCP Lease Table. ¾ LAN IP section Parameters Default Description IP address 192.168.2.1 This is the router’s LAN IP address (Yo ur LAN clients’ default gateway IP address). Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Specify a Subnet Mask for your L[...]

33 ¾ DHCP Server section Parameters Des cription Lease Time Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a spe cific IP address) of every IP address assigned by this router from dropdown me nu. DHCP Client Start IP Please input the start IP address of the IP range. DHCP Client End IP Please input the end IP address of the [...]

34 If you want to delete a specific item, please check the “Select” box of a MAC address and IP address mapping, then click “Delete” button. If y ou want to delete all mappings, click “Delete All”. After you finish with all settings, please click “Apply” button. If you want to reset all settings in this page, please click “Cancel?[...]

35 3.1.3 NAT / Static Routing Network address translations (NAT) shares a single public IP address to multiple computers. All computers must be assigned a valid public IP address to be able to get connected to Internet, but Internet service providers provide very few public IP addresses to each user based on service plans, usually 1 for each househ[...]

36 From the Current Static Routing Table , you can che ck e ach Static Routing setting. Parameter Description Delete If you want to delete a setting, check the ‘select’ box of the setting you want to delete, then click ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one setting). Delete All If you want to delete all settings listed here, plea se[...]

37 3.1.4 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain nam e to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and a static domain name from a DDNS service provider. This router supports DynDNS ( www.dyndns.org ), and TZO ( www.tzo.com ). Parameters Default Description Dynamic DNS Disable Enable/Disable the DDNS functio n of this router. P[...]

38 3.2 Wireless 3.2.1 Basic Settings You can set parameters that are used for wireless clients to connect to this router. The parameters include SSID, Channel Number, etc. Parameters Default Description Band 2.4 GHz (B+G+N) Please sele ct the radio band from one of the following options. 2.4GHz(B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wirele ss network[...]

39 Channel Number 6 Please select a channel from the drop down list of ‘Channel Number’ for broadcasting. You can choose any channel number you want to use, and almost all wi reless clients can locate the channel you’re u sing automatically without any problem. However, it’s still useful to remember the channel nu mber you use, some wirele [...]

40 3.2.2 Wireless Security The AR685W Wireless N 300 Green Router pr ovides complete wireless LAN security functions, including WEP, IEEE 802.11x, W PA-PSK and WPA with RADIUS. With these security functions, you can prevent your wir eless LAN from illegal access. Please make sure your wireless clients use the same security settings. Parameters Defa[...]

41 3.2.2.1 WEP Select “WEP” for the “Encryption” mode if you wish to use WEP to encrypt your wireless network. Note: When you select WEP as the security mode under B+G+N or N+G mode, the system will pop up a warning message: IEEE802.11n standard only accepts AES encryption. If you choose other option, the data rate will drop to 54Mbps (G Mo[...]

42 En cr ypt i o n K e y 1~ 4 The WEP key are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the rules below. 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex valu es (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0- 9” range) or 5-digit ASCII character as th e encryption keys. 128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex val ues (in the “A-F?[...]

43 Parameters Description WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Available options are: WP A(TKIP) and WPA2(AES). Please make sure your wirele ss client supports the cip her you selected. Pre-shared Key Format You may select Passphra se (alphanumeric format) or Hex (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” r ange) to be the Pre-shared Key. Pre-shared Key The Pr[...]

44 3.2.3 MAC Control This function will help you to prevent unauthoriz ed users from connecting to your wireless router. Only those wireless devices with the MAC addresses you specified here are allowed to access your wireless router. You can use this function with o ther security measures described in previous section together to enhance the safet[...]

45 After you clicked Apply, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: You can click “Continue” to back to previous setup page to continue on ot her setup procedures, or click “Apply” to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).[...]

46 3.2.4 Advanced Settings You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Preamble Type, etc. It is suggested not to change these parameters unl ess you know what effect the cha nges will have on this router. Parameters Description Fragment[...]

47 Channel Width Set channel width of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, def ault setting is ‘Auto 20/40 MHz’. Preamble Type The “Long Preamble” can provide b etter wireless LAN compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN performan ce. Broadcast ESSID Decide if the wi[...]

48 3.2.5 WPS The Airlink101 Wireless N 300 Green Router AR685W has a built-in Easy Setup Button which allows you to connect your wireless computer with the router easily and safely. Your wireless adapter must support this feature as well. If not, you will need to set up the wireless se curity manually and you can skip this section. Please make sure[...]

49 Step 3 Within the following 2 minutes, push the WPS Button the Router. The WLAN LED will stay solid green instead of blinking. Step 4 The Router will now start the handshake with the wireless adapter which will take about 30 seconds. When you see the window simila r to the one below, the connection has been established.[...]

50 Parameters Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable W P S . WPS Information WPS-related system inform ation will be displayed here: WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly se t, you’ll see “Configured” message here. If wireless secu rity funct[...]

51 3.3 Application & Gaming  3.3.1 Virtual Server (Port Forwarding) The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host some servers behind the router NAT firewall. Parameter Description Enable Virtual Server Enable Virtual Se[...]

52 Delete If you want to delete a setting, check the ‘select’ box of the setting you want to delete, then click ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one setting). Delete All If you want to delete all settings listed here, plea se cli ck ‘Delete All’ button. Reset You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all. After you fin[...]

53 3.3.2 Special Applications (Port Triggering) Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. These applications cannot work with simple Network Address Translation (NAT) rules. In this page, you can configure the Router to open certain T CP or UDP ports in order to make [...]

54 Add (in red box) Click on Add button in the r ed box to sav e the Special Application rule you set into the Current Trigger-Port Table. From the Current Trigger-Port Table , you can sel ect each Special Application setting by che cking the “Select” checkbox. Parameter Description Delete If you want to delete a setting, check the ‘sele ct?[...]

55 3.3.3 DMZ If you have a local client PC that cannot run an In ternet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NAT firewall, then you can open the client up to unrestricted two-way Internet access by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all packets going to your WAN port IP address to a particular IP address in y[...]

56 Delete All If you want to delete all settings listed here, please click ‘Delete All’ button. Reset You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all. After you finish with all settings, please click “Apply” button. If you want to reset all settings in this page, please click “Cancel” button. After you clicked Apply, the following[...]

57 3.3.4 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway (ALG) is a special function of this router. It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applications which require special support. With these sup ports, those applications which required special supp ort will be able to work with NAT architecture.  There are many applications listed here. P[...]

58 3.3.5 QoS Quality of service, QoS provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to get Internet bandwidth, and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth (like video st[...]

59 Move Up You can raise the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. Move Down You can lowe r the prio rity of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. 3.3.5.1 Add a new QoS rule After you click “Add” button on QoS page, the following message will appear:  Parameter Description Rule Name Please give a name to[...]

60 please input 80-90; if you want to apply this rule on a single p ort, just input the port number, such as 80 . If the remote (destination) IP address and /or port number is universal, just leav e it blank. Traffic Type Please select the traffic type of this rule, available opti ons are None, SMTP, HTTP, POP3, and FTP. You can select a specific t[...]

61 3.4 Access Restrictions This function allows you to configure some Internet access rules for your local comput ers based on the IP address, applications, URL or keywords. 3.4.1 IP & Port Filtering If you want to restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications / services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.) by their IP addres[...]

62 Parameters Description Client PC Description Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP address Please input the starting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a rang e of IP addre sses, or just input the IP address in the left field to def[...]

63 After you finish with all settings, please click “Apply” button. If you want to reset all settings in this page, please click “Cancel” button. After you clicked Apply, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: You can click “Continue” to back to previous setup page to continue on ot her setup procedures, or click ?[...]

64 3.4.2 MAC Filtering If you want to restrict users from accessing certain Internet application s/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.) by their MAC addresses, then you can set up the filtering rules here. Parameters Description Enable MAC Filtering Check this box to enable the MAC filtering function. Please select “Deny” or “Al[...]

65 Delete If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one MA C addresses). Delete All If you want to delete all MAC add resses li sted he re, please click ‘Delete All’ button. Reset You can also click ‘Reset’ b[...]

66 3.4.3 URL/Keyword Filtering You can block access to certain websites or web co ntents from local PCs by entering a full URL add re ss or just keywords about the web conte nts. This filt er can help parents to manage the Internet us age for their children (i.e. Parental Control). Parameter Description Enable URL Filtering Enable/Disable URL Block[...]

67 3.5 Security 3.5.1 Firewall Excepting NAT, this router also provides fi rewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on local network. These functions include inbound attack prevention, and block outbound traffics. The Wireless N 300 Green Router AR685W has built in SPI Firewall which is a type of firewall that insp[...]

68 3.5.2 DoS (Denial-of-Service) Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack 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 prev[...]

69 Parameter Description Ping of Death Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. Please check the box of Ping of Death, and input the frequency of threshold (ho w many packets per second, minute, or hour), you can also inpu t the ‘Burst’ value, which means when this number of ‘Ping of Death’ packet is receiv[...]

70 3.5.3 VPN Pass through    Parameter Description IPsec pass through Check this box and the router will enable IPsec packets pass through the router for VPN con nection. PPTP pass through Check this bo x and the router will enable PPTP packets pass through the router for VPN conne ction L2TP pass through Check this box and the router will[...]

71 3.6 Administration The Administration page allows you to specify a time zone, to change the system password and to specify a remote management port, to upgrade firmware, to save/reload configuration settings, to enable system log, to view the statistics informat ion, and to enable/disable UPnP for the Router. 3.6.1 Time Parameter Description Cur[...]

72 3.6.2 Management 3.6.2.1 Password You can change the password required to log into the Router’s web configuration utility. The default user name and password are “admin”. It is suggested to change the administrator’s default password as soon as you start to use the Router, and store it in a safe place. The password can consist of 0 to 12[...]

73 3.6.2.2 UPnP You can select enable or disable UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP, like Windows Vi sta, can discover this router automatically. 3.6.2.3 Reset (Reboot) Click Apply button under the Reset secti on if you want to reboot the router.   [...]

74 3.6.3 Remote Management You can manage this router remotely by enabling the ‘Remote Management’ function. Parameters Description Host Address Input the IP addres s of the remote h ost you wi sh to initiate a management access. “0.0.0.0” means any remote IP address. If you specify an IP address here, then the rout er will only all ow remo[...]

75 3.6.4 Firmware Upgrade To upgrade the firmware for the Router, you need to download the firmware file and save it to your local hard disk first. You may need to unzip it if it is a .zip file. Click NEXT to start the firmware upgrade. Click on Browse to select the firmware you just downloaded/unzipped, then click APPLY to start the upgrade proces[...]

76 3.6.5 Configuration Settings The Configuration Settings screen allows you to save ( Backup ) the router’s current configuration setting. Saving the configuration settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur with the router and you have to reset to factory default. When you save the configuration settings (Backup)[...]

77 3.6.6 Log All important system events and sy stem security are logged. You can use this functio n to check the log of your router.  Parameters Description Save Save current event log to a text file. Clear Delete all event logs displayed here. Refresh Refresh the event log display.[...]

78 3.6.7 Statistics View the statistics of packets sent an d received on WAN, LAN and Wirel ess LAN. Click Refresh to display the latest information.[...]

79 3.7 Status  The Status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the Status page to monitor: the Internet, LAN connection, Wireless status, and the curren t firmware version of the Router. 3.7.1 Internet Connection Status You can use this function to view the status of current Internet connectio n.  3.7.2[...]

80 3.7.3 WLAN (Wireless LAN) Status  You can use this function to show the Wireless LAN status of your router, including E SSID (the name of your wireless network), Channel number, and Security.   3.7.4 System Status  You can use this function to know the system information and firmware version (Runtime Code Version) of this router.[...]

81 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting  If you have trouble connecting to the Internet, try the following steps: Step 1 Power off the Cable/DSL modem, router, and computer and wait for 5 minutes . Step 2 Turn on the Cable/DSL modem and wait for the lights on the modem to settle down. Step 3 Turn on the router and wait for the lights on the router to settl[...]

82 Technical Support   E-mail: support@airlink101.com Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Website: www.airlink101.com  *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate d erived from I EEE standard 802.11 specifica t ions . Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and enviro nme ntal factors, in cluding volume of net work traffic, building mater[...]