Encore electronic ENHWI-G2 manual

ENHWI-G2 ENCORE 802.1 1g Wireless Router User ’ s Manual[...]

FCC Certifications Federal Communication Commission Interference St atement This equipment has been tested an d found to comply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable pr otection against harmful interference in a residential inst allation. This equipment g[...]

CE Mark W arning This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility , EN 55022 class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member S tat es relating to electromagnetic compatibility . Company has an on-going policy of upgrading it s[...]

T able of Contents Unpacking Information ············································································· 1 Introduction T o Wireless Router ···························································?[...]

LAN Interface Setup ···································································· 25 W AN Interface Setup ··································································· 26 Static IP Mode ········[...]

Unpacking Information Thank you for purchasi ng the product. Before you start, ple ase check all the cont ents of this package. The product packa ge s hould include the follo wing: 1. One Wireless Router 2. One power adapter 3. One User Manual (CD) 4. One detachable antenn a 1[...]

Introduction T o W ireless Router General Desc ription ENCORE Wireless Rout er built-in with 4-port 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch is the l atest generation of Wirel ess router product for H ome/Of fice and SOHO users. This full-feat ur e and s elf-cont ai ned comp act Wireless Router will be fully for broadband access in both of LAN and Wire les[...]

Key Features The switch provides the fol lowing key features:  Complies with IEEE 802. 1 1b/g wireless standards  Provides one 802. 1 1b/g wireless Revers e SMA deta c h able antenna  High speed tra nsfer data rate up to 54Mbps  Supports turbo mode fo r 72Mbps data transfe r  Supports wireless data encryption with 64/128- bit WEP , W[...]

The Front Panel The front panel of the Wireless Ro uter is shown below . System LEDs System LED indicators l oc ate on the front panel for showing the operating status of the whole device. z Power (red Encore icon) LED This indicator lights gre en when the Wireless Ro uter is r eceiving power; otherwise, it is off. z Status (“ i “ icon) LE D Th[...]

Port LEDs (LAN) Port LEDs (LAN) indic ators locate on the front panel for s howing the operating stat u s of 10/100Mbps Fa st Ethern et switching ports. z Act/Link LED Every port has a Act/Link LED. Steady green (link state) indicates that the port has good linka ge to its associated devices. Flashi ng green indicates that the port is receiving or [...]

4. Place the Router Wall-mount option Before attach this router on the wall, you have to finish the desktop option steps first. 1. Select a location with access for cables and a power outlet. 2. Unplug the unit. Place it upside down on a flat surface and mark the two holes for anchors. 3. Installing the Wall mount anchor (plastic) into the wall wit[...]

Installing And Using W ireless Router This Chapter provides a step-by-step gui de to the installation and configuration of ENCORE Wireless Router . W e suggest you go over the whole chapter and then do more advanced operation. Network configuration setup S teps to build up the network: ¾ Connect the ADSL or Cable modem to the Ethernet W AN port on[...]

Computer configuration setup In order to communic ate w ith this Wireless Router , you have to configur e the IP addresses of your c omputer to be compatibl e wit h the device. The router supports DHCP server and it is enabled as d efa ult. Us ers that configure your IP address as “Obtain an IP address automatically” may skip the following IP c[...]

3. C hoose Internet Proto col (TCP/IP) and click Properties. 4. Y ou may choose “Obtain a n IP address automatically”(recommend) to g et IP address automatically or choose “Use the followin g IP address” to spec ify IP addresses manu ally . Please click the OK button after yo ur co nfiguration. 9[...]

Management Wireless Router configuration setup In order to make the whol e n etwork operate successfu lly , it is necessary to configure ENC ORE Rout er through y our co mputer h as a WEB brows er installe d. Please follow up the st eps listed below . 1. Double click the Internet WEB browser icon on your desktop scree n (Netscape Commu nic ator 4.0[...]

4. The Graphic User Interaface After the password a uthorization, the Setup Wizar d sh ows up as the home page of the Graphic User int erface. Y ou may click on each folder on left colum n of each page to get access to each conf iguration page. 11[...]

Setup Wizard If you are using the r out er for the first time, you may follow t he procedures of the s etup wizard to do a step-by-step config urati on. Note: The following instruction d oes an overall introd uction to the Setup Wizar d. For d etail information to eac h item, please refer to instr uction of each page. 1. T o start the Set up Wizard[...]

3. Mark the check box to en able synchronizing time by NTP server . Select the religi on you live and a NTP server by click in g the drop list then click “Next ”. 4. Specify an IP address and su bn et mask for connecting to the r outer in LAN. 13[...]

5. Select a WAN access type for the router to co nnect to Inter net. Fill in th e parameters that required in eac h bl ank, and then click the “Next ” button. Y ou may get those parameters from your ISP . 6. Select the wireless par amet ers that are used for ass ociating with this router and clic k “Next” 14[...]

7. Click the drop list to select th e encryption type for your wireless network. Fi ll in the parameters for the encry ption type you select and click finish to complet e configuration. 15[...]

Operation Mode T o select an op eration mode for this rout er , click on the mo d e that you want to perform and click the button to execute. 16[...]

Wireless Wireless Access Point builds a wireless LA N and can let all PCs equi pp ed with IEEE802.1 1b/g wireless network adaptor co nnect to your I ntranet. It supports WEP en cryption and MAC add ress filter to enhance the security of you r wireless network. Basic Settings Y ou can set up the configurati on of your Wireless and monit or the Wirel[...]

x Active Wireless Client T able This is the window that pops up after clicking the “Show Active Clients” button. MAC Address MAC address of this active wireless station. Tx Packet The number of transmitted p a ckets that are sent out from this active wireless station. Rx Packet The number of receiv ed p ackets that are receive d by this active [...]

Advanced Settings Y ou can set advanced wireles s LAN parameters of th is ro uter . The parameters inclu de Authentic ation T ype, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon I nterv al, Data Rate, Preamble T yp e, Bro adc ast SSID, IAPP and 802.1 1g Protection. We recommend not changing these parameters unl ess you know what change s wil l be there [...]

RTS Threshold If the packet size is smalle r the RTS threshold, the wireless router will n ot se nd this packet by using the RTS/CTS mechanism. Beacon Interval The period of time how l o ng a beacon is broadcasted. Data Rate The "Data Rate" is the d ata packets limitation this wireless router can tr ansmit. The wireless router wil l use t[...]

Security At the page, you can set up the WE P , WP A Encryption to ensure the security of your Wireless. Configuration 21 Encryption T o enable WEP , WP A, WP A2 and WP A2 Mixed encryption modes, select the option in the drop list. If you select none, any data will be transmitted without Encry ption and any station can access the ro uter . Use 802.[...]

WP A Cipher Suite Select the WP A Cipher Suite to be TKIP or AES WP A2 Cipher Suite Select the WP A2 Cipher Suite to be TKIP or AES Pre-Shared key Format T o decide t he format, select what you ne ed i n the drop list. Pre-shared Key Enter the Pre-shar ed K ey according to the pre-shared key format you s elect. Enable Pre-Authenticatio n Y ou can m[...]

Access Control T o restrict the Num ber of Access a uth ent ication of Stations, Set up the control list in this page. Configuration Wireless Access Control Mode Click on the drop l ist to choose the access control mode. Y o u may select “Allow listed” to allow those a ll owed MAC addresses or select “Deny Listed” to ban thos e M AC address[...]

WDS Setting Wireless Distribution Syste m all ows the router to communicate w ith other APs wirelessly . T o make it work, you must ensure that thes e APs and th e Router are in th e same Channel and add these APs MAC Address and Comment values into the WDS list. Do n’t Forget to Enable the WD S by click the check box of “En ab le WDS” and pr[...]

TCP/IP Setting LAN Interface Setup T o set up the confi guration of LAN interfac e, Private IP of you router LAN Port and Subnet mask for yo ur LAN segment. Configuration 25 IP address The IP of your Router LAN port (Default 192.168.1. 1) Subnet Mask Subnet Mask of you LAN ( Default 255.255.255. 0) DHCP Server T o give your LAN Client an IP , you h[...]

W AN Interface Setup This page allows us ers to configure those parameters for connecting to Internet. Y ou m ay select the W AN Acc ess T yp e from the drop list and configure parameters for eac h mode. Static IP Mode IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway Fill in the IP address, Subn et Mask and Default Gateway that provided b y your ISP. DN[...]

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PPPoE Mode User Name, password and service nam e Fill in the User Nam e, password and service n ame that provided by your ISP . Connection T ype “Continuous” is for Always keep connection “Connect on demand” is for bill by connection time. Y ou can set up the Idle time for the valu e sp ecifies the number of time that ela pses before the sy[...]

PPTP Mode IP Address, Subnet Mask, Server IP Address, User Name and Password Fill in the IP address, Subnet Mask, Server IP Address, User Name and passwor d that provided by your ISP . MTU Size T o Enable the Maxi mum T ran smission Unit of Router setup. Any packet over this number will be ch op ped up into suitable size before sending. Larger numb[...]

Common configurations for W AN interface There are some settings are able to be confi gur ed on ea ch WAN access types: Enable We b Server Access on W AN from port T o Enable the user t o access this Router throu gh I nternet, Enter the specific IP and the port numb er Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Mark the check box to enable IPsec p[...]

Firewall Configuration Port Filtering The firewall could n ot on ly obstruct outside intruders from intrudi ng your system, but also restricting th e L AN users. Port Filtering T o restrict certain type of data packets from your LAN to Internet through the Ro uter, add them on the Current Filtering T a ble. Configuration 1. Click the check box of ?[...]

IP filtering ENCORE Router coul d filter the outgoing pa ckets for security or management consid eration. Y ou c an s et up the filter against the IP addresses to block sp ec ific internal users from acc essi ng the Internet. Configuration 1. Click the chec k box of “Enable IP Filtering” to enable the function. 2. Enter the specific Loca l IP a[...]

MAC filtering ENCORE Router coul d filter the outgoing pa ckets for security or management consid eration. Y ou c an s et up the filter against the MAC addresses to block sp ec ific internal users from acc essi ng the Internet. Configuration 1. Click the check box of “Enable MAC Filterin g” to enable the fun c tio n. 2. Enter the speci fic MAC [...]

Port forwarding The Port Forwarding allows y ou to r e-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/W AN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host som e servers behind the r outer NA T firewall. Configuration 1. Click the c heck box of “Ena ble port forwardi ng” to enable the fun c tio n. 2. Enter the s[...]

URL Filtering The URL Filter allows us ers to prevent certain URL from accessing by users in LAN. This filter will block those URLs that conta in c ertain keywords. Configuration 1. Click the chec k box of “Enable URL Filtering” to enable the fun c tio n. 2. Enter the URL that is going to be banned. STEPS 3. T o Del ete the URL on the table, Cl[...]

36 Vir t ua l D MZ The virtual DMZ is use d to e nable protocols, which ne ed to open ports on the router . The router will for ward all unspecif ied incoming traffic to the host specified in this page. T o configur e it, enter the Host IP (private IP address) and Click “A pply changes” to enact the setting .[...]

Management Status In the home page of EN CORE Router , the left navigation bar sho ws the options to configure the system. In the right navigati on scr een is the summary of system status for view ing the configurations. z System Uptime The period that you po wer the device on. Firmware V ersion The version of the firmwar e applied on this device. [...]

Channel Number The channel used by the wireless LAN. All devices in the sam e wireless LAN shou ld u ser the same ch annel Encryption The security encryption stat us of this wireless network BSSID The Basi c Service Set Identi ty of this router .(This parameter is th e same as the MAC address of LAN port) Associated Clients The number of associate [...]

Statistics On this page, you can m onitor the sent & received pac kets counters of wireless, Ethernet LAN, an d E thernet W AN. T o see the latest report, click refresh button. DDNS This page allows us ers to connect to DDNS. T o enable DDNS, Mark the “Enable DDN S ” checkbox. Select the serv ice provider from the dro p list. Fill in domain[...]

Time Zone Setting This page allows us ers to configure the tim e of th e ro uter . T o specify manually , fill in the blanks in “Current Time” and click the “Apply Ch an ge” button. T o synchronize tim e from a timeserver , please mark the “Enabl e NTP client update” chec kb ox, select a NTP server from the drop list or manual ly enter [...]

Upgrade Firmware T o Upgrade Firmware, 1. Click “browse …” button to select the firm w are you want to upgrade. STEPS 2. Click Upload to start the u pgrade process. Pleas e don’t close the WEB-br owser and wait for proce ss to complete. When Upgr ade is completed, yo u can start to use the rout er . 41[...]

Save and Reload Settings T o save setting to file, click “Save...” button. T o load setting from file, 1. Click “Browse … ” on the to select the file 2. Click upload to start the pr oce ss and wait for it to complete T o reset setting to Default, click rese t to start the process a nd it will be completed till the status LED start blinkin[...]

Product Specifications Standard IEEE802.3, 10BASE-T IEEE802.3u, 100BASE-TX IEEE802.3x full duplex operation and flow control IEEE802.1 1b wireless LAN infrastructure IEEE802.1 1g wireless LAN infrastructure Interface 1 * W AN port 4 * 10/100 RJ-45 Fast Ethernet switching ports Antenna: 802.1 1b/g wireless reverse SMA detachable W AN Connection Ethe[...]

FA Q Q: What ca n I do if I fo rgot my passw ord, or my rou ter is not working correctly? A: Step 1 Locate the r eset pinhole on t he back of the unit. Step 2 With the unit powered on, pre ss and hold the R es et button. Step 3 Hold the R eset butto n for about 15 seconds. Step 4 R elease the Reset button. Step 5 The unit will reboot. Allow 20-30 s[...]

45 Step 1 Upgr ade to the latest fi rmware. Step 2 T ake a paperclip and perform a ha rd re set. With unit on, use a paperclip and hold down the reset bu tton on the back of the u nit for 15 seconds. Release it and the router will recycle, t h e lights will blink, and then stabilize. Step 3 After the router stabilizes, open you r web browser (Inter[...]

ENHWI-G2 46 Step 9 T urn off your DSL modem for 2-3 minutes. T urn back on. Once the modem has established a link to your ISP , plug the power back into the router . W ait about 30 seconds and log back into the router . Step 10 Click on the Status tab in the web configuration where you can view the device info. Under WAN , click DHCP Release , then[...]