ENCORE ENHWI-3GN3 manual

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1 www .encore-us a.com T ABL E O F C ONTENTS 1. INTRODUCT ION ....................................................................................... 2 1.1 S UMM A R Y .............................................................................................. 2 1.2 K EY F EA T UR E S ..............................................................[...]

2 www .encore-us a.com 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Summary Thank Y ou for patr onizing an other Enc ore produc t. The ENHW I- 3GN3 is a 3G-enabl ed W ireless-N Router that support s home network wi th super ior t hroughput , per formanc e and unparal leled wir eless range. W ith ENHWI -3GN3, you c an share one 3G W ir eless int ernet subsc ription t o othe[...]

3 www .encore-us a.com 1.2 Ke y Features Features Advantage s 3G USB Modem Suppor t Allows user to share 3G net work among multi ple users. It supports WCDMA (HSD PA ), CD MA20 00 an d TD -SCD MA . Incr edible Data Rat e up to 150Mbps ** Easil y handles heav y data pay loads such as MPEG video / audio stream ing IEEE 802.1 1b/g Compliant Fully Inte[...]

4 www .encore-us a.com 1.3 Package Con tents Check and mak e sure t hat none of t he items li sted below are mi ssi ng. Do not dis card the packi ng material s, i n case of r eturn; the unit mus t be shi pped back i n its origi nal packaging. 1. ENHWI -3GN3 Router pl us Repeat er 2. 100V~240VA C / 12 VDC 1A E xternal Power Adapter 3. One piece 2 dB[...]

5 www .encore-us a.com 1.4 Pr oduct Layout Front Panel V iew Front Panel LED Assignment s and Descr iption Char t: LED Lights Descript ion POWER Lights up in Red wh en powered ON. Bli nks on TEST/RESET WL A N Lights up i n Green when W ireles s LAN is enabled. Blink s on traffi c LAN Ports Blink s in Gr een on data traff ic on LAN Por ts 1 and 2. S[...]

6 www .encore-us a.com Rear V iew T op V iew Item Descript ion Reset Press and releas e this button t o reboot the devi ce. Press and hold thi s butt on for 10 seconds to load t he fact ory defaul t set tings of t he syst e m. W PS Button Push-n- Connec t Press this but ton to start Push-n-Connec t (W PS) funct ion. DC 12V Power connec tor , connec[...]

7 www .encore-us a.com 2. INSTA LLATION 2.1 Netw ork plus S ystem Requ irements T o begi n usi ng the ENHW I-3GN3, mak e sure you meet the f ollowing as minimum requir ements: h PC / Notebook Computer as client h Operat ing Sys tem – Mic rosoft ™ W indows ® 98SE/ME/XP/ 2000/ W indows Vista™ / W indows ® 7 h Computer wi th 1 worki ng RJ-45 N[...]

8 www .encore-us a.com 2.2 W all Mounting Bottom View Showi ng Wall Mounts The ENHWI -3GN3 is wal l mountable. Ther e are two mount ing holes at the bottom of the router . Find a prop er s pot wher e two nails or wall screws can be appli ed. The di stanc e between t he two nail s is 117 mm. Caref ully mount the devi ce onto t he wall and mak e sure[...]

9 www .encore-us a.com 2.4 Setting Up LAN and 3G (W A N) LAN connecti on: Connect Ethernet cable betwee n your PC/N otebook LAN port & one of the 2 availabl e LAN por ts on ENHWI-3GN3. 3G connecti on: Inser t your 3G USB Modem to t he USB Port for your 3G int ernet c onnecti ons. contact your ISP or i nternet servic e provider for t he 3G user [...]

10 www .encore-us a.com 2.5 PC Netw ork Adapter Setu p Windows XP • Assumi ng your PC or Lapt op is already equip ped wit h a Network Interf ace Card and proper ly work ing. Cli ck on START Æ select “ Control panel ” Æ From the Control Panel Wi ndow selec t “ Networ k Connecti on ” • Right- click ( Use the ri ght butt on of your mous [...]

11 www .encore-us a.com • Cli ck to Hi ghlight t he “ Int ernet Prot ocol (TCP/ IP) ” then c lic k “ Propert ies ” butt on • Select the “Gener al” t ab. The ENHW I-3GN3 suppor ts DHCP Cl ient func tion, select bot h “ Obt ain an IP address aut omatical ly ” an d “ Obtai n DNS server addre ss aut omaticall y ”[...]

12 www .encore-us a.com 2.6 Pow ering Up T he ENHW I-3GN3 Connect the suppl ied power- adapter to the power por t and then pl ug it to a wall power outlet . The ENHW I- 3GN3 automat ical ly enters and run the sel f-tes t or i niti alizati on in just a few sec onds. The Power LED w ill light a st eady red lig ht indi cati ng that th e ENHW I-3GN3 is[...]

13 www .encore-us a.com 3. SMA RT WIZA RD Connec ts your comp uter to the ENHWI -3G N3 router and set up basi c set tings the e asy w ay Before you st art the ENHWI- 3GN3 router ’s Smart Wizar d, check for the followin gs: It i s recommended usi ng the Ether net cabl e conn ection when run ning the Smart Wi zard for accur acy purpos es. • Inter[...]

14 www .encore-us a.com Step 1: • For DSL or Cable Broadba nd. Connec t the ENHW I-3GN3 “WAN Port” & your Cable or DS L Modem’s LAN port using t he provided Blu e Ethern et / RJ- 45 patch cable. • For 3G Inter net. Connec t the 3G USB Modem t o the USB Por t. (Not e: It may take around 20 s econds f or the r outer t o recognize and i [...]

15 www .encore-us a.com ¾ A welcome sc reen wil l pop up a few seconds and then will dis appear, f ollowed by t he menu screen bel ow. ¾ Click Setup Wizard to run us er friendly s tep-by- st ep basic setup set tings Click User Manual to open th e user manual (you are s teppin g into it right now). Click A dobe Reader to ins tall Adob e Acrobat r [...]

16 www .encore-us a.com ¾ The on-s creen i nstruc tions below w ill guide y ou th rough the setup . Click t o proceed t o the next s tep. Clic k to abor t. ¾ Make sur e your 3G Int ernet, DSL modem or Cable modem broa dband inter net whic hever i s your ISP i s worki ng properl y prio r to this step. I f not or not sure, cal l your I nternet Ser [...]

17 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Connect your 3G modem to the ENHWI -3GN3 USB port / DSL or Cable Modem t o the ENHWI -3GN3 usi ng the suppli ed Ethernet cable as shown. Che ck power connect ion for modem as well as ENHW I-3GN3. Mak e sure the ant enna is c onnected pr operl y. Click t o go to the ne xt step. ¾ The LED that corr esponds t o the ports be[...]

18 www .encore-us a.com ¾ This i s the last sc reen fr om the Smart Wi zard. The next f ew setup s creens will be brought up u sing y our de fault w eb b rowser (In terne t Ex plo rer, Fire Fox , etc). Yo u will b e p rompte d to enter a us ername and p ass word, t he default i s “admin” for both. You can change t his default username a nd pas[...]

19 www .encore-us a.com Error O pening t he pag e! If you s ee this message, i t is most li kely t hat your c omputer is not set to recei ve an IP Address automati cally whi ch is required by the Smar t Wi zard, or your computer has a s tatic IP addres s assigned whi ch is di fferent fr om the ENHWI- 3GN3 IP address r ange. It can als o be a proble[...]

20 www .encore-us a.com Logging into the ENHWI-3GN3 router’s U ser Interface for the first time : The next f ew steps are stil l part of the Smar t Wizar d inst allati on steps. You are now redir ected t o the rout er’s Setup W izar d. ¾ Enter t he factor y default username admi n and pass word is also admin. Cl ick to conti nue. ¾ Click to g[...]

21 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Select the mode your ENHWI- 3GN3 is going t o use. The Set up W izard will skip the W AN confi gurati on if the AP Repeater Mode is selec ted . AP Router Mode – Sel ect this mode if your intent ion is to use this router as an Access Point or wired and wir eless route or if this is the only rou ter you ar e using. AP Rep[...]

22 www .encore-us a.com ¾ The Smart W izard wi ll detect the DHCP and PPPoE c onnect ions aut omatical ly. I n the pict ure above it s hows that the Smart W izard detec ted a DHCP s erver. You c an c hoose the detect ed servi ce type or selec t “Others” to set up the WAN sett ings manuall y. Otherwi se clic k next to ac cept t he detect ed con[...]

23 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Here, you c an confi gure t he host name a nd MAC addres s of t he ENHW I-3GN3. The “ Cl one MAC Address” button cl ones the MAC ad dress of your PC and use it as the MAC addres s of your ENHW I- 3GN3 router i nstead of t he real MAC addr ess of the router . Note : If you ar e unsure abo ut thi s, skip t his por tion [...]

24 www .encore-us a.com Setting Up the Wirele ss LAN ¾ Move and poi nt your mous e point er over t o the sec urity l evel bloc ks to sel ect from the weakest (red bl ock) t o the stronges t (gr een block ) secur ity level and cli ck to sel ect. Block selec tions from the l eft: Block C olor Encry ption Me thod SSID Default Auth enticatio n T ype P[...]

25 www .encore-us a.com Enter t he name for your wirel ess net work SSI D (the defaul t is ENCORE5FA74C) , you may change it to your desi red name with no s paces or leave i t as is. Then enter the secur ity key your desi red (t he defaul t is 1234567890 for 10 digit s and 123 456789012 3 for 13 di gits) you may use your own or leav e it as is. The[...]

26 www .encore-us a.com 4. HOW TO LOGIN TO THE WEB BASED USER INTERFA CE The ENHW I-3GN3 us es a web b ased user interf ace for sett ing up your router’ s confi gurati on. It c an be acc ess thr ough your web brows er such as Inter net Expl orer or Moz illa Fire fox on yo ur co mpu ter. ENHWI-3GN3 web b ased user inter face login pr ocedure 1. O [...]

27 www .encore-us a.com 3. Type-in t he ENHWI- 3GN3 Username and Pas swor d (the fact ory default i s admin and admin) 4. Clic k to navigate int o the ENHW I-3GN3 c onfigur ation hom e page. 5. Y ou will se e th e con figura tion h ome p age o f the E NH WI-3GN3 as fo llows .[...]

28 www .encore-us a.com 5. AP ROUTER MODE 5.1 System Shows the Upt ime, Hardwar e inf ormati on, Serial number as wel l as the Fi rmware ver sion infor mation and ot her vi tal inf ormati on ¾ St atus T ab This page al lows yo u to monitor the st atus of your rout er.[...]

29 www .encore-us a.com WAN Settings : Scrol l down to s ee more of the st atus i nformat ion. This s ection dis plays whet her the W AN port is connect ed to a 3G / Cable / DSL modem. It also di splays t he WAN IP addr ess, Subnet Mask, ISP Gateway, MAC addr ess and t he Primar y DNS. LAN Settings: Scrol l down to s ee this sect ion, displ ays the[...]

30 www .encore-us a.com ¾ LAN Tab The LAN Tab is where LAN set tings can be modif ied. If you are an entr y level us er, af ter hooking up t he neces sary c ables, try to acc ess the inter net from your computer . If you c an open a websi te wit h no problem, leave the s etti ngs as i t is. If changes wer e made, c lick the but ton to s ave the ch[...]

31 www .encore-us a.com DHCP Server DHCP Server: This c an be enabled or disabl ed, “Ena bled” by d efault. Lease ti me: Time l eased to al l IP address by the DHCP ser ver. Start IP: This is the firs t IP addres s in the I P pool range i n which are being as signed a nd leased t o DHCP client s. End IP: This is t he end of the IP address pool [...]

32 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Schedule T ab This page all ows user s to set up a schedul ed funct ion for the Fi rewall and Power Saving featur es of t he ENHWI- 3GN3 router. Edit t he schedul ed func tion to al low conf igurati on for f irewall or power s avings s ervic es. Fi ll in the sc hedule and sel ect t ype of servic e you desir ed. Clic k <[...]

33 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Event Log Tab On this “Event Log” scr een, it displays al l events and event s inf ormati on occur red aft er the st art- up. Scroll down t o see more. The Event Lo g can be saved t o the loc al fil e-stor age device s uch as har d disc drive by usi ng the <Save > butt on, or t he Event Log can be empt ied usi n[...]

34 www .encore-us a.com 5.2 Wizard Click Wi zard to configur e the bas ic func tional ities of the ENHW I-3GN3 Router . A popup Setup W izar d Wi ndow w ill be disp lay ed. If th e popup window f or Setup W izard fai led to appear c heck your Popup Settin gs and mak e sure popup is allowed at leas t temporar ily for this purpose. Before you co ntin[...]

35 www .encore-us a.com 5.3 Intern et NOTE: ENHWI-3GN3 suppor ts both 3G and ADSL/Cable Modem for Internet access. Please not e that t he 3G netw ork by defa ult i s the prefer red Int ernet opt ion. Theref ore, i n case you hav e both 3G and ADSL/Cable Modem inter net con nectio n, the ENHW I-3GN 3 will au tomatic ally use 3G for In terne t access[...]

36 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Dynamic IP T ab Use the MAC addr ess when regi ster ing for the I nternet s ervice, and do not change i t unless requir ed by your ISP . If your I SP use the MAC addres s of the Ether net car d as an identi fier , connec t only t he PC with the r egist ered MAC addres s to the br oadband r outer and cli ck the <Cl one [...]

37 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Po int-to-Point Protoc ol o ve r Ethernet (PPPoE) T ab NOTE: Most of th e da ta filled here w ill be su pplied by yo ur Inte rnet S ervice Provid er . C all your IS P if you’ re in do ubt. Login / Password: Enter t he PPPoE username and pass word ass igned by your I SP or inter net ser vice pr ovider . Service Nam e: Th[...]

38 www .encore-us a.com ¾ P oint-to -Poin t T unneli ng Protocol (PPT P) T ab NOTE: Most of the dat a to be fille d he re w ill be s upplied by your Inter net Servic e Provi der . Call your ISP if you’re in dou bt PPTP allows t he secur e connect ion over the I nternet by si mply diali ng in to a loc al point provide d by your I SP provider . Th[...]

39 www .encore-us a.com ¾ 3G T ab Note: You may need the 3G ac count det ail an d confi guration f rom your l ocal 3G ISP Pin code: Enter the Pin Co de here ( provided by yo ur 3G ISP) APN Code: Enter APN C ode he re (provi ded by your 3G I SP) Dial Number: Enter phon e number here (pr ovided by y our 3G ISP) User Name: Ent er 3G netw ork acc ount[...]

40 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Layer 2 Tunnel ing Protocol (L2T P) Tab NOTE: Most of the dat a to be fill ed h ere will be s upplie d by your Internet Servi ce Provider. Call yo ur ISP if you’ re in do ubt W A N Interf ace Sett ings: WAN Interfac e T ype:  D ynamic IP A ddress – Us e the DHCP cli ent functi on to ret rieve WAN port IP address , [...]

41 www .encore-us a.com  St a tic IP A ddre ss – Manually c onfigure WAN por t IP address , contents of t his ar e: o My IP A dd ress : This is the WAN port IP address provided by y our IS P to establi sh the L2TP tunnel . o My Subnet Mask : This i s the WAN port Subnet Mask provide d by your I SP to establ ish t he L2TP tunnel. o Gateway IP A[...]

42 www .encore-us a.com 5.4 Wirele ss Settin gs ¾ Basic T ab In Basi c tab page, y ou can s et wir eless Radio Dis able or Ena ble, W DS, AP or Repeat er Mode, Band selec tions , Number of SSID’s up to 4, E nable / Dis able Auto C hannel and Channel num ber. Radio: You can turn on/of f wirel ess radio. If wir eless Radi o is turned o ff, the ENH[...]

43 www .encore-us a.com Enable SSID: ENHWI -3GN3 support s up to 4 SSID’s . Use the down ar row to selec t the number of SSI D you want ed to h ave in y our wir eless LAN. Once establ ished yo u can set the sec urit y polic y settings for each. See “Poli cy” sec tion for more detai ls. SSID1 to SSID4: Wha tev er is en tere d into the SSID b l[...]

44 www .encore-us a.com WDS Mode The Wi reless Dis tribut ion Syst em is a way of int erconnect ing wir eless rout ers and allow an e xtended wireles s networ k cover age using mult iple wi reles s router s wit hout the use of a wir ed back bone. Eac h W DS AP requir es the s ame channel and encrypt ion typ e to wor k. Set ting up a W DS requi res [...]

45 www .encore-us a.com ¾ A dvance d T ab On this tab you can s et the ad vanced wi reles s set tings. If you’re i n doubt what to enter or use here, leave thes e sett ings as it is. This is for advance us ers only. W rong paramet ers can make t he router un-operat ional. Fragment T hreshold: Default value is 2346.Spec ifi es the maxim um size o[...]

46 www .encore-us a.com DTIM Pe riod: Default value is 1. Enter a val ue betwee n 1 and 255 f or the Del ivery Traf fic Indic ation Mess age (DTIM) . A DTIM is a c ountdown inf orming c lients of the ne xt window for list ening to br oadcast and multic ast mes sages. Data Rate : The “Data Rat e” is the rat e that thi s acces s point us es to tr[...]

47 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Security T ab ENHWI -3GN3 provides complet e wireles s LAN securi ty types . Selections are WEP, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802. 1x with W EP, W PA with pre-shared k ey or PSK and WPA wit h RADIUS. W ith these wir eless securi ties, unauthor ized ac cess can be prev ented. Mak e sure all ot her wirel ess st ations us e the same se[...]

48 www .encore-us a.com Enable 802. 1x A uthent icati on IEEE 802.1 x is an auth enticat ion prot ocol us ing RADIUS ser ver. When t his is Enabled, every LAN user must use an ac count t o login to this Acc ess Point befor e access ing the wirel ess LAN. The authe ntic ation is process ed by a RADIUS ser ver. This mode only authent icat es user s b[...]

49 www .encore-us a.com WEP Encryption W hen you select 64- bit or 128- bit WEP key, you have t o enter W EP keys to encr ypt data. You can gener ate the k ey by yo urs elf. You c an enter up to f our WEP k eys and sel ect one of them as a def ault k ey. The AP can r eceive an y packet encrypt ed by one of t he four keys . Au then ticat ion Ty pe :[...]

50 www .encore-us a.com Key T ype: Y ou may sel ect ASCII Char acters ( alphanum eric f ormat) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the "A- F", "a-f " and "0-9" range) to be the W EP Key . Defa ult Key : It’s the k ey used to encr ypt data. Key1 - Key4: The W EP keys are used to enc rypt data t ransmi tted in the wi reles s net[...]

51 www .encore-us a.com WP A -RADIUS Encr yption W i-Fi Protec ted Access ( WPA ) is an advanced s ecuri ty standard. You can us e an external RADIUS s erver t o auth entic ate wirel ess st ations and provide t he ses sion k ey to encr ypt data dur ing communic ation. It uses TKIP or CCMP ( AES ) t o change the encrypt ion key f requent ly. Pres s [...]

52 www .encore-us a.com ¾ MA C A ddress Fi lteri ng T able This wi reless router suppor ts MAC Addres s Contr ol, whi ch prevents unauthoriz ed cli ents from ac cessi ng your wirel ess networ k. Enable wir eless acces s control : Enable t he wireles s acces s control funct ion Adding an addr ess int o the li st Enter t he "MAC Addres s" [...]

53 www .encore-us a.com ¾ WPS T ab - Push Butt on Wireless Connecti on Push Butt on W ireless Connection i s the s implest way to est ablis h a connect ion betw een the wir eless clients and the wir eles s router . You don’t have to s elect t he encrypt ion mode and f ill in a l ong encryption pas sphras e every ti me when you tr y to setup a wi[...]

54 www .encore-us a.com WPS: (Push But ton Wir eless Connect ion) Check t he box to enabl e W PS function and u ncheck it to dis able the W PS funct ion. WPS Current St atus: If t he wireles s secur ity ( encrypti on) funct ion of t his wir eless router i s proper ly set, you ’ll see a ‘Confi gured’ message her e. Otherwi se, you ’ll see ?[...]

55 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Client List T ab W LAN Client Table s hows the W ir eless client s assoc iated to t his Wirel ess Router . ¾ P olicy Ta b The Broadb and rout er can al low you to s et up the W ireless Acc ess Pol icy up to 4 SSI D’s.[...]

56 www .encore-us a.com 5.5 Firewall Settings The Broad band rout er pr ovide s extens ive fi rewall pr otect ion by r estr icti ng connect ion parameter s, t hus limi ting the risk of hacker at tacks , and defendi ng agains t a wide ar ray of common Int ernet attac ks. However, for appl icati ons that requir e unres trict ed acces s t o the Intern[...]

57 www .encore-us a.com ¾ De milita rized Zone (DMZ) T ab If you hav e a cli ent PC that c annot run an I ntern et applic ation ( e.g. Games ) proper ly behind t he NAT fi rewall , then yo u can open u p the fi rewall r estric tions to unres tric ted two-way I nternet ac cess by defini ng a DMZ Host . The DMZ func tion all ows you to re-di rect al[...]

58 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Denial of Service ( DoS) T ab The Broadb and rout er's firewal l can bloc k common hack er attac ks, i ncluding Deni al of Servic e, Ping of De ath, Por t Sca n and Sync Flood. I f Inter net att a cks occu r the ro ute r can log the ev ents. Flood: Pr otects the router from Sync Fl ood attac k. ¾ MA C Filter T ab If[...]

59 www .encore-us a.com Ena ble MA C Filte ring: Check to enabl e or disabl e MAC Filt ering. Deny: If you se lect “ Deny ” the n all cl ients wi ll be allowed t o acc ess Inter net except the cli ents in the l ist bel ow. Allo w: If yo u sele ct “ Allo w ” then all clients wi ll be denied t o access Inter net except t he PCs in the l ist b[...]

60 www .encore-us a.com ¾ IP F ilter T ab Enab le IP F iltering : Check to enable or unch eck t o disabl e IP Filter ing. Deny: If you se lect “ Deny ” then all cli ents wil l be allowed to ac ces s Inter net except for t he cli ents in the l ist bel ow. Allo w: If yo u sele ct “ Allo w ” the n all clien ts w ill be denied to acc ess Inter[...]

61 www .encore-us a.com ¾ U RL Filter T ab You can bloc k access to some Web si tes from par ticular PCs by enter ing a full URL address or just keywor ds of the W eb site. Enab le URL Blocking: Enable or dis able URL Block ing Add a URL Keyword Fill-in th e “UR L/Ke yword ” field w ith y our url / ke ywo rd, and then click <A dd> . You [...]

62 www .encore-us a.com 5.6 Advanced Setting s ¾ Network Address T ranslat ion (N A T) T ab Network Address Tr anslat ion (NAT) all ows multi ple users at your local LAN si te to access the Int ernet usi ng a singl e Publi c IP Addr ess or multipl e Public IP Address es. NAT pr ovides Firewal l protec tion f rom hack er attacks and has the f lexib[...]

63 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Port Mapping T ab Port Mappi ng allows yo u to re- direc t a partic ular range of servi ce port numbers (fr om the Inter net / WAN Por t) to a partic ular LAN IP addr ess. It helps you to host servers behind th e router NAT firewal l. Enable Port Mapping: Enabl e or di sable por t mapping func tion . Descript ion: des cri[...]

64 www .encore-us a.com Add Port Mappi ng Fill in the " Local IP ", “ Protocol ”, “ Port Range ” and " Des cripti on " of the s etting to be added and t hen c lick " Ad d ". The n this Port Mappin g setti ng w ill be add ed into the " C urren t Port Mappi ng Table " below. If you fi nd any ty po befor[...]

65 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Port Forwarding T ab (Virtual Server ) Use the Por t Forwar ding ( Virtual Server) funct ion when you want differ ent ser vers/c lients in your LAN to h andle di ffer ent ser vice/I nternet applic ation type ( e.g. Email, FTP, Web s erver etc. ) from t he Internet . Compu ters use numbers call ed port numbers to rec ogniz[...]

66 www .encore-us a.com Protocol : Select the port number protoc ol type ( TCP, UDP or bot h). If you ar e unsure, then leave i t to the default “both” setting. Publ ic Port ent ers the servi ce (ser vice/I nternet applic ation) por t number f rom the I nterne t that wi ll be r e-dir ected to the ab ove Priv ate IP addr ess hos t in your LAN Ne[...]

67 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Port T r iggeri ng T ab (Special Applications) Some appli cati ons requi re mul tiple c onnecti ons, s uch as I nternet games , video Conferenc ing, I nternet teleph ony and oth ers. In this sect ion you can c onfigur e the rout er to support multi ple connec tions f or these t ypes of appl icat ions. Ena ble Trig ger P o[...]

68 www .encore-us a.com Popular Applicat ions: Thi s sect ion lists the more popul ar appl icati ons that r equire multi ple connec tions. Sel ect an appli cation f rom the Popular Applic ations selec tion. Once you ha ve selec ted an applic ation, s elec t a locati on (1-5) i n the “Add” s election bo x and then c lick the <Add> but ton.[...]

69 www .encore-us a.com ¾ A pplicat ion Layer Gat eway (ALG) T ab You can sel ect appl icat ions t hat need ALG support. The rou ter will le t the se lec ted applic ation to c orrec tly pass through the NA T gateway.[...]

70 www .encore-us a.com ¾ UPNP T ab W ith UPnP, all PCs i n you Intranet will disc over thi s router aut omatic ally. So, you don’t have to c onfigur e your PC and i t can eas ily ac cess the I nternet thr ough thi s rout er. Ena ble / Dis ab le UPn P: You c an enable or Dis able the UPnP f eature her e. After you enabl ed the UPnP f eature, all[...]

71 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Quality of Service (QoS) T ab QoS lets you clas sify I nternet appl icat ion tr affic by s ource/ destinati on IP addr ess and port number. You can ass ign pri orit y for eac h type of ap plicat ion and r eserve band width f or it. The pack ets of applic ations with higher prior ity w ill always go first. L owe r priority[...]

72 www .encore-us a.com Band width Allo catio n: This is where to set the bandwidth al locat ion of spec ific port or port r ange, bound f or speci fic I P address and s et for upload or downlo ad spee d in bit per sec ond. Ty p e : S pecif y the direc tion of packets. Upload / Download or bot h. IP ra nge : S pecify the I P address range. Y ou cou[...]

73 www .encore-us a.com Disable QoS Disabled: This turn o ff Q oS S ervice .[...]

74 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Routing T ab Y ou can s et to En able S tatic Ro uting t o let the r outer forwar d pack ets using your r outin g policy . Destinat ion LAN IP: Specify t he desti nation LAN IP addres s of s tatic r outing r ule. Subnet Mask: S pecify t he Subnet Mas k of static r outing r ule. Defa ult Ga teway : S pec ify t he defaul t [...]

75 www .encore-us a.com 5.7 T ools Settings ¾ A dmin T ab You can chang e the pas sword r equired t o log into t he broadban d router 's sys tem web-base d managem ent. By de fault, the pass word is admi n. Pass words can c ontain 0 t o 12 alphan umeric charac ters, and are case s ensiti ve. Old Passwor d: Fill in th e cu rrent p asswo rd to [...]

76 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Time T ab The Time Zo ne allows your r outer to refer or base i ts t ime on the s ettings confi gured here, which will affect fu nction s such a s Log entr ies and Fir ewall s ettings. Settin g Up Time: Synchroni ze with t he NTP server Time Zone: Select the time zon e of the c ountry y ou are c urrent ly loc ated. The ro[...]

77 www .encore-us a.com Synchroniz e with your PC Y ou could s ynchroni ze the rout er ’s time wit h your comput ers time. PC Date and Ti me: This fi eld would di splay y our comput er’s dat e and time. Daylight Savi ngs: The r outer c an also t ake Daylig ht Savin gs int o account . If you wi sh to use thi s func tion, you mus t selec t the Da[...]

78 www .encore-us a.com ¾ DDNS T ab DDNS allows you to map the st atic domain name t o a dynam ic IP addres s. You must regis ter t o a DDNS servic es and to get an accou nt, pas sword and your s tatic domain name from t he DDNS servic e provi ders . This router s upports DynDNS, TZO an d other common DDNS servi ce provider s. Enable/Dis able DDNS[...]

79 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Power T ab Saving pow er in W LAN mode can be en abled / disabl ed in this page. ¾ Diagnosis T ab In thi s page let s you run diagn osi s to your network status. ¾ F irmwa re T ab This page al lows you t o upgrad e the rout er’s fi rmware. To upgr ade the fir mware of your Broadban d router , you need t o downloa d th[...]

80 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Back-up T ab This page allows you to sav e the cur rent r outer c onfigurat ions. When you s ave the confi gurati ons, you als o c an res tore t he saved c onfigurat ions i nto t he router throu gh the Restore S etti ngs . If extreme problems occur you can use the Restor e to Fact ory Defa ults to set all config uratio ns[...]

81 www .encore-us a.com 6. REPEA TER M ODE Repeater mode has l imit ed settings and featur es compar ed to t he AP Mode. Ch oose “Repeater Mode” on t he top r ight corner of the conf igurat ion page. The ENHW I -3GN3 wil l re-s tart and w ill lose c onnection t o your comput er. Using t he ENHWI- 3GN3 as a wirel ess repeater requir es good k no[...]

82 www .encore-us a.com 6.1 System ¾ Status Tab System s tatus secti on allows yo u to monit or the c urrent s tatus of your r outer. It s hows the Uptime, Hardware Inf ormati on, Serial Number infor mation, Firmwar e Versi on and other vital syst em informati on. LAN Settin gs : This page dis plays the Broadb and router LAN po rt’s c urrent LAN[...]

83 www .encore-us a.com ¾ LA N Tab : The LAN Tabs s hows LAN s ettings. LAN s etti ngs can be change as needed. I f you are an entry l evel user , tr y opening a webs ite f rom your c omputer. If you’re s ucces sful and able t o connect and browse t he web sit e you opened wi thout any probl em, do not chang e any of the set tings . Click <A [...]

84 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Event Log Tab View operat ions log of the ENHWI- 3GN3 . This page shows the curr ent system log of the ENHW I-3GN3 rout er. It dis plays any eve nt occ urred aft er system st art up. Us e the scrol l bar t o go down to t he bottom of the page, the sys tem log can be sav ed <Sav e> to a loc al fi le for fut ure use o[...]

85 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Monitor Tab The Monit or Tab shows the bandwi dth monitor ing feat ure of each networ k inter face of the ENHW I-3GN3 r outer, wir eless or wired and of the network packet histogr am for the networ k connec tion on W LAN. Auto r efres h keeps inf ormati on updated fr equentl y. ¾ Language Tab This W ireless Router suppor[...]

86 www .encore-us a.com 6.2 Wirele ss ¾ Basic Tab You can set the paramet ers used by t he wireles s st ations t o connect t o this rout er. The parameter includes Mode, ESSI D, Channel Number and As sociated Cl ient. Radio: Enabl e or Dis able W ireless functi on Band: All ows you to s et the fr equency b and of the router . Fi x at 802.1 1b, 8 0[...]

87 www .encore-us a.com Site Surve y: Click thi s button t o scan t he availabl e wireless r outers t hat can be set as this router’s par ent rout er. By doing s o this ENHWI -3GN3 rout er will become a wirel ess extender / repeater of the sel ected par ent rout er. Selec t one router f rom the li st for that router to become t his r outer’s pa[...]

88 www .encore-us a.com ¾ P olicy Ta b The Broadband router allows you t o set up t he Wi reless Acc ess Polic y. If multiple SSID is creat ed, thi s is the plac e to set the policy f or each SSI D. Communicati on betw een Wire less client s: Thi s funct ion is to allow ot her Wirel ess Cli ent to communicat e with another Wireles s Client on t he[...]

89 www .encore-us a.com 6.3 T oo ls ¾ A dmin T ab You can cha nge th e pass word that is r equired t o log into t he broadba nd router 's syst em web-based manag ement . By defaul t, the pas sword is admi n. Pass words can contai n 0 to 12 alph anumeri c charac ters , and are cas e sensi tive. Old Passwor d: Fill-in th e cu rren t pa ssword t[...]

90 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Time T ab The Time Zo ne allo ws your r outer to use e xternal s ourc e to time s ynchroni zatio ns. This affec ts ot her func tions s uch as Event Log entri es and Sc hedule sett ings t hat use t ime to do its ta sk s. How to Se t up Time : Synchroni ze with t he NTP server: Time Zone: Select the time zone of the count r[...]

91 www .encore-us a.com Synchroni ze and use your computer ’s clock : The ENHW I-3GN3 can be s ynchroni zed the t ime to your comput er ’s time. PC Date and Ti me: This fi eld would di splay the us er c omputers date and ti me. Daylight Savi ngs: The r outer c an also s etup to aut omati call y adjust t he Daylight Savings Time chang es each t [...]

92 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Diagnosis T ab This page l ets you di agnose t he connec tion pr oblem and t he networ k stat us by execut ing the Ping f uncti on. The res ult tel ls you whether the conn ecti on is brok en or suc cessf ul. ¾ F irmwa re This page al lows you t o upgrad e the rout er’s fi rmware. To upgr ade the fir mware of your Broad[...]

93 www .encore-us a.com ¾ Back-up T ab The page all ows you t o save (Bac kup) the router ’s curr ent conf igurati on sett ings. The saved bac kup c an be rest ored agai n if needed by usi ng the Restor e Settings selec tion and br owse the s aved back up fil e to rest ore back to the expected s etti ngs. If rest ore is not an option t he Restor[...]

94 www .encore-us a.com 7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT Please vi sit www . encore- usa.c om for the l atest pr oduct i nformat ion and downl oads . Inter national t ech s upport hotl ines ar e list ed on the back cover . APPENDIX A: FCC INT ERFEREN CE ST ATEM ENT Federal Communication Commis sion Interfer ence Stat ement This equipm ent has been te sted a nd[...]

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