EnGenius ERB9250 manual

ERB9250 300Mbp s Wireles s N Range Extender User Manua l V ersion: 1.0[...]

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4 1. Intr od uction ERB9250 is a 2 .4GHz 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps Repeater & Client Bridge (Range Booster / Extender). Range Extender solves t he signal attenuation (limited coverage) problem by li terally repeating / extending AP radio s i gnal to dead-sp ots. W hile repeater clo nes A P and serves as a subsidiary ent ity to its clients, client bri[...]

5 1.2. Product Lay out LED Description LAN 1 ( Link-> blue on, t raf fic ->blin k ) WLAN 1 ( Link-> blue on, t raf fic ->blin k ) Power/S tatus 1 ( On-> red T e st/ reset d efau lt->blin k )[...]

6 1.3. Sy s tem Requirements T o begin using t he ERB9250, make sure you meet the following as minimum requirements :  Existing A P / Ro uter  PC/Notebook.  Operating Sy ste m – Microsoft W indows 98 S E/ME/XP/2000/VIST A  1 Free Ethernet port.  W iFi ca rd/USB dongle (802.1 1b/g/n) – optional.  External xDSL (ADSL) o r Cable [...]

7 2. Installat ion Please configure your PC / Notebook Ethernet card IP address before device configuration. 2.1. PC Netw o rk Adapter setup ( W indows XP) • Enter [Start Menu]  select [Control panel]  sele c t [Networ k ]. • Select [Local Area C onnection]) icon= > select [pro perti es][...]

8 • Select [Internet P rotocol (TCP/IP)] = >Clic k [Properties]. • Select the [General ] ta b. • ERB9250 supports [DHCP] function, please selec t b oth [Obtain an I P address automatically ] and [O btain DN S server address au t omatically ].[...]

9 2.2. Bring up ERB9250 Connect the supp lie d power-adapter to the power inlet port an d connect it t o a wall outlet. Then, ERB9250 automatically enters the self-test phase. Once WLAN LED is on and blin ki ng rando m ly to indicate that it is in normal opera tion.[...]

10 3. Quick Setu p Range Extender Prerequisite: Before we start, please make sure the e xtender is w it hin the covera ge of y our existing AP. W e suggest you place your extender right n ext to y our AP for the initial setup. We can move the extender to further location a fte r configuration is completed. ERB9250 default IP a dd ress is 192 . 168.[...]

1 1 4. Once the orange W LAN LED stop bl i nking and stay i ng on, the setup is then completed.  If the LED does no t s tay on, this mea ns the con f iguration is no t s uccessful.  In case you d o not have the extender right next to your AP, please move your extender closer and ma ke sure the antennas are proper l y screwe d fi rmly on the d[...]

12 8. Click on [ Site Survey ] to search the ex is ting AP. 9. Few seconds later , a window will pop up a list of a v ailable APs. 10. Select your target AP and c lick on [ Con n ect ]. 11. Enter the access key f or the target A P and click on [ Save ] . 12. Pop-up box showing the co nnection established betw een AP and the ex t ender. 13. On the e[...]

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14 4. ERB9250 Pla cement 4.1. Placement Please note that there may be various inter f erences and obstacles in the environment that can impact wire l ess netw ork performance. Most of the wireless driver utility provides s ignal strength visualization. You can mak e use of i t to measure the signal strength of y our AP. You may need to experiment a[...]

15 between th e two nails i s 89mm. Finally, carefully m ount the device onto t he wall and make sure the nails are fi rmly loc k ed on the mount po ints. Recommended Screw Di mension: 18mm x 5mm[...]

16 5. Smart W izard  Please insert the Wi zard CD into your CD-ROM driver.  If y ou are using MacOS or other operation system, please brow se your C D and click on index.ht ml to start Sma rt Wi zard.[...]

17  Click on [Quick Setup ] if you would like go for Quick S etup.  Click on [Manual Setup] if y our AP does not support W PS button or Quick S etup does not work on your AP.  Click [User Manual] to view user m anual  Click on [Adobe Reade r] to install PDF reader Please follow the instruct ions given on th e screen to proceed.[...]

18 6. Init ial Setup ERB9250 ERB9250 us es web - interface for configuration to be accessed through your web browser, such as Interne t Explorer or Fir efox. 1. OPEN your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer).  Type http://192.168.1.2 i n address bar and hit [Enter ] button on yo ur ke yboard.  Click <OK> to nav i gate into E R B9250 configu[...]

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20 7. System 7.1. Operation Mode This p age allows you to change device operation mode. ERB9250 su pports Universal Repeater (Range Extender) and Cl ient Bridge mode. By default it is configured as an Universal Repeater (also known as Extender). If you are not sure what Client Bridge is, please do not use this m ode. Client Bridge is not an AP exte[...]

21 7.3. Event Log View operation event log. T his page shows the current system log of the Broa dband router. It display s an y event occurred a ft er sy st em start up. At the bottom of the pag e, the sy stem log ca n be s aved <S ave> to a local file for further processing o r the system log can be cleared <Clear> or i t can be re fr [...]

22 7.4. Monitor Show histogram for netw ork c onnection on W AN, LA N & W LAN. A uto refresh keeps information updated frequ ently. 7.5. DHCP (CR Mode) View the current LA N clients w hich are as si gned w ith an IP Address by the DHC P- server. This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN P Cs) currently connected to your[...]

23 network. Th e table show s t he assigned IP address, MAC address and expiration time f or each DHCP l eased clie nt. Use the <Refresh> button to update the available information. Hit <Re fr esh> to get the upda ted table. You can check “ Enab l e Static DHCP IP “. I t is possible to add more s ta tic DHCP IPs . They are listed in[...]

24 Edit schedule options to allo w configur ation of firewall a nd p ower savings services. Fill in the s chedule and select t y pe of service. Click < Apply > to k eep t he settings.[...]

25 8. Wireless 8.1. Status 8.2. Basic  Radio: You c an t urn on / off w i reless radio . If wireless Ra dio is o f f, y ou cannot associate with AP t hrough wireless.  Mode: In thi s device, we support t hree operation m odes which are AP router and AP route w ith WDS . If yo u choose AP Router Mode, yo u can select AP or W DS fun ction in th[...]

26  Band: You can select the wireless standards running on your netw ork environment. 2.4 GHz(B): If a l l y ou r clients are 802.11b, selec t thi s one. 2.4 GHz(N): If a l l y ou r clients are 802.11n, select thi s one. 2.4 GHz(B+G): Either 802.11b o r 802.11 g wireless devices are in your environment. 2.4 GHz(G): If a l l y ou r clients are 80[...]

27 8.3. Advanced Fragment Threshol d : This specifies the maxim um size of a packet dur i ng the fragmentation o f data to be transmitted. If y ou set this value too low , it will result in bad perfor m ance. RTS T h reshold: W hen the packet size is smaller tha n the RTS threshold, the wireless ro uter will not use th e RTS/CTS me ch anis m t o se[...]

28 N Data Rate: T he “Data R ate” is the rate that this access point uses to transmit data packets for N compliant wireless nodes. Highest to lowest data rate can be fixed. Channel Bandwidth : This is the range of frequen ci es that will be used . Preamble Ty pe: The “Long Pr eamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while the ?[...]

29  ESSID Selec tion: This broadband router support multiple E SSID, you could select and set up the w an ted ESSID.  Broadcast ESSID: If you enabled “Broadcast ESSID”, e very wireless station located within the coverage of this AP ca n discov er this AP easi l y. If you are building a public wirel es s network, enabling t his feature is [...]

30  Key L ength: You can select the WEP key length for encry ptio n, 64-bit or 128-bit. The lar ger t he k ey will be the higher l evel of security is used, but the thro ughput will be lower.   Key Type: You may select ASCII Characters (al phanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in t he "A-F", "a- f" and "0-9&quo[...]

31 frequently. So the encryption k ey is not ea sy to be c racked by hackers. This i s the best security available. 8.5. Filter This wireless router s uppo rt s MAC Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from acces si ng your wire l ess network. Enable w ireless access co n trol: Enable the w i reless access contro l function A d ding[...]

32 8.6. Client List This page shows all the connected current wireless clien t users. Click on [ Refres h ] to get the lates t user list and in f ormation update. 8.7. WPS This i nterface allows you t o activate client WPS and synchronize with other AP. Click [ Start to Process ] to initiate W PS process. It serves t he same pu rpose as the W PS b [...]

33 Click [ A dd ] to create new profile. Click [ Edit ] to create new profile. SSID: enter the SSID of the target AP Encryption: select the Encryption method A u thentication T y pe: select authentication t ype Pre-shared key: enter the key of for security setting. Click [ M ov e Up ] to m ove the record up Click [ M ov e Dow n ] to move the record[...]

34 9.2. LAN IP address: 1 92.168.0.1. It i s the router’s LA N IP address (the “Default Gateway” IP a d dress of your LA N c lients). I t can be change d based on y our own choice. IP Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 Specif y a Subne t Mask for your LAN segment . Default Gateway : please specify gateway I P if a ny . Leave it blank if yo u are uns[...]

35 10.2. DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) If y ou have a client PC t hat cannot run an Internet ap plication (e.g. Games) pr operly from behind the NAT firew all, then y ou can open up the f irewall restrictions to unrestricted two-way Inter net access by defining a DMZ Host. T he DMZ function allows you to re-d ir ect all packets going to your W A N port [...]

36 10.3. DoS (Den i al of Service) The Broadba nd router's firewall can block com mon hacker attacks, i ncluding Denial of Serv ice , Pin g o f Death, Port Scan a nd Sync Flood. If Internet attacks oc cur the router can log the even ts. Ping of Death: Pr otections f rom Ping of Death a tta ck. Discard Ping Fro m WAN: T he router’s W AN port [...]

37 Enable MAC Filteri ng: Check to enable or disab le MAC Filtering. Deny: If you select “ Deny ” then all clients will be allow ed to a ccess Internet except the clients in the list be l ow. Allow: If y ou se l ect “ A llow ” then all c lie nts will b e denied to acces s Internet except the PCs in the list below . A d d PC M AC Address Fil[...]

38 Click <Apply > at the botto m of the screen to save t he above con fi gurations. 10.5. IP Filter Enable IP Filterin g : Check to enab l e or unchec k t o disable I P F iltering. Deny: If you select “ Deny ” then all clients will be allow ed to a ccess Internet except for the clients in the lis t below. Allow: If y ou se l ect “ A llo[...]

39 10.6. URL F ilter Enable URL Blocki ng: Enable or disable URL Blocking A d d URL Ke y w ord Fill in “URL/Keyword” and then click <A dd> . You can enter th e full URL address or the keyword of the web site you want to block. If you happen to make a mi stake and want to rety pe a gain, just click "Rese t" a nd the fiel d will b[...]

40 Click <Apply > at the botto m of the screen to save t he above con fi gurations 11. Ad vanced (CR M ode) 11.1. NA T Network A ddress T ranslation (NA T) Network A ddress Translation (NAT) allo ws m ultiple users at your local site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or m ultiple Public IP Addresses. NAT provides Firew[...]

41 Enable Port Ma ppi ng: Enable or disab l e port mapping fun cti on. Description: descrip t ion of this setting . Local IP: This is t he local IP of the se rver behind the NAT firewall. Protocol: This is t he protocol type to be fo rwarded. You can cho ose t o forward “ TCP ” or “ UDP ” pac k ets only, or select “ BOT H ” to forward b[...]

42 click D<Delete Selecte d > . If y ou want to r emove all Port Mapping settings fr om the table, click <Delete All > button. Click <Reset> will clear y our current selections. Click < Apply > at the botto m of the screen to save t he above con fi gurations. 11.3. Port F orwarding Use the P ort Fo rwarding (Virtual Server) [...]

43 (service/Internet applicat i on) p ort number f rom the I nternet that will b e re-d i rected to the above Private I P address host in you r LAN Network. Public Port: Port number will be changed to Local P ort when t he pa cket enters your LAN Network. A d d Port Forw arding Fill in the " Descriptio n " , " Loca l IP " , &quo[...]

44 Enable Trigger Por t: Enable or d i sable the Port T rigger function . Trigger Po rt: This is the ou tg oing (Outbound ) ra nge of por t n umbers f or this particular application. Trigger Ty pe: Select whether the outbound port pr otocol is “ TCP ”, “ UDP ” or “ BOTH ”. Public Port: Enter the In-coming (Inbound) port o r port range f[...]

45 Triggering setting will be added in to t he " Current Trigger-Port Table " b elo w. I f you happen to make a m istake, just c lick <Reset> an d th e fields will be c lear ed. Remove Port Triggering If y ou w ant to remove Special A pplication s ettings fr om t he " Current Trigger-Port Table ", select the Port Triggerin[...]

46 Enable/Disable UPnP: You can enable or Dis able the UPnP feature here . After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that s uppo rt UPnP, like W ind ows X P, can discover this router a utomatically and access t he I nternet through t his r outer without having to configure anything. The NAT Traversal function provided by U PnP can let a[...]

47 Unlimited P ri ority Que ue: T he LAN IP add ress will not be bounded in the QoS limitation. High/Lo w Priorit y Queue: T his can put th e packets in the protocol and p ort range to High/Low QoS Queue. Bandwidth Allocati on: This can reserve / limit the throughput of specific protocols and po r t ran ge. Y ou can set the upper bo und and Lower b[...]

48 T y p e: S pecify the direction o f packets . Upload, dow nl oad or both. IP ran g e: S pecify t he IP address range. Y ou could also fill one IP address Protocol: S pecify the packet type . The default ALL will put all pac k ets in the QoS priority Queue. Port range: Spec if y the Port range. Y ou cou l d also f ill one Port. Policy: Spec ify t[...]

49 11.8. Static Rou ting Y ou can set enable S tatic Routing to let the router forward packets by your routin g policy . Destination LAN IP: Sp ecify the destination LAN I P address of st atic routing rule. Subnet Mask: Spec if y the Subnet M ask of st ati c routing rule. Default Gate w ay: S pecify the d efault gatew a y of static rou ting rule. H[...]

50 11.9. Dy namic Routi ng This page a llows you to configure Dy nami c Routing. 11.10. Routing Table The page sh ows the device routing ta bl e. 12. Management 12.1. Admin You can change the passw ord required to log into the broadband route r's system web-based m anagement. By de fault, the passwo rd i s: admin. Passw ords can contain 0 to 1[...]

51 Old P ass w ord: Fill in the current passw or d to allow changing t o a new password. New Password: E nter your new passwo r d and type it again i n Repeat N ew Password for verificat i on purposes Idle Timeout: enter Administration Page timeout. 12.2. Fir m ware This page allows y ou to upgrade the router’s firmw ar e. To upgrade the f irmwar[...]

52 This page allows you to save t he current r outer configurations. When you save the configurations, you also can re-load the saved configurations into the router t hrough the Restore Settings . If extre m e proble m s occur you can u se the Restore to Factory Defaults to set all configura tions to its original de f ault settings. 12.4. Reset Cli[...]

53 Time Zone: Select t he time z one of the c ountry you are currently in. The r outer will set its time based on your selection. NTP Time Server : The router can set up external NTP Time Server. Daylight S avings : The router can al so take Daylight Savings into account . If you wish to use t his function, you must select the Daylight Savings Time[...]

54 PC Date and Time: T his field wo ul d display the PC date and time. Daylight S avings: The router can also take D ay l ight Savings i nto account. If you wish to use this function, you m ust sel ect the Daylight Savings Time period and check/tick the enable box to enable your daylight saving conf i guration. Click <Apply > at the botto m o[...]

55 Enable/Disable D DNS: Enable or disable the DD NS f unction o f this router Server Address: S elect a DDNS serv ic e provider Host Name: Fill in y our static domain name that uses D DNS. Username: The accou nt that yo ur D DNS service provide r assigned to you. Password: The passw ord you set for the DDNS service account above Click <Apply &g[...]

56 14. Logou t Click on [ Logout ] button to logout.[...]

57 Appendix A – F CC Interference Stateme n t Federal Communication Commission Interference Sta te ment This equipment has been test ed and found t o c omply with t he limit s f or a Cl as s B digital device , pursuant to Part 15 of the F CC Rules. These limi ts are designed to provide reasonable protection against h armful interference i n a res[...]

58 Appendix B – IC Interference State m ent Industry Canada st atement : This device complies with R SS-210 of the Industry Canad a Rules. Oper ation is subject to t he following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must a ccept any inter ference received, including interference that may cause un[...]