Sitecom WL-348 manual

WL -347/WL -348 Wireless Broadband modem/router (ADSL2+, 802.11B/G/N draft 2.0)[...]

2 User Manu al V ersion: 1.0[...]

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4 Introduction Congratu lations on yo ur purchase of th e W L-3 47/WL-348 Wireless Network Br oadband mo dem/Router. The WL- 347/WL- 348 is comp liant wit h dra ft 802.11n v 2.0 and up to 6 times faster t han standard 802.11g bas ed routers while still being com patible wit h 802.11g & 802.11 b gad gets. The WL - 347/WL-34 8 is not on ly a Mode[...]

5 1 Key Features Features Adv antages Incredible Data R ate u p to 300Mbps** Heavy data payloads s uch as MPEG video streami ng IEEE 802. 11n draft 2. 0 Compliant and backward compat ible with 802.11b/g Fully Interop erable w ith IEEE 802.11b / I EEE802.1 1g compl iant devices with legacy protection Four 10/100 Mb ps Fast S witch Ports (Auto-Crosso[...]

6 2 Package Contents Open the packag e carefully , and make sure that no ne of t he items list ed below ar e m issing. D o not discar d the packi ng m aterials, i n cas e of r eturn; the unit must be shipp ed back i n its original package. 1. WL-347/WL- 348 mod em/r outer 2. 220V ~ 24 0V Power Ad apter 3. Quick Instal l Guide 4. CD (User’s M anua[...]

7 3 Product Layout Port Descripti on ADSL Connect y our telephone/ADSL cable this port LAN Connect the cable f rom your PC’ s or net work devices to th is port Po wer connector Blinks on tr affic for specific LAN POR T R eset button P ower connector LAN / computer connections Modem connection[...]

8 Front panel The front pan el descri bes the corres ponding L ED indicatio ns and port functionality . LED Descript ion POWER Lights up whe n powered ON. B links on TEST/ RESET W a n Lights up whe n an ADSL cable is connected. Online Lights up whe n internet conn ection is UP . WLAN Lights up in Blue w hen WLAN is enabled. Blinks on tr affic WPS B[...]

9 4 Network + System Requ i remen ts T o be gin using the WL -34 7/WL -348, make sure y ou m eet the fo llowing as minimum re quirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operati ng Syste m – Microsoft Windows XP /2000/VIST A • 1 Free Ethernet p ort. • Wi-Fi card/ USB dongle (802.11 b/g/n) – optional. • Annex A, ADSL internet connection. • PC with [...]

10 6 Setup LAN, WAN LAN / computer connections Modem connection[...]

11 7 PC Network Adapter setup ( Windows XP ) • Enter [Star t Menu]  se lect [Control panel]  select [Netw ork]. • Select [Local Ar ea Con nection]) icon=>sel ect [properti es][...]

12 • Select [Inter net Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] = >Click [Pr opert ies]. • Select the [Ge neral] tab . a. WL-347/W L-348 su pports [DHC P] function, p lease select both [O btain an IP ad dress aut omatically] and [Obta in DNS ser ver addr ess automatically] .[...]

13 8 Bringing up the WL-347 /WL-348 Connect the su pplied power-a dapter to th e power inlet port and conn ect it to a wall outlet . The WL-34 7/WL-348 autom atical ly enter s the s elf-test p hase. During self-t est phase, the Power L ED w ill blink briefly, and then w ill be lit continuous ly to indicate that this product is in normal op eration.[...]

14 4. Type user name and password ( defau lt is admin/admin). 4. Click OK . 5. You will s ee the hom e page of t he WL-347/W L-3 48. The System status s ect ion a llows you to m on itor t he curre nt status of your router: the UP time, hardware informat ion, seria l number as well as firmware version inform ation is displayed here.[...]

15 LAN s ettings The LAN t ab gives y ou the op portunity to change the IP s ettings of t he WL- 347/WL-34 8. Click <App ly> at the bottom of th is screen to sa ve any changes. IP address 192.168.0.1. It is the r outer’s LA N IP ad dress (Y our LAN cl ients default gateway IP a ddress). IP Subn et Mask 255. 255.255. 0 Specify a S ubnet Mas [...]

16 Lease T ime For ever. In the Lea se T ime sett ing y ou can specify the tim e period that the DH CP lends a n IP address to yo ur LAN clients. The DH CP wil l change your LAN c lient’s IP a ddress wh en this t ime thresh old period is reached. IP Ad dress Poo l You can select a par ticular IP addr ess range for y our DHC P server to iss ue IP [...]

17 Device Status View the B roadband mo dem/router’s current configuration s ettings. Dev ice Status displays the conf iguration setting s you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settin gs / Wireles s Settings secti on.[...]

18 Internet Status This page disp lays whether the AD SL port is connect ed to an ADSL se rv ice provider. It also disp lays the router’ s WAN IP address, Subnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as w ell as MA C address, th e P rimary DNS. P ress R enew button to renew your WAN IP ad dress.[...]

19 ADSL Status This pag e shows t he curr ent oper ation mode, st atus of your A DSL connect ion, the data rate and the qua lity of your ADS L link. Operatio n mode allows manual selection o f the ADSL mode.[...]

20 DHCP Client St atus DHCP This pa ge shows all DHC P clients (LAN PCs) current ly connecte d to your network. T he ta ble s hows t he ass igned I P ad dress, MAC a ddress a nd ex piration time for ea ch DHCP leas ed client. Use the Refre sh button to update t he availabl e informati on.[...]

21 WL-347/WL-34 8 Log View the op eration log of the WL-3 47/WL-34 8 . This page shows the current system log of th e B roadband modem/rout er. It dis plays any event occu rred after system start up. At the bottom o f the page, the system log can be saved <Save> to a l ocal fi le for f urther processing or the system log can be c leared <C[...]

22 10 Configuration Wizard Click Wi zard to configure t he mo dem. T he Set up wizard wi ll now b e display ed; check that t he adsl line is connect ed and click N ext. Select your country from the Country list. Sele ct your intern et prov ider. Click Next.[...]

23 Depending on the ch osen prov ider, yo u may need to e nter your u ser name and password or hostname in the follow ing w indow. After you have entered the correct informat ion, click Next . Click APPLY to compl ete the con figuratio n.[...]

24 11 Wireless Settings You can set paramet ers tha t are used for th e w ireless sta tion s t o co nnect to this ro uter. T he parameters include Mod e, E SSID, Channel Num ber and Associated C lient. Wireless Fun ction Enable or D isable Wirele ss function here. Cli ck Appl y and wait for mo dule to be ready & loa ded.[...]

25 Basic Settin gs Band All ows you to set the AP fi xed at 8 02.1 1b or 802.11g m ode. You can also select B+ G+N m ode to a llow 80 2.11b, 802.11g a nd 802.11n cl ients at the same t ime. ESSID This is the name of t he wireless signal which is broad casted. All the devices in th e same w ireless LAN should hav e the same ESSID . Chann el Number T[...]

26 Advanc ed Settings This tab allow s yo u to set t he adva nced wireles s options. The options included are Authenticat ion Type, Fragme nt Threshold , RTS Threshold, B eacon Interval, and Preamb le T ype. Y ou sh ould no t change thes e param eters unless you know w hat effect th e changes wi ll have o n the router. Fragment Thresho ld "Fra[...]

27 Preambl e Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wi rele ss L AN compatib ility whi le the “Short P reamb le” can provide better w ireless L AN performanc e. Broad cast ESS ID If yo u enable d “Broad cast ESSID”, every wirel ess station located w ithin the coverag e of t his access point ca n disc over this access point eas ily.[...]

28 Security This Access Poi nt provides com plete wireless LA N security funct ions, included are W EP, IEE E 802.1 1x, I EEE 802. 11x with WEP, WPA with pre-s hare d k ey and WPA with RADIUS . With these sec urity functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access. P lease make sure your wireles s stations use the same secur ity func[...]

29 WEP When you select 64-b it or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter W EP keys t o encrypt data. You can generate t he key by your self and enter it. You can enter four WEP k eys a nd select one of th em as a default key. Then t he router can rece ive any pack ets encrypte d by one of th e four keys. Key Leng th You can se lect t he WEP k ey lengt [...]

30 Click <Apply> at the bottom of the scr een t o save t he ab ove configurations. You can now con figure other s ections b y c hoosi ng Cont inue, or choose A pply to apply the settings an d reboot the device. WPA Pre-shared Key Wi-Fi Pr otected Access (WPA) is an a dvance d sec urity sta ndard. You can use a pre- shared key to authenticate [...]

31 WPA-Radius Wi-Fi Protected Access ( WPA ) is a n advanced security standard. You can use an externa l RADIUS s erver to authenticat e wir eless stations a nd provid e the session key to encry pt data during comm unication. It uses TKIP or CCMP ( AES ) to chang e t he encryption ke y fr equently. Press Ap ply button w hen you are done.[...]

32 AC L This wireless router supports MAC A ddress Contr ol, which prev ents unauthorize d clients fro m accessing your wire less network. Enabl e wireless acces s con trol Enables the w ireless acce ss control function Adding an address into the list Enter t he " MAC Address” of the w ireless station to be a dded and t hen clic k "A pp[...]

33 WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is t he simplest way to e stablish a connection between the w ireless clients and the wi re less router. You d on’t have to select the encrypti on mode a nd fill in a long e ncryption pa ssphrase every time w hen you try t o s etu p a wire less connect ion. You on ly nee d to press a button on both wire less cli[...]

34 WPS Cu rrent S tatus If th e wirel ess security (encry ption) funct ion of t his wireless r outer is properly s et, y ou’ll se e a ‘Configured’ messag e here. Otherwise, yo u’ll see ‘U nConfigure d’. Self Pin Cod e This is the WPS PIN cod e of the wire less r outer. You m ay need this informa tion when c onnecti ng to other WP S-enab[...]

35 12 Firewall Settings The Broadba nd router pr ovides ext ensive firewa ll prot ection by restricti ng connection parameters, thus limi tin g the risk of hacker atta cks, a nd defending against a wide arra y of comm on Int ernet a ttacks. Howev er, for app lications t hat require unrestricted a ccess t o t he I nternet, you can configure a specif[...]

36 DMZ If y ou have a cl ient PC that ca nnot run an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NAT firewall, then you can open u p the firewall restrictions to u nrestrict ed tw o-way Int ernet access b y definin g a DMZ Host. The DMZ fu nction allows y ou to re- direct a ll packets g oing to your WAN p ort IP a ddress t o a partic[...]

37 Denial of Service (DoS) The B roadba nd rout er's firewall can b lock c ommon hacker attacks, inclu ding Denial of Service, P ing of D eath, Por t S can and Sync Flo od. If Internet at tacks occur the r outer can log the events . SPI an d Anti-Do s firewall p rotection blocks basic hacker att acks (DOS, Sync flood, port scan) RIP defect Dis[...]

38 Access You can r estrict users from accessing certa in Intern et applicatio ns/services (e.g. Inter net we bsites, email, FTP etc.). Access Control a llows users t o def ine the tra ffic type p ermitt ed in y our LAN. Yo u can control whic h PC c lient can have access to these ser vices. Deny If you sel ect “Deny” t hen a ll client s wil l b[...]

39 Filter clien t PC by M AC Check “E nable MA C Filtering” to enable MA C Filtering. Add PC Fill in “Client P C MA C Address” and “Comment” of t he PC that is allowed to acce ss the Inter net, and then cl ick “Add”. If you fin d any typo before adding it and want to rety pe a gain, just click "Res et" an d t he f ields wi[...]

40 URL block You ca n block a ccess t o som e Web sites from particular PCs by enter ing a full URL address or j ust ke ywords of the Web s ite. Enabl e URL B locking Enable/ disable URL B locking Add U RL Keyword Fill in “URL/K eyword” and t hen click “A dd”. Y ou can enter the full URL a ddress or the keyw ord of the we b site you wa nt t[...]

41 13 Advanced Sett ings Network Address Trans lation ( NAT) a llows m ultiple users at y our local site to access t he I nternet t hrough a s ingle Public IP Address or multip le P ublic IP Addresses. N AT provides F irewall pr otect ion from hacker attacks an d ha s the flexibility to allow y ou to map Private IP A ddresses to Publi c IP Addresse[...]

42 Virtual server Use the Virtual Ser ver function when you want different servers/clients in your LAN to hand le different serv ice/Internet application ty pe (e.g. Email, FTP, We b server etc.) f rom the Internet. Computers u se numbers cal led port numbers to reco gnize a particular service/I nternet a pplicatio n type. T he Virtual Serv er allo[...]

43 service (service/Inter net applicat ion) port num ber from th e I nternet that will be re-direct ed to the a bove Private IP a ddress host in your LAN Co mment The descri ption of this s etting. Add V irtual S erver Fill i n the "P rivate IP ", " Private Por t", "Ty pe", “Public Port” a nd "C omment" o[...]

44 Special applicatio n Some app lications re quire m ultiple c onnect ions, s uch as Int ernet games, video Conferencin g, I nternet telephony and others. In this section you can configure t he router t o su pport mult iple co nnections for t hese ty pes of applications. Enabl e Trigger Port Ena ble the Spec ial Applica tion function. Trigg er P o[...]

45 Popular applicati ons This section lists t he more po pular applications that require multiple connect ions. Select an application from the Popular Applications selection. Once you have selecte d an a pplicat ion, select a location ( 1-10) i n the C opy to sel ection b ox an d t hen click th e Co py to button. This w ill aut omatically l ist t h[...]

46 UP N P With UPn P, all PCs in you Intr anet wi ll discover this ro uter aut omatica lly. So, you don’t h av e to conf igure your PC and it ca n easily acce ss the Inter net through this router. UPnP Feature You ca n ena ble or Disable th e UPnP feature here. After you enable t he UP nP feat ure, all client s ystems t hat supp ort UPnP , like W[...]

47 QoS QoS can let yo u class ify Intern et applicat ion tr affic by s ource/dest ination IP address a nd port number. You ca n assign priority for each type of a pplication and r eserve bandwidth for it. The packets of a pplications with higher pr iority will a lways go f irst. L ower prior ity a pplicat ions will g et b an dwidth a fter h igher p[...]

48 Edit a QoS rule Selec t the rule you want to edit and c lick “Edit”, t hen e nter the d eta il form of the Q oS rule. C lick “ A pp ly ” after edit ing t he form and the rule will be saved. Adjust QoS rule priority You can select the rul e and click “Move Up” to make its priority higher. You also can se lect the rule and c lick “Mo[...]

49 Routing These scree ns define r outing relat ed parameter s, inclu ding static rout es and RIP (Routing I nformati on Protoco l) parameter s. Routing T able F lags Indicates t he route statu s: C = Direct c onnection o n the same su bnet. S = Static ro ute. R = RIP (Rout ing Infor mation Protoco l) assig ned route. I = ICMP (Int ernet Cont rol M[...]

50 Enable: RIP e nabled on t his interface . Silent: Liste ns for rout e broadcasts and updat es its route tab le. It does not participate i n sending ro ute broadca sts. Version Sets the RIP (R outing Inf ormation Pr otocol) versi on to use on t his interface.[...]

51 SNMP Use the SN MP config uration screen to disp lay and mo dify parameters for the Simple Networ k Manage ment Proto col (SNM P). SN MP operation mode To select t he SNMP m odes for th is device. Co mmunity A computer attached to t he netwo rk, called a Networ k Management Station (NMS) , can be u sed to acc ess this infor mation. Acce ss right[...]

52 are contro lled by comm unity str ings. To com municate with th e Router, t he NMS must first su bmit a val id community string for authenticat ion. No te: Up to five comm unity names may be entered. Trap Specify t he IP a ddress of the NMS to not ify when a significant eve nt is detected by th e age nt. When a tra p condition o ccurs, the SN MP[...]

53 14 TOOLBOX Sett i ngs Passwo rd change options You can chan ge the p assword required to lo g i nto the broadba nd router's system we b-based m anagement. By d efault , the password is: adm in. Passwords c an contain 0 t o 1 2 alphan umeric ch aracters, a nd are case sensitive. Curren t Password Fill in the c urrent passwor d to allow c han[...]

54 Time Zone The Time Zo ne allows your ro uter to ba se its time on t he settings c onfigured here, which w ill affect f unctions such as Log entries and Firewal l settings. Set Tim e Zon e Select the time z one of th e country y ou are current ly in. The router will set its time based o n your selecti on. Time S erver Add ress You can set an NTP [...]

55 Remote Man agement The r emote managem ent function a llows you to designate a host in t he Internet t he ability to configure t he Broa dband router from a remote site. Enter the d esignated h ost IP Addre ss in the H ost IP Address fi eld. Host Add ress This i s the IP a ddress of the h ost in t he Internet that will have manageme nt/conf igur[...]

56 Firm ware Upgrade This page al lows you to u pgrade the router’s firm ware. Firmware Up grade This tool al lows y ou to upgrade th e Broa dband router’s system firmwa re. To upgrade th e firmwa re of your Br oadband ro uter, y ou need t o download t he firmware file to your local h ard disk, an d e nter that f ile name and path in t he appro[...]

57 Backu p Settings The Ba ckup screen al lows yo u to s av e (B ackup) th e router’s current configurat ion settings. When you save the configuration setting (B ackup) you can r e-load the saved configur ation into the router thro ugh the Restore selection. If extrem e problems occur you can us e t he Rest ore t o F actory Defaults select ion, t[...]

58 Reset You can reset t he r outer’ s system sho uld any problem exist. Th e reset function ess entially re-boot s your rout er’s syste m.[...]

59 DDNS DDNS a llows you t o m ap t he static domain name to a dy namic IP address. You must get a n acco unt, password a nd y our sta tic domain n ame from the DDNS service pro vid ers. This router s upports D ynDNS, TZO and other common DDN S serv ice providers. Enabl e/Disable Enab le or disable t he DDNS function of t his router Provi der Selec[...]