Sitecom WLR-4000 manual

WLR -4000 Wireless Gi gabit Rout er 300N (802.11 b/g/n)[...]

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Introd ucti on Congratulations on your purchase o f the WLR -4000 Wirele ss Gi gabit Router 300N. The WLR-4000 is comp liant wit h 802.1 1n a nd up t o 6 ti mes faster than standard 802.11g based routers wh il e sti ll being compatib le with 802.1 1g & 802.1 1b devices. The WL R -4000 is not o nly a Wireless Access P oi nt, but also doubl es as[...]

4 1 Key Features F eatures Advantages Incredi ble Data Rate up to 300Mb ps* Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 80 2.11n C ompliant and backwards compati ble with 802.1 1b/g Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant device s with legacy protection Fo ur 10/1 00/100 0 Mbps g igabi t Switch Ports (Auto-Crossover)[...]

5 2 Package Content s Open the package carefull y , and make sure t hat none of th e items l ist ed below are missi ng. D o not d iscard the packin g materials, in case o f return; the unit must be shipp ed back i n its orig inal package. 1. The WLR -4000 Router 2. A 110V~ 240V to 12V 1A Swit ching Po wer A dapter 3. A Quick In stall Guide 4. A CD [...]

6 3 Cautions This router ’ s desi gn an d manufacturer has your safety in m ind. In order to safely an d effect ively us e this ro uter , please read t he fol lowi ng b efore usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user sho uld n ot modify t his router . The environmental tem per ature should be w ithin + 5 ~ + 35 d egrees Cels ius. 3.2 Power The router’[...]

7 4 Product Layout Port Descripti on Power connector Connect the 12V DC ad apter to this port LAN ( Y ell ow ) Connect your PC’s or network devi ces to th is po rt WAN ( Blue ) Connect your ADS L/Cable mod em to this port[...]

8 Backlabe l The backla bel d escribes the IP ad dress, lo gin detail s, SSID, security co de and WPS button f unctio nality . Button Description OPS BUTT ON Press 2 sec onds f or O PS mode Press 10 s econds to re set the rout er Press 15 Se conds to reset the router to factory defa ults.[...]

9 LED Def inition From left to r ight. Port Descr iption LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is conn ected. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is conn ected. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is conn ected. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is conn ected. WAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is conn ected. WiFi ( Blu e ) Shows WiF i activ ity . Po wer ( Red ) Sho ws the dev[...]

10 5 Net w ork + Syst em Requirement s T o be gin usi ng the WLR-4000, make sure y ou meet t he fol lowi ng as mi nimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – M icrosoft W indows X P/Vista/Seven • 1 Free Ethernet port. • WiFi card/USB dongl e (802. 11 b/g/n) – opti onal. • External xDSL (A DSL) or C able modem wi th an Ethe[...]

1 1 7 Setup LAN, W A N WAN connection: LAN connecti on:[...]

12 8 PC Net w ork Adapter s etup W indow s XP • Enter [Start Menu]  sele ct [Control pan el]  select [Netw ork]. • Select [L ocal Area Con nection]) icon=> select [pro perties][...]

13 • Select [I nternet Protocol (TCP/IP) ] =>Cl ick [Prop erties]. • Select t he [General] tab. The router su pports [DHCP] function, pl ease select both [Obtai n an IP address automati cally] and [Obtain DNS server address automati cally].[...]

14 W indow s Vist a/Seven • Enter [Start Menu]  sele ct [Control pan el]  select [V iew network status and tasks] -> s elect [M anage network co nnections]. • Select [L ocal Area Con nection]) icon=> select [pro perties][...]

15 • Select [I nternet Protocol V ersion 4 (T CP/IPv4)] =>Click [Pr operties]. • Select t he [General] tab. The router supports [DH CP] f unction, pl ease se lect both [Obtai n a n I P address automaticall y] and [Obtai n DNS server addr ess automatical ly].[...]

16 9 Bringing up t he WLR-4000 Connect the su ppl ied power-adapter to the p ower in let port and conn ect it to a wall o utlet. Switch on the p ower via the swit ch on the back of the devic e. The WLR - 4000 automatica lly ent ers the self-test phase. D uring se lf -test phase, the Power LED w il l be lit continuo usly to in dicate that t his prod[...]

17 3. T ype user name an d password (d efault is admi n/admin). 4. Click OK . 5. Y ou wi ll see the home page of the WLR -40 00. The System status sect ion al lows you to monit or the current status of your rout er the UP time, hardware i nformatio n, serial number as wel l as firmware version informatio n is displ ayed here.[...]

18 L A N setting s The LAN tab g ives you the o pportunity to chan ge the IP settin gs of t he WLR - 4000. Click <Ap ply> at the bottom of t his sc reen to s ave any change s. IP address 1 92.1 68.0.1. It i s the router’s LAN IP address (Y our L AN cli ents default gateway IP address). IP Subnet Mask 255. 255.25 5.0 S pecify a S ubnet Mask [...]

19 Lease T ime Forever . In the Lease Time settin g you can spec ify the t ime peri od that the DHCP lends an IP addr ess to your LA N cli ents. The DH CP wi ll change your LAN cli ent’s IP address when this time thr eshol d period is reache d. IP Ad dress Pool Y ou can sel ect a particular IP ad dress range f or your DHCP server to issu e IP add[...]

20 Device Status View the Broadband router’s current c onfi guration settings. D evice Status displ ays the configuration setti ngs yo u’ve confi gured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wirel ess Sett ings se ction.[...]

21 Internet Status This page disp lays w hether the WAN port is co nnected to a Cable/DSL connecti on. It al so d ispl ays the router’s W AN IP ad dress, Su bnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as wel l as MA C address, t he Primary DNS. Press the Renew butto n to renew your WAN IP address.[...]

22 DHCP Client St atus This pag e shows al l DH CP clients (LAN PCs) currently c onnected to y our network . The tabl e shows the as sig ned IP addres s, MA C address and expiration tim e for each DHCP leas ed cli ent. U se the Refresh button to up date t he av ail able informatio n. Y ou can check Enable S tatic DHCP IP . It i s poss ibl e t o ad [...]

23 WLR-4000 Log View the operation l og. This pag e shows the c urrent system l og o f the Broadband router . It dis plays a ny event occ urred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the sy stem log can be saved <Save> t o a lo cal f ile for f urther processi ng or the system l og can b e cl eared <Clear> or i t can be refres[...]

24 Statisti cs Shows the counters of packets sent an d receive d on WAN, LAN & WLAN .[...]

25 11 Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to confi gure t he router . Th e S etup w izard wi ll now be d isplayed; check that the m odem i s connect ed and cl ick N ext. Select yo ur country from the Cou ntry list. Sel ect your i nternet provid er . C lick Next.[...]

26 Dependi ng on the ch osen provider , you m ay ne ed to enter your us er name and password, MAC address or ho stname i n the fo llow ing win dow . After you have entered the c orrect inf ormation, cl ick Nex t . Click AP PLY to compl ete the confi guration.[...]

27 12 Wireless Settings Y ou can set parameters that are us ed for th e wirel ess stati ons to connect to this router . The parameters i nclude Mode, ESSID, Channel Number a nd A ssoc iated Client. Wireles s Fun ction Enable or Disab le Wire less f unction here. Cl ick Apply and wait for mod ule to be ready & l oaded.[...]

28 Basic Se ttings Mode Allo ws you to set AP or WDS mode. Band All ows you to set the AP fi xed at 802. 11b or 802.1 1g mode. Y ou c an also s elect B +G mode to a ll ow 8021 1b an d 802.1 1g cl ients at the same t ime. Enable SSID # Allow s you to enable u p to four SSIDs for t his rout er . SSID This is the name of the wirel ess si gnal which is[...]

29 Advanc ed Setti ngs This tab al lows you to s et the adv anced w ireless opti ons. T he op tions i ncluded are A uthenticati on T ype, Fr agment Threshol d, R TS Threshol d, Beacon Interval, an d Preambl e T ype. Y ou s houl d n ot c hange these parame ters unl ess you know what ef fect th e changes w il l have on the router . Authentication Typ[...]

30 Beacon Interval i s the i nterv al of t ime that thi s w ireless ro uter broadcasts a beacon. A B eacon is used to sync hronize the wir eless network. Data Rate The “Data Rate” is t he rate that thi s access poi nt uses t o transmit data packets. T he acces s point wil l use the hig hest possibl e sele cted transmission rate to transmit the [...]

31 Security This A ccess Point provi des compl ete wi reless L AN security fu nctions, i ncluded are WEP , IEEE 8 02.11x, IE EE 802. 11x w ith WEP , WPA with pre- shared key and W P A with RADIU S. W ith th ese security fu nctions, you can prevent your wirel ess LAN from i llega l access. P lease make sure your w irel ess stations use the same secu[...]

32 Disable When yo u c hoose to disabl e en cryption, it is very insec ure to operate the router . Enable 802.1x A uth IEEE 802.1 x is an a uthenticat ion protocol . Every us er must use a valid account to l ogin to th is Access Point b efore accessi ng t he wire less LAN. The authenticati on i s processed by a RA DIUS server . This mode only authe[...]

33 WEP When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key , you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. Y ou can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four W EP keys and select one of them as a default key . Then th e router can receive any packets encrypted by one of t he fo ur keys. Key Length Y ou can select the W EP key lengt h for en[...]

34 Click <A pply> at the b ottom of t he scr een t o save t he a bove conf igurations. Y ou ca n n ow co nfigur e other s ection s b y choos ing Conti nue, or choos e App ly to appl y the sett ings a nd reboot the device. WPA Pre-sha red Key Wi-Fi Protected A ccess ( WP A) i s an advanced sec urity standard. Y ou can use a pre-shared key to a[...]

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36 ACL This wirel ess router sup ports MAC Address Control, w hich prevents unauthorized cl ie nts from acces sing your w irele ss network. Enable wireless access c ontrol Enabl es the w ireless access contro l funct ion Adding an address into the list Enter the "MAC Address" and "Co mment" of the w irele ss station to be add ed[...]

37 WPS Wi-Fi Protecte d S etup (WPS) is th e s impl est way to establis h a connecti on between the wi reless c lients and t he wirel ess router . Y ou don’ t hav e to select the encrypti on m ode and fi ll in a lon g encryption pa ssphrase e v ery time wh en you try to setu p a wire less connectio n. Y ou on ly need to press a button on both wir[...]

38 WPS C heck t he box to ena ble WPS fu nction and unch eck it to di sable t he WPS funct ion. WPS Current Status If the wirel ess security (encryption) funct ion of t his wirel ess r outer is properly set, you’ll see a ‘Conf igured’ message here. Otherwise, you’ll see ‘UnConfi gured’ . Self P in Code This is the WPS PIN c ode of t he [...]

39 13 Fire w all Setti ngs The Broadband router provi des extensive fi rewall protecti on by restricti ng connecti on parame ters, thus lim iting the risk of hacker attacks, an d d efendi ng against a w ide array of common I nternet attacks. H owever , f or ap plic ations that require unrestricted acce ss to the Internet , you can conf igure a spec[...]

40 DMZ If you have a cl ient PC that cann ot run an Int ernet a ppli cation (e. g. Games) properly from behi nd the NA T f irewal l, th en you can open up th e fi rewall restricti ons to u nrestricted two-way I nternet access by defin ing a DMZ Host. The DMZ fu nction al lows you to re-di rect al l packets goi ng t o your WAN port IP address to a p[...]

41 Denial of Servi ce (DoS) The Broadband router's firewal l can bl ock common hacker attacks, i nclu ding Denial of Servi ce, Pi ng of Deat h, Port Scan and S ync Flo od. If Internet attacks occur the router ca n lo g the events. Ping of Death Protections from P ing of Death attack Discard Ping From WAN The router’ s WAN port wi ll not resp[...]

42 Access Y ou can r estrict users from acce ssing certain Intern et ap plicat ions/servi ces (e.g. I nternet we bsites, email , FTP etc.), Access Control a ll ows users to def ine the traffic type permitte d in yo ur LAN . Y ou can control whic h PC cli ent can have access to these services . Deny I f you sel ect “D eny” t hen a ll cl ients wi[...]

43 Selecte d". If you want t o remove all PCs from t he tabl e, just c li ck the " Delete All" button. Filter client PC by MAC Check “E nable MAC Filter ing” to enable MAC Filteri ng. Add PC Fill in “Clie nt PC MAC Ad dress” an d “C omment” of the PC that is allowe d to access the Internet, and then cl ick “ A dd” . I[...]

44 URL block Y ou can block acces s to som e W eb sit es from particular PCs by enter ing a f ull URL address or j ust keywords of the W eb s ite. Enable URL Blocki ng Enabl e/disab le UR L Block ing Add URL Keyword Fill in “URL/K eyword” and then cl ick “ A dd” . Y ou can enter the ful l URL a ddress or t he keyword of th e web sit e y ou [...]

45 14 Adv anc ed Settings Network Address T ra nsl ation (NA T) al lows mu lti ple users at yo ur l ocal site to access the Internet through a si ngle Pu blic IP Address or m ulti ple Pub lic IP Addresses. NA T pr ovides Firewal l protect ion f rom hacker attacks and has the flexi bil ity to al low you to map Pri v ate IP Ad dresses to Publ ic IP A[...]

46 Port Fo rwardin g Po rt Forwarding al lows you to re-di rect a p articular range o f servic e port numbers (from t he Internet/WAN Po rt) to a par ticular LAN IP address. It hel ps you to host servers behin d the router NA T fire wall. Enable Port Forwa rding Enable Port F orwardi ng Private IP This is th e private IP of th e server behi nd the [...]

47 Fo rwarding setti ng wi ll be added i nto t he "C urrent Port F orwardin g T able" below. Remove Po rt Forwarding If you want to re mov e a Port Forwa rdin g setting from the "Current Port F orwarding T abl e", sel ect the Port Forwarding setti ng that you want to rem ove i n the table and th en cli ck "D elete Se lecte [...]

48 Virtual S erver Use the Virtual Server f unctio n when you want d ifferent servers/cli ents i n your LAN to ha ndle d ifferent servi ce/Internet appl ication type (e.g. Email , FTP , W eb s erver etc. ) fr om the Int ernet. Com puters use numbers call ed port numbers to recognize a particular service/I nternet appli cation type. The Virtual Serv[...]

49 service (servi ce/Internet ap plicat ion) port number from th e Internet t hat wil l be re-direct ed to the a bove Priva te IP a ddress host in your LAN Comment The descri ption o f thi s setting . Add Virtual Server Fil l i n t he "Private IP", "Private P ort", "T ype", “Pub lic Po rt” and "Comment" o[...]

50 Special Applica tions Some app lic ations re quire multi ple connect ions, such as Int ernet games, video Conf erencin g, I nternet tele phony and others. I n thi s sectio n you can confi gure t he router to supp ort mul tip le connecti ons for t hese types of appli cations. Enable T rigger P ort Enab le the S pecial Appl icati on funct ion. Tri[...]

51 Popular applications Thi s s ection l ists the more popul ar a ppli cations that require multi ple connect ions. Sel ect a n appl ication from t he Popular Appl ications sel ection. Once you h a ve sel ected a n a ppl ication, se lect a locatio n (1-1 0) in the C opy to selecti on b ox and t hen cl ick t he Copy t o b utton. This wil l a utomati[...]

52 UPnP With UP nP , all PCs in you Intranet wil l discover this router aut omaticall y , so you don’ t have t o c onfi gure your PC and it c an ea sily access t he Inter net through thi s router . UPnP Feature Y ou can enab le or Disabl e th e UP nP feature here. Aft er you enable t he UPnP f eature, all cl ient system s t hat support U PnP , l [...]

53 QoS QoS can let you clas sify Internet appli cation traffic by source/desti nation IP address an d p ort number . Y ou can assi gn prior ity for each type of a ppli cation and r eserve bandw idth for it . Th e packets of a ppli cations wit h h igher pri ority wil l al ways g o first. Low er pri ority app licati ons wil l g et ban dwidth after h [...]

54 Remove QoS rules from the table If you want to remove QoS rul es fr om the table, s elect the Qo S rules you want to remove i n the tab le and then c li ck "Delete Se lecte d". If you want remove al l QoS rules from the ta ble, ju st c li ck the "De lete Al l" b utton. Cli cking "R eset" wil l cl ear your current se[...]

55 15 T OOLBOX Settin gs Sitecom Cloud Se curity Antivi rus software alone i s not safe enou gh. Y ou can now benefit from additi onal bui lt -i n sec urity in your modem or router . Protect all devices in your home network against cybercrime wh ile browsi ng. Acti v ated automatical ly , your network and d evices are better secured t han ever befo[...]

56 The Sitecom C loud Secu rity service offers the f oll owin g protecti on optio ns: - Anti-M alware - Anti-Ph ishi ng - Protection against unsafe we bsites - Advertiseme nt blo cking With the protect ion of unsaf e websites acti va te d the S itecom Cloud S ecurity wil l al wa ys check if a w ebsite is safe. I f it is not saf e it wi ll i nform y[...]

57 If you wi sh t o change your security option s or to ext end your s ubscript ion at any time, op en http://www.sitecomc loudse curity .c om from your w eb browser . Y ou wi ll be asked f or a us ername a nd passwo rd. These can be fo und on th e backlabel on the bottom of your S itecom router or modem. If the lo gin succe eded you can c li ck o [...]

58 Or click ‘License’ to renew your subscript ion. If yo u wis h to disa ble S itecom Clo ud S ecurity a t any time, ope n the webpag e of your Sit ecom product and log in w ith th e sup plie d credent ials (t hese can be[...]

59 found on t he back label on the b ottom of your Site com devi ce). Go to T o olbox and s elect “Sitecom Cl oud Se curity” . Click t he “Disa ble” radio button and cli ck ‘ A pply’ f or the setti ngs to take effect.[...]

60 Pass word chang e options Y ou can c hange th e password r equired to lo g i nto the broadband router's system web- based manag ement. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 a lphanumer ic characters, and are case sens itive. Current Password Fil l i n the c urrent password t o a ll ow changi ng to a new password. New Password Enter your n ew passwo[...]

61 Time Zo ne The Tim e Z one a llows your router to base i ts ti me on the sett ings c onfig ured here, whi ch wi ll affect f unctions such as Log e ntries and Fir ewall sett ings. Set Time Zone S elect t he time zone of the c ountry you ar e currently i n. The router wil l set its t ime based on your sel ectio n. Time Server Address Y ou can set [...]

62 Remote Man agem ent The remote management functi on allow s you to designate a host in th e Internet t he ab il ity t o co nfig ure the Broadband ro uter from a re mote s ite. Enter the d esignated host IP A ddress i n the Host IP Address f iel d. Host Address This is the IP addres s of the host in t he I nternet that w il l have management/conf[...]

63 Firmwa re Upg rade This page all ows you to upgrade the router ’ s firmware. Firmware Upgrade This t ool allow s you to upgrade th e Broadband router ’ s system f irmware. T o up gra de the f irmware o f your B roadband router , you need t o down load the firmware fi le to your local hard disk, and enter that f il e name and path i n the app[...]

64 Backup Set tings The Backup screen al lows you to save ( Backup) the router ’ s current confi guration setti ngs. When you save the conf iguration setting (Backup) you can re-l oad t he saved conf iguration into the router t hrough the Resto re select ion. If extreme prob lems occur you can use t he Restore to F actory Defaults s electi on, th[...]

65 Reset Y ou can re set the ro uter’ s sy stem shoul d any prob lem exist. The reset function essentia lly re-boots your router’s system.[...]

66 DDNS DDNS allow s you to map the static domai n name to a dynamic IP ad dress. Y ou must get a n account, passwor d an d your static domai n n ame fro m the DDNS service provid ers. This router sup ports DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS s ervice providers. Enable/Disable Enable or disabl e the DDN S funct ion of t his router Provider Select a D[...]

67 Parts of the firmware of the WLR -4000 Wireless Gigabit Broadband router are subject to t he GNU general public license. Appendix A: Licen sing Informatio n This product includes third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU Gener al Public License. . Y ou can modify or redistribute this free software under the t erms of the GNU Gener[...]

68 receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights. We protect y our rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) off er you this license which gives y ou legal permi ssion to copy , distrib ute and/or modify the sof tw are. Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to m[...]

69 3. Y ou may copy and distribute t he Progra m (or a work based on it, under Secti on 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: a) Accompany it wi th the complete correspond ing machine-rea dable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections [...]

70 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restri cted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the ori ginal copyright hold er who places t he Progra m under this License may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those coun t ries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among c[...]