Digitus DN-7059-1 manuel d'utilisation

BlackRapid N+ Wireless Netw ork Router User ’ s Manual (DN-7059 -1 V ers ion: 1.0)[...]

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Federal Communic ation Commission Interferenc e S tatement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to compl y with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, us[...]

Federal Communication Commissi on (FCC) Radiation Exposure St atement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an unco ntrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibilit y of ex ceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.[...]

R&TTE Compli ance S tatement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN P ARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 19 99 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE). The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive [...]

CA T ALOG CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORM A TION 1-1 Introduction and safety inform ation 1-2 Safety Information 1-3 System Requirements 1-4 Package Content s 1-5 Familiar with y our new wireless broadba nd router CHAPTER II: SY STEM AND NETWORK SETUP 2-1 Build network co nnection 2-2 Connecting to w ireless broadband ro uter by web browser 2-2-1 W indow[...]

2-5 Setup Internet Connect ion (W AN Setup) 2-5-1 Setup procedur e for ‘Dynam ic IP’ 2-5-2 Setup procedur e for ‘S tatic IP’ 2-5-3 Setup procedur e for ‘PPPoE’ 2-5-4 Setup procedur e for ‘PPTP’ 2-5-5 Setup procedur e for ‘L2TP’ 2-5-6 Setup procedur e for ‘T elstra Big Po nd’ 2-5-7 Setup procedur e for ‘DNS’ 2-5-8 Setup p[...]

CHAPTER III: AD V ANCED FU NCTIONS 3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) 3-1-1 Basic QoS Set tings 3-1-2 Add a new QoS rule 3-2 Network Address T ranslation (NA T) 3-2-1 Basic NA T Settings (Enable or disa ble NA T function) 3-2-2 Port Forwarding 3-2-3 V irtual Ser ver 3-2-4 Port Mapping f or Special Ap plications 3-2-5 UPnP Setting 3-2-6 ALG Settings 3-3 F[...]

CHAPTER IV : APPENDIX 4-1 Hardware Specifi cation 4-2 T roublesho oting 4-3 Glossary[...]

1 Chapter I: Pr odu ct Informati on 1-1 Introduction and safety inform ation Thank you for purcha sing this wireless br oadband router! T his high cost-ef ficiency router is the best choice for Small offi ce / Ho me office users, all com puters and network devices c an share a single xDS L / cable modem internet con nection at high spee d. Easy ins[...]

2 • Advanced network and security f eatures like: S p ecial Applications, Q oS, DMZ, Vir tual Servers, Access Co ntrol, Firewall. • Allow you to monitor the rou ter ’s status like: DHCP Client Log, System Log, Security Log and Device/Conne ction S tatus • Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management purposes • Remote[...]

3 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the s afety of users and y our properties, please f ollow the following safety instructions: 1. T his router is desig ned for indoor use on ly; DO NOT pla ce this router outdoor . 2. DO NOT pu t this router at or near hot or hum id places, like kitchen or bathroom . Als o, do not left this router in the car[...]

4 1-3 System Requirements  Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with a RJ-45 Ethernet port.  Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card.  Web browser ( Mi crosoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above, Op era web browser , or Safari web browser).  An available AC p[...]

5 1-4 Package Content s Before you starting to use this router , please check if there’ s anything missing in the packa ge, and contact y our dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: □ Broadband router (m ain body , 1 pcs)…………………… ……… 1 □ Quick installation g uide (1 pcs) ……… …………………… …… 2[...]

6 1-5 Familiar with y our new wireless broadba nd router Fr ont Pan el LED Name Light S tatus Description PWR On Router is switched o n and correctly powered. WLAN On W i reless WPS fu nction is enabled. Of f W i reless network is switched of f. Flashing W i reless LAN activity (transferri ng or receiving data). W AN LNK/ACT On W AN port is connect[...]

7 Back Panel Item Name Description Antenna A/B These a ntennas are 3dBi dipole antennas. Radio ON/OFF Switch the button to activate or deactivate the wireless functions. Reset / WPS Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings) or start WPS function. Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory de[...]

8 Chapter II: Syst em and Network Setup 2-1 Build network conn ection Please follow the foll owing instruction to build the network connec tion between your new W IRELESS router a nd your com puters, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable m odem to the W AN port of router b y Ethernet cable. 2. Connect all your computer s, network devices (n[...]

9 3. Connect the A/C power adapter to the wa ll socket, and then c onnect it to the ‘Power ’ socket of the router . 4. Please check all LED s on the front panel. ‘ PWR’ L ED should be steadily on, W AN and LAN L EDs should be on if the c omputer / network device conn ected to the respectiv e port of the router is powered on and corre ctly c[...]

10 2-2 Conn ecting to wireless broad band rou ter by web bro wser After the network connect ion is built, the ne xt step you should do is setup the router wit h proper network param eters, so it can work pro perly in your network envir onment. Before you can conne ct to the router an d start configurat ion procedures, your com puter must be able to[...]

1 1 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server ’ and then c lick ‘OK’.[...]

12 2-2-2W indows 2000 IP addre ss setup: 1. Click ‘S tart’ butto n (it should be l ocated at lower -left c orner of y our computer), then cl ick control panel. Double-clic k Network and Dial-up Connections icon; cli ck Local Area C onnection, a nd Local Are a Connection Pr operti es window will appea r . Select ‘In ternet Protocol (TCP/IP)’[...]

13 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address autom atically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address autom atically’, then click ‘O K’.[...]

14 2-2-3W indows XP IP a ddr ess setup: 1. Click ‘S tart’ butto n (it should be l ocated at lower -left c orner of y our computer), then cl ick control panel. Double-clic k Network and Internet Connections icon, cli ck Network Connecti ons, then double-clic k Local Are a Connection, Lo cal Area Connect ion S tatus w indow will appear , and then[...]

15 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address autom atically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address autom atically’, then click ‘O K’.[...]

16 2-2-4W indows V ista IP addres s setup: 1. Click ‘S tart’ butto n (it should be l ocated at lower -left c orner of y our computer), then cl ick control panel. Click V iew Network S t atus and T asks , and then click Manage Network C onnections. R ight-click Local Are a Network, then select ‘P r operties’. Lo cal Area Conne ction Pro pert[...]

17 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address autom atically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address autom atically’, then click ‘O K’.[...]

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19 2-2-5 Router IP address lookup After the IP address setup is com plete, please clic k ‘start’ -> ‘ run’ at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop: Input ‘cmd’ , then click ‘OK’[...]

20 Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter ’ key . Please check the IP address followed by ‘D efault Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router is 192.168.2.1, please note that this value may be diff ere nt. ) 3. Connect the router ’ s managem ent interface by w eb browser After your com puter obtained an IP address from router ,[...]

21 Please input user name and password in the field respectively , default user name is ‘adm in’, and default passw ord is ‘1234’, then press ‘ OK’ button, and you can s ee the web m anagement interface of this router: NOTE: If you can’t see the we b management interface, and you’re being prompted to input user name and p as sword a[...]

22 2-3 Using ‘Qu ick Setup ’ This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ pro cedure, w hich will help y ou to complete all require d settings you nee d to access the Intern et in very short time. Please follow t he following ins tructions to com plete the ‘Quick Setup’: Please go to QuickSe tup menu by clickin g ‘QuickSetup’ but ton. HERE![...]

23 And the following m essage will be d isplayed: 1. Set T ime Zone Here are description s of every setup items: Set T ime Please pr ess button, a dr op-down list Zone (1): will be shown, and y ou can choose a time zone of the location you live. T ime Server Input the IP addr ess / host name of t ime server Addr ess (2): her e Daylight If the c oun[...]

24 2. Broadband T ype Please choose the broadband (Internet con nection) type y ou’re using in this page. There are six types of Inter net connection, t hey are: Cable Modem - Please go to section 2-3-1 Fixed-IP xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-2 PPPoE xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-3 PPTP xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-4 L2TP xDSL - Please go t[...]

25 2-3-1 Setup pr o cedur e for ‘Cab le Modem’: Here are description s of every setup items: Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer , this is optional, an d only r equir ed if your service pr ovider asks you to do so. MAC addr ess (2): Please input MAC addr ess of your computer her e, if your service pr ovider only perm its [...]

26 Here are description s of every setup items: IP addr ess Please input IP a ddr ess assigned assigned by your by your service pr ovider . Service Pr ovider (1): Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assig ned by your service pr o vider DNS addr ess (3): Please input the IP addr ess of DNS server pr ovided by your service pr ovider . Service P[...]

27 2-3-3 Setup pr o cedur e for ‘PP PoE xDSL ’: Here are description s of every setup items: User Name (1): Please input user na me assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Passwor d (2): Please input the pas swor d assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet se rvice, this [...]

28 When you finish wit h all settings, please click ‘OK’ (7); if you want to go back to previous m enu, click ‘Back’. 2-3-4 Setup pr o cedur e for ‘PP TP xDSL ’: PPTP xDSL re quires two kinds of se tting: W AN interface setting (set up IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from W AN interface setting:[...]

29 W AN interface settings must be correctly set, or the In ternet connection will fail even those se ttings of PPTP settings are correc t. Please contac t your Internet service prov ider if you don’ t know what y ou should fill in these fields. Now please go to PP TP settings section: Here are description s of every setup items: User ID (1): Ple[...]

30 BEZEQ-ISRAE L (6): Setting item ‘BEZEQ -ISRAEL ’ is only r equir ed to Check if you’r e using the service p r ovided by BEZEQ network in I srael. Connection Please select the connection ty pe of Internet type (7): connection you wish to use, please r efer to last section for detailed descriptions. Idle T ime Ple ase input the idle time out[...]

31 following IP address’ (equal to s tatic IP address, please refer to ‘PPPoE xDSL ’ section above). W AN interface settings must be correctly set, or the In ternet connection will fail even those se ttings of PPTP settings are correc t. Please contac t your Internet service prov ider if you don’ t know what y ou should fill in these fields[...]

32 Idle T ime Ple ase input the idle time out of In ternet Out (6): connection you wish to use, and r efer to last sect ion for detailed descriptions. When you finish wit h all settings, please click ‘OK (7); if y ou want to go back to previous m enu, click ‘Back’. 2-3-6 Setup pr o cedur e for ‘T el stra Big Pond’: This setting only works[...]

33 Please click ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the rou ter , and you’ll see this message: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then clic k ‘OK!’ b utton. Y o u’ll be back to router managem ent interface agai n, and the router i s ready w ith new settings.[...]

34 2-4 Basic Setup In this chapter , you’ll know how t o change the tim e zone, password, an d remote managem ent settings. Please star t y our web browser and log onto router web m anagement interface, then c lick ‘General Setup’ button on the left, or click ‘Gen eral Setup’ link at t he upper -right cor ner of web management interfac e.[...]

35 enable daylight savi ngs setting, please c heck ‘Enable F unction’ box, a nd set the duration of da ylight setting. Whe n you finish, click ‘Apply’ . Y ou’ll see the following m essage displayed on web browser: Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings m ade and back to web m anagement interface; press ‘ Apply’ to save the setting [...]

36 Here are description s of every setup items: Curr ent Please input c urr ent passwor d her e. Passwor d (1): New Passwor d (2): P lease input new pas swor d her e. Confirmed Please input new p asswor d her e again. Passwor d (3): When you finish, clic k ‘Apply’ . If you want to keep original password unchanged, click ‘ Cancel’. If the pa[...]

37 Please use new password t o enter web m anagement interface ag ain, and you should be able to login with new pas sword. 2-4-3 Rem ote Management This router does no t allow m anagement access from Internet, to prevent possible security risk s (especially w hen you defined a weak pas sword, or didn’ t change default password). However , y ou ca[...]

38 Here are description s of every setup items: Host Addr ess (1): Input the IP ad dr ess of the r emote host you wish to initiate a managemen t access. Port (2): Y ou ca n define the port num ber this r outer should expect an incoming r equest. If you’r e pr o viding a web service (default por t number is 80), you should try to use other port n [...]

39 NOTE: When you want to manage this router from another computer on internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this router . If your Internet service provider ass igns you with a st atic IP address, it will not be a problem; but if the IP address your service provider assigns to you w ill vary every time you est a blish an inte[...]

40 2-5 Setup Internet Conn ection (W AN Setup) Internet connections setup can be done by using ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in chapter 2-3. H owever , you can setup W AN connections up by using W AN configuration m enu. Y o u can also set advanced f unctions like DDNS (Dy namic DNS) here. T o start configuration , please follow the fo llowing i[...]

41 2-5-1 Setup pr o cedur e for ‘Dyna mic IP’: Here are description s of every setup items: Host Name (1): Please input ho st name of your computer , this is optional, and only r equir ed if your service pr ovider asks you to do so. MAC Addr ess (2): Please input M AC addr ess of your computer , if your service pr ovider only permits c omputer [...]

42 Please click ‘Continu e’ (1) to back t o previous setup m enu; to continue on router setup, or clic k ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settin gs will take effec t (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds w hile router is rebooting). 2-5-2 Setup pr o cedur e for ‘S tatic IP’: Here are description s of every setup items: IP addr ess assig[...]

43 Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all se ttings in this page back to previously -saved value, please click ‘ Cancel?[...]

44 Passwor d (2): Please input the pas swor d assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet se rvice, this is optional MTU (4): Please input the MT U value of your network connection her e. If you don’ t know , you can use default value. Connection Please select the connection ty pe of In[...]

45 Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all se ttings in this page back to previously -saved value, please click ‘ Cancel?[...]

46 will fail even those se ttings of PPTP settings are correc t. Please contac t your Internet service prov ider if you don’ t know what y ou should fill in these fields. Now please go to PP TP settings section: Here are description s of every setup items: User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service p r o vider[...]

47 Israel. Please enable this function. Connection Please select the connection ty pe of Internet type (7): connection you wish to use, please r efer to sectio n 2-5-3 for detailed descrip tions. Idle T ime Out (8): Please input the idle time out of Interne t connection you wish to use, and r ef er to section 2-5-3 for detailed description s. When [...]

48 her e. If you don’ t know , you can use def ault value. Connection Please select the connection ty pe of Internet c onnection type (5): you wish to use, ple ase r efer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. Idle T ime Ple ase input the idle time out of In ternet connecti on Out (6): you wish to use, and r ef er to section 2-5-3 for detail[...]

49 When you finish wit h all settings, click ‘ OK (5); if y ou want to go back to previous menu, clic k ‘Back’. 2-5-7 Setup pr o cedur e for ‘DNS ’: If you select ‘ Dynami c IP ’ or ‘ PPPoE ’ as Internet connection method, at least one DNS server ’ s IP address should be assigned a utomatically . However , if you have preferred [...]

50 After you finish with all settings, please cli ck ‘Apply’ (3) bu tton and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec[...]

51 Here are description s of every setup items: Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable DD NS function, please select ‘Enabled’; otherwi se please select ‘Dis abled’. Pr ovider (2): Select your DDNS service p r ovider her e. Domain Name (3): Input t he domain name you’ve obtained fr o m DDNS service pr ovider . Account / Input accou nt or [...]

52 Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all se ttings in this page back to previously -saved value, please click ‘ Cancel?[...]

53 2-6 Wir ed LAN Configuration s Before all computer s using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. those computers connect to this router ’ s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) ca n comm unicate with each other and access internet, they m ust have a valid IP address. There are two way s to assign IP addresses to com puters: static IP address (set the [...]

54 Please follow the foll owing instructions to set wired LAN parameters: Please click ‘LA N’ menu on the left of web management interfac e, there are three setup groups here: ‘ LAN IP’, ‘ DHCP Server ’, and ‘S tatic DHCP Leases T able’. Here are se tup instructions for eac h of them : 2-6-1 LAN IP section: Here are description s of[...]

55 2-6-2 DHCP Server: These settings are onl y available whe n ‘DHCP Server ’ in ‘ LAN IP’ section is ‘E nabled’, and here are descripti ons of every setup item s: Lease T ime (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP addr ess) of every IP addr ess assigned by this r outer fr om dr opdown m[...]

56 2-6-3 S tatic D HCP Leases T able: This function allows you to assign a stat ic IP address to a specific computer forever , so y ou don’ t have to set the IP address for a computer , and still enj oy the benefit of using DHCP server . Maximum 16 static IP addresses can be assig ned here. (If you set ‘Lease T ime’ to ‘for ever ’ in ‘D[...]

57 After you clicked ‘ Add’, the MAC address and IP address m apping will be added to ‘ S tatic DHCP Leases T a ble’ section. If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a MAC address and IP address m apping (1), then click ‘ Delete Selected’ button (2); if y ou want to delete all m appings, click ‘Dele[...]

58 2-7 Wir eless LAN Configuratio ns If your computer , PDA, game console, or other networ k devices which is equipped with wireless n etwork interface, you can use the wir eless function of this router to let them connect to Internet and share resources with other computers with w ired-LAN connection. Y ou can also use the built-in secur ity funct[...]

59 Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while router is rebooting). 2-7-1 Basic W ir eless Settings Please click ‘W ireless’ menu on the left of web m anagement interfac[...]

60 d. AP Bridge-Point t o Multi-Point : C onnect this router with u p to four other wireless router s, to expand the scope of network. e. AP Bridge-WD S : Connect this router w ith up to four WDS-ca pable wireless routers, to expand t he scope of ne twork. f. Universal Repeater : The router can a ct as S tation and AP at the same time. It can use S[...]

61 Here are description s of every setup items: Band (2): Please select the r adio band fr om one of following options: 1 2 3 4 2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802. 1 1b wireless network client to con nect this router (m axim um transfer rate 1 1Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1n wireless network client to con nect this route[...]

62 ESSID (3): This is the name of wi r eless r o uter . Y ou can type any alphanumerical ch aracters her e, maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to identify your ow n wir eless r ou ter fr o m others w hen ther e ar e other wir eless r ou ters in the same ar ea. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’ s r ec ommended to change de fault ESSID value to [...]

63 2-7-1-2 Setup pr oce dure f or ‘ S tat ion-Infrastructur e’: In this mode, y ou can connect the router t o Ethernet device such us TV , Game player , HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet de vice be a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access p oint or AP router . Here are description s of every setup items: Band (2): Se[...]

64 WLAN MAC (5): For some applications, yo u may need to de signate a specific MAC addr ess for the r outer . Please enter the MAC addr ess her e. If you ar e connecting the r outer to a computer , you can s imply pr ess ‘Clone Mac addr ess’ button to fill the MA C addr ess field with the MAC add r e ss of your compute r . 2-7-1-3 Setup pr oce [...]

65 MAC addr ess (4): Input the MAC addr ess of ano ther wir eless r outer . Set Click to set security s ettings for this conne ction Security (5): (Please go to sectio n ‘2-7-3 W ir eless Security’ for detailed instructions). 2-7-1-4 Setup pr oce dure f or ‘ AP Bridge-Point to Multi-P oint’: In this mode, y ou can connect your wireles s rou[...]

66 Set Click to set security s ettings for this conne ction Security (8): (Please go to sectio n ‘2-7-3 W ir eless Security’ for detailed instructions). 2-7-1-5 Setup pr oce dure f or ‘ AP Bridge – WDS’ In this mode, y ou can expand the scope of network by com bining up to four other access points t ogether , and every access poin t can s[...]

67 Channel Select the channel yo u want to use, all t he wir eless Number (4): r outers mus t use the same setti ng. Associated Clients (5):Cl ick ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active W ir eless Client T able” will pop u p. Y ou ca n see the status of all active wir eless stations t hat ar e connecting to the access point. MAC addr[...]

68 Here are description s of every setup items: Band (2): Select the band yo u want to use, all the w ir eless r outers must use the same setti ng. ESSID (3): This is the name of wir eless r outer . Y ou can type any alphanumerical ch aracters her e, maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to identify your ow n wir eless r ou ter fr o m others w hen t[...]

69 Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on router setup, or clic k ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settin gs will take effec t (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds w hile router is rebooting). 2-7-2 Advanced W ireless Settin gs This router provides som e advanced control of wi reless param eters, if you w[...]

70 Here are description s of every setup items: Fragment S et the Fragment thr eshold of wir eless radio. Thr eshold (1): Do not modify default value if you don’ t know what it is, default value is 2346. RTS Thr eshold (2): Set the RTS thr eshold of wir eless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’ t know what it is, default value is 234[...]

71 people those who k now the ESSID of your wi r eless r outer can get connected. CTS Pr otect (10): Enabling this setti ng will r educe the chance of radio signal collisions betw een 802.1 1b a nd 802.1 1g/n wir eless access points. It’ s r ec ommended to set this option to ‘Auto’ or ‘Always’. However , if you set to ‘None’, your wir[...]

72 2-7-3 W ir eless Security It’ s very i mportant to set wir eless security sett ings pr operly! If y ou don’ t, hackers and m alicious users can reach y our network and valuable data without your consent and this will cau se serious security proble m. T o set wireless secur ity settings, Please c lick ‘W ireless’ m enu on the left of web [...]

73 Here are description s of every setup items: Key Length (2): Ther e ar e two typ es of W EP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using ‘128- bit’ is safer than ’ 64-bit’, but will r educe some data transfer pe rformance. Key Format (3): Ther e ar e two types of key format: ASC II and Hex. When you select a ke y format, the num ber of characte[...]

74 should not be same with e ach other . Enable 802.1x IEEE 802.1x is an authentication pr otocol. Every Authentication (9): user m ust use a valid account to login t o this wir eless r ou ter befor e accessing the wir eless LAN. The authentication is pr ocessed by a RADIUS server . This mode only authe nticates user by IEE E 802.1x, but it does no[...]

75 After you finish W EP setting, please click ‘Apply’ button (10) and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds [...]

76 and a-f). Pr e-shar ed Pl ease input the WP A passphra se her e. Key (4): It’ s not r eco mm ende d to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security r eason. After you finish W P A Pre-shared key setting, please click ‘Appl y’ button (5) and the following message will be display ed on your web browser: Please click ‘Contin[...]

77 Here are description s of every setup items: WP A Uni cast Please select a type of WP A cipher suite. Cipher Suite (2): A vailable options ar e: W P A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), and W P A 2 Mixed. Y ou can s elect one of th em, but you have to make su r e your wir e less client sup port the cipher you selecte d. RADIUS Server Please input the IP addr [...]

78 2-7-4 W ir eless Access Contr ol This function will hel p you to prevent una uthorized users fr om connecting to your wirele ss router; only those wireless devices w ho have the MAC address y ou assigned here can ga in access to your wire less router . Y ou can use this function with other security m easures described in previous section, t o cr[...]

79 MAC addr esses. Enable W ir eless T o enfor ce MAC addr ess filtering, Access Contr ol (5): you have to chec k ‘Enable W ir e less Access Cont r ol ’. When this item is unc hecked, wir eless r outer will not enfor ce MAC addr ess filtering of wi r e less clients. MAC Addr ess (6): Input the MAC addr ess of your wi r eless devices her e, dash[...]

80 Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all se ttings in this page back to previously -saved value, please click ‘ Cancel?[...]

81 2-7-5 W i-Fi Protected Setup (W PS) W i -Fi Protected Setup (W PS) is the simplest way to build connection between wireless net work clients and th is wireless router . Y ou don’t have to select encry ption mode and input a lon g encryption passphr ase every time when y ou need to setup a wireles s client, you only have to press a button on wi[...]

82 Here are description s of every setup items: Enable WP S (1): Check this box to en able W PS function, u ncheck it to disable WPS. W i-Fi Pr otected WPS-r elated system information will be di splayed Setup Information her e: (2): WPS S tatus: If the wir eless security (encryption) function of this wir eless r outer is pr operly set, you’ll see[...]

83 Authentication Mode: The wir eless secu rity authentication mode of this wir eless r outer will be displayed her e. If you don’ t enable security function of the wir eless r outer befor e WP S is activated, the r outer will auto set the security to WP A (AES) and generate a set of pass phrase key for W PS connection. Passphrase Key: The wi r e[...]

84 2-7-6 Security T ips f or Wir eless Network Here are som e quick tips to help you im prove the securi ty level of your wireless network: 1. Never use simple words (like school, apple an d computer) as W EP encryption or W P A passphrase. 2. A co mplicated (the c ombination of num ber , alphabet, even symbol, and long enough) WE P key and W P A p[...]

85 Chapter III Advance d Functions 3-1 Quality of Serv ice (QoS) Quality of service provide s an ef ficient way for computers on the network to share the i nternet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. W i thout QoS, all computers a nd devices on the networ k will com pete with each other to get internet bandwidth, a nd some applic[...]

86 Here are description s of every setting: Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable QoS func tion, unselect this box if you don’ t want to enfor ce QoS bandwidth limitations. T otal Download Y ou can set the limi t of total down load Bandwidth (2): bandwidth in kbits. T o disable downl oad bandwidt h limitation, input ‘0’ her e. T otal Uploa[...]

87 Move Up (9): Y o u can pull up the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clickin g this button. Move Down (10): Y ou ca n lower the priority o f the QoS rule you selected by clickin g this button. Reset (1 1): If you want to erase all values you jus t enter ed. Click ‘Reset’. After you finish with all settings, please cli ck ‘Apply’ ([...]

88 Here are description s of every setup items: Rule Name (a): Please give a name to this QoS rule (up t o 15 alphanumerical ch aracters) Bandwidth (b): Set the bandwidth lim itation of this Qo S rule. Y ou have to select the d ata dir ection of this rule (Uplo ad of Download), and th e speed of bandwidt h limitation in Kbps, th en select the type [...]

89 Remote IP Specify the r emote (destination) IP addr ess Addr ess: (e): that will be af fecte d by this rule. Please in put the starting IP addr ess in the left fiel d, and input the end IP addr ess in the right fiel d to define a ran ge of IP addr esses, or just input the IP addr ess in t he left field to define a singl e IP addr ess. Remote Por[...]

90 3-2 Network Address T ra nslation (NA T) Network address tran slations solve the pr oblem if sharing a s ingle IP address to m ultiple computers. W it hout NA T , all computers m ust be assigned with a val id Internet IP address to get connected to Internet, but Internet service pro viders only provide very few IP addresses to every user . There[...]

91 Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while router is rebooting). 3-2-2 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a s ingle port or con secutive ports of Intern[...]

92 Here are description s of every setup items: Enable Port Check this box to en able port mappi ng, Forwar ding (1): a nd uncheck this b ox to disable port m apping. Private IP (2): Input the IP addr ess of the com puter on local network which pr ovides interne t service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu a nd all the computers connected to th[...]

93 Reset (12): Uns elect all mapp ings. After you finish with all settings, please cli ck ‘Apply’ (13 ) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take[...]

94 Here are description s of every setup items: Enable V irtual Check this box to enable virtu al server , Server (1): and uncheck this box to disable virtual serv er . Private IP (2): Input the IP add r ess of the computer whic h pr ovides Internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu a nd all the computers connected to the r outer will [...]

95 Reset (9): Remove all i nputted values. V irtual Server All existing virtual serve r mappings will be T able (10): displayed her e. Delete Please select a virtual server ma pping by clicking Selected (1 1): the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then c lick ‘Delete Selected’ button to r emove the mapping. If ther e’ s no existing mapping, th[...]

96 3-2-4 Port Mapping f or Special Ap plications Some applications require m ore than one c onnection a tim e; these applications won’ t work with s imple NA T rules. In order to make these applications work, y ou can use this function to let t hese applicat ions work. Here are description s of every setup items: Enable (1): Check this box to ena[...]

97 Popula A pplications This section lists the mor e popular applications that (7): re quir e multiple connect ions. Select an ap plication fr o m the Pop ular Applicatio ns selection and click ‘Add’ to save the setting to ‘Cur r ent T rigger-Po rt T able.’ Add (8): Add the setting to the ‘Cu rr ent T rigger-P ort T able.’ Reset (9): Cl[...]

98 Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while the router is rebooting). If you want to reset all se ttings in this page back to previously -saved value, please click ‘ Can[...]

99 There is only one option in this page, pleas e select ‘Enable’ or ‘Disable’ to enable or disable U PnP f unction, then click ‘Apply’ bu tton, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to r[...]

100 3-2-6 ALG Settings Application Lay er Gateway (A LG) is a special function of this router . It includes many preset routing rules for num erous applications w hich require special supp ort. W i th these supports, those a pplications w hich required special sup port will be able to w ork with NA T arch itecture. Please click ‘NA T’ menu on t[...]

101 Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to continue on other setup procedure s, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all se ttings in this page back to previously -saved value, please click ‘ Cancel[...]

102 3-3 Fire wall Excepting NA T , this router also provides firewall f unction to block malicious intruders fr om accessing your com puters on local ne twork. These functions incl ude inbound attac k prevention, and block o utbound traff ics, like block U RLs which have pre- defined key words. Please follow the foll owing instructions to enable or[...]

103 settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while router is rebooting). 3-3-1 Access Control This function allows or denies com puters with specific MAC a ddress from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny computers with specific IP address, protocol, or por t. Please click ‘Firewa ll’ menu on the left of web[...]

104 Client PC Please input t he MAC addr ess of compute r MAC addr ess (2): or network dev ice her e, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) ar e not r equir ed. (i.e. If the MAC a ddr e ss label of you r wir eless device indicates ‘aa-bb-cc-d d-ee-f f ’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:f f ’, just input ‘aabbcc ddeef f ’ Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu a n[...]

105 MAC addr esses. Enable IP Check this box to ena ble IP addr ess based Filtering T able (1 1): filtering, and please select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior o f IP filtering table. If you select deny , all IP a ddr esses listed in filtering ta ble will be denied fr om connecting to the network; if you select allow , o nly IP addr[...]

106 settings will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 sec onds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all se ttings in this page back to previously -saved value, please click ‘ Cancel’ button. 3-3-1-1 Add PC After button is clic ked, the following m essage will be display ed on your web browser: a b c d e f[...]

107 Here are description s of every setup items: Client PC Please input a ny text to de scribe this IP Description (a): addr ess, up to 16 a lphanumerical charact ers. Client PC IP Please input the starting IP addr ess in the left addr ess (b): field, and inp ut the end IP addr ess in the right fie ld to define a range of I P addr esses, or just in[...]

108 3-3-2 URL Blocking If you want to preve nt computers in l ocal network from accessing certain website (like pornogr aphy , violence, or any thing you want to block), y ou can use this functio n to stop computers in loca l network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is usef ul for parents and com pany managers. Please follow [...]

109 Add (3): Click ‘Add’ button to add the URL / keyw or d to the URL / Keywor d filtering table. Reset (4): Click ‘Reset’ to r emo ve the value you inputted in URL/Keywor d field. Curr ent URL Al l existing URL/Keywo r ds in filtering Blocking T able (5): table will be listed her e. Delete Selected (6): If you want to delete a s pecific UR[...]

1 10 3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention Denial of Service (DoS) is a c omm on attack measure, by transm it ting a great amount of data or request to y our Internet IP address and server , the Internet connection w ill become very slow , and server may stop responding because it is not capable to ha ndle too m uch traff ics. This router has a built-in DoS [...]

1 1 1 data packet, to make yo ur internet connection become very slow , ev en unusable. Check t his box and the r outer will ignor e all inbound PING r equest, but when you activ ate this function, you wil l not be able to ping your own r outer fr om internet, too. Port Scan (3): Some malicious int ruder will try to use a ‘por t scanner ’ to kn[...]

1 12 If you want to reset all se ttings in this page back to previously -saved value, please click ‘ Cancel’ button. 3-3-3-1 DoS - Advanced Settings When you click ‘Advance d’ button in DoS menu, the follow ing message will be displayed on your web browser: Here are description s of every setup items: Ping of Death (a): Set the thr eshold o[...]

1 13 want to pr event. Sync Flood (d): Like Ping of Death, y ou can set the thr eshold of when this DoS pr evention mech anism will be activated. After you finish with all settings, please cli ck ‘Apply’ (e) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continu e’ to back to prev ious setup m enu; to [...]

1 14 Here are description s of every setup items: Enable DMZ (1): Check this box to en able DMZ function, uncheck this box to disable DM Z function. Public IP Y ou can select ‘Dynam ic IP’ or ‘S tatic IP’ her e. addr ess (2): If you select ‘Dy namic IP’, you have t o select an Internet connectio n session fr om dr opdown menu; if you se[...]

1 15 Curr ent All existing p ublic IP addr ess and private IP DMZ table (7): addr ess m apping will be d isplayed her e. Delete If you want to delete a specific DMZ en try , check Selected (8): the ‘select’ box of the DMZ entry you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Se lected’ button. (Y ou can select mor e than one DMZ entries). Delete All[...]

1 16 3-4 System S t atus The functions describ ed here will provide you with sy stem related information. T o enter system status menu, please either click ‘ St atus’ link located at the upper -right corner of web mana gement interface, or cl ick ‘S tatus’ button i n main menu. 3-4-1 System information and firm ware version Y ou can use thi[...]

1 17 3-4-2 Internet Conne ction S tatus Y ou can use this function t o know the statu s of current Internet connection. Please click ‘Internet Connection’ m enu on the left of we b managem ent interface, and the fo llowing message will be displayed on y our web browser: This inform ation will vary depending on the connecti on status. 3-4-3 Devi[...]

1 18 This inform ation will vary depending on the device statu s. 3-4-4 System Log All important sy stem events are logge d. Y ou can use this function to check the event log of y our router . Please click ‘Sy stem Log’ m enu on the left of web managem ent interface, and the following m essage will be displayed o n your web browser: 1 2 3[...]

1 19 The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every buttons: Save (1): Save curr ent event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all even t logs displayed her e. Refr esh (3): Refr esh the event lo g display . 3-4-5 Security Log All information abou t network and sy stem security is kept here, and you can use t[...]

120 3-4-5 Active DHCP client list If you’re using the DH CP server function of this router , you can use this function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this router . Please click ‘Active DHCP client’ m enu on the left of web m anagement interface, and the fo llowing message will be displayed on y our web browser: All information abou[...]

121 3-5 Configuration Ba ckup and Restore Y ou can backup all confi gurations of this r outer to a file, so y ou can make several copied of rout er configuration for security reason. T o backup or restore router c onfiguration, please fo llow the followi ng instructions: Please click ‘T ool’ located at the upper- right corner of web managem ent[...]

122 3-6 Firmware U pgrade The system software used by this router is called as ‘firm ware’, just like any applications on y our computer , when you replace the old applicatio n with a new one; y our computer will be eq uipped with new funct ion. Y ou can also use this firmw are upgrade functio n to add new functio ns to your router , even fix t[...]

123 Click ‘Browse’ bu tton first, y ou’ll be prom pted to provide the filenam e of firmware upgrade fi le. Please download the latest firm ware file from our website, and use it to upgrade your router . After a firm ware upgrade file is selecte d, click ‘Apply’ but ton, and the router will start firm ware upgrade pr ocedure autom atically[...]

124 Please click ‘Apply’ to reset your router , and it will be avai lable again after few minutes, p lease be patient.[...]

125 Chapter IV : Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specifi cation SoC: Ralink RT3052 Flash: 4MB SDRAM: 16MB W AN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 LAN Ports: 10/100M UT P Port x 4 Antenna: 3dBi Dipole Antenna x 2 (2T2R S patial Multiplexing MIMO configuration; 2 antennas a re for signal transmitting and 2 antennas are f or signal receiving) Power: 12VDC, 1A Switching[...]

126 4-2 T roublesho oting If you found the rout er is working im properly or stop responding t o you, don’ t panic! Before y ou contact your deale r of purchase for hel p, please read this troubleshoot ing first. Som e problems can be solved by you within very short time! Scenario Solution Router is not responding to m e when I want to acce ss it[...]

127 with your computer direc tly attached to the device provided by your Internet service provider . d. Check PPPoE / L2TP / PPTP user ID and password again. e. Call your Internet service provide and che ck if there’ s something wrong with their service. f. I f you just can’ t conn ect to one or m ore website, but you can still use other intern[...]

128 management interfac e: password is wrong IP address of the router! b. Password is case-s ensitive. Make sure t he ‘Caps Lock’ light is not illuminated. c. If you really forge t the password, do a hard reset. Router becom e hot a. Th is is not a m alfunction, if you can keep your hand on the router ’ s cas e. b. If you sm ell something wro[...]

129 4-3 Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router I P device needs to configure a default gateway’ s IP add ress. When the device sends out an IP p acket, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to its default gateway , which will then send it out towards the destination. DHCP: Dynamic Host Confi[...]

130 A network mask is also a 32-bit binary pattern, and consists of consecutive leading 1’ s followed by consecutive trailing 0’ s, such as 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.1 1 1 11 1 11.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.00000000. Therefore sometimes a network mask can also be described simply as “x” number of leading 1’ s. When both are represented side b y side in their [...]

131 Application Protocol Port Number T elnet TCP 23 FTP TCP 21 SMTP TCP 25 POP3 TCP 1 10 H.323 TC P 1720 SNMP UCP 161 SNMP T rap UDP 162 HTTP TCP 80 PPTP TCP 1723 PC Anywhere TCP 5631 PC Anywhere UDP 5632 PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. Point-to-Point Protocol is a secure data transmission method originally created for dial-up connect[...]

132 performs proper error detection and error recovery , and thus is reliable. UDP on the other hand is not reliable. They both run on top of the I P (Internet Protocol), a network layer protocol. W AN: W ide Ar ea Network. A network that connects comput ers located in geographically separate areas (e.g. dif ferent buildings, cities, countries). Th[...]