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WL -340/341 /342 Wirel ess Br oadb and router (802.1 1bg n draft 2. 0) User Manual Revision: 1[...]

2 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEATURES ............. ............... ............. ....... ............... ............... .... 4 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS.............. ............... ........ ............ ............... ......... 5 3 PRODUCT LAYOUT ............ ............... ............. ............ ............... ......... 6 4 NETWORK + SYSTEM RE [...]

3 Introduction Congratulatio ns on y our purchase of the WL-34 0/341/3 42 Wirel ess Network Broadband Router. T he WL- 340/341/3 42 i s compl iant wi th draft 802.1 1n v2. 0 and up to 6 ti mes faster tha n standard 80 2.11g based routers w hile stil l b eing compatib le w ith 80 2.11 g & 802. 11b g adgets. The WL-34 0/341/34 2 is not only a Wir[...]

4 1 Key Features Features Advantages Incredib le Data Rat e up t o 300Mbps * Heavy data payload s such as MPEG vid eo streami ng IEEE 802 .11n draft 2. 0 Compli ant and backward com patibl e wit h 802.11 b/g Fully I nteroperabl e wit h IEEE 802.1 1b / IE EE802. 11g comp liant devices wi th legac y protectio n Four 10/100 M bp s Fast Switch Ports (A[...]

5 2 Package Contents Open the package carefu lly , and make sur e that none of the item s li sted belo w are missi ng. Do not d iscard the packin g materials, i n case of return; t he uni t must be sh ip ped back in its origi nal pa ckage. 1. WL-340/34 1/342 R outer 2. 220V~2 40V Power Adapter 3. Quick Instal l G ui de 4. CD (User’s Manual) 5. Wa[...]

6 3 Product Layout Port Description Po wer con nector Blinks o n traffic for spec ific LAN PORT WAN[Y ello w] Connect the cab le fr om you ADSL/C able modem to this port LAN[Grey] Connect the cab le fr om your PC’ s or network devices to thi s port[...]

7 Back label The back l abel descri bes the correspondi ng LED in dications and port functiona li ty . LED Description POWER Lights u p wh en powere d ON. Bl inks on TES T/RESET WLAN Lights u p i n Blue w hen WLAN is enabled. B li nks o n traffic LINK/ACTIV Y Blinks o n traffic for spec ific LAN PORT WPS BUTT O N Press 2 seco nds for W PS mode Pres[...]

8 LED Definition From left to r ight. Port Description WPS ( Green ) Shows WPS a ctiv ity WAN ( Green ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnected. LAN ( Green ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnected. LAN ( Green ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnected. LAN ( Green ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnected. LAN ( Green ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnected. WiFi ( Green ) Shows WiF [...]

9 4 Net w ork + Syst em Requirements T o begin using the WL-340/341/342, make sure you meet the following as minimum requiremen ts: • PC/Noteboo k. • Operating Sy stem – Microsof t Windows XP/2000/ VIST A. • 1 Free Ethernet po rt. • WiFi card/USB do ngle (802.1 1 b/g/n) – op tional. • External xDSL (A DSL) or Cable modem w ith an Ethe[...]

10 6 Setup LAN, WA N WA N connect ion: LAN connection:[...]

1 1 7 PC Net w ork Adapter s etup ( Windows XP ) • Enter [Start Menu]  sele ct [Control panel]  sel ect [Network]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connectio n]) ico n=>sel ect [properti es][...]

12 • Select [I nternet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Cl ick [Prop erties]. • Select t he [Gen eral] tab. a. WL-340/3 41/342 supp orts [DHCP] functio n, p lease se lect b oth [Obtai n an IP address automati call y] and [Obtai n DNS server ad dress automatical ly].[...]

13 8 Bringing up t he WL-340/341/342 Connect the s uppl ied power-adapter to t he pow er inl et port and c onnec t it to a wall outl et. The WL- 340/341/ 342 automatica lly enters the s elf-test phase. During sel f-test phase, the Power LED wi ll be l it continu ously to indi cate that this pro duct i s i n normal o peration. 9 Initial Setup WL-340[...]

14 3. Type user name a nd pa ssword (defau lt is admin/admi n). 4. Click OK . 5. You wi ll see the home pag e of the WL- 340/34 1/342. The System status secti on all ows you to monitor the current status o f your router.[...]

15 The UP tim e, hardware inf ormation, seria l numb er as wel l as f irmware version i nformati on is displ ayed here. DHCP Serv er The DHCP server tab gi ves you the opportunit y to chang e the IP sett ings of the WL-340/34 1/342. IP address 192. 168. 0.1. It is t he router’s LAN IP a ddress (Your LAN client s default gateway IP a ddress). IP S[...]

16 your LAN cl ient’s IP address when thi s tim e threshol d perio d is reached. Start IP/End IP You c an sel ect a particu lar IP address range for your DHCP server to iss ue IP ad dresses to yo ur LAN Cli ents. Note : default IP range 192.168.0.1 00  192.168.0.199. If yo u want your PC(s) to have a s tatic/fixed IP address, then you’ll [...]

17 Internet Status This page di splays whether the WAN port is connected to a Cable/DS L connecti on. It al so displ ays the router’s WAN IP address, Subnet Ma sk, and ISP Gateway as wel l as MAC address, the Primary D NS. Press Renew button to renew your WAN I P address.[...]

18 DHCP Client Status This page show s all DHCP cl ients (LAN PCs) c urrently con nected to your network. The table shows the a ssig ned IP address , MAC ad dress and e xpirati on time for ea ch DHCP l eased cl ient. Use the Refresh b utton to u pdate the availabl e i nformation.[...]

19 WL-340 /341/3 42 Log View t he op eration l og of th e WL-34 0/341/342 . This page show s the c urrent system log of th e Broadband ro uter. It d isplays any event occ urred after system start up. At the bottom of t he page, t he system l og can b e saved <Save> to a l ocal f ile for further processi ng, the sy stem log can be c leared <[...]

20 10 Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to c onfig ure the router. The Setu p wizard wi ll now be d ispl ayed; check that the m odem is con nected an d cli ck Next. Select y our cou ntry from the Country l ist. Sele ct your i nternet provid er. Cli ck Next.[...]

21 Dependi ng on the ch osen provi der, you may need to e nter your user n ame and password, MA C address or hostname i n the fo llow ing w ind ow. Aft er you have entered the c orrect i nformation, cli ck Next . Click AP PLY to com plete t he confi guratio n.[...]

22 11 Wireless Set tings You can set parameters that are used for the w ireles s stations to conne ct to this rout er. The parameters incl ude Mod e, ESSI D, Channel Number and Associate d Cli ent. Wireles s Fun ction Enable or Disa ble W irele ss functi on here. Cli ck Apply and wait f or mod ule to be ready & l oade d.[...]

23 Basic Settings Band Allo ws you t o set the AP fi xed at 80 2.11b or 802. 11g mode. You c an also select B+G mode to allo w 802. 11b an d 802.1 1g c lie nts at the same t ime. ESSID This is the name of t he wi reless s ignal wh ich is broadcasted. All the devices in t he same w ireless LAN shou ld have t he same E SSID . Channel The channel used[...]

24 A dvanced Settings This tab a ll ows you to set the ad vanced wire less o ptions. The options incl uded are Authenticat ion Type, Fragment T hreshold, RTS Thresh old, Beac on Interval, and Preamble Type. Y ou shou ld not change thes e parameters unl ess you kn ow what effect the cha nges wi ll have on the router. Fragment Threshold "Fragmen[...]

25 Broadcast ESSID If you enabl ed “Broadcast ES SID”, every w ireles s station located w ith in the c overage of t his acces s point can di scover thi s access point easily. If you are bu ildi ng a public wi reless network, enab lin g this feature is recommended. Disa bli ng “Broadcast ESSI D” can provide better securi ty. 802.11g protecti[...]

26 Security This Acc ess Po int provi des comp lete w ireless LAN security f unctions, incl uded are WEP, IEEE 802. 11x, IE EE 80 2.11x w ith WEP, WPA with pre-shared key an d WPA wit h RADIUS . Wit h thes e security f unction s, you can prevent yo ur wirel ess LAN from i ll egal acc ess. Pl ease make sure yo ur wirel ess stati ons use t he same se[...]

27 WEP When you s ele ct 64-b it or 128- bit WE P key, you have to enter W EP keys to encrypt data. Yo u can generate the key by yourself and e nter it. You can enter four WE P keys an d select one of them as a defa ult key. Then the router can receiv e any pack ets encrypted by one of the fo ur keys. Key Length You can se lect t he WEP key length [...]

28 WP A P re-shared Key Wi-Fi Protect ed A ccess (WPA) is an adva nced secur ity standard. Yo u can use a pre-shared key to a uthenticat e wire less stat ions and encrypt data d urin g communicati on. I t uses TKIP or CC MP (AES) to change the e ncryption key frequentl y. S o the encrypt ion key is not easy to be cracked by hackers. This is the bes[...]

29 WP A-Radius Wi-Fi Protect ed A ccess ( WPA ) is an a dvanced security standard. You can us e an external RA DIUS server to authent icate wir eless stations a nd provi de the session key to e ncrypt data duri ng commun ication . It uses TKIP or AE S to change the encrypti on key frequently. Press Apply button w hen yo u are done.[...]

30 A CL This w irele ss router su pports MAC A ddress Control, whi ch prevents unauthorized cl ients fro m accessing your wire less network. Enable wireless access c ontrol Enabl es the w ireless access control functi on Adding an address into t he list Enter the "MAC Address" of the wi reless station to be add ed and then cl ick "A [...]

31 WPS Wi-Fi Protect ed S etup (WPS) is the sim plest wa y to establ ish a c onnecti on between t he w ireless cli ents and t he wire less router. You do n’t have to select the encrypti on mo de and fi ll in a long encryptio n passphrase ev ery time w hen you try to setup a wi reless c onnecti on. You o nly ne ed to press a button on both wirel e[...]

32 WPS Current Status If the w irel ess securit y (encryptio n) functi on of th is wirel ess router is proper ly set, y ou’ll s ee a ‘Conf igured’ message here. Otherwise, y ou’l l see ‘U nConfi gured’. Self Pin Code This is t he WPS PIN code of the wir eless ro uter. You may n eed this i nformati on when connecti ng to ot her WPS-enabl[...]

33 12 Fire w all Setti ngs The Broadband rout er provid es extensiv e fi rewall protection by restrict ing connecti on parameters, thus l imiti ng the ri sk of hacker attacks, and defendi ng against a w i de array of common I nternet attacks. How ever, for ap plicat ions that require unrestricted a ccess to the Internet, you can co nfigure a specif[...]

34 DMZ If you have a cl ient PC that can not run an Inter net appl icatio n (e.g. Games) properly from beh ind the N AT firewal l, th en you can open up the f irewall restricti ons to unrestricted two- way Internet access by defi ni ng a DMZ Host. The DMZ f unct ion al lows y ou to re-direct all packets goi ng t o your WA N port IP address to a par[...]

35 Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband rout er's firewa ll ca n block common hacker attacks, incl udi ng Denial of S ervice, Ping of Death, Port Scan and S ync Floo d. If Inter net attacks occur the router ca n l og the e vents. SPI and Anti-Dos firew all protection bl ocks basic hacker attacks (DOS, Sync flo od, port scan) RIP defect Allows[...]

36 A ccess You can restri ct users fr om accessi ng certain Internet appl icati ons/servi ces (e.g. Int ernet web sites, email, FT P etc.), Acc ess Control allo ws users t o def ine the traffic t ype permitted in yo ur LAN. You can control w hich PC cl ient can have access to th ese servi ces. Deny If you sel ect “D eny” then a ll clie nts wil [...]

37 Remove PC If you want to remov e some PC fr om the "MAC Filteri ng Table ", select t he PC you want to remove i n the tab le and t hen cl ick "D elete Selecte d". If you want to rem ove all PCs from the table, j ust cl ick the " Delet e All" butto n. If you wa nt to cl ear the sel ection a nd re-sel ect again, just [...]

38 URL block You can bl ock acce ss to some W eb si tes from pa rticular PCs b y enterin g a ful l URL address or j ust ke ywords of t he Web s ite. Enable URL Blocki ng E nable/di sable UR L Block ing Add URL Keyword Fill i n “URL/Keyw ord” and t hen cl ick “Ad d”. You can enter the ful l U RL address or the keyw ord of the w eb sit e you [...]

39 13 Ad v anced Setti ngs Network Address Tra nslati on (NAT) al lows mu ltip le us ers at your l ocal s ite to access the I nternet throu gh a sin gle Pu blic I P Addres s or mult iple Pub lic IP Addresses. NAT prov ides Fir ewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexi bi lity to all ow you to map Pr ivate IP A ddresses to Publi c IP A [...]

40 Local IP This is t he LA N clie nt/host IP addre ss that the P ubli c Port number packet wil l be s ent to. Local Port This is t he p ort number (of t he above Pr ivate IP host) t hat the below Public Port number wil l be change d to wh en the pack et enters your LAN (to the LAN Server/C lient I P) Type Select the port n umber protocol type (TCP[...]

41 Special A ppl ications Some appl i cations re quire mult ipl e connect ions, such as Intern et games, video Conferencin g, I nternet tele phony and ot hers. In t his sect ion you can conf igure the router to s upport m ultip le con nections for these ty pes of ap plicat io ns. Trigger Port This is th e out go ing (Out bound) range of port numb e[...]

42 Popular applications This sectio n l ists t he more pop ular appl icatio ns that require mu lti ple connectio ns. Se lect an ap plicat ion from the Po pular Appl icati ons sel ection. Once you have sele cted an appl ic ation, select a locati on (1-10) in the Copy t o sel ection box and th en cl ick the Copy t o button. Thi s wil l automaticall y[...]

43 UPNP With UPnP, al l PCs i n you Intranet w il l di scover thi s router automatica ll y. So, you don’t have to con figure yo ur PC and it can easi ly access the Internet through thi s router. UPnP You can enab le or Disab le the U PnP feature h ere. After yo u enabl e the UPnP feature, a ll cli ent systems t hat support U PnP, li ke Wi ndows X[...]

44 QoS QoS can let you classif y Internet ap plicat ion traffi c by source/dest inatio n IP address and port numb er. You can ass ign priority for each type of appl icatio n and reserve ban dwi dth for it. The packets of ap plicat ion s with hi gher priority wil l al ways go f irst. L ower priorit y appl icati ons wi ll get bandw idth after hi gher[...]

45 Routing These scree ns def ine routi ng rel ated parameters, incl uding static rout es and RIP (Routi ng Inf ormation Protoco l) parameters. Routing Table Flags ind icates th e route status: C = Dire ct connect ion o n the same su bnet. S = Stati c route. R = RI P (Routi ng Information Protocol) ass igne d route. I = ICMP (Internet C ontrol Mess[...]

46 SNMP Use the SN MP conf iguration screen to disp lay and mo dify parameters for the Simp le N etwork Management Protoc ol (SNMP). SNMP operation mo de to sel ect the SNMP m odes for th is device. Community A computer attached to the netw ork, cal led a Netw ork Management Stati on (NM S), can be used to ac cess thi s i nformation. Ac cess rights[...]

47 14 TOOLBOX Settin gs Password change opt ions You can chang e the password requ ired to log i nto the broad band router's system web- based manag ement. By defa ult, th e password i s: admin . Passwords can c ontain 0 to 12 a lphanumer ic characters, and are case sens itive. Current Password Fil l i n the current password to allo w changi n[...]

48 T ime Zone The Time Z one allow s your router to ba se its t ime on the setti ngs conf igured here, whi ch w ill affect functi ons such a s Log entries and Firewal l sett ings. Set Time Zone Select t he time z one of th e country you are currently i n. The router wil l set its t ime based on yo ur selecti on. Time Server Address Yo u can set an [...]

49 Remote Managem ent The remote manageme nt functi on al lows y ou to des ignate a h ost in t he Internet the abil ity to confi gure the Broadband router fro m a remote sit e. Enter the desi gnated h ost IP Ad dress in th e Host IP A ddress f iel d. Host Address This i s the I P address of the hos t in the Internet that w il l have management/conf[...]

50 Firmware Upgrade This page al lows y ou to upgrade t he router’s fi rmware. Firmware Upgrade This to ol al lows y ou to upg rade the Broadband ro uter’s system firmware. To u pgrade the f irmware of y our Broadband router, you n eed to downl oad the firmware f ile t o your lo cal hard d isk, and enter that fi le name and path i n the a pprop[...]

51 Backup Settings The Backup scre en all ows yo u to save (Backup ) the router’s current confi guration settings . When y ou save the c onfi guration setti ng (Backup) y ou can re-load t he saved confi guration into the ro uter through th e Restore select ion. If extreme pr oblems o ccur you can use the Re store to Factory Defaults sel ection, t[...]

52 Reset You can reset th e router’s syst em shoul d any pro blem exi st. The re set funct ion essentia ll y re-boots your router’s system.[...]

53 DDNS DDNS al lows you to map t he static d omain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an acc ount, p assword and your static domain name from the DDNS service pro viders. This r outer supports DynDNS, TZO and ot her common DDNS service pro viders. Enable/Disable Enable/D isable the D DNS functi on of t his router Provider Select a DDN S se[...]