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Wirele ss Mobile Router User ’ s Manual Model WMR10 00B 990-1691 Copyright © 2003 American Power Conversio n. All rights reserved. APC is a registered trademark of American Power Conversion. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.[...]
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1 C OMPLIANCES Federal Communica tion Commission Interference St atement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generate[...]
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2 Industry Canada - Cla ss B This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled “Digital Appara- tus ,” ICES -003 of the D epartm ent of Com muni catio ns. Cet appareil numérique respecte les limites de bruits radioélectr[...]
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CONTENTS PAGE 1. ABOUT T HE WIRELESS MOBILE ROU TER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Package Conten ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Feature s and Be nefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 LED In dicator s . . . . . . . . . .[...]
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CONTENTS PAGE Broadban d Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Cable Mod em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Fixed-IP xDSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 PPPoE x DSL . . [...]
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CONTENTS PAGE Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Tools - Co nfigura tion Too ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Tools - F irmware Up grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Tools - Re set . . [...]
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FIGURE PAGE Figure 1. Wire less Mobile Router LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 2. Wire less Mobile Router Rear Pane l Connec tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Figure 3. Conne cting th e Wireless Mobile Ro uter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Figur e 4. W indows 95/98 /Me/NT Sel[...]
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FIGURE PAGE Figure 54. Ed it Schedu le Rule Se tup Scree n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Figure 55. Int rusion Detectio n Setu p Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Figure 56. DMZ Setup S creen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Figure 57.[...]
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1 A BOUT THE W IREL ESS M OBI LE R OUTE R Thank you fo r purc hasi ng APC ’s Wir eless Mobile Route r. Th is devi ce is a powe rful ye t simple commun ication device fo r conn ecting a local area network (L AN) to the inte rnet. Package Conten ts After unpa cking the Wirel ess Mobi le Rout er, check the conte nts of the box to ensur e tha t it co[...]
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About t he Wireless Mobile Rout er 2 Features and Benefits • Internet c onnectio n to DS L or cabl e modem via a 10/1 00 Mbps ether net p ort • IEEE 802 .11b com pliant – i nteroperab le with multip le vendo r’s equipm ent • Prov ides r oamin g wit hin 80 2.11b W LAN e nvir onmen t • Dynamic Host Co nfiguratio n Protocol (DHCP) for d yn[...]
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3 LED Indicators APC’s Wirel ess Mob ile Router i ncludes statu s Light Emitti ng Diod e (LED) in dicators, as define d in Figu re 1 and Table 1. Figure 1. Wireless Mob ile Router LEDs Ta b l e 1 . LED Indicators LED Status Description Wireless Link TX/ RX Flashing (Green) The device is transmitting or receiving data through wireless links. Ether[...]
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Inst alli ng the Wir eles s Route r 4 I NSTALLING THE W IRELES S R OU TER Before ins talli ng the APC ’s Wirele ss Mobi le Route r, ensu re the item s listed und er “ Package C ontents ” are ava ilable. If any it em is mis sing or damage d, contac t the plac e of pu rchase or a local AP C distri butor. Al so ensure t hat all the ne cessary ca[...]
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Hardware Descr iption 5 Note: If using the RELOAD bu tton loca ted at t he bottom, the Wi reless Mobile Adapter performs a power re set. If the button is held depr essed f or ov er 5 seco nds, a ll LEDs will illumi nate an d the factor y settin gs will be restore d. Ta b l e 2 . Wireless Mobil e Router Rear Panel Connecto rs Item Description Power [...]
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Inst alli ng the Wir eles s Route r 6 System Require ments • TCP/IP ne twork pro tocol ins talled o n each PC that need s to ac cess the inte rnet. • JAVA enab led web brows er such a s Microsof t Internet Ex plorer 5.0 or Netsca pe. • Input Pow er Require ments Mobile : USB power co rd (provide d). Note: Ideall y to be us ed wit h APC’ s T[...]
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Installat ion Procedur e 7 Installation Proc edure The Wirel ess Mob ile Rou ter can be posit ioned at a ny co nvenient locat ion in the ho me or o ffic e. No sp ecial wiring or coo ling r equi remen ts are need ed. How ever, APC rec ommends the follo wing gu idelines : • Keep the Wireles s Mobil e Router away fro m heat. • Do not place the Wir[...]
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Inst alli ng the Wir eles s Route r 8 2. Conne ct power to the W ireless Mobile Rou ter as follows: Mobile - c onnect o ne end of the USB pow er cabl e (provide d) to the Router power co nnect or. Connect the oth er end of th e USB cab le to the USB c onnecto r on the not ebook compute r being used, or t o the TravelPo wer ® Adapte r (if using APC[...]
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Configurin g Client TCP/IP 9 C ONFIGURING C LIENT TCP/IP If TCP/IP prot ocols hav e not prev iously been in stall ed on the clie nt PCs, refer to the fol lowing s ection. For in formation o n how to conf igure a TCP/ IP addres s on a PC, refer t o “ Sett ing U p TCP /IP ”. Installing TCP/IP Windows 95/98/Me/ NT 1. Click Start/Settings/Control P[...]
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Configuring Clien t TCP/IP 10 5. In the Sel ect Network Protocol sc reen (Figure 5) se lect Micros of t in the M anufactur ers list. Se lect TCP/IP in the Network Protocols list. Cli ck the OK button to retu rn to the Network screen . Figure 5. Windo ws 95/98/ Me/NT Se lect Network Protocol Screen 6. The TC P/IP protoc ol will be lis ted in th e Ne[...]
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Installing TCP/IP 11 4. Doubl e-click Proto col (refer to Figure 6). Figure 6. Windo ws 2000 Select Netw ork Com pon ent T ype S cree n 5. In the Sel ect Netwo rk Proto col screen (F igure 7 ), choo se Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) . C lick the OK button t o return to t he Net wor k screen. Figure 7. Windows 2 000 Select N etwork Pr otocol S creen 6. [...]
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12 Setting Up TCP/IP To acce ss the In ternet t hrough the Wireles s Mobil e Router , first configu re the n etwork s etting s of the c omputers on the LAN to use t he same IP subnet as the Wi reless Mob ile Rou ter. The default ne twork setting s for the Wi reless M obile R outer are: Gateway IP Address: 1 92.168.2.1 Subnet M ask: 255.255 .255.0 N[...]
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Setting Up TCP/IP 13 Configuring Your Computer in Windows 95 /98/Me The ins tructio ns here m ay not ex actly m atch your versi on of Wind ows, as thes e steps a nd sc reenshots were c reated u sing Win dows 98 . Window s 95 and Windows Millen nium E dition are very s imilar, b ut not identic al, to Windows 98. DHCP IP Configur ation 1. From the Wi[...]
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Configuring Clien t TCP/IP 14 4. Click the IP Address t ab (Fig ure 9) . 5. Click “ Obtain an IP add ress “. 6. Click on the Gateway t ab and verify t he Gateway field is blank. If there are IP addres ses liste d in th e Gatewa y secti on , high ligh t each one and click Remove until th e sect ion is em pty . Figure 9. Windows 9 5/98/Me TCP/IP [...]
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Setting Up TCP/IP 15 Obtain IP Settings from You r Wireless Mobile Route r Now that the co mputer has been confi gured to c onnec t to the R outer, it needs t o obtai n new netw ork setti ngs. By rel easing o ld IP setti ngs and renewing them with s ettings fr om the Wireless Mobile Ro uter, th is will also verif y that the computer has been config[...]
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Configuring Clien t TCP/IP 16 Configuring Your Computer in Windows NT 4.0 DHCP IP Configur ation 1. From the Window s desk top c lick Start/Settings /Control Panel (Fig ure 12 ). 2. Doubl e-click the Netw ork i con . Figure 12. Wi ndows NT 4.0 Control Panel Screen[...]
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Setting Up TCP/IP 17 3. Click o n the Protocols t ab (Fig ure 13 ). 4. Doubl e-click TCP/IP Protocol icon . 5. Click o n the IP Address t ab. 6. In the Ada pter drop-down l ist , be sure your Eth ernet adapter i s selec ted. 7. Click on “ Obta in an IP address from a DHCP server ”. Figure 13. Windo ws NT 4. 0 Net- work Screen 8. Click OK to clo[...]
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Configuring Clien t TCP/IP 18 Obtain IP Settings From Yo ur Wireless M obile Router Now tha t you h ave conf igured your c omputer to conne ct to t he Wireles s Mobile Router, i t need s to obtai n new ne twork setti ngs. By rel easin g old IP settin gs and ren ewing th em with s ettings fro m the Wire less Mo bile Router, this will also veri fy th[...]
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Setting Up TCP/IP 19 3. Ty p e IPCONFIG /RENEW and press th e <ENTER> k ey . The updated Com mand P rompt s creen ( Figur e 15) will be dis playe d. V erify that your I P Address is now 192.16 8.2.xxx , your Su bnet Mas k is 255.255.255.0 and yo ur Default Gat eway is 19 2.168.2 .1 . Th ese values confir m that the Wirele ss Mobi le Route r i[...]
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Configuring Clien t TCP/IP 20 Configuring Your Computer in Windows 20 00 DHCP IP Configur ation 1. Acce ss Netw ork settings by cl icki ng Sta rt / Settings / Control Pane l . 2. Doubl e-click the Network and Dial-u p Connecti ons icon . 3. Doubl e-click the Local Area Connection i con for the ether net adapte r conne cted t o the Wirel ess Mob ile[...]
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Setting Up TCP/IP 21 Configuring Your Computer in Windows XP DHCP IP Configur ation The foll owing in struct ions ass ume you are running Windows XP with th e default interfac e. If usin g the Cl assic i nterface (w here the icons an d menus look like pre vio us Win dows ver sion s), pl ease f ollow the instruc tions for Windows 2000. 1. Acce ss Ne[...]
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Configuring Clien t TCP/IP 22 Configuring a Macintosh Computer DHCP IP Configur ation The instru ction s here may no t exact ly match th e operati ng system bei ng used as these s teps a nd screen shots w ere create d usin g Mac OS 10.2. Mac OS 7.x and a bove are s imilar, but ma y not be i dentic al to Mac OS 10.2 . Follow these instruct ions: 1. [...]
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Setting Up TCP/IP 23 3. If Using DHCP Server is alre ady sel ected in the Configure field, the comput er is alrea dy configured for DHCP . If not, sel ect this option . Figure 20. Apple Network Scr een 4. The new setting s are s hown on the TCP/IP t ab . V erify the IP Address is 19 2.168.2 .xxx , the Su bnet Ma sk is 255.255.2 55.0 an d the Defaul[...]
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Configuring Clien t TCP/IP 24 Manual IP Configuration (for all Windows OS) The ins tructio ns here ma y not e xactly m atch you r versi on of Wi ndows a s these s teps a nd screen shots were cr eated in Wi ndows 98. The setup steps o f Manua l IP Config uratio n in Win dows 95, Windows Me , Windo ws NT, and Window s 2000, a re simila r, but n ot id[...]
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Setting Up TCP/IP 25 2. Select th e Gateway tab (Figur e 22), add the IP address o f the Wi reless Mobile Router (d efault: 192. 168.2 .1 ) in the New Gateway field; click Add . Figure 22. TCP/IP Properties Gatewa y Scre en 3. Select the DNS Configuration t ab (Figure 23), enter the IP address fo r the Wirel ess Mobile Router; click Add . This auto[...]
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Configuring Clien t TCP/IP 26 Verifying Your TCP/ IP Connection After ins tallin g the TCP/I P commun ication p rotoco ls and c onfigur ing an IP addres s in the s ame netw ork as t he Wire less Mo bile Router, use th e Ping com mand to e nsure t he compu ter has succes sfull y connec ted to the Wirel ess Mobile Router, as follows : 1. In an MS-D O[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mob ile Router 27 C ONFIGURING THE W IR ELES S M OBILE R OUT ER The Wirel ess Mob ile Rou ter can be confi gured by a ny Java -suppo rted browse r, includ ing Int ernet Explo rer 5.0 o r above. U sing th e web manage ment i nterface, y ou can c onfigu re the W ireless Mobile R outer and vie w statis tics to monito r networ[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 28 Disable Proxy Connec tion Verify th at the HTT P Proxy feature of t he web b rowser is disabl ed. This is so t hat the bro wser will be abl e to view t he Wire less Mo bile Router configu ration pages. Th e follo wing steps are fo r Internet Ex plorer: Internet Explorer (5 or above) 1. Open Intern et Explo[...]
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29 Navigating the Web Browser Interface The Wirel ess Mob ile Rou ter’s manage ment i nterface f eatures a Setup Wiz ard and an Advan ced Set up section. Use t he Setup Wizard to quickl y se t up the Wirele ss Mob ile Ro uter fo r use w ith a c able mod em o r DSL mo dem. Adva nced setup supports more a dvanced functi ons suc h as: hac ker attack[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 30 To acce ss th e Wireles s Mobile Router’ s managem ent interface, enter the Wirele ss Mo bile Route r IP address in your w eb br owser ( http :// 192. 168.2 .1) , click LOGIN and the Login screen (Figur e 24) w ill be displ ayed. Figure 24. Login Scre en By defau lt, there is no pa ssword. APC highly rec[...]
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Setup Wiz ard 31 Setup Wizar d Time Zone Click o n the Setup W izard button (Figure 25 ). The scr een pro mpts you to choo se yo ur Time Zone (F igure 2 6). For acc urate timi ng of c lient filt ering a nd log events, you ne ed to set the time zo ne. Sel ect your ti me zone from the drop -down li st, and c lick Next . Figure 26. Select Time Zone Sc[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 32 Broadband Type Select th e type of broadb an d conn ecti on that yo u have from you r sevic e provide r (Figure 27). For a ca ble mo dem conn ection s ee the following page. F or a Fixed-IP xDSL conne ctio n see “ Fixed-IP x DSL ”, for a PPPoE xDSL connection , see “ PPPoE xDSL ”, for a PPTP connec[...]
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Setup Wiz ard 33 Cable Modem Your ISP may have gi ven yo u a hos t nam e . If so , enter it in to the field shown in Figure 28. Click Finish to complete the se tup. The Status p age will open to allo w you to v iew the connect ion st atus, a s well as other i nformation . See “ Status ” fo r details . Figure 28. Cable Modem Setup Screen Fixed-I[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 34 PPPoE xDSL Enter the P PPoE User Name and Password a ssigned by your s ervice provi der i n the s creen show n in Fi gure 30. The Service Name is normall y optiona l, but may b e required by some servi ce provid ers. Leave t he Maximu m Transmiss ion Unit (MTU) at the defa ult value (1454) un less yo u hav[...]
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Setup Wiz ard 35 PPTP (Point-to-P oint Tunneling Protocol) Point- to-Point Tun nelin g Protocol is a c ommon con nectio n method used for xDS L connec tions in E urope. I t can b e used to join d ifferent ph ysical networks using the Internet a s an interm ediary. If yo u have be en provid ed with the inf ormation re quest ed on t he screen (Figur [...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 36 Big Pond If yo u use the BigPond Internet Service , avai lable in Austral ia, enter th e user name, pas sword and service name for BigPond authentication . Click Finish to complete the setup (Figure 32). Figure 32. Big Pond Setup Screen[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 37 Advanced Setup Use th e web mana gemen t interf ace to de fine sys tem param eters, manage and co ntrol the Wi reless Mo bile Ro uter and its ports, o r moni tor network conditi ons. The T able 3 outlines the sele ctions availa ble from this pro gram. Table 3. Advanced Setup Fe atures Menu Descript ion System S ets the local time[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 38 Syste m Time Zone Set the tim e zone and time server for the W ireless Mob ile Rou ter (Figur e 33). This informati on is us ed for l og entries and cli ent ac cess control. Check Enable Automatic Tim e Server Maintena nce to automa tically maintai n the Wireless Mobil e Route r’s sy stem tim e by sy nch[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 39 Password Se ttings Use th is menu (Figure 34) to rest rict ac cess ba sed on a passwo rd. By default, there is no passw ord. F or security y ou should assi gn one befo re exposi ng the Wireless Mobi le Route r to the internet. Passw ords can contain fr om 3–1 2 alphanu meric characte rs and are not case se nsitive . Note: If yo[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 40 Enter a maxi mum Idle Time Out (i n minutes) to defin e a maximu m period o f time for whic h the logi n sessi on is maintain ed duri ng inacti vity. If the co nnect ion is in active fo r longe r than the m aximum idle tim e, it wi ll perfor m syste m logout, and yo u have to login to the w eb manag ement [...]
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Advanc ed Setup 41 WAN Specify the WAN conne ction type pro vided by your Inte rnet Servic e Provider, then click More Configuratio n to enter det ailed configu ration parameters for the s elect ed conne ction type. Dynamic IP When s etti ng up a D ynami c IP add ress ( Figu re 36), the Host Name is opti onal, but ma y be requ ired by some ISPs. T [...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 42 If you a re unsu re of whi ch PC was original ly se t up by the broadban d technic ian, cal l your ISP a nd requ est they re gister a new MAC address for your accou nt. Register the default MAC addres s of the Wi reless Mobile Router. Point-to-Point Over Etherne t (PPPoE) Enter the P PPoE User Name and Pas[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 43 Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol ( PPTP) Point- to-Point Tun neling Prot ocol (P PTP) can be u sed to jo in diff erent physic al net works usin g the Int ernet as an interme diary. Usi ng the abov e screen allows cl ient PCs to est ablish a normal PPTP session and provide s hassl e-free conf igurati on of the PPT P clien t on ea[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 44 Static IP If your In ternet S ervice Prov ider has assigne d a fix ed IP addre ss, enter the assi gned add ress and subnet m ask for the Wireless Mobile Router, the n enter the gateway a ddress o f your ISP (Fi gure 39). You may need a fix ed address i f you want t o provide Interne t services, such a s a [...]
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Advanc ed Setup 45 BigPond BigPond i s a serv ice prov ider in Australia that us es a “he artbeat” s ystem to maint ain the interne t conn ection. C onfigu re the built-in client with your user name, p assword and service nam e to get on li ne (Figur e 40). You might h ave the Auth entication Service Name as “lo gin-server” fo r a univers a[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 46 Domain Name Server s (DNS) Domai n Name Serv ers map n umerical IP add resses to the equiv alent domain name (e.g., www.ap c.com). Your ISP should provide th e IP address of one or m ore doma in name s ervers. Enter th ose addresse s in this scre en (Fi gure 41 ). Figure 41. DNS Setup Screen[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 47 LAN • LAN IP – Use t he LAN menu (Figure 42) t o conf igur e the LAN IP address fo r the Wirele ss Mobi le Rout er and t o enable the DHCP serv er for dyna mic client a ddress al location . • Lease Ti me - Se t a period for the le ase time , i f required . For ho me networks , this may be set to Fore ver , which means there[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 48 Wireless To conf igure the Wir eless Mobile Ro uter as a wirel ess a ccess point for wirele ss clie nts (eithe r statio nary o r roaming), all y ou need to do is defi ne th e radio channel , the Service Set Identifier (SSID), and encryption op tions (Figu re 43 - Note : The figure s not numbe red on the fo[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 49 Transmiss ion Rate : Set th e data rate tr ansmitted from the Wirel ess Mobile Router. The lower the data r ate, the longer th e trans miss ion dist ance. (Default: F ully Automatic ) Basic Rate : The highe st rate specifie d is the ra te the Wire less Mo bile R outer will use when tran smitti ng broadcast/m ulticast and manag em[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 50 You may automati cally ge nerate encryptio n keys o r manuall y ente r the keys. For au tomatic 64-b it security (Figure 44), enter a pa ss phrase and click Generate . Four keys will be ge nerated . Choos e a ke y from the drop-down l ist or ac cept the defa ult key . Automa tic 128-bit sec urity generate [...]
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Advanc ed Setup 51 Figure 4 5. 128-Bit E ncryption Setup Scre en[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 52 Networ k Address Tr anslation (N AT) From this sect ion you can conf igure th e Address Mappi ng, Virtual Server, an d Spec ial Applic ation fea tures that provid e control over th e port openin gs in the Wireles s Mobile Ro uter’s firewa ll. This secti on can be used to su pport seve ral Int ernet base [...]
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Advanc ed Setup 53 Virtual S erver If you c onfigu re the W ireless Mob ile Rou ter as a v irtual ser ver, rem ote users a ccessi ng servic es such as web or FTP at yo ur loc al site v ia public IP addre sses ca n be autom atica lly redir ected to loca l servers configu red with privat e IP addres ses. In ot her words , dependi ng on t he requeste [...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 54 Special Applications Some applicat ions, su ch as internet gamin g, videoconf erencing, Internet tele phony a nd others , require multiple conn ections . These applic ations cannot work with Network Addr ess Translat ion (NAT ) enab led . If y ou nee d to run ap plication s that require mu ltiple conne cti[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 55 Examp le : Table 3. Configuring P orts for Special Ap plications For a full list of ports an d the serv ices tha t run on them, se e www.iana.org/assignments/port- numbers. ID Trigg er Port Trigg er Type Public Port Publi c Type Comment 1 6112 UDP 6112 UDP Battle.net 2 28800 TCP 2300-2400, 47624 TCP MSN Game Zone[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 56 Firewall The Wirel ess Mob ile Rou ter firewa ll ca n provide access control o f connec ted cl ient PCs, block c ommon h acker att acks , includi ng IP Spoofing , Land Attack, Pin g of Death, I P with ze ro leng th, Smurf Atta ck, UDP port loo pback, Sno rk Attack, TCP null sc an, and TCP SYN floodin g. Th[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 57 Note: Click on Add PC and define the a ppropri ate setting s for clien t PC servic es, as s hown in Fig ure 50. Figure 50. Access Control Setup Sc reen[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 58 MAC Filtering Table The MAC Filter ing feature of the Wireless Mobi le Route r allows you to control access to your network to up to 3 2 clients base d on the M AC (Media Ac cess Con trol) ad dress of th e client machine . This ID is uniqu e to each network adapte r. If the MAC address is lis ted in Figure[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 59 URL Blocking To confi gure th e URL Bloc king fea ture, us e informa tion pro vided in (Fig ure 52 ) to spe cify t he web si tes (www.somesite.com) and/or keywords you wa nt to filte r on yo ur network . Use the s creen to block access to we b site s or to web URLs co ntai ning th e keyw ord spec ifie d in the tabl e. To com plet[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 60 Schedule Rule The Sche dule Ru le feat ure allow s you to confi gure spec ific rules based on Time and Date . Thes e rules c an then b e used to confi gure mo re specif ic Access Control a nd enab les Schedule -based Internet access contr ol . 1. Click Add Schedule Rule . 2. Define the settings fo r the sc[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 61 Once t he sched ule rule i s set up, you wil l need to config ure or e dit an Access Control rule, and select th e Sched ule Rule th at you want to apply t o that Ac cess Con trol rule. Yo u can set the s chedule rule at the bottom o f the Ac cess Con trol Conf igurati on pag e in the “Sc heduling Rule” d rop-down option. Fig[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 62 Intrusion Detection APC’s Wirel ess Mobil e Router p rovides intrusi on detec tion (Figure 55) through t he firew all and email c onfigu rations, a s foll ows: Firewa ll Con figuratio n • SPI (Stateful Pa cket Inspec tion) and Anti-DoS fire wall protecti on (Default: Disable) – The Wirel ess Mob ile [...]
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Advanc ed Setup 63 E-Mail Alert Configura tion • When hack ers attem pt to ente r your networ k, we can a lert you by e-mail – En ter your E-m ail addres s. Speci fy your SM TP server, user nam e, and passw ord. DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) If you h ave a client PC that can not run an interne t appli cation pro perly from beh ind the firewall, y ou[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 64 DDNS (Dyn amic DNS) Se ttings Domai n Name is a seri es of alp hanum eric strin gs separ ated by periods that map s to the a ddress of a networ k con nection a nd ide ntifies th e owner o f the addre ss. Dynamic DNS (Fi gure 57) pr ovide s users o n the inte rnet with a method to tie their domain name to a[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 65 UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) S etting Enable U PnP by checki ng ON (s ee Figure 58). UP nP allows the devic e to autom atica lly: • dyn amical ly joi n a net work • obtain a n IP addres s • convey its capab ilitie s and learn about th e prese nce and ca pabili ties of ot her devi ces. ( Defau lt: OFF ) Figure 58. UPnP Set[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 66 Tools Use the T ools m enu (Figu re 59) to backup the current conf iguration , restore a previou sly saved c onfiguratio n, restor e factory settings, update firmw are , and re set the Wireles s Mobile Router. Tools - Configuration Tools Figure 59. Configuration To ols Setup Screen • Backup – saves the[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 67 Tools - Firmware Upgra de APC’s Wi reless Mo bile Rou ter has soft ware store d in its i nternal me mory. This sof tware is usual ly refer red to as Firmware . Use this screen (Figure 60) t o update the firmwar e or user interface to the latest ve rsions. Download the upgrade fi le from the APC web site (www. apc.com ) and save[...]
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Configur ing the Wireless Mobile Router 68 Tools - Reset APC’s Wirel ess Mob ile Rou ter provide s the abi lity t o reset all tools residen t in firmware. Fr om this scre e (Figure 61) , click Apply to reset the Wireles s Mobile Rou ter. The reset will be complete when the Power LED stop s bli nking. If yo u use the R eset butt on on th e front p[...]
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Advanc ed Setup 69 Stat us The Status screen (Figure 62) displ ays WAN/ LAN connec tion statu s, firmwa re, and hardw are versi on numb ers, illeg al attem pts to acces s your network, as well as information on DHCP clients connected to your network. The item s define d in Ta ble 4 are included on thi s screen : . Figure 62. Status Scree n[...]
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70 Table 4. S tatus Scre en Elements Sect ion De script ion INTERNET Displays WAN co nnection type and st atus. Wireless Mobile Router Displays system IP s etti ngs, as well as DHCP, Firewall, UP nP an d Wi re les s s tat us. INFORMATION Displays the number of attached clients, the f irmware versions, the phy sical MAC address f or each media inter[...]
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Troublesh ooting 71 T ROUBLESHOOTING The info rmatio n outlined in thi s secti on descri bes som e useful steps for getting your c omputer an d the Wirel ess Mob ile Router o nline. Bef ore contac ting Te chnical Support, ens ure you h ave a pplied the correct infor mation in all setu p screens presente d in th is manua l. Addi tionally , check for[...]
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Troublesho oting 72 Figure 63. Command Prompt Screen If yo u have an y other IP addre ss info rmation l isted, proceed a s foll ows: If yo u have an I P address th at starts with 169.254.XXX. XXX , see Section B . If you h ave an other IP add ress con figured , see Sectio n C . B. I am gettin g an IP Add ress that starts with 169. 254.XXX.XXX If yo[...]
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Troublesh ooting 73 C. I have an other IP Addre ss displaye d If you h ave an other IP add ress lis ted, the PC m ay not be confi gured for a DHCP connection . Please refer to “Conf iguring Client TCP/IP” for info rmat ion. Once you have confi rmed your computer is configured for DHCP, proceed as fol lows: 1. Open a DOS wi ndow (Figure 64 ). 2.[...]
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74 S PECIFICATIONS Item Specification Standa rds IEEE 802.3 10 BASE-T Et hernet IEEE 802.3u 1 00BASE-TX Fa st Ethernet IEEE 802.1 1b WAN Interface One RJ-45 10/100 Mbps port Managem ent Web management Advanced Features Dynamic IP Addr ess Configuration – DHC P , D NS Firewall – Client privileges, hacker prevention and logging Virtual Private Ne[...]
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Warran ty 75 W ARRANTY The st andard warranty is two (2) years f rom the date of purchase. APC ’s stan dard pro cedure is to replac e the o riginal u nit with a fact ory recondi tioned unit. APC will ship the rep lacemen t unit once th e defec tive unit has been received by the rep air depart ment, o r cross-s hip up on the receipt of a valid cre[...]
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Appendix: Compatibility with APC’s 76 A PPENDI X : C OMPATIBILITY WITH APC’ S T RAVEL P OWER C ASE AND T RAV EL P OW ER A DAPTER The WMR1 000B is easily integra ted with APC ’s Travel Power ® Case using ou r TravelPowe r Adapter deriv ing the input v oltage from a 120-v olt wall o utlet, 12-v olt autom obile cigarette lighte r, or 12 -volt p[...]