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    BENQ Corporation Wireless LAN Router AWL-700 User Manual Version 1.1 June 2002[...]

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    BENQ Corporation Notice I Copyright Statement This manual cannot be repro duced in any form or by any means or used to m ake any derivative such as translation, transformati on, or adaptation without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation. BenQ Corporation reserves the right to chan ge this manual an d the specifi cations to improve produ[...]

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    BENQ Corporation Notice II FCC Warning The AWL-700 compiles with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to th e following two conditions . (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including in terfer ence that may cause undesired operation. Note: The AWL-700 has been tested a[...]

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    BENQ Corporation Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction………………………….……1 1.1 Product Introducti on………………………………… …….……...1 1.2 Key Features…… ………………………………………….………1 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation……………………3 2.1 Product Kit…… ……?[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction The AWL700 Wireless LAN Ro uter can be used with wi reless networking client devices such as the BenQ AWL100 W ire less LAN PC Card and BenQ AW L300 Wirele ss LAN USB A dapter for w ireless ac cess to an office LAN, or sharing of an xDSL/cable modem. The AWL700 also inte grates a 4[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 2 1.2.2 Three way s to ac quire WAN’s IP address There are three ways to acquire A WL7 0 0 ’s WA N I P a d dr ess . The first one is to assign its WAN interface as a static valid IP address. Or, the users can acquire AWL700’ s WAN IP address by PPPoE and it does not require th e user s to install PPPoE client software in thei[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 3 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation This chapter will describe ho w t o s e t u p A W L 7 0 0 s te p b y st ep. After you have set up your AWL700 device, then yo u may need to configure your WAN setting to match the mode that you have applied from your ISP or NSP . 2-1 Product Kit Before installation, make sure th at you have the fo[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 4 2-3 Mechanical Description Front panel of the Wireless LAN Router The following table provides an overview of each LED activity: LED State Indication Power On (Gre en) When power on AWL700 , this LED shou ld always be green . Status On (Orange) When power on AWL700, AWL700 will do some initializati on jobs, then this LED will be [...]

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    BENQ Corporation 5 Back panel of the Wireless LAN Router: Back Panel Description Reset button Designed to reset th e AWL700 after a system failu re or crash. When pressed, the AWL700 will reset. PWR/DC jack Where pow er is input to AW L700 through t he power adapter supplied with it. Please do not plug other po wer adapters into this jack. WAN port[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 6 2.4 Connect AWL700 to yo ur ADSL / Cable Modem I. Turn o ff the po wer o f your ADSL / Cable Mode m II. Pick up the cross-over (s hort) RJ-45 Ca tegory-5 cable an d plug one end of this cable into yo ur ADSL / Cable’ s LAN po rt III. Plug the other en d o f this cable into AWL700’s WAN port 2.5 Connecting PC/No tebook to your[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 7 Chapter 3. Configuration This chapter illustrates the web-based AW L700 configuration in detail. The AWL700 Wire less LAN Route r has a struc ture d menu a n d a “Quick Installation Wizard” page to help users set up their ow n AWL700 quickly. This chapter describe s each of these menu sections. When the AWL700 b oot s up at t[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 8 3.1 Quick Installation Wizard 3.1.1 WAN Parameters AWL700 provides three ways to have an IP address i n its WA N inter face – Fi xed IP , DHCP Client , and PPPoE. The r e are three radio boxes in this configuration page and you can choose the one, whi ch is suitable for your access envi ronment. If you hav e applied for a dedic[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 9 Username – When you ap ply f or a PP PoE ser vice fr om your ISP, they will give you a set of username and passw ord for the purpo se of login. You can fill your username from your I SP in this i nput fie ld. Password – You can fill yo ur password from yo ur ISP in this input f ield. Password Confirm – Type yo ur passw ord [...]

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    BENQ Corporation 10 ESSID – The ESSID is a unique ID given to th e Access Point. Wireless clients associating to th e Access Point mus t have th e same ESSID. The ESSID can have up to 32 characters. Channel – You may select any of the available ch annels as an operational channel for your Acce ss Point. RTS Threshold – RTS Threshold is a mech[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 11 Select the TX Rates set among the follo wing op tions, (1 – 2 - 5.5 - 11 Mbps) or (1 - 2 Mbps). Preamble Type – Preamble is the first sub field of PPDU, which is the appropriate frame format for transmission to PHY (Physical layer). Th ere are two options, Short Preamble and Long Preamble. 3.1.5 Remote Control Parameters AWL[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 12 3.2.2 Status In AWL700, you can search system informatio n in “Status” page. AWL700 divides this page into two parts, one is for WAN i nformat ion , and the other is for LAN information. This information is quite us eful for users to see if system is in a right status. 3.2.3 Associated Table This is a list of all the statio [...]

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    BENQ Corporation 13 3.3.1 DNS Setup In “DNS Setup” page, user can input two DNS servers that AWL700 can use these two servers to complete its DNS relay function. Pl ease note that the DNS relay is a default setting in AWL700, however AW L700 will choose ISP’s DN S server to be the first choice to relay its DNS pack ets if user use PPPoE or DH[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 14 Default Gateway – Tell hosts where they can deliv er their packets if they do not know how to deal with those packets. In fact, it should be the AWL700 itself . Netmask – Tell hosts their ne tmask. Name Server 1, 2, 3 – A W L 7 0 0 w i l l o f f e r D N S s e r v e r to its hosts to help ho sts activate their DNS function.[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 15 NAT is a mechanism that can convert your pr ivate IP addresses into single public IP address. In AWL700, we do off er dynamic NAT, static NAT, and NAPT functions. Dynamic NAT means that you can assign a range of private IP addresses to map to a range of public IP addresses in the WAN in terf ace. When one public IP address is ma[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 16 Protocol – Which protocol type do es the server provide? Service Name – 10 characters to name this se rvice Port Number – The p ort, which is opened to others in the Intern et side. Server IP Address – The server’s private IP address in the LAN side Server Port Number – The port of which the in si de ser ver i s list[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 17 to any private IP address at conf igured range in th e first table. Base Address – The first IP address that you wish to be mapped to. Number of Address – Limits the range that co nfigur ed by users. If you have ten I P addresses to be mapped to private IP ad dresses, you can limit this range to 10. 3.3.3.3 Static NAT In AWL[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 18 3.3.4.2 Routing Tabl e In AWL700, you can add or delete route into or from Routing Table . If you woul d like to forward packets to a specific host, you can add a static route for that host. Network Address – Host or network tha t you woul d like to forward your packets Netmask Address – Networ k mask. Gateway Address – Ho[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 19 The 11Mbps Wir eless Access P oint allows y o u to create 4 data encr yption k eys to s e c u re yo u r d a t a fro m b e i n g e ave s d ro p p e d b y unauthorized wir eless user . T o activate and set the WEP k eys, do the following: From the WEP encryption it em, list three options: Disable – Allows wireless adapters to co[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 20 Then enter the 4 WEP ke ys in the K ey 1, K ey 2, K ey 3 and K ey 4 entr y filed. Select one WEP k ey as an activ e k ey bef or e enabling use of encr yption 3.3.6 Access Control The Access Control Table enab les you to restrict w irele ss statio ns accessing the Wireless Access Points by i dentifying th e MA C ad dr ess of the [...]

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    BENQ Corporation 21 Delete – to remo v e MA C address es one at a time 3.3.7 802.1x Se curity setup 802.1x is enterprise-class security mechan ism. It gives user higher security and protection by way of backen d radius server. Please refer ence IEEE 802.1x, RFC 2284, RFC 2138 and RFC 2866 f or details. Be sure to press “ Appl y ” bottom after[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 22  MAC Au thenticat e Parameter Wireless Interface – Enable RADIUS aut hentication th rough MAC address of Wireless LAN card. LAN Interface – Enable RADIUS authentication th rough MAC address of Ethernet LAN card.  EAP Authenticate Parameter Wireless Interface – Enable EAP-MD5 cert ification for wir eless interface. ?[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 23 authentication requests. Radius Secr et Key – For key string, specify the authentication and encryption key used between the Authenticator and the RADIUS daemon running on the RADIUS server. The key is a text stri ng that must match the encryption key used on t he RADIUS server. Radius NAS ID – The RADIUS Client authenticate[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 24 There are two default user account. On e is admin(password:admin) and the other is guest(password:guest) . And user could add mo re user account to differentiate their access right. Administrator t ype give highest rights includi ng reading web page, writing web page and adding user account. Power user type give rights including[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 25 3.5 Save Setting If you have already configur ed your AWL700 and wished to save your conf iguration, please select “Save Sett ing” page to save all your config urations. Please note that, after you have saved you configu r ations, AWL700 will prompt “Reboot System” page to notify you to reboot your system. It is necessar[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 26 3.7 Upda te Firmwa re AWL700 provides firmware upda te function by your web browser . If users would like to change their firmware vers ion, they can do this by choosing the newe r or older firmware file in their PC, th en push the “Upgrade” button to begin the updating process. This progress req uires one minute to comp let[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 27 3.8 Web Languag e Here, you can choose diffe rent web language. The second item in the following diagram is traditional Chinese an d the third is simpli fied Chinese.[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 28 3.9 Load Default Setti ng Every AWL700 will ha ve its default setting when it is shipped to users. This ca n prevent users from corrupting the co nfigurations and making AWL700 function abnor mally. If this situation ha s occurred, you ca n go to this page and try to load AW L700’s default setting. After you have loaded the de[...]

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    BENQ Corporation 29 Chapter 4 Appendix TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 98/Me/2000 1. Double click Start icon, and choose the settings , then click Control Panel . 2. Double click the Network icon. See the Configurat ion tab, and s elect the TCP/IP line that has been associat ed to your network card. 3. Click Properties button to set the TCP/IP pro[...]