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WL -340/WL -341 Wireless Broad band rou ter (802.11bgn draft 2.0)[...]
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2 User Manu al T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEATU RES ............................... ................... ................................ 4 2 PACKAGE CO NTENT S.................. ...................... ................................. 5 3 PRODUCT LAYOUT ........................... ...................... ........................... 6 4 NETWOR K + SYS[...]
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3 Introduction Congratul ations on y our purcha se of th e WL-340 /WL-341 Wirel ess Net work Broadband R outer. Th e WL-340 /WL-341 i s com pliant wi th draft 802.11 n v2.0 and up t o 6 times fa ster th an standa rd 802.11g based router s whil e still being compati ble with 802.11g & 802 .11b g adgets. T he WL-340/ WL-341 i s not only a Wireles[...]
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4 1 Key Features Features Advantage s Incredibl e Data Rat e up to 300Mbps* Heavy data pa yload s such as MPEG vid eo streami ng IEEE 802.11 n draft 2 .0 Compli ant and backwa rd compa tible wit h 802.11b/ g Full y Interoperabl e with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11 g compl iant devices wi th legacy p rotecti on Four 10/100 Mbps Fast Swi tch Ports (Auto-[...]
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5 2 Package Contents Open the p ackage car efull y , and make sure th at none of th e items l isted bel ow are mi ssing. Do not di scard t he packi ng materi als, in case of return; th e uni t must be sh ipped back in i ts origin al package. 1. WL-340/WL- 341 Rou ter 2. 220V~24 0V Power Ad apter 3. Quick Instal l Gui de 4. CD (User ’s Manual ) 5.[...]
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6 3 Product Layout Port Descript ion Po wer c onnector Blin ks on traffic for spec ific LAN PORT WAN[Y el low] Connect th e cable fr om you ADS L/Cabl e modem to thi s port LAN[Grey] Connect th e cable fr om your PC ’ s or network devices to th is port[...]
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7 Back label The back l abel desc ribes the correspond ing LED indica tions and port functi onality . LED Descript ion POWER Ligh ts up when powe red ON. Blin ks on TEST/R ESET WLAN Ligh ts up in Blu e when WLAN i s enab led. Bli nks on traffic LINK/ACT IVY Blin ks on traffic for spec ific LAN P ORT WPS BUTT ON Press 2 sec onds for W PS mode Press [...]
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8 4 Network + System Requirements T o begin using the W L-340/ WL-341, make sure you meet the follow ing as minimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – Microso ft W indows XP/2000 /VIST A. • 1 Free Ethernet port. • W iFi ca rd/USB dongle (802.1 1 b/g/n) – optional. • External xDSL (ADSL) or Cable mode m with an Ethernet [...]
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9 6 Setup LAN, WAN WAN connection: LAN connection:[...]
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10 7 PC Net w ork Adapter setup ( Windows XP ) • Enter [Sta rt Menu] select [Con trol p anel] select [Netw ork]. • Select [L ocal Area Con necti on]) i con=>select [ properties][...]
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1 1 • Select [ Internet Prot ocol (TCP/IP)] => Click [Pr operties]. • Select the [ General ] tab. a. WL-340/ WL-341 sup ports [ DHCP] fun ction, please select b oth [Obt ai n an IP address auto mati cally] and [Obtai n DNS server address autom aticall y].[...]
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12 8 Bringing up the WL-340/WL-341 Connect th e suppl ied power-adap ter to th e pow er inl et port and conn ect i t to a wall ou tlet. The WL-34 0/WL-3 41 automat icall y enters the s elf-test ph ase. Durin g self-test ph ase, th e Power LED will be lit conti nuousl y to indicate tha t this product i s in normal ope ration. 9 Initial Setup WL-340/[...]
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13 3. Type user nam e and pa ssword (d efault is admin/a dmin). 4. Cli ck OK . 5. You wi ll see the hom e page of th e WL-340/W L-3 41. The System status section all ows you to monitor th e current st atus of your rout er.[...]
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14 The UP ti me, hardwa re in formation, s erial n umber as well as firmw are version i nformati on is displ ayed here. DHCP Server The DHCP server tab g ives y ou the opp ortuni ty to change th e IP setti ngs of the WL-340/WL- 341. IP addres s 192.168 .0.1. It is the route r’s LAN IP addres s (Your LAN clients default gateway IP a ddress). IP Su[...]
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15 your LAN clien t’s IP address when thi s ti me threshold period is reach ed. Start IP/E nd IP Y ou can sel ect a parti cul ar IP address rang e for you r DHCP server to i ssue IP add resses t o your LAN Client s. Note : def ault IP ran ge 19 2.168.0.10 0 192.16 8.0.199. If you w ant your PC(s) to hav e a static/[...]
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16 Internet Status This pa ge displ ays whether the WAN po rt is conn ected to a Cab le/DSL connecti on. It also d isplays th e route r’s WAN IP address, Su bnet Ma sk, an d ISP Gateway a s well as MAC add ress, the Primary D NS. Press Ren ew bu tton t o renew your WAN IP address.[...]
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17 DHCP Client Status This pa ge shows al l DHCP cl ients (LAN PC s) currentl y connected to you r network. Th e tabl e shows the a ssign ed IP addr ess, MAC add ress and expi ration time for ea ch DHCP l eased cl ient. Use the Refre sh button to up date th e availa ble informat ion.[...]
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18 WL-340/WL-341 Log View th e operation l og of th e WL-340/W L-341. T hi s page shows the cu rrent system l og of the Br oadba nd router. It displ ays any event o ccurred aft er system sta rt up. At th e bott om of th e page, the system log can b e sav ed <Save> t o a local file for fu rther pro cessing , the system l og can be cl eared <[...]
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19 10 Configuration Wizard Click Wiz ard to con figure th e router. Th e Setup wiza rd will n ow be displayed; check that the modem is c onnected an d cli ck Next. Select you r country from the C ountry l ist. Sel ect your int ernet provi der. Cli ck Next.[...]
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20 Dependi ng on the ch osen p rovider, you may ne ed to enter you r user n ame and password, MAC add ress or hostna me in the followi ng wind ow. After you have entered th e correct i nformat ion, cli ck Next . Click APPLY to compl ete the confi guration.[...]
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21 11 Wireless Settings You can set paramete rs that are used f or the wirel ess stations t o conne ct to this rout er. The param eters i nclude Mod e, ESS ID, Channel Number an d Associa ted Client . Wireless Function Enabl e or Disabl e Wireless funct ion he re. Cli ck Apply and w ait for m odul e to be ready & loaded.[...]
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22 Basic Settings Band Al lows you t o set the AP fi xed at 802.11b or 802.11g m ode. You c an al so select B+G m ode to allow 802 .11b and 8 02.11g clients at th e same ti me. ESSID Th is is t he name of th e wirel ess signa l whi ch is broadcasted. All th e devices i n the same wireless LAN shoul d have t he same ESS ID. Channel Th e chann el use[...]
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23 Advanced Settings This ta b allows you to set the ad vanced wireles s options. Th e opti ons inclu ded are Auth enticati on Type, Fragm ent Thr eshold , RTS Threshol d, Beacon Interval , and Pream ble Typ e. You shou ld not ch ange the se paramet ers unl ess you know what effect the cha nges will have on the router. Fragment Threshol d "Fra[...]
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24 Broadcast ESSID If you enabled “Br oadcast E SSID”, ev ery wirel ess stati on located wi thin the coverage of this acces s point can discover t his access poin t easil y. If you are bui lding a p ubli c wireless netw ork, enabli ng t his feature is recommend ed. Di sabling “Br oadcast ESS ID” ca n provide b etter secu rity. 802.11g p rot[...]
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25 Securit y This Acce ss Point provides compl ete wi reless LA N security fun ctions, i ncl uded are WEP, IEEE 802.11 x, IEEE 802.11x with WEP, WPA wi th pre-shar ed key and WPA wit h RADIUS. Wi th th ese securi ty functi ons, you can p revent you r wi reless LAN from i ll egal access. Pl ease make su re your wireless stati ons use th e same secur[...]
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26 WEP When you s elect 64-b it or 128- bit WE P key, y ou have to ent er WEP keys to encrypt dat a. You can gene rate the k ey by your self and ente r it. You ca n enter four WEP key s and sel ect one o f them as a default key . Then the router can recei ve any pack ets enc rypted by one of th e four keys. Key Lengt h You can sel ect the WEP key l[...]
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27 WP A Pre -shared Ke y Wi-Fi Protected Acc ess (WPA ) is an ad vanced s ecurity stan dard. You c an u se a pre-shar ed key to au thent icate wi reless stati ons and enc rypt data du ri ng communi cati on. It uses TKIP o r CCMP (A ES) to change the en crypti on key frequentl y. So the enc rypti on key is not easy to b e cracked by ha ckers. This i[...]
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28 WP A -Radius Wi-Fi Protected Acc ess ( WP A ) is an ad vanced s ecurity stand ard. You can use an external RADIUS server to authenti cate wi reless stati ons and provi de the session ke y to encrypt data du ring communi cation. It uses TKIP or AE S to change th e encrypti on key frequentl y. Press Ap ply button wh en you are done.[...]
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29 ACL This wi reless route r supports MAC Add ress Cont rol, whi ch prevents unaut horized cli ents from acc essing your wirele ss network. Enable w ireless acc ess cont rol Enab les the w ireless acce ss cont rol functi on Adding an address into the list Ente r the "MA C Addr ess" of the w ireless station to be added an d th en cli ck &[...]
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30 WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setu p (WPS) i s the simp lest way to estab li sh a connecti on between th e wirel ess client s and the wireless r outer. You d on’t hav e to sel ect the encrypti on mod e and fil l in a l ong encrypti on passphra se every ti me when you try to setup a wi reless con nection. Y ou only n eed to pr ess a butto n on both wirel[...]
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31 WPS Curr ent Stat us If th e wireless s ecuri ty (encryption ) functi on of this wireless router is pr operl y set, you’ll see a ‘Conf igu red’ message he re. Otherwi se, you’ll see ‘Un Configu red’. Self Pin C ode Thi s is the WPS PIN c ode of the wirel ess router. You m ay ne ed this i nformation when conn ecting t o other WPS -ena[...]
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32 12 Firewall Settings The Broadban d rout er provides extensi ve firewa ll protection b y restri cting connecti on paramet ers, thu s limi ting the risk of hacker attac ks, and d efendi ng agai nst a wid e array of comm on Inte rnet attac ks. Howeve r, for appl ications that requi re unrest ricted acces s to the Internet, you can confi gure a sp [...]
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33 DMZ If you have a cli ent PC that cannot run an Inter net applicati on (e.g. Ga mes) properly f rom behi nd the NAT fi rewall , then you can open up t he firewal l restricti ons to unrest ricted two- way Int ernet access by defi ning a DM Z Host. The DMZ fun ction al lows you to re-di rect all packets going to your WA N port IP address t o a par[...]
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34 Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadban d rout er's fi rewall can bl ock comm on hacker att acks, in cludi ng Denial of Service, Pi ng of Death , Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Internet attacks occur the router can l og th e events. SPI and Anti-Dos firew all protectio n blocks ba sic hacke r attacks (DOS, Sync flood, port scan ) RIP defect A ll[...]
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35 A ccess You can r estrict us ers from ac cessin g certain Internet appli cations/se rvices (e.g. Int ernet websi tes, email , FTP etc.), Access Control all ows users t o defin e the traffi c type permi tted i n your LAN . You can control whi ch PC cli ent can ha ve access to th ese se rvices. Deny If you select “ Deny” then all clients will [...]
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36 Remove PC If you w ant to rem ove som e PC fr om the "MAC F il tering Table", select the PC you wa nt to rem ove in t he tabl e and then cli ck "Delete Selected" . If you wan t to remov e all PCs from th e table, just cl ick th e "Delete All" b utton. If you wan t to clear the sel ection and re- select agai n, just [...]
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37 URL block You can bl ock access t o som e Web si tes from pa rticular PCs b y enteri ng a full URL addr ess or just keyword s of the W eb site. Enable UR L Blocki ng En able/di sable URL Bl ockin g Add URL K eyword Fill in “URL/K eyword” and t hen cl ick “Add ”. You can ent er the full URL address or th e keyword of the web site you want[...]
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38 13 Advanced Settings Network Ad dress Tran slati on (NAT) a llows mul tiple users at your l ocal site to access the Internet through a singl e Public IP A ddress or mu ltipl e Public IP Address es. NAT pr ovides Fi rewall p rotection fro m hacker atta cks and h as the flexibili ty to all ow you to map P rivate IP A ddresses to Publi c IP Address[...]
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39 Local IP Thi s is th e LAN cli ent/h ost IP address th at the Publi c Port nu mber packet will be sent to. Local Port Thi s is the port num ber (of th e abov e Priva te IP host) that the below Pub lic Port nu mber will be chang ed to wh en the pa cket ent ers your LAN (to th e LAN S erver/C lient IP) Type Sel ect the port number p rotocol type ([...]
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40 Sp ecial A pplications Some appl ication s require mu ltipl e connections, such as Internet gam es, video Conferenci ng, Intern et teleph ony and oth ers. In this section you can c onfi gure the router t o suppo rt mul tiple connect ions for t hese types of appli cations. Trigger Po rt Thi s is the out goi ng (Ou tbound) range of port numbers f [...]
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41 Popular applicatio ns Thi s section li sts the mo re popul ar appli cations that require mul ti ple connecti ons. Select an appli cation from th e Popul ar Appli cations selecti on. Once y ou have s elected an applicati on, select a l ocation (1-10) in the Copy t o sel ection box and then cli ck the Copy to bu tton. T hi s will automati cally li[...]
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42 UPNP With UPnP, all PCs in you Intran et wi ll discover this router aut omati cally. So, you don’t h ave to con figure your PC and it can e asily access the Interne t through t his route r. UPnP You can enab le or Di sable the UPn P featu re here. A fter you enab le the UPnP featu re, all client syst ems that support UPn P, like Wi ndows XP, c[...]
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43 QoS QoS can l et you cl assify Intern et appli cati on traffic by sourc e/desti nation IP address and port num ber. Y ou can assi gn pri ority for each typ e of appl ication and reserv e bandwi dth for it . The pac kets of ap plicati ons with higher priori ty will al ways go first. L ower pri ority app lication s will get ba ndwidth after hi ghe[...]
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44 Routing These sc reens defi ne routi ng relat ed paramete rs, incl uding stati c routes and RIP (Routi ng Informa tion Prot ocol) p arameters. Routing T able Fla gs indi cates the route status: C = Direct c onnecti on on th e same subn et. S = Stati c route. R = RIP (R outi ng Informati on Protocol) assigned r oute. I = ICMP ( Internet C ontrol [...]
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45 SNMP Use the SNM P confi gurati on screen to di spl ay and modi fy paramete rs for the Si mple Network Ma nagem ent Protoc ol (SNMP) . SNMP ope ration mod e to sel ect the SN MP mode s for thi s device. Community A compu ter attach ed to th e netwo rk, call ed a Network Management Stati on (NMS ), can be us ed to ac cess thi s informati on. Acce[...]
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46 14 TOOLBOX Settings Password change options You can ch ange the password required t o log i nto the broadban d rout er's system w eb-based ma nagem ent. By d efault , the passw ord is: admi n. Passwords can cont ain 0 to 12 al phan umeric charact ers, and a re case s ensitive. Current Pa ssword Fi ll in the current pa ssword to all ow chang[...]
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47 T ime Zone The Time Z one all ows your rout er to ba se its ti me on the sett ings confi gured here, whi ch will affect fun ctions such as Log en tries and F irewall settings. Set Time Zone Sel ect the ti me zone of the cou ntry you a re currentl y in. The router wil l set it s time based on your selecti on. Time Serv er Addr ess You can set an [...]
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48 Remote Management The remote managem ent functi on allows you to de signat e a host in th e Internet the abili ty to config ure the Broad band rou ter fro m a remote site. Ent er the design ated host IP Ad dress i n the Host IP Addre ss field. Host Add ress Thi s is the IP add ress of the hos t in t he Internet that wi ll h ave managemen t/confi[...]
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49 Firmware Upgrade This pa ge allows you to upg rade the rout er’s firmw are. Firmware Upgrade Thi s tool all ows you to upg rade the B roadband router’s system fi rmware. T o upgrade th e firmwa re of y our Broadban d router, y ou need to downl oad the fi rmware fil e to your l ocal hard di sk, and ente r that fil e name and pat h in the app [...]
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50 Backup Settings The Backup screen a llows you to save (Ba ckup ) the router’s current configu ration setti ngs. When y ou save the conf igu ration setting (Backup) you can re-l oad the saved confi guration i nto th e router through t he Restor e selection . If extrem e probl ems occur y ou can u se the Resto re to Facto ry Default s selection,[...]
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51 Reset You can r eset the rout er’s syst em shoul d any pr oblem exist. Th e reset funct ion essenti ally re-boots your route r’s syst em.[...]
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52 DDNS DDNS al lows you t o map th e static domai n nam e to a dynami c IP add ress. You must get an accoun t, passw ord and you r stati c domai n name from th e DDNS service p roviders. Th is router supports DynDNS , TZO and other comm on DDNS service p roviders. Enable/Di sable Enab le/Di sable th e DDNS fun ction of thi s router Provider S elec[...]