Sitecom WL-322 manual

WL -322 Wireless Broadband modem/router (ADSL2+, 802.11B/G/N draft 2.0) User Manu al V ersion: 2.0[...]

2 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEA TURES ......... ......... ....... ......... ......... ....... ......... ......... ....... ......... ......... ....... ......... ......... 4 2 PACKAG E CONTEN TS ......... ......... ....... ......... .......... ...... ......... ......... ....... ......... ......... ....... ..... 5 3 PRODUCT LAYOUT ............ .......[...]

3 Introduction Congratu lations on y our purchas e of WL-3 22 Wireless Network B roadband modem/Router . WL-322 is c ompliant wit h draft 802.11n v 2.0 up to 6 times faster than sta ndard 802.11g based router s wh ile still being compat ible with 802.11g & 8 02.11b gad gets. WL-3 22 is not on ly a Modem or Wireless Access Point, b ut a lso d ou[...]

4 1 Key Features Features Adv antages Incredible Data R ate u p to 300Mbps** Heavy data payloads s uch as MPEG video streami ng IEEE 802. 11n draft 2. 0 Compliant and backward compat ible with 802.11b/g Fully Interop erable w ith IEEE 802.11b / I EEE802.1 1g compl iant devices with legacy protection Four 10/100 Mb ps Fast S witch Ports (Auto-Crosso[...]

5 2 Package Contents Open the packag e carefully , and make sure that no ne of t he items list ed below ar e m issing. D o not discar d the packi ng m aterials, i n cas e of r eturn; the unit must be shipp ed back i n its original package. 1. WL-322 mod em/router 2. 220V~24 0V Power A dapter 3. 2dBi 2.4GHz D ipole Ant ennas x 2pcs 4. Quick Instal l[...]

6 3 Product Layout Port Description ADSL Connect y our telephone/ADSL cable this port LAN Connect the cable from y our PC’s or network devices t o this port P ower connector Blinks on tr affic for specific LAN POR T R eset button P ower connector LAN / computer connections Modem connection[...]

7 Frontpanel The frontpa nel describe s the corresp onding LED indication s and port f unctional ity . LED Descript ion POWER Lights up whe n powered ON. B links on TEST/ RESET W a n Lights up whe n a ADSL ca ble is connected. Online Lights up whe n internet conn ection is UP . WLAN Lights up in Blue w hen WLAN is enabled. Blinks on tr affic WPS Bl[...]

8 4 Network + System Requ i remen ts T o begin u sing the WL -322, make sure you meet the following as minimum requireme nts: • PC/Notebook. • Opera ting Syst em – Microsoft Wind ows XP/2000/VIST A • 1 Free Ethernet p ort. • WiFi card/USB dong le (802.11 b/g /n) – optional. • Annex A, AD S L inter net connection. • PC with a Web-Bro[...]

9 6 Setup LAN, WAN LAN / computer connections Modem connection[...]

10 7 PC Network Adapter setup ( Windows XP ) • Enter [Star t Menu]  se lect [Control panel]  select [Netw ork]. • Select [Local Ar ea Con nection]) icon=>sel ect [properti es][...]

11 • Select [Inter net Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] = >Click [Pr opert ies]. • Select the [Ge neral] tab . a. WL-322 supports [DHC P] function, please select both [ Obta in a n IP address auto matically] and [Obta in DNS serv er address autom atically].[...]

12 8 Bring up WL-322 Connect th e sup plied p ower-adapter to the po wer inlet p ort a nd conn ect it to a wal l out let. TheW L-322 automatical ly ent ers the self-test phase. During self-test phase, the Power LED will b link briefly, and th en will be lit continuous ly to indicate that this product is in normal op eration. 9 Initial Setup WL-322 [...]

13 4. Type user name and password ( defau lt is admin/admin). 4. Click OK . 5. You will see t he hom e page of t he WL-322 . The System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your ro uter the U P time, hardware information, serial number a s well as firmware version information i s displaye d here.[...]

14 LAN settings The LAN t ab gives y ou the op portunity to change the IP s ettings of t he WL- 322. Click <App ly> at the bottom of th is screen to sa ve any changes. IP address 192.168.0.1. It is the r outer’s LA N IP ad dress (Y our LAN cl ients default gateway IP a ddress). IP Subn et Mask 255. 255.255. 0 Specify a S ubnet Mas k for yo [...]

15 Lease T ime For ever. In the Lea se T ime sett ing y ou can specify the tim e period that the DH CP lends a n IP address to yo ur LAN clients. The DH CP wil l c hange your LAN c lient’s IP a ddress wh en this t ime thresh old period is reached. IP Ad dress Poo l You ca n select a par ticular IP addr ess range for y our DHC P server to iss ue I[...]

16 Device Status View th e B roadba nd m odem/ro uter’s current configurat ion s ettings. Device Status displays the conf iguration setting s you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settin gs / Wireles s Settings secti on.[...]

17 Internet Status This page disp lays whether th e A DSL port is connected to a ADS L service provider. It also disp lays the router’ s WAN IP address, Subnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as w ell as MA C address, th e P rimary DNS. P ress R enew button to renew your WAN IP ad dress.[...]

18 ADSL Status This pag e shows t he curr ent oper ation mode, st atus of your A DSL connect ion, the data rate and the qua lity of your ADS L link. Operatio n mode allows manual selection o f the ADSL mode.[...]

19 DHCP Client St atus DHCP This pa ge shows all DHC P clients (LAN PCs) current ly connecte d to your network. T he ta ble s hows t he ass igned I P ad dress, MAC a ddress a nd ex piration time for ea ch DHCP leas ed client. Use the Refre sh button to update t he availabl e informati on.[...]

20 WL-322 Log View the o peration l og o f WL-322 . This pag e shows the current system lo g of the B roadban d m odem/router. It d isplays any ev ent occurred after sy stem star t up. At t he bottom of t he page, t he system log can be saved < Save> to a l ocal file for further process ing or the system lo g can be clea red <Clear> or [...]

21 10 Configuration Wizard Click Wi zard to config ure the modem. The Set up wizard wi ll now b e display ed; check that t he adsl line is connect ed and click N ext. Select your country from the Country list. Sele ct your intern et prov ider. Click Next.[...]

22 Depending on the ch osen prov ider, yo u may need to e nter your u ser name and passwor d or hostn ame in the following window. A fter y ou have entered the correct informat ion, click Next . Click APPLY to compl ete the con figuratio n.[...]

23 11 Wireless Settings You can set paramet ers tha t are used for th e w ireless sta tion s t o co nnect to this router. Th e parameters include Mode, ESSID, C hannel Num ber and Associated C lient. Wireless Fun ction Enable or D isable Wirele ss function here. Cli ck Appl y and wait for mo dule to be ready & loa ded.[...]

24 Basic Settings Band All ows you to set the AP fi xed at 8 02.1 1b or 802.11g m ode. You can also select B+ G+n mod e to allow 802 11b , 802.11g a nd 802.11n clients at the same t ime. ESSID This is the name of t he wireless signal which is broad casted. All the devices in th e same w ireless LAN should hav e the same ESSID . Chann el Number The [...]

25 Advanced Settin gs This tab allow s yo u to set t he adva nced wireles s options. The options included are Authenticat ion Type, Fragme nt Threshold , RTS Threshold, B eacon Interval, and Preamble Type. Y ou sh ould not cha nge these param eters unless you know w hat effect th e changes wi ll have o n the router. Fragment Thresho ld "Fra gm[...]

26 Preambl e Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wi rele ss L AN compatib ility whi le the “Short P reamb le” can provide better w ireless L AN performanc e. Broad cast ES SID If yo u enabled “B roadca st ES SID”, every w ireless station located w ithin the coverag e of t his access point ca n disc over this access point ea sily[...]

27 Security This Acc ess Poi nt provid es com plete wirele ss LA N security f unctions, included are W EP, IEE E 802.1 1x, I EEE 802. 11x with WEP, WPA with pre-s hare d k ey and WPA with RADIUS . With these sec urity functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN fr om illega l access. P lease m ake sure yo ur wireles s stations use the same secur i[...]

28 WEP When you select 64-b it or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter W EP keys t o encrypt data. You can generate t he key by your self and enter it. You can enter four WEP k eys a nd se lect o ne of th em as a default k ey. Then the router can rece ive any pack ets encrypte d by one of th e four keys. Key Leng th You can se lect t he W EP k ey len[...]

29 Click <Ap ply> at the bot tom of t he scr een to save t he above configur ations. You can now con figure ot her sect ions b y choos ing Continue, or c hoose App ly to apply the settings an d reboot the device. WPA Pre-shared Key Wi-Fi Protecte d Access (WPA) is an advanc ed sec urity sta ndard . Y ou c an use a pre- shared key to authentic[...]

30 WPA-Radius Wi-Fi Protected Acce ss ( WPA ) is a n advanc ed security standar d. You can use an externa l R ADIUS s erver to authenticat e wir eless stations a nd provid e the session key to encry pt data during comm unication. It uses TKIP or CCMP ( AES ) to chang e t he encryption ke y fr equently. Press Ap ply button w hen you are done.[...]

31 ACL This w ireless router supports M AC Address C ontrol, which prevents unauthorize d clients fro m accessing your wire less network. Enabl e wireless acces s con trol Enables the w ireless acce ss control function Adding an add ress i nto th e list Enter t he "MAC Addr ess" of t he wireless station to be a dded and t hen clic k "[...]

32 WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is t he simplest way to e stablish a connection between the wirel ess clients and the wireles s router. You do n’t have to se lect the encrypti on mode a nd fill in a long e ncryption pa ssphrase every time w hen you try t o s etu p a wire less connect ion. You on ly nee d to press a button on both wire less cli[...]

33 WPS Cu rrent S tatus If th e wirel ess security (encry ption) funct ion of t his wireless rout er is pr operly set, yo u’ll see a ‘Conf igured’ message here. Otherwise, yo u’ll see ‘U nConfigure d’. Self Pin Cod e This is the WPS PIN cod e of the wire less r outer. You m ay need this informa tion when c onnecti ng to other WP S-enab [...]

34 12 Firewall Settings The Broadba nd router provides extensive firewal l protection by restr icting connection parameters, thus limi tin g the risk of hacker atta cks, a nd defending against a wide array of comm on Int ernet att acks. H owever, for app lications that require unrestricted a ccess t o the Intern et, you can configure a s pecific cl[...]

35 DMZ If you have a cl ient PC t hat cannot r un a n I nternet application ( e.g. Gam es) properly from behind the NAT firewall, then you can open u p the firewall restrictions to u nrestrict ed two-wa y I ntern et a ccess by defin ing a DM Z Host. The D MZ fu nction a llows y ou to r e-direct all packets going to y our WAN port IP a ddress t o a [...]

36 Denial of Servi ce (DoS) The B roadba nd rout er's firewall can b lock c ommon hacker attacks, inclu ding Denial of Service, P ing of D eath, Por t S can and Sync Flo od. If Internet at tacks occur the r outer can log the events . SPI an d Anti-Do s firewall p rotection blocks basic hacker att acks (DOS, Sync flood, port scan) RIP defect Di[...]

37 Access You can r estrict users from accessing certa in Intern et applicatio ns/services (e.g. Inter net we bsites, email, FTP etc.), Access Control a llows users t o def ine the tra ffic type p ermitt ed in y our LAN. Yo u can control whic h PC c lient can have access to these ser vices. Deny If you sel ect “D eny” t hen a ll client s wil l [...]

38 Filter cl ient PC b y MAC C heck “ Enab le MAC Filtering” to enab le MAC Filtering. Add PC Fill in “Client P C MA C Address” and “Comment” of t he PC that is allowed to acce ss the Inter net, and then cl ick “Add”. If you fin d any typo before adding it and want to rety pe a gain, just click "Res et" an d t he f ields w[...]

39 URL block You ca n block a ccess t o som e Web sites from particular PC s by enter ing a full URL address or j ust ke ywords of the Web s ite. Enabl e URL B locking Enable/ disable URL B locking Add U RL Keyword Fill in “URL/K eyword” and t hen click “A dd”. Y ou can enter the full URL a ddress or the keyw ord of the we b site you wa nt [...]

40 13 Advanced Sett ings Network Address Tr anslat ion (N AT) allows m ultiple users at y our local site to access t he I nternet t hrough a s ingle Public IP Address or multip le P ublic IP Addresses. NA T provide s F irewall protect ion from hac ker attacks and h as the flexibility t o allow y ou t o map Pr ivate IP Ad dresses to P ublic IP Addre[...]

41 Virtual server Use the Virtual Ser ver function when you want different servers/clients in your LAN to hand le different serv ice/Internet application ty pe (e.g. Email, FTP, W eb server et c.) f rom the Int ernet. Computer s use numbers cal led port numbers to reco gnize a particular service/Inter net a pplicatio n type. T he Virtual Serv er al[...]

42 service (s ervice/Inter net applicat ion) port number from th e Internet that will be re-direct ed to the a bove Private IP a ddress host in your LAN Co mment The descri ption of this s etting. Add V irtual S erver Fill i n the "P rivate IP ", " Private Por t", "Ty pe", “Public Port” a nd "C omment" of[...]

43 Special applicatio n Some app lications re quire m ultiple c onnect ions, suc h as Int ernet games, video Conferencin g, I nternet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to su pport multiple co nnections for these types of applications. Enabl e Trigger Port Ena ble the Spec ial Applica tion function. Trigg er P ort Th[...]

44 Popular applicati ons This section lists t he more po pular applications that require multiple co nnection s. Select an a pplication from th e Po pular Applications selecti on. O nce y ou have selected a n ap plication, select a location ( 1-10) i n the C opy to sel ection b ox an d t hen click th e Co py to button. This w ill aut omatically l i[...]

45 UPNP With UP nP, a ll P Cs in y ou I ntranet will discover this r out er automat ically. So, you don’t h av e to conf igure your PC and it ca n easily acce ss the Inter net through this router. UPnP Feature Disabl e You can enable or Disable the UPnP feat ure here. After yo u enab le th e UP nP feat ure, a ll client system s t hat support UPnP[...]

46 QoS QoS can let yo u class ify Intern et applicat ion tr affic by s ource/dest ination IP address a nd port num ber. You can assign pr iority for each t ype of a pplicati on and reserve bandwi dth for it. The packets of app lications with higher prior ity will a lways go f irst. Low er priority applicati ons will get bandwidth after h igher prio[...]

47 Edit a QoS rule Select the rule you want to edit and c lick “Ed it”, th en enter the deta il form o f th e Q oS rule. C lick “ Ap ply ” after edit ing the form and the rule will be saved. Adjust QoS rule priority You can s elect the r ule and c lick “Move Up” to m ake its priority higher. Y ou a lso can s elect the rule a nd click ?[...]

48 Routing These scree ns define r outing relat ed parameter s, inclu ding static rout es and RIP (Routing I nformati on Protoco l) parameter s. Routing T able F lags Indicates t he route stat us: C = Direct c onnection o n the same su bnet. S = Static ro ute. R = RIP (Rout ing Infor mation Protoco l) assig ned route. I = ICMP (Int ernet Cont rol M[...]

49 Snmp Use the SN MP config uration screen to disp lay and mo dify parameters for the Simple N etwork Ma nagement Prot ocol (SN MP). SN MP operation mode to select t he SNMP m odes for th is device. Co mmunity A computer attached to t he netwo rk, called a Networ k Management Station (NMS) , can be u sed to acc ess this infor mation. Acce ss right[...]

50 Trap Specify t he IP a ddress of the NMS to not ify when a significant eve nt is detected by th e age nt. When a tra p condition o ccurs, the SN MP agent s ends an SNMP tra p message to any NMS s pecified as a trap receiver . IP Address Tra ps are sent t o this a ddress wh en error s or specific eve nts occur on the n etwork. C ommun ity A comm [...]

51 14 TOOLBOX Sett i ngs Password change option s You can chan ge the p assword required to lo g i nto the broadba nd router's system we b-based mana gement. B y defa ult, the passw ord is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alp hanumer ic ch aracters, and a re case sensitive. Curren t Password Fill in t he current passwor d to allow changin[...]

52 Time Zone The T ime Zone a llows your r outer to ba se it s tim e on t he sett ings c onfigured here, which w ill affect f unctions such as Log entries and Firewal l settings. Set Time Zone Select the t ime zone of t he c ountry you are current ly in. The router will set its time based o n your selecti on. Time S erver Add ress You can set an NT[...]

53 Remote Managemen t The rem ote management function allows y ou to designate a host in t he Internet t he ability to configure t he Broa dband router from a remote site. Enter the d esignated h ost IP Addre ss in the H ost IP Address fi eld. Host Add ress This i s the IP a ddress of the h ost in t he Internet that will have manageme nt/conf igura[...]

54 Firmware Upgrade This page al lows you to u pgrade the router’s firm ware. Firmware Up grade This tool al lows y ou t o upgrade th e Broa dband router’s system firmwa re. To upgrade th e firmwa re of your Br oadband ro uter, y ou need t o download the firmwa re file to your loca l hard disk, an d ent er t hat file name and path in t he appro[...]

55 Backup Settings The Back up scree n al lows yo u to sa ve (B ackup) th e router’s current configurat ion settings. Whe n you sav e the conf iguration setti ng ( Back up) you can r e-load the sav ed conf iguration into t he router through the Restore selection. If extreme problems occur you can use t he Rest ore t o F actory Defaults select ion[...]

56 Reset You can re set t he ro uter’s system sho uld any problem exist. Th e r eset function ess entially re-boot s your rout er’s syste m.[...]

57 DDNS DDNS a llows you t o m ap t he static domain name to a dy namic IP address. You must get a n acco unt, password a nd y our stat ic domain n ame from the DDNS service provider s. This router supports DynDNS, TZO and ot her common DDN S serv ice providers. Enabl e/Disable Enab le/Disable the DDNS function of this r outer Provi der Select a DD[...]