Sitecom WL-346 manual

WL -346 150N Modem/R outer WL -601/606 54g Modem/R outer Wireless Broadband modem/router (ADSL2+, 802.11B/G) User Manual V ersion: 3.0[...]

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Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of WL - 346 Wireless Network Broadband modem/Router . WL -346 is c ompliant with the 802.11g & 8 02.11b standard. WL -346 is not only a Modem or Wireless Access Point, but also doubles as a 4-port full-duplex Switch that connects your wired-Ethernet devices together . For data protection and priv ac[...]

1 Key Features F eatures Advantages Data Rate up to 150Mbps** Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 802.11b/g Compliant Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant devices with legacy protection Four 10/100 Mbps F ast Switch P orts (Auto-Crossover) Scalability, extend your network. Firewall supports Virtual Server [...]

2 Package Contents Open the package careful ly , and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discar d the packing mater ials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped back in its original package. 1. WL -346 modem/router 2. 220V~240V Power Adapter 3. Quick Install Guide 4. CD (User’s Manual) 5. W arr anty card 6. UTP [...]

3 Product Layout P ort Description ADSL Connect your telephone/ADSL cable this port LAN Connect the cable from your PC’ s or network devices to this port P ower connector Blinks on traffic for specific LAN POR T Reset button Power connector LAN / computer connections Modem connection[...]

Front panel The front panel describes the correspon ding LED indications and port functionality . LED Description POWER Lights up when powered ON. Blinks on TEST/RESET W a n Lights up when an ADSL cable is connected. Online Lights up when internet connection is UP . WLAN Lights up in Blue when WLAN is enabled. Blinks on traffic WPS Blinks when WPS [...]

4 Network + System Requirements T o begin using the WL -346 , make sure you meet the following as minimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • 1 Free Ethernet port. • WiFi card/USB dongle (802.11 b/g/n) – optional. • Annex A, ADSL internet connection. • W eb-Browser (Internet Explorer , Safari, Firefox, Opera) • Ethernet compatible CA T5 ca[...]

6 Setup LAN, WAN 7 PC Network Adapter setup ( Windows XP ) • Enter [Start Menu]  select [Co ntrol panel]  select [Network]. • Select [Local Area Connection]) icon=> select [properties] LAN / computer connections Modem connection[...]

• Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties].[...]

• Select the [General] tab. a. WL -346 supports [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DN S server address automatically].[...]

8 Bring up WL-346 Connect the supplied power-adapter to the power inlet port and connect it to a wall outlet. TheWL -346 au tomatically enters the self-test phase. During se lf - test phase, the Power LED will blink briefly , and then will be lit continuously to indicate that this product is in normal operation. 9 Initial Setup WL-346 LOGIN procedu[...]

The System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router the Uptime, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware v ersion information is displayed here.[...]

LAN settings The LAN tab gives you the opportunity to change the IP settings of the WL - 346. Click <Apply> at the bottom of th is screen to save an y changes. IP address 192.168.0.1. It is the router’ s LAN IP addre ss (Y our LAN clients default gateway IP address). IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Specify a Su bnet Mask for your LAN segment. [...]

Lease Time Forever . In the L ease Time setting you can specify the time period that the DHCP lends an IP address to your L AN clients. T he DHCP will change your LAN client’s IP address when this time threshold period is reached. IP Address Pool Y o u can select a particular IP address range fo r your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LA[...]

Device Status View the Broadband modem /router’ s current configuration settings. Device Status displays the configuration settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wireless Settings se ction.[...]

Internet Status This page displays whether the AD SL port is co nnected to a ADSL service provider . It also displays the router’s WAN IP ad dress, Subnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as well as M AC address, the Primary DNS. Press Re new button to renew your WAN IP address.[...]

ADSL Status This page shows the current operation mode, status o f your ADSL connection, the data rate and the quality of your ADSL link. Operation mode allows manual selection of the ADSL mode.[...]

DHCP Client Status DHCP This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) curren tly connected to your network. The table shows the assigned IP ad dress, MAC addre ss and expiration time for each DHCP leased client. Use the Refresh button to update the available information.[...]

WL-346 Log View the operation log of WL-346 . This page shows the current system log o f the Broadband mo dem/router . It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the sys tem log can be saved < Save> to a local file fo r further processing or the sys tem log can be cleare d <Clear> or i t can be refr[...]

10 Configuration W izard Click Wizard to co nfigure the modem. The Se tup wizard will now be displayed; check that the adsl line is connecte d and click Next. Select your country from the Country list. Select your internet provider . Click Next.[...]

Depending on the chose n provider , you may need to enter your user name and password or hostname in the following window. Af ter you have entered the correct information, click Next . Click APPLY to complete the configuration.[...]

11 Wireless Setti ngs Y o u can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router . The parameters include Mode, ESSID , Channel Number and Associated Client. Wireless Function Enable or Disable Wireless func tion here. Click Apply and wait for module to be ready & loaded.[...]

Basic Settings Band Allows you to se t the AP fixed at 8 02.11b or 802.11g mode. Y ou can also select B+G+n mode to allow 80211b , 802.11g and 802.11n clients at the same time. ESSID This is the name of t he wireless signal which is bro adcasted. All the devices in the same wireless L AN should hav e the same ESSID. Channel Number The channel use d[...]

Advanced Settings This tab allows you to se t the advanced wireless options. The options included are Authentication T ype, F ragment Thr eshold, R TS Th reshold, B eacon Interval, and Preamble T ype. Y ou should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on the router . Fragment Threshold "Fragment T hreshol[...]

Preamble Type The “L ong Preamble” can pro vide better wireless LAN compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN performance. Broadcast ESSID If you enabled “Broadcast ESSID” , every wireless station located within the coverage o f this access point can discover th is access poi nt easily . If you are buildin[...]

Security This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN secur ity functions, included are WEP , IEEE 8 02.11x, IEEE 8 02.11x with WEP , WP A with pre-share d k ey and WPA with RADIUS. With these se curity functions , you can prevent your wireless LAN fro m illegal access. Please make sure your wireless stations use the same security function, and[...]

WEP When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key , you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt dat a. Y ou can generate the k ey by yourself and enter it. Y ou can enter four WEP keys and select one of them as a default key . T hen the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys. Key Length Y ou can select the WEP key length for e ncryp[...]

Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. Y o u can now configure other sections by choosing Continue, or choo se Apply to apply the settings and re boot the device. WPA Pre-shared Key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WP A) is an adv anced security standard. Y ou can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wir eless stat[...]

WPA-Radius Wi-Fi Protected Access ( WPA ) is an advanced security standard. Y ou can use an external RADIUS ser ver to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data duri ng communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP ( AES ) to change the encryption key frequently . Press Apply button when you are done.[...]

ACL This w ireless router supports MAC Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from accessing your wireless network. Enable wireless access control Enables the wireless access control function Adding an address into the list Enter the "MAC Address" o f the wireless station to be added and then click "Apply". The wir[...]

12 Firewall Settings The Broad band router provides extensi ve firewall protect ion by restricting connection par ame ters, thus limiting the r isk o f hacker attacks, and defending against a wide array of common In ternet attacks. However , for applications that require unrestricted access to the Internet, you can configure a specific client/serve[...]

DMZ If you have a clien t PC that can not run an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NA T firewall, then you can open up the fire wall restrictions to unrestric ted two-way Internet access by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all packets going to your WAN port IP address to a particular IP address [...]

Denial of Service (DoS) The Bro adband router's firewall can block common hacker at tacks, including Denial of Service, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events. SPI and Anti-Dos firewall protectio n blocks basic hacker attacks (DOS, Sync flood, port scan) RIP defect Discard Ping to WAN i[...]

Access Y ou can restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Internet we bsites, email, FT P etc.), Access Control allows users to define the traffic typ e permitted i n your LAN. Y ou can c ontrol which PC client can have access to these services. Deny If you select “Deny” then all clients will be al lowed to acce[...]

Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enable MAC Filtering” to enable MAC Filtering. Add PC Fill in “Client PC MA C Address” and “Comment” o f the PC t hat is allowed to access the Internet, an d then click “ Add” . If you find an y typo before ad ding it and want to retype again, just click "Reset" and the field s will be cleare[...]

URL block Y ou can block access to some W e b sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keywords of the W e b site. Enable URL Blocking Enable/disable URL Blocking Add URL Keywor d Fill in “URL/Keyw ord” and then click “ Add” . Y ou can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the web site you want to block. Remov[...]

13 Adva nced Settings Network Address T ranslation (N A T) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet thro ugh a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses. NA T provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses fo r key service[...]

Virtual server Use the Virtual Server function when you wan t different servers/clients in your LAN to handle different ser vice/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP , W eb server etc.) fro m the Internet. Computers use numbers called port numbers to recognize a particular service/Internet application type. The Virtual Server allows you to re[...]

service (service/Internet application) port number from the Internet that will be re-directed to the above Private IP address host in your LAN Comment The description of this setting. Add Virtual Server Fill in the "Private IP", "Private Port", "T ype", “Public Port” and "Commen t" of the setting to be ad[...]

Special application Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video Conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications. Enable T rigger P o rt Enable the Special Application function. Trigger Port This is the out goin[...]

Popular applications T his se ction lists the mo re popular applications that require m ultiple connections. Select an application from the P opu lar Applications selection. O nce you have selected an application, select a location (1-10) in the Copy to selection box and then click the Co py to button. This will automatically list t he Public Ports[...]

UPNP With UPnP , all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically . So, you don’ t have to configure y our PC and it can easily access the Internet through this router . UPnP Feature Disable Y ou can enable or Disable the UPnP fe ature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, al l client systems that support UP nP , like Windows XP[...]

QoS QoS can let you classify Internet ap plication traffic by source/destination IP address and port number . Y o u can assign priority for each type of applica tion and reserve bandwidth for it. The packets of applications wi th higher priority will always go first. Lower priority applications will get bandwidth after higher priority applications [...]

Edit a QoS rule Select the rule you want to edit and click “Edit ” , then enter the detail fo rm of the QoS rule. C lick “ Apply ” after edi ting the form and the rule will be saved. Adjust Qo S rule priority Y ou can select the rule and click “Move Up” to make its prior ity higher . Y ou also can select the rule and click “Move Dow n[...]

Routing These screens define routing related param eters, including static r outes and RIP (Routing Information Protocol) parameters. Routing Table Flags Indicates the route status: C = Direct connection on the same sub net. S = Static route. R = RIP (Routing Information Protocol) assigned route. I = ICMP (Internet Control Message Pro tocol) Redi r[...]

Snmp Use the SNMP configuration screen to display and modify parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP operation mode to select the SNMP modes fo r this device. Community A computer attached to the networ k, called a Network Management Station (NMS), can be used to access t his information. Access rights to the agent are co[...]

Trap Specify the IP address of the N MS to notify when a significant event is detected by the agent. When a trap condition occurs, the SNMP age nt sends an SNMP trap message to any NMS specified as a trap receiver . IP Address T rap s are sent to this address when errors or specific events occur on the network. Community A community string (passwor[...]

14 TOOLBOX Settings Password change options Y ou can change the passwor d required to log into the broadband router's system web-based management. By default, the password is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive. Current Password Fill in the current password to allow changing to a new password. [...]

Time Zone The Time Z o ne allows your router to base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Log entries and Firewall settings. Set Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are curre ntly in. The router will set its time based o n your selection. Time Server Address Y ou can set an NTP server address. [...]

Remote Management The remo te manageme nt function allows you to designate a host i n the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband r outer from a remote site. Enter the designated host IP Address i n the Host IP Address field. Host Address This is the IP address of the host in the Internet that will have management/configuration access to th[...]

Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the router’s fi rmware. Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade the Broadband router ’ s system firmware. T o upgrade the firmware of your Broadband router , you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, an d enter that file name and path in the appropriate field o n th[...]

Backup Settings The Backup screen allows you to save (Backup) the router’s current configuration settings. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can r e-load the saved configuration into the router through the Restore selection. If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to F actor y Defaults selection, this will set all con[...]

Reset Y ou can reset the router’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially re-boots your router ’ s system.[...]

DDNS DDNS allows you to map the sta tic domain name to a dynamic IP address. Y ou must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS ser vice providers. This router supports DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS service providers. Enable/Disable Enable/Disable the DDNS fu nction of this router Provider Select a DDNS service provide[...]