Sitecom WL-350 manual

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    Wireless Media R outer WL -350 Full Manual[...]

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    WL -350 Wireless Media R outer Full Manual 2  INTRODUCTION........ .......... .......... .......... ..... ............... .......... .......... .......... .... 4 F EA TURES & B ENEFITS ............ .......... .......... ............... .... ........... .......... .......... ..... 5 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ............... .......... .......... ...[...]

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    WL -350 Wireless Media R outer Full Manual 3  Time Configuration .... .......... .......... ............ ........ .......... .......... ............... ... 6 6 System Setting s ............. .......... .......... ..... ............... .......... .......... ............. 67 Firmware ............. .......... .......... ............ ........ ......[...]

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    Introdu ction The WL -350 i s a draft 802. 11n c ompl iant devi ce that d el ivers up to 6x faster speeds than 802.11 g whi le staying backward compatibl e with 802. 11g and 802.1 1b d evice s. It is not o nly a Wi rel ess Acc ess Point, w hich l ets you co nnect to the n etwork without wi res. There's also a bui lt-in 4- port ful l-dupl ex 1 [...]

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    Feature s & Benefit s Fe atures Benefits High Sp eed D ata Rate Up to 300Mbps Capable of handli ng heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming Concurrent Dual band (2.4GHz and 5GH z) Connect your client devices via the 2.4GHz b and, whi le streaming media on the clean 5 GHz band. IEEE 80 2.1 1n draft Compl iant and backward compat ib le w [...]

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    Packag e Contents Open the package careful ly , and make sure that non e of t he items l isted belo w are missi ng. Do not d is card th e packi ng material s; in case of r eturn, the device must be sh ip ped in its origi nal package. - One WL -350 W irel ess M edia Router - One 12V/1. 25A P ower A dapter - UTP Cable - One CD-ROM wi th Us er’s Man[...]

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    Product Layout Item Label Descript ion 1 LAN Ports (yellow) Use an Ethernet cabl e t o connect each port to a computer on your Lo cal Area Network (LAN). 2 WAN Port (blue) Use a n Ethernet cabl e t o connect this port to your WAN router/modem. 3 DC Connector Use the power cabl e an d conne ct the adapter t o the power socket on the wal l, an d the [...]

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    Back lab el The backla bel descri bes the IP ad dress, log in d etail s, SSID, secur ity co de and W PS button fu nctiona lit y . Button Descript ion WPS BUTT ON Press 0-5 sec onds f or 2. 4 GHz WPS mo de Press 5-10 s econds f or 5 GHz WPS mo de Press 10 sec onds t o reset th e router Press 15 Se conds t o reset th e router to factory defaults.[...]

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    LED Definition From left to r ight. Port Description Po w er ( Blue ) Shows the devi ce is tur ned on. USB ( Blue ) Shows an USB devi ce is co nnected . WiFi 2.4 GH z ( Blue ) Shows WiF i act ivit y on the 2.4 GH z band. WiFi 2.4 GH z ( Blue ) Shows WiF i act ivit y on the 2.4 GH z band. WAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca bl e is conn ected. LAN ( Bl ue ) S[...]

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    Syste m Requirem ents The f oll owi ng are the mi nimum system re qui rements in order c onfi gure the device: - PC/Notebook - Operating System – M icrosoft Wi ndows X P/200 0/Vista/Se ven - 1 Free Ethernet port - Wi-Fi card/USB don gle ( 802. 11 b/ g/n) – optiona l - External xDSL (A DSL) o r Cable mo dem wi th an Ethernet port (RJ-45) - PC wi[...]

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    - 1 U nder standing the Hard ware Hardware Installation Y ou ca n pla ce the WL -350 on a desk or other fl at surface, or you can mount it on a wal l. For optima l performance, place your Wi rel ess Broadband R outer in the center o f your off i ce (or your h ome) in a lo catio n t hat is away fr om any potentia l source of interf erence, such as a[...]

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    IP Add ress Con figuration This d evice ca n be confi gure d as a Br idge/Router or Access Point. Th e default IP address of the device is 1 92.1 68. 0.1. I n ord er to log into t his devic e, you must first confi gure the T CP/IP set ting s of your PC/Notebook. 1. In the co ntrol pane l, doub le cl ick Netw ork Connectio ns and the n doub le c li [...]

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    2 Internet Con nection Wizard This d evic e offers a qu ick and s impl e conf ig uration through the use of a wizard. This chapter d escrib es how to use the wi zard to co nfi gure the i nternet setti ngs. Please refer t o Chapter 6 in order to c onfi gure the more a dvanced features of th e device. Loggi ng In T o confi gure t he de vice, open a w[...]

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    Select yo ur country from t he Country l ist. Se le ct your internet provid er . Cl ick Next. Dependi ng o n t he chos en provid er , you may n eed to enter your user name and password, M AC a ddress or host name i n t he fo ll owi ng win dow. After you have entered the c orrect i nfo rmation, c li ck Next . Click AP PLY to com pl ete the confi gur[...]

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    3 Wi-F i Prote cted Se tup W izard Wi-Fi Protecte d Set up is a f eature that lo cks the w irel ess securit y set tings and prevents t he settin gs from being chan ged by any n ew external regi strar usin g its PIN. Devic es can stil l be added to the w irel ess n etwork usi ng Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Please refer t o Chapter 5 in order to c onfi gu[...]

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    Add a Wireles s Devic e Click o n Basic -> Wireless and click on t he Add Wireless Device Wizard button. The wirel ess w izard w i ll i nform you that th ere are two major steps in th e proce ss. o Select the co nfi guration metho d for your wirel ess network o Connect your wireles s dev ice Click on the Ne xt butto n to cont in ue. Y ou may sel[...]

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    60 sec onds. The status LED on th e router w il l fl ash three tim es if the d evice has been succ essf ull y add ed to t he netw ork. There are several ways to add a wire less device to your netw ork. A ccess to the wirel ess network is c ontrol led by a regi strar . A registrar only all ows devi ces onto the w irel ess network if you have entered[...]

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    If the dev ice sup ports Wi-Fi Protected S etu p and has a config uration button, you can a dd it to the networ k by pressin g the confi guration button on the devi ce and then th e on e t he router wit hin 60 seco nds. The status LED on the route r wi l l f lash three times if t he devic e has been s ucces sfull y adde d to t he netw ork. Select t[...]

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    4 Adv anced W eb Con figurat ion Loggi ng In Open a web browser and type i n the IP ad dress (defa ult: http://192.168.0.1 ), the web-brow ser wi ll d is play the lo gin page. Fil l i n the username and password . The defau lt crede ntial s are sh own b elow: After logg in g in you wil l see the graphical user i nterface (GUI) of the d evice. T he [...]

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    4.1 Hom e Device All of your Internet and network co nnecti on d etails are dis played on thi s pa ge. The firmware versio n is als o di spl ayed here. Wireles s Click on t he Wireless l ink i n th e navi gation menu. The w irel ess secti on al lows you to view t he w irel ess c li ents that are connecte d to the devic e. - MAC Address : The Ethern[...]

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    - Mode : The transmission standar d bei ng used by t he c lie nt. V al ues are 11a, 11b, 11g, or 11n for 80 2.11 a, 80 2.11 b, 802. 11g, or 8 02.1 1n respecti vel y . - Rate : The actual transmissio n rate of the c li ent in m egabits per sec ond. - Signal : This is a relative measure of si gnal q ual ity . The v al ue is express ed as a percentage[...]

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    - Time Out : Th e nu mber of s econds of idle ti me until the router con si ders the sess ion t erminate d. The i nit ial value of Time Out depend s o n the type and state of t he co nnectio n. o 3 00 seconds - UDP co nnecti ons. o 2 40 seconds - Reset or cl ose d TCP conn ectio ns. The connecti on d oes not close instantl y so that li ngeri ng pac[...]

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    Stats Click on the Statistics link in the navigatio n menu. This page di spl ays the transmitted a nd rec eived packet statist ics of the wired (LAN & WAN) and wir eless interface. Cl ick on the Refresh button t o refresh t he statist ics.[...]

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    DHCP Click on the DHC P l in k i n the navi gation m enu. This page di spl ays the routin g detail s conf i gured f or your router .  Local : The IP address and, wh ere appropriate, port n umber o f the l ocal appli cation.  NAT : The port numb er of the LAN -sid e ap pli catio n as vi ewe d by t he WAN-side appli cation.  Internet : The I[...]

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     Time Out : The number of seconds of idle time until the ro uter consi ders the session terminated. T he init ial v al ue of Time Out depends o n the type and state of the c onnect ion. o 3 00 seconds - UDP co nnecti ons. o 2 40 seconds - Reset or cl ose d TCP conn ectio ns. The connecti on d oes not close instantl y so that li ngeri ng packets [...]

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    4.2 BA SIC Network This devi ce ca n be co nfi gured as a Rou ter or a Bri dge . S elect Router mode i f the WAN port is co nnected to th e Internet. Sel ect Bridg e if the devic e is connected t o a l ocal network downstream from another rout er . Bridge Mode In this mode, the devic e fu nctions as a bri dge betwee n the network on its WAN port an[...]

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    Router Mode In t his m ode, t he devi ce functi ons as a NA T router and i s co nnected to the Internet. Se lect t he Rou ter Mode ra dio b utton.  WAN Port Mode : Select the Router Mode radio butto n.  Router IP Address : Specif y the IP address of this devic e.  Subnet Mask : Specify the s ubnet mask for the IP address.  Local Domain [...]

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    Wireles s These options all ow you to enabl e/disa bl e t he wir el ess interface, swi tch between the 11n, 11 b/g an d 11 b radio ban d and channel frequenc y . The “Wire les s Setti ngs 1” tab conta ins the sett in gs f or the 2. 4GHz int erface, and the “Wire less Setti ngs 2” tab c ontains the setti ngs for th e 5GHz i nterface.  Ena[...]

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    appropriate "Only" mode. If you ha ve some devices that use a different transmission mo de, ch oose t he appropr iate "M ixed" mo de.  Wireless Channel : S elect a chan nel fr om th e drop-dow n li st. T he channe ls av a il abl e a re based on the country’s regulati on. A wireless networ k uses specif ic c hannel s in t he[...]

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     WEP Key Length : Sele ct a 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key l ength from the drop- down l ist.  WEP Key 1-4: Y ou may enter f our di ff erent WEP keys.  Default WEP K ey: Y ou may use up to f our d iffere nt keys f or four diff erent networks. S elect the cur rent key that w ill be used.  Authentication: Select Open , or Shared Key . Authenti[...]

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     WPA Mode : Select t he Au to WPA / WPA2 from th e drop- down l i st.  Cipher Type : Select TKIP and AES as the c iph er suit e. Th e enc ryption algorith m use d to sec ure the data c ommuni cation. o TKIP . Use TKIP only . TKIP (T emporal Key Int egrity Protocol) pr ovides per-packet key generation and is ba sed o n WEP . o AES. U se AES on[...]

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     Cipher T ype : Select TKIP or AES as t he cip her suit e. The encrypti on algorith m use d to sec ure the data c ommuni cation. o TKIP . Use TKIP only . TKIP (T emporal Key Int egrity Protocol) pr ovides per-packet key generation and is ba sed o n WEP . o AES. U se AES only . AES (Advanced Encryption S tandard) is a very secure bl ock based enc[...]

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    WAN The devic e offers se ver al types of WAN connecti ons in order to conn ect to the Internet. - Static IP A ddress - Dynamic IP A ddress - PPP oE - PPTP Select t he type o f I nternet Conne ctio n from the drop-down l ist. Static IP Address Configuration The WAN i nterface can be co nfi gured as St atic IP address . In thi s type of connecti on,[...]

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     Subnet Mask: S pecif y the sub net mask for thi s IP address, whic h is assi gned by your ISP .  Default Gateway: Sp ecify t he IP address of the defa ult gatewa y , whi ch is assigne d by your IS P .  Primary / Secondary DNS Address: Spe cify the primary and second ary IP address, w hic h is a ssi gne d by your ISP .  MTU : The Maximu[...]

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    Dynamic IP Address (DHCP) Configuration The WAN interface can be c onf igure d as a DHCP C li ent i n whi ch the ISP pr ovides the IP address t o the devi ce. T his is a lso known as Dy namic IP . Select t he Dynamic IP (DHCP) from the My I nternet Connectio n drop-d own list.  Host Name : Specify a host name to def in e your system or connect i[...]

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    devices send larger packets, the router wi ll break t hem into small er packets. Ideall y , you shou ld set thi s to match the MTU of the connecti on to your ISP . T ypi cal v al ues are 1 500 bytes for an Ethernet conne ctio n and 1492 bytes for a PPP oE connect ion. If the router's MTU is set too hi gh, packets w i ll be fragmented d ownstre[...]

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    PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) The WAN i nterface can b e conf i gured a s PPPoE. This type of connecti on is usually used for a DS L s ervice a nd req uires a username an d passw ord to conn ect. Select t he PPPo E from the My Internet Connection drop-down l ist .  Address Mode : PPPoE can be used w ith a dynamic or static IP add[...]

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     MTU : The Maximum T ran smi ssio n Un it (MTU) i s a parameter that dete rmines the largest packet size (in bytes) that the router wi ll send to the WAN. If LAN devices send larger packets, the router wi ll break t hem into small er packets. Ideall y , you shou ld set thi s to match the MTU of the connecti on to your ISP . T ypi cal v al ues ar[...]

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    PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) The WAN i nterfac e can be conf igur ed as PPTP . PPTP (Point to Point T unneli ng Protocol) uses a v irtual private network to con nect to your ISP . Thi s method of connecti on is primarily used in Europe. Th is me thod of c onnecti on requ ires you to enter a username and passw ord (pr ovide d by your ISP[...]

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    o Ma nual : Y ou have to ope n u p the Web -base d management interface and cli ck t he Connect button manuall y any tim e that you wish to conne ct to th e Internet.  Maximum Idle Time : S pecif y th e t ime after whic h t he router wil l automaticall y discon nect the current sessi on when no data-traffic has b een detected f or the s et per i[...]

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    Advanc ed Wireles s This page allow s you to confi gure the fragmentation threshol d, R TS threshol d, beacon peri od, transmit power , DTIM int erv al, wirel ess is olat ion, WMM and WDS (wirel ess d istri butio n system).  Transmit Power : Y o u may control the outp ut p ower of the devi ce by select ing a value from the d rop- down list . Thi[...]

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     Fragment Threshold : Packets over the speci fi ed s ize w il l be fragmented in order to im prove p erformance on no isy networks. Speci fy a value between 256 and 655 35. T he defaul t value i s 23 46.  DTIM In terval : A DTIM i s a c ountd own i nformi ng cl ients of the next win dow for li steni ng to broad cast and mu lti cast messag es.[...]

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     WAN Po rt S peed : Y ou may se lect a WAN port spe ed from th e drop-down list. It is rec ommended that you se lect Au to .  Enable Multica st Strea ms : Place a check i n this box to enabl e multi cast streams. Th e router uses the IGMP protocol to sup port effici ent multic asti ng - - transmissi on of ide ntical content, such as mult imed[...]

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    4.3 Fi rewal l Virtual S erver The V irtual S erver option gi ves Internet users access to servi ces on your LA N. This feature is usef ul for hosti ng onli ne servi ces such as FTP , Web , or game servers. For each Virtu al Server , you def i ne a pub lic port o n your router for redirecti on to an int ernal LA N IP A ddress an d LAN port.  Ena[...]

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    Special Applicat ion An appl icati on ru le is u sed to open sin gl e or mu lti pl e ports on your router when the router se nses data sent to the I nternet on a t rigger port or port range. An appli cation r ule appl i es to al l computers on your i nternal network.  Enable : Place a ch eck i n thi s b ox to ena ble t he s pecial app licat ion [...]

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    Port Fo rwarding Multi pl e conne ctio ns are requi red by som e appl icatio ns, su ch as i nternet games , video co nferenc ing, Internet tel epho ny , and others. These app licat ions have diffi cul ti es worki ng through NA T (Network Add ress T ranslati on). Thi s secti on is used to open mu lti ple p orts or a range of ports in your router and[...]

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    Access Control The Acc ess Control sectio n allo ws you to control acces s i n and out o f devices on your net work. Use this feature a s P arental Controls to only gran t access to approved sites, l imit w eb access bas ed on time or dates, and/or bl ock access from appli cati ons s uch as peer-to-peer uti li ties or games. When Acc ess Control i [...]

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     Specify a pol ic y name an d then cli ck on the Next b utton to c onti nue.  Select a sch edule from the drop-down list: Always or Never , or you may defin e a new sche dul e. Clic k on the Next button to conti nue.  Select a ma chi ne to w hich t he poli cy ap pli es.  Address Type : Sele ct the IP a ddress or MAC a ddress radio butto[...]

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    Websit e Filter This i s a type of parent al control feature use d to restrict c ertain w ebsi tes form being a ccessed t hrough your network. Th ese fi l ters can be use d for securi ng and restricti ng your netw ork.  Website/URL/Domain : Specify the web address that you would like t o filt er . D o not u se “ http://” Click on the Save bu[...]

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    Schedul es Click on the Sch edules link in t he navigation m enu. Sched ul es can be created for use w it h enforcin g r ules . F or example, i f you want to restri ct web a ccess to Mon- Fri f rom 3pm t o 8pm, you could create a schedu le select in g M on, T u e, W e d, Thu, and Fri and enter a Start Ti me of 3p m and End Tim e of 8pm.  Name : [...]

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    4.4 A dvance d Settin gs Dynamic D NS The Dy namic DN S feature all ows you to host a server (W eb, F TP , Game Ser ver , etc.) usin g a domain name that you hav e purchased wi th your dynamical ly assigne d IP addre ss. M ost broadban d Int ernet S ervice Provid ers ass ign dynami c (changing) IP ad dresses. W hen you use a Dy namic DNS servi ce p[...]

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    Stream Engine The S treamEngi ne feature help s improve th e n etwork p erformance by prioriti zi ng appli cation s.  Enable Traffic Shaping : Place a che ck i n the box to enab le traffic shapi ng. When this optio n is en abled , the router restri cts t he flow o f outbo und traffic so as not to exceed t he WAN upl ink bandwi dth.  Automatic[...]

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     Connection Type : By d efault, t he router automatical ly determi nes whether the underly in g connecti on i s an xDSL/Frame -relay netw ork or som e other connecti on type (s uch a s cabl e mod em or Ethernet), and it displ ays the resu lt as D etected xDS L or Fr ame Relay Network. If you have an unusual n etwork connecti on in whi ch you are[...]

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    MAC Add ress Fi lter This feature is use d to restri ct certain MAC address from accessi ng the Internet. These fi lt ers can b e use d for sec urin g and restr icti ng your network.  Configure MAC Filte ring : Select one of t he o ptions from th e drop- down l ist . o Turn MAC Filtering OFF: When "OFF" i s s ele cted, MAC ad dresses a[...]

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    Firewal l Settings The d evice provi des a t ig ht fire wall by virt ue o f th e way NA T w orks. U nless you confi gure the router t o the contrary , the NA T does not res pond t o unsol ici ted incomi ng requests o n an y port, thereby maki ng your LAN invisib le to Internet cyber attac ks. How ever , some network ap pl icatio ns cann ot run w it[...]

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    o Port And Address Restricted The NA T d oes n ot forward any incomi ng co nnecti on r equest s wit h the same port ad dress as an already establ i sh co nnecti on.  Note : Some of the se opti ons can i nteract wit h ot her port restricti ons. Endpoi nt Indepe ndent Filteri ng takes priori ty over inbound fi lt ers or schedul es, so it i s possi[...]

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    or ICMP ini tiates a session to the Internet, the router's N A T can track suc h a session, even thoug h i t does not reco gnize the protocol. This feature is useful because i t enabl es ce rtain appli cati ons (most im portantly a si ngl e VPN connecti on to a rem ote ho st) with out the need for an ALG.  Note : This f eature does n ot ap [...]

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    of your corporate n etwork wh ether your VPN cl ient sup ports N A T trav ersal. o RTSP : All ows appli cati ons t hat use Real Ti me S treaming Protocol to receive streami ng medi a from the int ernet. Qui ckTim e and Real Player are some of th e common a ppl icat ions usi ng thi s protoc ol. o Windows/MSN Messenger : Supp orts use on LAN computer[...]

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    WISH WISH i s s hort for W irel ess I ntel li gent S tream Handli ng, a tech nology devel oped to enhanc e your experience of usin g a w ire les s network b y prioriti zing t he traffic of dif ferent a ppl icati ons.  Enable WISH : Place a ch eck i n thi s box to enabl e the WISH f eature.  HTTP : Plac e a check i n thi s b ox t o add HTTP as[...]

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     Enable : Place a check i n th is box t o ena ble th e WISH rul e. A WIS H Rule identi fi es a spec ifi c m essage flow and ass ign s a pr iori ty to t hat f low. For most appli cation s, the priority classifi ers ensure t he right priorities and sp eci fic WISH Rules are n ot require d. WISH supports overlaps betwee n rul es. If more than one r[...]

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    Inbound Filt er When you use t he V irtua l Serve r , Port F orwarding, or Re mote A dmi ni stration features to open spec ific ports to traffic f rom the Internet, you co ul d be increasin g the ex posure of your LAN to cyber attacks from the Internet. In these cases, you can use I nb ound F ilt ers to lim it t hat ex posure by s peci fyi ng t he [...]

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    Bandwi dth Usin g this page , it ’s possi ble to perform a variety of network t ests b etween the router and other LAN devi ces. Choose the Test Type, sel ect a computer (or enter it ’ s MA C ad dress), and cl ick the Start -button to start bandw i dth testi ng.[...]

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    Disk This pag e shows i nform ation regardin g the attache d storage devices. Fi l e system type, total space on the devic e, a nd availabl e spac e is s hown in th e tabl e. Click t he “ Safely remove ” b utton, to s afel y remove the USB di sk. Note: Only FA T12, F A T16, and F A T32 dri ves are s upported . F or inf ormation regarding partit[...]

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    Share On t hi s page, t he s haring mod e can b e chang ed. Choos e to share all fo ld ers wit h all users, or to restrict the s haring of fold ers. When Sharin g-mode is set to “restrict” , shares can be added a nd chan ged.[...]

  • Page 65

    Users Y ou can ad d new users and conf i gure user ri ghts f or the st orage devic e.  Password : Enter a pa ssword f or the sel ected user .  Share Name : S ele ct a share d f old er . The S hared fo l ders can be c onfi gured on the “S hare” tab.  Access : Sel ect “Read Only” to al low the use r to read f i les i n th e sele cted[...]

  • Page 66

    4.5 To olbox Time Co nfiguration Click on the Time l i nk in the navigati on men u. T his feature al l ows you to confi gure, update, and maintain the correct t ime on the devi ce’s i nternal system clock as we ll as conf igure the t ime zone. The date and time o f the dev ice can be confi gured man uall y or by sy nchronizi ng with a time server[...]

  • Page 67

    you are usi ng sch edul es or logs, t his i s the best way to ensure that the schedul es an d l ogs are kept accurate.  NTP Server Used : Spe cify th e N TP server or sele ct one from the dr op-down list.  Set the Date and Time : S elect a d ate a nd ti me from the drop-dow n li st or do to use com puter’s time an d d ate cl ick on the Copy[...]

  • Page 68

    Load From Local Hard Driv e This option allows you to restore a backu p conf ig uration from a f il e t o the d evice. Click on the B rowse butto n t o sele ct t he fi l e and the n cl ick o n Restore Configuration from a File bu tt on. The system the n prompts you to rebo ot the d evic e. Click on the OK butto n to co ntin ue. Y o u wi l l t hen s[...]

  • Page 69

    Restore To Fac tory Defaul t Click on th e Restore all Settings to Facto ry Def aults button. Thi s opti on restores al l c onf iguration setti ngs back to the settin gs that were i n effect at t he time whe n the devi ce was sh ip ped from t he factory . Once the d ial og box appears, cli ck o n the OK button t o conf irm the a ctio n. Note : The [...]

  • Page 70

    Please wait whi le t he s ystem i s reb ooting. Note : Do no unpl ug the device durin g this process as this may cause p ermanent damage.[...]

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    Firmwa re Click on t he Firmware li nk in the navig atio n menu . T his page al lows you to upgrade the firmware of t he d evice in order to im prove th e fu ncti onali ty a nd performance. T his page also dis pl ays the current fi rmware versio n an d i ts rel ease date. Ensure that yo u have d ownl oaded the appro priate fi rmware from the vendor[...]

  • Page 72

     Enable Logging to a Syslog Server: Pl ace a check i n th is b ox to enable Syslog l oggi ng.  Syslog Server IP Addre ss: Speci fy the IP address of th e Syslo g server . Click on the Ap ply button o nce you h ave modif ied the setti ngs. Administ rator Se ttings Admin Password Y ou can change the pas sword require d to log i nto the broadban[...]

  • Page 73

    System Name Gateway Name : Name of your router . Remote Managem ent The remote manageme nt fu nction a ll ows yo u to co nfigur e the Broad band router from a remote sit e. Inactivity Time Out : Time after whic h you wi l l b e automati call y l ogged out of the web-i nterface. HTTPS Server : Enable HT TPS c onnecti on for th e we b-interfac e. Ena[...]

  • Page 74

    Appendix A FCC Interference Statement Fede ral Communicatio n Commission Interfere nce Stateme nt This eq ui pment has been test ed a nd fo und to comply w ith t he l im its f or a C lass B dig ital device, pursuant to Part 15 o f the FCC Rul es. The se l imit s are d esigned t o provide reaso nabl e protection against harmful interference in a res[...]