Sitecom WL-361 manual

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    WL -361 Wireless Mobile R outer 1 50N[...]

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    2  User Manua l T A BLE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEATURES.. .......... ............... .............. ...... ............... .......... ......... 4 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS ............ .......... ............... ..... ............... .............. 5 3 PRODUCT LAYOUT ........... .......... ............... ..... ............... ............... .... 6 4 NETW[...]

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    Introduction Congratulations on your purchas e of the WL - 361 Wirele ss Mobi l e R out er 150N. The WL -361 is c ompl iant with draft 8 02.1 1n v 2.0 up to 6 times faster than standard 80 2.11 g based routers w hi le st ill bei ng compatib le wi th 802.11 g & 802.1 1b gad gets. At 1 50 Mbps w ireless tran smiss ion rate, t he Access Point bui [...]

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    1 Key Features F eatures Advantages Incredi bl e Data Rate up to 150Mb ps* Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 80 2.1 1n draft 2.0 Compli ant and backward compat ib le wi th 802.1 1b/g Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant device s with legacy protection USB port for 3G U SB m odem Wireless internet everywh[...]

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    2 Package Content s Open the package car eful ly , and make sure th at none of t he i tems li sted below are m iss ing. D o not d iscar d t he packi ng material s, in case of return; the unit must b e shi pped back i n its origi nal package. 1. WL -361 Router 2. USB cable 3. Po wer adapter 5V 4. Quick Instal l G ui de 5. CD (User’s Manual) 6. W a[...]

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    3 Product Layout Port Descript ion RJ45 Connect your ADS L/Cabl e modem to t his port 3G Connect your 3G US B mo dem to this port T op Cover On the top c over you can see t he LEDs that show the funct ionali ty of t he device. A l so prese nt is t he OPS butt on wh ich al lows you to con nect your computer wit h a sec ure wirel ess c onnecti on wi [...]

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    Button Descript ion Press 2 sec onds for OPS mod e Press 10 s econ ds to reset th e router OPS Press 15 Se cond s to reset the ro uter to f actory default s. Back label The back la bel describ es th e IP address, lo gin detail s, SSID, secur ity and co de.[...]

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    4 Net w ork + System Requireme nt s T o be gin usi ng the WL - 361, make sure you meet the foll owi ng a s minimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – M icrosoft Win dows XP/2 000/VIST A • Wi-Fi card/USB cl ient (8 02.1 1 b/g/n). • External xDS L (A DSL) or Cable m odem wi th an Ethern et port (R J-45), or a 3G USB mo dem. ?[...]

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    6 Setup LAN, W AN The WL -361 has one Ethernet p ort that do ubles as a W AN (Intern et) port and a LAN port. When no 3G U SB c li ent is inserted in t he USB p ort, the port f uncti ons as WAN. When a 3G US B cl ient is i nserted i n t he USB port, the port fu ncti ons as LAN. T o use o nly the 3G USB connecti on, just insert a 3G USB cl ie nt int[...]

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    7 PC Net w ork Adapter setup Win d ows XP • Enter [Start Menu]  se lect [Control panel]  se lect [Network]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connectio n]) ic on=>sel ect [pro perties][...]

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    • Select [I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Propertie s]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. a. The WL - 361 supports [DHCP] fu nction, p lease s elect both [Obtai n an IP address automati call y] and [Obtai n DNS s erver address automatical ly].[...]

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    Win d ows Vist a • Enter [Start Menu]  se lect [Control panel]  se lect [Vi ew network status and tasks] -> s elect [Manage netw ork connect ions]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connectio n]) ic on=>sel ect [pro perties][...]

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    • Select [I nternet Protoc ol V ersio n 4 ( T CP/IPv4)] =>Cl ick [Pr operties]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. The WL -36 1 s upports [ DHCP] functi on, pl ease sel ect both [Obta in an IP ad dress automaticall y] and [O btain DNS server address automaticall y].[...]

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    8 Bringing up t he WL-361 Connect t he sup pl ied power-adapter to the p ower inlet port and co nnect it to a wal l outl et, or sw itch the router o n w ithout t he power adapter con nected to work off t he battery . T he WL - 361 aut omatical ly e nters the self-test phase. During se lf-test phase, the Power LED wil l be l i t cont in uously to i [...]

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    3. T ype u ser name and password (d efault is admi n/admin). 4. Click OK . 5. Y ou wi ll see th e home page of t he WL -361. The System status sec tion all ows you to monitor the current status of your router: the UP time, hardware i nformati on, seria l number as wel l as fi rmware version i nformatio n is di splayed here.[...]

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    L A N settin gs The LAN tab gives you the opp ortunity to chang e the IP s ettings of th e WL -3 61. Click <Ap ply> at the b ottom of this scree n to save any changes. IP address 192. 168.0 .1. It i s t he router’ s LAN IP address (Y our LAN cli ents default gateway IP address) . IP Subnet Mask 255. 255. 255. 0 Spec ify a Sub net Mask f or [...]

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    Lease Time Forever . In the Lease Tim e sett ing you can s pecif y the t ime period that the DH CP lends an IP address to y our LA N clients. T he DH CP wil l change your LAN cli ent’s IP address when thi s t ime thresh ol d period is reache d. IP Address Pool Y ou can se lect a particular IP address range for your D HCP server to issu e IP addr [...]

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    Device S t atus View t he Broadband router’s current config uration settin gs. Devi ce Status displ ays the c onfi guration sett ings you’ve c onfi gured i n the W izard / Basic Settings / Wi reless S etti ngs sect ion.[...]

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    Internet St atus This page d isp lays whether the WAN port is co nnected to a Cabl e/DSL or 3G connecti on. It also d i spl ays th e rout er’s WAN IP address, Subn et M ask, and ISP Gateway as wel l as M AC address, the Primary DNS. Press Renew button to renew your WAN IP address.[...]

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    DHCP Client St atus DHCP Thi s page s hows all DHCP c li ents ( LAN PCs) currently connecte d t o your network. The table sh ows the ass igned IP add ress, MAC addre ss and expi ration time for ea ch DHCP lea sed cl ient. Use th e Refresh button to u pdate the availabl e informatio n. Y ou can c heck Enable Static DHCP IP . It i s possi bl e to add[...]

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    WL-361 Log View the o peration log o f the WL-361 . Thi s page shows t he current system l og of the Broadban d router . It displ ays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of t he page, the sy stem l og can be saved <Save> to a l ocal f i le for further processi ng or the system l og can be cl eared <Clear> or it can b[...]

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    WL-361 S t atistics Shows the counters of packets se nt and rece ived o n WAN, LAN & WLAN.[...]

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    10 Configuration W izard Click Wizard to co nfig ure the router . The Setu p wizard wi ll now be displayed; check that the m odem is con nected a nd cl ick Next. Select yo ur country from t he Country l ist. Sele ct your internet provider . Alternati vely you ca n sel ect “Mob ile 3G” to set the WL - 361 up f or a 3G/ UMTS connecti on. Cl ick N[...]

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    Click AP PLY to com plete t he con figuration.[...]

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    11 Wireless Set tings Y ou can s et parameters that are us ed for the wire less stations to connect to this router . The parameters inclu de Mode, ESSID, Channel Number and Assoc iated Client. Wireles s Fun ction Enable or Disa ble W irel ess funct ion here. Cl ick A pply and wait for mo dule to be ready & load ed.[...]

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    Basic Settings Mode Allow s you to set the AP to AP , S tation, Bri dge or WDS mode. Band Al lows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b or 802.11 g mo de. Y ou can also sel ect B+G mode t o a ll ow 80 211b an d 80 2.11g cl ie nts at t he same time. SSID This i s the name of the w ireless signa l wh ich i s broadcasted. Al l t he devices in t he same w[...]

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    A dvan ced Settings This tab al lo ws you to set the ad va nced wirel ess opti ons. The option s incl ud ed are Authe ntication T yp e, Fragment Thre shol d, RTS Thres hold, Beacon I nterval, and Preambl e T ype. Y ou shou ld not change thes e parameters u nle ss you know what effect the cha nges wi ll have on the ro uter . Fragment Threshold "[...]

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    N Data R ate The “Data Rate” is the rate that thi s acc ess poi nt uses to transmit data packets for N compl iant w irel ess n odes. H ighest to low est data rate can be fixed. Channel Bandwidth is the range of fre quenc ies that w il l be used . Preamble Type The “Lo ng Pr eamble” ca n provid e better wire less LAN compatib il ity whi le t[...]

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    Security This Acc ess Point provi des compl ete w irel ess LAN security f unction s, inc luded are WEP , IEEE 802. 11x, I EEE 802.1 1x wi th WEP , WPA wit h pre-shared key and WP A with R ADIUS. Wit h th ese s ecurity f uncti ons, you can prevent your wi reless LA N from ille gal access. Please m ake sure your wirel ess stat ions use the same secur[...]

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    WEP When you sel ect 64-bit or 1 28-bit WEP k ey , you hav e to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. Y ou can generate the key by y oursel f and enter it. Y ou can enter four W EP keys an d se lect one of them as a defaul t key . Then the router can receive any packets e ncrypted b y one of t he f our keys. Key Length Y ou can se lect the WEP key le ngt[...]

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    WP A Pre-shared Ke y Wi-Fi Protecte d Access (WPA) is an advanced securi ty sta ndard. Y ou can us e a pre-shared key to authe nticate w irel ess st ations a nd en crypt d ata during communicati on. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to chan ge the encrypti on key frequentl y . S o the encryptio n key i s not easy to b e cra cked b y hackers. This i s the [...]

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    A CL This wire les s router supports MAC A ddress Control, whi ch prevents un authorized cli ents from ac cessin g your wire less network. Enable wireless access c ontrol Enabl es the w irel ess access control functio n Adding an address into the list Enter the " MAC Address" a nd "Comment" o f the wire less statio n to be added[...]

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    WPS Wi-Fi Protected Set up (WPS) is the sim pl est wa y to establ ish a connecti on between t he w irele ss c l ients a nd t he wire less router . You don’ t h av e to sel ect the encryptio n mo de and f ill in a long encrypti on passp hr ase every tim e wh en you try to setup a wir eless connect ion. Y ou only need to press a button on both w ir[...]

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    WPS Current Status If the w irel ess secur ity (e ncrypti on) functi on of this wirel ess router is properly set , you’l l see a ‘Config ured’ mes sage here. Otherwis e, you’ll se e ‘UnConf igured ’ . Self Pin Code This i s the WPS PIN cod e of the wirel ess ro uter . Y ou may n eed t his informatio n whe n connecti ng t o other WPS-ena[...]

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    12 Firewall Settings The Broadba nd ro uter pr ovides exten sive f irewal l protecti on b y restrict i ng connecti on parame ters, thus li mit ing the risk of hacker attacks, a nd defendi ng against a wid e array of common Internet attacks. However , f or appl ic ations that require unrestricted acce ss to t he Intern et, you can c onfi gure a s pe[...]

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    DMZ If you have a cl ie nt P C that cannot ru n a n Inter net ap plicat ion ( e.g. Games) properly from behi nd the NA T fire wall, t hen you can o pen up the fi rewal l restricti ons to unrestrict ed tw o- way Internet access by def ini ng a DMZ Host. The DMZ f uncti on al lows y ou to re -d irect al l p ac k ets g oi ng to you r WAN port IP addre[...]

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    Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router's firewall can block common hacker attacks, incl udi ng Denial of S ervic e, Ping of D eath, Po rt Scan and Sync Fl ood. If Internet attacks occur the router ca n l og the e vents. Ping of Death Protections from P in g of Death attack Discard Ping From WAN The router’ s WAN port wi l l not res pon[...]

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    A ccess Y ou ca n restri ct us ers f rom access ing certain Internet appli cations/ser vices (e.g. Internet web sites , emai l, FTP etc.). Access C ontrol a llows users to define the traffic typ e pe rmi tted in your LAN. Y ou ca n control w hich PC cl ient can have access to th ese servi ces. Deny If y ou select “Deny” then a l l client s will[...]

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    Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enable MAC Filteri ng” to enabl e MAC Filter ing . Add PC Fil l i n “C lient PC MAC Address ” an d “C omment” of th e PC that i s al lowed to acces s the Inter net, an d the n cl ick “ Ad d” . If you f ind any typo b efore a dding it and want to retype a gain, j ust cl ick "R eset " and the f[...]

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    URL block Y ou can bl ock access to some W eb si tes from particu lar PCs by enteri ng a full URL address or just keywords of th e W eb si te. Enable URL Blocki ng E nable/di sabl e URL Bl ocki ng. Add U RL Keyword Fil l in “URL/Keyword” and then c li ck “ Add” . Y ou ca n enter the full URL address or th e keyword of the we b sit e you wan[...]

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    13 Advanced Sett ings Network A ddress T ranslation (NA T) al lows mult ipl e users at your local sit e to access the Inter net through a sing le Public IP Addr ess or m ultip le Pu bl ic IP Addresses. NA T provides Firewal l protecti on from hacker atta cks and has the flexi bi lity to allow you to map Private IP Addresse s to Publ ic IP Addresses[...]

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    Port Range The range of p orts to b e forward to the private IP . Comment descri ption o f this setti ng. Add Port Forwarding Fill i n th e "Private IP", “T y pe” , “Port Range” and "Comment" of t he settin g to be a dded and then cl ick "Add". Then this P ort Fo rwarding s ettin g wil l be added int o the &quo[...]

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    Virtual S erver Use the Virtual Server functio n when you want diff erent servers/cli ents in your LAN to han dle dif ferent service/I nternet appl ication type (e.g. Emai l, FTP , Web server etc.) fr om th e Internet. Computers use numbers ca ll ed port numbers to recognize a parti cular s ervice/Internet appli cati on ty pe. Th e V irtual S erver[...]

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    Comment The descri ption of thi s sett ing. Add Virtual Server Fi ll in the "Pri v ate IP", "P rivate P ort", "T ype", “Pub lic P ort” and "Comment" of the s ettin g t o be add ed and the n c l ick "Ad d". Then this V irtua l Server settin g wi ll be ad ded int o the "Current Virtual S erve[...]

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    Special A ppli cations Some appli cations r equire mult iple c onnecti ons, such as Internet games, v id eo Conferencin g, Internet telep hony and others. In this s ecti on y ou can config ure the router to s upport m ultip le c onnecti ons for t hese types o f appl icat ions. Enable T rig ger Port Enable the S peci al Ap pl ication funct ion. Trig[...]

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    Copy t o se lectio n box and then cli ck the Copy to butt on. Th is wi l l automatica lly list the Publ ic Ports required for this pop ular ap pl ication in the locati on (1-10) you specif ie d. Add Special Application Fill i n the "T ri gger Port", "T ri gger T yp e” , “Publ ic Po rt ” , "Publi c T ype", "Publ i[...]

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    A LG Y ou can select a ppl icati ons that nee d “ A pp licati on Layer Gateway” support. Enable sele ct enabl e “ App licati on Layer Gateway” , then the router wil l let the selected appl icati on correctl y pass throu gh t he NA T gateway .[...]

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    UPNP With UPnP , al l PCs i n you Intranet wi ll di scover this ro uter automatic ally , so you don’t have to c onf igure your PC and it can easi ly acc ess t he Internet throu gh this router . UPnP F eature Y ou can e nable or Disabl e the UPnP f eature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all cli ent syst ems that support UPnP , like W in d[...]

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    QoS QoS can let you class ify Int ernet appli catio n traffic by source/desti nation IP address an d port numb er . Y ou can ass ign priori ty for each type o f appl i cation and reserve bandwidth f or it. The packe ts of appl icati ons with hi gher p riority wil l always go fi rst. L ower pri ority app licat ions wil l get bandwi dth aft er hig he[...]

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    Selecte d". If you want r emove al l Q oS rul es f rom th e ta ble, just cl ick the "D elete All" butto n. Cli cki ng "Reset" wi ll cl ear your current sele ctio ns. Edit a QoS rule Select the ru le you want to edi t and cli ck “ Edit ” , t hen e nter the detail form of th e Q oS rule . Cli ck “ App ly ” after editi[...]

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    14 T OOLBOX Setti n gs Password change opt ions Y ou can chang e t he passwor d req uired to l og i nto the broadband router's system web-based management. By de fault, the password is: admin. P asswords can contain 0 to 12 alphan umeric c hara cters, a nd are case se nsit ive. Current Password Fil l in the current password t o al low cha ngi [...]

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    T ime Zone The Ti me Zone all ows your router to ba se its time on t he setti ngs config ured here, whi ch w ill aff ect funct ions such as Lo g e ntries and Firewall settin gs. Set Time Zone S elect the time zone of t he country you are currentl y in. The router wil l set its t ime based o n your sel ectio n. Time Server Address Y ou can set a n N[...]

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    Remote Managem ent The remote management funct ion al lows you to des ignate a h ost i n the Inter net the ability to c onfi gure the Broadband r outer from a r emote s it e. Ente r the desi gnated h ost IP Ad dress in the Host IP Addre ss fi el d. Host Address This is the IP address of the host i n the Internet that wi ll have management/conf igur[...]

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    Firmware Upgrade This page al lows you to u pgrad e th e router ’ s firmware. Firmware Upgrade Th is tool all ows you to upgr ade t he Broadband router’ s system f irmware. T o upgrade t he firmware of your B roadband router , you need to downloa d the firmware fi le to yo ur loca l hard disk, and e nter that fil e name a nd path in the appropr[...]

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    Backup Settings The Backup screen all ows you to save (Backup) the router’s current confi guration settings. W hen you save the confi guration setti ng (Backup) you can re-l oad the saved c onfi guration into the router through the Restore selecti on. If extreme problems occur you ca n use th e Restore to F actory Defa ults sel ection, t his wil [...]

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    Reset Y ou can reset the router ’ s system shou ld any problem exist. The re set functi on essentia ll y re-boots your router’ s syst em. Click < Ap ply > at the b ottom of the s creen to save the above conf ig ur ations .[...]

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    DDNS DDNS all ows you to map the stati c domai n name to a dynamic IP ad dress. Y ou must get a n account, passw ord and your sta tic domain name from the DDN S service providers. This router s upp orts DynDN S, TZO and ot her com mon DDNS service pr oviders. Enable/Disable Enable or di sable th e DDNS functio n of t his router . Provider Select a [...]

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    Parts of the firmware of the WL -361 Wireless Mobile router are subject to the GNU general public license. Appendix A: Licen sing Informatio n This product includes third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU Gener al Public License. . Y ou can modif y or redistribute this free soft ware under the terms of the GNU Gener al Public Licen[...]

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    you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you ca n do these things. T o protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to den y you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restricti ons translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distrib[...]

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    licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part rega rdless of who wrote it. Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work wri tten entirely by you; rather , the intent is t o exercise th e right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program. In a[...]

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    software distribution system, which is implemented by public license practices. Many people have made gen erous contr ibutions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to distri bute software through any other sy[...]