Sitecom WL-611 manual

WL -611 300N Wireless R outer (802.11bgn draft 2.0) User Manua l Revision: 1.1[...]

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Introduction Congratulations on y our purchase of t he WL -611 W ireless Network B roadba nd Ro ut er . T he WL -611 is c om pliant w ith draft 802 .11n v 2. 0 up t o 6 t imes f aster than standar d 802.11g ba sed routers while still being c ompatib le with 802.11g & 8 02.11b gadg ets. The WL -611 is n ot only a Wireless Access P oint, but also[...]

1 Key Features Features Advantages Incredible Data Rate up to 300Mbps* Heavy data p ayloads such as MPEG v ideo streamin g IEEE 802. 11n draft 2.0 Com pliant and backward c ompatib le with 802.11b/g Ful ly Interoperab le with IE EE 802 .11b / IEEE8 02.11g comp liant devic es with leg acy prot ection Fo ur 1 0/100 Mbp s F ast Switch Ports (Auto-Cros[...]

2 Package Content s Open t he packa ge car efully , and m ake sure that no ne of t he item s listed below are missing. Do no t discar d t he packing materials, in case of r eturn; the unit must be shipp ed back in its original pac kage. 1. WL -611 Router 2. 220V~24 0V Po wer Adapt er 3. Quick Instal l Guide 4. CD (User ’ s Ma nual) 5. W arranty c[...]

3 Product Layout Po rt Description Po w er connector Connect th e 12V DC ad apter to this p ort LAN ( Y ellow ) Connect your PC’s or network devices to t his port WAN ( Blue ) Connect your ADSL/ Cable mo dem to th is port Re set Use this button t o reset the WL -61 1 P ower LAN po rt W AN port Reset[...]

Backlabel The backla bel describes t he IP address , login details, SSID, security co de and WPS button fu nctionality . Button Description WPS Button Press 2 seconds for WP S mode. Re set Button Press 2 seconds to reset the router . Press 10 Seconds to res et the rout er to factory defaults.[...]

4 Net w ork + System Requireme n t s T o begin using the W L-61 1, ma ke sure you mee t the follow ing as minimum requirements : • PC/Noteboo k . • Operating Sy stem – Microsoft W indows X P/2000/ V IST A • 1 Free Ethernet po rt. • WiFi card/USB do ngle (802.1 1 b/g/n) – optional. • External xDSL (ADSL) or Cable modem with an E therne[...]

6 Setup LAN, W AN WA N connection: LAN connection:[...]

7 PC Net w ork Adapter setup ( Windows XP ) • Enter [Star t Menu]  se lect [Control pan el]  se lect [Network ]. • Select [Local Ar ea Connect ion]) ico n=>select [pro perties][...]

• Select [Inter net Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>Cl ick [Properties]. • Select the [Ge neral] tab. a. The WL -611 s upports [DH CP] fu nction, p lease se lect both [O btain a n IP address auto matically] and [Obtain DNS server address aut omatically].[...]

8 Bring up the W L -61 1 Connect t he supplied p ower-adapter to t he power inlet port and co nnect it to a wall outlet. The WL -61 1 automat ically ente rs the self-test phase. During self -t est phase, the P ower L ED will be lit co ntinuously to indicate th at this product is in normal ope ration. 9 Initial Setup of t h e WL-61 1 LOGIN procedure[...]

3. T ype user name and p assword (de f ault is admin/a dm in). 4. Click OK . 5. Y ou will see the home page o f the W L-61 1. The System sta tus section allows y ou to monitor the current s tatus of your router the U P time, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware version information is disp l ay ed here.[...]

L A N settings The LAN tab gives y ou the opportunity to change the IP settings of t he WL-61 1. Click <App ly> at the b ottom of this scr een to save any change s. IP add ress 192. 168.0.1. It is the router ’ s LAN IP addr ess (Y our LAN clients default gateway IP address). IP Subn et Mask 255. 255.255. 0 Specify a Subnet Mask for yo ur LA[...]

Lease Time For ever . In the Lease Time setting you can spec ify th e time period that the DHC P lends an IP address to your LA N clients. The DHCP wil l change your LAN client’s IP addr ess when this t ime thre shold period is reached. IP Add ress Po ol Y ou can se lect a part icular IP addr ess range for your DHCP server to issu e IP addresse s[...]

Device S ta tus View the Broadban d router ’s c urrent conf iguration settings. D evice S tatus displays the configuration settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / W ireless Sett ings section.[...]

Internet St atus This page displays whether the WAN port is connected to a Cable/DSL connection. It also displays t he router’s WAN IP a ddress, Su bnet Mask, and ISP Gateway a s w ell as M AC address, t he Primary DNS. Press Ren ew button t o renew your WAN IP address.[...]

DHCP Client St atus DHCP This page shows a ll DHCP c lients ( LAN P Cs) cu rre ntly c onnected t o y our network. The table show s the assi gned I P add ress, MAC address an d expiration time for each DHCP lea sed c lient. Use the Refresh button t o update the av a ilable information. Y ou ca n c heck Enabl e S tatic DHCP IP . It is possible to ad [...]

WL-61 1 Log View the operation lo g o f the WL-611 . This page shows the curr ent system log of th e Broadban d r outer . It displays any event occurred after system st art up. At the bottom of t he page, t he sy stem log can be saved <Save> to a local file f or further processing or the system log can be cleare d <Cl ear> or it can be [...]

WL-61 1 S t atistics Shows the cou nters of p ackets sent an d received on WAN, LAN & WLAN .[...]

10 Configuration W izard Click Wizard to configur e the r outer . Th e Setup wizard w ill now be d isplayed; check that t he modem is connected a nd click N ext. Select your cou ntry from the Cou ntry list. Se lect your internet provider . C lick Next. Depending on the chosen pr ovider , you m ay need to enter you r u ser name and passwor d, MAC ad[...]

Click APPLY to compl ete the confi guration.[...]

11 Wireless Settings Y ou ca n set paramet ers that are used for the wirel ess stations to connect to this router . The parameters inc lude M ode, ESSID, C hannel Number a nd A ssociated Client. Wireless Fun c tion Enable or D isable Wirele ss function h ere. Click A pply and wait for mo dule to be ready & loa ded.[...]

Basic Settings Mode Allows you to set the AP to AP , Station , Brid ge or WDS mode. Band Allows you to s et the AP fixed at 802.11b or 802.11g mode. Y ou c an also s elect B +G m ode to all ow 80211 b an d 802.11g c lients a t the same time . Enabl e SSID # Allows you to enable up to four SSIDs for this router . SSID This is the name o f t he wi r [...]

A dvan ced Settings This ta b allow s you to s et the advanced w ireless options. The o ptions included are A uthentication T yp e, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, B eacon Interval, a nd Preamble T ype. Y o u s hould not c hange these parameters unless you know what effe ct the c hanges wi ll have on the router . Authen tication Type There are t[...]

Data R ate The “Data Rate” is the rate that this a ccess poi nt uses t o transmit data packets. The access po int will use the highest possible s elected transmission rate to transmit the da ta packets. N Data R ate Th e “Da ta Rate” is the rate that th is ac cess point uses to transmit data packets f or N compliant wirel ess nodes. High es[...]

Security This Access Point provides com plete wirel ess LA N security funct ions, i ncluded are WEP , I EEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11x w ith WEP , WP A with pr e-share d key and W P A with RA DIUS. W ith th ese s ecurity functions, you can p revent your wireless LAN from illega l access. Plea se make sure your w ireless stati ons use the same secur ity [...]

WEP When you select 64 - bit or 128- bit WEP key , yo u ha ve to enter WE P keys to encrypt data. Y ou ca n gen erate the key by yourself and e nter it. Y ou can enter f our WEP keys and select o ne of th em as a default key . Then the router can rece ive a ny packets encry pted by one of t he four keys. Key Leng th Y ou can select the W EP k ey le[...]

WP A Pre-shared K ey Wi-Fi Prot ected A ccess ( WP A) is an advanced secur ity standard. Y ou can use a pre-shared key to authent icate wireless stations and encrypt d ata during communicat ion. It u ses TKIP or C CMP (AES) to c hange the e ncryptio n key frequently . S o the encrypt ion key is n ot easy to be cracked by hacker s. This is the best [...]

A CL This wireless router supports MAC Addr ess Contr ol, which prevents unauthorize d clients fro m accessing your w ireless network. Enabl e wireless acces s cont rol Enables the w ireless access control functio n Adding an address i nto the l ist Enter the " MAC Address" and "C omment" of the w ireless station to be a dded a [...]

WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way t o establish a c onnection between the wireless c lients and t he wireless router . Y o u don’ t have to select the encrypti on m ode and f ill in a long encry ption passphrase every time wh en you tr y to setup a w ireless connection. Y ou only need to press a butt on o n both wire less client[...]

WPS Cu rrent S tatus If t he wirel ess security (encry ption) funct ion of t his wireless rout er is pro perly set, you’ll see a ‘ Configured’ m essage here. Otherwise, you’ ll see ‘UnC onfigured’ . Self P in Code Th is is the WPS PIN co de of t he wirel ess router . Yo u may n eed this informa tion when c onnecting to other WPS -enable[...]

12 Firewall Setti ng s The Broadba nd router provides exten sive firewall protecti on by restricti ng connection parameters, th us lim iting the risk of hacker atta cks, and defending against a w ide array of common Internet att acks. However , for ap plications that require unrestricted acce ss to t he Internet , you ca n confi gure a specif ic cl[...]

DMZ If y ou have a client PC that cannot run an Internet a pplication (e.g. Games) properly f rom behind the NA T fire wall, then you ca n open up th e firewal l restrictions to unr estricted two- way I nternet a ccess b y def ining a DM Z Host. The DMZ function a llows you to re- direct all packets going to your WAN port IP addre ss to a particula[...]

Denial of Service (DoS) The Broa dband router' s fir ewall can block comm on hacker attack s, inclu ding Denial o f Servi ce, Pi ng of D eath, P ort Scan and Sync F lood. If Int ernet attacks occur the r outer can lo g the events. Ping o f Death Protections fro m Pin g of Death att ack Discard Pi ng From WAN The router ’ s WAN por t will not[...]

A cce ss Y ou can r estrict us ers from accessi ng certa in Internet a ppl ications/services (e.g. Inter net we bsites, ema il, FTP etc.), Access Control all ows users to define the traffic type perm itted in your LAN . Y ou can control which PC client ca n have access to these ser vices. Deny If y ou s elect “D eny” t hen a ll c lients will be[...]

Filter client PC b y MA C Check “ Enab le MAC Filterin g” to enable MAC Filtering. Add PC Fill in “Client PC MAC Address” an d “Comme nt” of the PC that is allowed to acce ss the Inter net, a nd then clic k “ Add” . If you find a ny typo before adding it an d want to r etype again, just click "Reset" an d th e f ields w il[...]

URL block Y ou can b lock acc ess t o som e W eb sites from part icular PCs b y e ntering a full URL address or j ust keyw ords of the Web sit e. Enabl e URL Blocking E nable/disab le URL Block ing Add URL Keyword Fill in “UR L/K eywor d” a nd then click “ A dd” . Y o u can e nter the full URL a ddress or t he keyword of th e web sit e you [...]

13 Advanced Settings Network Ad dress T ranslation (NA T) allows m ultiple users at yo ur local sit e to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address o r mu ltiple Public IP Addresses. NA T provides Firewall protect ion f rom hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP A ddres ses for key s[...]

Type This is the p rot ocol type to be forwarded. Y ou can choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP” pa ckets only , or sel ect “both” t o forward both “T C P” and “UDP” packets. Port Ran ge The range of ports to be forward to th e private IP . Co mment descriptio n of this setting. Add Po rt Forwarding Fill in the "Private IP"[...]

Virtual Server Use the V irtual Server functio n when you want different servers/ clients in your LAN to hand le dif ferent service/Inter net ap plication ty pe ( e.g. Email, FTP , W eb server etc.) from t he Internet. Com puters use numbers calle d port numbers to recognize a part icular service/I nternet ap plication type. T he Virtual Server a l[...]

Add Virtu al S erver F ill in t he "Private IP", "Private P ort", "T ype", “Public Po rt ” and "C omment" of the sett ing to be added a nd the n click "Add". Then this V irtual S erver settin g will be ad ded into th e "Current Virtual S erver T able" below. Remove Vi rtual S erver I f[...]

Special A ppl ications Some app lications re quire m ultiple co nnections, such a s Internet games, video Conferencin g, I nternet telepho ny an d ot hers. In this s ection you can configure the r outer to su pport multip le c onnect ions for these ty pes of applications. Enabl e T rigger Port Enable the S pecial Appl ication funct ion. Trigg er P [...]

Applications s election. Once you have selected a n application, select a location ( 1-10) in the C opy to selecti on box an d then click the C opy to butt on. This w ill automat ically list th e Pub lic Ports re quired for th is po pular a pplication in the locat ion (1-10) you sp ecified. Add Sp ecial Appl ication Fill in the "T r igger Port[...]

A LG Y ou ca n select ap plications that need “ Application Layer Gateway” support. Enabl e select enable “ Ap plication Layer Gateway” , the n the router will let the selected a pplication corr ectly pass throu gh the NA T gateway .[...]

UPnP With UP nP , al l PCs in you I ntranet w ill discover this router automatically , so you don’ t have to configur e your PC and it can ea sily access t he Inter net through this router . UPnP Feature Y ou can enable or Disable th e UPnP fea t ure here. A fter yo u enable t he UPnP feature, all client s ystem s th at support U PnP , li ke W in[...]

QoS QoS can le t you classify Internet application traffic by source/destina tion I P address a nd port num ber . Y ou can as sign pr iority for each type of app lication and reserve bandwidth for it. The packets of app lications with higher priority will a lways g o first. Low er priority a pplications will get bandwidth after higher priority appl[...]

Edit a Q oS rule Select the rule you want to edit and click “Edit” , then enter the detail form of the Q oS rule. Click “ App ly ” after editing the form an d the rule will be saved. Adjust QoS rule p riority Y ou can select the rule and c lick “Move Up” to make it s priority higher . Y ou also ca n select the rule and click “Move D o[...]

14 T OOLBOX Settings Password change opt ions Y ou ca n c hange th e passwor d r equired t o log into t he broadband router's system we b-based mana gement. B y defa ult, the passw ord is: admin. Pa sswor ds can contain 0 to 12 alp hanumeric c haracters, and ar e case sensitive. Curren t Password Fill in th e curr ent passwor d to allow c hang[...]

T ime Zone The Time Z one a llows y our rout er to bas e its t ime on the setting s config ured here, which w ill affect f unctions s uch as Log e ntries and Fir ewall settings. Set Time Z one Select t he time zone of th e co untry you are currently in. T he router will set its time based on your selection. Time S erver Address Y ou can set an NTP [...]

Remote Managem ent The rem ote management function allow s you to designate a host in the Internet t he ab ility to co nfigure t he Broa dband rout er from a r emote s ite. Enter the d esignated h ost IP Address in the Host IP Address fiel d. Host Add ress This is the IP a ddress of the host in t he Inter net that w ill have manageme nt/configurati[...]

Firmware Upgrade This page al lows you to u pgrade the router ’ s f irmware. Firmware U pg rade This tool al lows you to upgrade th e B roadband router ’s system firmware. T o upgrade t he f irmware o f your B roadband r outer , you need t o download t he firmware file t o your local hard disk, and enter that f ile name an d path in the a pprop[...]

Backup Settings The Ba ckup screen allows you to save (B ackup) th e r outer’s current configuration setti ngs. When you s ave the configuration setting (B ackup) you can r e-load t he saved configuratio n into the router thr ough the Resto r e selection. If extreme problems o ccur you can use t he Restore to Facto ry Defaults select ion, this wi[...]

Reset Y ou ca n reset the r outer ’ s sy stem sho uld any problem exist. The r eset function ess entially re-boots your router ’ s syst em.[...]

DDNS DDNS allows y ou to m ap t he static do ma in name to a dynamic IP a ddress. Y ou must get an account, passwor d and your static domain name from the DDNS service pr oviders. This router suppo rts DynDNS, TZ O and other common DDN S serv ice providers. Enabl e/Disable Enab le or disable th e DDNS funct ion of this r outer Provi der Select a DD[...]

Pa rts of the firmware of the WL -611 Wireless Broadband router are subject to the GNU ge neral public license. Appendix A: Licensin g Information This product includes third-pa rty software licensed under the te rms of the GNU Gener al Pu blic License. . Y ou can modify or redistribute this free softw are under the terms of the GNU Gener al Public[...]

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