Sitecom WLM-2501 manual

WLM-2501 Wireless ADSL2 + Mode m R out er[...]

2  User Manual T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEATURES ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ....... 4 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS ....... ......... .......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ..... 5 3 PRODUCT LAYOUT ......... ...[...]

Introduction Congratulations o n your purc hase of t he WLM-2 501 Wire less AD SL2+ M odem. The WLM-2 501 is f ull y c ompli ant wit h 80 2.11 n. The m odem i s also ful l y compl iant w ith 802.1 1g & 802. 11b. The mo dems provide the best performance when use d in c ombinati on w ith 802.11 n cl i ent adapters. The WLM-2 501 is n ot only a Mo[...]

1 Key Featur es Fea tures Advantages IEEE 802.11g compliant Fully I nteroperable w it h IEEE 802. 11b / IEEE802. 11g compl iant d evices Based on 802.11 n technology WLM-1500: U p t o 3 t imes faster tha n regular 8 02.1 1g. WLM-2501/ 250 0/3500: Up to 6 tim es faster than regu lar 802 .1 1g (in comb inati on w ith a 1 50n or 802. 11n wirel ess ada[...]

2 Package C ontents Open t he package car eful ly , and ma ke s ure that none of t he i tems li sted below are m issi ng. Do not discard the packi ng materials, i n case of return; the unit must b e shi pped back i n i ts ori ginal pac kage. 1. WLM-250 1 modem/rout er 2. 220V ~ 2 40V Power Adapter 3. Quick I nstall Gu ide 4. CD (User’s Manual) 5.[...]

3 Product L ayout Port Descript ion ADSL Connect your tel ephon e/ADS L cable t his port LAN Connect the cab le fr om your PC or network devi ce to this p orts. Power connector Connect your pow er adapter to t his port. Power button T urn the m odem On or Off . Power connector LAN / computer connections Modem connection WPS/Re set button Power butt[...]

Back lab el The back l abel descr ibes th e correspo ndi ng LED in dication s and port fu nctional ity . LED Description Power Lights up wh en p owered ON. Bl in ks on T EST/RESET ADSL Lights up wh en an AD SL ca ble i s connected. Internet Lights up wh en i nternet con necti on is UP . WLAN Lights up i n Bl ue when WLAN i s enable d. Bli nks on tr[...]

4 System Re quirement s T o begi n using t he WLM-250 1, make s ure you meet the f ollow ing as mi nimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • 1 Free Ethernet port. • Wi-Fi card/USB don gle ( 802.11 b/g/n) – opti onal. • Annex A, AD SL inter net connecti on. • PC with a Web-Browser (Internet Expl orer , Saf ari, Firef ox, Opera ) • Ethernet [...]

6 Setup LA N, WA N Modem connection LAN / computer connections[...]

7 PC Networ k Adapt er set up Windows XP • Go to [ Start Menu ],  [ C ontrol panel ],  [ Network Connectio ns ]. • Right-mouse-cl ick on the [ L ocal Area Connectio n] ) ic on, an d sel ect [ properties ] • Select [ I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) ] =>Cl ick [ Prop erties ]. • Select t he [ Gen eral ] tab. The WLM -2501 supports DHCP [...]

Windows Vista/W indows 7 • Go to [ Start Menu ],  [ C ontrol panel ],  [ View network status an d tasks ], -> [ Manag e network connectio ns ]. • Right-mouse-cl ick on the [ L ocal Area Connectio n ]) ic on, an d sel ect [ properties ][...]

• Select [ I nternet Protoc ol Versio n 4 (TCP/IPv4) ], and Cl ick [ Properties ]. • Open the [ Ge neral ] tab. The WLM -2501 supports DHCP . Plea se se lect both [ Obtain an IP address automatically ] and [ Obtain D NS server ad dress automaticall y ].[...]

8 Bring up the WLM- 2501 Connect the suppl ie d p ower- adapter to the p ower i nlet port and connect it to a wall out l et. Press th e P ower-Button to t urn the m odem on. The WLM-250 1 automatical ly enters the sel f-test phase. Duri ng self-test phase, t he P ower LED wi ll b li nk brief ly , and t hen w ill be lit co ntin uously to indi cate t[...]

Status The System status sec tion all ows you to monitor the c urrent status of your router: the UP time, hardware information, seria l number a s well as fi rmware version informati on is di spl ayed here.[...]

Statistic s Y ou can vi ew statisti cs on the processi ng of IP packe ts on the n etworki ng interfaces . Y o u wi l l not typica lly need to view thi s data, but you m ay fi nd it helpf ul when work in g wit h your ISP to diagnose network a nd I nternet data transmission probl ems. T o disp lay stati stics for any new data, cl ick “Refr esh” .[...]

ADSL Sta tistics This page s hows the ADSL li ne stati stic informati on.[...]

DHCP List This pa ge sh ows al l DHCP cl ie nts (LAN PCs) c urrently connecte d to your network. The tab le sh ows the a ssigne d IP add ress, MAC address a nd expi ration time f or each DHC P lease d cli ent. Use the Re fresh butto n to update the availab le informatio n.[...]

QoS Queu e The screen al lows you to confi gure a QoS qu eue and ass i gn it to a spec ifi c network. If the channel operation modes of your ADSL ro uter are not conf ig ured and you enable t he QoS funct ion, you’l l s ee t he fol low ing message: Please f ol low th e Setu p Wizard to fi nis h W AN c onf iguration b efore sett ing up QoS. Parame[...]

10 Conf iguration Wizard Clic k Wizard to confi gure the modem. The Set up wizard wi ll now be di splayed; check that th e adsl l ine is c onnecte d and cl ic k Next. Sele ct your country fro m the Country list. Sel ect your i nternet pr o vi der . Cli ck Next. Depend in g on the chosen provider , you may need to enter your user name a nd password [...]

11 Basi c Settin gs LAN Sett ings This page i s us ed to co nfi gure th e LAN interfac e of your ADSL Router . Y ou can set IP addres s, s ubnet mask, and IGMP S noopi ng. Parameter Description Interface Name T he interface name is “br0” . IP Address Enter the IP A ddress of the A DSL router for t he local user to access the router ’s web pag[...]

DHCP Setting s Y ou can confi gure your netw ork and the ro uter to us e the Dynami c Hos t Confi guration Protocol (DH CP). This pag e al lows you to sel ect the D HCP mode that this ro uter wi l l supp ort. There are two diff erent DHCP Modes: DH CP Server and DHCP Relay . When th e router is act in g as DHCP ser ver , please conf igure t he rout[...]

Parameter Description DHCP Server Address Specify t he IP address o f your ISP’s DHCP server . Requests for IP i nformatio n from your LAN interface wil l b e passe d to the default gateway , whic h shoul d route the requ est appropriat ely . When you f in ish, cli ck ‘ App ly Chang es’ . Y o u’ll see the foll owi ng me ssage disp layed on [...]

IP Pool Range Y ou can select a partic ular IP a ddress range for your DHCP server to issue IP ad dresses to your LAN Cli ents. By default, the IP range i s starti ng from IP 192. 168. 0 .100 to 192. 168. 0.2 00. Show Client Click t his button an d a table is di splayed. Y ou can kn ow the assig ned IP address, MA C address and tim e exp ired for e[...]

WAN Set tings The page a ll ows you to sel ect any comb inati on of DS L mo des. Parameter Description ADSL modulation Choose pref erred ADS L standard protocols. Annex L Option Enable/D isab le AD SL2/ADS L2+ A nnex L capabi lity . Annex M Option Enab le/Di sabl e ADSL 2/ADSL 2+ Annex M capab il ity . ADSL Capability Bitswap Enable – Enab le/Di [...]

setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots. DNS A Domai n Name System (D NS) server is like an i ndex of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you t ype a W eb addr ess into your browser , such as “www.router .com” , a DNS server wi ll fi nd t hat name i n its ind ex and t he matchin g IP addres s. Thi s page is used to select the way to obta[...]

Wireles s Settings This s ectio n provi des the w irel ess network setti ngs for your router . Y ou can enable t he w irel ess AP f unctio n here. Parameter Description Band Please sel ect t he radio band from on e of t he f ollow ing options. 2.4GHz(B): 2.4GHz ba nd, o nly al lows 8 02.1 1b wireles s netw ork cli ent t o connect this router (maxim[...]

802.11 g, a nd 8 02.11n wirel ess network cl ie nt to connect thi s router (maxim um transfer rate 11Mbp s for 802. 11b cli ents, ma ximum 5 4Mbp s for 8 02.11 g clie nts, and m axim um 150Mb ps f or 802. 11n cl i ents). Mode It all ows you to set the router to act i n “ AP” , “C l ient” or “WDS” mod e. SSID The SSID (up t o 32 pri ntab[...]

Security This router provide s comp lete wir el ess LAN security f uncti ons, i ncl ude WEP , IEEE 802.1 x, IEEE 80 2.1x wi th WEP , WP A w ith pre-shared key and WP A w ith R ADIUS. With the se sec urity fu nctions , you can prevent your wire les s LAN from i l l egal access. Pl ease make sure your wirel ess statio ns use the same security f uncti[...]

by a RADIUS server . Ch eck this box to auth enticates user by IEEE 802 .1x. WEP-64Bits WEP is les s le vel of s ecurit y than WPA. WEP su pports 6 4-bit and 128- bit key le ngths to encrypt the w ir eless data. The longer key le ngth w ill provi de h igher sec urity . When “W EP- 64Bits” is sel ected, you have to enter exa ctly 5 ASCII charact[...]

ACL This wirel ess router supports MAC Addr ess Control, whi ch prevents unauthorized cl i ents fr om accessi ng your w irel ess network. Parameter Description Wireless Acces s Control Mode This ro uter can prevent the w ireless cl ients from accessin g the w ire less network by ch eckin g the M AC Address of the c li ents. I f you enab le t his fu[...]

button. Cl i ck "Reset" wi ll clear your current select ions. When you fi ni sh, click ‘ A ppl y Changes’ . Y ou’l l se e the fol l owin g message di spl ayed on web browser: Press ‘Contin ue’ to save the s ettin gs made an d back to web manageme nt interface; pre ss ‘ A ppl y’ to save the s ettings made an d restart the rou[...]

WPS Altho ugh hom e Wi-F i net works have become more and m ore popular , users sti l l have trouble w ith t he i niti al s et up of network. This obstacl e f orces use rs to use the open security a nd i ncreases th e risk of e a vesdrop ping. Therefor e, The Wi-Fi Protected S etup (WPS) is desi gned t o ease s et up of securi ty -enabl ed Wi-Fi ne[...]

Regenerate PIN Click to re generate the Sel f-PIN Number . Push Button Configuration Click ing this button w il l invoke the PBC metho d of WPS. It is onl y use d when A P acts as a r egi strar . Start PBC Click to start the Pu sh Butto n method of WPS. Reset It restores the or ig inal values. Client PIN Num ber It is o nly used when use rs want th[...]

12 Ad vanced Setting s Wireles s Settings This page al low s advanced users w ho have suffi cie nt knowle dge of wi reless LA N. These sett ing shal l not b e chan ged un less you know exactl y what w il l hap pen for the chan ges you ma de on your router . Parameter Description Authentication Ty pe There are three auth enticati on typ es: "Op[...]

the WEP pr ivacy mechanism. Auto: Auto i s th e defa ult authe nticati on al gorith m. It wil l change its authent icatio n type a utomaticall y t o fulf il l cli ent’s requirement. Fragmentation Threshold Fragmen t Thres hold spe cifi es the ma ximum s ize of packet duri ng the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If yo u set th is value too[...]

protection m ode is enabl ed, the through put of t he AP wil l be a l ittl e l ower due to many of frame traffic s houl d be transmitted. Aggregation This f uncti on i s use d to j oin mu ltip le data packets for transmission as a si ngl e unit to i ncrease network effi cie ncy . Short GI The 80 2.11n draft speci fies two g uard i nterv a ls: 40 0n[...]

QoS The router sup ports IP QoS feat ure that can provi de d ifferent prior ity to diff erent us ers or data f lows. Classification Parameter Description IP QoS Click t he radio b utton to enable or d isabl e the IP QoS functio n. Default QoS Select the d efault mode of Q oS from th e l ist. IP Pred: In QoS, a three- bit f iel d i n the T oS byte o[...]

(Destination) d estinati on IP has been entered. Port (Destination) The dest inati on port of the se lecte d protoc ol. Y ou c annot confi gure th is fi el d wit hout entering the prot ocol f irst. Protocol The select ions are TCP , UDP , ICMP and t he b lank for n one. This f iel d i s requ ired if the source port or destin ation port has been e n[...]

UPnP When the U PnP f unctio n is enabl ed, t he router can b e detected by UPnP compl iant system such as Win dows XP . The rout er wil l b e di splayed i n t he Neighb orhood o f Wi ndows XP , so you can dir ectly doub le cl ick the router or right cli ck the r outer and s elect “Invoke” to conf ig ure the router thro ugh web browser . Parame[...]

IGMP The IGMP Proxy pag e al lows you to enab le mul tica st on WAN and LAN interfaces . The LAN i nterface i s always served a s downstream IGMP proxy , and you can conf i gure one of the av a il able WAN int erfaces as t he upstream IGMP proxy . U pstream i s the interface that IGMP req uests f rom hosts are se nt to t he multi cast router . D ow[...]

Routing The page enabl es you t o def ine spec ific r oute for your Internet an d net work datas. Most users do n ot nee d to defi ne ro utes. On a typical smal l home or offi ce LAN, the exi stin g routes that set up t he de fault gateways for your LAN hosts and for the router provi de th e most ap propriate path for al l your Internet traffic. Y [...]

Show Routes Click t his button t o view the router’s routi ng tab le. Static Route Table Click “U pdate” t o upd ate the sel ected desti nation ro ute on the “Static Route T able” . Cli ck “De lete Sel ected” to del ete a selecte d dest inati on route on th e Stati c Route T a ble . When you f in ish, cli ck ‘ App ly Chang es’ . Y[...]

SNMP Simp le Network Management Protocol (S NMP) is a troubl eshooti ng a nd management protoc ol t hat uses t he UDP protocol on port 16 1 to comm unicate between c li ents a nd servers. Th e router can be managed local ly or rem otely b y SNMP protocol . Parameter Description SNMP Select “Disa bl e” or “Enab le” to d isable or enabl e the[...]

Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to s ave the settin gs made a nd restart the router so th e setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots.[...]

DDNS Dynamic DN S (DDNS ) al lows you t o map the st atic domain name to a dy namic IP address. You must get an accou nt, password and your static d omain name from the DD NS servi ce providers. Parameter Description Enable Check the box to e nable DDNS functi on. DDNS Provider Select your DDNS s ervic e provider here. Thi s router supports Dy nDNS[...]

Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to s ave the settin gs made a nd restart the router so the setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots.[...]

RIP RIP is an I nternet protocol you can set up to s hare routin g table i nformation with oth er routi ng d evices o n your LAN, at your ISP’s lo cation, or on r emote networks conn ected to your netw ork via the AD SL li ne. Most smal l home or off ice n etworks do not n eed to us e RIP; th ey have only one router , s uch as t he ADS L Router ,[...]

passed to th e DSL devi ce i n order for it t o be accepted i nto it s rout ing tabl e. Send Mode Indicate th e RIP version th is i nterface w il l us e when it sends it s route i nformat ion to other dev ices. RIP Config Table The RIP you have confi gure d wi ll be li sted i n the tabl e. If you want to del ete s ome s ettings, pl ease se lect th [...]

13 Firewa ll S ettings The Broadband rout er provi des exten sive fire wall protectio n by restr icti ng connecti on parame ters, thus l imi tin g the ri sk of hacker attacks, and defend ing against a w i de array of common Internet attack s. However , f or appl icati ons that require unrestrict ed acc ess to the I nternet, yo u can conf i gure a s[...]

Public Port The dest inati on port number that i s mad e open for thi s appli catio n on t he WAN side Interface Select the WAN interfa ce on whic h the p ort-forwarding rule i s to be app li ed. Current Port Forwarding Table If you want to remove t he port f orwarding settin gs from the tabl e, sel ect t he items a nd the n cl ick "De le te S[...]

Port Filt er The IP/Port filter ing feature al lows you t o de ny/allow specif i c services or appl icatio ns i n the forwardi ng path. Parameter Description Outgoing Default Action Specify t he default action on the LAN to WAN (T r affic to Internet) forwardin g path. Y ou can choose ‘Allow ’ if you allow the IP A ddres ses li sted i n the fol[...]

Address. Port LAN users us e port n umber to disti ngui sh o ne network appli catio n over another su ch as 2 1 is for F TP service. The port n umber range is from 0 to 6553 5. It is recommended t hat this opti on be c onfi gured by an advanced user . Destination IP Address Enter the d esti nation IP Address wh ich wi ll be monitored. Subnet Mask E[...]

MAC Filterin g The MAC f il terin g feature al lo ws you to defi ne rul es to all ow or deny frames through th e router base d on s ource MAC addre ss, destin ation MAC address, and traffic dire ctio n. Parameter Description Outgoing Default Action Specify t he default action on the LAN to WAN (T raffic t o Internet) forwardin g path. Y ou can choo[...]

Destination MAC Address The dest inati on MAC a ddress. It must b e 12- digi t hexadecima l f ormat, for exampl e: “00-d 0-59-c 6-12- 50” . Current Filter Table If you want to remove some fi lter rul es from t he "Current Filt er T a ble", se lect th e MAC Ad dress you want to remove in th e tabl e an d then c lick "Delet e Sel e[...]

URL Blocking This page i s us ed to b lock s ome URL addresses or keywords. Parameter Description URL Blocking Enabl e or disab le the U RL block ing f unctio n. FQDN Enter FQDN whic h you want to b lock. A FQD N i s a complete DNS name. For example, “w ww .yahoo.com” . URL Blocking Table The FQDN setti ngs wil l b e l isted in th e tabl e. If [...]

Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to s ave the settin gs made a nd restart the router so th e setting s wi l l take effe ct after it reboots . Domain Blo cking The fire wall i nclude s the abil ity to bloc k access t o speci fi c d omain base d o n string matc hes. For exam[...]

ACL Configu ration The Access Control Li st (ACL) is a li st o f permis sions atta ched t o the router . The list spe cif ies wh o is all owed to access t his router . If ACL i s enabl ed, al l hosts cannot access t his router except for the h osts w ith IP address i n the A CL tabl e. Parameter Des cription ACL Capability Enable or di sable the AC[...]

DMZ The DMZ Host is a l ocal computer expose d to the I nternet. W hen setti ng a particular inter nal IP A ddress as t he DMZ Host, all incom ing packets wi ll be checked by t he f irewall and NA T alg orithms th en pas sed to th e DMZ Host. For exa mpl e, i f you have a local cl ient PC that cannot run an Internet appl icatio n (e.g. Games) prop [...]

14 TOO LBOX Setting s Pass word This page al low s you to set t he password t o access the web server of th e router . Please sel ect the “a dmin (as a dmini strator)” or “user (as user)” acco unt and confi gure the passwor d. When you f in ish, cli ck ‘ App ly Chang es’ . If the password you t yped i n ‘New Password’ and ‘C onfir[...]

It means the c ontent i n ‘Current P a ssword’ f ie ld i s wro ng, p lease cl i ck ‘OK’ to g o back to prev ious m enu, and try to i nput current passw ord again. If the current and new pas swords are correctl y e ntered, after you c li ck ‘Apply’ , you’ll be prompt ed to input yo ur new passw ord: Please use n ew passw ord to enter w[...]

Time Zon e The Time Zone a ll ows your rout er to set its ti me; es pecial ly f or recordin g System Log. Parameter Description Current Time The current time of the speci fi ed t ime zone. Y o u can s et the current tim e by yourself or confi gured b y SN TP server . Time Zone Selec t Select the ti me zone of the c ountry you are cur rently in. The[...]

Remote Acc ess The Remote Access func tion can secure remot e host ac cess to your rout er from LAN and WAN i nterfaces for s ome servi ces provi ded by the router . These services in clu de T el net, FTP , TFTP , HT TP , SN MP and PING. Please cli ck ‘System’ menu on the left o f w eb management interface, th en cl ic k ‘Remote Management’[...]

Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to s ave the settin gs made a nd restart the router so th e setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots. Firmwa re Upg rade This page al low s you to u pgrade the fi rmware for the rout er . Clic k “Browse” button to s ele ct the fi[...]

Configuration T ools This page al low s you to bac kup the current sett ings t o a f ile or restore the setting s from th e fi le w hi ch was saved pr eviousl y . Besides, you coul d reset t he current conf iguration to factory defaults. Parameter Description Save Settin gs to File Click S ave button to save the ADS L router current confi guration [...]

Reboot Whenever you use the W eb confi guration to ch ange system s ettin gs, the changes are ini tia lly p lace d i n temporary stor age. T o save your chan ge for future use, you have to cli ck “ Ap ply ” to re boot the router . If you have encountered prob lems during t he conf ig ur ati on, Y ou ca n cli ck th e “OPS” b utton in the t o[...]

Diagnost ics Ping Once you have your router conf ig ured, yo u can send a ping command t o the host you sp ecif y in this page. T o use it, you m ust know the IP ad dress of t he host you are tryi ng to c ommunic ate with a nd e nter the IP a ddress i n the Host Address f ie ld. ATM Loopback In order to isol ate t he A TM interface probl ems, you c[...]

Diagnostic Test The Dia gnost ic T e st page s hows th e test res ults f or the c onnecti vity of t he physical layer and protocol layer for both LAN an d WAN sides.[...]