Sitecom WLM-4501 manual

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    WLM-4501 Wireless AD SL2+ Gig abit Modem R outer User Manual V ersion: 1.0[...]

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    T able of C onte nts INTRODUCTION........ .......... .......... ............. ....... .......... .......... ............... .... 4 1 KEY FEATURES ............ .......... .......... ........ ............ .......... .......... ......... 5 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS .. .......... .......... .............. ...... .......... ............... .... 6 3 CAUTIONS ..[...]

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    ACL 41 IP F IL TER 42 DMZ 45 V IRTU AL SERVER 46 15 TOOLBOX SETTINGS .................. .......... ........ ....... ............... .......... .. 47 P ASSWORD 47 T IME S ETT INGS 53 F IRMWARE U PGRADE 54 R EBOO T 55 Revision 1.0 © Sitec om Europe BV 20 11 Note: All the i nformatio n containe d i n th is manua l was correct at the ti me of publi ca[...]

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    Introdu ction Congratulations o n your purc hase of t he WLM- 4501 Wire less A DSL 2+ Modem . This mo dem i s f ul ly comp liant w ith 802 .11b, 802.1 1g and 802 .1 1n. Thi s modem provides t he best perf ormance whe n use d in c ombi natio n with 802. 11n cli ent adapters. The WLM-4 501 is n ot o nly a Mo dem or Wi rel ess Ac cess Point, but ca n [...]

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    1 Key Fe atures Fea tures Advantages IEEE 802.11g compliant Fully I nteroperable w it h IEEE 802. 11b / IEEE802. 11g compl iant devic es Based on 802.11 n technolo gy WLM-4501: U p to 6 ti mes fast er than regular 8 02.1 1g (in comb inati on w ith a 150 n or 802. 11n wirel ess adapter) Four 10/100/1 000 Mbps Gigabit Port (Auto-Crossover) T o connec[...]

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    2 Package Conten ts Open the packag e careful ly , and make sure that none of t he items l ist ed below are mis sing. Do not di scard the packi ng material s, i n case of return; the unit must b e shi pp ed ba ck in i ts or igi nal package. 1. WLM-450 1 modem/rout er 2. 110V~ 240V 12V 1A Power Adapter 3. Quick I nstall Gu ide 4. CD (User’s Manual[...]

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    3 Caution s This router ’ s d esi gn an d manufacturer has your safety i n min d. In or der to safely an d eff ecti vely us e thi s router , p lease read t he fol l owi ng b efore u sage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user sho ul d not mo dify t his r outer . The enviro nmental tem peratu re should be w ith in + 5 ~ +35 d egrees C els ius. 3.2 Power The[...]

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    4 Product La yout Port Description ADSL Connect your tel ephon e/ADS L cabl e this port LAN Connect the cab le fr om your PC or network dev ice to this p orts. Power connector Connect your pow er adapter to t his port. Power button T u rn th e modem On or Off . Power connector LAN / computer connections Modem connection WPS/Reset but ton Power butt[...]

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    Back label The back l abel descr ibe s the correspondi ng L ED i ndi cations a nd port f uncti onal ity . LED Description P ower Lights up wh en p owered ON . Bl inks on T EST/RESE T ADSL Lights up wh en an AD SL cabl e is connecte d. Internet Lights up wh en internet connect ion is U P . WLAN Lights up i n Bl ue w hen WLAN is enabl ed. Bl i nks o [...]

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    5 Syst em Requ irements T o begi n usi ng t he WLM-4 501, make sure you meet the fol low i ng as mi ni mum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • 1 Free Ethernet port. • Wi-Fi card/USB don gle ( 802. 11 b/ g/n) – opti ona l. • Annex A, AD SL inter net conne ction. • PC with a Web-Browser (Internet Expl orer , Safari , Firef ox, Opera) • Ether[...]

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    8 PC Ne twork Adapter setup Windows XP • Go to [ Start Menu ],  [ C ontrol panel ],  [ Network Conne ctions ]. • Right-mouse-cl ick on the [ L ocal Area Con nection] ) icon, an d sel ect [ properties ] • Select [ I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) ] =>Cl ick [ Pro perties ]. • Select t he [ Gen eral ] tab. The WL -35 8/35 9 suppo rts DHC[...]

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

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    • Select [ I nternet Protoc ol Versio n 4 ( TCP/IPv4) ], and Cl ick [ Prop erties ]. • Open the [ Ge neral ] tab. The WLM-4501 sup ports DHCP . Please select both [ Obtain an I P address automatically ] and [ Obtain D NS server ad dress automaticall y ].[...]

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    9 Bring u p t he WLM- 4501 Connect the suppl ied power- adapter to the po wer i nlet port and co nnect it to a wall out l et. Press th e Power-Button to turn the m odem on. The WLM-450 1 automatical ly enters the se lf-test phase. Duri ng se lf-test phase, the P ower LED wil l b li nk briefl y , and t hen w ill be li t co ntin uously to indi cate t[...]

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    Status The pages in t he status secti on provi de you ge neral i nformation about the operational status of yo ur devi ce. Status The System status sectio n al lows you to monitor t he current statu s of your modem/router: th e UP time , hardware inf ormation, seria l num ber as w el l as firmware version i nformation is di spl ayed here. The page [...]

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    Statistics Y ou can view statisti cs on the processin g of IP p ackets o n the networki ng interfaces . Y ou w il l not typica ll y need to view thi s data, b ut you m ay fi nd it helpf ul when worki ng with your ISP to diagnose n etwork and I nternet da ta transmission probl ems. T o dis pl ay statisti cs for any new data, cli ck “Refresh” .[...]

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    DHCP List This pa ge sh ows al l D HCP cl ients (LA N PCs) currently co nnected to your network. The tab le s how s the assi gne d IP address, MAC address a nd ex piration time f or each DHC P lease d cl i ent.[...]

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    Diagnostics The Dia gnost ics page al lows you to test th e current c onfi guration. Clic k ‘Start’ to let th e modem router perform s ever al tasks to verify if t he connecti on is o perational.[...]

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    11 Conf iguration Wizar d Clic k Wizard to conf igur e the modem. The Setup wizard w il l now be disp layed; check that th e adsl l in e is connecte d and c li ck Next. Sele ct your country fro m the Country li st. Sel ect your internet pr ovider . Cli ck Next. Depend in g on t he ch osen p rovider , you may n eed to enter your us er name and passw[...]

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    12 Basi c Sett ings LAN Settings This page i s us ed to c onfi gure th e LAN i nterface of your ADSL R outer . Y o u ca n set IP addres s, s ubnet mask, and IGM P Snoo ping or modi fy the IP v6 ad dress range .[...]

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    DHCP Settings Y ou can co nfi gure your netw ork and the ro uter to us e the Dynami c Hos t Confi guration Protocol (DH CP). This page al lows you to se lect t he DHCP mo de that this ro uter wi l l su pport. There are two diff erent DHCP Modes: DHCP Server and DHC P R el ay . When t he router is act in g as DHCP ser ver , please conf igure t he ro[...]

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    W AN Settings This page al low s you to manuall y conf ig ure the ADSL/WAN setti ngs. Th e setting s on th is page re qui re some know led ge c oncerni ng the WAN conf ig uration we advi ce less-ex perien ced us ers to conf ig ure the WAN setti ngs us ing the Wizard (Chapter 1 0)[...]

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    ATM VC • Virtual Circuit: VPI (Virtual Path Ident ifi er) and VC I (Virt ual Channel Identif ier) defi ne a v irtual c ircui t. • VPI : The vali d range fo r the VPI is 0 to 255. E nter the V PI assig ned to you. This fi el d may already be con figured. • VCI: The valid range f or the VC I is 32 t o 65 535. E nter the VC I assigne d to you. T[...]

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    • Network Address Translation: Select None , Many to One or Many to Many from the drop-so wn l ist box. Refer to the NA T chapter for more detail s. • RIP Version: Select th e RIP versi on from RIP-1, RIP-2B and RIP-2M. • RIP Direction: Select the RIP d irecti on fro m None, Both, In Onl y and Out Only. • Multicast: IGMP (Internet Group Mu [...]

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    Wireless Settings This s ectio n provi des th e wire less network sett in gs for your router . Y ou can enable a nd co nfi gure th e wire less A P fun ctio n here. Parameter Description Band Please sel ect t he radio band fro m one of the f oll owin g options. 2.4GHz(B): 2.4GHz ba nd, o nly al l ows 802.1 1b wireles s netw ork cli e nt to co nnect [...]

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    for 802. 11b cli ents, maxim um 54Mbp s for 802. 11g clie nts, and m axim um 150M bps f or 802. 11n c l ie nts). Mode It all ows you to set the router to act i n “ AP” , “C l i ent” or “WDS” mod e. SSID The SSID (up t o 32 pri ntabl e AS CII characters) is the uniqu e name i dent ifi ed in a WLA N. The ID prevents the uni ntentio nal m [...]

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    Security Settings This router provide s comp lete w ir eless LAN security funct ions, in clud e WEP , I EEE 802.1 x, IEEE 80 2.1x w ith WEP , WPA with pre-sh ared key and WP A wit h R ADIUS. With the se sec urity fu nctio ns, you can prevent your w irel ess LAN f rom i ll egal access. Pl ease make sure your wirel ess stat ions use the same secur it[...]

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    IEEE 802 .1x. WEP-64Bits WEP is les s le vel o f secu rity than WPA. WEP su pports 64-bit and 128- bit key le ngths to encrypt the w ir ele ss data. T he longer key le ngth w il l pr ovide h igh er security . When “W EP- 64Bits” is sel ected, you have to e nter exactly 5 AS CII characters (“a- z” and “ 0-9”) or 10 he xadecimal di gi ts [...]

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    Wirele ss ACL This w irele ss ro uter supp orts MAC A ddress Control, w hic h prevents unauthorized cl i ents fr om acces sing your wirel ess network. Parameter Description Active Choose to e ither Enable – Enabl ed th e Wire les s Acc ess Control Disable – Di sable the Wirel ess Acc ess Control Actions Allow – Only al l ow th e wir ele ss cl[...]

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    13 Ad van ced Sett ings The advanced setti ngs pages al l ow us ers to mod ify th e more com pl ex features of this d evice. Adv ances wire less This page al low s advanced users who have suffi cie nt know ledge of wi rel ess LAN. These sett ing shal l not be c hanged un less you know exactly w hat wi ll hap pen for the chan ges you ma de on your r[...]

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    DTIM Broadcast SSID If thi s opti on is enabl ed, the ro uter wi ll automati cally transmit the network name (SSID) i nto o pen a ir at regular interval. Th is fe ature is inte nded t o all ow cli ents to dynamica lly di scover the router . If th is opt ion is disab led , the r outer wi ll hi de it s SSID. Wh en this is done, th e cl ie nts cann ot[...]

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    QoS QoS all ows you to clas si fy Internet a ppl icatio n traffic by source/de stinatio n IP address and port numb er . Y ou can assi gn pri ority for eac h type of app licati on and reserve bandwi dth f or it. The packets of ap plica tions with hi gher prior ity w ill always go fi rst. Low er pri ority app li cations wi ll get bandwi dth after hi [...]

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    Enable/Disable QoS Y ou can check “Enabl e QoS” to enabl e QoS functiona li ty for the WAN port. Add a ru le Ent er all the data require d for the rule you wish to set and cli ck Add to s ave this ru le. Edit a QoS rule Select the rul e you want to ed it and c lic k “Edit” , then en ter the detail f orm o f the QoS rule. Cli ck “ Apply ?[...]

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    UPnP When the U PnP f unctio n i s enab led, t he router c an be detect ed by U PnP compl iant system such as Wi ndows 7. The ro uter w il l be di spl ayed in t he Neighb orhood o f Wi ndows 7, s o you can di rectl y doubl e cl ick th e router or ri ght cli ck the r outer and s el ect “I nv oke” to co nfi gure th e router through web browser . [...]

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    R o uting The page enabl es you t o de fin e spec ifi c route f or your Internet and network data. Most users do n ot nee d to de fin e routes. On a typi cal smal l home or off ic e LAN, the exi stin g routes that set u p the de fault gateways for your LAN hosts and for the router provi de th e most ap propriate path f or all your Internet traffic [...]

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    SNMP Simp le Network Management Protocol ( SNMP ) is a trou blesh ooti ng and management protoc ol t hat uses t he UDP protoc ol on port 1 61 to c ommunicate between c li ents a nd ser vers. The router can be managed lo cally or remotely by SNMP protocol . Parameter Description SNMP Select “Disa bl e” or “ Enable” to d isabl e or enabl e th[...]

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    DDNS Dynamic DN S (DDNS ) al lows you to map the static domai n name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an accou nt, password an d your static domain name from the DD NS servi ce providers . Parameter Description Enable Check the b ox to enabl e D DNS fu ncti on. DDNS Provider Select your DDNS s ervic e provi der here. Thi s router supports Dy n[...]

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    NA T This page all ow s vi ewin g or changi ng of the c urrent status of the NA T for ea ch VC. Here it’s possi ble to set Virtual server or DM Z setti ngs for each virtual circu it. Fo r more i nformatio n about t he DMZ and virtua l ser ver please read chapter 13 Firewall.[...]

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    TR -69 As a bi dir ecti onal S OAP/HT TP-based protocol , it provide s the co mmunic ation between c ustomer-premises equi pment (CPE) and Auto Co nfi guration S ervers (ACS). It i nclu des both a safe auto c onfig uration and t he c ontrol of other CPE management funct ion s wit hin an integrated framework. In the c ourse of t he boom of th e broa[...]

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    14 Firewa ll S ettings The Broadband rout er provi des exten sive f irewall protect ion by restricti ng connecti on parame ters, thus limi tin g the ri sk of hacker attacks, an d def endi ng against a w i de array of common Internet attack s. Howe ver , for appl icati ons that require unrestrict ed acc ess to t he Inter net, you can c onfi gure a s[...]

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    ACL This page i s use d to IP addresses for Acc ess Control. I f AC L is enable d onl y the I P Addresses t hat are i n the A CL T ab le can access the CPE. ACL Enable or disa bl e Access Control ACL Rule index Select an i nde x number f or the rule you are creating . Active Select if t he Rul e shoul d be active or not Secure IP Address Enter the [...]

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    IP Filter Filter Type Choose the ty pe of f i lter you w is h to use, t here are 3 possi bl e types o f filt er . - IP/Mac Fi lter - A ppl icati on f ilter - UR L bl ock IP Filter Rule Editing • IP Filter Rule Index: T his is it em number • Active: Select Yes from th e drop down li st box to enable IP fi lt er rule . • Source IP Address: The [...]

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    • Destination IP Address: T his i s the destinati on s ubnet I P address. • Subnet Mask: It is the desti natio n IP addr esses based on ab ove destinati on s ubnet IP • Destination Port Number: This is t he Po rt or Port R ange s that defi nes the appl icati on. • Protocol: It is the packet protoco l typ e use d by th e appli cati on, s ele[...]

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    Application filter Here you can cho ose wh ich ap pl icatio ns shoul d be b locked or allowe d acces s. Choose whi ch a ppli cati on sh ould be al low ed or d eni ed access a nd cl ic k ‘ Save ’ to apply th e sett ings. The URL block Here it’s possi ble to b loc k certain w ebsit es. Filter type Enter the we bsit e you w ish t o b lock and ma[...]

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    DMZ The DMZ Host is a l ocal com puter expose d to th e Internet. When s etting a particular inter nal IP A ddress a s the D MZ Host, all i ncomin g packets w il l be checked by t he f irewall and NA T al gorithms th en pas sed to t he DMZ Host. For exa mpl e, i f you have a local cl ient PC that cannot r un an Internet appl icatio n (e.g. Games ) [...]

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    Virtual server Use the V irtual Server fun ctio n wh en you want dif ferent servers/cli ents in your LAN to ha ndle di fferent s ervi ce/Internet app licat ion type ( e.g. Emai l, FTP , W e b server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers cal le d port numbers to recognize a part icul ar servi ce/Inter net ap plicat ion type. The Virtual Ser[...]

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    15 TOO LB OX Sett ings Sitecom Cloud Se curity Antivi rus s oftware a lo ne is not safe enou gh. Y ou can now benefi t from additi onal bui lt-i n s ecurity in your mod em or r outer . Protect al l devic es in your home network against cybercrime whil e browsi ng. Acti v ated automatical l y , your network and d evic es are bett er secured t han ev[...]

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    With the protection of unsafe we bsites acti vated the S itecom Cloud Security wil l a lways check if a website is sa f e. I f it i s not safe it wi ll i nf orm you that is not safe to enter . If y ou still wi sh to vi sit this webpage cli ck o n ‘ proceed an yway’ . Alter natively cli ck ‘Back to Safety’ s o that your s ecurity wi l l not [...]

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    If you wi sh to change y our security o ptions or to extend your subscri ption at any time, op en http://w ww .si tecomcl oudsecur ity .com from your web browser . Y ou wil l be as ked for a us ername and password. These can be f ound on the backlabel on t he bottom of your S itec om router or modem. If th e lo gin s uccee ded you can cli ck on ‘[...]

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    Or click ‘Lice nse’ to renew your subscri ption . If you w ish to disab le t o S itecom c l oud security at any time, ope n the we bpage of your Sitec om product and log in with th e su ppl ie d cred ential s (these can be[...]

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    found on t he back la bel on the bottom of your S itecom devi ce). Go to T oolbox and s el ect “Si tecom Cl oud Se curi ty” . Click t he “D isabl e” radio button and cl ick ‘ A pply’ for the s ettings to take eff ect. P assword This page al low s you to set the password t o access the we b server of t he router . If the password you t y[...]

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    Please use n ew passw ord to ent er web ma nagement int erface agai n, and you shoul d be a bl e to l ogi n wit h new password.[...]

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    Time Settings The Time Zone a ll ows your rout er to set its t ime; es peci al ly for recordi ng System Log. Parameter Description Current Time The current t ime of the sp eci fie d time zo ne. Y ou can set the current tim e by yourself or confi gured b y SN TP server . Time Zone Selec t Select the ti me zone of t he country you are cur rently in. [...]

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    Firmware Upgr ade Enable Automatic firmware update When enabled t he router w i ll check f or updates on t he f irmware if an updat ed fi rmware has been rel eased the router w ill inform you that a newer firmware i s av ail abl e an d off ers to downl oad a nd i nstal l the firmware. This page al so al low s you to manual ly up grade the f irmware[...]

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    R e boot Whenever you use the W eb confi guration to ch ange system settin gs, t he changes are ini tia lly pla ced i n temporary storage. T o save your change for future use, you have to cli ck “ App ly” to re boot the router . If you have encountered prob lems durin g the c onfig uration, you can clic k the “OPS” b utton in the t op panel[...]