Sitecom WLM-4550 manual

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    WLM-4550 Wireless ADSL2+ Gi gabit M odem 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 49 F IRMWARE U PGRADE 50 R EBOO T 51 Revision 1.0 © Sitec om Europe BV 20 11 Note: All the i nformatio n contai ned in th is manua l was correct at the ti me of publi cat[...]

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    Introdu ction Congratulations o n your purc hase of t he WLM- 455 0 W ireless A DSL 2+ M odem. This mo dem i s f ul ly comp li ant with 802 .11b, 802. 11g and 802 .1 1n. Thi s mod em provides t he best perf ormance whe n use d in combi natio n wit h 802. 11n cli ent adapters. The WLM-4 550 is n ot o nly a Mo dem or W irel ess Ac cess Point, but can[...]

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    1 Key Feature s Fea tures Advantages IEEE 802.11g compliant Fully I nteroperable w it h IEEE 80 2.11b / IEEE802. 11g compl iant devic es Based on 802.11 n technology WLM-4550: U p to 6 ti mes fast er than regular 8 02.1 1g (in comb inati on w ith a 150 n or 80 2.11n wirel ess adapter) Four 10/100/1 0 00 Mbps Gigabit Port (Auto-Crossover) T o con ne[...]

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    2 Package C ontents Open t he package car eful ly , and make s ure that none of t he i tems li sted below are m iss ing. Do not d iscar d the packi ng material s, i n cas e of return; the unit must b e shi pp ed ba ck i n its or igi nal package. 1. WLM-455 0 modem/rout er 2. 110V~ 240V 12V 1A Power Adapter 3. Quick I nstall Gu ide 4. CD (User’s M[...]

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    3 Cautions This router ’ s desi gn a nd manufa cturer has your safety in m in d. In or der to safely an d eff ecti vely us e thi s router , please read the fol lowi ng before usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user sho ul d not mo dify t his r outer . The environmental tem peratu re should be w ith in + 5 ~ +35 degrees C els ius. 3.2 Power The router?[...]

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    4 Product Layout Port Description ADSL Connect your tel ephon e/ADS L cabl e th is p ort LAN Connect the cab le fr om your PC or network dev ice t o this p orts. Power connector Connect your pow er adapter to t his port. Power button T urn th e modem On or Off . Power connector LAN / computer connections Modem connecti on WPS/Reset but ton Power bu[...]

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    Back label The back l abel descr ibe s the correspondi ng L ED i ndi cation s and port functi onal ity . LED Description Power Lights up wh en p owered ON . Bl inks on TEST/R ESET ADSL Lights up wh en an AD SL cabl e i s con nected. Internet Lights up wh en i nternet connect ion is UP . WLAN Lights up i n Bl ue w hen WLAN i s enabl ed. Bl i nks o n[...]

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    5 Syst em Requ i rements T o beg in us ing t he WLM-455 0, make s ure you meet t he fol lowi ng as mi ni mum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • 1 Free Ethernet port. • Wi-Fi card/USB don gle ( 802. 11 b/ g/n) – optiona l. • Annex A, AD SL inter net conne ctio n. • PC with a Web-Browser (Internet Expl orer , Saf ari, F irefox, Opera) • Eth[...]

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    8 PC Ne twork Ad apter set up Windows XP • Go to [ Start Menu ],  [ C ontrol panel ],  [ Network Conne ctions ]. • Right-mouse-cl ick on the [ L ocal Area Con nection] ) icon, and sel ect [ properties ] • Select [ I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) ] =>Cl ick [ Pro perties ]. • Select t he [ Gen eral ] tab. The WLM-4550 supports DH CP . [...]

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    Windows Vista/Windows 7 • Go to [ Start Menu ],  [ C ontrol panel ],  [ Vi ew network status and tasks ], -> [ Manag e network connectio ns ]. • Right-mouse-cl ick on the [ L ocal Area Con nection ]) icon, 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-4550 supports DH CP . Please se lect both [ Obtain an IP addr ess automatically ] and [ Obtain D NS server ad dress automaticall y ].[...]

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    9 Bring u p the WLM -455 0 Connect the suppl ied power-adapter to the p ower in let port and co nnect it to a wall out l et. Press th e Power-Button to turn the m odem on. The WLM-455 0 automatical ly enters the se lf-test phase. Duri ng se lf-test phase, t he Power LED wi l l b li nk brief ly , and t hen wil l be l it conti nuousl y to indi cate t[...]

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    Status The pages in t he status secti on provi de you g eneral i nformation about t he operational status of yo ur devi ce. Status The System status s ection al l ows you to mon itor the c urrent status of your modem/router: th e UP time, hardware i nformatio n, serial number as wel l as firmware versio n informatio n is di spl ayed here. The page [...]

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    Statistics Y ou ca n view statisti cs on the processi ng of IP packets o n the n etworking interfaces . Y ou wi l l not typica ll y need to view thi s data, but you may fi nd it helpf ul w hen worki ng wi th your ISP to diag nose network and Internet data transmission probl ems. T o d isp lay stati stics for any new data, cl ick “Refr esh” .[...]

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    DHCP List This pa ge sh ows al l D HCP cl ients ( LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The table show s the assi gne d IP add ress, MAC address and expi ration 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 t he current c onfi guration. Clic k ‘Start’ to let th e modem router perf orm several tasks to verify if t he connecti on is o perational.[...]

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    11 Configu ration W izard Clic k Wizard to configur e the modem. The Setup w izard wi ll now be di splayed; check that th e adsl l in e is conn ected and c li ck Next. Sele ct your country fro m the Country li st. Se lect your internet provid er . Cl ick Next. Depend in g on the ch osen provider , you may n eed to enter your user name a nd password[...]

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    12 Basi c Setting s LAN Settings This page i s us ed to c onfi gure t he LAN interface of your ADS L Router . Y ou can set IP addres s, s ubnet mask, and IGMP S noo pi ng or mo dify the IP v6 ad dress range .[...]

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    DHCP Settings Y ou can confi gure your network an d the ro uter to us e the Dynami c Hos t Confi guration Protocol (DH CP). This page al l ows 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 e lay . W hen th e router is act in g as DHCP ser ver , pl ease co nfi gure the [...]

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    W AN Settings This page al low s you to manuall y co nfig ure the ADSL/WAN setti ngs. T he setting s on th is page re qui re some k nowled ge c oncerni ng th e WAN config uration we advi ce less-ex perien ced us ers to co nfig ure the WAN setti ngs u sin g the Wizard (Chapter 1 0)[...]

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    ATM VC • Virtual Circuit: VPI (Virtual Path Ident ifi er) and VC I (Virt ual Channe l Identif ier) defi ne a v irtual ci rcuit. • VPI : The vali d range fo r the VPI is 0 to 255. Enter the V PI assi gned to you. This fi el d may already be con fig ured. • VCI: The valid range f or the VC I is 32 t o 65 535. Enter the VC I assi gned to you. Th[...]

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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 f or 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, B oth, In O nly and Out Only. • Multicast: IGMP (Internet Group [...]

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    Wireless Settings This s ectio n provi des th e wire l ess network sett in gs for your router . Y ou can enable a nd co nfi gure th e wire l ess AP 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 54M bps for 802. 11g clie nts, and m axim um 150M bps f or 80 2.11n 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 i n a WLAN. Th e 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, i nclud e WEP , IEEE 802.1 x, IEEE 80 2.1x w ith W EP , WPA with pre-shared key an d WPA wit h RAD IUS. With the se sec urity fu nctio ns, you can pre vent your wirel ess LAN from i ll egal access. Pl ease make sure your wirel ess stat ions use t he same secur ity[...]

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    IEEE 802 .1x. WEP-64Bits WEP is les s le vel o f secu rity than WP A. WEP su pports 64-bit and 128- bit key le ngths to encry pt the wir ele ss data. T he longer key le ngth w il l pr ovid e high 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 hexadec imal di gits ([...]

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

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    13 Ad vanced Set tings The advanced setti ngs pages al l ow us ers to mo dify th e more com pl ex features of this d evice. Adv ances wir eless This page al low s advanced users who have suff ici ent know led ge of w irel ess LAN. These sett ing shal l not be c hanged unless you know exactl y what w ill hap pen for the chan ges you ma de on your ro[...]

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    DTIM Broadcast SSID If thi s opti on is enabl ed, th e router wi ll automati call y transmit the network name (SSID) i nto o pen a ir at regular i nterval. Th is fe ature is int ended to a ll ow cli ents to dynamica lly di scover the router . If thi s o ptio n is disab led, the r outer wi l l hid e it s SSID. Wh en this i s done, th e cl ie nts can[...]

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    QoS QoS all ows you to clas si fy Internet a ppl icatio n traffic by source/de stinati on IP address and port numb er . Y ou can a ssi gn pri ority f or each type of app li cation a nd reserve bandwi dth f or it. The packets of ap pl ications with hi gher pr iority w ill always go fi rst. Low er pri ority app li cati ons wi ll get bandwi dth af ter[...]

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    Enable/Disable QoS Y ou can chec k “Enable QoS” to enab le QoS functiona li ty for the WAN port. Add a rule Ent er al l t he data requ ired for the rule you wi sh to set a nd click Add to s ave this ru le. Edit a QoS rule Select the r ule you want to edit and cl ick “ Edit ” , t hen enter the deta il form of the QoS rul e. Cl ick “ A pply[...]

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    UPnP When the U PnP f unctio n i s enab le d, the router c an be detected by UPnP compl iant system such as Wi ndows 7. T he router w il l be di s played in t he Neighb orhood o f Wi ndows 7, s o you can dir ectly doubl e cl ic k the router or ri ght cli ck the r outer and s el ect “I nvok e” to conf ig ure the router t hrough web browser . Par[...]

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    R outing The page enabl es you t o de fin e spe cifi c route f or your Internet an d network data. Most users do n ot nee d to de fin e routes. On a typi cal smal l home or offi ce LAN, the exi stin g routes that set u p the default 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 t roublesh ooti ng and management protoc ol t hat uses t he UDP protoc ol o n port 161 to communi cate between c li ents a nd ser vers. The router can be managed lo call y or rem otely by SNMP protocol . Parameter Description SNMP Select “Disa bl e” or “ Enable ” to disabl e or enabl e [...]

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    DDNS Dynamic DN S (DDNS ) al lows you to map the stati c domai n name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an accou nt, password an d your static domai n 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 provi der here. This router supports Dy nDN[...]

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    NA T This page all ow s vi ewin g or chan ging of the c urrent status of th e NA T for ea ch VC. Here it’s possi ble to set Virtual server or DM Z s ettings for each virtual circ uit. Fo r more i nformati on ab out the DM Z a nd virtua l server pl ease read chapter 13 Firewall.[...]

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    TR -69 As a bi dir ecti onal S OAP/HT TP-base d protocol , it provi des t he commun icatio n between c ustomer-premises equi pment (CPE) and Aut o Confi guration S ervers (ACS). It i nclu des both a safe auto c onfi guration and t he c ontrol of oth er CPE management funct ion s wit hin an integrated framework. In the c ourse of t he boom of th e b[...]

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    14 Firewall Settings The Broadband rout er provi des exten sive f irewal l protection by restrict i ng connecti on parame ters, thu s l imi ting t he ri sk of hacker attacks, and defend in g against a w i de array of common Internet attack s. Howe ver , for appl i cations t hat require unrestrict ed acc ess to t he Inter net, you can c onfi gure a [...]

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    ACL This page i s use d to IP addresses for Acc ess Control . If AC L is enab led on ly the I P Addresses t hat are i n the A CL T abl e 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 act ive 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 us e, there are 3 poss ib le types o f filt er . - IP/Mac Filter - Appl icati on f ilt er - URL bl ock IP Filter Rule Editing • IP Filter Rule Index: T h is is item number • Active: Select Yes from th e drop down li st box to enab le IP fi lt er rule . • Source IP Address: The s[...]

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    set from range 0 ~ 65535. It is recomme nded t hat this opti on be confi gured by a n advanced us er . • Destination IP Address: T h is i s t he de stinati on su bnet IP a ddress. • Subnet Mask: It is the desti natio n IP addr esses based on above destinati on s ubnet IP • Destination Port Number: This is t he Po rt or P ort Ranges that de fi[...]

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    Application filter Here you can cho ose wh ich ap pl icatio ns s hould 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 and c lic k ‘ Save ’ to apply th e sett ings. The URL block Here it’s possi ble to b loc k certain w ebs ites. Filter type Enter the we bsit e you w ish t o b lock an d ma[...]

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    DMZ The DMZ Host is a l ocal com puter exp osed to the Internet. When setti ng a particular inter nal IP A ddress a s the D MZ H ost, all i ncomin g packets wi ll be checked by t he f irewall and NA T a lg orithms th en passed to th e DMZ Host. For exa mp le, i f you have a l ocal cl ient PC that c annot run an Internet appl icatio n (e.g. Games ) [...]

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    Virtual server Use the Virtual Server fun ctio n wh en y o u want diff erent servers/cl ient s i n your LAN to handle di fferent servi ce/Internet ap pl ication type (e.g. Email , FTP , W eb server etc.) from the Int ernet. Com puters use numbers cal le d port numbers to recogn ize a partic ular service/I nternet ap pli catio n type. The Virtual Se[...]

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    15 TOO LBOX Settings P assword This page al low s you to set the passwor d to acc ess the we b server of t he router . If the password you t yped i n ‘New Password’ an d ‘Confi rmed Password’ fiel d are not the same, you’l l se e th e fol low ing m essage: “Please r etype the new password aga in when you see ab ove message. ” If the c[...]

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    Please use n ew passw ord to ent er web ma nagement i nterface agai n, an d you shoul d be a bl e to l ogi n wi th new password.[...]

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    Time Settings The Time Zone a ll ows your rout er to set its ti m e; especi al ly for re cordin g System Log. Parameter Description Current Time The current t ime of the sp eci fie d tim e zone. Y ou can s et the current tim e by yourself or confi gure d by S NTP server . Time Zone Selec t Select the ti me zone of t he country you are currently in.[...]

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    Firmware Upgr ade Enable Automatic firmware update When enabled t he router w i ll check for updates on t he f irmware if an updat ed fi rmware has been released t he router w ill inform you that a newer firmware i s av a il abl e and off ers to downl oad and insta ll the firmware. This page al so al low s you to manual ly upgrade the f irmware for[...]

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    R eboot Whenever you use the W eb co nfi guration to ch ange system s ettin 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 “ Ap ply ” to re boot the router . If you have encountered prob lems durin g the c onf iguration, you can cl ick th e “OPS” b utton in the t op pa[...]