Sitecom WLR-1000 manual

WLR -1000/20 00/3000 Wireless Broadband R ou ter (802.11b/g/n)[...]

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3 Introduction Congratulatio ns on your purchase of t he WLR-100 0/2000/30 00 Wirel ess Network Broadband R outer. The W LR-1000/ 200 0/3000 is compl iant w ith 802.1 1n and up to 6 ti mes faster than standard 802.1 1g based routers wh ile stil l being compat ib le with 8 02.1 1g & 802.1 1b. The WLR-100 0/2000/ 3000 is not only a Wi rel ess Acc[...]

4 1 Key Features Features Advantages Incredib le D ata Rate up to 300Mb ps* ( 150Mbps for WLR- 1000) Heavy data payload s such as MPEG video streami ng IEEE 802 .1 1n compl iant and backwards compati bl e wit h 802.1 1b/g Fully I nteroperabl e wit h IE EE 802.1 1b / I EEE802. 11g compl iant devices wi th le gacy protect ion Four 10/100 M bp s Fast [...]

5 2 Package Contents Open t he package car eful ly , and make sure that no ne of t he it ems l ist ed below are missi ng. D o not di scard t he p acki ng ma terial s, i n case of return; the unit must b e shi pped back i n its origi nal package. 1. WLR-100 0/2000/ 3000 R outer 2. 5V 1A Power A dapter 3. Quick Instal l G ui de 4. CD (User’s Manual[...]

6 3 Product Layout Port Description Power connector Connect the 5 V DC adapter to this por t WA N ( Blue ) Connect yo ur AD SL/Cable modem to this port LAN ( Y ellow ) Connect yo ur PC’s or netw ork devices to this port[...]

7 Backlabel The backla bel describ es the IP address, log in detai l s, SSID, security c ode a nd WPS button f uncti onali ty . Button Description W PS BUTT ON Press 2 seconds for WPS mode Press 10 seconds to reset the router Press 15 Seconds to reset the router to fac tory defaults .[...]

8 LED Definition From left to r ight. Port Description LAN ( Bl ue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Bl ue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Bl ue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Bl ue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. WAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. WiFi ( Bl ue ) Shows WiF i act ivity an d WPS. Po wer ( [...]

9 4 Net w ork + System Requireme nts T o begi n usi ng the WLR -1000/2 000/30 00, make s ure yo u meet the fo llow ing as minim um requi rements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – M icrosoft Win dows XP/2 000/VIST A • 1 Free Ethernet port. • WiFi card/USB don gle (80 2.11 b/g/n) – opti onal. • External xDSL (A DSL) o r Cable modem w[...]

10 6 Setup LAN, WAN WAN connection: LAN connecti on:[...]

1 1 7 PC Network Adapter setup Win dow s XP • Enter [Start Menu]  se lect [Control panel]  se lect [Network]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connectio n]) ic on=>sel ect [pro perties][...]

12 • Select [I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Propertie s]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. The router su pports [D HCP] functi on, pl ease se lect both [Obtai n an IP address automati call y] and [Obtai n DNS s erver address automatical ly].[...]

13 Win dow s Vist a/Seven • 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][...]

14 • Select [I nternet Protoc ol V ersio n 4 (TCP/IPv4)] =>Cli ck [Properti es]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. The router s upports [DHCP] function, please se lect both [Obtain an IP address automaticall y] and [O btain DNS server address automaticall y].[...]

15 8 Bring up the W LR-1000/2000/3000 Connect the suppl ie d power-adapter to the power inl et port and connect it to a wal l out let. The WLR-1 000/20 00/300 0 automati cally enters the se lf-test phase. Dur in g self-te st p hase, the Power LED wi ll be lit contin uously to indi cate that th is pro duct i s in normal o peration. 9 Initial Setup W[...]

16 3. Type user name and passw ord (def ault userna me is admin. The pa ssword can be found on the backlabel on the bottom o f your router). 4. Click OK . 5. You w ill s ee the ho me page of the W LR- 1000/2000/3000. The System status se ction allows y ou to monitor the current sta tus of your router the U P time, h ardware information, serial numb[...]

17 LA N settings The L AN t ab gives y ou th e opportunity to change the IP setting s o f the W LR- 1000/2000/3000. Click <Apply > at the bottom of this screen to save any changes. IP address 192.168.0 .1. It is the router’s LAN IP address (Your LAN cli ent s defa u lt gateway IP a ddress). IP Subnet M ask 255.255.255.0 Specify a Subnet Mas[...]

18 Lease Time Forever. In the Lease Time set ting you can specif y the t ime period that the DHCP lends an IP addre ss to your LAN clients . The DHCP wil l change your LAN client’s IP ad dress when this time thre shold period is reached. IP Address Pool You can select a particu lar IP address range f or your DHCP server to issue IP add resses to [...]

19 Device Status View the Broadband router’s c urrent configuration settings. Device Status di splay s the configuration se ttings y ou’ve configured in the W i za rd / Basic Se ttings / W ir eless Settings sect ion.[...]

20 Internet Status This page displays whether the WAN port is connected to a Cable/DSL conn ection. It also displays the router’s WAN IP a ddress, Subnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as well as MAC address, the Primary DNS. Pr ess Renew button to renew you r WAN IP address.[...]

21 DHCP Client Statu s DHCP This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. Th e table shows the assigned I P address, MAC address and expiration time for each DHCP leased client. Use t he Refresh bu tton to update the a vailable information. You can check Enab le Static DHCP IP . It is possible to add more static DH[...]

22 WLR-1000/2000/30 00 Log View the operation log of the WLR-1000/2000/30 00 . This p age shows the current system log of the Broadband router. It display s any event oc curred after system start up. At th e bottom of the page, the system log c an be saved <Save> to a l ocal file for further processing or the system l og can be cleared <Cl[...]

23 WLR-1000/2000/30 00 Statistics Shows the counters of pa ckets sent and rece ived on WAN, LAN & W LAN.[...]

24 10 Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to conf igure the r outer. T he S etup wizard wi ll now be displa yed; check that the m odem is con necte d and cl ick Next. Select y our cou ntry from the Country l ist. Sel ect your internet provider. Click Next. Dependi ng on the chosen provi der, you may nee d to e nter your u ser nam e and passw ord, MAC[...]

25 Click AP PLY to com plete t he con figurati on.[...]

26 11 Wireless Set tings You can s et para meters that are used for the wireles s stati ons to connect to this router. The parameters incl ude Mod e, ESSID, Channel Number and Associate d Cli ent. Wi reless Fun cti on Enable or Disa ble W irel ess funct ion here. Cl i ck Apply and wait f or modul e to be ready & l oade d.[...]

27 Basic Setti ngs Mode Allow s you t o set the A P to AP, Statio n, Bridg e or WDS mo de. Band Allo ws you t o set the AP fi xed at 802 .11b or 802. 11g mo de. Y ou can also sel ect B+G mode to al low 802 11b a nd 802 .11g cli ents at the same tim e. ESSID This is the na me of t he w irel ess si gnal wh ich is broad casted. Al l the devices in t h[...]

28 A d vanced Settings This tab a llow s yo u to set the advance d wirele ss option s. The o ptions i ncluded are Authe nticati on Typ e, Fragment Thresh old , RTS T hreshold, Beacon Interval, and Preamble Type. Yo u shou ld not change these parameters unless you know w hat effe ct the chan ges wi ll have o n the router. Authentication T ype There [...]

29 Data R ate The “Data Rate” is the rate that thi s acces s poi nt u ses to t ransmit data packets. The access po int wi l l use t he hi ghest possi ble se lected transmissi on rate to transmit the data packets. N Data Rate The “Da ta R ate” is the rate that t his acc ess po int uses to transmit data pack ets for N compliant w ireless node[...]

30 Security This Acc ess Point provi des compl ete wirel ess LAN security fun ctions, i ncl uded are W EP, IEEE 802. 11x, IEEE 802. 11x with W EP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA w ith RADIU S. With these sec urity fu nctions, you c an prevent your wirel ess LAN from ill egal acc ess. Please make sure your w irel ess stations use the same secur ity[...]

31 WEP When you sele ct 6 4-bit or 1 28-bit WEP key, you have to ent er WEP keys to encrypt data. Yo u can generate the key by yourself and e nter it. Y ou can enter four W EP keys and s ele ct one of them as a defa ult key. Then t he router can receiv e any pack ets encrypted by one of the f our keys. Key Length You can se lect the WEP key l ength[...]

32 WP A Pre-shared Ke y Wi-Fi Protected A ccess (WPA) i s an advance d sec urity standard . You can use a pre-shared key to authent icate w irele ss statio ns and encrypt data duri ng communicati on. It uses TKIP or CCMP (A ES) to chan ge the e ncryption key frequentl y. S o the e ncryptio n key i s n ot easy to be cracked by hackers . This is the [...]

33 A CL This wirel ess router sup ports MAC Address Control , whi ch prevent s unauthorized cl ients fro m accessi ng your w irel ess network. Enable wireless access c ontrol Enabl es the w irel ess access control functio n Adding an address into the list Enter t he "MA C Address" and "Comment" of the wir eless station to be add[...]

34 WPS Wi-Fi Protecte d S etup (WPS) i s t he s imp lest way to establ ish a connect ion between the w irel ess cli ents and the wirel ess router. Yo u d on’t have to select the encrypti on mode and fill in a l ong e ncryption pa ssphrase every time wh en you try t o s etu p a wirel ess co nnecti on. Yo u only nee d to press a button on both wir [...]

35 WPS Current S tatus If th e wi rel ess s ecurity (encryption) funct ion of t his wirel ess router is properly set, yo u’ll see a ‘Confi gured’ messag e here. Otherwise, y ou’l l see ‘U nConfi gured’. Self Pin Code This i s the WPS PIN cod e of t he wirel ess router. You may n eed this i nformati on when conn ecting to other WPS -enab[...]

36 12 Fire w all Setti ngs The Broadba nd router provi des exten sive fi rewal l protection by restricti ng connecti on parameters, thus li mitin g the ri sk of hacker attacks, an d def endi ng against a wide array of common I nternet attacks. H owever, for applic ation s that require unrestricted acce ss t o the Internet, you can c onfi gure a spe[...]

37 DMZ If y ou ha ve a cl ient PC that ca nnot run a n Internet appli cati on ( e.g. Games) properly f rom be hind the NAT fi rewal l, th en you can o pen up the firewal l restricti ons to unrestri cted two-way Int ernet access by defi ni ng a DMZ Host. The DMZ fu nction al lows y ou to re- direct al l packets goi ng to your WA N port IP addre ss t[...]

38 Denial of Serv ice (DoS) The Broadband router's firewal l can bl ock c ommon hacker attacks, incl udi ng Denial of Servi ce, Ping of Death, Port S can and Sync Flood. 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 p ort wil l n ot res[...]

39 A c cess You can restrict users from access ing certain Internet ap pli cations/servi ces (e.g. I nternet w ebsit es, email, FTP etc .), Ac cess Control al l ows users to defi ne the traff ic type permitt ed in your LAN . You can co ntrol whic h PC cl ient can have access to t hese s ervices. Deny If you sel ect “D eny” t hen al l cli ents w[...]

40 Filter client PC by MAC Check “ Enab le MAC Filtering” to en ab le MAC Filteri ng. Add PC Fi ll in “Cli ent PC MAC Address” an d “C omment” of the PC that is allowe d to access th e Internet, and then cl ick “Add”. If y ou fi nd any typo before addi ng it and want to retype agai n, just cl ick "Reset" and the f iel ds w[...]

41 URL block You can b lock acc ess to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or j ust ke ywords of t he We b site. Enable URL Blocki ng E nable/di sabl e URL Bl ocki ng Add URL Keyword Fill in “UR L/Keyword” and the n cli ck “Add”. You can enter the ful l U RL address or the k eyword of th e we b site yo u want t[...]

42 13 Ad v anced Settings Network Address Translatio n (NAT) al lows m ulti pl e users at y our loca l sit e to access the I nternet through a sin gle Publi c IP Address o r multip le Publi c IP Addresses. NAT provi de s Firewal l prot ection from hacker attacks and has the flexi bi lity to all ow you to map Private IP A d dresses to Publi c IP Add[...]

43 Type Thi s i s th e protocol t ype t o b e forward ed. Y ou can choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP” packets on ly, or se lect “b oth” to forward bot h “TCP” an d “UDP” packets. Port Range The range of p orts to be f orward to th e private IP . Comment descri ption o f this setti ng. Add Port Forwarding Fi ll in the "Private[...]

44 Virtu al Serve r Use the Virt ual Server f uncti on when you w ant di fferent s ervers/cli ents in your LAN to hand le dif ferent service/I nternet appl icati on ty pe ( e.g. Email, FTP, Web s erver etc.) f rom the Intern et. Computers use numbers cal le d port numbers to recogniz e a partic ular service/I nternet ap plicati on type. The Virtual[...]

45 Add Virtual Server Fi ll i n th e "Pri vate IP", " Private Port", "Type ", “ Public Port” an d "Comment" of the setti ng to be ad ded and then cli ck "A dd". Then this V irtual Server setti ng w ill b e added into the "Current V irtual S erver Tabl e" below . Remove Virtual Server I[...]

46 S pecial A ppl ications Some app li cations req uire m ultip le connect io ns, suc h as Internet games, video Conf erencin g, I nternet te lephony and others. In thi s se ctio n you can confi gure the router to supp ort multip le co nnectio ns for these types of appli cation s. Enable Trigger Port Enable the Spec ial Appl ica tion fun ctio n. Tr[...]

47 Appl icati ons s electi on. O nce y ou have sel ecte d an ap pli cation, select a locatio n ( 1-10) i n t he Copy to selecti on box an d then cl ick th e Co py to button. This wi ll automatica lly l ist t he P ubli c Ports requi red for thi s p opular appl icati on in the locat ion (1-1 0) you specif ie d. Add Special Application Fill i n the &q[...]

48 A L G You can sel ect a ppli cations t hat need “A ppl icati on Layer Gateway” support. Enable select enabl e “Ap pl ication Lay er Gateway”, the n the router w ill l et the selected appl icati on correct ly pass throu gh t he NAT gateway.[...]

49 UPN P With UPnP, a ll PCs i n you I ntranet wi ll di scover this router automatic ally, so you do n’t have to con fig ure your PC and i t c an easi ly access the Internet through thi s router. UPnP Feature You ca n enab le or Disabl e th e U PnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP f eature, al l cli ent systems that sup port U PnP, l ike W[...]

50 QoS QoS can let yo u cla ssif y Int ernet app licati on t raffic by source/ destina tion IP address a nd port numb er. Yo u can assi gn priority for each type of a ppl icati on and reserve bandwi dth for it. The packets of a ppl ication s wit h h igher priority wil l always go first. L ower priority appli cations wil l get bandwidt h after h igh[...]

51 Edit a QoS r ule Select the rule you want to e dit and c lick “ Edi t”, then e nter the d etail f orm of the QoS rule. Cl ick “ A pply ” after edit ing the form and the rule wi l l be saved. Adjust QoS rule p rio rity You can select the rul e and c lick “Move Up” t o make its pri ority hi gher. You als o can sele ct the rule and cl i[...]

52 14 TOOLBOX Settin gs Passwor d change options You can chang e the p assword requi red to l og i nto the broadband router's system web-based m anagement. By defa ult, the passw ord is: admi n. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 al phan umeric characters, a nd are case sensiti ve. Current Password Fill in th e current passwor d to all ow changi ng[...]

53 T ime Zone The Time Zo ne all ows your router to base its time on the settings c onfig ured here, whi ch w ill aff ect funct ions such as Lo g e ntries and Firewal l sett ings. Set Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The router wil l set its t ime based o n your s electi on. Time Server Address Yo u can set an NTP[...]

54 Remote M anagement The remote management functi on all ows you to desi gnate a host i n the Internet t he ab ility to co nfig ure the Broadband ro uter from a remote sit e. Enter the d esig nated host IP A ddre ss in t he Host IP Address f i eld. Host Address Th is i s the IP addres s of the h ost in t he Int ernet that wil l have management/con[...]

55 Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware. Firmware Up grade This tool al l ows you to upgrade th e Broadband router’s system f irmware. To upgrade the firmwar e o f your B roadband router, you need to down load the f irmware file to your local hard disk, an d enter that f ile name and path in the appro priate fi[...]

56 Backup Se ttings The Backup scree n al lows yo u to sav e (B ackup) the router’s current confi guration setti ngs. When you save the co nfig uration setting (Backup) you can re-l oad t he save d config uration int o the router thro ugh the R estore select ion. If extreme p roblems occur you can us e the R estore t o Factory Defaults selecti on[...]

57 Reset You can reset t he router’s system s houl d any prob lem exist. The reset function ess entiall y re-boots your router’s syste m.[...]

58 DDN S DDNS allows you to map the static d omain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your sta tic domain name from the DDNS service providers. This router suppo rts D ynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS s ervic e provid ers. Enable/Disable Enable or di sable th e DDNS functio n of t his router Provider Select a DDN S [...]

59 Parts of the firmware of the WLR -1000/2000/3000 Wireless Broadband router are subject to the GNU general public license. Appendix A: Licens ing 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 Gen[...]

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