Sitecom WLR-3100 manual

P WLR -2100/31 00 Wireless R outer N300 (802.11b/g/n)[...]

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P Introduction Congratulatio ns on y our purchase of the W LR-2100/3 100 W ireles s Network Broadband Router. T he WLR- 2100/31 00 i s comp liant with 802. 11n an d up to 6 times faster than standard 802. 11g based routers w hil e st ill bei ng compatib le w ith 80 2. 11g & 8 02.1 1b. The W LR-21 00/3100 is not onl y a Wireles s Acc ess Point, [...]

4 1 Key Features Features Advantages Incredib le D ata Rate up to 30 0Mbps Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 802 .1 1n compl iant and backwards compati bl e wit h 802.1 1b/g Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant device s with legacy protection Four 10/100 Mbp s Fast Switc h Ports (Auto-Crossover) Scalabil[...]

5 2 Package Contents Open the package caref ull y , and make sure that none of the it ems list ed below are mis sing. Do not di scard the packi ng material s, i n cas e of return; the unit must b e shi pped back i n its origi nal package. 1. WLR-210 0/3100 Router 2. 5V 1A Power A dapter 3. Quick Instal l G ui de 4. CD (User’s Manual ) 5. Warranty[...]

6 3 Cautions This router ’ s d esign a nd manufacturer has your safety in mi nd. In or der to safely an d eff ectively use t his router , please read t he fol l owing before usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user sho ul d not modi fy thi s router . The environmental t emperatu re should be w ithi n +5 ~ +35 degre es Cels ius. 3.2 Power The router’s[...]

7 4 Product Layout Port Description Po wer con nector Connect the 5 V DC ada pter to thi s port LAN ( Y ell ow ) Connect your PC’s or network devic es to t his p ort WAN ( Blue ) Connect your ADSL/C able mo dem to th is p ort[...]

8 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 WPS BUTT ON Press 2 seco nds for W PS mode Press 10 sec onds t o reset the ro uter Press 15 Se conds t o reset the rout er to factory defaults.[...]

9 LED Definition From left to r ight. Port Description LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. W AN ( Blue ) Shows the ca bl e is c o nnected. WiFi ( Blu e ) Shows WiF i act ivity and WPS. Po wer ( Red [...]

10 5 Net w ork + System Requi rements T o begin using the WLR-2100/3100 , make sur e yo u meet the foll owi ng as minimum requir ements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – M icrosoft Win dows XP/VIS T A/7 • 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 wit h an Ethe[...]

1 1 7 Setup LAN, WA N WAN connection: LAN connecti on:[...]

12 8 PC Net w ork Adapter set up 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][...]

13 • Select [I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Propertie s]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. The router s upports [ DHCP] functi on, pl ease se lect both [Obta in a n IP address automati call y] and [Obtai n DNS s erver address automatical ly].[...]

14 Win dow s Vist a/Seven • Enter [Start Menu]  se lect [Control panel]  se lect [V iew network status and tasks] -> s elect [Manage netw ork connect ions]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connectio n]) ic on=>sel ect [pro perties][...]

15 • Select [I nternet Protoc ol V ersio n 4 (TCP/IPv4)] =>Cli ck [Properti es]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. The router sup ports [DH CP] functio n, please se lect both [Obtain a n IP address automaticall y] and [O btain DNS server address automaticall y].[...]

16 9 Bring up the W LR-2100/3100 Connect the suppli ed power-adapter to the p ower inlet p ort and c onnect it to a wall outl et. The WLR-2 100/31 00 automatical ly enters the sel f-test p hase. During sel f-test phase, the Power LED wi l l b e l it continuo usly to ind icate t hat this pro duct i s i n normal operation. 10 Initial Setup WLR-2100/3[...]

17 3. Type user name a nd pa ssword (defau lt us ername is a dmin. Th e passw ord can be fo und on the bac klabe l on th e bottom of your router). 4. Click OK . 5. You wi ll see the home page of t he WLR-2 100/31 00. The System sta tus sec tion all ows y ou to monitor the current status of your router. The UP time, hardware i nformation, serial n u[...]

18 DHCP Serve r The LAN tab g ives you the opportunit y to chan ge the IP s ettings of the WLR- 2100/3 100. Click <Ap ply> at the b ottom of this scree n to save any changes. IP address 1 92.1 68.0. 1. It is the router’s LAN IP address (Your LAN cli ents default gateway IP a ddress). IP Subnet Mask 255. 255. 255. 0 Spec ify a S ubnet Mask f[...]

19 DHCP START client IP/DHCP Client end IP You ca n sel ect a partic ular IP address range f or your DHCP server to iss ue IP ad dresses to yo ur LAN Cli ents. Note : default IP range 1 92.168.0.100   1 92.168.0.200. If you want your PC(s) to have a static/fixed IP address, then you’ll have to c hoose an IP address outside this IP address P[...]

20 Device Status View the Broadband router’s current c onfi guratio n setti ngs. D evice S tatus displ ays the configurati on settings you’ve confi gured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wi reless S etti ngs sect ion.[...]

21 Internet Status This page d is plays whether the WA N port is co nnected to a Cable/DSL connecti on. It also disp lays the ro uter’s WAN IP address, S ub net Ma sk, and ISP Gateway as w el l as MA C address, th e Primary DNS . Press Renew button to renew your WAN I P address.[...]

22 DHCP Client Statu s DHCP This page shows all DHCP cli ents (LAN PCs) currently c onnected to your network. T he ta ble shows t he ass igned IP ad dress, MA C a ddress an d ex piration time for each DHCP lea sed cli ent. Use the Refr esh button to updat e th e avail abl e informatio n. You can check Enabl e Static DHCP IP . It is possi ble to add[...]

23 WLR-2100/3100 L og View the operati on log of the WLR-2100/31 00 . This page shows the current system l og o f t he B roadband router. It dis plays any event occurre d after syst em start up. A t the bottom of the page, the system log can be saved <Save> t o a local fi le for further processing o r the system log ca n be cl eared <C lea[...]

24 WLR-2100/3100 St atistics Shows the counters of packets s ent an d receive d on WAN, LAN & WLAN .[...]

25 11 Configuration Wizard Click Wi zard to c onfi gure the r outer. The Setup wizard wil l now be di splayed; 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 o n the chosen prov id er, you may need to e nter your user name and passw ord, MAC [...]

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

27 12 Wireless Sett ings You can set parameters that are use d f or the wire less station s to connect to this ro uter. The parameters i nclu de Mo de, ESSID, Channel Nu mber and Associate d Cli ent. Wireles s Fun ction Enable or Disa ble W irel ess funct ion here. Cl ick A pply and wait f or modul e to be ready and load ed.[...]

28 Basic Settings Band Allows you to s et the AP fi xed at 8 02.1 1b or 802.11 g 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. SSID This is th e name of the wirel ess si gnal wh ich i s broadcasted. Al l the devices in t he same w irel ess LAN sh oul d have the sam e SSID. Channel The channel used[...]

29 A dvanced This tab a llow s yo u to set the advance d wirele ss option s. The o ptions i ncluded are, Fragment Threshold, RTS T hreshol d, Beacon Int erval, and Preamble Type. You should not c hange these p arameters un less you kno w what eff ect the changes wi ll have o n the router. Fragment T hreshold "Fragment T hreshold" sp ecif [...]

30 Channel Bandwidth is the range of fre quenci es that w ill be used. Preamble Type The “Lon g Preambl e” can provide better wirel ess LA N compatib il ity whil e the “Short Preamble” can provid e better wireless LAN performance. CTS Protection: It is recommen ded to enabl e the protecti on mechani sm. This mech anism can d ecrease the rat[...]

31 Security This A ccess P oint p rovi des com plete w irel ess LA N security f unct ions, i ncl uded are WEP, IEE E 802.1 1x, I EEE 802. 11x with WEP, WPA wi th pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS . With th ese security functi ons, you can prevent your wirel ess LAN from il lega l acc ess. Plea se make sure yo ur w irel ess stati ons use the same s[...]

32 WEP When you select 64-bit or 128- bit W EP key, y ou have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You can gen erate the key by yourself and enter it . Y ou can enter four W EP keys and s ele ct one of them as a default 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 f[...]

33 WP A P re-shared Key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanc ed security standard. You can use a pre-shared key to au thenticat e wire less statio ns and encrypt data d uring communicati on. It u ses TKIP or CC MP (A ES) to chan ge the e ncryptio n key frequentl y. S o the e ncryptio n key i s n ot easy to be cracked by hackers . This is the b[...]

34 A CL This wirel ess router supports MAC A ddress Control , whi ch prevents 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 the "MA C Address" and "Comment" of the wirele ss s tation to be add [...]

35 WPS Wi-Fi Protecte d S etup (WPS) i s t he s imp lest way to estab lish a c onnecti on between the wi reless cl i ents and the wirel ess router. You don’t have to select the encrypti on mode and fil l i n a long encryptio n passphrase every tim e w hen you try to setup a wire less co nnection. You only need to press a butt on on both wir ele s[...]

36 SSID This is th e network broadcast name (SSI D) of th e router. Authentication Mode It sh ows the acti ve authe ntication m ode for the wirel ess co nnectio n. Passphrase Key It shows the passphrase key that is randoml y g enerated by the wire less rout er durin g the WPS proces s. You may need t his information when us ing a devic e whi ch doe[...]

37 13 F ire w all Settings The Broadba nd router provi des exten sive fi rewal l protection by restricti ng connecti on parameters, thus l imiti ng t he risk of hacker attacks, a nd d efendi ng against a wi de a rray of common Int ernet attacks. However, for app licatio ns that require unrestricted access t o the I nternet, you can c onfi gure a sp[...]

38 DMZ If you have a client PC that cannot run an I nternet appli cation (e. g. Games) properly from behin d t he NA T fi rewall, th en you can open up the firew all restricti ons to unrestri cted two-way Int ernet access b y defi nin g a DMZ Host. The D MZ functi on allows you to re- direct all packets g oing to your WAN p ort IP addre ss to a par[...]

39 Denial of Service (DoS) The B roadband router's fi rewall can bloc k c ommon ha cker atta cks, 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 r[...]

40 A ccess You can restri ct users from accessi ng certai n Internet a ppli catio ns/services (e.g. I nternet w ebsit es, email, FTP etc .), Ac cess Control al l ows users to defi ne the traff ic type permitte d in yo ur LAN. You can control whi ch PC cl i ent can have access to t hese s ervices. Deny If you sel ect “D eny” then a ll cl ie nts [...]

41 Filter client PC by MAC Check “ Enab le MA C Filteri ng” to enable MAC Filteri ng. Add PC Fi ll in “Cl ient PC MAC Address” an d “Comment” of the PC that is allowe d to access the Internet, a nd then cl ick “Ad d”. If you fin d any ty po before addi ng it and want to retype agai n, just cl ick "Reset" and the f iel ds w[...]

42 URL block You can b lock acc ess to some We b sit es from particular PCs by enter ing a ful l 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 then cli ck “Add”. Yo u can enter the ful l U RL address or the k eyword of th e we b site yo u wa[...]

43 14 Ad v a nced Settings Network Ad dress Translation (NAT) al lows multi pl e us ers at your l ocal site to access t he Internet through a si ngl e Pu blic IP Address or mu ltip le P ubli c IP Addresses. NAT provide s Fire wall protecti on from hacker attacks and has the flexi bi lity to allow you to map Pr ivate IP A ddresses to Publi c IP Addr[...]

44 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 l l in the "Private IP", “Type” , “Port Range” and "Comment" of the s etti ng to be a dded a nd th en cl ick "Ad d". Th en thi s Port Forwarding settin g wi l l be a dded into the[...]

45 Special A pp lications Some app li cations req uire m ultip le connect ions, suc h as Internet games, video Conf erenci ng, I nternet tele phony and others. In thi s s ectio n y ou can confi gure the router t o supp ort mult iple co nnectio ns for thes e types of appli cation s. Enable Trigger Port Enable the Spec ial Appl icat ion fun ctio n. T[...]

46 Add Special Application Fill i n t he "Tri gger Port", "Tr igger Typ e”, “Public Port”, "Public Ty pe", "Publi c Port" and "Comment" of the settin g to be add ed and then clic k "Add". T he S pecia l App licati on setti ng wil l b e add ed into the "Current Trigg er-Port Table &qu[...]

47 UPnP With UP nP, a ll PCs in you I ntranet wi ll di scover this router aut omatical ly, so you do n’t have to conf igure your PC and it c an easi ly access the I nternet through thi s router. UPnP Feature You can enable or Disabl e the UPnP feature here. Aft er you enable the UP nP feature, all clie nt s ystems t hat supp ort UPnP, like Window[...]

48 QoS QoS can l et you cla ssif y Internet app licati on traffi c by s ource/destina tion IP address a nd port number. You can assi gn priority for each type of app licati on and reserve bandwidth for it. The packets of appli cation s with higher priority wil l always g o f irst. L ower prior ity a ppli cati ons wil l get bandwi dth a fter hig her[...]

49 Edit a QoS r ule Select the rule y ou want to edit and cl ick “Edit”, then enter the detail f orm o f the QoS rule. Cli ck “ A pply ” after edi tin g the form a nd the rule wi l l be saved. Adjust QoS rule p riority You ca n sel ect t he 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 [...]

50 15 TOOLBOX Settin gs Sitecom Cloud Se curity Antivi rus s oftware al one is not safe enough. Y o u can now benefi t from additi onal bui lt-in securi ty in your mod em or router . Protect all d evices i n your home network against cybercrime whil e browsing. Activated automaticall y , your network and d evic es are better sec ured th an ever bef[...]

51 The Sitecom C loud S ecurity servic e off ers the fo ll owin g protecti on opt ions: - Anti-Mal ware - Anti-Phi shin g - Protection a gainst unsaf e we bsites - Advertisement blocki ng[...]

52 With the protection of unsafe we bsites acti vated the S itecom Cloud Security wil l a lways chec k if a website is sa f e. If it is not safe it wi l l i nform you that i s not safe to enter . If y ou still w ish to vi sit this webpage cli ck o n ‘ proceed anyway’ . A lternati vely cli ck ‘Back to Safety’ s o that your security w i ll no[...]

53 If you wi sh to change your security o ption s or to extend your subscri pt ion at any time, op en http://w ww . sit ecomcloud securit y . com from your web browser . Y ou wil l be asked for a us ername a nd password. These can be found on the backlabel on t he bottom of your Sit ecom router or mod em. If the l ogi n succe eded you can c l ick o[...]

54 Or click ‘Lice nse’ to ren ew your su bscripti on. If you w ish to di sabl e to S itec om cl oud security at a ny time, open t he we bpage of your S itec om produ ct and lo g in wit h th e su ppl ied credent ials (these can be[...]

55 found on t he back label on th e bottom of your Site com devi ce). Go to T ool box and sel ect “Sitecom Cl oud Securi ty” . Click t he “D isabl e” radio b utton and c li ck ‘ A pply’ for the s ettings to take effect.[...]

56 Password change opt ions You can chan ge th e password requi red to l og i nto the broadba nd router's system web- based ma nagement. Passw ords can contai n 0 to 12 alp hanumeric characters, and are cas e sens itive. Current P assword Fill i n th e current passw ord to all ow changin g to a new password. New Password Enter y our new passwo[...]

57 T ime Zone The Tim e Zo ne al lows y our router to base it s time on the s etti ngs c onfi gured 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 t he c ountry you are currently i n. T he router wil l set its t ime based o n your s electi on. Time Server Address Yo u can s[...]

58 Remote Managem ent The remote management functi on all ows you to desi gnate a host i n the Internet t he abil ity to confi gure the Broa dband ro uter from a rem ote s ite. 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/co[...]

59 Firmware Upgrade This page al lows y ou to u pgrade the router’s f irmware. Enable or disable Sitecom Auto Upgrade i f Enab led the rout er wil l automaticall y c heck f or f irmware up dates. I f a new firmware has be en detected a pop/up wi ll appear i n the w ebbrow ser and i nform the user about the new f irmware an d the chan ges an d all[...]

60 Backup Settings The Backup scree n al lows yo u to sav e (B ackup) th e router’s current confi guration s etti ngs. Whe n you save the co nfig uration setti ng (Backup) you can re-l oad t he save d config uration int o the router thro ugh the Restore select ion. If extreme problems occur you can us e the Restore to F actory Defaults select ion[...]

61 Reset You can reset t he ro uter’s system sho ul d any prob lem exist. T he reset function ess entiall y re-boots your router’s syste m.[...]

62 DDNS DDNS all ows y ou to map t he static domain name to a dynami c IP address. You must get a n account, password a nd your static domai n name from the DDNS service provid ers. This router suppo rts DynDNS, 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 DD[...]

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