Sitecom WLR-4003 manual

WL R - 4003 Wireless Gigabit Router N300 (802.11 b/g / n)[...]

User Manual T A BLE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEA TURES .................................................................................... 4 2 PACKAGE C ONTENTS ................................................................ ........... 5 3 CAUTIONS .......................................................................................... 6 4 PRODUCT L[...]

Introduction Congratulations on y ou r purchase of the WLR- 4003 Wireless Gi gabit Router N300. The WLR - 4003 i s compliant with 802.11n and up to 6 times faster than standard 802.11g bas ed routers whil e still being compatibl e with 802.11g & 802.11b devices. The WLR - 4003 is not o nly a Wireless Access P oint, but also doubles as a 4 -port[...]

4 1 Key Feature s Fe atures Advantages Incredible Data Rate up to 300Mbps* Heavy data payloa ds such as MPEG video stre aming IEEE 802.11n C ompliant and backwards compatibl e with 802.11 b/g Fully Interoper able with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g compliant devices with legacy protection Fo ur 10/100/1000 Mbp s gigabi t Switch Por ts (Auto-C rossover[...]

5 2 Package Content s Open the package car efully , and make sure that none of th e items li sted below are missi ng. Do not discard the packing materi als, in case of return; the unit must be shipped back i n its origin al package. 1. The WLR - 4003 Router 2. A 110V~240V to 12V 1A Switchi ng Po wer Adapter 3. A Quick Install Guide 4. A CD (User‟[...]

6 3 Cautions This router‟s design and man ufacturer has your safety i n mind . In order to safely and effecti vely use this router , please read the followin g before usage. 3.1 Usage Caut ions The user should not modify thi s router . The environmental temperature should be wi thin +5 ~ +35 deg rees Celsius. 3.2 Power The router ‟ s p ow er vo[...]

7 4 Product Lay out Port Description Po w er connector Connect the 12V DC ad apter to th is port LAN ( Y el low ) Connect your PC‟s or network devices to thi s port WAN ( Blue ) Connect your ADSL/Cab le modem to thi s port[...]

8 Backlabel The backlabel describes the IP address, l ogin details, SSID, security code and WPS button functi onality . Button Description OPS BUT TON Press 2 seconds for OPS mod e Press 10 seconds t o reset the router Press 15 Seconds to reset the router to facto ry default s.[...]

9 LED Definition From left to rig ht. Port Description LAN ( Blue ) Shows the cable i s connected. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the cable i s connected. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the cable i s connected. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the cable i s connected. WAN ( Blue ) Shows the cable i s connected. WiFi ( Blu e ) Shows WiFi activity . Po w er ( Red ) Shows the devi ce is t[...]

10 5 System Requirement s T o b egin using the WLR- 4003 , make sure you meet th e f ollowin g as minimum requirements: PC/Notebook. Operating System – Microsoft Wi ndows XP/Vi sta/Seven 1 Free Ethernet port . WiFi card/USB dongl e (802.11 b/g/n ) – opti onal. External xDSL (ADS L) or Cable modem with an Ether net p ort (RJ- 45). PC with a W eb[...]

11 7 Setup LAN, W AN WAN connection: LAN connecti on:[...]

12 8 PC Net w or k Adapter setup Windows XP Enter [Start Menu]  sel ect [Control panel ]  select [N etwork]. Select [Local Area Conn ection]) icon=>select [prop erties][...]

13 Select [Internet P rotocol (T CP/IP)] =>Cli ck [Properties]. Select the [General] tab. The router supports [DHCP] fun ction, please sel ect both [ Obtai n an IP address automati cally] and [Obtai n DNS server address automati cally].[...]

14 Windows V is t a/Seven Enter [Start Menu]  sel ect [Control panel ]  select [Vi ew network statu s and tasks] -> select [Manag e network connecti ons]. Select [Local Area Conn ecti on]) icon=>select [ properties][...]

15 Select [Internet P rotocol V ersion 4 (TCP/IPv4)] =>Cli ck [Properties]. Select the [General] tab. The r outer supports [DHCP] function, pl ease s elect both [ Obtain an IP address automaticall y] and [Obtai n DNS server address automaticall y].[...]

16 9 Bringing up the WLR-4003 Connect the supp li ed power-adapter to the power i nl et port and connect it to a wall outl et. The WLR- 4003 au tomatically ent ers the sel f-test p hase. Du ring self-test phas e, the P ower LED wi ll be li t continuous ly to indicate that this product is in normal operation. 10 Initial Setup WLR - 4003 LOGIN proced[...]

17 3. T ype user nam e and passw ord. The defaul t username is admi n, the password can be found on the ba ck label on the bottom of your router . 4. Click OK . 5. Y ou wi ll see the home pag e of the WLR - 4003 . The System status section all ows you to monito r the current status of your router the UP ti me, hardware information, serial number as[...]

18 LAN settings The LAN tab gives you the opportun ity to chan ge t he IP settin gs of the WLR- 4003 . Click <Apply> at the bottom of thi s screen to save any changes. IP address 19 2.168.0 .1. It i s the rout e r‟s LAN IP add ress (Y our LAN clients default gateway IP address). IP Subnet Mask 255.255 .255.0 Specify a Subn et Mask for your [...]

19 Lease Time Forever . In the L ease Time setting you can specify th e time peri od that the D HCP lends an IP address t o your LA N cl ients. The DHCP will change your LA N client ‟ s IP add ress when thi s time threshol d period is reached. IP Address Pool Y ou can s elect a pa rticul ar IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addr e[...]

20 Device Status View the Broadband r outer ‟ s current configu ration settings. Device St atus displays the configu ration settings y ou‟ve configured in the Wi zard / Basic Settings / Wi reless Settings secti on.[...]

21 Internet Status This page displays whether the W AN port is connected to a Cable/DSL connection. It also di splays the route r‟s WAN IP address, Subnet M ask, and ISP Gateway a s well as MAC address, th e Pri mary DNS. Press th e Renew button t o renew your WAN IP address.[...]

22 DHCP Client St atus This pag e shows al l DHCP cli ents (LAN PCs) cu rrentl y connected t o your network. The tabl e shows the a ssig ned IP address, MAC add ress and e xpiration time for each DHCP l eased client. Use t he Refresh button to update the a vail able informati on. Y ou can check Enable Static DHCP IP . It is possible to add more sta[...]

23 WL R- 4003 Log View the oper ation l og. This page shows t he cu rrent sy stem l og o f th e Broadband router . It di splays any event occurred a fter sy stem start up. At th e bott om of th e page, th e system log can be saved <Save> to a l ocal fil e for further processi ng or the sy stem log can b e cleared <Cle ar> or it can be r[...]

24 Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and recei ved on W AN, LAN & WLAN.[...]

25 11 Configurati on Wizard Click Wizard to configure the router . Th e Set up wizard will now be di splayed; check that the modem is connect ed and click Next. Select your country from th e Country li st. Select your internet provide r . Click Next.[...]

26 Depending on the chosen p rovider , you may n eed to enter yo ur user name and password, MAC ad dress or hostname i n the followin g window . After you have entered the correct i nformation, cli ck Nex t . Click APPLY to complete the con figuration.[...]

27 12 Wireles s Settings Y ou can set parameters t hat are used for th e wire less stat ions to conne ct to thi s router . Th e parameters i nclude Mode, ESSID, Ch annel Numb er an d Associ ated Client. Wireless Funct ion Enable or Disabl e Wireless functi on here. Cli ck Apply and wait for modul e to be ready & loaded.[...]

28 Basic Settings Mode All ows yo u to set AP o r WDS mode. Band Allows you to se t the AP fixed at 802.1 1b or 80 2.11g m ode. Y ou c an also sel ect B+G mod e to al low 8021 1b and 80 2.11g cl ients at the same time. Enable SSID # Allows you to enab le up to four SSIDs for thi s router . SSID Thi s is th e name o f the wi reless si gnal whi ch i [...]

29 Advanced Setti ngs This t ab all ows you to s et the advanced wi reless options. The opti ons i nclud ed are Authent ication T ype, Fragment Thresh old, RTS Threshold , Beacon Interval, an d Preamble T ype. Y ou sh ould not chang e th ese p arameters unless you know what effect th e changes wi ll have on the router . Authentication Type There ar[...]

30 Beacon Interv al is th e in terv al of time t hat this wi reless router broad casts a beacon. A Beacon i s used to synchr onize the wirel ess network. Data Rat e The “Data Rate” is th e rate th at thi s access p oint use s to transmi t data packets. The ac cess point will use t he highest possible selected transmission rate to tr a nsmi t th[...]

31 Security This Access Point provides compl ete wireles s LAN securi ty functi ons, incl uded are WEP , IEEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11x with WEP , WPA w i th pre-shared key and WPA wit h RADIUS. Wi th these securi ty fun ctions, you can prevent your wireless LAN f rom ill egal access. Please make sure your wi reless stati ons use the same securi ty fun[...]

32 Disable When you choose to d isa ble encrypti on, i t is very insecure to operate the router . Enable 802.1x A uth IEEE 802.1 x i s an auth entication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to logi n to this Access Point before accessi ng t he wirel ess LAN. The authenticati on is p rocessed by a RAD IUS server . Thi s mode only au thenti[...]

33 WEP When you sel ect 64-bi t or 12 8-bi t WEP key , you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. Y ou can generate the key b y yours el f and enter it . Y ou can enter four W EP keys an d sel ect one of them as a d efault key . Then t he router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys. Key Length Y ou can select the WEP key l eng[...]

34 Click <Ap ply> at the bottom of the sc reen to save the above confi gurations. Y ou can n ow config ure oth er s ections by choos ing Conti nue, o r choose Appl y to apply th e settings and reboot the d evice. WPA Pre-shared Key Wi -Fi Protected Access ( WPA) is an advanced security stan dard. Y ou can use a pre-shared k e y t o aut henti [...]

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36 ACL This wireless router supports MAC Addr ess Control , whi ch prevents unauthorized cli ents from accessin g your wireless network. Enable wireless access contro l Enabl es the wireless access cont rol functi on Adding an address into the list Enter the "MAC Address" an d "C omment " of the wi reless stat ion to be ad ded a[...]

37 WPS Wi -Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simpl est way to establish a connection between the wireless clients and the wi reless router . Y ou don‟ t h ave to select the en cryption mode an d fill in a l ong encrypti on passphrase every time wh en you t ry to s etup a wi reless connecti on. Y ou onl y need to press a button on both wireless cli [...]

38 WPS Ch eck the b ox to enable WPS fun ction and un check i t to disabl e th e WPS function. WPS Cu rrent St atus If th e wireless securi ty (encrypti on) functi on of thi s wireless router is p roperly set, you‟ll see a „Confi gured‟ m essage h ere. Otherwise, you‟ll see „UnConfigured‟ . Self P in Cod e Thi s is the WPS PIN code of t[...]

39 13 Fire w all Settings The Broadband rout er provides extensive firewall protection by restri cti ng connection parameters, thus limiting the risk of hacker attac ks, and defending against a wide array of common Internet attacks. However , f or appli cations that require unrest ricted a ccess to th e Internet , you can configu re a speci fic cli[...]

40 DMZ If you have a client PC th at cannot run an Internet app licati on (e.g. Game s) properly from behind the NA T fi rewall, then you can open up the fi rewall restricti ons to unrestricted two-way Internet access by definin g a DMZ Host. The DMZ functi on all ows you to re-di rect al l packets goi ng to your WAN p ort IP address to a parti cul[...]

41 Denial of Servi ce (DoS) The Broadband route r's fi rewall can block com mon hacker attack s, in cluding Denial of Servi ce, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Int ernet at tacks occur the router can l og the events. Ping of Death Protections from Pi ng of Death att ack Discard Ping Fr om WAN The router‟s W A N port will not resp[...]

42 Access Y ou can restrict users from accessing certai n Internet appli cations/services (e.g. Internet w ebsites, email, F TP etc.), Acc ess Control allows u sers to de fine the t raffic type p ermitted in your LA N. Y ou can control whi ch PC client can have access to these servi ces. Deny If you sel ect “Deny” then all clients will be all o[...]

43 Selected". If you want to r emove all PCs from t he tabl e, just cl ick th e "Delete All" but ton. Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enab le MAC Fil tering” to enable MAC Filtering. Add PC Fi ll in “Client PC MA C Add ress” and “Comm ent” of the PC that is allowed t o ac cess the Inte rnet, and th en cli ck “ Add ” . [...]

44 URL block Y ou can block acces s to some W eb sites from particular PCs by entering a ful l URL address or just keywords of the W eb site. Enable URL Bl ocking Enab le/disable URL Bl ocking Add URL Keywo rd Fi ll i n “URL/Keyword” and then click “ Add” . Y ou can enter the full URL address o r the keyword of the web sit e yo u want to bl[...]

45 14 Advanced Settings Network Addr ess T r anslati on (NA T) al lows mul tiple users at your l ocal si te to access the Internet thr ough a sin gle Publi c IP Address or mul tipl e Public IP Addresses. NA T pr ovides F irewall protecti on f rom hacker attacks and h as the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Publ ic IP Add ress[...]

46 Port Forwar ding Po rt Forwarding all ows you t o re -di rect a pa rticular range of servi ce port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Po rt) to a par ticular LAN IP addr ess. It helps you to host servers behind th e router NA T firewall . Enable Port Forwarding Enabl e P ort Forwarding Private IP Thi s is the private IP of the server behi nd the NA [...]

47 Fo rwarding setti ng will b e added i nto the "C urrent Port Forwarding T abl e" below . Remove Port Forwar ding If you want to r emove a Port Forwarding setti ng from the "Current Port Forwarding T abl e", select the Port Forwarding setti ng that you want t o remove in the table and then cli ck "Delete Select ed". [...]

48 Virtual Server Use the Virtual Server function when you want different servers/clients i n your LAN to handl e different servi ce/Internet appli cation type (e.g. Email, FTP , W eb server etc.) from th e Internet. Compu ters use n umbers call ed por t numbers t o recognize a particul ar servi ce/Internet applicati on type. The Virtual Server all[...]

49 service (servi ce/Internet application) p ort number from t he Internet t hat will be re-directed to th e above Priv ate IP address host in your LAN Comment Th e description of thi s setting. Add Virtual Se rver Fi ll in th e "Pri v at e IP", "Pri v at e Port", "T ype", “Pub lic Po rt ” and "Comment" o[...]

50 Special Appli cations Some appli cations requi re multiple conn ections, such as Internet games, video Conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In t his section you can configure th e router to support mul tiple connections fo r th ese types of applicati ons. Enable T rigger Port Enable the Special Application functi on. Trigger Port Th is i[...]

51 Popular applications Thi s section lists the more popul ar appli cations that require mul tiple conn ections. Sel ect an ap plication from the Po pular Applicati ons se lection. Once you have se l ected an applicati on, select a location (1-10) in the Copy to sel ection box and then cli ck the Copy to button. This wi ll au tomatically list the P[...]

52 UP nP With UPn P , all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automat icall y , so you don‟t have to confi gure your PC and i t can easil y access the Internet through thi s router . UPnP Fe ature Y ou can enab le or Disabl e the UPnP feature h ere. After you enable t he UPnP featur e, all cli ent systems th at support UPnP , l ike Wi n[...]

53 QoS QoS can let you classi fy Internet appli cati on traffic by source/de stination IP address and port nu mber . Y ou can assi gn p riority for each t ype of appl icati on and reserve bandwi dth for it. Th e p ackets of appli cations with hi gher priority will always g o fi rst. Lower priorit y ap plications will get b andwidth after h igher pr[...]

54 Remove QoS rul es f rom the table If you want to remove QoS rules from the tabl e, sel ect the QoS rul es you want to re move in the table an d then click "Delete Selected". If you want remove all QoS rul es f rom the tabl e, just cli ck the "Delete All " button. Clicking "Reset" will clear your current selections. [...]

55 15 T OOLBOX Settings Sitecom Cloud Security Antivi rus software alon e i s not safe enough. Y ou can now benefit from additi onal buil t- i n security in your modem or router . Protect all devices in your home network agai nst cybercrime while browsing . Activated au tomati cally , your network and devi ces are better secured than ever before. Y[...]

56 The Sit ecom Cl oud Se curity servi ce offers the fol lowing protection opti ons: Anti-Malware Anti-Phi shing Protection agai nst unsafe websi tes Advertisement blockin g With the p rotection of unsafe websites acti vated the S itec om Cl oud Security will always check i f a websi te is safe. If i t i s not safe it will i nform you that i s not [...]

57 If you wi sh to chan ge your security opti ons or to ext end your subscrip tion at any time, open http: //www .si tecomcloudsecuri ty .com from your w eb browser . Y ou will b e asked f or a usernam e and pass word. These can be foun d on th e backlabel on the bottom of your Sitecom route r or modem. If th e l ogin succeeded you can cli ck on ?[...]

58 Or click „License‟ to r enew your subscrip tion. If you wish to di sabl e to Sitecom cloud security at any ti me, open th e webpage of your Si tecom product and log in with the sup plied credenti als (these can b e[...]

59 found on the back l abel on the bottom of your S itecom device). Go to T oolbox and select “Sitecom Cloud Se curity” . Click the “Disabl e” radio button and click „ Appl y‟ for the setti ngs to take effect.[...]

60 Password chan ge options Y ou can chang e the passw ord required to log i nto t he broadband route r's system web -based man agement. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensit ive. Current P assword Fil l i n the current pa sswor d to al low changi ng t o a n ew password. New Password Enter your new pas swor[...]

61 Time Zone The Time Zone al lows your router t o base its t ime on the settin gs confi gured here, which will affect functi ons such as Log ent ries and Firewall settings. Set Tim e Zon e Sel ect the ti me zone of th e cou ntry you are cur rently in. The router will set its time based on your selection. Time Server Addr ess Y ou can set an NTP se[...]

62 Remote Manag ement The r emote management function allows you to designate a host in the Internet th e abili ty to configure th e Broadban d router from a remot e si te. Enter the design ated host IP Address i n the Host IP Addres s field. Host Address This is the IP address of the ho st i n t he Internet that w ill have management/confi guratio[...]

63 Firmware Upgr ade This page all ows yo u to upgrade the router ‟ s firmware. Firmware Upgr ade Thi s tool allows you to upgrade th e Br oadband route r‟s system firmware. T o u pgrade the firmware of your Broadband router , you need t o downl oad the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter tha t fil e name and path in the appropriat[...]

64 Backup Setting s The Backup screen all ows you to save ( Backup) the r outer‟s current configuration setti ngs. When you save the confi guration setting (Back up) you can re-l oad the saved configuration i nto the r outer th rough th e Restore selection. If ext reme proble ms occur yo u can use the Restore to F actory Defaults selecti on, th i[...]

65 Reset Y ou can reset the rou ter‟ s system should any problem exist. The reset function essenti ally re- boots your route r‟s system.[...]

66 DDNS DDNS al lows you to m ap th e static domain name t o a d ynamic IP a ddress. Y ou must g et an accou nt, passw ord and your static domai n n ame from the DDNS service providers. Th is router supports DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS servi ce providers. Enable/Disable Enable or di sable the DDNS f unction of thi s router Provider Select a D[...]

67 16 Appendix Appendix A: G NU/GPL Leaflet Licensing I nformation Parts of the firmware of the WLR-40 03 v1-001 Wireless Gigabit Broadband router a re subject to the GNU gener a l public l ic ense. This product include s third-party software li censed under the terms of the GNU Gene ral Public License. . Y ou can modify or redi stribute this free [...]

68 The free software included in this product is distribute d in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY LIAB ILITY OF OR ANY W ARRANTY FROM THE LICENSOR. GNU GENE R A L PUBLIC LICE NSE V ersion 2, June 1991 Copyrig ht (C) 1989, 1991 Free Sof tware Foundation, I nc. 59 T emple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02 111-1307, USA Eve ryone is p e[...]

69 copy of this License along with the Pr ogram. You may charge a fee for the ph ysical act of transferri ng a copy , and you may at your op tion offer w arr anty protection in ex change for a fee. 2. Y ou may modify y our copy or copies of the Pro gram or a ny portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Progr a m, and cop y a nd distribute suc[...]

70 to do so, and all its terms and condi tions for copying, distrib uting or modifyi ng the Program or works based on it. 6. Each time you red istribute the Progr am (or any work based on the Progr am), the recipient automatically receiv es a license from the original li censor to copy , distribute or mod if y the Program subj ect to these terms an[...]

71 YOU ASS UME THE CO ST OF ALL NECES SAR Y SERVICING, REP AIR OR CORRECTION. 12. IN NO EVENT UNLES S REQUIRED BY APPL ICABLE L AW O R AGREED TO IN WR I TING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER P A R TY WHO MA Y MODIFY AND/OR RED IS TRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMIT TED ABOVE, BE L IA BLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENT[...]

72 Appendix B : Declaration of Conformity[...]

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