Sitecom WLR-5000 manual

WLR -5000 Wireless Concurr ent Dual Band Gigabit R outer 300N (802.11a/b/g/n)[...]

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| 3 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the WL R -5000 W ireless C oncurrent Dual Band Gigab it Router 300N. Th e WLR -5000 i s complia nt wit h 802. 11a and 802.1 1n and up to 6 times faster than standa rd 802. 11g based rout ers whi le stil l bei ng compatib le wit h 802.1 1g & 802.1 1b devic es. The WLR -5000 is not only a Wirel[...]

E | 3 1 Key Features F eatures Advantages Incredi bl e Data Rate up to 300Mb ps* Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 80 2.1 1n Compli ant an d backwards compati bl e wit h 802.1 1b/g Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant device s with legacy protection Fo ur 10/1 00/1 000 Mb ps gi gabit Switch Ports (Auto-C[...]

E | 3 2 Package Content s Open t he package car efull y , and make s ure that none of t he it ems list ed below are mis si ng. D o not discar d the p acking materials, i n case of r eturn; the unit must b e shi pped back i n its origi nal package. 1. The WLR -5000 Router 2. A 110V~ 240V to 12V 1 A Switchi ng P ower A dapter 3. A Quick In stall Gui [...]

E | 3 3 Cautions This router ’ s d esign a nd manufa cturer has your safety i n mi nd. In order to safely an d eff ectively use t his router , please read the f oll owi ng b efore usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user sho ul d not modi fy thi s router . The enviro nmental temperature should be w ithi n +5 ~ +35 degre es Cels ius. 3.2 Power The route[...]

E | 3 4 Product Layout Port Description Po wer con nector Connect the 12V DC adapter to thi s p ort LAN ( Y ellow ) Connect your PC’s or network devic es to t his p ort WAN ( Blue ) Connect your ADS L/Cable mo dem to th is p ort[...]

E | 3 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 0-5 s econds f or 2.4 GHz WPS mod e Press 5-10 s econd s for 5 GHz WPS mode Press 10 s econds t o reset the ro uter Press 15 Se cond s to reset the ro uter to factory defaul ts.[...]

E | 3 LED Definition From left to r ight. Port Description LAN ( Green ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Green ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Green ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Green ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. WAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. WiFi (Wh ite) Shows 5GHz W iFi activit y . WiFi ( Bl[...]

E | 3 5 Net w ork + System Requireme nt s T o be gin using t he WLR-5000, make sure y ou meet th e fol lowi ng as minimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – M icrosoft Win dows XP/2 000/VIST 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[...]

E | 3 7 Setup LAN, W AN WAN connection: LAN connecti on:[...]

E | 3 8 PC Net w ork Adapter setup Win d ows XP • Enter [Start Menu]  se lect [Control panel]  se lect [Network]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connectio n]) ic on=>sel ect [pro perties][...]

E | 3 • Select [I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Propertie s]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. The WLR -500 0 su pports a [DHCP] functio n, p lease select both [Obta in an IP address automati call y] and [Obtai n DNS server address automati cal ly].[...]

E | 3 Win d ows Vist a/Se ven • 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][...]

E | 3 • Select [I nternet Protoc ol V ersio n 4 ( T CP/IPv4)] =>Cl ick [Pr operties]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. The WLR -5000 su pports a [DHCP] functio n, pleas e sele ct both [Obtain an IP address automati call y] and [Obtai n DNS s erver address automatical ly].[...]

E | 3 9 Bring up the W LR-5000 Connect the sup pl ied power-adapter to the po wer inlet port and connect it to a wall out let. Switc h the WLR -500 0 on by fli pp ing the switc h on t he back of the devi ce. The WLR -50 00 automatical l y enters the self-test p hase. Duri ng self-test phase, th e Power L ED w ill be l it co ntinuo usly to indi cate[...]

E | 3 3. T ype u ser name an d password (the defau lt username is a dmin. Th e password can be f ound on th e backl abel o n the bottom of y our ro uter). 4. Click OK . 5. Y ou w ill s ee the home page of t he WLR -50 00.[...]

E | 3 The System status secti on allow s you t o monit or the c urrent status of your router , t he UP time, hardware inf ormation, serial number as well as fi rmware version i nformatio n is di splayed here. L A N settings The LA N tab gi v es you the opportuni ty to change the IP settings of t he WL R - 5000. Click <Ap ply> at the b ottom o[...]

E | 3 use static ip-addre sses. When DHC P ser ver i s enabl ed your computer s w il l be assigne d an i p-address automatical l y until the lease t ime ex pires. Lease Time Forever . In the Lease Tim e sett ing you can s pecif y the t ime pe ri od that the DHCP lends an IP address to your LA N cli ents. T he DHCP wil l c hange your LAN cli ent’s[...]

E | 3 Device Status View the Broadband rou ter’s current confi gu ration setti ngs. Device S tatus displ ays the config ur ation setti ngs you’ve config ured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wi reless S etti ngs sect ion.[...]

E | 3 Internet St atus This page disp lays whether the W AN port is connected to a Cab l e/DSL connecti on. It also disp lays the router’ s W AN IP ad dress, S ubnet M ask, a nd ISP Gateway as wel l as MA C address, the Primary DNS. Press R enew butto n to renew your WAN IP address.[...]

E | 3 DHCP Client St atus DHCP This page s hows all D HCP c lients (LAN PCs) currently c onnecte d t o your network. T he tabl e show s t he assi gned IP ad dress, MA C address an d expiration time for each DHCP leased client . Use the R efresh button to update the av ailabl e informatio n. Y ou can check Enable Static DHCP IP . It is poss ibl e to[...]

E | 3 WLR-5000 Log View the o per ati on lo g of the WLR -5 000. This page sh ows t he current system log of the Broa dban d router . It displ ays any event occurred aft er system s tart up . At the bottom of t he page, the sy stem lo g can b e saved <Save> to a local f ile for further processi ng or the system l og can be cl eared <Clear&[...]

E | 3 WLR-5000 S t atistics Shows the counters of packets se nt and rece ived o n WAN, LAN & WLAN.[...]

E | 3 11 Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to conf ig ure t he router . T he Setup w izard wi ll now be disp layed; check that the m odem is con necte d and cl ick Next. Select yo ur country from t he Country l ist. Sele ct your internet provider . Click Next. Dependi ng o n the chosen provider , you may need to ent er your us er name and pass word[...]

E | 3 Click AP PLY to com plete t he con figuration.[...]

E | 3 12 Wireless Settings You can set para meters that are use d for the wirel ess stati ons to co nnect to this ro uter for the 2.4Ghz radi o or 5Ghz radi o. The parameters i ncl ude M ode, ESSID, C hannel Number and As soc iated Cli ent. Wireles s Fun ction Enable or Disa ble W irel ess funct ion here. Cl i ck Apply and wait f or modul e to be r[...]

E | 3 Basic Settings Mode Allow s you t o set the A P to AP, Statio n, Bridg e or WDS mo de. Band Allo ws you to se t the AP fi xed at 802. 11b or 8 02.1 1g m ode. You can also sel ect B+G mode to al lo w 8 02.1 1b and 8 02.11g c lients at th e same time . For the 5GHz mode you can s et 802. 11a, 802.1 1n or 8 02.11a/n mod e. ESSID This is the name[...]

E | 3 A dvan ced 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 Preambl e Ty pe. Yo u shou ld no t change thes e parameters unless you know w hat effe ct the chan ges wi ll have o n the router. Authentication Type [...]

E | 3 Beacon Interval i s the interval of tim e that thi s wir ele ss router broadc asts a beacon. A B eacon i s use d to s ynchronize t he wi reless network. Data R ate The “Data Rate” is the ra te that thi s acces s poi nt u ses to transmit data packet s. The a ccess point wi ll use the hig hest possib le sele cted transmissi on rate to trans[...]

E | 3 Security This Acc ess Poi nt provides com plete wi rele ss LAN security fun ctions, i ncl uded are W EP, IEE E 8 02.11x, IEEE 80 2.11x w ith W EP, WPA w it h pre-shared k ey and WPA w ith RADIU S. With these sec urity f unction s, you c an prevent your wirel ess LAN from il lega l access. Plea se make sure your wireles s stations use the same[...]

E | 3 WEP When you sele ct 6 4-bit or 1 28-bit WEP key, you have to enter WE P keys to encrypt data. You can gen erate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four W EP keys and s ele ct one of them as a defa ult key. Then the 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 engt [...]

E | 3 WP A Pre-shared Ke y Wi-Fi Protected A ccess (WPA) is an advance d sec urity sta ndard. Yo u c an use a pre- shared key to authenticat e w ire less station s an d encrypt data duri ng communicati on. It u ses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the e ncryption key frequentl y. S o the e ncryptio n key i s n ot easy to be cracked by hac kers. This is[...]

E | 3 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 ele ss station to be[...]

E | 3 you try t o setu p a wirel ess co nnecti on. Yo u only ne ed to press a button on both wir ele ss cli ent an d wirel ess ro uter, and WPS wil l d o the rest for you. The wire less router supports t wo types of WPS: WPS via Push Butt on and WPS via PIN cod e. If you want to use th e Pu sh Button, yo u have to push a specif ic button on the wi [...]

E | 3 WPS via Pu sh Button Press the button to start the WPS process. Th e router wil l wai t for the WPS re quest from th e wire less devic es with in 2 m in utes. WPS via PIN You can f i ll-i n the PIN code of the wi rele ss devi ce and press the button to start th e WPS process. The router wi ll wait for the WPS r eques t from the wir ele ss dev[...]

E | 3 13 Fire w all Settings The Broadband router provi des extensi ve f irewal l protecti on by restricti ng connecti on parame ters, thus li miti ng the risk of hacker attac ks, and defendi ng against a wid e array of common Internet attacks. However , for appl ic ations that require unrestricted acce ss to t he Intern et, you can c onfi gure a s[...]

E | 3 DMZ If yo u hav e a cli ent PC that c annot run an Int ernet a ppli cation (e. g. Games) properly from behin d the NA T fire wall, then you can open up t he firewal l restricti ons to unrestri cted two-way I nternet access by def ini ng a DMZ Host. The DMZ functi on a llow s you to re- direct all packets goi ng to your WAN port IP addre ss to[...]

E | 3 Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadb and router's fi rewall can block co mmon hacker attacks, in cludi ng Denial o f S ervice, Pi ng of Deat h, P ort Scan and Sync F lood. 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 port wi l l n[...]

E | 3 A ccess Y ou can restrict users from accessi ng certain Internet a ppl icatio ns/services (e.g. I nternet w ebsite s, email, FTP etc.), Access Control a ll ows users to defi ne the traffic type permitt ed in your LAN . Y ou can control whi ch PC cli ent can have access to these ser vices. Deny If you sel ect “D eny” the n all c lie nts w [...]

E | 3 Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enable MAC Filteri ng” to en ab le MAC Filteri ng. Add PC Fi ll in “Cl ient PC MA C Address” and “Comment” of the PC that is allowe d to access the Internet, and then cl ic k “ A dd” . If you fi nd any typo before addi ng it an d want to retype agai n, just cl ick "Reset" an d the f i e[...]

E | 3 URL block Y ou can bl ock acc ess to some W eb sites from parti cular PCs by enter ing a ful l URL address or j ust keyw ords of the W eb sit e. Enable URL Blocki ng E nable/di sabl e URL Bl ocki ng Add URL Keyword Fill i n “UR L/K eyword” and then cl ick “ A dd” . Y ou can e nter the ful l U RL address or the keyw ord of the web site[...]

E | 3 14 Advanced Settings Network A ddress T ranslati on (NA T) a ll ows m ult ipl e u sers at yo ur l ocal sit e to access the Internet through a s in gle Pu blic IP Address or mu ltip le Pub li c IP Addresses. NA T provi des Firewall protection from hacker attacks an d has the flexi bi lity to al low you to map Private IP Addresses to P ubli c I[...]

E | 3 Type This i s the protocol type to be forwarded. Y ou can choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP” packets onl y , or sel ect “both” to forward both “T CP” and “UDP” packets. Port Range The range of p orts to b e forward to the private IP . Comment descri ption o f this setti ng. Add Port F orwarding Fill i n the "Private IP&[...]

E | 3 Virtual S erver Use the Virtual Server functi on w hen y ou want dif ferent servers/client s i n your LAN to ha ndle d if ferent service/Internet ap plicat ion type ( e.g. Email , FTP , W eb server etc.) from t he Internet. Computers use numbers cal led port numbers to recogn ize a partic ular service/Internet appli cation type. T he Virtual [...]

E | 3 Add Virtual Server Fil l i n the "Pri va te IP", "Priv ate P ort", "T yp e", “ Public Po rt” and "Comment" of the sett ing to be add ed and the n cl ick "A dd". Then this V irtual S erver setti ng w il l be added i nto th e "Current V irtual Serve r T able" below. Remove Virtual [...]

E | 3 Special A ppl ications Some app li cations require multip le connecti ons, such as Internet games, video Conf erenci ng, Internet te leph ony an d others. In this sectio n you can confi gure t he router to su pport multip le c onne ctions for thes e types of appli cation s. Enable T rig ger Port Enable th e Speci al A ppl icati on funct ion. [...]

E | 3 Appl icati ons selecti on. Once you h a ve selecte d an ap plicat ion, sel ect a locatio n ( 1-10) i n t he Copy to selecti on box and t hen cli ck the Copy t o b utton. This wi ll automatic all y l ist the Publ ic Ports requi red for th is popu lar app li cation in the locat ion (1-1 0) you sp ecifi ed. Add Special Application Fil l in t he [...]

E | 3 A LG Y ou ca n select a ppl icati ons that nee d “ App licati on Layer Gateway” support. Enable select enabl e “ Appl icat ion Layer Gateway” , the n the router w ill l et the selected appl icati on correctl y pass throu gh t he NA T gateway .[...]

E | 3 UPNP With UP nP , al l PCs in you Intranet w il l di scover this router aut omatical ly , so you don’ t have to confi gure your PC and it can ea si ly acce ss the Internet through thi s router . UPnP Feature Y ou can enab le or Di sable the UP nP feature here. A fter you enable t he UPnP feature, a ll cl ient system s t hat support U PnP , [...]

E | 3 QoS QoS ca n let you c lass ify Int ernet ap pli cation t ra ffic by source/ destinatio n I P address and port num ber . Y ou can assi gn priori ty for each type of app licati on and reserve bandwi dth for it. The packets of app li cations wit h hi gher priority wil l always g o f irst. Lower priority appli cati ons will get bandwi dth after [...]

E | 3 Edit a QoS rule Sel ect the rul e you want to e dit and cl ick “Edit ” , then enter the d etail f orm of the QoS rule. Cl ick “ Apply ” after edi ting the form and the rule wi l l be saved. Adjust QoS rule priority Y ou can sel ect the rul e and cli ck “Move Up” to make it s priority h i gher . Y ou also can se lect the rul e an d[...]

E | 3 15 T OOLBOX Settin gs Sitecom Cloud Se curity Antivi rus software alone is not safe enough. Y ou can now benefit from additi onal bui lt -i n s ecuri ty in your modem or router . Protect al l devices in your home network a gainst cybercrime w hile browsi ng. A ctivate i n j ust one c li ck, your network and d evic es are better sec ured th an[...]

E | 3 - Anti-Ml ware - Anti-Phi shi ng - Protection a gainst unsafe we bsites - Advertisement blo cking After selecti ng your preferred protection opti ons, enter the K e y code and Security cod e that you hav e rece ived w ith your S itec om product. Before you can now activate your su bscri ption y ou w il l have to a ccept the lic ense agreement[...]

E | 3 With the protection of unsafe we bsites acti va te d the S itecom Clou d Security wil l al wa ys check if a we bsite i s safe. I f it is not safe i t wi ll inf orm you that is not safe to enter . If you stil l w ish to vis it this we bpage cli ck on ‘proceed anyway ’ . A lter natively cli ck ‘Back to Safety’ s o that your security w i[...]

E | 3 If you w i sh t o change your security opti ons or to extend your subscri ption at any time, op en http://w ww .sit ecomcl oudsecurit y .com from your web browser . Y ou wi l l be as ked for a us ername and passwo rd. These can be fo und on th e backlabel on t he bottom of your Sit ecom router or mod em. If the logi n succe eded you can c l i[...]

E | 3 Or click ‘Lice nse’ to ren ew your su bscripti on. If you w ish to di sabl e to Sitec om cl oud security at any time, open t he we bpage of your S itec om produ ct a nd log in with the suppl ie d cred entials (these can be[...]

E | 3 found on t he back label on th e bottom of your Site com devi ce). Go to T ool box and s elect “Sit ecom Cloud Securi ty” . Click t he “D isabl e” radio b utton and c li ck ‘ A ppl y’ for the s ettin gs to take eff ect.[...]

E | 3 Password change opt ions Y ou can change t he p assword req uired t o lo g i nto the broadband router's system web- based ma nagement. Passwords can c ontain 0 to 12 a lphanumer ic characters, and are case sens iti ve. Current P assword Fil l i n th e current passw ord to al low c hangi ng to a new password. New Password Enter your n ew [...]

E | 3 T ime Zone The Time Zone al lows your ro uter to base i ts t ime on th e setting s confi gured here, whi ch w ill aff ect funct ions such as Lo g e ntries and Firewall settin gs. Set Time Zone Select the ti me zo ne of the country you ar e c urrently in. T he router wil l set its t ime based o n your sel ectio n. Time Server Address Y ou can [...]

E | 3 Remote Managem ent The remote management functi on allow s you to desi gnate a h ost in the Internet t he abil ity t o confi gure t he Broa dband rout er 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 host i n the Inter net that wil l have management[...]

E | 3 Firmware Upgrade Firmware Up grade This tool al lows you to upgrade the Broadband router ’ s system f irmware. T o up grade the f irmware of your Broadband rout er , you need to d own load the firmware fi le to yo ur l ocal hard disk, an d ent er that fil e name an d pat h i n the appropriat e f iel d o n th is page. Y ou ca n al so use the[...]

E | 3 Backup Settings The Backup screen al lows y ou to save (B ackup) the r outer’ s current confi guration setti ngs. When you save the confi guration setting (B ackup) you can re-l oad the sa ved configuratio n i nto the ro uter through the Restore select ion. If extreme problems occ ur you can use the Restore to F actory Defaults selecti on, [...]

E | 3 Reset Y ou can reset the ro uter’ s system sho ul d an y prob lem exist. T he reset function ess entiall y re-boots your router’ s syst em.[...]

E | 3 DDNS DDNS all ows yo u to map the static domai n name to a dynamic IP address. Y ou must get an acco unt, passwor d an d your static domain name from the DDNS service provid ers. This router suppo rts DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS s ervic e providers. Enable/Disable Enable or di sable th e DDNS f unctio n of t his router Provider Select a[...]

E | 3 Parts of the firmware of the WLR -5000 Wireless Broadba nd router are subject to the GNU general public license. Appendix A: Licensin g Information This product includes third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU Gener al Public License. . Y ou can modify or redistribute this free software under the t erms of the GNU Gener al Pu[...]

E | 3 receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights. We protect y our rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) off er you this license which gives y ou legal permi ssion to copy , distribute and/or modify the software. Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to m[...]

E | 3 3. Y ou m ay copy and distribute the Program (or a work bas ed on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: a) Accompany it wi th the complete correspond ing machine-rea dable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Section[...]

E | 3 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restri cted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the ori ginal copyright holder who places the Progra m under this License may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those coun tries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among c[...]