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Copyright State ment is the registered trademark of Z onet T echnolog y Inc. A ll the products and product names mentioned herein are the tr ademar ks or registered tr ademark s of their respectiv e holders. Copyright of the whole product as integr ation, including its accessories and software, belongs to Zonet T echnolo gy Inc. Without the permiss[...]
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Table of Conten ts Chapter 1 Introduction ......... ....... ........ ....... ........ ........ .... ....... ........ ....... 1 W elcome ...... ........ ....... ........ ........ ....... ........... ....... ........ ....... ........ ........ . 1 Contents of P ackage ...... ........ ....... ........ ..... ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ...[...]
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Chapter 9 Tra ffic Control ........ ....... ........ ........ ....... ........ ..... ...... ........ .. 39 Chapter 10 Security Settings .......... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ .... ........ ... 40 Client Filter ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ...... ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ . 40 URL Filter .........[...]
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1 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome Thank you for purchasing Z onet Z SR4134W E – 802.11n w ireless broadband router! This h igh cos t -efficiency router is the best choice for S mall office / Home office users, all computers and network devices can s hare a single xDSL / cable modem inter net connection at high sp eed. Easy install pro cedures allo[...]
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2 Getting to Kno w Your ZSR4134WE Top Panel LED Indicator Status Description POWER ON ZSR4134WE is switched on and correct ly powered SYS Flashing Indicates the system works normally. ON Indicates WA N port is connected WAN Flashing Indicates WAN activity (tr a nsferring o r r eceiving data) WLAN Flashing Indicates the wireless signal is OK. ON Ind[...]
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3 Rear Panel Item Name Description Antenna These antennas are 3dBi dipole antennas. POWER P ower connector , connects to power adapter WAN Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port. 1-4 (LAN Ports) Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4 RESET/WPS Res et ZSR4134WE to factory default settings (clear al l settings) or start W PS function. Pre ss this but[...]
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4 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Please follow the following instruction to build the netwo rk connection between your ZSR4134WE and y our computers, network devices: 1. Connect all your computers, network devices (network -enabled consumer devices other than computers, like game c onsole, or switch / hub) to the LAN port o f ZSR4134WE. 2. Connect[...]
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5 3. Connect y our xD SL / c abl e modem to the W AN port of ZSR41 34WE by Ethernet cable. 4. Please check all LEDs on the top panel. P OWER LED should be stea dily on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the respectiv e port of ZSR4134WE is powered on and correctly connected. If any LED you expected is not o[...]
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6 Chapter 3 Connect Your ZSR41 34WE How to Set the Network Config urations for My Computer 1. Right click My Network Places and select Properties 2. Right click Local Area Netwo rk Connection and s elect Propert ies .[...]
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7 3. Select Internet Proto col (TCP/IP) and click Properties . 4. Select Obtain a n IP address aut omatically and Obt ain DNS server address automatically . Click OK to save the configur at ions.[...]
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8 5. Or select Us e the following IP addr ess and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, Default ga tewa y . Of course, you need to input the D NS server address provided by your I SP . Otherw ise, you can use the Z SR4134WE’ s default gateway as the DNS proxy server . Click OK to sav e the configurations.[...]
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9 How to Check t he Network Conn ection 1. Select Start → → → → Progra ms → → → → A ccessories → → → → Com mand Prompt . 2. Input ping 192.168.0.1 and press Enter . If the scr een displa ys as be low , it means your PC is connected to y our rou ter successfully . If not, please make sure the hardware installation and network[...]
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10 Chapter 4 Basic Configurations This se ction is to show you how to configure your new ZSR4134WE through the W eb-based Configuration Utility . How to Access t he Web-based Conf iguration Utility 1. After your computer obtained an IP addre ss from ZSR4134WE, please start your web browse r , and input the default IP address of ZSR 4134WE http://19[...]
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1 1 Setup Wizard 1. When Welcome to Setup Wiza rd pop out, Click Next to continue. 2. Select one Internet connection type you’re using. If you’re not sure, click Detect or contact your Internet Service Provider . Click Next . a. ADSL Virtual Dial-up (Via PPPoE) Enter the Account and P assword provided by your ISP , and click Next .[...]
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12 b. Dynamic IP (Via DHCP) If your connection t ype is Dynamic IP , it means your IP addre ss keeps changing every time y ou connect. Y o u do not ne ed to ent er the information. c. Static IP Fill the network address i nformation from your ISP i n th e IP Ad dress, Subnet Mask, Gateway and Primary DN S server fields and click Next . d. L2TP Enter[...]
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13 e. PPTP Enter the Server IP Address, User Name, and Password provided by your ISP PPTP (PP T unneling Pro tocol) provides two address modes. Dynamic IP: If the PPTP offered by your ISP is Dynamic IP , please select Dynamic IP . Static IP: Please fill in the parameters provided by y our ISP . After configurat ion, please click Next .[...]
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14 3. Click Apply and re boot ZSR4134WE, or select Reboot in System Tools of the left menu and click Reboot the router button. 4. While rebooting, please wait for few minutes and DO NOT power off . 5. Select Network Status of the left menu to fin d out the current network and system information.[...]
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15 Chapter 5 Advanced Settings LAN Settings MAC Address: ZSR4134WE’ s p hysical M AC address on y our local n etwork is unchangeable. IP Address: ZSR4134WE’s LAN IP ad dress (not your PC’ s IP address). Once you modify the IP address, y ou n eed to remember it for the W eb-based Utility login next time. Default valu e is 192.1 68.0.1 [...]
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16 WAN Settings a. PPPoE Connection Mode: Show your current connection mode. Account: Provided by your ISP . Password: Provided by your ISP . MTU: Maximum T ran smission Unit. It is the size of largest datagram that can be sent ov er a networ k. The default v alue is 1492. Do NOT modify it unless necessary . Service Name: It is [...]
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17 b. Static IP IP Address: Enter the WAN IP address provided by your ISP . Subnet Mask: Enter the WAN Subnet Mask. Gateway: Enter the WAN Gateway . Primary DNS Server: Enter the Primary DNS server provided by y our ISP . Secondary DNS Server: Enter the second address if your ISP provides, which is optional. c. L2TP[...]
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18 L2TP Server IP: Enter the Server IP provided by y our ISP . User Name: Enter L2TP username. Password: Enter L2TP password. MTU: Maximum T ransmission Unit, you may need to change it for optimal performance with your specific ISP . 14 00 is the default MTU. Address Mo de: Select Static if your ISP supplies you with the IP addr[...]
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19 MAC Address Cl one MAC Address: The MAC address registe red with y our Interne t service provider . Clone MAC address: Regist er your PC's MAC address. Restore default MAC address: Restore the default hardware MAC address. DNS Settings DNS: Choose the checkbox to enable the DNS server . Primary DNS Address: Enter the nec[...]
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20 Chapter 6 Wireless Settings Wireless Mode a. AP Mode AP Mode: ZSR4134WE se rves as an access point to be connected. T he work stat ions a round wil l be connected with Z SR4134WE by SSID to share the Internet resources. T o configure the AP mode, open t he Basic Setting and Security Setting windows in the Wireless Setting folder . SSID: [...]
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21 b. Station Mode Station Mode: ZSR4134WE is used as a work station to be c onnected with an AP by scanning the AP's SSID and provides the secu rity authentication. SSID: SS ID is the unique ID name o f access point. The wireless work station must keep the same SSID name with the AP's for connections. By enabling Open Scan button[...]
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22 select TKIP or AES . Password: When WPA -PSK /WPA2-PSK is selected, enter the access password provided by AP users. Basic Settings Network Mode: Supports 802.11b/g mixed, 802.11 b, 802.11g and 802.11b/g/n mixed modes. Main SSID: Main Service Set Identifier . It’s t he name of your wireless network. Minor SSID: Minor Service Set[...]
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23 Wireless Securit y Settings a. Mixed WEP WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is an encryption method use d to protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses a combination o f 6 4-bit o r 128-bit keys to pro vide access c ontrol to your network and encryption security for every dat a transmission. SSID Choice: ZSR4134WE supports to configure [...]
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24 b. WPA-Personal Wi-Fi Protected Acce ss (WPA) is an advanced se curity standard. It uses TKIP and AES to change the encryption key fre quently. WPA Algorithms: Select one encryption type, AES, TKIP or TKIP&AES. Pass Phrase: Enter the key which must hav e 8-63 ASCII characters. Key Renewal Interval: Specifies the timer the WPA key[...]
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25 WPA Algorithms: Select one encryption type, AES, TKIP or TKIP&AES. Pass Phrase: Enter the key which must hav e 8-63 ASCII characters. Key Renewal Interval: Specifies the timer the WPA key must changes. The change is done automatically between the serve r and the client. d. WPA-Enterprise This se curity mode is used when a RADIUS [...]
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26 WPA Algorithms: Select one encryption type, AES, TKIP or TKIP&AES. Radius IP Address: Please input the IP address of Radius server here. Radius Port: Please input the port nu mber o f the Radiu s server here. Default setting is 1812. Shared key: The encryption key that ZSR41 34WE is authenticated through RADIUS server Ses[...]
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27 WEP: Select E nable or Disable WEP encryption wh ich indicates the authentication process betwee n wireless adap ter and ZSR41 34WE. Radius IP Address: Please input the IP address of Radius server here. Radius Port: Please input the port nu mber o f the Radiu s server here. Default setting is 1812. Shared key: The encryption key [...]
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28 WPS Settings Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the s implest way to build c onnection between wireless network clients and Z SR4134WE. Y ou don’t hav e to select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you ne ed to setup a wireless client, you o nly have to pr ess a button o n wireless client and this wireless route[...]
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29 WDS Settings In this mode, you c an expand the scop e of network by co mbining up to four other acce ss points together , and every access point can still accept wire less clients. WDS Mode: Lazy Mode: You need to configure ZSR4134WE’s BSSID into another device, but don’t n ee d to i nput another device’s BSSID in ZSR4 134WE, and t[...]
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30 Advanced Wireless Settings ZSR4134WE provides some advanc ed control of wire less parameters, if you want to configure these settings, please click “Wireless” menu o n the left of web management interface, th en click “ Advanced Settings” , and t he following message will be display ed on your web brow ser: BG protection Mode: Auto b[...]
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31 Wireless Acces s Control This fu nction will h elp you to prev ent unauthorized users fr om connecti ng to ZSR4134WE; only those wireless device s who hav e the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your ZSR4134WE. Y ou can use this fun ction with other security measures described in pr evious section, to create a safer wireless envir[...]
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32 Chapter 7 DH CP Server These se ttings are only available when DH CP Serv er in LAN IP section is Enable . DHCP Server: Act iv ate t he checkbox to enable DHCP server . IP Address Start/End: Enter the range of IP address for DHCP server distribution. Lease Time: choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specifi[...]
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33 DHCP Server Li st IP Address: Input the IP address for the computer on the LAN network. MAC Address: Ent er the MAC address o f the computer you want to a ssign. And then click Add to add to the list. Hostname: The name of the computer . Lease Time: The time length of the corre sponding IP addr ess lease.[...]
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34 Chapter 8 Virtual Server Single Port For warding ZSR4134WE can be configured as a virtual server on behalf of local services behind the LAN port . The given remote requests will b e re-directed to t he local servers via the v irtual server . This se ction deals with the single port forwarding mainly . The Single Port Forwarding a llows you to se[...]
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35 Well-Known Service Port: Select the well-known services as DNS, FTP from the drop-down menu to add to the configured one above. Delete/Enable: Click to check it for cor responding oper ation. NOTE : If you set t he virtua l server of the service p ort as 80 , you must set the Web management p ort on. Re mote Web Manage ment page to be an[...]
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36 Port Trigger Se ttings When internal clients have access to external server in the Internet for some applications, the c lients re quest to con nect wi th severs, and the server w ill also ask to con nect with client. But in the default setting, ZSR4134 WE will refuse t o accept any request from WAN, whi ch will bring communication halt. The por[...]
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37 ALG Service Set tings Application Lay er Gateway (ALG) is a special function of ZSR4134WE. In the context of computer networking, an ALG or application layer gatewa y consists of a security component that augments a firewall or NA T employed in a computer network. It a llows c ustomized NA T trav ersal filters to be plugged into the gateway to s[...]
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38 DMZ Settings The DMZ(Demilitarized Zone) f unction is to allow one computer in LAN to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service as Internet gami ng or videoconferencing. DMZ Host IP Address: The IP address of the computer you w ant to expose. Enable: Select the checkbox to enable the DMZ host. IMPORTANT: When enabled the D[...]
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39 Chapter 9 Traffic Control T raffic contro l is used to limit communication speed in the LAN and WAN. U p to 20 entries can be supported with the capability for at most 254 PCs' speed control, including for IP address range confi guration. Traffic Control: Select the checkbox to enable the internal IP bandwidth control. Interface: T [...]
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40 Chapter 10 Secur ity Settings Client Filter T o benefit your further management t o the co mputers in the LAN, you can control some ports access to Internet by data packet filter function. Client Filtering Settings: Select the checkbox to enable client filter . Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-dow n menu. Enable: Se lec[...]
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41 URL Filter If you want to prevent computers in local network from accessing certain website (like por nogr aphy , v iolence, or an ything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in local network from ac cessing the site you defined here. URL Filtering Setting: Select the checkbox to enable URL filter . Access Poli[...]
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42 MAC Filter MAC Filtering Sett ings: Select the checkbox to enable MAC address filter . Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-dow n menu. Enable: Se lect the checkbox to enable the access policy . Delete the Policy: Click Clear button to clear all settings fo r the policy . Filtering Mode: Select one button to enable [...]
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43 Remote Web M anagement This function is to allow the network administrator to manage ZSR4134W E remotely . If y ou want to access ZSR4134 WE from outsid e the local network, please select the Enable . Enable: Select the checkbox to enable remote web management. Port: The management port open to outside access. Defa ult value is 80. W[...]
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44 WAN Ping The ping test is to c heck the status of your intern et connection. When disabling the test, the system will ignore the ping test from WAN. Disable the Ping for WA N: Select the checkbox to enable it.[...]
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45 Chapter 11 Routing Settings Routing Table The main duty for ZSR4134WE is to look for a best path for every data fr ame, and tr an sfer this data frame to destinatio n. So , it’ s essential for ZSR4134WE to choose the best path. In order to finish this function, many transferring paths are saved in ZSR413 4WE for choosing when needed. Static Ro[...]
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46 Chapter 12 S ystem Tools Time Settings This function is to select the time zone for your location. If you turn off ZSR4134WE, the time settings will disappear . Howe ver , ZSR4134WE will automatically obtain the GMT time again once it access to the Internet. Time Zone: Select your time zone from the drop-down menu. Customized t ime: Sele[...]
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47 DDNS: Select one button to enable or disable the DDNS service. Service Provider: Select one from the drop-down menu a nd press Sign up for registrat ion. User Name: Enter the same user name as the registration name. Password: Enter the passwor d you set. Domain Name: Enter the domain name which is optional. Backup/Restor e ?[...]
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48 Restore to Fact ory Default Sett ings Restore to Fac tory Defau lt Settings: Click to restore to default settings. F actory Default Settings: User Name: admin P assword: admin IP Address: 192.168.0.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 NOTE: After restoring to default settings, p lease reboot ZSR413 4WE so the settings will take eff ect. Reboot R[...]
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49 Change Passwo rd The new password should be less than 14 characters. User Name: Enter a new user name. Old Password: Enter the old password . New Password: Enter a new password. Re-enter to Confirm: Re-enter to confi rm the new passwor d. NOTE: I t is highly recommended to change the pa ssword to secure your n etwork and ZSR4134W[...]
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50 Appendix 1: Product Fe atures & Specifications Features: Integr ates r outer , wir eless access point, four-p ort switch and firewall in one Complies with IEEE802 .11n, IEEE 802.11 b and IEEE802.11g standards MIMO technology utilizes re flection signal to increase 8 times tr ansmission distance of original 802.11g standard an[...]
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51 Specifications: Gen er al Fe atur es Stand a rds IEEE 802 .11n ( Draft 2.0 ), IEEE 802.11 g, IEEE 802.1 1b OS Wi n do w s 2 00 0 , XP , V i st a; F i re f ox Use r in terf ac e Ea sy to us e us er c onf igur ation so ftwa re Tra nsmi t d ista nc e Indoor u p to 100 M, Ou tdoor up to 300 M roa mi ng Supp ort mu lti poi nt aut o roa min g an d con[...]
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52 Appendix 2: Troublesh ooting Q1. I Ca n no t lo gin to the W eb interface o f ZSR4134WE after entering the IP address in the address field ? ? ? ? Step 1: check Z SR4134WE if it works we ll. Once the device is powered on for a few seconds, the SYS indicator on the pa nel will be turned on . If it is no t, please contact us. Step 2: check[...]
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53 Q5. How to configure and access the Internet via Dynamic I P? In Setup Wizar d of the W eb u tility interface, select “Dyna mic IP” connec tion type and cl ick “Save” to activ ate it. As some ISPs bind the user computer’s MAC address, you need to clone Z SR4134WE’ s WAN MAC addr ess to the binding PC’ s MAC address. Select “MAC A[...]