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Copyright & Disclaimer WN-350R User ’s Manual 1 Copyright Copyright ©2010/201 1 by this company . A ll rights reserved. No p art of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stor ed in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, o[...]

Copyright & Disclaimer WN-350R User ’s Manual 2 Federal Communication Commission Interference S t atement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a re[...]

Copyright & Disclaimer WN-350R User ’s Manual 3 Federal Communication Commissi on (FCC) Radiation Exposure St atement This equipment complies with FCC r adiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoi d the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, hum an proximity to the antenna shall not[...]

Copyright & Disclaimer WN-350R User ’s Manual 4 EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France , Germany , Greece, Ireland, Italy , Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Port ugal, S pain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The ETSI version of this device is [...]

T able of Content s WN-350R User ’s Manual i T able of Content s 1. Product Information .......................................................................................... 1 1.1. Introduction and Safety Information ............................................... 1 1.2. Safety Information ....................................................[...]

T able of Contents WN-350R User ’s Manual ii 2.5.3. Setup Procedure for ‘PPPoE’ ............................................ 52 2.5.4. Setup Procedure for ‘PPTP’ .............................................. 54 2.5.5. Setup Procedure for ‘L2TP’ ............................................... 57 2.5.6. Setup Procedure for ‘T elstra [...]

T able of Contents WN-350R User ’s Manual iii 3.3. Firewall ....................................................................................... 128 3.3.1. Access Control ................................................................ 129 3.3.2. URL Block ing ................................................................... 135 3.3.3. DoS A[...]

1. Product Information 1 WN-350R User’s Manual 1 1. Product Information 1.1. Introduction and Safety Information Thank you for purchasing this wireless broadband router! This high cost-efficiency router i s the best choice for Small of fice / Home of fice users, all computers and network devices can share a single xDSL / cable modem internet conn[...]

1. Product Information WN-350R User ’s Manual 2 All computers and IEEE 802.1 1b/g/n wireless-enabled network devices (including PDA, cellular phone, game console, and more!) can connect to this wireless router without additi onal cabling. With a comp atible wireless card installed in your PC, you can transfe r file for up to 300Mbp s (transfer da[...]

1. Product Information 3 WN-350R User’s Manual 1.2. Safety Information In order to keep the safety of user s and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router outdoor . 2. DO NOT put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Al[...]

1. Product Information WN-350R User ’s Manual 4 8. If the router falls into water when it’ s power ed, DO NOT use your hand to pick it up. Switch the electrical power of f before you do anything, or contact an experienced techni cian for help. 9. If you smell something strange, or even see some smoke coming out from the router or power supply ,[...]

1. Product Information 5 WN-350R User’s Manual 1.5. Familiar with Y our New Wireless Broadband Router y Front Panel LED Name Light S tatus Description PWR On Router is switched on and correctly powered. On Wireless WPS function is enabled. Off Wireless network is switched off. WLAN Flashing Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving data). [...]

1. Product Information WN-350R User ’s Manual 6 y Back Pan el Item Name Description Antenna A/B These antennas are 3dBi dipole antennas. Radio ON/OFF Switch the button to activate or deactivate the wireless functions. Reset / WPS Reset the router to fact ory default settings (clear all settings) or start WPS function. Press this button and hold f[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 WN-350R User’s Manual 2 2. System and Network Setup 2.1. Build Network Connection Please follow the following instruction to build the network connection between your new WIRELESS router and your computers, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the W AN port of rout er by Ethernet cable.[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 8 2. Connect all your computers, network devices (network-enabled consumer devices other than computers, like game console, or switch / hub) to the LAN port of the router .[...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 WN-350R User’s Manual 3. Connect the A/C power adapter to t he wall socket, and then connect it to the ‘Power ’ socket of the router . 4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily on, W AN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the respective port [...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 10 2.2. Connecting to Wireless Broadband Router by W eb Browser After the network connection is built, t he next step you should do is setup the router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the router and start configuration[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 1 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.2.1. Windows 95/98/Me IP Address Setup 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be loca ted at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control pane l. Double-click Network icon, and Network window will appear . Select ‘T CP/IP’, then click ‘Properties’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 12 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP a ddress from a DHCP server’ and then click ‘OK’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 3 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.2.2. Windows 2000 IP Address Setup 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be loca ted at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control pane l. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon; click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear . [...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 14 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address aut omatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 5 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.2.3. Windows XP IP Address Setup 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be loca ted at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network C onnections, then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connectio[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 16 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address aut omatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 7 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.2.4. Windows V ista IP Address Setup 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be loca ted at lower-left corner of your computer), then click cont rol panel. Click V iew Network S tatus and T asks, and then click Manage Network Connec tions. Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Prope[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 18 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address aut omatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

2. System and Network Setup 1 9 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.2.5. Router IP Address Lookup After the IP address setup is complete, please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop.[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 20 Input ‘cmd’, and then click ‘OK’ Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter ’ key . Please check the IP address followed by ‘Default Gateway’ (In this exam ple, the IP address of router is 192.168.1.254, please note that this value may be different.)[...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 1 WN-350R User’s Manual NOTE: If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed, or the address followed by ‘IP Address’ begins w ith ‘1 69’, please recheck network connection between your computer and router , a nd / or go to the beginning of this chapter , to recheck ever y step of network setup procedure. Conn[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 22 NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re being prompted to input user name and p assword again, it means you didn’t input username and p assw ord correctly . Please retype user name and p assw ord again. If you’re cert ain about the user name and p assw ord you t[...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 3 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.3. Using ‘Quick Setup’ This router provides a ‘Q uick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short time. Please follow the following instructions to complete the ‘Quick Setup’: Please go to QuickSetup menu b[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 24 And the following message will be displayed: 1. Set T ime Zone 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Set T ime Please press button, a drop-down list Zone (1): will be shown, and you can choose a time zone of the location you live. T ime Server Input the IP addr ess / host name of[...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 5 WN-350R User’s Manual 2. Broadband T ype Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using in this page. Ther e are six types of In ternet connection, they are: Cable Modem - Please go to section 2.3.1. Fixed-IP xDSL - Pleas e go to section 2.3.2. PPPoE xDSL - Please go to section 2.3.3. PPTP xD[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 26 If you’re not sure, please contact your Internet service provider . A wrong Internet connection type will cause connection problem, and you will not be able to connect to internet. If you want to go back to previous st ep, please press ‘Back’ button on the bottom of this page. NOTE: Some[...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 7 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.3.1. Setup Procedure for ‘Cable Modem’ 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Host Name (1): Please input the hos t name of your computer , this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC address (2): Please input MAC addre ss of your comput[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 28 2.3.2. Setup Procedure for ‘Fixed-IP xDSL ’ 1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup items: IP Address (1): Please input IP address assigned by your service provider . Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider DNS address (3): Please input the IP add[...]

2. System and Network Setup 2 9 WN-350R User’s Manual Y ou must use the addresses pr ovided by your Internet service provider , w rong setting value w ill cause connection problem. When you finish with all settings, press ‘OK’ (5); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’. NOTE: Y o u can choose this Internet connection metho[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 30 Here are descriptions of every setup items: User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the pa ssword assigned by your Internet service provider here. Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is op[...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 1 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.3.4. Setup Procedure for ‘PPTP xDSL ’ PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of setti ng: W AN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from W AN interface setting: Select the type of how you obtain IP addr ess from your service provider he[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 32 Now please go to PPTP settings section: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Here are descriptions of every setup items: User Name (1): Please input us er ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the p a ssword assigned by your Internet service provider here. PPT[...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 3 WN-350R User’s Manual BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): Setting item ‘BEZ EQ-ISRAEL ’ is only required to check if you’re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel. Connection type (7): Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to use, please refer to last section for detailed descriptions[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 34 Please select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. Y ou can choose ‘Obtain an IP addr ess automatically’ (equal to DHCP , please refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section abov e), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (equal to static IP address, please re fer to[...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 5 WN-350R User’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the p a ssword assigned by your Internet service provider here. L2TP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway [...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 36 2.3.6. Setup Procedure for ‘T elstra Big Pond’ 1 2 3 4 5 This setting only works when you’re usi ng T elstra big pond’s network service in Australia. Y ou need to input: User Name (1): Please input t he user name assigned by T elstra. Password (2): Please input the p assword assigned b[...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 7 WN-350R User’s Manual When all settings are finished, you’ll see the following message displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Apply’ bu tton to prepare to rest art the router , and you’ll see this message: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. Y ou’ll be back to router manag[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 38 2.4. Basic Setup In this chapter , you’ll k now how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Please st art your web browser and log onto router web management interface, then c lick ‘General Setup’ button on the left, or click ‘General Setup’ link at t he up[...]

2. System and Network Setup 3 9 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.4.1. T ime Zone and Time Auto-synchronization Please follow the following instructi ons to set time zone and time auto-synchronization parameters: Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘T ime Zone’, and the following message wi ll be display e[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 40 Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the se ttings made and restart the router so the settings will take ef fect after it reboots. NOTE: Y o u can refer to the instructi ons given in last chapter: ‘Using Quick Setup’[...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 1 WN-350R User’s Manual 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Current Password (1): Please input current password here. New Password (2): Please input new password here. Confirmed Password (3): Please input new password here again. When you finish, click ‘Apply’. If y ou want to keep original password[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 42 If you see the following message: It means the content in ‘Current Password’ field is wrong, please click ‘OK’ to go back to previous menu, and try to input current password again. If the current and new passwords are corre ctly entered, af ter you click ‘Apply ’, you’ll be promp[...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 3 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.4.3. Remote Management This router does not al low management access from Internet, to prevent possible security risks (especially w hen you defined a weak password, or didn’t change default password). However , you can still management this router from a specific IP addre ss by enabling t[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 44 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Host Address (1): Input the IP address of the remote host you wish to initiate a management access. Port (2): Y ou can define the port number this router should expect an incoming request. If you’re providing a web service (default port number is 8[...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 5 WN-350R User’s Manual Please either asks your service provid er to give you a st atic IP address, or use dynamic IP to host name mapping services like DDNS. Please refer to chapter 2-5-8 ‘DDNS client’ for details. NOTE: When you want to manage th is router from another computer on internet, you have to input th[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 46 2.5. Setup Internet Connection (W AN Setup) Internet connections setup can be done by using ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in chapter 2-3. However , y ou can setup WAN connections up by using W AN configuration menu. Y ou can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here. T o star[...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 7 WN-350R User’s Manual 1 2 Dynamic IP - Please go to section 2.5.1. S tatic IP - Please go to section 2.5.2. PPPoE - Please go to section 2.5.3. PPTP - Please go to section 2.5.4. L2TP - Please go to section 2.5.5. T elstra Big Pond - Pleas e go to section 2.5.6. DNS - Please go to section 2.5.7. DDNS - Please go to[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 48 2.5.1. Setup Procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’ 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Host Name (1): Please input host name of your computer , this is optional, and only required if your servic e provider asks you to do so. MAC Address (2): Please input MAC address of your computer , i[...]

2. System and Network Setup 4 9 WN-350R User’s Manual After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ (1) to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot t he router so the setti ngs will take ef fect (Please wait for about 30 seconds[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 50 2.5.2. Setup Procedure for ‘S t atic IP’ 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup items: IP address assigned Please input IP address assigned by your service by your Service provider . Provider (1): Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider Service Pro[...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 1 WN-350R User’s Manual Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to p[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 52 2.5.3. Setup Procedure for ‘PPPoE’ 1 2 4 3 5 6 Here are descriptions of every setup items: 7 User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the p a ssword assigned by your Internet service provider here. Service Name (3): P[...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 3 WN-350R User’s Manual Connection T ype (5): Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to use. Continuous – The connection will be kept always on. If the connection is interrupted, t he router will re-connect automatically . Connect On-Demand – Only connect when you want to surf the Inter[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 54 If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button. 2.5.4. Setup Procedure for ‘PPTP’ PPTP requires two kinds of setting: W A N interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start fr[...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 5 WN-350R User’s Manual W AN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please cont act your Internet service provider if you don’t know what you should fill in these fields. Now please go to PPTP settings section: 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 56 MTU (5): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you don’t know , you can use default value. BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): If you are connecting to the BEZEQ network in Israel. Please enable this function. Connection type (7): Please select t he connection type of Internetconnecti[...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 7 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.5.5. Setup Procedure for ‘L2TP’ 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. 4 5 7 6 Password (2): Please input the pa ssword assigned by your Internet service provider here. L2TP Gateway [...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 58 Idle T ime Out (6): Please input the id le time out of Internet connection you wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. When you finish with all settings, pl ease click ‘Apply’ (7) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please clic[...]

2. System and Network Setup 5 9 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.5.6. Setup Procedure for ‘T elstra Big Pond’ 1 2 3 4 5 This setting only works when you’re usi ng T elstra big pond’s network service in Australia. Y ou need to input: User Name (1): Please input t he user name assigned by T elstra. Password (2): Please input the p assword assigned b[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 60 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to p[...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 1 WN-350R User’s Manual 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: DNS Address (1): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider . Secondary Please input t he IP address of another DNS DNS Address (2): server provided by your service provider , this is optional. dns.serviceprovid[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 62 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to p[...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 3 WN-350R User’s Manual This router supports DDNS service of se veral service providers, for example: DynDNS ( http://www .dyndns.org ) TZO ( http://www .tzo.com ) Please go to one of DDNS service provider ’s webp age listed abov e, and get a free DDNS account by the instructions given on their webpage. 1 2 3 4 5 H[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 64 Account / E-Mail (4): Input account or email of DDNS registration. Password / Key (5): Input DDNS service password or key . After you finish with all settings, pleas e click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to b[...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 5 WN-350R User’s Manual 1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Disable/Enable/ There are three se lections for disable or disable 6 staEnable (1): wireless ISP functions. Disable: disable this function. Enable: enable this function and the router can connect to the access points inst alled by your wire[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 66 Note: In this mode, if you are informed by your wireless ISP that the wire less settings of the access point is changed, please configure the router in this p age for match the settings. staEnable: enable this function and the router can only allow to be connected through wired Ethernet cable [...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 7 WN-350R User’s Manual Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to p[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 68 2.6. Wired LAN Configurations Before all computers using wired Ether net connection (i.e. those computers connect to this router ’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access internet, they must have a valid IP address. There are two ways to assign IP addre[...]

2. System and Network Setup 6 9 WN-350R User’s Manual 1. A valid IP address has 4 fields : a.b.c.d, for most of home and comp an y users, it’ s suggested to use 192.168.c.d, w here c is an integer between 0 and 254, and d is an integer between 1 and 254. This router is cap able to work with up to 253 clients, so you can set ‘d’ field of IP [...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 70 2.6.1. LAN IP Section 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup items: IP address (1): Please input the IP address of this router . Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask for this network. 802.1d If you wish to ac tivate 802.1d sp anning tree S panning T ree (3): function, select ‘Enab[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 1 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.6.2. DHCP Server 1 3 2 4 These settings are only available when ‘ DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descripti ons of every setup items: Lease T ime (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address) of every[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 72 NOTE: 1. The number of the last field (menti oned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be greater than ‘St art IP’, and can not the same with router ’s IP address. 2. The former three fields of IP a ddress of ‘S t art IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP Address of ‘LAN IP’ section (menti[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 3 WN-350R User’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable S tatic Check this box to enable this function, otherwise DHCP Leases (1): uncheck it to disable this function. MAC Address (2): Input the MAC addr ess of the computer or network device (total 12 characters, with character from 0 to 9, and fro[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 74 If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click ‘Delete Selected’ button (2); if you want to delete all mappings, click ‘Delete All’ (3). If you want to deselect all mappings, click ‘Reset (4). After you[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 5 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.7. Wireless LAN Configurations If your computer , PDA, game console, or other network devices which is equipped with wireless network interface, you can use the wireless function of this router to let them connect to In ternet and share resources with other computers with wired-LAN connectio[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 76 1 3 2 After you click ‘Apply’(2), the followi ng message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for ab[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 7 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.7.1. Basic Wireless Settings Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Basic Settings’, and the followin g message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 5 This wireless router can be work in 6 modes: 1. Access Point: S tandard wireless[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 78 5. AP Bridge-WDS: Connect this rout er with up to four WDS-capable wireless routers, to ex pand the scope of network. 6. Universal Repeater: The r outer can act as S tation and AP at the same time. It can use S tation function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all wireless[...]

2. System and Network Setup 7 9 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.7.1.1. Setup Procedure for ‘Access Point’ Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown menu (2), and the following message will be displayed: 1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): Please select the r adio band from one of following optio[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 80 SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router . Y ou can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. SSID is used to identify your own wireless router from others when there are other wireless routers in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’ s recommended to c[...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 1 WN-350R User’s Manual NOTE: If you don’t have special reas on to limit the ty pe of allowed wireless client, it’ s recommended to choose ‘2.4 GHz (B+G+N) to maximize wireless client comp atibility . TIPS: Y ou can tr y to change cha nnel number to another one if you think the dat a transfer rate is to o slow [...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 82 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): Select the band you want to use. SSID (3): This is the name of wireless network. Y ou can type the SSID of the network you would like to connect here. Site Survey (4): When you use this wireless router as a wireless station for Ethernet net[...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 3 WN-350R User’s Manual 1 2 3 4 5 NOTE: T wo w ireless routers must use the same mode, band, channel number , and security setting! Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): Select the band you want to use, two wireless routers must use the same setting. Channel Number (3): Select the c hannel you want to[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 84 2.7.1.4. Setup Procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point’ In this mode, you can connect your wirel ess router with at least four wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless network, and all client s (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in th is mode) of the wireless[...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 5 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.7.1.5. Setup Procedure for ‘AP Bridge – WDS’ In this mode, you can expand the scope of network by combining up to four other access points together , and every a ccess point can still accept wireless clients. NOTE: For WDS mode, the output signal nature is the same as that of normal AP[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 86 Channel Number (4): Select the channe l you want to use, all the wireless routers must use the same setting. Associated Clients (5):Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active Wireless Client T able” will pop up. Y ou can see the status of all active wireless st ations that are[...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 7 WN-350R User’s Manual 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): Select the band you want to use, all the wireless routers must use the same setting. SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router . Y ou can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. SSID is used to iden[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 88 Root AP SSID (6): In ‘Universal Repeater ’ mode, thi s device can act as a station to connect to a Root AP . Y ou should assign the SSID of the Root AP here or click ‘Select Site Survey’ button to choose a Root AP . Site Survey (7): Click ‘Select Site Survey’ button, then a “Wire[...]

2. System and Network Setup 8 9 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.7.2. Advanced Wireless Settings This router provides some advanced c ontrol of wireless parameters, if you want to configure these settings, please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘A dvanced Settings’, and the following message will be displa[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 90 R TS Threshold (2): Set the R TS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Beacon Interval (3): Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 100. DTI[...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 1 WN-350R User’s Manual CTS Protect (10): Enabling th is setting will reduce the chance of radio signal collisions betwe en 802.1 1b and 802.1 1g/n wireless access points. It’ s recommended to set this option to ‘Auto’ or ‘Always’. However , if you set to ‘None’, your wireless router should be able to w[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 92 2.7.3. Wireless Security It’ s very important to set wireless security settings properly! If you don’t, hackers and malicious users can reach your network and valuable data without your consent and this will caus e serious security problem. T o set wireless security settings, Please click [...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 3 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.7.3.2. WEP - Wire d Equivalent Privacy When you select this mode, the wirel ess router will use WEP encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every setup items: 5 6 4 Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bi[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 94 Encryption Key 1 (5): Input WEP key characters here, the number ofcharacters must be the same as the number displayed at ‘Key Format’ field. Y ou can use any alphanumerical characters (0 -9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key format, and if you select ‘Hex’ as key format, you [...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 5 WN-350R User’s Manual ASCII (13 characters): digi t alF AMIL Y 82Jh26xHy3m&n Hex (10 characters): 287d2aa732 1 152dabc85 Hex (26 characters): 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84 T o improve security level, do not u se those words which can be found in a dictionary or too easy to re member! (‘pilot’ and ‘phone’ l[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 96 2.7.3.3. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WP A) When you select this mode, the wirel ess router will use WP A encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup items: WP A Unicast Please select a ty pe of WP A cipher suite. Availa[...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 7 WN-350R User’s Manual Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). NOTE: Some wireless clients (especi ally those manufactu[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 98 Here are descriptions of every setup items: WP A Unicast Please select a ty pe of WP A cipher suite. Available Cipher Suite (2): options are: WP A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), and WP A2 Mixed. Y ou can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless c lient support the cipher you selected.[...]

2. System and Network Setup 9 9 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.7.4. Wireless Access Control This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless router . Y ou can use this function with other security meas[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 100 All allowed MAC addresses wil l be displayed in ‘MAC Address Filtering T able’ (1). Here are descriptions of every setup items: Delete Selected (2): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry , check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click ‘Delete [...]

2. System and Network Setup 101 WN-350R User’s Manual Add (7): Click ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MA C address filtering table. Clear (8): Click ‘Clear ’ to remo ve the value you inputted in MAC address and comment field. After you finish with all settings, pleas e click ‘Apply’ (9) button and the [...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 102 2.7.5. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the si mplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and this wirele ss router . Y ou don’t have to select encryption mode and input a long encrypt ion passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless[...]

2. System and Network Setup 103 WN-350R User’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: 1 3 4 2 Enable WPS (1): Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable WPS. WPS Information (2): WPS-related syst em information will be displayed here: W P S S t a t u s : I f t h e w i r e l e s s s e c u r i t y ( e n c r y p t i o n[...]

2. System and Network Setup WN-350R User ’s Manual 104 Authentication Mode: The wireless security authentication mode of this wireless router will be displayed here. If you don’t enab le security function of the wireless router before WPS is activated, the router will auto set the security to WP A (AES) and generate a set of passphrase key for [...]

2. System and Network Setup 105 WN-350R User’s Manual 2.7.6. Security T ips for W ireless Network Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your wireless network: Never use simple words (like school, apple and computer) as WEP encryption or WP A passphrase. A complicat ed (the combination of number , alphabet, even symbol[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 106 3 3. Advanced Functions 3.1. Configuration Utility Quality of Service (QoS) Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with [...]

3. Advanced Functions 107 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.1.1. Basic QoS Settings Please follow the following instructions to set QoS para meters: Please click ‘Qos’ menu on the left of web management interface and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Here are descriptions of every setting: Enable QoS (1):[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 108 Add (5): Click ‘add’ button to a dd a new QoS rule, see section 3-1-2 ‘Add a new QoS rule’ below . Edit (6): If you want to modify the content of a specific rule, please check the ‘select’ box of the rule you want to edit, then click ‘Edit’ button. Only one rule should be selected a[...]

3. Advanced Functions 109 WN-350R User’s Manual Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previou[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 11 0 3.1.2. Add a New QoS Rule After you click ‘Add’ button in QoS menu, the following message will appear: a b c d e f g h Here are descriptions of every setup items: i Rule Name (a): Please give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical characters) Bandwidth (b): Set the bandwidth limit at[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 1 WN-350R User ’s Manual Local IP Ad dress (c): S pecify the local (source) IP address that will be affected by this rule. Please input thest arting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a s[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 11 2 Protocol (h): Please select the pr otocol type of this rule, available options are TCP and UDP . If you don’t know what protocol your application uses, please try ‘TCP’ first, and switch to ‘UDP’ if this rule doesn’t seems to work. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘sa[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 3 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.2. Network Address T ranslation (NA T) Network address translations solve the pr oblem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. Without NA T , all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connect ed to Internet, but Internet service providers only provide v[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 11 4 1 2 T o enable NA T function, please select ‘Enable’ for ‘Enable NA T module function’ (1); to disable, please select ‘Dis able’. After you made the selection, please click ‘Apply’ button (2) and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue?[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 5 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.2.2. Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on local network. The port number(s) of Internet IP address and private IP address (the IP address on local network) must be the same. If t he po[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 11 6 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable Port Check this box to enable port mapping, and uncheck Forwarding (1): this box to disable port mapping. Private IP (2): Input the IP addr ess of the computer on local network which provides internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the m en[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 7 WN-350R User’s Manual Delete (10): Please select a por t forwarding mapping by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button to remove the mappi ng. If there’ s no existing mapping, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (1 1): Delete all mappings existed in virtual server [...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 11 8 3.2.3. V irtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address (on W AN port) to a specified port of an IP address on local network, so you can setup an Internet service on the computer on local network, without exposing it on Internet directly . Y ou can also build many[...]

3. Advanced Functions 1 1 9 WN-350R User’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable Virtual Check this box to enable virtual server , and uncheck Server (1): this box to disable virtual server . Private IP (2): Input the IP addr ess of the computer which provides Internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the m enu and all th[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 120 Delete (1 1): Please select a virt ual server mapping by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button to remove the mapping . If there’ s no existing mapping, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (12): Delete all mappings existed in virtual server t [...]

3. Advanced Functions 121 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.2.4. Port Mapping for S pecial Applications Some applications require more than one connection a time; these applications won’t work with simple NA T rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this f unction to let these applications work. 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 1 1 12 6 13 7 10 14 Here[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 122 TCP Port to Open (4): This is t he out going (Outbound) range of TCP port numbers for this particular application. UDP Port to Open (5): This is t he out going (Outbound) range of UDP port numbers for this particular application. Comment (6): The description of this setting. Popula This sectio n li[...]

3. Advanced Functions 123 WN-350R User’s Manual Delete All (12): Delete all setti ngs existed in trigger port t able. Reset (13): Unselect all settings. Note: Only one LAN client can use a part icular special application at a time. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (14) button and the following message will be displayed[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 124 3.2.5. UPnP Setting This function enables network aut o-configuration for peer-to-peer communications, with this function , network devices will be able to communicate with other devices dire ctly , and learn about information about other devices. Many network device and applications rely on UPnP f[...]

3. Advanced Functions 125 WN-350R User’s Manual Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previou[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 126 There are many applications listed here. Please check the box of the special support for applications you need, and then click ‘Apply’ button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:[...]

3. Advanced Functions 127 WN-350R User’s Manual Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previou[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 128 3.3. Firewall Excepting NA T , this router also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computer s on local network. These functions include inbound attack prevention, and bl ock outbound traf fics, like block URLs which have pre-defined keywords. Please follow t[...]

3. Advanced Functions 129 WN-350R User’s Manual Please select ‘Enable’ or ‘Disable’ to enabl e or disable firewall function of this router , the click ‘Apply ’ button, and t he following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 130 1 2 3 4 1 5 14 1 3 12 10 9 8 7 5 6 11 1 6 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable MAC Check this box to enable MAC address based Filtering (1): filtering, and please select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior of MAC filtering tabl e. If you select deny , all MAC addresses li[...]

3. Advanced Functions 131 WN-350R User’s Manual Comment (4): Y ou can input any text here as the comment of this MAC address, like ‘ROOM 2A Computer ’ or anything. Y ou can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here. This is optional and you can leave it blank, however , it’s recommended to use this field to write a comment for every MAC[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 132 IP Filtering T able (12): All existing IP addresses in filtering t able will be listed here. Add PC (13): Click this button to ad d a new IP address to IP filtering table, up to 20 IP addresses can be added. Please refer to section 3.3.1.1. ‘Add PC’ below . Delete (14): If you want to del ete a[...]

3. Advanced Functions 133 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.3.1.1. Add PC After button is clicked, the followi ng message will be displayed on your web browser: a b c d e f[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 134 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Client PC Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to Description (a): 16 alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP Please input the st arting IP address in the left field, and address (b): input the end IP address in the right field to define [...]

3. Advanced Functions 135 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.3.2. URL Blocking If you want to prevent co mputers in local network from accessing certain website (like pornography , violence, or any thing you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is useful for pare[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 136 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable URL Check this box to enforce URL Blocking, unc heck it to Blocking (1): disable URL Blocking. URL/Keyword (2): Input the URL (host name or IP address of website, like http://www .blocked-site.com or http://1 1.22.33.44 ), or the keyword which is c[...]

3. Advanced Functions 137 WN-350R User’s Manual Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previou[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 138 Please follow the following instructions to set DoS prevention parameters: Please click ‘Firewall’ m enu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘DoS’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Ping of [...]

3. Advanced Functions 139 WN-350R User’s Manual Port Scan (3): Some malicious intruder will try to use a ‘port scanner ’ to know how many ports of your Internet IP address are open, and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing so. Check this box and the router will block all traffics which are tryin g to scan your Internet IP a[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 140 If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button. 3.3.3.1. DoS - Advanced Settings When you click ‘Advanced’ button in DoS menu, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: a b c d e[...]

3. Advanced Functions 141 WN-350R User’s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup items: Ping of Death (a): Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. Please check the box of Ping of Death, and input the frequency of threshold (how many packet s per sec ond, minute, or hour), you can also input the ‘Burst’ v[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 142 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previo[...]

3. Advanced Functions 143 WN-350R User’s Manual 1 3 4 2 5 6 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable DMZ (1): Check this box to enable DMZ function, uncheck this box to disable DMZ function. 7 8 9 10 11 Public IP Y ou can select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘ S tatic IP’ here. If you address (2): select ‘Dynamic IP’, you have to select a[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 144 Add (5): Click ‘Add’ button to add the public IP address and associated private IP address to the DMZ table. Reset (6): Click ‘Clear ’ to remove the value you inputted in Public IP address and Client PC IP address field. Current All existing public IP address and private IP address DMZ T ab[...]

3. Advanced Functions 145 WN-350R User’s Manual Please click ‘Continue’ to back to prev ious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 se conds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previou[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 146 3.4. System S t atus The functions described here will provi de you with system related information. T o enter system status menu, please either click ‘S tatus’ link locat ed at the upper-right corner of web management inte rface, or click ‘S tatus’ button in main menu. 3.4.1. System Inform[...]

3. Advanced Functions 147 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.4.2. Internet Connection S t atus Y ou can use this function to know the status of current Internet connection. Please click ‘Internet Connection’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: This information will vary depending[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 148 3.4.3. Device S tatus Y ou can use this function to know the status of your router . Please click ‘Device S tatus’ menu on t he left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: This information will vary depending on the device status.[...]

3. Advanced Functions 149 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.4.4. System Log All important system event s are logged. Y ou can use this function to check the event log of your router . Please click ‘System Log’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 The system events will be d[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 150 3.4.5. Security Log All information about network and system se curity is kept here, and you can use this function to check the secu rity event log of your router . Please click ‘Security Log’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web [...]

3. Advanced Functions 151 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.4.6. Active DHCP Client List If you’re using the DHCP server functi on of this router , you can use this function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this router . Please click ‘Active DHCP client’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displaye[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 152 3.4.7. S t atistics Y ou can use this function to check the statistics of wireless, LAN, and W AN interface of this router . Please click ‘S tatistics’ menu on the le ft of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Y ou can click ‘Refresh’ bu[...]

3. Advanced Functions 153 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.5. Configuration Backup and Restore Y ou can backup all configurat ions of this router to a file, so you can make several copied of router configuration for security reason. T o backup or restore router confi guration, please follow the following instructions: Please click ‘T ool’ locat ed at [...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 154 Here are descriptions of every buttons: Backup Press ‘Save’ button, and you’ll be prompted to Settings (1): download the configur ation as a file, default filename is ‘config.bin’, you can save it as another filename for different versions, and keep it in a safe place. Restore Press ‘Br[...]

3. Advanced Functions 155 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.6. Firmware Upgrade The system software used by this router is called as ‘firmware’, just like any applications on your computer , when y ou replace the old application with a new one; your computer will be equipped with new function. Y ou can also use this firmware upgrade function to add new[...]

3. Advanced Functions WN-350R User ’s Manual 156 Click ‘Browse’ button first, you’ll be prompted to provid e the filename of firmware upgrade file. Please download t he latest firmware file from our website, and use it to upgrade your router . After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click ‘Apply’ button, and the router will start fir[...]

3. Advanced Functions 157 WN-350R User’s Manual 3.7. System Reset If you think the network performance is bad, or you found the behavior of the router is strange, you can perform a r outer reset, sometime it will solve the problem. T o do so, please click ‘T ool’ located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, then click ‘Res[...]

4. Appendix WN-350R User ’s Manual 158 4 4. Appendix 4.1. Hardware S pecification y SoC + RF: Realtek RTL8196C + RTL8192CE y Flash: 2MB y SDRAM: 16MB y WAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 y LAN Ports: 10/100M UTP Port x 4 y Antenna: 2dBi Dipole Fix ed Antenna x 2 (2T2R S patia l Multiplexing MIMO configuration; 2 antennas are for signal transmitting a[...]

4. Appendix 159 WN-350R User’s Manual 4.2. T roubleshooting If you found the router is working impr operly or stop responding to you, don’t panic! Before you cont act your dealer of purchase for help, please read this troubleshooting first. Some problems c an be solved by you within very short time! Scenario Solution Router is not responding to[...]

4. Appendix WN-350R User ’s Manual 160 Scenario Solution Can’t get connected to Internet 1. Go to ‘S tatus’ -> ‘I nternet Connection’ menu, and check Internet connection status. 2. Please be patient, sometime Internet is just that slow . 3. If you connect a computer to Internet directly before, try to do that a gain, and check if you[...]

4. Appendix 161 WN-350R User’s Manual Scenario Solution I can’t locate my router by my wireless client 1. ‘Broadcast ESSID’ set to off? 2. All two antennas are properly secured. 3. Are you too far from your router? T ry to get closer . 4. Please remember that you have to input ESSID on your wireless client manually , if ESSID broadcast is d[...]

4. Appendix WN-350R User ’s Manual 162 Scenario Solution Router become hot 1. This is not a malfunction, if you can keep your hand on the router ’s case. 2. If you smell somethi ng wrong or see the smoke coming out from router or A/C power adapter , please disconnect the router and A/C power adapter from utility power (make sure it’ s safe be[...]

4. Appendix 163 WN-350R User’s Manual 4.3. Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router IP device needs to configure a default gateway’s IP address. When the device sends out an IP p acket, if the destination is not on the same network, t he device has to send the packet to its default gateway , whic h will then send it out towards the d[...]

4. Appendix WN-350R User ’s Manual 164 IP Address and Netw ork (Subnet) Mask: IP stands for Internet Protocol. An IP address consists of a series of f our numbers sep arated by periods, which identifies a single, unique In ternet computer host in an IP network. Example: 192.168.1.254. It consists of 2 portions : the IP network address, and the ho[...]

4. Appendix 165 WN-350R User’s Manual ISP Gateway Address: (see ISP for definition). The ISP Gateway Address is an IP address for the Internet router located at the ISP's office. ISP: Internet Service Provider . An ISP is a business that provides connectivity to the Internet for individuals and other businesses or organizations. LAN: Local A[...]

4. Appendix WN-350R User ’s Manual 166 PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ether net. Point-to-Point Protocol is a secure data transmission method originally created for dial-up connections; PPPoE is for Ethernet connections. PPPoE relies on two widely accepted standards, Ethernet and the Point-to-Point Protocol. It is a communications protocol f[...]

4. Appendix 167 WN-350R User’s Manual W AN: Wide Area Network. A network that connects computers located in geographically separate areas (e.g. dif fer ent buildings, cities, countries). The Internet is a wide area network. Web-based Management Grap hical User Interface (GUI): Many devices support a graphical user interface that is based on the w[...]