NetComm 802.11 manual

Power n Series 802.11 Wireless Router User Guide[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 2 www .netcomm.com.au Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Y our NetComm Power n Series Router ............................................................................................[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 3 802.11n Wireless Router Wireless Settings .................................................................................................................................................. 31 Basic ............................................................................[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 4 www .netcomm.com.au Repeater Mode – Advanced Features ................................................................................................... 65 System ...................................................................................................................................................[...]

Introduction[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 6 www .netcomm.com.au Introduction Y our NetComm Power n Series Router Congratulations on your purchase of NetComm Power n Series Wireless Router . Power n Series is compliant with 802.11n Draft 2.0 up to 6 times faster than standard 802.11g based routers while still being compatible with 802.11g & 802.11b dev[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 7 802.11n Wireless Router Key Features Features Advantages Incredible Data Rate up to 300Mbps** Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 802.11n Compliant and backward compatible with 802.11b/g Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g compliant device[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 8 www .netcomm.com.au Placement of your Power n Series Router Y our wireless connection will be stronger the closer your connected device is to your Router . Y our wireless connection and performance will degrade as the distance between your Router and connected devices increases. This may or may not be noticeable[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 9 802.11n Wireless Router 3. Cordless Phones If the performance of your wireless network is impaired after attending to the above issues, and you have a cordless phone: • T r y moving cordless phones away from your Router and your wireless-enabled computers. • Unplug and [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 10 www .netcomm.com.au Product Layout The Router has been designed to be placed on a desktop. All of the cables exit from the rear of the Router for better organization. The display is easily visible on the FRONT of the Router to provide you with information about network activity and status. See below f or explan[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 11 802.11n Wireless Router Network + System Requirements T o begin using the 800n Series, make sure you meet the following as minimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/XP/2000/VIST A • 1 Free Ethernet port on PC/Notebook. • [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 12 www .netcomm.com.au Connecting your Router A Attach your antennas. Place your router next to your modem. Unplug your modem’ s power cord. B Locate the networking cable that connects your modem and computer . Unplug that cable from your modem, and plug it into any LAN port on the back of the 900n Series Router[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 13 802.11n Wireless Router Configuring your Router PC Network Adapter setup (Windows XP) Set your network adapter to obtain an IP Address automa ticly (See section on PC Network Adapter setup in this manual for details) • Click on [Start Menu] > select [Control panel] &[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 14 www .netcomm.com.au • Select the [General] tab • Please select both - Obtain an IP address automatically - Obtain DNS server address automatically[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 15 802.11n Wireless Router Setting up your Router • Open a web browser (Internet Explorer , Firefox, etc) • T ype http://192.168.20.1 into the web browser address bar . The below screen will appear . T ype in the default:- User name admin Password admin Then Click <OK&[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 16 www .netcomm.com.au Y ou are now logged into the router . Select Wizard from the menu on the left hand side Click <Next> to Start the wizard The most common of all connections is AP Router Mode. Select this. For details on AP Repeater Mode see Repeater mode section in this manual. Please wait while your 8[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 17 802.11n Wireless Router For most connections the following options will appear . DHCP is used if you have an existing modem setup with your ISP Username and Password. Advanced users Note: If you Bridge your modem you will get a PPPoE option this will then prompt you for IS[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 18 www .netcomm.com.au T o set up your wireless security , hover your mouse over the security bar . The window will tell you what level you have selected. Y ou will then need to set your “SSID”, this is the name of your wireless network. Y ou can use any name. Y ou will then need to select a “Key”. The Key[...]

AP Router Mode[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 20 www .netcomm.com.au 800n Series uses web-interface for configuration to be accessed through your web browser , such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator . Login Procedure 1. OPEN your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer). 2. T ype http://192.168.20.1 in address bar and hit [Enter] button on your keyboard.[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 21 802.11n Wireless Router System Status This page allows you to monitor the current status of your router . Y ou can use the status page to quickly see if you have any updated firmware available (bug fixes, updates). Y ou can navigate from this page with a few interesting [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 22 www .netcomm.com.au LAN Settings This section displays the Broadband router LAN port’ s current LAN & WLAN inf ormation. It also shows whether the DHCP Server function is enabled / disabled. WLAN Settings This section displays the current WLAN configura tion settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / [...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 23 802.11n Wireless Router LAN The LAN T ab reveals LAN settings which can be altered. If you are an entry level user , tr y accessing a website from your browser . If you can access a website without a glitch, just do not change any of these settings. Click <Apply> at [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 24 www .netcomm.com.au DHCP View the current LAN clients which are assigned with an IP Address by the DHCP-ser ver . This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The table shows the assigned IP address, MAC address and expiration time for each DHCP leased client. Use the <Refr[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 25 802.11n Wireless Router Schedule This page allows user to set up schedule function for Firewall and Power Saving. Add schedule, edit schedule options to allow configuration of firewall and power sa vings services. Fill in the schedule and select type of service. Click &l[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 26 www .netcomm.com.au Event Log View operation event log. This page shows the current system log of the Broadband router . It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the system log can be saved <Save> to a local file for further processing or the system log can be clea[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 27 802.11n Wireless Router Wizard Click Wizard to configure the Broadband Router . Setup wizard will now be displa yed; check that the modem is connected and click <Next>. For more details please refer to Smart Wizard <Page xx>.[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 28 www .netcomm.com.au Internet Status This page shows the current Internet connection type and status Dynamic IP Use the MAC address when registering for Internet service, and do not change it unless required by your ISP . If your ISP used the MAC address of the Ethernet card as an identifier , connect only the [...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 29 802.11n Wireless Router Static IP If your ISP Provider has assigned a fixed IP address, enter the assigned IP address, Subnet mask, Default Gateway IP address, and Primar y DNS of your ISP provider . Point-to-Point over Ethernet Protocol (PPPoE) Login / Password : Enter t[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 30 www .netcomm.com.au Point-to-Point T unneling Protocol (PPTP) PPTP allows the secure connection over the Internet by simply dialing in a local point provided by your ISP provider . The following screen allows client PCs to establish a normal PPTP session and provides hassle-free configuration of the PPTP clien[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 31 802.11n Wireless Router Wireless Settings Basic In basic setting page, you can set wireless Radio, Mode, Band, SSID, and Channel. Radio : Y ou can turn on/off wireless radio. If wireless Radio is off, you cannot associate with AP through wireless. Mode : In this device, we[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 32 www .netcomm.com.au WDS with AP Router Wireless Distribution System, a system that ena bles the wireless interconnection of access point, allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without a wired backbone to link them. Each WDS AP need to be set as same channel and encryption type. M[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 33 802.11n Wireless Router Advanced This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. Y ou should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on the router . Fragment Threshold : This specifies the maximum size of a packet during the[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 34 www .netcomm.com.au Security This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN securi ty functio ns, inc luded are WEP , IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.1x with WEP , WPA wi th pre-shared key an d WPA with RADIUS. With these securit y function s, you can preven t your wir eless LAN from i llegal access. Please make sure y[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 35 802.11n Wireless Router WEP Encryption When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key , you have to enter WEP keys to encr ypt data. Y ou can genera te the key by yourself and enter it. Y ou can enter f our WEP keys and select one of them as a default key . Then the router can [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 36 www .netcomm.com.au WP A Pre-Shared Key Encryption Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. Y ou can use a pre-shared ke y to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communica tion. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently . So the encryption key is[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 37 802.11n Wireless Router MAC Address Filtering This wireless router supports MAC Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from accessing your wireless network. Enable wireless access control: Ena ble the wireless access control function Adding an address into th[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 38 www .netcomm.com.au Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) WPS is the simplest way to est ablish a co nnection b etween wir eless clie nts and th e wireless router . Y ou don’t have to select the encryption mode and fi ll in a pa ssphrase. Y ou only need to p ress a button on bo th wireless client and wireless r outer [...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 39 802.11n Wireless Router WPS via Push Button : Press the button to start the WPS process. The router will wait f or the WPS request from the wireless devices within 2 minutes. WPS via PIN : Y ou can fill-in the PIN code of the wireless device and press the button to start [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 40 www .netcomm.com.au Firewall Settings The Broadband router provides extensive firewall protection by restricting connection parameters, thus limiting the risk of hacker attacks, and defending a gainst a wide array of common Internet attacks. However , for a pplications that require unrestricted access to the I[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 41 802.11n Wireless Router Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) If you have a client PC that cannot run an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NA T firewall, then you can open up the firewall restrictions to unrestricted two-way Internet access by defining a DMZ[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 42 www .netcomm.com.au Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router’ s firewall can block common hacker attacks, including Denial of Ser vice, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events. Ping of Death : Protections from Ping of Death attack. Discard Ping Fro[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 43 802.11n Wireless Router MAC Filter If you want to restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications / services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.), and then this is the place to set that configura tion. Access Control allows users to define the traffic t[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 44 www .netcomm.com.au IP Filter Enable IP Filtering : Check to enable or disable IP Filtering. Deny : If you select “Deny” then all clients will be allowed to access Internet except for the clients in the list below. Allow : If you select “Allow” then all clients will be denied to access Internet except f[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 45 802.11n Wireless Router URL Filter Y ou can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keywords of the Web site. Enable URL Blocking : Enable or disa ble URL Blocking Add URL Keyword Fill in “URL/Keyword” and then click &l[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 46 www .netcomm.com.au Advanced Settings Network Address T ranslation (NA T) Network Address T ranslation (NA T) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses. NA T provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the fle[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 47 802.11n Wireless Router Port Mapping Port Mapping allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet / W AN Port) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host ser vers behind the router NA T firewall. Enable Port Mapping : Enable[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 48 www .netcomm.com.au Port Forwarding (Virtual Server) Use the Po rt Forwarding (Virt ual Server) func tion when you want different s ervers/clients i n your LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g . Emai l, FTP , W eb server etc.) from the Intern et. T he Vir tual Server allo ws you to re-[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 49 802.11n Wireless Router Add Port Forwarding Fill in the “Description” , “Local IP”, “Local Port”, “T ype” and “Public Port” of the setting to be added and then click <Add> button. Then this Virtual Server setting will be added into the “Current [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 50 www .netcomm.com.au Port T riggering (Special Applications) Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video Conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications. Enable T rigger Po[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 51 802.11n Wireless Router Add Port T riggering Fill in the “T rigger Port”, “T rigger T ype”, “Public Port”, “Public T ype”, “Public Port” and “Description” of the setting to be added and then Click <Add>. The Port T riggering setting will be ad[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 52 www .netcomm.com.au Application Layer Gateway (ALG) Y ou can select applications that need ALG support. The router will let the selected application to correctl y pass through the NA T gateway . UPNP With UPnP , all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically . So, you don’t have to configure[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 53 802.11n Wireless Router Quality of Service (QoS) QoS can let you classify Internet application traffic by source/destination IP address and port number . Y ou can assign priority for each type of application and reser ve bandwidth for it. The packets of applications with [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 54 www .netcomm.com.au Application-based QoS This is the application based QoS control method. Y ou can reser ve or limit the bandwidth of some LAN IP address and port number . They will guarantee the throughput in WAN connection. Priority Queue T ype: This can put the packets of specific protocols in High/Low Qu[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 55 802.11n Wireless Router Bandwidth Allocation: Thi s can reserve/ limit th e thro ughput of sp ecific pr otocol s and port r ange. Y ou c an set the u pper bou nd and Lo wer bo und. T ype : Specify the direction of packets. Upload or download. IP range : Specify the IP add[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 56 www .netcomm.com.au Disabled This could turn off QoS feature.[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 57 802.11n Wireless Router Routing Y ou can set enable Static Routing to let the router forward packets by your routing policy . Destination LAN IP : Specify the destination LAN IP address of static routing rule. Subnet Mask : Specify the Subnet Mask of static routing rule. D[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 58 www .netcomm.com.au T ools Settings Admin Y ou can change the password required to log into the broadband router’ s system web-based management. By default, the password is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive. Current Password : Fill in the current password to[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 59 802.11n Wireless Router Time The Time Zone allows your router to reference or base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Log entries and Firewall settings. Time Zone : Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The ro[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 60 www .netcomm.com.au DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. Y ou must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service providers. This router supports DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS service providers. Enable/Disable DDNS : Enable or disa ble the D[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 61 802.11n Wireless Router Power Saving power in WLAN/Ethernet mode can be ena bled/disabled in this page. Diagnosis This page could let you diagnosis your current network status.[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 62 www .netcomm.com.au Firmware This page allows you to upgrade the router’ s firmware. T o upgrade the firmware of your Broadband router , you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and pa th in the appropriate field on this page. Y ou can also use the Browse [...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 63 802.11n Wireless Router Reset Y ou can reset the broadband router when system stops responding correctly or stop functions.[...]

Repeater Mode[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 65 802.11n Wireless Router Repeater Mode – Advanced Features Repeater mode has limited settings compared to the AP mode. Choose “Repeater mode” on the top right corner of the configuration page. System restarts and connects to the IP address http://192.168.20.1 Y ou wi[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 66 www .netcomm.com.au LAN The LAN T abs reveals LAN settings which can be altered at will. If you are an entry level user , try accessing a website from your browser . If you can access website without a glitch, just do not change any of these settings. Click <Apply> at the bottom of this screen to save the[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 67 802.11n Wireless Router Event Log View operation log of 800n Series. This page shows the current system log of the Broadband router . It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the system log can be saved <Save> to a local file [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 68 www .netcomm.com.au Wireless Basic Y ou can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router . The parameters include Mode, SSID, Channel Number and Associated Client. Radio : Enable or Disa ble Wireless function Mode : Band : Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b, 802.11g o[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 69 802.11n Wireless Router Client List[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 70 www .netcomm.com.au T ools This section has many useful and miscellaneous features. Admin Y ou can change the password required to log into the broadband router’ s system web-based management. By default, the password is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive. Cu[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 71 802.11n Wireless Router Time The Time Zone allows your router to reference or base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Event Log entries and Schedule settings. Time Zone : Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. [...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 72 www .netcomm.com.au Diagnosis This page could let you diagnosis your current network status. Firmware This page allows you to upgrade the router’ s firmware. T o upgrade the firmware of your Broadband router , you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and pa[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 73 802.11n Wireless Router Back-up The page allows you to save (Backup) the router’ s current configuration settings. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved configuration into the router through the Restore selection. If extreme proble[...]

Legal & Regulator y[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 75 802.11n Wireless Router Legal & Regulator y Informa tion This manual is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study , research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval syst[...]

Power n Series User Guide YML800NX 76 www .netcomm.com.au Limitations of Warranty The T rade Practices Act 1974 and corresponding State and T erritory Fair T rading Acts or legalisa tion of another Government (“the relevant acts”) in certain circumstances imply mandatory conditions and warranties which cannot be excluded. This warranty is in ad[...]

YML800NX Power 800NX Power X Power Power n User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 77 802.11n Wireless Router[...]

Product Warranty NetComm products have a standard 12 months warranty from date of purchase. However some products have an extended warranty option, via reg istering your product online at the NetComm website www .netcomm.com.au . T echnical Support If you have any technical difficulties with your product, please refer to the support section of our[...]