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WF- 2404 User Manual netis 300Mbps Wireless- N Broadband Router V1. 3 20 11-05-18[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 1 Certification FCC CE FCC Statement This equipm ent has been teste d and found to com ply with the limits for a Class B digi tal device, pursuant to p art 15 of the FCC r ules. These lim its are designed to pr ovide reasonab le protection against harm ful interference in a res idential installat i[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 2 Package Cont ents The following items should be found in your package:  300Mbps Wireless - N B roadband Router  Power adapter  Quick Installation Guide  CD-Rom  Ethernet cable Make sure that th e package cont ains above items. If any of the abov e items is missing or damaged, pleas[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 3 Contents CONTENTS ......................... .................................................................... ............................................... 3 1. INTRODUC TION ................... .................................................................... ............................[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 4 4.4. N ETWORK .................... .................................................................... ...................................... 35 4.4.1. WA N ................................................ .................................................................... .......... 35 4.4.1.1[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 5 4.12.4. WOL ........................... .................................................................... . .......................... ... 59 4.12.5. System Logs .......................... ................................................................... ..................... 59 4.12.6. Remo[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 6 1. Introd uction 1.1. Product Overview The 300Mbps Wireless - N Broadba nd Router is d edicated to S mall Office/Home Office (SOHO) W ireless network so lution. It is 4 in 1 networ k device, which com bines wireless access po int, firewall, 4 - port Switch and the NA T - Router . It provides up t[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 7 1.3. Supporting Standard and Protocol  IEEE 802.11b/ g/n  IEEE 802.11e  IEEE 802.11h  IEEE 802.11k  IEEE 802.11i  IEEE 802.3 10B ase -T  IEEE 802.3u 100Base - TX 1.4. Work ing Environment T emperature  0° to 4 0° C (ope rating)  - 40° to 70° C (s torage) Humidity ?[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 8 2. Hardwar e Installation 2.1. System Requir ement Minimum Requirements :  Broadband (D SL/Cable) modem and service with Et hernet port  802.1 1n b/g/n wirel ess adapter o r Ethernet adapter an d cable for each co mputer  Internet Expl orer® 5.0, Fir efox® 2.0 or Saf ari® 1.4 or highe[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 9 Off LAN Connection a bnormal Rear panel Figure 2-2 Description Function PWR Connect to Pow er adapter , please don’ t use the unkn own power adapter, otherwise your device may be damaged. LAN Connect with c omputer NIC or Et hernet device WA N Internet acces s Reset Restore settin gs 2.3. R est[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 10 Figure 2-3  Attach one e nd of an Ethernet c able to your com puter ’ s Ether net port, and the other end to one of the LA N ports of your route r .  Connect anot her Ethernet c able from your Ca ble/DSL modem to the W AN port of your router .  Connect the singl e DC output connector [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 11 3. Login Y o u can manage the 300Mbps W ireless -N Broadband Router through the W eb browser - based configuration utility . T o configure the device via W eb browser , at least one properly configure d computer must be co nnected to the device via Et hernet or wireless network . The 300Mbps W i[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 12 Figure 3-1 2. Double cl ick the icon Network and Dial - up Connections 3. Highlight t he icon Local Area C onnection, right cli ck your mouse, a nd click Propertie s Figure 3-2 4. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then pre ss Properties button[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 13 Figure 3-3 5. Choose Ob tain an IP addr ess automatically and Obtain DNS server add ress auto matically , and then pres s OK to close the Internet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) Pr operties wi ndow Figure 3-4 6. Press OK to clo se the Local Area Connection Properties window[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 14 Figure 3-5 3.1.3. W indows XP Please f ollow the steps below t o setup your com puter: 1. Go to Start  Settings  Control Pane l 2. Click Net work and Internet Connections Figure 3-6 3. Click Net work Connections[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 15 Figure 3-7 4. Highlight the icon Local Area Conne ction, right cli ck your mouse, a nd click Propertie s Figure 3-8 5. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then press Properties button[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 16 Figure 3-9 6. Choose Ob tain an IP addr ess automatically and Obtain DNS server add ress auto matically , and then pres s OK to close the Internet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) Pr operties wi ndow Figure 3- 10 7. Press OK to clo se the Local Area Connection Properties window[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 17 Figure 3- 11 3.1.4. W indows V is ta Please f ollow the steps below t o setup your com puter: 1. Go to Start  Settings  Control Pane l 2. Click Net work and Sharing Center Figure 3- 12 3. Click Man age Network Connect ions[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 18 Figure 3- 13 4. Highlight t he icon Local Area C onnection, right cli ck your mouse, a nd click Propertie s Figure 3- 14 5. Highlight Internet Protocol V ersion 4 (TCP/IP) and then press Properties button[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 19 Figure 3- 15 6. Choose Ob tain an IP addr ess automatically and Obtain DNS serv er address au tomatically , and then pres s OK to close the Internet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) Pr operties wi ndow[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 20 Figure 3- 16 7. Press OK to clo se the Local Area Connection Properties window .[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 21 Figure 3- 17 3.1.5. W indows 7 Please follow the st eps blow to se tup your compute r : 1. Go to Start → Control Pane l → Network and Internet . 2. Click Network and Sharing Center → Ch ange adap ter settings. 3. Highlight the icon Local A rea Connection, ri ght click your m ouse, and clic[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 22 Figure 3- 18 Figure 3- 19 4. Choose Obtain an IP address auto matically and Obtain DNS server ad dress auto matically ,[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 23 and then press the OK to close the wind ow . Figure 3- 20 5. Press OK to close t he Local Ar ea Connection Properties windo w . 3.1.6. MAC OS Please follow the steps blow to set up your computer : 1. Go to Start → System preference S ettings → Netwo rk .[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 24 Figure 3- 21 2. Click Network , Select Use DHCP at the Configuration b ar , the system will get the IP address automatically . Figure 3- 22[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 25 3. Press Apply to complete this operation and close the window . 3.2. Checking Connection with the Router After conf iguring the TCP /IP protocol , use the ping command to verif y if the com puter can communica te with the Router . T o execute the ping c ommand, open the DOS w indow and Ping the[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 26 Request tim ed out. Request tim ed out. Request timed out. Request tim ed out. Ping statistics for 192.168.1. 1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0 , Lost = 4 (100 % loss), V erify y our computer's net work setting s are correct an d check the ca ble connectio n between the router and the comp[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 27 Figure 3- 19  After you have logg ed in, the router's user int erface will be displ ayed. The left menu shows the mai n options to config ure the system , and the right screen is t he summary inf ormation for viewing and adjust ing the configurations . Figure 3- 20[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 28 4. Router Setup 4.1. Status This featur e provides runni ng status inform ation and deta iled information a bout router . 4.1.1. V ersion Show the hardware version and fi rmware wersion. Figure 4 -1 4.1.2. WA N This featur e provides running sta tus informati on of the W AN port (the port connec[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 29  Default Gateway : Th e IP address of D efault gateway you obtained aft er connect to t he Internet, if you haven’t co nnected to Internet yet, this field is 0.0.0.0 .  Primary DNS : The DNS server translate s domain or website n ames into IP address, input th e most comm on DNS server a[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 30 4.1.5. Router S tatus This item pr ovides current runni ng informa tion of System . Figure 4 -5 4.1.6. T raffic Statistics This item prov ides statistics in formation abo ut the bits router sends and receiv ed . Figure 4 -6 4.2. Quick Setup Providing you t he convenient and s implest method fo r[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 31 4.2.2. PPPoE Figure 4-8 If your ISP provides you the PP PoE service (a ll ISP with DSL transaction will supp ly this service, such as t he most pop ular ADSL technique), please sele ct this item. In t he “Conven ient configuration ” Y ou can input your PPPo E username and pas sword to acc es[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 32 4.2.4. W ir eless Con figurat ion Y o u can choose “E nable” o r “Disable” to enable or disab le the wireless fu nction. The default setting is “ enable”. If you chose th e “Disable” status, the router will beco me a wired broad band router witho ut wireless functi on, so be care[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 33 4.3. WPS Settings Wi - Fi Protect Setup (WPS) function can le t you create a safety netwo rk easily . Y ou can throug h ‘ PIN Input Config (PIN) ’ o r ’ Push Button (PBC) ’ to encrypt your networ k. This router also provides WPS button, you onl y need to push the W PS button in this r ou[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 34 4.3.3. WPS Configuration D isplay the e ncryption inform ation . F igure 4 -14 WPS can connect th e wireless adapter and th e router in a safe way . I f you hav e a wireles s network car d which has WPS butto n, you may se t up a safe net work via the follo wing methods Method 1: 1 . Push the WP[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 35 ‘ PIN Input C onfig (PIN) ’ 2. Select this router in the pop - up window , then click ‘ Select ’ 3. T he connect ion between the adap ter and the rout er is be establish ed automatically . Remark If there i s more than o ne AP in the PBC mode when you use the m ethod 1, the re will be se[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 36 set MTU manua lly , and you shoul d leave this value in the 1200 to 1500 range. If the value you set is not in acco rd with the v alue ISP provide, it may cau ses some prob lems, such as fail to send Email, or fail to browse website. So if that happen, you can contact your ISP for more inform at[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 37 set MTU manua lly , and you shoul d leave this value in the 1200 to 1 500 range. If the value you set is not in accord with the valu e ISP provide, it may causes s ome problems, su ch as fail to send Email, or fail to browse website. So if that happen, you can contact your ISP for more inform at[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 38 Figure 4- 22 4.4.5. IGMP Proxy Here you can set th e IGMP Proxy ‘ Enabled’ and ‘Disabled’ . Figure 4- 23 4.5. Wireless 4.5.1. W ireless Settings Providing ba sic configuration i tems for wi reless router us ers, including “ wireless networ k status ” , “ SSID ”, “ Radi o Band ?[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 39 Figure 4- 24  W ireless network st atus : Y ou can choose “enable ” or “disab le” to enabl e or disable th e “W ireless Network Status”, if what you choose is “Di sable”, the A P function o f wireless router will be turned of f .  SSID: The default is trst1.  Radio band [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 40 wireless network from unauthori zed user access . It suppli es “None” , “WE P”, “ W PA - PSK ”, “ W PA 2- PSK ” and “ W PA / W PA 2 - PSK ” five dif ferent e ncryption modes . 4.5.2.1. None “None” means d o not encryp t wireless data . Figure 4- 25 4.5.2.2. WEP Figure 4-2[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 41 4.5.2.3. W PA - PSK Figure 4-27  E ncryption t ype: Y ou can select the algo rithm you want to use, T KIP , AES or TKIP&AES . TKIP means “T emporal Key I ntegrity Protoco l”, which incorporat es Message Integ rity Code (MIC) to provid e protection agai nst hackers. AE S, means “Adva[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 42 Figure 4-29 4.5.3. W irel ess MAC Filtering Figure 4- 30  MAC Filter Status: the default is disable. Y ou can filter wired users by enabling this function; thus unauthorize d users can not ac cess the network .  D escription: describe MAC Filter list to tell from differe nt MAC Filter list[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 43 Select the item y ou want, and click “Save” butto n. 4.5.4. WDS Settings If you have selected WDS or AP+WDS mode in Wireless Basic - Radio Mode, please do the following co nfigurations . Figure 4- 31  WDS Name: Give a d escription of your wireless brid ge to tell apart .  WDS MAC Addr [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 44 A P1:  Select radio mode is WDS or AP+WDS in wireless managemen t - basic of AP1 .  Click on ‘ W ireless Manag ement ’- ‘ AP Setup ’- ‘ Security ’ and select and save No ne as authenticat ion type.  Click on ‘ W ireless Manag ement ’- ‘ AP Setup ’- ‘ Security ’ a[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 45 Figure 4- 33 AP1:  Select radio mode is ‘ Access Point ’ in wireless manage ment - basic of AP1 .  Select Channel i s ‘ Channel 6 ’ in wireless management - basi c of AP1 . Figure 4- 34 AP2:  Select radio mode is ‘ REPEA TER ’ in wireless management - basi c of AP 2.  Cli[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 46  Select ‘ LAN setup ’-‘ DHCP ser ver ’ ,select disable DH CP server . Figure 4- 35 AP3:  Select radio mode is ‘ REPEA TER ’ in wireless management - b asic of AP 3.  Click ‘ AP Scan ’ in wireless management - b asic of AP 3 , and select ‘ Netis1 ’ and Connect , then [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 47 Figure 4-36  Authenticatio ns type: Th e default is set to “Auto”, which allows “Open Sy stem” or “Shared Key” aut hentication to be used. Select “Shared Key” if you only want to use “Shared Key” au thentication (the sender and recipient use a WEP key for au thentication) [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 48  Preamble T ype: "S hort Preamble" is su itable for heavy traffic wireless network . "Long Preamble" provides much communication reliability; the default setting is "Long Preamble” . 4.5.7. W irel ess Statistics Display curr ent status of the wirel ess client asso c[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 49 4.6. DHCP 4.6.1. DHCP Settings Figure 4-39  DHCP Server Stat us: Keep the default setting “E nable”, so rout er is able to use DHCP function. If a DHCP server has already existed in the network, p lease select “Disab le”.  Start IP Address: The IP A ddress is used for allocate I P [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 50 4.6.3. Addr ess Res ervation Figure 4- 41  Address Reserv ation : reserve IP address for design ed physical address host . I f you want to configure a fixed IP address for some ho st, please inp ut phy sical address and IP address, then cl ick add . 4.7. Forwarding 4.7.1. V irtual Ser vers Fi[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 51 4.7.2. Port T r iggering Port trigger module dynamically registers virtu al server rules wh en any IP host generate s th e packet from the specified tri gger protocol and por t. Port trigger module use forwa rd protocol type and port number and us e the IP ad dress of host that g enerates the tr[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 52 Figure 4- 44 4.7.4. UPnP The UPnP function support s load Applica tion’ s port forward r ecord automati c ally . Select “Enable” to enab le this functio n . Figure 4-45 4.7.5. FTP Private Port Some games, servers, an d applicatio ns (such as BT , QQ video, Edunkey , W eb server) are no lon[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 53 tunnel, the r outer supports IPSEC pass - throug h, PPTP pass - through and L2TP pass - through . Figure 4-47 4.8.2. IP Address Filtering Figure 4-48  Status: the default is disable. The rules of “Intern et access control ” based on sou rce IP, port numbe r and protocol .  D escription[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 54 Follow the following s teps to set Internet Acc ess Control: 1. Y ou can select “ enabl e ” and click “S ave” to enable “IP Firewall ” func tion. This is onl y the first ste p, you should conti nued to create a ppropriate rules f or “ IP Firewall ”. 2. Input desc ription informa [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 55 2. Add MAC address y ou want to contro l in the “MAC address” fi eld (the format is ** - ** - ** - ** - ** - ** ), then cl ick “Add” button, and you will see the MAC address has displ ayed in the MAC list. 3. There are t wo items supp lied, “Permit wi reless conn ection for MAC addres [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 56 to delete it . 4.9. Static Routing Most of broadband r outer and wire less router are using NA T mode, so thi s feature is designed for most common network environm ent . Figure 4- 51  Destination Netwo rk or IP Address : S pecify a certa in destinatio n Network or IP address which static r o[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 57 4.10. QOS Settings Figure 4- 52  Status : Q OS switch .  Automatic Uplink Speed : Route r adjusts uplink ba ndwidth automat ically .  Manual Uplink Speed (Kbps) : User configures uplin k bandwidth ma nually .  I P Address: Set the IP address range for restricted h osts .  Min imu [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 58 Figure 4- 53  DDNS Status : Cu rrent status of DDNS server .  DDNS Ser ver Provider : For example, if you wan t to use service of “roay .cn ”, you have to first register an d accounts for it . Other DDNS servic e provid ers as the same .  Username, Password, D ynamic Domai n Name : [...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 59 Figure 4- 55 4.12.3. Password The default userna me/password i s guest/guest. T o ensure t he Router ’ s securi ty , i t is suggested that you change the default pass word to one of your choi ce, here enter a new password and then Re- enter it again to confirm you r new password. Clic k “Sav[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 60 Figure 4-58 4.12.6. Remote Ma nagement WEB Manage ment Status: th e default is d isable. Router can be accessed on the remote site using “ W eb setup ”. Check th e “Management P ort” and enter the port number a nd then press “ save ” button to enable web m anage ment . Figure 4-59 4.[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 61 4.13. About Figure 4- 62 T hank you for your support . 5. T roubleshoo ting 1) I cannot access the W eb - based Config uration Utility from the Ethernet computer used to configu re the router.  Check that the LAN LED is on. If the LED is not on, verify that the cable for the LAN connection is[...]

300Mbps Wir eless -N Broadband Router User Manu al 62 light should be blinking too . If not, pleas e check whether the cables work or not .  Repeat the step s in WAN Setup Connect with Interne t through DSL Modem . 4) I can browse the ro uter’s Web - based Configuration Utility but cannot access the Internet.  Check if the WAN LED is ON. I [...]