Sitecom WL-354 manual

WL -354 Wireless ADSL2+ rou ter 150N User Manual V ersion: 1.0[...]

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Introd ucti on Congratulations on your purchase of the WL -3 54 Wire less A DSL2+ Mo dem. The WL -35 4 us es t echn ology based on 8 02.1 1n, and is fully comp li ant with 802.1 1g & 802.11b. The modem provides ev en better performa nc e when used in comb inati on with 1 50N or 802.11 n cli ent adapters. The WL - 354 is not on ly a Mod em or Wi[...]

1 Key Fe atures Fe atures Advantages IEEE 80 2.1 1g com pl iant Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g c ompliant devices Based on 8 02.1 1n tec hnol ogy Up to 3 time s faster than regular 802.11g. (in c ombination with a 150n or 80 2.11n wireless adapter) One 10/1 00 Mb ps F ast Ethern et Po rt (Auto-Crossover) To connect a wired PC a[...]

2 Package Content s Open the packag e careful ly , and make sure that no ne of the it ems li sted below are m iss ing. D o not discar d the packi ng material s, in case of return; the unit must b e shi pp ed ba ck i n its orig inal package. 1. WL -354 m odem/router 2. 220V ~ 24 0V Power Adapter 3. Quick Instal l G ui de 4. CD (User’s Manual) 5. W[...]

3 Product Layout P ort Description ADSL Conne ct y our tele phone/ ADSL ca ble this p ort LAN Conn ect the cable fr om y our PC or netw ork dev ice to this ports. P ower conne ctor Conne ct y our pow er a dapter t o this port. WPS/Reset button Power connector LAN / computer connection Modem connection[...]

Back lab el The back l abel descr ibe s the correspondi ng LED indi cation s and port fu nctiona lity . LED Description POWER Lights up whe n pow ered ON. Blinks on TES T/RES ET ADSL Lights up whe n an ADSL ca ble is con nected. Online Lights up whe n internet c onnec tion is UP . WLAN Lights up in Blue when WLAN is enabled . Blinks o n tra ffic OP[...]

4 Network + Syst em R equireme nts T o begin u sing the WL -354, make sure y ou meet the following as minimum require men ts: • PC/Note book . • 1 Free Ethern et port. • Wi-Fi card /USB dongl e (802. 11 b/g/ n) – optional. • Anne x A, ADSL internet c onne ction. • PC with a W eb-Br owser ( Intern et Explorer , Safari, Firefo x, Oper a) [...]

5 WL-354 Pla cement Y ou can place the W L -354 on a desk or o ther flat surface , or y ou ca n mount it on a w all. F or optim al perf orma nce, place your Wireless Broadb and Mo dem/ R outer in the center of your office (or your home ) in a location that is away fro m any potential source of interf erence , such as a meta l wall or microw av e ov[...]

7 PC Netw ork Ad apter setup ( Window s XP ) • Enter [Start Menu]  se lect [Control pan el]  sel ect [Network]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connect ion]) ico n=>sel ect [pro perties][...]

• Select [I nternet Protoc ol ( T CP/IP)] =>Cl ick [Propertie s]. • Select t he [Gen eral] tab. a. WL -354 supports [DHC P] function, pl ease se lect bot h [Obtain a n IP address automati call y] and [Obta in DNS server address automatical ly].[...]

8 Bringin g up t he WL- 354 Connect t he s uppl ie d power-adapter to the po wer in let port and co nnect it to a wal l o utl et. The WL -35 4 automati cal ly enters the self-test phase. Duri ng self-test phase, the Power LED w il l bl in k brief ly , and then wi ll be lit continu ously t o i ndi cate that t his product i s i n n ormal op eration. [...]

4. T ype us er name and password (d efault is admi n/admin). 4. Cl ick OK . 5. Y ou wi ll see th e home page of t he WL - 354. The System status sec tion all ows y ou to mon itor the current status of your router: the UP time, hardware i nformati on, seria l n umber as wel l as f irmware version i nformatio n is d ispl ayed here.[...]

LAN s etting s The LAN tab gives you the opportuni ty to change the IP settin gs of t he WL - 354. Click <Ap ply> at the b ottom of th is scr een to save any changes. IP address 192 .1 68.0 .1. It i s t he router ’ s L AN IP addr ess (Y our L AN cl i ents default gateway IP address) . IP Subnet Mask 255. 255. 255. 0 S pecif y a Sub net Mask[...]

Lease Time Forever . In the Leas e Tim e settin g you can specif y th e tim e period that the DH CP le nds an IP address to y our LAN cli ents. The DHCP wil l c hange your LAN cli ent’s IP address when t his tim e thresh ol d period is rea ched. IP Ad dress Pool Y ou can s elect a particu lar IP address range f or your DHCP server to issu e IP ad[...]

Device Status View the Broa dband modem/router’ s current confi guration settings. D evice Status di splays the conf ig uration setting s you’ve config ured i n the Wizard / Basic Setti ngs / Wire les s Setti ngs secti on.[...]

Internet Status This page disp lays whether the AD SL port is connected to an A DSL service provider . It a lso di spl ays the ro uter’ s WAN IP address, S ubnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as w el l as MAC address, t he Primary DNS. Press Renew butto n to renew your WAN IP address.[...]

ADSL St atus This page s hows the c urrent op eration mode, status of your ADSL c onnect ion, the data rate and the qual it y of your AD SL l i nk. Operation mode allows manual sel ecti on o f th e ADSL mode.[...]

DHCP Client Status DHCP This pa ge shows all D HCP cl ients ( LAN PCs) currently c onnecte d to your network. The table shows the ass i gned IP ad dress, MAC address and expiration time for ea ch DHCP l ease d cl ient. Use the Re fresh button to u pdate the availa ble i nformation.[...]

WL-354 Log View t he op eration l og o f the WL-354 . This page shows the current sy stem l og o f the B roadband mo dem/router . It di spl ays any event occ urred aft er system start up. At the bottom of th e pag e, t he system l og can be sa ved <Save> to a l ocal fil e for further process in g or the s ystem lo g can be cl eared <C lear[...]

10 Conf iguration Wizar d Click Wizard to c onf igure the modem. The Set up wi zard w i ll now be d isplayed; check that the a dsl li ne is connect ed an d clic k Next. Select yo ur country from t he Country l ist. Se le ct your internet provid er . C lick Next.[...]

Dependi ng o n th e c hosen provi der , you may ne ed to ent er your user name and passwor d or hostname in the fol l owi ng wi ndow. Aft er you have entered the correct i nformatio n, c lick Ne xt . Click AP PLY to com pl ete the confi guration.[...]

11 Wirel ess Setting s Y ou ca n set parameters that are us ed for the wirel ess stati ons to con nect to this router . The param eters include Mode, ESSID, Channel Number a nd A ssoc iated Client. Wireles s Fun ction Enable or Disa bl e Wire le ss funct ion here. Cl i ck Apply and wait f or mod ule to be ready & l oade d.[...]

Basic Se ttings Band All ows you to set the AP fi xed at 802.1 1b or 802. 11 g mode. Y ou c an also s elect B+G+N mode to all ow 802.11 b, 80 2.11 g and 802. 11n cli ents at the same time . ESSID This is the name of t he wirel ess si gnal which is broadcaste d. All the devices in t he same wi reless LAN sh oul d have the same ESSID. Channel Number [...]

Advanc ed Setti ngs This tab a ll ows you to set the advanced w irele ss opti ons. T he o ptions i ncl uded are Authenticati on T yp e, Fragment Threshol d, RTS Threshold, B eacon Interval, and Preamble T ype. Y ou sho uld not c hange these parame ters unless you know what ef fect t he c hanges w i ll have on the r outer . Fragment Threshold "[...]

Preamble Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LA N compatib il ity whil e the “Short Pre ambl e” can provide better w irel ess LAN performance. Broadcast ESSID If you e nable d “Broadcast ESSID” , every wi reless station locate d withi n the covera ge of t hi s a ccess poi nt can d isc over this access poi nt eas ily . I[...]

Security This Acc ess Point provid es com pl ete w irel ess LA N security f unct ions, i ncl uded are WEP , WPA w ith pre-shared key a nd WPA with RADIU S. Wit h thes e security function s, you can prevent your w irel ess LAN f rom i ll egal a ccess. P lease make sure your wire les s stations u se the same s ecuri ty function, and are s etup wit h [...]

WEP When you se lect 64-b it or 128-bit WEP key , you hav e to e nter WE P keys to encrypt data . Y ou can gener ate the key by yourself and enter it. Y ou can enter f our WEP keys a nd sel ect one of them as a default key . Then the router can receive any packets encrypte d by one of t he f our keys. Key Length Y o u can sel ect the WEP key lengt [...]

Click <A pp ly> at the bottom of the scr een t o save the above conf igurations. Y ou can n ow conf igure other sect ion s b y choos i ng Conti nue, or choos e A pply to apply t he s ettin gs and reb oot the devic e. WPA Pre-sha red Key Wi-Fi Protected Acces s ( WP A) is an advanced se curity standard. Y ou can use a pre-shared key to authent[...]

ACL This wirel ess router supports MAC Addr ess Control, w hic h prevents unauthorized cl i ents fr om acces sing your wir ele ss network. Enable wireless access c ontrol Enabl es the w ire less access co ntrol fu nctio n Adding an address into the list Enter the " MAC Address” of the wirel ess station to be adde d and t hen cl ic k "A [...]

WPS Wi-Fi Protecte d S etup (WPS) is the simp lest way t o establ ish a connecti on between the wi reless cli ents and the wir ele ss router . Y ou don’ t have t o sel ect the encrypti on m ode a nd fi ll i n a l ong encrypti on pa ssphrase e very t ime when you try to s etup a wirel ess co nnecti on. Y ou only need to press a button on both wir [...]

WPS Current Status If the wi rel ess s ecurity (encryption) f uncti on o f this wirel ess router is properly set, you’ll s ee a ‘Conf igured’ message here. Otherwise, you’ll see ‘U nConfi gure d’ . Self P in Code This is the WPS PIN c ode of t he wi rel ess router . Y ou may n eed this i nformati on w hen c onnecti ng to other WPS -enab[...]

12 F irewa ll Setti ngs The Broadband router provi des ex ten sive f irewal l protection by restricti ng connecti on parame ters, thus l im iti ng the ri sk of hacker attacks, and defendi ng against a wid e arra y of common Internet attacks. However , for appl ic ation s that require unrestricted access t o t he Internet, you can confi gure a s pec[...]

DMZ If yo u have a cli ent PC that cannot run an Internet a ppli cation (e. g. Gam es) properly f rom behi nd the NA T f ire wall, th en you can open up the firewal l restricti ons to u nrestric ted two-way I nternet access by defini ng a DMZ Host. The DMZ f uncti on allow s you to re-di rect al l packets goi ng to your WAN port IP addre ss t o a p[...]

Denial of Servi ce (DoS) The Broadband router's firewal l can block common ha cker attacks, i ncl udi ng Denial o f S ervi ce, P i ng of Deat h, P ort S can and Sync F lood. If Int ernet attacks occur the router ca n l og t he events. SPI and Anti-Dos firewall protectio n blocks ba sic hacker attacks (DOS, Sync floo d, port sc an) RIP defect D[...]

Access Y ou can restri ct us ers from accessi ng c ertain Intern et ap plicat ions/s ervices (e.g. I nternet w ebsi tes, email , FTP etc.). Access C ontrol al l ows users to def ine the traffi c type permitted in your LAN. Y ou can control whi ch PC cl i ent can have access to these ser vices. Deny If you sel ect “Deny” t hen a ll c lie nts wil[...]

Selecte d". If you w ant t o remove all PCs f rom the tab le, just cl i ck the " Del ete All" butto n. Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enable MAC Filter in g” to enable MAC Filteri ng. Add PC Fil l i n “Cl ie nt PC MAC Address” an d “C omment” of the PC that is allowe d to access the Inter net, and then cli ck “ A dd” [...]

URL block Y ou can b lock acces s to some W eb sites from parti cular PCs b y enter ing a f ull URL address or j ust keyw ords of t he Web site. Enable URL Blocki ng E nable/ disab le UR L Bl ocki ng Add URL Keyword Fill in “UR L/K eyword” and then cli ck “ Add” . Y o u can enter the ful l U RL ad dress or t he keyword o f the web site you [...]

13 Ad vanced Setting s Network A ddress T ra nsl ation (NA T) al low s mu lti pl e u sers at yo ur l ocal site to access the I nternet through a s in gle Publ ic IP Ad dress or mult ip le Publi c IP Addresses. NA T provi des Firewal l protect ion f rom hacker attacks and has the flexi bi l ity to al low you to map Pri vate IP A ddresses to Pub li c[...]

Virtual server Use the Virtual Server functio n when you want different servers/cli ents in your LAN to handle di fferent service/Internet appl icati on type (e. g. Email , FTP , W eb server etc. ) fr om t he Internet. Computers use numbers ca lle d port numbers to reco gnize a partic ular service/I nternet a ppl icat ion type. T he Virtual Server [...]

service (servi ce/Interne t ap pli catio n) port number from the I nternet that wi ll be re-direct ed to the above Pri va te IP a ddress host i n your LAN Comment The descri ption of thi s s ettin g. Add V irtual S erver Fi ll in t he "Private IP", "Priv ate P ort", "T ype", “Publ ic Po rt” and "Comment" [...]

Special applicatio n Some app li cati ons re qui re m ulti ple c onnect io ns, suc h a s Int ernet games, video Conf erenci ng, Internet tele pho ny and others. In this s ectio n you can confi gure t he router to s upp ort mult ip le conne ctio ns f or thes e types of appli cation s. Enable T rigger Port Enable th e Sp ecial Ap pl icati on funct io[...]

Popular applications This sect ion li sts t he more popular appli cati ons that require m ulti pl e connect ions. Sel ect an app lic ation from the P opular Appl icati ons select ion. O nce you have sel ecte d a n ap pl ication, select a locatio n ( 1-10) in the Copy to selecti on box an d t hen cli ck the Copy t o button. This wi l l a utomatical [...]

UPNP With UPnP , all PCs i n you Intranet wi l l discover this router automatica ll y . So, you don’ t h ave to con fi gure your PC and it can easi ly acce ss the I nternet through thi s router . UPnP Feature Y ou can enab le or Di sabl e th e UP nP feature here. A fter you enable the UP nP feature, all cl ient systems th at support UPnP , li ke [...]

QoS QoS ca n l et you class ify Int ernet ap pli catio n t raffic by s ource/desti natio n IP address a nd port number . Y ou can assi gn pr iority for each type of app licati on and reserve bandwi dth for it. The packets of app licati ons with h ig her pri ority wil l al ways go f irst. Low er priority a ppl icati ons wi l l g et bandwi dth aft er[...]

Edit a QoS rule Select the rul e you want to e dit and cl ic k “Edit ” , t hen enter the d etail f orm o f th e Q oS rule. Cl ick “ A pply ” after edi tin g t he form and the rule wi l l be saved. Adjust QoS rule p riority Y ou can se lect the rule and click “Move Up” to make it s pri ority hi gher . Y ou al so can se lect th e rule an [...]

14 TOO LBOX Setting s Pass word chang e options Y ou can change the password requi red to log i nto the broadband router's system web-ba sed m anagement. B y defa ul t, the password is: admin. Pa sswords can c ontain 0 to 12 al phanumeric c haracters, and are case sensiti ve. Current Password Fil l in th e c urrent password to al low chan ging[...]

Time Zo ne The T ime Zone a ll ows your ro uter to base it s ti me on the setti ngs conf ig ured here, whi ch w il l affect funct ions such as Log e ntries an d Fir ewall settin gs. Set Time Zone Select t he time zon e of t he cou ntry you are currently i n. The router wil l set it s t ime based o n your sel ectio n. Time Server Address Y ou can se[...]

Remote Man agem ent The remote mana gement function all ows you to designate a host in the Internet t he ab il ity t o co nfi gure t he Broadband router from a re mote s ite. Enter the d esig nated h ost IP A ddress in t he Host IP Address f i el d. Host Address Th is is the IP addres s of the host in the Inter net that w il l have management/conf [...]

Firmwa re Upg rade This page al low s you to upgrade the rout er’s firmware. Firmware Up grade This tool allow s you to up grade th e Broadband router ’ s system firmware. T o up grade the firmware of your Broadband router , you need to downl oad t he f irmware fil e to your local hard di sk, and ent er that f il e name and pat h i n the approp[...]

Backup Set tings The Back up screen allows you to save (B ackup) th e router’ s current confi guration setti ngs. When you s ave the c onfi guration s etting (B ackup) you can re-l oad t he sav ed configuratio n i nto t he ro uter thro ugh the Restore select ion. If extreme problems occ ur you can use the Restore to F actory Defaults sel ecti on,[...]

Reset Y ou can reset the router’s sy stem shoul d any problem exist. T he reset function ess ential ly re-boots your router ’ s syst em.[...]

DDNS DDNS allow s you to map the static domain name to a dynami c IP address. Y ou must get an acco unt, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service pr ovide rs. This router supports D ynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS s ervic e provi ders. Enable/Disable Enable or di sable t he DDN S f unctio n of t his router Provider Select a DDN S[...]