Sitecom WL-357 manual

WL -357 Wireless Mobile R ou ter 300N[...]

2 User Manua l T A BLE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEA TURES.. ............................................. .................................. 4 2 PACKAG E CONTEN TS ..................................... .................................. 5 3 PRODUCT LAYOUT ..................................... ...................................... 6 4 NETWORK + SYS TE[...]

Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of t he WL -357 W ireless Mobile Router 300N. The WL -357 is com pliant with draft 802.1 1n v 2.0 up to 6 times faster tha n standar d 802.11g based routers while still being com patible with 802.11g & 802.11b gad gets. At 300 Mbps wireless transmission rate, the Access P oint built into the Router [...]

1 Key Features F eatures Adv anta ges Incredibl e Data Rate up to 300Mbps* Heavy data p aylo ads such as MPEG v ideo streamin g IEEE 802. 11n draft 2.0 Com pliant and backward c ompatib le with 802.11b/g Ful ly Interoperab le with IE EE 802 .11b / IEEE8 02.11g comp liant devic es with leg acy prot ection USB port for 3G U SB m odem Wireless i ntern[...]

2 Package Content s Open t he packa ge car efully , and ma ke s ure that none of t he items listed below are missing. Do no t discar d t he packing materials, in case of retur n; the unit must be shipp ed back in its original pac kage. 1. WL -357 Router 2. Po wer C able 3. Quick Instal l Guide 4. CD (User ’ s Manual) 5. W a rranty card 6. UTP cab[...]

3 Product Layout Port Description AC 100v~ 240v Connect t he AC power ca ble to this port RJ45 Connect your ADS L/Cabl e modem to t his port 3G Connect your 3G USB m odem to th is port T o p Cover On the top cover you ca n see the L EDs that show the functionality of the device. Also present is the OPS button w hich allows you to connect you r comp[...]

Button Description Press 2 seconds for OPS mode Press 10 seconds to res et the rout er OPS Press 15 Seconds to reset t he rout er to factory defaults. Back label The back lab el describe s the IP addres s, login d etails, SSID , secur ity and code.[...]

4 Net w ork + System Requi rement s T o begin usin g th e WL - 357, make sure you mee t the fo llowing a s minimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – Microsoft Windows XP/ 2000/VIST A • Wi-Fi card/USB client (8 02.11 b/g/n). • External xDS L (ADSL) or Cable mo dem with an Et hernet port ( RJ-45), or a 3G USB modem. • W eb[...]

6 Setup LAN, W AN The WL -357 has one Ether net port that d oubles as a W A N (Inter net) por t and a LAN port. When no 3G USB client is in serted in th e USB port, the port functio ns as W AN. When a 3G USB client is inserted in t he USB port, t he port functions a s LAN. T o use only t he 3G USB connection, just insert a 3G USB client into the de[...]

7 PC Net w ork Adapter s etup Win dow s XP • Enter [Star t Menu]  se lect [Control pan el]  se lect [Network ]. • Select [Local Ar ea Connect ion]) ico n=>select [pro perties][...]

• Select [Inter net Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>Cl ick [Properties]. • Select the [Ge neral] tab. a. The WL - 357 s upports [DH CP] fu nction, p lease se lect both [O btain a n IP address auto matically] and [Obtain DNS server address aut omatically].[...]

Win dow s Vist a • Enter [Star t Menu]  se lect [Control pan el]  se lect [View netw ork status and tasks] -> select [M anage netw ork connections]. • Select [Local Ar ea Connect ion]) ico n=>select [pro perties][...]

• Select [Inter net Protoc ol V er sion 4 (TCP/IPv4)] =>Click [Pr operties]. • Select the [Ge neral] tab. The WL -357 su pports [ DHC P] functio n, please select both [ Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obta in DNS server address automat ically].[...]

8 Bringing up t he WL-357 Connect the sup plied power-adapter to the po wer inlet port and connect it to a wal l outl et. The WL -357 a utomatica lly ente rs t he self-test p hase. During self -test pha se, the Power L ED will be lit con tinuously to indicate th at this product is in normal ope ration. 9 Initial Setup of the W L-357 LOGIN procedure[...]

3. T ype u ser name an d password (d efault is admi n/admin). 4. Click OK . 5. Y ou wi ll see the home page of the WL - 357. The System st atus section all ows you to mon itor t he current status of your router: the UP time, hardware informat ion, serial n umber as well as firmware version informat ion is d isplayed here.[...]

L A N settin gs The LAN tab gives you the opp ortunity to chang e the IP s ettings of th e WL -357. Click <App ly> at the b ottom of this scr een to save any change s. IP add ress 192. 168.0.1. It is the router ’ s L AN IP address (Y our LAN cli ents default gateway IP address). IP Subn et Mask 255. 255.255. 0 Specify a Subnet Mask for yo u[...]

Lease Time For ever . I n the L ease Time setting y ou ca n specify the t ime per iod that the DHC P lends an IP address to your LA N clients. The DH CP will change your LAN client’s IP addr ess when this t ime thr eshold period is reached. IP Add ress Po ol Y ou can se lect a part icular IP ad dress range for your DHCP server to issu e IP addres[...]

Device S t atus View the B roadban d router’s current config uration settings. Devi ce Status displays t he configuration sett ings you’ve co nfigured in th e Wizar d / Ba sic Settings / W ireless Sett ings section.[...]

Internet St atus This pag e disp lays whether th e WAN port is connected t o a Cable/DSL or 3G connection. It also displays the r outer’s WAN IP address, S ubnet Mask , and ISP Gateway a s w ell as M AC address, the Pr imary DN S. Press Rene w button to renew your WAN IP address.[...]

DHCP Client S t atus DHCP This page shows a ll DHCP c lients ( LAN P Cs) cu rrently connected t o your network. The table show s t he assi gned IP address, MAC addre ss an d expiration time for ea ch DHCP leased c lient. Use the R efresh button t o update th e av ailable information. Y ou can c heck Enabl e S tatic DHCP IP . It is poss ible to add [...]

WL-357 Log View the operation lo g of the W L-35 7 . This page shows t he current syst em log of th e Broadband router . It displays a ny even t occurr ed aft er system s tart up. At the bottom of t he page, the sy stem lo g ca n be saved <Save > to a l ocal f ile for further processing or the system log can be cleare d <Cl ear> or it c[...]

WL-357 S t atistics Shows the cou nters of p ackets sent an d received on WAN, LAN & WLAN .[...]

10 Configuration W izard Click Wiz ard to c onfig ure the ro uter . The S etup w izard wi ll now be displayed; check that t he modem is connected a nd click N ext. Select your cou ntry from the Cou ntry list. Se lect your internet provider . Alternatively you ca n select “Mob ile 3G” to set t he WL -357 up for a 3G/ UMTS connection. C lick Next[...]

Click APPLY to compl ete the confi guration.[...]

11 Wireless Set tings Y ou ca n s et parameters that a re used for the wireless stat ions to connect to t his router . Th e parameters include Mo de, ESSID, C hannel Number and Assoc iated Client. Wireless Fun ction Enable or D isable Wirele ss function h ere. Click A pply and wait for mo dule to be ready & loaded.[...]

Basic Settings Mode Allows you to set t he AP to AP , Station, Br idge or WDS mode. Band Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.1 1b or 802.11g mode. Y ou can also select B +G m ode t o allo w 80211b and 802.11g c lients at t he sam e time. SSID This is th e na me of the wireless signal which is broadcasted . All the devices in th e same wir eless L[...]

A dvanced Settings This tab allows you to set the adv anced wir eless options. The option s included are Authe ntication T ype, Fragment Thr eshold, R TS Threshold, B eacon Inter val, and Preamble T ype. Y ou should not cha nge these parameters unless you know what effect the chang es will have on the rout er . Fragment Th resho ld "Fragment T[...]

N Data R ate The “Data Rate” is the rate that t his access poi nt uses to transmit data packets for N compliant wirel ess n odes. H ighest to lowest data rate can be fixed. Chann el Bandwid th is the range of freq uencies that w ill be used. Preambl e Type The “Long Pr eamble” ca n provide better wir eless LAN compatib ility while the “Sh[...]

Security This Acc ess Point provides com plete w ireless LAN sec urity funct ions, included are WEP , IEEE 802. 11x, I EEE 802.11x w ith W EP , WPA w ith pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With th ese s ecurity funct ions, you ca n prevent y our w ireless LAN from illegal a ccess. Please m ake sure your wireles s stat ions use the same security fu[...]

WEP When you sel ect 64-b it or 12 8-bit WEP key , you have to e nter W EP keys to encrypt data . Y ou ca n generate th e key by yourself an d e nter it. Y ou can e nter four WEP keys and se lect one of them as a defa ult key . Then the router can receive any packets encr ypted by one of the four keys. Key Leng th Y ou can s elect t he WEP key l en[...]

WP A Pre-shared Key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) i s an advanced security sta ndard. Y o u can us e a pre-shared key to authenticate wirel ess stations and encrypt data during communicat ion. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to chan ge t he encrypt ion key frequently . So the e ncryption key is not easy to be cracked by hackers. This is the best secur it[...]

A CL This wireles s router supports MAC A ddress Contr ol, which pr events unauthor ized clients from ac cessing your wireless n etwork. Enabl e wireless acces s cont rol Enables the w ireless access control functio n Adding an add ress in to t he li st Enter the "MA C A ddress" a nd "C omme nt" of the wireless station to be a d[...]

WPS Wi-Fi Prot ected Setup (WPS) is the s imples t way to establ ish a connecti on between the w ireless c lients and t he w ireless router . Y ou d on’ t have to select the encryptio n mode a nd f ill in a long encryption passp hr ase every time when you try to setup a w ireless connect ion. Y ou only need to press a button on both wireless clie[...]

WPS Curren t Status If the wirel ess secur ity (encry ption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll se e a ‘Con figured’ mes sage her e. O therwise, you’ll see ‘UnConf igured’ . Self P in Cod e This is the WPS PIN code of the wireless r outer . Y o u may n eed this information w hen con necting to other WPS-enabled w i[...]

12 Firewall Settings The Broadba nd router pr ovides extensive firewall pr otection by restr icting connection parameters, thus lim iting t he r isk of hacker attac ks, a nd defending against a w ide array of common I nternet attacks. H owever , for a pplication s that require unrestricted access to t he Inter net, you can c onfigure a s pecific cl[...]

DMZ If you have a c lient PC that cannot r un an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the N A T fire wall, t hen y ou can open up the fir ewall restrictions to unrestri cted two-way I nternet access by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ f unction a llows you to re-direct all pac kets goin g to y our WAN port IP address to a part icular [...]

Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router's firewall can b lock common hacker attacks, including Denial of S ervice, Ping of D eath, P ort S can and S ync Flood. If Inter net atta cks occur the r outer can lo g the events. Ping o f Death Protections fro m Pin g of Death att ack Discard Pi ng From WAN The router ’ s WAN port will n ot resp[...]

A ccess Y ou can restr ict users f rom access ing certain I nternet applicatio ns/services ( e.g. Internet webs ites, email, FTP et c.). Acces s C ontrol allows users to define the traffic ty pe perm itted in your LAN . Y ou can contr ol which PC c lient can have access to th ese services. Deny If you select “Deny” th en all cl ients wi ll be a[...]

Filter client PC by M AC Check “Enab le MAC Filter ing” to enabl e MAC Filtering. Add PC F ill in “Client PC MAC Address ” an d “C omment ” o f the PC that is a llowed to acces s the Internet, and the n click “ Ad d” . If you find any typo before a dding i t and want to retyp e again, j ust click "Reset" and the fields wil[...]

URL block Y ou can block acce ss to some W eb sit es from particular PCs by enterin g a full URL address or j ust keywords of the W eb site. Enabl e URL Blocking E nable/disab le URL Block ing. Add U RL Keyword Fill in “UR L/K eyword” a nd then clic k “ Add” . Y ou ca n enter the full URL ad dress or the keyword of the we b site you want to[...]

13 Advanced Sett ings Network A ddress T ranslation ( NA T) allows m ultiple users a t your local sit e to access the Inter net throu gh a s ingle Public IP Address or mult iple Public IP Addresses. NA T pr ovides F irewall protection f rom hacker a ttacks a nd has the flexibility to allow you to map Pri va te IP Addresse s to Pu blic IP Addresses [...]

Port Ran ge The range of ports to be forward to th e private IP . Co mment descriptio n of this setting. Add Port Forwarding Fill in th e "Private IP", “T ype” , “Port Range” a nd "Comment" o f the settin g to b e added and then click "Add". Then this Port Fo rwarding s etting will b e added into t he "Cur[...]

Virtual Server Use the V irtual Server function when you w ant different servers/clie nts in your LAN t o han dle dif ferent service/Internet applica tion type ( e.g. Email, FTP , Web server etc.) fr om th e In ter net. C omputers use numbers ca lled port numbers t o recognize a par ticular service/Int ernet application t ype. The Virtu al S erver [...]

Co mment The description of this sett ing. Add Virtual Server F ill in the "P rivate IP", " Pr iv ate P or t", "T ype", “P ublic Port” and "Comment" of t he settin g t o be add ed a nd t hen c lick "Ad d". Then this V irtual Server settin g will be added into the "C urrent Virtual Server T [...]

Special A p pli cations Some a pplications r equire mult iple connect ions, su ch as Inter net ga mes, vid eo Conferenc ing, Inter net tele phony and others. In this secti on you ca n conf igure the router to support m ultiple connecti ons for the se types of ap plications. Enabl e T rigger Port Enable the S pecial Appl ication funct ion. Trigg er [...]

Copy t o s election box and t hen c lick t he C opy to button. T his w ill a utomatica lly list the Public Ports required f or th is popular app lication in t he locat ion ( 1-10) you specified. Add S pecial Appl ication Fill in the "T rigger Port", "T ri gger T ype” , “Public Po rt ” , "Public T y pe", "P ublic [...]

A LG Y ou can select appl ications that nee d “ A pplication Layer Gateway” support. Enabl e select enable “ Application Layer G ateway” , t hen the router will let the selected a pplication corr ectly pass throu gh the NA T gateway .[...]

UPNP With UPnP , a ll PCs in y ou I ntranet w ill discover this ro uter aut omatically , so you don’t have to c onfigure your PC and it can eas ily access the I nternet throu gh t his router . UPnP Feature Y ou can enable or Disabl e t he UP nP feature her e. After you enable the UP nP feat ure, all client system s that support UPnP , lik e W ind[...]

QoS QoS can let yo u classify Internet ap plication traffi c by source/desti nation IP address an d port num ber . Y o u ca n ass ign priority for each type o f applicati on and reserve bandwidth f or it. T he packets of a pplications w ith higher pr iority wil l always go first . L ower pr iority applicat ions will get bandwidth aft er hig her pri[...]

Selected". If you want r emove al l QoS rules from th e ta ble, just click t he "D elete All" button. Clicking "Reset" will c lear your current s elections. Edit a QoS rule Select the rule you wan t to e dit and click “Edit ” , then enter the detail form of the QoS rule. Click “ Ap ply ” af ter editing the form a nd[...]

14 T OOLBOX Setti ngs Password change opt ions Y ou can c hange t he password required to l og in to th e broadband r outer's system web-based manageme nt. B y default, the password is: a dmin. Passwor ds can contain 0 to 12 alphanum eric characters, a nd are case sensit ive. Curren t Password Fill in the current password t o allow changin g t[...]

T ime Zone The Time Zone allows your r outer to base its time on the settings configured here, which w ill affect f unctions s uch as Log e ntries and Fir ewall settings. Set Ti me Zone S elec t the time zone of t he country you are current ly in. The router will set its time based on your selection. Time S erver Address Y ou can set a n NTP server[...]

Remote Managem ent The remote managem ent funct ion allows you to des ignate a host in the I nternet the ability to conf igure the Br oadband router from a r emote sit e. Enter the designated h ost IP Ad dress in the Ho st IP Address fi eld. Host Address T his is th e IP ad dress o f the host in the Int ernet th at will hav e manageme nt/configurat[...]

Firmware Upgrade This page al lows you to u pgrade the router ’ s firmware. Firmware Upgrad e T his to ol a llows you t o upgrade t he B roadband router’s system firmware. T o upgrade t he f irmware of your B roadband router , you need to download the firmware fi le to your local ha rd disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate [...]

Backup Settings The Backup scr een allows you to save (B ackup) the r outer’s curre nt configuration settings. W hen you save th e co nfiguration setti ng (Ba ckup) you can r e-load the saved conf iguration i nto the router throug h the Restore se lection. If extreme problems occur you can use t he Restore to F actory Defaults selection, this wil[...]

Reset Y ou can reset th e router ’s syst em s hould any problem exist. The reset function essentia lly re-boots your router’s system. Click < App ly > at the b ottom of the scr een to s ave the above configurations.[...]

DDNS DDNS allows you t o m ap the s tatic domai n n ame to a dy namic IP ad dress. Y ou must get an ac count, p assw ord and your sta tic domain nam e from the DDN S service providers. This router s upports DynDNS, TZO and ot her c ommon DDNS service pr oviders. Enabl e/Disable Enab le or disable th e DDNS funct ion of this r outer . Provi der Sele[...]

Pa rts of the firmware of the W L -357 Wireless Mobile router a re subject to the GNU genera l public license. Appendix A: Licen sing Informatio n This product includes third-pa rty softwar e licensed under the terms of the GNU Gener al Public License. . Y ou can modify or redistribute this free software under the terms of the GNU Genera l Public L[...]

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