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WL -358/359 /369 Wireless ADSL 2+ Mod em R outer[...]

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Introduction Congratulations o n your purc hase of t he WL -3 58/359/ 369 W ireles s ADS L2+ Modem. Th e WL -358 uses t echnol ogy base d on 802.11 n, w hil e the WL - 359/ 369 is f ull y com plia nt with 8 02.11n. These modems are also f ull y comp lia nt wit h 802.1 1g & 802 .11b. Thes e modems provi de the b est performance w hen use d i n c[...]

1 Key Featur es Fea tures Advantages IEEE 802.11g compliant Fully I nteroperable w it h IEEE 802. 11b / IEEE802. 11g compl iant d evices Based on 802.11 n technolo gy WL -358: Up to 3 time s faster t han regular 8 02.1 1g. WL -359/3 69: Up t o 6 ti mes f aster than regular 8 02.1 1g (in comb inati on w ith a 1 50n or 802. 11n wirel ess adapter) Fou[...]

2 Package C ontents Open t he package car eful ly , an d make sure that no ne of t he it ems lis ted below are m issi ng. Do not discard the packi ng materials, i n case of return; the unit must b e shi pped back i n i ts ori ginal pac kage. 1. WL -358/ 359/36 9 modem/router 2. 220V ~ 2 40V Power Adapter 3. Quick I nstall Gu ide 4. CD (User’s Man[...]

3 Product L ayout Port Descript ion ADSL Connect your tel ephon e/ADS L cable t his port LAN Connect the cab le fr om your PC or network devi ce to this p orts. Power connector Connect your pow er adapter to t his port. Power button T urn the m odem On or Off . Power connector LAN / computer connections Modem connection WPS/Reset but ton Power butt[...]

Back lab el The back l abel descr ibes th e correspo ndi ng LED in dication s and port fu nctional ity . LED Description Power Lights up wh en p owered ON. Bl in ks on T EST/RESET ADSL Lights up wh en an AD SL ca ble i s connected. Internet Lights up wh en i nternet con nectio n is UP . WLAN Lights up i n Bl ue when WLAN i s enable d. Bli nks on tr[...]

4 System Re quirement s T o b egi n using the WL - 358/35 9/369, make sure you meet the fol lowi ng as minimum requir ements: • PC/Notebook. • 1 Free Ethernet port. • Wi-Fi card/USB don gle ( 802.11 b/g/n) – opti onal. • Annex A, AD SL inter net connecti on. • PC with a Web-Browser (Internet Expl orer , Saf ari, Firef ox, Opera ) • Et[...]

6 Setup LA N, WA N Modem connection LAN / computer connections[...]

7 PC Networ k Adapt er setup Windows XP • Go to [ Start Menu ],  [ C ontrol panel ],  [ Network Connectio ns ]. • Right-mouse-cl ick on the [ L ocal Area Connectio n] ) ic on, an d sel ect [ properties ] • Select [ I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) ] =>Cl ick [ Prop erties ]. • Select t he [ Gen eral ] tab. The WL -35 8/359 su pports DH[...]

Windows Vista/W indows 7 • Go to [ Start Menu ],  [ C ontrol panel ],  [ View network status an d tasks ], -> [ Manag e network connectio ns ]. • Right-mouse-cl ick on the [ L ocal Area Connectio n ]) ic on, an d sel ect [ properties ][...]

• Select [ I nternet Protoc ol Versio n 4 (TCP/IPv4) ], and Cl ick [ Properties ]. • Open the [ Ge neral ] tab. The WL -358/ 359/ 369 su pports DHCP . P lease se lect both [ O btain an IP address automatically ] and [ Obtain DNS server ad dress automatically ].[...]

8 Bring up the WL- 35 8/359/3 69 Connect the suppl ie d power-adapter to the po wer in let port and conn ect it to a wall out l et. Press th e P ower-Button to t urn the modem on. The WL -35 8/359/3 69 automatica ll y enters t he se lf-test phase. D uri ng se lf -test phase, t he P ower LED wi l l b li nk briefl y , and t hen wil l be l it conti nu[...]

Status The System status sec tion all ows you to monitor the c urrent status of your router: the UP time, hardware information, seria l number a s well a s firmware version informati on is di spl ayed here.[...]

Statistic s Y ou can vi ew statist ics on the processin g of IP packets o n the networki ng interfaces . Y o u wi l l not typica lly need to view this data, b ut you may fi nd it helpf ul when worki ng with your ISP to diag nose network and I nternet data transmission probl ems. T o disp lay stati stics for any new data, cl ick “Refresh” .[...]

ADSL Sta tistics This page s hows the ADSL li ne stati stic informati on.[...]

DHCP List This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The ta bl e s how s t he assi gned IP a ddress, MAC address and ex piration time f or each DHC P lease d cli ent. Use the Re fresh butto n to update the availab le informatio n.[...]

QoS Queu e The screen al lows you to confi gure a QoS qu eue and ass i gn it to a spec ifi c network. If the channel operation modes of your ADSL ro uter are not conf ig ured and you enable t he QoS funct ion, you’l l s ee t he fol low ing message: Please f ol low th e Setu p Wizard to fi nis h W AN c onfi guration b efore settin g up QoS. Parame[...]

10 Configu ration Wizar d Clic k Wizard to confi gure the modem. The Set up wizard wi ll now be di splayed; check that th e adsl l ine is c onnecte d and cl ic k Next. Sele ct your country fro m the Country list. Sel ect your i nternet pr o vi der . Cli ck Next. Depend in g on the chosen provider , you may n eed to enter your user name and password[...]

11 Basi c Sett ings LAN Sett ings This page i s us ed to co nfi gure th e LAN int erface of your ADSL Router . Y ou can set IP addres s, s ubnet mask, and IGMP S noopi ng. Parameter Description Interface Name T he i nterface name is “br0” . IP Address Enter the IP A ddress of the A DSL router for t he local user to access the router ’s web pa[...]

DHCP Setting s Y ou can co nfigure your network an d the router to u se the D ynamic H ost Confi guration Protocol (DH CP). This pag e al lows you to sel ect the D HCP mode that this ro uter wi l l supp ort. There are two diff erent DHCP Modes: DH CP Server and DHCP Relay . When th e router is act in g as DHCP ser ver , please conf igure t he route[...]

Parameter Description DHCP Server Address Specify t he IP address o f your ISP’s DHCP server . Requests for IP i nformatio n from your LAN interface wil l b e passe d to the default gateway , whic h shoul d route the requ est appropriat ely . When you f in ish, cli ck ‘ App ly Changes’ . Y o u’ll see the fol low ing me ssage disp layed on w[...]

IP Pool Range Y ou can se lect a particul ar IP addres s range for your DHCP server to issue IP ad dresses to your LAN Cli ents. By default, the IP range i s starti ng from IP 192. 168. 0 .100 to 192. 168. 0.2 00. Show Client Click t his button an d a table is di splayed. Y ou can kn ow the assig ned IP address, MA C address and tim e expi red for [...]

WAN Set ting s The page a ll ows you to sel ect any comb inati on of DS L mo des. Parameter Description ADSL modulation Choose pref erred ADS L standard protocols. Annex L Option Enable/D isab le AD SL2/ADS L2+ A nnex L capabi lity . Annex M Option Enab le/Di sabl e ADSL 2/ADSL 2+ Annex M capab il ity . ADSL Capability Bitswap Enable – Enab le/Di[...]

setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots. DNS A Domai n Name System (D NS) server is like an i ndex of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you t ype a W eb address int o your browser , such as “www.router .com” , a DNS server wi ll fi nd t hat name i n its ind ex and t he matchin g IP addres s. Thi s page is used to select the way to obta[...]

Wireles s Sett ings This s ectio n provi des the w irel ess network setti ngs for your router . Y ou can enable t he w irel ess AP f unctio n here. Parameter Description Band Please sel ect t he radio band from on e of t he f ollow ing options. 2.4GHz(B): 2.4GHz ba nd, o nly al lows 8 02.1 1b wireles s netw ork cli ent t o connect this router (maxi[...]

802.11 g, a nd 8 02.11n wirel ess network cl ie nt to connect thi s router (maxim um transfer rate 11Mbp s for 802. 11b cli ents, ma ximum 5 4Mbp s for 8 02.11 g clie nts, and m axim um 150Mb ps f or 802. 11n cl i ents). Mode It all ows you to set the router to act i n “ AP” , “C li ent” or “WDS” mod e. SSID The SSID (up t o 32 pri ntab[...]

Security This router provide s comp lete wir el ess LAN security f uncti ons, i ncl ude WEP , IEEE 802.1 x, IEEE 80 2.1x wi th WEP , WP A w ith pre-sh ared key and WP A wit h R ADIUS. With the se sec urity fu nctions , you can prevent your wire les s LAN from i l l egal access. Pl ease make sure your wirel ess statio ns use the same security f unct[...]

by a RADIUS server . Ch eck this box to auth enticates user by IEEE 802 .1x. WEP-64Bits WEP is les s le vel of s ecurit y than WPA. WEP su pports 6 4-bit and 128- bit key le ngths to encrypt the w ir eless data. The longer key le ngth w ill provi de h igher sec urity . When “WEP- 64Bits” is sel ected, you have to enter exa ctly 5 ASCII characte[...]

ACL This wirel ess router supports MAC Addr ess Control, whi ch prevents unauthorized cl i ents fr om accessi ng your w irel ess network. Parameter Description Wireless Acces s Control Mode This ro uter can prevent the w ireless cl ients from accessin g the w ire less network by ch eckin g the M AC Address of the c li ents. I f you enab le t his fu[...]

button. Cl i ck "Reset" wi ll clear your current select ions. When you fi ni sh, click ‘ Appl y Changes’ . Y ou’l l see t he fol low ing messa ge d isp layed on web browser: Press ‘Contin ue’ to save the s ettin gs made an d back to we b management interface; pre ss ‘ Appl y’ to save the setti ngs made and restart the router[...]

WPS Altho ugh hom e Wi-F i net works have become more and m ore popular , users sti l l have trouble w ith t he i niti al s et up of network. This obstacl e f orces use rs to use the open security a nd i ncreases th e risk of e a vesdroppi ng. Therefor e, The W i-Fi Protected S etup (WPS) is desi gned t o ease s et up of securi ty -enabl ed Wi-Fi n[...]

Regenerate PIN Click to re generate the Sel f-PIN Number . Push Button Configuration Click ing this button w il l invoke the PBC metho d of WPS. It is onl y use d when A P acts as a r egi strar . Start PBC Click to start the Pu sh Butto n method of WPS. Reset It restores the or ig inal values. Client PIN Num ber It is o nly used when use rs want th[...]

12 Ad van ced Sett ings Wireles s Sett ings This page al low s advanced users w ho have suff i cie nt knowle dge of wirel ess LA N. These sett ing shal l not b e chan ged un less you know exactl y what w il l hap pen for the chan ges you ma de on your router . Parameter Description Authentication Ty pe There are three auth enticati on typ es: "[...]

the WEP pr ivacy mechanism. Auto: Auto i s th e defa ult authe nticati on al gorith m. It wil l change its authent icatio n type a utomaticall y t o fulf il l cli ent’s requirement. Fragmentation Threshold Fragmen t Thres hold speci fi es the ma ximum si ze of packet duri ng the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If yo u set th is value too[...]

protection m ode is enabl ed, the through put of t he AP wil l be a l i ttle low er due to many of frame traffic shou ld be transmitted. Aggregation This f uncti on i s use d to j oin mu ltip le data packets for transmission as a si ngl e unit to i ncrease network effi cie ncy . Short GI The 80 2.11n draft speci fies two g uard i nterv als: 400ns ([...]

QoS The router sup ports IP QoS feat ure that can provi de d ifferent prior ity to diff erent us ers or data f lows. Classification Parameter Description IP QoS Click t he radio b utton to enable or d isabl e the IP QoS functio n. Default QoS Select the d efault mode of Q oS from th e l ist. IP Pred: In QoS, a three- bit f iel d i n the T oS byte o[...]

(Destination) d estinati on IP has been entered. Port (Destination) The dest inati on port of the se lecte d protoc ol. Y ou cannot confi gure th is fi el d wit hout entering the prot ocol f irst. Protocol The select ions are TCP , UDP , ICMP and t he b lank for n one. This f iel d i s requ ired if the source port or destin ation port has been e nt[...]

UPnP When the U PnP f unctio n is enabl ed, t he router can b e detected by UPnP compl iant system such as Win dows XP . The rout er wil l b e di splayed i n t he Neighb orhood o f Wi ndows XP , so you can dir ectly doub le cl ick the router or right cli ck the r outer and s elect “Invoke” to conf ig ure the router thro ugh web browser . Parame[...]

IGMP The IGMP Proxy pag e al lows you to enab le mul tica st on WAN and LAN interfaces . The LAN i nterface i s always served a s downstream IGMP proxy , and you can conf i gure one of the av ailab le WAN int erfaces as th e upstream IGMP proxy . U pstream i s the interface that IGMP req uests f rom hosts are se nt to t he multi cast router . D own[...]

Routing The page enabl es you t o def ine spec ific r oute for your Internet an d net work datas. Most users do n ot nee d to defi ne ro utes. On a typical smal l home or offi ce LAN, the exi stin g routes that set up t he de fault gateways for your LAN hosts and for the router provi de th e most ap propriate path for al l your Internet traffic. Y [...]

Show Routes Click t his button t o view the router’s routi ng tab le. Static Route Table Click “U pdate” t o upd ate the sel ected desti nation ro ute on the “Static Route T able” . Cli ck “De lete Select ed” to del ete a selecte d dest inati on route on th e Stati c Route T a ble . When you f in ish, cli ck ‘ App ly Changes’ . Y [...]

SNMP Simp le Network Management Protocol (S NMP) is a troubl eshooti ng a nd management protoc ol t hat uses t he UDP protocol on port 16 1 to comm unicate between c li ents a nd servers. Th e router can be managed local ly or rem otely b y SNMP protocol . Parameter Description SNMP Select “Disa bl e” or “Enab le” to d isable or enabl e the[...]

Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to save the s ettin gs made a nd restart the router so th e setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots.[...]

DDNS Dynamic DN S (DDNS ) al lows you t o map the st atic domain name to a dy namic IP address. You must get an accou nt, password an d your static d omain name from the DD NS servi ce providers. Parameter Description Enable Check the box to e nable DDNS functi on. DDNS Provider Select your DDNS s ervic e provider here. Thi s ro uter supports Dy nD[...]

Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to save the s ettin gs made a nd restart the router so th e setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots.[...]

RIP RIP is an I nternet protocol you can set up to s hare routin g table i nformation with oth er routi ng d evices o n your LAN, at your ISP’s lo cation, or on remote networks conn ected to your netw ork via the AD SL li ne. Most smal l home or off ice n etworks do not n eed to us e RIP; th ey have only one router , s uch as t he ADS L Router , [...]

passed to th e DSL devi ce i n order for it t o be accepted i nto it s rout ing tabl e. Send Mode Indicate the R IP version th is int erface w il l us e when it sends it s route i nformat ion to other dev ices. RIP Config Table The RIP you have confi gure d wi ll be li sted i n the tabl e. If you want to del ete s ome s ettings, pl ease se lect th [...]

13 Firewa ll S ettings The Broadband rout er provi des exten sive fire wall protectio n by restr icti ng connecti on parame ters, thu s l imiti ng t he ri sk of hac ker attacks, and defendi ng against a w i de array of common Internet attack s. However , f or appl icati ons that require unrestrict ed acc ess to the I nternet, yo u can conf i gure a[...]

Public Port The dest inati on port number that i s mad e ope n for thi s appli catio n on t he WAN side Interface Select the WAN interfa ce on whic h the p ort-forwarding rule i s to be app li ed. Current Port Forwarding Table If you want to remove t he port f orwarding settin gs from the tabl e, sel ect t he items a nd the n cl ick "De le te [...]

Port Filt er The IP/Port filter ing feature al lows you t o de ny/allow sp ecif i c services or appl icatio ns i n the f orwarding path. Parameter Description Outgoing Default Action Specify t he default action on the LAN to WAN (T ra ffic t o Internet) forwardin g path. Y ou can choose ‘ All ow’ i f you allow the IP A ddres ses li sted i n the[...]

Address. Port LAN users us e port n umber to disti ngui sh o ne network appli catio n over another su ch as 2 1 is for F TP service. The port n umber range is from 0 to 6553 5. It is recommended t hat this opti on be c onfi gured by an advanced user . Destination IP Address Enter the d esti nation IP Address wh ich wi ll be monitored. Subnet Mask E[...]

MAC Filterin g The MAC f il terin g feature al lo ws you to defi ne rul es to all ow or deny frames through th e router base d on s ource MAC addre ss, destin ation MAC address, and traffic dire ctio n. Parameter Description Outgoing Default Action Specify t he default action on the LAN to WAN (T ra ffic t o Internet) forwardin g path. Y ou can cho[...]

Destination MAC Address The dest inati on MAC a ddress. It must b e 12- digi t hexadecima l f ormat, for exampl e: “00-d 0-59-c 6-12- 50” . Current Filter Table If you want to remove some fi lter rul es from t he "Current Filt er T a ble", se lect th e MAC Ad dress you want to remove in th e tabl e and t hen c lick "Delet e Sel e[...]

URL Blocking This page i s us ed to b lock s ome URL addresses or keywords. Parameter Description URL Blocking Enabl e or disab le the U RL block ing f unctio n. FQDN Enter FQDN whic h you want to b lock. A FQD N i s a complete DNS name. For example, “w ww .yahoo.com” . URL Blocking Table The FQDN setti ngs w il l b e l isted in th e tabl e. If[...]

Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to save the s ettin gs made and re start the router so the setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots. Domain Blo cking The fire wall i nclude s the abil ity to bloc k access t o speci fi c d omain base d o n string matc hes. For examp[...]

ACL Configu ration The Access Control Li st (ACL) is a li st o f permis sions atta ched t o the router . The list spe cif ies wh o is all owed to access t his router . If ACL i s enabl ed, al l hosts cannot access t his router except for the h osts w ith IP address i n the A CL tabl e. Parameter Des cription ACL Capability Enable or di sable the AC[...]

DMZ The DMZ Host is a l ocal computer expose d to the I nternet. W hen setti ng a particular inter nal IP A ddress as t he DMZ Host, all incom ing packets wi ll be checked by t he f irewall and NA T alg orithms th en passed to th e DMZ Ho st. For exa mpl e, i f you have a l ocal cli ent PC that c annot run an Int ernet appl icatio n (e.g. Games) pr[...]

14 TOO LB OX Sett ings Pass word This page al low s you to set t he password t o access the web server of th e router . Please sel ect the “a dmin (as a dmini strator)” or “user (as user)” acco unt and confi gure the passwor d. When you f in ish, cli ck ‘ App ly Changes’ . If the password you t yped i n ‘New Password’ and ‘C onfir[...]

It means the c ontent i n ‘Current P assword’ f iel d i s wro ng, pl ease cl i ck ‘OK’ to go back to prev ious m enu, and try to i nput current passw ord again. If the current and new pas swords are correctl y e ntered, after you c li ck ‘Apply’ , you’ll be prom pted to input yo ur new passw ord: Please use n ew passw ord to enter w e[...]

Time Zon e The Time Zone a ll ows your rout er to set its ti me; es pecial ly f or recordin g System Log. Parameter Description Current Time The current t ime of the sp ecifi ed t ime zo ne. Y o u can set the current tim e by yourself or confi gured b y SN TP server . Time Zone Selec t Select the ti me zone of the c ountry you are cur rently in. Th[...]

Remote Acc ess The Remote Access func tion can secure r emote host ac cess to your rout er from LAN and WAN i nterfaces for s ome servi ces provi ded by the router . These services in clu de T el net, FTP , TFTP , HT TP , SNMP and PING. Please cli ck ‘System’ menu on the left o f w eb management interface, th en cl ic k ‘Remote Management’ [...]

Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to save the s ettin gs made a nd restart the router so th e setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots. Firmwa re Upg rade This page al low s you to u pgrade the fi rmware for the rout er . Clic k “Browse” button to s ele ct the fi[...]

Configuration T ools This page al low s you to bac kup the current sett ings t o a f ile or restore the setting s from th e fi le w hi ch was saved pr eviousl y . Besid es, you c ould r eset the current conf iguration to factory defaults. Parameter Description Save Settin gs to File Click S ave button to save the ADS L router current confi guration[...]

Reboot Whenever you use the W e b conf iguration t o change system setti ngs, the changes are ini tia lly p lace d i n temporary stor age. T o save your change for future use, you have to cli ck “ Apply ” to reboot t he router . I f you have encountered prob lems during t he conf ig ur ati on, Y ou can cli ck the “OPS” button in the t op pa[...]

Diagnost ics Ping Once you have your router conf ig ured, yo u can send a ping command to t he host you sp ecif y in this page. T o use it, you m ust know the IP ad dress of t he host you are tryi ng to c ommunic ate with a nd e nter the IP a ddress i n the Host Address f ie ld. ATM Loopback In order to isol ate t he A TM interface probl ems, you c[...]

Diagnostic Test The Dia gnost ic T e st page s hows th e test res ults f or the c onnectiv ity of t he physical layer and protocol layer for both LAN an d WAN sides.[...]