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WLR -2001 300N Wir eless 3G R eady R out er (802.11 b/g/n) User Manua l Revision: 1.0[...]

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Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the WLR -2 001 Wireless Network Broadband Router . The WLR - 2001 i s compl iant with 802.11 n an d u p to 6 tim es faster than standard 802.11g based routers whi le stil l being compatib le with 80 2.11g & 802.1 1b gadg ets. The WLR -20 01 is not only a Wire less Acc ess Point, but also doubl es[...]

1 Key Features F eatures Advantages Incredi bl e Data Rate up to 300Mb ps* Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 80 2.1 1n compl iant and backwards compati bl e with 802.1 1b/g Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant device s with legacy protection USB port for 3G U SB m odem Wireless internet everywhere, even [...]

2 Package Content s Open the package caref ull y , an d ma ke s ure that no ne of t he i tems li sted below are mis si ng. D o not di scard t he packi ng material s, in cas e of r eturn; the unit must b e shi pped back i n its origi nal package. 1. WLR -2 001 Router 2. 220V~2 40V P ower A dapter 3. Quick Instal l G ui de 4. CD (User’s Manual) 5. [...]

3 Product Layout Po r t Descript ion Po w er con nector Connect the 12V DC a dapter to thi s p ort LAN ( Y el low ) Connect your PC’s or network devic es to t his p ort WAN ( Blue ) Connect your ADSL/C able mo dem to th is p ort USB Connect your 3G USB modem to this port[...]

Back label The back l abel descri bes th e IP address, l ogin detai ls, SSID, secur ity code a nd WPS button f uncti onali ty . Button Descript ion WPS BUTT ON Press 2 seco nds f or WPS mode Press 10 s econds t o reset the ro uter Press 15 Se cond s to reset the rout er to factory defaults.[...]

LED Definition From left to r ight. Port Description LAN ( Bl ue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. LAN ( Bl ue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. WiFi ( Bl ue ) Shows WiF i act ivity an d WPS. Internet ( Blu e ) Shows the int ernet connecti on i s acti ve. WAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca bl e is c onnect ed. 3G ( Blue ) Shows a 3G Dong le i s con nect[...]

4 Net w ork + System Requir ement s T o begi n usi ng t he WLR-2001, make sure you meet th e foll owi ng as mi ni mum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – M icrosoft Win dows XP/2 000/VIST A • 1 Free Ethernet port. • Wi-Fi card/USB don gle (80 2.11 b/g/n) – opti onal. • External xDS L (A DSL) or Cable m odem wi th an Ethe[...]

6 Setup LAN, W A N WA N connect ion: LAN connection:[...]

7 PC Net w ork Adapter setup Win d ows XP • Enter [Start Menu]  se lect [Control panel]  se lect [Network]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connectio n]) ic on=>sel ect [pro perties][...]

• Select [I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Propertie s]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. a. The WLR -200 1 suppo rts [DH CP] functi on, ple ase se lect both [Obtain an IP address automati call y] and [Obtai n DNS server address automati cal ly].[...]

Win d ows Vist a/Seven • Enter [Start Menu]  se lect [Control panel]  se lect [Vi ew network status and tasks] -> s elect [Manage netw ork connect ions]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connectio n]) ic on=>sel ect [pro perties][...]

• Select [I nternet Protoc ol V ersio n 4 ( T C P/IPv4)] =>Cl ick [Properti es]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. The WLR - 2001 su pports [DHCP] function , pl ease select b oth [Obtai n an IP address automati call y] and [Obtai n DNS s erver address automatical ly].[...]

8 Bringing up t he WLR-2001 Connect t he su ppl ied power- adapter to the power inlet port and connect it to a wall outlet. The WLR -200 1 automaticall y enters the self-test phase. Duri ng self-test phase, th e P ower LED wil l be li t contin uousl y to in dicate th at this product i s i n normal operation. 9 Initial Setup of the WLR-2001 LOGIN pr[...]

3. T ype user nam e and passw ord (defau lt username is a dmin the pas sword can be fo und on the bac klabe l of your router). 4. Click OK . 5. Y ou wi ll see the home pag e of the WLR-2001. The System status section al l ows y ou to mo nitor the c urrent status of y our router: the UP time, hardware informati on, s erial number as we ll as fi rmwa[...]

L A N setting s The LAN tab gives you the o pportuni ty to ch ange the IP settings of the WL R - 2001. Click <Ap ply> at the b ottom of this scree n to save any changes. IP address 192. 168.0 .1. It i s t he router’ s LAN IP addr ess (Y our LAN cl ients default gateway IP address) . IP Subnet Mask 255. 255. 255. 0 Spec ify a Sub net Mask f [...]

Lease Time Forever . In the Lease Tim e sett ing you can spec ify the time peri od that the DH CP lends an IP address to your LAN cli ents. The DHCP wil l c hange your LAN cli ent’s IP address when thi s t ime thresh ol d period is reache d. IP Ad dress Pool Y ou can sel ect a particu lar IP address range f or your DHCP server to issu e IP addr e[...]

Device S t atus View t he Broadband router’s current config uration settin gs. Devi ce Status displ ays t he confi guration settin gs you’ve c onfi gured in th e W izard / Basic Settings / Wi reless S etti ngs sect ion.[...]

Internet St atus This page di spl ays whether the WAN port is con nected t o a Cabl e/DSL or 3G connecti on. It also di spl ays the router’s WAN IP address, Su bnet M ask, and ISP Gateway as we ll as MAC address, the Pr imary DNS. Press Renew b utton to renew your WAN IP address.[...]

DHCP Cl ient S t atus DHCP This page shows all DHCP cli ents (LA N PCs) currentl y conn ected t o your network. The tabl e sh ows the assi gned IP add ress, MA C addre ss an d expiration time for ea ch DHCP lea sed cl ient . Use th e Refresh button to u pdate the availabl e informatio n. Y ou ca n check En able Static DHCP IP . It i s possib le to [...]

WLR-2001 Log View the o per atio n log of the WL R-2001 . Thi s page shows the current system log of th e B roadband router . It dis plays any e vent o ccurred after sy stem start up. At the bottom of t he page, t he system l og ca n be saved <Save> to a l ocal f ile for further p roces sing or the syst em log can be cleare d < Clear> o[...]

WLR-2001 S t atistics Shows the counters of packets se nt and rece ived o n WAN, LAN & WLAN.[...]

10 Configuration W izard Click Wizard to co nfig ure the router . The Setup w izard wil l now be displayed; check that the m odem is con nected a nd cl ick Next. Select yo ur country from t he Country l ist. Sele ct your internet provider . C lick Next. Dependi ng on t he chos en provid er , you m a y need to enter yo ur user name and password, MAC[...]

Click AP PLY to com plete t he con figuration.[...]

11 Wireless Set tings Y ou ca n set pa rameters that are used for the wire les s stations to c onnect to t his router . T he par ameters inc lude Mode, ESSID, Channel Number an d Assoc iated Client. Wireles s Function Enable or Disa ble W irel ess funct ion here. Cl ick A pply and wait for mo dule to be ready & load ed.[...]

Basic Settings Mode Allow s you to set the AP to AP , Station , Bri dge or WDS mode . Band Allow s y ou to set the AP fixed at 802.1 1b or 802.11g mode. Y o u ca n also select B+G mode to allo w 8 0211 b and 8 02.1 1g cl i ents at the s ame tim e. SSID Thi s i s the name of t he w ireles s si gnal wh ich is broadcasted. Al l the d evic es in the sa[...]

A d vanced Settings This tab al lo ws you to set the ad v anced wirel ess opti ons. The option s i ncl uded are Authenti cation T ype, Fragment Thre shold, RTS Threshold, Beacon I nterval, and Preambl e T ype. Y ou should n ot change these par ameters unle ss you k now what effect the cha nges wi ll have on the ro uter . Authentication Type Th ere [...]

Beacon Interval is the inter v al of time th at this wirel ess router broadcasts a beacon. A B eacon i s use d to s ynchronize the w ir eless network. Data R ate The “Data Rate” is t he rate that th is acces s po int use s to transmit data packets. The access poi nt w il l us e the h ighest p ossib le se lected transmi ssion rate to tran sm it [...]

Security This Acc ess Point provi des compl ete w irel ess LAN sec urity funct ion s, inc luded are WEP , I EEE 802.1 1x, IEEE 802. 11x wi th WEP , WPA w ith pre-shared key and WPA with RADI US. With the se sec urity f uncti ons, you can pre vent your w irel ess LAN from i lle gal a ccess. Pl ease make s ure your wire less station s use the same se[...]

WEP When you sel ect 64-bi t or 12 8-bit WEP key , you h av e to e nter W EP keys to encrypt data. Y ou can g enerate the key by yourself an d e nter it. Y ou can e nter four WEP keys and sel ect one of t hem as a defa ult key . Then th e router can receive any packets e ncrypted b y one of t he f our keys. Key Length Y ou can se lect the WEP key l[...]

WP A Pre-shared Ke y Wi-Fi Protecte d A ccess (WPA) is an advanced sec urity sta ndard. Y ou can us e a pre-shared key to authe nticate w irel ess st ations a nd en crypt d ata during communicati on. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encrypti on key frequentl y . So the encrypt ion key is not easy to be cracked by hackers. This i s the best [...]

A CL This wirel ess ro uter supports MAC Address Control, which prevents un authorized cli ents from ac cessin g your wire less network. Enable wireless access c ontrol Enabl es the w irel ess access control functio n Adding an address into th e list Enter th e "MA C Address" and "Comment" o f the w ire less statio n t o be a dd[...]

WPS Wi-Fi Protect ed Setup (WPS) i s th e s imp lest way to esta blis h a connecti on between t he w irele ss c l ients a nd t he wire less router . You don’ t have to sel ect the encryptio n mo de and f ill in a long encrypti on passphrase every t ime when you try to setup a wir eless connectio n. Y ou only need to pre ss a button on both w irel[...]

WPS Current Status If the wi rel ess secur ity (encrypt ion) fun ction of this wirel ess router is properly set , you’l l see a ‘Config ured’ mes sage here. Otherwise, you’ll se e ‘UnConf igured ’ . Self Pin Code This i s the WPS PIN cod e of the wirel ess ro uter . Y o u may need this informatio n whe n connecti ng t o other WPS-enab l[...]

12 Firewall Settings The Broadba nd ro uter pr ovides exten sive f irewal l protecti on b y restrict i ng connecti on parame ters, thus lim iti ng the ri sk of hacker attac ks, and defendi ng against a wid e arr ay of common Internet atta cks. Howe ver , for appl icatio ns that require unrestricted acce ss to t he Intern et, you can c onfi gure a s[...]

DMZ If you have a cl ie nt P C that cannot ru n a n Internet ap plicat ion (e.g. Games) properly from beh ind the NA T fire wall, t hen you can open up the f irewal l restricti ons to unrestricted tw o-w ay Internet access by defi ning a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows y ou to re -d irect all p ac k ets g oi ng to your WAN port IP address to a pa[...]

Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router's firewall can block common hacker attacks, incl udi ng Denial of Servi ce, Pi ng of D eath, Po rt Scan and Sync Flood. If Inter net attacks occur the router ca n l og the e vents. Ping of Death Protections from P in g of Death attack Discard Ping From WAN The router’ s WAN port wi l l not res pon[...]

A c cess Y ou can restrict users fr om accessin g certain Internet appl icati ons/ser vices (e.g. Internet web sites, email , FTP et c.). A ccess Control all ows users t o def ine the traffic typ e permi tted i n your LAN. Y ou can control wh ich PC cl ient can hav e access to th ese servi ces. Deny If you sel ect “De ny” then al l cl ients wi [...]

Filter client PC by MAC Check “ Enable MAC Fi lteri ng” to ena bl e MAC Filter ing. Add PC Fil l i n “C lient PC MAC Address ” an d “C omment” of th e PC that i s a ll owed to acces s the Inter net, an d the n cl ick “ Ad d” . If y o u f ind any typo b efore a ddin g it and want to retype a gain, j ust cl ick "R eset" and [...]

URL block Y ou can block access to some W e b sit es from particular PCs by ent ering a ful l URL address or just keywords of th e W eb si te. Enable URL Blocki ng E nable/di sabl e URL Bl ocki ng. Add U RL Keyword Fil l in “URL/Keyword” and then c lic k “ Ad d” . Y ou can enter the full URL address or th e keyword of the we b sit e you wan[...]

13 Advanced Sett ings Network A ddress T ransl ation (NA T) al lows mu lti ple us ers at your local si te to access the I nternet through a s i ngle Publ ic IP Address o r multipl e Public IP Addresses. NA T p rovi des Firewal l pro tecti on f rom hacker attacks an d has the flexi bi lity to allow you to map Pri v ate IP Ad dresses to Pub lic IP Ad[...]

Port Range The range of p orts to b e forward to the private IP . Comment descri ption o f this setti ng. Add Port Forwarding Fill i n th e "Private IP", “T ype” , “Port Range” and "Comment" of t he setting to be added and then click "Add". Then this P ort Fo r warding s etting w il l b e added into t he "[...]

Virtual S erver Use the Virtual Server functi on when you want dif ferent servers/cl ients in your LAN to han dle dif ferent service/Internet appl ic ation type (e. g. Email, FTP , W eb server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers call ed port numbers to recognize a parti cular s ervice/Internet applicati on ty pe. The Virtu al S erver all[...]

(service/Internet appl icatio n) port number from the Internet that wil l be re- directed t o the a bove Private IP address h ost i n your LAN. Comment The descri ption of thi s sett ing. Add Virtual Server Fi ll i n the "Pr ivate IP", "P riv ate P ort", "T ype" , “Pub li c P ort” and "Comment" of the s e[...]

Special A ppl ications Some applicati ons r equire multi ple c onnection s, su ch as Internet games, v id eo Conferencin g, Internet telephony and o thers . In this secti on y o u ca n configure the router to s upport m ultip le c onnecti ons for t hese types o f appl icat ions. Enable T rigger Port Enable the Sp ecial Appl icat ion f unction. Trig[...]

select ion. O nce you have select ed an ap plicat ion, select a l ocation (1 -10) in the Copy t o sel ectio n box and then cl ick the C opy to button. Thi s w il l a utomatica lly list the Publ ic Ports required for this pop ular ap pl ication in the locati on (1-10) you specif ie d. Add Special App lication Fil l i n the "T ri gger P ort"[...]

A L G Y ou can select ap plicat ions t hat need “ Ap pl ication Layer Gateway ” sup port. Enable select enabl e “ A ppli cation Layer Gatew ay” , then the router wil l let the selected appl icati on correctl y pass throu gh t he NA T gateway .[...]

UPNP With UP nP , al l PCs in you I ntran et wi l l disc over this router automatical ly , so you don’t have to c onf igure your PC and it can easi ly acc ess the Internet through th is router . UPnP F eature Y ou c an enable or Disable the UPnP f eature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, a ll c lient system s that supp ort UPnP , l ike W i[...]

QoS QoS can let you class ify Int ernet appli catio n traffic by source/desti nation IP address an d port numb er . Y o u can ass ign priori ty for each type o f appl icati on and reserve bandwi dth f or it. T he p ackets of appl icat ions w ith hi gher priority wi ll always go fi rst. L ower pri ority appl icat ions wil l get bandwi dth aft er hi [...]

Edit a QoS r ul e Select the rul e you w ant to edit and c li ck “E dit ” , then enter the detail form of th e Q oS rule . Cli ck “ Apply ” after editi ng the form and t he ru le w ill be saved. Adjust QoS rule pri ority Y o u can se lect t he rul e and cl ick “Move Up” t o make its priority hi gher . Y o u als o can sel ect the r ule a[...]

14 T O OLBOX Setti ngs Password change opt ions Y ou ca n c hange the pas sword requi red to l og in to th e broadband router 's system web-based management. By default, the pa ssword is: admin. P asswords can contain 0 to 12 alphan umeric c hara cters, a nd are case se nsit ive. Current Password Fill in the current password t o al low changi [...]

T ime Zone The Time Zone a llows your router to ba se its time on the setti ngs config ured here, whi ch w ill aff ect funct ions such as Lo g e ntries and Firewall settin gs. Set Time Zone S elect the time zone of t he country you are curren tly i n. T he router wil l set its t ime based o n your sel ectio n. Time Server Address Y ou can set a n N[...]

Remote Managem ent The remo te management function all ows y ou to des ig nate a h ost in th e Internet the ability to confi gure the Broadband router from a remote site. Enter the desi gnated h ost IP Ad dress in the Host IP Addre ss fi el d. Host Address Thi s is the IP ad dress of the host i n the Internet that wi ll have management/conf igurati[...]

Firmware Upgrade This page al lows you to u pgrad e th e router ’ s f irmware. Firmware Upgrade This tool allows yo u to upgrade the Broadband router’ s system f irmware. T o u pgrade the f irmware of your Broadban d router , you need to downloa d the firmware file to your local hard disk, a nd enter that f ile name and path in the appropriat e[...]

Backup Settings The Backup screen all ows you to save (Backup) the router’s curre nt config uration settings. Wh en you save the c onfi guration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved c onfi guration i nto the router throug h the Restore select ion. If extreme problems occur you ca n use th e Restore to F act ory Defa ults select ion, thi s w[...]

Reset Y ou can res et th e router ’ s system s hould any probl em exist. The reset functi on essentia ll y re-boots your router’ s syst em. Click < Ap ply > at the b ottom of the s creen to save the above conf ig ur ations .[...]

DDNS DDNS allow s you t o map t he static domai n name to a dynami c IP ad dress. Y ou must get an ac count, password an d your static domain nam e from the DDNS service providers. This router s upports D ynDNS, TZO and other c ommon DDNS service pr oviders. Enable/Disable Enable or di sable th e DDNS f unctio n of t his router . Provider Select a [...]

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