SMC Networks SMCWBR14S-N4 manual

Barricade TM N 150 Mbps 4- P ort Wire les s Br o adband R out er SMCWBR14S -N4 USER GUIDE[...]

20 Mason Irvine, CA 92618 Barricade TM SMCWBR14S-N4 User Guide September 2009 Pub. # 149100000034W E092009-CS-R01[...]

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– 4 – W ARRAN TY AND P R O DUCT R EGISTRAT ION T o register SMC products and to review the detailed warr anty s tatement, please refer to the Sup port Section of the SMC W ebsite at htt p:// www .smc.com.[...]

– 5 – C OMPLIANCES F EDERAL C OMMUNICA TION C OMMISSION I NTERFE RENCE S TATE MENT This equipment has been tested and foun d to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designe d to provide re asonable prote ction against harmf ul interferenc e in a re sidential i nstallation. [...]

C OMPLIANCES – 6 – IC S TATEMENT This Class B digital appar atus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Oper ation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause inter ference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including in terference that may cause und esired oper ation of the devi ce. Cet appareil numériq[...]

C OMPLIANCES – 7 – This device is intended for us e in the following Eur opean Community and EFT A countries : N OTE : The user must use the configuration utility provided with this product to ensure the ch annels of ope ra tion are in conf ormance wi th the spectru m usage rules for European Commu nity countrie s as described below . ◆ This [...]

C OMPLIANCES – 8 – German Deutsch Hiermit erklärt Manufacturer, dass sich dieser/diese/dieses Radio LAN device in Übereinstimmung mit den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den anderen relevanten Vorschriften der Richtlinie 1999/5/EG befindet". (BMWi) Hiermit erklärt Manufact urer die Übereinstimmung des Gerät es Radio LAN device mit den[...]

C OMPLIANCES – 9 –[...]

– 10 – A BOUT T HIS G UIDE P URPOSE This guide gives specific information on how to inst all the Wireless Broadband R outer and its physical and perfo rmance related char acteristics. It also gives information on how to operate and use the management functions of the Wireless Broad band R outer . A UDIENCE This guide is for us ers wit h a basi [...]

– 11 – C ONTEN TS W ARRANTY AND P RODUCT R EGISTRA TION 4 C OMPLIANCES 5 A BOUT T HIS G UIDE 10 C ONTENTS 11 F IGURES 16 T ABLES 19 S ECTION I G ETTING S TARTED 20 1I NTRODUCTION 21 Key H ardware F eatures 21 Description of Capabilit ies 21 Applications 22 Package Conte nts 23 Hardware Desc ription 23 LED Indicators 25 Ethe rnet WAN Por t 26 Et[...]

C ONTENTS – 12 – Location Sele ction 33 Moun ting on a Wal l 34 Mounting on a H orizontal Sur face 35 Gateway Mode Connections 35 Bridge Mode Conne ctions 36 4I NITIAL C ONFIGURAT ION 38 ISP Settings 38 Connectin g to the Login Page 38 Home Page and Main Menu 39 Common Web Page Buttons 40 Setup Wizard 40 Step 1 - Language Selectio n 40 Step 2 -[...]

C ONTENTS – 13 – Dynamic Route 65 7W IRELESS C ONFIGURATION 67 Basic Settings 67 WLAN Security 69 Wired Equivale nt Privacy (WEP ) 70 WPA Pre-Shared Key 71 WPA Enterpri se Mode 72 IEEE 802.1X an d RADIUS 74 Advanced Settings 76 Wireless Ne twork 76 HT Physical Mode Settings 77 Advanced Wireless 79 Wi-Fi Multimedia 81 Multicast-to-Uni cast Conve[...]

C ONTENTS – 14 – System Log 108 S ECTION III A PPENDICES 110 AT ROUBLESHOOTING 111 Diagnosi ng LED Indicators 111 If You Cannot C onnect to the Internet 111 Before Co ntacting T echnical Supp ort 111 BH ARDWARE S PECIFIC ATION S 114 CC ABLES AND P INOUT S 116 Twisted-Pair Cable Assignments 116 10/100BASE-TX Pin As signments 117 Strai ght- Thr o[...]

C ONTENTS – 15 –[...]

– 16 – F IGURES Figure 1: Top Panel 24 Figure 2: Rear Panel 25 Figure 3: LEDs 25 Figure 4: Operating as an Intern et Gateway Router 30 Figure 5: Operating as an Acce ss Point 31 Figure 6: Operating as a Wirel ess Bridge 31 Figure 7: Operating as a Wirel ess Repeater 32 Figure 8: Wall Mounting 34 Figure 9: Gateway Mode Connection 35 Figure 10: B[...]

F IGU RES – 17 – Figure 32: Security Mode - WPA-PSK 71 Figure 33: Security Mode - WPA 73 Figure 34: Security Mode - 802.1X 75 Figure 35: Advanced Settings — Wireles s Network 76 Figure 36: HT Physical Mode Settings 77 Figure 37: Advanced Wireless Settings 79 Figure 38: Wi-Fi Multimedia Settings 81 Fig ure 39 : W MM Co nfig ur atio n 82 Figure[...]

F IGURES – 18 –[...]

– 19 – T AB LES Table 1: Key Hardware Featur es 21 Table 2: LED Behavior 26 Tabl e 3: WMM A ccess Cat egori es 81 Table 4: LED Indicators 111 Table 5: 10/100BASE-TX MDI and MDI-X Port Pinouts 117[...]

– 20 – S ECTION I G ETTING S TAR TED This section pro vides an overvie w of the Wireless Broadband Ro uter , and describes how to install and mount the unit. It also descri bes the basic settings requ ired to access the managemen t interface and run the set up Wizard. This se ction includ es these ch apters: ◆ “Introduction” on page 21 ?[...]

– 21 – 1 I NTR O DUCTIO N The Barricade Wireless Broadband Router (SMCWBR14S-N4) supports routing from an Inte rnet Service Pro v ider (ISP) connectio n (DSL or cable modem) to a local network. It is si mple to conf igure and can be up and running in minu tes. K EY H ARD WARE F EATURES The fol lowing tabl e describes the main hardwa re features[...]

C HAPTER 1 | Intro ducti on Descr iption of C apabil ities – 22 – ◆ Easy setup through a W eb browser on an y operating sys tem that support s TCP/IP . ◆ Compatible with all popular Internet applications. In additi on, the G atewa y R outer of fers full network management capabilities through an easy -to-config ure web i nterface. A PPLICAT[...]

C HAPTER 1 | Introdu ction Pack age C ont ents – 23 – ◆ Point-to-Point Tunne ling Protocol — Pr ovides a se cure tu nnel fo r remote cl ient access to a PPTP se curity gateway . PPT P includes provisions for call origination and flow control req uired by ISPs. P AC KAGE C ONTENT S The Barric ade Wirel ess Broadb and Rou ter package inc lude[...]

C HAPTER 1 | Intro ducti on Hardware Description – 24 – Figu re 1 : T op Pa nel LED Indicat ors[...]

C HAPTER 1 | Introdu ction Hardware Description – 25 – Figure 2: Rear Pane l LED I NDICATOR S The Wireles s Broadband R outer include s seven stat us LED indicators, as described in the following figure and tabl e. Figu re 3 : L EDs RJ-45 WAN Po rt RJ-45 LAN Ports Reset Bu tton DC Po we r Socket WPS Butt on LAN 1~4 WLAN Power WAN WPS[...]

C HAPTER 1 | Intro ducti on Hardware Description – 26 – E THERNET WA N P OR T A 100BASE- TX RJ-45 port that can be attached to an Internet access devi ce, su ch as a DSL or Cable m odem . E THERNET LAN P OR TS The Wireless Broadband R outer has four 100BASE - TX RJ-45 ports that can be attached directly to 10BASE- T/100BASE- TX LAN segments. Th[...]

C HAPTER 1 | Introdu ction Hardware Description – 27 – R ESET B UTTON This but ton is use d to resto re the facto ry default co nfigur ation. If y ou hold down the button for 5 seconds or more, any con figuratio n changes you may have made are removed, and the factor y default configur ation is restored to th e Gateway R outer . WPS B UTTON Pre[...]

C HAPTER 1 | Intro ducti on Hardware Description – 28 –[...]

– 29 – 2 N ETW ORK P LANNIN G The Wireles s Broadband R outer is design ed to be v ery fl exible in i ts deployment o ptions. It can be used as an Internet gate way for a small network, or as an access point to exte nd an existing wire d network to support wireless us ers. It also supports u se as a wireless bridg e to connect up to four wir ed[...]

C HAPTER 2 | Network Pla nning LAN Access Point – 30 – Figure 4: Operating as an Internet Gateway Router The priv ate local network, connecte d to the LAN por t or wireless i nterface, provid es a Dy namic Host Conf igurat ion Pr otoc ol ( DHCP) server for allocating IP addresses to l ocal PCs and wir eless clients, an d Network Address T r ans[...]

C HAPTER 2 | Netw ork Planning Wireless Bridge – 31 – Figure 5: Operating as an Access Point W IRELESS B RIDGE The IEEE 802.11 standard defines a Wireless Distribution S ystem (WDS) for bridge connec tions between acces s points. The Wireles s Broadband R outer can use WDS to forw ard traffi c on link s between un its. Up to four WDS links can [...]

C HAPTER 2 | Network Pla nning Wireless Bridge – 32 – Figure 7: Operating as a Wireless Repeater Cable/DSL Modem Gateway Router (Bridge Mode) WDS Link Internet Service Provider Notebook PC Gateway Router (Gateway Mode) Notebook PC[...]

– 33 – 3 I NSTALLING THE G ATE WA Y R OUTER The Wirel ess Broadband R outer has two b asic oper ating modes th at can be set through the web-based management inte rface. F or information on setting the mode su itable for your network en vironment. See “Oper ation Mode” on page 54 . ◆ Gateway Mode — A gate w ay mode that connects a wired[...]

C HAPTER 3 | Install ing th e Gatewa y Rou ter Moun ting on a Wall – 34 – M OUNTING ON A W ALL The Wire less Broadband R outer should be mounted only to a w all or wood surface that is at least 1/2-inc h plywood or its equiv alent. T o mount the unit on a w all, alwa ys use its w all-mounti ng brack e t. The unit must be mounted with the RJ- 45[...]

C HAPTER 3 | I nstall ing the Gateway Rou ter Mounting on a H orizontal Surface – 35 – M OUNTING ON A H ORIZON TAL S URFA CE T o keep the Wireless Broadband R outer from sliding on the surface, the Wireless Broadband R outer has four rubber f eet on the bottom of the unit. It is recomme nded to sel ect an unclutt ered area on a stu rdy surf ace[...]

C HAPTER 3 | Install ing th e Gatewa y Rou ter Bridge Mode C onnect ions – 36 – C AUTION : Use ONL Y the power adapter suppli ed with the Wireless Broadband R outer . Otherwise, th e product may be damaged. When you power o n the Wireless Broadband R outer , verify that th e P ower LED turns on and th at the other LED indicators start functioni[...]

C HAPTER 3 | I nstall ing the Gateway Rou ter Bridge M ode C onnecti ons – 37 – 1. Using Ethe rnet cable connect t he Wirele ss Broadband R oute r’s L AN and WAN ports to PCs or a LA N switch . 2. P ower on the Wireless Broadband R outer by connecti ng the AC power adapter and plugging it int o a power source. C AUTION : Use ONL Y the power a[...]

– 38 – 4 I NITIAL C ONFI GURATI ON The Wireless Broadband R outer offers a user -friendly web-based management inter face for the co nfiguratio n of all the unit’ s features. Any PC directly attached to the uni t can access the management interface usin g a web browser , such as Internet Explor er (versi on 6.0 or above). ISP S ETTINGS If you[...]

C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Home Page and Main Menu – 39 – Figu re 1 1: L ogin Pag e H OME P AG E AN D M AIN M ENU After loggi ng in to the web interface , the Home page displays. The Home page shows the main me nu and the method to access the Setup Wizard. Figure 12: Home Page[...]

C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Comm on Web Pa ge Buttons – 40 – C OMMON W EB P AG E B U TTONS The list below des cribes the common buttons found on most web management page s: ◆ Apply – Applies the new parameter s and saves them to memo ry . Also displays a screen to inform yo u when it has taken affect. Clicking ‘ Apply’ return[...]

C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Setup Wizard – 41 – S TEP 2 - SNTP S ETT INGS The Step 2 page of the Wizard configu res time zone and SNTP settings. Select a time zo ne according to where the device is oper ated. Click Next after completin g the setup. Figure 14: Wiz ard St ep 2 - Time and S NTP Sett ings The following items ar e display e[...]

C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Setup Wiz ard – 42 – S TEP 3 - W A N S ETT INGS - DHCP The Step 3 page of the Wi zard specif ies the Internet connection paramet ers for the Wireless Broadband R outer’ s WAN por t. Click Next after completing the setup . By default, th e access point WAN port is configu red with DHCP e nabled. The optio[...]

C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Setup Wizard – 43 – N OTE : If you are unsure of the PC MAC address originally registe red by your ISP , call you r ISP and request to register a ne w MAC a ddress for your account. R egister the default MAC address of the Wireless Broadband Rou t e r . S TEP 3 - W A N S ET TING S - S TATIC IP Configu res a [...]

C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Setup Wiz ard – 44 – ◆ MAC Cl one — Some ISPs limit Internet conne ctions to a specifi ed MAC address. This setti ng allows you to manually change th e MAC address of the Wireless Broadband R outer's WAN interface to matc h the PC's MAC address prov ided to your ISP for registr ation. Y ou ca[...]

C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Setup Wizard – 45 – address to the Wirel ess Broadband R outer , then click the “Clon e your PC’ s MAC Address” (Default: Dis able) S TEP 3 - W A N S ETTINGS - PPTP Enables the P oint -to-P oint T unneling Protocol (PPTP) for implementing virtual priv ate networ ks. The service is provided in many Eur [...]

C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Setup Wiz ard – 46 – ◆ Operat ion Mode — Enables and c onfigures the k eep alive time . ◆ Primary DNS Ser ver — The IP address of the Primary Domain Name Server . A DNS maps numerical IP addresses to domain names and can be used to identify network hosts by familiar name s instead of the IP address[...]

C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Setup Wizard – 47 – ◆ Broadcast Network Name (SSID) — By default, the Wi reless Broadband R outer alwa ys broadcasts the SSID in its beacon signal. Disa bling the S SID b roadc ast in crease s se curit y of the net work b ecau se wireless clients need to already know the SSID before atte mpting to connec[...]

C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Setup Wiz ard – 48 –[...]

– 49 – S ECTION II W EB C ONFIGURATION This secti on provides details on configuring the Wirele ss Broadband R outer using the web bro wser interface . This se ction includ es these ch apters: ◆ “Oper ation Mode” on page 51 ◆ “Interne t Settings” on pag e 55 ◆ “Wireless Config uration” on page 67 ◆ “Firewall Configu ration[...]

S ECTION | Web Con figu ration – 50 –[...]

– 51 – 5 O PERATION M OD E The Wireless Broadband R outer offers a user -friendly web-based management inter face for the co nfiguratio n of all the unit’ s features. Any PC directly attached to the uni t can access the management interface usin g a web browser , such as Internet Explor er (versi on 6.0 or above). The following sectio ns are [...]

C HAPTER 5 | Operat ion Mode Loggin g In – 52 – L OGGI NG I N It is recommended to make ini tial configuratio n changes by connecting a PC directly to one of the Wireless Broadband R outer's L AN ports. The Wireless Broadband R outer has a default IP addre ss of 192.168.2.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. If your PC is set to “Obtain[...]

C HAPTER 5 | Oper ation Mode Logg ing In – 53 – The home page di splays the main menu items at th e top of the s creen and the Setup Wizard. Se e “Se tup Wi zard ” on pa ge 40. Figure 21: Home Page N OTE : The display ed pages and settings may diff er depending on whet her the unit is in Gate way or Bri dge Mode. See “Operatio n Mode” o[...]

C HAPTER 5 | Operat ion Mode Operation Mode – 54 – O PERATION M OD E The Oper ation Mode Confi guratio n page allows you to set up the mode suitable fo r your network en vironm ent. Figure 22: Operation Mode (Gateway) ◆ Bridge Mode — An access point mode that extends a wired LAN to wireless clie nts. ◆ Gatew ay M ode — Normal gateway mo[...]

– 55 – 6 I NTERNET S ETTINGS The Internet Sett ings pages allow you to manage bas ic system configur ation settings . It includes the following sections: ◆ “W AN Setting” on page 55 ■ “DHCP” on page 55 ■ “Static IP” on page 57 ■ “PPPoE” on page 58 ■ “PPTP” on page 59 ◆ “LAN Setting” on page 61 ◆ “ Advance[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs WAN Setting – 56 – Fig ure 23: DHCP Conf igura tion The following items ar e display ed on t his page: ◆ Hostname (Optional) — The hostname of the DH CP client. ◆ Primary DNS Ser ver — The IP address of the Primary Domain Name Server . A DNS maps numerical IP addresses to domain names and can be used to [...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings WAN Setting – 57 – S TATIC IP Conf igures a s tatic IP for th e WAN port. Figure 24: St atic IP C onfigur atio n ◆ IP Addre ss — The IP address of the Wireless Broadband R outer . V alid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers, 0 to 255, separate d by periods. ◆ Subnet Mask — The mask that identifies[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs WAN Setting – 58 – provi ded. Otherwis e, conne ct only the PC with the regis tered MAC address to the Wirel ess Broadband R outer , then click the “Clon e your PC’ s MAC Address” (Default: Dis able) PPP O E Enables the Wireless Broadband Ro uter IP address to be assigned automatically from an Inter net se[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings WAN Setting – 59 – ■ On Demand Mode : Th e maximum length of inactive time the uni t will stay conn ected to the DSL service pro vider before disconnec ting. (Default: 5 minutes) ◆ MAC Cl one — Some ISPs limit Internet conne ctions to a specifi ed MAC address of one PC. T his setting allows yo u to manually[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs WAN Setting – 60 – ◆ Password — Sets a PPTP password for the W AN port. (Default: pptp_password; R ange: 1~32 char acters) ◆ Verify P assw ord — Prompts y ou to re-en ter your chosen passwor d. ◆ Addre ss Mode — Sets a PPT P network mode. (Default: Static) ◆ IP Addre ss — Sets the static IP addre[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings LAN Settin g – 61 – LAN S ETTING The Wir eless Bro adband Router must have a valid IP address fo r management usin g a web browser and to support other features. The unit has a default IP address of 192.168.2.1. Y ou can use this IP address or assign another address that is compatible with you r existing local ne[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs LAN S ett ing – 62 – ◆ MAC Addr ess — The sh ared phys ical layer a ddress for th e Wirel ess Broadband R outer’s LAN ports. ◆ DHCP Server — Enable this feature to assign IP settings to wired and wirele ss clients co nnected to the Gatew ay R outer . The IP addres s, subnet mask, default gatew ay , and[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings Advanced Rou ting – 63 – ◆ DNS Proxy — Enab les DNS proxy on the LAN po rt. DNS Proxy receives DNS queries from the local ne twork and forwar ds them to an Internet DNS se rver . (Def ault : En able ) A DV ANCED R OUTING Ro uting setup allows a manual method to set up ro uting between networks. The network ad[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs Advanced Routing – 64 – ◆ Destination — A destination network or specific host to which pack ets can be route d. ◆ Type — Defines the typ e of destination. (Options: Host/ Net, Default: Host) ◆ Gatew ay — The IP address of the ro uter at the next hop to which matching fr ames are forwar ded. ◆ Inte[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings Advanced Rou ting – 65 – ◆ Use — Count of lookups for th e route. ◆ Interfa ce — Interface to which packets for this route will be sent . ◆ Comment — Displays a useful c omment to identify the routing rul es. D YNAMIC R OUTE ◆ The Wireless Broadband R outer suppor ts RIP 1 and RIP 2 dy namic routing[...]

C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs Advanced Routing – 66 –[...]

– 67 – 7 W IRELESS C ONFI GURA TION The wi reless settin gs sec tion di splays c onfigu ration sett ings fo r the access point functio nality of the Wireless Broadban d Rout er . It includes the following sections: ◆ “Basic Settings” on page 67 ◆ “WLAN Secu rity” on page 69 ◆ “ Advanced Settin gs” on page 76 ◆ “Wireless Di[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Basic Settings – 68 – Figure 29: Basic Setting s The following items ar e display ed on t his page: ◆ Network N ame (SSID) — The name of the wir eless net work serv ice provided by the Wire less Broadband R outer . Clients that want to connect to the network must set their SSID to the same as that of [...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration WLAN Security – 69 – ◆ Access Policy — The Wi reles s Bro adba nd Router provi des a MAC address filte ring facility . The acc ess policy can be set to allow or reject spec ific statio n MAC addr esse s. This f eatur e can be use d to conne ct known wireless de vices that may no t be able t o support th[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion WLAN Security – 70 – ◆ WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK_WPA2-PSK — See “WPA Pr e- Shared K e y” on page 71 ◆ WPA, WPA2, WPA1_WPA2 — See “WPA Enter prise Mode” on page 72 ◆ 802.1X — See “IEEE 802.1X and RADIUS” on page 74 W IRED E QUIV ALENT P RIV ACY ( WEP) WEP pro vide s a basic level o[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration WLAN Security – 71 – ◆ Default K ey — Selects th e WEP key number to use for au thentication or data encrypt ion. If wirel ess clie nts have all four WE P keys conf igured to the same v alues, you can change the encryption key to an y of the settings wit hout having to update the cl ient k eys. (Default[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion WLAN Security – 72 – ◆ WPA Algorithms — Selects the data encryption type to use. (Def ault is determin ed by the Security Mode selected.) ■ TKIP — Uses T emporal K ey Integrity Pr otocol (TKIP) k eys for encryption. WP A specifies TKIP as the data encryption method to replace WEP . TKIP avoids the[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration WLAN Security – 73 – Figure 33: Secu rity Mode - WPA Security Mod e — Configures the WP A and WPA2 s ecurity modes used by clients. When using WPA o r WPA2, be sure the re is a RADIUS server in the connected wir ed network, and that the RADIUS settings are configure d. See “IEEE 802.1X and RADIUS” on [...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion WLAN Security – 74 – bit key . Use of AES-CCMP encryption is specified as a standard requirement for WP A2. Before impleme nting WPA2 in the networ k, be sure client de vices are upgr aded to WPA 2-compliant hardw are. ■ TKIP/AES — Us es eith er TKIP o r AES keys for enc ryption. WP A and WP A2 mixed [...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration WLAN Security – 75 – Figure 34: Security Mod e - 802.1X Security Mod e — Configures the 802.1X security mode used by client s. When using 802.1X, either with WPA/WPA2 or on its own, be sure th ere is a configur ed RADIUS serve r in the connec ted wired networ k. (Def au lt: D is abl e) 802.1X WEP : Select[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Advanced Se tting s – 76 – A DV ANCED S E TTINGS The Adv anced Settings page includes additional paramet ers conc erning the wireless network, including HT Physical Mode, and Wi-Fi Multimedia settings. N OTE : There are sev eral v ariables to consider when selec ting a radio mode that make it fully functi[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Advanced S ettings – 77 – ■ 11g only : Both 802.11g and 802.11n clients will be able to communicate with the Wireless Broadband R outer , but the 802.11n clients will be limite d to 802.11g pr otocols an d data tr ansmission rate s (up to 54 Mbps). Any 802.11b clients will not be able to communicate with [...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Advanced Se tting s – 78 – The following items ar e display ed in this section on this page: ◆ HT Chan nel Bandw idth — The W irel ess Broadband Ro uter provides a channel bandwidt h of 40 MHz by default giving an 802.11g conn ection speed of 108 Mbps (sometimes re ferred to as T u rbo Mode) and a 802[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Advanced S ettings – 79 – A D V ANCED W IREL ESS The Adv anced Wirele ss sect ion on the Wirel ess Set tings A dvanc ed page includes additio nal radio par ameters. Figure 37 : Ad vanc ed W irele ss Se tting s The following items ar e display ed in this section on this page: ◆ BG Protection Mode — Enabl[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Advanced Se tting s – 80 – and forwar d them af ter eve ry beacon. Using s maller D TIM interv als delivers bro adcast/multicast fr ames in a more timely manner , causing stations in P ower Save mod e to wa ke up more o ften and drain powe r faster . Using higher D TIM values redu ces the power us ed by s[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Advanced S ettings – 81 – ◆ Pac ket Agg regate — A perfor mance enhancement that combines data packets together when the feature is sup ported by compatible clients . (Default: Enabl ed) W I -F I M ULTIMEDIA The Wireless Bro adband R outer imple ments Quali ty of Service (Q oS) using the Wi-Fi Multimedi[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Advanced Se tting s – 82 – The following items ar e display ed in this section on this page: ◆ WMM — Sets the WMM operat ional mode on the access point. When enabled, the QoS capabi lities are advertis ed to WMM-enabled clients in the network. WMM must be supporte d on any device trying to associated [...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Advanced S ettings – 83 – the CWMin v alue. Specify the CWMin value in th e range 0-15 microseconds. Note that the CWMin value must be equal or les s than the CWMax value. ◆ CWMax (Maximum Contention Window) — The maximum upper limit of the ran dom backoff wait time before wireless medium ac cess can be[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Wireless Distribution System (WDS) – 84 – W IRELESS D ISTRIB UTION S YSTEM (WDS) The radi o interface can be configured to operate in a mod e that allows it to forward traffic dire ctly to oth er Wire less Gateway Router unit s. This feat ure can be used to extend the ra nge of the wire less network to re[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Wireless Distribution Syste m (WDS) – 85 – Fig ure 42 : WD S Conf igura tion Examp le A WDS link between two units can be configure d in any of the following Oper ation Mode combination s: 1. Both units in a link are co nfigured as Gatew ay Mode. 2. One unit in a link is configured in Gate way Mode and the [...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Wireless Distribution System (WDS) – 86 – Fig ure 43: WDS Config uratio n The WDS settings configur e WDS related par ameters. Up to four MAC addresses ca n be specified for each unit in the WDS network. WDS links may either be manually configur ed (Bridge and R epeater modes) or auto- discove red (Lazy m[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Wireless Distribution Syste m (WDS) – 87 – ◆ WDS Mode — Selects the WDS mode of the S SID . (Options: Disable, Lazy , Bridge, Repeater . Defau lt: Disable) ■ Disable : WDS is disabled. ■ Lazy : Operates in an automatic mode that detects and le arns WDS peer addres ses from receiv ed WDS packets, wi [...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Wi-F i Protec ted Setu p (WPS) – 88 – W I -F I P RO T E C T E D S ETUP (WPS) Wi-Fi Protected Setu p (WPS) is designed to ease ins tallation and activ ation of secu rity features in wi reless netw orks. W PS ha s two basic mode s of oper ation, Push-butto n Configur ation (PBC) and P ersonal Identification[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) – 89 – Fig ure 45: WPS Config urati on WPS Summary — Provides detail ed WPS statistical informati on. ◆ WPS Current Status — Dis plays if there is currently any WPS traffic connecting to the Wireless Broadband R o uter . (Options: Start WSC Proces s; Idle) ◆ WPS Confi gur[...]

C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Station List – 90 – WPS Config — Configure s WPS settings for the Wireles s Broadband Rou t e r . ◆ WPS Mode — Selects between methods of broadcasting th e WPS beacon to network cl ients wa nting to join the ne twork: ■ PIN : The Wireless Broa dband Rou ter , along with other WPS device s, such as[...]

– 91 – 8 F IRE WALL C ONFI GURATI ON The Wir eless Bro adban d Router provides extensive f irewall protect ion by restrictin g connection par ameters to limit the risk of intrusion and defending against a wide arra y of common hacker attacks. Firewall Con figur ation contains the following s ections: ◆ “MAC/IP/Port Filtering” on page 91 ?[...]

C HAPTER 8 | Fire wall C onf igurat ion MAC/IP/Port Fil terin g – 92 – Figur e 47: MAC/ IP/Port Filtering ◆ MAC/IP/Port Fi ltering — Enables or disable s MAC/IP/Port Filter ing. (Default: Disable) ◆ Default Policy — When MAC/IP/Po rt Filtering is enabled, the de fault policy will be enabled. If you set the default pol icy to “Dropped?[...]

C HAPTER 8 | Firew all Co nfiguratio n MAC/IP /Port Filteri ng – 93 – ◆ Source IP Add ress — Specifies the sour ce IP address to block or allo w traffic from. ◆ Protocol — Specifies the des tination port type, T CP , UDP or ICMP . (Default: None) . ◆ Desti natio n Por t Ra nge — Specifies the r ange of destinatio n port to block tr [...]

C HAPTER 8 | Fire wall C onf igurat ion Virtual Server Settings (Port Forw arding) – 94 – V IRTU AL S ER VER S ETTINGS (P OR T F ORWARD ING ) Virtu al S erver (som etim es re ferr ed t o as Port Forward ing) i s th e ac t of forwarding a network port from on e network node to another . This technique can allow an external user to reach a port o[...]

C HAPTER 8 | Firew all Co nfiguratio n DMZ – 95 – C URRENT V IR TUAL S ERVER S IN SYSTEM The Current P ort F orwardi ng T able displays the entr ies that are allowed to forwar d packets through the Wireless Bro adband Rou ter’s f irewall. ◆ No. — The table entry number . ◆ IP Addre ss — Displays an IP address on the local network to a[...]

C HAPTER 8 | Fire wall C onf igurat ion System Security – 96 – S YSTEM S EC URITY The Wireless Broadband R outer include s the facility to manage it from a remo te loca tion. Th e unit can al so be sent a ping mes sage from a remo te location. Figure 5 0: Sy stem Secu rity ◆ Remote Management — Denies or allows management acc ess to the Gat[...]

C HAPTER 8 | Firew all Co nfiguratio n Content Filteri ng – 97 – C ONTENT F ILTERING The Wireles s Broadband R outer provide s a v ariety of options f or blocking Internet access based on con tent, URL and h ost n ame. Figure 51: Content Filter ing Web UR L Filter Sett ings — By filtering inbound Uniform R esource Locators (URL s) the risk of[...]

C HAPTER 8 | Fire wall C onf igurat ion Cont ent Filteri ng – 98 – ◆ Add a Host Filte r — Enters the keywor d for a host filter ing.[...]

– 99 – 9 A DMINISTRATION S ETTINGS The Wireless Broadband R outer’s Adminis tration Settin gs menu provide s the same config uration optio ns in both Gatew ay and Bridge Mode. These setting s allow you t o con figure a manage ment a ccess pass word, set the system ti me, upgr ade the s ystem softw are, dis play the system status and statistic[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings System Management – 100 – S YSTEM M ANAGEMEN T The System Manageme nt commands allow you to change th e language settings di splayed in the interface, and change the user name and password. Figure 52: System Mana gement L ANGUA GE S ETTIN GS Y ou can change the langu age displa yed in web interface. Choo se[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs SNTP Settings – 101 – SNTP S ETTINGS The System Manageme nt page allows you to manually configure time settin gs or enabl e th e use of a Simpl e Net work T ime Protoc ol (SNT P) o r NTP ser ver . Figure 53: SNT P Sett ings ◆ Current Time — Displays t he cu rrent system time on the unit. ◆ Sync with[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings DDNS Settings – 102 – DDNS S ETTINGS Dynamic DNS (DDNS) provides users on the Inte rnet with a method to tie a specific domain name to the unit’ s dynamically assigned IP address. DDNS allows your domain name to foll ow your IP address auto matically by changing you r DNS recor ds when your IP addre ss ch[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs Upgrade Firmware – 103 – U PGRADE F IRMWARE Y ou can update the Wireless Broadband Ro uter firmw are by using the Firmwa re Update facility . Figure 5 5: Upg rade Firmw are Firm ware Up grade — Allows you to up load new firmw are manually by specifying a fi le path. Make sure the firmwa re you want to u[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings Conf igurat ion Sett ings – 104 – C ONFIGURATION S ETTINGS The Configur ation Setti ng page allows you to sav e the Wireless Broadband R outer’ s current co nfigur ation or resto re a previously sav e d configur ation back to the device. Figure 56: Conf igurat ion Sett ings ◆ Export Settings — Saves t[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs System St atus – 105 – S YSTEM S TA TUS The System Info rmatio n page dis plays basic sys tem info rmatio n and the displayed settings are for status information only and are not configurabl e on this page. This inf orm ation is split into the th ree sections that follow . Figure 5 7: Sy stem St atus (Gat[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings System Status – 106 – ◆ Default Gateway — The default gateway is th e IP address of the router f or the Wirel ess Bro adband R outer , which is used if the request ed destination addres s is not on the local subne t. ◆ Primary D NS Server / Secondary DNS Ser ver — The IP address of Domain Name Serve[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs Statisti cs – 107 – S TATISTICS The Wireles s Broadband R outer T raffic Statistics - Interfaces wi ndow displays rece ived and transmi tted packet stati stics for all interfaces o n the Wireless Broadband R outer . Figure 58: St atist ics The following items ar e display ed on t his page: ◆ Memory tota[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings System Log – 108 – ◆ Tx packets — Displays the total number of packets tr ansmitted by the specified interfac es. ◆ Tx bytes — Displa ys the total number of bytes transmit ted by the specified interfac e. S YSTEM L OG The Wireless Broadband R outer supports a logging proce ss that controls error mes[...]

C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs System L og – 109 –[...]

– 110 – S ECTION III A PPENDICES This secti on provid es addition al information and inclu des these ite ms: ◆ “T roubleshooting” on page 111 ◆ “Hardware Specifications” on page 114 ◆ “Cables and Pinouts” on page 116 ◆ “Glossary” on page 123 ◆ “Index” o n page 113[...]

– 111 – A T R OUBLESHOOTING D IA GNOSIN G LED I NDICATO R S I F Y OU C ANNO T C ON NECT TO THE I NTE RNET ◆ Check that your computer is proper ly configured for TCP/IP . ◆ Make sure the correct networ k adapter driver is installed for your PC oper ating system. If n ecessary , try reinstal ling the driver . ◆ Check that the network adapte[...]

A PPENDIX A | Troubleshooting Before Con tacting Technical Sup port – 112 – ■ Check that you ha ve a valid networ k connection to the Gatew ay R outer and th at the Ethe rnet por t or the wireless interface t hat you are using has not bee n disabled. ■ If you are conne cting to the Gatew ay R outer thr ough the wired Ethernet interface, che[...]

A PPENDIX A | Trou bleshooting Before Contacti ng Techn ical Supp ort – 113 –[...]

– 114 – B H AR D WARE S PECIFICATIONS P OR T I NTERFACES W AN: 10/100BASE- TX port, RJ-45 connector , auto MDI/X (100-ohm, UTP cable; Category 5 or better) LAN 1~4: 10/100BASE- TX port, RJ-45 connector , auto MDI/X (100-ohm, UTP cable; Category 5 or better) AC P OW E R A DAPTER Inp ut: 100~240 VAC, 50/60 Hz Output: 5 V/ 1 A LED I NDICATOR S Pow[...]

A PPENDIX B | Hardware Specificat ions – 115 – S TANDAR DS UL60950-1/CSA22. 2 No. 60950-1 EN 60950-1/IEC 60950-1 ETSI EN 300 019-2-1 Class 1.2 (Storage ) ETSI EN 300 019-2-2 Class 2.3 (Packaged) ETSI EN 300 019-2-3 Class 3.2 (Operat ing)[...]

– 116 – C C AB LES AND P IN OUTS T WISTE D -P AIR C ABLE A SSIGNM ENTS Fo r 10/100BASE- TX connectio ns, a twisted-pair cable must have two pairs of wires. F or 1000BASE- T connection s the twisted-pair cable must ha ve four pairs of wires . Each wire pair is ident ified by two different co lors. F or example, on e wire might b e green and the [...]

A PPENDIX C | Cables a nd Pino uts 10/100 BASE- TX Pin Assi gnments – 117 – 10/100B ASE-TX P IN A SSIGNMENTS Use uns hielded twi sted-pair (UTP) or shie lded twisted-pair (STP) cabl e for RJ-45 connec tions: 100-ohm Category 3 o r better c able for 10 Mbps connectio ns. Also be sure that the length of an y twisted-pair connection does not ex ce[...]

A PPENDIX C | C able s and P inout s Crossover Wiring – 118 – Figure 6 1: St raight-th rough Wiring C R OSSOVER W IRING If the twisted-pair c able is to join two por ts and either both port s are labeled with an “X” (MDI- X) or neither port is labeled with an “X” (MDI), a crossover must be im plem ented in th e wirin g. (W hen au to-neg[...]

– 119 – D L ICENSE I NF OR MATION This produc t include s copyr ighted th ird-party softw are subj ect to the term s of the G NU Gen eral Publi c Licens e (GPL), GN U Less er General Public Licen se (LGPL ), or other related free software lic enses. The GPL co de used in this product is dist ributed WITHOU T ANY WARRANTY and is su bject to the [...]

A PPENDIX D | Li cense Informatio n The GNU General Pu blic License – 120 – GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING , DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICA TION 1. This Licen se appli es to any prog ram or ot her work wh ich contains a notice pla ced by the copyright hold er sayi ng it m ay b e distrib uted under the te rms of this Ge n[...]

A PPENDIX D | License Informatio n The GNU General Pu blic License – 121 – a). Accompany it with t he comp lete co rrespo nding mac hine-r eadab le source c ode, w hich mu st be distribu ted un der the term s of Sect ions 1 and 2 above on a medium custom arily us ed for software inter chan ge; or , b). Accompany it with a wri tten offer , valid[...]

A PPENDIX D | Li cense Informatio n The GNU General Pu blic License – 122 – This sec tion is intende d to make thorough ly clea r what is belie ved to be a con seque nce of the res t of th is Lice nse. 9. If the distrib ution and/ or use of the Program is restrict ed in certain coun tries eithe r by patents or by copyrig hted inter faces, the o[...]

– 123 – G LOSSARY 10B ASE-T IEEE 802.3-2005 speci fication for 10 Mbps Ethernet ov er two pairs of Category 3 or better UTP cable. 100B ASE-TX IEEE 802.3-2005 specification for 100 Mbps F ast Ethern et over two pairs of Category 5 or better UTP cable. 1000B ASE-T IEEE 802.3ab specification for 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet ov er four pairs of Cate[...]

G LOSSARY – 124 – the Bootstr ap Protocol (BOOTP), adding the capabilit y of automatic allocation of reusable network addresses and additional configuration options. E NCRYPTION Data passing betwee n the access point and cli ents can use encr yption to protect from inter ception and evesdrop ping. E THERNET A popular lo cal area data communicat[...]

G LOSSARY – 125 – beacon, and au tomatically res et their S SID to allo w immediate con nection to the neares t access point. ODFM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing: OFDM allo ws multiple users to tran smit in an allocated band by dividing the bandwidth into man y narrow bandwidth car riers. SSID Service Set Identifier: An identi fier [...]

G LOSSARY – 126 – WEP Wired Equ ivale nt Privac y: WEP is based on th e use of secu rity keys and th e popular RC4 encryption algorithm. Wireless devices without a v alid WEP key will be e xcluded fr om n etwork t raffic. WP A-PSK WPA Pre -shared K ey: WPA -PSK c an be us ed f or small office n etwork s with a limited number of users that may n[...]

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