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User ’ s Manual V ersion: 1.1 W ir eless LAN Br oadband Router[...]

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USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 i T able of Contents REVISION HIST OR Y ..................................................................................................................... I TERMINOLOGY .................................................................................................................... .....[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 ii I WDS Security Setup .................................................................................................... 23 II WDS AP T a ble ............................................................................................................. 24 3.3.9 Site Survey .................[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 iii 4.1 1 W HA T IS RT S (R EQUEST T O S END ) T HRESHOLD ? .............................................................. 53 4.12 W HA T IS B EACON I NTER V AL ? ............................................................................................. 53 4.13 W HA T IS P REAMBLE T YPE ? .[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 i Revision History DA TE REVISION OF USER’S MANUAL FIRMW ARE 2005/4/7 First release (V ersion 1.0) V1.2.0 2005/6/15 Add product with SMA Antenna info V1.2.x[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 ii T erminol ogy 3DES T r iple Data Encryption S tandard AES Advanced Encryption S tandard ANSI American National S tandards Institute AP Access Point CCK Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision A voidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Dete[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 iii TKIP T emporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play VPN V irtual Private Network WDS W ireless Distribution System WEP W ired Equivalent Privacy WLAN W ireless Local Area Network WP A W i-Fi Protected Access[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 1 1 Introduction The W ireless LAN Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.1 1b/g wireless LAN broadband router solution; setting SOHO and ente rprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address a[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 2 1.3 Product Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.1 1b/g standard for 2.4GHz W ireless LAN. ¾ Supports bridging, routing, VPN, WISP functions between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces. ¾ Supports 64-bit and 128-bit WEP , WP A, WP A2 encryption/decryption function to protect the wireless [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 3 1.4 Front Panel Description Figure 1 –WLAN Broadband Router Front Panel LED Indicator S tate Description 1. Power LED On The W LAN Broadband Router is powered on. Off The W LAN Broadband Router is powered off. 2. WLAN LED Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. Off No da[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 4 1.5 Rear Panel Description Figure 2 – WLAN Broadband Router Rear Panel (Fixed Antenna) Figure 2.1 – WLAN Broadband Router Rear Panel (SMA Antenna) WA N LAN Powe r Fixed Antenna Reset WA N LAN Powe r SMA Antenna Reset[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 5 Interfaces Description 1. Antenna (Fixed / SMA) The W ireless LAN Antenna. (Figure 2 / Figure 2.1) 2. Reset Push continually the rese t button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults. 3. W AN The RJ-45 socket allows W AN connection through a Category 5 cable.[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 6 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation S tep 1: Place the W ireless LAN Broadband R outer to the best optimum transm ission location. The best transmission locati on for your WLAN Broadband Router is usually at the geographi c center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of yo[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 7 3 Software configuration There are web based management and configurat ion functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily . The W LAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address : 192.168.1.254 Default IP[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 8 Panel window will appear . 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Ar ea Connection window will appear . Click Pr operties button in the Local Area Connection window . 3. Ch[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 9 3.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router Open a W EB browser , i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router . 3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router 3.3.1 Sta t u s This page shows the current status and so m[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 10 W ireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wi reless operating frequency . SSID It shows the SSID of this W LAN Broadband Router . The SSID is the unique name of WLAN Broadband Router and shared among its service area, so all devices attempts to [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 11 3.3.2 Setup W izard This page guides you to configure wire less broadband router for first time Screen snapshot – Setup W izard I Operation Mode This page followed by Setup W izard page to define the operation mode. Screen snapshot – Operation Mode[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 12 II T ime Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot – T ime Zone Settings III LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure lo cal area network IP address and subnet mask Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 13 IV W AN Interface Setup This page is used to configure W AN access type Screen snapshot – W AN Interface Setup V W ireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basi c wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network T ype SSID, Channel Nu mber , Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Clien[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 14 VI W ireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security Screen snapshot – W ireless Security Setup 3.3.3 Operation Mode This page is used to configure whic h mode wireless broa dband router acts Screen snapshot – Operation Mode Item Description Gateway T r aditional[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 15 interface, W ireless interface, NA T and Firewall modules are applied to this mode Bridge Each interface (LAN, W AN and W ireless) regards as bridge. NA T , Firewall and a ll router ’ s functions are not supported W ireless ISP Switch W ireless interface to W AN port and all Ethernet port[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 16 Mode Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS wireless mode. Site Survey The Site Survey button provides tool to scan the wireless network. If any Access Point or IBSS is found, you could choose to connect it manually when client mode is enabled. Refer to 3.3.9 Site Survey . SSID[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 17 Screen snapshot – W ireless Advanced Settings Item Description Authentication T ype Click to select the authentication type in Open System , Shared Key or Auto selection. Fragment Threshold Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes. Refer[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 18 802.1 1g Protection Protect 802.1 1b user . Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to co mplete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.6 W ireless - Security Setup This page allows you setup the w[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 19 Use 802.1x Authentication While Encryption is selected to b e WEP . Click the check box to enable IEEE 802.1x authentication function. Refer to 4.16 W hat is 802.1x Authentication? WP A Authentication Mode While Encryption is selected to b e WP A. Click to select the WP A Authentication Mod[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 20 I WEP Key Setup Screen snapshot – W EP Key Setup Item Description Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-down menu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys. The W EP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret k[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 21 previous configuration setting. WEP encryption key (secret key) length: Length Format 64-bit 128-bit ASCII 5 characters 13 characters HEX 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes 3.3.7 W ireless - Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients w hose wireless MAC [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 22 Broadband Router access capability . Comment Fill in the co mment tag for the registered client. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the client to new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Cur[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 23 Item Description Enable WDS Click the check box to enable wireless distribution system. Refer to 4.21 What is W i reless Distribution System (WDS)? MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability . Comment Fill in the co mment tag for[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 24 Screen snapshot – W DS Security Setup II WDS AP T able This page is used to show WDS statistics Screen snapshot – W DS AP T able Item Description MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS. Tx Packets It shows the statistic co unt of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. Tx E[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 25 Tx Rare (Mbps) It shows the wire less link rate within WDS. Refresh Click to refresh the statistic coun ters on the screen. Close Click to close the current window . 3.3.9 Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours. Screen snapshot – W i reless Site Survey Ite[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 26 change the setting for IP addr ess, subnet mask, DHCP , etc. Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Broadband Router . Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet m ask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Broadband Router . De[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 27 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to co mplete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.11 W AN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for wide area network that connects[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 28 in the subnet mask for it. Default Gateway If you select the S tatic IP support on W AN interface, fill in the default gateway for W AN interface out going data packets. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 29 Item Description DHCP Client Click to select DHCP support on W AN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server . Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected. Set DNS Manua[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 30 III PPPoE Screen snapshot – W AN Interface Setup – PPPoE Item Description PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on W AN interface. There are user name, password, c onnection type and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on W AN interface, fill in t[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 31 connection through PPPoE prot ocol whenever you send the data packets out through the W AN interface; there are a watchdog implemented to close the PPPoE connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set. Manual connection type means to setup the connection through t[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 32 IV PPTP Screen snapshot – W AN Interface Setup – PPTP Item Description PPTP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client s upported by this router to make a VPN connection. IP Address If you[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 33 Password f you select the PPTP support on W AN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server . MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is 1400. Refer to 4.23 W hat is Maximum T ransmission Unit (MTU) Size? Attain DNS Automatically Click to selec[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 34 Screen snapshot – Firewall - Port Filtering Item Description Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering secu rity function. Port Range Protocol Comments T o restrict data transmission from the local network on certain ports, fill in the range of star t-port and end-port, and[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 35 Screen snapshot – Firewall - IP Filtering Item Description Enable IP Filtering Click to enable the IP filtering s ecurity function. Local IP Address Protocol Comments T o restrict data transmi ssion from local network on certain IP addresses, fill in the IP address and the protocol, also [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 36 helpful in securing or rest ricting your local network. Screen snapshot – Firewall - MAC Filtering Item Description Enable MAC Filtering Click to enable the MAC filtering security function. MAC Address Comments T o restrict data transmi ssion from local network on certain MAC addresses, f[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 37 necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NA T firewall. Screen snapshot – Firewall - Port Forwarding Item Description Enable Port Forwarding Click to enable the Port Forwardi ng security func[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 38 Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.16 Firewall - DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local privat e network. T ypically , the DMZ host contains devices acce[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 39 Screen snapshot – VPN Setup Item Description Enable IPSEC VPN Click to enable IPSEC VPN function. Refer to 4.27 W hat is VPN ? and 4.28 What is IPSEC ? Enable NA T T raversal Click to enable NA T T raversal function. Generate RSA Key Click to generate RSA key . Show RSA Public Key Click t[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 40 I VPN Setup - Edit T unnel Screen snapshot – VPN Setup-Edit-1 Item Description Enable T unnel # Click to enable the IPSEC VPN current tunnel. Connection Name Assign the connection name tag. Auth T ype Click to sele ct PSK or RSA . Local Site Local IP Address/Network Local Subnet Mask Clic[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 41 Remote ID type Fill in remote ID except IP selected Screen snapshot – VPN Setup-Edit-2 Item Description Key Management Click to select IKE or Manual mode. Advanced Click Advanced button to configure more IKE settings. Connection T ype Click to select Initiator or Responder mode. Connect C[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 42 II Advanced IKE Setup Screen snapshot – Advanced VPN Settings for IKE Item Description Phase 1 Negotiation Mode Main mode. Encryption Algorithm Click to sele ct 3DES or AES128 encr yption. Authentication Algorithm Click to select MD5 or SHA1 authentication. Key Group Click to select DH1(m[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 43 Active Pr otocol ESP . Encryption Algorithm Click to sele ct 3DES , AES128 or NULL encryption. Authentication Algorithm Click to select MD5 or SHA1 authentication. Key Life T ime Fill in the key life time value by se conds. Encapsulation T unnel mode. Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) Click to [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 44 Received Packets Ethernet LAN interface. Ethernet W AN Sent Packets It shows the statistic coun t of sent packets on the Ethernet W AN interface. Ethernet W AN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet W AN interface. Refresh Click the refresh the st [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 45 3.3.20 Management - T ime Zone Setting This page is used to configure NTP client to get current tim e. Screen snapshot – Management – T ime Zone Settings Item Description Current T ime It shows the current time. T ime Zone Select Click the time zone in your country . Enable NTP client u[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 46 Screen snapshot – Management – Log Item Description Enable Log W ireless only System all Click the checkbox to enable log. Only show wireless log Show all log of wireless broadband router Enable Remote Log Log Server IP Address Click the checkbox to enable remote log service. Input the [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 47 Screen snapshot – Management - Upgrade Firmware Item Description Select File Click the Br owse button to select th e new version of web firmware image file. Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the WLAN Broadband Router . Reset Click the Reset button[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 48 configuration to the W LAN Broadband Router . Reset Settings to Default Click the Reset button to reset th e configuration parameter to factory defaults. 3.3.24 Management - Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point. Empty user name and pas[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 49 Screen snapshot – Logout Screen snapshot – Logout - OK Item Description Apply Change Click the Apply Change button, Then click OK button to logout.[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 50 4 Frequently Asked Questions (F AQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC’ s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a com puter or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the T CP/IP protocol route messages ba sed on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 51 to the wired LAN for services (file servers, p rinters, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer -to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.1 1 wireless sta tions t[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 52 4.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference: ¾ Obstacles: walls, ceilin gs, furniture… etc. ¾ Building Materials: metal door , aluminum studs. ¾ Electrical devices: m icrowaves, m onitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interfer[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 53 fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. Th e determination of an ef ficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this sche m e. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master an[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 54 stations to establish and maintain co mmunications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beaco n transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station n eeds the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whe[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 55 authentication server , typical ly one that supports RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol, will be added to the ne twork. 4.16 What is WP A2? It is the second generatio n of WP A. WP A2 is based on the final IEEE 802.1 1i amendment to the 802.1 1 standard. 4.17 What is 802.1x[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 56 4.21 What is W ireless Distribution System (WDS)? The W ireless Distribution System feature allows WLAN AP to talk directly to other APs via wireless channel, like the wirele ss bridge or re peate r service. 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? UPnP is an open networking arch itectu[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 57 4.28 What is IPSEC? IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security . It is used to transferring data securely under VPN.[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 58 5 Configuration Examples 5.1 Example One – PPPoE on the W AN Sales division of Company ABC likes to es tablish a W LAN networ k to support mobile communication on sales’ Notebook PCs. MIS e ngineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementa tion by the following[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 59 Configure the W AN interface: Open W AN Interface Setup page, select PPPoE then enter the User Name “ H890123456” and Password “ PW192867543210 ”, the password is encrypted to display on the screen. Press button to confirm th e configuration setting. Configure the LAN interface: Ope[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 60 Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “ MyWLAN ”, Channel Number “ 11 ”. Press button to confirm th e configuration setting. 5.2 Example T wo – Fixed IP on the W AN Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 61 Internet xDS L/ CM Power adapter Ethern et Cab le Ethernet ca ble SSID: MyW LAN Channel: 11 DHC P c lie nt SSID: MyW LAN Channel: 11 DHC P c lie nt SSID: MyWLA N Channel: 11 DHCP clie nt SSID: MyWLA N Channel: 11 DHCP c lient DHC P c lie nt Rout er mode SSID: MyW LAN Channel: 11 DHCP range:[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 62 Configure the W AN interface: Open W AN Interface Setup page, select Fixed IP then enter IP Address “ 192.168.2.254”, subnet mask “ 255.255.255.0 ”, Default gateway “ 192.168.2.10 ”. Press button to confirm th e configuration setting. Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interf[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROU TER V ersion: 1.0 63 Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “ MyWLAN ”, Channel Number “1 1”. Press button to confirm th e configuration setting.[...]