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Wireless 802.11b/g Portable Router User’s Guide[...]

FCC Certifications This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the li mits for a Class B digital dev ice, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These lim its are desi gned to provide reas onable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy a[...]

2 Table of Content CHAPTER 1: INT RODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1 Features ....................................................................................................................... ....... 1 Hardware Conn ection ...................................................[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction This is an IEEE802.11b/g compliant 11 Mbps & 54 M bps Ethe rnet Wire less Portabl e Route r. The Wireless Portable Router is equipped with two 10/100 M Auto-sen sing Ethernet ports for connecting to LAN and also for cascading to next Wireless Portable R outer. This Portable Ro uter provides 6 4/128bit WEP encryp tion, WP[...]

2 LED Indicators Front Panel: (LED Indicators) Status LED indicator Color Solid Flashing 1 Power Blue Turns solid Blue when the po wer is applied to this device. NA 2 Ethernet Blue Turns solid Blue when an Ethern et cable is connected. Receiving/ Sending data 3 Wireless Blue Turns solid Blue when the wirel ess is applied to this device. Receiving/ [...]

3 Chapter 2: About the Operation Modes This device provides three operational applicatio ns with Portable Router, Gateway, and Client (Infrastructure) modes, which are mutually ex clusiv e. This device is shipped with configuration that is functional right out of the box. If you want t o change the set tings in order to perform more adva nced confi[...]

4 Client Mode (Infrastructure) If set to Client (Infrastructure) mode, this device can work like a wireless station when it’s connected to a computer so t hat the computer can send packets from wired e nd to wi reless interface.[...]

5 Chapter 3: Configuration Login 1. Start your computer. Connect an Ethernet ca ble bet ween your computer and the Wireless Portab le Router. 2. Make sure your wired station is set to the same subnet as the Wireless Portable Rou ter, i.e. 192.168.1.2 54 3. Start your WEB br owser. In the A ddress box, enter the following: http://192.168.1 .254 4. N[...]

6 Common Connection Types Cable Modems Typ e Details ISP Data required Dynamic IP Address Your IP Address is allocated automatically, when you connect to you ISP. Usually, none . However, som e ISP's m ay require you to use a particular Hostname , Domain nam e, or MAC (physica l) address. Static (Fixed) IP Address Your ISP allocates a permanen[...]

7 Configuration via Web Operation Mode Select an opera tion mode a nd then clic k the Setup button to enter its configuration page . Operation Mode Access Point When acting as an access poi nt, this device connects all th e stations (PC/notebook with wireless network adapter) to a wired network. All stations can have the Internet access if on ly th[...]

8 AP Mode AP Mode Settings Alias Name Display the name of t his devi ce. Band You can ch oose one m ode of t he following y ou need. ~ 2.4GHz (B): 802.11b supported rate only. ~ 2.4GHz (G): 802.11g supported rate only. ~ 2.4GHz (B+G): 802.11b suppo rted rate an d 802.11g sup ported rate. The default is 2.4GHz (B+G) mode. SSID The SSID differentiate[...]

9 Security Click the Setup button to enter the Wireless Security Setup page. Authentication : Select an authenticatio n from the pull-down list including Open system or Shared Key , Open Syste m, Open System with 802.1x , Shared Key , WPA-RADIUS , WPA-PSK , WPA2-RADIUS and WPA2- PSK. Encryption : Select the type of en cryption from the pull-down li[...]

10 of the requested transmission. If the “ Hidden Node” problem is an i s s ue, please specify the packet size. The RTS mechanism will be activated if t he data size exceeds the value you set. The default value is 2346 . Warning: Enabling RTS Threshold will cause redundant network overhead that could negativ ely affect the throughput performanc[...]

11 Access Control Click the Setup button to enter the Wireless Access Control page. Wireless Access Control Mode: Select the Access Control Mode from the pull-dow n menu. • Disable : Select to disable Wireless Access C ontrol Mode . • Allow Listed : Only the stations shown in the table can associate with the AP. • Deny Listed : Stations shown[...]

12 MAC Address: Enter the AP MAC address in th is column; the maxi mum input is 12 digits. Comment: Enter a c omment or description for the AP MAC address . Apply Chan ge s: C lick to a dd a new MAC address. Reset : Click to clear previous settings. Current WDS List: This table displays yo u the AP MAC information. Delete Selected: To delete client[...]

13 device will not be permitted to join th e BSS un less it can provide the unique SSID. A SSID is also referred to as a network name because essentially it is a name that identifies a wireless network. Channel Number Allow user to set the channel manually or automatically . If set channel manually, just select the chann el you want to specify. If [...]

14 that it is going to transmit the data . Upon receipt, th e Access Point will respond with a CTS message to all station within its range to notify all other stations to defer transmission. It will also confirm the requestor station that the Access Point has re served it for the time frame of t he requested transmission. Beacon Inter val : Enter a[...]

15 information. Delete Selected: To delete clients from access to this Router, you may firstly check the Select checkbox ne xt to the MAC address and Comm ents, and press Delete Selected . Delete All: To delete all the clients from access to this Router, just press Delete All without selecting the ch eckbox. Reset: If y ou have m ade any selecti on[...]

16 Virtual Server Click Setup to enter the Virtual Servers scre en. Enable Virtual Servers : Check to enab le the virtual serv er fu nction. Servers: Select the server type (Web, FTP, E-Mail (POP3), E-Mail (SMTP), DNS, Telnet) from the pull-down menu. Local IP Address : Enter the local server’s IP address. Protocol : Select the protocol (TCP, UDP[...]

17 Reset: Click to resetore to the default values. Note: You need to give your LAN PC clien ts a fixed/static IP address fo r DMZ to work properly. Remote Management Click Setup to enter the Remote Manag ement screen. Enable Web Server Access via WAN: To permit remote access of the Router, from outside t he local network, sel ect to enabl e. Otherw[...]

18 MAC Filter Click Setup to enter the MAC Filtering screen. Enable MAC Filtering: Click to en able the MAC filtering function. MAC Address: For MAC filtering enters the 12-digit MAC address in the appropriate MAC field. Description : You m ay key in a description for the MAC address. Save: Click to save the current setting s . Reset: Click to rest[...]

19 Reset: Click to restore to the default values. Current Filter Table: Shows the c urrent IP address status. Delete Selected: Select the unwanted IP address es and then click the Del ete Selected button to eliminate them. Delete All: Click to delete all the IP addresses in the tab le. Reset: Click to clear the current settings. DDNS Click Setup to[...]

20 Client Mode Client Mode Settings Alias Name Display the name of t his devi ce. Band You can ch oose one m ode of t he following y ou need. ~ 2.4GHz (B): 802.11b supported rate on ly. ~ 2.4GHz (G): 802.11g supported rate only. ~ 2.4GHz (B+G): 802.11b suppo rted rate an d 802.11g sup ported rate. The default is 2.4GHz (B+G) m ode. SSID The SSID di[...]

21 Advanced Settings Click Setup button to en ter the Wireless Advanced Settings pa ge. Fragment Threshold : Fragmentation mechanism is used for improving the efficiency when hi gh tra ffic flows alon g in the wireless network. If your 802.11g Wireless LAN PC Card of ten transmit large files in wireless network , you can enter new Fragment Threshol[...]

22 environm ent to synchr onize t he transmit ting tim ing including Synchronizatio n and Start f rame delim iter. If you want to change the Preamble type into Long or Short , please select the mode you need. Broadcast SSID : • Enabled : This wireless AP will broadcast its SSID to stations. • Disabled : This wireless AP will not broadcast its S[...]

23 Status System System Data System Firmware Version The current version of the firmware installed in this device. Firmware Date The firmware released date. LAN Conf iguratio n MAC Address Shows the MAC ad dress of th is device. IP Address Shows th e LAN IP ad dress. Network Mask S h o ws the L AN subne t mas k. Default Gat eway Sh ows the LA N def[...]

24 Active Clients Displays the Active Wireless Clients Table that is currently con necting with this Wireless Portab le Router. Refresh Click to refresh the Active Wireless Client Table. TCP/IP LAN Interface Setup IP Address Default: 192.168.1.254 (this is the local address of this Router) Subnet Mask Default: 255.255.255.0 Default Gat eway Shows t[...]

25 DHCP Disable : Select to disable this Rout er to dist ri bute IP Addresses (Disabled). Server : Select to enable this Router to distribute IP Addresses (DHCP Server). And the foll owi n g field will be activated for you to enter the starting IP Address. DHCP Client Range The starting address of this local IP network address pool. The pool is a p[...]

26 Upgrade Firm ware Browse Click the Browse button, find and o pen the firm ware file (the browser will display to correct file path). Upload Click the Upload button to p erform. Reset Click the Reset button t o restore default values. Factory Defaul t Click this button to come back to d efault factory settings. Reboot Click the Reboot button to r[...]

27 Log Check the Enable Lo g box to show system log file. System Log System all Activates all log g ing functions. Wireless only Only logs related to the wireless LAN will be recorded. DDNS only Only logs related to DDNS will be recorded. WAN only Only logs related to WAN will be recorded. DHCP Server only Only logs related to DHCP Serv er will be [...]

28 Chapter 4: PC Configuration Overview For each PC, the following may need to be configu red: • TCP/IP network settings • Internet Access configuration • Wireless configuration Windows Clients • This section describes how to configure Windows clients for Internet acces s via the Wireless Router. • The first step is to check the PC's[...]

29 Checking TCP/IP Settings - Windows 2000 1. Select Control Panel - Net w or k and Dial- u p C on necti o n. 2. Right - cl ick the Local Area Connection icon and select Properties . You should see a screen like the following: 3. Select the TCP/IP p rotocol f or your net work car d. 4. Click on the Properties button. You should then s ee a screen l[...]

30 Using DHCP • To use DHCP, select the radio button Obtain an IP A ddress aut omaticall y . This is the default Windows setting . Using this is recommended . By default, the Wireless Router will act as a DHCP Server. • Restart your PC to ensure it obtains an IP Address from the Wireless Router. Using a fixed IP Address ("Use the following[...]

31 4. Click on the Properties button. You should then s ee a screen like the following. 5. Ensure your TCP/IP settings are correct. Using DHCP • To use DHCP, select the radio button Obtain an IP A ddress aut omaticall y . This is the default Windows setting . Using this is recommended . By default, the Wireless Router will act as a DHCP Server. ?[...]

32 Internet Access To configure your PCs to use the Wireless R outer for Internet access: • Ensure that t he DSL m odem, Ca ble modem , or other pe rmanent c onnectio n is functi onal. • Use the following procedure t o configure your Browser to access the Internet via the L AN, rather than by a Dial-up connection. For Windows 2000 1. Select Sta[...]

33 Macintosh Clients From your Macintosh, y ou can access the Internet via the Wireless Router. The procedure is as follows. 1. Open the TCP/ IP Control Panel. 2. Select Ethernet from the Connect via pop-u p menu. 3. Select Using DHCP Server fr om the Configure pop-up menu. The DHCP Client ID field can be left blank. 4. Close the TCP/IP panel, savi[...]

34 Wireless Station Configuration • This section applies to all Wireless stations wishing to use the Wireless Router's Access Point, regardless of the operating system that is used on the client. • To use the Wireless Portable Router in t he Wireless Router, each Wireless Station must have compatible settings, as follo ws: Mode The mode mu[...]

Appendix A T roubleshooting Overview This chapter covers some common prob lems that may be encountered while using the Wireless Router and some possible solutio n s to them. If you follow the suggested steps an d the Wireless Router still does not functio n prop erly, contact your dealer for further advice. General Problems Problem 1: Can't co[...]

Appendix A - Troubleshooting 36 Wireless Access Problem 1: My PC can't locate the Wireless Por table Router. Solution 1: Check the foll owing. • Your PC is set to Infrastruct ure Mode . (Access Points a re always in Infrastruct ure Mode ) • The SSI D on your PC an d the Wire less Por table Rout er are th e same. Remember that the SSID is c[...]

Appendix B About W ireless L A Ns BSS BSS A group of Wireless Stations and a single Access Point, all using the same ID (SSID) , form a Basic Service Set (BSS). Using the same SSID is essential . Devices with different SSID s are unable to communicate with each ot her. Channels The Wireless Chan nel sets the ra dio freq uency used for c ommuni cati[...]

Appendix B - About Wireless LANs 38 Regulatory Approvals CE Standards This product complies with the 99 /5/EEC directives, including the following safety and EMC standards: • EN300328-2 • EN301489-1/-1 7 • EN60950 CE Marking Warning This is a Class B product. In a domestic enviro nment this pr oduct may cause radio i nterference in which case[...]