Edimax 3G-6218n инструкция обслуживания

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1 COPYRIGHT Copyright  Ed imax Technology Co., Ltd . all rights reserved . No part of this p ublication may be reprodu ced, transmitted , transcribed , stored in a retrieval system, or tran slated into any language or c omputer language , in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or othe rwise, with[...]

2 CONTENTS CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION ................................................................................................ ............... 4 1-1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4 1-2 Safety Information .............[...]

3 3-3-4 Static DHCP Leases ................................................................................................................. 69 3-4 Wireless ............................................................................................................................................. 71 3-4-1 Basic Settings ...........................[...]

4 CHA PTER I: PRODUC T INFORMATION 1-1 Introductio n Thank you for purchasing the Edimax 3G -6218n 150Mbps Wireless 3G P ortable Router! This 3G router is the ide al choice for anyone who is constan tly on the go. With th e Edimax 3G -6218n 150M bps Wireless 3G P ortable Router, all your comp uters and network d evices can share a single, high-spee[...]

5 1- 2 Safety Informati on Please follow the following safety instruc tions to ensure your sa fety:  This router is design ed for ind oor use only. DO NOT place this route r outdoors.  DO NOT pu t this router in or n ear hot or humid places like the kitchen, bathroom, or a car parke d in the sun.  Disconnect an y connected cables from the [...]

6 1-3 System Req uirements  3G/3.5G USB m odem card or xDSL/cable modem  Computer or n etwork devic es with a wired or wireless network interface card  Web browser (Mic rosoft Interne t Explorer, Mozilla Fire fox, Opera, or Safari)  An available AC power socket ( 100-240V, 50/60Hz) 1- 4 Package Content s Before you start u sing this rou[...]

7 1- 5 Getting familiar with your new wi reless broadband r outer LED definitions LED Name Light Status Description PWR On Router powered on Flashing Battery power lo w (15-20 minutes left) or battery not in stalled Off Router powered off CHG On Battery charging Off Battery fully ch arged WLAN On WPS function enabled Flashing Wireless LAN activit y[...]

8 Right and left side panel Item Name Description LAN/WAN switch Switches the RJ-45 port to LAN or WAN mode. Switch to WA N mode if you want to ac cess the Interne t through your xDSL or c able modem. This cable c onnection can also act as a backup for your 3G connection. WPS/Reset button Initiates WP S or resets the route r to factory defaults ( c[...]

9 CHA PTER II: SYSTEM AND NETWORK S ETUP 2-1 Getting Sta rted Before you start u sing this 3G router, please follow the following instructions to install an d charge th e battery. 1. Remove th e battery cover, insert the sup plied battery into the slot, and then replac e the batt ery cover. 2. Charge the battery by conn ecting the power adap ter to[...]

10 Note: You can power the route r via a wall sock et without th e battery installed; but powering the router via a comp uter without th e battery installed might cause decreased performance. 3. The “CHG” L ED will go on when the battery is charging. Wh en the batt ery is fully charged, the “CHG” LED will go off . 4. Turn on the router by s[...]

11 6. Connec t the router to your comp uter via an Ethernet cab le. Note: It is rec ommended th at you configure the router through the Ethernet p ort for the first time. 7. Please check all the LEDs. The “PWR/CHR” LED should b e on, and the “ETHERNET” LED should be on if a computer/n etwork device is c onnected an d correctly powered. I f [...]

12 Method 2: Setting up the route r with the web -based UI If you lo se the CD -ROM, you can setup th e router with the following steps (web-based u ser interface). 2-2 Setting clien t computers to ob tain IP addresses automa t ically Before you start conf iguration procedures, your c omputer m ust be able to get an IP address automatically ( set t[...]

13 2-2-1 Windows 9 5/98/Me IP ad dress setup 1. Click the “Start” bu tton (it sho uld be locate d at the lower-left c orner of your screen), then click “Control Panel”. Doub le - click the “Network” icon, and the “Network” wind ow will appear. Selec t “TCP/IP ”, and then click “Propertie s”.[...]

14 2. Select “O btain an IP address from a DHCP server”, th en click “OK”.[...]

15 2-2-2 Windows 2 000 IP addre ss setup 1. Click the “Start” bu tton (it should b e located at the lower -left corn er of your screen), then click “Control Panel”. Doub le - click the “Network and Dial - up Connections” ic on, and then double- click “Local Area Connection”. When the “Local Area Connec tion Properties” windo w a[...]

16 2. Select “O btain an IP address automatically” a nd “Obtain DNS s erve r address automatically”, th en click “OK”.[...]

17 2-2-3 Windows X P IP addres s setup 1. Click the “Start” bu tton (it should b e located at the lower -left corn er of your screen), then click “Control Panel”. Doub le - click the “Network and Interne t Connections” ic on, click “Network Connec tions”, then double - click “Local Area Connection”. Wh en the “Local Area Conne[...]

18 2. Select “O btain an IP address automatically” a nd “Obtain DNS s erver address aut omatically”, th en click “OK”.[...]

19 2-2-4 Windows Vis ta IP address se tup 1. Click the “Start” bu tton (it should b e located at the lower -left corn er of your screen), then click “Control Panel”. C lick “View Network Status and Tasks”, and then c lick “Manage Network Connec tions”. Right - click “Local Area Network”, then select “Propertie s”. When the ?[...]

20 2. Select “O btain an IP address au tomatically” an d “Obtain DNS s erver address automatically”, th en click “OK”.[...]

21 2-3 Connecting to broadband rou ter via web br owser You can access the broadband router’s web -based configuratio n interface via any connecte d computer with a web browser ( Internet Explorer 5.x or above, Fire fox, Opera, or Safari). 1. Please inp ut “192.168.2.1” in the web browser’s address b ar and press “Enter”. 2. You should [...]

22 4. The first p age you see after logging in is “Home”. You can see all t he curren t settings and other system information here. System Model Displays this broadba nd router ’s model name (u seful when you need technical service) Up Time Displays the amoun t of time this rou ter has been switched on Hardware Version Displays this broadba n[...]

23 Internet Conn ection IP Address Mode Displ ays how this b roadband router currently obtains I P address es IP Address Displays the IP ad dress of the WAN conne ction Subnet Mask Displays the subn et mask of the WAN connec tion Default Gateway Displays the IP ad dress of the WAN conne ction ’s default gateway MAC Address Displays t he physical [...]

24 If this router’s DHC P server function is enabled, please follow th e following instructio ns to find this route r’s IP address: 1. Click the “Start” bu tton, then click “Run ”. 2. Inp ut “cmd”, and then click “OK”.[...]

25 3. Inp ut “ipconfig”, then p ress “Enter”. Use the IP address followi ng “Default Gateway” to access t his router’s web -based c onfiguration interface. P lease note that the I P address you find may be differen t from this illustrated exam ple. NOTE: If th ere is no IP add ress following “Default Gateway”, or if the ad dress f[...]

26 2-4 Using “ Quick Set up ” This broadband router’s “Quick Setup” allows you to set up b asic parameters in a few si mple step s. The following instructions illustrate how to use th e “Quick Setu p” menu: 1. Click “Quick Setup” after loggin g in. 2. Configure au tomatic time synchronization settings, and then click “Next”. I[...]

27 3. Choose your I nternet c onnection type. Refer to the following list for further instructions:  3G/3.5G (See section 2 -4-1)  Dynamic I P (See section 2 -4-2)  Static IP (See section 2-4-3)  PPPoE (See section 2 -4-4)  PPTP (See section 2 -4-5)  L2TP (See section 2 -4-6)  WISP (See section 2 -4-7) NOTE: If you are not sure[...]

28 2-4- 1 Using “3G/3.5G” as b roadband con nection type 1. If you want to ac cess the Internet via a 3G/3.5G USB modem c ard, select “ 3G/3 .5G Settings ” . Item Name Description Country Select your coun try or region here . ISP Select you r I nternet service provide r here. PIN Code Please input the p in code for your UMT S , HSDPA , or E[...]

29 No te 1: Th e 3G -6218n supports most 3G/3 .5G modem c ards. You can simp ly connect the modem card to the 3G - 6218n and the route r will recognize the modem c ard automatically. No add itional setup procedures are required . However, some modem cards require a PIN code or accoun t/password. In such cases, y ou have to use 3G -6218n ’s web in[...]

30 2-4-2 Using “ Dynam ic IP ” as bro adband connecti on type 4. If your I nternet service p rovider assigns IP ad dresses to you automatic ally through DHCP (Dynam ic Host Configuration Prot ocol), select “Dynam ic IP”. Item Name Description Host Name I nput the host name of your comp uter here. This is optional and only requ ired if your [...]

31 2-4-3 Using “ Static I P ” as broad band connection typ e 1. If your I SP is providing you Internet acc ess via a fixed IP address, select “Static IP”. Generally, your ISP will provide you with suc h information as I P address, subn et mask, gateway ad dress, and DNS address. Item Name Description Fixed IP Address I nput the IP address a[...]

32 2-4-4 Using “ PPPoE ” as broadband con nection type 1. If your I SP is providing you Internet acc ess via PPPoE (Point- to -Point Protocol ove r Ethernet) , select “PPPoE”. Item Name Description User Name I nput the user name assigned by your ISP here. Password I nput the password assigned by your I SP here. Service Name Give this Inte r[...]

33 3. When the following message appears, click “Apply” to save th e change s and restart the broadb and router. The route r will take about 30 seconds t o res tart.[...]

34 2-4-5 Using “ PPTP ” as broadban d connection typ e 1. Select “P PTP” if your ISP is providing you Inte rnet access via PP TP (Point - to -Point Tunneling Protocol). 2. If your I SP is providing you dynamic IP addresses, select “Obtain an IP add ress automatical ly” ( refer to 2 -4-1 for setu p details). If your ISP is providin g you[...]

35 Item Name Description User ID I nput the user name assigned by your ISP here. Password I nput the password assigned by your I SP here. PPTP Gateway I nput the PPTP gateway assigned by your ISP here. Connection ID Give this connec tion a name (optional ). MTU I nput the MTU value of your network connection here. If you do not know, use th e defau[...]

36 2-4-6 Using “ L2TP ” as broadband conn ection type 1. Select “L2 TP” if your ISP is p roviding you In ternet acc ess via L2TP ( Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol ). 2. If your I SP is providing you dynamic IP addresses, select “Obtain an IP add ress automatic ally” ( refer to 2 -4-1 for setu p details). If your ISP is providin g you a stati[...]

37 Item Name Description User ID I nput the user name assigned by your ISP here. Password I nput the password assigned by your I SP here. L2 TP Gateway I nput the L2 TP gateway assigned by your ISP here. MTU I nput the MTU value of your network connection here. If you do not know, use th e default value. Connection Type Please specify a connection [...]

38 3-4- 7 Using “WISP” as broadb and connection typ e 1. If you are accessing the Internet via WI SP, select “ WISP ” . Item Name De scription WISP Enable or disable the WISP function. ESSID Input the ESSID (the name of you I SP ’ s wireless access point). Channel Number Select the channel number of your wireless acc ess point. Site Surve[...]

39 3. When the following message appears, click “Apply” to save th e change s and restart the broadband router. The router will tak e abou t 30 seconds to restart.[...]

40 2- 5 Using “iQoS” “ iQoS ” is Edimax ’ s an sw er to the need for a q uick and easy way to manage internet bandwidth . Its intuitive and frien dly user interfac e allows you to arrange your bandwid th priorities in a few simple steps. 1. First, click “ iQoS ” to a ccess the iQoS user interface. 2. Check the “ Enable iQoS ” box [...]

41 Note: If this bandw idth detection fu nction is not oper ating corre ctly, please perform the test with the ba ndwidth testing sites lis ted on the bott om right and e nter the test re sults manually. 5. The icons n ear the bottom show the current p riority order for various app lication ty pes (from left to right) . Re-arrange the priority by c[...]

42 CHAP TER III: GENERAL SETUP You can p erform advanced configuration of this broadban d router in “ General Setup ” . T he following are inst ructions on h ow to use “ General Setup ” : 1. Click “ General Setu p ” after logging in. 2. All available setu p items will appear as a l ist under ‘General Setup’ tab: 3. Refer to the foll[...]

43 3-1 System You can setup basic system settings of this broadb and router in ‘System’ menu : Please select the setting item you wish to set, then click ‘Apply’ button to proceed. You can also click ‘P revious’ button to b ack to ‘System’ m enu.[...]

44 3-1-1 Time Zone You can change the time zone settings of this b roadband route r. It’s important to have correct date and time setting if you need to read system log and use build-in firewall functions. The descript ions of every setting ite m are listed as follow: Item Name Description Time Zone Please select a time zone of th e country or re[...]

45 3-1-2 Password Se ttings You can change the web login p assword of this broadb and router. I f you keep u sing the default passwo rd ‘1234’, other p eople may access t he configuration int erface without your permission. P lease change the password as soon as p ossible. The descript ions of every setting item are listed as follow: Item Name [...]

46 3-1-3 Remote Manag ement If you nee d to manage this broad band router outside of your LAN (i.e . from Interne t), you can use this function to assign a remote IP address which is permitted to connect to this broadband router’s web man agement interface from Internet. If it’s not req uired for you to m anage this broadban d router from Inter[...]

47 Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband rou ter will stop respond ing (this is normal and is not m alfunction). You c an reconnect to th is broadband router and continue on other settings later. To setup othe r items now and restart broadban d router l[...]

48 3-2 WAN You can setup WAN (Wide Area Network, i.e. I nternet) connections of this broad band router in ‘WAN’ menu: Please select the WAN conn ection type you wish to use to setup I nternet connection, and click ‘App ly’ to save change s you made. If you’re not su re which c onnection type you should use, please contact your ISP’s ser[...]

49 3-2-1 3G/3.5 G Settings 1. If you want to access the In ternet via a 3G/3.5G USB m odem card, select “ 3G/3.5G Settings ” . Item Name De scription Country Select your coun try or region here. ISP Select your In ternet service provider h ere. PIN Code Please input the p in code for your UMT S , HSDPA , or EVDO connection (only required if you[...]

50 Note 1: The 3G -6218n supports most 3G/3 .5G modem cards. You can simply connect the modem card to the 3G - 6218n and the route r will recognize the modem c ard automatically. No add itional setup procedures are required . However, some modem cards require a PIN code or accoun t/password. In such cases, y ou have to use 3G -6218n ’s web interf[...]

51 3-2-2 Dynamic IP Dynamic I P means your ISP will assign an IP ad dress to you automatically b y ‘DHCP’ (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) . Dynamic IP is often used b y cable modem Internet connection. Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description Host Name Please input the host name of your computer, this is optiona[...]

52 If you wish to selec t another c onnection type as b roadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can c lick ‘OK’ to finish with q uick setup. You’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband rou ter will stop resp[...]

53 3-2-3 Static IP Some ISP will give you a fixed IP address, and ask you to use this IP address to establish Internet c onnection. In this case, you have to select th is connection type to establish connection with your ISP. Please note th at if your ISP is assigning a fixed I P address to you by DHCP or P PPoE, do not select this c onnection type[...]

54 If you wish to selec t another c onnection type as b roadband connection type, clic k ‘Back’; or you can c lick ‘OK’ to finish with q uick setup. You’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband rou ter will stop res[...]

55 3-2-4 PPPoE If your ISP req uires you to estab lish Internet c onnection by P PPoE (Point- to - Point Protocol over Ethernet) , you can u se this connection type to establish Internet connection. Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description User Name Please input user na m e assigned by your Internet service provi der here[...]

56 minute(s). This optio n is only available when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’ . If you wish to selec t another c onnection type as b roadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can c lick ‘OK’ to finish with q uick setup. You’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ t o save ch anges you made an d restart [...]

57 3-2-5 PPTP If your ISP req uires you to use PPTP (Point- to -Point Tunnelin g Protocol) to e stablish connection, you can select th is connection type to establish Internet connection. PPTP req uires two kinds of setting : WAN in terface setting (setup IP add ress) and PPTP setting (P PTP user name an d password). Here we start from WAN interfac[...]

58 Item Name Description User ID Please input user I D (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provi der here. PPTP Gateway Please input the IP address of PP TP gateway assigned by you r Internet service prov ider here. Connection ID Please input the conn ecti[...]

59 If you wish to selec t another c onnection type as b roadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can c lick ‘OK’ to finish with q uick setup. You’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband rou ter will stop resp[...]

60 3-2-6 L2TP If your ISP req uires you to use L2TP (Layer-2 Tunn eling Protocol) to e stablish connection, you can selec t this connec tion type to establish I nternet connection. L2 TP is another popular conn ection method for xDSL an d other In ternet connection typ es, and all requ ired setting item s are the same with PPTP c onnection. Like PP[...]

61 Item Name Description User ID Please input user I D (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provi der here. L2TP Gateway Please input the IP address of PP TP gateway assigned by you r Internet service prov ider here. MTU Please input the MTU value of y our [...]

62 If you wish to selec t another c onnection type as b roadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can c lick ‘OK’ to finish with qu ick setup. You’ll see the following m essages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband rou ter will stop res[...]

63 3-2-7 WISP WISP (Wireless I SP) is a conn ection method which establishes Inte rnet connection by wireless network . In this m ode, this router will act as a wireless c lient and connect to another wireless ac cess point to e stablish I nternet connection. Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description WISP Enable or disable[...]

64 access point you with to connect, you’ll be prompted to input WEP key / WP A passphrase so you can pass the s ecurity check of acce ss point. A correct WEP key / WPA passphra se is required to connect to wire less access point with se curity setting. Please ask y our wirele ss ISP for correct WEP key / WPA passphrase. If you wish to selec t an[...]

65 3-3 LAN ( Wired) You can setup Wired LAN (Local Area N etwork) connec tions of this b roadband router in ‘LAN’ menu . This broadband router has 4 LAN ports an d they’ll all use the same LAN IP address settings. P lease also note th at both wired and wireless LAN uses th e same LAN I P address settings, too. LAN settings split int o 3 secti[...]

66 Suggestions on IP address numbering plan: If you hav e no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your network, here are some suggestions. 1. A valid IP addre ss has 4 fields: a.b.c.d, for most of home and company us ers, it ’ s suggested to use 192.168.c.d, where c i s a n integer between 0 and 254, and d is an integer between 1 and 254.[...]

67 3-3-2 LAN IP You can use this setting to assign an IP address to th e LAN interface of th is broadband router. Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description IP address Please input the IP address of this broa dband router’s LAN interfa ce. Subnet Mask Please input subnet m ask for this networ k. 802.1d Spanning Tree If yo[...]

68 3-3-3 DHCP Serve r You can use this setting to d ecide the range of IP address leases. Here are descript ions of every setu p items: Item Name Description Start IP Please input the start IP address of the IP leases range. End IP Please input the end IP add ress of the IP leases range. Domain Name If you wish, you can also input the domain name f[...]

69 3-3-4 Static DHCP L eases If you wish to assign a fixed IP address to certain compute rs / devices by DHCP, you can use this function to establish a MAC- to -IP address table here, so you can assign a spe cific IP address to a spe cific compute r / network device by its MAC address. Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Descrip[...]

70 All MAC- to -IP address entries will be lis ted in this page , and this broadband router supports up 16 static DHCP leases: To delete one or more entries listed here, please check the box of th e mapping entry (under ‘Select’), and click ‘Delete Selec ted’ button. If you wish to d elete all mapping entries, click ‘Delete All’ bu tton[...]

71 3-4 Wireless You can setup Wireless LAN connection parameters of th is broadban d router in ‘Wireless’ menu: Please select one setting in this menu, then click ‘Apply’ to proceed. I f you wish to go bac k to previous page, click ‘Previous’.[...]

72 3-4-1 Basic Set tings You can set basic settings of wireless L AN here. Please select the working mode of this broadban d router from ‘Mode’ dropdown list first: a. AP : Stand ard wireless AP ( access point) . b. Station-Infrastruct ure: This broadb and router acts as b oth wireless communication client and server - c onnects to another wire[...]

73 3-4-1-1 AP Mode In AP mode, the following setting s will appear: Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description Band Please select t he radio band from one of following option s: 2.4 GHz (B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network clie nt to connect this router (maximum tran sfer rate 11 Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) : 2.4GH[...]

74 maximum 32 charact ers . ESSID is used to identify your own bro adband router from others when ther e are other broadba nd routers in the sa me area. Default SSID is ‘ Edimax ’ , it’s reco mmended to change default ESSID value to the one which is mean ingful to you, like myhome, of fice_room1, etc. Channel Number Please select a channel fr[...]

75 When you finished with th e settings in th is page, you c an click ‘Apply’ bu tton to sa ve changes you made in this page , or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th e following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this req[...]

76 3-4-1-2 Station-Infr astructure In Station-Infrastruc ture mode, you can select a wireless access poin t to become its wirele ss client, an d also acts as wireless ac cess point to serve other wirele ss clients. If you h ave the access privilege of other wireles s access point nearby, and you wish to use that access point to access In ternet, yo[...]

77 maximize compat ibility. ESSID This is the na me of broadband router. You can type any alpha numerical characters her e, maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to identify your own bro adband router from others when ther e are other broadba nd routers in the sa me area. Default SSID is ‘ Edimax ’, it’s reco mmended to change default ESSID va[...]

78 When you finished with th e settings in th is page, you c an click ‘Apply’ bu tton to save changes you made in this page , or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th e following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this requ[...]

79 3-4-1-3 AP Bridge: Point to Poi nt In this m ode, you can use this broadband route r as a wireless n etwork bridge and let all computers connected to t he LAN ports of both wireless access p oints to commu nicate with each othe r. This mode supports only one wir eless access p oint peer. Please note that when you selec t this mode, th is broadba[...]

80 2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network c lient to connect this router (maximum tran sfer rate 11 Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N) : 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.11b, 80 2.11g, and 802.11 N wireless clients. It’s reco mmends to sele ct this band to maximize compat ibility. Channel Number Select the channel n umber you wish to use; both[...]

81 3-4-1-4 AP Bridge: Point to Mul ti-Point In this m ode, you can use this broadband route r as a wireless network bridge and let all computers connected to t he LAN ports of all wirele ss access po ints to commu nicate with each othe r. This mode supports up to fo ur wireless access point pee rs. Please note that when you selec t this mode, th is[...]

82 to connect this router (maximum trans fer rate 11Mbps for 802.11 b clients, and maximum 54Mbps for 802.11 g clients). 2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network c lient to connect this router (maximum tran sfer rate 11 Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N) : 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.11b, 80 2.11g, and 802.11 N wireless clients. It’s reco m[...]

83 3-4-1-5 AP Bridge: WDS In this m ode, this broadban d router ac ts as both wireless comm unication b ridge and wireless acc ess point. This b roadband router c an establish c ommunication with up to four WDS-compatible wi reless acc ess points, and let all computers connected to the LAN ports of every wireles s access points c ommunicate with ea[...]

84 2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network c lient to connect this router (maximum tran sfer rate 11 Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N) : 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.11b, 80 2.11g, and 802.11 N wireless clients. It’s reco mmends to sele ct this band to maximize compat ibility. ESSID This is the na me of broadband router. You can type any a[...]

85 When you finished with th e settings in th is page, you c an click ‘Apply’ bu tton to save changes you made in this page , or you can click ‘Cancel’ to dis card changes. After you click ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th e following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this req[...]

86 3-4-1-6 Universal Re peater In this m ode, this broadban d router ac ts as a wireless repeater. It will repeat the signal of the wireless acc ess point you spec ified, to extend its wireless coverage . The broadban d router will still ac cept wireless c lients when in this mode. Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description[...]

87 2.4 GHz (B+G+N) : 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.11b, 80 2.11g, and 802.11 N wireless clients. It’s reco mmends to sele ct this band to maximize compat ibility. ESSID This is the na me of broadband router. You can type any alpha numerical characters her e, maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to identify your own bro adband router from others when th[...]

88 When you finished with th e settings in th is page, you c an click ‘Apply’ bu tton to save changes you made in this page , or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th e following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this requ[...]

89 3-4-2 Security Settings In certain AP working modes, you can enable encryption to improve security level . When you click ‘Set Secu rity’ butto n, the following window will appear: Please select an encryption m ethod from ‘Encrypt ion’ dropdown m enu, and correspond ing setting will app ear: Disabled Encryption is d isabled. It’s not r[...]

90 WEP Select WEP to enable WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryp tion: Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description Key Length There are two typ es of WEP key length: 64 -bit and 128- bit. Using ‘1 28 - bit’ is safer than ’64 - bit’, but will reduce some data transfer performan ce. Key Format There are two typ es of [...]

91 Server IP add ress Input Radius auth entication serv er’s IP address here. RADIUS Server P ort Input Radius auth entication serv er’s service port here. Genera lly it’s 18 12. RADIUS Server Password Input the password of Radius server here . Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges, or click ‘Reset’ to clear th e texts in all fields. [...]

92 WPA pre-shared key WPA (Wi- Fi Protec ted Acc ess) is also an enc ryption method and is safer than WEP . It’s recommend ed to use WPA in stead of WEP when you need to u se encryption to p rotect your data secu rity. Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description WPA Unicast Ciph er Suite Please select a type of WPA cipher [...]

93 WPA RADIUS If you have RADIUS authen tication server on your local network, you can authen ti cate the wireless clients by RADIUS server’s user datab ase. Only auth enticated c lients can establish wireless connec tion with this b roadband router. Here are desc riptions of every setup items: Item Name Description WPA Unicast Ciph er Suite Plea[...]

94 Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges, or click ‘Reset’ to clear th e texts in all fields. If y ou click ‘Apply’, th e following messages will appear: You c an c lick ‘Continue’ to b ack to previous page and continue sett ing, or click ‘Apply’ to restart the b roadband route r so the ch anges will take effect.[...]

95 3-4-3 MAC Add ress Filtering This function will h elp you to p revent unauthorized users from connec ting to your wireless router; only th ose wireless devices who have th e MAC add ress you assigned h ere can gain access to your wirele ss router. You can u se this function with other sec urity measures described in previous section, to create a[...]

96 All MAC address en tries will be listed in th is page: To delete one or more entries listed here, please check the box of th e entry you wish to delete ( Under ‘Select’), an d click ‘Delete Selec ted’ button. If you wish to delete all mapp ing entries, click ‘Delete All’ butt on. When you finished with th e settings in th is page, yo[...]

97 3-4-4 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Set t ings WPS (Wi-Fi Protec ted Setup) provides a convenien t way to establish the connection between th is broadband route r and wireless clients. Any WP S-compatible wireless clients can estab lish secure connec tion with this broadban d router with simple push-button type configuration or PinC ode type c onf[...]

98 Registrar: This broa dband rout er will act as WPS registrar and wait for wirel ess clients to send WPS configur ation request. Enrollee: This broa dband router will act a s WPS enrollee and sen d WPS configuration request to other WP S registrar. Conf igure via Push Button Click ‘Start P BC’ to start Push -Button ty pe WPS configuration ( P[...]

99 3-5 Advance Se ttings This router provides vario us netw ork functionalities like QoS an d DDNS, and you can configure these functions in ‘Advan ced Settings’ m enu.[...]

100 3-5-1 QoS Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the n etwork to share the internet b andwidth with a promised quality of internet service . Without QoS, all c omputers and devic es on the network will c ompete with each othe r to get internet bandwidth, and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth (like video[...]

101 Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description Enable QoS Check this box to ena ble QoS function, uncheck it to disable QoS . Total Download Bandwidth You can set the lim it of total download bandwidth in kbits . To disable download bandwidth limitation, input ‘0’ here. Total Upload Bandwidth You can set the lim it of t[...]

102 rule. If only one port is involved, input a single number here (1 to 65535); if multiple ports are involved, input star ting / ending port number in x-y format (like 10-20 ). Traffic Type If you’re creating a QoS rule f or a specifi c type of traffic, you can select it from thi s menu and you don’t have to input port range above. Protocol S[...]

103 and is not m alfunction). You can reconnect to this b roadband router and continue on other settings later. 3-5-2 DDNS DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is a IP- to -Hostname m apping service for those Interne t users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. It will b e a problem when such user wants to provide services to other u sers on In ternet, beca[...]

104 Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description Dynamic DNS If you want to enable DDNS function, please select ‘Enabled’; otherwise please sel ect ‘Disabled’ Provider Select your DDNS ser vice provider here. Domain Name Input the domain name you’ve obtained from DDNS service provide r. Account / E-Mail Input accoun[...]

105 When you finished with th e settings in th is page, you c an click ‘Apply’ bu tton to save changes you made in this page , or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard c hanges. After you c lick ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th e following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this r[...]

106 3-5-3 Port Forwa rding This function allows y ou to redirect a single port or c onsecutive p orts of Internet I P address to the same port of the IP add ress on local network. The port numb er(s) of Interne t IP address and private IP ad dress (the IP ad dress on local network ) must be the same. If the p ort number of Interne t IP address and [...]

107 Add Add the mapping to port forwarding table . Reset Remove all inputted values. All existing URLs w ill be displayed in ‘Cu rrent URL Blocking Tab le’: If you want to d elete a specific port forwarding entry, chec k th e ‘select’ box of the port forwarding entry you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ bu tton. (You can sel[...]

108 3-5-4 DMZ Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a spec ial area in your loc al network. This area resides in local network, and all compute rs in this area u ses private IP ad dress, too. Bu t these p rivate IP addresses are m apped to a certain Inte rnet IP address, so othe r people on In ternet can fully access those computers in DMZ. The DMZ setting p[...]

109 NOTE: Please note that every p ublic IP address can be mapped to a single Client PC IP address only. All existing DMZ e ntries will be displayed in ‘Current DMZ Tab le’: If you want to d elete a specific DMZ entry, ch eck the ‘sele ct’ box of the DMZ e ntry you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selec ted’ button. (You can selec t m[...]

110 3-5-5 Fail Ove r WAN failure det ection works by detectin g the presenc e of traffic on the 3G modem link. If the link is idle for too long , the router will att empt to ping a target I P address. If the ping does not reply, the router assum es the link is d own and attempts to fail ove r to the Ethernet WAN link. Item Name Description WAN Fail[...]

111 3-5- 6 3G Limit Cont rol T he “ 3G Limit Control ” func tion allows you to set a limit to the amount of 3G data you use. When th e “ 3G Limit Control ” function is en abled and th e amount of 3G data transmission exceeds th e limit you have set, the router will stop accessing the I nternet via the 3G USB modem. The “ 3G Limit Control [...]

112 3-6 NAT Network add ress translations s olve the problem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. With out NAT, all comp uters must b e assigned with a valid Internet I P address to get connec ted to Internet, b ut Internet service providers only pr ovide very few I P addresses to every user. There fore it’s nec essary to use NAT[...]

113 3-6-1 Virtual Se rver This function allows y ou to redirect a port on Inte rnet IP address ( on WAN port) to a specified p ort of an IP add ress on local network, so you can setup an Interne t service on the computer on local network, with out exposing it on Internet directly. You can also build many sets of p ort redirection, to p rovide many [...]

114 Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description Enable Virtual Server Check this box to ena ble virtual server, and uncheck this box t o disable virtual server. Private IP Input the IP address of the computer which provides Internet service. Computer name All computer nam es found by this broadband router on local netwo rk w[...]

115 When you finished with th e settings in th is page, you c an click ‘Apply’ bu tton to save changes you made in this page , or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th e following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made an d restart the broadban d router, th is r[...]

116 3-6-2 Special App lications Some applications require more than one connec tion a time; these applications won’ t work with simple NAT rule s. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description Enable Check this box to ena ble [...]

117 single value, or a range (like 20-50) . If you need to input more than one port number and they’re not contiguous, list all port number s here and separate them by comma ( , ). I f the application does not use UDP port, leave it blank. Comment You can input any text here to help you remember the purpo se of this item. This is optional. Select[...]

118 When you finished with th e settings in th is page, you c an click ‘Apply’ bu tton to save changes you made in this page , or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th e following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this req[...]

119 3-6-3 UPnP Settings This router supp orts UPnP (universal plug-and-play), which allows other network devic es to communic ate with this broadband router to exch ange information about n etwork capability for inte rcommun ication. After you made your choice, please click ‘App ly’ button: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and[...]

120 3-6-4 ALG Setting s ALG (Application Layer Gateway) is a kin d of network conn ection ability support for s pecific network applica tions like gam e and instan t online chat. Wit hout ALG support, th ese applications will not be able to commun icate with their server whe n working with this broadband router. All applications th at require ALG s[...]

121 3-6-5 Static Rou ting In most c ases, all your comp uters on local network wi ll use default gateway (generally provided by your ISP) to acc ess servers on Interne t. However, if you h ave preferred n etwork route you wish to re direct net work traffic, you can use this function to c reate dedicated route for specific network destination and by[...]

1 22 If you want to d elete a specific static route en try, check the ‘select’ box of the static route entry you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (You can selec t more than one static route entries). If you want to delete all static route entries listed here, please click ‘Delete All’ b utton or you can also click ?[...]

123 3-7 Firewall This broadband router supp orts several firewall fun ctions whic h will help you to protect your network and computer. I n this chapter, instruc tions for using th ese functions will be given, so you c an utilize th ese functions to protec t your network from hackers and malicious intrud ers. 3-7-1 Access Con trol By using acc ess [...]

124 router on local netwo rk will be listed here. You can select the co mputer name and click ‘<<’ button to add selected computer’ s IP address to ‘Private IP’ field. Please note that this list may not be able to list all computers on you r local network. If you think some comput er doesn’ t appear in the list, select ‘Refre s [...]

125 Please ch eck ‘Enable IP Filtering Table’ b ox first, and select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to d ecide th e behavior of IP filtering tab le (Deny the access of IP addresses in the list, or allow the acc ess of IP add resses in the list). You have to click ‘Add PC’ button to add a n ew IP address to the list: Here are desc riptions of eve[...]

126 You can select multiple services h ere. If you wish to deny or allow all services of certa in IP address(es), please select both ‘TCP’ and ‘UDP’. If the servic e you wish to den y or allow is not listed, you can us e ‘User Define Service’ tab le to add a new service of your own: Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Nam[...]

127 When you finished with th e settings in th is page, you c an click ‘Apply’ bu tton to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ to d iscard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th e following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart th e broadband router, this req[...]

128 3-7-2 URL Blocking If you want to p revent compute rs in local network from accessing certain website (like pornography, vio lence, or an ything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is u seful for parents and company man agers. Here are desc ript[...]

129 When you finished with t he settings in this page, you c an click ‘Apply’ butt on to save changes you made in this page , or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th e following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save ch anges you made and restart the broadband router, this requi[...]

130 3-7-3 DoS Denial of Service (DoS) is a comm on attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of d ata or request to you r Internet IP ad dress and server, th e Interne t connection will become very slow, and server may stop respond ing because it is not capab le to handle too m uch traf fics. This router has a built-in DoS attack prevention m [...]

131 so. Check this box an d the router will block all traffics which are try ing to scan your Internet IP address. Sync Flood This is another kind of attack, which uses a lot of fake connection re quest to consume the memory of your server, and try to make your server become unu sable. Check thi s box and the router will fi lter this kind of traffi[...]

132 Sync Flood Like Ping of Deat h, you can set the threshold of when this DoS prev ention mechan ism will be activated. When you finished with th e settings in th is page, you c an click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made in this page , or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ bu tton, you’ll see th [...]

133 CHAPTER IV: STATUS , TOOLS & LANGUAGE 4-1 Status In this men u, you can chec k the operation status of th is broadband router. To view th e status, follow the following instructions: 1. Click ‘Statu s’ tab from main m enu: 2. The basic system information w ill be shown: You can check basic system information about th is broadband router[...]

134 4-1-1 Internet Connection This page shows the current statu s of Internet c onnection. 4-1-2 Device Statu s This page shows c urrent wireless LA N and wired LAN configurat io n. 4-1-3 System L og This page shows all l ogged system informa tion. You can u se scroll bar to view th e logs, or click ‘Save’ to download th e log file to your c om[...]

135 4-1-4 Security Log This page shows all l ogged security-related information . You can use scroll bar t o view the logs, or cl ick ‘Save’ to download th e log file to your compute r. You can also c lick ‘Clear’ to remove all logs, or click ‘Refresh’ to reload logs. 4-1-5 Active DHCP Client This page shows all c urrent DHCP clients. Y[...]

136 4-1-7 Modem Info The status of th e connected m odem is shown here . 4-2 Tools This broadband router comes with several tools that will h elp you to m anage the configuration of br oadband router, upgrade th e firmware, and restart the broadban d router. To use these tools, follow the following instruc tions: 1. Click ‘Tools’ tab . 2. The l[...]

137 4-2-1 Configura tion Tools In this page , you can backu p and restore current system configuration, and reset all settings to factory default value. Here are desc riptions of every set up items: Item Name Description Backup Settings Click ‘Save…’ button to download the curre nt configuration as ‘con fi g.bin’ file . Save this file on [...]

138 4-2-2 Firmware Upgr ade New firmware releases will provide new func tions to this broadb and router, and you can use firmware up grade fun ction to upgrade the firmware to new versi on. Please download the firmware file from ou r company’s website and save it on your computer, and use firmware u pgrade function to u pgrade firmware: Please cl[...]

139 4-2-3 Restart If you found that the broadband router is not fu nctioning c orrectly, or responding slowly then u sual, you can use this func tion to restart the broadband route r, and this m ay correct the problem . Click ‘App ly’ button to restart the b roadband route r. You’ll be prompte d to confirm the restart, click ‘OK’ to resta[...]

140 4-3 Language This broadband router’s web -based u ser interface sup ports several language s. You can change the display language by click ‘Language’ b utton in main menu . To change the display langu age, select ‘Language’ dropd own menu from u pper -right corner of main men u, and select th e language you wish to use.[...]

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