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Wireless N 300 Green Router
Model # AR686W
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Ver. 1A

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  • Page 1 Wireless N 300 Green Router Model # AR686W User’s Manual Ver. 1A...

  • Page 2: Fcc Interference Statement

    Copyright Copyright © Airlink101, 2011. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT INFORMATION......................1 1.1 I ......................1 NTRODUCTION AND SAFETY INFORMATION 1.2 P ............................2 ACKAGE ONTENTS 1.3 F GREEN R ......................3 AMILIAR WITH YOUR NEW OUTER CHAPTER 2 CONFIGURE THE ROUTER ......................5 2.1 C ......................5 ONNECT THE OUTER TO YOUR NETWORK 2.2 C EZ S...
  • Page 4 3.4.7 Schedule Rule............................84 3.5 T ................................86 OOLBOX 3.5.1 View Log..............................87 3.5.2 Firmware Upgrade............................88 3.5.3 Backup Setting............................89 3.5.4 Reset to Default............................89 3.5.5 Reboot ...............................89 3.5.6 Miscellaneous............................90 CHAPTER 4 STATUS...............................91 4.1 S ..............................92 YSTEM TATUS 4.2 W ..............................92 IRELESS TATUS 4.3 S ..........................92 TATISTICS NFORMATION...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Product Information

    WPA2-PSK provide the highest level of wireless network security. The bundled EZ Setup Wizard allows you to set up the router with an easy-to-use user interface. Best of all, AR686W works with all 802.11n / g / b network devices which ensures compatibility with the existing wireless products.

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    1.2 Package Contents Before you start using this router, please check if there is anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: 1. Wireless N 300 Green Router with 2 un-detachable Antennas 2.

  • Page 7: Familiar With Your New Green Router

    1.3 Familiar with your new Green Router A. Front Panel Status Description Status Blinking (Green) Device status is working properly. On (Green) Network device is connected Blinking Data access Not connected On (Green) Network device is connected LAN 1~4 Blinking Data access Not connected On (Green)
  • Page 8 B. Back Panel Item Name Description Antennas These antennas are un-detachable 1.8dBi dipole antennas. 1 - 4 Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4. Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port. Power connector, connects to A/C power adapter.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Configure The Router

    Chapter 2 Configure the Router 2.1 Connect the Router to your network Note: Prior to connecting the router, be sure to power off your computer, DSL/Cable modem, and the router. Connect one end of a network cable to the WAN port of the router and connect Step 1 the other end of the cable to the DSL/Cable modem.
  • Page 10 Plug the power adapter to the router and connect it to an electrical outlet. Step 4 Power on your computer. Step 5 Check LEDs of the router: make sure Status, WAN, W.LAN, and the LAN port Step 6 that the computer is connected to are ON.

  • Page 11: Configure The Router With Ez Setup Wizard

    2.2 Configure the Router with EZ Setup Wizard Insert the Setup CD into CD-ROM drive. Step 1 When the autorun menu pops up, click EZ Setup Wizard. Step 2 Note: If the autorun menu does not show up on your monitor, please go to Computer CDROM drive Wizard, and execute “EZWizard.exe”.
  • Page 12 an AutoPlay window pops up on screen, please make sure you give Windows 7 and Vista users: permission to run the setup program by clicking Autorun.exe. Select your language and click Next. Step 3...
  • Page 13 Click on Wizard. Step 4 Please make sure your computer is connected to one of the 4 LAN ports of the Step 5 router, and your modem is connected to the WAN port of the router.
  • Page 14 The default wireless encryption setting is disabled. It is suggested to select WPA2-PSK for best wireless security. Configure the SSID (wireless network name, i.e. Airlink101), Channel, Security Step 7 and Key. Enter 8~63 characters into Key box, then click Next.
  • Page 15 Click Next and the wizard will detect your WAN settings, or you can select your Step 8 WAN type manually by checking “Let me select WAN service by myself”. Enter the settings based on your WAN service type. Step 9 Cable (Dynamic IP) If you are using cable Internet service, your WAN type is “Dynamic IP”.
  • Page 16 DSL (PPPoE or Dynamic IP) For DSL users, your WAN type is either PPPoE or Dynamic IP. You can try both types and determine which one works for you. For PPPoE connection, please enter the user name and password provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
  • Page 17 Verify the settings you have configured. Click Next to save the settings and Step 10 reboot the router. This will take about 30 seconds. Click Next to test the Internet Connection, or you can ignore the test, just open Step 11 the Internet browser and verify if you are connected to the Internet.
  • Page 18 After the WAN service test completed, click Finish. The wizard will open the Step 12 web configuration page for the router automatically unless you uncheck the checkbox below “Open the default web browser to access the advanced configuration”. You will see the status of the router on the web configuration page brought up by the web browser.

  • Page 20: Configure The Router With Web Configuration Utility

    2.3 Configure the Router with Web Configuration Utility Another approach to configure the router is using the Wizard in the Web Configuration Utility. The wizard will guide you setting up the basic settings of this router. You do not need to go through the wizard again if you have finished 2.2 Configure the Router with EZ Setup Wizard.
  • Page 21 When you see this following page pops up, you have successfully logged into the Step 3 router. Select Wizard and click on Enter to start the Setup Wizard. Click Next to start the Setup Wizard. Step 4...
  • Page 22 To change the System Password, enter the current password, new password and Step 5 reconfirm the new password. (The default password is ‘admin’.) If you do not wish to change the password, please leave all fields blank. Click Next. Select Auto Detecting WAN Type to let the Wizard detect which Internet Step 6 connection you are using or select Setup WAN Type Manually to select the Internet connection type manually.
  • Page 23 For Cable Users: Please select Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically (Dynamic IP Address). For DSL Users: You may select either Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically (Dynamic IP Address) or Some ISPs require the use of PPPoE to connect to their services (PPP over Ethernet) depending on the type of modem provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
  • Page 24 Configure the WAN settings according to the WAN type you selected. Step 7 Click on Clone MAC. Dynamic IP Address: Enter the Account and Password provided by your ISP. PPP over Ethernet: Note: Depending on the ISP, you may need to include the domain name with your user name.
  • Page 25 Keep the default SSID (wireless network name: Airlink101) or change it to a Step 8 desired name, so you can always recognize your wireless network with it, for example ‘myHome’. Select a channel number for your wireless network. Click Next.
  • Page 26 Type in 8 to 63 characters into Preshare Key box. Click Next. WPA2-PSK (AES) is the most secured encryption mode for general users but some older wireless adapters may not support it. Therefore, please make sure all wireless devices on your network support this security type. Verify the information you have configured.
  • Page 27 When you see the below window, you are successfully connected to the Internet. Step 11 Click Finish. Congratulations! Your router configuration has been finished. Please go to 2.4 Connect to the Router Wirelessly.

  • Page 28: Connect To Router Wirelessly

    2.4 Connect to Router Wirelessly You must configure the wireless adapter from your computer in order to establish a wireless connection to the router. In this section, you can find the instructions of how to connect to the router wirelessly with your Windows 7 computer. You can also refer to the manual of your wireless adapter on how to connect to the router.

  • Page 29: Chapter 3 Advanced Configuration

    Chapter 3 Advanced Configuration You can make advanced configurations on this router through Web Configuration Utility to meet your network’s needs, such as: Virtual Server, Access Control, Network Security, etc. If you have already gone through the Setup Wizard, you do NOT need to configure anything here for you to start using the Internet.
  • Page 30 When you see this page pops up, you have successfully logged in to the router. Step 3 Select Advanced Setup and click Enter to access the complete features and settings of this router.

  • Page 31: Basic Setting

    3.1 Basic Setting You can configure LAN, Internet connection type, DHCP, wireless settings and system password for the router in this page.

  • Page 32: Primary Setup

    3.1.1 Primary Setup This page allows you to specify an IP address for your router, and configure the Internet connection settings. Parameter Description The local IP address of this router. You can change it if LAN IP Address necessary. Displaying the current WAN (Wide Area Network, i.e. Internet) WAN Type connection type you configured for the router.
  • Page 33 3.1.1.1 WAN Type  If you need to change router’s WAN type, please click Change in the Primary Setup menu. You will see the following page. Select a WAN type from the list and click Save. A. Static IP Address: Click on Static IP Address if your ISP (Internet Service Provider) has provided you a set of IP addresses for your Internet connection.
  • Page 34 A) Static IP Address Enter the WAN IP address, WAN Subnet Mask, WAN Gateway, Primary DNS , and Secondary DNS addresses provided by your ISP. After you’ve finished all settings, click Save to save the settings and click Reboot. The change will take effect after rebooting the router.
  • Page 35 B) Dynamic IP Address Parameter Description Please input the host name of your router; this is optional and Host Name only required if your service provider asks you to do so. Please input MAC address of your computer here if your ISP only WAN’s MAC Address permits computer with certain MAC address to access Internet.
  • Page 36 C) Dynamic IP Address with Road Runner Session Management: Please enter the account and password provided by your Telstra Big Pond ISP. Parameter Description Please input user name of your account assigned by Telstra. Account Please input the password assigned by Telstra. Password Please input the IP address of login server here.
  • Page 37 D) PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE) Parameter Description Enter the User Name for your DSL account, you can obtain this PPPoE Account information from your ISP. Enter the Password for your DSL account, you can obtain this PPPoE Password information from your ISP. This feature allows you to assign a Primary DNS Server.
  • Page 38 enable Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. There are 3 modes for you to control the Internet connection: Connection Control Connect-on-demand: Router will connect to the ISP when its clients send outgoing packets. Auto Reconnect (Always-on): Router will keep the connection to the ISP after the connection is established.
  • Page 39 E) PPTP Parameter Description Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service IP Mode provider here: Static IP Address or Dynamic IP Address. Enter the IP address assigned by your ISP if you select Static IP My IP Address Address.
  • Page 40 obtain this information from your ISP. Enter the password for your PPTP account here. You can obtain PPTP Password this information from your ISP. Enter the connection ID if your ISP requires it. This is optional. Connection ID This feature allows you to set up the amount of time of inactivity Maximum Idle Time before disconnecting your PPTP session.
  • Page 41 E) L2TP Parameter Description Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service IP Mode provider here: Static IP Address or Dynamic IP Address. Enter the IP address assigned by your ISP if you select Static IP IP Address Address.
  • Page 42 this information from your ISP. This feature allows you to set up the amount of time of inactivity Maximum Idle Time before disconnecting your L2TP session. Set it to zero or enable “Auto-reconnect” to disable this feature. There are 3 modes for you to control the Internet connection: Connection Control Connect-on-demand: Router will connect to the ISP when its clients send outgoing packets.

  • Page 43: Dhcp Server

    3.1.2 DHCP Server This page allows you to configure the DHCP settings for your router. Press button “More>>” for more options. Parameter Description Select Disable or Enable the DHCP server. DHCP Server This is DHCP dynamic IP lease time assigned to the DHCP Lease Time clients.
  • Page 44 Minutes = 7 days. Whenever there is a request from a network client, the DHCP IP Pool Starting/Ending Address server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer. You must specify a range by entering the starting / ending address of the IP address pool.

  • Page 45: Wireless

    Section 3.4.7 for how to set up the Schedule Rule. Click on Disable to disable this feature if you want to keep wireless function always on. Airlink101 This is the name of your wireless network. You can type Network ID (SSID) any alphanumeric characters here, maximum 32 characters.
  • Page 46 following options: 11b/g/n mixed: 2.4GHz band, allows 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients, and maximum 300Mbps for 802.11n clients*). 11b Only: 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps*).
  • Page 47 Configuring Security - WEP Note: IEEE802.11n only supports WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK AES encryption. If you use WEP as your encryption, wireless data rate will drop to 54Mbps (802.11g standard). Select HEX or ASCII. You can select ASCII (alphanumeric format) or Key Mode: Hexadecimal (in the “a~f”...
  • Page 48 Configuring Security - WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key (PSK) to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication, so the encryption key is not easy to be broken by hackers. This can greatly improve your wireless security.WPA2-PSK AES is the most secured setting for general users.
  • Page 49 Configuring Security – 802.1x and RADIUS When the 802.1x function is enabled, wireless users must authenticate this router first to use the network service. The most common method of implementing 802.1x is by having a RADIUS Server (contain an authentication database) on your LAN, so the router can work simultaneously with it and get user's authentication profile for comparison.
  • Page 50 Configuring Security - WPA / WPA2 Wi-Fi protected Access (WPA) is designed to improve data protection and implement access control for Wireless LAN system. It encrypts frames transmitted through wireless module using the key dynamically obtained from RADIUS Server. Select either AES or TKIP. It is suggested to select AES if all your Encryption: wireless devices support this encryption mode.
  • Page 51 Wireless LAN coverage can be easily extended. Note: WDS-enabled routers or APs from different manufacturers are not guaranteed to ® work with AR686W. It is recommended to deploy WDS with solely Airlink101 AR686W. When WDS is enabled, it only supports None and WEP encryption.
  • Page 52 Remote AP MAC MAC 1 ~ MAC4. This feature allows you to bridge up to 4 AR686W routers. It is suggested to use “Copy to” function to avoid any typo. Click on the drop-down menu to select a AP you wish to bridge Scanned AP’s MAC...
  • Page 53 3.1.3.2 Easy Setup Button (WPS  compatible)  The AR686W Wireless N 300 Green Router has a built-in Easy Setup Button (WPS compatible) which allows you to build secured wireless connection between your wireless adapters and the router quickly and easily. Please make sure your wireless device supports this feature as well.
  • Page 54 Within the following 1 minute, push the WPS Button on the Router and hold for Step 3 less than 1 second. The wireless LED will start blinking quickly. The Router will now start the handshake with the wireless adapter, which will take Step 4 about 30 seconds.
  • Page 55 To configure the WPS settings of the router, go to Advanced > Basic Setting > Wireless, and click on WPS “Enter” button. There are two methods to activate WPS – PIN and PBC. 1) PIN (Personal Identification Number) You can check “Current AP PIN” and enter the numbers generated by this router displaying in “Current PIN of the device”...
  • Page 56 Or, you can check “Configure Wireless Station”, and enter the PIN generated by the wireless client computer into Enrollee PIN, and then click Trigger button to start WPS. 2) PBC (Push Button Configuration) You can choose to press the hardware button on the front panel of the router, or select Configure Wireless Station, Software button, and click Trigger button to start WPS.
  • Page 57 Parameters Description Select Enable or Disable WPS function. It displays “Idle” when there is no WPS session going on, WPS State “Processing” when WPS is in progress, or “Complete” when WPS is finished. It displays “Configured” if WPS setup is successful, or WPS Status “Unconfigured”...

  • Page 58: Change Password

    3.1.4 Change Password You can change the password required to log into the Router’s web configuration utility. The default password is “admin”. It is suggested to change the administrator’s default password as soon as you start to use the Router, and store it in a safe place. The password consists of 0 to 9 alphanumeric characters, and is case sensitive Parameters Description...

  • Page 59: Forwarding Rules

    3.2 Forwarding Rules You can configure Virtual Server, Special IP and Miscellaneous settings in this page.

  • Page 60: Virtual Server

    3.2.1 Virtual Server If you want to host a HTTP/FTP server or allow remote access to your IP camera on the LAN from the Internet, you must set up port forwarding rules on the router in order to direct incoming traffic to the server or IP Camera. This page allows you to set up to 20 port forwarding rules for the specified applications.

  • Page 61: Special Applications

    Check to enable this forwarding rule. Enable Enter a Schedule Rule number to enable the forwarding rule only Schedule Rule# within the desired time frame. Please refer to 3.4.7 Schedule Rule for detailed setting instructions. You can set 0 to enable the forwarding rule always.

  • Page 62: Miscellaneous

    applications, and the ID you wish to fill the setting in. Click Copy to and the setting you selected will be filled into the specific ID. Enter an outbound port number assigned by the application. Trigger When the trigger packet is detected, the inbound packets to the Incoming Ports specified port numbers are allowed to pass through the NAT firewall, type in a range of incoming ports to be triggered, for...
  • Page 63 application still doesn’t work on your computer after you open DMZ, you can try to enable Super DMZ for that computer. Select Super DMZ when your computer or server on the Local Super DMZ (IP Passthrough) Area Network needs to allow access from the Internet with a real public IP address.

  • Page 64: Security Setting

    3.3 Security Setting You can configure Internet access rules for your local computers based on Packet Filters, Domain Filters, URL Blocking, MAC Access Control and Miscellaneous settings in this page.

  • Page 65: Packet Filters

    3.3.1 Packet Filters Packet Filters allows you to control access to a network by analyzing the incoming and outgoing packets and letting them pass or halting them based on the IP address of the source and destination. Outbound Filter applies on all outbound packets but Inbound Filter applies only on packets that are destined to Virtual Servers or DMZ host.
  • Page 66 For each rule, you can define: Source IP address • Destination IP address • Destination port address • Protocol: TCP or UDP or both. • Parameters Description Check/uncheck Enable to enable/disable the Packet Filtering. Outbound Outbound Filter applies on all outbound packets but Inbound Packet Filter Filter applies only on packets that are destined to Virtual Servers or DMZ host.
  • Page 67 Rule for detailed setting instructions. Set 0 to let the filtering rule always take effect. Click Inbound Filter button to go to Inbound Packet Filter settings. Inbound Filter Click on Save after you’ve finished all settings. Click on Inbound Filter to configure inbound traffic filters.

  • Page 68: Domain Filters

    3.3.2 Domain Filters You can block users from accessing specific domains on the internet. This feature can help parents to manage the Internet usage for their children (i.e. Parental Control). Parameter Description Check/Uncheck Enable box to enable/disable Domain Filter. Domain Filter Check/Uncheck Enable box to enable/disable logging DNS Log DNS Query Query.
  • Page 69 Check Drop or Log or both to determine the actions of router, Action when user attempts to access the restricted domain. According to the settings in the screenshot above: Link request to www.abc.com will be dropped and recorded in log file. Link request to www.cde.com will be allowed but will be recorded in log file.

  • Page 70: Url Blocking

    3.3.3 URL Blocking You can block access to certain websites or web contents from local PCs by entering a full URL address or just keywords. The major difference between “Domain Filter” and “URL Blocking” is that Domain Filter requires user to input a suffix (like .com or .org, etc), while URL Blocking requires user to input a keyword only.

  • Page 71: Mac Access Control

    individually. Enter a Schedule Rule number to activate the filtering rule only Schedule Rule# within the desired time frame. Please refer to 3.4.7 Schedule Rule for detailed setting instructions. Set 0 to let the filtering rule always take effect. Click on Save after you’ve finished all settings. 3.3.4 MAC Access Control MAC Access Control will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router.

  • Page 72: Mac Address Control

    3.3.4.1 MAC Address Control This feature allows you to control Internet access based on MAC address and time schedule. Parameters Description Check this box to enable the MAC filtering function. All settings in MAC Access Control this page will take effect only when Enable is checked. Check this box to enable the rule that wireless or wired clients Connection Control whose MAC addresses are in the table can connect to the router.
  • Page 73 Select a DHCP client from the drop down list. Select an ID DHCP Clients number and click Copy To. The client’s MAC address will be copied to the ID you selected; you do not need to enter it manually. Input the MAC address of your computer / network device. MAC Address Check this box to allow the wired/wireless client to connect to the router.

  • Page 74: Miscellaneous

    3.3.5 Miscellaneous Parameters Description This feature enables you to perform administration task from Remote Administrator Host/ Port remote host. If this feature is enabled, only the specified IP address can perform remote administration. Setting the specified IP address as 0.0.0.0 indicates any host can connect with this product to perform administration task.
  • Page 75 connection will become very slow, and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much traffic. Check this box and the router will enable PPTP packets to pass VPN PPTP Pass-Through through the router for VPN connection Check this box and the router will enable IPsec packets to pass VPN IPSec Pass-Through through the router for VPN connection.

  • Page 76: Advanced Setting

    3.4 Advanced Setting This page allows you to set up System Time, System Log, Dynamic DNS, QoS Rule, SNMP, Routing and Schedule Rule, and other advanced settings.

  • Page 77: System Time

    3.4.1 System Time To specify correct system time for your router is very important. It will affect the schedule rule and system logs. This router provides 3 ways to configure the system date and time: 1) Synchronize with time server. (The router must connect to the Internet.) >...
  • Page 78 time server. (The router must be connected to the Internet to be able to synchronize time.) Select a time server here. Time Server You can select your local time zone here. The router will Time Zone synchronize time according to your time zone selection. Select “Set Date and Time using PC’s Date and Time”, and router PC Date and Time will automatically copy the date and time from your PC.

  • Page 79: System Log

    3.4.2 System Log You can enable this function to log all important system events for your router. This page provides upports two methods to export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog (UDP) and SMTP (TCP). Parameters Description Enter the host IP of destination where system log will be sent to.
  • Page 80 '/'. If you do not specify port number, the default value is 25. For example, "mail.abc.com" or "192.168.1.100/25". Enter the Email addresses of the recipients who will receive these Email Addresses logs. You can assign more than 1 recipient by using ';' or ',' to separate these Email addresses.

  • Page 81: Dynamic Dns

    3.4.3 Dynamic DNS Parameter Description Select Disable or Enable DDNS function. DDNS A DDNS provider provides service for you to bind your IP (even Provider private IP) with a certain Domain name. Choose a desired provider. Click Provider Website to go to the selected DDNS provider’s Provider Website website.

  • Page 82: Qos Rule

    3.4.4 QoS Rule Quality of Service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the Internet bandwidth with a promised quality of Internet service. Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with one another to get Internet bandwidth, and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth (like video streaming and network telephone) will be affected;...
  • Page 83 rule. Specify a remote (destination) IP address that will be affected by Remote IP Address this rule. Please input the range of remote (destination) port number that Ports will be affected by this rule. If you want to apply this rule on port 80 to 90, please input “80-90”;...

  • Page 84: Snmp

    3.4.5 SNMP Configure the router to allow administrative computers to control it through SNMP(Simple Network Management Protocol). Parameter Description You must check either Local or Remote or both to enable SNMP Enable SNMP function. If Local is checked, this device will respond to requests from LAN.

  • Page 85: Routing

    3.4.6 Routing Routing Table allows you to determine which physical interface address to use for outgoing IP data grams. If you have more than one router and subnet, you will need to enable routing table to allow packets to find proper routing path and allow different subnets to communicate with each other.
  • Page 86 For Example: AR686W Configuration on Static Routing Destination Subnet Mask Gateway Enabled 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.123.216 √ 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.123.103 √ When Client3 wants to send an IP data gram to 192.168.0.2, it will use the above table to determine that it has to go via 192.168.123.103 (a gateway), and if it sends packets to 192.168.1.11, it will go via 192.168.123.216...
  • Page 87 Select Enable or Disable to enable or disable Static Routing Static Routing function. Enter a destination IP address. The Destination IP is the address Destination of the remote network or host to which you want to assign a static route. Enter the subnet mask.

  • Page 88: Schedule Rule

    3.4.7 Schedule Rule You can configure schedule rules to control the time frame of network access. Parameter Description Check or uncheck Enable to enable or disable the schedule rule. Schedule Displaying rule numbers. Rule# Displaying rule names that have been added to the schedule rule Rule Name table.
  • Page 89 3.4.7.1 Add New Rule  You can add a new schedule rule in this page. Parameter Description Enter a name for the new rule. Name of Rule# Displays the current system time of the router for you to verify if System Time this matches with the date/time of where you are located. You can refer to 3.4.1 on how to modify the system time.

  • Page 90: Toolbox

    3.5 Toolbox The Toolbox page allows you to view system logs, upgrade firmware, save/reload configuration settings, reset factory default settings, reboot the router, and perform ping test.

  • Page 91: View Log

    3.5.1 View Log You can view, download, and clear the system logs stored in the router here.

  • Page 92: Firmware Upgrade

    To upgrade the firmware for the router, you must use a computer that is wired connected to the router. You need to download the firmware from www.airlink101.com and save it to your local hard disk first. You may need to unzip it if it is a .zip file.

  • Page 93: Backup Setting

    3.5.3 Backup Setting You can save the router’s factory default settings to your local hard disk by clicking on Backup Setting and save it as a .bin file. Once you need to restore the settings, please go to Firmware Upgrade page and load the .bin file you saved. 3.5.4 Reset to Default To restore the router settings to factory default, click on Reset to Default, and you will be prompted:...

  • Page 94: Miscellaneous

    3.5.6 Miscellaneous Parameter Description Wake-on-LAN is a technology that enables you to power up a MAC Address for Wake-on-LAN networked device remotely. In order to use this feature, the target device must be Wake-on-LAN enabled and you have to know the MAC address of this device.

  • Page 95: Chapter 4 Status

    Chapter 4 Status The Status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the Status page to monitor: the Internet connection, Wireless, NAT status, and the statistics information of the Router.

  • Page 96: System Status

    4.1 System Status You can view the status of current Internet connection. By clicking Renew and Release, you can renew and release the WAN IP address obtained from the ISP (Internet Service Provider). 4.2 Wireless Status You can view the Wireless LAN status of your router, including SSID (the name of your wireless network), Channel number, Security, and Wireless MAC address of the router.

  • Page 97: Nat Status

    4.4 NAT Status Click NAT Status on the bottom of the Status page to view NAT Status.

  • Page 98: Chapter 5 Appendix

    • Windows®, Mac®, or Linux® Ports • 1 x 10/100Mbps WAN port operating system • 4 x 10/100Mbps LAN port • Installed Ethernet adapter • Recommended use with Airlink101® Wireless N 300 products Antenna type • Two 1.8dBi un-detachable dipole antennas Power •...

  • Page 99: Technical Support

    Compatibility with 802.11n devices from other manufactures is not guaranteed. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Photo of product may not reflect actual content. All products and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright ©2011 Airlink101® **Wi-Fi® is a registered trademark and WPS...

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