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Content Welcome ..........................1 General Information ......................1 Safety Precautions ......................1 Cleaning and Maintaining ....................1 National Restrictions ......................2 FCC Compliance ....................... 2 Radio Frequency (RF) Energy ..................3 Limited Warranty ......................3 Limitation of Liability ....................... 3 Emergency Call .........................
C h a p t e r Welcome Thank you for choosing ZTE MF25A Router (hereinafter referred to as ―unit‖ or ―router‖). To get the most from your router and to keep it in the best condition, please read this manual carefully.
—Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. —Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. 2 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
Product. iv. Modifications or repairs not made by ZTE or a ZTE-certified individual. v. Power failures, surges, fire, flood, accident, actions of third parties or other events outside ZTE’s reasonable control. vi. Usage of products of third Parties, or usage in conjunction with third party products provided that such defects is due to the combined usage.
ZTE shall not be liable for any loss of profits or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from or arising out of or in connection with using of this product, whether or not ZTE had been advised, knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages, including, but not limited to lost profits, interruption of business, cost of capital, cost of substitute facilities or product, or any downtime cost.
WLAN function is disabled. PHONE Not in use. Blinking On Dialing, or there is an incoming call, the phone is ringing. In calling. WAN connection established (PDP activated) Blinking WAN connection establishing (PDP activating) Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 5...
6. WPS: WPS button is used to start Wi-Fi Protected Setup authentication process. Installation Inserting (U)SIM Card Insert the (U)SIM card into the (U)SIM port on the left side of the router. 6 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
1. Turn the power switch on to get started. Make sure that the phone is on hook before power on. Notes: Do not put anything on the top of the router. Do not lay routers to overlap each other when using. Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 7...
Power Supply For normal operation, connect the router to the external power adapter. In case of power failure or when there is no available external power supply, the router will not work. 8 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
When the phone rings, pick up the handset to answer it. If the telephone has hands-free function you also can answer the call by pressing the Hands-free button. Press the Hands-free button again to end the call. Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 9...
Notes: You need to check your Wireless Network Connection. Set the client to obtain an IP address automatically in the Internet protocol (TCP/IP) properties, and the client will get an IP address like‖192.168.0.100‖. 3. Select the SSID of your device, and then click Connect. Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 10...
1.Login the WebGUI and set the Operation Mode as Bridge mode. 2.Connect the device with Accessing the Internet by Cable Broadband 1.Login the WebGUI and set the Operation Mode as Cable Broadband. 2.Connect the device with LAN. Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 11...
It is recommended that you use IE (7.0 or later), Firefox (3.0 or later), Opera (10.0 or later), Safari (4.0 or later) or Chrome (10.0 or later). The login page appears as follows. 12 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
If you check Save after type in password, the device will save it. Next time when you want to login the device with the same password, what you need to do is click Login. When you login, the following interface appears. Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 13...
System Information Area: Show the system status and different kinds of tips. • Operation Mode When you first login the webGUI, you need to choose the operation mode to make the correct setting. There are three operation modes: 14 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
Your service provider gives you the static address information DHCP Your service provider does not give you any parameters Please select PPPoE, and input them. Please select Static and input all the parameters. Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 15...
On Demand Connect: The connection will be established when data transmission is required. Router will disconnect from the Internet if there is no data traffic going through during the Max Idle Time. Manual Connect: Connect to Internet or disconnect from Internet manually. • 16 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
Select SMS > Inbox to access the following figure: All the received messages saved in your device will be displayed here. • Click View to view the selected message. Click Reply to reply to the selected message sender. • Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 17...
Please disconnect the device from the network before change the settings. • 3G Settings Wireless Info Select Settings > 3G Settings > Wireless Info, the 3G wireless information is shown in the following figure: 18 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
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GSM Only: Device searches for GSM network only. • Click Apply to confirm your configuration. APN Setting Select Settings > 3G Settings > APN Setting, the APN parameters are shown in the following figure: Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 19...
Click Set default to set this profile as the default profile. Wi-Fi Settings Station list Select Settings > Wi-Fi Setting > Station List, the wireless network stations are shown in the following figure: Basic 20 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
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WDS Mode: WDS enable router to communicate with other APs, WDS connection is two-way communication, APs should know each other’s wireless MAC address. And make sure that all APs share the same SSID and channel. WDS configuration is shown below: Step Description Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 21...
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Decline BA Request: Select to reject peer BA-Request or not. • Click Apply to confirm your configuration. Advanced Select Wi-Fi Setting > Advanced, the advanced wireless network parameters are shown in the following figure: 22 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
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WMM Capable: When multimedia contents are transferred over wireless network, this function • enhances data transfer performance. APSD Capable: Automatic Power Save Delivery (APSD),enable or disable data flow using APSD • during transmitting for power saving. Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 23...
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Wireless Allow: Set the MAC address that is allowed to access network. • Wireless Reject: Set the MAC address that is not allowed to access network. • Click Apply to confirm your configuration. 24 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
You can set the maximum 10 filtering items for MAC/IP/Port Filtering, URL Filtering and Port Forwarding. MAC/IP/Port Filtering Select Settings > Firewall > Mac/IP/Port Filtering, the Mac/IP/Port Filtering is shown in the following figure: Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 25...
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Source Port Range: Set the source port numbers that will be filtered. • Action: Set how to handle the packet if it matches with the rule. • Comment: Type comment for the filter settings. • 26 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
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You can setup virtual servers to provide services on the Internet. Select Firewall > Port Forwarding, the virtual server settings is shown in the following figure: If you select Enable, the Virtual Server Settings will appear: Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 27...
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If you select Enable, set the DMZ IP Address, and then click Apply to confirm your configuration. System Security You can configure system firewall to protect AP or router from being attacking. Select Firewall > System Security, the system security setting is shown in the following figure: 28 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
You can change the administrator’s password. Click Apply to confirm your configuration. Restore Select Settings > Advanced > Restore, click Restore to set all the settings to their factory default values, Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 29...
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If you select Modify, the modification parameters are shown in the following figure: Type the old PIN code, and then type two times the new PIN code. Click Apply to confirm your configuration. 30 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
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Click Apply to confirm your configuration. Upgrade Firmware Select Settings > Advanced > Upgrade Firmware to upgrade the software version of the router. Click Browse..., locate the latest software version, and then click Upgrade. Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 31...
For the detailed operations about the client, please refer to the client’s instruction. Logout Select Logout, a pop-up window will appear as the following figure shown: Click OK to logout the web page. 32 Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION...
Others Symptoms Possible Problems/ Solutions The RSSI signal indicator is always blinking or does not This indicates poor reception. Try moving the router to light. another location near the window. Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 33...
Network & Frequency Band EDGE/GPRS/GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS: 850/900/1900/2100MHz Power Adapter Input: 100V~240V(AC), 50/60Hz Output:+12V (DC), 1.5A Data Service HSPA+ 5.76Mbps UL HSDPA 21Mbps DL Dimensions (W× H× D) 150mm× 120mm× 25mm Weight About 300g Confidential and Proprietary Information of ZTE CORPORATION 34...