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- Page 1 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual User's Manual of WLAN Broadband Router (2T2R) USER MANUAL 3.0.0 © 2011 - 1 -...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Table of Contents Terminology ......................5 Introduction ......................7 Package contents ..................7 Front Panel Description ................. 8 Rear Panel Description ................9 Installation ......................10 Hardware Installation ................10 Software Installation ................10 Software configuration ..................11 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router ..... - Page 3 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.4.2.3 PPPoE ..............37 4.3.4.2.4 PPTP ..............39 4.3.4.2.5 L2TP ..............42 4.3.5 Firewall ..................44 4.3.5.1 Port Filtering ................ 44 4.3.5.2 IP Filtering ................45 4.3.5.3 MAC Filtering ..............46 4.3.5.4 Port Forwarding ..............47 4.3.5.5 URL Filtering ...............
- Page 4 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 5.16 What is WPA2? ..................65 5.17 What is 802.1x Authentication? ............65 5.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)? ......65 5.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)? ......... 65 5.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)? ........65 5.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)? ........
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Page 5: Terminology
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 1. Terminology 3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server Diffie-Hellman Algorithm DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol... - Page 6 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play Virtual Private Network Wireless Distribution System Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network Wi-Fi Protected Access - 6 -...
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Page 7: Introduction
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 2. Introduction The Wireless LAN Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g with 802.11n specifications of wireless LAN broadband router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other WLAN router configuration. -
Page 8: Front Panel Description
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Front Panel Description LED Indicator State Description The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. 1. PWR LED The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off. Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. 2. WLAN LED No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. -
Page 9: Rear Panel Description
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Rear Panel Description Interfaces Description Antenna (Fixed / SMA) The Wireless LAN Antenna. The power jack allows an external DC power supply connection. Power The external DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the WLAN Broadband Router. The RJ-45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 cable. -
Page 10: Installation
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 3. Installation Hardware Installation Step 1: Place the WLAN Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations. -
Page 11: Software Configuration
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4. Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The WLAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Setup Page : http://setup.pinic.com Default IP Address:... - Page 12 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual - 12 -...
- Page 13 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual I. Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode. II. WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type. - 13 -...
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Page 14: Operation Mode
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.2 Operation Mode This page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts. Item Description Gateway Traditional gateway configuration. It always connects internet via ADSL/Cable Modem. LAN interface, WAN interface, Wireless interface, NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode Bridge Each interface (LAN, WAN and Wireless) regards as bridge. -
Page 15: Wireless
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.3 Wireless 4.3.3.1 Basic Settings This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Broadband Router. Here you may change wireless settings as well as wireless network parameters. Item Description Disable Wireless LAN Interface... - Page 16 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual SSID It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32 bytes long. Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 40 MHz. Channel Width [N band only] Select the Sideband with Upper or Lower for channel width Control Sideband 40MHz.
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Page 17: Advanced Settings
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.3.2 Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your WLAN Broadband Router. Description Item Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between... -
Page 18: Security
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual To adjust transmission power level. RF Output Power Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Apply Changes Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration Reset setting. 4.3.3.3 Security This page allows you setup the wireless security. -
Page 19: Wep
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.3.3.2 Item Description Select the SSID from multiple APs. Select SSID Select the “WEP” to enable WEP encryption for wireless security. While Encryption is selected to be WEP. Click the check box to enable Use 802.1x Authentication IEEE 802.1x authentication function. -
Page 20: Wpa
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual WEP encryption key (secret key) length: Format Length 64-bit 128-bit ASCII 5 characters 13 characters 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes 4.3.3.3.3 Description Item Select SSID Select the SSID from multiple APs. Select the “WPA” to enable WPA encryption for wireless security. While Encryption is selected to be WPA. -
Page 21: Wpa2
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration Apply Changes setting. Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous Reset configuration setting. 4.3.3.3.4 WPA2 Item Description Select SSID Select the SSID from multiple APs. WPA2 Select the “WPA2”... -
Page 22: Wpa-Mixed
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous Reset configuration setting. 4.3.3.3.5 WPA-Mixed Item Description Select the SSID from multiple APs. Select SSID Select the “WPA-Mixed” to enable WPA-Mixed encryption for WPA-Mixed wireless security. -
Page 23: Access Control
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous Reset configuration setting. 4.3.3.4 Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point. When this option is enabled, no wireless clients will be able to connect if the list contains no entries. -
Page 24: Wds Settings
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.3.5 WDS Settings Wireless Distribution System uses wireless media to communicate with other APs, like the Ethernet does. To do this, you must set these APs in the same channel and set MAC address of other AP that you want to communicate with in the table and then enable the WDS. -
Page 25: Wds Security Setup
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.3.5.1 WDS Security Setup Requirement: Set [Wireless]->[Basic Settings]->[Mode]->AP+WDS This page is used to configure the wireless security between APs. 4.3.3.5.2 WDS AP Table This page is used to show WDS statistics. Item Description MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS. -
Page 26: Site Survey
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.3.6 Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours. - 26 -... - Page 27 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Item Description SSID It shows the SSID of AP. BSSID It shows BSSID of AP. Channel It show the current channel of AP occupied. Type It show which type AP acts. Encrypt It shows the encryption status. Signal It shows the power level of current AP.
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Page 28: Wps
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.3.7 This page allows you to change the setting for WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). Using this feature could let your wireless client automatically syncronize its setting and connect to the Access Point in a minute without any hassle. -
Page 29: Schedule
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.3.8 Schedule This page is used to configure schedule for enabling wireless function. Item Description Click to enable the Wireless Schedule function. Enable Wireless Schedule Days Select days that you want to enable wireless function. Time Select the time that you want to enable wireless function. -
Page 30: Tcp/Ip Settings
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.4 TCP/IP Settings 4.3.4.1 LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of your WLAN Broadband Router. Here you may change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP, etc. - Page 31 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Manual setup Static DHCP IP address for specific MAC address. Set Static DHCP [Server mode only] Domain Name Assign Domain Name and dispatch to DHCP clients. It is optional field. Select enable or disable the IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree function from 802.1d Spanning Tree pull-down menu.
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Page 32: Static Dhcp Setup
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.4.1.1 Static DHCP Setup Item Description Enable Static DHCP Click the box to enable static DHCP function. If you select the Set Static DHCP on LAN interface, fill in the IP IP Address address for it. If you select the Set Static DHCP on LAN interface, fill in the MAC MAC Address address for it. -
Page 33: Wan Interface Setup
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.4.2 WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for wide area network that connects to the WAN port of your WLAN Broadband Router. Here you may change the access method to Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE or PPTP by click the item value of WAN Access Type. - Page 34 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill IP Address in the IP address for it. If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill Subnet Mask in the subnet mask for it. If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill Default Gateway in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data...
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Page 35: Dhcp Client
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.4.2.2 DHCP Client Item Description Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP DHCP Client address assigned automatically from a DHCP server. Fill in the host name of Host Name. The default value is Host Name empty. - Page 36 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3.
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Page 37: Pppoe
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.4.2.3 PPPoE Item Description Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There PPPoE are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done. - 37 -... - Page 38 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill User Name in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill Password in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server.
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Page 39: Pptp
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.4.2.4 PPTP - 39 -... - Page 40 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Item Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. PPTP User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in IP Address the IP address for it.
- Page 41 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from Enable Web Server Access on WAN WAN side. Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through. Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable PPTP packet pass through.
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Page 42: L2Tp
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.4.2.5 L2TP Item Description - 42 -... - Page 43 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. L2TP User can use embedded L2TP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill in IP Address the IP address for it.
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Page 44: Firewall
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Enable L2TP pass through on VPN connection Click the checkbox to enable L2TP packet pass through. Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new Apply Changes configuration setting. Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the Reset previous configuration setting. -
Page 45: Ip Filtering
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.5.2 IP Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Item Description Enable IP Filtering... -
Page 46: Mac Filtering
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.5.3 MAC Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Item Description Enable MAC Filtering... -
Page 47: Port Forwarding
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.5.4 Port Forwarding Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NAT firewall. -
Page 48: Url Filtering
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.5.5 URL Filtering URL Filtering is used to restrict users to access specific websites in internet. Item Description Enable URL Filtering Click to enable the URL Filtering function. URL Address Add one URL address. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save settings. -
Page 49: Dmz
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.5.6 A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network. Typically, the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic, such as Web (HTTP) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers. Item Description Enable DMZ... -
Page 50: Vlan
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.5.7 VLAN This page allow user to configure VLAN setting for each LAN, WLAN and WAN port. In the setting, you may to assign a VID, priority, CFI and tagging on/off in each port. Item Description Enable VLAN Click the box to enable VLAN function. -
Page 51: Qos
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.6 QoS Item Description Enable QoS Click the box to enable QoS function. Automatic Uplink Click the box to enable automatic uplink speed. Otherwise, fill out the Speed uplink speed manually. Manual Uplink Speed Fill out the uplink speed manually. The unit is Kbps. Automatic Downlink Click the box to enable automatic downlink speed. - Page 52 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Manual Downlink Fill out the downlink speed manually. The unit is Kbps. Speed QoS Rule Setting Address Type Select the type of rule. IP (layer3) or MAC (layer2). When you select IP type, you should fill out the IP address range of local Local IP Address NIC or device.
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Page 53: Management
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.7 Management 4.3.7.1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information. Item Description System Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN AP Router is powered on. Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN AP Router. - Page 54 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency. It shows the SSID of this WLAN AP Router. The SSID is the unique name SSID of WLAN AP Router and shared among its service area, so all device sat tempts to join the same wireless network can identify it.
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Page 55: Statistics
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.7.2 Statistics This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless, Ethernet LAN and Ethernet WAN networks. Item Description Wireless LAN It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN Sent Packets interface. -
Page 56: Ddns
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.7.3 DDNS This page is used to configure Dynamic DNS service to have DNS with dynamic IP address. Item Description Enable DDNS Click the checkbox to enable DDNS service. Service Provider Click the drop down menu to pickup the right provider. Domain Name To configure the Domain Name. -
Page 57: Time Zone Setting
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.7.4 Time Zone Setting This page is used to configure Time Zone. Item Description Current Time It shows the current time. Copy Computer Time Click the Copy Computer Time button to copy the time from PC. Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country. -
Page 58: Denial-Of-Service
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.7.5 Denial-of-Service This page is used to enable and setup protection to prevent attack by hacker’s program. It provides more security for users. Item Description Enable DoS Prevention Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention. Whole System Flood / Enable and setup prevention in details. -
Page 59: Log
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Select ALL Click the checkbox to enable all prevention items. Clear ALL Click the checkbox to disable all prevention items. Enable Source IP Blocking Click the checkbox to enable Source IP Blocking. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings. 4.3.7.6 This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log. -
Page 60: Upgrade Firmware
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Clear Clear log display screen. 4.3.7.7 Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version. Please note, do not power off the device during the upload because it may crash the system. Item Description Select File... -
Page 61: Password
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Click the Reset button to reset the configuration parameter to factory Reset Settings to Default defaults. 4.3.7.9 Password This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point. Empty user name and password will disable the protection. -
Page 62: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) Enter topic text here. What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. -
Page 63: What Is Bssid
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network. This mode is useful for quickly and easily setting up a wireless network anywhere that a wireless infrastructure does not exist or is not required for services, such as a hotel room, convention center, or airport, or where access to the wired network is barred (such as for consultants at a client site). -
Page 64: What Is Fragment Threshold
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 5.10 What is Fragment Threshold? The proposed protocol uses the frame fragmentation mechanism defined in IEEE 802.11 to achieve parallel transmissions. A large data frame is fragmented into several fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. -
Page 65: What Is Wi-Fi Protected Access (Wpa)
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual not a bad idea to run that way to enhance network security. However it's no replacement for WEP, MAC filtering or other protections. 5.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? Wi-Fi’s original security mechanism, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), has been viewed as insufficient for securing confidential business communications. -
Page 66: What Is Maximum Transmission Unit (Mtu) Size
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual ultimate goal is to allow data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media, operating system, programming language, and wired/wireless connection. 5.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size? Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) indicates the network stack of any packet is larger than this value will be fragmented before the transmission. -
Page 67: What Is Frame Aggregation
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual modulation, and the data rate on each stream. Radios establishing and maintaining a link must automatically negotiate the optimum MCS based on channel conditions and then continuously adjust the selection of MCS as conditions change due to interference, motion, fading, and other events. 5.33 What is Frame Aggregation? Every 802.11 packet, no matter how small, has a fixed amount of overhead associated with it. -
Page 68: Configuration Examples
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 6. Configuration examples Example one -PPPoE on the WAN Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on sales’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration. - Page 69 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 1. Configure the WAN interface: Open WAN Interface Setup page, select PPPoE then enter the User Name “84549386” and Password “2uprlamv”,the password is encrypted to display on the screen. Press button to confirm the configuration setting.
- Page 70 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”, Default Gateway “0.0.0.0”, enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.1.100” to “192.168.1.200”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting.
- Page 71 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 3. Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID”AP”, Channel Number”11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. - 71 -...
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Page 72: Example Two -Fixed Ip On The Wan
WLAN Broadband Router User Manual Example two -fixed IP on the WAN Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration. WAN configuration : Fixed IP 192.168.2.254 IP Address... - Page 73 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 1. Configure the WAN interface: Open WAN Interface Setup page, select Fixed IP then enter IP Address “192.168.2.254”, subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, Default gateway “192.168.2.10”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. - 73 -...
- Page 74 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 2. Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0 ”, enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.1.100” to “192.168.1.200”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. - 74 -...
- Page 75 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual 3. Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID”AP”, Channel Number”11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. - 75 -...