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QP-WR454N
802.11n Wireless
AP Router with 4 Ports 1T2R
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  • Page 1 User’s Manual QP-WR454N 802.11n Wireless AP Router with 4 Ports 1T2R www.qpcom.com...
  • Page 2 Terminology 3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision CSMA/CA Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server Diffie-Hellman Algorithm DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Extensible Authentication Protocol...
  • Page 3 Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network Wi-Fi Protected Access Introduction The Wireless LAN Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g with 802.11n Draft 2.0 specifications of wireless LAN broadband router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN.
  • Page 4 Product Features Generic Router • Compatible with IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 Specifications provides wireless speed up to 300Mbps data rate. • Compatible with IEEE 802.11g high rate standard to provide wireless Ethernet speeds of 54Mbps data rate. • Maximizes the performance and ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming and Voice over IP technology.
  • Page 5 Front Panel Description LED Indicator State Description 1. PWR LED The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off. 2. WLAN LED Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. 3.
  • Page 6 Rear Panel Description Interfaces Description Antenna (Fixed / SMA) The Wireless LAN Antenna. Power The power jack allows an external DC power supply connection. The external DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the WLAN Broadband Router. The RJ-45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5 cables.
  • Page 7 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. Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: <empty>...
  • Page 8 IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point. IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 8. Click OK and reboot your PC after completes the IP parameters setting. For OS of Microsoft Windows NT: 1.
  • Page 9 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 10 Encryption It shows the status of encryption function. Associated Clients It shows the number of connected clients (or stations,PCs). BSSID It shows the BSSID address of the WLAN AP Router.BSSID is a six-byte address. LAN configuration IP Address It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router. Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router.
  • Page 11 I. Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode. II. Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client.
  • Page 12 III. LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask. WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type.
  • Page 13 V. Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network Type SSID, Channel Number, Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Client). Wireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security.
  • Page 14 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 - 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 encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters. Item Description Disable Wireless LAN Interface Click on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission.
  • Page 16 Control Sideband Select the Sideband with Upper or Lower for channel width 40MHz. [N band only] Channel Number Select the wireless communication channel from pull-down menu. Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. Click Enabled/Disabled to init WMM feature. Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu.Data rate can be auto-select, 1M to 54Mbps or...
  • Page 17 Item Description Fragment Threshold Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes. RTS Threshold Set the RTS Threshold, value can be written between 0 and 2347 bytes. Beacon Interval Set the Beacon Interval, value can be written between 20 and 1024 ms. Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission.
  • Page 18 Item Description Select SSID Select the SSID from multiple APs. Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption method can be None, WEP, WPA, WPA2 or WPA-Mixed. Use 802.1x While Encryption is selected to be WEP. Click the check box to enable Authentication IEEE 802.1x authentication function.
  • Page 19 Wireless - 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 20 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 21 WDS Security Setup Requirement: Set [Wireless]->[Basic Settings]->[Mode]->AP+WDS This page is used to configure the wireless security between APs. WDS AP Table This page is used to show WDS statistics. Item Description MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS. Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface.
  • Page 22 Refresh Click to refresh the statistic counters on the screen. Close Click to close the current window. Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours. Item Description SSID It shows the SSID of AP. BSSID It shows BSSID of AP.
  • Page 23 This page allows you to change the setting for WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). Using this feature could let your wireless client automically syncronize its setting and connect to the Access Point in a minute without any hassle. Item Description Disable WPS Click on to disable the Wi-Fi Protected Setup function.
  • Page 24 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. Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Access Point.
  • Page 25 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Static DHCP Setup Item Description IP Address If you select the Set Static DHCP on LAN interface, fill in the IP address for it.
  • Page 26 Static IP Item Description Static IP Click to select Static IP support on WAN interface. There are IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done. IP Address If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it.
  • Page 27 DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned. Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function.
  • Page 28 DHCP Client Item Description DHCP Client Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server. Host Name Fill in the host name of Host Name. The default value is empty. MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size.
  • Page 29 DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned. Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function. Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy.
  • Page 30 PPPoE Item Description PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 31 Service Name Fill in the service name of Service Name. The default value is empty. Connection Type Select the connection type from pull-down menu. There are Continuous, Connect on Demand and Manual three types to select. Continuous connection type means to setup the connection through PPPoE protocol whenever this WLAN AP Router is powered on.
  • Page 32 PPTP Enter topic text here. Item Description PPTP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. Enable Dynamic Mode Click to select PPTP Dynamic support on WAN interface...
  • Page 33 for IP address assigned automatically from a PPTP server. IP Address If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the subnet mask for it.
  • Page 34 Firewall - Port 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 Port Filtering...
  • Page 35 Firewall - 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 36 Firewall - 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 37 Firewall - 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 38 Firewall - 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. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.
  • Page 39 Firewall - DMZ 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 40 Item Description Wireless LAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface. Ethernet LAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet LAN interface.
  • Page 41 User Name/Email Configure User Name, Email. Password/Key Configure Password, Key. Apply Change Click the Apply Changes button to save the enable DDNS service. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Management - Time Zone Setting Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.
  • Page 42 Management - 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.
  • Page 43 Item Description Enable DoS Prevention Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention. Whole System Flood / Enable and setup prevention in details. Per-Source IP Flood… Select ALL Click the checkbox to enable all prevention items. Clear ALL Click the checkbox to disable all prevention items. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings.
  • Page 44 Refresh Click the refresh the log shown on the screen. Clear Clear log display screen. Management - 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 45: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    Item Description Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer. Load Settings from File Click the Browse button to select the configuration files then click the Upload button to update the selected configuration to the WLAN Broadband Router.
  • Page 46 The MAC (Media Access Control) address is your computer's unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN, it's the same as your Ethernet address.) When you're connected to the Internet from your computer (or host as the Internet protocol thinks of it), a correspondence table relates your IP address to your computer's physical (MAC) address on the LAN.
  • Page 47 Example 2: wireless Ad Hoc Mode What is BSSID? A six-byte address that distinguishes a particular a particular access point from others. Also know as just SSID. Serves as a network ID or name. What is ESSID? The Extended Service Set ID (ESSID) is the name of the network you want to access. It is used to identify different wireless networks.
  • Page 48 Fragment threshold is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. If you find that your corrupted packets or asymmetric packet reception (all send packets, for example). You may want to try lowering your fragmentation threshold.
  • Page 49 What is 802.1x Authentication? 802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-level access control, defines Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over LANs (WAPOL). The standard encapsulates and leverages much of EAP, which was defined for dial-up authentication with Point-to-Point Protocol in RFC 2284. Beyond encapsulating EAP packets, the 802.1x standard also defines EAPOL messages that convey the shared key information critical for wireless security.
  • Page 50 What is NTP Client? NTP client is designed for fetching the current timestamp from internet via Network Time protocol. User can specify time zone, NTP server IP address. What is VPN? VPN is the abbreviation of Virtual Private Network. It is designed for creating point-to point private link via shared or public network.
  • Page 51 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 52 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 53 2. 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 54 3. Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “AP”, Channel Number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. 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.
  • Page 55 WLAN configuration: SSID Channel Number 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. 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”...
  • Page 56 3. Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “AP”, Channel Number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting.