FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: 300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router Power Adapter Quick Installation Guide RJ45 cable RJ11 cables ADSL splitter One Resource CD, which includes this User Guide Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.
The device is designed to provide a simple and cost-effective ADSL Internet connection for a Wired Ethernet or Wireless IEEE 802.11n/ IEEE 802.11g/ IEEE 802.11b wireless network. iB-WRA300N connects to an Ethernet LAN or computers via standard Ethernet ports. The ADSL connection is made using ordinary telephone line with standard connectors. Multiple workstations can be networked and connected to the Internet using a single Wide Area Network (WAN) interface and single global IP address.
With 5-dBi Omni-Directional Antenna type. 1.3 Conventions The Router or device mentioned in this User Guide stands for iBal Baton iB-WRA300N model without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may differ...
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Chapter 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 The Front Panel Figure 2-1 The LEDs locate on the front panel. They indicate the device’s working status. LED Explanation: Name Status Indication On ( Red Colour) Device Init...
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2 DSL: Through the port, you can connect the router with the telephone. Or you can connect them by an external separate splitter. For details, please refer to 2.4.
Method one: Plug one end of the twisted-pair ADSL cable into the ADSL LINE port on the rear panel of iB-WRA300N, and insert the other end into the wall socket. Method two:You can use a separate splitter. External splitter can divide the data and voice, and then you can access the Internet and make calls at the same time.
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Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configure PC After you directly connect your PC to the iB-WRA300N or connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch which has connected to the Router, you need to configure your PC’s IP address. Follow the steps below to configure it.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-2 Step 3: Select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button. Figure 3-3...
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Step 4: Configure the IP address as Figure 3-4 shows. After that, click OK. Figure 3-4 Note: You can configure the PC to get an IP address automatically, select “Obtain an IP address automatically”...
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-5 If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC has not connected to the Router. Figure 3-6 You can check it follow the steps below:...
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-7 Step 1: Select the Quick Start tab, then click RUN WIZARD, and you will see the next screen. Click the NEXT button. Figure 3-8 Step 2: Configure the time for the Router, and then click the NEXT button.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-10 Step 4: Configure the following options provided by your ISP: Username, Password, VPI, VCI and Connection Type. Then click NEXT. Figure 3-11 Step 5: Configure the rules for the WLAN, and click NEXT.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Note: If the Access Point is activated, the wireless function will be available even without the external antenna because of an additional printed antenna. To adopt the wireless security protection measures, please refer to Section 4.3.3.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Chapter 4. Software Configuration This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation. For advanced users, if you want to know more about this device and make use of its functions adequately, maybe you will get help from this chapter to configure the advanced settings through the Web-based Utility.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-2 Note: Click the other submenus System Log or Statistics in Figure 4-2, and you will be able to view the system log and traffic statistics about the Router.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.1.2 System Log Choose “Status→ System Log” menu, and you will be able to query the logs of the Router. Figure 4-3 The Router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the Router.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-4 Interface: You can select Ethernet, ADSL and WLAN to view the corresponding network traffic over different ports. Select Ethernet, and you will see the statistics table as below. Statistics Table: Transmit Frames The frames transmitted over the Ethernet port.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Select ADSL, and you will see the statistics table as below. Statistics Table: Transmit total PDUs The total PDUs transmitted over the ADSL port. Transmit The total errors occurred over the ADSL port when data...
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.2 Quick Start Please refer to " 3.2 Login". 4.3 Network Setup Choose “Network Setup”, you can see the next submenus: WAN, LAN and Wireless. Figure 4-5 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide ATM VC: ATM settings are used to connect to your ISP. Your ISP provides VPI (Virtual Path Identifier), VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier) settings to you. In this Device, you can totally setup 8 VCs on different encapsulations, if you apply 8 different virtual circuits from your ISP. You need to activate the VC to take effect.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-7 Encapsulation: Select the encapsulation mode for the Dynamic IP Address, you can leave it default. NAT: Select this option to Enable/Disable the NAT (Network Address Translation) function for this VC. The NAT function can be activated or deactivated per PVC basis.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Static IP Address Select this option if your ISP provides static IP information to you. You should set static IP address, IP subnet mask, and gateway address in the screen below (shown in Figure 4-8).
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-9 Service name: Enter a name to mark current connection, or you can leave it blank. Username: Enter your username for your PPPoE/PPPoA connection. Password: Enter your password for your PPPoE/PPPoA connection.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Static/Dynamic IP Address: For PPPoE/PPPoA connection, you need to specify the public IP address for this ADSL Router. The IP address can be either dynamically (via DHCP) or given IP address provided by your ISP. For Static IP, you need to specify the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway IP address.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-11 Router Local IP: These are the IP settings of the LAN interface for the device. These settings may be referred to as Private settings. You may change the LAN IP address if needed. The LAN IP address is private to your internal network and cannot be seen on the Internet.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide • Multicast: Select IGMP version, or disable the function. IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a session-layer protocol used to establish membership in a multicast group. The ADSL ATU-R supports both IGMP version 1 (IGMP v1) and IGMP v2. Select “Disabled”...
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide • DNS Relay: If you want to disable this feature, you just need to set both Primary and secondary DNS IP to 0.0.0.0. If you want to use DNS relay, you can setup DNS server IP to 192.168.1.1 on their Computer.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.3.3 Wireless Choose “Network Setup→ Wireless” menu, and you will see the Wireless screen (shown in Figure 4-14 ). Please configure the parameters for wireless according to the descriptions below.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-14 Access point Settings: These are the settings of the access point. You can configure the rules to allow wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wireless network. • Access point: Select Activated to allow wireless station to associate with the access point.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide • Channel Bandwidth: Select the Bandwidth you want to use from the drop-down List. There are two options, “20 MHz” and “20/40 MHz”. If bigger bandwidth is selected, device could transmit and receive data with higher speed.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide WEP-64Bits To configure WPA-64Bits settings, select the WPA-64Bits option from the drop-down list. The menu will change to offer the appropriate settings. WPA-64Bits is a data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11g standard.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-18 Encryption: Select the encryption you want to use: TKIP/AES, TKIP or AES (AES is an encryption method stronger than TKIP). • TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) - a wireless encryption protocol that provides dynamic encryption keys for each packet transmitted.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-20 WPS Settings: WPS can help you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly. This section will guide you how to use WPS function. • WPS state: Display the current WPS state.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter PIN code If the wireless adapter supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup and the PIN method, you can add it to the network by PIN with the following two methods. Click PIN code, you will see the screen as shown below.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 2: For the Router, keep PIN code selected and enter the PIN code of the wireless adapter in the field after enrollee PIN code as shown below. Then click Start WPS.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Note: The default PIN code of the Router can be found in its label or the WPS configuration screen as Figure 4-23. WPS/WLAN: WPS/WLAN button can be used to enable and disable wireless feature.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide WDS Settings: Select On/Off to enable/disable WDS. With this function enabled, the Router can bridge two or more WLANs. • MAC Address: Enter the MAC Address you wish to bridge in the field.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.4 Advanced Setup Choose “Advanced Setup”, you can see the next submenus: Figure 4-24 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.4.1 Firewall Choose “Advanced Setup→ Firewall” menu, and you will see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-25).
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.4.2 Routing Choose “Advanced Setup→ Routing” menu, and you will see the routing information in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-26). Figure 4-26 Click ADD ROUTE button to add a new route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-27).
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.4.3 NAT Choose “Advanced Setup→ NAT” menu, you can setup the NAT (Network Address Translation) function for the Router (shown in Figure 4-28). Figure 4-28 Virtual Circuit: Enter Virtual Circuit Index that you plan to setup for the NAT function.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide DMZ Host IP Address: Enter the specified IP Address for DMZ host on the LAN side. 4.4.3.2. Virtual Server Choose “Advanced Setup→ NAT→ Virtual Server” in Figure 4-28, you can configure the Virtual Server in the next screen.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Step 3: Select the application you want from drop-down list, then the protocol and port number will be added to the corresponding field automatically, you only need to configure the IP address for the virtual server; If the application list does not contain the service that you want, please configure the Port number, IP Address and Protocol manually.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Address Mapping List: This displays the information about the Mapping addresses. To add a mapping rule: Step 1: Select the “Virtual Circuit” and Multiple for the “Number of IPs”. Then select the tab IP Address Mapping (shown in Figure 4-28).
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-32 QoS: Select this option to Activate/Deactivate the IP QoS on different types (IP ToS and DiffServ). Summary: Click the button to view the configurations of QoS. Rule: Configure the rules for QoS. If the traffic complies with the rule, then the Router will take the corresponding action to deal with it.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide • Application: Select the application that the rule aimed at. • Physical Ports: Select the port whose traffic flow are controlled by the rule. • Destination MAC & IP & Mask & Port Range: Enter the IP information about the Destination host for the rule.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.4.5 VLAN Choose “Advanced Setup→ VLAN”, you can activate the VLAN function in the next screen. Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a group of devices on one or more LANs that are configured so that they can communicate as if they were attached to the same LAN, when in fact they are located on a number of different LAN segments.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-34 PVID: Each physical port has a default VID called PVID (Port VID). PVID is assigned to untagged frames or priority tagged frames (frames with null (0) VID) received on this port.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide tag in frames will be deleted when transmitted from the VC. Ethernet: Select the Ethernet port as a member of VLAN. Wireless LAN: Select the wireless LAN port as a member of VLAN, and if you leave the Tagged blank, the tag in frames will be deleted when transmitted from the port.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.5.1 ACL Choose “Access Management→ ACL”, You can specify the client to access the ADSL Router once setting his IP as a Secure IP Address through selected applications. Figure 4-38 ACL: If Activated, the IP addresses which are contained in the Access Control List can access to the Router.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.5.2.1. IP Filter Select IP/Mac Filter as the Filter type, and select IP as the Rule type (shown in Figure 4-39), then you can configure the filter rules based on IP address. The filtering includes Outgoing and Incoming, the detailed descriptions are provided below.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Note: If select PVC0~PVC7 as an interface, the filter will match the IP traffic of WAN port with specified IPs (Source IP Address and Destination IP Address). If select LAN as an interface, the filter will match the IP traffic of LAN port with specified IPs.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide website of IP address 202.96.134.12, while other PCs have no limit. You can configure the rules as follows. Presume the rules are both aimed at the interface PVC0, and their indexes are (1, 1), (1, 2) and (1, 3).
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Step 5: Finally, click the SAVE to save the entry. Step 6: Go to Step 2 to configure the next two rules: Block E-mail received by the IP address 192.168.1.7 on your local network; Make the PC with IP address 192.168.1.8 unable to visit the website of IP address 202.96.134.12.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-40 Rule Type: Select MAC for the MAC Filter rule. Active: Select “Yes” to make the rule to take effect. MAC Address: Enter the MAC address for the rule. Rule Unmatched: If the current rule can not match, and you select Forward, the router will skip the rule and transmit directly.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Step 2: Select the IP/MAC Filter Set Index and IP/MAC Filter Rule Index for the rule, then select the Interface “PVC0”, and select the Direction “Outgoing” for the first rule. Note: If you want to make the rule take effect, please select Yes to active the rule.
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-41 Filter Type Selection: Select the Application Filter for the next configuration. Application Filter: Activate or deactivate the function. ICQ ,MSN & Real Audio/Video: Select Allow or Deny for these applications. If you select Allow, the Router will accept the application;...
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.5.2.4. URL Select Application Filter as the Filter type (shown in Figure 4-42), and then you can configure the filter rules based on URL. Figure 4-42 Filter Type Selection: Select the URL Filter for the next configuration.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide To add a URL filter entry: For example: If you want to forbid the user to access the website: www.yahoo.com. Presume the rule is aimed at the interface PVC0, and its index is “1”.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-44). UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) is a distributed, open networking standard that uses TCP/IP for simple peer-to-peer network connectivity between devices. An UPnP device can dynamically join a network, obtain an IP address, convey its capabilities and learn about other devices on the network.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-45 Dynamic DNS: Activate the DDNS function or not. Service Provider: This field displays the service provider of DDNS. My Host Name: Enter your host name here. E-mail Address: Enter your E-mail address here.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-46 CWMP: Select activate the CWMP function. URL: Enter the website of ACS which is provided by your ISP. User Name/Password: Enter the User Name and password to login the ACS server.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.6.1 Administration Choose “Maintenance→ Administration”, you can set new password for admin in the screen (shown in Figure 4-48). Figure 4-48 Note: There is only one account that can access Web-Management interface. The default account is "admin", and the password is "admin".
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-49 Note: The ADSL Router built-in some NTP Servers, when the Router connects to the Internet, the Router will get the system time automatically from the NTP Server. You can also configure the NTP Server address manually, and then the Router will get the time from the specific Server firstly.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Manually Select Manually as the Synchronize time, you need to set the date and time corresponding to the current time. Figure 4-51 4.6.3 Firmware Choose “Maintenance→ Firmware”, you can upgrade the firmware of the Router in the screen (shown in Figure 4-52).
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300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-52 To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: Step 1: Type the path and file name of the update file into the “New Firmware Location” field. Or click the Browse button to locate the update file.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-54 To restore the Router’s settings: Step 1: Click the Browse button to locate the update file for the device, or enter the exact path in “New Romfile Location” field. Step 2: Click the UPGRADE button to complete.
300M Wireless-N ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.6.5 Diagnostics Choose “Maintenance→ Diagnostics”, you can view the test results for the connectivity of the physical layer and protocol layer for both LAN and WAN sides in the screen (shown in Figure 4-56).
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