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- Page 1 MW155R 150Mbps Wireless N Router REV1.0.0 1910080030...
- Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of MERCUSYS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from MERCUSYS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LIMITED.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS Conventions ..........................1 Chapter 1. Introduction ........................ 2 Product Overview ......................2 Product Appearance ..................... 2 1.2.1 The Front Panel....................2 1.2.2 The Rear Panel ....................3 Chapter 2. Connecting the Router ....................4 System Requirements ....................4 Installation Environment Requirements ................4 Connecting the Router .................... - Page 4 Forwarding ........................ 29 4.6.1 Virtual Servers ....................29 4.6.2 DMZ ......................31 4.6.3 UPnP ......................31 Security ........................32 4.7.1 Local Management ..................33 4.7.2 Remote Management..................33 Parental Controls ....................... 34 Access Control......................36 4.9.1 Rule ....................... 36 4.9.2 Host .......................
- Page 5 Appendix A: FAQ ......................... 56 Appendix B: Configuring the PC....................59...
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Page 6: Conventions
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Conventions The router or MW155R, or device mentioned in this User Guide stands for MW155R 150Mbps Wireless N Router without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may differ from the actual situation. -
Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Chapter 1. Introduction Product Overview The router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-Router and Wireless AP. The 150 Mbps Wireless N Router delivers exceptional range and speed, which can fully meet the need of Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks and the users demanding higher networking performance. -
Page 8: The Rear Panel
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 1.2.2 The Rear Panel The following ports are located on the rear panel (View from left to right). Port Description The switch for the WPS function. Press for about one second to establish connection via WPS. For WPS/RESET details, refer to WPS. -
Page 9: Chapter 2. Connecting The Router
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Chapter 2. Connecting the Router System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (which is not necessary if the router is connected directly to the Ethernet.) PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors ... - Page 10 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Verify that the hardware connection is correct by checking these LEDs.
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Page 11: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. NOTE: Before configuring the router, you need to set up the TCP/IP Protocol in Obtain an IP address automatically mode on your PC. - Page 12 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Select Auto-Detect (Recommended), and the router will automatically detect your connection type. Then click Next. Enter the Internet parameters provided by your ISP, then click Next. Here we use PPPoE as an example.
- Page 13 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Click Finish to complete the Quick Setup.
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Page 14: Chapter 4. Configuring The Router
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each web page's key functions and the configuration way. After your successful login, you will see the main menus on the left of the web management page. -
Page 15: Wps
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R This section guides you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly via WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). Choose WPS, and you will see the next screen. -10-... - Page 16 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R WPS Function – Displays the status of the WPS function. You can enable or disable the function here. Current PIN – Displays the current value of the router's PIN. The default PIN of the router ...
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Page 17: Network
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R II. Enter the client device’s PIN on the router Use this method if your client device has a WPS PIN number. Step 1: Keep the WPS Function as Enabled and click Add Device, then the following screen will appear. -
Page 18: Wan
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 4.3.1 Go to Network→WAN, you can configure the IP parameters of the WAN. If your ISP provides the DHCP service, select Dynamic IP, and the router will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP. - Page 19 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0.
- Page 20 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Username/Password - Enter the username and password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Connect on Demand - In this mode, the Internet connection can be terminated automatically after a specified inactivity period (Max Idle Time) and be re-established when you attempt to access the Internet again.
- Page 21 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R NOTE: Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be terminated although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. If you want to do some advanced configurations, click Advanced, and you can see the page shown below.
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Page 22: Wan Rate Settings
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 4.3.2 WAN Rate Settings Current Mode - Displays the current WAN rate and duplex mode. Mode - Select the rate and duplex mode for the WAN port from the drop-down list (100 Mbps ... -
Page 23: Mac Clone
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 4.3.4 MAC Clone Go to Network→MAC Clone, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on the screen below. Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here. -
Page 24: Basic Settings
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 4.4.1 Basic Settings Go to Wireless→Wireless Setting, you can configure the basic settings for the wireless network on this page. SSID - Wireless Network Name. The default SSID is set to be MERCUSYS_XXXX (XXXX ... -
Page 25: Wireless Security
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Enable Wireless Router Radio - The wireless radio of this router can be enabled or disabled to allow wireless stations access. Enable SSID Broadcast - When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks ... - Page 26 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Disable Wireless Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, select this option, but it’s strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security. WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK - The WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on pre-shared ...
- Page 27 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Encryption - you can choose the version of the WPA-PSK security from the drop-down list. • The default setting is Auto, which can select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.
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Page 28: Wireless Mac Filtering
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value • should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update. WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you select this check box, you will find a ... - Page 29 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable. The default setting is Disabled. MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to filter. Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled.
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Page 30: Wireless Advanced
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R To modify or delete an existing entry: Click Edit in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. Modify the information. Click Save. 4.4.4 Wireless Advanced Go to Wireless→Wireless Advanced, you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless... -
Page 31: Dhcp
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address. Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status. Received Packets - Packets received by the station. Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station. -
Page 32: Dhcp Client List
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the computer manually. Start IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP server to start with when assigning ... -
Page 33: Address Reservation
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R ID - The index of the DHCP Client. Client Name - The name of the DHCP client. MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client. IP Address - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client. -
Page 34: Forwarding
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format.) and IP address in dotted-decimal notation of the computer you wish to add. Click Save. To modify or delete an existing entry: Click Edit in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click Delete. - Page 35 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Service Port - The numbers of external ports. You can type a service port or a range of service ports (in XX – YY format, XX is the start port number, YY is the end port number).
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Page 36: Dmz
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R To modify or delete an existing entry: Click Edit in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click Delete. Modify the information. Click Save. Click Enable All/Disabled All to make all entries enabled/disabled. -
Page 37: Security
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking Enable or Disable. The feature is enabled by default. Current UPnP Settings List - Displays the current UPnP information. ... -
Page 38: Local Management
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 4.7.1 Local Management Go to Security→Local Management, you can configure the management rule. The management feature allows you to deny computers in LAN from accessing the router. By default, Allow all the PCs on the LAN to access the router's web-based utility is selected. -
Page 39: Parental Controls
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R value of 0.0.0.0. To enable this function change 0.0.0.0 to a valid IP address. If set to 255.255.255.255, then all the hosts can access the router from internet. NOTE: 1) To access the router, you should type your router's WAN IP address into your browser's address filed, followed by a colon and the custom port number. - Page 40 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Click Enable All/Disable All to enable/disable all the rules in the list. Click Delete All to delete all the entries in the table. Click Next to go to the next page, or click Previous return to the previous page.
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Page 41: Access Control
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Access Control There are four submenus under the Access Control menu as shown below: Rule, Host, Target and Schedule. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. -
Page 42: Host
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Click Next to go to the next page, or click Previous to return to the previous page. To add a new rule, please follow the steps below. 1. Click Add. 2. Give a name for the rule in the Rule Name field. -
Page 43: Target
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R To add a new entry, follow the steps below. Click Add. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address. If you select IP Address: 1) In Host Name field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). - Page 44 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Target Description - Displays the description about the target and this description is unique. Information - The target can be IP address, port or domain name. Modify - To edit or delete an existing entry.
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Page 45: Schedule
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R If you select Domain Name: 1) In Target Description field, create a unique description for the target (e.g. Target_1). 2) In Domain Name field, enter the domain name, either the full name or the keywords in the blank. -
Page 46: Advanced Routing
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R To add a new schedule, the steps below. 1. Click Add. 2. In Schedule Description field, create a unique description for the schedule (e.g. Schedule_1). 3. In Day field, select the day or days you need. -
Page 47: System Routing Table
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Destination Network - The address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route. Subnet Mask - The subnet mask determines which portion of an IP address is the network ... -
Page 48: Bandwidth Control
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Destination Network - The address of the network or host to which the static route is assigned. Subnet Mask - The subnet mask determines which portion of an IP address is the network ... -
Page 49: Ip & Mac Binding
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R IP Range - The information about the rules such as address range. Upstream Bandwidth - Displays the min and max upload bandwidth through the WAN port. Downstream Bandwidth - Displays the min and max download bandwidth through the WAN ... - Page 50 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. Bind - Check this option to enable ARP binding for a specific device.
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Page 51: Arp List
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 4.12.2 ARP List Go to IP & MAC Binding→ARP List, you can view and set the IP & MAC Binding entries. MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. - Page 52 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R dynamic IP address, and then your friends can connect to your server by entering your domain name no matter what your IP address is. Service Provider - Dynamic DNS service providers. Username - The username for your DDNS account.
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Page 53: System Tools
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 4.14 System Tools Choose System Tools, and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Time Settings, Diagnostic, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. -
Page 54: Diagnostic
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R To set time manually: Select your local time zone. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Year format. Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. Click Save. NOTE: 1) This setting will be used for some time-based functions such as firewall. You must specify your time zone once you login to the router successfully, otherwise, these functions will not take effect. -
Page 55: Firmware Upgrade
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway. Tracert - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection. IP Address/Domain Name - Enter the destination IP address or domain name used for ... -
Page 56: Factory Defaults
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R To upgrade the router's firmware, follow the steps below: 1. Download more recent firmware upgrade file from official website (http://www.mercusys.com). 2. Click Choose File to locate and open the update file. 3. Click Upgrade. -
Page 57: Reboot
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Click Backup to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer. To upgrade the router's configuration, follow these instructions. 1. Click Choose File to locate and open the update file for the router. -
Page 58: Password
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R • Restore the router's settings to factory defaults (system will reboot automatically). • Update the configuration with the file (system will reboot automatically. 4.14.7 Password Go to System Tools→Password, you can change the password of the web management page. - Page 59 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R From - Your mail box address. The router would connect it to send logs. To - Recipient’s address. The destination mailbox where the logs would be received. SMTP Server - Your smtp server. It corresponds with the mailbox filled in the From ...
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Page 60: Statistics
150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 4.14.9 Statistics Go to System Tools → Statistics, you can view the network traffic of each PC on the LAN. Current Statistics Status - Enabled or Disabled. The default value is disabled. You can click ... - Page 61 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Appendix A: FAQ T1. What can I do if I forget my password? For wireless password: By default, the wireless network has no password. If you have set password for the network, log in to the router’s web management page, go to Wireless→Basic Settings to obtain or reset your password.
- Page 62 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R 4) Click LAN settings, deselect the following three options and click OK; 5) Go to Advanced→Restore advanced settings, and click OK to save the settings. -57-...
- Page 63 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Change a web browser or computer and log in again. Reset the modem router to factory default settings. Note: You’ll need to reconfigure the router to surf the Internet once the router is reset.
- Page 64 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows 7. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter ’s manual if needed.
- Page 65 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R In the prompt page that showed below, double click on the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default.
- Page 66 150Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide MW155R Setting IP address manually Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items are available If the router's LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1, specify the IP address as 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
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