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AIP-W610
Wireless 802.11b/g
AP/Router
With Passive PoE support
User's Manual

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  • Page 1 AIP-W610 Wireless 802.11b/g AP/Router With Passive PoE support User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 FCC Certifications Federal Communication Commission Interference 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.
  • Page 3: Ce Mark Warning

    CE Mark Warning This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022 class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility. Company has an on-going policy of upgrading its products and it may be possible that information in this document is not up-to-date.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Unpacking Information ············································································· 1 Introduction To Wireless Router General Description ················································································· 2 Key Features ························································································· 3 The Front Panel ······················································································ 4 System LEDs ················································································· 4 Port LEDs (Wireless) Port LEDs (WAN) ············································································ 4 Port LEDs (LAN) ············································································· 5 The Rear Panel ······················································································...
  • Page 5 LAN Interface Setup ···································································· 27 WAN Interface Setup··································································· 28 Static IP Mode···························································································· 28 Firewall Configuration····································································· 33 Port Filtering··············································································· 33 IP filtering··················································································· 34 MAC filtering··············································································· 35 Port forwarding ··········································································· 36 URL Filtering ·············································································· 37 Virtual DMZ ················································································ 38 VPN Setting ······················································································· 39 VPN parameters configuration······················································...
  • Page 6: Unpacking Information

    Unpacking Information Thank you for purchasing the product. Before you start, please check all the contents of this package. The product package should include the following: 1. One Wireless VPN Router 2. One power adapter 3. One User Manual (CD) 4.
  • Page 7: Introduction To Wireless Router

    Introduction To Wireless Router General Description The Wireless Router built-in with 4-port 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch is the latest generation of Wireless router product for Home/Office and SOHO users. This full-feature and self-contained compact Wireless Router will be fully for broadband access in both of LAN and Wireless environment. This device has been specifically designed to provide LAN and Wireless users the most cost-effective method with multiple accesses to the Internet at the cost of a single public IP address(IP Sharing)and enjoy the true Plug-and-Play installation.
  • Page 8: Key Features

    Key Features The switch provides the following key features: Complies with IEEE 802.11b/g wireless standards Provides one 802.11b/g wireless Reverse SMA detachable antenna High speed transfer data rate up to 54Mbps Supports turbo mode for 72Mbps data transfer Supports wireless data encryption with 64/128-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x), WPA2 and AES functions Supports system log Supports authentication for wireless connectivity based on ESSID...
  • Page 9: The Front Panel

    The Front Panel The front panel of the Wireless Router is shown below. System LEDs System LED indicators locate on the front panel for showing the operating status of the whole device. PWR (Power) LED This indicator lights green when the Wireless Router is receiving power; otherwise, it is off.
  • Page 10: Port Leds (Lan)

    Port LEDs (LAN) Port LEDs (LAN) indicators locate on the front panel for showing the operating status of 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet switching ports. Act/Link LED Every port has a Act/Link LED. Steady green (link state) indicates that the port has good linkage to its associated devices. Flashing green indicates that the port is receiving or transmitting data between its associated devices.
  • Page 11: Restore Default Button

    option steps first. 1. Select a location with access for cables and a power outlet. 2. Unplug the unit. Place it upside down on a flat surface and mark the two holes for anchors. 3. Installing the Wall mount anchor (plastic) into the wall with tools such as drill or hammer.
  • Page 12: Installing And Using Wireless Router

    Installing And Using Wireless Router This Chapter provides a step-by-step guide to the installation and configuration of the Wireless Router. We suggest you go over the whole chapter and then do more advanced operation. Network configuration setup Steps to build up the network: Connect the ADSL or Cable modem to the Ethernet WAN port on the back of the Wireless Router by using the UTP cable.
  • Page 13: Computer Configuration Setup

    Computer configuration setup In order to communicate with this Wireless Router, you have to configure the IP addresses of your computer to be compatible with the device. The router supports DHCP server and it is enabled as default. Users that configure your IP address as “Obtain an IP address automatically”...
  • Page 15 hoose Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. You may choose “Obtain an IP address automatically”(recommend) to get IP address automatically or choose “Use the following IP address” to specify IP addresses manually. Please click the OK button after your configuration.
  • Page 16: Management

    Management Wireless Router configuration setup In order to make the whole network operate successfully, it is necessary to configure the Wireless Router through your computer has a WEB browser installed. Please follow up the steps listed below. 1. Double click the Internet WEB browser icon on your desktop screen (Netscape Communicator 4.0 and Internet Explorer 3.0 or update version) 2.
  • Page 17 4. The Graphic User Interaface After the password authorization, the Setup Wizard shows up as the home page of the Graphic User interface. You may click on each folder on left column of each page to get access to each configuration page.
  • Page 18: Setup Wizard

    Setup Wizard If you are using the router for the first time, you may follow the procedures of the setup wizard to do a step-by-step configuration. Note: The following instruction does an overall introduction to the Setup Wizard. For detail information to each item, please refer to instruction of each page.
  • Page 19 Mark the check box to enable synchronizing time by NTP server. Select the religion you live and a NTP server by clicking the drop list then click “Next”. Specify an IP address and subnet mask for connecting to the router in LAN.
  • Page 20 Select a WAN access type for the router to connect to Internet. Fill in the parameters that required in each blank, and then click the “Next” button. You may get those parameters from your ISP. Select the wireless parameters that are used for associating with this router and click “Next”...
  • Page 21 Click the drop list to select the encryption type for your wireless network. Fill in the parameters for the encryption type you select and click finish to complete configuration.
  • Page 22: Operation Mode

    Operation Mode To select an operation mode for this router, click on the mode that you want to perform and click the button to execute.
  • Page 23: Wireless

    Wireless Wireless Access Point builds a wireless LAN and can let all PCs equipped with IEEE802.11b/g wireless network adaptor connect to your Intranet. It supports WEP encryption and MAC address filter to enhance the security of your wireless network. Basic Settings You can set up the configuration of your Wireless and monitor the Wireless Clients associate with your AP.
  • Page 24 Channel Number The channel used by the wireless LAN. All devices in the same wireless LAN should use the same channel. Associated Clients Click "Show Active Clients" button, then an "Active Wireless Client Table" will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point .
  • Page 25 Tx Packet The number of transmitted packets that are sent out from this active wireless station. Rx Packet The number of received packets that are received by this active wireless station. TX Rate The transmission rate Power Saving Shows if the wireless client is in Power Saving mode Expired Time This is the time in second before dissociation.
  • Page 26: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Data Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast SSID, IAPP and 802.11g Protection. We recommend not changing these parameters unless you know what changes will be there on this router. Configuration Open System mode...
  • Page 27 Fragment To specifies the maximum size of packet during the data Threshold transition. The lower values you set, the worst performance it will be. If the packet size is smaller the RTS threshold, the wireless RTS Threshold router will not send this packet by using the RTS/CTS mechanism.
  • Page 28: Security

    Security At the page, you can set up the WEP, WPA Encryption to ensure the security of your Wireless. Configuration Encryption Use 802.1x Authentication To enable the 802.1x, Click the check box of WPA Authentication Mode There are two items, “Enterprise WPA Cipher Suite To enable WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA2 Mixed encryption modes, select the option in...
  • Page 29 WPA2 Cipher Suite Pre-Shared key Format Pre-shared Key Enable Pre-Authenticatio Authentication RADIUS Sever Click <Apply Change> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router. Select the WPA2 Cipher Suite to be TKIP or To decide the format, select what you need in the drop list.
  • Page 30: Access Control

    Access Control To restrict the Number of Access authentication of Stations, Set up the control list in this page. Configuration Click on the drop list to choose the access Wireless Access control mode. You may select “Allow listed” to Control Mode allow those allowed MAC addresses or select “Deny Listed”...
  • Page 31: Wds Setting

    WDS Setting Wireless Distribution System allows the router to communicate with other APs wirelessly. To make it work, you must ensure that these APs and the Router are in the same Channel and add these APs MAC Address and Comment values into the WDS list. Don’t Forget to Enable the WDS by click the check box of “Enable WDS”...
  • Page 32: Tcp/Ip Setting

    TCP/IP Setting LAN Interface Setup To set up the configuration of LAN interface, Private IP of you router LAN Port and Subnet mask for your LAN segment. Configuration IP address The IP of your Router LAN port (Default 192.168.1.1) Subnet Mask Subnet Mask of you LAN (Default 255.255.255.0) To give your LAN Client an IP, you have to enable “DHCP Server”.
  • Page 33: Wan Interface Setup

    WAN Interface Setup This page allows users to configure those parameters for connecting to Internet. You may select the WAN Access Type from the drop list and configure parameters for each mode. Static IP Mode IP Address, Subnet Mask Fill in the IP address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway and Default Gateway that provided by your ISP.
  • Page 35 PPPoE Mode User Name, password Fill in the User Name, password and service and service name name that provided by your ISP. Connection Type “Continuous” is for Always keep connection “Connect on demand” is for bill by connection time. You can set up the Idle time for the value specifies the number of time that elapses before the system automatically disconnects the PPPoE session.
  • Page 36 PPTP Mode IP Address, Subnet Mask, Fill in the IP address, Subnet Mask, Server IP Address, Server IP Address, User User Name and password that provided by your ISP. Name and Password MTU Size To Enable the Maximum Transmission Unit of Router setup.
  • Page 37 Common configurations for WAN interface There are some settings are able to be configured on each WAN access types: Enable Ping Access on Allow users on WAN to ping this device. Enable Web Server Access To Enable the user to access this Router through Internet, on WAN from port Enter the specific IP and the port number Enable IPsec pass through...
  • Page 38: Firewall Configuration

    Firewall Configuration Port Filtering The firewall could not only obstruct outside intruders from intruding your system, but also restricting the LAN users. Port Filtering To restrict certain type of data packets from your LAN to Internet through the Router, add them on the Current Filtering Table. Configuration STEPS Click the check box of “Enable Port Filtering”...
  • Page 39: Ip Filtering

    IP filtering The Wireless Router could filter the outgoing packets for security or management consideration. You can set up the filter against the IP addresses to block specific internal users from accessing the Internet. Configuration STEPS Click the check box of “Enable IP Filtering” to enable the function.
  • Page 40: Mac Filtering

    MAC filtering The Wireless Router could filter the outgoing packets for security or management consideration. You can set up the filter against the MAC addresses to block specific internal users from accessing the Internet. Configuration STEPS Click the check box of “Enable MAC Filtering” to enable the function.
  • Page 41: Port Forwarding

    Port forwarding The Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host some servers behind the router NAT firewall. Configuration STEPS Click the check box of “Enable port forwarding”...
  • Page 42: Url Filtering

    URL Filtering The URL Filter allows users to prevent certain URL from accessing by users in LAN. This filter will block those URLs that contain certain keywords. Configuration STEPS Click the check box of “Enable URL Filtering” to enable the function. Enter the URL that is going to be banned.
  • Page 43: Virtual Dmz

    Virtual DMZ The virtual DMZ is used to enable protocols, which need to open ports on the router. The router will forward all unspecified incoming traffic to the host specified in this page. To configure it, enter the Host IP (private IP address) and Click “Apply changes”...
  • Page 44: Vpn Setting

    VPN Setting VPN (Virtual Private Network) construct a virtual tunnel to a remote network, which prevents the connection from peeping and inspection. The data is encrypted with the encryption algorithm that you specified. To start configuring VPN, please mark the “Enable IPSPEC VPN” check box before any configuration.
  • Page 45: Vpn Parameters Configuration

    VPN parameters configuration After clicking the “Edit” button, you may configure this VPN tunnel. Mark this checkbox to enable this VPN tunnel and clear it to Enable Tunnel 1 uncheck it. Specify a name for this connection. Connection Name Select an authentication method for this VPN form the drop Auth Type list.
  • Page 46 IKE: Mark this check box to enable IKE. IKE (Internet Key Key Management Exchange) is a key exchange and authentication protocol used by IPsec. You may also click the “Advanced” button to do more advanced configuration for IKE. Connection Type: Select a connection to be a initiator in this VPN or a responder.
  • Page 47: Management

    Management Status In the home page of the Wireless Router, the left navigation bar shows the options to configure the system. In the right navigation screen is the summary of system status for viewing the configurations. System Uptime Firmware Version The version of the firmware applied on this device. Wireless Configuration The period that you power the device on.
  • Page 48 Mode The operation mode of the wireless router Band The performing band of this wireless router SSID The name of this wireless network Channel Number The channel used by the wireless LAN. All devices in the same wireless LAN should user the same channel Encryption The security encryption status of this wireless...
  • Page 49: Statistics

    Statistics On this page, you can monitor the sent & received packets counters of wireless, Ethernet LAN, and Ethernet WAN. To see the latest report, click refresh button. DDNS This page allows users to connect to DDNS. To enable DDNS, Mark the “Enable DDNS”...
  • Page 50: Time Zone Setting

    Time Zone Setting This page allows users to configure the time of the router. To specify manually, fill in the blanks in “Current Time” and click the “Apply Change” button. To synchronize time from a timeserver, please mark the “Enable NTP client update”...
  • Page 51: Denial Of Service

    Denial of Service Denial of Service(DoS) allows users to prevent certain packets from accessing this router. This helps to improve the security and against the assault from hackers. To perform Denial of Service: 1. Mark the “Enable DoS prevention” checkbox. 2.
  • Page 52: System Log

    System Log This System Log page shows the information of the current activities on the router. To enable system log function: Mark the “Enable Log” checkbox. To see all information of the system, select the “system all” checkbox. To see wireless information only, select the “wireless” checkbox.
  • Page 53: Upgrade Firmware

    Upgrade Firmware To Upgrade Firmware, STEPS Click “browse…” button to select the firmware you want to upgrade. Click Upload to start the upgrade process. Please don’t close the WEB-browser and wait for process to complete. When Upgrade is completed, you can start to use the router.
  • Page 54: Save And Reload Settings

    Save and Reload Settings To save setting to file, click “Save...” button. To load setting from file, 1. Click “Browse…” on the to select the file 2. Click upload to start the process and wait for it to complete To reset setting to Default, click reset to start the process and it will be completed till the status LED start blinking.
  • Page 55: Product Specifications

    Product Specifications IEEE802.3, 10BASE-T IEEE802.3u, 100BASE-TX Standard IEEE802.3x full duplex operation and flow control IEEE802.11b wireless LAN infrastructure IEEE802.11g wireless LAN infrastructure 1 * WAN port Interface 4 * 10/100 RJ-45 Fast Ethernet switching ports Antenna: 802.11b/g wireless reverse SMA detachable WAN Connection Ethernet 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 (10BASE-T): Category 3,4,5 UTP...

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