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Sitecom WLM-4500 User Manual

Wireless adsl2+ gigabit modem router
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WLM-4500
Wireless ADSL2+ Gigabit Modem Router
User Manual
Version: 1.0

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  • Page 1 WLM-4500 Wireless ADSL2+ Gigabit Modem Router User Manual Version: 1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    WLM-4500 PLACEMENT ..............10 SETUP LAN, WAN................10 PC NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP ............11 INDOWS 7 12 INDOWS ISTA INDOWS BRING UP THE WLM-4500 ............. 14 INITIAL SETUP WLM-4500 ............14 LOGIN PROCEDURE STATUS ....................15 TATUS TATISTICS DHCP L IAGNOSTICS CONFIGURATION WIZARD ............
  • Page 3 IRMWARE PGRADE EBOOT Revision 1.0 © Sitecom Europe BV 2011 Note: All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication. However, as our engineers are always updating and improving the product, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or modified...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    802.11n client adapters. The WLM-4500 is not only a Modem or Wireless Access Point, but can also be used to connect wired Ethernet devices at 10/100/1000Mbit speeds. For data protection and privacy, the WLM-4500 can encode all wireless transmissions with WEP, WPA or WPA2 encryption.

  • Page 5: Key Features

    Advantages IEEE 802.11g compliant Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant devices Based on 802.11n technology WLM-4500: Up to 6 times faster than regular 802.11g (in combination with a 150n or 802.11n wireless adapter) Four 10/100/1000 Mbps To connect four wired PC's as well.

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped back in its original package. WLM-4500 modem/router 110V~240V 12V 1A Power Adapter Quick Install Guide CD (User’s Manual)

  • Page 7: Cautions

    3 Cautions This router’s design and manufacturer has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this router, please read the following before usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user should not modify this router. The environmental temperature should be within +5 ~ +35 degrees Celsius.

  • Page 8: Product Layout

    4 Product Layout WPS/Reset button Power button Modem connection Power connector LAN / computer connections Port Description ADSL Connect your telephone/ADSL cable this port Connect the cable from your PC or network device to this ports. Power connector Connect your power adapter to this port. Power button Turn the modem On or Off.

  • Page 9: Back Label

    Back label The back label describes the corresponding LED indications and port functionality. Description Power Lights up when powered ON. Blinks on TEST/RESET ADSL Lights up when an ADSL cable is connected. Internet Lights up when internet connection is UP. WLAN Lights up in Blue when WLAN is enabled.

  • Page 10: System Requirements

    Ethernet compatible CAT5 cables. 6 WLM-4500 Placement You can place the WLM-4500 on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your Wireless Broadband Modem/Router in the center of your office (or your home) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven.

  • Page 11: Pc Network Adapter Setup

    8 PC Network Adapter setup Windows XP • Go to [Start Menu], [Control panel], [Network Connections]. • Right-mouse-click on the [Local Area Connection]) icon, and select [properties] • Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties]. • Select the [General] tab. The WL-358/359 supports DHCP. Please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].

  • Page 12: Windows Vista/Windows 7

    Windows Vista/Windows 7 • Go to [Start Menu], [Control panel], [View network status and tasks], -> [Manage network connections]. • Right-mouse-click on the [Local Area Connection]) icon, and select [properties]...
  • Page 13 • Select [Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)], and Click [Properties]. • Open the [General] tab. The WLM-4500 supports DHCP. Please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].

  • Page 14: Bring Up The Wlm-4500

    Connect the supplied power-adapter to the power inlet port and connect it to a wall outlet. Press the Power-Button to turn the modem on. The WLM-4500 automatically enters the self-test phase. During self-test phase, the Power LED will blink briefly, and then will be lit continuously to indicate that this product is in normal operation.

  • Page 15: Status

    Status The pages in the status section provide you general information about the operational status of your device. Status The System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your modem/router: the UP time, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware version information is displayed here.

  • Page 16: Statistics

    Statistics You can view statistics on the processing of IP packets on the networking interfaces. You will not typically need to view this data, but you may find it helpful when working with your ISP to diagnose network and Internet data transmission problems.

  • Page 17: Dhcp List

    DHCP List This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The table shows the assigned IP address, MAC address and expiration time for each DHCP leased client.

  • Page 18: Diagnostics

    Diagnostics The Diagnostics page allows you to test the current configuration. Click ‘Start’ to let the modem router perform several tasks to verify if the connection is operational.

  • Page 19: Configuration Wizard

    11 Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to configure the modem. The Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the adsl line is connected and click Next. Select your country from the Country list. Select your internet provider. Click Next. Depending on the chosen provider, you may need to enter your user name and password or hostname in the following window.

  • Page 20: Basic Settings

    12 Basic Settings LAN Settings This page is used to configure the LAN interface of your ADSL Router. You can set IP address, subnet mask, and IGMP Snooping or modify the IPv6 address range .

  • Page 21: Dhcp Settings

    DHCP Settings You can configure your network and the router to use the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). This page allows you to select the DHCP mode that this router will support. There are two different DHCP Modes: DHCP Server and DHCP Relay. When the router is acting as DHCP server, please configure the router in the “DHCP Server”...

  • Page 22: Wan Settings

    WAN Settings This page allows you to manually configure the ADSL/WAN settings. The settings on this page require some knowledge concerning the WAN configuration we advice less-experienced users to configure the WAN settings using the Wizard (Chapter 10)
  • Page 23 ATM VC • Virtual Circuit: VPI (Virtual Path Identifier) and VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier) define a virtual circuit. • VPI: The valid range for the VPI is 0 to 255. Enter the VPI assigned to you. This field may already be configured. •...
  • Page 24 • Network Address Translation: Select None, Many to One or Many to Many from the drop-sown list box. Refer to the NAT chapter for more details. • RIP Version: Select the RIP version from RIP-1, RIP-2B and RIP-2M. • RIP Direction: Select the RIP direction from None, Both, In Only and Out Only.
  • Page 25 Wireless Settings This section provides the wireless network settings for your router. You can enable and configure the wireless AP function here. Parameter Description Band Please select the radio band from one of the following options. 2.4GHz(B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps).
  • Page 26 for 802.11b clients, maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients, and maximum 150Mbps for 802.11n clients). Mode It allows you to set the router to act in “AP”, “Client” or “WDS” mode. SSID The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN.

  • Page 27: Security Settings

    Security Settings This router provides complete wireless LAN security functions, include WEP, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.1x with WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With these security functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access. Please make sure your wireless stations use the same security function. Parameter Description Encryption...
  • Page 28 IEEE 802.1x. WEP-64Bits WEP is less level of security than WPA. WEP supports 64-bit and 128-bit key lengths to encrypt the wireless data. The longer key length will provide higher security. When “WEP- 64Bits” is selected, you have to enter exactly 5 ASCII characters (“a-z”...

  • Page 29: Wireless Acl

    Wireless ACL This wireless router supports MAC Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from accessing your wireless network. Parameter Description Choose to either Active Enable – Enabled the Wireless Access Control Disable – Disable the Wireless Access Control Actions Allow – Only allow the wireless clients with the MAC Address you have specified can access to the router.

  • Page 30: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings The advanced settings pages allow users to modify the more complex features of this device. Advances wireless This page allows advanced users who have sufficient knowledge of wireless LAN. These setting shall not be changed unless you know exactly what will happen for the changes you made on your router.
  • Page 31 DTIM Broadcast SSID If this option is enabled, the router will automatically transmit the network name (SSID) into open air at regular interval. This feature is intended to allow clients to dynamically discover the router. If this option is disabled, the router will hide its SSID. When this is done, the clients cannot directly discover the router and MUST be configure with the SSID for accessing to the router.

  • Page 32: Qos

    QoS allows you to classify Internet application traffic by source/destination IP address and port number. You can assign priority for each type of application and reserve bandwidth for it. The packets of applications with higher priority will always go first. Lower priority applications will get bandwidth after higher priority applications get enough bandwidth.
  • Page 33 Enable/Disable check “Enable QoS” enable functionality for the WAN port. Add a rule Enter all the data required for the rule you wish to set and click Add to save this rule. Edit a QoS rule Select the rule you want to edit and click “Edit”, then enter the detail form of the QoS rule.

  • Page 34: Upnp

    UPnP When the UPnP function is enabled, the router can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows 7. The router will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows 7, so you can directly double click the router or right click the router and select “Invoke”...

  • Page 35: Routing

    Routing The page enables you to define specific route for your Internet and network data. Most users do not need to define routes. On a typical small home or office LAN, the existing routes that set up the default gateways for your LAN hosts and for the router provide the most appropriate path for all your Internet traffic.

  • Page 36: Snmp

    SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a troubleshooting and management protocol that uses the UDP protocol on port 161 to communicate between clients and servers. The router can be managed locally or remotely by SNMP protocol. Parameter Description SNMP Select “Disable”...

  • Page 37: Ddns

    DDNS Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service providers. Parameter Description Enable Check the box to enable DDNS function. DDNS Provider Select your DDNS service provider here.

  • Page 38: Nat

    This page allows viewing or changing of the current status of the NAT for each Here it’s possible to set Virtual server or DMZ settings for each virtual circuit. For more information about the DMZ and virtual server please read chapter 13 Firewall.
  • Page 39 TR-69 As a bidirectional SOAP/HTTP-based protocol, it provides the communication between customer-premises equipment (CPE) and Auto Configuration Servers (ACS). It includes both a safe auto configuration and the control of other CPE management functions within an integrated framework. In the course of the boom of the broadband market, the number of different Internet access possibilities grew as well (e.g.

  • Page 40: Firewall Settings

    14 Firewall Settings The Broadband router provides extensive firewall protection by restricting connection parameters, thus limiting the risk of hacker attacks, and defending against a wide array of common Internet attacks. However, for applications that require unrestricted access to the Internet, you can configure a specific client/server as a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

  • Page 41: Acl

    This page is used to IP addresses for Access Control. If ACL is enabled only the IP Addresses that are in the ACL Table can access the CPE. ACL Enable or disable Access Control ACL Rule index Select an index number for the rule you are creating. Active Select if the Rule should be active or not Secure IP Address Enter the range IP addresses for which this rule should be effective.

  • Page 42: Ip Filter

    IP Filter Filter Type Choose the type of filter you wish to use, there are 3 possible types of filter . IP/Mac Filter Application filter URL block IP Filter Rule Editing • IP Filter Rule Index: This is item number •...
  • Page 43 • Destination IP Address: This is the destination subnet IP address. • Subnet Mask: It is the destination IP addresses based on above destination subnet IP • Destination Port Number: This is the Port or Port Ranges that defines the application. •...
  • Page 44 Application filter Here you can choose which applications should be blocked or allowed access. Choose which application should be allowed or denied access and click ‘Save’ to apply the settings. The URL block Here it’s possible to block certain websites. Filter type Enter the website you wish to block and make sure the rule is active.

  • Page 45: Dmz

    The DMZ Host is a local computer exposed to the Internet. When setting a particular internal IP Address as the DMZ Host, all incoming packets will be checked by the firewall and NAT algorithms then passed to the DMZ Host. For example, if you have a local client PC that cannot run an Internet application (e.g.

  • Page 46: Virtual Server

    Virtual server Use the Virtual Server function when you want different servers/clients in your LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP, Web server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers called port numbers to recognize a particular service/Internet application type. The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a particular service port number (from the Internet/WAN Port) to a particular LAN private IP address and its service port number.

  • Page 47: Toolbox Settings

    15 TOOLBOX Settings Password This page allows you to set the password to access the web server of the router. If the password you typed in ‘New Password’ and ‘Confirmed Password’ field are not the same, you’ll see the following message: “Please retype the new password again when you see above message.”...
  • Page 48 Please use new password to enter web management interface again, and you should be able to login with new password.

  • Page 49: Time Settings

    Time Settings The Time Zone allows your router to set its time; especially for recording System Log. Parameter Description Current Time The current time of the specified time zone. You can set the current time by yourself or configured by SNTP server.

  • Page 50: Firmware Upgrade

    Firmware Upgrade Enable Automatic firmware update When enabled the router will check for updates on the firmware if an updated firmware has been released the router will inform you that a newer firmware is available and offers to download and install the firmware.

  • Page 51: Reboot

    Reboot Whenever you use the Web configuration to change system settings, the changes are initially placed in temporary storage. To save your change for future use, you have to click “Apply” to reboot the router. If you have encountered problems during the configuration, you can click the “OPS” button in the top panel of the router over 15 seconds to reset default settings.

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