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FCC 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 radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding LevelOne WBR-2401 22MbpsWireless ADSL Firewall/VPN Router. w/Printer Port This product is specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solution for Internet surfing, and is easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users.
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Packet Filter allows you to control access to a network by analyzing the incoming and outgoing packets and letting them pass or halting them based on the IP address of the source and destination. supported Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) enable devices such as PCs, routers or other devices to be plugged into a network and automatically know about each other.
You can set the schedule time to decide which service at what time will be turned on or off. Packing List WBR-2401 22Mbps Wireless ADSL Firewall/VPN Router w/Printer Port. Installation CD-ROM Power adapter CAT-5 UTP Fast Ethernet cable Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Panel Layout...
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LED: Function Color Status Description Power is being applied to this POWER Power indication Green product. This product is functioning System status 1 Green Blinking properly. The ADSL is linked. Show-time ADSL status1 Green This router is trying to connect to Blinking your ISP The ADSL is sending or...
1. Decide where to place your Wireless Broadband Router LevelOne WBR-2401 can be placed on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your Wireless ADSL Broadband 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.
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Figure 2-3 Setup of LAN and WAN connections for this product. 3. Setup ADSL connection Prepare an telephone cable for connecting this product to your ISP. Figure 2-3 illustrates the ADSL connection. 4. Connecting this product with your printer (optional) Use the printer cable to connect your printer to the printer port of this product.
Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation To use LevelOne WBR-2401 correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform (Windows 95/98/NT/2000). 3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
3.2 Install the Software into Your Computers Skip this section if you do not want to use the print server function of this product. Step 1: Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The following window will be shown automatically.
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Step 4: When the following window is displayed, click on the Finish button. Step 5: Select the item to restart the computer and then click the OK button to reboot your computer. Step 6: After rebooting your computer, the software installation procedure is finished. Now, you can configure the NAT Router (refer to Chapter 4) and setup the Print Server (refer to Chapter...
Chapter 4 Configuring Wireless ADSL Broadband Router LevelOne WBR-2401 provides Web based configuration scheme, that is, configuring by your Web browser, such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms.
4.2 Status This option provides the function for observing this product’s working status: A. WAN Port Status. If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP, there may appear a “Renew” or “Release” button on the Sidenote column. You can click this button to renew or release IP manually. B.
Notice: For the WBR-2401B, it can support both Annex B and U-R2 ADSL line coding schemes. The default setting is Annex B. If your ISP used U-R2 scheme, you have to change the line coding scheme to U-R2, and then reboot this product to successfully establish the connection with ISP 4.3 Wizard...
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Setup Wizard will guide you through a basic configuration procedure step by step. Press ”Next >” Setup Wizard - Select WAN Type: For detail settings, please refer to 4.4.1 primary setup.
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This page is primary to enable LevelOne WBR-2401 to work properly. The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type before you start. 1. LAN IP Address: the local IP address of this device. The computers on your network must use the LAN IP address of your product as their Default Gateway.
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4.3.2.1 Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) without NAT This WAN type disable the NAT, this device becomes a pure bridge between your LAN and WAN, all the clients in your LAN must have legal IPs. If you enable the NAT feature, you have to set the following WAN IP settings.
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4.3.2.2 Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) with NAT A. Static IP Address: ISP assigns you a static IP address: WAN IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS: enter the proper setting provided by your ISP. You can click the Clone MAC button to copy the MAC address of your PC and set it to be the MAC address of this device.
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B. Dynamic IP Address: Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically. Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, for example, @Home. Renew IP Forever: this feature enables this product to renew your IP address automatically when the lease time is expiring-- even when the system is idle. You can click the Clone MAC button to copy the MAC address of your PC and set it to be the MAC address of this device.
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4.3.2.3 IP over ATM (RFC 1483 Routed): In the Router Mode, NAT is always enabled. You have to set the following WAN IP settings: WAN IP Mode: This product supports two WAN IP modes: static and dynamic. If you select dynamic mode, it will try to get a legal IP and WAN settings from ISP’s DHCP server.
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VPI/VCI Numbers: The channel settings provided by your ISP. Schedule Type: The setting of the ADSL traffic schedule type. This device supports UBR (Un-specified bit rate) and CBR (Constant bit rate). Once you finished the required configuration, you must click on the "Save" button to save the configuration into Flash memory, and the reboot this device.
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WAN IP Mode: This product supports two WAN IP modes: static and dynamic. If you select dynamic mode, it will try to get a legal IP and WAN settings from ISP’s DHCP server. If you select static mode, you have to set the following WAN setting manually.
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PPPoA Account/Password: The account ID & password provided by your ISP. Maximum Idle Time: The time of no activity disconnect to your PPPoA session. You can also set it to zero or enable Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. If Auto-reconnect is enabled, this product will automatically connect to ISP after system is restarted or connection is dropped.
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Optional. Required by some ISPs. Once you finished the required configuration, you must click on the "Save" button to save the configuration into Flash memory, and the reboot this device. 4.3.2.6 PPP over Ethernet: Press “More >>”...
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PPPoE Account/Password: The account ID & password provided by your ISP. Maximum Idle Time: The time of no activity disconnect to your PPPoE session. You can also set it to zero or enable Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. If Auto-reconnect is enabled, this product will automatically connect to ISP after system is restarted or connection is dropped.
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Optional. Required by some ISPs. Once you finished the required configuration, you must click on the "Save" button to save the configuration into Flash memory, and the reboot this device.
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4.3.3 OAM Setup In this page, you can set the OAM feature for virtual channel. First click on the Enable or Disable circle for the settings of OAM Function, Activation/De-activation, Loopback, and Fault Management individually. Then, click on the "Save" button to finish the configuration of the selected session. Once you set the appropriate OAM settings on virtual channel, you can see the corresponding up-to-date maintenance status by clicking the "Refresh AD/FM State"...
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The settings of a TCP/IP environment include host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations. It is not easy to manually configure all the computers and devices in your network. Fortunately, DHCP Server provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings. This product supports the function of DHCP server.
This function enables you to assign another gateway to your PC, when DHCP server offers an IP to your PC. 4.4.3 Wireless Setting, and 802.1X setting Wireless settings allow you to set the wireless configuration items. 1. Network ID(SSID): Network ID is used for identifying the Wireless LAN (WLAN). Client stations can roam freely over this product and other Access Points that have the same Network ID.
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word or phrase into hex. 6. 802.1X Setting 802.1X CheckBox was used to switch the function of the 802.1X. When the 802.1X function is enable, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service. RADIUS Server IP address or the 802.1X server’s domain-name.
4.5.1 Virtual Server This product’s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your Intranet, so all hosts behind this product are invisible to the outside world. If you wish, you can make some of them accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping. A virtual server is defined as a Service Port, and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the Server IP.
4.5.2 Special AP Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony, etc. Because of the firewall function, these applications cannot work with a pure NAT router. The Special Applications feature allows some of these applications to work with this product. If the mechanism of Special Applications fails to make an application work, try setting your computer as the DMZ host instead.
4.5.3 Miscellaneous Items IP Address of DMZ Host DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone) Host is a host without the protection of firewall. It allows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted 2-way communication for Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony and other special applications. NOTE: This feature should be used only when needed.
4.6.1 Packet Filter Packet Filter enables you to control what packets are allowed to pass the router. Outbound filter applies on all outbound packets. However, Inbound filter applies on packets that destined to Virtual Servers or DMZ host only. You can select one of the two filtering policies: 1.
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addresses (4.3.2.1-4.3.2.254). An empty implies all IP addresses. For source or destination port, you can define a single port (80) or a range of ports (1000-1999). Add prefix "T" or "U" to specify TCP or UDP protocol. For example, T80, U53, U2000-2999. No prefix indicates both TCP and UDP are defined.
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Others are all blocked. Example 2: (192.168.123.100-192.168.123.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are all allowed. After Inbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the save button. Outbound Filter: To enable Outbound Packet Filter click the check box next to Enable in the Outbound Packet Filter field.
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(192.168.123.100-192.168.123.149) They are allowed to send mail (port 25), receive mail (port 110), and browse Internet (port 80); port 53 (DNS) is necessary to resolve the domain name. (192.168.123.10-192.168.123.20) They can do everything (block nothing) Others are all blocked. Example 2: (192.168.123.100-192.168.123.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and...
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transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are allowed After Outbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the save button.
4.6.2 Domain Filter Domain Filter let you prevent users under this device from accessing specific URLs. Domain Filter Enable Checke if you want to enable Domain Filter. Log DNS Query Checke if you want to log the action when someone accesses the specific URLs. Privilege IP Addresses Range Setting a group of hosts and privilege these hosts to access network without restriction.
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Example: In this example: 1. URL include “sex.com” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file. 2. URL include “girl.com” will not be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file. 3. URL include “erotica.com” will be blocked, but the action will not be record in log-file. IP address X.X.X.1~ X.X.X.10 can access network without restriction.
4.6.3 MAC Address Control MAC Address Control allows you to assign different access right for different users and to assign a specific IP address to a certain MAC address. MAC Address Control Check “Enable” to enable the “MAC Address Control”. All of the settings in this page will take effect only when “Enable”...
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associate to the wireless LAN. Control table "Control table" is the table at the bottom of the "MAC Address Control" page. Each row of this table indicates the MAC address and the expected IP address mapping of a client. There are four columns in this table: MAC Address MAC address indicates a specific client.
4.6.4 VPN setting VPN Settings are settings that are used to create virtual private tunnels to remote VPN gateways. The tunnel technology supports data confidentiality, data origin authentication and data integrity of network information by utilizing encapsulation protocols, encryption algorithms, and hashing algorithms. •...
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System managers of both end gateways only need set the same pre-shared key. Function of Buttons More: To setup detailer configuration for manual key or IKE approaches by clicking the "More" button. VPN Settings - IKE • There are three parts that are necessary to setup the configuration of IKE for the dedicated tunnel: basic setup, IKE proposal setup, and IPSec proposal setup.
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Local netmask Local netmask combined with local subnet to form a subnet domain. Remote subnet The subnet of LAN site of remote VPN gateway, it can be a host, a partial subnet, and the whole subnet of LAN site of remote gateway. Remote netmask Remote netmask combined with remote subnet to form a subnet domain of remote end.
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•VPN Settings - Set IKE Proposal IKE Proposal index A list of selected proposal indexes from the IKE proposal pool listed below. The selecting activity is performed by selecting a proposal ID and clicking "add to" button in the bottom of the page. There are only four indexes can be chosen from the proposal pool for the dedicated tunnel.
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VPN Settings -Set IPSec Proposal • IPSec Proposal index A list of selected proposal indexes from the IPSec proposal pool listed below. The selecting activity is performed by selecting a proposal ID and clicking "add to" button in the bottom of the page. There are only four indexes can be chosen for the dedicated tunnel.
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proposal. Life time The unit of life time is based on the value of Life Time Unit. If the value of unit is second, the value of life time represents the life time of dedicated VPN tunnel between both end gateways. Its value ranges from 300 seconds to 172,800 seconds.
4.6.5 Miscellaneous Items Remote Administrator Host/Port In general, only Intranet user can browse the built-in web pages to perform administration task. This feature enables you to perform administration task from remote host. If this feature is enabled, only the specified IP address can perform remote administration. If the specified IP address is 0.0.0.0, any host can connect to this product to perform administration task.
4.7.1 ADSL Modem Performance Setting Tx Gain Offset This parameter allows the user to add an offset on the Tx gain of the CPE Modem. The offset range is limited between -10 dB and +3 dB with a granularity of 0.5 dB. The default value is set to 0 dB, no offset.
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offset. Tx Output Power Offset This parameter allows user to reduce the Tx output power (in the upstream direction). The value should be ranged between 0 and 10 dBm. Rx Output Power Offset This parameter allows user to reduce the Rx output power. The value should be ranged between 0 and 10 dBm.
4.7.2 System Time Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol Selected if you want to Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol. Time Server Select a NTP time server to consult UTC time Time Zone Select a time zone where this device locates. Set Date and Time manually Selected if you want to Set Date and Time manually.
4.7.3 System Log This page support two methods to export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog(UDP) and SMTP(TCP). The items you have to setup including: IP Address for Syslog Host IP of destination where syslogs will be sent to. Check Enable to enable this function.
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E-mail Subject The subject of email alert. This setting is optional.
4.7.4 Dynamic DNS To host your server on a changing IP address, you have to use dynamic domain name service (DDNS). So that anyone wishing to reach your host only needs to know the name of it. Dynamic DNS will map the name of your host to your current IP address, which changes each time you connect your Internet service provider.
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Username/E-mail Password/Key You will get this information when you register an account on a Dynamic DNS server. Example: After Dynamic DNS setting is configured, click the save button.
4.7.5 SNMP Setting In brief, SNMP, the Simple Network Management Protocol, is a protocol designed to give a user the capability to remotely manage a computer network by polling and setting terminal values and monitoring network events. Enable SNMP You must check either Local or Remote or both to enable SNMP function. If Local is checked, this is checked, this device will response request from LAN.
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1. This device will response to SNMP client which’s get community is set as “public” 2. This device will response to SNMP client which’s set community is set as “private” 3. This device will response request from both LAN and WAN...
4.7.6 Routing Table Routing Tables allow you to determine which physical interface address to use for outgoing IP data grams. If you have more than one routers and subnets, you will need to enable routing table to allow packets to find proper routing path and allow different subnets to communicate with each other. Routing Table settings are settings used to setup the functions of static and dynamic routing.
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Example: So if, for example, the host wanted to send an IP data gram to 192.168.3.88, it would use the above table to determine that it had to go via 192.168.1.33 (a gateway), And if it sends Packets to 192.168.5.77 will go via 192.168.1.55 Each rule can be enabled or disabled individually.
4.7.7 Schedule Rule You can set the schedule time to decide which service at what time will be turned on or off. Select the “enable” item. Press “Add New Rule” You can write a rule name and set which day and what time to schedule from “Start Time” to “End Time”.
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Schedule Enable Selected if you want to Enable the Scheduler. Edit To edit the schedule rule. Delete To delete the schedule rule, and the rule# of the rules behind the deleted one will decrease one automatically.
4.8.3 Backup Setting You can backup your settings by clicking the Backup Setting button and save it as a bin file. Once you want to restore these settings, please click Firmware Upgrade button and use the bin file you saved. 4.8.4 Reset to default You can also reset this product to factory default by clicking the Reset to default button.
4.8.6 Miscellaneous Items MAC Address for Wake-on-LAN Wake-on-LAN is a technology that enables you to power up a networked device remotely. In order to enjoy this feature, the target device must be Wake-on-LAN enabled and you have to know the MAC address of this device, say 00-11-22-33-44-55.
Chapter 5 Print Server LevelOne WBR-2401 provides the function of network print server for MS Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and Unix based platforms. 5.1 Configuring on Windows 95/98 Platforms After you finished the software installation procedure described in Chapter 3, your computer has possessed the network printing facility provided by this product.
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Find out the corresponding icon of your server printer, for example, the HP LaserJet 6L. Click the mouse’s right button on that icon, and then select the Properties item: 2. Click the Details item:...
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3. Choose the “PRTmate: (All-in-1)” from the list attached at the Print To item. Be sure that the Printer Driver item is configured to the correct driver of your server printer. 4. Click on the button of Port Settings: Type in the IP address of this product and then click the OK button. 5.
5.2 Configuring on Windows NT Platforms The configuration procedure for a Windows NT platform is similar to that of Windows 95/98 except the screen of printer Properties: Compared to the procedure in last section, the selection of Details is equivalent to the selection of Ports, and Port Settings is equivalent to Configure Port.
5.3 Configuring on Windows 2000 and XP Platforms Windows 2000 and XP have built-in LPR client, users could utilize this feature toPrint. You have to install your Printer Driver on LPT1 or other ports before you preceed the following sequence. 1.
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3. Select “Standard TCP/IP Port”, and then click “New Port…” 4. Click Next and then provide the following information: Type address of server providing LPD that is our NAT device:192.168.123.254...
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5. Select Custom, then click “Settings…”...
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6. Select “LPR”, type ” lp“ lowercase letter in “Queue Name:” And enable “LPR Byte Counting Enabled”. 7. Apply your settings...
5.4 Configuring on Unix based Platforms Please follow the traditional configuration procedure on Unix platforms to setup the print server of this product. The printer name is “lp.”...
Appendix A TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98 This section introduces you how to install TCP/IP protocol into your personal computer. And suppose you have been successfully installed one network card on your personal computer. If not, please refer to your network card manual. Moreover, the Section B.2 tells you how to set TCP/IP values for working with this NAT Router correctly.
5. Select Microsoft item in the manufactures list. And choose TCP/IP in the Network Protocols. Click OK button to return to Network window. 6. The TCP/IP protocol shall be listed in the Network window. Click OK to complete the install procedure and restart your PC to enable the TCP/IP protocol.
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4. Now, you have two setting methods: A. Get IP via DHCP server Select Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab. b. Don’t input any value in the Gateway tab.
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Choose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab. B. Configure IP manually Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab. The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254. So please use 192.168.123.xxx (xxx is between 1 and 253) for IP Address field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field.
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b. In the Gateway tab, add the IP address of this product (default IP is 192.168.123.254) in the New gateway field and click Add button. In the DNS Configuration tab, add the DNS values which are provided by the ISP into DNS Server Search Order field and click Add button.
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