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WF-2405
User Manual
V1.1
2011-06-22

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  • Page 1 WF-2405 User Manual V1.1 2011-06-22...
  • Page 2 WF-2405 User Manual Certification FCC CE 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.
  • Page 3 Reproduction in any manner without the permission of Netis Corporation is strictly forbidden All the information in this document is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    WF-2405 User Manual Contents CONTENTS ............................3 INTRODUCTION ........................6 1.1......................6 RODUCT VERVIEW 1.2........................6 EATURES 1.3................6 UPPORTING TANDARD AND ROTOCOL 1.4....................7 ORKING NVIRONMENT HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................8 2.1....................... 8 YSTEM EQUIREMENT 2.2.
  • Page 5 WF-2405 User Manual 3.6......................... 28 IRELESS 3.6.1. Wireless Settings ...................... 28 3.6.2. Wireless Security ..................... 29 3.6.2.1. None ..........................29 3.6.2.2. WEP ..........................29 3.6.2.3. WPA-PSK ........................30 3.6.2.4. WPA2-PSK ........................30 3.6.2.5. WPA/WPA2-PSK ......................31 3.6.3. Wireless MAC Filtering ................... 32 3.6.4.
  • Page 6 WF-2405 User Manual 4.4. WPS S ......................... 51 ETTINGS 4.5......................... 51 ETWORK 4.6. DHCP ..........................51 4.7........................51 YSTEM OOLS 4.8..........................52 BOUT HOW TO CONFIGURE AP MODE ..................52 5.1..................52 OGIN WEB MANAGEMENT PAGE 5.2.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    WF-2405 User Manual 1. Introduction 1.1. Product Overview WF-2405 is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) Wireless network solution. The ability to be powered through a USB connection when power outlets are scarce, compact design, and included travel bag all further the device's ability to deliver networking with a very high degree of mobility.

  • Page 8: Working Environment

    WF-2405 User Manual IEEE 802.11k  IEEE 802.11i  IEEE 802.3 10Base-T  IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX  1.4. Working Environment Temperature 0° to 40° C (operating)  -40° to 70° C (storage)  Humidity 10% to 90 % non-condensing (operating) ...

  • Page 9: Hardware Installation

    WF-2405 User Manual 2. Hardware Installation 2.1. System Requirement Minimum Requirements: Broadband (DSL/Cable) modem and service with Ethernet port  802.11n b/g/n wireless adapter or Ethernet adapter and cable for each computer  Internet Explorer® 5.0, Firefox® 2.0 or Safari® 1.4 or higher ...
  • Page 10 WF-2405 User Manual Flashing Normal Power on Power off Side view Figure 2-2 Description Function RJ45 Connect to ADSL/Cable modem or other network device Connect to Power adapter, please don‟t use the unknown power adapter, otherwise your device may be damaged.

  • Page 11: How To Restore Factory Configuration

    Click on „System management‟- „Restore‟, and click on the „Restore‟ button. 2.4. Hardware Installation Procedures The WF-2405 can work at AP-Router, Client, and AP mode. Each mode meets different requirements, you can select corresponding mode as you wish. So please check which mode is that you want, then install your device following the procedures below.

  • Page 12: Client Mode

    Figure 2-3 2.4.2. Client mode The device work as a wireless card under this mode. Computer connect to RJ45 of WF-2405 via cable, then use WF-2405 to search and connect other AP or AP-Router. Please connect your device as figure 2-4.

  • Page 13: Ap Mode

    Figure 2-4 2.4.3. AP mode The device work as an access point under this mode. RJ45 of WF-2405 connect to other broadband device(switch or router), then wireless client can connect to WF-2405 to access the internet. Please connect your device as figure 2-5.

  • Page 14: How To Configure Ap-Router Mode

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 2-5 3. How to configure AP-Router mode 3.1. Login web management page Connect your device following the network topology in figure 2-3, then configure your computer follow procedures below. Select “My Network Places” on the desktop, right click, then choose “Properties”.
  • Page 15 WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-1 Select “Wireless Network connection”, right click, then choose “Properties”. Figure 3-2 Select “Internet Protocol[TCP/IP]”, double click.
  • Page 16 WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-3 Choose “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, then click “OK”. Figure 3-4 Return to network connection window, choose “Wireless Network connection”, right click, then choose “View Available Wireless Networks”.
  • Page 17 WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-5 Click “Refresh network list”, select SSID “netis” and double click. Figure 3-6 Open the web browser, enter “192.168.1.1” in the address bar. Then enter the User name “guest” and Password “guest” in the dialog box, click OK.

  • Page 18: Status

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-7 If you can see the picture as below(figure 3-8), that means you have successfully login web management page of WF-2405. You can start configuring your WF-2405 now. Figure 3-8 3.2. Status This feature provides running status information and detailed information about router.

  • Page 19: Lan

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-10 Connection Type: Display router‟s current connection type, It should be one of “PPPoE”,  “DHCP”, “Static IP”, depending on what kind of connection type your ISP provides. Physical Address: The physical address of WAN port, this is a unique address assigned by ...

  • Page 20: Wireless

    WF-2405 User Manual 3.2.4. Wireless This item provides current running information of wireless. Figure 3-12 Wireless status: Display wireless interface status is enabled or not  Name (SSID): SSID (Service Set Identifier) is your wireless network's name shared  among all points in a wireless network.

  • Page 21: Quick Setup

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-14 3.3. Quick Setup Providing you the convenient and simplest method for configure the router, the purpose of this item is to provide an easy way for you to use it and configure your router to access the Internet quickly;...

  • Page 22: Static

    WF-2405 User Manual 3.3.3. Static Figure 3-17 This item should only be used when users use a static IP address to access Internet, you should input your “WAN IP address”, ”subnet mask”,” default gateway” and “DNS server (domain name server)” according to the information provided by your ISP. And every IP address should be input in appropriate IP field, a IP address only divided into four IP octets by sign“.”...

  • Page 23: Mac Clone

    WF-2405 User Manual points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. Make sure all points in the wireless network have the same SSID. For added security, you should change the default SSID to a unique name.

  • Page 24: Wps Settings

    WF-2405 User Manual 3.4.1. WPS Settings Figure 3-20 WPS Status: You can use this function to setup the wireless connection between this router  and wireless network card. The default is Enable. AP PIN Code: This code can mark a wireless product.

  • Page 25: Network

    WF-2405 User Manual Method 2: 1. Input the PIN code of the adapter‟s WPS page into the router‟s WPS configure page, then click ‟connect‟ Figure 3-23 Figure 3-24 2. Push the „PIN Input Config (PIN)‟ in the Wi-Fi protect setup of the adapter Figure 3-25 3.

  • Page 26: Wired Access

    WF-2405 User Manual 3.5.1.1. Wired Access Figure 3-26 Internet Access Type: Ask for your ISP to get the correct access type.  IP: The IP address you obtained after connect to the Internet, if you haven‟t connected to  the Internet yet, this field is 0.0.0.0.

  • Page 27: Wireless Access

    WF-2405 User Manual 3.5.1.2. Wireless Access Figure 3-27 SSID: SSID: SSID (Service Set Identifier) is your wireless network's name shared among  all points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. Make sure all points in the wireless network have the same SSID.

  • Page 28: Lan

    WF-2405 User Manual 3.5.2. LAN The IP address of LAN port is used for access router itself by computers that connect to the router directly; here you can set IP address you need. The IP address format is like ***.***.***.***, and default IP address is 192.168.1.1, the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.

  • Page 29: Wireless

    Radio band: You can select the wireless standards running on your network, if you have  Wireless-N, and Wireless-B/G devices in your network, keep the default setting, 802.11b+g+n Radio mode: Now WF-2405 only support Access Point.  MAC: Wireless router‟s physical address. ...

  • Page 30: Wireless Security

    WF-2405 User Manual login in, then user have to input the SSID value manually. Channel width: This switch allows you to set Router's wireless bandwidth. 20MHz: In this  mode you can get low bandwidth, little interference and slow rate. 40MHz: In this mode you can get high bandwidth, high interference and rapid rate.

  • Page 31: Wpa-Psk

    WF-2405 User Manual more bits password have, the better security wireless network is, at the same time the speed of wireless is more slower. Key Mode: If you select WEP to encrypt your data, choose the bits of password, it should ...

  • Page 32: Wpa/Wpa2-Psk

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-35 3.6.2.5. WPA/WPA2-PSK This item mixed WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK mode, which provides higher security level; you can configure it according with WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK. Figure 3-36...

  • Page 33: Wireless Mac Filtering

    WF-2405 User Manual 3.6.3. Wireless MAC Filtering Figure 3-37 MAC Filter Status: the default is disable. You can filter wired users by enabling this  function; thus unauthorized users can not access the network. Description: describe MAC Filter list to tell from different MAC Filter lists.
  • Page 34 WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-38 Authentications type: The default is set to “Auto”, which allows “Open System” or  “Shared Key” authentication to be used. Select “Shared Key” if you only want to use “Shared Key” authentication (the sender and recipient use a WEP key for authentication).

  • Page 35: Wireless Statistics

    WF-2405 User Manual Preamble Type: "Short Preamble" is suitable for heavy traffic wireless network. "Long  Preamble" provides much communication reliability; the default setting is "Long Preamble”. 3.6.5. Wireless Statistics Display current status of the wireless client associate with AP.

  • Page 36: Address Reservation

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-41 3.7.3. Address Reservation Figure 3-42 Address Reservation: reserve IP address for designed physical address host. If you want  to configure a fixed IP address for some host, please input physical address and IP address, then click add.

  • Page 37: Port Triggering

    WF-2405 User Manual Internal Host IP Address: The “Internal Host IP Address” indicates IP address of the  internal host using virtual server. Protocol: The protocol item supplies several protocols. For example, if you have web  server within LAN, you can select the HTTP template then the router will input port number 80 automatically.

  • Page 38: Upnp

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-45 3.8.4. UPnP The UPnP function supports load Application‟s port forward record automatically. Select “Enable” to enable this function. Figure 3-46 3.8.5. FTP Private Port Some games, servers, and applications (such as BT, QQ video, Edunkey, Web server) are no longer effect when behind the NAT router, so this item provides function of port mapping from LAN to WAN.

  • Page 39: Ip Address Filtering

    WF-2405 User Manual tunnel, the router supports IPSEC pass-through, PPTP pass-through and L2TP pass-through. Figure 3-48 3.9.2. IP Address Filtering Figure 3-49 Status: the default is disable. The rules of “Internet access control” based on source IP,  port number and protocol.

  • Page 40: Mac Filtering

    WF-2405 User Manual Follow the following steps to set Internet Access Control: 1. You can select “enable” and click “Save” to enable “IP Firewall” function. This is only the first step, you should continued to create appropriate rules for “IP Firewall”.

  • Page 41: Domain Filtering

    WF-2405 User Manual 2. Add MAC address you want to control in the “MAC address” field (the format is **-**-**-**-**-**), then click “Add” button, and you will see the MAC address has displayed in the MAC list. 3. There are two items supplied, “Permit wireless connection for MAC address listed (others are Denied)”...

  • Page 42: Static Routing

    WF-2405 User Manual to delete it. 3.10. Static Routing Most of broadband router and wireless router are using NAT mode, so this feature is designed for most common network environment. Figure 3-52 Destination Network or IP Address: Specify a certain destination Network or IP address ...

  • Page 43: Qos Settings

    WF-2405 User Manual 3.11. QOS Settings Figure 3-53 Status: QOS switch.  Automatic Uplink Speed: Router adjusts uplink bandwidth automatically.  Manual Uplink Speed (Kbps): User configures uplink bandwidth manually.  IP Address: Set the IP address range for restricted hosts.

  • Page 44: System Tools

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-54 DDNS Status: Current status of DDNS server.  DDNS Server Provider: For example, if you want to use service of “roay.cn”, you have to  first register and accounts for it. Other DDNS service providers as the same.

  • Page 45: Password

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-56 3.13.3. Password The default username/password is guest/guest. To ensure the Router‟s security, it is suggested that you change the default password to one of your choice, here enter a new password and then Re-enter it again to confirm your new password. Click “Save” button to save settings.

  • Page 46: Remote Management

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 3-59 3.13.6. Remote Management WEB Management Status: the default is disable. Router can be accessed on the remote site using “Web setup”. Check the “Management Port” and enter the port number and then press “save” button to enable web management.

  • Page 47: About

    WF-2405 User Manual system parameter setting from a old parameter file. Figure 3-63 3.14. About This item shows company information of netis. If you want more information about netis, please access this website http://www.netis-systems.com/ Figure 3-64 4. How to configure Client mode 4.1.
  • Page 48 WF-2405 User Manual Figure 4-1 Select “Local Area connection”, right click, then choose “Properties”. Figure 4-2 Select “Internet Protocol[TCP/IP]”, double click.
  • Page 49 WF-2405 User Manual Figure 4-3 Select “Use the following IP address” and input IP address “192.168.1.214”, input Subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, then choose “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, then click “OK”. Figure 4-4 Open the web browser, enter “192.168.1.100” in the address bar. Then enter the User...

  • Page 50: How To Connect Internet Under Client Mode

    Figure 4-5 If you can see the picture as below(figure 4-6), that means you have successfully login web management page of WF-2405. You can start configuring your WF-2405 now. Figure 4-6 As you can see, when the device works under client mode, there are 7 items in the web page.
  • Page 51 “Connect” button. Here we use “netis SZ” for example. Figure 4-8 If AP has been encrypted, you need configure the wireless security for WF-2405. When configuring wireless security, please make sure authentication type and the key is same as AP‟s setting.

  • Page 52: Status

    WF-2405 User Manual After finishing configure WF-2405, please return to your computer to change the IP address. You can use static IP or obtain an IP automatically. Figure 4-10 4.3. Status Please refer to chapter 3.2 . 4.4. WPS Settings Please refer to chapter 3.4 .

  • Page 53: About

    5.1. Login web management page Note: The DHCP server is disable under AP mode, so you need to configure a static IP address for WF-2405, then you can login the web page of the device. Connect your device following the network topology in...
  • Page 54 WF-2405 User Manual Figure 5-2 Select “Internet Protocol[TCP/IP]”, double click. Figure 5-3 Select “Use the following IP address” and input IP address “192.168.1.214”, input Subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, then choose “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, then click “OK”.
  • Page 55 “guest” and Password “guest” in the dialog box, click OK. Figure 5-5 If you can see the picture as below(figure 5-6), that means you have successfully login web management page of WF-2405. You can start configuring your WF-2405 now.

  • Page 56: Status

    WF-2405 User Manual Figure 5-6 As you can see, when the device works under client mode, there are 7 items in the web page. These items have already been described in AP-Router mode, so you can refer to corresponding item in chapter 3.

  • Page 57: System Tools

    Please refer to chapter 3.13 . 5.8. About Please refer to chapter 3.14 . After finishing configure WF-2405, please return to your computer to change the IP Note: address. You can use static IP or obtain an IP automatically. Figure 5-7 6.

  • Page 58: Iforget Password (Reset The Router Without Login )

    WF-2405 User Manual 6.2. I forget Password (Reset the Router without Login) Use a pencil to press the button for about 2-6 seconds when it is working, then leave your  hands, it will restore settings to the factory configuration. The default password is guest.
  • Page 59 WF-2405 User Manual 150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router. Ensure that the wireless adapter‟s TCP/IP settings are correct as required by your network  administrator. If you are using a 802.11b wireless adapter, and check that the 802.11G Mode item in ...

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