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  • Page 1 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual USER MANUAL 1.0.0 © 2010 - 1 -...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Table of Contents Terminology......................5 Introduction......................7 Package contents..................7 Product Features..................7 Front Panel Description .................8 Rear Panel Description ................9 Installation ......................10 Hardware Installation................10 3.1.1 Appearance and Interface Introduction..........10 3.1.2 Hardware installation steps ..............12 Software Installation ................14 Software configuration ..................14 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router .....15 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router...........16 Management and configuration on the Outdoor Router ......16...
  • Page 3 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.5.2 Port Forwarding ..............43 4.3.5.3 DMZ..................45 4.3.5.4 System Security ..............46 4.3.5.5 4.4.5.5 Content Filtering ............46 4.3.6 Administration ................48 4.3.6.1 Management................48 4.3.6.2 Upload Firmware ..............49 4.3.6.3 Settings Management............50 4.3.6.4 Status..................51 4.3.6.5 System Log ................51 Configuration Examples ..............52 4.4.1 Example one –...
  • Page 4 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 5.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)? .........62 5.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)? ........62 5.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)? ........62 5.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?...........62 5.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?......63 5.24 What is Clone MAC Address?.............63 5.25...

  • Page 5: Terminology

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 1. Terminology 3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server Diffie-Hellman Algorithm DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol...
  • Page 6 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play Virtual Private Network Wireless Distribution System Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network Wi-Fi Protected Access - 6 -...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 2. Introduction The Outdoor Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g /n specifications of Outdoor Router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other configuration of the outdoor router.

  • Page 8: Front Panel Description

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Front Panel Description LED Indicator State Description The WLAN Broadband Router is powered ON. 1. PWR LED The WLAN Broadband Router is powered Off. Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the wireless. 2. WLAN LED Wireless Radio ON.

  • Page 9: Rear Panel Description

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Rear Panel Description Interfaces Description Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the Reset(Left) configuration parameters to factory defaults. The RJ-45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5 cables. LAN(Middle) Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex; comply with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively.

  • Page 10: Installation

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 3. Installation Hardware Installation 3.1.1 Appearance and Interface Introduction Notes: The product shot is for reference only please refer to physical product. LED Panel Waterproof Sliding Door Pass trough Ethernet cable from this cable Push this button to remove upper housing - 10 -...
  • Page 11 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Wall Mount Pole Mount LAN port with POE WAN port with POE Reset Button - 11 -...

  • Page 12: Hardware Installation Steps

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 3.1.2 Hardware installation steps Step1: Push the button in the side to remove upper housing. Step2: Pass through Ethernet cable from the hole, insert the cable to LAN port. Note: RJ-45 8P8C Ethernet cable is required. - 12 -...
  • Page 13 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Step3: Install the upper housing and make sure the housing is well installed. Step4: Install POE Injector DC: Insert adapter POE: This hole is linked to LAN port of the Outdoor Router with RJ-45. LAN: This hole is linked to LAN side PC/Hub or Router/ADSL modem device with RJ-45 - 13 -...

  • Page 14: Software Installation

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Step5: Complete the hardware installation as diagram at below. Software Installation There is no software driver or utility installation needed, but only the configuration setting. Please refer to chapter 4 for software configuration. Notice: It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the Outdoor Router;...

  • Page 15: Prepare Your Pc To Configure The Wlan Broadband Router

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP: 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon.

  • Page 16: Connect To The Wlan Broadband Router

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore 6.1 SP1 or above, then enter 192.168.1.254 the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router. Management and configuration on the Outdoor Router 4.3.1 Wizard This Wizard page guides you to configure Internet connection and Wireless Settings quickly.
  • Page 17 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual b. Static Mode (fixed IP) If you select Static Mode, please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets.
  • Page 18 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual c. PPPOE (ADSL) If you select PPPOE, please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Password If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 19 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual d. L2TP If you select L2TP, please fill in these fields on next page. - 19 -...
  • Page 20 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description L2TP Server IP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data Address transmission among the connection. User can use embedded L2TP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it.
  • Page 21 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description PPTP Server IP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data Address transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it.
  • Page 22 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Step 2: configure Wireless Settings There are three options (Disable, WEP, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK) for Wireless security connection. Disable WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK - 22 -...

  • Page 23: Operation Mode

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description Network Name It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32 bytes long. (SSID) Security Please select the security mode related wireless data encryption. WEP: When you select WEP, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) characters for WEP Key.

  • Page 24: Internet Settings

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual The Gateway mode allows that the first Ethernet port is treated as WAN port and the Ethernet port and the wireless interface are bridged together and are treated as LAN ports. c. Ethernet Converter: The Ethernet Converter mode allows that the wireless interface is treated as WAN port, and the Ethernet ports are LAN ports.
  • Page 25 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. Primary DNS Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1.
  • Page 26 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual c. PPPoE Item Description User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Pasword If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 27 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual d. L2TP Item Description Server IP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded L2TP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it.
  • Page 28 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual e. PPTP Item Description Server IP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it.

  • Page 29: Lan

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.3.2 Item Description MAC Address Show the MAC address of LAN interface. IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets. DHCP Type Disable: Disable DHCP server on LAN side.

  • Page 30: Dhcp Clients

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.3.3 DHCP clients The “DHCP clients” page shows all the active DHCP clients. The table window shows the active clients with their Hostname, MAC address, assigned IP address, and time expired information. 4.3.3.4 VPN Passthrough Item Description L2TP Passthrough...

  • Page 31: Wireless Settings

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.4 Wireless Settings 4.3.4.1 Basic Item Description Wireless On/Off Click Wireless OFF button to turn off wireless RF radio. Click Wireless ON button to turn on wireless RF radio. Wireless Mode Click to select wireless mode from pull down menu. SSID It is the wireless network name.

  • Page 32: Advanced

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual MBSSID AP Enable this function will turn off connection between clients with different Isolation MBSSID. Example: The client connected with BSSID 1. When enable this function, it will not connect with BSSID 2. Only can access between clients with SSID 1.
  • Page 33 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description B/G Protection Default: Auto. You can select the other options including On and Off. The B/G Mode protection technology is CTS-To-Self. It will try to reserve the throughput for 11g clients from 11b clients connecting to the device as AP mode. Beacon Interval Beacons are the packets sending by Access point to synchronize the wireless network.

  • Page 34: Security

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.4.3 Security a. Disable If you set Security Mode to “Disable”, the wireless data transmission will not clude encryption to prevent from unauthorized access and monitoring. b. WEPAUTO - 34 -...
  • Page 35 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual If you set Security Mode to “WEPAUTO”, please fill in the related configurations at below. Item Description Default Key Specify a Key number for effective. WEP Keys When you select WEPA UTO, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) characters for WEP Key.
  • Page 36 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual d. WPA1WPA2 If you set Security Mode to “WPA1WPA2”, please fill in the related configurations at below. Item Description WPA Algorithms Select TKIP or AES for WPA algorithms. Key Renewal Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal interval time. Interval PMK Cache Period Only valid in WPA2 security.

  • Page 37: Wds

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual e. Access Policy Item Description Policy Select the Disabled, Allow or Reject of drop down menu choose wireless access control mode. This is a security control function; only those clients registered in the access control list can link to this WLAN Broadband Router. Add a station MAC Fill in the MAC address of client to register this AP router access capability.
  • Page 38 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual If you set WDS to “Lazy Mode”, please fill in the related configurations at below. Item Description Phy Mode Select wireless physical mode from pull down menu. CKK (11b). OFDM (11g). HTMIX (11b/g/n mixed mode) Select encryption type for wireless data transmission.
  • Page 39 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual c. Bridge Mode Bridge mode allows user to operate as a standard bridge that forwards traffic between WDS links (links that connect to other units in Repeater or Lazy mode). The MAC addresses of WDS peers must be configured on the Wireless 11n Access Points/ Repeaters.
  • Page 40 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual d. Repeater Mode Repeater mode allows user to operate as a wireless repeater, extending the range for remote wireless clients and connecting them to an AP connected to the wired network. The MAC addresses of WDS peers must be configured on the Wireless 11n Access Point/Repeater.

  • Page 41: Wps

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.4.5 Item Description Select Enable or Disable the Wi-Fi Protected Setup function. Then click Apply button to take effect function after change. WPS Summary After enabling the WPS function, if there is connection the WPS Summary will show related information and status.

  • Page 42: Firewall

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.5 Firewall 4.3.5.1 MAC/IP/Port Filtering Item Description MAC/IP/Port Select Enable or Disable the MAC/IP/Port Filtering function. Filtering Item Description Source MAC Fill in the MAC address of source NIC, to restrict data transmission. address Dest IP Address Fill in the IP address of destination, to restrict data transmission.

  • Page 43: Port Forwarding

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description □ Make a mark for next action. Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected. Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items. 4.3.5.2 Port Forwarding - 43 -...
  • Page 44 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description Port Forwarding Select Enable or Disable the Port Forwarding function. IP Address To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the IP address. Port Range To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the port range.

  • Page 45: Dmz

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Protocol Specify protocol, TCP&UDP, TCP or UDP. Comment Make a comment for the virtual server policy. □ Make a mark for next action. Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected. Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items.

  • Page 46: System Security

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.5.4 System Security Item Description Remote Select Deny or Allow for remote management function. management Ping form WAN Select Disable or Enable for Ping permit from WAN. Filter SPI Firewall Select Disable or Enable for SPI firewall function. 4.3.5.5 4.4.5.5 Content Filtering - 46 -...
  • Page 47 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description Filters Select an option or multi-option for Webs content filter. Then click Apply button to save or click Reset button to clear all. Fill in a URL string for URL filter. Then click Add button to save the URL filter policy or click Reset button to clear the field.

  • Page 48: Administration

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.6 Administration 4.3.6.1 Management Item Description Username Fill in the user name for web management login control. Password Fill in the password for web management login control. Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone Select the time zone in your country from pull-down menu..

  • Page 49: Upload Firmware

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description Dynamic DNS Click the drop down menu to pick up the right DDNS provider you registered. Provider Account Fill in the account of DDNS you registered. Password Fill in the password of DDNS you registered. DDNS Fill in the domain name that you registered.

  • Page 50: Settings Management

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.6.3 Settings Management Item Description Export Button Click Export button to export the current configuration to your PC. Settings file Click Browse button to select the configuration file from your PC, then click location Import button to update the configuration. Load Default Click the Load Default button to reset the configuration parameter to factory Button...

  • Page 51: Status

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.6.4 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system info, Internet Configurations and Local Network . 4.3.6.5 System Log This page is used to view system logs. Item Description Refresh...

  • Page 52: Configuration Examples

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.4 Configuration Examples 4.4.1 Example one – PPPoE on the WAN Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on sales’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration.
  • Page 53 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 2. Configure the LAN interface: Open “Local Area Network (LAN) settings” page, enter the IP Address “10.10.10.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”. Enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “10.10.10.100” to “10.10.10.200”, default Gateway “10.10.10.254” . Press “Apply” button to confirm the configuration setting. 3.

  • Page 54: Example Two - Fixed Ip On The Wan

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.4.2 Example two – fixed IP on the WAN Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration.
  • Page 55 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 2. Configure the LAN interface: Open “Local Area Network (LAN) settings” page, enter the IP Address “10.10.10.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”. Enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “10.10.10.100” to “10.10.10.200”, default Gateway “10.10.10.254” . Press “Apply” button to confirm the configuration setting. 3.

  • Page 56: Example Three -Set Wlan To Be Wan As Wifi Client

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.4.3 Example three –set WLAN to be WAN as WiFi Client User Mr. ABC likes to configure this WLAN Broadband Router to be a WiFi client. In order to communicate with another AP. Mr. ABC collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration.
  • Page 57 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 2. Site Survey: Open “Site Survey” page under Wireless Settings, and select the AP “testap”. Press “Connect” button to connect with the AP. 3. Wireless encryption setting: If the AP has encryption setting, it will pop out a window for you filling the encryption setting. Please fill up the encryption code and click “Apply”...
  • Page 58 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4. Station Link Status: After connection with AP, you can open “Link Status” page under Wireless Settings to check Link Status. Status: You also can open “Status” page under Administration to check Internet Configurations. - 58 -...

  • Page 59: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) Enter topic text here. What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination.

  • Page 60: What Is Bssid

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network. This mode is useful for quickly and easily setting up a wireless network anywhere that a wireless infrastructure does not exist or is not required for services, such as a hotel room, convention center, or airport, or where access to the wired network is barred (such as for consultants at a client site).

  • Page 61: What Is Fragment Threshold

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 5.10 What is Fragment Threshold? The proposed protocol uses the frame fragmentation mechanism defined in IEEE 802.11 to achieve parallel transmissions. A large data frame is fragmented into several fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold.

  • Page 62: What Is Wi-Fi Protected Access (Wpa)

    2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual not a bad idea to run that way to enhance network security. However it's no replacement for WEP, MAC filtering or other protections. 5.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? Wi-Fi’s original security mechanism, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), has been viewed as insufficient for securing confidential business communications.
  • Page 63 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual ultimate goal is to allow data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media, operating system, programming language, and wired/wireless connection. 5.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size? Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) indicates the network stack of any packet is larger than this value will be fragmented before the transmission.
  • Page 64 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual modulation, and the data rate on each stream. Radios establishing and maintaining a link must automatically negotiate the optimum MCS based on channel conditions and then continuously adjust the selection of MCS as conditions change due to interference, motion, fading, and other events. 5.33 What is Frame Aggregation? Every 802.11 packet, no matter how small, has a fixed amount of overhead associated with it.
  • Page 65 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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

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