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USER MANUAL 1.0.0
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  • Page 1 5G Outdoor Router User Manual 5GHz Outdoor Router User Manual USER MANUAL 1.0.0 © 2011 - 1 -...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    5G 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 ..............
  • Page 3 5G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.5.3 DMZ ..................46 4.3.5.4 System Security ..............48 4.3.5.5 Content Filtering ..............48 4.3.6 Administration ................50 4.3.6.1 Management ................50 4.3.6.2 Upload Firmware ..............51 4.3.6.3 Settings Management ............52 4.3.6.4 Status ..................53 4.3.6.5 System Log ................
  • Page 4 5G Outdoor Router User Manual 5.24 What is Clone MAC Address? ............. 66 5.25 What is DDNS? ..................66 5.26 What is NTP Client? ................66 5.27 What is VPN? ..................66 5.28 What is IPSEC?..................66 5.29 What is WLAN Block Relay between Clients? ........66 5.30 What is WMM? ..................

  • Page 5: Terminology

    5G 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 5G 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

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual 2. Introduction The 5GHz Outdoor Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11A/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

    5G 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

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual Rear Panel Description Interfaces Description 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. The RJ-45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 WAN(Right) cable.

  • Page 10: Installation

    5G 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 hole Push this button to remove upper housing - 10 -...
  • Page 11 5G Outdoor Router User Manual Wall Mount Pole Mount LAN port (with POE) WAN port - 11 -...

  • Page 12: Hardware Installation Steps

    5G 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, and insert the Ethernet cable to LAN port. Note: RJ-45 8P8C Ethernet cable is required. - 12 -...
  • Page 13 5G 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 Step5: Complete the hardware installation as diagram at below.

  • Page 14: Software Installation

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual Notes: Use Reset button on POE injector. Push continually the reset button of POE injector about 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults. Software Installation There is no software driver or utility installation needed, but only the configuration setting.

  • Page 15: Software Configuration

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual 4. Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The Outdoor Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Default IP subnet mask:...

  • Page 16: Prepare Your Pc To Configure The Wlan Broadband Router

    5G 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 17: Connect To The Wlan Broadband Router

    5G 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 18 5G 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 19 5G 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 20 5G Outdoor Router User Manual d. L2TP If you select L2TP, please fill in these fields on next page. - 20 -...
  • Page 21 5G 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 22 5G 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 23 5G 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 - 23 -...

  • Page 24: Operation Mode

    5G 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 25: Internet Settings

    5G 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 26 5G 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 27 5G 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. Password If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 28 5G 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 29 5G 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 30: Lan

    5G 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. DHCP Type Disable: Disable DHCP server on LAN side. Server: Enable DHCP server on LAN side.

  • Page 31: Dhcp Clients

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual 802.1d Spanning Select enable or disable the IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree function from pull-down Tree menu. LLTD Select enable or disable the Link Layer Topology Discover function from pull-down menu. IGMP Proxy Select enable or disable the IGMP proxy function from pull-down menu. UPNP Select enable or disable the UPnP protocol from pull-down menu.

  • Page 32: Wireless Settings

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description L2TP Passthrough Select enable or disable the L2TP pass-through function from pull-down menu. IPSec Passthrough Select enable or disable the IPSec pass-through function from pull-down menu. PPTP Passthrough Select enable or disable the PPTP pass-through function from pull-down menu. 4.3.4 Wireless Settings 4.3.4.1 Basic...
  • Page 33 5G Outdoor Router User Manual 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. Antenna Switch Select Internal antenna or External antenna for using. The default is using Internal antenna. Wireless Mode Click to select wireless mode from pull down menu.

  • Page 34: Advanced

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.4.2 Advanced 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 35: Security

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual RTS Threshold The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the radio issues a request to send (RTS) before sending the packet. A low RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the device, or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the device and not each other.
  • Page 36 5G Outdoor Router User Manual b. WEPAUTO 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 WEPAUTO, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) (1~4) characters for WEP Key.
  • Page 37 5G Outdoor Router User Manual c. WPAPSK/WPA2PSK If you set Security Mode to “WPAPSKWPA2PSK”, please fill in the related configurations at below. Item Description WPA Algorithms Select TKIP, AES, or TKIPAES for WPA algorithms. Pass Phrase Please fill in a passphrase like ‘test wpa 123’, or a hexadecimal string like '65E4 E123 456 E1'.
  • Page 38 5G 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 39: Wds

    5G 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 40 5G Outdoor Router User Manual b. 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). The MAC addresses of WDS peers must be configured on the Wireless 11n Access Points/ Repeaters.
  • Page 41 5G Outdoor Router User Manual Server: Enable DHCP server on LAN side. Encryp Type Select encryption type for wireless data transmission. There are four options: None, WEP, TKIP or AES. Encryp Key When you select WEP encryption type on above, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) characters for WEP Key.

  • Page 42: Wps

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description Frequency Select the wireless communication frequency/channel from pull-down menu. (Channel) LAN IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces. DHCP Type Disable: Disable DHCP server on LAN side. Server: Enable DHCP server on LAN side. Encryp Type Select encryption type for wireless data transmission.

  • Page 43: Firewall

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual 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 44 5G Outdoor Router User Manual 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. Source IP Address Fill in the IP address of source, to restrict data transmission. Protocol Select the protocol that you want to restrict.

  • Page 45: Port Forwarding

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.5.2 Port Forwarding 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 46: Dmz

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description Virtual Server Select Enable or Disable the Virtual Server 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. Public Port To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the public port.
  • Page 47 5G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Description DMZ Settings Enable or Disable the DMZ function. DMZ IP Address To support DMZ in your firewall design, fill in the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface. - 47 -...

  • Page 48: System Security

    5G 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 Content Filtering - 48 -...
  • Page 49 5G 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 50: Administration

    5G 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 51: Upload Firmware

    5G 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 52: Settings Management

    5G 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 53: Status

    5G 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 . - 53 -...

  • Page 54: System Log

    5G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.6.5 System Log This page is used to view system logs. Item Description Refresh Click the Refresh button to refresh the log shown on the screen. Clear Click the Clear button to clear the log display screen. - 54 -...

  • Page 55: Configuration Examples

    5G 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 56 5G 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 57: Example Two - Fixed Ip On The Wan

    5G 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 58 5G 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 59: Example Three -Set Wlan To Be Wan As Wifi Client

    5G 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 60 5G 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 61 5G 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. - 61 -...

  • Page 62: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    5G 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 63: What Is Bssid

    5G 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 64: What Is Fragment Threshold

    5G 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 65: What Is Wi-Fi Protected Access (Wpa)

    5G 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 66: What Is Maximum Transmission Unit (Mtu) Size

    5G 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 67 5G 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 68 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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