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Sitecom WLM-1500 Manual

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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com WLM-1500/2500/3500 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    PRODUCT LAYOUT......................6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS....................8 WLM-1500/2500/3500 PLACEMENT ..............8 SETUP LAN, WAN ....................... 9 PC NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP................10 BRING UP THE WLM-1500/2500/3500.............. 13 INITIAL SETUP WLM-1500/2500/3500 ............13 CONFIGURATION WIZARD..................19 BASIC SETTINGS......................20 ADVANCED SETTINGS....................34 FIREWALL SETTINGS ....................49...
  • Page 3 802.11g & 802.11b. These modems provide the best performance when used in combination with 802.11n client adapters. The WLM-1500/2500/3500 is not only a Modem or Wireless Access Point, but can also be used to connect wired Ethernet devices.

  • Page 4: Key Features

    IEEE 802.11g compliant Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant devices Based on 802.11n technology WLM-1500: Up to 3 times faster than regular 802.11g. WLM-2500/3500: Up to 6 times faster than regular 802.11g (in combination with a 150n or 802.11n...

  • Page 5: Package Contents

    Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped back in its original package. WLM-1500/2500/3500 modem/router 220V ~ 240V Power Adapter Quick Install Guide CD (User’s Manual)

  • Page 6: Product Layout

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3 Product Layout WPS/Reset button Power button Modem connection Power connector LAN / computer connections Port Description ADSL Connect your telephone/ADSL cable this port Connect the cable from your PC or network device to this ports.
  • Page 7 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Back label The back label describes the corresponding LED indications and port functionality. Description Power Lights up when powered ON. Blinks on TEST/RESET ADSL Lights up when an ADSL cable is connected. Internet Lights up when internet connection is UP.

  • Page 8: System Requirements

    5 WLM-1500/2500/3500 Placement You can place the WLM-1500/2500/3500 on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your Wireless Broadband Modem/Router in the center of your office (or your home) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven.

  • Page 9: Setup Lan, Wan

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6 Setup LAN, WAN Modem connection LAN / computer connections...

  • Page 10: Pc Network Adapter Setup

    Right-mouse-click on the [Local Area Connection]) icon, and select [properties] • Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties]. • Select the [General] tab. The WLM-1500/2500/3500 supports DHCP. Please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].
  • Page 11 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Windows Vista/Windows 7 • Go to [Start Menu], [Control panel], [View network status and tasks], -> [Manage network connections]. • Right-mouse-click on the [Local Area Connection]) icon, and select [properties]...
  • Page 12 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • Select [Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)], and Click [Properties]. • Open the [General] tab. The WLM-1500/2500/3500 supports DHCP. Please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].

  • Page 13: Bring Up The Wlm-1500/2500/3500

    [Enter] Type user name and password (The default username is “admin”, the password can be found on the back label of the device). 3. Click OK. 4. You will see the home page of the WLM-1500/2500/3500.
  • Page 14 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Status The System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router: the UP time, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware version information is displayed here.
  • Page 15 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Statistics You can view statistics on the processing of IP packets on the networking interfaces. You will not typically need to view this data, but you may find it helpful when working with your ISP to diagnose network and Internet data transmission problems.
  • Page 16 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ADSL Statistics This page shows the ADSL line statistic information.
  • Page 17 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DHCP List This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The table shows the assigned IP address, MAC address and expiration time for each DHCP leased client. Use the Refresh button to update the available information.
  • Page 18 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com QoS Queue The screen allows you to configure a QoS queue and assign it to a specific network. If the channel operation modes of your ADSL router are not configured and you enable the QoS function, you’ll see the following message: Please follow the Setup Wizard to finish WAN configuration before setting up QoS.

  • Page 19: Configuration Wizard

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 10 Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to configure the modem. The Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the adsl line is connected and click Next. Select your country from the Country list. Select your internet provider. Click Next.

  • Page 20: Basic Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 11 Basic Settings LAN Settings This page is used to configure the LAN interface of your ADSL Router. You can set IP address, subnet mask, and IGMP Snooping. Parameter Description Interface Name The interface name is “br0”. IP Address Enter the IP Address of the ADSL router for the local user to access the router’s web page.
  • Page 21 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DHCP Settings You can configure your network and the router to use the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). This page allows you to select the DHCP mode that this router will support. There are two different DHCP Modes: DHCP Server and DHCP Relay. When the router is acting as DHCP server, please configure the router in the “DHCP Server”...
  • Page 22 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Parameter Description DHCP Server Address Specify the IP address of your ISP’s DHCP server. Requests for IP information from your LAN interface will be passed to the default gateway, which should route the request appropriately. When you finish, click ‘Apply Changes’.
  • Page 23 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com IP Pool Range You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients. By default, the IP range is starting from IP 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.200.
  • Page 24 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com WAN Settings The page allows you to select any combination of DSL modes. Parameter Description ADSL modulation Choose preferred ADSL standard protocols. Annex L Option Enable/Disable ADSL2/ADSL2+ Annex L capability. Annex M Option Enable/Disable ADSL2/ADSL2+ Annex M capability.
  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com settings will take effect after it reboots. A Domain Name System (DNS) server is like an index of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you type a Web address into your browser, such as “www.router.com”, a DNS server will find that name in its index and the matching IP address.
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Wireless Settings This section provides the wireless network settings for your router. You can enable the wireless AP function here. Parameter Description Band Please select the radio band from one of the following options.
  • Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients, and maximum 150Mbps for 802.11n clients). Mode It allows you to set the router to act in “AP”, “Client” or “WDS”...
  • Page 28 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Security This router provides complete wireless LAN security functions, include WEP, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.1x with WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With these security functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access.
  • Page 29 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com by a RADIUS server. Check this box to authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x. WEP-64Bits WEP is less level of security than WPA. WEP supports 64-bit and 128-bit key lengths to encrypt the wireless data. The longer key length will provide higher security.
  • Page 30 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com This wireless router supports MAC Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from accessing your wireless network. Parameter Description Wireless Access This router can prevent the wireless clients from Control Mode accessing the wireless network by checking the MAC Address of the clients.
  • Page 31 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com button. Click "Reset" will clear your current selections. When you finish, click ‘Apply Changes’. You’ll see the following message displayed on web browser: Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface;...
  • Page 32 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Although home Wi-Fi networks have become more and more popular, users still have trouble with the initial set up of network. This obstacle forces users to use the open security and increases the risk of eavesdropping. Therefore, The Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is designed to ease set up of security-enabled Wi-Fi networks and subsequently network management.
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Regenerate PIN Click to regenerate the Self-PIN Number. Push Button Clicking this button will invoke the PBC method of Configuration WPS. It is only used when AP acts as a registrar. Start PBC Click to start the Push Button method of WPS.

  • Page 34: Advanced Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Advanced Settings Wireless Settings This page allows advanced users who have sufficient knowledge of wireless LAN. These setting shall not be changed unless you know exactly what will happen for the changes you made on your router. Parameter Description Authentication Type...
  • Page 35 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com the WEP privacy mechanism. Auto: Auto is the default authentication algorithm. It will change its authentication type automatically to fulfill client’s requirement. Fragmentation Fragment Threshold specifies the maximum size of Threshold packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted.
  • Page 36 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com protection mode is enabled, the throughput of the AP will be a little lower due to many of frame traffic should be transmitted. Aggregation This function is used to join multiple data packets for transmission as a single unit to increase network efficiency.
  • Page 37 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The router supports IP QoS feature that can provide different priority to different users or data flows. Classification Parameter Description IP QoS Click the radio button to enable or disable the IP QoS function.
  • Page 38 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com (Destination) destination IP has been entered. Port (Destination) The destination port of the selected protocol. You cannot configure this field without entering the protocol first. Protocol The selections are TCP, UDP, ICMP and the blank for none. This field is required if the source port or destination port has been entered.
  • Page 39 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com UPnP When the UPnP function is enabled, the router can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The router will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly double click the router or right click the router and select “Invoke”...
  • Page 40 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com IGMP The IGMP Proxy page allows you to enable multicast on WAN and LAN interfaces. The LAN interface is always served as downstream IGMP proxy, and you can configure one of the available WAN interfaces as the upstream IGMP proxy.
  • Page 41 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Routing The page enables you to define specific route for your Internet and network datas. Most users do not need to define routes. On a typical small home or office LAN, the existing routes that set up the default gateways for your LAN hosts and for the router provide the most appropriate path for all your Internet traffic.
  • Page 42 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Show Routes Click this button to view the router’s routing table. Static Route Click “Update” to update the selected destination route on Table the “Static Route Table”. Click “Delete Selected” to delete a selected destination route on the Static Route Table. When you finish, click ‘Apply Changes’.
  • Page 43 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a troubleshooting and management protocol that uses the UDP protocol on port 161 to communicate between clients and servers. The router can be managed locally or remotely by SNMP protocol.
  • Page 44 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
  • Page 45 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DDNS Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service providers. Parameter Description Enable...
  • Page 46 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
  • Page 47 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com RIP is an Internet protocol you can set up to share routing table information with other routing devices on your LAN, at your ISP’s location, or on remote networks connected to your network via the ADSL line. Most small home or office networks do not need to use RIP;...
  • Page 48 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com passed to the DSL device in order for it to be accepted into its routing table. Send Mode Indicate the RIP version this interface will use when it sends its route information to other devices. RIP Config Table The RIP you have configured will be listed in the table.

  • Page 49: Firewall Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 13 Firewall Settings The Broadband router provides extensive firewall protection by restricting connection parameters, thus limiting the risk of hacker attacks, and defending against a wide array of common Internet attacks. However, for applications that require unrestricted access to the Internet, you can configure a specific client/server as a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
  • Page 50 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Public Port The destination port number that is made open for this application on the WAN side Interface Select the WAN interface on which the port-forwarding rule is to be applied. Current Port If you want to remove the port forwarding settings from Forwarding Table the table, select the items and then click "Delete...
  • Page 51 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Port Filter The IP/Port filtering feature allows you to deny/allow specific services or applications in the forwarding path. Parameter Description Outgoing Default Specify the default action on the LAN to WAN (Traffic to Action Internet) forwarding path.
  • Page 52 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Address. Port LAN users use port number to distinguish one network application over another such as 21 is for FTP service. The port number range is from 0 to 65535. It is recommended that this option be configured by an advanced user.
  • Page 53 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MAC Filtering The MAC filtering feature allows you to define rules to allow or deny frames through the router based on source MAC address, destination MAC address, and traffic direction. Parameter Description Outgoing Default Specify the default action on the LAN to WAN (Traffic to Action Internet) forwarding path.
  • Page 54 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Destination MAC The destination MAC address. It must be 12-digit Address hexadecimal format, for example: “00-d0-59-c6-12- 50”. Current Filter If you want to remove some filter rules from the Table "Current Filter Table", select the MAC Address you want to remove in the table and then click "Delete Selected".
  • Page 55 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com URL Blocking This page is used to block some URL addresses or keywords. Parameter Description URL Blocking Enable or disable the URL blocking function. FQDN Enter FQDN which you want to block. A FQDN is a complete DNS name.
  • Page 56 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots. Domain Blocking The firewall includes the ability to block access to specific domain based on string matches.
  • Page 57 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ACL Configuration The Access Control List (ACL) is a list of permissions attached to the router. The list specifies who is allowed to access this router. If ACL is enabled, all hosts cannot access this router except for the hosts with IP address in the ACL table. Parameter Description ACL Capability...
  • Page 58 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The DMZ Host is a local computer exposed to the Internet. When setting a particular internal IP Address as the DMZ Host, all incoming packets will be checked by the firewall and NAT algorithms then passed to the DMZ Host. For example, if you have a local client PC that cannot run an Internet application (e.g.

  • Page 59: Toolbox Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 14 TOOLBOX Settings Password This page allows you to set the password to access the web server of the router. Please select the “admin (as administrator)” or “user (as user)” account and configure the password. When you finish, click ‘Apply Changes’.
  • Page 60 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com It means the content in ‘Current Password’ field is wrong, please click ‘OK’ to go back to previous menu, and try to input current password again. If the current and new passwords are correctly entered, after you click ‘Apply’, you’ll be prompted to input your new password: Please use new password to enter web management interface again, and you should be able to login with new password.
  • Page 61 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Time Zone The Time Zone allows your router to set its time; especially for recording System Log. Parameter Description Current Time The current time of the specified time zone. You can set the current time by yourself or configured by SNTP server.
  • Page 62 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Remote Access The Remote Access function can secure remote host access to your router from LAN and WAN interfaces for some services provided by the router. These services include Telnet, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, SNMP and PING. Please click ‘System’...
  • Page 63 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots. Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the firmware for the router.
  • Page 64 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Configuration Tools This page allows you to backup the current settings to a file or restore the settings from the file which was saved previously. Besides, you could reset the current configuration to factory defaults. Parameter Description Save Settings to...
  • Page 65 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Reboot Whenever you use the Web configuration to change system settings, the changes are initially placed in temporary storage. To save your change for future use, you have to click “Apply” to reboot the router. If you have encountered problems during the configuration, You can click the “OPS”...
  • Page 66 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Diagnostics Ping Once you have your router configured, you can send a ping command to the host you specify in this page. To use it, you must know the IP address of the host you are trying to communicate with and enter the IP address in the Host Address field.
  • Page 67 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Diagnostic Test The Diagnostic Test page shows the test results for the connectivity of the physical layer and protocol layer for both LAN and WAN sides.

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