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WLR-4003
Wireless Gigabit Router N300
(802.11 b/g/n)

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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com WLR-4003 Wireless Gigabit Router N300 (802.11 b/g/n)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..............10 WLR-4003 PLACEMENT ............... 10 SETUP LAN, WAN ................11 PC NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP ............12 BRINGING UP THE WLR-4003 ............. 16 INITIAL SETUP WLR-4003 ..............16 CONFIGURATION WIZARD ..............25 WIRELESS SETTINGS ................. 27 FIREWALL SETTINGS ................. 39 ADVANCED SETTINGS ................
  • Page 3 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the WLR-4003 Wireless Gigabit Router N300. The WLR-4003 is compliant with 802.11n and up to 6 times faster than standard 802.11g based routers while still being compatible with 802.11g & 802.11b devices. The WLR-4003 is not only a Wireless Access Point, but also doubles as a 4-port full-duplex Gigabit switch that connects your wired- Ethernet devices together at 10/100/1000 Mbps speeds.

  • Page 4: Key Features

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1 Key Features Features Advantages Incredible Data Rate up to Heavy data payloads such as 300Mbps* MPEG video streaming IEEE 802.11n Compliant and Fully Interoperable with IEEE backwards compatible with 802.11b / IEEE802.11g 802.11b/g compliant devices with legacy protection...

  • 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. The WLR-4003 Router A 110V~240V to 12V 1A Switching Power Adapter A Quick Install Guide A CD (User’s Manual)

  • Page 6: Cautions

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3 Cautions This router’s design and manufacturer has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this router, please read the following before usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user should not modify this router. The environmental temperature should be within +5 ~ +35 degrees Celsius.

  • Page 7: Product Layout

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4 Product Layout Port Description Power connector Connect the 12V DC adapter to this port LAN (Yellow) Connect your PC’s or network devices to this port WAN (Blue) Connect your ADSL/Cable modem to this port...
  • Page 8 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Backlabel The backlabel describes the IP address, login details, SSID, security code and WPS button functionality. Button Description Press 2 seconds for OPS mode Press 10 seconds to reset the router OPS BUTTON Press 15 Seconds to reset the router to factory defaults.
  • Page 9 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com LED Definition From left to right. Port Description LAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected. LAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected. LAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected. LAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected. WAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected.

  • Page 10: System Requirements

    Ethernet compatible CAT5 cables. 6 WLR-4003 Placement You can place the WLR-4003 on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your Wireless Broadband Router in the center of your home (or your office) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven.

  • Page 11: Setup Lan, Wan

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 7 Setup LAN, WAN WAN connection: LAN connection:...

  • Page 12: Pc Network Adapter Setup

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 8 PC Network Adapter setup Windows XP • Enter [Start Menu] select [Control panel] select [Network]. • Select [Local Area Connection]) icon=>select [properties]...
  • Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties]. • Select the [General] tab. The router supports [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].
  • Page 14 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Windows Vista/Seven • Enter [Start Menu] select [Control panel] select [View network status and tasks] -> select [Manage network connections]. • Select [Local Area Connection]) icon=>select [properties]...
  • Page 15 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • Select [Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)] =>Click [Properties]. • Select the [General] tab. The router supports [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].

  • Page 16: Bringing Up The Wlr-4003

    9 Bringing up the WLR-4003 Connect the supplied power-adapter to the power inlet port and connect it to a wall outlet. The WLR-4003 automatically enters the self-test phase. During self-test phase, the Power LED will be lit continuously to indicate that this product is in normal operation.
  • Page 17 3. Type user name and password (default is admin/admin). 4. Click OK. 5. You will see the home page of the WLR-4003. 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...
  • Page 18 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com LAN settings The LAN tab gives you the opportunity to change the IP settings of the WLR- 4003. Click <Apply> at the bottom of this screen to save any changes. IP address 192.168.0.1. It is the router’s LAN IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address).
  • Page 19 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Lease Time Forever. In the Lease Time setting you can specify the time period that the DHCP lends an IP address to your LAN clients. The DHCP will change your LAN client’s IP address when this time threshold period is reached. IP Address Pool You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients.
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Device Status View the Broadband router’s current configuration settings. Device Status displays the configuration settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wireless Settings section.
  • Page 21 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Internet Status This page displays whether the WAN port is connected to a Cable/DSL connection. It also displays the router’s WAN IP address, Subnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as well as MAC address, the Primary DNS. Press the Renew button to renew your WAN IP address.
  • Page 22 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DHCP Client Status 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 23 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com WLR-4003 Log View the operation log. This page shows the current system log of the Broadband router. It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the system log can be saved <Save> to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared <Clear>...
  • Page 24 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and received on WAN, LAN & WLAN.

  • Page 25: Configuration Wizard

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 11 Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to configure the router. The Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the modem is connected and click Next. Select your country from the Country list. Select your internet provider. Click Next.
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Depending on the chosen provider, you may need to enter your user name and password, MAC address or hostname in the following window. After you have entered the correct information, click Next. Click APPLY to complete the configuration.

  • Page 27: Wireless Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 12 Wireless Settings You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router. The parameters include Mode, ESSID, Channel Number and Associated Client. Wireless Function Enable or Disable Wireless function here. Click Apply and wait for module to be ready &...
  • Page 28 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Basic Settings Mode Allows you to set AP or WDS mode. Band Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b or 802.11g mode. You can also select B+G mode to allow 80211b and 802.11g clients at the same time. Enable SSID # Allows you to enable up to four SSIDs for this router.
  • Page 29 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Advanced Settings This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. The options included are Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, and Preamble Type. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on the router.
  • Page 30 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Beacon Interval is the interval of time that this wireless router broadcasts a beacon. A Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network. Data Rate The “Data Rate” is the rate that this access point uses to transmit data packets.
  • Page 31 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Security This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN security functions, included are WEP, IEEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11x 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 32 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Disable When you choose to disable encryption, it is very insecure to operate the router. Enable 802.1x Auth IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Point before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server.
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four WEP keys and select one of them as a default key. Then the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys.
  • Page 34 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other sections by choosing Continue, or choose Apply apply settings reboot device. WPA Pre-shared Key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication.
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  • Page 36 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. Enable wireless access control Enables the wireless access control function Adding an address into the list Enter the "MAC Address" and "Comment" of the wireless station to be added and then click "Add".
  • Page 37 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to establish a connection between the wireless clients and the wireless router. You don’t have to select the encryption mode and fill in a long encryption passphrase every time when you try to setup a wireless connection.
  • Page 38 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com WPS Check the box to enable WPS function and uncheck it to disable the WPS function. WPS Current Status If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll see a ‘Configured’ message here. Otherwise, you’ll see ‘UnConfigured’.

  • Page 39: Firewall Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 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 40 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If you have a client PC that cannot run an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NAT firewall, then you can open up the firewall restrictions to unrestricted two-way Internet access by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all packets going to your WAN port IP address to a particular IP address in your LAN.
  • Page 41 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router's firewall can block common hacker attacks, including Denial of Service, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events. Ping of Death Protections from Ping of Death attack Discard Ping From WAN The router’s WAN port will not respond to any Ping requests...
  • Page 42 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Access You can restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.), Access Control allows users to define the traffic type permitted in your LAN. You can control which PC client can have access to these services.
  • Page 43 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Selected". If you want to remove all PCs from the table, just click the "Delete All" button. Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enable MAC Filtering” to enable MAC Filtering. Add PC Fill in “Client PC MAC Address” and “Comment” of the PC that is allowed to access the Internet, and then click “Add”.
  • Page 44 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com URL block You can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keywords of the Web site. Enable URL Blocking Enable/disable URL Blocking Add URL Keyword Fill in “URL/Keyword” and then click “Add”. You can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the web site you want to block.

  • Page 45: Advanced Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 14 Advanced Settings Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses. NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key services such as Websites and FTP.
  • Page 46 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Port Forwarding Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Port) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host servers behind the router NAT firewall. Enable Port Forwarding Enable Port Forwarding Private IP This is the private IP of the server behind the NAT firewall.
  • Page 47 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Forwarding setting will be added into the "Current Port Forwarding Table" below. Remove Port Forwarding If you want to remove a Port Forwarding setting from the "Current Port Forwarding Table", select the Port Forwarding setting that you want to remove in the table and then click "Delete Selected".
  • Page 48 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Virtual Server Use the Virtual Server function when you want different servers/clients in your LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP, Web server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers called port numbers to recognize a particular service/Internet application type.
  • Page 49 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com service (service/Internet application) port number from the Internet that will be re-directed to the above Private IP address host in your LAN Comment The description of this setting. Add Virtual Server Fill in the "Private IP", "Private Port", "Type", “Public Port”...
  • Page 50 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video Conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications.
  • Page 51 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Popular applications This section lists the more popular applications that require multiple connections. Select an application from the Popular Applications selection. Once you have selected an application, select a location (1-10) in the Copy to selection box and then click the Copy to button. This will automatically list the Public Ports required for this popular application in the location (1-10) you specified.
  • Page 52 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com UPnP With UPnP, all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically, so you don’t have to configure your PC and it can easily access the Internet through this router. UPnP Feature You can enable or Disable the UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without having to configure anything.
  • Page 53 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com QoS can let you classify Internet application traffic by source/destination IP address and port number. You can assign priority for each type of application and reserve bandwidth for it. The packets of applications with higher priority will always go first.
  • Page 54 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Remove QoS rules from the table If you want to remove QoS rules from the table, select the QoS rules you want to remove in the table and then click "Delete Selected". If you want remove all QoS rules from the table, just click the "Delete All"...

  • Page 55: Toolbox Settings

    Your Sitecom device comes with a 6 month free Sitecom cloud security subscription. After you have set up your Sitecom device for internet access, open the web browser and enter http://www.sitecomcloudsecurity.com in the address bar.
  • Page 56 Protection against unsafe websites • Advertisement blocking With the protection of unsafe websites activated the Sitecom Cloud Security will always check if a website is safe. If it is not safe it will inform you that is not safe to enter.
  • Page 57 You will be asked for a username and password. These can be found on the backlabel on the bottom of your Sitecom router or modem. If the login succeeded you can click on ‘Settings’ to change your security...
  • Page 58 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Or click ‘License’ to renew your subscription. If you wish to disable to Sitecom cloud security at any time, open the webpage of your Sitecom product and log in with the supplied credentials (these can be...
  • Page 59 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com found on the back label on the bottom of your Sitecom device). Go to Toolbox and select “Sitecom Cloud Security”. Click the “Disable” radio button and click ‘Apply’ for the settings to take effect.
  • Page 60 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Password change options You can change the password required to log into the broadband router's system web-based management. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive. Current Password Fill in the current password to allow changing to a new password.
  • Page 61 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Time Zone The Time Zone allows your router to base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Log entries and Firewall settings. Set Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The router will set its time based on your selection.
  • Page 62 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Remote Management The remote management function allows you to designate a host in the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband router from a remote site. Enter the designated host IP Address in the Host IP Address field. Host Address This is the IP address of the host in the Internet that will have management/configuration access to the Broadband router from a remote site.
  • Page 63 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware. Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade the Broadband router’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your Broadband router, you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page.
  • Page 64 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Backup Settings The Backup screen allows you to save (Backup) the router’s current configuration settings. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved configuration into the router through the Restore selection.
  • Page 65 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Reset You can reset the router’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially re-boots your router’s system.
  • Page 66 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DDNS 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. This router supports DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS service providers.

  • Page 67: Appendix

    16 Appendix Appendix A: GNU/GPL Leaflet Licensing Information Parts of the firmware of the WLR-4003 v1-001 Wireless Gigabit Broadband router are subject to GNU general public license. This product includes third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License..
  • Page 68 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The free software included in this product is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY LIABILITY OF OR ANY WARRANTY FROM THE LICENSOR. GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
  • Page 69 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com copy of this License along with the Program. You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: a) You must cause the...
  • Page 70 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com to do so, and all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying the Program or works based on it. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions.
  • Page 71 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA...
  • Page 72 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Appendix B: Declaration of Conformity...
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