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Gigafast WF711-APR User Manual

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  • Page 1 GigaFast Ethernet Mbps Wireless ccess Point outer User Manual WF711-APR...
  • Page 2 opyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without prior written permission.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    : Introduction Section : Features : Package Contents : System Requirements : Panel Description : Installation : Hardware Connection to WAN : Hardware Connection to LAN : Network Setting in Administrator’s computer : Device Administration : Web Based Configuration : Telnet/Console Configuration : Firewall and Advanced Functions : Access Control : Service Time Allocation...
  • Page 4 Appendix : TCP/IP Well-Known Port : Illustrated Typical Application : Cabling and Pin Assignment : Configure IP Manually : Technical Information : Technical Support / Warranty info...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    GigaFast Ethernet Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding 11Mbps Wireless Access Router. This product is the perfect option to connect a group of wired or wireless PCs to a high-speed Broadband Internet connection or to an Ethernet based Backbone (ETTH/ETTB: Ethernet to the Home/Building).

  • Page 6: Features

    GigaFast Ethernet Fully compatible with IEEE 802.11B (DSSS: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) wireless LAN standard and interoperable with any 802.11B compliant equipments Wireless interface support 64/128-bit WEP (Wire Equivalent Privacy) encryption Integrated wireless AP (Access Point) and Broadband SOHO router in...
  • Page 7 GigaFast Ethernet Firewall capability to protect LAN PCs from outside intruder access/attack Avoid unwanted packets from the WAN and provides a system event log to record intrusion information. (Date/time, source IP address & port...) LAN user Access Privilege Administrator can arrange interior LAN user’s access privilege to the Internet by...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    GigaFast Ethernet One 11Mbps Wireless Access Point Router One power adapter One User Manual System Requirements One Ethernet based broadband Internet connection (like cable/ADSL modem or other router) One PC with a NIC card, 802.11b PCMCIA card or USB network adapter, and installed TCP/IP protocol stack.
  • Page 9 GigaFast Ethernet Rear Panel 1 - 4 Ports for connecting to PCs. Use straight through cables Port for connecting to Cable/DSL modem Reset Reset to factory default settings button. Hold down continuously for at least 5 seconds to reset the hardware.

  • Page 10: Installation

    Hardware Connection to WAN Connect the network cable from the Cable/ DSL modem to the WAN port of the Wireless Router (Fig 2-1). If the Link/Act LED is off, please check the feeding power and the connection cable between the Cable/DSL modem and WAN port (Please refer to Appendix C for detailed cabling and pin assignment).

  • Page 11: Network Setting In Administrator's Computer

    Router is in factory default condition. Administrator’s computer In order to configure the Wireless Router with a networked PC in LAN, it is necessary for the administrator to have accurate network settings in this PC. Then, the communication between the Wireless Router and the administrator‘s PC is possible.
  • Page 12 GigaFast Ethernet Follow the procedures to set your computer as a DHCP Client. (If the fixed IP mode for the administrator’s computer is desired, please refer to Appendix E.) Step 1: Click Start button, select Settings, and then choose Control Panel. Double click Network icon.
  • Page 13 GigaFast Ethernet Step 2: Click the Properties button, and then click the IP Address tab. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. Step 3: Press [OK] ro continue. System may request to restart. After restart, the connection between the Wireless Access Point Router &...
  • Page 14 GigaFast Ethernet All Ethernet adapter information is shown in this window. Check if you get an IP address like 192.168.8.x and the default gateway is 192.168.8.1. Windows XP/2000/NT4: Please change to MS-DOS command window, and type “ipconfig/all” to check Ethernet adapter information.

  • Page 15: Device Administration

    GigaFast Ethernet Device Administration The Wireless Router can be configured via Web browser, telnet, and console terminal. The administrator can choose either one of the three methods to perform device administration. No matter which method is used, this administration only allows one login session at a time.
  • Page 16 GigaFast Ethernet This page is not protected by any password. It is used to provide all LAN users a place to inquire about the Wireless Router’s status at any time. Type in the default Administrator password, “admin”. Then click enter to login.
  • Page 17 GigaFast Ethernet Clicking the [Clear] button will clear the WAN traffic counter. To update to the latest information, click the [Refresh] button. Administration Click the Administration link on the left frame of this page to assign or change settings. Section 4...
  • Page 18 When a file has been selected, click [Go] to send the request. The Wireless Router’s firmware will be upgraded immediately. After a about 20-30 second, the Wireless Router will restart automatically. Section 4 Reset system settings to factory default, and restart automatically after completion.
  • Page 19 GigaFast Ethernet Miscellaneous Command: [View system events log] records system events such as system start, administrator log-in / log-out, dial/hang-up, and hacker intrusion events. In addition, it stamps the date/time for each event. Normally each event will be shown sequentially by the order of time-stamp except some time-out events.
  • Page 20 GigaFast Ethernet EZ Setup - WAN Click the EZ Setup-WAN link in the left frame. There are 5-connection types in this page. Only one connection type must be configured because the network is connected to the Internet via one method at a time. It can be changed later if your connection type changes.
  • Page 21 A. DHCP Client Connection DHCP Client connection means that the ISP will dynamically assign the Wireless Router IP address and other settings. The [Domain Name] and [Host Name] are unused for most ISPs, so keep them blank. If they are needed for your Internet connection, please contact your ISP for the correct Domain name and Host Name.
  • Page 22 GigaFast Ethernet This connection type is popular for most Cable modems. After [Save&Restart], the assigned IP address can be checked on the “Device Info” page. (refer to 3.1.1) C. PPPoE Connection If the Wireless Access Point Router is connected to the Internet through a DSL line, ask the ISP if they use PPPoE for dial-up service.
  • Page 23 GigaFast Ethernet Click the [Save&Restart] button. After the save & restart, the assigned IP address can be checked on the “Device Info” page. (refer to 3.1.1) If something is wrong, please browse the system event log to check the dial/log-in activity. (refer to 3.1.2) C.
  • Page 24 If LAN IP is changed, the administrator may lose the connection with the Wireless Router when they are not in the same LAN subnet. Administration operation will not work until they are in the same subnet again. (Do this by releasing and renewing the IP address on the administrator’s PC.)
  • Page 25 GigaFast Ethernet 1. DHCP Server Enabled Choose this option if you want the Wireless Router to assign IP’s to computers on the network automatically. Then fill in following: DNS Proxy: LAN computers get their DNS server from the Wireless Router first.
  • Page 26 GigaFast Ethernet Click the [Save&Restart] button to save settings. 2. DHCP Server Disabled Disable DHCP Server function of the Wireless Router. Fill in the LAN IP Address and click the [Save&Restart] button. Section 5...
  • Page 27 GigaFast Ethernet EZ Setup - Wireless (802.11b) Click the Wireless (802.11b) option to check and setup wireless LAN settings. [A] The first TAB is the “Wireless Info” page : Displays wireless 802.11b module information. Device status: Indicates the internal wireless 802.11b module’s status.
  • Page 28 GigaFast Ethernet [B] The second TAB is the “Basic” page: Enter the basic/mandatory settings for 802.11b. Wireless Device Name: Stores a descriptive/meaningful string used by the wireless diagnostic utility (like search or locating utility) to report which Access Point or Access Point Router it is.
  • Page 29 GigaFast Ethernet Basic rates (Mbits/s): The transfer rate that is used by a wireless client PC to associate with the Wireless Router. Supported rates (Mbits/s): The transfer rate that a wireless client PC can receive. Transmission rates (Mbits/s): Select the rate adaptation mechanism. Fixed 1 / 2 / 5.5 / 11...
  • Page 30 WEP key length: Selects 64-bit or 128-bit WEP encryption. Be sure that the settings in the Wireless Router are the same as all wireless client PCs. Otherwise communication will not be possible. PassPhrase: Used to generate WEP-64 or WEP-128 key 1-4 automatically.
  • Page 31 GigaFast Ethernet Below the list is a MAC address filtering function. mechanisms provided: 1) Allow all wireless client PCs except the following MAC address stations. 2) Deny all wireless client Pcs except the following MAC address stations. The allowed / denied list can be filled from the upper associated MAC list or keyed in manually.

  • Page 32: Telnet/Console Configuration

    The telnet-based configuration is almost the same as console configuration. The difference is that console configuration requires being connected to the Wireless Router with your computer by null modem cable (Please refer to Apendix C-2). Telnet configuration can only be used via LAN.
  • Page 33 GigaFast Ethernet Device Information and Administration configuration in the Wireless Access Point Router When you select 1 to enter the device information, you can see the device information as follows: Press Esc to exit. Select 2 to enter administrator setup.
  • Page 34 GigaFast Ethernet A. Date/Time needs to be initialized every time the Wireless Router is reset.. B. Whenever the administrator logs on via web browser, the date/time is calibrated automatically according to the login PC. 4. Reset to factory default and restart.
  • Page 35 DHCP Client : DHCP Client connection means that the ISP will dynamically assign an IP address to the Wireless Router and all settings automatically, so no other settings are required to be filled in. If your Internet connection type is a DHCP client type, such as a Cable modem, you should select this option.
  • Page 36 : If you choose this option, the Wireless Router will My Server IP address PPPTP password : If this option is selected, the Wireless Router will attempt : Fill in a time period in seconds if . (The PPPoE Service...

  • Page 37: Lan Setup

    DHCP Server enabled A. Enable/Disable DNS Proxy: LAN computers get their DNS server from the Wireless Access Point Router first. The Wireless Router will search the ISP’s DNS automatically. B. Set DHCP IP Pool Range: Whenever there is a request, the DHCP server will allocate a unused IP from the IP address pool to the requesting computer.
  • Page 38 Wireless Router Allow/Deny Web Management from WAN: This function allows the administrator to configure the Wireless Router from the outside Internet with browser directly. In order to reserve HTTP service (port 80), which is used for virtual servers, the remote web administration function utilizes another port 64511 instead.

  • Page 39: Firewall And Advanced Functions

    GigaFast Ethernet Firewall and Advanced Functions Besides the native protection features from NAT, the Wireless Router provides many advanced functions which are popular in most firewall devices such as deny PING, block service port, URL keyword blocking, virtual server, DMZ and intrusion event log. (Recorded in the Wireless Access Point Router internal buffer, please refer to 3.1.2)
  • Page 40 This function allows the administrator to inhibit LAN users from using some Internet services for management purposes. For example, if the Wireless Router is used in a SOHO environment and the administrator wants to inhibit LAN users from using Telnet services (like BBS, on-line chat), then it is easily achieved by blocking all packets to service port 23.

  • Page 41: Service Time Allocation

    One method is to specify the maximum continuous service period. This is primarily used for parental control in home/family applications. It can protect children from surfing the Internet continuously for more than a pre-defined period X. Meanwhile, the Wireless Router will still stop service until period Y is expired. Section 6...

  • Page 42: Url Keyword Blocking

    GigaFast Ethernet The other mechanism is simply dependent on a daily time zone. This means the Wireless Router’s LAN-to-WAN service is on or off according to a predefined daily schedule table. URL Keyword Blocking In order to prevent LAN users from accessing specific websites, the Wireless Router provides a function to perform such a filtering mechanism.

  • Page 43: Virtual Server

    (like WWW, FTP, E-mail) should be visible and accessible by the outside Internet. As a result, the Wireless Router provides Virtual Server functions to meet this demand. In addition, the Wireless Router also protect the servers and all other computers in the LAN simultaneously.

  • Page 44: Dmz

    LAN. The Wireless Router generally allows a computer in the LAN to be logically exposed to the Internet with unrestricted 2-way communication. This is very useful whenever you encounter some incompatible applications (especially for online game or audio/video conference).

  • Page 45: Multiple Dmz Host

    WAN interface instead of a single IP only (please refer to section 3.1), then the Wireless Router allows 8 computers in the LAN to become DMZ hosts. In general, the mechanism for multiple DMZ hosts is based on the mapping relation between the WAN IP and the LAN IP (shown below).
  • Page 46 Internet. (Please refer to Fig 4-1) Unfortunately, the multiple DMZ host will not work with the Fig 4-1 configuration because the Wireless Router can only handle one IP address’ packets, not 5 IP address’ packets. In such conditions, the bridging mode option is available for Multiple DMZ.

  • Page 47: Auto 2-Way Applications

    IP address only no matter matter how many TCP/UDP ports Although the Wireless Router provides the above two methods for compatibility improvements under the firewall protection, there is some inconvenience for the administrator to manage many PCs at home or in a SOHO environment.

  • Page 48: Dynamic Dns

    Wireless Router’s WAN connection type is PPPoE, DHCP client or PPTP client, then the Wireless Router WAN IP is obtained from the ISP side dynamically). As a result, it is very difficult to host a Web server or FTP server by using a dial-up ADSL or Cable modem.
  • Page 49 GigaFast Ethernet The Wireless Router has a built-in update client function to meet update specifications internally. This means that the Wireless Router can act as a dynamic DNS update client itself, so the administrator doesn’t need another PC in the LAN to install the update client program.

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    Common Problems & Solutions This section provides possible solutions to problems regarding the installation and operation of the Wireless Router. Try to find answers here if there is any problem when you setup the device. Check your device and settings step by step.

  • Page 51: Frequently Asked Questions

    2. Does the WAN connection of the Wireless Access Point Router support 100Mbps Ethernet? Yes, the Wireless Router supports 100Mb Ethernet on its WAN port. Since the Wireless Router WAN is an auto-sensing 10/100 port, it is also compatible with 10Mb only WAN devices. Section 6...
  • Page 52 It adds a level security since the IP address of a PC connected to the private LAN is never transmitted on the Internet It allows the Wireless Router to be used with low cost Internet accounts, such as DSL or cable modems, where only one IP address is provided by ISP. Users can have many private addresses behind a single address 4.
  • Page 53 GigaFast Ethernet 11. Can I use my own public IPs and Domain or do I have to use the IPs provided by this router? You can customize your own IPs through configuration of this router. 12. What are the advanced features of the Wireless Access Point Router?
  • Page 54 GigaFast Ethernet Appendix A: TCP/IP Well-Known Port Any application or process that uses TCP for its transport is assigned a unique identification number called a TCP port. TCP ports specify the path of communications between client and server applications. These ports are numbered beginning with zero.
  • Page 55 GigaFast Ethernet Appendix B: Illustrated Typical Application 1. Home User Application Fig B-1 Home user application - 2. SOHO environment Application Fig B-2 SOHO environment application - Fig B-3 SOHO environment application - Fig B-4 SOHO environment application - Appendix A...
  • Page 56 Straight-through cables are used for connecting computers’ NIC card to a hub. Crossover cables are used for connecting a hub to another hub. (The Wireless Router provides a built-in uplink/normal switch. Uplink mode is crossed internally, which...
  • Page 57 GigaFast Ethernet Connection between NIC card and Hub A straight-through cable, wire 1, 2, 3, and 6 at one end of the cable are also wires 1, 2, 3, and 6 at the other end. The straight through cable is used in connecting the NIC card and the hub.
  • Page 58 GigaFast Ethernet Appendix D: Configure IP manually Select IP Address tab, and choose Specify an IP Address. Type in your customized IP address. (The default IP address of this product is 192.168.8.1, so you can type in an IP Address like 192.168.8.xxx where xxx can be numbers from 1 to 253) Set the Subnet Mask as 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 59 GigaFast Ethernet Select the DNS configuration tab and enable DNS. Add DNS values provided by your ISP into the DNS Server Search Order Click OK to finish. Appendix A...
  • Page 60 GigaFast Ethernet Appendix E: Technical Information WAN I/F : One RJ-45 port, IEEE802.3 100Base-T, CSMA/CD WAN cabling : UTP category 5 (10/100Mbps) LAN I/F : Four RJ-45 ports, IEEE802.3u 100Base-T, CSMA/CD LAN cabling : UTP category 5 (switched 10/100Mbps) Wireless LAN : IEEE802.11b, supports 1/2/5.5/11Mbps...

  • Page 61: Technical Support

    Excluding Holidays Limited Warranty Limited Warranty Statement: GigaFast Ethernet Solutions Inc. ("GFE") warrants its products to be free from defects in workmanship and materials, under normal use and service, for the applicable warranty term. All GFE products carry a standard limited warranty from the date of purchase from GFE or its Authorized Reseller.
  • Page 62 GigaFast Ethernet THE RANGE OF THE INTENDED USE, OR BYACCIDENT, FIRE, LIGHTNING, OR OTHER HAZARD. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: IN NO EVENT, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), SHALL GFE BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY...

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