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  • Page 1 11N Wireless User Guide Model： ： ： ： W303R...
  • Page 2 All the photos and product specifications mentioned in this manual are for references only. Upgrades of software and hardware may occur, and if there are changes, Tenda is not responsible for notifying in advance. If you would like to know more about our product...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    11N Wireless User Guide Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1 Package Contents........1 1.2 LED Indicators and Port Description ..1 CHAPTER 2 PRODUCT INSTALLATION ......4 CHAPTER 3 HOW TO CONFIGURE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET ................6 3.1 How to Set the Network Configurations ..
  • Page 4 11N Wireless User Guide CHAPTER 6 DHCP SERVER ..........34 6.1 DHCP Server ........34 6.2 DHCP Client List ........34 CHAPTER 7 VIRTUAL SERVER ........36 7.1 Port Range Forwarding ......36 7.2 DMZ Settings ........38 7.3 UPNP Settings ........38 CHAPTER 8 SECURITY SETTINGS .......
  • Page 5 11N Wireless User Guide APPENDIX 4 CLEAR WIRELESS CONFIGURATION . 58 APPENDIX 5 REGULATORY INFORMATION ..... 60...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Product Introduction

    One Wireless N Broadband Router One Quick Installation Guide One Power Adapter One Software CD If any of the listed items are missing or damaged, please contact the Tenda reseller for immediate replacement. 1.2 LED Indicators and Port Description Panel and LED indicators show:...
  • Page 7 11N Wireless User Guide Back panel port show (take W316R as an example)
  • Page 8 11N Wireless User Guide Back panel port description...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Product Installation

    11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 2 Product Installation In this user guide, we take W316R as an example to explain the installation steps. The installation steps of other products are similar to this one. Please use only the included power adapter to power your router. (NOTE: Use of an unmatched power adapter could cause damage to this product).
  • Page 10 11N Wireless User Guide 4. Insert the included software CD into the CD drive of your computer. After the software automatically initiates, double click the “Setup” icon and follow the instructions to complete the installation. You can also enter the router’s Web-based Utility to complete the configuration.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 How To Configure To Access The Internet

    11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 3 How to configure to access the Internet 3.1 How to Set the Network Configurations Network Configurations under windows XP Right click “My Network Places” on your computer desktop and select “Properties”. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”...
  • Page 12 11N Wireless User Guide 4. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Click “OK” to save the configurations. Or select “Use the following IP address” and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway as follows: IP Address: 192.168.0.XXX: (XXX is a number from 2~254) Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.1...
  • Page 13 11N Wireless User Guide Network Configurations under windows 7 Click the network icon on the lower right corner of your computer desktop, and then click” Open Network and Sharing Center”. 2. Click “Change adapter settings” on the left side of the window.
  • Page 14 11N Wireless User Guide 3. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. 4. Double click” Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)". 5. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address...
  • Page 15 11N Wireless User Guide automatically”. Click “OK” to save the configurations. Or select “Use the following IP address” and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway as follows: IP Address: 192.168.0.XXX: (XXX is a number from 2~254) Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS server: You should input the DNS server address provided by your ISP.

  • Page 16: Log In To The Router

    11N Wireless User Guide 3.2 Log in to the Router 1. To access the Router’s Web-based Utility, launch a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and enter http://192.168.0.1. Press “Enter”. 2. The system will automatically choose the corresponding web language in accordance with the Browser’s language.

  • Page 17: Fast Internet Access

    11N Wireless User Guide 3.3 Fast Internet Access Two kinds of fast access methods are provided on the router’s web-based utility: ADSL dial-up and DHCP. If you select ADSL dial-up, you only need to enter the access account and access password as well as the wireless password, and then click “Ok”...

  • Page 18: Fast Encryption

    11N Wireless User Guide 3.4 Fast Encryption The router provides two encryption setting screens, one is simple and easy, the other is advanced (For advanced setting, please refer to chapter 5.2). Simple and easy screen: Log on to the router’s web-based utility and you may set encryption for the router. The default adopts WPA-PSK mode and AES Algorithm.

  • Page 19: Chapter 4 Advanced Settings

    11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 4 Advanced Settings 4.1 System Status System status screen allows you to view the router’s WAN port status and system status. Connection status: It displays the router’s WAN connection status. Disconnected: It indicates the router’s WAN port hasn’t been connected with the network cable.

  • Page 20: Wan Settings

    11N Wireless User Guide System time：It displays the system’s updated time Connected client ：It displays the number of the connected computers(normally it displays the number of clients whose IP addresses obtained via DHCP server) Software version：It displays the Router’s software version； Hardware version：It displays the Router’s hardware version.
  • Page 21 11N Wireless User Guide Connect on Demand: Re-establish your connection to the Internet after the specific time (Max Idle Time). Zero means you are connected to the Internet all times. Otherwise, enter the minutes to be elapsed before you are disconnected from the Internet.
  • Page 22 11N Wireless User Guide Dynamic IP (Via DHCP) If your connection mode is Dynamic IP, it means every time you access the Internet, you will get a different IP. You don’t need to enter any parameters in this mode, just Click “Ok” to finish the settings.
  • Page 23 11N Wireless User Guide IP address: Please enter the IP address provided by your ISP, inquire your local ISP if you are not clear. Subnet mask: Please enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP ,generally its 255.255.255.0 Gateway: Please enter the gateway provided by your ISP, inquire your local ISP if you are not clear.

  • Page 24: Lan Settings

    11N Wireless User Guide 4.3 LAN Settings Click “Advanced settings” –LAN settings to enter the following screen. LAN MAC address: The Router’s LAN MAC address, which is unchangeable. IP address: The Router’s LAN IP address (not your PC’s IP address).The default value is 192.168.0.1;...

  • Page 25: Wan Medium Type

    11N Wireless User Guide is optional. NOTE: After the settings are completed, reboot the device to activate the modified settings. 4.5 WAN Medium Type Wired WAN and wireless WAN NOTE: This function applies only to some of the products. Wired WAN: In this mode, the cable is directly connected to the WAN port. Wired WAN is the default mode.

  • Page 26: Bandwidth Control

    11N Wireless User Guide same security mode, encryption mode and key as the ISP’ wireless device. For example If your ISP wireless device’s SSID is “wireless”, then just enter the ISP’s SSID, wireless MAC address, and channel respectively into the corresponding fields of the above picture. If the ISP device is secured, please set your router’s encryption type the same as the ISP device’s .Or you can click the “Open scan”...
  • Page 27 11N Wireless User Guide Enable: To enable the current edited rule. Otherwise, the rule will not go into effect. Add to list: After you edit the rule, click the “add to list” button to add the current rule to the rule list. Here we take 2Mbps bandwidth as an example.
  • Page 28 11N Wireless User Guide The setting method is the same as the above. Example 2 Set the download rate of all computers within the range of 192.168.0.2--192.168.0.254 as 100-120KByte/s, and the upload rate as 20-30KByte/s, as shown in the picture below.

  • Page 29: Traffic Statistics

    11N Wireless User Guide The setting method is the same as Example 1. 4.7 Traffic Statistics Traffic statistics is used to display the bandwidth that LAN PC used. Enable Traffic statistics: It is used to calculate the traffic used by the LAN computers. You can enable it to calculate the traffic for you.
  • Page 30 11N Wireless User Guide Received message: the number of the calculated computer’s the data packets that are received through the router. Received Bytes: the volume of the calculated computer’s statistics that is received through the router.

  • Page 31: Chapter 5 Wlan Settings

    11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 5 WLAN Settings 5.1 Wireless Basic Settings Enable wireless function: Select to enable the Router’s wireless features; deselect to disable it and all functions related with wireless are disabled. Wireless working mode: This router provides two kinds of working modes: Wireless Access Point(AP) and Network Bridge (WDS) Wireless Access Point (AP) Network Mode: Select one mode from the drop-down list.
  • Page 32 11N Wireless User Guide Channel: The currently used channel by the router. Select an effective channel (from 1 to 13\Auto) of the wireless network. WMM Capable: Enable it to enhance the transfer performance of the wirelessly transferred multimedia data (such as video or online playing).We recommend enabling this option if you are not familiar with WMM.
  • Page 33 11N Wireless User Guide AP MAC address: Input the MAC address of another (opposing) wireless router you want to connect. Example: This example is to bridge two W316R routers. 1. If you know the connecting router’s MAC address, please enter it into the AP MAC address field and click “Ok”.
  • Page 34 11N Wireless User Guide a) Click “Open scan” and click the scanned signal and click the ”Ok” button on the dialog box and the corresponding wireless MAC address will be added to the AP MAC address field automatically. b) Click “Ok” after the MAC address is added. After finishing the above steps, you need to set the other W316R router in the same way.

  • Page 35: Wireless Security Settings

    11N Wireless User Guide encryption method and password are the same as those of the connecting router. 5.2 Wireless Security Settings With the wireless security function, you can prevent others from connecting to your wireless network and using the network resources without your consent. Meanwhile, you can also block illegal users from intercepting or intruding your wireless network.

  • Page 36: Wpa- Psk

    11N Wireless User Guide PIN: If this option is enabled, you need to enter a wireless client’s PIN code in the field and keep the same code in the WPS client. Reset OOB: Press this button, the WPS client will be in an idle state, and the WPS indicator will turn off.

  • Page 37: Wireless Access Control

    11N Wireless User Guide WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2) provides higher security than and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access). WPA Algorithms: Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard]. Key: Enter the pass phrase that consists of 8-63 ASCII characters. Key Renewal Interval: Set the key’s renewal period, which tells the device how often it should change the dynamic keys.

  • Page 38: Connection Status

    11N Wireless User Guide MAC address filter: “Permit” indicates to allow the clients in the list to access the wireless network, “Forbid” indicates to prevent the clients in the list from accessing the wireless network. Configure MAC address: Input the MAC addresses of the wireless clients to implement the filter policy.

  • Page 39: Chapter 6 Dhcp Server

    11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 6 DHCP Server 6.1 DHCP Server DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is used to assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network. When you enable the DHCP Server, the DHCP Server will allocate automatically an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer in premise of activating “Obtain an IP Address Automatically”.
  • Page 40 11N Wireless User Guide Host name: It displays the name of the computer whose IP is allocated by the DHCP server. IP address: Enter the IP address which needs static binding. MAC address: Enter the MAC address of the computer you want to bind. Click “Add”...

  • Page 41: Chapter 7 Virtual Server

    11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 7 Virtual Server 7.1 Port Range Forwarding Start/End port: Enter the start/end port number which ranges the External ports used to set the server or Internet applications. LAN IP: Enter the IP address of the PC which you want to set as the server. Protocol: Select the protocol (TCP/UDP/Both) for the application.
  • Page 42 11N Wireless User Guide access the server through the default port 21 and adopts TCP protocol. Please follow the steps below to configure. 1.Enter 21 in both start port and end port fields, or you can also select FTP from the well-known service port and its port 21 will be added to the corresponding field automatically.

  • Page 43: Dmz Settings

    11N Wireless User Guide 7.2 DMZ Settings The DMZ Settings screen allows one local computer to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to one PC. DMZ Host IP Address: The IP address of the LAN computer you want to set as DMZ host.
  • Page 44 11N Wireless User Guide Enable UPnP: Click the checkbox to enable the UPnP. NOTE: This function goes into effect under Windows XP or Windows ME (NOTE: the system should integrate or have installed the Directx 9.0) or this function would go into effect if you have installed software that supports UPnP.

  • Page 45: Chapter 8 Security Settings

    11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 8 Security Settings 8.1 Client Filter Settings You can enable client filter to control LAN computers’ access to some ports of the Internet。 Filter Mode: You can select either “Permit only” or “Forbid only”. Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-down list. Remark: A simple description of the configured file.

  • Page 46: Mac Address Filter

    11N Wireless User Guide Example 2 Permit LAN computer with the IP address of 192.168.0.145 to access websites during 8:00 to 18:00 from Sunday to Saturday. 8.2 MAC Address Filter You can limit the computer’s access to Internet by MAC Address Filter.
  • Page 47 11N Wireless User Guide Filter mode: You can select either “Permit only” or “Forbid only”. Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-down list. Remark: A simple description of the configured file. You can also leave it blank. MAC Address: Enter the MAC address you want to run the access policy. Time: Select the time range of MAC address filter.

  • Page 48: Url Filter Settings

    11N Wireless User Guide 8.3 URL Filter Settings You can use URL filtering to forbid their access to certain websites at a specified time. Filter Mode: You can select either “Permit only” or “Forbid only”. Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-down list. Remark: A simple description of the configured file.

  • Page 49: Remote Web Management

    11N Wireless User Guide Monday to Friday. Example2 Permit LAN computers with the IP addresses of 192.168.0.100- 192.168.0.115 to access yahoo.com. NOTE: Enter only one domain name for each access policy for one access policy can only filter one domain name. So, if you want to filter multiple domain names, you need to set multiple access policies 8.4 Remote Web Management This section instructs how to allow the network administrator to manage the Router...
  • Page 50 11N Wireless User Guide remotely. If you want to access the Router from outside of the local network, please click the checkbox after “Enable”. Enable: Check to enable remote web management. Port: The management port open to outside access. The default value is 80. IP Address: Specify the range of the IP addresses of the computers on the Internet for remote management.

  • Page 51: Chapter 9 Routing Settings

    11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 9 Routing Settings 9.1 Routing Table This page shows the router’s core routing table. The main duty for a router is to look for a best path for every data packet, and transfer this data packet to a destination station. In order to fulfill this function, many transferring paths, i.e.
  • Page 52 11N Wireless User Guide NOTE: 1. The gateway must be at the same net segment with the router’s LAN IP. 2. If the destination IP address is one host’ address, then the subnet mask must be 255.255.255.255. 3. If the destination IP address is an IP segment, then it must match with the subnet mask.

  • Page 53: Chapter 10 System Tools

    11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 10 System Tools 10.1 Time Settings This section is to configure the router’s system time. You can set it manually or obtain the GMT time from the Internet. Time zone: Select the time zone where you are operating the Router from the drop-down list.

  • Page 54: Backup/Restore

    After mapping the port in the virtual server, and setting account information in DDNS server, you can then access the web page by entering http://tenda.3322.org in the address field. 10.3 Backup/Restore On this screen, you can back up the router’s current settings or restore previous settings.
  • Page 55 11N Wireless User Guide Backup Setting: Click the Backup button to back up the Router’s settings and select a path to save them. Click the “Save” button to save the configuration files. Restore Setting: Click the “Browse” button to select the backup files.

  • Page 56: Restore To Factory Default

    After restoring to default settings, please restart the router to make the default settings effective. 10.5 Upgrade By upgrading the router’s software, you’ll get better software version and appreciated routing function. Before upgrading, download the Router’s software upgrade file from our website, www.tenda.cn.

  • Page 57: Reboot The Router

    11N Wireless User Guide Browse: Click this button to select the upgrade file. Upgrade: Click this button to start the upgrading process. After the upgrade is completed, the router will reboot automatically. 10.6 Reboot the Router Reboot the router to make the configuration effective. The router will cut its WAN connection automatically after rebooting.

  • Page 58: Syslog

    11N Wireless User Guide Old password: Enter the old password. New password: Enter a new password. Confirm new password: Re-enter to confirm the new password. NOTE: The default password displays as null, users can log on the web-based utility without any authentication. To secure the router and your network, it is highly recommended that you change the initial password.

  • Page 59: Appendix 1 Glossary

    11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 1 Glossary Channel: An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units (PDUs) that may be used simultaneously, in the same volume of space, with other instances of medium use(on other channels) by other instances of the same physical layer (PHY),with an acceptably low frame error ratio(FER) due to mutual interference.

  • Page 60: Appendix 2 Product Features

    11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 2 Product Features Supports IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3u standards. High gain omni-directional antenna, with strong signals and long transmission distance. Wireless transmission rate up to 150Mbps or 300 Mbps Provides one 10/100Mbps auto-negotiation Ethernet WAN port to connect to the Wide Area Network Provides four 10/100Mbps auto-negotiation Ethernet LAN ports to connect to the...

  • Page 61: Appendix 3 Faq

    The instructions below may help you deal with the problems. If your problem is not in the list, please log into our website www.tenda.cn or send an E-mail to support@tenda.cn, and we will reply to you at the earliest time.
  • Page 62 11N Wireless User Guide 5.How to share my computer’s resource with other users in Internet？ ？ ？ ？ If you want Internet users to access the internal server via the router such as: e-mail server, Web, FTP. You can configure the “Virtual Server”. Step 1: create your internal server, make sure the LAN users can access these servers and know related service port.
  • Page 63 11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 4 Clear Wireless Configuration Clear Wireless configuration file under windows XP 1. Right click “My Network Places” on your computer desktop and select “Properties”. 2. Right click “Wireless Network Connections” and select “Properties”. 3. Click “Wireless Network Configuration” and clear the corresponding wireless configuration file as shown below.
  • Page 64 11N Wireless User Guide Clear Wireless configuration file under windows 7 Right click “Network” and click “Properties”. Click “Manage wireless networks” on the left side of the window. Delete the corresponding configured file in the “Manage wireless networks”.
  • Page 65 11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 5 Regulatory Information EU Declaration or Declaration of Conformity Hereby, SHENZHEN TENDA TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD, declares that this Wireless Broadband Router is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. FCC 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.
  • Page 66 11N Wireless User Guide undesired operation of the device. Caution! The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user authority to operate the equipment.

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