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  • Page 1 RT210W User Manual...
  • Page 2 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of the seller. Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice. The material contained herein is supplied without representation or warranty of any kind.

  • Page 3: Safety Instructions

    Safety Instructions For Installation Use only the type of power source indicated on the marking labels. Use only the power adapter supplied with the product. Do not overload wall outlet or extension cords as this may increase the risk of electric shock. If the power cord is frayed, replace it with a new one.

  • Page 4: For Service

    For Service Do not attempt to disassemble or open the cover of this unit yourself. You should not attempt to service the product yourself, which may void the user’ s authority to operate it. Contact qualified service personnel under the following conditions: If the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed.

  • Page 5: Fcc Information

    FCC Information 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. 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 communication.

  • Page 6: About This User Manual

    About This User Manual For brevity, throughout this manual the “Wireless Broadband Router” is referred to as “the router” or “the device” and following terms or abbreviations are used interchangeably: Access Point – AP Wireless LAN – WLAN Ethernet network – LAN – network Note and Caution in this manual are highlighted with graphics as below to indicate important information.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ... 1 1.1 Overview...1 1.2 Features ...2 1.3 Package Contents...3 1.4 System Requirements ...3 Hardware Description & Installation ... 5 2.1 Physical Outlook ...5 2.2 Hardware Connection...7 Configuring Local Computer to Access the Wireless Router ...11 3.1 Overview... 11 3.2 Setting up TCP/IP ...12 3.3 Additional Settings for Wireless Client...16 3.4 Checking Connection with the Wireless Broadband...
  • Page 8 Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 4.5 LAN Configuration...28 4.6 Wireless LAN (2.4G) Configuration ...31 4.7 Wireless LAN Security...36 4.8 Filters (Router Mode Only)...40 4.9 Forwarding (Router Mode Only)...42 5.0 Administration ...45 Troubleshooting... 49 Specification ... 51 6.1 Hardware ...51 6.2 Software ...52 Appendix A ...
  • Page 9 List of Figures Figure 2-1 LED Indicator Figure 2-2 Rear Panel and Figure 2-3 Typical Connection Diagram Figure 4-1 Applying Figure 4-2 System Overview – Router Mode Figure 4-3 System Overview – Bridge Figure 4-4 WAN Configuration – Figure 4-5 WAN Configuration – DHCP Figure 4-6 WAN Configuration –...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    Introduction 1.1 Overview Thank you for choosing this Wireless Broadband Router. This Wireless Broadband Router is a multi-function device featuring a wireless 54Mbps Access Point, a 4-port LAN switch and a WAN port, which extends the existing broadband Cable/ADSL connection. It allows the Internet connection to be shared through either the 54Mbps Access Point feature or the 10/100Base-TX Ethernet switch, which also eliminates the purchase of additional hub or switch.

  • Page 12: Features

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 1.2 Features One 10/100 Base-TX RJ-45 auto sensing and crossover Ethernet WAN port for Broadband connection (Cable/DSL or direct Ethernet) Four RJ-45 LAN ports for 10/100Base-TX auto sensing & crossover Ethernet Switch LAN connection 802.11g Wireless LAN Two external antennas for wireless technology PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) Client with Keep Alive/Connect On Demand Support...

  • Page 13: Package Contents

    1.3 Package Contents Check the contents of the package. If any item is missing, please contact the dealer from whom the equipment was purchased. Wireless Broadband Router Power Adapter and Cord RJ-45 Ethernet Cable Quick Installation Guide 1.4 System Requirements Cable/ADSL modem and an Internet access account for Internet connection One computer with 10/100Base-T Ethernet card and...

  • Page 15: Hardware Description & Installation

    Hardware Description & Installation 2.1 Physical Outlook Front Panel The following illustration shows the front panel of the Wireless Broadband Router: LED Indicator The Wireless Broadband Router is equipped with seven LEDs on the front panel as described in the table below (from left to right): LEDs Color Green...

  • Page 16: Rear Panel And Connector

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual LEDs Color Green Rear Panel and Connector The following figure illustrates the rear panel of the Wireless Broadband Router. DC 5V: Power connector LAN Ports 1-4: RJ-45 Connector. Integrated 4-port 10/100BaseT switch. Connects to a hub, switch or NIC- equipped PC in your network.

  • Page 17: Hardware Connection

    Ø Reboot. Insert a straightened paperclip into the reset hole to press the button. This will reboot the Wireless Broadband Router. Ø Restore to the factory defaults. Insert a straightened paperclip into the reset hole to press the button. Keep pressing and power cycle (off and on) the device.

  • Page 18: Connecting The Wireless Broadband Router

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Connecting the Wireless Broadband Router Prior to connecting the hardware, make sure to power off your Ethernet device, Cable/ADSL modem and Wireless Broadband Router. Then follow the steps below to connect the related devices. Step 1 Connecting wired device to the LAN port. Attach one end of the Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors to your hub, switch or a PC’...

  • Page 19: Figure 2-3 Typical Connection Diagram

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual The figure below illustrates a connection diagram example: Figure 2-3 Typical Connection Diagram...

  • Page 21: Configuring Local Computer To Access The Wireless Router

    Configuring Local Computer to Access the Wireless Router This chapter describes how to configure a computer for initial connection to the device. 3.1 Overview To access the Wireless Broadband Router’ s Web-based Configuration Utility, at least one properly configured PC must be connected to the device and reside on the same subnet with the Wireless Broadband Router.

  • Page 22: Setting Up Tcp/Ip

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 3.2 Setting up TCP/IP Before proceeding, make sure your computer is equipped with Ethernet network card or wireless adapter and has appropriate network card driver and TCP/IP installed. If TCP/IP protocol is not installed on your PC, refer to Windows documentations for installation instructions.
  • Page 23 Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Option B: Using Fixed IP Address On the IP Address tab, select Specify an IP address. Then set the IP address as 192.168.1.x (x is between 2 and 254), subnet mask as 255.255.255.0. Select the Gateway tab and set the gateway to 192.168.1.1.

  • Page 24: For Windows 2000/Xp

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Check/Renew IP Address under Windows 98/ME The following steps help you verify if your network adapter gets an IP address within the DHCP IP pool range (192.168.1.100 ~ 192.168.1.150 by default) of the router. If not, you may need to renew the IP information.
  • Page 25 Then an IP address will be automatically assigned to your computer. Option B: Using Fixed IP Address Select Use the following IP address and enter these settings: IP address: 192.168.1.x (x is between 2 and 254) Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Step 5 Click OK twice to finish the configuration.

  • Page 26: Additional Settings For Wireless Client

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Check/Renew IP Address under Windows 2000/XP The following steps help you to verify whether the network adapter gets an IP address within the DHCP IP pool range (192.168.1.100 ~ 192.168.1.150 by default) of the router. If not, you may need to renew the IP information.

  • Page 27: Checking Connection With The Wireless Broadband Router

    3.4 Checking Connection with the Wireless Broadband Router You can use the PING command to verify whether or not the Ethernet/Wireless client can communicate with the device. Open the DOS command window. For Windows 98/Me: Start > Run. Type command and click OK.
  • Page 28 Wireless Broadband Router User Manual The Wireless Broadband Router shall reply and a similar screen as below is shown. This indicates the Wireless Broadband Router and the wired/wireless host can communicate. If you get a failed ping response such as: Request time out Request time out Request time out...

  • Page 29: Web Configuration

    Web Configuration 4.1 Accessing Web-Based Configuration Utility Once your PC is properly configured as described in Chapter 3 “Configuring Local Computer to Access the Wireless Router,” you can proceed to setup the initial web configuration: Start your Web browser and type http://192.168.1.1 in the Address field.

  • Page 30: Figure 4-1 Applying Changes

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual After successful login, you will be able to see the Wireless Broadband Router’ s web-based configuration utility. From now on the Wireless Broadband Router acts as a Web server sending HTML pages/forms at your request. You can click the menu options at the top to start the configuration task.

  • Page 31: Figure 4-2 System Overview – Router Mode

    4.2 General Information System Overview in the menu bar, displays general information of the Wireless Broadband Router, including the System, WAN/LAN interface, Wireless LAN interface, and Connection Log information (available only when operating in router mode). Under this screen there are three buttons. Update.

  • Page 32: Figure 4-3 System Overview – Bridge Mode

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-3 System Overview – Bridge Mode...

  • Page 33: Wan Configuration - Router Mode

    4.3 WAN Configuration – Router Mode Prior to configuring the Wireless Broadband Router, you must decide whether to configure the device as a router or as a bridge. This section only describes how to set up the device to act as a router.

  • Page 34: Figure 4-5 Wan Configuration – Dhcp Client

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Host Name: If required, enter a host name for this router. Some ISPs only respond to a DHCP request with a valid “Host Name”. If a host name is not necessary for your ISP/network environment, just leave it blank. Part 2.

  • Page 35: Figure 4-6 Wan Configuration – Pppoe Client

    Username/Password: Enter the username and password provided by the ISP used to log on to the Internet. Connection Mode: Select your PPP connection from these options: Keep Alive: This feature will keep your Internet connection always alive. The Wireless Broadband Router sends echo requests periodically to the ISP to prevent the connection from being terminated by the ISP.

  • Page 36: Figure 4-7 Wan Configuration – Manual Config

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Manual Config If Manual Config is your option, configure these fields as required by your ISP. IP Address/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway: Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway given by the ISP in respective fields.

  • Page 37: Figure 4-8 Enabling Bridging Mode

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual and forwarding are not applicable. To set up Wireless Broadband Router to operate in bridge mode, perform the procedures below. Go to the WAN configuration page and select the Bridging option as the WAN/LAN relation and then click Apply to commit the changes.

  • Page 38: Lan Configuration

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 4.5 LAN Configuration The Wireless Broadband Router communicates with the wired/wireless clients through its LAN port. The LAN configuration page allows you to define the private IP address and DHCP server (NAT Routing only) settings over the LAN interface. Manual Config IP Address/Subnet Mask.

  • Page 39: Figure 4-10 Lan Configuration – Bridge Mode

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual DHCP Lease Time: Specify the time that a network device can use a private IP address before the DHCP server reassigns the IP address. IP Pool Range: Specify the starting and ending IP address of the IP address pool.

  • Page 40: Viewing Current Dhcp Assignments (Router Mode Only)

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Viewing Current DHCP Assignments (Router Mode Only) When DHCP server function is enabled, the router keeps a record of any machine (either Ethernet or Wireless node) that has leased IP from the specified IP pool. The DHCP lease table is displayed under System Overview page.

  • Page 41: Wireless Lan (2.4G) Configuration

    4.6 Wireless LAN (2.4G) Configuration The Wireless Broadband Router implements Access Point capability, which connects wireless clients to a wired LAN. It allows wireless stations to access network resources and share the broadband Internet connection. Wireless Interface: Displays the MAC address of the wireless interface.

  • Page 42: Figure 4-12 Access Point Mode

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Wireless Bridge AP Mode: Select wireless operating mode of the Wireless Broadband Router. The Wireless Broadband Router can work as Access Point or Wireless Bridge. Access Point. When operating as an access point, the router provides connection between the wired and the 802.11 b/g wireless devices.

  • Page 43: Figure 4-13 Wireless Bridge Mode

    Wireless Bridge. Provides wireless connectivity between two or more wired segment. When operating as Wireless Bridge, the device does not accept association request from wireless stations. All bridging devices must use the same channel in order to communicate with each other. Figure 4-13 Wireless Bridge Mode Bridge Restrict: Select whether to enable or disable this function.
  • Page 44 Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Access Control MAC Address Access Control: This AP has the capability to control the wireless client access based on the MAC address of the wireless client. The users have the flexibility to customize their own control policy based on these options: Allow: If selected, only the wireless client whose MAC address is in the Allow List is allowed to access this AP.
  • Page 45 exceeding the fragmentation threshold are fragmented, i.e., split into, smaller units suitable for the circuit size. On the other hand, packets smaller than the specified fragmentation threshold value are not fragmented. RTS Threshold: Request to send threshold. It specifies the packet size beyond which the AP invokes its RTS/CTS mechanism.

  • Page 46: Wireless Lan Security

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual wireless clients to share the network. In other words, it wireless network efficiency and boosts throughput. 4.7 Wireless LAN Security This page configures the wireless security mode. Network Authentication Network Authentication: Disabled by default. If the local network has an authentication server such as Radius server, the user can Figure 4-14 Wireless LAN (2.4 GHz) improves...
  • Page 47 enable this function by choosing either 802.1X or WPA. This option fulfills the security that an enterprise needs. If the local network does not have an authentication server, it’ s recommended to use WPA- PSK (Pre-Shared Key). This option is commonly used in small office home office (SOHO) environments.
  • Page 48 Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Integrity Protocol (TKIP) utilizes a stronger encryption algorithm and includes Message Integrity Code (MIC) to provide protection against hackers. AES: Only for WPA and WPA-PSK. Advanced Encryption System (AES) utilizes a symmetric 128-Bit block data encryption.

  • Page 49: Figure 4-15 Wireless Lan Security

    key to use for decryption. If the key value does not match with the transmitting station, the decryption will fail. To ensure successful decryption, have your wireless stations set identical key tables. All Wireless Stations must use identical encryption/authentication method and Key values (same key position in its key table) to ensure successful data transmission.

  • Page 50: Filters (Router Mode Only)

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 4.8 Filters (Router Mode Only) This page configures the LAN filters. The LAN machines blocked by the filters will not be able to communicate through the WAN. The administrator can block the LAN users from accessing some Internet services such as FTP, SMTP (e-mail), HTTP or configure the filter policy based on MAC address of the clients.
  • Page 51 LAN MAC Filter LAN MAC Filter Mode: This filter mode is based on the MAC address of client computers. By default, this feature is disabled. To activate this function, select: Allow: Requests from computers with matching MAC address specified in the LAN MAC Filters table is allowed to pass through the WAN port.

  • Page 52: Figure 4-16 Filters

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Enabled LAN MAC Filter demands higher priority than LAN Client Filter. Note 4.9 Forwarding (Router Mode Only) This page allows you to configure the Forwarding feature. Unlike Filter, which governs outgoing traffic, Forwarding is used to control external access to the local network.
  • Page 53 measure of security that protects your network from hazardous packets. However, if you designate a DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) IP Address, incoming packets that do not match the forwarding criteria will be redirected to the DMZ IP address. That is, forwarding demands a higher priority than DMZ.
  • Page 54 Wireless Broadband Router User Manual the Wireless Broadband Router how to direct traffic across networks. Item Outbound Protocol Outbound Port Start/End Inbound Protocol Inbound Port Start/End To Port Start/End Enabled Static Routes In this section, the user can define static routes for incoming packets. To define a static route, enter the following information: Item IP Address Enter the network address of the destination...

  • Page 55: Administration

    5.0 Administration This page allows the administrator to perform the following settings: System Clock Network administrators may synchronize date and time among network devices by synchronizing the local clock to an available NTP (Network Time Protocol) server. NTP Server: Enter IP address of the NTP server. Up to three entries are allowed.

  • Page 56: Figure 4-18 Upgrading

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Management Setup Specifies the username and password that grant the access to the Wireless Broadband Router’ web page. By factory default, the user name is empty and the password is admin. Username: Enter the username (case sensitive). Password/Re-enter Password: Enter the password (case sensitive).

  • Page 57: Figure 4-19 Administration

    After upgrading, the new firmware version number is displayed in Current Firmware version field. Restore Factory Defaults All settings set by the administrator will be erased. This option restores all the settings back to factory defaults. To perform this operation, click the Restore button and then wait for a few seconds. You will return to the Administration page when the process is complete.

  • Page 59: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting I cannot access the Web-based Configuration Utility from the Ethernet computer used to configure the router. Check that the LAN LED is on. If the LED is not on, verify that the cable for the LAN connection is firmly connected. Check whether the computer resides on the same subnet with the router’...
  • Page 60 Wireless Broadband Router User Manual provided by the ISP. For cable users, if your ISP requires a registered Ethernet card MAC address, make sure you have cloned the network adapter’ s MAC address to the WAN port of the router. (See the MAC Address field in WAN page.) My wireless client cannot communicate with another Ethernet computer.

  • Page 61: Specification

    Specification 6.1 Hardware 125MHz MIPS CPU 16MB SDRAM 4MB Flash Memory 802.11g: Broadcom (BCM4306, BCM2050) Two external antennas for wireless technology Interface One 10/100 Base-TX RJ-45 auto sensing and crossover Ethernet WAN port for Broadband connection (Cable/DSL or direct Ethernet) Four RJ-45 LAN ports for 10/100Base-TX auto sensing &...

  • Page 62: Software

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Electromagnetic Compliance FCC Part 15 Class B EMI/Immunity: VCCI class B PTT: JATE 6.2 Software WAN Port Features PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) Client with Keep Alive/Connect On Demand Support PAP and CHAP Authentication DHCP Client MAC Address Cloning Settable and Changeable IP Address LAN Port Features...
  • Page 63 Security Features PAP and CHAP Authentication ASCII/HEX Format 64/128 Bit WEP Key for Wireless LAN Allow/Deny List for Wireless LAN Supports IP packets filtering based on IP address, port number, and protocol Wireless LAN Features Fully compatible with 802.11g standard Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology exploitation Seamless roaming within wireless LAN infrastructure...

  • Page 64: Appendix A

    Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Appendix A Technical Support E-mail: support@airlinkplus.com Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Web Site: www.airlinkplus.com...

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