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Rosewill RNX-N4PS User Manual

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  • Page 1 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    NETWORK + SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..............5 RNX-N4PS PLACEMENT ....................6 SETUP LAN, WAN......................6 PC NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP (WINDOWS XP) ............7 BRING UP RNX-N4PS ....................9 SMART WIZARD ......................9 INITIAL SETUP RNX-N4PS ..................19 WIZARD ......................... 30 INTERNET........................31 WIRELESS SETTINGS ....................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of RNX-N4PS Wireless Network Broadband Router. RNX-N4PS is compliant with draft 802.11n v 2.0 up to 6 times faster than standard 802.11g based routers while still being compatible with 802.11g & 802.11b gadgets. RNX-N4PS is not only a Wireless Access Point, but also doubles as a 4-port full-duplex Ethernet Switch that connects your wired-Ethernet devices together at incredible speeds.

  • Page 4: Key Features

    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. 1. 802.11n SOHO Router RNX-N4PS 2. 100V~240V Switching Power Adapter 3. 2dBi 2.4GHz Dipole Antennas x 3 pcs 4.

  • Page 5: Product Layout

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 4 Product Layout...

  • Page 6: Network + System Requirements

    LAN1 ~ 4：Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4 INTERNET：Wide Area Network(WAN) port 5 Network + System Requirements To begin using the RNX-N4PS, make sure you meet the following as minimum requirements: PC/Notebook. Operating System – Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/XP/2000/VISTA 1 Free Ethernet port.

  • Page 7: Rnx-N4Ps Placement

    User Manual 6 RNX-N4PS Placement You can place RNX-N4PS 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 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 8: Pc Network Adapter Setup (Windows Xp)

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 8 PC Network Adapter setup (Windows XP) • Enter [Start Menu] select [Control panel] select [Network]. • Select [Local Area Connection]) icon=>select [properties]...
  • Page 9 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual • Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties]. • Select the [General] tab. a. RNX-N4PS supports [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].

  • Page 10: Bring Up Rnx-N4Ps

    Microsoft Windows compatible PC/Notebook with UPnP enabled network adapter • CAT 5 network cable(s), RJ45 port on PC/Notebook. STEP 1 Connect RNX-N4PS WAN port & your modem WAN port with RJ45 cable. STEP 2 Power up RNX-N4PS.POWER led on front panel lights up & remains stable. STEP 3 Connect RNX-N4PS LAN port &...
  • Page 11 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Click Setup Wizard to setup your RNX-N4PS router. Click User Manual to launch smart wizard user manual. Click Adobe Reader to setup Adobe Acrobat reader on your PC/Notebook. Click EXIT anytime you want to abort.
  • Page 12 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Click <Next> to proceed. Click <Exit> to abort. RNX-N4PS should be setup as depicted above.
  • Page 13 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Make sure your DSL/CABLE modem is setup and working. Else take the help of your internet service provider. Click <Next> to proceed. Check the MODEM and RNX-N4PS connection. It should be as shown below.
  • Page 14 User Manual Check power connection for modem as well as RNX-N4PS. Make sure antenna is connected to rear panel of RNX-N4PS. Click <Next> to proceed. Notice the LED that should be light up at this stage. If not, check your procedures again.
  • Page 15 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual User name and password are admin/admin. Click <OK>. Your default browser will connect to RNX-N4PS Web Server http://192.168.0.1...
  • Page 16 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Click <Next> to enter mode selection.
  • Page 17 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Select the mode that RNX-N4PS is going to be and set its configurations. AP Repeater mode does not enable WAN interface, Setup Wizard will skip WAN Configuration. Click <Next> to automatically detect your Internet Network settings.
  • Page 18 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Smart Wizard has detected DHCP client. Configure the host name and MAC address of your ADSL modem. Click Next to proceed. Smart Wizard has finished setting up WAN Configuration. Click <Next> to proceed. Enter the name for your wireless network (SSID) and security key...
  • Page 19 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual To apply the entire configuration, click <Reboot>. NOTE: After Wireless settings are applied, you need to connect from your WLAN client with the security settings you just finished configuring. Remember the type of security & security key.

  • Page 20: Initial Setup Rnx-N4Ps

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 11 Initial Setup RNX-N4PS RNX-N4PS uses web-interface for configuration to be accessed through your web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator. - LOGIN Procedure 1. OPEN your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer). keyboard. Type http://192.168.0.1...
  • Page 21 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 3. Click <OK> to navigate into RNX-N4PS configuration home page. 4. You will see the home page of RNX-N4PS as follows.
  • Page 22 & so forth. Once you click on <OK> button to go to the requested page, you can see the status page of the RNX-N4PS. System: You can see the UP time, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware version information.
  • Page 23 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual LAN Settings: This section displays the Broadband router LAN port’s current LAN & WLAN information. It also shows whether the DHCP Server function is enabled / disabled.
  • Page 24 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual WLAN Settings: This section displays the current WLAN configuration settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wireless Settings section. Wireless configuration details such as SSID, Security settings, BSSID, Channel number, mode of operation are briefly shown.

  • Page 25: Dhcp Server

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual LAN IP IP address: 192.168.0.1. It is the router’s LAN IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address). It can be changed based on your own choice. IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment.
  • Page 26 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - DHCP View the current LAN clients which are assigned with an IP Address by the DHCP-server. 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.
  • Page 27 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Schedule This page allows user to set up schedule function for Firewall and Power Saving. Add schedule, edit schedule options to allow configuration of firewall and power savings services. Fill in the schedule and select type of service. Click <Apply> to implement those...

  • Page 28: Event Log

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual The schedule table lists the pre-schedule service-runs. You can select any of them using the check box. - Event Log View operation event 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>...
  • Page 29 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Monitor Show histogram for network connection on WAN, LAN & WLAN. Auto refresh keeps information updated frequently.
  • Page 30 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Language This Wireless Router support multiple language of web pages, You could select your native language here.

  • Page 31: Wizard

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 12 Wizard Click Wizard to configure the Broadband Router. Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the modem is connected and click <Next>. The details please refer to Smart Wizard <Page 18>.

  • Page 32: Internet

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 13 INTERNET - Status This page shows the current Internet connection type and status - Dynamic IP Use the MAC address when registering for Internet service, and do not change it unless required by your ISP. If your ISP used the MAC address of the Ethernet card as an identifier, connect only the PC with the registered MAC address to the broadband router and click the <Clone MAC Address>...
  • Page 33 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Host Name: This is optional. MAC address: The default value is set to the WAN’s physical interface of the broadband router.
  • Page 34 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Static IP If your ISP Provider has assigned a fixed IP address, enter the assigned IP address, Subnet mask, Default Gateway IP address, and Primary DNS of your ISP provider. - Point-to-Point over Ethernet Protocol (PPPoE)
  • Page 35 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Login / Password: Enter the PPPoE username and password assigned by your ISP Provider. Service Name: This is normally optional. Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU): This is the maximum size of the packets. Type: Enable the Auto-reconnect option to automatically re-establish the connection when an application attempts to access the Internet again.

  • Page 36: Wireless Settings

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 14 Wireless Settings - Basic In basic setting page, you can set wireless Radio, Mode, Band, SSID, and Channel.
  • Page 37 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Radio: You can turn on/off wireless radio. If wireless Radio is off, you cannot associate with AP through wireless. Mode: In this device, we support three operation modes which are AP router, AP route with WDS (we will introduce this function later section), and repeater. If you choose AP Router Mode, you can select AP or WDS function in the drop- down menu.

  • Page 38: Wds With Ap Router

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - WDS with AP Router Wireless Distribution System, a system that enables the wireless interconnection of access point, allows a wireless network to be expended using multiple access points without a wired backbone to like them. Each WDS APs need setting as same channel and encryption type.
  • Page 39 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Fragment Threshold: This specifies the maximum size of a packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance. RTS Threshold: When the packet size is smaller than the RTS threshold, the wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet.
  • Page 40 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual CTS Protection: It is recommended to enable the protection mechanism. This mechanism can decrease the rate of data collision between 802.11b and 802.11g wireless stations. When the protection mode is enabled, the throughput of the AP will be a little lower due to a lot of frame- network that is transmitted.
  • Page 41 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual enabling this feature is recommended. Disabling “Broadcast ESSID” can provide better security. WMM: Wi-Fi MultiMedia if enabled supports QoS for experiencing better audio, video and voice in applications. Encryption: When you choose to disable encryption, it is very insecure to operate RNX-N4PS.
  • Page 42 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual WEP Encryption 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 receive any packets select one of them as a default key.
  • Page 43 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Key1 - Key4: The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Use the following rules to setup a WEP key on the device. 64- bit WEP: input 10-digits Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 5-digit ASCII character as the encryption keys.

  • Page 44: Mac Address Filtering

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual WPA-Radius Encryption Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use an external RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently. Press <Apply>...
  • Page 45 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Enable wireless access control: Enable 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>. The wireless station will now be added into the "Current Access Control List"...
  • Page 46 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) 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 47: Client List

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Self Pin Code: This is the WPS PIN code of the wireless router. You may need this information when connecting to other WPS-enabled wireless devices. SSID: This is the network broadcast name (SSID) of the router.

  • Page 48: Firewall Settings

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 15 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 49 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Enable DMZ: Enable/disable DMZ LAN IP Address: Fill-in the IP address of a particular host in your LAN Network that will receive all the packets originally going to the WAN port/Public IP address above. Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations.

  • Page 50: Mac Filter

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 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 Port Scan: Protects the router from Port Scans. Sync Flood: Protects the router from Sync Flood attack.
  • Page 51 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Enable MAC Filtering: Check to enable or disable MAC Filtering. Deny: If you select “Deny” then all clients will be allowed to access Internet accept for the clients in the list below. Allow: If you select “Allow” then all clients will be denied to access Internet accept for the PCs in the list below.
  • Page 52 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - IP Filter Enable IP Filtering: Check to enable or disable IP Filtering. Deny: If you select “Deny” then all clients will be allowed to access Internet accept for the clients in the list below.

  • Page 53: Url Filter

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - URL Filter 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 or disable URL Blocking Add URL Keyword Fill in “URL/Keyword”...

  • Page 54: Advanced Settings

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 16 Advanced Settings - Network Address Translation (NAT) 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...
  • Page 55 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Enable Port Mapping: Enable or disable port mapping function. Description: description of this setting. Local IP: This is the local IP of the server behind the NAT firewall. Type: This is the protocol type to be forwarded. You can choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP”...
  • Page 56 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Remove Port Mapping If you want to remove a Port Mapping setting from the "Current Port Mapping Table", select the Port Mapping setting that you want to remove in the table and then click D<Delete Selected>. If you want to remove all Port Mapping settings from the table, click <Delete All>...
  • Page 57 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Enable Port Forwarding: Enable or disable Port Forwarding. Description: The description of this setting. Local IP / Local Port: This is the LAN Client/Host IP address and Port number that the Public Port number packet will be sent to.
  • Page 58 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Enable Trigger Port: Enable or disable the Port Trigger function. Trigger Port: This is the outgoing (Outbound) range of port numbers for this particular application. Trigger Type: Select whether the outbound port protocol is “TCP”, “UDP” or “BOTH”.
  • Page 59 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Remove Port Triggering If you want to remove Special Application settings from the "Current Trigger-Port Table", select the Port Triggering settings you want to remove in the table and then click <Delete Selected>. If you want remove all Port Triggering settings from the table, just click the <Delete All>...
  • Page 60 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Enable/Disable UPnP: 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 61 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Port-based Qos This is hardware port-based QoS control method. It will limit the packets throughput in LAN1~4, WAN port. Enable Port-based QoS: Check this to enable port-based QoS functionality for the LAN/WAN port. You can also uncheck to disable.
  • Page 62 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Unlimited Priority Queue: The LAN IP address will not be bounded in the QoS limitation. High/Low Priority Queue: This can put the packets in the protocol and port range to High/Low QoS Queue. Bandwidth Allocation: This can reserve / limit the throughput of specific protocols and port range.
  • Page 63 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Type: Specify the direction of packets. Upload or download. IP range: Specify the IP address range. You could also fill one IP address Protocol: Specify the packet type. The default ALL will put all packets in the QoS priority Queue.
  • Page 64 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Routing You can set enable Static Routing to let the router forward packets by your routing policy. Destination LAN IP: Specify the destination LAN IP address of static routing rule. Subnet Mask: Specify the Subnet Mask of static routing rule.

  • Page 65: Tools Settings

    Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual 17 TOOLS Settings - Admin You can change the password required to log into the broadband router's system web- based management. By default, the password is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive.
  • Page 66 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Port: The port number of the remote management web interface. Enabled: Check to enable the remote management function. Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. - Time The Time Zone allows your router to reference or base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Log entries and Firewall settings.
  • Page 67 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - 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 68 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Power Saving power in WLAN/Ethernet mode can be enabled/disabled in this page. - Diagnosis This page could let you diagnosis your current network status.
  • Page 69 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Firmware This page allows you to upgrade the router’s 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. You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC.
  • Page 70 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Backup Settings: This can save the Broadband router current configuration to a file named "config.bin" on your PC. You can also use the <Upload> button to restore the saved configuration to the Broadband router. Alternatively, you can use the "Restore to Factory Defaults" tool to force the Broadband router to perform a power reset and restore the original factory settings.

  • Page 71: Repeater Mode

    & so forth. Once you click on <OK> button to go to the requested page, you can see the status page of the RNX-N4PS. You can see the UP time, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware version...
  • Page 72 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual LAN Settings: This page displays the Broadband router LAN port’s current LAN & WLAN information. It also shows whether the DHCP Server function is enabled / disabled. Wireless configuration details such as SSID, Security settings, BSSID, Channel number, mode of operation are briefly shown.
  • Page 73 - Event Log View operation log of RNX-N4PS. 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 74 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Monitor Show the network packets histogram for network connection on WAN, LAN & WLAN. Auto refresh keeps information updated frequently.
  • Page 75 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Language This Wireless Router support multiple language of web pages, you could select your native language here. -Basic You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router. The Client.
  • Page 76 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Radio: Enable or Disable Wireless function Band: Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n mode. You can also select B+G mode to allow 802.11b and 802.11g clients at the same time.
  • Page 77 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Admin You can change the password required to log into the broadband router's system web- based management. By default, the password is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive.
  • Page 78 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Enabled: Check to enable the remote management function. Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. - Time The Time Zone allows your router to reference or base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Event Log entries and Schedule settings.
  • Page 79 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Power Saving power in WLAN/Ethernet mode can be enabled / disabled in this page. - Diagnosis This page could let you diagnosis your current network status.
  • Page 80 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual - Firmware This page allows you to upgrade the router’s 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. You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC.
  • Page 81 Wireless Router RNX-N4PS User Manual Restore Settings: This can save the Broadband router current configuration to a file named "config.bin" on your PC. You can also use the <Upload> button to restore the saved configuration to the Broadband router. Alternatively, you can use the "Restore to Factory Defaults" to force the Broadband router to perform a power reset and restore the original factory settings.

  • Page 82: Appendix A - Fcc Interference Statement

    This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product. Please register your product at : www.rosewill.com for complete warranty information and future support for your product.

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