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- Page 1 Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual...
- Page 2 Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Trademarks Copyright @2006 Contents are subject to change without notice. All trademarks belong to their respective proprietors. Copyright Statement THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS PROPRIETARY TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT IS THE PROPERTY OF THIS COMPANY. AND NO PART OF THIS DOCUMENTATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Contents TERMINOLOGY -------------------------------------------------------------------------5 1.INTRODUCTION-----------------------------------------------------------------------6 1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 1.2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------6 1.3 PRODUCT FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 1.4 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------8 1.5 REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION -----------------------------------------------------------------------------9 2.INSTALLATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 2.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 3.SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ---------------------------------------------------- 11... - Page 4 Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.12Firewall - Port Filtering -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 3.3.13Firewall - IP Filtering----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 3.3.14Firewall - MAC Filtering ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 3.3.15Firewall - Port Forwarding ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 3.3.16Firewall - URL Filtering -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 3.3.17Firewall - DMZ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 3.3.18Management - Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41 3.3.19Management –...
- Page 5 Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 4.26 WHAT IS NTP CLIENT? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 4.27 WHAT is VPN? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 54 4.28 WHATISIPSEC? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 - 4 -...
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Page 6: Terminology
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Terminology 3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server... -
Page 7: Introduction
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Introduction The WLAN AP Router is IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN AP router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assignment and other WLAN router configuration. -
Page 8: Product Features
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 1.3 Product Features Complies with IEEE 802.1 lb/g standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN. Supports bridging, routing, VPN, WISP functions between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces. Supports 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption function to protect the wireless data transmission. -
Page 9: Front Panel Description
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 1.4 Front Panel Description Figure 1 -WLAN AP Router Front Panel LED Indicator State Description The WLAN AP Router is powered on. 1. POWER LED The WLAN AP Router is powered off. Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. -
Page 10: Rear Panel Description
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 1.5 Rear Panel Description Figure 2 - WLAN AP Router Rear Panel (SMA Antenna) Interfaces Description 1.Antenna The Wireless LAN Antenna.(Figure 2) (SMA) Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the 2.Reset... -
Page 11: Installation
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step 1: Place the WLAN AP Router to the optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN AP Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations. -
Page 12: Software Configuration
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Software configuration The web based management and configuration functions allow you to do the step-by-step easily. The WLAN AP Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. For the first time setting, you need to use the computer which connects to the LAN port of the router to complete the first setting Directly by RJ45 cable. - Page 13 Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual For Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista: Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon.
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Page 14: Connect To The Wlan Ap Router
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.2 Connect to the WLAN AP Router Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN AP Router. 3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN AP Router 3.3.1 Status... - Page 15 Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description System Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN AP Router is powered on. Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN AP Router. Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency.
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Page 16: 2Setup Wizard
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.2 Setup Wizard This page guides you to configure wireless AP router for first time Screen snapshot - Setup Wizard Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode. Screen snapshot - Operation Mode... -
Page 17: Time Zone Setting
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot - Time Zone Settings LAN Interface Setup This page is used to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot - LAN Interface Setup... -
Page 18: Wan Interface Setup
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type Screen snapshot - WAN Interface Setup Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network Type SSID, Channel Number, Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Client) Screen snapshot —... -
Page 19: Wireless Security Setup
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Wireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security Screen snapshot - Wireless Security Setup 3.3.3 Operation Mode This page is used to configure which mode wireless AP router acts Screen snapshot - Operation Mode... -
Page 20: 4Wireless - Basic Settings
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description Traditional gateway configuration. It always connects internet via ADSL/Cable Gateway Modem. LAN interface, WAN interface, Wireless interface, NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode Each interface (LAN, WAN and Wireless) regards as bridge. NAT, Firewall and... -
Page 21: 5Wireless -Advanced Settings
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description Disable Wireless LAN Click on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission. Interface Band Click to select 2.4GHz(B) / 2.4GHz(G) / 2.4GHz(B+G) Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS Mode wireless mode. - Page 22 Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Screen snapshot - Wireless Advanced Settings Item Description Click to select the authentication type in Open System, Shared Key or Authentication Type Auto selection. Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written Fragment between 256 and 2346 bytes.
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Page 23: 6Wireless - Security Setup
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Click to enable or disable the IAPP function. Refer to 4.20 What is IAPP Inter-Access Point Protocol(IAPP)? 802.1 lg Protection Protect 802.1 lb user. RF Power Level Select the TX Power from 18-19dBm to 24-26dbm. - Page 24 Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption method can be None, WEP, WPA(TKIP), WPA2 or WPA2 Mixed Refer to 4.9 What is WEP? 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? Encryption 4.16 What is WPA2CAES1?
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Page 25: Iwep Key Setup
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual WEP Key Setup Screen snapshot - WEP Key Setup Item Description Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-downmenu. The length can be Key Length chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as "WEP2") keys. The WEP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit). -
Page 26: 7Wireless -Access Control
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.7 Wireless - Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point. When this option is enabled, no wireless clients will be able to connect if the list contains no entries. -
Page 27: 8Wds Settings
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous Reset configuration setting. It shows the registered clients that are allowed to link to this WLAN AP Current Access Control List Router. Click to delete the selected clients that will be access right removed from Delete Selected this WLAN AP Router. -
Page 28: Iwds Security Setup
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description Click the check box to enable wireless distribution system. Refer to 4.21 What is Enable WDS Wireless Distribution Svstem (WDS)? Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access MAC Address capability. -
Page 29: Wds Ap Table
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual WDS AP Table This page is used to show WDS statistics Screen snapshot - WDS AP Table Item Description MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS. Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. -
Page 30: Lan Interface Setup
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description SSID It shows the SSID of AP. BSSID It shows BSSID of AP. Channel It show the current channel of AP occupied. Type It show which type AP acts. Encrypt It shows the encryption status. -
Page 31: 11Wan Interface Setup
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN AP Router. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN AI Router. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets. -
Page 32: Dhcp Client
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description Click to select Static IP support on WAN interface. There are IP address, subnet Static IP mask and default gateway settings need to be done. IP Address If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. -
Page 33: Pppoe
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned DHCP Client automatically from a DHCP server. Attain DNS Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. Automatically Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected. - Page 34 Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Item Description Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There are user name, password, PPPoE connection type and idle time settings need to be done. If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and User Name password to login the PPPoE server.
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Page 35: Pptp
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual PPTP Screen snapshot - WAN Interface Setup – PPTP Item Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data PPTP transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. -
Page 36: 12Firewall - Port Filtering
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Enable Web Server Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side. Access on WAN Enable WAN Echo Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response. Reply Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. -
Page 37: 13Firewall - Ip Filtering
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.13 Firewall - IP Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. -
Page 38: 14Firewall - Mac Filtering
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.14 Firewall - MAC Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. -
Page 39: 15Firewall - Port Forwarding
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.15 Firewall - Port Forwarding Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NAT firewall. -
Page 40: 16Firewall - Url Filtering
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.16 Firewall - URL Filtering URL Filtering is used to restrict users to access specific websites in internet. Item Description Enable URL Filtering Click to enable the URL Filtering function. URL Address Add one URL address. -
Page 41: 17Firewall - Dmz
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.17 Firewall - DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network. Typically, the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic, such as Web (HTTP) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers. -
Page 42: 18Management - Statistics
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.18 Management – Statistics This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless, Ethernet LAN and Ethernet WAN networks. Screen snapshot - Management – Statistics Item Description Wireless LAN It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. -
Page 43: 19Management - Ddns
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.19 Management – DDNS This page is used to configure Dynamic DNS service to have DNS with dynamic IP address. Screen snapshot - Management – DDNS Item Description Enable DDNS Click the checkbox to enable DDNS service. Refer to 4.25 What is DDNS? Service Provider Click the drop down menu to pickup the right provider. -
Page 44: 20Management - Time Zone Setting
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.20 Management - Time Zone Setting This page is used to configure NTP client to get current time. Screen snapshot - Management - Time Zone Settings Item Description Current Time It shows the current time. -
Page 45: 21Management - Log
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.21 Management - Log This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log. Screen snapshot - Management – Log Item Description Enable Log Click the checkbox to enable log. -
Page 46: 22Management - Upgrade Firmware
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.22 Management - Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version. Please note, do not power off the device during the upload because it may crash the system. Screen snapshot - Management - Upgrade Firmware... -
Page 47: 23Management Save/ Reload Settings
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.23 Management Save/ Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file that was saved previously. Besides, you could reset the current configuration to factory default. -
Page 48: 24Management - Password Setup
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.24 Management - Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point. Empty user name and password will disable the protection. Screen snapshot - Management - Password Setup... -
Page 49: 26Management - Qos Setup
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 3.3.26 Qos(Quality of Service) The 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 50: 27Logout
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Edit QoS Rule: You can assign packet classification criteria by its local IP range, remote IP range parameters. The parameters that you leave as blank will be ignored. The priority of this rule will be applied to packets that match classification criteria of this rule. -
Page 51: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC's IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. -
Page 52: Whatisbssid
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network. -
Page 53: What Is Fragment Threshold
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold? The proposed protocol uses the frame fragmentation mechanism defined in IEEE 802.11 to achieve parallel transmissions. A large data frame is fragmented into several fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. -
Page 54: What Is Wi-Fi Protected Access (Wpa)
Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? Wi-Fi's original security mechanism, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), has been viewed as insufficient for securing confidential business communications. A longer-term solution, the IEEE 802.Hi standard, is under development. However, since the IEEE 802. Hi standard is not expected to be published until the end of 2003, several members of the Wi-Fi Alliance teamed up with members of the IEEE 802. -
Page 55: What Is Clone Mac Address
IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security. It is used to transferring data securely under VPN. 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. - 54 -...
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