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  • Page 1 User’s Manual Version: 2.6 Wireless LAN Broadband Router...

  • Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    Trademarks Copyright @2004 Contents are subject to change without notice. All trademarks belong to their respective proprietors. Copyright Statement THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS OF PROPRIETARY TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT IS THE PROPERTY OF THIS COMPANY. AND NO PART OF THIS DOCUMENTATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRICAL OR MECHANICAL, BY PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THIS COMPANY.

  • Page 3: Revision History

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Revision History D ATE R EVISION OF USER’S MANUAL FIRMWARE 2003/7/16 First release V1.1 2004/4/1 add information about time required on boot-up sequence. V1.6.x.x add configuration examples. change to DC v7.5 power supply. add FCC interference statement.

  • Page 4: Terminology

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Terminology 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 DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Extensible Authentication Protocol...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Table of Contents REVISION HISTORY ........................I TERMINOLOGY ........................... II INTRODUCTION........................1 ......................1 ACKAGE CONTENTS ....................1 RODUCT PECIFICATIONS ......................2 RODUCT EATURES ....................2 RONT ANEL ESCRIPTION ....................4 ANEL ESCRIPTION INSTALLATION ........................
  • Page 6 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3.3.16 S ....................32 ELOAD ETTINGS 3.3.17 P ......................33 ASSWORD ETUP FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)..............35 PC’ ?..........35 HAT AND HOW TO FIND MY ADDRESS LAN? ....................35 HAT IS IRELESS ? ....................

  • Page 7: Introduction

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 1 Introduction The Wireless LAN Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN broadband 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 assign and other WLAN router configuration.

  • Page 8: Product Features

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Dimension 160 x 110 x 35 mm Operating Temperature 0 – 50 C ambient temperature Storage Temperature -20 - 70 C ambient temperature Humidity 5 to 90 % maximum (non-condensing) 1.3 Product Features Complies with IEEE 802.11b standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN.
  • Page 9 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Figure 1 –WLAN Broadband Router Front Panel LED Indicator State Description The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. 1. Power LED The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off. 2. WLAN Activity Data is transmitting or receiving on the Flashing antenna.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel Description

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 1.5 Rear Panel Description Antenna Reset Power Figure 2 – WLAN Broadband Router Rear Panel Interfaces Description 1. Reset Push continually the reset button 5 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults. 2.

  • Page 11: Installation

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step One: Place the Wireless LAN Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband 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

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3 Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The WLAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces.
  • Page 13 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 2. 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. The Local Area Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in the Local Area Connection window.

  • Page 14: Connecit To The Wlan Broadband Router

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3.2 Connecit to the WLAN Broadband Router Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router. 3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router 3.3.1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information.
  • Page 15 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN Broadband Router. The SSID is the unique name of WLAN Broadband Router and shared among its service area, so all devices attempts to join the same wireless network can identify it. Channel Number It shows the wireless channel connected currently.

  • Page 16: Wireless Basic Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3.3.2 Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Broadband Router. Here you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters. Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 17: Wireless Advanced Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.3 Wireless Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN.

  • Page 18: Wireless Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 and 1024 ms. Refer to 4.12 What is Beacon Interval? Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu. Data rate can be auto-select, 11M, 5.5M, 2M or 1Mbps. Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission.
  • Page 19 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Item D escription Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption method can be None, WEP or WPA. Refer to 4.9 What is WEP? 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? 4.16 What is 802.1X Authentication? 4.17 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)? 4.18 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
  • Page 20 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Set WEP Key Item D escription Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-down menu. The length can be 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 21: Wireless Access Control

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 previous configuration setting. WEP encryption key (secret key) length: Length 64-bit 128-bit Format ASCII 5 characters 13 characters 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes 3.3.5 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.

  • Page 22: Wds Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Broadband Router access capability. Comment Fill in the comments for the registered client. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the client to new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.

  • Page 23: Lan Interface Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Item D escription Enable Wireless Click the check box to enable wireless distribution Distribution System system. Refer to 4.20 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)? MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability.
  • Page 24 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup Item D escription IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Broadband Router. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Broadband Router.

  • Page 25: Wan Interface Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.8 WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for wide area network that connects to the WAN port of your WLAN Broadband Router.
  • Page 26 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 in the subnet mask for it. Default Gateway If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1.
  • Page 27 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 address assigned 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. Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support.
  • Page 28 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 29 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned. Refer to 4.23 What is Clone MAC Address? Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function. Refer to 4.21 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new...

  • Page 30: Firewall - Port Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the PPTP Server. User Name If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server. Password f you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server.
  • Page 31 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Firewall - Port Filtering Item D escription Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering security function. Port Range To restrict data transmission from the local network on Protocol certain ports, fill in the range of start-port and end-port, Comments...

  • Page 32: Firewall - Ip Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 3.3.10 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 33: Firewall - Mac Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the IP-filtering list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.11 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.

  • Page 34: Firewall - Port Forwarding

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected MAC address that will be removed from the MAC-filtering list. Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the MAC-filtering list.

  • Page 35: Firewall - Dmz

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Port Range firewall, fill in the IP address, protocol, port range and Comment your comments. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. The Port Range for data transmission. Comments let you know about whys to allow data packets forward to the IP address and port number.

  • Page 36: Statistics

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Firewall - DMZ Item D escription Enable DMZ Click to enable the DMZ function. DMZ Host IP Address To support DMZ in your firewall design, fill in the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface.

  • Page 37: Upgrade Firmware

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Statistics Item D escription Wireless LAN It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless Sent Packets LAN interface. Wireless LAN It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Received Packets wireless LAN interface.

  • Page 38: Save/ Reload Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Upgrade Firmware Item D escription Select File Click the Browse button to select the new version of web firmware image file. Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the WLAN Broadband Router.

  • Page 39: Password Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Save/Reload Settings Item D escription Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer. Load Settings from File Click the Browse button to select the configuration files then click the Upload button to update the selected configuration to the WLAN Broadband Router.
  • Page 40 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Screen snapshot – Password Setup Item D escription User Name Fill in the user name for web management login control. New Password Fill in the password for web management login control. Confirmed Password Because the password input is invisible, so please fill in the password again for confirmation purpose.

  • Page 41: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 4 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.

  • Page 42: What Is Bssid

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode 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 43: What Are Potential Factors That May Causes Interference

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference: Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc. Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs. Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interferences: Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings.

  • Page 44: What Is Rts (Request To Send) Threshold

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large.

  • Page 45: What Is Preamble Type

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point).

  • Page 46: What Is 802.1X Authentication

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 authentication server, typically one that supports RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol, will be added to the network. 4.16 What is 802.1x Authentication? 802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-level access control, defines Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over LANs (WAPOL).

  • Page 47: What Is Universal Plug And Play (Upnp)

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 4.21 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? UPnP is an open networking architecture that consists of services, devices, and control points. The ultimate goal is to allow data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media, operating system, programming language, and wired/wireless connection.

  • Page 48: Example One - Pppoe On The Wan

    IP Address 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway 0.0.0.0 DHCP Client Range 192.168.1.100 – 192.168.1.200 WLAN configuration SSID MyWLAN Channel Number SSID: X-Micro SSID:X-Micro Channel: 11 Channel: 11 DHCP client DHCP client SSID: X-Micro Channel: 11 SSID: X-Micro DHCP client SSID:X-Micro...
  • Page 49 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Configure the WAN interface: Open WAN Interface Setup page, select PPPoE then enter the User Name “H890123456” and Password “PW192867543210”, the password is encrypted to display on the screen. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter...

  • Page 50: Example Two - Fixed Ip On The Wan

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “X-Micro”, Channel Number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. 5.2 Example Two – Fixed IP on the WAN Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees’...
  • Page 51 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 SSID: X-Micro SSID: X-Micro Channel: 11 Channel: 11 DHCP client DHCP client SSID: X-Micro Channel: 11 SSID: X-Micro SSID: X-Micro DHCP client Channel: 11 Channel: 11 DHCP range: 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.200 DHCP client 192.168.2.254/ 255.255.255.0...
  • Page 52 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Configure the WAN interface: Open WAN Interface Setup page, select Fixed IP then enter IP Address “192.168.2.254”, subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, Default gateway “192.168.2.10”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP...
  • Page 53 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6 Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “X-Micro”, Channel Number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting.

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