Netis WF-2403 User Manual

Netis WF-2403 User Manual

Portable wireless-n router/ap
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Portable Wireless-N Router/AP

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V1.1
2011-06-22

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual V1.1 2011-06-22...
  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Certification FCC CE 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.
  • Page 3 Reproduction in any manner without the permission of Netis Corporation is strictly forbidden All the information in this document is subject to change without notice.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Contents CONTENTS ............................3 INTRODUCTION ......................... 6 1.1........................ 6 RODUCT VERVIEW 1.2........................6 EATURES 1.3.................. 6 UPPORTING TANDARD AND ROTOCOL 1.4......................7 ORKING NVIRONMENT HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................8 2.1......................8 YSTEM EQUIREMENT 2.2.
  • Page 5 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 3.6..........................28 IRELESS 3.6.1. Wireless Settings ......................28 3.6.2. Wireless Security ......................29 3.6.2.1. None ............................29 3.6.2.2. WEP ............................29 3.6.2.3. WPA-PSK ..........................30 3.6.2.4. WPA2-PSK ..........................30 3.6.2.5. WPA/WPA2-PSK ........................31 3.6.3. Wireless MAC Filtering ....................
  • Page 6 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 4.4. WPS S ........................51 ETTINGS 4.5..........................51 ETWORK 4.6. DHCP ............................ 51 4.7........................51 YSTEM OOLS 4.8............................ 52 BOUT HOW TO CONFIGURE AP MODE ..................52 5.1..................... 52 OGIN WEB MANAGEMENT PAGE 5.2.
  • Page 7: Introduction

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 1. Introduction 1.1. Product Overview Portable Wireless-N Router /AP is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) Portable Wireless network solution. The ability to be powered through a USB connection when power outlets are scarce, compact design, and included travel bag all further the device's ability to deliver networking with a very high degree of mobility.
  • Page 8: Working Environment

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual  IEEE 802.11k  IEEE 802.11i  IEEE 802.3 10Base-T  IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX 1.4. Working Environment Temperature  0° to 40° C (operating)  -40° to 70° C (storage) Humidity  10% to 90 % non-condensing (operating) ...
  • Page 9: Hardware Installation

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 2. Hardware Installation 2.1. System Requirement Minimum Requirements:  Broadband (DSL/Cable) modem and service with Ethernet port  802.11n b/g/n wireless adapter or Ethernet adapter and cable for each computer  Internet Explorer® 5.0, Firefox® 2.0 or Safari® 1.4 or higher 2.2.
  • Page 10 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Flashing Normal Power on Power off Side view Figure 2-2 Description Function RJ45 Connect to ADSL/Cable modem or other network device Connect to Power adapter, please don’t use the unknown power adapter, otherwise your device may be damaged. Bottom view...
  • Page 11: How To Restore Factory Configuration

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Description Function DEFAULT Restore factory configuration Enable WPS setting AP-Router Switch to AP-Router mode Client Switch to Client mode Switch to AP mode 2.3. How to Restore factory configuration If the router ever freezes in a setting change process or if you can’t access it because you can’t remember the IP you have given it or other problem, you may have to utilize the reset button on the back of the router to put it back to factory settings.
  • Page 12: Client Mode

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 2-3 2.4.2. Client mode The device work as a wireless card under this mode. Computer connect to RJ45 of Portable Wireless-N Router /AP via cable, then use Portable Wireless-N Router /AP to search and connect other AP or AP-Router.
  • Page 13: Ap Mode

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 2-4 2.4.3. AP mode The device work as an access point under this mode. RJ45 of Portable Wireless-N Router /AP connect to other broadband device(switch or router), then wireless client can connect to Portable Wireless-N Router /AP to access the internet. Please connect your device as figure 2-5.
  • Page 14: How To Configure Ap-Router Mode

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 2-5 3. How to configure AP-Router mode 3.1. Login web management page Connect your device following the network topology in figure 2-3, then configure your computer follow procedures below. Select “My Network Places” on the desktop, right click, then choose “Properties”.
  • Page 15 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-1 Select “Wireless Network connection”, right click, then choose “Properties”. Figure 3-2 Select “Internet Protocol[TCP/IP]”, double click.
  • Page 16 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-3 Choose “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, then click “OK”. Figure 3-4 Return to network connection window, choose “Wireless Network connection”, right click, then choose “View Available Wireless Networks”.
  • Page 17 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-5 Click “Refresh network list”, select SSID “netis” and double click. Figure 3-6 Open the web browser, enter “192.168.1.1” in the address bar. Then enter the User name “guest” and Password “guest” in the dialog box, click OK.
  • Page 18: Status

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-7 If you can see the picture as below(figure 3-8), that means you have successfully login web management page of PORTABLE WIRELESS-N ROUTER /AP. You can start configuring your PORTABLE WIRELESS-N ROUTER /AP now. Figure 3-8 3.2.
  • Page 19: Lan

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-10  Connection Type: Display router’s current connection type, It should be one of “PPPoE”, “DHCP”, “Static IP”, depending on what kind of connection type your ISP provides.  Physical Address: The physical address of WAN port, this is a unique address assigned by manufacturer.
  • Page 20: Wireless

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 3.2.4. Wireless This item provides current running information of wireless. Figure 3-12  Wireless status: Display wireless interface status is enabled or not  Name (SSID): SSID (Service Set Identifier) is your wireless network's name shared among all points in a wireless network.
  • Page 21: Quick Setup

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-14 3.3. Quick Setup Providing you the convenient and simplest method for configure the router, the purpose of this item is to provide an easy way for you to use it and configure your router to access the Internet quickly;...
  • Page 22: Static

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 3.3.3. Static Figure 3-17 This item should only be used when users use a static IP address to access Internet, you should input your “WAN IP address”, ”subnet mask”,” default gateway” and “DNS server (domain name server)”...
  • Page 23: Mac Clone

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. Make sure all points in the wireless network have the same SSID. For added security, you should change the default SSID to a unique name.
  • Page 24: Wps Settings

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 3.4.1. WPS Settings Figure 3-20  WPS Status: You can use this function to setup the wireless connection between this router and wireless network card. The default is Enable.  AP PIN Code: This code can mark a wireless product. ...
  • Page 25: Network

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Method 2: 1. Input the PIN code of the adapter’s WPS page into the router’s WPS configure page, then click ’connect’ Figure 3-23 Figure 3-24 2. Push the ‘PIN Input Config (PIN)’ in the Wi-Fi protect setup of the adapter Figure 3-25 3.
  • Page 26: Wired Access

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 3.5.1.1. Wired Access Figure 3-26  Internet Access Type: Ask for your ISP to get the correct access type.  IP: The IP address you obtained after connect to the Internet, if you haven’t connected to the Internet yet, this field is 0.0.0.0.
  • Page 27: Wireless Access

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 3.5.1.2. Wireless Access Figure 3-27  SSID: SSID: SSID (Service Set Identifier) is your wireless network's name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network.
  • Page 28: Lan

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 3.5.2. LAN The IP address of LAN port is used for access router itself by computers that connect to the router directly; here you can set IP address you need. The IP address format is like ***.***.***.***, and default IP address is 192.168.1.1, the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 29: Wireless

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-30 3.6. Wireless 3.6.1. Wireless Settings Providing basic configuration items for wireless router users, including “wireless network status”, “SSID”, “Radio Band”, “Radio Mode”, “MAC”, “SSID broadcasting”, “Channel width”, “Channel sideband”, “Region” and “Channel” several basic configuration items. Figure 3-31 ...
  • Page 30: Wireless Security

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual login in, then user have to input the SSID value manually.  Channel width: This switch allows you to set Router's wireless bandwidth. 20MHz: In this mode you can get low bandwidth, little interference and slow rate. 40MHz: In this mode you can get high bandwidth, high interference and rapid rate.
  • Page 31: Wpa-Psk

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual more bits password have, the better security wireless network is, at the same time the speed of wireless is more slower.  Key Mode: If you select WEP to encrypt your data, choose the bits of password, it should be 64 bits or 128 bits.
  • Page 32: Wpa/Wpa2-Psk

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-35 3.6.2.5. WPA/WPA2-PSK This item mixed WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK mode, which provides higher security level; you can configure it according with WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK. Figure 3-36...
  • Page 33: Wireless Mac Filtering

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 3.6.3. Wireless MAC Filtering Figure 3-37  MAC Filter Status: the default is disable. You can filter wired users by enabling this function; thus unauthorized users can not access the network.  Description: describe MAC Filter list to tell from different MAC Filter lists. ...
  • Page 34 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-38  Authentications type: The default is set to “Auto”, which allows “Open System” or “Shared Key” authentication to be used. Select “Shared Key” if you only want to use “Shared Key” authentication (the sender and recipient use a WEP key for authentication). ...
  • Page 35: Wireless Statistics

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual  Preamble Type: "Short Preamble" is suitable for heavy traffic wireless network. "Long Preamble" provides much communication reliability; the default setting is "Long Preamble”. 3.6.5. Wireless Statistics Display current status of the wireless client associate with AP. Figure 3-39 3.7.
  • Page 36: Address Reservation

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-41 3.7.3. Address Reservation Figure 3-42  Address Reservation: reserve IP address for designed physical address host. If you want to configure a fixed IP address for some host, please input physical address and IP address, then click add.
  • Page 37: Port Triggering

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual  Internal Host IP Address: The “Internal Host IP Address” indicates IP address of the internal host using virtual server.  Protocol: The protocol item supplies several protocols. For example, if you have web server within LAN, you can select the HTTP template then the router will input port number 80 automatically.
  • Page 38: Upnp

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-45 3.8.4. UPnP The UPnP function supports load Application’s port forward record automatically. Select “Enable” to enable this function. Figure 3-46 3.8.5. FTP Private Port Some games, servers, and applications (such as BT, QQ video, Edunkey, Web server) are no longer effect when behind the NAT router, so this item provides function of port mapping from LAN to WAN.
  • Page 39: Ip Address Filtering

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual tunnel, the router supports IPSEC pass-through, PPTP pass-through and L2TP pass-through. Figure 3-48 3.9.2. IP Address Filtering Figure 3-49  Status: the default is disable. The rules of “Internet access control” based on source IP, port number and protocol.
  • Page 40: Mac Filtering

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Follow the following steps to set Internet Access Control: 1. You can select “enable” and click “Save” to enable “IP Firewall” function. This is only the first step, you should continued to create appropriate rules for “IP Firewall”. 2.
  • Page 41: Domain Filtering

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 2. Add MAC address you want to control in the “MAC address” field (the format is **-**-**-**-**-**), then click “Add” button, and you will see the MAC address has displayed in the MAC list. 3. There are two items supplied, “Permit wireless connection for MAC address listed (others are Denied)”...
  • Page 42: Static Routing

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual to delete it. 3.10. Static Routing Most of broadband router and wireless router are using NAT mode, so this feature is designed for most common network environment. Figure 3-52  Destination Network or IP Address: Specify a certain destination Network or IP address which static route forward to.
  • Page 43: Qos Settings

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 3.11. QOS Settings Figure 3-53  Status: QOS switch.  Automatic Uplink Speed: Router adjusts uplink bandwidth automatically.  Manual Uplink Speed (Kbps): User configures uplink bandwidth manually.  IP Address: Set the IP address range for restricted hosts. ...
  • Page 44: System Tools

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-54  DDNS Status: Current status of DDNS server.  DDNS Server Provider: For example, if you want to use service of “roay.cn”, you have to first register and accounts for it. Other DDNS service providers as the same. ...
  • Page 45: Password

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-56 3.13.3. Password The default username/password is guest/guest. To ensure the Router’s security, it is suggested that you change the default password to one of your choice, here enter a new password and then Re-enter it again to confirm your new password.
  • Page 46: Remote Management

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 3-59 3.13.6. Remote Management WEB Management Status: the default is disable. Router can be accessed on the remote site using “Web setup”. Check the “Management Port” and enter the port number and then press “save”...
  • Page 47: About

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual system parameter setting from a old parameter file. Figure 3-63 3.14. About This item shows company information of netis. If you want more information about netis, please access this website http://www.netis-systems.com/ Figure 3-64 4. How to configure Client mode 4.1.
  • Page 48 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 4-1 Select “Local Area connection”, right click, then choose “Properties”. Figure 4-2 Select “Internet Protocol[TCP/IP]”, double click.
  • Page 49 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 4-3 Select “Use the following IP address” and input IP address “192.168.1.214”, input Subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, then choose “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, then click “OK”. Figure 4-4 Open the web browser, enter “192.168.1.100” in the address bar. Then enter the User...
  • Page 50: How To Connect Internet Under Client Mode

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual name “guest” and Password “guest” in the dialog box, click OK. Figure 4-5 If you can see the picture as below(figure 4-6), that means you have successfully login web management page of PORTABLE WIRELESS-N ROUTER /AP. You can start configuring your PORTABLE WIRELESS-N ROUTER /AP now.
  • Page 51 Figure 4-7 You can see several SSID of the AP or AP-Router like figure 4-10, select the SSID that you want to connect, click “Connect” button. Here we use “netis SZ” for example. Figure 4-8 If AP has been encrypted, you need configure the wireless security for PORTABLE WIRELESS-N ROUTER /AP.
  • Page 52: Status

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual After finishing configure PORTABLE WIRELESS-N ROUTER /AP, please return to your computer to change the IP address. You can use static IP or obtain an IP automatically. Figure 4-10 4.3. Status Please refer to chapter 3.2 . 4.4.
  • Page 53: About

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 4.8. About Please refer to chapter 3.14 . 5. How to configure AP mode 5.1. Login web management page Note: The DHCP server is disable under AP mode, so you need to configure a static IP address for PORTABLE WIRELESS-N ROUTER /AP, then you can login the web page of the device.
  • Page 54 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 5-2 Select “Internet Protocol[TCP/IP]”, double click. Figure 5-3 Select “Use the following IP address” and input IP address “192.168.1.214”, input Subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, then choose “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, then click “OK”.
  • Page 55 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 5-4 Open the web browser, enter “192.168.1.100” in the address bar. Then enter the User name “guest” and Password “guest” in the dialog box, click OK. Figure 5-5 If you can see the picture as below(figure 5-6), that means you have successfully login web management page of PORTABLE WIRELESS-N ROUTER /AP.
  • Page 56: Status

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual Figure 5-6 As you can see, when the device works under client mode, there are 7 items in the web page. These items have already been described in AP-Router mode, so you can refer to corresponding item in chapter 3.
  • Page 57: System Tools

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 5.7. System Tools Please refer to chapter 3.13 . 5.8. About Please refer to chapter 3.14 . Note: After finishing configure PORTABLE WIRELESS-N ROUTER /AP, please return to your computer to change the IP address. You can use static IP or obtain an IP automatically. Figure 5-7 6.
  • Page 58: Iforget Password (Reset The Router Without Login )

    Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 6.2. I forget Password (Reset the Router without Login)  Use a pencil to press the button for about 2-6 seconds when it is working, then leave your hands, it will restore settings to the factory configuration. The default password is guest. 6.3.
  • Page 59 Portable Wireless-N Router/AP User Manual 150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router.  Ensure that the wireless adapter’s TCP/IP settings are correct as required by your network administrator.  If you are using a 802.11b wireless adapter, and check that the 802.11G Mode item in Wireless Basic Setting page, is not configured to use 802.11G Performance.

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