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Netis WF-2404 User Manual

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WF-2404
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netis 300Mbps Wireless-N
Broadband Router
V1.3
2011-05-18

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  • Page 1 WF-2404 User Manual netis 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router V1.3 2011-05-18...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router 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

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Contents CONTENTS ............................3 INTRODUCTION ......................... 6 1.1........................ 6 RODUCT VERVIEW 1.2........................6 EATURES 1.3.................. 7 UPPORTING TANDARD AND ROTOCOL 1.4......................7 ORKING NVIRONMENT HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................8 2.1......................8 YSTEM EQUIREMENT 2.2.
  • Page 5 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.4..........................35 ETWORK 4.4.1. WAN..........................35 4.4.1.1. Wired Access .......................... 35 4.4.1.2. Wireless Access ........................36 4.4.2. LAN ..........................37 4.4.3. MAC Clone ........................37 4.4.4. Port Settings ......................... 37 4.4.5. IGMP Proxy ......................... 38 4.5.
  • Page 6 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.12.4. WOL ..........................59 4.12.5. System Logs ........................59 4.12.6. Remote Management ....................60 4.12.7. Factory Defaults ......................60 4.12.8. Reboot .......................... 60 4.13............................ 61 BOUT TROUBLESHOOTING ......................61...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 1. Introduction 1.1. Product Overview The 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) Wireless network solution. It is 4 in 1 network device, which combines wireless access point, firewall, 4-port Switch and the NAT-Router. It provides up to 300Mbps data transmission rate in 2.4GHz frequency, complies with IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE802.11b and backwards compatible with all IEEE 802.11n/g/b devices.

  • Page 8: Supporting Standard And Protocol

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 1.3. Supporting Standard and Protocol  IEEE 802.11b/g/n  IEEE 802.11e  IEEE 802.11h  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) ...

  • Page 9: Hardware Installation

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router 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: Restore To Factory Configuration

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual LAN Connection abnormal Rear panel Figure 2-2 Description Function Connect to Power adapter, please don’t use the unknown power adapter, otherwise your device may be damaged. Connect with computer NIC or Ethernet device Internet access Reset Restore settings 2.3.
  • Page 11 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 2-3  Attach one end of an Ethernet cable to your computer’s Ethernet port, and the other end to one of the LAN ports of your router.  Connect another Ethernet cable from your Cable/DSL modem to the WAN port of your router.

  • Page 12: Login

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 3. Login You can manage the 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router through the Web browser-based configuration utility. To configure the device via Web browser, at least one properly configured computer must be connected to the device via Ethernet or wireless network. The 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router is configured with the default IP address of 192.168.1.1 and subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and its DHCP server is enabled by default.
  • Page 13 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-1 2. Double click the icon Network and Dial-up Connections 3. Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties Figure 3-2 4. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then press Properties button...
  • Page 14 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-3 5. Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically, and then press OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window Figure 3-4 6. Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window...

  • Page 15: Windows Xp

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-5 3.1.3. Windows XP Please follow the steps below to setup your computer: 1. Go to Start  Settings  Control Panel 2. Click Network and Internet Connections Figure 3-6 3. Click Network Connections...
  • Page 16 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-7 4. Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties Figure 3-8 5. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then press Properties button...
  • Page 17 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-9 6. Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically, and then press OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window Figure 3-10 7. Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window...

  • Page 18: Windows Vista

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-11 3.1.4. Windows Vista Please follow the steps below to setup your computer: 1. Go to Start  Settings  Control Panel 2. Click Network and Sharing Center Figure 3-12 3. Click Manage Network Connections...
  • Page 19 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-13 4. Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties Figure 3-14 5. Highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) and then press Properties button...
  • Page 20 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-15 6. Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically, and then press OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window...
  • Page 21 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-16 7. Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window.

  • Page 22: Windows 7

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-17 3.1.5. Windows 7 Please follow the steps blow to setup your computer: Go to Start→ Control Panel→ Network and Internet. Click Network and Sharing Center→ Change adapter settings. Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties. Highlight Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
  • Page 23 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-18 Figure 3-19 Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically,...

  • Page 24: Mac Os

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual and then press the OK to close the window. Figure 3-20 Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window. 3.1.6. MAC OS Please follow the steps blow to setup your computer: Go to Start→ System preference Settings→ Network.
  • Page 25 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-21 Click Network, Select Use DHCP at the Configuration bar, the system will get the IP address automatically. Figure 3-22...

  • Page 26: Checking Connection With The Router

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Press Apply to complete this operation and close the window. 3.2. Checking Connection with the Router After configuring the TCP/IP protocol, use the ping command to verify if the computer can communicate with the Router. To execute the ping command, open the DOS window and Ping the IP address of the 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router at the DOS prompt: ...

  • Page 27: Login

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), Verify your computer's network settings are correct and check the cable connection between the router and the computer.
  • Page 28 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-19  After you have logged in, the router's user interface will be displayed. The left menu shows the main options to configure the system, and the right screen is the summary information for viewing and adjusting the configurations.

  • Page 29: Router Setup

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4. Router Setup 4.1. Status This feature provides running status information and detailed information about router. 4.1.1. Version Show the hardware version and firmware wersion. Figure 4-1 4.1.2. This feature provides running status information of the WAN port (the port connect to the Internet) Figure 4-2 ...

  • Page 30: Lan

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual  Default Gateway: The IP address of Default gateway you obtained after connect to the Internet, if you haven’t connected to Internet yet, this field is 0.0.0.0.  Primary DNS: The DNS server translates domain or website names into IP address, input the most common DNS server address you used or provided by your ISP.

  • Page 31: Router Status

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.1.5. Router Status This item provides current running information of System. Figure 4-5 4.1.6. Traffic Statistics This item provides statistics information about the bits router sends and received. Figure 4-6 4.2. 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 32: Pppoe

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.2.2. PPPoE Figure 4-8 If your ISP provides you the PPPoE service (all ISP with DSL transaction will supply this service, such as the most popular ADSL technique), please select this item. In the “Convenient configuration”...

  • Page 33: Wireless Configuration

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.2.4. Wireless Configuration You can choose “Enable” or “Disable” to enable or disable the wireless function. The default setting is “enable”. If you chose the “Disable” status, the router will become a wired broadband router without wireless function, so be careful when you choose this status.

  • Page 34: Wps Settings

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.3. WPS Settings Wi-Fi Protect Setup (WPS) function can let you create a safety network easily. You can through ‘PIN Input Config (PIN)’ or ’Push Button (PBC)’to encrypt your network. This router also provides WPS button, you only need to push the WPS button in this router and the wireless network card that support WPS function, then the router will be encrypted to WPA2-AES mode automatically Note:...

  • Page 35: Wps Configuration

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.3.3. WPS Configuration Display the encryption information. Figure 4-14 WPS can connect the wireless adapter and the router in a safe way. If you have a wireless network card which has WPS button, you may set up a safe network via the following methods Method 1: 1.

  • Page 36: Network

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual ‘PIN Input Config (PIN)’ 2. Select this router in the pop-up window, then click ‘Select’ 3. The connection between the adapter and the router is be established automatically. Remark If there is more than one AP in the PBC mode when you use the method 1, there will be session overlap.

  • Page 37: Wireless Access

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual set MTU manually, and you should leave this value in the 1200 to 1500 range. If the value you set is not in accord with the value ISP provide, it may causes some problems, such as fail to send Email, or fail to browse website.

  • Page 38: Lan

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual set MTU manually, and you should leave this value in the 1200 to 1500 range. If the value you set is not in accord with the value ISP provide, it may causes some problems, such as fail to send Email, or fail to browse website.

  • Page 39: Igmp Proxy

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-22 4.4.5. IGMP Proxy Here you can set the IGMP Proxy ‘Enabled’ and ‘Disabled’. Figure 4-23 4.5. Wireless 4.5.1. 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”...

  • Page 40: Wireless Security

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-24  Wireless network status: You can choose “enable” or “disable” to enable or disable the “Wireless Network Status”, if what you choose is “Disable”, the AP function of wireless router will be turned off. ...

  • Page 41: None

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual wireless network from unauthorized user access. It supplies “None”, “WEP”, “WPA-PSK”, “WPA2-PSK” and “WPA/WPA2-PSK” five different encryption modes. 4.5.2.1. None “None” means do not encrypt wireless data. Figure 4-25 4.5.2.2. Figure 4-26  Key Length: There are two basic levels of WEP encryption, 64 bits and 128 bits, the more bits password have, the better security wireless network is, at the same time the speed of wireless is more slower.

  • Page 42: Wpa-Psk

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.5.2.3. WPA-PSK Figure 4-27  Encryption type: You can select the algorithm you want to use, TKIP, AES or TKIP&AES. TKIP means “Temporal Key Integrity Protocol”, which incorporates Message Integrity Code (MIC) to provide protection against hackers. AES, means “Advanced Encryption System”, which utilizes a symmetric 128-Bit block data.

  • Page 43: Wireless Mac Filtering

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-29 4.5.3. Wireless MAC Filtering Figure 4-30  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 44: Wds Settings

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Select the item you want, and click “Save” button. 4.5.4. WDS Settings If you have selected WDS or AP+WDS mode in Wireless Basic-Radio Mode, please do the following configurations. Figure 4-31  WDS Name: Give a description of your wireless bridge to tell apart. ...

  • Page 45: Repeater Settings

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual AP1:  Select radio mode is WDS or AP+WDS in wireless management-basic of AP1.  Click on ‘Wireless Management’- ‘AP Setup’- ‘Security’ and select and save None as authentication type.  Click on ‘Wireless Management’- ‘AP Setup’- ‘Security’ and select and save None as WDS authentication type or select a WDS security type, enter key and save.
  • Page 46 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-33 AP1:  Select radio mode is ‘Access Point’ in wireless management-basic of AP1.  Select Channel is ‘Channel 6’ in wireless management-basic of AP1. Figure 4-34 AP2:  Select radio mode is ‘REPEATER’ in wireless management-basic of AP2. ...

  • Page 47: Wireless Advanced

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual  Select ‘LAN setup’-‘DHCP server’ ,select disable DHCP server. Figure 4-35 AP3:  Select radio mode is ‘REPEATER’in wireless management-basic of AP3.  Click ‘AP Scan’ in wireless management-basic of AP3 ,and select ‘Netis1’ and Connect , then the ‘Repeater SSID’...
  • Page 48 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-36  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 49: Wireless Statistics

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router 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”. 4.5.7. Wireless Statistics Display current status of the wireless client associate with AP. Figure 4-37 4.5.8.

  • Page 50: Dhcp

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.6. DHCP 4.6.1. DHCP Settings Figure 4-39  DHCP Server Status: Keep the default setting “Enable”, so router is able to use DHCP function. If a DHCP server has already existed in the network, please select “Disable”. ...

  • Page 51: Address Reservation

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.6.3. Address Reservation Figure 4-41  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 52: Port Triggering

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.7.2. Port Triggering Port trigger module dynamically registers virtual server rules when any IP host generates the packet from the specified trigger protocol and port. Port trigger module use forward protocol type and port number and use the IP address of host that generates the trigger packet when it registers a rule.

  • Page 53: Upnp

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-44 4.7.4. UPnP The UPnP function supports load Application’s port forward record automatically. Select “Enable” to enable this function. Figure 4-45 4.7.5. 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 54: Ip Address Filtering

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual tunnel, the router supports IPSEC pass-through, PPTP pass-through and L2TP pass-through. Figure 4-47 4.8.2. IP Address Filtering Figure 4-48  Status: the default is disable. The rules of “Internet access control” based on source IP, port number and protocol.

  • Page 55: Mac Filtering

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router 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 56: Domain Filtering

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router 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.

  • Page 57: Static Routing

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual to delete it. 4.9. Static Routing Most of broadband router and wireless router are using NAT mode, so this feature is designed for most common network environment. Figure 4-51  Destination Network or IP Address: Specify a certain destination Network or IP address which static route forward to.

  • Page 58: Qos Settings

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.10. QOS Settings Figure 4-52  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 59: System Tools

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-53  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 60: Password

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-55 4.12.3. 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 61: Remote Management

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-58 4.12.6. 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 62: About

    300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.13. About Figure 4-62 Thank you for your support. 5. 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.
  • Page 63 300Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual light should be blinking too. If not, please check whether the cables work or not.  Repeat the steps in WAN Setup Connect with Internet through DSL Modem. I can browse the router’s Web-based Configuration Utility but cannot access the Internet.

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