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Page 1 MNWAPGR Wireless 802.11g Access Point / Router User Manual...
Page 2 55022/A1 Class B. Limitation of Liability So far as the law permits Minitar Corporation and its distributors shall not be liable in any way whatsoever for any indirect or consequential loss, or loss of profit or any liability for damage to...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
4.8 Toolbox........................50 Appendix A TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98 ......55 Appendix B 802.1x Setting ...............60 Appendix C WPA-PSK and WPA..............65 Appendix D FAQ and Troubleshooting ...........77 Reset to factory default settings ..................77 MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction
Allows a networked computer be fully exposed to the Internet; this function is used when the application sensing tunnel feature is insufficient to allow an application to function correctly. WAN Statistics Supported Enables you to monitor inbound and outbound packets MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 5 When the SPI Mode is enabled; the router will check every incoming packet to detect if it is valid in relation to all current open connections. DoS Attack Detection When this feature is enabled, the router will detect and log the all DOS attacks coming from the Internet MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 6: Packing List
The router supports the uPnP protocol for dynamic configuration by applications such as the Microsoft X-box and Msn Messenger. Packing List Wireless broadband router unit Installation CD-ROM Power adapter CAT-5 UTP Fast Ethernet cable MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 7: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
An active station is connected to the corresponding LAN port. Link/Act. Link status Green The corresponding LAN port is sending or receiving Blinking data. Data is transmitting in 100Mbps on the 10/100 Data Rate Green corresponding LAN port. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 8 The port where you will connect your cable (or DSL) modem or Ethernet router. Port 1-4 The ports where you will connect networked computers and other devices. Reset The button to reset the units settings to factory defaults MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 9: Procedure For Hardware Installation
M1 will be lit ON for about 10 seconds, and then M1 will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the self-test operation has finished. Finally, the M1 indicator will be continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 10: Chapter 3 Network Settings And Software Installation
Tip: If the IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192.168.123.X and default gateway must be 192.168.123.254 where the X is any number between 1 and 253. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 11: Chapter 4 Configuring The Wireless Broadband Router
This product provides a Web based configuration scheme, that is, the ability to configure the device using your Web browser, such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted on any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 12: Start-Up And Log In
System Password field and click on the Log in button. If the password is correct, the web mode will be changed into administrator configuration mode. As listed in the main menu, there are several options for system administration. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 13: Status
Sidenote column. You can click these buttons to renew or release the IP manually. B. Statistics of WAN: enables you to monitor inbound and outbound packets on the WAN connection MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 14: Wizard
The Setup Wizard will guide you through a basic configuration procedure step by step. Press ”Next >” Setup Wizard - Select WAN Type: For detail settings, please refer to 4.4.1 primary setup. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 16 Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, for example, @Home. Renew IP Forever: this feature enables this product to renew the IP address automatically when the lease time expires, even when the system is idle. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 17 Set it to zero or enable Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU): Most ISP offer a MTU value to their users. The most common MTU value is 1492. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 18 Maximum Idle Time: the time of no activity to disconnect your PPTP session. Set it to zero or enable Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. If Auto-reconnect is enabled, this product will connect to ISP automatically, after system is restarted or the connection is dropped. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 19 Global IP: Enter the global IP address assigned by your ISP. • Local IP: Enter the local IP address of your LAN PC corresponding to the global IP address. • Enable: Check this item to enable the Virtual Computer feature. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 20 Primary DNS/Secondary DNS: This feature allows you to assign DNS Servers Primary WINS/Secondary WINS: This feature allows you to assign WINS Servers Gateway: The Gateway Address would be the IP address of an alternate Gateway other than this device.. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 21 RADIUS Server: IP address or the 802.1X server’s domain-name. RADIUS Shared Key: Key value shared by the RADIUS server and this router. This key value needs to be consistent with the key value in the RADIUS server. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 23 RADIUS Server: IP address or the 802.1X server’s domain-name. RADIUS Shared Key: Key value shared by the RADIUS server and this router. This key value must be consistent with the key value in the RADIUS server. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 26: Virtual Server
For example, if you have an FTP server (port 21) at 192.168.123.1, a Web server (port 80) at 192.168.123.2, and a VPN server at 192.168.123.6, then you need to specify the following virtual server mapping table: Service Port Server IP Enable 192.168.123.1 192.168.123.2 1723 192.168.123.6 MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 27: Special Ap
This product provides some predefined settings Select your application and click ‘Copy to’ to add the predefined setting to your list. Note: At any given time, only one PC can use each Special Application tunnel. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 28: Miscellaneous Items
DMZ host as otherwise it will be unprotected. Non-standard FTP port You have to configure this item if you want to access an FTP server whose port number is not 21. This setting will be lost after rebooting. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 29: Security Settings
For source or destination port, you can define a single port (80) or a range of ports (1000-1999). Add prefix "T" or "U" to specify TCP or UDP protocol. For example, T80, U53, MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 30 Example 1: (1.2.3.100-1.2.3.149) They are allowed to send mail (port 25), receive mail (port 110), and browse the Internet (port 80) (1.2.3.10-1.2.3.20) They can do everything (block nothing) Others are all blocked. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 31 (1.2.3.100-1.2.3.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are all allowed. After the Inbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the save button. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 32 (192.168.123.100-192.168.123.149) They are allowed to send mail (port 25), receive mail (port 110), and browse Internet (port 80); port 53 (DNS) is necessary to resolve the domain name. (192.168.123.10-192.168.123.20) They can do everything (block nothing) Others are all blocked. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 33 (192.168.123.100-192.168.123.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are allowed After the Outbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the save button. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 34: Domain Filter
When someone is accessing a URL that matches the domain-suffix, what kind of action you want. Check drop to block the access. Check log to log the access. Enable Check to enable each rule. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 35: Url Blocking
IP address X.X.X.1~ X.X.X.20 can access the network without restriction. 4.6.3 URL Blocking URL Blocking will block LAN computers to connect to pre-defined Websites. The major difference between “Domain filter” and “URL Blocking” is the Domain filter requires MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 36 3. Any URL that includes “cnnsi” will not be blocked, but the action will be recorded in the log-file. 4. Any URL that includes “espn” will be blocked, but the action will be recorded in the log-file MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 37: Mac Address Control
LAN, it means the client can't send or receive any data via this device. Choose "allow" or "deny" to allow or deny the clients, whose MAC addresses are not in the "Control table". MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 38 Previous page and Next Page To make this setup page simple and clear, we have divided the “Control table” into several pages. You can use these buttons to navigate to different pages. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 39: Miscellaneous Items
The time of no activity to logout automatically. Set it to zero to disable this feature. Discard PING from WAN side When this feature is enabled, any host on the WAN cannot ping this product. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 41: System Time
Select a time zone where this device resides. Set Date and Time manually Select if you want to set the Date and Time manually. Function of Buttons Sync Now: Synchronize the system time with the network time server MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 42: System Log
For example, "mail.your_url.com" or "192.168.1.100:26". Send E-mail alert to The recipients who will receive these logs. You can assign more than 1 recipient, using ';' or ',' to separate these email addresses. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 43: Dynamic Dns
Provider Host Name Username/E-mail Password/Key You will get this information when you register an account on a Dynamic DNS server. Example: After the Dynamic DNS settings are configured, click the save button. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 44: Snmp Setting
LAN. If Remote is checked, this device will respond to requests from the WAN. Get Community Setting the community of GetRequest your device will respond to. Set Community Setting the community of SetRequest your device will accept. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 45: Routing Table
Static Routing: For static routing, you can specify up to 8 routing rules. You can enter the destination IP address, subnet mask, gateway and hop for each routing rule, and then enable or disable the rule by checking or unchecking the Enable checkbox. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 46 192.168.123.103 (a gateway), And if it sends Packets to 192.168.1.11 they will go via 192.168.123.216 Each rule can be enabled or disabled individually. After the routing table settings are configured, click the save button. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 47: Schedule Rule
You can write a rule name and set which day and what time to schedule from “Start Time” to “End Time”. The following example configures “ftp time” as everyday 14:10 to 16:20 MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 48 To delete the schedule rule, and the rule# of the rules behind the deleted one will decrease one automatically. A Schedule Rule can be applied to a Virtual server and Packet Filter, for example: MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 49 Example1: Virtual Server – Apply Rule #1 (ftp time: everyday 14:10 to 16:20) Example2: Packet Filter – Apply Rule#1 (ftp time: everyday 14:10 to 16:20). MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 53 4.8.4 Reset to default You can also reset this product to factory default settings by clicking the Reset to default button. 4.8.5 Reboot You can also reboot this product by clicking the Reboot button. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 54 Wake-on-LAN enabled and you have to know the MAC address of this device, say 00-11-22-33-44-55. Clicking "Wake up" button will make the router send the wake-up frame to the target device immediately. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 55: Appendix A Tcp/Ip Configuration For Windows 95/98
Protocols. Click OK button to return to Network window. 6. The TCP/IP protocol shall be listed in the Network window. Click OK to complete the install procedure and restart your PC to enable the TCP/IP protocol. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 56 2. Double click the Network icon. Select the TCP/IP line that has been associated to your network card in the Configuration tab of the Network window. 3. Click the Properties button to set the TCP/IP protocol for this NAT Router. 4. Now, you have two configuration methods: MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 58 Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab. The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254. So please use 192.168.123.xxx (xxx is between 1 and 253) for IP Address field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 59 192.168.123.254) in the New gateway field and click Add button. c. In the DNS Configuration tab, add the DNS values which are provided by your ISP into the DNS Server Search Order field and click the Add button. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 60: Appendix B 802.1X Setting
Server: Windows 2000 RADIUS server with Service Pack 3 and HotFix Q313664. Note. Windows 2000 RADIUS server only supports the PEAP protocol after a upgrade to service pack 3 and HotFix Q313664 (You can get more information from http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb; en-us;313664 MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 61 If choosing to use smart card or the certificate as the EAP type, we select to use a certificate on this computer. (Fig 3) We will change EAP type to fit the variable test condition. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 63 6. Windows XP will prompt that the authentication process is success or fail and end the authentication procedure. ( Fig 6) 7. Terminate the test steps when PC1 get dynamic IP and PING remote host successfully. Figure 4: Certificate information on PC1 MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 64 2. PC2 is on Windows XP platform with Service Pack 1a. 3. PEAP is supported on Windows XP with Service Pack 1 only. 4. Windows XP with Service Pack 1 allows 802.1x authentication only when the data encryption function is enabled. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 65: Appendix C Wpa-Psk And Wpa
Appendix C WPA-PSK and WPA Wireless Router: LAN IP: 192.168.123.254 WAN IP: 192.168.122.216 Radius Server: 192.168.122.1 UserA : XP Wireless Card:Ti-11g Tool: Odyssey Client Manager Refer to: www.funk.com Download: http://www.funk.com/News&Events/ody_c_wpa_preview_pn.asp Or Another Configuration: MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 66 2. Download and install the Odyssey Client Manager software. Go to the Odyssey Client Manager software; first choose “Network” Before doing that, you should verify if the software can show the wireless card. Open “Adapters” MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 68 2. Then reboot. 3. Setting on the router and client: Router: Client: Go to “Network Connection” and select the wireless adapter. Choose “View available Wireless Networks” like below: Advanced choose “123kk” (your ESSID) MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 69 Method 1: (where you don’t have Windows XP with WPA support) 1. The UserA or UserB have to get a certificate from Radius, first. http://192.168.122.1/certsrv 2. Then, Install this certificate and finish. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 70 4. Download and install the Odyssey Client Manager software. Go to the Odyssey Client Manager, choose “Profiles” and Setup Profile name as “1” Set the username and password as required. Remember that you get the certificate from Radius in Step1. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 74 If successfull, the wireless client has to authenticate with Radius Server, like below: 9.Result: Method 2: (using Windows XP with WPA support) 1. The UserA or UserB have to get a certificate from Radius first. http://192.168.122.1/certsrv MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 76 Choose “View available Wireless Networks” like below: Advanced choose “123kk” Select “WirelessCA and Enable” in Trusted root certificate authority: Then, if the wireless client wants to associate, it has to request to authenticate. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...
Page 77: Appendix D Faq And Troubleshooting
However, if LED flashes 2 times, repeat. 2. Restore directly when the router power on First, push the RESET button about 5 seconds (M1 will start flashing about 5 times), remove the finger. The RESTORE process is completed. MNWAPGR User Manual Copyright © 2005 Minitar Corporation...

Minitar MNWAPGR User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation

Chapter 4 Configuring the Wireless Broadband Router

Appendix A TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98

Appendix B 802.1X Setting

Appendix C WPA-PSK and WPA

Appendix D FAQ and Troubleshooting

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