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Sitecom WL-612 User Manual

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Wireless ADSL2+ router 54g
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Version: 1.0

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  • Page 1 WL-612 Wireless ADSL2+ router 54g User Manual Version: 1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    4NETWORK + SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..................8 5WL-612 PLACEMENT ......................... 9 6SETUP LAN, WAN ..........................9 7PC NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP (WINDOWS XP) ..............10 8BRINGING UP THE WL-612 ......................12 9 INITIAL SETUP WL-612 ........................12 10 CONFIGURATION WIZARD ......................22 11 WIRELESS SETTINGS ........................24 12 FIREWALL SETTINGS ........................
  • Page 3 802.11n client adapters. The WL-612 is not only a Modem or Wireless Access Point, but can also be used to connect a wired-Ethernet device. For data protection and privacy, the WL-612 can encode all wireless transmissions with WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption. By default, the modem is secured with a WPA2(AES) encryption key.

  • Page 4: 1Key Features

    1 Key Features Features Advantages IEEE 802.11g compliant Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant devices One 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet To connect a wired PC as well. Port (Auto-Crossover) Firewall supports Virtual Server Avoids the attacks of Hackers or Mapping, DMZ, IP Filter, ICMP Viruses from Internet Blocking, SPI...

  • Page 5: 2Package Contents

    Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped back in its original package. WL-612 modem/router 220V ~ 240V Power Adapter Quick Install Guide CD (User’s Manual)

  • Page 6: 3Product Layout

    3 Product Layout WPS/Reset button Modem connection LAN / computer connection Power connector Port Description ADSL Connect your telephone/ADSL cable this port Connect the cable from your PC or network device to this ports. Power connector Connect your power adapter to this port.

  • Page 7: Back Label

    Back label The back label describes the corresponding LED indications and port functionality. Description POWER Lights up when powered ON. Blinks on TEST/RESET ADSL Lights up when an ADSL cable is connected. Online Lights up when internet connection is WLAN Lights up in Blue when WLAN is enabled.

  • Page 8: 4Network + System Requirements

    4 Network + System Requirements To begin using the WL-612, make sure you meet the following as minimum requirements: PC/Notebook. 1 Free Ethernet port. Wi-Fi card/USB dongle (802.11 b/g/n) – optional. Annex A, ADSL internet connection. PC with a Web-Browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Opera) Ethernet compatible CAT5 cables.

  • Page 9: 5Wl-612 Placement

    5 WL-612 Placement You can place the WL-612 on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your Wireless Broadband Modem/Router in the center of your office (or your home) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven.

  • Page 10: 7Pc Network Adapter Setup (Windows Xp)

    PC Network Adapter setup Windows XP Enter [Start Menu]  select [Control panel]  select [Network]. Select [Local Area Connection]) icon=>select [properties]...
  • Page 11 Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties]. Select the [General] tab. a. WL-612 supports [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].

  • Page 12: 8Bringing Up The Wl-612

    8 Bringing up the WL-612 Connect the supplied power-adapter to the power inlet port and connect it to a wall outlet. The WL-612 automatically enters the self-test phase. During self-test phase, the Power LED will blink briefly, and then will be lit continuously to indicate that this product is in normal operation.
  • Page 13 http://192.168.0.1 Type in address bar and press [Enter]...
  • Page 14 4. Type user name and password (default is admin/admin). Click OK. 5. You will see the home page of the WL-612. The System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router: the UP time, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware...

  • Page 15: Lan Settings

    LAN settings The LAN tab gives you the opportunity to change the IP settings of the WL- 612. Click <Apply> at the bottom of this screen to save any changes. IP address 192.168.0.1. It is the router’s LAN IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address).
  • Page 16 Lease Time Forever. In the Lease Time setting you can specify the time period that the DHCP lends an IP address to your LAN clients. The DHCP will change your LAN client’s IP address when this time threshold period is reached. IP Address Pool You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients.

  • Page 17: Device Status

    Device Status View the Broadband modem/router’s current configuration settings. Device Status displays the configuration settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wireless Settings section.

  • Page 18: Internet Status

    Internet Status This page displays whether the ADSL port is connected to an ADSL service provider. It also displays the router’s WAN IP address, Subnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as well as MAC address, the Primary DNS. Press Renew button to renew your WAN IP address.

  • Page 19: Adsl Status

    ADSL Status This page shows the current operation mode, status of your ADSL connection, the data rate and the quality of your ADSL link. Operation mode allows manual selection of the ADSL mode.

  • Page 20: Dhcp Client Status

    DHCP Client Status DHCP This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The table shows the assigned IP address, MAC address and expiration time for each DHCP leased client. Use the Refresh button to update the available information.
  • Page 21 WL-612 Log View the operation log of the WL-612. This page shows the current system log of the Broadband modem/router. It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the system log can be saved <Save> to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared <Clear>...

  • Page 22: Configuration Wizard

    Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to configure the modem. The Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the adsl line is connected and click Next. Select your country from the Country list. Select your internet provider. Click Next.
  • Page 23 Depending on the chosen provider, you may need to enter your user name and password or hostname in the following window. After you have entered the correct information, click Next. Click APPLY to complete the configuration.

  • Page 24: Wireless Settings

    Wireless Settings You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router. The parameters include Mode, ESSID, Channel Number and Associated Client. Wireless Function Enable or Disable Wireless function here. Click Apply and wait for module to be ready &...

  • Page 25: Basic Settings

    Basic Settings Band Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b or 802.11g mode. You can also select B+G+N mode to allow 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n clients at the same time. ESSID This is the name of the wireless signal which is broadcasted. All the devices in the same wireless LAN should have the same ESSID.
  • Page 26 Advanced Settings This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. The options included are Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, and Preamble Type. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on the router. Fragment Threshold "Fragment Threshold"...
  • Page 27 Preamble Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN performance. Broadcast ESSID If you enabled “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located within the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily.
  • Page 28 Security This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN security functions, included are WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With these security functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access. Please make sure your wireless stations use the same security function, and are setup with the same security key.
  • Page 29 When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four WEP keys and select one of them as a default key. Then the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys.
  • Page 30 Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other sections by choosing Continue, or choose Apply to apply the settings and reboot the device. WPA Pre-shared Key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication.
  • Page 31 This wireless router supports Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from accessing your wireless network. Enable wireless access control Enables the wireless access control function Adding an address into the list Enter the "MAC Address” of the wireless station to be added and then click "Apply". The wireless station will now be added.
  • Page 32 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to establish a connection between the wireless clients and the wireless router. You don’t have to select the encryption mode and fill in a long encryption passphrase every time when you try to setup a wireless connection. You only need to press a button on both wireless client and wireless router, and WPS will do the rest for you.
  • Page 33 WPS Current Status If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll see a ‘Configured’ message here. Otherwise, you’ll see ‘UnConfigured’. Self Pin Code This is the WPS PIN code of the wireless router. You may need this information when connecting to other WPS-enabled wireless devices.

  • Page 34: 12 Firewall Settings

    12 Firewall Settings The Broadband router provides extensive firewall protection by restricting connection parameters, thus limiting the risk of hacker attacks, and defending against a wide array of common Internet attacks. However, for applications that require unrestricted access to the Internet, you can configure a specific client/server as a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
  • Page 35 If you have a client PC that cannot run an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NAT firewall, then you can open up the firewall restrictions to unrestricted two-way Internet access by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all packets going to your WAN port IP address to a particular IP address in your LAN.
  • Page 36 Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router's firewall can block common hacker attacks, including Denial of Service, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events. SPI and Anti-Dos firewall protection blocks basic hacker attacks (DOS, Sync flood, port scan) RIP defect Discard Ping to WAN interface The router’s WAN port will not respond to...
  • Page 37 Access You can restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.). Access Control allows users to define the traffic type permitted in your LAN. You can control which PC client can have access to these services. Deny If you select “Deny”...
  • Page 38 Selected". If you want to remove all PCs from the table, just click the "Delete All" button. Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enable MAC Filtering” to enable MAC Filtering. Add PC Fill in “Client PC MAC Address” and “Comment” of the PC that is allowed to access the Internet, and then click “Add”.

  • Page 39: Url Block

    URL block You can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keywords of the Web site. Enable URL Blocking Enable/disable URL Blocking Add URL Keyword Fill in “URL/Keyword” and then click “Add”. You can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the web site you want to block.

  • Page 40: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses. NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key services such as Websites and FTP.

  • Page 41: Virtual Server

    Virtual server Use the Virtual Server function when you want different servers/clients in your LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP, Web server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers called port numbers to recognize a particular service/Internet application type. The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a particular service port number (from the Internet/WAN Port) to a particular LAN private IP address and its service port number.
  • Page 42 service (service/Internet application) port number from the Internet that will be re-directed to the above Private IP address host in your LAN Comment The description of this setting. Add Virtual Server Fill in the "Private IP", "Private Port", "Type", “Public Port”...

  • Page 43: Special Application

    Special application Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video Conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications. Enable Trigger Port Enable the Special Application function. Trigger Port This is the out going (Outbound) range of port numbers for this particular application.
  • Page 44 Popular applications This section lists the more popular applications that require multiple connections. Select an application from the Popular Applications selection. Once you have selected an application, select a location (1-10) in the Copy to selection box and then click the Copy to button. This will automatically list the Public Ports required for this popular application in the location (1-10) you specified.
  • Page 45 UPNP With UPnP, all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically. So, you don’t have to configure your PC and it can easily access the Internet through this router. UPnP Feature You can enable or Disable the UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without having to configure anything.
  • Page 46 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. Lower priority applications will get bandwidth after higher priority applications get enough bandwidth.
  • Page 47 Edit a QoS rule Select the rule you want to edit and click “Edit”, then enter the detail form of the QoS rule. Click “Apply” after editing the form and the rule will be saved. Adjust QoS rule priority You can select the rule and click “Move Up” to make its priority higher.

  • Page 48: Toolbox Settings

    TOOLBOX Settings Password change options You can change the password required to log into the broadband router's system web-based management. By default, the password is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive. Current Password Fill in the current password to allow changing to a new password.

  • Page 49: Time Zone

    Time Zone The Time Zone allows your router to base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Log entries and Firewall settings. Set Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The router will set its time based on your selection.
  • Page 50 Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations.

  • Page 51: Remote Management

    Remote Management The remote management function allows you to designate a host in the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband router from a remote site. Enter the designated host IP Address in the Host IP Address field. Host Address This is the IP address of the host in the Internet that will have management/configuration access to the Broadband router from a remote site.

  • Page 52: Firmware Upgrade

    Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware. Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade the Broadband router’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your Broadband router, you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page.

  • Page 53: Backup Settings

    Backup Settings The Backup screen allows you to save (Backup) the router’s current configuration settings. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved configuration into the router through the Restore selection. If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to Factory Defaults selection, this will set all configurations to its original default settings (e.g.
  • Page 54 Reset You can reset the router’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially re-boots your router’s system.
  • Page 55 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service providers. This router supports DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS service providers. Enable/Disable Enable or disable the DDNS function of this router Provider Select a DDNS service provider Domain name Fill in your static domain name that uses DDNS...

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