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WF-2402
User Manual
netis 150Mbps Wireless-N
Broadband Router
V1.3
2011-05-18

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  • Page 1 WF-2402 User Manual netis 150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router V1.3 2011-05-18...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    150Mbps 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

    150Mbps 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 HUMIDITY ............................. 7 POWER ..............................7 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................
  • Page 5 150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 4.2.5. MAC Clone ........................31 4.3. WPS S ........................32 ETTINGS 4.3.1. WPS Settings ........................ 32 4.3.2. Add a New Device ......................32 4.3.3. WPS Configuration ...................... 33 4.4..........................34 ETWORK 4.4.1. WAN..........................34 4.4.1.1.
  • Page 6 150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO SET MAC FILTER: ..........52 4.8.4. Domain Filtering ......................53 FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO SET DNS FILTER: ................53 1. YOU CAN SELECT “ENABLE” AND CLICK “SAVE” TO ENABLE “DNS FILTER” FUNCTION.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 1. Introduction 1.1. Product Overview The 150Mbps 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 150Mbps 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

    150Mbps 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

    150Mbps 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

    150Mbps 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 150Mbps 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

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 3. Login You can manage the 150Mbps 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 150Mbps 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 150Mbps 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 150Mbps 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

    150Mbps 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 150Mbps 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 150Mbps 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

    150Mbps 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 150Mbps 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 150Mbps 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: Windows 7

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 3-16 7. Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window 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→...
  • Page 22 150Mbps 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 23: Mac Os

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual and then press the OK to close the window. Figure 3-20 10. 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→...
  • Page 24 150Mbps 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 25: Checking Connection With The Router

    150Mbps 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 150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router at the DOS prompt: ...

  • Page 26: Login

    150Mbps 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 27 150Mbps 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 28: Router Setup

    150Mbps 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 version. Figure 4-1 4.1.2. This feature provides running status information of the WAN port (the port connect to the Internet) ...

  • Page 29: Lan

    150Mbps 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 30: Router Status

    150Mbps 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 4.2. 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 31: Pppoe

    150Mbps 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 32: Wireless Configuration

    150Mbps 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 33: Wps Settings

    150Mbps 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 34: Wps Configuration

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 1. Push the WPS button in the Router until the WPS LED is flashing several times. 2. Push the WPS button in the wireless network card for about 3-5seconds. 3. The safe connection will be established automatically. Method 2: 1.

  • Page 35: Network

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-17 4.4. Network 4.4.1. This item provides two access types for you to configure the WAN parameters. They are wired access and wireless access. 4.4.1.1. Wired Access Figure 4-18  Internet Access Type: Ask for your ISP to get the correct access type. ...

  • Page 36: Wireless Access

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual fail to send Email, or fail to browse website. So if that happen, you can contact your ISP for more information and correct your router’s MTU value.  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 37: Lan

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual fail to send Email, or fail to browse website. So if that happen, you can contact your ISP for more information and correct your router’s MTU value.  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 38: Igmp Proxy

    150Mbps 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 39: Wireless Security

    150Mbps 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 40: None

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual “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 41: Wpa-Psk

    150Mbps 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 42: Wireless Mac Filtering

    150Mbps 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 43 150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-31  WDS Name: Give a description of your wireless bridge to tell apart.  WDS MAC Address: If the current working mode is “WDS” or “AP+WDS”, then you need to configure wireless bridge configuration. Enter MAC address of remote access point, at the same time the remote access point also need to configure to “WDS”...

  • Page 44: Repeater Settings

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual  Input WDS name (e.g.: default), input MAC address of AP2 (00-22-4f-bc-af-5d), click add, then the record named default will appears in WDS list.  Select Channel is ‘Channel 6’in wireless management-basic of AP2. AP2: ...
  • Page 45 150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual  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 46: Wireless Advanced

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual AP3:  Select radio mode is ‘REPEATER’in wireless management-basic of AP3.  Select Repeater SSID is ‘Netis2’in wireless management-basic of AP2.  Select Channel is ‘Channel 6’in wireless management-basic of AP2.  The IP address of AP3 should be 192.168.1.x (1<x<255),but different from AP2. ...

  • Page 47: Wireless Statistics

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual  Aggregation: You can accelerate the wireless transmission speed by enabling the aggregation function. The default is AMPDU＋AMSDU.  Fragmentation Threshold: It specifies the maximum size of packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. ...

  • Page 48: Dhcp

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual Figure 4-38 4.6. DHCP 4.6.1. DHCP Settings Figure 4-39 4.6.2. DHCP Clients List Display the state of assigned IP by DHCP Server. Figure 4-40...

  • Page 49: Address Reservation

    150Mbps 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 50: Port Triggering

    150Mbps 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 51: Upnp

    150Mbps 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 52: Ip Address Filtering

    150Mbps 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 53: Follow The Following Steps To Set Internet Access Control

    150Mbps 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 continue to create appropriate rules for “IP Firewall”. 2.

  • Page 54: Domain Filtering

    150Mbps 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 55: Static Routing

    150Mbps 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 56: Qos Settings

    150Mbps 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 57: System Tools

    150Mbps 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 58: Password

    150Mbps 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 59: Remote Management

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 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” button to enable web management. Figure 4-59 4.12.7.

  • Page 60: Troubleshooting

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual 5. Troubleshooting 1. 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 61: My Wireless Client Cannot Communicate With Another Ethernet Computer

    150Mbps Wireless-N Broadband Router User Manual as required by the ISP. Also ensure you have entered the correct settings provided by the ISP.  For cable users, if your ISP requires a registered Ethernet card MAC address, make sure you have cloned the network adapter’ s MAC address to the WAN port of the router. (See the MAC Address field in WAN Setup.) 5.

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