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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual CDW530AM WiFi Combo Router...

  • Page 2: Copyright

    Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS COPYRIGHT ......................... 2 FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT ................... 2 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..................4 1.1 PACKAGE LIST ......................4 1.2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................. 5 CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED..................7 2.1 EASY SETUP BY WINDOWS UTILITY ..............7 2.2 EASY SETUP BY CONFIGURING WEB PAGES ..........12 CHAPTER 3 MAKING CONFIGURATION ..............

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 . Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding product: CDW530AM WiFi Combo Router. This product is specifically designed for those who need to have the internet access beyond his home and office. It provides a complete solution for Internet surfing and broadband sharing.

  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    1.2 Hardware Installation 1.2.1 Hardware configuration 1.2.2 LED indicators LED indicator: LED Status Description Green 3G/3.5G is on. 3G LED Green in flash Data access Green It is connected to local Ethernet. WAN LED Green in flash Data access RJ45 cable is plugged, and Ethernet connection Green is established.

  • Page 6: Installation Steps

    1.2.3 Installation Steps Step 1. Attach the antenna: Screw the antenna in a clockwise direction to the back panel of the unit. DO NOT connect WiFi Combo Router to power before performing the installation steps below. Step 2. Insert the USB modem to the router: Plug your USB modem which is with activated SIM card provided by your 3G service provider.

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    Chapter 2 . Getting Started There are two approaches for you to set up the WiFi Combo Router quickly and easily. One is through executing the provided Windows Easy Setup Utility on your PC, and the other is through browsing the web pages of device and configuration. 2.1 Easy Setup by Windows Utility Step 1：...
  • Page 8 Step 4： Click “Next” to continue. Step 5： Select Wireless Enable, and then click “Next” to continue. Step 6： Enter SSID, Channel and Security options, and then click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 9 Step 7： Select 3G Service by clicking 3G icon to continue. Step 8-1： Select “Auto-Detection”, and the Utility will try to detect and configure the required 3G service settings automatically. Click “Next” to continue. Default PIN Code is empty, if you have PIN Code, you must enter it.
  • Page 10 Step 9： The WiFi Combo Router is rebooted to make your entire configuration take effect. Step 10： Click “Next” to test the Internet connection or you can ignore test. Step 11： Click “Next” to test WAN Networking service.
  • Page 11 Step 12： Congratulations! Setup is completed. Now you have already connected to Internet successfully.

  • Page 12: Easy Setup By Configuring Web

    2.2 Easy Setup by Configuring Web Pages You can also browse UI of the web to configure the device. Browse to Activate the Setup Wizard Type in the IP Address (http://192.168.123.254) Type the default password „admin‟ in the System Password and then click „login‟...
  • Page 13 Configure with the Setup Wizard Step 1: Setup login password. Enter your system password. Step 2: Select Time Zone. Step 3: Setup Wan Type.
  • Page 14 Step 4: Select LAN IP address and Wan Type. If you want to use 3G service as the main internet access, please set the WAN interface as “Wireless WAN” and the WAN type as “3G”. Step 5-1: Set up 3G Dial-up profile. If you select Auto-Detection and know the default pin code...
  • Page 15 Step 6: Set up your Wireless Settings. Type your network ID in the blank of SSID. Step 7: Set up Wireless Security. Enter your Authentication and Encryption Step 7: Apply your Setting. Confirm the information you set up in User Interface.
  • Page 16 Step 8: The WiFi Combo Router is rebooted to make your entire configuration take effect. Step 9 Click Finish to complete it.

  • Page 17: Chapter 3 Making Configuration

    Chapter 3 . Making Configuration Whenever you want to configure your network or this device, you can access the Configuration Menu by opening the web-browser and typing in the IP Address of the device. The default IP Address is: 192.168.123.254. Enter the default password “admin”...
  • Page 18 1. LAN IP Address: The local IP address of this device. The computer on your network must use the LAN IP address of this device as their Default Gateway. You can change it if necessary. 2. Subnet Mask: Input your Subnet mask. (All devices in the network must have the same subnet mask.) The default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 19 selected, the device will try to configure some ISP specific dial-up parameters automatically. However, if you choose “Manual”, you must enter the following information. 2. Country: Select your country. 3. Telecom: Select your telecom. 4. 3G Network: Select the 3G Network 5.
  • Page 20 B. iBurst 1. Primary DNS: This feature allows you to assign a Primary DNS Server, contact to your ISP to get it. (Optional) 2. Secondary DNS: This feature allows you to assign a Secondary DNS Server, you can contact to your ISP to get it. (Optional) 3.
  • Page 21 Ethernet WAN A. Static IP Address 1. Activate WWAN for Auto-Failover: With this function enabled, when the Ethernet WAN connection is broken, the device will automatically activate the WWAN connection and keep you connected to internet with the alternative WWAN broadband service. Meanwhile, if the device detected that the Ethernet WAN connection is recovered, your broadband connection will be switched to use the Ethernet WAN service.
  • Page 22 1. Activate WWAN for Auto-Failover: With this function enabled, when the Ethernet WAN connection is broken, the device will automatically activate the WWAN connection and keep you connected to internet with the alternative WWAN broadband service. Meanwhile, if the device detected that the Ethernet WAN connection is recovered, your broadband connection will be switched to use the Ethernet WAN service.
  • Page 23 C. PPP over Ethernet 1. Activate WWAN for Auto-Failover: With this function enabled, when the Ethernet WAN connection is broken, the device will automatically activate the WWAN connection and keep you connected to internet with the alternative WWAN broadband service. Meanwhile, if the device detected that the Ethernet WAN connection is recovered, your broadband connection will be switched to use the Ethernet WAN service.
  • Page 24 8. NAT disable: The device would not send private IP to other LAN PC if you select disable. D. PPTP 1. Activate WWAN for Auto-Failover: With this function enabled, when the Ethernet WAN connection is broken, the device will automatically activate the WWAN connection and keep you connected to internet with the alternative WWAN broadband service.
  • Page 25 device will connect with ISP automatically after system is restarted or connection is dropped. 8. Connection Control: There are 3 modes to select: Connect-on-demand: The device will link up with ISP when the clients send outgoing packets. Auto Reconnect (Always-on): The device will link with ISP until the connection is established.

  • Page 26: Dhcp Server

    assigned to you. 4. Gateway IP and Server IP Address/Name: The IP address of the L2TP server and designated Gateway provided by your ISP. 5. L2TP Account and Password: The account and password your ISP assigned to you. If you don't want to change the password, keep it blank. 6.
  • Page 27 automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer. You must specify the starting / ending address of the IP address pool. 3. Lease Time: DHCP lease time to the DHCP client. 4. Domain Name: Optional, this information will be passed to the clients. Press “More>>”...

  • Page 28: Wireless Settings

    3.1.3 Wireless Settings Wireless settings allow you to set the wireless configuration items. 1. Wireless Module: You can enable or disable wireless function. 2. Network ID (SSID): Network ID is used for identifying the Wireless LAN (WLAN). Client stations can roam freely over this device and other Access Points that have the same Network ID.
  • Page 29  Open Open system authentication simply consists of two communications. The first is an authentication request by the client that contains the station ID (typically the MAC address). This is followed by an authentication response from the AP/router containing a success or failure message.
  • Page 30  WPA/WPA2 Another encryption options for WPA-TKIP and WPA2-AES, the others are same the WPA. Press “WDS Setting” and It allows PC to get connected to wireless network within the area. 1. Wireless Bridging: You could enable this function by selecting “Enable”. 2.

  • Page 31: Change Password

    AP PIN: You can press Generate New Pin to get an AP PIN. Config Mode: Select your config Mode from “Registrar” or “Enrollee”. Config Status: It shows the status of your configuration. Config Method: You can select the Config Method here from “Pin Code” or “Push Button”.

  • Page 32: Forwarding Rules

    3.2 Forwarding Rules 3.2.1 Virtual Server This product‟s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your Intranet, so all hosts behind this product are invisible to the outside world. If you wish, you can make some of them accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping. A virtual server is defined as a Service Port, and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the Server IP.
  • Page 33 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...
  • Page 34 3.2.3 Miscellaneous 1. IP Address of DMZ Host DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) Host is a host without the protection of firewall. It allows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted 2-way communication for Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony and other special applications. 2.

  • Page 35: Security Setting

    3.3 Security Setting 3.3.1 Packet Filters Packet Filter includes both outbound filter and inbound filter. And they have same way to setting. It enables you to control what packets are allowed to pass the router. Outbound filter applies on all outbound packets. However, inbound filter applies on packets that destined to Virtual Servers or DMZ host only.

  • Page 36: Domain Filters

    You can specify 8 rules for each direction: inbound or outbound. For each rule, you can define the following:  Source IP address  Source port  Destination IP address  Destination port  Protocol: TCP or UDP or both. ...

  • Page 37: Url Blocking

    Domain Filter prevents users under this device from accessing specific URLs. 1. Domain Filter: Check if you want to enable Domain Filter. 2. Log DNS Query: Check if you want to log the action when someone accesses the specific URLs. 3.

  • Page 38: Mac Control

    1. URL Blocking: Check if you want to enable URL Blocking. 2. URL: If any part of the Website's URL matches the pre-defined word, the connection will be blocked. For example, you can use pre-defined word "sex" to block all websites if their URLs contain pre-defined word "sex".
  • Page 39 allow or deny the clients, whose MAC addresses are not in the "Control table" (please see below), to connect with this device. 3. Association control: Check "Association control" to enable the controlling of which wireless client can associate to the wireless LAN. If a client is denied to associate to the wireless LAN, it means the client can't send or receive any data via this device.

  • Page 40: Advanced Setting

    3.4 Advanced Setting 3.4.1 System Log This page supports two methods to export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog (UDP) and SMTP(TCP). The items you have to setup include:...

  • Page 41: Dynamic Dns

    1. IP Address for Syslog: Host IP of destination where syslog will be sent to. Check Enable to enable this function. 2. Setting of Email alert: Check if you want to enable Email alert (send syslog via email). 3. SMTP Server: Port: Input the SMTP server IP and port, which are connected with ':'. If you do not specify port number, the default value is 25.
  • Page 42 concatenated with hostname(you specify) and a suffix(DDNS provider specifies). Username/E-mail: Input username or E-mail based on the DDNS provider you select. Password/Key: Input password or key based on the DDNS provider you select. Afterwards, click on “Save” to store your settings or click “Undo” to give up the changes. 3.4.3 QoS QoS provide different priority to different users or data flows, or guarantee a certain level of performance.
  • Page 43 3.4.4 SNMP In brief, SNMP, the Simple Network Management Protocol, is a protocol designed to give a user the capability to remotely manage a computer network by polling and setting terminal values and monitoring network events. 1. Enable SNMP: You must check “Local”, “Remote” or both to enable SNMP function. If “Local”...
  • Page 44 3.4.5 Routing If you have more than one routers and subnets, you will need to enable routing table to allow packets to find proper routing path and allow different subnets to communicate with each other. The routing table allows you to determine which physical interface addresses are utilized for outgoing IP data grams.

  • Page 45: System Time

    3.4.6 System Time 1. Time Zone: Select a time zone where this device locates. 2. Auto-Synchronization: Check the “Enable” checkbox to enable this function. Besides, you can select a NTP time server to consult UTC time. 3. Sync with Time Server: Click on the button if you want to set Date and Time by NTP Protocol .
  • Page 46 3.4.7 Scheduling You can set the schedule time to decide which service will be turned on or off. 1. Schedule: Check to enable the schedule rule settings. 2. Add New Rule: To create a schedule rule, click the “New Add” button. You can edit the Name of Rule, Policy, and set the schedule time (Week day, Start Time, and End Time).

  • Page 47: Tool Box

    3.5 Tool Box 3.5.1 System Info You can view the System Information and System log, and download/clear the System log, in this page.

  • Page 48: Firmware Upgrade

    3.5.2 Firmware Upgrade You can upgrade firmware by clicking “Upgrade” button. 3.5.3 Backup Setting You can backup your settings by clicking the “Backup Setting” function item and save it as a bin file. Once you want to restore these settings, please click Firmware Upgrade button and use the bin file you saved.

  • Page 49: Reset To Default

    3.5.4 Reset to Default You can also reset this device to factory default settings by clicking the Reset to default function item. 3.5.5 Reboot You can also reboot this device by clicking the Reboot function item. 3.5.6 Miscellaneous MAC Address for Wake-on-LAN: It enables you to power up a networked device remotely.
  • Page 50 of MAC Address for Wake-on-LAN. Afterwards. Afterwards, click "Wake up" button which makes the router to send the wake-up frame to the target device immediately. Domain Name or IP address for Ping Test: Allow you to configure an IP, and ping the device.

  • Page 51: Chapter4 Troubleshooting

    . Troubleshooting This Chapter provides solutions to problems for the installation and operation of the WiFi Combo Router. You can refer to the following if you are having problems. 1 Why can’t I configure the router even the cable is plugged and the LED is lit? Do a Ping test to make sure that the WiFi Combo Note: It is recommended that you use...
  • Page 52 Select Properties to ensure that all drivers are installed properly. Look under Device Status to see if the device is working properly. Click “OK”. 2 What can I do if my Ethernet connection does not work properly? Make sure the RJ45 cable connects with the router. Ensure that the setting on your Network Interface Card adapter is “Enabled”.
  • Page 53 Why does my 3G connection keep dropping? Please check 3G signal strength from your ISP in your environment is above middle level. 4 Something wrong with the wireless connection? Can’t setup a wireless connection? Ensure that the SSID and the encryption settings are exactly the same to the Clients.
  • Page 54 III. Keep your product away from electrical devices that generate RF noise, like microwaves, monitors, electric motors, etc. 5 What to do if I forgot my encryption key? 1. Go back to advanced setting to set up your Encryption key again. 2.

  • Page 55: Appendix A. Spec Summary Table

    Appendix A. Spec Summary Table 3G Access USB port Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11 B\G\N ( 1T1R, not MINO solution ) 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6 Mbps per channel, Auto Fall-Back Data Rate 2.4 – 2.462 GHz, CCK / OFDM modulation Frequency Tx/Rx power 18dbm/Per Cell Range Coverage...

  • Page 56: Appendix B. Licensing Information

    Appendix B. Licensing information This product includes copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Please refer to the GNU General Public License below to check the detailed terms of this license. The following parts of this product are subject to the GNU GPL, and those software packages are copyright by their respective authors.

  • Page 57: Stand

    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it.
  • Page 58 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program", below, refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"...
  • Page 59 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium...
  • Page 60 It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution system, which is implemented by public license practices.

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