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  • Page 1 ANSEL 2515 108M Wireless Router...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. ANSEL is a registered trademark of ANSEL DE MEXICO S DE R.L. DE C.V., Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: Package Contents

    Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: One 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router One AC power Adapter for 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router, including: • This Guide •...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    COMMENT Chapter 1. About this Guide ..............1 Purposes ......................1 Conventions ....................1 Overview of this User Guide................1 Chapter 2. Introduction ................2 Overview of the Router...................2 Features ......................2 Panel Layout ....................3 2.3.1 The Front Panel ....................3 2.3.2 The Rear Panel....................4 Chapter 3.
  • Page 6 5.7.2 Port Triggering ....................39 5.7.3 DMZ ........................40 5.7.4 UPnP........................41 Security ......................42 5.8.1 Firewall.......................42 5.8.2 IP Address Filtering....................43 5.8.3 Domain Filtering....................45 5.8.4 MAC Filtering .....................46 5.8.5 Remote Management ..................48 5.8.6 Advanced Security .....................49 IP & MAC Binding Setting ................50 5.9.1 Binding Setting....................51 5.9.2 ARP List ......................52 5.10...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. About This Guide

    108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 1. About this Guide Thank you for choosing the 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router. This router provides dedicated solution for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks. With your network all connected, your local wired or wireless network can share Internet access, files and fun for multiple PCs through one ISP account.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2. Introduction

    The 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-router and Wireless AP. Its design is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions. The 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router will allow you to connect your network wirelessly better than ever, sharing Internet Access, files and fun, easily and securely.

  • Page 9: Panel Layout

    2.3 Panel Layout 2.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the 2515 consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. View from left to right. The next table describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router.

  • Page 10: The Rear Panel

    The rear panel contains the following features. (View from left to right) AC power socket: Please use the power adapter which is supplied with the 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router only, the use of a different adapter may result in product damage.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3. Connecting The Router

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 3. Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (you do not need it if you connect the router to the Ethernet)
  • Page 12 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router...

  • Page 13: Chapter 4. Quick Installation Guide

    4.1 TCP/IP configuration The default IP address of the 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router is 192.168.1.1. And the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. These values can be seen from the LAN. They can be changed as you desire, as an example we use the default values for description in this guide.
  • Page 14 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-1 Success result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to that shown in Figure 4-2, it means that your PC has not connected to the router. Figure 4-2 Failure result of Ping command...

  • Page 15: Quick Installation Guide

    With a Web-based (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) utility, it is easy to configure and manage the 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser. Connect to the router by typing http://192.168.1.1 in the address field of Web browser.
  • Page 16 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-5 Quick Setup Click Next, and then Choose WAN Connection Type page will appear, shown in figure 4-6. Figure 4-6 Choose WAN Connection Type The router supports three popular ways to connect to Internet. Please select one compatible with your ISP.
  • Page 17 SSID: Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same SSID must be assigned to all wireless devices on your network. The default SSID is ANSEL. This value is case-sensitive. For example, ANSEL is NOT the same as ansel.
  • Page 18 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Region: Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the router can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the router in a region other than one of those specified in this field.

  • Page 19: Chapter 5. Configuring The Router

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 5. Configuring the Router This chapter describes each Web page's key functions. 5.1 Login After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are ten main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus.

  • Page 20: Quick Setup

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-1 Router Status 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide."...

  • Page 21: Network

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5.4 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 5-2): LAN, WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.
  • Page 22 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide a password, please select the type of your ISP provided (PPPoE/BigPond/L2TP/PPTP). If you are not sure which connection type you use currently, please contact your ISP to obtain the correct information. If you choose Dynamic IP, the router will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP.
  • Page 23 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide If you choose Static IP, you should have fixed IP Parameters specified by your ISP. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 5-5: Figure 5-5 WAN - Static IP You should type the following parameters into the spaces provided: IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
  • Page 24 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-6 WAN - PPPoE User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time).
  • Page 25 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number time in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting last unless a new link is requested.
  • Page 26 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide address in dotted-decimal notation of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is available, enter it as well. Click the Save button to save your settings. If you choose 802.1X + Dynamic IP, you should enter the follow parameters(Figure 5-8): Figure 5-8 802.1X + Dynamic IP Settings...
  • Page 27 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-9 802.1X + Static IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication.
  • Page 28 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-10 Big Pond Settings User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name.
  • Page 29 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0"...
  • Page 30 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection...
  • Page 31 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-12 PPTP Settings User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Dynamic IP/ Static IP – Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name.

  • Page 32: Mac Clone

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide terminates. Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button.

  • Page 33: Wireless

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Note: Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature. If you click the Save button, the router will prompt you to reboot. 5.5 Wireless Figure 5-14 Wireless menu There are three submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 5-14): Wireless Settings, MAC Filtering and Wireless Statistics.
  • Page 34 SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name (SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. The default SSID is ANSEL, but it is recommended strongly that you change your networks name (SSID) to a different value. This value is case-sensitive.
  • Page 35 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide recommended strongly that you choose this option to encrypt your wireless network. The encryption settings are described below. Authentication Type - You can select one of the following authentication types: • WEP - Select WEP authentication type based on 802.11 authentications.

  • Page 36: Mac Filtering

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-15a WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Passphrase - You can enter a WPA or WPA2 passphrase between 8 and 63 characters long. Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 seconds or from 30 seconds and up, 1-29 seconds are not usable figures.
  • Page 37 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-16 Wireless MAC address Filtering The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations accessing the router, which depend on the station's MAC addresses. MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to access.
  • Page 38 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX hexadecimal digit). example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A.

  • Page 39: Wireless Statistics

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide pull-down list and select Enabled in the Status pull-down list. Click the Save and the Return button. 5. Click the Add New... button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the MAC Address field, enter wireless station B in the Description field, select Deny in the Privilege pull-down list and select Enabled in the Status pull-down list.

  • Page 40: Dhcp

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button.

  • Page 41: Dhcp Clients List

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address. End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool.

  • Page 42: Address Reservation

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5.6.3 Address Reservation When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings.

  • Page 43: Forwarding

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page. Note: The function won't take effect until the router reboots. 5.7 Forwarding Figure 5-24 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 5-24): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP.
  • Page 44 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Select the service you want to use from the Common Service Port list. If the Common Service Port list does not have the service that you want to use, type the number of the service port or service port range in the Service Port box.

  • Page 45: Port Triggering

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5.7.2 Port Triggering Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video conferencing, Internet calling and so on. These applications cannot work with a pure NAT router. Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that can work with an NAT router. You can set up Port...

  • Page 46: Dmz

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide request. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports Range from the pull-down list, either TCP or UDP, or All. Select the Enable checkbox to enable. Click the Save button to save the new rule.

  • Page 47: Upnp

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide and should have a new static IP Address assigned to it because its IP Address may change when using the DHCP function. You can set up DMZ host on this page shown in Figure 5-29:...

  • Page 48: Security

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Status - Either Enabled or Disabled, “Enabled” means that port is still active. Otherwise, • the port is inactive. Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 5.8 Security Figure 5-31 The Security menu...

  • Page 49: Ip Address Filtering

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-32 Firewall Settings Enable Firewall - the general firewall switch is on or off. Enable IP Address Filtering - set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Deny passing through the router.
  • Page 50 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide To disable the IP Address Filtering feature, keep the default setting, Disabled. To set up an IP Address Filtering entry, click Enable Firewall and Enable IP Address Filtering on the Firewall page, and click the Add New… button. The page "Add or Modify an IP Address Filtering entry"...

  • Page 51: Domain Filtering

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries You can change the entry’s order as desired. Fore entries are before hind entries. Enter the ID number in the first box you want to move and another ID number in second box you want to move to, and then click the Move button to change the entry’s order.

  • Page 52: Mac Filtering

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-36 Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry, follow these instructions: Effective Time - Enter a range of time in HHMM format specifying the time for the entry to take effect.
  • Page 53 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-37 MAC address Filtering Before setting up MAC Filtering entries, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable MAC Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a MAC Address filtering entry, clicking the Add New…...

  • Page 54: Remote Management

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page.

  • Page 55: Advanced Security

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Note: Be sure to change the router's default password to a very secure password. 5.8.6 Advanced Security Using Advanced Security page (shown in Figure 5-40), you can protect the router from being attacked by TCP-SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood from LAN.

  • Page 56: Ip & Mac Binding Setting

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Attack Filtering. TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the router will start up the blocking function immediately.

  • Page 57: Binding Setting

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5.9.1 Binding Setting This page displays the IP & MAC Binding Setting table; you can operate it in accord with your desire. (shown in Figure 5-43). Figure 5-43 IP & MAC Binding Setting • MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN.

  • Page 58: Arp List

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. To find an existing entry: Click the Find button (shown in Figure 5-43). Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. Enter the Find button in the next page (shown in Figure 5-45).

  • Page 59: Static Routing

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items.

  • Page 60: Ddns

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-48 Add or Modify a Static Route Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete.

  • Page 61: Oray.net Ddns

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-49 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account.

  • Page 62: Comexe.cn Ddns

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Type the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Domain Name - The domain names are displayed here.

  • Page 63: System Tools

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5.12 System Tools Figure 5-52 The System Tools menu There are eight submenus under the System Tools menu (shown in Figure 5-52): Time, Firmware, Factory Defaults, Backup and Restore, Reboot, Password, Log and Statistics.

  • Page 64: Firmware

    To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions: Download the latest firmware upgrade file from the ANSEL website (www.ansel.com). Click Browse to view the folders and select the downloaded file.

  • Page 65: Factory Defaults

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Firmware Version - Displays the current firmware version. Hardware Version - Displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the upgrade file must accord with the current hardware version. Note: Do not turn off the router or press the Reset button while the firmware is being upgraded.

  • Page 66: Reboot

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Note: The current configuration will be covered with the uploading configuration file. The restoration process lasts for 20 seconds and the router will restart automatically. Keep the router on during the restoring process, to prevent any damage.

  • Page 67: Log

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide any spaces. Enter the new Password twice to confirm it. Click the Save button when finished. Click the Clear All button to clear all. 5.12.7 Log This page (shown in Figure 5-59) allows you to query the logs of the router.

  • Page 68: Appendix A: Faq

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Packets Statistics Interval - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic. Sorted Rules - Here displays sort as desired.
  • Page 69 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide If your ADSL lease is in “pay-according-time” mode, select “Connect on Demand” or “Connect Manually” for Internet connection mode. Type an appropriate number for “Max Idle Time” to avoid wasting paid time. Otherwise, you can select “Auto-connecting” for Internet connection mode.
  • Page 70 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide If you start Netmeeting as a sponsor, you don’t need to do anything with the router. If you start as a response, you need to configure Virtual Server or DMZ Host. How to configure Virtual Server: Login to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "Virtual Servers"...
  • Page 71 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router, you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference.
  • Page 72 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure A-9 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry The wireless stations cannot connect to the router. Make sure the "Wireless Router Radio" is enabled. Make sure that the wireless stations' SSID accord with the router's SSID.

  • Page 73: Appendix B:configuring The Pcs

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix B:Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed.
  • Page 74 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 62 The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: Setting IP address automatically...
  • Page 75 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 63 Setting IP address manually Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available If the router's LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1, type IP address is 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 76 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Note: The words in fact may be different with this guide. Remarks: you can check whether your configuration is successful through PING command. Enter Ping 192.168.1.1 If the screen looks like the following, you have been successful.

  • Page 77: Appendix C: Specifications

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11b and 802.11g Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX...

  • Page 78: Appendix D: Glossary

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary ™ ™ 108M Super G WLAN Transmission Technology - 108M Super G WLAN Transmission Technology employs multiple performance-enhancing techniques including packet bursting, fast frames, data compression, and dynamic turbo mode that combine to improve the throughput and range of wireless networking products.
  • Page 79 2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide IP addresses. Domain Name - A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet. DoS (Denial of Service) - A hacker attack designed to prevent your computer or network from operating or communicating.

  • Page 80: Appendix E: Contact Information

    2515 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix E: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of the ANSEL 2515 108Mbps Wireless Router, please contact us. Website: http://www.ansel.com...

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