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  • Page 1 MF29A User Manual...

  • Page 2: Legal Information

    ZTE Corporation. The manual is published by ZTE Corporation. We reserve the right to make modifications on print errors or update specifications with- out prior notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Content Welcome .............. 5 General Information ..........5 Safety Precautions ..............5 Cleaning and Maintaining ............6 Limited Warranty ................. 6 Limitation of Liability ..............7 Getting started ............. 8 Appearance ................8 LED Indicator ................ 8 Interface Description ............. 9 Installation .................
  • Page 4 Accessing the Internet by Bridge Mode ......15 Accessing the Internet by Cable Broadband ....... 15 Accessing the Internet by 3G Gateway ....... 16 Accessing the WebGUI Configuration Page ......16 Login ..................17 Operation Mode ................ 18 WAN Connection ..............18 In Cable Broadband mode ..........

  • Page 5: Welcome

    Welcome Thank you for choosing ZTE MF29A Router (hereinafter referred to as “unit” or “router”). To get the most from your router and to keep it in the best condition, please read this manual carefully. The pictures, symbols and contents in this manual are for your refer- ence only.

  • Page 6: Cleaning And Maintaining

    • Do not place objects on top of the router. This may lead to overheating of the device. • The device must be placed in ventilation environment for use. • Do not expose the router to direct sunlight or store it in hot areas. High temperature can shorten the life of electronic devices.

  • Page 7: Limitation Of Liability

    iii. End User’s mishandling, misuse, negligence, or improper installation, disassemble, storage, servicing or operation of the Product. iv. Modifications or repairs not made by ZTE or a ZTE-certified individual. v. Power failures, surges, fire, flood, accident, actions of third parties or other events outside ZTE’s reasonable control. vi.

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    Getting started The router operates on the HSPA+/HSUPA/HSDPA/WCDMA net- work and GSM/GPRS/EDGE network and supports voice and data service. Appearance LED Indicator Indicator State Description Signal strength is very good or good (RSSI >= -90dBm) 1 WAN signal strength indica- Signal strength is weak (-100dBm <...

  • Page 9: Interface Description

    WAN connection established (PDP activated) 3 WAN connec- WAN connection establishing (PDP tion status indi- Blinking activating) cation WAN connection not established (PDP not activated) PSTN not connected 4 Phone status Blinking Calling via PSTN indication PSTN connected Local phone hang up 5 Phone status Phone picked up, ringing or network Blinking...

  • Page 10: Installation

    2. PSTN: Standard RJ11 connector for PSTN. 3. WAN/LAN: Ethernet connections to internet. In 3G Gateway mode, it is LAN connector. In Cable broadband and Bridge mode, it is WAN connector. 4. LAN1~LAN3: Ethernet connections to computer. 5. Reset: Reset button 6.

  • Page 11: Connecting To Phone

    Notes: Please power off the router and remove the external power adapter before removing or inserting the (U)SIM card. If not, the router or (U)SIM card may be damaged. About (U)SIM Card Avoid handling the (U)SIM card unnecessarily. Hold the card by the edges to prevent static damage.

  • Page 12: Switching On Your Device

    Switching on Your Device 1. Turn the power switch on to get started. Make sure that the phone is on hook before power on. Notes: Do not put anything on the top of the router. Do not lay routers to overlap each other when using.

  • Page 13: Voice

    Voice Making a Call You have two ways to make a call: • Through (U)SIM card. • Through PSTN. To make a call: 1. Pick up the handset. 2. Key in the telephone number. 3. You can either press # key on the telephone to send the call, or wait 4 ~ 8 seconds for the call to be connected automatically.

  • Page 14: Internet Access

    Internet Access The router does not require any drivers, and it supports all operating systems with Ethernet LAN capability, such as Windows 2000, XP, Vista, MAC OS X and Linux. Note: All the parameter settings in this chapter are just for your ref- erence.

  • Page 15: Accessing The Internet

    Notes: There will be a pop-up window to require the password. Please check the label on the battery compartment of your device to gain the SSID and preset password information. 4. Wait a moment, the connection between your device and the client will be established successfully.

  • Page 16: Accessing The Internet By 3G Gateway

    Accessing the Internet by 3G Gateway Note: Please make sure that you have install (U)SIM card before you switch on the device. 1. Login the WebGUI and set the Operation Mode as 3G Gateway. 2. Set WAN Connection in WebGUI. Accessing the WebGUI Configuration Page 1.

  • Page 17: Login

    Login In the WebGUI Configuration page, select the desired language and input the password (the default Password is admin). Click Login to log in the device. Notes: If you check Save after type in password, the device will save it. Next time when you want to login the device with the same pass- word, what you need to do is click Login.

  • Page 18: Operation Mode

    The whole interface is divided into three parts. Related functions can be executed by operation in the related areas. • Index area: Show the configuration list for your device. Content area: Show the detailed configuration. • • System Information Area: Show the system status and different kinds of tips.

  • Page 19: In 3G Gateway Mode

    Select PPPoE, input the User Name and Password supplied by the network provider, and select the Connect mode. • Auto Connect: The router will automatically connect to WAN when it is powered on. • Manual Connect: Connect to Internet or disconnect from Internet manually.

  • Page 20: Sms

    Click Apply to confirm your configuration, and then the figure will show in the wan connection status. This function allows you to send or receive short messages. And you can use this function only in 3G Gateway mode. Sending new SMS 1.

  • Page 21: Settings

    • Click View to view the selected message. • Click Reply to reply to the selected message sender. • Click Forward to forward message to other person. • Click Delete to delete the selected message. Click Delete All to delete all the messages. •...

  • Page 22: Settings

    3G Settings Wireless Info Select Settings > 3G Settings > Wireless Info, the 3G wireless in- formation is shown in the following figure: Click Refresh to update the wireless information. Network Select Select Settings > 3G Settings > Network Select, the Band Selec- tion Mode is shown in the following figure: •...
  • Page 23 • Profile Selection: Choose the desired profile name. • APN: Access Point Name. • PDP Setting: PDP address mode. If a fixed IP address is given by your service provider, select Manual PDP. Otherwise select the Auto PDP and the router will automatically obtain this parameter.

  • Page 24: Wi-Fi Settings

    Wi-Fi Settings Station list Select Settings > Wi-Fi Setting > Station List, the wireless net- work stations are shown in the following figure: Basic Select Settings > Wi-Fi Setting > Basic, the wireless network basic parameters are shown in the following figure:...
  • Page 25 • Wi-Fi On/Off: Enable Wi-Fi or not. • Network Mode: If all of the wireless devices connect with this router in the same transmission mode, performance will be improved by choosing the appropriate wireless mode. • Network Name(SSID): Service Set Identifier (SSID). Enter a string less than 32 characters as the name for your wireless local area network (WLAN).
  • Page 26 Step Description • If you select Disable, WDS is disabled. • If you select Lazy Mode, WDS is enabled, and set wireless MAC address only on the peer APs. • If you select Bridge Mode, WDS is 2.Select WDS mode: enabled, and set the peer APs wireless Disable, Lazy Mode, MAC address on router.
  • Page 27 The HT physical Mode parameters are shown below: • Operating Mode: In Mixed Mode, packets are transmitted with a preamble compatible with the legacy 802.11a/g, the rest of the packet has a new format. In Green Field, high throughput packets are transmitted without a legacy compatible part. •...
  • Page 28 • Beacon Interval: The router broadcasts beacon message to announce that it has buffered frames to deliver. The default value is 100 (ms).Beacons are packets sent by an access point to synchronize a wireless network. Specify a beacon interval value. is recommended.
  • Page 29 • Short Preamble: The length of CRC block in the frames during the wireless communication. • Shot Slot: To indicate that 802.11g is using a shot time slot because there is no legacy station(802.11b) present. • Tx Burst: Tx burst allows router to deliver better throughput in the same period and environment in order to increase speed.
  • Page 30 Unless one of these encryption modes is selected, wireless trans- missions to and from your wireless network can be easily intercept- ed and interpreted by unauthorized users. The security modes are described below: • Open: You can authenticate successfully with a SSID, whether it is valid or empty.
  • Page 31 If the Authentication type is WPA-PSK , WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK , the bottom part of the configuration page displays WPA parameters. WPA Algorithm: TKIP, AES or AUTO. • • Pass phrase: You can input hexadecimal digits up to 64 characters or input ASCII characters choose a length of 63 characters or less.

  • Page 32: Firewall

    WPS Summary, WPS Progress and WPS Status are all shown in the figure. To set WPS, select WPS mode, the two modes are described below: PIN: Set the client's PIN code in Client PIN field. • • PBC: Press the WPS button of the router or select PBC, and then click Apply.
  • Page 33 If you select Enable, the filter settings will appear: • Default Policy: Set how to handle the packet if none of the rules matches. • MAC address: Set the MAC address that will be filtered. • Dest IP Address: Set the destination IP address that will be filtered.
  • Page 34 • Source Port Range: Set the source port numbers that will be filtered. • Action: Set how to handle the packet if it matches with the rule. Comment: Type comment for the filter settings. • Notes: Filtering rules are matched one by one, if met this provision, it will not continue to match the rules listed below.

  • Page 35: Port Forwarding

    Type URL address, and then click Add to add the URL address into the filtering list. The new URL filtering item will be shown in the Cur- rent Webs URL Filters: field. Port Forwarding You can setup virtual servers to provide services on the Internet. Se- lect Firewall >...
  • Page 36 You can setup a De-militarized Zone(DMZ) to separate internal net- work with the Internet. Select Firewall > DMZ, the DMZ setting is shown in the following figure: If you select Enable, set the DMZ IP Address, and then click Apply to confirm your configuration.

  • Page 37: Advanced

    Allow or Deny the remote management function, Allow or Deny ping from WAN filter on requirement, and then click Apply. Advanced Status Select Settings > Advanced > Status, the system information is shown in the following figure: Management Select Settings > Advanced > Management, the administrator set- tings information is shown in the following figure: You can change the administrator’s password.
  • Page 38 PIN Manage Note: Pin Manage can be used in 3G Gateway mode. Select Settings > Advanced > PIN Manage, the PIN manage is shown in the following figure: If you select Modify, the modification parameters are shown in the following figure: Type the old PIN code, and then type two times the new PIN code.
  • Page 39 Notes: Three times consecutive wrong PIN code entries will block the (U)SIM card. To unlock, you need PUK. PIN code and PUK code may be offered together with the (U)SIM Card. If not, please contact with network operator. Router Note: Router can be used in 3G Gateway mode and Cable Broad- band mode.

  • Page 40: Usage Of Wps

    Upgrade Firmware Select Settings > Advanced > Upgrade Firmware to upgrade the software version of the router. Click Browse..., locate the latest software version, and then click Upgrade. Time Select Settings > Advanced > Time to set the time of the router. Usage of WPS If your client device supports WPS, you need not to input the pass- word manually after WPS has been available.

  • Page 41: U-Disk Master

    Notes: For the detailed operations about the client, please refer to the cli- ent’s instruction. U-Disk Master 1. Start up your device. 2. Launch the client device connected to your device. 3. Connect the storage devices (i.e.USB disk) to the USB port of the device.

  • Page 42: Logout

    Logout Select Logout, a pop-up window will appear as the following figure shown: Click OK to logout the web page.

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Voice Related Problems Symptoms Possible Problems/ Solutions Please wait for 1~2 minutes after the router is turned on. No Dial Tone. If 3G LED light is blinking, you have no good RF reception. Change the location of the router. Make sure your (U)SIM card is inserted There is a prompt/ correctly and the PIN number has been...
  • Page 44 Internet Related Problems Symptoms Possible Problems/ Solutions Please check your configuration set- tings. I cannot access the inter- Please wait 1~ 2 minutes for the router net at all. to initialize. Check your service indicator LED’s. The speed is dependent on signal The download or upload strength.

  • Page 45: Technical Parameters

    Technical Parameters Network & Frequency Band EDGE/GPRS/GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz HSPA+/HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS: 850/900/1900/2100MHz Power Adapter Input: 100V~240V(AC), 50/60Hz Output:+12V (DC), 1.5A Data Service HSUPA 5.76Mbps UL HSDPA 28Mbps DL Dimensions (W×H×D) 202mm×160mm×30.5mm Weight About 550g...

  • Page 46: Glossary

    Glossary • AC: Alternating Current • APN: Access Point Name • DC: Direct Current • DHCP: Dynamic Host Control Protocol • DNS: Domain Name System (or Service or Server) • DoS: Denial of Service • EDGE: Enhanced Data GSM Evolution •...
  • Page 47 • SIP: Session Initiated Protocol • UPnP: Universal Plug and Play • (U)SIM: Subscriber Identification Module • WCDMA: Wideband CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) • WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy • WLAN: Wireless LAN • WPA-PSK: Wi-Fi Protected Access–PreShared Key...

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