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Netis WF2501 User Manual

150/300mbps wireless-n long distance broadband router
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netis150/300MbpsWireless-N Long
Distance Broadband Router
V1.0
2012-02-13

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  • Page 1 WF2501 WF2502 User Manual netis150/300MbpsWireless-N Long Distance Broadband Router V1.0 2012-02-13...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Contents INTRODUCTION ........................6 1.1......................6 RODUCT VERVIEW 1.2........................6 EATURES 1.3................6 UPPORTING TANDARD AND ROTOCOL 1.4....................7 ORKING NVIRONMENT HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................8 2.1....................... 8 YSTEM EQUIREMENT 2.2.
  • Page 5 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 4.4.1. WAN ........................36 4.4.1.1. Wired Access ........................36 4.4.1.2. Wireless Access ........................ 37 4.4.2. LAN......................... 38 4.4.3. MAC Clone ......................38 4.4.4. Port Settings ......................38 4.4.5. IGMP Proxy ......................39 4.5.........................
  • Page 6 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 4.12.6. Remote Management ....................58 4.12.7. Factory Defaults ...................... 58 4.12.8. Reboot ........................58 4.13..........................59 BOUT TROUBLESHOOTING ......................59...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 1. Introduction 1.1. Product Overview WF2501/WF2502 is a powerful, enhanced; enterprise level product supports 5 multi-functions to operate for every kind of working environment. It supports high transmit output power high data rate...

  • Page 8: Working Environment

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual  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)  -40° to 70° C (storage) Humidity ...

  • Page 9: Hardware Installation

    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. Panel Front panel WF2501...
  • Page 10 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual WF2502 Figure 2-1 Function ON and Off Abnormal Flashing Normal WAN Connection normal Flashing Data transmitting WAN Connection abnormal LAN Connection normal Flashing Data transmitting LAN Connection abnormal...

  • Page 11: Restore To Factory Configuration

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Flashing WiFi data transmitting WLAN WiFi connection abnormal Rear panel WF2501 WF2502 Figure 2-2 Description Function Connect to Power adapter, please don’t use the unknown power adapter, otherwise your device may be damaged.

  • Page 12: Hardware Installation Procedures

    Click on ‘System management’- ‘Restore’, and click on the ‘Restore’ button. 2.4. Hardware Installation Procedures The procedures to install the 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband Routerpleaserefers to the following picture WF2501 WF2502 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.

  • Page 13: Login

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 3. Login You can manage the 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance 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 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband Router is configured with the default IP address of 192.168.1.1and subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and its DHCP server is enabled by default.
  • Page 14 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 15 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 16: Windows Xp

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 17 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 18 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 19: Windows Vista

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 20 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 21 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 22 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 3-16 7. Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window...

  • Page 23: Windows 7

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 3-17 3.1.5. Windows 7 Please follow the steps blow to setup your computer: Go to Start→ControlPanel→Network and Internet. Click Network and Sharing Center→Change adapter settings. Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties.Highlight Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
  • Page 24 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 3-18 Figure 3-19 Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically,...

  • Page 25: Mac Os

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual and then press the OK to close the window. Figure 3-20 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→System preference Settings→Network.
  • Page 26 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 27: Checking Connection With The Router

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 cancommunicate with the Router. To execute the ping command, open the DOS window andPing the IP address of the 150/300MbpsWireless-N Long Distance Broadband Router at the DOS prompt: ...

  • Page 28: Login

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 29 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 3-24...

  • Page 30: Router Setup

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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) Figure 4-2 ...

  • Page 31: Lan

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual connected to Internet yet, this field is 0.0.0.0.  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. ...

  • Page 32: Router Status

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual  WPS Status: Display WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) status is enabled or not. 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 4-6 4.2.

  • Page 33: Pppoe

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 34: Wireless Configuration

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 35: Wps Settings

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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...

  • Page 36: Wps Configuration

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 cardfor about 3-5seconds. 3. The safe connection will be established automatically. Method 2: 1.

  • Page 37: Network

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 4-17 4.4. Network 4.4.1. WAN 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 38: Wireless Access

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual you set is not in accord with the value ISP provide, it may causes some problems, such as 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.

  • Page 39: Lan

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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 40: Igmp Proxy

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser 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”and“Channel”severalbasic configuration items.

  • Page 41: Wireless Security

    “Wireless Network Status”,if what you choose is “Disable”, the AP function of wireless router will be turned off.  SSID: The default is netis.  Radio band: You can select the wireless standards running on your network, if you have Wireless-N, and Wireless-B/G devices in your network, keep the default setting, 802.11b+g+n...

  • Page 42: Wep

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 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 43: Wpa2-Psk

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual  Key Length description: you need to input 8 to 63 ASCII characters no matter which type you select. 4.5.2.4. WPA2-PSK The WPA2-PSK is similar to WPA-PSK and with stronger encryption method than WPA-PSK, using WPA2-PSK;...

  • Page 44: Wireless Mac Filtering

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 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 45: Wireless Advanced

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 4-2  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 46 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 4-32  Authentications type: The default is set to “Auto”, which allows “Open System” or “Shared Key” authentication to be used. Select “Shared Key” if you only want to use “Shared Key” authentication (the sender and recipient use a WEP key for authentication). ...

  • Page 47: Wireless Statistics

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Preamble" provides much communication reliability; the default setting is "Long Preamble”.  High Power :Enhanced signal booster increase coverage up to 4X than standard wireless N router . 4.5.6. Wireless Statistics Display current status of the wireless client associate with AP. Figure 4-32 4.5.7.

  • Page 48: Dhcp

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 4.6. DHCP 4.6.1. DHCP Settings Figure 4-34 4.6.2. DHCP Clients List Display the state of assigned IP by DHCP Server. Figure 4-35 4.6.3. Address Reservation Figure 4-36  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 49: Forwarding

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 4.7. Forwarding 4.7.1. Virtual Servers Figure 4-37  Description: Describe current virtual server item.  Internal Host IP Address: The “Internal Host IP Address” indicates IP address of the internal host using virtual server. ...

  • Page 50: Dmz

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 4-38  Predefined Trigger Rules: select one of the Predefined Rules.  Rule Name: describe one Predefined Trigger that you will configure.  Trigger Protocol: you can select TCP/UDP.  Trigger Port: you can select a part of ports. ...

  • Page 51: Ftp Private Port

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 4-40 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

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 4.8.2. IP Address Filtering Figure 4-43  Status: the default is disable. The rules of “Internet access control” based on source IP, port number and protocol.  Description: describe IP Firewall list to tell from different IP Firewall lists. ...

  • Page 53: Mac Filtering

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual item you want, and click “Save” button. 4. If you want to delete certain item on the list, select appropriate item on the list, click “delete” to delete it. 4.8.3. MAC Filtering Figure 4-44 ...

  • Page 54: Domain Filtering

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 4.8.4. Domain Filtering Figure 4-45  Status: the default is disable. “DNS filter”is able to filter certain domain name such as www.sina.com.  Rule: you can select permit or deny. The default is permit. ...
  • Page 55 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 4-46  Destination Network or IP Address: Specify a certain destination Network or IP address which static route forward to.  Subnet Mask: Subnet mask is used for distinguish Network portion and Host portion for an IP address.

  • Page 56: Qos Settings

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 4.10. QOS Settings Figure 4-47  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

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 4-48  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

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 4-50 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

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual Figure 4-53 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”...

  • Page 60: A Bout

    150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual 4.13. About Figure 4-57 Thank you for your support. 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 61 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual light should be blinking too. If not, please check whether the cables work or not.  Repeat the steps in WAN Setup Connect with Internet through DSL Modem. 4. I can browse the router’s Web-based Configuration Utility but cannot access the Internet.
  • Page 62 150/300Mbps Wireless-N Long Distance Broadband RouterUser Manual the menu and input information given you by your service provider and then click save . :If you are using this router to spread the wireless coverage of another router,or to spread the coverage to another router,you can use WDS mode. ...

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