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  • Page 1 IEEE 802.11a+g WLAN Router ’ UIDE 2.0, J . 2004 ERSION...
  • Page 2 Copyright Statement No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior writing of the publisher. Windows 95/98/Me and Windows 2000 are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Pentium is trademark of Intel.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ABLE OF ONTENT INTRODUCING THE 802.11A+G ROUTER ....................3 802.11 ......................4 VERVIEW OF THE OUTER 802.11 ........................4 OUTER PPLICATIONS ............................ 5 ECURITY VERVIEW 802.11 ......................... 6 OUTER EATURES ........................... 6 ETTING P THE DEVICE INSTALLING THE 802.11A+G ROUTER ....................7 ’...

  • Page 5: Introducing The 802.11A+G Router

    Chapter Introducing the 802.11a+g Router This manual gives a basic introduction to 802.11a+g Wireless Router. It provides information to configure the 802.11a+g Router to operate in common applications such as connecting to the Internet. We’ll describe how to use your web browser to configure the 802.11a+g Router and to perform various management functions, e.g.

  • Page 6: Overview Of The 802.11A+G Router

    Overview of the 802.11a+g Router The 802.11a+g Router is a small desktop router that sits between your local Ethernet network and a remote network (e.g., the Internet). The 802.11a+g Router contains a WAN port connecting to an external ADSL/Cable modem, a four-port 10/100Mbps Ethernet switch for connection to PCs on your local wired network, and two wireless interfaces for connection to your local wireless network: one supports 802.11a, another can be configured to support either both 802.11b and 802.11g or 802.11g only (both radios support a data rate of up to 54 Mbps).

  • Page 7: A Security Overview

    your wireless network to access the Internet, to communicate with other wireless devices on your wireless network, or to communicate with devices on your wired LAN network. Since 802.11g is based on the same 2.4GHz radio band as the 802.11b technology, the 802.11a+g Router can inter-operate with existing 11Mbps 802.11b devices.

  • Page 8: 802.11A+G Router Features

    To enable WPA (WiFi Protected Access) to assure authorized access as well as to implement privacy of your data. WPA comes with two modes: 802.1x for enterprise users and PSK (Pre- Shared Key) for SOHO users. 802.11a+g Router Features Compliant with 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g standards with roaming capability Support of NAT for multiple users to share Internet access IP routing (RIP1/RIP2) support VPN (Virtual Private Network) support for PPTP pass-through...

  • Page 9: Installing The 802.11A+G Router

    Chapter Installing the 802.11a+g Router This section describes the installation procedure for your 802.11a+g Router. It starts with a summary of the content of the package you have purchased, followed by steps of how to connect and power up your 802.11a+g Router. Finally, it describes how to configure a Windows PC to communicate with your 802.11a+g Router.

  • Page 10: Aphysical Look At The Back Panel

    A physical look at the back panel The following illustration shows the rear panel of 802.11a+g Router. DC 5V/2A RESET (1) 4 RJ-45 10/100 Switch connectors for connecting to PCs and workstations or connecting external Ethernet hub, or switch with auto-sensing. (2) 1 RJ-45 WAN connector for connecting to Internet via ADSL/Cable modem.

  • Page 11: Aphysical Look At The Front Panel

    A physical look at the front panel The LEDs on the front of the 802.11a+g Router reflect the operational status of the unit. 802.11a+g Router LED Description Label 11g (WLAN) 11a (WLAN) Power System boot-up Steady Green Link is active Link is active Link is active Link is active...

  • Page 12: Connecting The Cables

    Connecting the Cables Follow these steps to install your 802.11a+g Router: Step 1. Connect ADSL/Cable modem to the Wireless Router WAN port using CAT5 UTP LAN cable. Step 2. Connect a PC/Workstation to one of the LAN ports of the Wireless Router. Step 3.

  • Page 13: Setting Up A Windows Pc Or Wireless Client As Dhcp Clients

    Setting up a Windows PC or wireless client as DHCP clients The following will give detailed steps of how to configure a PC or a wireless client to “obtain IP addresses automatically”. For other types of configuration, please refer to the corresponding user manual.

  • Page 14: Configuring Apc Running Ms-Windows Xp/2000

    Configuring a PC running MS-Windows XP/2000: 1. Click the Start button, and choose Control Panel (in Classic View). 2. In the Control Panel, double-click Network Connections. 3. Double-click Local Area Connection. 4. In the LAN Area Connection Status window, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.

  • Page 15: Basic Configuration Of The 802.11A+G Router

    Chapter Basic Configuration of the 802.11a+g Router This section contains basic configuration procedure for the 802.11a+g Router. It describes how to set up the 802.11a+g Router for Internet Access operation, and how to set up the LAN configuration. The 802.11a+g Router is designed so that all basic configuration may be easily invoked through the a standard Web browser such as Internet Explorer.

  • Page 16: Logging On

    Logging On When you attempt to access a configuration screen from the browser menu, an administrator login screen will appear, prompting you to enter your password to log on. Once you are logged in, you will not be asked to log in again unless your “session” expires such as due to inactivity timeout. If you are logging in for the first time after you received your 802.11a+g Router, you should use the factory default password, “password”...

  • Page 17: Setup Wizard

    Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard will guide you through a series of configuration screens to set up the basic configuration of your 802.11a+g Router. At the end of the Setup Wizard screens, you should press the “finish” button, and all your configuration modifications will take effect. S E T U P Y O U R L O C A L T I M E Z O N E A N D D A T E / T I M E After logging in, the Time Settings page appears.
  • Page 18 C O N F I G U R E T H E I S P P R O F I L E In the following configuration screen, as with the usual convention, radio buttons are used to make a selection when only one out of multiple mutually exclusive choices can be selected, while square check boxes can be used to select multiple non-mutually-exclusive choices.
  • Page 19 private LAN. If you do not keep a private LAN, the “Device IP Settings” menu at the left side will disappear. Multiple PPPoE: You can define more than one PPPoE sessions by using this option. The primary session is configured at the ISP Settings page, and other sessions are configured at the Multiple PPPoE page.
  • Page 21 M U L T I P L E P P P O E S E T T I N G S If you have selected PPPoE with Multiple PPPoE type at the ISP Settings page, you will see the Multiple PPPoE settings page where you can add more PPPoE sessions. For each PPPoE session, you have to assign a mnemonic name and configure similar settings as in the primary session.
  • Page 23 D E V I C E I P S E T T I N G S The Device IP setting screen allows you to configure the IP address and subnet mask of your 802.11a+g Router: you can configure a static IP address and a subnet mask, or configure it to obtain an IP address and a subnet mask automatically from a DHCP server on the local network.
  • Page 24 C O N F I G U R E Y O U R W I R E L E S S L A N C O N N E C T I O N In the following configuration screen, you can configure wireless related parameters of your 802.11a+g Router: Network Name (SSID): The SSID is the network name used to identify a wireless network.
  • Page 25 You can use WEP encryption to protect your data when you are transmitting data in the wireless network. There are 3 types of keys: 64 (WEP64), 128 (WEP128), and 152 (WEP152) bits. You can configure up to 4 keys using either ASCII or Hexadecimal format. Key Settings: For WEP64 and WEP128, you can enter a “Passphrase”...
  • Page 26 During EAP authentication, the 802.11a+g Router relays authentication messages between the RADIUS server and clients being authenticated. 802.1x allows users to leverage a RADIUS server to do association authentications. You can also enable dynamic WEP keys (64, 128, 152-bit) to have data encryption. Then you do not have to enter the WEP key manually because it will be generated automatically and dynamically.
  • Page 27 F I N I S H S E T U P W I Z A R D A N D S A V E Y O U R S E T T I N G S After stepping through the Wizard’s pages, you can press the FINISH button for your modification to take effect.

  • Page 28: Advanced Settings

    Chapter Advanced Settings This section contains advanced setting procedures for the 802.11a+g Router. It describes modifications that normally you may not need for basic system operation. One exception is changing your password: it is highly recommended that you change the default factory setting as soon as you start to use your 802.11a+g Router.

  • Page 30: Password Settings

    Password Settings Your 802.11a+g Router comes with a default factory password of “password”. After you start using the router, you should change the default password. To change the password, press the Password Settings button to enter the Password Settings screen, enter the current password followed by the new password twice.

  • Page 31: System Management

    System Management Clicking the System Management button allows system related parameters to be configured for the 802.11a+g Router. Remote Management: The remote management feature allows you to manage your 802.11a+g Router remotely through the use of an HTTP browser. The system allows you to (1) allow remote management from all WAN IP addresses, to (2) allow remote management from up to two WAN IP addresses, or to (3) disallow remote management from any WAN IP addresses.

  • Page 33: Snmp Settings

    SNMP Settings This screen allows you to configure SNMP parameters including the system name, the location and contact information. Additionally, you can configure the 802.11a+g Router to send SNMP Traps to remote SNMP management stations. Traps are unsolicited alert messages that 802.11a+g Router sends to remote management stations.
  • Page 34 System Location: Description of where your 802.11a+g Router is physically located. It is an alphanumeric string of up to 60 characters. System Contact: Contact information for the system administrator responsible for managing your 802.11a+g Router. It is an alphanumeric string of up to 60 characters. Community String For Read: If you intend the router to be managed from a remote SNMP management station, you need to configure a read-only “community string”...

  • Page 35: Dhcp Server Settings

    DHCP Server Settings The DHCP server option allows the 802.11a+g Router to assign IP addresses to DHCP client devices on your wired or wireless LAN to obtain IP addresses automatically. If you want the Router to act as a DHCP server and assign private IP addresses to requesting DHCP clients on the LAN, you need to check the Enable DHCP Server box.
  • Page 36 You can select one of the following two ways to assign IP addresses: Assigns IP addresses to wired or wireless clients from the following range: When IP addresses are assigned to a requesting DHCP client, after the “lease time”, the client is expected to renew the lease.

  • Page 37: Multiple Dmz

    Multiple DMZ The router supports multiple software DMZ ports, and they are implemented through software. When the router receives incoming data from the Internet, it will search through an internal address translation table to perform address translation function. If a match can be found, the data will be forwarded to the corresponding device in your local LAN, otherwise the data will be dropped or forwarded to the default DMZ if it is configured.

  • Page 38: Virtual Server Settings

    Virtual Server Settings A Virtual Server is a server built on a single or a cluster of real servers. A DMZ server is a term commonly used to describe the default Virtual Server - the router will redirect all traffic from the Internet without a valid port address mapping to this device.

  • Page 39: Special Applications

    Special Applications Special applications such as some Internet games are getting to be increasingly popular. These applications usually work in the following manner: A client can start an Internet game by first registering with a game server on the Internet. Other clients can, using the corresponding protocol, join the game by checking with the server and deciding if to join the game.

  • Page 41: Mac Filtering Settings

    MAC Filtering Settings The 802.11a+g Router allows you to define a list of MAC addresses. One of three mutually exclusive rules can be selected to forward/filter data packets based on these MAC addresses. Disable MAC address control list: When this radio button is selected, no MAC address filtering will be performed.

  • Page 42: Ip Filtering Settings

    IP Filtering Settings Three mutually exclusive rules can be defined to forward/filter IP packets based on their IP address and/or port numbers. Disable IP filtering: If this is selected, the IP filtering feature is disabled. No IP filtering will be performed. GRANT IP access: When this is elected, packets received from/transmitted to WAN with specified (source or destination) IP addresses will be allowed/forwarded.

  • Page 44: Ip Routing Settings

    IP Routing Settings Dynamic Routing: enable gateway to exchange the routing table dynamically through LAN port. Currently you can choose to use RIPv1 or RIPv2 with Send enabled (active mode) or disabled (passive mode). Static Routing: If you have routers on your LAN or WAN, you can configure static routes on the 802.11a+g Router to route network traffic to a specific, predefined destination.

  • Page 46: Wireless Settings

    Wireless Settings You can use this screen to configure various parameters of your 802.11a+g Router. Beacon Interval: The 802.11a+g Router broadcasts beacon frames regularly to announce its existence. The beacon Interval specifies how often beacon frames are transmitted - in time unit of milliseconds. Its default value is 100;...

  • Page 47: Radius Settings

    RADIUS Settings RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-In User Service) servers provide centralized authentication services to wireless clients. Up to two RADIUS servers can be defined, one acting as a primary, and the other as a backup. Enable Primary Server: To configure the primary server, check the “Enable Primary Server” box, and configure the following parameters: Server IP: The IP address of the RADIUS server Port Number: The port number your RADIUS server uses for authentication.

  • Page 49: Dynamic Dns Settings

    Dynamic DNS Settings Some people advertise the IP addresses of their routers so that Internet users can access these routers (which is actually to access virtual servers behind these routers) using these IP addresses. However, for those routers that are assigned dynamic IP addresses from the ISP, this approach requires additional work (since the addresses assigned are not always the same).

  • Page 50: Managing Your 802.11A+G Router

    Chapter Managing your 802.11a+g Router This Chapter covers other management aspects of your 802.11a+g Router: How to view the device status How to view the system log How to upgrade your 802.11a+g Router firmware How to save or restore configuration changes How to reboot your 802.11a+g Router What if you forgot the password How to View the device Status...

  • Page 51: How To View The System Log

    How to View the System Log The 802.11a+g Router maintains a system log that you can use to track events that have occurred in the system. Such event messages can sometimes be helpful in determining the cause of a problem that you may have encountered.

  • Page 52: Dhcp Client Table

    DHCP Client Table The DHCP client table lists current DHCP clients connected with its host name, IP address, MAC address, expiration time, and entry type.

  • Page 53: Wireless Client Table

    Wireless Client Table The wireless client table lists the current wireless clients with the radio it is associated with, its MAC address, state, transmitted packets, and received packets.

  • Page 54: Bridge Table

    Bridge Table The bridge table shows all MAC entries learned from the wired LAN interface, wireless clients, and WDS peers.

  • Page 55: Radio Table

    Radio Table The radio table shows the information of each radio, including the current mode, channel, number of clients associated, number of packets transmitted and received, and number of errors happened.

  • Page 56: Upgrading Firmware

    Upgrading Firmware You can upgrade your 802.11a+g Router’s firmware (the software that controls your 802.11a+g Router’s operation). Normally, this is done when a new version of firmware offers new features that you want, or solves problems you have encountered when using the current version. System upgrade can be performed through the System Upgrade option as follows: Step 1 Select System Tools, then Firmware Upgrade from the menu and the following screen displays:...

  • Page 57: How To Save Or Restore Configuration Changes

    How to Save or Restore Configuration Changes You can save system configuration settings to a file, and later download it back to the 802.11a+g Router system by following the steps below. Step 1 Select Configuration Save and Restore from the System Tools menu and the following screen displays: Step 2 Click SAVE TO FILE and then select a local file to save to, or click RESTORE FROM FILE and then select a local file to upload.
  • Page 58 How to Restore the System Settings to the Factory Defaults You can restore the system settings to the factory defaults. Step 1 Select Factory Default from the System Tools menu and the following screen displays: Step 2 Click YES to restore the system configurations to the factory defaults, and the system will reboot automatically.

  • Page 59: How To Reboot Your 802.11A+G Router

    How to Reboot your 802.11a+g Router You can reset your 802.11a+g Router from the Brower. To reset it: Step 1 Select Reboot System from the System Tools menu, the following screen shows: Step 2 Click YES to reset the 802.11a+g Router. Note: Resetting the 802.11a+g Router disconnects any active clients, and therefore will disrupt any current data traffic.

  • Page 60: Specification

    Specification IEEE 802.11a+g Wireless LAN Router Product Name Linux® 2.4.18 • IEEE 802.11a • IEEE 802.11b • IEEE 802.11g Standard • IEEE 802.1x • IEEE 802.3u • Infrastructure WLAN Network Architecture Type • Bridge Mode (WDS) Wireless Transfer Data Rate for IEEE IEEE 802.11a Standard: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 &...

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