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Planex BLW-54CW3 User Manual

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English Version 1.2
BLW-54CW3
54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router

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  • Page 1 USER’S MANUAL English Version 1.2 BLW-54CW3 54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router...

  • Page 4: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    Federal Communication Commission Interference 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 8 2.5 URL Filtering ..... . . 71 2.6 DMZ ......72 BLW-54CW3 Contents...
  • Page 9 Internet and security settings. (Only Windows XP and 2000 OS support WPS function.) BLW-54CW3 has a built-in Web server, thus you can access its settings through Web browsers, such as IE, Netscape, Firefox, and so on. You can set up and configure the settings easily and completely, and enjoy the convenience instantly.

  • Page 11: Contents Of Package

    1. Contents of Package After purchasing BLW-54CW3 Wireless Router from a distributor or an agency, please open the package and check that all the components listed below are included. If there is any item missing or damaged, please contact with the distributor or the agency at once.
  • Page 13 Reset Reset to default the power cord back. Release the Reset button and BLW-54CW3 will automatically restart and back to the default settings. P r e s s t h e b u t t o n a n d b u i l d a...
  • Page 15 Plug the AC Adapter which comes with BLW-54CW3 in a different voltage power supply will cause damage on BLW- 54CW3, and it is not included in warranty. Chapter Introduction of BLW-54CW3...

  • Page 17: Basic Setup & Configuration

    The computers on your LAN need to be set up to cooperate with BLW- 54CW3 Wireless Router. Please make sure that your operating system already enabled your interface card on the host and connected to one of the LAN ports on BLW-54CW3 through Cat.5 cable. Be sure that LEDs on BLW-54CW3 are already on and the LED corresponds with the port which you connected.

  • Page 19: Web Configuration

    PC can establish a physical connection to the Wireless Router. The PC and the BLW-54CW3 Wireless Router must be directly connected with each other (using the LAN ports on BLW-54CW3) or on the same LAN segment. Besides, the BLW-54CW3 Wireless Router must be set up and powered on.
  • Page 21 4. After entering the system, BLW-54CW3 will show you the homepage. During configuration, you can use the tabs on the top of the page to navigate. Besides, it is necessary that, after configuring, you should click “Apply” to enable the settings you’ve made.

  • Page 23: Setup Wizard

    3. Setup Wizard After you login the configuration utility, you can click “Setup Wizard ” on the upper left of the page to start setting up BLW-54CW3. You can finish setting up the router and begin to connect Internet just through a few simple and easy steps.

  • Page 25: Time Zone Setting

    You can set the system time according to the time zone where you locate now. ●Time Zone Select：Scroll the list to choose the time zone for BLW-54CW3. ●NTP Server：You can configure the Internet address of an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server for your system to synchronize with.

  • Page 27: Wan Interface Setup

    3.4. WAN Interface Setup In the WAN Interface Setup, BLW-54CW3 Wireless Router provides many kinds of access. You can configure the WAN side according to the real environment. Here you may change the access method to Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE or PPTP by click the item value of WAN Access type.

  • Page 29: Dhcp Client

    3.4.2. DHCP Client If you use cable modem, you may choose this entry and use the wizard to configure. Scroll down to “DHCP” to proceed. ●Cancel：If you do not want to configure this setting right now, click this button to exist this page. ●Back：Go back to the previous configuration page.
  • Page 31 3.4.4. PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), a protocol that allows corporations to extend their own corporate network through private "tunnels" over the public Internet. Effectively, a corporation uses a wide- area network as a single large local area network. A company no longer needs to lease its own lines for wide-area communication but can securely use the public networks.
  • Page 33 ●Enable Mac Clone：Click the check box to enable Mac address clone function. ●Channel：Here shows the channels provided by the local wireless connection. The setting of the channels of the wireless network should be the same as the wireless APs, or you can choose “Auto” for auto detection.
  • Page 35 2.If WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is chosen as the encryption setting for your wireless network, these options will be provided. Please configure your WEP encryption accordingly. ●Key Length/Format: Here you can choose the length of your authentication key as 64-bit or 128-bit, and Key Format as ASCII or Hex.

  • Page 37: Tcp/Ip Settings

    LAN port of your Access Point. Here you may change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP and so on. ●IP Address: Here is the IP address of the LAN side of BLW-54CW3. It is usually the default gateway of the client’s PC. The default IP address is “192.168.1.1”.
  • Page 39 IP, DHCP, PPPoE or PPTP by click the item value of WAN Access type. BLW-54CW3 Wireless Router provides many kinds of access. Scroll down the “WAN Access Type” menu and choose your WAN access type. You can choose from “Static IP”, “DHCP”, “PPPoE”...
  • Page 41 Internet as if it is a WAN directly connected via a leased line. BLW-54CW3 supports three IPsec, PPTP and L2TP. You can choose any protocols that you want to apply by clicking the check box.
  • Page 43 Internet as if it is a WAN directly connected via a leased line. BLW-54CW3 supports three protocols: IPsec,PPTP and L2TP. You can choose any protocols that you want to apply by clicking the check box.
  • Page 45 Automatically” or “Set DNS Manually” for obtaining IP addresses. ●DNS 1/2/3： Enter the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. ●Clone Mac Address：The default MAC address of BLW-54CW3 is the Network Interface Card’s (NIC) MAC address on the WAN side. If you were asked to use the NIC provided by the ISP, enter the MAC Address provided by your ISP.
  • Page 47 4.2.4. PPTP ●IP Address：Enter the IP address provided by your ISP. ●Subnet Mask：Enter the Subnet Mask address provided by your ISP. ●Server IP Address：Please enter the VPN Server IP and its Name. ●USER Name：Enter the User Name provided by your ISP. (The ID must be alphanumeric characters and case sensitive.) ●Password：Enter the Password provided by your ISP.
  • Page 49 5. Management You can configure many basic configurations through Management functions, such as ●Status ●Statistics ●Remote Management ●DDNS ●Time Zone Setting ●Denial-of-Service ●Log ●Upgrade Firmware ●Save/Reload Settings ●Password 5.1. Status This page shows the general current system status. Chapter2 Basic Setup & Configuration...
  • Page 51 IP address. To make a WEB server publicly accessible on the Internet, a static global IP address needs to be assigned to BLW-54CW3. Even when there is an always-on connection, however, disconnection does occur and the IP address may dynamically change after reconnection.
  • Page 53 ●Current Time：You may change the current time of the system here. ●Time Zone Select：Scroll the list to choose the time zone for BLW-54CW3. ●NTP Client Update：Click the check box to enable the Network Time Protocol function. ●NTP Server：You may scroll down the menu and select a NTP server, or input the NTP server IP Manually.
  • Page 55 ●DoS Protection: Click the check box to enable DoS Protection. ●Select All: Click this button to select all the DoS type. ●Clear All: Click this button to unselect all. ●Enable Source IP Blocking: Click this check box to enable Source IP Blocking function.

  • Page 57: Upgrade Firmware

    You can upgrade the firmware of BLW-54CW3 via Web Browser. First, please go to the website: http://www.planex.net/support/index.htm to download the latest firmware of BLW-54CW3. Be sure that the firmware is stored in your PC’s disk and then click “Browse…” to search for the firmware file which you just downloaded.

  • Page 59: Save/Reload Settings

    5.9. Save/Reload Settings Before upgrading, you can use this function to save current system settings or upload the previous settings after upgrading the firmware. ●Save Settings to file You may click “Save Settings to file” button to save current system settings to your local disk.
  • Page 61 You can change your password here in this page. For your system’s security, it is recommended that you change your password as soon as you log on to the BLW-54CW3 configuration webpage for the first time. You can also create new accounts here on this page, as well.

  • Page 63: Advanced Setup & Configuration

    Advanced Setup & Configuration 1.Wireless Here you can configure and set up your wireless environment base on your real environment. ●Basic Settings ●Advance Settings ●Security ●Access Control ●WDS Settings ●WPS 1.1. Basic Settings This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Access Point.

  • Page 65: Advanced Settings

    BLW-54CW3 wireless Router. After selecting the authentication mode, it has to cooperate with the encryption type. The settings of authentication on the destination network must be the same with BLW-54CW3. ◆Open System –If enabling this mode, there is no need authentication toaccess AP or wireless NIC.
  • Page 67 Authentication and Encryption There are 6 kinds of authentication of BLW-54CW3 wireless Router. After selecting the authentication mode, it has to cooperate with the encryption type. The settings of authentication on the destination network must be the same with BLW-54CW3.
  • Page 69 ●E n c r y p t i o n: S c r o l l d o w n t h e m e n u a n d c h o o s e o n e o f t h e authentications that BLW-54CW3 provides: None, WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA2 Mixed.

  • Page 71: Access Control

    1.4. Access Control This page will allow only those whose wireless MAC addresses listed on the Device List able to connect with BLW-54CW3. The default mode is that all the wireless stations are allowed to access BLW-54CW3. ●Access Control Mode：Scroll down to enable the Wireless Access Control function.
  • Page 73 ●WPS Status：This shows the status of the WPS is either “Configured” or “UnConfigured”. ●Self-PIN Number：Click the “Regenerate PIN” to regenerate a PIN number for your BLW-54CW3. Only devices that share the same PIN Number can be connected wirelessly. ●Push Button Configuration：Click the “Start PBC” button to start WPS configuration automatically.
  • Page 75 ●Apply Changes：Click this button to save the settings and restart the router. ●Reset：If there is anything wrong with the settings you made, you can click “reset” to configure the page again. ●Current Filter Table：This table lists all the port filtering regulations and related information.

  • Page 77: Mac Filtering

    2.3. MAC Filtering You can filter out specific devices with their MAC address. MAC addresses listed in the filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network. ●MAC Filtering：Click this check box to activate the MAC Filtering function. ●MAC Address：Please enter the MAC Address you would like to filter out. ◆Comment：Enter any text to describe the MAC which you want to be filtered out.

  • Page 79: Url Filtering

    2.5. URL Filtering Use URL Filtering to prevent PC users on the local network from accessing websites including the listed URL strings. You can enter some key words such as “adult”, “hacker” or other related words to prevent PCs on the LAN from connecting with these websites.
  • Page 81 http://www.planex.net...

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