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Sitecom WLR-2100 User Manual

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WLR-2100/3100
Wireless Router N300
(802.11b/g/n)
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  • Page 1 WLR-2100/3100 Wireless Router N300 (802.11b/g/n)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    PRODUCT LAYOUT ........................7 NETWORK + SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................10 WLR-2100/3100 PLACEMENT ....................10 SETUP LAN, WAN ........................11 PC NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP ..................12 BRING UP THE WLR-2100/3100 ....................16 INITIAL SETUP WLR-2100/3100 .....................16 CONFIGURATION WIZARD ....................25 WIRELESS SETTINGS ......................27 FIREWALL SETTINGS ......................37 ADVANCED SETTINGS ......................43...
  • Page 3 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the WLR-2100/3100 Wireless Network Broadband Router. The WLR-2100/3100 is compliant with 802.11n and up to 6 times faster than standard 802.11g based routers while still being compatible with 802.11g & 802.11b. The WLR-2100/3100 is not only a Wireless Access Point, but also doubles as a 4-port full-duplex Switch that connects your wired-Ethernet devices together.

  • Page 4: Key Features

    Provide mutual authentication 802.11i (WPA/WPA2, AES), VPN (Client and dynamic encryption pass-through keys to enhance security Sitecom Cloud Security Security integrated in the router protects all the devices in your network against cybercrime when surfing the Internet. * Theoretical wireless signal rate based on IEEE standard of 802.11a, b, g, n chipset used. Actual throughput may vary.

  • Page 5: Package Contents

    Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped back in its original package. WLR-2100/3100 Router 5V 1A Power Adapter Quick Install Guide CD (User’s Manual)

  • Page 6: Cautions

    3 Cautions This router’s design and manufacturer has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this router, please read the following before usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user should not modify this router. The environmental temperature should be within +5 ~ +35 degrees Celsius.

  • Page 7: Product Layout

    4 Product Layout Port Description Power connector Connect the 5V DC adapter to this port LAN (Yellow) Connect your PC’s or network devices to this port WAN (Blue) Connect your ADSL/Cable modem to this port...
  • Page 8 Backlabel The backlabel describes the IP address, login details, SSID, security code and WPS button functionality. Button Description Press 2 seconds for WPS mode WPS BUTTON Press 10 seconds to reset the router Press 15 Seconds to reset the router to factory defaults.
  • Page 9 LED Definition From left to right. Port Description LAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected. LAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected. LAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected. LAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected. WAN (Blue) Shows the cable is connected. WiFi (Blue) Shows WiFi activity and WPS.

  • Page 10: Network + System Requirements

    Ethernet compatible CAT5 cables. 6 WLR-2100/3100 Placement You can place the WLR-2100/3100 on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your Wireless Broadband Router in the center of your office (or your home) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven.

  • Page 11: Setup Lan, Wan

    7 Setup LAN, WAN WAN connection: LAN connection:...

  • Page 12: Pc Network Adapter Setup

    8 PC Network Adapter setup Windows XP • Enter [Start Menu] select [Control panel] select [Network]. • Select [Local Area Connection]) icon=>select [properties]...
  • Page 13 • Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties]. • Select the [General] tab. The router supports [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].
  • Page 14 Windows Vista/Seven • Enter [Start Menu] select [Control panel] select [View network status and tasks] -> select [Manage network connections]. • Select [Local Area Connection]) icon=>select [properties]...
  • Page 15 • Select [Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)] =>Click [Properties]. • Select the [General] tab. The router supports [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].

  • Page 16: Bring Up The Wlr-2100/3100

    9 Bring up the WLR-2100/3100 Connect the supplied power-adapter to the power inlet port and connect it to a wall outlet. The WLR-2100/3100 automatically enters the self-test phase. During self-test phase, the Power LED will be lit continuously to indicate that this product is in normal operation.
  • Page 17 3. Type user name and password (default username is admin. The password can be found on the backlabel on the bottom of your router). 4. Click OK. 5. You will see the home page of the WLR-2100/3100. The System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router.

  • Page 18: Dhcp Server

    DHCP Server The LAN tab gives you the opportunity to change the IP settings of the WLR- 2100/3100. Click <Apply> at the bottom of this screen to save any changes. IP address 192.168.0.1. It is the router’s LAN IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address).
  • Page 19 DHCP START client IP/DHCP Client end IP You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients. Note: default IP range 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.200. If you want your PC(s) to have a static/fixed IP address, then you’ll have to choose an IP address outside this IP address Pool Domain Name You can specify a Domain Name for your LAN.

  • Page 20: Device Status

    Device Status View the Broadband router’s current configuration settings. Device Status displays the configuration settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wireless Settings section.

  • Page 21: Internet Status

    Internet Status This page displays whether the WAN port is connected to a Cable/DSL connection. It also displays the router’s WAN IP address, Subnet Mask, and ISP Gateway as well as MAC address, the Primary DNS. Press Renew button to renew your WAN IP address.

  • Page 22: Dhcp Client Status

    DHCP Client Status DHCP This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The table shows the assigned IP address, MAC address and expiration time for each DHCP leased client. Use the Refresh button to update the available information.
  • Page 23 WLR-2100/3100 Log View the operation log of the WLR-2100/3100. This page shows the current system log of the Broadband router. It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the system log can be saved <Save> to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared <Clear>...
  • Page 24 WLR-2100/3100 Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and received on WAN, LAN & WLAN.

  • Page 25: Configuration Wizard

    Configuration Wizard Click Wizard to configure the router. The Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the modem is connected and click Next. Select your country from the Country list. Select your internet provider. Click Next. Depending on the chosen provider, you may need to enter your user name and password, MAC address or hostname in the following window.
  • Page 26 Click APPLY to complete the configuration.

  • Page 27: Wireless Settings

    12 Wireless Settings You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router. The parameters include Mode, ESSID, Channel Number and Associated Client. Wireless Function Enable or Disable Wireless function here. Click Apply and wait for module to be ready and loaded.

  • Page 28: Basic Settings

    Basic Settings Band Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b or 802.11g mode. You can also select B+G mode to allow 80211b and 802.11g clients at the same time. SSID This is the name of the wireless signal which is broadcasted. All the devices in the same wireless LAN should have the same SSID.
  • Page 29 Advanced This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. The options included are, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, and Preamble Type. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on the router. Fragment Threshold "Fragment Threshold"...
  • Page 30 Channel Bandwidth is the range of frequencies that will be used. Preamble Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN performance. CTS Protection: It is recommended to enable the protection mechanism. This mechanism can decrease the rate of data collision between 802.11b and 802.11g wireless stations.
  • Page 31 Disable When you choose to disable encryption, it is very insecure to operate the WLR-2100/3100. WPA Radius IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Point before accessing the wireless LAN.
  • Page 32 When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four WEP keys and select one of them as a default key. Then the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys.
  • Page 33 WPA Pre-shared Key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be cracked by hackers. This is the best security available.
  • Page 34 This wireless router supports Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from accessing your wireless network. Enable wireless access control Enables the wireless access control function Adding an address into the list Enter the "MAC Address" and "Comment" of the wireless station to be added and then click "Add". The wireless station will now be added into the "Current Access Control List"...
  • Page 35 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to establish a connection between the wireless clients and the wireless router. You don’t have to select the encryption mode and fill in a long encryption passphrase every time when you try to setup a wireless connection. You only need to press a button on both wireless client and wireless router, and WPS will do the rest for you.
  • Page 36 SSID This is the network broadcast name (SSID) of the router. Authentication Mode It shows the active authentication mode for the wireless connection. Passphrase Key It shows the passphrase key that is randomly generated by the wireless router during the WPS process. You may need this information when using a device which doesn’t support WPS.

  • Page 37: Firewall Settings

    13 Firewall Settings The Broadband router provides extensive firewall protection by restricting connection parameters, thus limiting the risk of hacker attacks, and defending against a wide array of common Internet attacks. However, for applications that require unrestricted access to the Internet, you can configure a specific client/server as a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
  • Page 38 If you have a client PC that cannot run an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NAT firewall, then you can open up the firewall restrictions to unrestricted two-way Internet access by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all packets going to your WAN port IP address to a particular IP address in your LAN.
  • Page 39 Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router's firewall can block common hacker attacks, including Denial of Service, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events. Ping of Death Protections from Ping of Death attack Discard Ping From WAN The router’s WAN port will not respond to any Ping requests Port Scan Protects the router from Port Scans.
  • Page 40 Access You can restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.), Access Control allows users to define the traffic type permitted in your LAN. You can control which PC client can have access to these services. Deny If you select “Deny”...
  • Page 41 Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enable MAC Filtering” to enable MAC Filtering. Add PC Fill in “Client PC MAC Address” and “Comment” of the PC that is allowed to access the Internet, and then click “Add”. If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype again, just click "Reset"...

  • Page 42: Url Block

    URL block You can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keywords of the Web site. Enable URL Blocking Enable/disable URL Blocking Add URL Keyword Fill in “URL/Keyword” and then click “Add”. You can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the web site you want to block.

  • Page 43: Advanced Settings

    14 Advanced Settings Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses. NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key services such as Websites and FTP.
  • Page 44 Port Range The range of ports to be forward to the private IP. Comment description of this setting. Add Port Forwarding Fill in the "Private IP", “Type”, “Port Range” and "Comment" of the setting to be added and then click "Add". Then this Port Forwarding setting will be added into the "Current Port Forwarding Table"...

  • Page 45: Special Applications

    Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video Conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications. Enable Trigger Port Enable the Special Application function. TCP Port to open This is the range of TCP port numbers for this particular application.
  • Page 46 Add Special Application Fill in the "Trigger Port", "Trigger Type”, “Public Port”, "Public Type", "Public Port" and "Comment" of the setting to be added and then click "Add". The Special Application setting will be added into the "Current Trigger-Port Table" below. If you happen to make a mistake, just click "Clear"...
  • Page 47 UPnP With UPnP, all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically, so you don’t have to configure your PC and it can easily access the Internet through this router. UPnP Feature You can enable or Disable the UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without having to configure anything.
  • Page 48 QoS can let you classify Internet application traffic by source/destination IP address and port number. You can assign priority for each type of application and reserve bandwidth for it. The packets of applications with higher priority will always go first. Lower priority applications will get bandwidth after higher priority applications get enough bandwidth.
  • Page 49 Edit a QoS rule Select the rule you want to edit and click “Edit”, then enter the detail form of the QoS rule. Click “Apply” after editing the form and the rule will be saved. Adjust QoS rule priority You can select the rule and click “Move Up” to make its priority higher.

  • Page 50: Toolbox Settings

    Your Sitecom device comes with a 6 month free Sitecom cloud security subscription. After you have set up your Sitecom device for internet access, open the webbrowser and enter http://www.sitecomcloudsecurity.com in the address bar.
  • Page 51 The Sitecom Cloud Security service offers the following protection options: Anti-Malware Anti-Phishing Protection against unsafe websites Advertisement blocking...
  • Page 52 With the protection of unsafe websites activated the Sitecom Cloud Security will always check if a website is safe. If it is not safe it will inform you that is not safe to enter. If you still wish to visit this webpage click on ‘proceed anyway’. Alternatively...
  • Page 53 You will be asked for a username and password. These can be found on the backlabel on the bottom of your Sitecom router or modem. If the login succeeded you can click on ‘Settings’ to change your security...
  • Page 54 Or click ‘License’ to renew your subscription. If you wish to disable to Sitecom cloud security at any time, open the webpage of your Sitecom product and log in with the supplied credentials (these can be...
  • Page 55 Sitecom device). Go to Toolbox and select “Sitecom Cloud Security”. Click the “Disable” radio button and click ‘Apply’ for the settings to take effect.
  • Page 56 Password change options You can change the password required to log into the broadband router's system web-based management. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive. Current Password Fill in the current password to allow changing to a new password.

  • Page 57: Time Zone

    Time Zone The Time Zone allows your router to base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Log entries and Firewall settings. Set Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The router will set its time based on your selection.

  • Page 58: Remote Management

    Remote Management The remote management function allows you to designate a host in the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband router from a remote site. Enter the designated host IP Address in the Host IP Address field. Host Address This is the IP address of the host in the Internet that will have management/configuration access to the Broadband router from a remote site.

  • Page 59: Firmware Upgrade

    Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware. Enable or disable Sitecom Auto Upgrade if Enabled the router will automatically check for firmware updates. If a new firmware has been detected a pop/up will appear in the webbrowser and inform the user about the new firmware and the changes and allows to Install the update.

  • Page 60: Backup Settings

    Backup Settings The Backup screen allows you to save (Backup) the router’s current configuration settings. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved configuration into the router through the Restore selection. If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to Factory Defaults selection, this will set all configurations to its original default settings (e.g.
  • Page 61 Reset You can reset the router’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially re-boots your router’s system.
  • Page 62 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service providers. This router supports DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS service providers. Enable/Disable Enable or disable the DDNS function of this router Provider Select a DDNS service provider Domain name Fill in your static domain name that uses DDNS...

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