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Etec XG-506RT User Manual

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  • Page 1 WLAN Broadband Router User Manual V1.0...

  • Page 2: Copyright Statement

    Trademarks Copyright @2006 Contents are subject to change without notice. All trademarks belong to their respective proprietors. Copyright Statement THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS PROPRIETARY TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT IS THE PROPERTY OF THIS COMPANY. AND NO PART OF THIS DOCUMENTATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRICAL OR MECHANICAL, BY PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THIS COMPANY.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Table of Contents REVISION HISTORY ........................I TERMINOLOGY ........................... II INTRODUCTION........................1 ......................1 ACKAGE CONTENTS ....................1 RODUCT PECIFICATIONS ......................2 RODUCT EATURES ....................3 RONT ANEL ESCRIPTION ....................4 ANEL ESCRIPTION INSTALLATION ........................
  • Page 4 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 WDS Security Setup ....................23 WDS AP Table ......................24 3.3.9 Site Survey ....................... 25 3.3.10 LAN Interface Setup ....................25 3.3.11 WAN Interface Setup ....................27 Static IP........................27 DHCP Client ........................ 28 PPPoE ........................
  • Page 5 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4.11 W RTS (R ? .............. 53 HAT IS EQUEST HRESHOLD 4.12 W ?..................... 53 HAT IS EACON NTERVAL 4.13 W ? ....................54 HAT IS REAMBLE 4.14 W SSID B ? ..................... 54 HAT IS ROADCAST 4.15 W...

  • Page 6: Revision History

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Revision History DATE REVISION OF USER’S MANUAL FIRMWARE 2006/11/17 First release (Version 1.0) v1.4b...

  • Page 7: Terminology

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Terminology 3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server Diffie-Hellman Algorithm DHCP...
  • Page 8 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play Virtual Private Network Wireless Distribution System Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network Wi-Fi Protected Access...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 1 Introduction The WLAN Broadband Router is IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN broadband router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assignment and other WLAN router configuration.

  • Page 10: Product Features

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 1.3 Product Features Complies with IEEE 802.11b/g standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN. Supports bridging, routing, VPN, WISP functions between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces. Supports 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption function to protect the wireless data transmission.

  • Page 11: Front Panel Description

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 1.4 Front Panel Description Figure 1 –WLAN Broadband Router Front Panel LED Indicator State Description The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. 1. Power LED The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off. 2.

  • Page 12: Rear Panel Description

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 1.5 Rear Panel Description Figure 2 – WLAN Broadband Router Rear Panel (SMA Antenna)
  • Page 13 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Interfaces Description 1. Antenna The Wireless LAN Antenna. (SMA) (Figure 2) 2. Reset Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults. 3. WAN The RJ-45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 cable.

  • Page 14: Installation

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step 1: Place the WLAN Broadband Router to the optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations.

  • Page 15: Software Configuration

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3 Software configuration The web based management and configuration functions allow you to do the step-by-step easily. The WLAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: <empty>...
  • Page 16 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Panel window will appear. 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in the Local Area Connection window.

  • Page 17: Connect To The Wlan Broadband Router

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router. 3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router 3.3.1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information.
  • Page 18 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency. SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN Broadband Router. The SSID is the unique name of WLAN Broadband Router and shared among its service area, so all devices attempts to join the same wireless network can identify it.

  • Page 19: Setup Wizard

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.2 Setup Wizard This page guides you to configure wireless broadband router for first time Screen snapshot – Setup Wizard Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode. Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 20: Time Zone Setting

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot – Time Zone Settings LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 21: Wan Interface Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network Type SSID, Channel Number, Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Client) Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 22: Wireless Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Wireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security Screen snapshot – Wireless Security Setup 3.3.3 Operation Mode This page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 23: Wireless - Basic Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 interface, Wireless interface, NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode Bridge Each interface (LAN, WAN and Wireless) regards as bridge. NAT, Firewall and all router’s functions are not supported Wireless ISP Switch Wireless interface to WAN port and all Ethernet ports in bridge mode.

  • Page 24: Wireless - Advanced Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Mode Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS wireless mode. Site Survey The Site Survey button provides tool to scan the wireless network. If any Access Point or IBSS is found, you could choose to connect it manually when client mode is enabled.
  • Page 25 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Wireless Advanced Settings Item Description Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System, Shared Key or Auto selection. Fragment Threshold Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes.

  • Page 26: Wireless - Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 802.11g Protection Protect 802.11b user. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.6 Wireless - Security Setup This page allows you setup the wireless security.
  • Page 27 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Use 802.1x While Encryption is selected to be WEP. Authentication Click the check box to enable IEEE 802.1x authentication function. Refer to 4.16 What is 802.1x Authentication? WPA Authentication While Encryption is selected to be WPA. Mode Click to select the WPA Authentication Mode with Enterprise (RADIUS) or Personal (Pre-Shared Key).

  • Page 28: Iwep Key Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 WEP Key Setup Screen snapshot – WEP Key Setup Item Description Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-down menu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys. The WEP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit).

  • Page 29: Wireless - Access Control

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 previous configuration setting. WEP encryption key (secret key) length: Length 64-bit 128-bit Format ASCII 5 characters 13 characters 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes 3.3.7 Wireless - Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point.

  • Page 30: Wds Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Broadband Router access capability. Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered client. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the client to new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.

  • Page 31: Iwds Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Item Description Enable WDS Click the check box to enable wireless distribution system. Refer to 4.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)? MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability.

  • Page 32: Wds Ap Table

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – WDS Security Setup WDS AP Table This page is used to show WDS statistics Screen snapshot – WDS AP Table Item Description MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS. Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface.

  • Page 33: Site Survey

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Tx Rare (Mbps) It shows the wireless link rate within WDS. Refresh Click to refresh the statistic counters on the screen. Close Click to close the current window. 3.3.9 Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours. Screen snapshot –...
  • Page 34 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP, etc. Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Broadband Router. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Broadband Router.

  • Page 35: Wan Interface Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.11 WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for wide area network that connects to the WAN port of your WLAN Broadband Router.

  • Page 36: Dhcp Client

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 in the subnet mask for it. Default Gateway If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1.
  • Page 37 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Item Description DHCP Client Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server. Attain DNS Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. Automatically Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected.

  • Page 38: Pppoe

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 PPPoE Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPPoE Item Description PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 39 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 connection through PPPoE protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the WAN interface; there are a watchdog implemented to close the PPPoE connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set.

  • Page 40: Pptp

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 PPTP Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPTP Item Description PPTP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection.

  • Page 41: Firewall - Port Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Password f you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server. MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is 1400.

  • Page 42: Firewall - Ip Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Firewall - Port Filtering Item Description Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering security function. Port Range To restrict data transmission from the local network on Protocol certain ports, fill in the range of start-port and end-port, Comments and the protocol, also put your comments on it.

  • Page 43: Firewall - Mac Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Firewall - IP Filtering Item Description Enable IP Filtering Click to enable the IP filtering security function. Local IP Address To restrict data transmission from local network on Protocol certain IP addresses, fill in the IP address and the Comments protocol, also put your comments on it.

  • Page 44: Firewall - Port Forwarding

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Screen snapshot – Firewall - MAC Filtering Item Description Enable MAC Filtering Click to enable the MAC filtering security function. MAC Address To restrict data transmission from local network on Comments certain MAC addresses, fill in the MAC address and your comments on it.
  • Page 45 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NAT firewall. Screen snapshot – Firewall - Port Forwarding Item Description Enable Port Forwarding Click to enable the Port Forwarding security function.

  • Page 46: Firewall - Dmz

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.16 Firewall - DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network. Typically, the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic, such as Web (HTTP) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers.
  • Page 47 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – VPN Setup Item Description Enable IPSEC VPN Click to enable IPSEC VPN function. Refer to 4.27 What is VPN? and 4.28 What is IPSEC? Enable NAT Traversal Click to enable NAT Traversal function. Generate RSA Key Click to generate RSA key.

  • Page 48: Ivpn Setup - Edit Tunnel

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 VPN Setup - Edit Tunnel Screen snapshot – VPN Setup-Edit-1 Item Description Enable Tunnel # Click to enable the IPSEC VPN current tunnel. Connection Name Assign the connection name tag. Auth Type Click to select PSK or RSA.
  • Page 49 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 type Fill in remote ID except IP selected Remote ID Screen snapshot – VPN Setup-Edit-2 Item Description Key Management Click to select IKE or Manual mode. Advanced Click Advanced button to configure more IKE settings. Connection Type Click to select Initiator or Responder mode.

  • Page 50: Advanced Ike Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Advanced IKE Setup Screen snapshot – Advanced VPN Settings for IKE Item Description Phase 1 Negotiation Mode Main mode. Encryption Algorithm Click to select 3DES or AES128 encryption. Authentication Click to select MD5 or SHA1 authentication. Algorithm Key Group Click to select DH1(modp768), DH2(modp1024) or...

  • Page 51: Management - Statistics

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Active Protocol ESP. Encryption Algorithm Click to select 3DES, AES128 or NULL encryption. Authentication Click to select MD5 or SHA1 authentication. Algorithm Key Life Time Fill in the key life time value by seconds. Encapsulation Tunnel mode.

  • Page 52: Management - Ddns

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Received Packets Ethernet LAN interface. Ethernet WAN It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Sent Packets Ethernet WAN interface. Ethernet WAN It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Received Packets Ethernet WAN interface.

  • Page 53: Management - Time Zone Setting

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.20 Management - Time Zone Setting This page is used to configure NTP client to get current time. Screen snapshot – Management – Time Zone Settings Item Description Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country.

  • Page 54: Management - Upgrade Firmware

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Management – Log Item Description Enable Log Click the checkbox to enable log. Wireless only Only show wireless log System all Show all log of wireless broadband router Click the checkbox to enable remote log service. Enable Remote Log Log Server IP Address Input the remote log IP address...

  • Page 55: Management Save/ Reload Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Management - Upgrade Firmware Item Description Select File Click the Browse button to select the new version of web firmware image file. Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the WLAN Broadband Router.

  • Page 56: Management - Password Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 configuration to the WLAN Broadband Router. Reset Settings to Click the Reset button to reset the configuration Default parameter to factory defaults. 3.3.24 Management - Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point. Empty user name and password will disable the protection.
  • Page 57 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Logout Screen snapshot – Logout - OK Item Description Apply Change Click the Apply Change button, Then click OK button to logout.

  • Page 58: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination.

  • Page 59: What Is Bssid

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network.

  • Page 60: What Are Potential Factors That May Causes Interference

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference: Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc. Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs. Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interferences: Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings.

  • Page 61: What Is Rts (Request To Send) Threshold

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large.

  • Page 62: What Is Preamble Type

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point).

  • Page 63: What Is Wpa2

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 authentication server, typically one that supports RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol, will be added to the network. 4.16 What is WPA2? It is the second generation of WPA. WPA2 is based on the final IEEE 802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard.

  • Page 64: What Is Wireless Distribution System (Wds)

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)? The Wireless Distribution System feature allows WLAN AP to talk directly to other APs via wireless channel, like the wireless bridge or repeater service. 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? UPnP is an open networking architecture that consists of services, devices, and control points.

  • Page 65: What Is Ipsec

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4.28 What is IPSEC? IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security. It is used to transferring data securely under VPN.

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