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LevelOne WBR-3404TX User Manual

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  • Page 1 LevelOne WBR-3404TX 54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router w/VPN/Printer Server(USB) User`s Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission.

  • Page 3: Ce Declaration Of Conformity

    FCC 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 radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation ... 13 3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer ... 13 3.2 Install the Software into Your Computers... 13 Chapter 4 Configuring LevelOne WBR-3404TX... 17 4.1 Start-up and Log in ... 17 4.2 Status... 18 4.3 Wizard...
  • Page 5 4.8.1 System Log... 65 4.8.2 Firmware Upgrade... 66 4.8.3 Backup Setting ... 67 4.8.4 Reset to default ... 67 4.8.5 Reboot ... 67 4.8.6 Miscellaneous Items ... 68 Chapter 5 Print Server ... 69 5.1 Configuring on Windows 95/98 Platforms ... 69 5.2 Configuring on Windows NT Platforms ...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of LevelOne WBR-3404TX Wireless Broadband Router. This product is specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solution for Internet surfing, and is easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users.
  • Page 7 Packet Filter allows you to control access to a network by analyzing the incoming and outgoing packets and letting them pass or halting them based on the IP address of the source and destination. Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) enable devices such as PCs, routers or other devices to be plugged into a network and automatically know about each other.

  • Page 8: Packing List

    Virtual Computers supported: Virtual Computer enables you to use the original NAT feature, and allows you to setup the one-to-one mapping of multiple global IP address and local IP address. Packing List LevelOne WBR-3404TX Wireless Broadband Router Installation CD-ROM Power adapter CAT-5 UTP Fast Ethernet cable Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Panel Layout...
  • Page 9 WLAN Wireless activity Green Link/Act. Link status Green 10/100 Data Rate Green USB port Green activity Sending or receiving data via Blinking wireless An active station is connected to the corresponding LAN port. The corresponding LAN port is Blinking sending or receiving data. Data is transmitting in 100Mbps on the corresponding LAN port.
  • Page 10 Port: To reset system settings to factory defaults, please follow the steps: RESET Power off the device, Press the reset button and hold, Power on the device, Keep the button pressed about 5 seconds, Release the button, Watch the STATUS LED, they will flash 8 times and then STATUS flash once per second.

  • Page 11: Procedure For Hardware Installation

    Decide where to place your Wireless Broadband Router You can place your WBR-3404TX 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 12 2. Setup LAN connection a. Wired LAN connection: connects an Ethernet cable from your computer’s Ethernet port to one of the LAN ports of this product. b. Wireless LAN connection: locate this product at a proper position to gain the best transmit performance.

  • Page 13: Chapter 3 Network Settings And Software Installation

    Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation To use LevelOne WBR-3404TX correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform (Windows 95/98/NT/2000). 3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, and the default subnet mask is...
  • Page 14 Step 1: Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The following window will be shown automatically. If it isn’t, please run “install.exe” on the CD-ROM.
  • Page 15 Step 2: Click on the INSTALL button. Wait until the following Welcome dialog to appear, and click on the Next button. Step 3: Select the destination folder and click on the Next button. Then, the setup program will begin to install the programs into the destination folder.
  • Page 16 Step 4: When the following window is displayed, click on the Finish button. Step 5: Select the item to restart the computer and then click the OK button to reboot your computer. Step 6: After rebooting your computer, the software installation procedure is finished. Now, you can configure the NAT Router (refer to Chapter 4) and setup the Print Server (refer to Chapter 5).

  • Page 17: Chapter 4 Configuring Levelone Wbr-3404Tx

    Chapter 4 Configuring LevelOne WBR-3404TX WBR-3404TX provides Web based configuration scheme, that is, configuring by your Web browser, such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms. 4.1 Start-up and Log in Activate your browser, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exceptions.

  • Page 18: Status

    4.2 Status This option provides the function for observing this product’s working status: A. WAN Port Status. If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP, there may appear a “Renew” or “Release” button on the Sidenote column. You can click this button to renew or release IP manually. B.

  • Page 19: Wizard

    4.3 Wizard Setup Wizard will guide you through a basic configuration procedure step by step. Press ”Next >”...
  • Page 20 Setup Wizard - Select WAN Type: For detail settings, please refer to 4.4.1 primary setup.

  • Page 21: Basic Setting

    4.4 Basic Setting...

  • Page 22: Primary Setup - Wan Type, Virtual Computers

    4.4.1 Primary Setup – WAN Type, Virtual Computers Press “Change”...
  • Page 23 This option is primary to enable this product to work properly. The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type before you start. LAN IP Address: the local IP address of this device. The computers on your network must use the LAN IP address of your product as their Default Gateway.
  • Page 24 the lease time is expiring-- even when the system is idle. 4.4.1.3 Dynamic IP Address with Road Runner Session Management.(e.g. Telstra BigPond) LAN IP Address is the IP address of this product. It must be the default gateway of your computers.
  • Page 26 4.4.1.7 Virtual Computers Virtual Computer enables you to use the original NAT feature, and allows you to setup the one-to-one mapping of multiple global IP address and local IP address. Global IP: Enter the global IP address assigned by your ISP. Local IP: Enter the local IP address of your LAN PC corresponding to the global IP address.

  • Page 27: Dhcp Server

    4.4.2 DHCP Server Press “More>>”...
  • Page 28 The settings of a TCP/IP environment include host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations. It is not easy to manually configure all the computers and devices in your network. Fortunately, DHCP Server provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings. This product supports the function of DHCP server.

  • Page 29: Wireless Setting, And 802.1X Setting

    The factory setting is as follow: channel 6 for North America; channel 7 for European (ETSI); channel 7 for Japan. 4X : WBR-3404TX adopted TI for main chipset. With other TI 11g wireless products, the wireless transferring rate will be doubled when the 4X mode is enable.
  • Page 30 802.1X Setting 802.1X CheckBox was used to switch the function of the 802.1X. When the 802.1X function is enable, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service. Encryption Key Length Allows user to select the length for WEP encryption. RADIUS Server IP address or the 802.1X server’s domain-name.

  • Page 31: Change Password

    4.4.4 Change Password You can change Password here. We strongly recommend you to change the system password for security reason.

  • Page 32: Forwarding Rules

    4.5 Forwarding Rules...

  • Page 33: Virtual Server

    4.5.1 Virtual Server This product’s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your Intranet, so all hosts behind this product are invisible to the outside world. If you wish, you can make some of them accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping. A virtual server is defined as a Service Port, and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the Server IP.

  • Page 34: Special Ap

    4.5.2 Special AP Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony, etc. Because of the firewall function, these applications cannot work with a pure NAT router. The Special Applications feature allows some of these applications to work with this product. If the mechanism of Special Applications fails to make an application work, try setting your computer as the DMZ host instead.

  • Page 35: Miscellaneous Items

    4.5.3 Miscellaneous Items IP Address of DMZ Host DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone) Host is a host without the protection of firewall. It allows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted 2-way communication for Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony and other special applications. NOTE: This feature should be used only when needed.

  • Page 36: Security Settings

    4.6 Security Settings...

  • Page 37: Packet Filter

    4.6.1 Packet Filter Packet Filter enables you to control what packets are allowed to pass the router. Outbound filter applies on all outbound packets. However, Inbound filter applies on packets that destined to Virtual Servers or DMZ host only. You can select one of the two filtering policies: Allow all to pass except those match the specified rules Deny all to pass except those match the specified rules You can specify 8 rules for each direction: inbound or outbound.

  • Page 38: Inbound Filter

    addresses (4.3.2.1-4.3.2.254). An empty implies all IP addresses. For source or destination port, you can define a single port (80) or a range of ports (1000-1999). Add prefix "T" or "U" to specify TCP or UDP protocol. For example, T80, U53, U2000-2999. No prefix indicates both TCP and UDP are defined.
  • Page 39 (1.2.3.10-1.2.3.20) They can do everything (block nothing) Others are all blocked. Example 2: (1.2.3.100-1.2.3.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are all allowed. After Inbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the save button. Outbound Filter: To enable Outbound Packet Filter click the check box next to Enable in the Outbound Packet Filter field.
  • Page 40 Example 1: (192.168.123.100-192.168.123.149) They are allowed to send mail (port 25), receive mail (port 110), and browse Internet (port 80); port 53 (DNS) is necessary to resolve the domain name. (192.168.123.10-192.168.123.20) They can do everything (block nothing) Others are all blocked. Example 2:...
  • Page 41 (192.168.123.100-192.168.123.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are allowed After Outbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the save button.

  • Page 42: Domain Filter

    4.6.2 Domain Filter Domain Filter let you prevent users under this device from accessing specific URLs. Domain Filter Enable Checke if you want to enable Domain Filter. Log DNS Query Checke if you want to log the action when someone accesses the specific URLs. Privilege IP Addresses Range Setting a group of hosts and privilege these hosts to access network without restriction.
  • Page 43 Example: In this example: 1. URL include “sex.com” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file. 2. URL include “girl.com” will not be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file. 3. URL include “erotica.com” will be blocked, but the action will not be record in log-file. IP address X.X.X.1~ X.X.X.10 can access network without restriction.

  • Page 44: Url Blocking

    4.6.3 URL Blocking URL Blocking will block LAN computers to connect to pre-defined Websites. The major difference between “Domain filter” and “URL Blocking” is Domain filter require user to input suffix (like .com or .org, etc), while URL Blocking require user to input a keyword only. In other words, Domain filter can block specific website, while URL Blocking can block hundreds of websites by simply a keyword.
  • Page 45 In this example: 1.URL include “sex” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file. 2.URL include “erotica” will be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file 3.URL include “girl” will not be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file. 4.

  • Page 46: Mac Address Control

    4.6.4 MAC Address Control MAC Address Control allows you to assign different access right for different users and to assign a specific IP address to a certain MAC address. Check “Enable” to enable the “MAC Address Control”. All of the MAC Address Control settings in this page will take effect only when “Enable”...
  • Page 47 Control table "Control table" is the table at the bottom of the "MAC Address Control" page. Each row of this table indicates the MAC address and the expected IP address mapping of a client. There are four columns in this table: MAC Address MAC address indicates a specific client.

  • Page 48: Vpn Setting

    4.6.5 VPN setting VPN Settings are settings that are used to create virtual private tunnels to remote VPN gateways. The tunnel technology supports data confidentiality, data origin authentication and data integrity of network information by utilizing encapsulation protocols, encryption algorithms, and hashing algorithms. VPN enable item VPN protects network information from ill network inspectors.
  • Page 49 System managers of both end gateways only need set the same pre-shared key. Function of Buttons More: To setup detailer configuration for manual key or IKE approaches by clicking the "More" button. VPN Settings - IKE There are three parts that are necessary to setup the configuration of IKE for the dedicated tunnel: basic setup, IKE proposal setup, and IPSec proposal setup.
  • Page 50 Local netmask Local netmask combined with local subnet to form a subnet domain. Remote subnet The subnet of LAN site of remote VPN gateway, it can be a host, a partial subnet, and the whole subnet of LAN site of remote gateway. Remote netmask Remote netmask combined with remote subnet to form a subnet domain of remote end.
  • Page 51 VPN Settings - Set IKE Proposal IKE Proposal index A list of selected proposal indexes from the IKE proposal pool listed below. The selecting activity is performed by selecting a proposal ID and clicking "add to" button in the bottom of the page. There are only four indexes can be chosen from the proposal pool for the dedicated tunnel.
  • Page 52 VPN Settings -Set IPSec Proposal IPSec Proposal index A list of selected proposal indexes from the IPSec proposal pool listed below. The selecting activity is performed by selecting a proposal ID and clicking "add to" button in the bottom of the page. There are only four indexes can be chosen for the dedicated tunnel.
  • Page 53 IPSec proposal. Life time The unit of life time is based on the value of Life Time Unit. If the value of unit is second, the value of life time represents the life time of dedicated VPN tunnel between both end gateways. Its value ranges from 300 seconds to 172,800 seconds.

  • Page 54: Miscellaneous Items

    4.6.6 Miscellaneous Items Remote Administrator Host/Port In general, only Intranet user can browse the built-in web pages to perform administration task. This feature enables you to perform administration task from remote host. If this feature is enabled, only the specified IP address can perform remote administration. If the specified IP address is 0.0.0.0, any host can connect to this product to perform administration task.

  • Page 55: Advanced Setting

    4.7 Advanced Setting...

  • Page 56: System Time

    4.7.1 System Time Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol Selected if you want to Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol. Time Server Select a NTP time server to consult UTC time Time Zone Select a time zone where this device locates. Set Date and Time manually Selected if you want to Set Date and Time manually.

  • Page 57: System Log

    4.7.2 System Log This page support two methods to export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog(UDP) and SMTP(TCP). The items you have to setup including: IP Address for Syslog Host IP of destination where syslogs will be sent to. Check Enable to enable this function.

  • Page 58: Dynamic Dns

    E-mail Subject The subject of email alert. This setting is optional. 4.7.3 Dynamic DNS To host your server on a changing IP address, you have to use dynamic domain name service (DDNS). So that anyone wishing to reach your host only needs to know the name of it. Dynamic DNS will map the name of your host to your current IP address, which changes each time you connect your Internet service provider.
  • Page 59 Host Name Username/E-mail Password/Key You will get this information when you register an account on a Dynamic DNS server. Example: After Dynamic DNS setting is configured, click the save button.

  • Page 60: Snmp Setting

    4.7.4 SNMP Setting In brief, SNMP, the Simple Network Management Protocol, is a protocol designed to give a user the capability to remotely manage a computer network by polling and setting terminal values and monitoring network events. Enable SNMP You must check either Local or Remote or both to enable SNMP function. If Local is checked, this is checked, this device will response request from LAN.
  • Page 61 1. This device will response to SNMP client which’s get community is set as “public” 2. This device will response to SNMP client which’s set community is set as “private” 3. This device will response request from both LAN and WAN...

  • Page 62: Routing Table

    4.7.5 Routing Table Routing Tables allow you to determine which physical interface address to use for outgoing IP data grams. If you have more than one routers and subnets, you will need to enable routing table to allow packets to find proper routing path and allow different subnets to communicate with each other. Routing Table settings are settings used to setup the functions of static and dynamic routing.
  • Page 63 So if, for example, the host wanted to send an IP data gram to 192.168.3.88, it would use the above table to determine that it had to go via 192.168.1.33 (a gateway), And if it sends Packets to 192.168.5.77 will go via 192.168.1.55 Each rule can be enabled or disabled individually.

  • Page 64: Toolbox

    4.8 Toolbox...

  • Page 65: System Log

    4.8.1 System Log You can View system log by clicking the View Log button...

  • Page 66: Firmware Upgrade

    4.8.2 Firmware Upgrade You can upgrade firmware by clicking Firmware Upgrade button.

  • Page 67: Backup Setting

    4.8.3 Backup Setting You can backup your settings by clicking the Backup Setting button and save it as a bin file. Once you want to restore these settings, please click Firmware Upgrade button and use the bin file you saved. 4.8.4 Reset to default You can also reset this product to factory default by clicking the Reset to default button.

  • Page 68: Miscellaneous Items

    4.8.6 Miscellaneous Items MAC Address for Wake-on-LAN Wake-on-LAN is a technology that enables you to power up a networked device remotely. In order to enjoy this feature, the target device must be Wake-on-LAN enabled and you have to know the MAC address of this device, say 00-11-22-33-44-55.

  • Page 69: Chapter 5 Print Server

    Chapter 5 Print Server LevelOne WBR-3404TX provides the function of network print server for MS Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and Unix based platforms. (If the product you purchased doesn’t have printer port, please skip this chapter.) 5.1 Configuring on Windows 95/98 Platforms After you finished the software installation procedure described in Chapter 3, your computer has possessed the network printing facility provided by this product.
  • Page 70 Find out the corresponding icon of your server printer, for example, the HP LaserJet 6L. Click the mouse’s right button on that icon, and then select the Properties item: Click the Details item:...
  • Page 71 Choose the “PRTmate: (All-in-1)” from the list attached at the Print To item. Be sure that the Printer Driver item is configured to the correct driver of your server printer. Click on the button of Port Settings: Type in the IP address of this product and then click the OK button. Make sure that all settings mentioned above are correct and then click the OK button.

  • Page 72: Configuring On Windows Nt Platforms

    5.2 Configuring on Windows NT Platforms The configuration procedure for a Windows NT platform is similar to that of Windows 95/98 except the screen of printer Properties: Compared to the procedure in last section, the selection of Details is equivalent to the selection of Ports, and Port Settings is equivalent to Configure Port.

  • Page 73: Configuring On Windows 2000 And Xp Platforms

    5.3 Configuring on Windows 2000 and XP Platforms Windows 2000 and XP have built-in LPR client, users could utilize this feature toPrint. You have to install your Printer Driver on LPT1 or other ports before you preceed the following sequence. Open Printers and Faxs.
  • Page 74 Select “Ports” page, Click “Add Port…”...
  • Page 75 Select “Standard TCP/IP Port”, and then click “New Port…” Click Next and then provide the following information: Type address of server providing LPD that is our NAT device:192.168.123.254...
  • Page 76 Select Custom, then click “Settings…”...
  • Page 77 Select “LPR”, type ” lp“ lowercase letter in “Queue Name:” And enable “LPR Byte Counting Enabled”.
  • Page 78 Apply your settings...

  • Page 80: Configuring On Unix Based Platforms

    5.4 Configuring on Unix based Platforms Please follow the traditional configuration procedure on Unix platforms to setup the print server of this product. The printer name is “lp.”...

  • Page 81: Appendix A Tcp/Ip Configuration For Windows 95

    Appendix A TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98 This section introduces you how to install TCP/IP protocol into your personal computer. And suppose you have been successfully installed one network card on your personal computer. If not, please refer to your network card manual. Moreover, the Section B.2 tells you how to set TCP/IP values for working with this NAT Router correctly.

  • Page 82: Set Tcp/Ip Protocol For Working With Nat Router

    Select Microsoft item in the manufactures list. And choose TCP/IP in the Network Protocols. Click OK button to return to Network window. The TCP/IP protocol shall be listed in the Network window. Click OK to complete the install procedure and restart your PC to enable the TCP/IP protocol. A.2 Set TCP/IP Protocol for Working with NAT Router Click Start button and choose Settings, then click Control Panel.
  • Page 83 Double click Network icon. Select the TCP/IP line that has been associated to your network card in the Configuration tab of the Network window. Click Properties button to set the TCP/IP protocol for this NAT Router. Now, you have two setting methods: A.
  • Page 84 Select Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab.
  • Page 85 Don’t input any value in the Gateway tab.
  • Page 86 Choose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab.
  • Page 87 B. Configure IP manually Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab. The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254. So please use 192.168.123.xxx (xxx is between 1 and 253) for IP Address field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field.
  • Page 88 In the Gateway tab, add the IP address of this product (default IP is 192.168.123.254) in the New gateway field and click Add button.
  • Page 89 In the DNS Configuration tab, add the DNS values which are provided by the ISP into DNS Server Search Order field and click Add button.

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