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MicroNet SP916NL User Manual

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150Mbps Wireless Broadband Router
Model No.: SP916NL
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  • Page 1 User’s Manual 150Mbps Wireless Broadband Router Model No.: SP916NL http://www.micronet.info...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..........1 ......2 1.1 P RODUCT EATURES ......4 1.2 P ACKAGE ONTENTS ..4 1.3 LED I NDICATOR AND ESCRIPTION CHAPTER 2 PRODUCT INSTALLATION ......7 ...... 7 2.1 H ARDWARE NSTALLATION ....9 2.2 N ETWORK PPLICATION...
  • Page 3 CHAPTER 7 DHCP SERVER..........41 ......41 7.1 DHCP S ETTINGS ..... 43 7.2 DHCP L IST AND INDING CHAPTER 8 VIRTUAL SERVER........45 ....45 8.1 P ANGE ORWARDING ......47 8.2 DMZ S ETTINGS ......48 8.3 UPNP S ETTINGS CHAPTER 9 TRAFFIC CONTROL........
  • Page 4 ......68 12.7 P ASSWORD HANGE ........70 12.8 S YSLOG ........71 12.9 L OGOUT APPENDIX 1 GLOSSARY ..........72 APPENDIX 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ....74...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing Micronet SP916NL 150Mbps Wireless Broadband Router! SP916NL utilizes the latest IEEE802.11n standard with its wireless transmitting distance up to 6 times and transmitting rate 3 times than wireless G-products. It complies perfectly backwards with 802.11b/g standards and includes Router, Wireless AP, 4-port switch, and firewall in one.

  • Page 6: Product Features

    Product Features Includes router, wireless access point, four-port switch and firewall in one “Setup Wizard” enables you to connect Internet without entering administration interface Complies with the latest IEEE802.11n standard and IEEE802.11 b/g standards Increases 6 times coverage distance than 802.11g standard and reduces the dead spots in the coverage area Supports transmitting rate 3 times than wireless...
  • Page 7 Supports wireless Roaming technology for high-efficient wireless connections Supports SSID stealth mode and access control based over MAC address (up to 30 entries) Supports Auto MDI/MDIX Provides syslog to record the status of the router Supports auto negotiation/manual mode for 802.11b/802.11g Supports UPnP and DDNS Supports Firefox1.0, IE5.5 or above...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    User Manual & Utility CD Power Adapter External Antenna If any of listed items are missing or damaged, please contact the Micronet reseller from whom you purchased for replacement immediately. 1.3 LED Indicator and Port Description Front Panel and LED Indicator Show...
  • Page 9 When turns green, blinking indicates the system runs well. When blinking, it indicates the device is negotiating with client in WPS mode. WLAN Wireless signal LED indicator. When turns green, blinking indicates the wireless function is enabled. LAN (4,3,2,1) Wired local network LED indicator. Always ON indicates it is connected with Ethernet device;...
  • Page 10 Back Panel Show: Rear Panel :( From L to R) POWER The jack is for power adapter connection. Please use the included 9V DC power adapter. A 100Mbps Ethernet port can be connected with MODEM, Switch, Router and other Ethernet device for Internet connecting to DSL MODEM, Cable MODEM and ISP.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Product Installation

    Chapter 2 Product Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation After you unpack the box, please follow the steps below to connect. For better wireless performance, please put the device in the middle of wireless coverage area. 1. Please use the included power adapter to power on the Router.
  • Page 12 3. Please connect your broadband line provided by your ISP to the WAN port. 4. Insert the included manual & utility CD into the CD-ROM drive, double click the “Setup” icon and follow the instructions to complete the installation. Or you can enter the Router’s Web page to configure it.

  • Page 13: Network Application Plan

    2.2 Network Application Plan Usually wireless LAN Network is deployed in a planned environment where each access point is located in a steady place with certain wireless coverage area for communication service. Generally speaking, it is in the center of the area to reduce “dead spot”.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 How To Login To The Router

    Chapter 3 How to Login to the Router The chapter mainly presents how to enter the Router’s Web page. After you have finished the hardware installation, the following steps will assist you to set the network configurations for you computer. 3.1 How to Set the Network Configurations 1.
  • Page 15 2. Right click “Local Area Network Connection” and select “Properties”. 3. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties”.
  • Page 16 4. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Click “OK” to save the configurations. Or select “Use the following IP address” and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway as follows: IP Address: 192.168.2.XXX: (XXX is a number from 2~254) Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.2.1 Certainly you need to input the DNS server address provided...

  • Page 17: Login To The Router

    3.2 Login to the Router 1. To access the Router’s Web-based interface, launch a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and enter the Router’s default IP address, http://192.168.2.1. Press “Enter”.
  • Page 18 2. Input the “admin” in User Name and “1234” in Password. Click “OK”. 3. If you enter the correct user name and password, the screen will be the next one.

  • Page 19: Chapter 4 Quick Setup Guide

    Chapter 4 Quick Setup Guide This chapter deals with how to access the Internet quickly. Please follow this guide to connect your Router to the Internet. 4.1 Setup Wizard Here is the “Welcome to Setup Wizard” for configuring your Router quickly. Click “Next”. In this screen, select one mode of your Internet connection you use.
  • Page 20 ADSL Virtual Dial-up (Via PPPoE) Enter the Account and Password provided by your ISP, and click “Next”. For example: Dynamic IP (Via DHCP) If your connection mode is Dynamic IP, it means your IP...
  • Page 21 address keeps changing every time you connect. You do not need to enter the information like other modes. Click “Next” and “Save” to finish the settings. Static IP In this screen, fill the network address information from your ISP in the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and Primary DNS server fields and click “Next”.
  • Page 22 Click “Save” to complete the setup wizard. The Router will record the settings you made. To activate the settings, it is recommended to select “Reboot the Router” from “System Tool” of the left menu. It is rebooting now, please wait for a few minutes and DO NOT power off it.

  • Page 24: Chapter 5 Advanced Settings

    Chapter 5 Advanced Settings 5.1 LAN Settings LAN Settings are for the basic TCP/IP parameters of LAN ports. MAC Address: The Router’s physical MAC address as seen on your local network, which is unchangeable. IP Address: The Router’s LAN IP addresses (not your PC’s IP address).

  • Page 25: Wan Settings

    5.2 WAN Settings After you have selected the ISP connection type in “Setup Wizard” and you want to modify the related settings, here you can modify and configure the settings in details. Virtual Dial-up (PPPoE) Connection Mode: Show your current connection mode. Account: Enter them provided by your ISP.
  • Page 26 datagram that can be sent over a network. The default value is 1492. Do NOT modify it unless necessary. But if when some specific website or web application software can not be open or enabled, have a try to change the MTU value as 1450, 1400, etc.
  • Page 27 Static IP If your connection mode, static IP is chosen, you can modify the following addressing information. IP Address: Here enter the WAN IP address provided by your ISP. Subnet Mask: Enter the WAN Subnet Mask here. Gateway: Enter the WAN Gateway here. Primary DNS Server: Enter the Primary DNS server provided by your ISP.

  • Page 28: Mac Address Clone

    5.3 MAC Address Clone This page is for the Router’s MAC address to WAN. Some ISPs require end-user's MAC address to access their network. This feature copies the MAC address of your network device to the Router. MAC Address: The MAC address to be registered with your Internet service provider.

  • Page 29: Dns Settings

    5.4 DNS Settings DNS is short for Domain Name System (or Service), an Internet service that translate domain names into IP addresses which are provided by your Internet Service Provider. Please consult your Internet Service Provider for details if you do not have them.

  • Page 30: Chapter 6 Wireless Settings

    Chapter 6 Wireless Settings 6.1 Basic Settings Enable Wireless: Check to enable the Router’s wireless...
  • Page 31 features; uncheck to disable it. You can also press the WLAN/WPS button to turn on/off the wireless function. Network Mode: Select one mode from the following. The default is 11b/g/n mode. 11b mode: Allow the wireless client to connect with the device in 11b mode at the maximum speed of 11Mbps.

  • Page 32: Wireless Security Settings

    access point. Channel: Specify the effective channel (from 1 to 13\Auto) of the wireless network. Extension Channel: To increase data throughput of wireless network, the extension channel range is used in 11n mode. Channel Bandwidth: Select the channel bandwidth to improve the wireless performance.
  • Page 33 Select SSID: Select the SSID (main SSID or minor SSID) to configure security setting from the drop-down menu. Security Mode: From the drop-down menu select the corresponding security encryption modes. WEP Key1~4: Set the WEP key with the format of ASCII and Hex.
  • Page 34 6.2.2 WPA-Personal WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), a Wi-Fi standard, is a more recent wireless encryption scheme, designed to improve the security features of WEP. It applies more powerful encryption types (such as TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard]) and can change the keys dynamically on every authorized wireless device.
  • Page 35 6.2.3 WPA2- Personal WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2) provides higher security than WEP (Wireless Equivalent Privacy) and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access). WPA Algorithms: Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard]. The default is TKIP mode. Pass Phrase: Enter the encrypted characters with 8-63 ASCII characters.

  • Page 36: Advanced Settings

    6.3 Advanced Settings This section is to configure the advanced wireless setting of the Router, including the Radio Preamble, 802.11g/n Rate, Fragmentation Threshold, RTS Threshold, etc. BG protection Mode: Auto by default. It is for 11b/g wireless client to connect 11n wireless network smoothly in a complicated wireless area.
  • Page 37 Fragment Threshold: The fragmentation threshold defines the maximum transmission packet size in bytes. The packet will be fragmented if the arrival is bigger than the threshold setting. The default size is 2346 bytes. It is recommended not to modify this value. RTS Threshold: RTS stands for “Request to Send”.

  • Page 38: Wps Settings

    6.4 WPS Settings WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setting) can be easy and quick to establish the connection between the wireless network clients and the device through encrypted contents. The users only enter PIN code or press WLAN/WPA button on the panel to configure it without selecting encryption method and secret keys by manual.
  • Page 39 the front panel of the device for about one second (Press the button for about one second and WPS indicator will be blinking for 2 minutes, which means the WPS is enabled. During the blinking time, you can enable another device to implement the WPS/PBC negotiation between them.
  • Page 40 automatically. AP PIN (KEY): The PIN code used by default. Reset OOB: When this button is pressed, the WPS client will be idle state, and WPS indicator will be turned off. AP will not respond the WPS client’s requests and the set the security mode as WPA mode.

  • Page 41: Wds Settings

    6.5 WDS Settings WDS (Wireless Distribution System) is used to expand wireless coverage area. This Router provides three modes: Lazy, Bridge and Repeater. Lazy: In this mode, the connected device can be Bridge mode or Repeater mode and enter the Router’s BSSID to establish the connection.
  • Page 42 Encrypt Type: Select one from WEP, TKIP, AES for security here. Pass phrase: Enter the encrypted key for wireless devices. AP MAC: Input the MAC address of another (opposing) wireless router you want to connect. NOTE: It is recommended that two wireless routers keep the same bandwidth, channel number, and security settings.

  • Page 43: Wireless Access Control

    6.6 Wireless Access Control To secure your wireless LAN, the wireless access control is actually based on the MAC address management to allow or block the specific clients to access the wireless network. Select “Wireless Setting->Access Control” to display the following screen: MAC Address Filter: Enable/disable MAC address filter.

  • Page 44: Connection Status

    6.7 Connection Status This page shows wireless client’s connection status, including MAC address, Channel bandwidth, etc. Select “Wireless Setting->connection status” to enter the following screen: MAC Address: Shows current MAC addresses of the hosts connecting to the Router. Bandwidth: Shows current bandwidth of the hosts (wireless client).

  • Page 45: Chapter 7 Dhcp Server

    Chapter 7 DHCP Server 7.1 DHCP Settings DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is to assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network. When you enable the DHCP Server, the DHCP Server will allocate automatically an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer in premise of activating “Obtain an IP Address Automatically”.
  • Page 46 For example: If the lease time is an hour, then DHCP server will reclaim the IP address each hour.

  • Page 47: Dhcp List And Binding

    7.2 DHCP List and Binding The Static IP assignment is to add a specifically static IP address to the assigned MAC address. You can view the related information in the DHCP server list. IP Address: Enter the IP address which needs to be bound.
  • Page 48 Lease Time: The left time length of the corresponding IP address lease.

  • Page 49: Chapter 8 Virtual Server

    Chapter 8 Virtual Server 8.1 Port Range Forwarding This section deals with the port range forwarding mainly. The Port Range Forwarding allows you to set up a range of public services such as web servers, ftp, e-mail and other specialized Internet applications to an assigned IP address on your LAN.
  • Page 50 Start/End Port: Enter the start/end port number which ranges the External ports used to set the server or Internet applications. IP Address: Enter the IP address of the PC where you want to set the applications. Protocol: Select the protocol (TCP/UDP/Both) for the application.

  • Page 51: Dmz Settings

    8.2 DMZ Settings The DMZ function is to allow one computer in LAN to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ Host IP Address: The IP address of the computer you want to expose. Enable: Click the checkbox to enable the DMZ host.

  • Page 52: Upnp Settings

    8.3 UPNP Settings It supports latest Universal Plug and Play. This function goes into effect on Windows XP or Windows ME or this function would go into effect if you have installed software that supports UPnP. With the UPnP function, host in LAN can request the router to process some special port switching so as to enable host outside to visit the resources in the internal host.

  • Page 53: Chapter 9 Traffic Control

    Chapter 9 Traffic Control 9.1 Traffic Control Traffic control is used to limit communication speed in the LAN and WAN. Up to 20 entries can be supported with the capability for at most 254 PCs' speed control, including for IP address range configuration.
  • Page 54 bandwidth in WAN port. Service: To select the controlled service type, such as HTTP service. IP Starting Address: The first IP address for traffic control. IP Ending Address: The last IP address for traffic control. Uploading/Downloading: To specify the traffic heading way for the selected IP addresses: uploading or downloading.

  • Page 55: Chapter 10 Security Settings

    Chapter 10 Security Settings 10.1 Client Filter Settings To benefit your further management to the computers in the LAN, you can control some ports access to Internet by data packet filter function. Client Filter: Check to enable client filter. Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-down...
  • Page 56 menu. Enable: Check to enable the access policy. Clear the Policy: Click “Clear” button to clear all settings for the policy. Filter Mode: Click one radio button to enable or disable to access the Internet. Policy Name: Enter a name for the access policy selected.

  • Page 57: Url Filter Settings

    10.2 URL Filter Settings In order to control the computer to have access to websites, you can use URL filtering to allow the computer to have access to certain websites at fixed time and forbids it having access to certain websites at fixed time. URL Filter: Check to enable URL filter.
  • Page 58 for the policy. Filter Mode: Click one radio button to enable or disable to access the Internet. Policy Name: Enter a name for the access policy selected. Start/End IP: Enter the starting/ending IP address. URL Strings: Specify the text strings or keywords needed to be filtered.

  • Page 59: Mac Address Filter

    10.3 MAC Address Filter In order to manage the computers in LAN better, you could control the computer’s access to Internet by MAC Address Filter. MAC Address Filter: Check to enable MAC address filter. Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-down menu.

  • Page 60: Prevent Network Attack

    to access the Internet. Policy Name: Enter a name for the access policy selected. MAC Address: Enter the MAC address you want to run the access policy. Times: Select the time range of client filter. Date: Select the day(s) to run the access policy. Apply: Click to make the settings go into effect.

  • Page 61: Remote Web Management

    Prevent Network Attack: Check to enable it for attack prevention. 10.5 Remote Web Management This section is to allow the network administrator to manage the Router remotely. If you want to access the Router from outside the local network, please select the “Enable”. Enable: Check to enable remote web management.
  • Page 62 2. If your WAN IP address starts and ends with 0.0.0.0, it means all hosts in WAN can implement remote Web management. If you change the WAN IP address as 218.88.93.33-218.88.93.35, then only the IP addresses as 218.88.93.33, 218.88.93.34 and 218.88.93.35 can access the Router.

  • Page 63: Wan Ping

    10.6 WAN Ping The ping test is to check the status of your internet connection. When disabling the test, the system will ignore the ping test from WAN. Ignore Ping from WAN: Check to ignore the ping request and give no reply.

  • Page 64: Chapter 11 Routing Settings

    Chapter 11 Routing Settings 11.1 Routing Table The main duty for a router is to look for a best path for every data frame, and transfer this data frame to a destination. So, it’s essential for the router to choose the best path, i.e. routing arithmetic.

  • Page 65: Chapter 12 System Tools

    Chapter 12 System Tools 12.1 Time Settings This section is to select the time zone for your location. If you turn off the Router, the settings for time disappear. However, the Router will automatically obtain the GMT time again once it has access to the Internet.

  • Page 66: Ddns

    12.2 DDNS The DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) is supported in this Router. It is to assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address, which is used to monitor hosting website, FTP server and so on behind the Router. If you want to activate this function, please select “Enable”...
  • Page 67 3322.org as follows: User name Micronet Password 123456 Domain Name Micronet.vicp.net After mapping the port in the virtual server, setting account information in DDNS server and in the address field entering http://Micronet.3322.org, you can access the Web page.

  • Page 68: Backup/Restore Settings

    12.3 Backup/Restore Settings The device provides backup/restore settings, so you need set a directory to keep these parameters. Backup Setting: Click “Backup” button to back up the Router’s settings and select the path for save. Click “Save” to save the configuration files.
  • Page 69 Restore Setting: Click “Browse” button to select the backup files. Click “Restore” button to restore previous settings.

  • Page 70: Restore To Factory Default Setting

    12.4 Restore to Factory Default Setting This button is to reset all settings to the default values. It means the Router will lose all the settings you have set. So please Note down the related settings if necessary. Restore: Click this button to restore to default settings. Factory Default Settings: User Name: admin Password: 1234...

  • Page 71: Upgrade Firmware

    12.5 Upgrade Firmware The Router provides the firmware upgrade by clicking the “Upgrade” after browsing the firmware upgrade packet, Browse: click this button to select the upgrade file. Upgrade: click this button to start the upgrading process. After the upgrade is completed, the Router will reboot automatically.

  • Page 72: Password Change

    Reboot the router: Click this button to reboot the device. 12.7 Password Change This section is to set a new user name and password to better secure your router and network. User Name: Enter a new user name for the device. Old Password: Enter the old password.
  • Page 73 NOTE: It is highly recommended to change the password to secure your network and the Router.

  • Page 74: Syslog

    12.8 Syslog The section is to view the system log. Click the “Refresh” to update the log. Click “Clear” to clear all shown information. If the log is over 150 records, it will clear them automatically. Refresh: Click this button to update the log. Clear: Click this button to clear the current shown log.

  • Page 75: Logout

    12.9 Logout After you have finished the settings completely, in logout page click “Yes” to logout the web management page.

  • Page 76: Appendix 1 Glossary

    Appendix 1 Glossary Channel: An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units (PDUs) that may be used simultaneously, in the same volume of space, with other instances of medium use(on other channels) by other instances of the same physical layer (PHY),with an acceptably low frame error ratio(FER) due to mutual interference.
  • Page 77 same key and same type of encryption. There are 2 methods for entering the KEY; one is to enter a 16-bit HEX digit. Using this method, users must enter a 10-digit number (for 64-bit) or 26-digit number (for 128-bit) in the KEY field. Users must select the same key number for all devices.

  • Page 78: Appendix 2 Questions And Answers

    E-mail to support@Micronet.info, and we will reply you in the first time. 1. Can not login to the Web interface of the Router after you enter the IP address in the address field? Step 1: check the Router if it works well. Once the device is powered on for a few seconds, the SYS indicator on the panel will be turned on.
  • Page 79 page. What can I do? Press the “RESET” button for 7 seconds to restore the Router to default settings. 3. The computer connected with the Router shows IP address conflict. What can I do? Check if there are other DHCP servers in the LAN. If there have, disable them.
  • Page 80 clone the Router’s WAN MAC address to the bind21ing PC’s MAC address. Select “MAC Address Clone” in “Advanced Setting” to input your computer’s MAC address and click “Apply” to activate it. 6. How to share my computer’s source with other users in Internet? If you want Internet users to access the internal server via the Router such as e-mail server, Web, FTP, you can configure the...
  • Page 81 Server Protocol Service Port WEB Server FTP Server Telnet NetMeeting 1503.1720 File Send:6891-6900(TCP) TCP/UDP Voice:1863.6901(TCP) Messenger Voice:1863.5190(UDP) PPTP VPN 1723 Iphone5.0 22555 SMTP POP3...

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