The TW-EA515 ADSL router is a high-performance tool that supports wireless networking at home, work, or in a public place. The TW-EA515 ADSL router supports a USB 3G modem card, either WCDMA or EVDO and even HSDPA as well, and supports wireless data transfers up to 300M bps, and wired data transfers up to 100Mbps.
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ADSL port and Ethernet ports B. LED indicators Indicator Description Green and Blink once per No external USB device is attached, and second this router is working. Status/USB Green and Steady On An external USB device is attached Data packet transferred via attached USB Green and Blinking device (e.g.
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C. Installation Steps DO NOT Note: connect the router to power before performing the installation steps below. Step 1. Plug a USB modem into USB port. Step 2. Insert RJ45 cable into LAN Port on the back panel of the router. Then plug the other end of into computer.
Chapter 2 Getting Started with Easy Setup Utility There are two approaches for you to set up the TW-EA515 ADSL router quickly and easily. One is through executing the provided Windows Easy Setup Utility on your PC, and the other is through browsing the device web pages and configuration.
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Step 5: Select Wireless Enable, and then click “Next” to continue. Step 6: Enter SSID, Channel and Security options, and then click “Next” to continue. Step 7: Click” Let me select WAN service by myself” to select WAN service manually.
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Step 8: Select 3G Service by clicking 3G icon to continue. Step 9-1: Select “Auto-Detection” and the Utility will try to detect and configure the required 3G service settings automatically. Click “Next” to continue. Step 9-2: Or you can select “Manual” and manually fill in the required 3G service settings provided by your ISP.
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Step 10: Click “Next” to save your setting. Step 11: The TW-EA515 ADSL router is rebooted to make your entire configuration take effect. Step 12: Click “Next” to test the Internet connection or you can ignore test.
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Step 13: Click “Next” to test WAN Networking service. Step 14: Setup is completed.
2.2 Easy Setup by Configuring Web Pages You can also browse web UI to configure the device. Browse to Activate the Setup Wizard Type in the IP Address (http://192.168.0.254/) Type in the default password “admin” in the System Password and then click ‘login’...
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Step 1 Change System Password. Set up your system password. (Default:admin) Step 2: Select Time Zone Step 3: Select WAN Type. Choose Auto-Detecting or Manually to set WAN Type. Step 4: Select Wan Type. If you want to use 3G service as the main internet access, please set the WAN interface as “Wireless WAN”...
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Step 5: 3G Mode. Select Auto-Detection then click “Next” to continue. Step 6: Set up your Wireless Network. Set up your SSID. Step 7: Setup your Encryption Key here, then click”Next” to continue.
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Step 8: Apply your Setting. Then click Apply Setting. Step 9: Click Finish to complete it.
Chapter 3 Making Configuration Whenever you want to configure your network or this device, you can access the Configuration Menu by opening the web-browser and typing in the IP Address of the device. The default IP Address is: 192.168.0.254 Enter the default password “admin” in the System Password and then click ‘login’ button. Then, you can browse the “Advanced”...
3.1.1. Network Setup LAN IP Address: The local IP address of this device. The computers on your network must use the LAN IP address of this device as their Default Gateway. You can change it if necessary. Subnet Mask: Input your Subnet mask. (All devices in the network must have the same subnet mask.) The default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
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1. WAN Type: Choose 3G for WAN connection. 2. Dial-Up Profile: Please select Auto-Detection or Manual. You can choose “Auto-Detection”, and the router will try to detect and configure the required 3G service settings automatically. Otherwise, you can select “Manual”, and manually fill in the required 3G service settings provided by your carrier or ISP.
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also change it manually. 9. Account*: The user name for 3G connection. It will show a value after you choose country and telecom. You can also change it manually. 10. Password*: The password for 3G connection. It will show a value after you choose country and telecom.
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1. WAN Type: Choose iBurst for WAN connection. 2. Account: Enter the User Name for iBurst connection. 3. Password: Enter new Password for iBurst connection. 4. Primary DNS: You can assign a Primary DNS server if required. (Optional) 5. Secondary DNS: You can assign a Secondary DNS server if required. (Optional) 6.
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C. Static IP Address 1. WAN Type: Choose Static IP Address. 2. WAN IP Address: Input the IP address you got from ISP. 3. Subnet Mask: Input the subnet mask of IP address you got from ISP. 4. WAN Gateway: Input the IP address of WAN gateway you got from ISP. 5.
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D. Dynamic IP Address 1. WAN Type: Choose Dynamic IP Address. 2. Host Name: Optional, required by some ISPs, for example, @Home. 3. ISP registered MAC Address: Some ISP (Cable company) will record your MAC address on PC. You can press “Clone” button to copy the MAC address on your PC here, or you can input it manually.
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E. PPP over Ethernet 1. WAN Type: Choose PPP over Ethernet. 2. IPv6 Dual Stack: If your ISP supports IPv6 dual stack, you can check this check box to get an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address via one PPPoE connection. After you check this check box, you also need to enable IPv6 function at Advanced Setting->IPv6 setting page.
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11. NAT disable: You can disable NAT feature if required. 12. IGMP Proxy: Enable this feature allows multicast stream (e.g. IPTV stream) to pass-through this device. F. PPTP 1. WAN Type: Choose PPTP. 2. IP Mode: You can select “Static IP Address” or “Dynamic IP Address”. 3.
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10. IGMP Proxy: Enable this feature allows multicast stream (e.g. IPTV stream) to pass-through this device. Note. The items with * above are only available when choosing Static IP Address in IP mode.
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G. L2TP 1. WAN Type: Choose L2TP. 2. IP Mode: You can select “Static IP Address” or “Dynamic IP Address”. 3. My IP Address*, My Subnet Mask*, and Gateway IP*: The IP address, subnet mask, and IP address of gateway your ISP assigned to you. 4.
3.1.2. DHCP Server 1. DHCP Server: You can have total four (DHCP1~DHCP4) different settings of DHCP server configurations on this device. If you divide LAN network into different groups via VLAN ID (Please refer to Advanced Setting->VLAN for detail), you can have different DHCP server settings for each of them.
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Press “Fixed Mapping” and the DHCP Server will reserve the special IP for designated MAC address.
3.1.3. Wireless Settings Wireless settings allow you to set the wireless configuration items. 1. Wireless Module: You can enable or disable wireless function. 2. Wireless Schedule: You can limit Wi-Fi functions in a period of time if required. 3. Network ID (SSID): Network ID is used for identifying the Wireless LAN (WLAN). Client stations can roam freely over this device and other Access Points that have the same Network ID.
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Shared Shared key authentication relies on the fact that both stations taking part in the authentication process have the same "shared" key or passphrase. The shared key is manually set on both the client station and the AP/router. Three types of shared key authentication are available today for home or small office WLAN environments.
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1. WPS: You can enable this function by selecting “Enable”. WPS offers a safe and easy way to allow the wireless clients connected to your wireless network. 2. AP PIN: You can press Generate New Pin to get an AP PIN. 3.
1. Wireless Bridging: You can enable this function by selecting “Enable”. 2. Remote AP MAC 1~4: Enter the MAC address for remote AP that you want to connect via WDS. 3. Encryption type: Select the appropriate category. Once you set up that type of encryption, second LAN PC must enter the same encryption type as the first one.
3.2 Forwarding Rules 3.2.1 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.
3.2.2 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.
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The device supports the UPnP function. If the OS of your client computer supports this function, and you enabled it, like Windows XP, you can see the following icon when the client computer gets IP from the device. Click on “Save” to store your settings or click “Undo” to give up the changes.
3.3 Security Setting The security setting includes Packet Filter, Domain Filter, URL Blocking, MAC Address Control, L2TP/PPTP Client, and miscellaneous.
3.3.1 Packet Filters Packet Filter includes both outbound filter and inbound filter. And they have same way to setting. 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.
addresses. Packet Filter can work with Scheduling Rules, and give user more flexibility on Access control. For Detail, please refer to Scheduling Rule. Each rule can be enabled or disabled individually. Click on “Save” to store your settings or click “Undo” to give up the changes. 3.3.2 Domain Filters Domain Filter prevents users under this device from accessing specific URLs.
3.3.3 URL Blocking URL Blocking will block LAN computers to connect with pre-define 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.
3.3.4 MAC 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. 1. MAC Address Control: Check “Enable” to enable the “MAC Address Control”. All of the settings in this page will take effect only when “Enable”...
3.3.5 VPN-L2TP Client This router can connect to a remote L2TP server after WAN connection is established. Enable VPN-L2TP Client, and press “Edit” button to add connection detail. 1. Name: Input a name of this profile. 2. Peer IP/Domain: Input the IP address or domain name of remote L2TP server. 3.
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5. Default Gateway: If check this checkbox, all traffic will be routed to remote L2TP server. 6. Peer Subnet: Only the destination in this peer subnet will be routed to remote L2TP server. 7. Local IP: You can set a fixed IP address of this L2TP connection. 8.
3.3.6 VPN-PPTP Client This router can connect to a remote PPTP server after WAN connection is established. Enable VPN-PPTP Client, and press “Edit” button to add connection detail. 1. Name: Input a name of this profile. 2. Peer IP/Domain: Input the IP address or domain name of remote PPTP server. 3.
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7. Local IP: You can set a fixed IP address of this PPTP connection. 8. Remote IP: Indicate a peer IP address of PPTP connection. 9. Connect: You can choose on-demand, auto, or manual to trigger this connection. 10. Option: Options for connection. 11.
3.3.7 Miscellaneous 1. Administrator Time-out: The time of no activity to logout automatically, you may set it to zero to disable this feature. 2. Remote Administrator Host/Port In general, only Intranet user can browse the built-in web pages to perform administration task.
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9. Stealth Mode: If enable this option, router will become “hidden” if someone uses port scan utility to scan available ports on this router. 10. NAT Loopback: If enable this option, local hosts can access local virtual server via WAN IP address of this router. Click on “Save”...
3.4.1 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: 1. IP Address for Sys log: Host IP of destination where sys log will be sent to. Check Enable to enable this function.
3.4.2 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.
3.4.4 SNMP 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. 1. Enable SNMP: You must check “Local”, “Remote” or both to enable SNMP function. If “Local”...
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1. Dynamic Routing: Routing Information Protocol (RIP) will exchange information about destinations for computing routes throughout the network. Please select RIPv2 only if you have different subnet in your network. Otherwise, please select RIPv1 if you need this protocol. 2. Static Routing: For static routing, you can specify up to 8 routing rules. You can enter the destination IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and hop for each routing rule, and then enable or disable the rule by checking or un-checking the Enable checkbox.
3.4.6 System Time 1. Time Zone: Select a time zone where this device locates. 2. Auto-Synchronization: Check the “Enable” checkbox to enable this function. Besides, you can select a NTP time server to consult UTC time. 3. Sync with Time Server: Click on the button if you want to set Date and Time by NTP Protocol manually.
3.4.7 Scheduling You can set the schedule time to decide which service will be turned on or off. 1. Schedule: Check to enable the schedule rule settings. 2. Add New Rule: To create a schedule rule, click the “Add New Rule” button. You can edit the Name of Rule, Policy, and set the schedule time (Week day, Start Time, and End Time).
3.4.8 IPv6 This device supports several IPv6 applications. You can choose Static IPv6, DHCPv6, PPPoEv6, 6to4, and IPv6 in IPv4 tunnel according to your requirements. 3.4.8.1 Static IPv6 IPv6: Disable or enable the IPv6 functions. IPv6 Connection: you can choose Static IPv6 from the list. WAN IPv6 address settings: you can add IPv6 address / subnet prefix length / default Gateway / Primary DNS address and secondary DNS address.
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3.4.8.2 DHCPv6 IPv6 DNS settings: you may obtain IPv6 DNS automatically or set DNS address manually for Primary DNS address and secondary DNS address. LAN IPv6 address settings: you can add LAN IPv6 address, and IPv6 Link-Local address will be showed automatically. Address auto configuration setting: Disable or enable this auto configuration setting.
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3.4.8.3 PPPoEv6 PPPoE settings: you need to type username and password of PPPoE connection. The service name is only required when ISP asks you to input it. MTU is 1492 by default. LAN IPv6 address settings: you can add LAN IPv6 address, and IPv6 Link-Local address will be showed automatically.
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3.4.8.4 6 to 4 IPv6 DNS settings: The 6 to 4 address will be showed automatically when WAN gets a public IPv4 address. You may set DNS address manually for Primary DNS address and secondary DNS address. LAN IPv6 address settings: you can add LAN IPv6 address, and IPv6 Link-Local address will be showed automatically.
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3.4.8.5 IPv6 in IPv4 Tunnel IPv6 address in IPv4 Tunnel settings: you may add remote / local IPv4 address and local IPv6 address, and then set DNS address manually for Primary DNS address and secondary DNS address. LAN IPv6 address settings: you can add LAN IPv6 address, and IPv6 Link-Local address will be showed automatically.
3.4.9 VLAN The VLAN function allows you to divide local network into different “virtual LAN”. In some cases, ISP may need router to support “VLAN tag” for certain kinds of services (e.g. IPTV) to work properly. There are four LAN ports with this router, so you can have up to 4 VLAN if required. Those four LAN ports belong to one VLAN by default.
3.6.3 Firmware Upgrade You can upgrade firmware by clicking “Upgrade” button. 3.6.4 Backup Setting You can backup your settings by clicking the “Backup Setting” function item 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.
3.6.5 Reset to Default You can also reset this device to factory default settings by clicking the Reset to default function item. 3.6.6 Reboot You can also reboot this device by clicking the Reboot function item. 3.6.7 Miscellaneous 1. MAC Address for Wake-on-LAN: Input MAC address of host that you want to use WOL.
Chapter 4 . Troubleshooting This Chapter provides solutions to problems for the installation and operation of the TW-EA515 ADSL router. You can refer to the following if you are having problems. 1 Why can’t I configure the router even the cable is...
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Right-click on Wireless Card bus Adapter or your specific network adapter. Select Properties to ensure that all drivers are installed properly. Look under Device Status to see if the device is working properly. Click “OK”. 2 What can I do if my Ethernet connection does not work properly? Make sure the RJ45 cable connect with the router.
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1. Ensure the TW-EA515 ADSL router is powered on 2. Find the Reset button on the right side 3. Press the Reset button for 8 seconds and then release. 4. After the TW-EA515 ADSL router reboots, it has back to the factory default settings.
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Appendix B. Licensing information This product includes copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Please refer to the GNU General Public License below to check the detailed terms of this license. The following parts of this product are subject to the GNU GPL, and those software packages are copyright by their respective authors.
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it.
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translated into another language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as "you". Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
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on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable. If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
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copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
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