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AC 1200 Wireless Router
User's Manual
Version A1.0, November 05, 2014
261097-013
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  • Page 1 AC 1200 Wireless Router User’s Manual Version A1.0, November 05, 2014 261097-013...
  • Page 2 Preface This manual provides information related to the installation and operation of this device. The individual reading this manual is presumed to have a basic understanding of telecommunications terminology and concepts. If you find the product to be inoperable or malfunctioning, please contact technical support for immediate service by email at homesupport@comtrend.com For product updates, manual revisions, or software upgrades, please visit our...
  • Page 3 Important Safety Instructions With reference to unpacking, installation, use, and maintenance of your electronic device, the following basic guidelines are recommended: Do not use or install this product near water, to avoid fire or shock hazard. example, near a bathtub, kitchen sink or laundry tub, or near a swimming pool. Also, do not expose the equipment to rain or damp areas (e.g.
  • Page 4 Copyright Copyright© 2014 Comtrend Corporation. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is proprietary to Comtrend Corporation. No part of this document may be translated, transcribed, reproduced, in any form, or by any means without the prior written consent of Comtrend Corporation.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter I: Product Information ..................9 1-1 Introduction......................9 1-2 System Requirements.................... 11 1-3 Package Contents....................12 1-4 Get familiar with your new Wireless-n Broadband Router ........13 Chapter II: System and Network Setup ................16 2-1 Installation......................16 2-2 Connecting to the wireless broadband router by web browser ........
  • Page 6 2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’:................46 2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’: ................ 49 2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’:................50 2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’: ................53 2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’:................55 2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’: ................57 2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’: ................
  • Page 7 2.7.3.2 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA): ..............94 2.7.3.3 WPA RADIUS: ....................96 2-7-4 Wireless Access Control .................. 98 2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) ................101 2-7-6 Security Tips for a Wireless Network ...............104 Chapter III Advanced Functions ...................105 3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) ..................105 3-1-1 Basic QoS Settings ..................106 3-1-2 Add a new QoS rule ..................109 3-2 Network Address Translation (NAT)...............112...
  • Page 8 3-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) ................141 3-4 System Status ......................144 3-4-1 System information and firmware version ............144 3-4-2 Internet Connection Status................145 3-4-3 Device Status....................146 3-4-4 System Log ....................147 3-4-5 Security Log....................148 3-4-6 Active DHCP client list ..................149 3-4-7 Statistics .......................150 3-5 Configuration Backup and Restore ................151 3-6 Firmware Upgrade ....................152 3-7 System Reboot / Restore ..................154 Chapter IV: Appendix .....................155...

  • Page 9: Chapter I: Product Information

    Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction This Comtrend WR-5887 is an excellent choice for Small office / Home office users, allowing computers and network devices to easily share a single xDSL / cable modem Internet connection. Easy installation procedures allow any computer user to setup a network environment in a very short time.
  • Page 10 Other features of this router include: • High wireless access throughput, up to 300Mbps+867Mbps (transfer data rate) • Allows multiple users to share a single Internet line • Supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless devices simultaneously • Access private LAN servers from the Internet •...

  • Page 11: System Requirements

    1-2 System Requirements  An Internet connection provided by xDSL or cable modem with an RJ-45 Ethernet port.  Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card.  Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser, or Safari web browser).

  • Page 12: Package Contents

    1-3 Package Contents Before starting to use this router, check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your place of purchase to claim for missing items: * 1 - Broadband Router (1) * 1 - Ethernet Cable (2) * 1 - Printed QIG (3)

  • Page 13: Get Familiar With Your New Wireless Broadband Router

    1-4 Get familiar with your new Wireless Broadband Router Front Panel LED Name Light Description Status POWER Router is switched on and correctly powered. 2.4GHz Wireless WPS function is enabled. 2.4GHz Wireless network is switched off. 2.4G Flashing 2.4GHz Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving data).
  • Page 14 LAN 1-4 LAN port is linked in 1000Mbps speed. 1000M LAN port is linked in 10/100Mbps speed. WAN port is linked in 1000Mbps speed. 1000M WAN port is linked in 10/100Mbps speed.
  • Page 15 Back Panel Item Name Description Radio Switch the button to activate or deactivate the wireless ON/OFF function. Reset / WPS Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings) or start WPS function. Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults;...

  • Page 16: Chapter Ii: System And Network Setup

    Chapter II: System and Network Setup 2-1 Installation Follow the instructions below to build the network connection between your new Wireless router and your computers, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WAN port of the router by Ethernet cable.
  • Page 17 4. Check all LEDs on the front panel. The ‘Power’ LED should be steadily on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network devices connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected. If the Power LED is not on, or any LED you expected to be on is not on, recheck the cabling, or jump to ‘4-2 Troubleshooting’...

  • Page 18: Connecting To The Wireless Broadband Router By Web Browser

    2-2 Connecting to the wireless broadband router by web browser Before you can connect to the router and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (using a dynamic IP address). If it’s set to use a static IP address, or you’re unsure, follow the instructions below to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address:...

  • Page 19: Windows 7 Ip Address Setup

    2-2-1 Windows 7 IP address setup: 1. Click the ‘Start’ button (it should be located at the lower-left corner of your computer screen), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, and then click Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’. The Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click the ‘Properties’...
  • Page 20 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click the ‘OK’ button.
  • Page 21 Connect to the router’s management interface by web browser. Start your web browser, and input the default IP address of the router in the address bar, type http://192.168.0.1 A dialog box will appear, such as the one below. Input the user name and password in their respective fields, the default user name is ‘admin’, and the default password is ‘admin’, then press the ‘OK’...
  • Page 22 NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re being prompted to input the user name and password again, it means you didn’t input the username and password correctly. Please retype the user name and password again. If you’re certain that the user name and password you type are correct, please go to ‘4-2 Troubleshooting’...

  • Page 23: Using 'Quick Setup

    2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to complete all the required settings you need to access the Internet in a very short time. Follow these instructions to complete the ‘Quick Setup’: After successfully logging in for the first time, you will reach the ‘Quick Setup’...
  • Page 24 2. WAN Type Choose the WAN (Internet connection) type you’re using on this page. There are five options for the type of Internet connection: DHCP Connection (Cable Modem) - go to section 2-3-1 Username / Password Connection (PPPoE) - go to section 2-3-2 Static IP Address Connection (Fixed-IP) - go to section 2-3-3 Username / Password Connection (PPTP) - go to section 2-3-4 Username / Password Connection (L2TP) - go to section 2-3-5...

  • Page 25: Setup Procedure For 'Dynamic Ip' (Cable Modem)

    2-3-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’ (Cable Modem) Here are descriptions of every setup item: Host Name (1): Input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC address (2): Input the MAC address of your computer, if your service provider only permits computers with a...

  • Page 26: Setup Procedure For Pppoe

    2-3-2 Setup procedure for PPPoE Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. Service Name (3): Give a name to this Internet service. This is optional.
  • Page 27 MTU - Please use the default value if you don’t know what it is, or ask your service provider for a proper value. Connection Type - There are 3 options: ‘Continuous’ - keep Internet connection alive, do not disconnect, Connect on Demand - only connects to the Internet when there’s a connection attempt, ‘Manual’...

  • Page 28: Setup Procedure For Static Ip

    2-3-3 Setup procedure for Static IP Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP Address (1): Input the IP address assigned by your service provider. Subnet Mask (2): Input the subnet mask assigned by your service provider. DNS address (3): Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by your service provider.

  • Page 29: Setup Procedure For Pptp

    2-3-4 Setup procedure for PPTP PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of settings: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from the WAN interface setting: Select how you obtain and IP address from your service provider. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’...
  • Page 30 Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. PPTP Input the IP address of PPTP gateway Gateway (3): assigned by your Internet service provider.
  • Page 31 BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to Check if you’re using the service provided by the BEZEQ network in Israel. Connection Select the type of Internet type (7): connection you wish to use, refer to the previous section for detailed descriptions. Idle Time Input the idle time out of the Internet Out (8):...

  • Page 32: Setup Procedure For L2Tp

    2-3-5 Setup procedure for L2TP L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection types, and all required setting items are the same as a PPTP connection. Like PPTP, there are two kinds of required settings, we’ll start from ‘WAN Interface Settings’: Select how you obtain IP address from your service provider.
  • Page 33 Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. L2TP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of L2TP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider.
  • Page 34 Idle Time Input the idle time out of Internet Out (6): connection you wish to use, and refer to last section for detailed descriptions. When you complete all settings, click the ‘OK (7) button; if you want to go back to previous menu, click the ‘Back’ button. When all settings are completed, you’ll see the following message displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Apply’...

  • Page 35: Basic Setup

    2-4 Basic Setup In this chapter, you’ll learn how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Start your web browser and log into the router web management interface, and then click the ‘General Setup’ link at the upper-right side of the web management interface. 2-4-1 Time zone and time auto-synchronization Follow the instructions below to set time zone and time auto-synchronization parameters:...
  • Page 36 Select the time zone from the ‘Set time zone’ drop-down list, and input the IP address or host name of the time server. If you want to enable the daylight savings setting, check the ‘Enable Function’ box, and set the duration of daylight setting.

  • Page 37: Change Management Password

    2-4-2 Change management password The default password of this router is admin, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from the web browser. To change the password, follow the instructions below: Click the ‘System’ menu on the left of the web management interface, then click ‘Password Settings’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup item:...
  • Page 38 If the password you typed in ‘New Password’ (2) and ‘Confirmed Password’ (3) field are not the same, you’ll see the following message: Retype the new password again when you see the above message. If you see the following message: It means the content in ‘Current Password’...
  • Page 39 Use the new password to enter web the management interface again.

  • Page 40: Remote Management

    2-4-3 Remote Management This router does not allow remote management access from the Internet by default. However, you can still manage this router from a specific IP address by enabling the ‘Remote Management’ Function. To do so, follow the instructions below: Click the ‘System’...
  • Page 41 Enabled (3): Select the field to enable the configuration. When you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ button, and you’ll see the following displayed on the web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface;...

  • Page 42: Setup Internet Connection (Wan Setup)

    2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup) The Internet connection setup can be completed by using the ‘Quick Setup’ procedure as described in section 2-3. However, you can setup WAN connections by using the WAN configuration menu. You can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here. For WAN setup, follow these instructions: Click the ‘WAN’...
  • Page 43 Static IP - go to section 2-5-3 PPTP - go to section 2-5-4 L2TP - go to section 2-5-5 - go to section 2-5-6 DDNS - go to section 2-5-7 WISP - go to section 2-5-8 IPv6 - go to section 2-5-9...

  • Page 44: Setup Procedure For 'Dynamic Ip

    2-5-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Host Name (1): Input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC Address (2): Input the MAC address of your computer, if your service provider only permits computers with certain MAC address to access the Internet.
  • Page 45 After you click the ‘Apply’ button, the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

  • Page 46: Setup Procedure For 'Pppoe

    2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’: Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. Service Name (3): Give a name to this Internet service. This is optional.
  • Page 47 Continuous – The connection will be always kept on. If the connection is interrupted, the router will re-connect automatically. Connect On-Demand – Only connect when you want to surf the Internet. “Idle Time Out” is set to stop the connection when the network traffic is not sending or receiving after an idle time.
  • Page 48 Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting). If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved values, click the ‘Cancel’...

  • Page 49: Setup Procedure For 'Static Ip

    2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’: Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP address(1): Input the IP address assigned by your service provider. Subnet Mask (2): Input subnet mask assigned by your service provider. Service Provider Input the IP address of the DNS Gateway Address (3): server provided by your service provider.

  • Page 50: Setup Procedure For 'Pptp

    2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’: PPTP requires two kinds of settings: the WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and the PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from the WAN interface setting: Select how you obtain an IP address from your service provider. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’...
  • Page 51 Here are descriptions of every setup item: User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. PPTP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider.
  • Page 52 BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): If you are connecting to the BEZEQ network in Israel, enable this function. Connection Select the type of Internet connection you type (7): wish to use, refer to section 2-5-2 for detailed descriptions. Idle Time Out (8): Input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-2 for detailed descriptions.

  • Page 53: Setup Procedure For 'L2Tp

    2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’: Here are descriptions of every setup item: User ID (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider. Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service provider. L2TP Input the IP address of L2TP gateway Gateway (3): assigned by your Internet service provider.
  • Page 54 Idle Time Input the idle time out of Internet connection Out (6): you wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-2 for detailed descriptions. When you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (7) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’...

  • Page 55: Setup Procedure For 'Dns

    2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’: If you select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘PPPoE’ as the Internet connection method, at least one DNS server’s IP address should be assigned automatically. However, if you have a preferred DNS server, or your service provider didn’t assign the IP address of the DNS server for any reason, you can input the IP address of the DNS server here.
  • Page 56 After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (3) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

  • Page 57: Setup Procedure For 'Ddns

    2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’: DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP-to-Hostname mapping service for Internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. Problems will occur when user(s) want to provide services to other users on the Internet, as their IP address will vary every time when connected to the Internet.
  • Page 58 Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable the DDNS function, select ‘Enabled’; otherwise select ‘Disabled’. Provider (2): Select your DDNS service provider. Domain Name (3): Input the domain name you’ve obtained from the DDNS service provider. Account / Input account or email of DDNS registration. E-Mail (4): Password / Key (5): Input the DDNS service password or key.

  • Page 59: Setup Procedure For 'Wisp

    2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’: If the network service provided by your service provider is through a wireless network, select this mode. After you have connected the router to the access point of the service provider wirelessly, set up the WAN connection type in the WAN page.
  • Page 60 Note: In this mode, if you are informed by your wireless ISP that the wireless settings of the access point have changed, configure the router in this page to match the settings. SSID (2): This is the name of the wireless network. Input the SSID name that your ISP provided to you.
  • Page 61 Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved values, click the ‘Cancel’...

  • Page 62: Setup Procedure For 'Ipv6

    2-5-9 Setup procedure for ‘IPv6’: Here are descriptions of every setup item: WAN IPv6 Settings (1): Select the required transition mechanism as assigned by your service provider. LAN IPv6 Settings (2): Select the auto configuration method for IPv6. IPv6 Address (3): Input the IPv6 address for the LAN port.
  • Page 63 After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (5) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

  • Page 64: Wired Lan Configurations

    Wired LAN Configurations Before all computers using wired Ethernet connections (i.e. those computers that connect to this router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access the Internet, they must have a valid IP address. There are two ways to assign IP addresses to computers: static IP address (set the IP address for every computer manually), and dynamic IP address (IP addresses of computers will be assigned by the router...
  • Page 65 Suggestions on IP address numbering plan: If you have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your network, here are some suggestions. 1. A valid IP address has 4 fields: a.b.c.d, for most home and company users, it’s suggested to use 192.168.c.d, where c is an integer between 0 and 254, and d is an integer between 1 and 254.

  • Page 66: Lan Ip Section

    2-6-1 LAN IP section: Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP address (1): Input the IP address of this router. Subnet Mask (2): Input the subnet mask for this network. 802.1d If you wish to activate the 802.1d spanning tree Spanning Tree (3): function, select ‘Enabled’...

  • Page 67: Dhcp Server

    2-6-2 DHCP Server: These settings are only available when the ‘DHCP Server’ in the ‘LAN IP’ section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup item: Lease Time (1): Choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP address assigned by this router from the drop-down menu.
  • Page 68 NOTE: 1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be greater than the ‘Start IP’, and cannot be the same as the router’s IP address. 2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘Start IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP Address of ‘LAN IP’...

  • Page 69: Static Dhcp Leases Table

    2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table: This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific computer forever and still enjoy the benefit of using a DHCP server. A maximum of 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here. (If you set the ‘Lease Time’...
  • Page 70 IP address (3): Input the IP address you want to assign to this computer or network device. ‘Add’ (4): After you inputted the MAC address and IP address pair, click this button to add the pair to the static DHCP leases table. If you want to remove all the characters you just inputted, click the ‘Clear’...
  • Page 71 Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

  • Page 72: Wireless Lan Configurations

    2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices are equipped with a wireless network interface, you can use the wireless function of this router to allow them connect to the Internet and share resources with other computers with a wired-LAN connection. You can also use the built-in security functions to protect your network from being attacked by malicious intruders.
  • Page 73 Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting).

  • Page 74: Basic Wireless Settings

    2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings Note : The descriptions below are also applicable to the 5 GHz band Click the ‘Wireless’ menu on the upper-right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Basic Settings’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: This wireless router can work in 6 modes: a.
  • Page 75 d. AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point: Connect this router with up to four other wireless routers, to expand the scope of the network. e. AP Bridge-WDS: Connect this router with up to four WDS-capable wireless routers, to expand the scope of the network. f.

  • Page 76: Setup Procedure For 'Access Point

    2.7.1.1 Setup procedure for ‘Access Point’: Select Access Point from the ‘Mode’ drop-down menu (1), and the following will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Band (2): Select the radio band from one of following options:...
  • Page 77 2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 300Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and 802.11g wireless network client to connect to this router...
  • Page 78 SSID (3): This is the name of the wireless router. You can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. The SSID is used to identify your own wireless router from others when there are other wireless routers in the same area. The default SSID is ‘default’, it’s recommended to change the default SSID value to the one which is meaningful to you, like myhome, office_room1, etc.

  • Page 79: Setup Procedure For 'Station-Infrastructure

    2.7.1.2 Setup procedure for ‘Station-Infrastructure’: In this mode, you can connect the router to an Ethernet device such as TV, Game player, HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device to be a wireless station and join a wireless network through an access point or AP router.

  • Page 80: Setup Procedure For 'Ap Bridge-Point To Point

    2.7.1.3 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point’: In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with another, to combine two access points and expand the scope of the wireless network, and all clients (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of the two wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical network.

  • Page 81: Setup Procedure For 'Ap Bridge-Point To Multi-Point

    2.7.1.4 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point’: In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with at least four wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless network, and all clients (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of the wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical network.

  • Page 82: Setup Procedure For 'Ap Bridge - Wds

    2.7.1.5 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge – WDS’ In this mode, you can expand the scope of the network by combining up to four other access points together, and every access point can still accept wireless clients. Select AP Bridge (WDS) from the ‘Mode’ drop-down menu (1), and the following will be displayed: NOTE: For WDS mode, the output signal nature is the same as that of normal AP mode.
  • Page 83 Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless Number (4): routers must use the same setting. Associated Clients (5): Click the ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active Wireless Client Table” will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point.

  • Page 84: Setup Procedure For 'Universal Repeater

    2.7.1.6 Setup procedure for ‘Universal Repeater’ In this mode, the router can act as a wireless repeater; it can be a Station and an AP at the same time. It can use the Station function to connect to a Root AP and use the AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage.
  • Page 85 Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless Number (4): clients must use the same setting. Associated Clients (5): Click the ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active Wireless Client Table” will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point.

  • Page 86: Advanced Wireless Settings

    2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if you want to configure these settings, click the ‘Wireless’ menu on the upper-right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Advanced Settings’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Fragment The threshold (number of bytes) for the...
  • Page 87 Beacon Interval (3): The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Router to synchronize the wireless network. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 100. DTIM Period (4): Configures the DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) send period.
  • Page 88 Preamble Type (8): The Preamble type defines the length of the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) block for communication between the Access Point and roaming wireless adapters. Do not modify the default value if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Short Preamble’.
  • Page 89 WMM (12): This stands for Wi-Fi MultiMedia, it will enhance the data transfer performance of multimedia contents when they’re being transferred over wireless networks. If you don’t know what it is / not sure if you need it, it’s safe to set this option to ‘Enable’, however, default value is ‘Disable’.

  • Page 90: Wireless Security

    2-7-3 Wireless Security It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! If you don’t, hackers and malicious users can reach your network and access valuable data without your consent and this will cause serious security problems. To set wireless security settings, click the ‘Wireless’ menu on the upper-right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Security Settings’, and follow the instructions to set the wireless security settings: Select an encryption method from the ‘Encryption’...

  • Page 91: Wep - Wired Equivalent Privacy

    2.7.3.1 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit.
  • Page 92 Default Tx Key (4): You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can decide which key is being used by default here. If you don’t know which one you should use, select ‘Key 1’. Encryption Key Input the WEP key characters here, the number of 1 (5): characters must be the same as the number...
  • Page 93 RADIUS Server Input the port number of the radius Port (8): server. RADIUS Server Input the port number of the radius Password (9): password. TIPS: Some examples of WEP key (Don’t use these examples; use the one of your own!): ASCII (5 characters): pilot phone 23561 2Hyux...

  • Page 94: Wi-Fi Protected Access (Wpa)

    Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting). 2.7.3.2 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA): When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WPA encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:...
  • Page 95 Pre-shared Select the type of pre-shared key, you Key Format (3): can select Passphrase (8 or more alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex (64 characters of 0-9, and a-f). Pre-shared Input the WPA passphrase. Key (4): It’s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reasons.

  • Page 96: Wpa Radius

    2.7.3.3 WPA RADIUS: If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication. Here are descriptions of every setup item: WPA Unicast Select a type of WPA cipher suite. Cipher Suite (2): Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed.
  • Page 97 After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting).

  • Page 98: Wireless Access Control

    2-7-4 Wireless Access Control This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless router. You can use this function with other security measures described in previous sections, to create a safer wireless environment.
  • Page 99 Delete (2): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click the ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one MAC address). Delete All (3): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, click the ‘Delete All’...
  • Page 100 Add (7): Click the ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address filtering table. Clear (8): Click the ‘Clear’ button to remove the value you inputted in the MAC address and comment field. After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (9) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’...

  • Page 101: Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wps)

    2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build a connection between wireless network clients and this wireless router. You don’t have to select the encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client, you only have to press a button on the wireless client and on this wireless router, and the WPS will do the rest for you.
  • Page 102 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable WPS (1): Check this box to enable the WPS function, uncheck it to disable WPS. WPS Information (2):WPS-related system information will be displayed here: WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’...
  • Page 103 SSID: The SSID of this wireless router will be displayed here. Authentication Mode: The wireless security authentication mode of this wireless router will be displayed here. If you don’t enable the security function of the wireless router before WPS is activated, the router will auto set the security to WPA (AES) and generate a set of passphrase key for WPS connection.

  • Page 104: Security Tips For A Wireless Network

    2-7-6 Security Tips for a Wireless Network Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your wireless network: 1. Never use simple words (like school, apple or computer) as the WEP encryption or WPA passphrase. 2.

  • Page 105: Chapter Iii Advanced Functions

    Chapter III Advanced Functions 3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the Internet bandwidth with a promised quality of Internet service. Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to get Internet bandwidth, and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth (like video streaming and network telephone) will be affected, therefore an unpleasing result...

  • Page 106: Basic Qos Settings

    3-1-1 Basic QoS Settings Follow the instructions below to set QoS parameters: Click the ‘Qos’ menu on the left of the general setup interface and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setting: Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable the QoS function, unselect this box if you don’t want to enforce QoS...
  • Page 107 Total Upload You can set the limit of total upload Bandwidth (3): bandwidth in kbits. To disable upload bandwidth limitation, input ‘0’ here. Current QoS All existing QoS rules will be displayed here. Table (4): Add (5): Click the ‘add’ button to add a new QoS rule, see section 3-1-2 ‘Add a new QoS rule’...
  • Page 108 Move Up (9): You can pull up the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. Move Down (10): You can lower the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. After you, click the ‘Apply’ (11) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’...

  • Page 109: Add A New Qos Rule

    3-1-2 Add a new QoS rule After you click the ‘Add’ button in the QoS menu, the following will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Rule Name (a): Give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical characters).
  • Page 110 Local IP Specify the local (source) IP address Address (c): that will be affected by this rule. Input the starting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address.
  • Page 111 Traffic Type (g): Select the traffic type of this rule, available options are None, SMTP, HTTP, POP3, and FTP. You can select a specific traffic type for this rule, if you want to make this rule as an IP address based rule (apply the limitation on all traffics from / to the specified IP address / port number), select ‘None’.

  • Page 112: Network Address Translation (Nat)

    3-2 Network Address Translation (NAT) Network address translations solve the problem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. Without NAT, all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connected to the Internet, but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user.

  • Page 113: Basic Nat Settings (Enable Or Disable Nat Function)

    3-2-1 Basic NAT Settings (Enable or disable NAT function) Click the ‘NAT’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: To enable the NAT function, select ‘Enable’ for ‘Enable NAT module function’...

  • Page 114: Port Forwarding

    3-2-2 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of an Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on the local network. The port number(s) of Internet IP address and private IP address (the IP address on local network) must be the same.
  • Page 115 Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. You can easily select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer. Type (4): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you’re not sure, select ‘Both’.
  • Page 116 Delete (10): Select a port forwarding mapping by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click the ‘Delete’ button to remove the mapping. If there’s no existing mapping, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (11): Delete all mappings that exist in the virtual server table.

  • Page 117: Virtual Server

    3-2-3 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on an Internet IP address (on WAN port) to a specified port of an IP address on the local network, so you can setup an Internet service on the computer on the local network, without exposing it on the Internet directly.
  • Page 118 Private IP (2): Input the IP address of the computer which provides the Internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. You can easily select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer.
  • Page 119 Virtual Server All existing virtual server mappings will be Table (10): displayed here. Delete (11): Select a virtual server mapping by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click the ‘Delete’ button to remove the mapping. If there’s no existing mapping, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (12): Delete all mappings existing in the virtual server table.

  • Page 120: Port Mapping For Special Applications

    3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection at a time; these applications won’t work with simple NAT rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work.
  • Page 121 TCP Port to Open (4): This is the out going (Outbound) range of TCP port numbers for this particular application. UDP Port to Open (5): This is the out going (Outbound) range of UDP port numbers for this particular application. Comment (6): The description of this setting.
  • Page 122 Delete (11): Select a special application by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click the ‘Delete’ button to remove the setting. If there’s no setting here, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (12): Delete all settings that exist in the trigger port table.

  • Page 123: Upnp Setting

    3-2-5 UPnP Setting This function enables network auto-configuration for peer-to-peer communications, with this function, network devices will be able to communicate with other devices directly, and learn about information about other devices. Many network devices and applications rely on UPnP function nowadays. Click the ‘NAT’...

  • Page 124: Alg Settings

    3-2-6 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway (ALG) is a special function of this router. It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applications which require special support. With these supports, those applications which require special support will be able to work with the NAT architecture. Click the ‘NAT’...

  • Page 125: Igmp Settings

    3-2-7 IGMP Settings The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is a communications protocol used to manage the membership of Internet Protocol multicast groups. IGMP is used by IP hosts and adjacent multicast routers to establish multicast group memberships. It is an integral part of the IP multicast specification, like ICMP for unicast connections.

  • Page 126: Firewall

    3-3 Firewall Apart from NAT, this router also provides a firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on the local network. These functions include inbound attack prevention, and block outbound traffics, like block URLs which have pre-defined keywords. Follow the instructions below to enable or disable the firewall function: Click the ‘Firewall’...

  • Page 127: Access Control

    3-3-1 Access Control This function allows or denies computers with a specific MAC address from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny computers with a specific IP address, protocol, or port. Click the ‘Firewall’ menu on the left of the general setup interface, then enable the Firewall module by selecting the radio button and click Apply.
  • Page 128 Client PC Input the MAC address of the computer MAC address (2): or network device here, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) are not required. (i.e. If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates ‘aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff’, just input ‘aabbccddeeff’...
  • Page 129 Delete (8): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click the ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one MAC address). Delete All (9): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, click the ‘Delete All’...
  • Page 130 Delete (14): If you want to delete a specific IP address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the IP address you want to delete, then click the ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one IP address). Delete All (15): If you want to delete all the IP addresses listed here, click the ‘Delete All’...

  • Page 131: Add Pc

    3.3.1.1 Add PC After this button is clicked, the following will be displayed on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Client PC Input any text to describe this IP Description (a): address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters.
  • Page 132 Client PC IP Input the starting IP address in the left address (b): field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address.

  • Page 133: Url Blocking

    3-3-2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in local network from accessing certain websites (like pornography, violence, or anything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in the local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is useful for parents and company managers.
  • Page 134 URL/Keyword (2): Input the URL (host name or IP address of the website, like http://www.blocked-site.com http://11.22.33.44), or the keyword which is contained in URL (like pornography, cartoon, stock, or anything). Add (3): Click the ‘Add’ button to add the URL / keyword to the URL / Keyword filtering table.
  • Page 135 After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (9) button, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

  • Page 136: Dos Attack Prevention

    3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server, the Internet connection will become very slow, and the server may stop responding because it is not capable of handling too much traffic.
  • Page 137 Discard Ping Ping is a common and useful tool to know From WAN (2): the connection status of a specified remote network device, but some malicious intruder will try to fill your network bandwidth with a lot of PING request data packets, to make your Internet connection become very slow, even unusable.
  • Page 138 After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser: Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

  • Page 139: Dos - Advanced Settings

    3.3.3.1 DoS - Advanced Settings When you click the ‘Advanced’ button in the DoS menu, the following will be displayed on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Ping of Death (a): Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated.
  • Page 140 Port Scan (c): Many kinds of port scan methods are listed here, check one or more DoS attack methods you want to prevent. Sync Flood (d): Like Ping of Death, you can set the threshold when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’...

  • Page 141: Demilitarized Zone (Dmz)

    3-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) refers to a special area in your local network. This area resides in the local network, and all computers in this area use a private IP address, too. But these private IP addresses are mapped to a certain Internet IP address, so other people on Internet can fully access those computers in DMZ.
  • Page 142 Public IP You can select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘Static IP’. address (2): If you select ‘Dynamic IP’, you have to select an Internet connection session from the drop-down menu; if you select ‘Static IP’, input the IP address that you want to map to a specific private IP address.
  • Page 143 Delete (8): If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry, check the ‘select’ box of the DMZ entry you want to delete, then click the ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more than one DMZ entry). Delete All (9): If you want to delete all DMZ entries listed here, click the ‘Delete All’...

  • Page 144: System Status

    3-4 System Status The functions described here will provide you with system related information. To enter the system status menu, click the ‘Status’ link located at the upper-right side of the web management interface. 3-4-1 System information and firmware version You can use this function to view the system information and firmware version of this router.

  • Page 145: Internet Connection Status

    3-4-2 Internet Connection Status You can use this function to view the status of the current Internet connection. Click the ‘Internet Connection’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: This information will vary depending on the connection status.

  • Page 146: Device Status

    3-4-3 Device Status You can use this function to know the status of your router. Click the ‘Device Status’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: This information will vary depending on the device status.

  • Page 147: System Log

    3-4-4 System Log All important system events are logged. You can use this function to check the event log of your router. Click the ‘System Log’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every button: Save (1):...

  • Page 148: Security Log

    3-4-5 Security Log All information about the network and system security is kept here, and you can use this function to check the security event log of your router. Click the ‘Security Log’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every button:...

  • Page 149: Active Dhcp Client List

    3-4-6 Active DHCP client list If you’re using the DHCP server function of this router, you can use this function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this router. Click the ‘Active DHCP client’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: All information about active DHCP leases issued by this router will be displayed here.

  • Page 150: Statistics

    3-4-7 Statistics You can use this function to check the statistics of wireless, LAN and WAN interfaces of this router. Click the ‘Statistics’ menu on the left of the web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: You can click ‘Refresh’...

  • Page 151: Configuration Backup And Restore

    3-5 Configuration Backup and Restore You can backup all configurations of this router to a file, so you can make several copies of router configuration for security reasons. To backup or restore the router configuration, follow the instructions below: Click ‘Tools’ located at the upper-right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Configuration Tools’...

  • Page 152: Firmware Upgrade

    3-6 Firmware Upgrade The system software used by this router is called ‘firmware’, just like any applications on your computer, when you replace the old application with a new one; your computer will be equipped with new functions. You can also use this firmware upgrade function to add new functions to your router, even fix the bugs of this router.
  • Page 153 Click the ‘Browse’ button first; you’ll be prompted to provide the filename of firmware upgrade file. Download the latest firmware file from our website, and use it to upgrade your router. After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click the ‘Apply’ button, and the router will start the firmware upgrade procedure automatically.

  • Page 154: System Reboot / Restore

    3-7 System Reboot / Restore If you think the network performance is bad, or you found the behavior of the router is strange, you can perform a router reboot or restore. To do so, click ‘Tools’ located at the upper-right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Reboot’...

  • Page 155: Chapter Iv: Appendix

    Chapter IV: Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specification WAN Port: 10/100/1000M UTP Port x 1 LAN Ports: 10/100/1000M UTP Port x 4 Antenna: 3dBi Dual-Band Dipole antenna x 2 Power: 5VDC, 2A Switching Power Adapter Dimensions: 32(H) x 180(W) x 138(D) mm Transmit Power: ．11b(11M): 16±1.5 dBm 2.4GHz...

  • Page 156: Troubleshooting

    4-2 Troubleshooting If you found the router is working improperly or stops responding, please read this troubleshooting section first. Scenario Solution Router is not a. Check the connection of the power cord responding to me and network cable of this router. All cords when I want to access and cables should be correctly and firmly it by web browser...
  • Page 157 Can’t get connected to a. Go to ‘Status’ -> ‘Internet Connection’ the Internet menu, and check the Internet connection status. b. If you connected a computer to the Internet directly before, try to do that again, and check if you can get connected to the Internet with your computer directly attached to the device provided by your Internet service provider.
  • Page 158 File download is very a. Are you using the QoS function? Try to slow or breaks disable it and try again. frequently b. Try to reset the router and see if it’s better after that. c. If this never happened before, call your Internet service provider to know if there is something wrong with their network.

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