User's Manual of WLAN Broadband router (1T2R) USER MANUAL 1.0.
Table of Contents Chapter I FCC 5 Chapter II Terminology 5 Chapter III Introduction 7 1. Package ................................................................................................................................... contents 7 2. Product ................................................................................................................................... Specifications 7 3. Product ............................................................................................
.18 Firew all - DMZ ......................................................................................................................................................... 47 3.19 Managem ent ......................................................................................................................................................... - Statistics 48 3.20 Managem ent ..................................................................................................................................
32. What ................................................................................................................................... is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)? 60 33. What ................................................................................................................................... is Frame Aggregation? 61 34. What ...................................................................................................................................
FCC 1 FCC Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 15.21 You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. 15.105(b) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
AP Access Point CCK Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server DH Diffie-Hellman Algorithm DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol ESP Encapsulating Security Payload FCC Federal Communications Commission FTP File Transfer Protocol IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engi
Introduction 3 Introduction The Wireless LAN Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g with 802.11n Draft 2.0 specifications of wireless LAN broadband router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other WLAN router configuration. The description includes the implementation of the above steps. 3.
3.3 Product Features Generic Router Ø Compatible with IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 Specifications provides wireless speed up to 150Mbps data rate. Ø Compatible with IEEE 802.11g high rate standard to provide wireless Ethernet speeds of 54Mbps data rate. Ø Maximizes the performance and ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming and Voice over IP technology. Ø Supports multi-operation (bridge/gateway/WISP) modes between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces.
Introduction 3.4 Front Panel Description LED Indicator 1. PWR LED 2. WLAN LED State on The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. off The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off. Flashing off 3. LAN LED ACT 4. WAN LED ACT 5. WPS LED ACT Description Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface. on Port linked. off No link.
3.5 Rear Panel Description Interfaces Description Antenna (Fixed / SMA) The Wireless LAN Antenna. Power The power jack allows an external DC power supply connection. The external DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the WLAN Broadband Router. LAN The RJ-45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5 cables. Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex; comply with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively. WAN The RJ-45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 cable.
Installation 4.2 Software Installation There are no software drivers, patches or utilities installation needed, but only the configuration setting. Please refer to chapter 3 for software configuration. Notice: It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the WLAN Broadband Router; Power LED will be active, and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be flashing to show the WLAN interface is enabled and working now.
ü IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point. ü IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 5. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting. For OS of Microsoft Windows 95/ 98/ Me: 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. Note: Windows Me users may not see the Network control panel. If so, select View all Control Panel options on the left side of the window 2.
Software configuration 5.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router 5.3.1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information. Item Description System Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN AP Router is powered on. Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN AP Router.
Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency. SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN AP Router. The SSID is the unique name of WLAN AP Router and shared among its service area, so all device sat tempts to join the same wireless network can identify it. Channel Number It shows the wireless channel connected currently. Encryption It shows the status of encryption function.
Software configuration 5.3.2 Setup Wizard This page guides you to configure wireless broadband router for first time. I. Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode.
II. Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client. III. LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask. IV.WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type.
Software configuration V. Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network Type SSID, Channel Number, Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Client). VI.
This page is used to configure wireless security.
Software configuration 5.3.3 Operation Mode This page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts. 5.3.4 Item Description Gateway Traditional gateway configuration. It always connects internet via ADSL/Cable Modem. LAN interface, WAN interface, Wireless interface, NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode Bridge Each interface (LAN, WAN and Wireless) regards as bridge.
Item Description Disable Wireless LAN Interface Click on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission. Band Click to select 2.4GHz(B) / 2.4GHz(G) / 2.4GHz(N) / 2.4GHz(B+G)/ 2.4GHz(G+N) / 2.4GHz(B+G+N) Mode Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS wireless mode. Network Type While Mode is selected to be Client. Click to select the network type infrastructure or Ad hoc. SSID It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32 bytes long.
Software configuration 5.3.5 Channel Number Select the wireless communication channel from pulldown menu. Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. WMM Click Enabled/Disabled to init WMM feature. Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu. Data rate can be auto-select, 1M to 54Mbps or MCS.
Item Description Fragment Threshold Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes. 5.3.6 RTS Threshold Set the RTS Threshold, value can be written between 0 and 2347 bytes. Beacon Interval Set the Beacon Interval, value can be written between 20 and 1024 ms. Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission. IAPP Click to enable or disable the IAPP function. Protection Protect 802.
Software configuration Item Description Select SSID Select the SSID from multiple APs. Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption method can be None, WEP, WPA, WPA2 or WPA-Mixed. Use 802.1x Authentication While Encryption is selected to be WEP. Click the check box to enable IEEE 802.1x authentication function. Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System, Shared Key or Auto selection.
5.3.7 64-bit 128-bit ASCII 5 characters 13 characters HEX 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes Wireless - Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point. When this option is enabled, no wireless clients will be able to connect if the list contains no entries.
Software configuration previous configuration setting. 5.3.8 Current Access Control List It shows the registered clients that are allowed to link to this WLAN Broadband Router. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be access right removed from this WLAN Broadband Router. Delete All Click to delete all the registered clients from the access allowed list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.
5.3.8.1 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Set Security Click button to configure wireless security like WEP(64bits), WEP(128bits), WPA(TKIP), WPA2(AES) or None Show Statistics It shows the TX, RX packets, rate statistics. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be access right removed from this WLAN Broadband Router.
Software configuration 5.3.8.2 WDS AP Table This page is used to show WDS statistics. Item Description MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS. Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. Tx Errors It shows the statistic count of error sent packets on the Wireless LAN interface. Rx Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface. Tx Rare (Mbps) It shows the wireless link rate within WDS.
5.3.9 Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours. Item Description SSID It shows the SSID of AP. BSSID It shows BSSID of AP. Channel It show the current channel of AP occupied. Type It show which type AP acts. Encrypt It shows the encryption status. Signal It shows the power level of current AP. Refresh Click the Refresh button to re-scan site survey on the screen. Connect Click the Connect button to establish connection. 5.3.
Software configuration Item Description Disable WPS Click on to disable the Wi-Fi Protected Setup function. WPS Status Show WPS status is Configured or UnConfigured. Self-PIN Number Fill in the PIN Number of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability. Push Button Configuration The Start PBC button provides tool to scan the wireless network. If any Access Point or IBSS is found, you could connect it automatically when client join PBC mode.
5.3.11 LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of your WLAN Broadband Router. Here you may change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP, etc. Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Access Point. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Access Point. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets.
Software configuration Static DHCP Select enable or disable the Static DHCP function from pull-down menu. [Server mode only] Set Static DHCP Manual setup Static DHCP IP address for specific MAC address. [Server mode only] Domain Name Assign Domain Name and dispatch to DHCP clients. It is optional field. 802.1d Spanning Tree Select enable or disable the IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree function from pull-down menu.
Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Static DHCP List It shows IP Address DHCP. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be removed from the Static DHCP list. Delete All Click to delete all the registered clients from the Static DHCP list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. MAC Address from the Static 5.3.
Software configuration 5.3.12.1 Static IP Item Description Static IP Click to select Static IP support on WAN interface. There are IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done. IP Address If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the subnet mask for it.
interface, fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is 1400. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned. Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function.
Software configuration 5.3.12.2 DHCP Client Item Description DHCP Client Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server. Host Name Fill in the host name of Host Name. The default value is empty. MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is 1400. Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support.
Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected. Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned. Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function. Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy.
Software configuration 5.3.12.3 PPPoE Item Description PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done.
User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Password If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Service Name Fill in the service name of Service Name. The default value is empty. Connection Type Select the connection type from pull-down menu. There are Continuous, Connect on Demand and Manual three types to select.
Software configuration address to be cloned. Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function. Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy. Enable Ping Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response. Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side. Enable IPsec pass through on VPN Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet connection pass through.
5.3.12.4 PPTP Enter topic text here.
Software configuration directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. Enable Dynamic Mode Click to select PPTP Dynamic support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a PPTP server. IP Address If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the subnet mask for it.
Enable Ping Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response. Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side. Enable IPsec pass through on VPN Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet connection pass through. Enable PPTP pass through on VPN Click the checkbox to enable PPTP packet connection pass through. Enable L2TP pass through on VPN Click the checkbox to enable L2TP packet connection pass through.
Software configuration Item Description Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering security function. Port Range Protocol Comments To restrict data transmission from the local network on certain ports, fill in the range of start-port and endport, and the protocol, also put your comments on it. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the ports. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting.
Item Description Enable IP Filtering Click to enable the IP filtering security function. Local IP Address Protocol Comments To restrict data transmission from local network on certain IP addresses, fill in the IP address and the protocol, also put your comments on it. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the IP address. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting.
Software configuration Item Description Enable MAC Filtering Click to enable the MAC filtering security function. MAC Address Comments To restrict data transmission from local network on certain MAC addresses, fill in the MAC address and your comments on it. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the MAC address. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the MAC address to MAC filtering list.
Item Description Enable Port Forwarding Click to enable the Port Forwarding security function. Local IP Address Protocol Port Range Comment To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the IP address, protocol, port range and your comments. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. The Port Range for data transmission. Comments let you know about whys to allow data packets forward to the IP address and port number.
Software configuration 5.3.17 Firewall - URL Filtering URL Filtering is used to restrict users to access specific websites in internet. Item Description Enable URL Filtering Click to enable the URL Filtering function. URL Address Add one URL address. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save settings. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.
Item Description Enable DMZ Click to enable the DMZ function. DMZ Host IP Address To support DMZ in your firewall design, fill in the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address of DMZ host. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 5.3.
Software configuration Item Description Wireless LAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface. Ethernet LAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet LAN interface. Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet LAN interface.
Enable DDNS Click the checkbox to enable DDNS service. Service Provider Click the drop down menu to pickup the right provider. Domain Name To configure the Domain Name. User Name/Email Configure User Name, Email. Password/Key Configure Password, Key. Apply Change Click the Apply Changes button to save the enable DDNS service. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 5.3.
Software configuration Refresh Click the refresh the current time shown on the screen. 5.3.22 Management - Denial-of-Service This page is used to enable and setup protection to prevent attack by hacker’s program. It provides more security for users.
Item Description Enable DoS Prevention Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention. Whole System Flood / Per-Source IP Flood… Enable and setup prevention in details. Select ALL Click the checkbox to enable all prevention items. Clear ALL Click the checkbox to disable all prevention items. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings. 5.3.23 Management - Log This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log.
Software configuration DoS Only show Denial-of-Service log Enable Remote Log Click the checkbox to enable remote log service. Log Server IP Address Input the remote log IP address. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings. Refresh Click the refresh the log shown on the screen. Clear Clear log display screen. 5.3.24 Management - Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version.
5.3.25 Management - Save/ Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file that was saved previously. Besides, you could reset the current configuration to factory default. Item Description Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer.
Software configuration 6 New Password Fill in the password for web management login control. Confirmed Password Because the password input is invisible, so please fill in the password again for confirmation purpose. Apply Changes Clear the User Name and Password fields to empty, means to apply no web management login control. Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.
Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) ü Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings. ü Position the WLAN antenna for best reception. ü Keep WLAN devices away from other electrical devices, eg: microwaves, monitors, electric motors, … etc. ü Add additional WLAN Access Points if necessary. 6.8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications? IEEE 802.11 supports two subtypes of network authentication services: open system and shared key.
This setting is useful for networks with many clients. With many clients, and a high network load, there will be many more collisions. By lowering the RTS threshold, there may be fewer collisions, and performance should improve. Basically, with a faster RTS threshold, the system can recover from problems faster. RTS packets consume valuable bandwidth, however, so setting this value too low will limit performance. 6.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 6.17 What is 802.1x Authentication? 802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-level access control, defines Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over LANs (WAPOL). The standard encapsulates and leverages much of EAP, which was defined for dial-up authentication with Point-to-Point Protocol in RFC 2284. Beyond encapsulating EAP packets, the 802.1x standard also defines EAPOL messages that convey the shared key information critical for wireless security. 6.
6.24 What is Clone MAC Address? Clone MAC address is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address. Since that all the clients will communicate outside world through the WLAN Broadband Router, so have the cloned MAC address set on the WLAN Broadband Router will solve the issue. 6.25 What is DDNS? DDNS is the abbreviation of Dynamic Domain Name Server. It is designed for user own the DNS server with dynamic WAN IP address.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) events. 6.33 What is Frame Aggregation? Every 802.11 packet, no matter how small, has a fixed amount of overhead associated with it. Frame Aggregation combines multiple smaller packets together to form one larger packet. The larger packet can be sent without the overhead of the individual packets. This technique helps improve the efficiency of the 802.11n radio allowing more end user data to be sent in a given time. 6.
7 Configuration examples 7.1 Example one - PPPoE on the WAN Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on sales’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration. WAN configuration:PPPoE User Name Password 84549386 2uprlamv Note:User Name and Password.ISP provide. LAN configuration: IP Address 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway 0.0.0.
Configuration examples 2. Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”, Default Gateway “0.0.0.0”, enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.1.100” to “192.168.1.200”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting.
3. Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “AP”, Channel Number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting.
Configuration examples 7.2 Example two - fixed IP on the WAN Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration. WAN configuration:Fixed IP IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DNS Address LAN configuration: IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DHCP Client Range 192.168.2.254 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.10 168.95.1.1 192.168.1.
WLAN configuration: SSID Channel Number AP 11 1. Configure the WAN interface: Open WAN Interface Setup page, select Fixed IP then enter IP Address “192.168.2.254”, subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, Default gateway “192.168.2.10”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. 2. Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0 ”, enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.1.100” to “192.168.1.200”.
Configuration examples Press button to confirm the configuration setting. 3. Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “AP”, Channel Number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting.
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