Advance Multimedia Internet Technology CDW68AAMU01 User Manual

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CDW68AAM-U01 WiFi Broadband Router

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Trademarks

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FCC Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference.

CE Declaration of Conformity

This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022/A1 Class B.

802.11a (UNII) RF exposure statement

According to FCC 15.407(e), the device is intended to operate in the frequency band of 5.15GHz to 5.25GHz under all conditions of normal operation. Normal operation of this device is restricted to indoor used only to reduce any potential for harmful interference to co-channel MSS operations.

FCC Part 15.19 Caution:

1. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation

2. This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

3. Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user authority to operate the equipment.

IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with a ny other antenna or transmitter.

The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Table of contents

COPYRIGHT ............................................................................................................................. 2

FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT ....................................................................................... 2

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 4

1.1 PACKAGE LIST.............................................................................................. 4

1.2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION........................................................................ 5

CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED WITH EASY SETUP UTILITY...................................... 8

2.1 EASY SETUP BY WINDOWS UTILITY.......................................................... 8

2.2 EASY SETUP BY CONFIGURING WEB PAGES........................................ 13

CHAPTER 3 MAKING CONFIGURATION .......................................................................... 4

3.1 BASIC SETTING............................................................................................. 17

3.2 FORWARDING RULES .................................................................................. 45

3.2.1 VIRTUAL SERVER............................................................................... 45

3.2.2 SPECIAL AP......................................................................................... 46

3.2.3 MISCELLANEOUS ............................................................................... 47

3.3 SECURITY SETTING ....................................................................................... 48

3.4 ADVANCED SETTING ..................................................................................... 60

3.5 TOOL BOX........................................................................................................ 87

CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................................................. 91

APPENDIX A. SPEC SUMMARY TABLE .............................................................................. 95

APPENDIX B. LICENSING INFORMATION .......................................................................... 96

Chapter 1 Introduction

CDW68AAM-U01 is a 802.11n concurrent dual band mobile broadband router with USB slots for 3G modem card and USB storage. It can support 3G/4G mobile broadband. It also provides a physical WAN port for fixed-line broadband and supporting varieties of WAN connection types, such as PPPoE, static IP, dynamic IP (DHCP client), PPTP, and L2TP. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100/1000 gigabit switch to connect your wired Ethernet devices together.

This concurrent dual band router is the high performance gateway of your home or office network, and it is particularly designed for video streaming applications, user can extend the wireless by 802.11n compliant 5GHz/2.4GHz 450Mbps+300Mbps RF.

Moreover, the USB port is designed to share files under the same network. For NAS function, it can support FAT16/FAT32, EXT2, NTFS file system, user can plug the USB Hard drive or pen drive, and share files instantly. Once you want to enable FTP/HTTP/BT download service, you can follow easy steps to let it download files without turning on a PC. With this powerful residential/SOHO gateway, you can connect everyone in your home or small office to the network sharing function for music, gaming, video, and achieving higher speed as WiFi 11n, which is faster and much better coverage than 11b/g.

1.1 Package List

Items Description Contents Quantity

1 WiFi Broadband Router 1

2 Power adapter

3 CD

1.2 Hardware Installation

A. Hardware configuration

B. Buttons

Button Behavior

WPS Button

Continually press 3 seconds to enter WPS PBC mode for 2.4G wireless

Continually press 8 seconds to enter WPS PBC mode for 5G wireless

Wireless On/Off Button

Reset Button Continually press 6 seconds to reset device settings to factory default

Continually press 3 seconds to switch on/off for 2.4G wireless radio

Continually press 8 seconds to switch on/off for 5G wireless radio

C. LED indicators

LED Indicator Description

Status

Ethernet WAN

Ethernet LAN 1~4

Green and flash once per second

Green and Steady On An error occurred

OFF Device is powered off or an error occurred

Green and Steady On Ethernet WAN connection is established

Green and Blinking Data packet transferred via Ethernet WAN

Green and Steady On Ethernet LAN connection is established

Green and Blinking Data packet transferred via Ethernet LAN

Green and Blinking Data packet transferred via 2.4G WiFi

This device is working

2.4GHz

5GHz

NAS

Green and Fast Blinking In WPS PBC mode

OFF 2.4GHz wireless radio is disabled

Green and Blinking Data packet transferred via 5G WiFi

Green and Fast Blinking In WPS PBC mode

OFF 5GHz wireless radio is disabled

Green and Steady On An external USB storage is attached

Green and Blinking

OFF No USB storage is attached

Green and Steady On 3G connection is established

Green and Blinking Data packet transferred via 3G WAN

OFF 3G connection is not established

Data packet transferred via attached USB storage device (e.g. USB drive)

D. Installation Steps

Note:

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.

DO NOT connect the router to

power before performing the installation steps below.

Step 3.

Plug the power jack into the receptor on the back panel of the router. Then plug the other end into a wall outlet or power strip.

Chapter 2 Getting Started with Easy Setup Utility

There are two approaches for you to set up the WiFi Broadband 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.

2.1 Easy Setup by Windows Utility

Step 1：

Install the Easy Setup Utility from the provided CD then follow the steps to configure the device.

Step 2：

Select Language then click “Next” to continue.

Step 3：

Then click the “Wizard” to continue.

Step 4：

Click “Next” to continue.

Step 5：

Select Wireless Enable, and then click “Next” to continue.

Note. You can configure

2.4GHz wireless and 5GHz wireless separately.

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.

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. Click “Next” to continue.

Step 10:

Click “Next” to save your setting.

Step 11：

The WiFi Broadband Router is rebooted to make your entire configuration take effect.

Step 12：

Click “Next” to test the Internet connection or you can ignore test.

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://192.168.123.254

Type in the default password “admin” in the System Password and then click ‘login’ button.

Select your language.

Select “Wizard” for basic settings with simple way.

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Press “Next” to start the Setup Wizard.

Configure with the Setup Wizard

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” and the WAN type as “3G”.

Step 5: 3G Mode. Select Auto-Detection then click “Next” to continue.

Step 6: Set up your Wireless Network.

Select which wireless band you want to configure. (e.g. Wireless 2.4G)

Setup your SSID and wireless channel.

Step 7: Setup your Encryption Key here, then click”Next” to continue.

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: 192.168.123.254

Enter the default password “admin” in the System Password and then click ‘login’ button.

Then, you can browse the “Advanced” configuration pages for configuring this device.

3.1 Basic Setting

3.1.1. Network Setup

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Combo WAN Status: Display status of combo WAN. With Combo WAN feature, you

can choose one primary WAN connection, and set another WAN connection for backup.

Otherwise, you can also choose “Load Sharing” to use Ethernet WAN and 3G WAN

simultaneously. The combo WAN status will be showed here. Press “Settings” button to

configure this feature.

4. WAN Int erface : Select Ethernet WAN or Wireless WAN to continue.

5. WAN Type: WAN type of your Internet connection. You can choose a correct one from

the following options.

A. 3G

This device supports different WAN types of connection for users to connect to remote wireless ISP, such as 3G (WCDMA, HSxPA, HSPA+, CDMA2000, EV-DO, TD-SCDMA), iBurst, or Wi-Fi Hotspot.

Note. Users need to insert USB modem card for 3G WAN connections.

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.

3. Country*: select your country.

4. Telecom*: select your telecom.

5. 3G Network*: select the 3G network

6. APN*: APN information for your 3G data card. It will show a value after you choose country

and telecom. You can also change it manually.

7. PIN Code: Enter the PIN Code for your SIM card if required. (Optional)

8. Dialed Number*: It will show a value after you choose country and telecom. You can 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. You can also change it manually.

11. Authentication*: Choose authentication of 3G connection. You can leave it as “Auto” if you

are not sure.

12. Primary DNS*: You can assign a Primary DNS server if required. (Optional)

13. Secondary DNS*: You can assign a Secondary DNS server if required. (Optional)

14. Connection Control: There are 3 options to start connection:

 Auto Reconnect (Always-on): The device will always try to link to Internet.

 Connect-on-demand: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until LAN PCs or

devices try to go to Internet. Once Internet connection is established, this

device will drop the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

 Manually: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until users press “connect” button

at Status page. Once Internet connection is established, this device will drop

the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

15. Allowed Connection Time: You can limit WAN connection in a period of time if required.

16. Keep Alive: There are three options for keep alive feature as below.

 Disable: Disable keep alive feature.

LCP Echo Request: The device will constantly send LCP packets for keeping alive. Enter the



time interval and the maximum failure count.



Ping Remote Host: Enter the Remote host IP address and the time interval to send the ping

packets for keeping alive.

17. NAT Disable: You can disable NAT feature if required.

18. 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 Manual for Dial-up Profile.

B. iBurst

Note. Users need to insert USB modem card for iBurst WAN connections.

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. Connection Control: There are 3 options to start connection:

 Auto Reconnect (Always-on): The device will always try to link to Internet.

 Connect-on-demand: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until LAN PCs or devices

try to go to Internet. Once Internet connection is established, this device will drop the

connection if maximum idle time is reached.

 Manually: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until users press “connect” button at

Status page. Once Internet connection is established, this device will drop the connection

if maximum idle time is reached.

7. Maximum Idle Time: The amount of time of inactivity before disconnecting Internet

connection. Set it to zero, or choosing “Auto-reconnect” mode to disable this feature.

8. Service Name: Input the service name if your ISP requires it. (Optional)

9. Assigned IP Address: Input a IP address if your ISP requires it. (Optional)

10. Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU): You can change MTU value if required. The default

MTU value is set to 0 (auto).

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.

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. Primary DNS: Input the IP address of primary DNS you got from ISP.

6. Secondary DNS: Input the IP address of secondary DNS you got from ISP.

7. NAT disable: You can disable NAT feature if required.

8. IGMP Proxy: Enable this feature allows multicast stream (e.g. IPTV stream) to

pass-through this device.

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.

4. Maximum Idle Time: The amount of time of inactivity before disconnecting Internet

connection. Set it to zero, or choosing “Auto-reconnect” mode to disable this feature.

5. Connection Control: There are 3 options to start connection:

 Auto Reconnect (Always-on): The device will always try to link to Internet.

 Connect-on-demand: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until LAN PCs or

devices try to go to Internet. Once Internet connection is established, this device will

drop the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

 Manually: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until users press “connect”

button at Status page. Once Internet connection is established, this device will drop

the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

6. NAT disable: You can disable NAT feature if required.

7. IGMP Proxy: Enable this feature allows multicast stream (e.g. IPTV stream) to

pass-through this device.

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.

3. PPPoE Account and Password: The account and password your ISP assigned to you.

4. Primary DNS: You can indicate IP address of primary DNS if required.

5. Secondary DNS: You can indicate IP address of secondary DNS if required.

6. Connection Control: There are 3 options to start connection:

 Auto Reconnect (Always-on): The device will always try to link to Internet.

 Connect-on-demand: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until LAN PCs or

devices try to go to Internet. Once Internet connection is established, this device will

drop the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

 Manually: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until users press “connect”

button at Status page. Once Internet connection is established, this device will drop

the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

7. Maximum Idle Time: the amount of time of inactivity before disconnecting your PPPoE

session. Set it to zero or enable “Auto-reconnect＂ to disable this feature.

8. PPPoE Service Name: Optional. Input the service name if your ISP requires it.

9. Assigned IP Address: You can input a IP address if you got a fix IP address from ISP.

10. Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU): Most ISP offers MTU value to users. The default

MTU value is 0 (auto).

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. 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. Server IP Address/Name: The IP address of the PPTP server.

5. PPTP Account and Password: The account and password your ISP assigned to you.

6. Connection ID: Optional. Input the connection ID if your ISP requires it.

7. Connection Control: There are 3 options to start connection:

 Auto Reconnect (Always-on): The device will always try to link to Internet.

 Connect-on-demand: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until LAN PCs or

devices try to go to Internet. Once Internet connection is established, this device will

drop the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

 Manually: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until users press “connect”

button at Status page. Once Internet connection is established, this device will drop

the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

8. Maximum Idle Time: the time of no activity to disconnect your PPTP session. Set it to

zero or enable “Auto-reconnect” to disable this feature.

9. Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU): Most ISP offers MTU value to users. The default

MTU value is 0 (auto).

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.

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. Server IP Address/Name: The IP address of the L2TP server.

5. L2TP Account and Password: The account and password your ISP assigned to you.

6. Connection ID: Optional. Input the connection ID if your ISP requires it.

7. Connection Control: There are 3 options to start connection:

 Auto Reconnect (Always-on): The device will always try to link to Internet.

 Connect-on-demand: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until LAN PCs or

devices try to go to Internet. Once Internet connection is established, this device will

drop the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

 Manually: The device won’t try to connect to Internet until users press “connect”

button at Status page. Once Internet connection is established, this device will drop

the connection if maximum idle time is reached.

8. Maximum Idle Time: the time of no activity to disconnect your L2TP session. Set it to zero

or enable “Auto-reconnect” to disable this feature.

9. Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU): Most ISP offers MTU value to users. The default

MTU value is 0 (auto).

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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