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WN250R
User’s Manual
Wireless b/g/n 1T1R 150 Mbps Router
1. Product Information
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Copyright and Disclaimer
Copyright
Copyright ©2010/2011 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may
be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any
language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of
this company
This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with
respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or
fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed
"as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not
this company, its di st ributor, or its dealer) assumes the enti r e c ost of all necessary servicing,
repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the
software. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make
changes from time to time in the contents thereof without obligation to notify any person of
such revision or changes.
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Copyright and Disclaimer
This product contains some codes from GPL. In compliance with GPL agreement, AirLive
will publish the GPL codes on our website. Please go to www.airlive.com and go to the
"Support → GPL" menu to download source code.
Federal Communication Com mi s s ion
Interference Statement
FCC Part 15
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If
this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can
be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct
the interference by one or more of the following measures:
1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help.
FCC Caution
This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions
and a minimum 20 cm spacing must be pr ovided between computer mounted antenna and
person’s body (excluding extremities of hands, wrist and feet) during wireless modes of
operation.
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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) thi s device may not cause harmful interferenc e, and (2) this device must
accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsi ble f or
compliance could void the authority to operate equipment.
Federal Communication Com mi s s ion (FCC)
Radiation Exposure Statement
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled
environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency
exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches)
during normal operation.
The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction
with any other antenna or transmitter.
The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the channels 1-11 only.
R&TTE Compliance Statement
This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and
telecommunication t erminal Equipment and the mutual recognition o f their con for mity
(R&TTE).
The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC
(Telecommunicatio ns Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of
April 8, 2000.
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Safety
This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use
it. However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static
electricity w hen working with electrical equip ment . All guidelines of thi s and of the computer
manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the
equipment.
EU Countries Intended for Us e
The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states: Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.
EU Countries Not intended for use
None.
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Table of Conten ts
1. Product Information ....................................................................................................... 1
1-1 Introduction and Safety Information ................................................................... 1
1-2 Safety Information .............................................................................................. 3
1-3 System Requirements ........................................................................................ 4
1-4 Package Contents .............................................................................................. 4
1-5 Familiar With Your New Wireless Broadband Router ......................................... 5
2. System and Network Setup ........................................................................................... 7
2-1 Build Network Connection .................................................................................. 7
2-2 Connecting To Wireless Broadband Router By Web Browser ............................ 9
2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup: ..................................................... 10
2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP address setup: ............................................................ 12
2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup: ................................................................ 14
2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup: ............................................................ 16
2-2-5 Router IP Address Lookup ...................................................................... 18
2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ .......................................................................................... 22
2-3-1 Setup procedure for ‘Cable Modem’ ........................................................ 26
2-3-2 Setup procedure for ‘Fixed-IP xDSL’: ....................................................... 27
2-3-3 Setup procedure for ‘PP PoE x DSL’: ........................................................ 28
2-3-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP xDSL’: ........................................................... 30
2-3-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP xDSL’: ........................................................... 32
2-3-6 Setup procedure for ‘Telstra Big Pond’: ................................................... 34
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2-4 Basic Setup ...................................................................................................... 36
2-4-1 Time zone and ti me aut o-synchronization ............................................... 36
2-4-2 Change management p as sword .............................................................. 38
2-4-3 Remote Management .............................................................................. 40
2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup) .......................................................... 43
2-5-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’: ........................................................... 45
2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’: ................................................................ 47
2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘PP PoE’ : .................................................................. 48
2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘PP TP’ : .................................................................... 50
2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’: ..................................................................... 53
2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘Telstra Big Pond’: ................................................... 55
2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘DN S’: ...................................................................... 56
2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘DD NS’ : ................................................................... 58
2-5-9 Setup procedur e for ‘WISP’: .................................................................... 60
2-6 Wired LAN Configurations ................................................................................ 62
2-6-1 LAN IP section: ........................................................................................ 64
2-6-2 DHCP Server: .......................................................................................... 65
2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table: ...................................................................... 66
2-7 Wireless LAN Config ur ati ons ........................................................................... 68
2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings ........................................................................... 69
2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings .................................................................... 80
2-7-3 Wireless Secur i ty ..................................................................................... 83
2-7-4 Wireless Acc ess Control .......................................................................... 90
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2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) ................................................................. 92
2-7-6 Security T ips for Wireless Networ k .......................................................... 95
3. Advanced Functions .................................................................................................... 96
3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) .................................................................................. 96
3-1-1 Basic QoS Settings .................................................................................. 97
3-1-2 Add a new QoS rule................................................................................. 99
3-2 Network Addres s Translation (NA T) ............................................................... 102
3-2-1 Basic NAT Settings (Enable or disable NAT function) ............................ 102
3-2-2 Port Forwarding ........................................................................................ 104
3-2-3 Virtual Server ......................................................................................... 106
3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications ................................................... 109
3-2-5 UPnP Setting ......................................................................................... 111
3-2-6 ALG Settings ......................................................................................... 113
3-3 Firewall ........................................................................................................... 114
3-3-1 Access Control ...................................................................................... 116
3-3-2 URL Blocking ......................................................................................... 122
3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention ........................................................................... 124
3-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) ...................................................................... 128
3-4 System Status .................................................................................................. 131
3-4-1 System information and firmware version .............................................. 131
3-4-2 Internet Connection Status .................................................................... 132
3-4-3 Device Status ......................................................................................... 133
3-4-4 System Log ............................................................................................ 133
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3-4-5 Security Log ........................................................................................... 135
3-4-5 Active DHCP client list ........................................................................... 136
3-4-6 Statistics ................................................................................................ 137
3-5 Configuration Backup and Restore ................................................................ 138
3-6 Firmware Upgrade ......................................................................................... 139
3-7 System Reset ................................................................................................. 141
4. Appendix ..................................................................................................................... 142
4-1 Hardware Specification .................................................................................. 142
4-2 Troubleshooting.............................................................................................. 143
4-3 Glossary ......................................................................................................... 147
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1. Product Information
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1-1 Introduction and Safety Information
Thank you for purchasing this wireless broadband router! This high cost-efficiency router is
the best choice for Small office / Home office users, all computers and network devic es
can share a single xDSL / cable modem internet connection at high speed. Easy install
procedures allows any computer users to setup a network environment in very short tim e within minutes, even inexperienced. When the number of your computers and
network-enabled devices grow, you can also expand the number of network slot by simple
attach a hub or switch, to extend the scope of your network!
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All computers and IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless-enabled network devices (including
PDA, cellular phone, game console, and more!) can connect to this wireless router without
additional cabli ng. With a com pat ibl e w irel ess car d i nst all ed i n your PC, y ou c an trans fer fil e
for up to 150Mbps (transfer data rate).
Other features of this router including:
• High Internet Access throughput
• Allow multiple users to share a single Internet line
• Supports up to 253 user s
• Share a single Cable or xDSL internet connection
• Access private LAN servers from the internet
• Four wired LAN ports (10/100M) and one WAN port (10/100M)
• Work with IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN devices
• Support DHCP (Server/Client) for easy IP-address setup
• Support multiple w i r el ess mod es l i ke: AP, Station-Infrastructure, Wireless Bridge and
Universal Repeater.
• Advanced network and security features like: Special Applications, QoS, DMZ,
Virtual Servers, Access Control, Firewall.
• Allow you to monitor the router’s status like: DHCP Client Log, System Log, Security
Log and Device/Connection Status
• Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management purposes
• Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote
computer (over the Internet)
• Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.
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1-2 Safety Information
In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety
instructions:
1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router outdoor.
2. DO NOT put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do
not left this router in the car in summer.
3. DO NOT pull any connected cable with force; disconnect it from the router first.
4. If you want to place this router at high places or hang on the wall, please make sure the
router is firmly secured. Falling from high places would damage the router and its
accessories, and warranty will be void.
5. Accessories of this router, like antenna and power supply, are danger to small
children under 3 years ol d. They may put the small parts in their nose or month and it could
cause serious damage to them. KEE P THIS ROUTER OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN!
6. The router will become hot when being used for long time (This is normal and is not a
malfunction). DO NOT put this router on paper, cloth, or other flammable materials.
7. There’s no user -serviceable part inside the router. If you found that the router is not
working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase and ask for help. DO NOT
disassemble the router, warranty will be void.
8. If the router falls into water when it’s powered, DO NOT use your hand to pick it up.
Switch the electri cal pow er off b efore you d o any thing, or contact a n ex perienced t echnicia n
for help.
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9. If you smell something strange, or even see some smoke coming out from the router
or power supply, remove the power supply or switch the electrical power off immediately,
and call dealer of purchase for help.
1-3 System Requirements
l Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with a RJ-45 Ethernet port .
l Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card.
l Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or
above, Opera web browser, or Safari web browser).
l An available AC power socket (100 – 240V, 50/60Hz)
1-4 Package Contents
Before you starting to use this router, please check if there’s anything missing in the
package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items:
刈
汕 Broadband router (main body, 1 pcs)…………………….……...….. 1刈
汕 Quick installation guide and User manual CDROM (1 pcs) ……… 2刈
汕 A/C power adapter (1 pcs) ………………………………………....... 3
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1-5 Familiar With Your New Wireless Broadband Router
Front Panel
LED Name Light Status Description
PWR On Router is switched on and correctly powered.
On Wireless WPS function is enabled.
Off Wireless network is switched off.
WLAN
Flashing Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving
data).
On WAN port is connected.
WAN
Off WAN port is not connected.
LNK/ACT
Flashing WAN activity (transferring or receiving data).
On LAN port is connected.
LAN 1-4
Off LAN port is not connected.
LNK/ACT
Flashing LAN activity (transferring or receiving data).
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Back Panel
1. Product Information
Item Name Description
Antenna It is 2dBi dipole antenna.
Radio
ON/OFF
Switch the button to activate or deactivate the wireless
functions.
Reset / WPS Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings)
or start WPS functio n. Pr ess this button and hold for 10
seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults, and press
this button for less than 5 seconds to start WPS function.
1 - 4 Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4.
WAN Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port.
Power Power connector, connects to A/C power adapter.
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2. System and Netwo rk Setup
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2-1 Build Network Connection
Please follow the following instruction 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 router by Ethernet cable.
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2. Connect all your computers, network devices (network-enabled consumer dev ic es
other than computers, like game console, or switch / hub) to the LAN port of the router.
3. 4Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the ‘Power’
socket of the router.
4.
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5. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily on, WAN and
LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the respective
port of the router is powered on and correctly connected. If PWD LED is not on, or any
LED you expected is not on, please recheck the cabling, or jump to ‘4-2
Troubleshooting’ for possible reasons and solution.
2-2 Connecting To Wireless Broadband Router By Web Browser
After the network connection is built, the next step you should do is setup the router with
proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment.
Before you can connect to the router and start configuration procedures, your computer
must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address). If it’s set to use
static IP a ddress , or you’ re unsur e, pl eas e foll ow the foll ow ing inst ructi ons to c onfig ure y our
computer to use dynamic IP address:
If the operating system of your computer is….
Windows 95/98/Me - please go to section 2-2-1
Windows 2000 - please go to s ecti on 2-2-2
Windows XP - please go to section 2-2-3
Windows Vista - please go to section 2-2-4
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2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup:
1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click
control panel. Double-click Network icon, and Network window will appear. Select
‘TCP/IP’, then click ‘Propert ies’.
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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server’ and then click ‘OK’.
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2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP address setup:
1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click
control panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon; click Local Area
Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select
‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’ and then click ‘Properties’
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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address
automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
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2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup:
1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click
control panel. Doubl e-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network
Connections, then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection
Status window will appear, and then click ‘Properties’
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2 Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address
automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
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2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup:
1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click
control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, and then click Manage Network
Connections. Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’. Local Area
Connection Properties window will appear, select ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP /
IPv4), and then click ‘Properties’
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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address
automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
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2-2-5 Router IP Address Lookup
After the IP address setup is complete, please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the
bottom-lower corner of your desktop:
2. System and Network Setup
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Input ‘cmd’, then click ‘OK’
Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter’ key. Please check the IP address followed by ‘Default
Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router is 192.168.1.254, please note that this
value may be different.)
NOTE: If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed, or the address f ol lowed
by ‘IP Address’ begins with ‘169’, please recheck network connection
between your computer and router, and / or go to the beginning of this
chapter, to recheck every step of network setup procedure.
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Connect the router’s management interface by web browser
After your computer ob tai ned an IP address from router, please start y our w eb brow ser, and
input the IP address of router in address bar. The following message should be shown:
Please input user name and password in th e field respectively, default user name i s ‘admin’,
and default passwor d i s ‘airlive’, then press ‘OK’ button, and you can see the web
management interface of this router:
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NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re
being prompted to input user name and password again, it means you
didn’t input username and password correctly. Please retype user
name and password again. If you’re certain about the user name and
password you type are correct, please go to ‘4-2 Troubleshooting’ to
perform a factory reset, to set the password back to default value.
TIP: This page shows the four major setting categories: QuickSetup,
General Setup, Status, and Tools. You can find the shortcut which
leads to these setting categories at the upper-right corner of every
page, and you can jump to another category directly by clicking the
link, and don’t have to go back to the first page.
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HERE!
2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’
This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to complete all required
settings you need to access the Internet in very short time. Please follow the following
instructions to complete the ‘Quick Setup’:
Please go to Quick Set up men u by clicking ‘Quick Setup’ button.
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3
4
And the following message will be displayed:
1. Set Time Zone
2. System and Network Setup
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Set Time Please press button, a drop-down list will be shown, and you
Zone (1): can choose a time zone of the location you live.
Time Server Input the IP address / host name of time server
Address (2): here
Daylight If the country you live uses daylight saving,
Savings(3): please check ‘Enable Function’ box, and choose the duration of
daylight saving.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (4) button.
NOTE: There are several time servers available on internet:
129.6.15.28 (time-a.nist.gov)
If you found that the time of router is incorrect, try another time server.
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132.163.4.101 (time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov)
131.107.1.10 (time-nw.nist.gov)
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2. System and Network Setup
Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using in this page. Ther e
are six types of Internet connection, they are:
Cable Modem - Please go to section 2-3-1
Fixed-IP xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-2
PPPoE xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-3
PPTP xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-4
L2TP xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-5
Telstra B ig Pond - Please go to section 2-3-6
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If you’re not sure, please contact your Internet service provider. A wrong Internet
connection type will cause connection problem, and you will not be able to connect to
internet.
If you want to go back to previous step, please press ‘Back’ button on the bottom of this
page.
NOTE: Some service providers use ‘DHCP’ (D ynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) to assign IP address to you. In this case, you
can choose ‘Cable Modem’ as Internet connection type, even you’re
using another connection type, like xDSL. Also, some cable modem
uses PPPoE, so you can choose ‘PPPoE xDSL’ for such cable modem
connection, even you’re using a cable modem.
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3
2-3-1 Setup procedure for ‘Cable Modem’
2. System and Network Setup
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Host Name (1): Please 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): Please input MAC address of your computer here, if your service
provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access
internet. If you’re using the computer which used to connect to
Internet via cable modem, you can simply press ‘Clone Mac
address’ button t o fill the M AC address field w ith the MAC addr ess o f
your computer.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK’ (3) button; if you want to go back to
previous menu, click ‘Back’.
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3
4
5
2-3-2 Setup procedure for ‘Fixed-IP xDSL’:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
IP Address (1): Please input IP address assigned by your by your ser vice
provider.
Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider.
DNS address (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your
service provider.
Service Provider Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your
Gateway Address (4): service provider.
You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service
provider, wrong setting value will cause connection problem.
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When you finish with all sett ings, press ‘OK’ (5); if you want to go back to previous menu,
click ‘Back’.
NOTE: You can choose this Internet connection method if your service
provider assigns a fixed IP address (also know as static address) to
you, and not using DHCP or PPPoE protocol. Please contact your
service provider for further information.
2-3-3 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE xDSL’:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider
here.
Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service
provider here.
Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is optional
MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you
don’t know, you can use default value.
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Connection Please select the connection type of Inter net connection you
Type (5): wish to use (detailed explanation listed below).
Idle Ti me Out (6): Please input idle time out, (detailed explanation listed below).
When you finish with all sett ings, please click ‘OK’ (7); if you want to go back to previous
menu, click ‘Back’.
MTU - Please use default value if you don’t know what it is, or ask
your service provider for a proper value.
Connection Type - Ther e are 3 options: ‘Continuous’ - keep internet
connection alive, do not disconnect, connect on Demand - only
connects to Internet when there’s a connect attempt, and ‘Manual’ only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is
pressed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pressed.
Idle Time Out: Specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no
internet activity is detected by minute. This option is only available
when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’.
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7
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2-3-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP xDSL’:
PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and
PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from WAN interface setting:
Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can
choose ‘Obtain an IP addr ess a utoma tical ly ’ (equal to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’
section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e. static IP address).
WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet connection will fail even those
settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please contact your Internet service provider if you
don’t know what you should fill in these fields.
Now please go to PPTP settings section:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service
provider here.
Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service
provider here.
PPTP Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your
Gateway (3): Internet service provider here.
Connection Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and
ID (4): you can leave it blank.
MTU (5): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you
don’t know, you can use default value.
BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to Check if you’re
using the service provided by BEZEQ network in
Israel.
Connection Please select the connection type of Inter net connection you wish to
type (7): use, please refer to last section for detailed descriptions.
Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish
Out (8): to use, and refer to last section for detailed descriptions.
When you finish with all sett ings, please click ‘OK (9); if you want to go back to previous
menu, click ‘Back’.
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2-3-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP xDSL’:
L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection types,
and all required setting items are the same with PPTP connection.
Like PPTP, there are two kinds of required setting, we’ll start from ‘WAN Interface Settings’:
Please select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You
can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable
Modem’ secti on abov e), or ‘U se the foll ow ing IP addr ess’ (equal to static I P addr ess, pl eas e
refer to ‘PPPoE xDSL’ section above).
WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet connection will fail even those
settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please contact your Internet service provider if you
don’t know what you should fill in these fields.
Now please go to L2TP settings section:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
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User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service
provider here.
Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service
provider here.
L2TP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your
Internet service provider here.
MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you
don’t know, you can use default value.
Connection Please select the connection type of Inter net connection you wish
type (5): to use, please refer to last section for detailed descriptions.
Idle Ti me Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish
Out (6): to use, and refer to last section for detailed descriptions.
When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK (7); if you want to go back to previous
menu, click ‘Back’.
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2-3-6 Setup procedure for ‘Telstra Big Pond’:
2. System and Network Setup
This setting only works when you’re using Telstra big pond’s network service in Australia.
You need to input:
User Name (1): Please input the user name assig ned by Telstra.
Password (2): Please input the password assigned by Telstra.
User decide login Check this box to choose login server by
server manually (3): yourself.
Login Server(4): Please input the IP address of login server here.
When you finish with all sett ings, click ‘OK (5); if you want to go back to previous menu,
click ‘Back’.
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When all settings are finished, you’ll see the following message displayed on your web
browser:
Please click ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll see this message:
Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be back to router
management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings.
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HERE!
2-4 Basic Setup
In this chapter, you’ll know how to change the time zone, password, and remote
management setti ngs . Pl ease s t art y our w eb br ow ser and log onto r outer w eb man agem ent
interface, then click ‘General Setup’ button on the left, or click ‘General Setup’ link at the
upper-right corner of web management interface.
2-4-1 Time zone and time auto-synchronization
Please follow the following instructions to set time zone and time auto-synchronization
parameters:
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Please click ‘Sy stem’ menu on the left of web manag ement i nter fac e, then c lick ‘Time Zone’,
and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please select time zone
at ‘Set time zone’ drop-down list, and input the IP address or host name of time server. If
you want to enable daylight savings setting, please check ‘Enable Function’ box, and set
the duration of daylight setting. When you finish, click ‘Apply’. You’ll see the following
message displayed on w eb browser:
Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press
‘Apply’ to sav e the s etti ngs mad e and r es tar t the r outer so t he s etting s will take effect after it
reboots.
NOTE: You can refer to the instructions given in last chapter: ‘Using
Quick Setup’, for detailed descriptions on time zone settings.
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2-4-2 Change management password
Default password of this router is airlive, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when
accessed from web browser. There’s a security risk if you don’t change the default
password, since everyone can see it. This is very important when you have wireless
function enabled.
To change passwor d, pl ease follow the following instructions:
Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Password
Settings’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Current Password (1): Please input current password here.
New Password (2): Please input new password here.
Confirmed Password (3): Please input new password here again.
When you f inish, click ‘Apply’. If you want to keep original password unchanged, click
‘Cancel’.
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If the password you typed in ‘New Password’ (2) and ‘Conf irmed Password’ (3) field are the
not same, you’ll see th e following message:
Please retype the new password again when you see above message.
If you see the following message:
It means the content in ‘Current Password’ field is wrong, please click ‘OK’ to go back to
previous menu, and try to input current password again.
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If the current and new passwords are correctly entered, after you click ‘Apply’,
you’ll be prompted to input your new password:
Please use new password to enter web management interface again, and you should be
able to login with new password.
2-4-3 Remote Management
This router does not allow management access from Internet, to prevent possible security
risks (especially when you defined a weak password, or didn’t change default password).
However, you can still management this router from a specific IP address by enabling the
‘Remote Management’ Function.
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To do so, please follow the following instructions:
Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Remote
Management’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Host Address (1): Input the IP address of the remote host you wish to initiate a
management access.
Port (2): You can define the port number this router should expect an
incoming request. If you’re providing a web service (default port
number is 80), you should try to use other port number. You can use
the default port setting ‘8080’, or something like ‘32245’ or ‘1429’.
(Any integer between 1 and 65534)
Enabled (3): Select the field to start the configuration.
When you finish with all sett ings, click ‘Apply’, and you’ll see the following message
displayed on web browser:
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Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface;
press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the settings will take effect
after it reboots.
NOTE: When you want to manage this router from another computer
on internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this
router. If your Internet service provider assigns you with a st at ic IP
address, it will not be a problem; but if the IP address your service
provider assigns to you will vary every time you establish an internet
connection, this will be a problem.
Please either asks your service provider to give you a static IP
address, or use dynamic IP to host name mapping services like
DDNS. Please refer to chapter 2-5-8 ‘DDNS client’ for details.
NOTE: Default port number the web browser will use is ‘80’. If the
‘Port’ setting in this page is not ‘80’, you have to assign the port
number in the address bar of web browser manually. For example, if
the IP address of this router is 1.2.3.4, and the port number you set is
8888, you have to input following address in the address bar of web
browser:
http://1.2.3.4:8888
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2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup)
Internet connections setup can be done by using ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in chapter
2-3. However, you can setup WAN connections up by using WAN configuration menu. You
can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynam ic DNS) here.
To start config ur ation, please follow the following instr uc ti ons:
Please click ‘WAN’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following
message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please select an Int ern et c onnecti on metho d dep end on the ty pe of conn ection y ou’r e usi ng .
You can either click the connection method on the left (1) or right (2). If you select the
connection method on the right, please click ‘More Configuration’ button after a method is
selected.
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Dynamic IP - Please go to section 2-5-1
St atic IP - Please go to section 2-5-2
PPPoE - Please go to section 2-5-3
PPTP - Please go to section 2-5-4
L2TP - Please go to section 2-5-5
Telstra B ig Pond - Please go to section 2-5-6
DNS - Please go to section 2-5-7
DDNS - Please go to section 2-5-8
WISP - Please go to section 2-5-9
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2. System and Network Setup
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Host Name (1): Please input host name of your computer, this is optional, and only
required if your service provider asks you to do so.
MAC Address (2): Please input MAC address of your compu ter, if your serv ic e pr ovi der
only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet.
If you’re using the computer which used to connect to Internet via
cable modem, you can simply press ‘Clone Mac address’ button to
fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer,
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (3); if you want to remove and value
you entered, please click ‘Cancel’.
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After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ (1) to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or
click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30
seconds while router is rebooting).
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2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’:
2. System and Network Setup
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
IP address assigned Please input IP address assigned by your service
by your Service Provider (1): provider.
Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your
service provider
Service Provider Please input the IP address of DNS server provided
Gateway Address (3): by your service provider.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (4) button and the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:
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Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other
setup procedures, or cl i ck ‘ Appl y ’ to reboot the router so the settings will take ef f ect ( Pl ease
wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click
‘Cancel’ button.
2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider
here.
Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service
provider here.
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will be kept always on. If the
Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is optional
MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you
don’t know, you can use default value.
Connection Please select the connection type of Inter net
Type (5): connection you wish to use.
Continuous – T he connection
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.
Manual – After you have selected this option, you will see
the “Connect” button and “Disconnect” button, click
“’Connect” and the router will connect to the ISP. If you
want to stop the connection, please click “Disconnect”
button.
Idle Ti me Out (6): If you have selected the connection type to “Connect-On-Demand”,
please input the idle time out.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (7) button and the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:
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Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click
‘Cancel’ button.
2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’:
PPTP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP
setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from WAN interface setting:
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Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can
choose ‘Obtain an IP addr ess a utoma tical ly ’ (equal to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’
section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e. static IP address)
WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet connection will fail even those
settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please contact your Internet service provider if you
don’t know what you should fill in these fields.
Now please go to PPTP settings section:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service
provider here.
Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service
provider here.
PPTP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your
Internet service provider here.
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Connection ID (4): Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and you
can leave it blank.
MTU (5): Please input the MTU value of your network conn ec ti on her e .
If you don’t know, you can use default value.
BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): If you are connecting to the BEZEQ network in Israel. Pl eas e
enable this function.
Connection Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish
type (7): to use, please refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions.
Idle Ti me Out (8): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish
to use, and refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions.
When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (9) button and the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click
‘Cancel’ button.
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2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’:
2. System and Network Setup
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service
provider here.
Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider
here.
L2TP Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet
Gateway (3): service provider here.
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MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here.
If you don’t know, you can use default value.
Connection Please select the connection type of Int er net connection you wish to
type (5): use, please refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed des cr i pti ons.
Idle Ti me Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use,
Out (6): and refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed desc r iptions.
When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (7) button and the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click
‘Cancel’ button.
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2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘Telstra Big Pond’:
2. System and Network Setup
This setting only works when you’re using Telstra big pond’s network service in Australia.
You need to input:
User Name (1): Please input the user name assigned by Telstra.
Password (2): Please input the password assigned by Telstra.
Assign login server Check this box to choose login server
manually (3): by yourself.
Server IP Addr ess (4): Please input the IP address of login server here.
When you finish with all settin gs, c lic k ‘Apply’ (5) butt on and the foll o wing message
will be displayed on your web browser:
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Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click
‘Cancel’ button.
2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’:
If you select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘PPPoE’ as Internet connection method, at least one DNS
server’s IP address should be assigned automatically. However, if you have preferred DNS
server, or your service provider didn’t assign the IP address of DNS server because of any
reason, you can input the IP address of DNS server here.
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
DNS Address (1): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by
your service provider.
Secondary DNS Address (2): Please input the IP address of another DNS server
provided by your service provider, this is optional.
NOTE: Only IP ad dre ss can be ent ered her e; DO NOT use the hostname
of DNS server! (i.e. only numeric characters and dots are accepted)
10.20.30.40……………………………………………………………… Correct
dns.serviceprovider.com…………………………………………... Incorrect
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (3) button and the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click
‘Cancel’ button.
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2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’:
DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP-to-Hostname mapping service for those Internet users who
don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. It will be a problem when such user wants to provide
services to other users on Internet, because their IP address will vary every time when
connected to Internet, and other user will not be able to know the IP address they’re using
at a certain time.
This router supports DDNS service of several service providers, for example:
DynDNS (http://www.dyndns.org)
TZO (http://www.tzo.com)
Please go to one of DDNS service provider’s webpage listed above, and get a free DDNS
account by the instructions given on their webpage.
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable DDNS function, please select
‘Enabled’; otherwise please select ‘Disabled’.
Provider (2): Select your DDNS service provider here.
Domain Name (3): Input the domain name you’ve obtained from DDNS
service provider.
Account / E-Mail (4): Input account or email of DDNS registration.
Password / Key (5): Input DDNS service password or key.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click
‘Cancel’ button.
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2-5-9 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’:
If your network service provided by your service provider is through wireless network,
please select this mode. After you have connected the router to the access point of service
provider wirelessly, please setup the WAN connection type in WAN page.
Here are descriptions o f ever y setup items:
Disable/Enable/ There are three selections for disable or disable
staEnable (1): wireless ISP functions.
Disable: disable this function.
Enable: enable this function and the router can connect to the
access points installed by your wireless service provider. Any clients
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associated to the router can access the Internet service through
the wireless network.
Note: In this mode, if you are informed by your wireless ISP that
the wireless settings of the access point is changed, please
configure the router in this page for match the settings.
staEnable: enable this function and the router can only allow to be
connected through wired Ethernet cable for WAN access service.
SSID (2): This is the name of wireless network. Input the SSID name that your
wirelesses ISP provide to you.
Channel Number (3): This is the radio f requency used to transmit and Receive the
wireless signal. The wireless devices in the same network should
follow the same setting. Select the channel designated by your
wireless ISP.
Site Survey (4): Click ‘Select S it e Sur vey’ button, then a “Wireless Si t e S urvey Table”
will pop up. It will list all available access points nearby. Select the
access point designated by your wireless ISP in the table and the
router will join wireless network through this access point.
Security Settings (5): If the access point enables wireless security, you have to follow the
same settings in order to access the access point. Click to set
security settings for this connection (Please go to section ‘2-7-3
Wireless Security’ for detailed instructions).
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After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click
‘Cancel’ button.
2-6 Wired LAN Configurations
Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. those computers connect to this
router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access
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 address of computers
will be assigned by router automatically. It’s recomm ended for most of computers to use
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worry! We will provide recommended setup values below.
dynamic IP address, it will save a lot of tim e on setting IP addresses for every computer,
especially when there are a lot of computers in your network; for servers and network
devices which will provide services to other comput er and users t ha t come fro m Int ernet,
static IP address should be used, so other computes can locate the server.
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 of 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. This router is capable to work w ith up to 253 clients,
so you can set ‘d’ field of IP address of router as 1 or 254 (or
any number bet ween 1 and 254) , and p ic k a n u mb er b etween 0
and 254 for field ‘c’.
2. In most cases, you should use ‘255.255.255.0’ as subnet mask,
which allows up to 253 clients (this also meets router’s
capability of working with up to 253 clients).
3. For all servers and network devices which will provide
services to other people (like Internet service, print service,
and file service), they should use static IP address. Give each
of them a unique number between 1 and 253, and maintain a
list, so everyone can locate those servers easily.
4. For computers which are not dedicated to provide spec ific
service to others, they should use dynamic IP address.
If you don’t really understand the descriptions listed above, don’t
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Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters:
Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interf ace, there are three setup
groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’. Here are setup
instructions for each o f them:
2-6-1 LAN IP section:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
IP address (1): Please input the IP address of this router.
Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask for this network.
802.1d Spanning If you wish to activate 802.1d spanning tree function, select
Tree (3): ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.1d Spanning Tree’, or set it to
‘Disabled’
DHCP Server (4): If you want to activate DHCP server function of this router, select
‘Enabled’, or set it to ‘Disabled’.
Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:
IP Address: 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
802.1d Spanning Tree: Disabled
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2-6-2 DHCP Server:
These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is ‘Enabled’, and
here are descriptions of every setup items:
Lease Ti me (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can
keep a specific IP addr es s) of every IP address assigned by this
router from dropdown menu.
Start IP (2): Please input the start IP address of the IP range.
End IP (3): Please input the end IP address of the IP range.
Domain Name (4): If you wish, you can also optionally input the domain name for your
network. This is optional.
Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:
Lease Ti me: Two Weeks (or ‘Forever’, if you have less than 20 computers)
St ar t IP: 192 . 16 8.1.25400
End IP: 192.168.2.200
Domain Name: (leave it blank)
NOTE:
1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must b e greater than
‘Start IP ’, and can not the same with router’s IP address.
2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘Start IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP Address of
LAN IP’ section (mentioned ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ field) should be the same.
3. These settings will affect wireless clients too.
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2-6-3 Stat i c DHCP Leases Table:
This function allow s y ou to assign a st ati c IP address to a specific computer forever, so
you don’t have to set the IP address for a computer, and still enjoy the benefit of using
DHCP server. Maximum 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here.
(If you set ‘Lease Time’ to ‘forever’ in ‘DHCP Server’ section, you can also assign an IP
address to a specific comput er per m an ent ly, however, you will not be able to assign a
certain IP address to a specific computer, since IP addresses will be assigned in random
order by this way).
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Enable Static Check this box to enable this function, otherwise uncheck it to
DHCP Leases (1): disable this function.
MAC Address (2): Input the MAC address of the computer or network device (total
12 characters, with character from 0 to 9, and from a to f, like
‘001122aabbcc’)
IP address (3): Input the IP address you want to assign to this computer or
network device
‘Add’ (4): After you inputted MAC address and IP address pair, click this
button to add the pair to static DHCP leases table.
If you want to remove all characters you just entered, click ‘Clear’.
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After you clicked ‘Add’, the MAC address and IP address mapping will be added to
‘Static DHCP Leases Table’ section.
If you want to del e te a specific item, please check t he ‘Select’ box of a M AC address and
IP address m apping (1), then click ‘Delete Selected’ button (2); if you want to delete all
mappings, click ‘Delete All’ (3). If you want to deselect all mappings, click ‘Reset (4).
After you finish all LAN settings, please click ‘Apply’ button on the bottom of this page. After
you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous s et up m en u; to continue on router setup, or click
‘Apply’ to reboot t he r o ut er so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds
while router is rebooting).
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2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations
If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices which is equipped with
wireless network interface, you can use the wireless function of this router to let them
connect to Internet and share resources with other computers with wired-LAN
connection. You can also use the built-in security f unctions to protect your network from
being intruded by malicious intruders.
Please follow the following instructions to set wireless parameters:
Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following
message will be displayed on your web browser. You must enable wireless function of this
router, or the wireless interface of this router will not function. Please select ‘Enable’ (1),
then click ‘Apply’ (2) button.
If you’re coming here because you want to disable wireless function, please select
‘Disable’ (3), then click ‘Apply’ (2) button.
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After you click ‘Apply’(2), the following message will be displayed on your web
browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings
Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Basic
Settings’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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This wireless router can be work in 6 modes:
a. Access Point: Standard wireless AP .
b. Station-Infrastructure: Configure the router to Ethernet device such us TV, Game player,
HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device be a wireless station.
c. AP Bridge-Point to Point: Connect this router with another wireless router, to expand the
scope of network.
d. AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point: Connect this router with up to four other wireless routers,
to expand the scope of network.
e. AP Bridge-WDS: Connect this router with up to four WDS-capable wireless routers, to
expand the scope of network.
f. Universal Repeater: The router can act as Station and AP at the same time. It can use
St at ion function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all wireless stati ons
within its coverage.
NOTE: For ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point’ and ‘AP Bridge-Point to
Multi-Point’ mode, wireless router is operated in wireless bridge
dedicated mode – wireless router is only used to expand the scope of
network, and no wireless clients will be accepted. If you want to use
your wireless router to expand the scope of network, and also accept
wireless clients, please select ‘AP Bridge-WDS’ or ‘Universal
Repeater‘ mode.
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Please select a proper operation mode you want to use from ‘Mode’ dropdown
menu (1), and continue on other operation mode specific settings:
AP - Please go to section 2-7-1-1
Station-Infrastructure - Please go to section 2-7-1-2
AP Bridge-Point to Point - Please go to section 2-7-1-3
AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point - Please go to section 2-7-1-4
AP Bridge-WDS - Please go to section 2-7-1-5
Universal Repeater - Please go to section 2-7-1-6
2-7-1-1 Setup procedure for ‘Access Point’:
Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown menu (2), and the
following message will be displayed:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Band (2): Please select the radio band from one of following options:
2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network
client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate
11Mbps).
2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network
client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate
150Mbps).
2.4 GHz (B+G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and 802.11g
wireless network client to connect this router
(maximum transfer rat e 11Mbps for 802. 11b clients,
and maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients).
2.4 GHz (G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network
client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate
54Mbps).
2.4 GHz (B+G+N) 2.4GHz band, allows 802.11b, 802.11g, and
802.11n wireless network client to connect this
router (maximum trans fer rate 11Mbps for 80 2.11b
clients, maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients, and
maximum 150Mbps for 802.11n clients).
NOTE: For 802.11b and 802.11g mode, the signals can be transmitted
only by antenna 1 (The antenna in the right side of the rear panel).
For 802.11n mode: The router is operating in a 1T2R Spatial
Multiplexing MIMO configuration. 1 antenna is for signal transmitting
and 2 antennas are for signal receiving.
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SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router. You can type any
alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. SSID is
used to identify your own wireless router from others when there are
other wireless routers in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’s
recommended to change default SSID value to the one which is
meaningful to you, like myhome, office_room1, etc.
Channel Number (4): Please select a chan nel fro m the dro pdown li st of ‘Chan nel Number’,
available channel numbers are 1 to 13 for European co untr i es, 1 t o
11 for USA. You can .choose any channel number you want to use,
and almost all wireless clients can locate the channel you’re using
automatically without any problem. However, it’s still useful to
remember the channel number you use, some wireless client
supports manual channel number select, and this would help in
certain scenario when there is some radio communication problem.
Associated Clients (5): Click ‘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.
NOTE: If you don’t have special reason to limit the type of allowed wireless
client, it’s recommended to choose ‘2.4 GHz (B+G+N) to maximize wireless client
compatibility.
TIPS: You can try to change channel number to another one if you think the data
transfer rate is too slow. There could be so me ot her wir ele ss routers using the
same channel, which will disturb the radio communication between wireless
client and the wireless router.
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2-7-1-2 Setup procedure for ‘Station-Infrastructure’:
In this mode, you can connect the router to Ethernet device such us TV, Game player,
HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device be a wireless station and join to a wireless
network through an access point or AP router.
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Band (2): Select the band you want to use.
SSID (3): This is the name of wireless network. You can type the SSID of the
network you would like to connect here.
Site Survey (4): When you use this wireless router as a wireless station for Ethernet
network device to have wireless capability, you have to associate it
with a working access point. Click ‘Select Site Survey’ button, then a
“Wireless Site Survey T a bl e” w ill pop up. It will list all available
access points near by. You can select one access point in the table
and it will join wireless LAN through this access point.
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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 wireless network, and all clients (wired only – AP will not
accept wireless clients in this mode) of two wireless routers will think they’re on the same
physical network. This function is very convenient when you need to connect two networks
between two buildings. Here are instructions about how to connect two wireless routers
together:
NOTE: Two wireless routers must use the same mode, band, channel
number, and security setting!
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Band (2): Select the band you want to use, two wireless routers must use the
same setting.
Channel Select the channel you want to use, two wireless routers must use
Number (3): the same setting.
MAC address 1(4): Input the MAC address of another wireless router.
Security Click t o setting security for this connection (Please go to
Settings (5): section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’ for detailed instructions).
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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.
Here are descriptions o f every setup items:
Band (2): Select the band you want to use, all the wireless routers must use
the same setting.
Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless routers must
Number (3): use the same setting.
MAC address Input the MAC address of other wireless routers.
1 to 4 (4 - 7):
Security Click to set security settings for this connection (Please go to
Setting (8): section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’ for detailed instructions).
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2-7-1-5 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge – WDS’
In this mode, you can expand the scope of network by combining up to four other access
points together, and every access point can still accept wireless clients.
NOTE: For WDS mode, the output signal nature is the same as that of
normal AP mode.
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Band (2): Select the band you want to use, all the wireless routers must
use the same setting.
SSID (3): Input the SSID of your wireless router, the setti ng should be the
same with other wireless routers for the convenience of
roaming.
Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless
Number (4): routers must use the same setting.
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Associated Clients (5): Click ‘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.
MAC address Input the MAC address of other wireless routers.
1 to 4 (6 - 9):
Security Click to set security settings for this connection (Please go
Setting (10): to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’ for de t ai l e d instr uct ions).
2-7-1-6 Setup procedure for ‘Universal Repeater’
In this mode, the router can ac t as a wireless repeater; it can be Station a nd AP at the same
time. It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all
wireless stations within its coverage.
NOTE: For Repeater Mode, this router w ill demodulate the received
signal, checking if this signal is noise for the operating network then
have the signal modulated and amplified again. The output power of
this mode is the same as that of WDS and normal AP mode.
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Band (2): Select the band you want to use, all the wireless routers must use
the same setting.
SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router. You can type any
alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. SSID is
used to identify your own wireless router from others when there are
other wireless routers in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’s
recommended to change default ESSID value to the one which is
meaningful to you, like myhome, office_room1, etc.
Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless clients
Number (4): must use the same setting.
Associated Clients (5): Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active W ireless
Client Table” will pop up. You can see the st atus of all ac ti ve w ir eless
stations that are connecting to the access point.
Root AP SSID (6): In ‘Universal Repeater’ mode, this device can act as a station to
connect to a Root AP. You should assign the SSID of the Root AP
here or click ‘Select Site Survey’ button to choose a Root AP.
Site Survey (7): Click ‘Select Site Surv ey ’ button, then a “Wireless Site Survey Table”
will pop up. It will list all available access points near by. You can
select one access point in the t able and the router will join wireless
LAN through this access point.
After you finish the wireless setting, please click ‘Apply’ button, after you click ‘Apply’, the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous s et up m en u; to continue on router setup, or click
‘Apply’ to reboot t he r o ut er so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds
while router is rebooting).
2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings
This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if you want to
configure these settings, please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management
interface, then click ‘Advanced Settings’, and the following message will be displayed on
your web browser:
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Fragment Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
Threshold (1): Do not modif y default value if you don’t know what
it is, default value is 2346.
RTS Threshold (2): Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default
value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347.
Beacon Interval (3): Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not modify
default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is
100.
DTIM Period (4): Set the DTIM period of wireless radio. Do not modify default
value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 3.
Data Rate (5): Set the wireless data transf er rate to a certain value. Since
most of wireless devices will negotiate with each other and pick
a proper data transfer rate automatically, it’s not necessary to
change this value unless you know what will happen after
modification.
N Data Rate (6): Same as above, but only for 802.11n clients.
Channel Width (7): Set channel width of wireless radio. Do not modify default
value if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Auto
20/40 MHz’.
Preamble Type (8): Set the type of preamble, do not modify default value if you
don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Short Preamble’.
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Broadcast ESSID (9): Decide if the wireless router will broadcast its own ESSID
or not. You can hide the ESSID of your wireless router (set the
option to ‘Disable’), so only people those who know the ESSID
of your wireless router can get connected.
CTS Protect (10): Enabling this setting will reduce the chance of radio signal
collisions between 802.11b and 802.11g/n wireless access
points. It’s recommended to set this option to ‘Auto’ or ‘Always’.
However, if you set to ‘None’, your wireless router should be
able to work fine, too.
WMM (11): The short of Wi-Fi MultiMedia, it will enhance the data transfer
performance of multimedia contents when they’re being
transferred over wireless network. 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’.
After you finish these wireless settings, please click ‘Apply’ button , button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router se tup , or cl i ck
‘Apply’ to reboot t he r o ut er so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds
while router is rebooting).
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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 valuable data without your consent and this
will cause serious security problem.
To set wireless security settings, Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web
management interface, then click ‘Security Settings’, then follow the following instructions
to set wireless security settings:
Please select an encrypti on me tho d from ‘Encry pti on’ dropdown menu, there are four
options:
2-7-3-1 Disable wireless security
When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless device in
proximity will be able to conn ect y our wirel ess router if no oth er securi ty measure is e nabled
(like MAC address access control - see section 2-7-4, or disable ESSID broadcast).
Only use this option when you really want to allow everyone to use your wireless
router, and you don’t care if there’s someone reads the data you transfer over
network without your consent.
2-7-3-2 WE P - Wired Equivalent Privacy
When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption, and t he fol l owing
setup menu will be shown on your web browser:
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Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using
‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will reduce some data transfer
performance.
Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you select
a key format, the number of characters of key will be displayed. For
example, if you sel ec t ’64-bit’ as key length, and ‘Hex’ as key format ,
you’ll see the message at the right of ‘Key Format’ is ‘Hex (10
characters), which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters.
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 1 (5): Input WEP key characters here, the number of characters must be
the same as the numb er dis play ed at ‘Key Fo rmat’ field. You can use
any alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select
‘ASCII’ key for mat, and i f y ou sel ec t ‘Hex ’ as key format, y ou can us e
characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must enter at least one encr y pt ion
key here, and if you entered multiple WEP keys, they should not be
same with each other.
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Enable 802.1x IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every
Authentication (6): user must use a valid account to login to this wireless router
before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is
processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates
user by IEEE 802.1x, but it does not encryption the data during
communication. I f there i s a RADIU S server in you environment,
please enable this function. Check this box and another
sub-menu will appear:
RADIUS Server Please input the IP address of radius
IP address (8): server here
RADIUS Server Please input the port number of radius
Port (9): server here.
RADIUS Server Please input the port number of radius
Password (10): password here.
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TIPS: Some examples of WEP key
(Don’t use those examples; use the one of your own!):
ASCII (5 characters): pilot phone 23561 2Hyux #@xmL
ASCII (13 characters): digitalFAMILY 82Jh26xHy3m&n
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Hex (10 characters): 287d2 aa 732 1152dabc85
Hex (26 characters): 9284b cd a8 42 7c9 e036f7abcd84
To improve security level, do not use those words which can be found in a
dictionary or too easy to remember! (‘pilot’ and ‘phone’ listed above are bad
examples; just intended to show you how a WEP key look like). Wireless clients
will remember the WEP key, so you only have to input the WEP key on wireless
client once, and it’s worth to use complicated WEP key to improve security level.
After you finish WEP setting, please click ‘Apply’ button and the following message will be
displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
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2-7-3-3 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:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
WPA Unicast Please select a type of WPA cipher suite.
Cipher Suite (2): Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed.
You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your
wireless client support the cipher you selected.
Pre-shared Select the type of pre-shared key, you can select Passphrase
Key Format (3): (8 or more alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex (64
characters of 0-9, and a-f).
Pre-shared Please input the WPA passphrase here.
Key (4): It’s not recommended t o use a w ord that c an be found i n a di ction ary
due to security reason.
After you finish WPA Pre-shared key setting, please click ‘Apply’ button (5) and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
NOTE: Some wireless clients (especially those manufactured before
year 2003) only support WEP or WPA (TKIP) cipher. A driver upgrade
would be needed for those clients to use WPA and WPA2 encryption.
2-7-3-4 WPA RADIUS:
If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide safer wireless
authentication.
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
WPA Unicast Please select a type of WPA cipher suite.
Cipher Suite (2): Available options are: WPA (T KIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2
Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure
your wireless client support the cipher you selected.
RADIUS Server Please input the IP address of your Radius authentication
IP address (3): server here.
RADIUS Server Please input the port number of your Radius authentication
Port (4): server here. Default setting is 1812.
RADIUS Server Please input the password of your Radius authentication server
Password (5): here.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait
for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
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2-7-4 Wireless Access Control
This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless
router; only th os e wireless devices who have the M AC a ddr es s you assigned here can gai n
access to your wireless router. You can use this function with other security measures
described in previous section, to create a safer wireless environment.
Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function. Please click ‘Wireless’
menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Access Control’, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in ‘MAC Address Filtering Table’ (1). Here are
descriptions of every setup items:
Delete Selected (2): If you want to delete a specif ic MAC address entry, check the
‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click
‘Delete Selected’ button. (You can select more than one MAC
addresses).
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Delete All (3): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here,please
click ‘Delete All’ bu tton.
Enable To enforce MAC address filtering, you have to check ‘Enable
Access Control (4): Wireless Access Control’. When this item is unchecked,
wireless router wi ll not en force MAC ad dres s fi lter ing of wir eless
clients.
MAC Address (5): Input the MAC address of your wireless devices 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’.
Comment (6): You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC
address, like ‘ROOM 2A Computer’ or anything. You can input
up to 16 alphanum erical characters here. This is optional and
you can leave it blank, however, it’s recommended to use this
field to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a memory
aid.
Add (7): Click ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and associated
comment to the MAC address filtering table.
Clear (8): Click ‘Clear’ to remove the value you inputted in MAC address
and comment field.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (9) button and the following message
will be displayed on your web browser:
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