CNET WNOR5300 User Manual

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

User Manual

2.4GHz Outdoor Router

Model: WNOR5300

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

Table of Content

1. Terminology ........................................................................................................................ 4

2. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 6

2.1 package content ................................................................................................................ 6

2.2 product features ................................................................................................................ 6

2.3 WNOR5300 front panel description ............................................................................... 7

2.4 WNOR5300 rear panel description................................................................................. 8

3. Installation .......................................................................................................................... 9

3.1 WNOR5300 hardware Installation ................................................................................. 9

3.2 WNOR5300 Software Installation ................................................................................ 12

4.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router ................................... 15

4.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router .................................................................. 17

4.3 Management and configuration on the Outdoor Router ............................................ 17

5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) ............................................................. 63

5.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? .............................................. 63

5.2 What is Wireless LAN? .................................................................................................. 63

5.3 What are ISM bands? .................................................................................................... 63

5.4 How does wireless networking work? .......................................................................... 64

5.6 What is ESSID? .............................................................................................................. 65

5.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference? ......................................... 65

5.8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications? .................................. 65

5.9 What is WEP? ................................................................................................................. 66

5.10 What is Fragment Threshold? .................................................................................... 66

5.12 What is Beacon Interval?............................................................................................. 67

5.13 What is Preamble Type? .............................................................................................. 67

5.14 What is SSID Broadcast? ............................................................................................. 68

5.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? ................................................................... 68

5.16 What is WPA2? ............................................................................................................ 68

5.17 What is 802.1x Authentication? .................................................................................. 68

5.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)? ...................................................... 69

5.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)? ............................................................ 69

5.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)? ......................................................... 69

5.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? ................................................................. 69

5.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size? ................................................ 70

5.24 What is Clone MAC Address? .................................................................................... 70

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5.25 What is DDNS? ............................................................................................................. 70

5.26 What is NTP Client? .................................................................................................... 70

5.27 What is VPN? ................................................................................................................ 70

5.28 What is IPSEC? ............................................................................................................ 70

5.30 What is WMM? ............................................................................................................ 71

5.31 What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT? ............................................................................. 71

5.32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)? ............................................................ 71

5.33 What is Frame Aggregation? ...................................................................................... 71

5.34 What is Guard Intervals (GI)? .................................................................................... 71

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

1. Terminology

 3DES

 Triple Data Encryption Standard

 AES

 Advanced Encryption Standard

 ANSI

 American National Standards Institute

 AP

 Access Point

 CCK

 Complementary Code Keying

 CSMA/CA

 Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance

 CSMA/CD

 Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

 DDNS

 Dynamic Domain Name Server

 DH

 Diffie-Hellman Algorithm

 DHCP

 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

 DSSS

 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

 EAP

 Extensible Authentication Protocol

 ESP

 Encapsulating Security Payload

 FCC

 Federal Communications Commission

 FTP

 File Transfer Protocol

 IEEE

 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

 IKE

 Internet Key Exchange

 IP

 Internet Protocol

 ISM

 Industrial, Scientific and Medical

 LAN

 Local Area Network

 MAC

 Media Access Control

 MD5

 Message Digest 5

 NAT

 Network Address Translation

 NT

 Network Termination

 NTP

 Network Time Protocol

 PPTP

 Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

 PSD

 Power Spectral Density

 RF

 Radio Frequency

 SHA1

 Secure Hash Algorithm

 SNR

 Signal to Noise Ratio

 SSID

 Service Set Identification

 TCP

 Transmission Control Protocol

 TFTP

 Trivial File Transfer Protocol

 TKIP

 Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

 UPNP

 Universal Plug and Play

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

 VPN

 Virtual Private Network

 WDS

 Wireless Distribution System

 WEP

 Wired Equivalent Privacy

 WLAN

 Wireless Local Area Network

 WPA

 Wi-Fi Protected Access

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

2. Introduction

The WNOR5300 Outdoor Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g /n specifications of Outdoor Router so­lution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable
WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other configuration
of the outdoor router. The description includes the implementation of the above steps.



2.1 package content

The package of the WLAN Broadband Router includes the following items,

 WNOR5300 Outdoor Router
 DC 12V Power Adapter
 Documentation CD
 POE Injector
 Tie

2.2 product features

 Compatible with IEEE 802.11n Specifications provides wireless speed up to 150Mbps data rate.
 Compatible with IEEE 802.11g standard to provide wireless speeds of 54Mbps data rate.
 Compatible with IEEE 802.11b standard to provide wireless speeds of 11Mbps data rate.
 Maximizes the performance and ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming and

Voice over IP technology.

 Support various operation (Bridge/Gateway/Ethernet Converter) modes between wireless and wired

Ethernet interfaces.

 Supports WPS, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption to protect the wireless data trans-

mission.

 Support TKIP/AES/TKIPAES of WPA algorithms.
 Support IEEE 802.3x full duplex flow control on 10/100M Ethernet interface.
 Support DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment.
 Support DHCP client, static IP, PPPoE, L2TP and PPTP of WAN Interface.
 Supports firewall security with port filtering, IP filtering, MAC filtering, port forwarding, DMZ host-

ing and URL filtering functions.

 Support WEB based management and configuration.
 Support System Log.
 Support Dynamic DNS
 Support NTP

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

2.3 WNOR5300 front panel description

LED Indicator

State

Description

PWR
ON

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered ON.

Off

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered Off.

WLAN
ON

Wireless Radio ON.

Off

Wireless Radio Off.

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the wireless.

WAN
ON

Port linked.

Off

No link.

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface.

LAN
ON

Port linked.

Off

No link.

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

2.4 WNOR5300 rear panel description

Interfaces

Description

SMA connector

For external antenna. You can use the SMA connector to connect with

2.4GHz external antenna.

Secondary ( Middle)

The RJ-45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5 cables.
Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex; comply
with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively.

Main(Right)

The RJ-45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 cable.
Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex; comply
with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

3. Installation

3.1 WNOR5300 hardware Installation

3.1.1 Appearance and Interface Introduction



 Notes: The product shot is for reference only please refer to physical product.

1. WNOR5300 LED Panel

2. Waterproof Sliding Door

3. Pass through Ethernet cable from this cable

4. Push this button to remove upper housing

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5. Wall Mount

6. Pole Mount

7. Secondary port with POE

8. Main port

9. SMA connector for external antenna

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

3.1.2 WNOR5300 hardware installation steps

Step1: Pass through Ethernet cable from the hole, insert the cable to Secondary port.

Note: RJ-45 8P8C Ethernet cable is required.

Step2: Install the upper housing and make sure the housing is well installed.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

3.2 WNOR5300 Software Installation

Step3:
Install POE Injector
DC: Insert adapter
POE: This hole is linked to Secondary port of the Outdoor Router with RJ-45.
LAN: This hole is linked to LAN side PC/Hub or Router/ADSL modem device with RJ-45

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

Step4: Complete the hardware installation as diagram at below

Notes: Use Reset button on POE injector. Push continually the reset button of POE injector about 5 ~

10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults.

There is no software driver or utility installation needed, but only the configuration
setting. Please refer to chapter 4 for software configuration.

Notice: It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the Outdoor

Router; Power LED will be active, and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be flashing to show the
WLAN interface is enabled and working now.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4 WNOR5300 Software configuration

There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done
easily.
The Outdoor Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN
interfaces.
Default IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
WEB login User Name: admin
WEB login Password: admin
Telnet login User Name: admin
Telnet login Password: admin

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router



For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP:

 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and

double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in
the Local Area Connection window.
 3. Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it; other-
wise go to step 6.

 4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.
 5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP/IP pro-

tocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after
the TCP/IP installation.

 6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.
 7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.

 IP Address: 192.168.1.20, any IP address within 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 is good to connect the Wireless LAN

Access Point. Don‟t use 192.168.1.1

 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

 8. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.



For OS of Microsoft Windows Vista / 7:

 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network Connections item. The Network Connections window

will appear. Double click Local Area Connection icon, then User Account Control window shown. Right click Continue
button to set properties.

 3. In Local Area Connection Properties window, Choose Networking tab, move mouse and click Internet Protocol
Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click Properties button.

 4. Move mouse and click General tab, Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.

 IP Address: 192.168.1.20,, any IP address within 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254is good to connect the Wireless LAN

Access Point. Don‟t use 192.168.1.1

 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

 5. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.



For OS of Microsoft Windows NT:

 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network window will appear. Click Protocol

tab from the Network window.
 3. Check the installed list of Network Protocol window. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it;
otherwise go to step 6.

 4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.
 5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP/IP pro-

tocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

the TCP/IP installation.

 6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.
 7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.

 IP Address: 192.168.1.20, any IP address within 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 is good to connect the Wireless LAN

Access Point. Don‟t use 192.168.1.1

 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

 8. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router

Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.1 SP1 or above, then enter 192.168.1.1 on
the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router.

4.3 Management and configuration on the Outdoor Router

4.3.1 Wizard

This Wizard page guides you to configure Internet connection and Wireless set up quickly.



Step 1: configure Internet connection

Click Next button to next step for Internet connection settings. There are five
options (DHCP, Static Mode, PPPOE, L2TP, PPTP) for Internet connection on WAN



port.

 a. DHCP (Auto Configure)



If you select

DHCP

option, please click Next button to jump at Step2.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

b. Static Mode (fixed IP)



If you select

Static Mode (fixed IP)

, please fill in these fields on next page.

 Item

 Description

 IP Address

 Fill in the IP address for WAN interface.

 Subnet

Mask

 Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface.

 Default

Gateway

 Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets.

 Primary

DNS Server

 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1.

 Secondary

DNS Server

 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2.



When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step2.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

c. PPPOE Connection

If you select PPPOE, please fill in these fields on next page.

 Item

 Description

 User Name

 If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name

and password to login the PPPoE server.

 Password

 If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name

and password to login the PPPoE server.

 Verify
Password

 Fill in the password again for verification.

 Operation

Mode

 Keep Alive: Keep the PPPoE connection all the time. Please also confi-
gure the Redial Period field. On Demand: Please configure the Idle Time
field. When time is up, the PPPoE connection will disconnect. The connection
will re-connect when any outgoing packet arise. Manual: Let user connect the
PPPoE connection manually.

When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step2.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

d. L2TP

If you select L2TP, please fill in these fields on next page.

 Item

 Description

 L2TP Server IP

Address

 Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure
the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded
L2TP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If
you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address
for it.

 User Name

 Fill in the user name and password to login the L2TP server.

 Password

 Fill in the user name and password to login the L2TP server.

 Address Mode

 Static: To configure the IP address information by manually,

please fill in the related setting at below. Dynamic: The option al­lows the machine to get IP address information automatically from
DHCP server on WAN side.

 IP Address

 Fill in the IP address for WAN interface.

 Subnet Mask

 Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface.

 Default Gateway

 Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data

packets.

 Operation Mode

 Keep Alive: Keep the L2TP connection all the time. Please al-

so configure the Redial Period field. Manual: Let user connect the
L2TP connection manually.

When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step2.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

e. PPTP

If you select PPTP, please fill in these fields on next page.

Item Description

 Item

 Description

 PPTP Server

IP Address

 Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data
transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client
supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the PPTP
support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it.

 User Name

 Fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server.

 Password

 Fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server.

 Address

Mode

 Static: To configure the IP address information by manually, please
fill in the related setting at below. Dynamic: The option allows the machine
to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN
side.

 IP Address

 Fill in the IP address for WAN interface.

 Subnet Mask

 Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface.

 Default Ga-

teway

 Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets.

 Operation

Mode

 Keep Alive: Keep the PPTP connection all the time. Please also con-
figure the Redial Period field. Manual: Let user connect the PPTP connec­tion manually.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

Step 2: configure Wireless Settings

There are three options ( Disable, WEP, WPA - PSK/WPA2-PSK) for Wireless security
connection.

OPEN WEP

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

SHAREDWEP

WPA-PSK



CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

WPA2- PSK

 Item

 Description

 Wireless Mode

 Click to select wireless mode from pull down menu.

 Frequency

(Channel)

 Select the wireless communication frequency/channel from pull-down
menu.

 Network Name
(SSID)

 It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32 bytes long.

 Channel Band-

width

 Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 20/40 MHz.

 Security

 Please select the security mode related wireless data encryption.

 KEY

 WEP: When you select WEP, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) cha-

racters for WEP Key. WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK: When WPA/WPA2 Pre-shared key
encryption is selected, please fill in the Pre-shared key. The format can be passphrase
or Hex (64 characters).

When you finish these settings, then click Apply button to save.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.2 Operation Mode
a. Bridge:

The Bridge mode allows that all Ethernet and wireless interfaces are bridged into a single
bridge interface.

b. Gateway:

The Gateway mode allows that the first Ethernet port is treated as WAN port and the Ethernet

port and the wireless interface are bridged together and are treated as LAN ports.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

c. Wireless ISP

The Wireless ISP mode allows that the wireless interface is treated as WAN port,
and the Ethernet ports are LAN ports.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.3 Internet Settings

4.3.3.1 LAN

Item

Description

MAC Clone

Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN in­terface.

IP Address

Fill in the IP address for WAN interface.

Subnet Mask

Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface.

DHCP Type

Disable: Disable DHCP server on LAN side. Server: Enable DHCP server on
LAN side.

Lease Time

Fill in the lease time of DHCP server function.

LLTD

Select enable or disable the Link Layer Topology Discover function from
pull-down menu.

LLTD

Select enable or disable the Link Layer Topology Discover function from
pull-down menu.

IGMP Proxy

Select enable or disable the IGMP proxy function from pull-down menu.

UPNP

Select enable or disable the UPnP protocol from pull-down menu.

DNS Proxy

Select enable or disable the DNS Proxy function from pull-down menu.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.3.2 VPN Pass through

Item

Description

L2TP Pass through

Select enable or disable the L2TP pass-through function from pull-down
menu.

IPSec Pass through

Select enable or disable the IPSec pass-through function from pull-down
menu.

PPTP Pass through

Select enable or disable the PPTP pass-through function from pull-down
menu.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.4 Wireless Settings

4.3.4.1 Basic

Item

Description

Wireless On/Off

Click Wireless OFF button to turn off wireless RF radio. Click Wireless ON
button to turn on wireless RF radio.

Antenna Switch

Select Internal antenna or External antenna for using. The default is using In­ternal antenna.

Wireless Mode

Click to select wireless mode from pull down menu.

Wireless Band

Click to select wireless band from pull down menu.

SSID

It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32 bytes long. User can use
the default SSID or change it.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

Broadcast Net­work Name (SS­ID)

Enable or disable the SSID broadcast function.

AP Isolation

Wireless network is similar to the virtual local area network. All of the Wireless
client devices can access each other completely. When you enable this function,
it will turn off connection between wireless clients. Only allows connection
between wireless client and this AP router.

MBSSID AP Iso­lation

Enable this function will turn off connection between clients with different
MBSSID. Example: The client connected with BSSID 1. When enable this
function, it will not connect with BSSID 2. Only can access between clients
with SSID 1.

BSSID

Show the MAC address of Wireless interface.

Frequency
(Channel)

Select the wireless communication frequency/channel from pull-down menu.
Operating Mode

Select “Mixed Mode” for 11b/g/n mode or “Green Field” for 11n mode.

Channel Band­Width

Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 20/40 MHz.

Guard Interval

Select “Long” or “Auto”. Guard intervals are used to ensure that distinct trans­missions do not interfere with one another. Only effect under Mixed Mode.

MCS

Select 0~7 or “Auto” from pull down menu. The default is “Auto”. Only effect

under Mixed Mode.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.4.2 Advanced

Item

Description

Beacon Interval

Beacons are the packets sending by Access point to synchronize the wireless net­work. The beacon interval is the time interval between beacons sending by this
unit in AP or AP+WDS operation. The default and recommended beacon interval
is 100 milliseconds.

Data Beacon
Rate(DTM)

This is the Delivery Traffic Indication Map. It is used to alert the clients that mul­ticast and broadcast packets buffered at the AP will be transmitted immediately
after the transmission of this beacon frame. You can change the value from 1 to

255. The AP will check the buffered data according to this value. For example,
selecting “1” means to check the buffered data at every beacon.

Fragment Thre­shold

The fragmentation threshold determines the size at which packets are fragmented
(sent as several pieces instead of as one block). Use a low setting in areas where
communication is poor or where there is a great deal of radio interference. This
function will help you to improve the network performance.

RTS Threshold

The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the radio issues a request
to send (RTS) before sending the packet. A low RTS Threshold setting can be

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the device, or in
areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the device and not each
other. You can enter a setting ranging from 0 to 2347 bytes.

TX Power

The default TX power is 100%. In case of shortening the distance and the cover­age of the wireless network, input a smaller value to reduce the radio transmission
power. For example, input 80 to apply 80% Tx power.

Short Preamble

Default: Disable. It is a performance parameter for 802.11 b/g mode and not sup­ported by some of very early stage of 802.11b station cards. If there is no such
kind of stations associated to this AP, you can enable this function.

Short Slot

It is used to shorten the communication time between this AP and station.

TX Burst

The device will try to send a serial of packages with single ACK reply from the
clients. Enable this function to apply it.

Country Code

Select the country code for wireless from pull down menu.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.4.3 Security

a. Disable

f you set Security Mode to “Disable”, the wireless data transmission will not
include encryption to prevent from unauthorized access and monitoring.

b. OPEN-WEP // SHARED-WEP

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

If you set Security Mode to “OPEN-WEP or SHARED-WEP`”, please fill in the related configura-
tions at below.

Item

Description

Default Key

Specify a Key number for effective.

WEP Keys (1~4)

When you select WEPAUTO, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) cha­racters for WEP Key.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

c. WPA-PSK/WPA2PSK

If you set Security Mode to “WPAPSK or WPA2-PSK”, please fill in the related
configurations at below.

Item

Description

WPA Algorithms

Select TKIP, AES, or TKIPAES for WPA algorithms.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

Pass Phrase

Please fill in a passphrase like „test wpa 123‟, or a hexadecimal string like

'65E4 E123 456 E1'.

Key Renewal In­terval

Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal interval time.

d. WPA-RADIUS

Item

Description

WPA Algorithms

Select TKIP or AES for WPA algorithms.

Key Renewal In­terval

Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal interval time.
IP Address

Enter the RADIUS Server‟s IP Address provided by your ISP.

Port

Enter the RADIUS Server‟s port number provided by your ISP. (The Default is

1812.)

Shared Secret

Enter the password that the Wireless Router shares with the RADIUS Server.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

Session Timeout

Session timeout interval is for 802.1x re-authentication setting. Set to zero to
disable 802.1x re-authentication service for each session. Session timeout in­terval unit is second and must be larger than 60.

Idle Timeout

Enter the idle timeout in the column.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

e. 802.1X

Item

Description

WEP

Select Disable or Enable For WEP

IP Address

Enter the RADIUS Server‟s IP Address provided by your ISP.

Port

Enter the RADIUS Server‟s port number provided by your ISP. (The Default is

1812.)

Shared Secret

Enter the password that the Wireless Router shares with the RADIUS Server.

Session Timeout

Session timeout interval is for 802.1x re-authentication setting. Set to zero to
disable 802.1x re-authentication service for each session. Session timeout in­terval unit is second and must be larger than 60.

Idle Timeout

Enter the idle timeout in the column.

1.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

f. Access Policy

Item

Description

Policy

Select the Disabled, Allow or Reject of drop down menu choose wireless
access control mode. This is a security control function; only those clients reg­istered in the access control list can link to this WLAN Broadband Router.

Add a station
MAC

Fill in the MAC address of client to register this AP router access capability.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.4.4 WPS

Item

Description

WPS

Select Enable or Disable the Wi-Fi Protected Setup function. Then click Apply
button to take effect function after change.

WPS Summary

After enabling the WPS function, if there is connection the WPS Summary will
show related information and status.

AP PIN

Here shows the AP‟s PIN code (Personal Identification Number) that the enrollee
should enter the registrar‟s PIN code to make a connection. Click Generate button

to generate a new AP PIN code.

Reset OOB

Click Reset OOB button to reset WPS AP to the OOB (out-of-box) configuration.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

WPS mode

Select WPS mode. PIN: Personal Identification Number. PBC: Push Button
Communication.

PIN

Input enrollee‟s PIN code to AP-registrar.

4.3.5 Administration

4.3.5.1 Management

Item

Description

Username

Fill in the user name for web management login control.

Password

Fill in the password for web management login control.

Current Time

It shows the current time.

Time Zone

Select the time zone in your country from pull-down menu..

NTP Server

Fill in NTP server IP address.

NTP synchroniza-

Fill in a number to decide the synchronization frequency with NTP server.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

tion

Item

Description

Dynamic DNS
Provider

Click the drop down menu to pick up the right DDNS provider you registered.
Account

Fill in the account of DDNS you registered.

Password

Fill in the password of DDNS you registered.

DDNS

Fill in the domain name that you registered.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.5.2 QoS

Item

Description

Uplink Speed

Input uplink Maximum upload speed

Downlink Speed

Input downlink Maximum upload speed

Local IP Address

Fill in the local IP address

Uplink Bandwidth

Fill limit upload bandwidth

Downlink Band­width

Fill limit downlink bandwidth

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.5.3 Upload Firmware

Item

Description

Location

Click the Browse button to select the new firmware image file on PC. And click
the Apply button to upgrade firmware.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.5.4 Settings Management

Item

Description

Export Button

Click Export button to export the current configuration to your PC.

Settings file loca­tion

Click Browse button to select the configuration file from your PC, then click
Import button to update the configuration.

Load Default
Button

Click the Load Default button to reset the configuration parameter to factory
defaults.

This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system info, Internet
Configurations and Local Network.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.5.5 Status

This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system info,
Internet Configurations and Local Network:

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.3.5.6 System Log

This page is used to view system logs

Item

Description

Refresh

Click the Refresh button to refresh the log shown on the screen.

Clear

Click the Clear button to clear the log display screen.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.4 Configuration Examples

4.4.1 Example one – PPPoE on the WAN

Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication
on sales‟ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router
Implementation by the following configuration.

WAN configuration: PPPoE

User Name

User123

Password

Password123

Note: User Name and password that ISP provided.

LAN configuration:

IP Address

192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask

255.255.255.0

DHCP Client Range

192.168.1.100 –192.168.1.200

WLAN configuration:

SSID

AP

Channel Number

Auto Select

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

1. Configure the Operation Mode Configuration

Open “Operation Mode Configuration” page, select Gateway.
Press “Apply” button to confirm the configuration setting.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

2. Configure the WAN interface:

Open “Wide Area Network (WAN) Settings” page, select PPPoE then enter the User Name “user123”
and Password “password123”, the password is encrypted to display on the screen.
Press “Apply” button to confirm the configuration setting.

.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

3. Configure the WLAN interface:

Open “Basic Wireless Settings” page, enter the SSID ”AP”, Channel Number ”AutoSelect”.
Press “Apply” button to confirm the configuration setting.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4. Configure the LAN interface:

Open “Local Area Network (LAN) settings” page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask
“255.255.255.0”. Enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.1.100” to “192.168.1.200”, default Gateway
“192.168.1.254” .
Press “Apply” button to confirm the configuration setting

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.4.2 Example two – fixed IP on the WAN

Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all
Employees‟ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router
Implementation by the following configuration.

WAN configuration: Fixed IP

IP Address

10.10.10.10

Subnet Mask

255.255.255.0

Default Gateway

10.10.10.1

Primary DNS Address

168.95.1.1

LAN configuration:

IP Address

192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask

255.255.255.0
DHCP Client Range

192.168.1.50 – 192.168.1.150

WLAN configuration:

SSID

RalinkInitAP_1906B8

Channel Number

AutoSelect

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

1. Configure the WAN interface:

Open “Wide Area Network (WAN) Settings” page, select STATIC (fixed IP) then enter IP Address
“10.10.10.10”, subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, Default gateway “10.10.10.1”.
Press “Apply” button to confirm the configuration setting.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

2. Configure the LAN interface:

Open “Local Area Network (LAN) settings” page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask
“255.255.255.0”. Enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.1.50” to “192.168.1.150”, default
Gateway “192.168.1.254” .
Press “Apply” button to confirm the configuration setting

.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

3. Configure the WLAN interface:

Open “Basic Wireless Settings” page, enter the SSID ” RalinkInitAP_1906B8”, Channel Number ”AutoSelect”.
Press “Apply” button to confirm the configuration setting.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4.4.3 Example three –set WLAN to be WAN as WISP

User Mr. ABC likes to configure this WLAN Broadband Router to be a WiFi client. In order to
Communicate with another AP. Mr. ABC collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router
Implementation by the following configuration.

WAN configuration: DHCP (Auto config)

IP Address

n/a

Subnet Mask

n/a

DHCP Client Range

n/a

Primary DNS Address

n/a

LAN configuration:

IP Address

192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask

255.255.255.0

DHCP Client Range

192.168.1.100 –192.168.1.200

WLAN configuration:

SSID

RalinkInitAP_1906B8

Channel Number

1

WISP configuration:

SSID

TEST AP

Channel Number

Channel 1

Wireless Encryption

n/a

DHCP server

192.168.88.50~192.168.88.150

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

1. Configure the Operation Mode:
Open “Operation Mode Configuration” page, select Ethernet Converter, then click “Apply” button to
Confirm the configuration setting and reboot the WLAN Broadband Router. After reboot it, the wireless LAN will become
to WAN interface.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

2. Site Survey:

Open “Site Survey” page under Wireless Settings, and select the AP “testap”.
Press “Connect” button to connect with the AP.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

3.Wireless encryption setting:
If the AP has encryption setting, it will pop out a window for you filling the encryption setting.
Please fill up the encryption code and click “Apply” button to connect with the AP.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

4. Station Link Status:
After connection with AP, you can open “Link Status” page under Wireless Settings to check Link
Status:

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

5.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?

5.1 What and how to find my PC‟s IP and MAC address?

IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP
Protocol route messages are based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a
32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by period time, each number can be zero to 255.
For example, 191.168.1.254 could be an IP address
The MAC (Media Access Control) address is your computer's unique hardware number. (On an
Ethernet LAN, it's the same as your Ethernet address.) When you're connected to the Internet from your
Computer (or host as the Internet protocol thinks of it), a correspondence table relates your IP address to
Your computer's physical (MAC) address is on the LAN:
To find your PC‟s IP and MAC address,

 Open the Command program in the Microsoft Windows.
 Type in “ipconfig /all”, then press the Enter button.
 Your PC‟s IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PC‟s MAC address is the one

“ Entitled Physical Address ”.

5.2 What is Wireless LAN?

A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a network that allows access to Internet without the need for any wired
connection of the user‟s machine.

5.3 What are ISM bands?

ISM stands for Industrial, Scientific and Medical; radio frequency bands that the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) authorized for wireless LANs. The ISM bands are located at 915
+/-13 MHz, 2450 +/-50 MHz and 5800 +/-75 MHz.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5.4 How does wireless networking work?

The 802.11 standard define two modes: infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode. In infrastructure mode,
the wireless network consists of at least one access point connected to the wired network infrastructure
and a set of wireless end stations. This configuration is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). An Extended
Service Set (ESS) is a set of two or more BSSs forming a single sub-network. Since most corporate
WLANs require access to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will
Operate in infrastructure mode.
Example

Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode
Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a
Set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one, another without using an access
Point ( AP )or any connection of a wired network. This mode is useful for quickly and easily setting up a
wireless network anywhere that a wireless infrastructure does not exist or is not required for services,
Such as a hotel room, convention center, or airport, or where access to the wired network is barred
(Such as for consultants is at a client site).

Example 2: wireless Ad Hoc Mode

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5.5 What is BSSID?

A six-byte address is that distinguish a particular a particular access point from others. Also know as
Just SSID. Serve as a network ID or name.

5.6 What is ESSID?

The Extended Service Set ID (ESSID) is the name of the network you want to access. It is used to
Identify different wireless networks.

5.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference?

Factors of interference:

 Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc.
 Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs.
 Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors.

Solutions to overcome the interferences:

 Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings.
 Position the WLAN antenna for best reception.
 Keep WLAN devices away from other electrical devices: microwaves, monitors, electric

Motors…etc.

 Add additional WLAN Access Points if necessary.

5.8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?

IEEE 802.11 supports two subtypes of network authentication services: open system and shared key.
Under open system authentication, any wireless station can request authentication. The station that
Needs to authenticate with another wireless station sends an authentication management frame that
Contains identity of sending station. The receiving station then returns a frame that indicates
whether it recognizes to the sending station. Under shared key authentication, each wireless station is
assumed to have received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is independent from the 802.11
wireless network communications channel.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5.9 What is WEP?

An option of IEEE 802.11 function is that offers frame transmission privacy similar to a wired network.
The Wired Equivalent Privacy generates secret shared encryption keys that both source and destination
stations can use to alert frame bits to avoid disclosure to eavesdroppers.
WEP relies on a secret key that is shared between a mobile station (e.g. a laptop with a wireless
Ethernet card) and an access point (i.e. a base station). The secret key is used to encrypt packets before
they are transmitted, and an integrity check is used to ensure that packets are not modified in transit.

5.10 What is Fragment Threshold?

The proposed protocol uses the frame fragmentation mechanism defined in IEEE 802.11 to achieve
parallel transmissions. A large data frame is fragmented into several fragments each of size equal to
fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The
determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment
threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large. This means the
spatial reuse ratio of parallel transmissions is high. In contrast, with a large fragment threshold, the
overlap is small and the spatial reuse ratio is low. However high fragment threshold leads to low frag­ment overhead. Hence there is a trade-off between spatial re-use and fragment overhead.
Fragment threshold is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size
programmed in this field will be fragmented.
If you find that your corrupted packets or asymmetric packet reception (all send packets, for example).
You may want to try lowering your fragmentation threshold. This will cause packets to be broken into
smaller fragments. These small fragments, if corrupted, can be resent faster than a larger fragment.
Fragmentation increases overhead, so you'll want to keep this value as close to the maximum value as
possible.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5.11 What is RTS (Request to Send) Threshold?

The RTS threshold is the packet size at which packet transmission is governed by the RTS/CTS
transaction. The IEEE 802.11-1997 standard allows for short packets to be transmitted without RTS/
CTS transactions. Each station can have a different RTS threshold. RTS/CTS is used when the data
packet size exceeds the defined RTS threshold. With the CSMA/CA transmission mechanism, the
transmitting station sends out an RTS packet to the receiving station, and waits for the receiving station
to send back a CTS (Clear to Send) packet before sending the actual packet data.
This setting is useful for networks with many clients. With many clients, and a high network load, there
will be many more collisions. By lowering the RTS threshold, there may be fewer collisions, and
Performance should improve. Basically, with a faster RTS threshold, the system can recover from
problems faster. RTS packets consume valuable bandwidth, however, so setting this value too low will
limit performance.

5.12 What is Beacon Interval?

In addition to data frames that carry information from higher layers, 802.11 include management and
control frames that support data transfer. The beacon frame, which is a type of management frame,
provides the "heartbeat" of a wireless LAN, enabling stations to establish and maintain
communications in an orderly fashion.
Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters
power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon
(and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point).

5.13 What is Preamble Type?

There are two preamble types defined in IEEE 802.11 specification. A long preamble basically gives
the decoder more time to process the preamble. All 802.11 devices support a long preamble. The short
preamble is designed to improve efficiency (for example, for VoIP systems). The difference between
the two is in the Synchronization field. The long preamble is 128 bits, and the short is 56 bit

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5.14 What is SSID Broadcast?

Broadcast of SSID is done in access points by the beacon. This announces your access point (including
various bits of information about it) to the wireless world around it. By disabling that feature, the SSID
configured in the client must match the SSID of the access point.
Some wireless devices don't work properly if SSID isn't broadcast (for example the D-link DWL-120
USB 802.11b adapter). Generally if your client hardware supports operation with SSID disabled, it‟s not a bad idea to run
that way to enhance network security. However it's no replacement for WEP,
MAC filtering or other protections.

5.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?

Wi-Fi‟s original security mechanism, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), has been viewed as insufficient
for securing confidential business communications. A longer-term solution, the IEEE 802.11i standard,
is under development. However, since the IEEE 802.11i standard is not expected to be published until
the end of 2003, several members of the WI-Fi Alliance teamed up with members of the IEEE 802.11i
task group to develop a significant near-term enhancement to Wi-Fi security. Together, this team
developed Wi-Fi Protected Access.
To upgrade a WLAN network to support WPA, Access Points will require a WPA software upgrade.
Clients will require a software upgrade for the network interface card, and possibly a software update
for the operating system. For enterprise networks, an authentication server, typically one that supports
RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol will be added to the network.

5.16 What is WPA2?

It is the second generation of WPA. WPA2 is based on the final IEEE 802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard.

5.17 What is 802.1x Authentication?

802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-level access control, defines Extensible Authentication
Protocol (EAP) over LANs (WAPOL). The standard encapsulates and leverages much of EAP, which
was defined for dial-up authentication with Point-to-Point Protocol in RFC 2284.
Beyond encapsulating EAP packets, the 802.1x standard also defines EAPOL messages that convey the
shared key information critical for wireless security.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?

The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol, pronounced tee-kip, is part of the IEEE 802.11i encryption
standard for wireless LANs. TKIP is the next generation of WEP, the Wired Equivalency Protocol,
which is used to secure 802.11 wireless LANs? TKIP provides per-packet key mixing, a message
integrity check and a re-keying mechanism, thus fixing the flaws of WEP.

5.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?

Security issues are a major concern for wireless LANs, AES is the U.S. government‟s next-generation
cryptography algorithm, which will replace DES and 3DES.

5.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?

The IEEE 802.11f Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP) supports Access Point Vendor interoperability,
enabling roaming of 802.11 Stations within IP subnet.
IAPP defines messages and data to be exchanged between Access Points and between the IAPP and
high layer management entities to support roaming. The IAPP protocol uses TCP for inter-Access Point
communication and UDP for RADIUS request/response exchanges. It also uses Layer 2 frames to
update the forwarding tables of Layer 2 devices.

5.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?

The Wireless Distribution System feature allows WLAN AP to talk directly to other APs via wireless
channel, like the wireless bridge or repeater service.

5.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?

UPnP is an open networking architecture that consists of services, devices, and control points. The ultimate goal is to allow
data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media, operating
system, programming language, and wired/wireless connection.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?

Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) indicates the network stack of any packet is larger than this value
will be fragmented before the transmission. During the PPP negotiation, the peer of the PPP connection
will indicate its MRU and will be accepted. The actual MTU of the PPP connection will be set to the
smaller one of MTU and the peer‟s MRU.

5.24 What is Clone MAC Address?

Clone MAC address is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a
server machine with one identified MAC address. Since that all the clients will communicate outside
world through the WLAN Broadband Router, so have the cloned MAC address set on the WLAN
Broadband Router will solve the issue.

5.25 What is DDNS?

DDNS is the abbreviation of Dynamic Domain Name Server. It is designed for user owned the DNS
server with dynamic WAN IP address.

5.26 What is NTP Client?

NTP client is designed for fetching the current timestamp from internet via Network Time protocol.
User can specify time zone, NTP server IP address.

5.27 What is VPN?

VPN is the abbreviation of Virtual Private Network. It is designed for creating point-to point private
link via shared or public network.

5.28 What is IPSEC?

IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security. It is used to transferring data securely under VPN.

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

5.29 What is WLAN Block Relay between Clients?

An Infrastructure Basic Service Set is a BSS with a component called an Access Point (AP). The access
point provides a local relay function for the BSS. All stations in the BSS communicate with the access
point and no longer communicate directly. All frames are relayed between stations by the access point.
This local relay function effectively doubles the range of the IBSS.

5.30 What is WMM?

WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE 802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard. WMM adds prioritized
capabilities to Wi-Fi networks and optimizes their performance when multiple concurring applications,
each with different latency and throughput requirements, compete for network resources. By using
WMM, end-user satisfaction is maintained in a wider variety of environments and traffic conditions.
WMM makes it possible for home network users and enterprise network managers to decide which
data streams are most important and assign them a higher traffic priority.

5.31 What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT?

ACK frame has to receive ACK timeout frame. If remote does not receive in specified period, it will be
retransmitted.

5.32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?

MCS is Wireless link data rate for 802.11n. The throughput/range performance of an AP will depend on its implementation
of coding schemes. MCS includes variables such as the number of spatial streams modulation, and the data rate on each
stream. Radios establishing and maintaining a link must
automatically negotiate the optimum MCS based on channel conditions and then continuously adjust
the selection of MCS as conditions change due to interference, motion, fading, and other events.

5.33 What is Frame Aggregation?

Every 802.11 packet, no matter how small, has a fixed amount of overhead associated with it. Frame
Aggregation combines multiple smaller packets together to form one larger packet. The larger packet
can be sent without the overhead of the individual packets. This technique helps improve the efficiency
of the 802.11n radio allowing more end user data to be sent in a given time.

5.34 What is Guard Intervals (GI)?

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

. A GI is a period of time between symbol transmission that allows reflections (from multipath) from the

previous data transmission to settle before transmitting a new symbol. The 802.11n draft specifies two

guard intervals: 400ns (short) and 800ns (long). Support of the 400ns GI is optional for transmit and
receive. The purpose of a guard interval is to introduce immunity to propagation delays, echoes, and
reflections to which digital data is normally very sensitive.