Comet labs WRM54 User Manual

Wireless 802.11g Router with

ADSL Modem and 4-Port switch built-in

User’s Manual

Version 1.01 – Dec. 2003

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Trademarks

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companies. They are used for identification purpose only. Specifications are subject to be changed

without prior notice.

FCC Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device

pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection

against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and

radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in

this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment

in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will

be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference.

CE Declaration of Conformity

This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN

55022/A1 Class B, and EN 50082-1. This meets the essential protection requirements of the European

Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relation to

electromagnetic compatibility.

The specification is subject to change without notice.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction................................................................... 4

Functions and Features .............................................. 4

Packing List ............................................................ 6

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ....................................................... 7

2.1 Panel Layout ...................................................... 7

2.2 Procedure for Hardware Installation.......................... 8

Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation ............................10

3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer .........10

3.2 Install the Software into Your Computers ...................11

Chapter 4 Configuring ADSL Wireless Broadband Router ..........................13

4.1 Start-up and Log in .............................................14

4.2 Status ............................................................. 15

4.3 Wizard.............................................................16

4.4 Basic Setting .....................................................17

4.5 Forwarding Rules ................................................ 29

4.6 Security Settings ................................................ 33

4.7 Advanced Settings............................................... 50

4.8 Toolbox............................................................61

Chapter 5 Print Server ..................................................................65

5.1 Configuring on Windows 95/98 Platforms ...................65

5.2 Configuring on Windows NT Platforms .......................67

5.3 Configuring on Windows 2000 and XP Platforms ...........68

5.4 Configuring on Unix-like based Platforms ...................72

5.5 Configuring on Apple PC........................................77

Appendix A TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98 ............................. 78

Appendix B Win 2000/XP IPSEC Setting guide ....................................... 83

Appendix C 802.1x Setting ........................................................... 119

Appendix D FAQ and Troubleshooting .............................................. 125

Console mode....................................................... 125

Reset to factory Default .......................................... 125

TFTP Mode .......................................................... 126

Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding ADSL Wireless Broadband Router. This product is

specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solution

for Internet surfing, and is easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users. Instructions

for installing and configuring this product can be found in this manual. Before you install and use this

product, please read this manual carefully for fully exploiting the functions of this product.

Functions and Features

Router Basic functions

z Auto-sensing Ethernet Switch

Equipped with a 4-port auto-sensing Ethernet switch.

z Printer sharing

Embedded a print server to allow all of the networked computers to share one printer.

Built-in USB (parallel) host to connect to USB (parallel) printer for printer sharing

z Wan type supported

The router supports some wan types, Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) without

NAT, Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) with NAT, IP over ATM (RFC 1483 Routed),

Classical Ip over ATM (RFC 1577), PPP over ATM (RFC 2364), PPP over Ethernet (RFC

2516).

z Firewall

All unwanted packets from outside intruders are blocked to protect your Intranet.

z DHCP server supported

All of the networked computers can retrieve TCP/IP settings automatically from this

product.

z Web-based configuring

Configurable through any networked computer’s web browser using Netscape or Internet

Explorer.

z Virtual Server supported

Enables you to expose WWW, FTP and other services on your LAN to be accessible to

Internet users.

z User-Definable Application Sensing Tunnel

User can define the attributes to support the special applications requiring multiple

connections, like Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and so on, then

this product can sense the application type and open multi-port tunnel for it.

z DMZ Host supported

Lets a networked computer be fully exposed to the Internet; this function is used when

special application sensing tunnel feature is insufficient to allow an application to function

correctly.

z Statistics of WAN Supported

Enables you to monitor inbound and outbound packets

Wireless functions

z High speed for wireless LAN connection

Up to 54Mbps data rate by incorporating Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

(OFDM).

z Roaming

provides seamless roaming within the IEEE 802.11b(11M) and IEEE 802.11g(54M) WLAN

infrastructure.

z IEEE 802.11b compatible (11M)

Allowing inter-operation among multiple vendors.

z IEEE 802.11g compatible (54M)

Allowing inter-operation among multiple vendors.

z Auto fallback

54M, 48M, 36M, 24M, 22M, 18M, 12M, 11M, 6M, 5.5M, 2M, 1Mbps data rate with auto

fallback in 802.11g mode.

11M, 5.5M, 2M, 1M data rate with auto fallback in 802.11b mode.

Security functions

z Packet filter supported

Packet Filter allows you to control access to a network by analyzing the incoming and

outgoing packets and letting them pass or halting them based on the IP address of the

source and destination.

z Domain Filter Supported

Let you prevent users under this device from accessing specific URLs.

z URL Blocking Supported

URL Blocking can block hundreds of websites connection by simply a keyword.

z VPN Servers

The router has three VPN servers, IPSEC (Dynamic VPN), PPTP, and L2TP.

z VPN Pass-through

The router also supports VPN pass-through.

z 802.1X supported

When the 802.1X function is enable, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first

to use the Network service.

z SPI Mode Supported

When SPI Mode is enabled, the router will check every incoming packet to detect if this

packet is valid.

z DoS Attack Detection Supported

When this feature is enabled, the router will detect and log the DoS attack comes from the

Internet.

Advanced functions

z System time Supported

Allow you to synchronize system time with network timeserver.

z E-mail Alert Supported

The router can send its info by mail.

z Dynamic dns Supported

At present,the router has 3 ddns.dyndns,TZO.com and dhs.org.

z SNMP Supported

Because SNMP this function has many versions, anyway, the router supports V1 and V2c.

z Routing Table Supported

Now, the router supports static routing and two kinds of dynamic routing RIP1 and RIP2.

z Schedule Rule supported

Customers can control some functions, like virtual server and packet filters when to access

or when to block.

Other functions

z UPNP (Universal Plug and Play)Supported

The router also supports this function. The applications: X-box, Msn Messenger.

Packing List

z ADSL Wireless broadband router unit

z Installation CD-ROM

z Power adapter

z CAT-5 UTP Fast Ethernet cable

2.1 Panel Layout

2.1.1. Front Panel

Figure 2-1 Front Panel

LED:

LED Function Color Status Description

POWER

SYS System status Green Blinking

SYNC ADSL Synchro Green

TX/RX ADSL TX/RX Green Blinking

WLAN

L1~L4 Link status Green

Power

Green On

indication

On The ADSL is linked.

Blinking

Wireless

Green Blinking

activity

Blinking

Power is being applied to this

product.

This product is functioning

properly.

This router is trying to

connect to your ISP

The ADSL is sending or

receiving data.

Sending or receiving data via

wireless

An active station is connected

to the corresponding LAN

port.

The corresponding LAN port is

sending or receiving data.

Print Server

Activity

Green Blinking

Sending or receiving data to

USB printer port

2.1.2. Rear Panel

Ports:

Figure 2-2 Rear Panel

Port Description

5VDC Power inlet: DC 5V, 1.5A (minimum)

ADSL The port where you will connect your phone jack.

Port 1-4 The ports where you will connect networked computers and

other devices.

USB USB Ports for USB printer.

2.2 Procedure for Hardware Installation

1. Decide where to place your ADSL Wireless Broadband Router

You can place your ADSL Wireless Broadband Router on a desk or other flat surface, or you can

mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your ADSL Wireless Broadband Router in the

center of your office (or your home) in a location that is away from any potential source of

interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven. This location must be close to power and

network connection.

2. Setup LAN connection

a. Wired LAN connection: connects an Ethernet cable from your computer’s Ethernet port to one

of the LAN ports of this product.

b. Wireless LAN connection: locate this product at a proper position to gain the best transmit

performance.

Figure 2-3 Setup of LAN and WAN connections for this product.

3. Setup ADSL connection

Prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting this product to your cable/xDSL modem or Ethernet

backbone. Figure 2-3 illustrates the WAN connection.

4. Connecting this product with your printer (optional)

Use the printer cable to connect your printer to the printer port of this product. (Optional)

5. Power on

Connecting the power cord to power inlet and turning the power switch on, this product will

automatically enter the self-test phase. When it is in the self-test phase, the indicators M1 will

be lighted ON for about 10 seconds, and then M1 will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the

self-test operation has finished. Finally, the M1 will be continuously flashed once per second to

indicate that this product is in normal operation.

To use this product correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers

and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform (Windows 95/98/NT/2000).

3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer

The default IP address of this product is 192.168.0.254, and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.

These addresses can be changed on your need, but the default values are used in this manual. If the

TCP/IP environment of your computer has not yet been configured, you can refer to Appendix A to

configure it.

For example,

1. Configure IP as 192.168.0.1, subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and gateway as 192.168.0.254, or

more easier,

2. Configure your computers to load TCP/IP setting automatically, that is, via DHCP server of

this product.

After installing the TCP/IP communication protocol, you can use the ping command to check if your

computer has successfully connected to this product. The following example shows the ping

procedure for Windows 95 platforms. First, execute the ping command

Ping 192.168.0.254

If the following messages appear:

Pinging 192.168.0.254 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.254: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64

A communication link between your computer and this product has been successfully established.

Otherwise, if you get the following messages,

Pinging 192.168.0.254 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

There must be something wrong in your installation procedure. You have to check the following items

in sequence:

1. Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between this product and your computer?

Tip: The LAN LED of this product and the link LED of network card on your computer must be

lighted.

2. Is the TCP/IP environment of your computers properly configured?

Tip: If the IP address of this product is 192.168.0.254, the IP address of your computer must be

192.168.0.X and default gateway must be 192.168.0.254.

3.2 Install the Software into Your Computers

Skip this section if you do not want to use the print server function of this product.

Notice: If you are using Windows 2000/XP, please refer to Chapter 5 Printer - 5.3 Configuring on

Windows 2000 and XP Platforms. It is not necessary to setup any program and the print-server can

work.

Step 1: Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The following window will be shown

automatically. If it isn’t, please run “install.exe” on the CD-ROM.

Step 2: Click on the INSTALL button. Wait until the following Welcome dialog to appear, and click on

the Next button.

Step 3: Select the destination folder and click on the Next button. Then, the setup program will

begin to install the programs into the destination folder. Step 4: When the following window is

displayed, click on the Finish button.

Select the item to restart the computer and then click the OK button to reboot your computer.

Step 4: After rebooting your computer, the software installation procedure is finished.

Now, you can configure the NAT Router (refer to Chapter 4) and setup the Print Server (refer to

Chapter 5).

This product provides Web based configuration scheme, that is, configuring by your Web browser,

such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS

Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms.

4.1 Start-up and Log in

Activate your browser, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the

exceptions. Then, type this product’s IP address in the Location (for Netscape) or Address (for IE)

field and press ENTER. For example: http://192.168.0.254.

After the connection is established, you will see the web user interface of this product. There are

two appearances of web user interface: for general users and for system administrator.

To log in as an administrator, enter the system password (the factory setting is ”admin”) in the

System Password field and click on the Log in button. If the password is correct, the web

appearance will be changed into administrator configure mode. As listed in its main menu, there are

several options for system administration.

4.2 Status

This option provides the function for observing this product’s working status:

A. WAN Port Status.

If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP, there may appear a “Renew” or “Release” button

on the Side note column. You can click this button to renew or release IP manually.

B. Printer Status. The possible kinds of printer status include “Ready”, “Not ready”,

“Printing…”, and “Device error”.

When a job is printing, there may appear a “Kill Job” button on the Side note column. You can

click this button to kill current printing job manually.

C. Statistics of WAN: enables you to monitor inbound and outbound packets

Notice: For the WRM54B, it can support both Annex B and U-R2 ADSL line coding schemes. The

default setting is Annex B. If your ISP used U-R2 scheme, you have to change the line coding

scheme to U-R2, and then reboot this product to successfully establish the connection with ISP

4.3 Wizard

Setup Wizard will guide you through a basic configuration procedure step by step. Press ”Next >”

Setup Wizard - Select WAN Type: For detail settings, please refer to 4.4.1 primary setup.

4.4 Basic Setting

4.4.1 Primary Setup – WAN Type

Press “Change”

This page is primary to enable this product to work properly. The setting items and the web

appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type before you start.

1. LAN IP Address: the local IP address of this device. The computers on your network must use the

LAN IP address of your product as their Default Gateway. You can change it if necessary.

2. WA N Typ e : WAN connection type of your ISP. You can click Change button to choose a correct

one from the following five options:

A. Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) without NAT

B. Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) with NAT

C. IP over ATM (RFC 1483 Routed).

D. Classical IP over ATM (RFC 1577).

E. PPP over ATM (RFC 2364).

F. PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516).

3. Data Encapsulation: Two data encapsulation type are supported: LLC and VC-MUX. Your ISP

specifies it. Once you finished above settings, click on the "Advanced Setting" button to another

page for further configurations.

4.4.1.1 Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) without NAT

his WAN type disable the NAT, this device becomes a pure bridge between your LAN and WAN, all the

clients in your LAN must have legal IPs. If you enable the NAT feature, you have to set the following

WAN IP settings.

WAN IP Address, WAN Subnet Mask, WAN Gateway, and Primary/Secondary DNS

Your ISP also specifies these settings.

VPI/VCI Numbers:

The channel settings provided by your ISP.

Schedule Type:

The setting of the ADSL traffic schedule type. This device supports UBR (Un-specified bit rate) and

CBR (Constant bit rate). Once you finished the required configuration, you must click on the "Save"

button to save the configuration into Flash memory, and the reboot this device.

4.4.1.2 Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) with NAT

Dynamic IP Address: Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically.

Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, for example, @Home.

1. Renew IP Forever: this feature enables this product to renew your IP address automatically

when the lease time is expiring-- even when the system is idle.

4.4.1.3 IP over ATM (RFC 1483 Routed)

In the Router Mode, NAT is always enabled. You have to set the following WAN IP settings:

WAN IP Mode:

This product supports two WAN IP modes: static and dynamic. If you select dynamic mode, it will try

to get a legal IP and WAN settings from ISP’s DHCP server. If you select static mode, you have to set

the following WAN setting manually.

WAN IP Address, WAN Subnet Mask, WAN Gateway, and Primary/Secondary DNS

Your ISP assigns these settings.

VPI/VCI Numbers:

The channel settings provided by your ISP.

Schedule Type:

The setting of the ADSL traffic schedule type. This device supports UBR (Un-specified bit rate) and

CBR (Constant bit rate). Once you finished the required configuration, you must click on the

"Save" button to save the configuration into Flash memory, and the reboot this device.

4.4.1.4 Classical IP over ATM (RFC 1577)

In the Classical IP over ATM Mode, NAT is always enabled. You have to set the following WAN IP

settings:

WAN IP Mode:

This product supports two WAN IP modes: static and dynamic. If you select dynamic mode, it will try

to get a legal IP and WAN settings from ISP’s DHCP server. If you select static mode, you have to set

the following WAN setting manually.

WAN IP Address, WAN Subnet Mask, WAN Gateway, and Primary/Secondary DNS

Your ISP assigns these settings.

VPI/VCI Numbers:

The channel settings provided by your ISP.

Schedule Type:

The setting of the ADSL traffic schedule type. This device supports UBR (Un-specified bit rate) and

CBR (Constant bit rate). Once you finished the required configuration, you must click on the "Save"

button to save the configuration into Flash memory, and the reboot this device.

4.4.1.5 PPP over ATM (RFC 2364)

Press “More >>”

PPPoA Account/Password:

The account ID & password provided by your ISP.

Maximum Idle Time:

The time of no activity disconnect to your PPPoA session. You can also set it to zero or enable

Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. If Auto-reconnect is enabled, this product will automatically

connect to ISP after system is restarted or connection is dropped.

VPI/VCI Numbers:

The channel settings provided by your ISP.

Schedule Type:

The setting of the ADSL traffic schedule type. This device supports UBR (Un-specified bit rate) and

CBR (Constant bit rate).

PPPoA Service Name:

Optional. Input the service name if your ISP requires it.

Assigned IP Address:

Optional. Required by some ISPs. Once you finished the required configuration, you must click on the

"Save" button to save the configuration into Flash memory, and the reboot this device.

4.4.1.6 PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516)

PPPoE Account/Password:

The account ID & password provided by your ISP.

Maximum Idle Time:

The time of no activity disconnect to your PPPoE session. You can also set it to zero or enable

Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. If Auto-reconnect is enabled, this product will automatically

connect to ISP after system is restarted or connection is dropped.

VPI/VCI Numbers:

The channel settings provided by your ISP.

Schedule Type:

The setting of the ADSL traffic schedule type. This device supports UBR (Un-specified bit rate) and

CBR (Constant bit rate).

PPPoE Service Name:

Optional. Input the service name if your ISP requires it.

Assigned IP Address:

Optional. Required by some ISPs. Once you finished the required configuration, you must click on the

"Save" button to save the configuration into Flash memory, and the reboot this device.

4.4.2 OAM Server

In this page, you can set the OAM feature for virtual channel.

First click on the Enable or Disable circle for the settings of OAM Function, Activation/De-activation,

Loop back, and Fault Management individually.

Then, click on the "Save" button to finish the configuration of the selected session.

Once you set the appropriate OAM settings on virtual channel, you can see the corresponding

up-to-date maintenance status by clicking the "Refresh AD/FM State" button in this page.

4.4.2 DHCP Server

The settings of a TCP/IP environment include host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations.

It is not easy to manually configure all the computers and devices in your network. Fortunately, DHCP

Server provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings. This product supports the

function of DHCP server. If you enable this product’s DHCP server and configure your computers as

“automatic IP allocation” mode, then when your computer is powered on, it will automatically load

the proper TCP/IP settings from this product. The settings of DHCP server include the following

items:

1. DHCP Server: Choose “Disable” or “Enable.”

2. Lease Time: this feature allows you to configure IP’s lease time (DHCP client).

3. IP pool starting Address/ IP pool starting Address: Whenever there is a request, the DHCP

server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the

requesting computer. You must specify the starting and ending address of the IP address

pool.

4. Domain Name: Optional, this information will be passed to the client.

5. Primary DNS/Secondary DNS: This feature allows you to assign DNS Servers

6. Primary WINS/Secondary WINS: This feature allows you to assign WINS Servers

7. Gateway: The Gateway Address would be the IP address of an alternate Gateway.

This function enables you to assign another gateway to your PC, when DHCP

server offers an IP to your PC.

4.4.3 Wireless Setting, and 802.1X setting

Wireless settings allow you to set the wireless configuration items.

1. Network ID (SSID): Network ID is used for identifying the Wireless LAN (WLAN). Client stations

can roam freely over this product and other Access Points that have the same Network ID. (The

factory setting is “default”)

2. Channel: The radio channel number. The permissible channels depend on the Regulatory Domain.

The factory setting is as follow: channel 6 for North America; channel 7 for European (ETSI);

channel 7 for Japan.

3. WEP Security: Select the data privacy algorithm you want. Enabling the security can protect

your data while it is transferred from one station to another. The standardized IEEE 802.11 WEP

(128 or 64-bit) is used here.

4. WEP Key 1, 2, 3 & 4: When you enable the 128 or 64 bit WEP key security, please select one WEP

key to be used and input 26 or 10 hexadecimal (0, 1, 2…8, 9, A, B…F) digits.

5. Pass-phrase Generator: Since hexadecimal characters are not easily

remembered, this device offers a conversion utility to convert a simple

word or phrase into hex.

6. 802.1X Setting

802.1X

Checkbox was used to switch the function of the 802.1X. When the 802.1X function is enable, the

Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service.

RADIUS Server

IP address or the 802.1X server’s domain-name.

RADIUS Shared Key

Key value shared by the RADIUS server and this router. This key value is consistent with the key value

in the RADIUS server.

4.4.4 Change Password

You can change Password here. We strongly recommend you to change the system password for

security reason.

4.5 Forwarding Rules

4.5.1 Virtual Server

This product’s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your Intranet, so all hosts

behind this product are invisible to the outside world. If you wish, you can make some of them

accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping.

A virtual server is defined as a Service Port, and all requests to this port will be redirected to the

computer specified by the Server IP. Virtual Server can work with Scheduling Rules, and give user

more flexibility on Access control. For Detail, please refer to Scheduling Rule.

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