Comtrend Corporation AC 1200 User Manual

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AC 1200 Wireless Router

User’s Manual

Version A1.0, November 05, 2014

261097-013

Preface

This manual provides information related to the installation and operation of this

device. The individual reading this manual is presumed to have a basic understanding of telecommunications terminology and concepts.

If you find the product to be inoperable or malfunctioning, please contact technical

support for immediate service by email at homes upport@comtrend.com

For product updates, manual revis ions, or s oftware upgrades, please vis it our

website at http://www.comtren d.com

Important Safety Instructions

With reference to unpacking, installation, us e, and maintenance of your electronic

device, the following bas ic guidelines are recommended:

 Do not use or install this product near water, to avoid fire or s hock hazard. For

example, near a bathtub, kitchen sink or laundry tub, or near a swimming pool. Als o, do not expos e the equipment to rain or damp areas (e.g. a wet basement).

 Do not connect the power supply cord on elevated surfaces . Allow it to lie

freely. There should be no obstructions in its path and no heavy items should

be placed on the cord. In addition, do not walk on, step on, or mistreat the cord.

 Use only the power cord and adapter that are shipped with this device.

 To safeguard the equipment agains t overheating, make sure that all openings in

the unit that offer expos ure to air are not blocked.

WARNING

 Disconnect the power line from the device before servicing.

 Power supply specifications are clearly stated in 4-1 Hardwa re

Specification

Copyright© 2014 Comtrend Corporation. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is proprietary to Comtrend Corporation. No part of this document may be translated, transcribed, reproduced, in any form, or by any means without the prior written consent of Comtrend Corporation.

NOTE: This document is subject to change without notice.

Protec t Our Env ironment

This symbol indicates that when the equipment has reached the end of its useful life, it must be taken to a recycling centre and processed separate from domestic waste.

The cardboard box, the plastic contained in the packaging, and the parts that make up this

router can be recy cled in acco rdance with regionally established regulations. Never

dispose of this electronic equipment along wi th your household waste; you may be subj ect

to pe naltie s or sanctions under the law. Instead, pl ease be responsible and ask for disposal

instructions from your local government.

Table of Contents

Chapter I: Product Information .......................................................................................... 9

1-1 Introduction............................................................................................................ 9

1-2 System Requirements............................................................................................ 11

1-3 Package Contents.................................................................................................. 12

1-4 Get familiar with your new Wireless-n Broadband Router ....................................... 13

Chapter II: System and Network Setup ............................................................................. 16

2-1 Installation............................................................................................................ 16

2-2 Connecting to the wireless broadband router by web browser ................................ 18

2-2-1 Windows 7 IP address setup: ........................................................................... 19

2-2-2 Route r IP address lookup ...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ ............................................................................................... 23

2-3-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’ (Cable Modem) ............................................ 25

2-3-2 Setup procedure for PPPoE ............................................................................. 26

2-3-3 Setup procedure for Static IP ........................................................................... 28

2-3-4 Setup procedure for PPTP ............................................................................... 29

2-3-5 Setup procedure for L2TP................................................................................ 32

2-4 Basic Se tup ........................................................................................................... 35

2-4-1 Time zone and time auto-synchronization ........................................................ 35

2-4-2 Change management password ....................................................................... 37

2-4-3 Remote Management ..................................................................................... 40

2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup) ................................................................ 42

2-5-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’: ................................................................... 44

2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’:........................................................................... 46

2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’: ........................................................................ 49

2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’:............................................................................. 50

2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’: ............................................................................. 53

2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’:.............................................................................. 55

2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’: ........................................................................... 57

2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’: ............................................................................ 59

2-5-9 Setup procedure for ‘IPv6’:.............................................................................. 62

2-6 Wired LAN Configurations...................................................................................... 64

2-6-1 LAN IP section: ............................................................................................... 66

2-6-2 DHCP Server: .................................................................................................. 67

2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table:................................................................................ 69

2-7 Wire less LAN Configurations .................................................................................. 72

2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings .................................................................................... 74

2.7.1.1 Setup procedure for ‘Access Point’: ............................................................... 76

2.7.1.2 Setup procedure for ‘Station-Infrastructure’: ................................................. 79

2.7.1.3 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point’:.............................................. 80

2.7.1.4 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Mul ti-Point’: .................................... 81

2.7.1.5 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge – WDS’ ......................................................... 82

2.7.1.6 Setup procedure for ‘Universal Repeater’ ...................................................... 84

2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings............................................................................. 86

2-7-3 Wireless Security ............................................................................................ 90

2.7.3.1 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy .................................................................... 91

2.7.3.2 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA): ...................................................................... 94

2.7.3.3 WPA RA DIUS: ............................................................................................... 96

2-7-4 Wireless Access Control .................................................................................. 98

2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WP S) ..........................................................................101

2-7-6 Security Tips for a Wireless Network ...............................................................104

Chapter III Advanced Functions ...................................................................................105

3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) ........................................................................................105

3-1-1 Basic QoS Settings .........................................................................................106

3-1-2 Add a new QoS rule .......................................................................................109

3-2 Network Address Translation (NAT).......................................................................112

3-2-1 Basic NAT Settings (Enable or disable NAT function) ........................................113

3-2-2 Port Forwarding.............................................................................................114

3-2-3 Virtual Server ................................................................................................117

3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications.............................................................120

3-2-5 UPnP Setting .................................................................................................123

3-2-6 ALG Settings ..................................................................................................124

3-2-7 IGMP Settings ...................................................................................................125

3-3 F i re w all................................................................................................................126

3-3-1 Access Control ...............................................................................................127

3.3.1.1 Add PC........................................................................................................131

3-3-2 URL Blocking..................................................................................................133

3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention ...................................................................................136

3.3.3.1 DoS - Advanced Settings ..............................................................................139

3-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) ..............................................................................141

3-4 System Status ......................................................................................................144

3-4-1 System information and firmware version .......................................................144

3-4-2 Internet Connection Status.............................................................................145

3-4-3 Device Status.................................................................................................146

3-4-4 System Log ....................................................................................................147

3-4-5 Security Log...................................................................................................148

3-4-6 Active DHCP clie nt l ist ....................................................................................149

3-4-7 Statistics .......................................................................................................150

3-5 Configuration Backup and Restore ........................................................................151

3-6 Firmware Upgrade ...............................................................................................152

3-7 System Reboot / Restore ......................................................................................154

Chapter IV: Appendix .....................................................................................................155

4-1 Hardware Specification.........................................................................................155

4-2 Troubleshooting...................................................................................................156

Chapter I: Product Information

1-1 Introduction

This Comtrend WR-5887 is an excellent choice for Small office / Home office users, allowing computers and network devices to easily share a

single xDSL / cable modem Internet connection. Easy installation procedures allow any computer user to setup a network environment in

a very short time. And when the number of computers and

network-enabled devices increase, you can expand the number of network ports by simply attaching a Comtrend switch to extend the

scope of your network.

In addition, all computers and IEEE 802.11b/g/n - 802.11a/n/ac wireless-enabled network devices (including PDA, cellular phone, game

console, etc…) can connect to this wireless router without additional cabling.

Other features of this router include:

• High wireless access throughput, up to 300Mbps+867Mbps

(transfer data rate)

• Allows multiple users to share a single Internet line

• Supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless devices simultaneously

• Access private LAN servers from the Internet

• Works with IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac wireless LAN devices

• Supports DHCP (Server/Client) for easy IP-address setup

• Advanced network and security features like: Special Applications,

QoS, DMZ, Virtual Servers, Access Control and Firewall

• Easily monitor the router’s status with built-in functions such as

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)

• Support multiple wireless modes like: AP, Station-Infrastructure,

Wireless Bridge and Universal Repeater

• Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports

1-2 System Requirements

 An Internet connection provided by xDSL or cable modem with

an RJ-45 Ethernet port.

 Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network

interface card.

 Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape

Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser, or Safari web

browser).

 An available AC power socket (100 – 240V, 50/60Hz).

1-3 Package Contents

Before starting to use this router, check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your place of purchase to claim for missing items:

* 1 - Broadband Router (1)

* 1 - Ethernet Cable (2)

* 1 - Printed QIG (3)

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1-4 Get familiar with your new Wireless Broadband Router

Front Panel

LED Name Light

Status

Description

POWER On Router is switched on and correctly powered.

2.4G

On 2.4GHz Wireless WPS function is enabled.

Off 2.4GHz Wireless network is switched off.

Flashing

2.4GHz Wireless LAN activity (transferring or

receiving data).

On 5GHz Wireless WPS function is enabled.

Off 5GHz Wireless network is switched off.

Flashing

5GHz Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving data).

LAN 1-4

LNK/ACT

On LAN port is connected.

Off LAN port is not connected.

Flashing LAN activity (transferring or receiving data).

WAN

LNK/ACT

On WAN port is connected.

Off WAN port is not connected.

Flashing WAN activity (transferring or receiving data).

LAN 1-4

1000M

On LAN port is linked in 1000Mbps speed.

Off LAN port is linked in 10/100Mbps speed.

WAN

1000M

On WAN port is linked in 1000Mbps speed.

Off WAN port is linked in 10/100Mbps speed.

Back Panel

Item Name Description

Radio ON/OFF

Switch the button to activate or deactivate the wireless function.

Reset / WPS Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all

settings) or start WPS function. Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory

defaults; press this button for less than 5 seconds once to start 2.4GHz & 5GHz wireless 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.

Chapter II: System and Network Setup

2-1 Installation

Follow the instructions below 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 the router by

Ethernet cable.

2. Connect your computers and network devices (network-enabled

consumer devices other than computers, like game consoles, or a switch / hub) to an available LAN port of the router.

3. I nsert the A/C power adapter into the wall socket, and then connect

it to the ‘Power’ socket of the router.

4. Check all LEDs on the front panel. The ‘Power’ LED should be steadily

on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network

devices connected to the respective port of the router is powered on

and correctly connected. If the Power LED is not on, or any LED you expected to be on is not on, recheck the cabling, or jump to ‘4-2

Troubleshooting’ for possible reasons and solutions.

2-2 Connecting to the wireless broadband router by web browser

Before you can connect to the router and start configuration

procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (using a dynamic IP address). I f it’s set to use a static IP

address, or you’re unsure, follow the instructions below to configure

your computer to use dynamic IP address:

2-2-1 Windows 7 IP address setup:

1. Click the ‘Start’ button (it should be located at the lower-left corner of

your computer screen), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, and then click Manage Network Connections.

Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’. The Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select ‘Internet Protocol

Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click the ‘Properties’ button.

2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server

address automatically’, then click the ‘OK’ button.

Connect to th e rou ter’ s mana gemen t inter face by web br owser .

Start your web br owser , and input the default IP address of the router in the addr ess bar, type http://192.168.0.1

A dialog box will appear, such as the one below.

Input the user name and password in their respective fields, the default

user name is ‘admin’, and the default password is ‘admin’, then press the ‘OK’ button, and you can see the Quick Setup interface of this router:

NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re being prompted to input the user name and passw ord again, it means you didn’t input the usernam e and pass word correctly. Please retype the user nam e and password again. If you’re certain that the user nam e and passw ord you ty pe are correct, please go to ‘4-2 Troubleshooting’ to perform a fac tory reset, to set the password back to its default value.

TIP: This pag e shows the five major setting categories: Quick Setup, Status, General Setup, Wireless and Tools. You can find the shortcut whic h leads to these setting categories at the upper-right corner of every page, and y ou can jum p to another category directly by clicking the link, you don’t have to go back to the first page.

2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’

This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to

complete all the required settings you need to access the Internet in a very

short time. Follow these instructions to complete the ‘Quick Setup’:

After successfully logging in for the first time, you will reach the ‘Quick

Setup’ screen.

1. Set Time Zone

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Set Time Press button, a drop-down list

Zone (1): will be shown, and you can choose the time zone of

the location in which you live.

Daylight If the country you live in uses daylight savings,

Savings (2): Check the ‘Enable Function’ box, and choose the

duration of daylight savings.

After you complete all settings, click the ‘Next’ (3) button.

2. WAN Type

Choose the WAN (I nternet connection) type you’re using on this page. There are five options for the type of Internet connection:

DHCP Connection (Cable Modem) - go to section 2-3-1

Username / Password Connection (PPPoE) - go to section 2-3-2

Static IP Address Connection (Fixed-IP) - go to section 2-3-3

Username / Password Connection (PPTP) - go to section 2-3-4

Username / Password Connection (L2TP) - go to section 2-3-5

If you’re not sure, contact your Internet service provider. A wrong

Internet connection type will cause a connection problem, and you will not be able to connect to the Internet.

If you want to go back to the previous step, press the ‘Back’ button on the bottom of this page.

NOTE: Som e service providers use ‘DHCP’ (Dy nam ic Host Configuration Protocol) to assign IP address to you. In this case, you can choose ‘

DHCP

Connection

(Dynamic IP Address)’ as the Internet connection type, even

though you’re using another connection ty pe, like xDSL.

2-3-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’ (Cable Modem)

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Host Name (1): 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): Input the MAC address of your computer, if your

service provider only permits computers with a certain MAC address to access the Internet. If

you’re using the computer which was used to connect to the Internet via cable modem, you can

simply press the ‘Clone Mac address’ button to fill

the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer.

After you complete all settings, click the ‘OK’ (3) button; if you want to go back to previous menu, click the ‘Back’ button.

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2-3-2 Setup procedure for PPPoE

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by your Internet

service provider.

Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider.

Service Name (3): Give a name to this Internet service. This is

optional.

MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If

you don’t know, you can use the default value.

Connection Select the Internet connection type

Type (5): you wish to use (detailed explanation listed below).

Idle Time Out (6): Input the idle time out, (detailed explanation listed

below).

When you complete all settings, click the ‘OK’ (7) button; if you want to go back to the previous menu, click the ‘Back’ button.

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MTU - Please use the default value if you don’t know what it is, or ask your service provider for a proper value.

Connection Type - There are 3 options:

‘Continuous’ - keep Internet connection alive, do not disconnect,

Connect on Dema nd - only connects to the Internet when there’s a connection attempt,

‘Manual’ - only connects to the Internet when the ‘Connect’ button on this page is pressed, and disconnects when the ‘Disconnect button is pressed.

Idle Time Out: Specify the time to shutdown t he Internet connection after no Internet activity is detected by m inute. This option is only available when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’.

2-3-3 Setup procedure for Static IP

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

IP Address (1): Input the IP address assigned by your service

provider.

Subnet Mask (2): Input the subnet mask assigned by your service

provider.

DNS address (3): Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by

your service provider.

Default Gateway(4): Input the IP address of the DNS server

Gateway Address provided by your service provider.

When you complete all settings, press the ‘OK’ (5) button; if you want to

go back to the previous menu, click the ‘Back’ button.

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NOTE: You can choos e this Internet c onnection method if your service provider assigns a fixed IP address (also know n as a static address) to you, and doesn’t use DHCP or PPPoE protocol. Please contact y our service provider for further inform ation.

You m ust use the addresses provided by y our Internet service provider, incorrect setting values will cause connection problems.

2-3-4 Setup procedure for PPTP

PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of settings: WAN interface setting (setup

IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from the WAN interface setting:

Select how you obtain and IP address from your service provider. You

can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to DHCP, 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 though the PPTP settings are correct. Contact your Internet service provider if you don’t know how to fill in these fields.

Now go to the PPTP settings section:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your

Internet service provider.

Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider.

PPTP Input the IP address of PPTP gateway

Gateway (3): assigned by your Internet service provider.

Connection Input the connection ID. This is ID (4): optional and you can leave it blank.

MTU (5): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If

you don’t know, you can use the default value.

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BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to

Check if you’re using the service provided by the BEZEQ network in Israel.

Connection Select the type of Internet

type (7): connection you wish to use, refer to the previous

section for detailed descriptions.

Idle Time Input the idle time out of the Internet

Out (8): connection you wish to use, and refer to the

previous section for detailed descriptions.

When you complete all settings, click the ‘OK (9) button; if you want to

go back to previous menu, click the ‘Back’ button.

2-3-5 Setup procedure for L2TP

L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet

connection types, and all required setting items are the same as a PPTP connection.

Like PPTP, there are two kinds of required settings, we’ll start from

‘WAN Interface Settings’:

Select how you obtain IP address from your service provider. You can

choose ‘Obtain an I P address automatically’ (equal to DHCP, refer to the ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (equal

to static IP address, refer to the ‘PPPoE xDSL’ section above).

WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet connection will fail even thought the PPTP settings are correct. Contact your

Internet service provider if you don’t know how to fill in these fields.

Now go to L2TP settings section:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by

your Internet service provider.

Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider.

L2TP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of L2TP gateway assigned by

your Internet service provider.

MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If

you don’t know, you can use the default value.

Connection Select the type of Internet

type (5): connection you wish to use, refer to last section for

detailed descriptions.

Idle Time Input the idle time out of Internet

Out (6): connection you wish to use, and refer to last section

for detailed descriptions.

When you complete all settings, click the ‘OK (7) button; if you want to

go back to previous menu, click the ‘Back’ button.

When all settings are completed, you’ll see the following message displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll see

this message:

After the countdown, click the ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be brought back to

the router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings.

2-4 Basic Setup

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Start your web browser and log into the

router web management interface, and then click the ‘General Setup’ link at the upper-right side of the web management interface.

2-4-1 Time zone and time auto-synchronization

Follow the instructions below to set time zone and time

auto-synchronization parameters:

Click the ‘General Setup’ menu at the upper-right side of the web management interface, and then select System on the left menu bar

followed by Time Zone.

Select the time zone from the ‘Set time zone’ drop-down list, and input

the IP address or host name of the time server. I f you want to enable the daylight savings setting, check the ‘Enable Function’ box, and set the

duration of daylight setting. When you finish, click the ‘Apply’ button. You’ll see the following message displayed on the web browser:

Press the ‘Continue’ button to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press the ‘Apply’ button to save the settings

made and restart the router so the settings will take effect after it reboots.

NOTE: You can refer to the instructions given in the last chapter: ‘Using Quick Setup’, for detailed descriptions on tim e zone settings.

2-4-2 Change management password

The default password of this router is admin, and it’s displayed on the

To change the password, follow the instructions below:

Click the ‘System’ menu on the left of the web management interface,

then click ‘Password Settings’, and the following will be displayed on

your web browser:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Current Input current password.

Password (1):

New Password (2): Input new password.

Confirm Input new password again. Password (3):

When you finish, click the ‘Apply’ button. If you want to keep the original

password unchanged, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

If the password you typed in ‘New Password’ (2) and ‘Confirmed

Password’ (3) field are not the same, you’ll see the following message:

Retype the new password again when you see the above message.

If you see the following message:

It means the content in ‘Current Password’ field is wrong, click the ‘OK’ button to go back to previous menu, and try to input current password

again.

If the current and new passwords are correctly inputted, after you click the ‘Apply’ button, you’ll be prompted to input your new password:

Use the new password to enter web the management interface again.

2-4-3 Remote Management

This router does not allow remote management access from the Internet

by default. However, you can still manage this router from a specific IP address by enabling the ‘Remote Management’ Function.

To do so, follow the instructions below:

Click the ‘System’ menu on the left of the web management interface,

then click ‘Remote Management’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Host Address (1): Input the IP address of the remote host you wish to

initiate management access with.

Port (2): You can define the port number this router should

expect an incoming request from. If you’re

providing a web service (default port number is 80),

you should try to use another 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 enable the configuration.

When you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ button, and you’ll see the following displayed on the web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to save the settings made and go back to the 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 ma na ge this router from another computer on the

Internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this router.

NOTE: The default port num ber the web browser will use is ‘80’. If the ‘Port’ setting in this page is not ‘80’, y ou have to assign the port num ber in the address bar of the w eb browser manually. For exam ple, if the IP address of this router is 1 .2 .3 .4 , and the port number you set is 8888, you have t o input following address in the a ddress bar of web browser:

http://1.2.3.4:8888

2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup)

The Internet connection setup can be completed by using the ‘Quick Setup’ procedure as described in section 2-3. However, you can setup

WAN connections by using the WAN configuration menu. You can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here.

For WAN setup, follow these instructions:

Click the ‘WAN’ menu on the left of the web management interface.

Select an Internet connection method depending on the type of

connection you’re using. You can either click the connection method on the left (1) or right (2). If you select the connection method on the right,

click the ‘More Configuration’ button after a method is selected.

Dynamic IP - go to section 2-5-1

PPPoE - go to section 2-5-2

Static IP - go to section 2-5-3

PPTP - go to section 2-5-4

L2TP - go to section 2-5-5

DNS - go to section 2-5-6

DDNS - go to section 2-5-7

WISP - go to section 2-5-8

IPv6 - go to section 2-5-9

2-5-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Host Name (1): 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): Input the MAC address of your computer, if your

service provider only permits computers with certain MAC address to access the Internet. If

you’re using a computer which is used to connect to

the Internet via cable modem, you can simply press the ‘Clone Mac address’ button to fill the MAC

address field with the MAC address of your computer.

After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (3) button; if you want

to remove the values you inputted, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

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After you click the ‘Apply’ button, the following will be displayed on your

web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router

so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

User Name (1): Input the user name assigned by your Internet

service provider.

Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider.

Service Name (3): Give a name to this Internet service. This is

optional.

MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If

you don’t know, you can use the default value.

Connection Select the type of Internet connection you wish

Type (5): to use.

Continuous – The connection will be always kept on. If

the 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

the “Connect” button and the router will connect to the

ISP. If you want to stop the connection, click the “Disconnect” button.

Idle Time Out (6): If you have selected the connection type to

“Connect-On-Demand”, input the idle time out.

After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (7) button and the

following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to

continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60

seconds while the router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

IP address(1): Input the IP address assigned by your service

provider.

Subnet Mask (2): Input subnet mask assigned by your service

provider.

Service Provider Input the IP address of the DNS

Gateway Address (3): server provided by your service provider.

After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (4) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to

continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60

seconds while the router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’:

PPTP requires two kinds of settings: the WAN interface setting (setup IP

address) and the PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from the WAN interface setting:

Select how you obtain an IP address from your service provider. You can

choose ‘Obtain an I P address automatically’ (equal to DHCP, refer to

‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e. static IP address)

The WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the I nternet

connection will fail even though the PPTP settings are correct. Contact your Internet service provider if you don’t know what you should put in

these fields.

Now go to the PPTP settings section:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

User Name (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your

Internet service provider.

Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider.

PPTP Gateway (3): Input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by

your Internet service provider.

Connection ID (4): Input the connection ID, this is optional and you can

leave it blank.

MTU (5): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If

you don’t know, you can use the default value.

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BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): If you are connecting to the BEZEQ network in

Israel, enable this function.

Connection Select the type of Internet connection you

type (7): wish to use, refer to section 2-5-2 for detailed

descriptions.

Idle Time Out (8): Input the idle time out of Internet connection you

wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-2 for detailed

descriptions.

When you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (9) button and the following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to

continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to

reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved

values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

User ID (1): Input the user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet

service provider.

Password (2): Input the password assigned by your Internet service

provider.

L2TP Input the IP address of L2TP gateway Gateway (3): assigned by your Internet service provider.

MTU (4): Input the MTU value of your network connection. If you

don’t know, you can use the default value.

Connection Select the type of Internet connection type (5): you wish to use, refer to section 2-5-2 for detailed

descriptions.

Idle Time Input the idle time out of Internet connection

Out (6): you wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-2 for detailed

descriptions.

When you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (7) button and the

following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to

reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60

seconds while the router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved

values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’:

If you select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘PPPoE’ as the I nternet connection method,

at least one DNS server’s IP address should be assigned automatically. However, if you have a preferred DNS server, or your service provider

didn’t assign the IP address of the DNS server for any reason, you can input the IP address of the DNS server here.

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

DNS Address (1): Input the IP address of the DNS server provided by

your service provider.

Secondary Input the IP address of another DNS

DNS Address (2): server provided by your service provider. This is

optional.

NOTE: Only the IP address can be inputted here; DO NOT use the hostname of the DNS server! (i.e. only num eric characters and dots are accepted)

10.20.30.40……………………………………………………………… Correct

dns.serviceprovider.com…………………………………………... Incorrect

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After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (3) button and the

following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to

reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60

seconds while the router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’:

DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP-to-Hostname mapping service for Internet

users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. Problems will occur when user(s) want to provide services to other users on the Internet, as

their IP address will vary every time when connected to the I nternet.

This router supports the DDNS service of several service providers, for example:

DynDNS (http://www.dyndns.org

)

TZO (http://www.tzo.com)

Go to one of the DDNS service provider’s WebPages listed above, and

get a free DDNS account by following the instructions given on their webpage.

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

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Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable the DDNS function, select

‘Enabled’; otherwise select ‘Disabled’.

Provider (2): Select your DDNS service provider.

Domain Name (3): Input the domain name you’ve obtained from the

DDNS service provider.

Account / Input account or email of DDNS registration.

E-Mail (4):

Password / Key (5): Input the DDNS service password or key.

After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (6) button and the

following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to

continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60

seconds while router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘WISP’:

If the network service provided by your service provider is through a

wireless network, select this mode. After you have connected the router to the access point of the service provider wirelessly, set up the WAN

connection type in the WAN page.

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Disable/Enable (1): There are three selections for wireless ISP

functions.

Disable: disables this function.

Enable: enables this function and the router can

connect to the access points installed by your

wireless service provider. Any clients associated with 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 have changed, configure the router in

this page to match the settings.

SSID (2): This is the name of the wireless network. Input the

SSID name that your ISP provided to you.

Site Survey (3): Click the ‘Select Site Survey’ button, then a

“Wireless Site Survey 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 the wireless network

through this access point.

Encryption (4): 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 (go to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’ for detailed instructions).

After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (5) button and the

following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to

continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to

reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved

values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

2-5-9 Setup procedure for ‘IPv6’:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

WAN IPv6 Settings (1): Select the required transition mechanism

as assigned by your service provider.

LAN IPv6 Settings (2): Select the auto configuration method for

IPv6.

IPv6 Address (3): Input the IPv6 address for the LAN port.

Subnet Prefix Length (4): Default is set at 64. Only change if required to do so by your ISP.

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After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (5) button and the

following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to

reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved

values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

2-6 Wired LAN Configurations

Before all computers using wired Ethernet connections (i.e. those

computers that connect to this router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access the 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 addresses of computers will be assigned by the router automatically.

It’s recommended for most of computers to obtain an IP address

automatically, as it will save a lot of time on setting IP addresses for

every computer. For servers and network devices which will provide services to other computers and users that come from Internet, a static

IP address should be used, so other computers can locate the server.

Follow the instructions below to set wired LAN parameters:

Click the ‘LAN’ menu on the left of the web management interface, there are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static DHCP

Leases Table’. Below are the setup instructions for each of them:

Suggestions on IP address numbering plan:

If y ou 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 home and company users, it’s suggested to use 192.168.c.d, w here c is an integer bet w een 0 a nd 254, and d is an integer between 1 and 254. This router is capable of working with up to 253 clients, so y ou can set the ‘d’ field of IP address of router as 1 or 254 (or any number between 1 and 254), and pick a number between 0 and 254 for field ‘c’.

2. In most cases, you should use ‘255.255.255.0’ as the subnet mask, which allows up to 253 clients (this also meets the router’s capability of working with up to 253 clients).

3. For all servers and network devices which w ill provide services to other people (like Internet service, print service, and file service), they should use a static IP address. Give each of them a unique number between 1 and 253, and maintain a list, so every one c a n locate those servers easily.

4. For computers which are not dedicated to providing specific servic e to others, they s hould obtain a n IP address automatica lly.

Recommended setup values will be provided below for your convenience.

2-6-1 LAN IP section:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

IP address (1): Input the IP address of this router.

Subnet Mask (2): Input the subnet mask for this network.

802.1d If you wish to activate the 802.1d spanning tree

Spanning Tree (3): function, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.1d

Spanning Tree’, or set it to ‘Disabled’

DHCP Server (4): If you want to activate the DHCP server function of

this router, select ‘Enabled’, or set it to ‘Disabled’.

Recommended Values if you don’t know what to fill:

IP Address: 192.168.0.1

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

802.1d Spanning Tr ee: Disable

DHCP Server: Enable

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2-6-2 DHCP Server:

These settings are only available when the ‘DHCP Server’ in the ‘LAN IP’

section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup item:

Lease Time (1): Choose a lease time (the duration that every

computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP

address assigned by this router from the drop-down

menu.

Start IP (2): Input the start IP address of the IP range.

End IP (3): 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 Values if you don’t know what to fill:

Lease Time: Two Weeks (or ‘Forever’, if you have less than 20 com puters )

Start IP: 192.168.2.100

End IP: 192.168.2.200

Domain Name: (leave it blank)

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NOTE:

1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be greater than the ‘Start IP’, and cannot be the same as the 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 sam e.

3. These settings will affect wireless clients too.

2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table:

This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific

computer forever and still enjoy the benefit of using a DHCP server. A maximum of 16 static I P addresses can be assigned here.

(If you set the ‘Lease Time’ to ‘forever’ in the ‘DHCP Server’ section,

you can also assign an IP address to a specific computer permanently, 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 item:

Enable Static Check this box to enable this function,

DHCP Leases (1): otherwise uncheck it to disable this function.

MAC Address (2): Input the MAC address of the computer or

network device (total 12 characters, with characters 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 the MAC address and IP

address pair, click this button to add the pair to

the static DHCP leases table.

If you want to remove all the characters you just inputted, click the

‘Clear’ button.

After you clicked the ‘Add’ button, the MAC address and IP address

mapping will be added to the ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’ section.

If you want to delete a specific item, check the ‘Select’ box of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click the ‘Delete’ button (2);

if you want to delete all mappings, click the ‘Delete All’ (3) button.

After you complete all LAN settings, click the ‘Apply’ button on the bottom of this page. After you click ‘Apply’, the following will be

displayed on your web browser:

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Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations

If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices are equipped with a wireless network interface, you can use the wireless

function of this router to allow them connect to the Internet and share resources with other computers with a wired-LAN connection.

You can also use the built-in security functions to protect your

network from being attacked by malicious intruders.

Follow these instructions to set wireless parameters:

Click the ‘Wireless’ menu at the top of the web management interface,

and the following will be displayed on your web browser. You must enable the wireless function of this router, or the wireless interface of

this router will not function. Select ‘Enable’ (1), then click the ‘Apply’ (2)

button.

If you’re coming here because you want to disable the wireless function, select ‘Disable’ (3), then click the ‘Apply’ (2) button.

After you click the ‘Apply’ (2) button, the following will be displayed on

your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting).

2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings

Note : The descriptions below are also applicable to the 5 GHz band

Click the ‘Wireless’ menu on the upper-right side of the web

management interface, then click ‘Basic Settings’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser:

This wireless router can work in 6 modes:

a. Access Point: Standard wireless AP .

b. Station-Infrastructure: Configure the router to an Ethernet device

such as TV, Game player, HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device to be a wireless station.

c. AP Bridge-Point to Point: Connect this router with another wireless

router, to expand the scope of the network.

d. AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point: Connect this router with up to four

other wireless routers, to expand the scope of the network.

e. AP Bridge-WDS: Connect this router with up to four WDS-capable

wireless routers, to expand the scope of the network.

f. Universal Repeater: The router can act as Station and an AP at the

same time. It can use the Station function to connect to a Root AP and use the AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage.

Select the operation mode you want to use from the ‘Mode’ drop-down menu (1), and continue on other operation mode specific settings:

AP - go to section 2-7-1-1

Station-Infrastructure - go to section 2-7-1-2

AP Bridge-Point to Point - go to section 2-7-1-3

AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point - go to section 2-7-1-4

AP Bridge-WDS - go to section 2-7-1-5

Universal Repeater - go to section 2-7-1-6

NOTE: For ‘AP Br idge-Point to Point’ and ‘AP Br idge-Point to Multi-Point’ mode, the wireless router operates in w ireless bridge dedicated m ode – the wireless router is only used to expand the scope of the network, and no wireless clients will be accepted. If y ou want to use your wireless router to expand the scope of the network, and also accept wireless clients, please select ‘AP Bridge -WDS’ or ‘Universal Repeater‘ mode.

2.7.1.1 Setup procedure for ‘Access Point’:

Select Access Point from the ‘Mode’ drop-down menu (1), and the

following will be displayed:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Band (2): Select the radio band from one of following options:

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NOTE: For 802.11b and 802.11g mode, the signals can be transmitted only by ante nna 1 (The antenna on the right side of the rear panel).

For 802.11n mode : The route r is operating in a 1T2R Spatial Multiplexing MIMO configuration. 1 antenna is for signal transmitting and 2 antennas are

for signal receiving.

2.4 GHz ( B )

2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network

clients to connect to this router (maxi mum transfer rate 11Mbps).

2.4 G Hz (N) 2.4GHz band, onl

y allows 802.11n wireless network

clients to connect to this router (maxi mum transfer rate 300Mbps).

2.4 GHz ( B +G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and 802.11g wireless network client to connect to thi s router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, and maxi mum 54Mbps for 802.11g cli ents).

2.4 GHz ( G)

2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network

clients to connect to this router (maxi mum transfer rate 54Mbps).

2.4 GHz ( B +G+N) 2.4GHz band, allows 802.11b, 802.11g, and

802.11n wireless network clients to connect to this router (maxi mum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients, and maximum 300M bps f or 802.11n clients).

SSID (3): This is the name of the wireless router. You can type

any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. The SSID is used to identify your own

wireless router from others when there are other wireless routers in the same area. The default SSID

is ‘default’, it’s recommended to change the default

SSID value to the one which is meaningful to you, like myhome, office_room1, etc.

Channel Number (4): Select a channel from the drop-down list of

‘Channel Number’, available channel numbers are 1 to 13 for European countries, 1 to 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 clients

support manual channel number select, and this

would help in certain scenarios when there is some radio communication problem.

Associated Clients (5): Click the ‘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.

TIP: You ca n try to change channel num ber to another one if you think the data transfer rate is too slow. There could be some other wireless routers using the same channel, which will disturb the radio comm unic a tion between the w ireless client and the wireless router.

NOTE: If you don’t have a special r eason to limit the type of allowed wireless clients, it’s recommended to choose ‘2.4 GHz (B+G+N) to m aximize wireless

client compatibility .

2.7.1.2 Setup procedure for ‘Station-Infrastructure’:

In this mode, you can connect the router to an Ethernet device such as

TV, Game player, HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device to be a wireless station and join a wireless network through an access point or

AP router.

Select Station (Infrastructure) from the ‘Mode’ drop-down menu (1), and the following will be displayed:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Band (2): Select the band you want to use.

SSID (3): This is the name of the wireless network. You can

type the SSID of the network you would like to

connect to.

Site Survey (4): When you use this wireless router as a wireless

station for an Ethernet network device to have

wireless capability, you have to associate it with a working access point. Click the ‘Select Site Survey’

button, then a “Wireless Site Survey Table” will pop up. It will list all available access points nearby. You

can select one access point in the table and it will

join the 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 the wireless

network, and all clients (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of the 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.

Select AP Bridge (Point to Point) from the ‘Mode’ drop-down menu (1),

and the following will be displayed:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Band (2): Select the band you want to use, the two wireless

routers must use the same setting.

Channel Select the channel you want to use, the two Number (3): wireless routers must use the same setting.

MAC address 1(4): Input the MAC address of another wireless router.

Security Click the ‘Security Settings’ button for this

Settings (5): connection. (Go to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’

for detailed instructions).

NOTE: The two w ireless routers mus t use the sam e mode, band, channel

number, and security s etting!

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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.

Select AP Bridge (Point to Multi-Point) from the ‘Mode’ drop-down menu (1), and the following will be displayed:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

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 Number (3): routers must use the same setting.

MAC address Input the MAC address of the other wireless

1 to 4 (4 - 7): routers.

Security Click the ‘Security Settings’ button for this

Settings (8): connection. (Go to 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 the network by combining up

to four other access points together, and every access point can still

accept wireless clients.

Select AP Bridge (WDS) from the ‘Mode’ drop-down menu (1), and the following will be displayed:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

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 setting

should be the same with other wireless routers for

the convenience of roaming.

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NOTE: For WDS mode, the output signal nature is the sam e as that of norm al AP mode.

Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless

Number (4): routers must use the same setting.

Associated Clients (5): Click the ‘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.

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Security Click to set the security for this connection Settings (10): (Go to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’ for detailed

instructions).

2.7.1.6 Setup procedure for ‘Universal Repeater’

In this mode, the router can act as a wireless repeater; it can be a

Station and an AP at the same time. It can use the Station function to connect to a Root AP and use the AP function to service all wireless

stations within its coverage.

Select Universal Repeater from the ‘Mode’ drop-down menu (1), and the

following will be displayed:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

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 the 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.

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.

Channel Select the channel you want to use, all the wireless

Number (4): clients must use the same setting.

Associated Clients (5): Click the ‘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.

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 the ‘Select Site Survey’ button to choose a Root AP.

Site Survey (7): Click the ‘Select Site Survey’ button, then a

“Wireless Site Survey Table” will pop up. It will list all available access points nearby. You can select

one access point in the table and the router will join the wireless LAN through this access point.

After you complete the wireless settings, click the ‘Apply’ button, after

you click the ‘Apply’ button, the following will be displayed on your web browser:

rebooting).

2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings

This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if

you want to configure these settings, click the ‘Wireless’ menu on the

upper-right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Advanced Settings’, and the following will be displayed on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Fragment The threshold (number of bytes) for the

Threshold (1): fragmentation boundary for directed messages. It is

the maximum data fragment size that can be sent.

Do not modify the default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346.

RTS Threshold (2): The RTS (Request To Send) threshold parameter

controls what size data packet (number of bytes) the l ow l ev el RF pr otocol i ssu es to an RTS pack et . Do

not modify default value if you don’t know what it

is, default value is 2347.

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Beacon Interval (3): The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency

interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Router to synchronize the

wireless network. Do not modify default value if

you don’t know what it is, default value is 100.

DTIM Period (4): Configures the DTIM (Delivery Traffic I ndication

Message) send period. Do not modify the default

value if you don’t know what it is, default value is

Data Rate (5): Set the wireless data transfer 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

the default value if you don’t know what it is,

default setting is ‘Auto 20/40 MHz’. 40MHz

provides better network speed for 802.11n wireless

clients. However, if there are 802.11b / g clients

connecting to this Wireless-N Range Extender, it will switch to 20MHz mode automatically.

Preamble Type (8): The Preamble type defines the length of the CRC

(Cyclic Redundancy Check) block for communication between the Access Point and

roaming wireless adapters. Do not modify the

default value if you don’t know what it is, default

setting is ‘Short Preamble’.

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.

Tx Power (11): Select the wireless transmitting power level, from

10% to 100%. When wireless clients are not too far from this Wireless-N Range Extender, you don’t

have to select a higher power level, since this may cause some individuals to attempt to break into

your wireless network if you have a bad password,

or no password. Select from the drop-down menu.

Default is set at 100%.

WMM (12): This stands for Wi-Fi MultiMedia, it will enhance

the data transfer performance of multimedia contents when they’re being transferred over

wireless networks. 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 complete these wireless settings, click the ‘Apply’ button , and the following will be displayed on your web browser:

router is rebooting).

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 access valuable data without your consent and this will cause serious security

problems.

To set wireless security settings, click the ‘Wireless’ menu on the upper-right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Security

Settings’, and follow the instructions to set the wireless security settings:

Select an encryption method from the ‘Encryption’ drop-down menu, there are four options:

Disable wireless security

When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every

wireless device in proximity will be able to connect to your wireless router if no other security measure is enabled (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 someone reads the data you

transfer over the network without your consent.

2.7.3.1 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption,

and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

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 select ’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.

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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 Input the WEP key characters here, the number of 1 (5): characters must be the same as the number

displayed in the ‘Key Format’ field. You can use any alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you

select ‘ASCII’ key format, and if you select ‘Hex’ as

key format, you can use characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must input at least one encryption key

here, and if you inputted multiple WEP keys, they should not be same as each other.

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 the user by IEEE

802.1x, but it does not encrypt the data during

communication. If there is a RADIUS server in your

environment, enable this function. Check this box and another sub-menu will appear:

RADIUS Server Input the IP address of the radius

IP address (7): server.

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RADIUS Server Input the port number of the radius

Port (8): server.

RADIUS Server Input the port number of the radius

Password (9): password.

After you complete the WEP settings, click the ‘Apply’ button and the

following will be displayed on your web browser:

TIPS: Som e examples of WEP key

(Don’t use these examples; use the one of y our ow n!):

ASCII (5 characters): pilot phone 23561 2Hyux #@xmL

ASCII ( 13 characte r s): digitalFAMILY 82Jh26xHy3m&n

Hex (10 characters): 287d2aa732 1152dabc85

Hex (26 characters): 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84

To im prove the security level, do not us e words which can be found in a dictionary or words too easy to rem ember! (‘pilot’ and ‘phone’ listed above are bad exam ples; just intended to show you what a WEP key looks like). W ireless clients will remember the W EP key, so you only have to input the W EP key on the w ireless client once, and it’s worth using a complicated W EP key to improve the se cur ity leve l.

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to

continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to

reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while the router is rebooting).

2.7.3.2 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 item:

WPA Unicast Select a type of WPA cipher suite. Cipher Suite (2): Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and

WPA2 Mixed. You can select any one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client supports

the cipher you selected.

Pre-shared Select the type of pre-shared key, you

Key Format (3): can select Passphrase (8 or more alphanumerical

characters, up to 63), or Hex (64 characters of 0-9,

and a-f).

Pre-shared Input the WPA passphrase. Key (4): It’s not recommended to use a word that can be

found in a dictionary due to security reasons.

After you complete the WPA Pre-shared key settings, click the ‘Apply’ button (5) and the following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to

reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60 seconds while router is rebooting).

NOTE: Som e wireless clients (especially those manufactured before 2003) only support WEP or WPA (TKIP) cipher. A driver upgrade would be needed for those c lients to use W PA and WPA2 encryption.

2.7.3.3 WPA RADIUS:

If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide

safer wireless authentication.

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

WPA Unicast Select a type of WPA cipher suite.

Cipher Suite (2): Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and

WPA2 Mixed. You can select any one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client supports

the cipher you selected.

RADIUS Server Input the IP address of your IP address (3): Radius authentication server.

RADIUS Server Input the port number of your

Port (4): Radius authentication server. Default setting is

1812.

RADIUS Server Input the password of your Radius

Password (5): authentication server.

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After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (6) button and the

following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to

reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60

seconds while router is rebooting).

2-7-4 Wireless Access Control

This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from

connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless

router. You can use this function with other security measures described in previous sections, to create a safer wireless environment.

Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function. Click the

‘Wireless’ menu on the upper-right side of the web management interface, then click ‘Access Control’, and the following will be displayed

on your web browser:

All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in the ‘MAC Address

Filtering Table’ (1). Here are descriptions of every setup item:

1 2 3

Delete (2): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry,

check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click the ‘Delete’ button. (You can

select more than one MAC address).

Delete All (3): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here,

click the ‘Delete All’ button.

Enable To enforce MAC address filtering,

Access Control (4): you have to check ‘Enable Wireless Access Control’.

When this item is unchecked, the wireless router

will not enforce MAC address filtering of wireless

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 alphanumerical 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 the ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and

associated comment to the MAC address filtering table.

Clear (8): Click the ‘Clear’ button to remove the value you

inputted in the MAC address and comment field.

After you complete all settings, click the ‘Apply’ (9) button and the

following will be displayed on your web browser:

Click the ‘Continue’ button to go back to the previous setup menu; to

continue on other setup procedures, or click the ‘Apply’ button to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (wait for about 60

seconds while the router is rebooting).

If you want to reset all the settings in this page back to previously-saved

values, click the ‘Cancel’ button.

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