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HAWNR3

USER’S MANUAL

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LIMITED WARRANTY Hawking Technology guarantees that every HAWNR3 Hi-Gain™ Wireless 300N Router

with Range Amplifier is free from physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase. If the product proves defective during this one-year warranty period, call Hawking Customer Service in order to obtain a Return Authorization number. Warranty is for repair or replacement only. Hawking Technology does not issue any refunds. BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE. RETURN REQUESTS CAN NOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. When returning a product, mark the Return Authorization number clearly on the outside of the package and include your original proof of purchase.

IN NO EVENT SHALL HAWKING TECHNOLOGY’S LIABILTY EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT FROM DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. Hawking Technology makes no warranty or representation, expressed, implied or statutory, with respect to its products or the contents or use of this documentation and all accompanying software, and specifically disclaims its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Hawking Technology reserves the right to revise or updates its products, software, or documentation without obligation to notify any individual or entity. Please direct all inquiries to:

techsupport@hawkingtech.com

Federal Communication Commission

Interference Statement

FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which

the receiver is connected.

4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help.

FCC Caution

This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions and a minimum 20 cm spacing must be provided between computer mounted antenna and person’s body (excluding extremities of hands, wrist and feet) during wireless modes of operation.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment.

Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.

The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

R&TTE Compliance Statement

This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE).

The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.

Safety

This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it. However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment.

EU Countries Intended for Use

The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.

EU Countries NOT intended for use

None.

Table of Contents

Chapter I: Product Information ........................................................................................... 8

1-1 Introduction and Safety Information ........................................................................ 8

1-2 Safety Information .................................................................................................. 10

1-3 System Requirements ............................................................................................. 11

1-4 Package Contents .................................................................................................... 12

1-5 Product Overview ................................................................................................... 13

Chapter II: System and Network Setup ............................................................................ 15

2-1 Build Network Connection ..................................................................................... 15

2-2 Connecting to the HAWNR3 via Web Browser ..................................................... 16

2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP Address setup: ............................................................ 18

2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP Address Setup: ................................................................... 20

2-2-3 Windows XP IP Address Setup: ...................................................................... 23

2-2-4 Windows Vista/7 IP Address Setup: ................................................................ 26

2-2-5 Mac OS X IP Address Setup ........................................................................... 28

2-2-6 T ablet/Sm artphone Setup ................................................................................ 29

2-2-7 Accessing the Web Based Setup Page ............................................................. 32

2-3 ‘Quick Setup’ .......................................................................................................... 34

2-3-1 Setup Procedure for ‘Cable Modem Setup (Dynamic IP)’: ............................ 38

2-3-2 Setup Procedure for ‘DSL and Cable Modem Setup (Static IP Address)’: ..... 39

2-3-3 Setup procedure for ‘DSL (PPPoE)’: .............................................................. 40

2-3-4 Setup procedure for ‘DSL (PPTP)’: ................................................................ 42

2-3-5 Setup Procedure for L2TP ............................................................................... 45

2-3-6 Wireless Setup ................................................................................................. 47

2-3-7 Finishing Up .................................................................................................... 48

Chapter III General Setup ................................................................................................. 49

3-1 Time zone and time auto-synchronization .............................................................. 50

3-2 Change management password .............................................................................. 52

3-3 Remote Management .............................................................................................. 54

3-4 Setup Internet Connection (Setup) ......................................................................... 56

3-4-1 Setup procedure for ‘Cable Modem Setup (Dynamic IP)’: ............................. 57

3-4-2 Setup procedure for ‘DSL Modem (Static IP)’: .............................................. 58

3-4-3 Setup procedure for ‘DSL (PPPoE)’: .............................................................. 60

3-4-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’: ........................................................................... 62

3-4-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’: ........................................................................... 65

3-4-6 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’: ............................................................................ 68

3-4-7 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’: ......................................................................... 70

3-5 Wired LAN Configuration ...................................................................................... 72

3-5-1 Local Network ................................................................................................. 73

3-5-2 DHCP Server: .................................................................................................. 74

3-5-3 Static DHCP Leases Table: .............................................................................. 76

3-6 Wireless Network ................................................................................................... 78 

3-6-1 Basic Wireless Settings ................................................................................... 79

3-6-2 Advanced Wireless Settings ............................................................................ 82

3-6-3 Security Settings .............................................................................................. 85

3-6-4 Wireless Access Control .................................................................................. 91

3-6-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) ......................................................................... 94

3-6-6 Security Tips for Wireless Network ................................................................ 97

Chapter IV Advanced Functions ....................................................................................... 98

4-1 Quality of Service (QoS) ........................................................................................ 98

4-1-1 Basic QoS Settings .......................................................................................... 99

4-1-2 Add a New QoS Rule .................................................................................... 102

4-2 Network Address Translation (NAT) .................................................................... 105

4-2-1 Basic NAT Settings (Enable or disable NAT function) ................................. 106

4-2-2 Port Forwarding............................................................................................. 107

4-2-3 V irtual Server ................................................................................................ 110

4-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications ......................................................... 113

4-2-5 UPnP Setting ................................................................................................. 116

4-2-6 ALG Settings ................................................................................................. 118

4-3 Firewall ................................................................................................................. 120

4-3-1 Access Control............................................................................................... 122

4-3-2 URL Blocking ............................................................................................... 127

4-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention .................................................................................. 130

4-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) ........................................................................... 134

4-4 System Status ........................................................................................................ 137

4-4-1 System information and firmware version .................................................... 137

4-4-2 Internet Connection Status ............................................................................ 138

4-4-3 Home Network .............................................................................................. 139

4-4-4 System Log .................................................................................................... 140

4-4-5 Security Log .................................................................................................. 141

4-4-6 Active DHCP client list ................................................................................. 142

4-4-7 Statistics ........................................................................................................ 143

4-5 T ools ..................................................................................................................... 144

4-6 Firmware Upgrade ................................................................................................ 146

4-7 System Reset......................................................................................................... 148

Chapter V: Appendix ....................................................................................................... 149

5-1 Hardware Specification ........................................................................................ 149

Output Power spec: ................................................................................................. 149

Receive Sensitivity spec: ........................................................................................ 149

5-2 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................... 150

5-3 Glossary ................................................................................................................ 153

Chapter I: Product Information

1-1 Introduction and Safety Information

Thank you for purchasing the HAWNR3 Hi-Gain™ Wireless 300N Router with Range Amplifier. This highly efficient router is the best choice for Small office / Home office users. It allows computers and network devices to share a single xDSL / cable modem internet connection at high speed. Easy install procedures allow any computer user to setup a network environment in a very short time. When the number of your computers and network-enabled devices grow, you can also expand the number of network slots by simply attaching a hub or switch, instantly extending the scope of your network

With built-in IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N wireless network capability, all computers and wireless-enabled network devices (including PDAs, cellular phones, game consoles, etc.) can connect to this wireless router without additional cabling. With a compatible wir eless card installed in your PC,

you can transfer files at up to 300Mbps (transfer data rate)!

Other features of this router include:

 High-Speed Internet Access throughput  Allows multiple users to share a single Internet line  Supports up to 253 users  Share a single Cable or xDSL internet connection  Access private LAN servers from the internet  Four wired LAN ports (10/100M) and one WAN port (10/100M)  Provides IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N wireless LAN capability  Support DHCP (Server/Client) for easy IP-address setup  Advanced network and security features like: Special Applications, QoS, DMZ,

Virtual Servers, Access Control, Firewall.

 Allows you to monitor the router’s status: DHCP Client Log, System Log,

Security Log and Device/Connection Status

 Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management

purposes

 Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote

computer (over the Internet)

 Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.

1-2 Safety Information

In order to keep the safety of users and property, please follow these safety instructions:

1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router outdoors.

2. DO NOT put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchens or bathrooms. Also, do not leave this router in the car in summer.

3. DO NOT pull any connected cable with force; disconnect them from the router first.

4. If you want to place this router in a high place or hang on the wall, please make sure the router is firmly secured. Falling can damage the router and its accessories and the warranty will be void.

5. Accessories of this router, like antennas and power supply, are a danger to small children under 3 years old. KEEP THIS ROUTER OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN!

6. The router will become warm when used for a long period of time (This is normal and is not a malfunction). DO NOT put this router on paper, cloth, or other flammable materials.

7. There are no user-serviceable parts inside the router. If you have found that the router is not working properly, please contact technical support or your place of purchase and ask for help. DO NOT disassemble the router, or warranty will be void.

8. If the router falls into water when it’s powered on, DO NOT use your hands to pick it up. Switch the electrical power off before you do anything, or contact an experienced technician for help.

9. If you smell something strange, or see smoke coming out from the router or power supply, remove the power supply or switch the electrical power off immediately, and call techsupport or your place of purchase for help.

1-3 System Requirements

 One computer (Mac or PC).  Internet Web Browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.)  A Wired or Wireless network adapter (e.g. Airport card, built-in Ethernet adapter,

etc.)

 Broadband Modem (e.g. Cable or DSL)

1-4 Package Contents

Before you start to use this router, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your place of purchase or contact Hawking Technologies.

 Broadband Router (main body, 1 pcs)  Quick Installation Guide (1 pcs)  Setup CD-ROM (1pcs)  A/C power adapter 12V/1A (1 pcs)  3dBi Dipole Antennas (2 pcs)

1-5 Product Overview

Front Panel

LED Name Light Status Description

Power ON Router is switched on and correctly powered

On Wireless network is switched on or WPS mode is on.

Wireless

Internet

LAN 1-4

Off Wireless network is switched off Flashing Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving data). On WAN port (Internet) is connected Off WAN port is not connected Flashing WAN activity (transferring or receiving data) On LAN port is connected Off LAN port is not connected Flashing LAN activity (transferring or receiving data)

Back Panel

Item Name Description

Antenna 3dBi dipole antennas. Power Power connector, connects to A/C power adapter 12V/1A. Reset/W{S Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings).

Press this button and hold for 30 seconds to restore all settings

to factory defaults. LAN (1 – 4) Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4. WAN/MODEM Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port. Wireless On/Off Switch the wireless radio on or off

Chapter II: System and Network Setup

2-1 Build Network Connection

Please follow the following instructions to build the network connection between your new HAWNR3 router and your computers and other network devices:

1. Connect your xDSL /cable modem to the WAN port of this router by

Ethernet cable.

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

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

3. Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to

the ‘Power’ socket of the router.

4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily

on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected. If PWR LED is not on, or any LED you expected is not on, please recheck the cabling, or jump to ‘5-2 Tr oubleshooting’ for possible reasons and solutions.

2-2 Connecting to the HAWNR3 via Web Browser

After the network connection is built, the next step you should do is setup the router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment.

Before you can connect to the router and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address). If it’s set to use static IP address, or you’re unsure, please follow the following instructions to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address:

If the operating system of your computer is….

Windows 95/98/Me - please go to section 2-2-1

Windows 2000 - please go to section 2-2-2 Windows XP - please go to section 2-2-3 Windows Vista/7 - please go to section 2-2-4

Mac OS X - please go to section 2-2-5

Tablet/Smartphone - please go to section 2-2-6

2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP Address setup:

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

computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network icon, and Network window will appear. Select ‘TCP/IP’, then click ‘Properties’.

2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server’ and then click ‘OK’.

2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP Address Setup:

1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up

Connections icon; click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select ‘Internet Protocol

(TCP/IP)’ and then click ‘Properties’

2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.

2-2-3 Window s XP IP Address Setup:

1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Internet

Connections icon, click Network Connections, and then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection Status window will appear, and

then click ‘Properties’

2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.

2-2-4 Windows V ista/7 IP Addr ess Setup:

1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, and then click Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’. Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click ‘Properties’

2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.

2-2-5 Mac OS X IP Address Setup

Go to your system preferences, go to network. Select your network connection. Make sure ‘Configure’ is set to ‘Using DHCP’.

2-2-6 Tablet/Smartphone Setup

iOS (iPhone or iPad)

Go to your settings on your tablet or smart phone

First, make sure JavaScript is On: Go to Settings icon Select (a) Safari > make sure (b) JavaScript is ON.

back to Home Screen > Select Settings > In Wi-Fi Networks, select (c) “Hawking_300N” > (d) Make sure your Wi-Fi is connected to Hawking_300N

Android (Android 2.1 +)

Go to Settings

Go to Wireless & Networks

Check “Turn on Wi-Fi” and then click on Wi-Fi settings

Look for Hawking_300N, then select to connect

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2-2-7 Accessing the Web Based Setup Page

Open your web browser,

In the address field, please type: 192.168.1.254

Press enter. The following message should be shown:

Please input user name and password in the field respectively, Default Username: admin Default Password: 1234

Press ‘OK’ button, and you will then see the management interface of this router:

NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you are being prompted to input user name and password again, it means you didn’t input username and password correctly. Please retype user name and password again. If you are certain that user name and password you typed are correct, please go to ‘5-2 Troubleshooting’ to perform a factory reset, to set the password back to default value.

2-3 ‘Quick Setup’

This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short time. Please follow the following instructions to complete the ‘Quick Setup’:

Please go to Quick Setup Wizard menu by clicking ‘Quick Setup’ button.

1. Set Time Zone

Set Time Please press button, a drop-down list Zone (1): will be shown, and you can choose a time zone of the location

you live.

Time Server Input the IP address / host name of time server Address (2): here.

Daylight If the country you live uses daylight saving, Savings(3): please check ‘Enable Function’ box, and choose the duration of

daylight saving.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Next’ (4) button.

NOTE: There are several time servers available on internet:

If you found that the time of router is incorrect, try another time server.

129.6.15.28 (time-a.nist.gov)

132.163.4.101 (time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov)

131.107.1.10 (time-nw.nist.gov)

2. Broadband Type

Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using and then click ‘Next’. There are six types of Internet connection, they are:

Cable Modem Setup (Dynamic IP) - Please go to section 2-3-1 DSL and Cable Modem Setup (Static IP) - Please go to section 2-3-2 DSL (PPPoE) - Please go to section 2-3-3 DSL (PPTP) - Please go to section 2-3-4 DSL (L2TP) - Please go to section 2-3-5

If you’re not sure, please contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP). A wrong Internet connection type will cause connection problems, and you will not be able to connect to internet.

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

NOTE: Some service providers use ‘DHCP’ (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to assign IP address to you. In this case, you can choose ‘Cable Modem’ as Internet connection type, even if you’re using another connection type, like xDSL. Also, some cable modem uses PPPoE, so you can choose ‘PPPoE xDSL’ for such cable

2-3 Setup procedure for ‘Cable Modem’:

modem connections, even if you’re using a cable modem.

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

1 2

Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer, this is

optional, and only required if your service provider

asks you to do so.

MAC address (2): Please input MAC address of your computer here, if your

service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet.

Clone Mac Address (3): If you’re using the computer which used to connect to Internet

via cable modem, you can simply press ‘Clone Mac address’ button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Continue’ (4) button; if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

2-3-2 Setup Procedure for ‘DSL and Cable Modem Setup (Static IP Address)’:

1 2 3 4

IP address assigned Please input IP address assigned by your service provider. Provider (1):

Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider

DNS address (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your

service provider.

Default Gateway Please input the IP address of DNS server Address (4): provided by your service provider.

You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service provider, wrong value settings will cause connection problems.

When you finish with all settings, press ‘Continue’ (5); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

NOTE: You can choose this Internet connection method if your service provider assigns a fixed IP address (also known as a static address) to you, and not using DHCP or PPPoE protocol. Please contact your service provider for further information.

2-3-3 Setup procedur e for ‘DSL (PPPoE)’:

1 2

User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service

provider here.

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

provider here.

Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is optional

MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If

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

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type (5): connection you wish to use (detailed explanation listed below).

Idle Time Out (6): Please input idle time out, (detailed explanation listed below).

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Continue’ (7); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

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

Connection Type - There are 3 options: ‘Continuous’ - keep internet connection alive, do not disconnect, connect on Demand - only connects to Internet when there’s a connect attempt, and ‘Manual’ only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is pressed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pressed.

Idle Time Out: Specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected by minute. This option is only available when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’.

2-3-4 Setup procedur e for ‘DSL (PPTP)’:

DSL (PPTP) requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from WAN interface setting:

Select how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP Address Automatically’ (equal to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’ 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 if those settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please contact your Internet Service Provider if you don’t know what you should fill in these fields.

Now please go to PPTP settings section:

User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

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

provider here.

PPTP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your

Internet service provider here.

Connection Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and you ID (4): can leave it blank.

MTU (5): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If

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

BEZEQ-ISRAEL (6): Enable this setting if you live in Israel. *

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type (7): connection you wish to use, please refer to last section for detailed

descriptions.

Idle Time Out (8): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to

use, and refer to last section for detailed descriptions.

* Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to check if you’re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel.

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Continue’ (9); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

2-3-5 Setup Procedure for L2TP

L2TP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and L2TP setting (L2TP user name and password). Here we start from WAN interface setting:

Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP Address autom atically’ (equal t o DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the following IP Address’ (i.e. static IP address)

WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet connection will fail even if settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please contact your Internet service provider if you don’t know what you should fill in these fields.

User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

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

provider here.

L2TP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your

Internet service provider here.

MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If

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

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type (5): connection you wish to use

Idle Time Out (6): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to

use.

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Continue’ (7); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

2-3-6 Wireless Setup

Please enter your SSID you wish for your wireless network Default: Hawking_300N

Enter a wireless security key. By default, this device uses WPA TKIP security. Please enter a key 8 characters or more or leave it blank if you do not wish to use any security. If you wish to use another type of security, skip this section and refer to Section 3-6-3.

Click ‘Continue’ to go on to the next step; if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

2-3-7 Finishing Up

Click ‘Finish’ to reset the router and have it reboot; if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

Congratulations! You have setup your HAWNR3.

Chapter III General Setup

In this chapter, you’ll know how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Please start your web browser and log onto router web management interface, then click ‘General Setup’ tab.

3-1 Time zone and time auto-synchronization

Please follow the following instructions to set time zone and time auto-synchronization parameters:

Please click ‘General Setup’ at the top of web management interface, select ‘System’ on the left hand column, and select ‘Time Zone’.

The time zone settings will be displayed in your web browser: Please select the correct time zone from the drop-down list, and input the IP address or host name of the time server. If you want to enable daylight savings setting, please check ‘Enable Function’ box, and set the duration of daylight setting.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

NOTE: You can refer to the instructions given in the last chapter ‘2-3-1’, for detailed descriptions on time zone settings.

3-2 Change management password

Default password of this router is ‘1234’, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from the web browser. There’s a security risk if you don’t change the default password, since everyone can see it. This is very important when you have wireless function enabled.

To change password, please follow the instructions:

Please click ‘General Setup’ at top of web management interface, select ‘System’ tab on the left hand column, and then click ‘Password Settings’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

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Current Please input current password here. Password (1):

New Password (2): Please input new password here.

Confirm Please input new password here again. Password (3):

If the password you typed in ‘New Password’ (2) and ‘Confirm Password’ (3) field are not the same, you’ll see the following message:

Please retype the new password again when you see above message.

If you see the following message:

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

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

Please use new password to enter web management interface again, and you should be able to login with new password.

3-3 Remote Management

This router does not allow management access from Internet, to prevent possible security risks (especially when you defined a weak password, or didn’t change default password). However, you can still manage this router from a specific IP address by enabling the ‘Remote Management’ Function.

Please click ‘General Setup’ tab at top of web management interface, then click ‘Remote Management’ on the left hand column, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

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

management access.

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

incoming request. If you’re providing a web service (default port number is 80), you should try to use other port number. You can use the default port setting ‘8080’, or something like ‘32245’ or ‘1429’. (Any integer between 1 and 65534)

Enabled (3): Select the field to start the configuration.

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

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

NOTE: When you want to manage this router from another computer over the internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this router. If your Internet service provider assigns you with a static IP address, it will not be a problem; but if the IP address your service provider assigns to you will vary every time you establish an internet connection, this will be a problem.

Please either ask your service provider to give you a static IP address, or use dynamic IP to host name mapping services like DDNS. Please refer to chapter 2-5-8 ‘DDNS client’ for details.

NOTE: Default port number the web browser will use is ‘80’. If the ‘Port’ setting in this page is not ‘80’, you have to assign the port number in the address bar of web browser manually. For example, if the IP address of this router is 1.2.3.4, and the port number you set is 8888, you have to input following address in the address bar of web browser:

http://1.2.3.4:8888

3-4 Setup Internet Connection (Setup)

Internet connection setup can also be done by using ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in Chapter 2-3.

To start configuration, please follow the instructions:

Please click ‘General Setup’ tab at the top of the web management interface, and on the left hand column, click ‘Internet Connection’.

Automatic Configuration (DHCP) - Please go to section 3-4-1 Static IP - Please go to section 3-4-2 PPPoE - Please go to section 3-4-3 PPTP - Please go to section 3-4-4 L2TP - Please go to section 3-4-5

3-4-1 Setup procedure for ‘Cable Modem Setup (Dynamic IP)’:

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Host Name (1): Please input host name of your computer, this is optional, and

only required if your service provider asks you to do so.

MAC Address (2): Please input MAC address of your computer, if your service

provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet.

Clone If you’re using the computer which used to connect to MAC Address (3): Internet via cable modem, you can simply press ‘Clone MAC

Address’ button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer

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

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

3-4-2 Setup procedure for ‘DSL Modem (Static IP)’:

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IP address (1): Please input IP address assigned by your service provider.

Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider

Default Gateway (3): Please input the Default Gateway provided by your service

provider

DNS Address (4): Please input the DNS server provided by your service

provider.

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

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

3-4-3 Setup procedur e for ‘DSL (PPPoE)’:

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User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service

provider here.

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

provider here.

Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is optional

MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If

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

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type (5): connection you wish to use.

Continuous – The connection will be kept always 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 “’Connect” and the router will connect to the ISP. If you want to stop the connection, please click “Disconnect” button.

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

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

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (7) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

3-4-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’:

PPTP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from WAN interface setting:

Now please go to PPTP settings section:

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User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

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

provider here.

PPTP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your

Internet service provider here.

Connection ID (4): Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and you can

leave it blank.

MTU (5): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If

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

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

enable this function.

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type (7): connection you wish to use, please refer to section 3-4-3 for

detailed descriptions.

Idle Time Out (8): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to

use, and refer to section 3-4-3 for detailed descriptions.

Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to check if you’re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel.

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (9); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Cancel’.

The following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

3-4-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’:

L2TP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and L2TP setting (L2TP user name and password). Here we start from WAN interface setting:

Now please go to L2TP settings section:

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User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

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

provider here.

L2TP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your

Internet service provider here.

MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If

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

Connection Please select the connection type of Internet Type (5): connection you wish to use, please refer to section 2-5-3 for

detailed descriptions.

Idle Time Out (6): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to

use, and refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions.

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (7); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Cancel’. The following message will be displayed on your web browser:

3-4-6 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’:

If you select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘PPPoE’ as Internet connection method, at least one DNS server’s IP address should be assigned automatically. However, if you have preferred DNS server, or your service provider didn’t assign the IP address of DNS server, you can input the IP address of DNS server here.

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Primary DNS (1): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your

service provider.

Secondary DNS (2): Please input the secondary IP address of DNS server provided

by your service provider.

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

10.20.30.40……………………………………………………………… Correct dns.serviceprovider.com…………………………………………... Incorrect

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (3) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot

3-4-7 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’:

DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP-to-Host name mapping service for those Internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. It will be a problem when such users want to provide services to other users on the Internet, because their IP address will vary every time when connected to the Internet, and other user will not be able to know the IP address they’re using at a certain time. This router supports DDNS service of several service providers, for example:

DynDNS (http://www.dyndns.org) TZO (http://www.tzo.com)

Please go to one of the DDNS service provider’s web pages listed above, and get a free DDNS account by the instructions given on their webpage.

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Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable DDNS function, please select ‘Enabled’;

otherwise please select ‘Disabled’.

Provider (2): Select your DDNS service provider here.

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

provider.

Account / Input account or email of DDNS registration. E-Mail (4):

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

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot

3-5 Wir ed LAN Configuration

Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. those computers connected to this router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access Internet, they must have a valid IP address.

There are two ways to assign IP addresses to computers: static IP address (set the IP address for every computer manually), and dynamic IP address (IP address of computers will be assigned by router automatically. It’s recommended for most computers to use dynamic IP address, it will save a lot of time on setting IP addresses for every computer, especially when there are a lot of computers in your network; for servers and network devices which will provide services to other computers and users that come from the Internet, a static IP address should be used.

Suggestions on IP Address numbering plan:

If you have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your

network, here are some suggestions.

1. A valid IP address has 4 fields: a.b.c.d, for most of home and company users, it’s suggested to use 192.168.c.d, where c is an integer between 0 and 254, and d is an integer between 1 and 254. This router is capable to work with up to 253 clients, so you can set ‘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 subnet mask, which allows up to 253 clients (this also meets router’s capability of working with up to 253 clients).

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

4. For computers which are not dedicated to provide specific service to others, they should use dynamic IP address.

Please click ‘General Setup’ at the top of web management interface and click ‘Local Network’ on the left hand column. There are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’.

3-5-1 Local Network

IP address (1): Please input the IP address of this router.

Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask for this network.

802.1d If you wish to activate 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 DHCP server function of this router,

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

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

IP Address: 192.168.1.254 802.1d Spanning Tree: Disabled Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 DHCP Server: Enabled

3-5-2 DHCP Server:

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These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is ‘Enabled’.

Lease Time (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer

can keep a specific IP address) of every IP address assigned by this router from dropdown menu.

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

End IP (3): Please input the end IP address of the IP range.

Domain Name (4): If you wish, you can also optionally input the domain name for

your network. This is optional.

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

Lease Time: Two Weeks (or ‘Forever’, if you have less than 20 computers) Start IP: 192.168.1.100 End IP: 192.168.1.200 Domain Name: (leave it blank)

NOTE:

1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be greater than ‘Start IP’, and can not be the same as router’s IP address.

2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘Start IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP Address of ‘LAN IP’ section (mentioned ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ field) should be the same.

3. These settings will affect wireless clients too.

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3-5-3 Static DHCP Leases Table:

This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific computer forever, so you don’t have to set the IP address for a computer, and still enjoy the benefit of using DHCP server. A maximum of 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here.

(If you set ‘Lease Time’ to ‘forever’ in ‘DHCP Server’ section, you can also assign an IP address to a specific 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).

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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

‘Apply’ (4): After you inputted MAC address and IP address pair, click

this button to add the pair to static DHCP leases table.

If you want to remove all characters you just entered, click ‘Clear’.

After you clicked ‘Add’, the MAC address and IP address mapping will be added to ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’ section.

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If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click ‘Delete Selected’ button (2); if you want to delete all mappings, click ‘Delete All’ (3). If you want to deselect all mappings, click ‘Reset (4).

After you finish all LAN settings, please click ‘Apply’ button on the bottom of this page. After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot

3-6 Wir eless Network

If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices is equipped with a wireless network adapter, you can use the wireless function of this router to let them connect to the Internet and share resources with other computers.

Please click ‘General Setup’ tab at the top of web management interface, and then click ‘Wireless Network’ tab on the left hand column. The following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Click Enable/Disable to turn on/off the wireless feature. The default is ‘Enable’.

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot

3-6-1 Basic Wireless Settings

Please click ‘General Setup’ menu at the top of web management interface, then click ‘Wireless Configuration’ on the left hand column. Choose ‘Basic Settings’.

Band (1): Please select the radio band from one of following options:

2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network clients to

2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network client s to

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

2.4 GHz (G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network clients to

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

connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps).

connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 300Mbps).

network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, and maximum 54Mbps for

802.11g clients).

connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 54Mbps).

network clients to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 1 1Mbp s for 802.11b clients, maximum 54Mbp s for 802.11g

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

For 802.11n mode: The router is operating in a 2T2R Spatial Multiplexing MIMO configuration. Two (2) antennas are for signal transmitting and two (2) antennas are for signal receiving.

ESSID (2): This is the name of wireless router. You can type any

alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to identify your own wireless router from others when there are other wireless routers in the same area. Default SSID is ‘Hawking_300N’, it’s recommended to change default ESSID value to the one which is meaningful to you, such as, ‘myhome’, ‘office_room1’, etc.

Channel Number (3): Please select a channel from the dropdown 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, as some wireless clients support manual channel number selecting, and this would help in certain scenarios when there are radio communication conflicts.

Associated Clients (4): Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then an “Active Wireless

Client Table” will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point.

After you finish these wireless settings, please click ‘Apply’ button, button, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

NOTE: If you don’t have special reason to limit the type of allowed wireless clients, it’s recommended to choose ‘2.4 GHz (B+G+N) to maximize wireless client compatibility.

TIP: Y ou can try to change channel number 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 communication between wireless client and the wireless router.

3‐6‐2AdvancedWirelessSettings

This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if you want to configure these settings, please click ‘General Setup’ at the top of web management interface and click ‘Wireless Configuration’ on the left hand column. Choose “Advanced Settings’.

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Fragment Threshold(1): Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify the default value if you do not understand the

function, default value is ‘2346’.

RTS Threshold(2): Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify the

default value if you do not understand the function, default value is ‘2347’.

Beacon Interval(3): Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not modify the

default value if you do not understand the function, default

value is ‘100’.

DTIM Period(4): Set the DTIM period of wireless radio. Do not modify the

default value if you do value is ‘3’.

not understand the function

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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 is 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 do not understand the function, default setting is ‘Auto 20/40 MHz’.

Preamble Type(8): Set the type of preamble, do not modify the defa ult value if you

do not 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 those people who know the ESSID of your wireless router can connect to the unit.

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 is recommended to set this option to ‘Auto’ or ‘Always’. However, if you set to ‘None’, your wireless router should be able to function properly.

T ransmit Power(11): You can set the output power of wireless radio. Unless you are

using this wireless router in a large open space, you may not have to set output power to 100%. This will enhance security

(malicious / unauthorized users in distance will not be able to

reach your wireless router).

WMM(12): Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM) will enhance the data transfer

performance of multimedia contents when they ar e being transferred over a wireless network. If you do not understand

the function, then it is safe to set this option to ‘Enable’, however, default value is ‘Disable’.

After you finish these wireless settings, please click ‘Apply’ button, button, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

3-6-3 Security Settings

It is important to set your wireless security settings properly! If you do not configure a wireless security setting, unauthorized users can use your network and/or obtain valuable data without your consent.

To set wireless security settings, please click ‘General Setup’ tab at the top of web management interface, then click ‘Wireless Configuration’ on the left hand column. Choose ‘Security Settings’.

Please select an encryption method from the ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, there are four options:

Disable -Please go to section 3-6-3-1 WEP -Please go to section 3-6-3-2 WPA -Please go to section 3-6-3-3 WPA Radius -Please go to section 3-6-3-4

3-6-3-1 Disable wireless security

When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless router if no other security measure is enabled (like MAC address access control - see section 3-6-4, or disable SSID broadcast).

Use this option only when you want to allow any user to use your wireless router, and you are not concerned about unauthorized access to your files and/or transfers over your network.

3-6-3-2 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:

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Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit.

Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will reduce some data transfer performance.

Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you

select a key format, the number of characters of key will be displayed. For example, if you select ’64-bit’ as key length, and ‘Hex’ as key format, you’l l s e e t h e m e s s a g e at t h e rig h t o f ‘ K e y Format’ is ‘Hex (10 characters), which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters.

Default Tx Key (4): You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can decide

which key is being used by default here. If you don’t know

which one you should use, select ‘Key 1’.

Encryption Key Input WEP key characters here, the number of 1 to 4 (5-8): characters must be the same as the number displayed at ‘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 enter at least one encryption key here, and if you entered multiple WEP keys, they should not be same with each other.

Enable 802.1x IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every Authentication (9): user must use a valid account to login to this wireless router

before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, but it does not encryption the data during communication. If there is a RADIUS server in you environment, please enable this function. Check this box and another sub-menu will appear:

RADIUS Server Please input the IP address of RADIUS server here. IP address (10):

RADIUS Server Please input the port number of RADIUS server here. Port (11):

RADIUS Server Please input the password here. Password (12):

TIPS: Examples of WEP key

ASCII (5 characters): pilot phone 23561 2Hyux #@xmL ASCII (13 characters): digitalFAMILY 82Jh26xHy3m&n Hex (10 characters): 287d2aa732 1152dabc85 Hex (26 characters): 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84

T o imp rove sec urity level, do no t use words tha t can be found in a dictiona ry or are easy to remember! Wirel ess clien t s will automati cally remember the WEP key, so you only have to input the WEP key on wireless client once, and it is suggested that to use a complex WEP key to improv e securi ty lev el. Onc e you hav e chos en a password, write it down and keep it in a secure place.

After you finish WEP setting, please click ‘Apply’ (13) button and the

following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

3-6-3-3 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA):

When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WPA encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:

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

Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected.

Pre-shared Select the type of pre-shared key, you 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 Please input the WPA passphrase here. Key (4): It’s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a

dictionary due to security reason.

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

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

NOTE: Some wireless clients (especially those manufactured before year 2003) only support WEP or WPA (TKIP) cipher. A driver upgrade would be needed for those clients to use WPA and WPA2 encryption.

3-6-3-4 WPA RADIUS:

If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication.

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WPA Unicast Please select a type of WPA cipher suite.

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

Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected.

RADIUS Server Please input the IP address of your IP address (3): Radius authentication server here.

RADIUS Server Please input the port number of your Port (4): Radius authentication server here.

Default setting is 1812.

RADIUS Server Please input the password of your Radius Password (5): authentication server here.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

3-6-4 Wireless Access Control

This function will help you prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have a MAC address you assigned can gain access to your wireless router. Use this function with other security measures described in previous section, to create a safer wireless environment.

You can add up to 20 MAC addresses by using this function. Please click ‘General Setup’ at the top of web management interface and click ‘Wireless Configuration’ on the left hand column. Select ‘Access Control’.

All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in ‘MAC Address Filtering Table.

Enable Wi r e less To enforce MAC address filtering, you have to check

Access Control (1): ‘Enable Wireless Access Control’. When this item is unchecked,

wireless router will not enforce MAC address filtering of wireless clients.

MAC Address (2): 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 (3): 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 (4): Click ‘Apply’ button to add the MAC address and associated

comment to the MAC address filtering table.

Clear (5): Click ‘Clear’ to r emove the value you inputted in MAC address

and comment field.

Delete Selected (6): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the

‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (You can select more than one MAC addresses).

Delete All (7): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, please click

‘Delete All’ button.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (8) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Go Back’ to go back to previous setup menu, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect. Please wait 30-60 seconds for the router to reboot.

3-6-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and this wireless router. You don’t have to select an encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to set up a wireless client, you only have to press a button on the wireless client and this wireless router, and the WPS will automatically configure for you.

This wireless router supports two types of WPS: Push-Button Configuration (PBC), and PIN code. If you want to use PBC, you have to push a specific button on the wireless client to start WPS mode, and switch this wireless router to WPS mode too. You can push Reset/WPS button of this wireless router, or click ‘Start PBC’ button in the web configuration interface to do this; if you want to use PIN code, you have to know the PIN code of wireless client and switch it to WPS mode, then provide the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect to this wireless router. The detailed instructions are listed follow: Please click ‘General Setup’ at the top of web management interface and click ‘Wireless Configuration’ on the left hand column. Select ‘WPS’

Enable WPS (1) Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable

WPS.

WPS Information (2) WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption) function of this

wireless router is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘Not configured’.

Self PIN code: This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless router. This code is useful when you need to build wireless connection by WPS with other WPS-enabled wireless devices.

SSID: The SSID of this wireless router will be displayed here.

Authentication Mode: The wireless security authentication mode

of this wireless router will be displayed here. If you do not

enable security function of the wireless router before WPS is

activated, the router will auto set the security to WPA (AES) and

generate a set passphrase key for WPS connection.

Passphrase Key: The wireless security key of the router will be

displayed here.

Config Mode (3) There are ‘Registrar’ and ‘Enrollee’ modes for the WPS

connection. When ‘Registrar’ is enabled, the wir eless clients will

follow the router’s wireless settings for WPS connection. When

‘Enrolle’ mode is enabled, the router will follow the wireless

settings of wireless client for WPS connection.

Configure Click ‘Start PBC’ to start Push-Button style WPS by Push Button (4) setup procedure. This wireless router will wait for WPS requests

from wireless clients for 2 minutes. The ‘WLAN’ LED light on

the wireless router will be steady for 2 minutes when this

wireless router is waiting for incoming WPS request.

Configure Please input the PIN code of the wireless client you by client wish to connect, and click ‘Start PIN’ button. PinCode (5) The ‘WLAN’ LED light on the wireless router will be steady

when this wireless router is waiting for incoming WPS request.

3-6-6 Security Tips for W ir eless Network

Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your wireless network:

1. Never use simple words for your password, such as “password” or

“1234567890”.

2. A complicated (combination of numbers, alphabets, and even symbols)

WEP key and WPA passphrase is more secure than simple and short words. Remember that the wireless client is capable of keeping the key or passphrase for you, so you only have to input the complicated key or passphrase once. Once you have chosen a password, write it down and keep it in a secure place.

3. You can hide the ESSID of this router by setting the ‘Broadcast ESSID’

option to ‘Disable’. Your wireless router will not be found by other people in proximity if they are using the Access Point scanning function of their wireless client, and this can reduce unauthorized access.

4. Use ‘Access Control’ function, described in section 3-6-4, to allow

authorized users access to the wireless router using their specific MAC address.

Chapter IV Advanced Functions

4-1 Quality of Service (QoS)

Quality of Service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share Internet bandwidth with a promised quality of Internet service. Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to receive Internet bandwidth, and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth (ie. video streaming and network telephone) will be affected, therefore an unpleasing result will occur, such as, the interruption of video / audio transfer.

With this function, you can limit the maximum bandwidth or give a guaranteed bandwidth for a specific computer, to avoid unstable bandwidth results.

4-1-1 Basic QoS Settings

Please follow the following instructions to set QoS parameters:

Please click ‘General Setup’ at the top of web management interface and click ‘QoS’ on the left hand column.

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Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable QoS function, unselect this box if you

do not want to enforce QoS bandwidth limitations.

Total Download You can set the limit of total download Bandwidth (2): bandwidth in kbits. To disable download bandwidth limitation,

input ‘0’ here.

Total Upload You can set the limit of total upload bandwidth in kbits

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