Loopcomm LP-8696C User Manual

User's Manual of WLAN Broadband router

(2T2R)

USER MANUAL 1.0.0

Table of Contents

Chapter I Terminology

Chapter II Introduction

................................................................................................................................... 61. Pa ckage contents

................................................................................................................................... 62. Product Specifications

................................................................................................................................... 73. Product Features

................................................................................................................................... 84. Front Pane l Description

................................................................................................................................... 95. Rear Panel Description

Chapter III Installation

................................................................................................................................... 91. Hardwa re Installation

................................................................................................................................... 102. Software Installation

Chapter IV Software configuration

................................................................................................................................... 101. Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadba nd Router

................................................................................................................................... 112. Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router

................................................................................................................................... 123. Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router

......................................................................................................................................................... 123.1 Status

......................................................................................................................................................... 143.2 Setup Wizard

......................................................................................................................................................... 183.3 Ope r ation Mode

......................................................................................................................................................... 183.4 Wirele s s - Basic Settings

......................................................................................................................................................... 203.5 Wirele s s - Advanced Settings

......................................................................................................................................................... 213.6 Wirele s s - Security Setup

......................................................................................................................................................... 233.7 Wirele s s - Acce ss Control

......................................................................................................................................................... 243.8 WDS Se ttings

.................................................................................................................................................. 253.8. WDS Security Setup

.................................................................................................................................................. 263.8. WDS AP Table

......................................................................................................................................................... 273.9 Site Survey

......................................................................................................................................................... 273.10 WPS

......................................................................................................................................................... 293.11 LAN Inte r face Setup

.................................................................................................................................................. 303.11. Static DHCP Setup

......................................................................................................................................................... 313.12 WAN Interface Setup

.................................................................................................................................................. 323.12. Static IP

.................................................................................................................................................. 343.12. DHCP Client

.................................................................................................................................................. 363.12. PPPoE

.................................................................................................................................................. 393.12. PPTP

......................................................................................................................................................... 413.13 Firew all - Port Filtering

......................................................................................................................................................... 423.14 Firew all - IP Filtering

......................................................................................................................................................... 433.15 Firew all - M AC Filter ing

......................................................................................................................................................... 443.16 Firew all - Port Forw arding

......................................................................................................................................................... 463.17 Firew all - URL Filter ing

......................................................................................................................................................... 463.18 Firew all - DMZ

......................................................................................................................................................... 473.19 Manage m e nt - Statis tics

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......................................................................................................................................................... 483.20 Manage m e nt - DDNS

......................................................................................................................................................... 493.21 Manage m e nt - Tim e Zone Setting

......................................................................................................................................................... 503.22 Manage m e nt - Denial-of-Se rvice

......................................................................................................................................................... 513.23 Manage m e nt - Log

......................................................................................................................................................... 523.24 Manage m e nt - Upgrade Firm w are

......................................................................................................................................................... 533.25 Manage m e nt - Save/ Reload Settings

......................................................................................................................................................... 533.26 Manage m e nt - Passw ord Setup

Chapter V FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

................................................................................................................................... 541. What and how to find my PC’s IP a nd MAC address?

................................................................................................................................... 542. What is Wireless LAN?

................................................................................................................................... 543. What are ISM bands?

................................................................................................................................... 544. How does w ireless networking work?

................................................................................................................................... 555. What is BSSID?

................................................................................................................................... 556. What is ESSID?

................................................................................................................................... 557. What are potential factors that may causes interfere nce?

................................................................................................................................... 568. What are the Open System and Share d Key authentications?

................................................................................................................................... 569. What is WEP?

................................................................................................................................... 5610. Wha t is Fragment Threshold?

................................................................................................................................... 5611. Wha t is RTS (Request To Send) Threshold?

................................................................................................................................... 5712. Wha t is Beacon Interval?

................................................................................................................................... 5713. Wha t is Preamble Type?

................................................................................................................................... 5714. Wha t is SSID Broadcast?

................................................................................................................................... 5715. Wha t is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?

................................................................................................................................... 5716. Wha t is WPA2?

................................................................................................................................... 5817. Wha t is 802.1x Authentication?

................................................................................................................................... 5818. Wha t is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?

................................................................................................................................... 5819. Wha t is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?

................................................................................................................................... 5820. Wha t is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?

................................................................................................................................... 5821. Wha t is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?

................................................................................................................................... 5822. Wha t is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?

................................................................................................................................... 5823. Wha t is Ma ximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?

................................................................................................................................... 5924. Wha t is Clone MAC Address?

................................................................................................................................... 5925. Wha t is DDNS?

................................................................................................................................... 5926. Wha t is NTP Client?

................................................................................................................................... 5927. Wha t is VPN?

................................................................................................................................... 5928. Wha t is IPSEC?

................................................................................................................................... 5929. Wha t is WLAN Block Rela y Between Clients?

................................................................................................................................... 5930. Wha t is WMM?

................................................................................................................................... 5931. Wha t is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT?

................................................................................................................................... 5932. Wha t is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?

................................................................................................................................... 6033. Wha t is Frame Aggregation?

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................................................................................................................................... 6034. Wha t is Guard Intervals (GI)?

Chapter VI Configuration examples

................................................................................................................................... 611. Example one - PPPoE on the WAN

................................................................................................................................... 642. Example two - fixed IP on the W AN

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1 Terminology

3DES

Triple Data Encryption Standard

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

Access Point

CCK

Complementary Code Keying

CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

DDNS

Dynamic Domain Name Server

Diffie-Hellman Algorithm

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DSSS

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol

ESP

Encapsulating Security Payload

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IKE

Internet Key Exchange

Internet Protocol

ISM

Industrial, Scientific and Medical

LAN

Local Area Network

MAC

Media Access Control

MD5

Message Digest 5

NAT

Network Address Translation

Network Termination

NTP

Network Time Protocol

PPTP

Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

PSD

Power Spectral Density

Radio Frequency

SHA1

Secure Hash Algorithm

SNR

Signal to Noise Ratio

SSID

Service Set Identification

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

JTFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TKIP

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

UPNP

Universal Plug and Play

VPN

Virtual Private Network

WDS

Wireless Distribution System

Terminology

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WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access

2 Introduction

Product Name

WLAN 11n Router, 2.4G

Standard

802.11b/g/n(Wireless), 802.3(10BaseT), 802.3u(100BaseT)

Data Transfer Rate

1,2,5.5,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,54, and maximum of 300Mbps

Modulation Method

BPSK/QPSK/16-QAM/64-QAM

Frequency Band

2.4GHz - 2.483GJz ISM Band, DSSS

RF Output Power

< 14dBm(802.11n),< 17dBm(802.11b),< 15dBm(802.11g)

Receiver Sensitivity

802.11b: -93dBm@8%, 802.11g: -91dBm@10%,

802.11n: -89dBm@10%

Operation Range

Indoor@Up to 100 meters,Outdoor@Up to 280 meters

Antenna

External Antenna(2Tx2R)

LED

Power, Active (WLAN), Act/Link (Ethernet)

Security

64 bit/128 bit WEP, TKIP, AES

LAN interface

One 10/100BaseT with RJ45 connector (WAN) Four 10/100BaseT with RJ45 connectors (LAN)

Power Consumption

12 V, 1A Power Adapter

Operating Temperature

0 ~ 50°C ambient temperature

Storage Temperature

-20 ~ 70°C ambient temperature

Humidity

5 to 90 % maximum (non-condensing)

Dimension

146 x 100 x 24 mm

The Wireless LAN Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g with 802.11n Draft 2.0 specifications of wireless LAN broadband router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other WLAN router configuration. The description includes the implementation of the above steps.

2.1 Package contents

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

ü The WLAN Broadband Router ü The DC Power Adapter ü The Documentation CD ü RJ-45 Cable Line ü The Cradle ü The Two 2dbi antenna

2.2 Product Specifications

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2.3 Product Features

Generic Router

Ø Compatible with IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 Specifications provides wireless speed up to 300Mbps

data rate.

Ø Compatible with IEEE 802.11g high rate standard to provide wireless Ethernet speeds of 54Mbps

data rate.

Ø Maximizes the performance and ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming

and Voice over IP technology.

Ø Supports multi-operation (bridge/gateway/WISP) modes between wireless and wired Ethernet

interfaces.

Ø Supports WPS, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption and WPA with

Radius function to protect the wireless data transmission.

Ø Supports IEEE 802.1x Authentication. Ø Supports IEEE 802.3x full duplex flow control on 10/100M Ethernet interface. Ø Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment. Ø Supports DHCP client, static IP, PPPoE, PPTP of WAN Interface. Ø Supports firewall security with port filtering, IP filtering, MAC filtering, port forwarding, trigger port,

DMZ hosting and URL filtering functions.

Ø Supports WEB based management and configuration. Ø Supports UPnP for automatic Internet access. Ø Supports Dynamic DNS service. Ø Supports NTP client service. Ø Supports Log table and remote Log service. Ø Support Setup Wizard mode.

Introduction

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2.4 Front Panel Description

LED Indicator

State

Description

1. PWR LED on

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on.

off

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off.

2. WLAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

off

No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

3. LAN LED ACT

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.

Port linked.

off

No link.

4. WAN LED ACT

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface.

Port linked.

off

No link.

5. WPS LED ACT

Flashing

1 sec flash light / 1 sec light dark

Press Button

off

Default No link

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2.5 Rear Panel Description

Interfaces

Description

Antenna (Fixed / SMA)

The Wireless LAN Antenna.

Power

The power jack allows an external DC power supply connection.

The external DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the WLAN Broadband Router.

LAN

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

WAN

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

Reset

Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults.

WPS

Push the WPS button implementation to reduce the network configuration steps,and also easy to implement network security.

Introduction

3 Installation

3.1 Hardware Installation

Step 1: Place the Wireless LAN Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations.

Step 2: Connect the WLAN Broadband Router to your wired network. Connect the Ethernet WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router by category 5 Ethernet cable to your switch/ hub/ xDSL modem or cable modem. A straight-through Ethernet cable with appropriate cable length is needed.

Step 3: Supply DC power to the WLAN Broadband Router. Use only the AC/DC power adapter supplied with the WLAN Broadband Router; it maybe occur damage by using a different type of power adapter.

The hardware installation finished.

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3.2 Software Installation

There are no software drivers, patches or utilities installation needed, but only the configuration setting. Please refer to chapter 3 for software configuration.

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

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

4 Software configuration

There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily.

The WLAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces.

Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: <empty> WEB login Password: <empty>

4.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router

For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP:

Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.

Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in the Local Area Connection window.

Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6.

Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.

Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP installation.

Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.

Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.

ü IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to

connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

ü IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Click OK to completes the IP parameters setting.

For OS of Microsoft Windows Vista:

Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.

Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network Connections item. The Network Connections window will appear. Double click Local Area Connection icon, then User Account Control window shown. Right click Continue button to set properties.

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

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

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Software configuration

ü IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to

connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

ü IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.

For OS of Microsoft Windows 95/ 98/ Me:

Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.

Note: Windows Me users may not see the Network control panel. If so, select View all

Control Panel options on the left side of the window

Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network window will appear.

Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6.

Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.

Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.

Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.

ü IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to

connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

ü IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Click OK and reboot your PC after completes the IP parameters setting.

For OS of Microsoft Windows NT:

Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.

Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network window will appear. Click Protocol tab from the Network window.

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

Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.

Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.

Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.

ü IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to

connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

ü IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.

4.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router

Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore 6.1 SP1 or above, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router.

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4.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband

Item

Description

System

Uptime

It shows the duration since WLAN AP Router is powered on.

Firmware version

It shows the firmware version of WLAN AP Router.

Router

4.3.1 Status

This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information.

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Software configuration

Wireless configuration

Mode

It shows wireless operation mode

Band

It shows the current wireless operating frequency.

SSID

It shows the SSID of this WLAN AP Router. The SSID is the unique name of WLAN AP Router and shared among its service area, so all device sat tempts to join the same wireless network can identify it.

Channel Number

It shows the wireless channel connected currently.

Encryption

It shows the status of encryption function.

Associated Clients

It shows the number of connected clients (or stations,PCs).

BSSID

It shows the BSSID address of the WLAN AP Router.BSSID is a six-byte address.

LAN configuration

IP Address

It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router.

Subnet Mask

It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router.

Default Gateway

It shows the default gateway setting for LAN interfaces outgoing data packets.

DHCP Server

It shows the DHCP server is enabled or not.

MAC Address

It shows the MAC address of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router.

WAN configuration

Attain IP Protocol

It shows how the WLAN AP Router gets the IP address. The IP address can be set manually to a fixed one or set dynamically by DHCP server or attain IP by PPPoE / PPTP connection.

IP Address

It shows the IP address of WAN interface of WLAN AP Router.

Subnet Mask

It shows the IP subnet mask of WAN interface of WLAN AP Router.

Default Gateway

It shows the default gateway setting for WAN interface outgoing data packets.

MAC Address

It shows the MAC address of WAN interface of WLAN AP Router.

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4.3.2 Setup Wizard

This page guides you to configure wireless broadband router for first time.

Operation Mode

This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode.

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II.

Time Zone Setting

This page is used to enable and configure NTP client.

Software configuration

III.

LAN Interface Setup

This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask.

IV.

WAN Interface Setup

This page is used to configure WAN access type.

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Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network Type SSID, Channel Number, Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Client).

VI.

Wireless Security Setup

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Software configuration

This page is used to configure wireless security.

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4.3.3 Operation Mode

Item

Description

Gateway

Traditional gateway configuration. It always connects internet via ADSL/Cable Modem. LAN interface, WAN interface, Wireless interface, NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode

Bridge

Each interface (LAN, WAN and Wireless) regards as bridge. NAT, Firewall and all router's functions are not supported

Wireless ISP

Switch Wireless interface to WAN port and all Ethernet ports in bridge mode. Wireless interface can do all router's functions

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting.

Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.

This page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts.

4.3.4 Wireless - Basic Settings

This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Broadband Router. Here you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters.

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Software configuration

Item

Description

Disable Wireless LAN Interface

Click on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission.

Band

Click to select 2.4GHz(B) / 2.4GHz(G) / 2.4GHz(N) /

2.4GHz(B+G)/ 2.4GHz(G+N) / 2.4GHz(B+G+N)

Mode

Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS wireless mode.

Network Type

While Mode is selected to be Client. Click to select the network type infrastructure or Ad hoc.

SSID

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

Channel Width

Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 40 MHz.

[N band only]

Control Sideband

Select the Sideband with Upper or Lower for channel width 40MHz. [N band only]

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Channel Number

Select the wireless communication channel from pulldown menu.

Broadcast SSID

Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function.

WMM

Click Enabled/Disabled to init WMM feature.

Data Rate

Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu. Data rate can be auto-select, 1M to 54Mbps or MCS.

Associated Clients

Click the Show Active Clients button to open Active Wireless Client Table that shows the MAC address, transmit-packet, receive-packet and transmission-rate for each associated wireless client.

Enable Mac Clone (Single Ethernet Client)

Take Laptop NIC MAC address as wireless client MAC address. [Client Mode only]

SSID of Extended

Click to enable Universal Repeater Mode

Interface

Assign SSID when enables Universal Repeater Mode.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting.

Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.

4.3.5 Wireless - Advanced Settings

These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your WLAN Broadband Router.

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Software configuration

Item

Description

Fragment Threshold

Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes.

RTS Threshold

Set the RTS Threshold, value can be written between 0 and 2347 bytes.

Beacon Interval

Set the Beacon Interval, value can be written between 20 and 1024 ms.

Preamble Type

Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission.

IAPP

Click to enable or disable the IAPP function.

Protection

Protect 802.11n user priority.

Aggregation

Click to enable or disable the Aggregation function.

Short GI

Click to enable or disable the short Guard Intervals function.

RF Output Power

To adjust transmission power level.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting.

Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.

4.3.6 Wireless - Security Setup

This page allows you setup the wireless security. Turn on WEP, WPA, WPA2 by using encryption keys could prevent any unauthorized access to your wireless network.

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