Loopcomm Technology LP 8186C User Manual
User’s Manual of WLAN Board band router
USER MANUAL 1.0.0
© 2009
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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against 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 of the
following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
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 interf erence, and (2)
this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with
any other antenna or transmitter.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an
uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with
minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
For product available in the USA/Canada market, only channel 1~11 can be operated.
Selection of other channels is not possible.
Terminology.......................................................................................................................................................4
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................6
Package contents........................................................................................................................................6
Product Specifications ...............................................................................................................................6
Product Features.........................................................................................................................................8
Front Panel Description .............................................................................................................................9
Rear Panel Description ............................................................................................................................
Installation...............................................................................................................................
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Hardware Installation...............................................................................................................................10
Software Installation................................................................................................................................10
Software configuration.....................................................................................................................................11
Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router .................................................................11
Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router...............................................................................................12
Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router.........................................................12
Status................................................................................................................................................12
Setup Wizard....................................................................................................................................14
Operation Mode...............................................................................................................................19
Wireless - Basic Settings..................................................................................................................19
Wireless - Advanced Settings ..........................................................................................................21
Wireless - Security Setup.................................................................................................................22
Wireless - Access Control................................................................................................................25
WDS Security Setup........................................................................................................................26
WDS AP T able.................................................................................................................................26
WDS Settings...................................................................................................................................27
Site Survey.......................................................................................................................................28
WPS Settings ...................................................................................................................................28
LAN Interface Setup........................................................................................................................29
WAN Interface Setup.......................................................................................................................31
Firewall - Port Filtering ...................................................................................................................40
Firewall - IP Filtering.......................................................................................................................41
Firewall - MAC Filtering.................................................................................................................42
Firewall - Port Forwarding...............................................................................................................43
Firewall - URL Filtering..................................................................................................................44
Firewall - DMZ................................................................................................................................44
Management - Statistics...................................................................................................................45
Management - DDNS ......................................................................................................................46
Management - Time Zone Setting ...................................................................................................47
Management - Denial-of-Service.....................................................................................................48
Management - Log...........................................................................................................................49
Management - Upgrade Firmware...................................................................................................50
Management - Save/ Reload Settings..............................................................................................50
Management - Password Setup........................................................................................................51
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)...............................................................................................51
What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?............................................................................51
What is Wireless LAN? ...........................................................................................................................52
What are ISM bands?...............................................................................................................................52
How does wireless networking work?.....................................................................................................52
What is BSSID?.......................................................................................................................................53
What is ESSID? .......................................................................................................................................53
What are potential factors that may causes interference?........................................................................53
What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?.................................................................53
What is WEP?..........................................................................................................................................53
What is Fragment Threshold?..................................................................................................................53
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What is RTS (Request To Send) Threshold?............................................................................................54
What is Beacon Interval?.........................................................................................................................54
What is Preamble Type? ..........................................................................................................................54
What is SSID Broadcast?.........................................................................................................................54
What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?.................................................................................................54
What is WPA2?........................................................................................................................................54
What is 802.1x Authentication?...............................................................................................................54
What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?..................................................................................55
What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)? .....................................................................................55
What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?..........................................................................................55
What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?.......................................................................................55
What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?...............................................................................................55
What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?...............................................................................55
What is Clone MAC Address?.................................................................................................................55
What is DDNS?........................................................................................................................................55
What is NTP Client?................................................................................................................................55
What is VPN? ..........................................................................................................................................55
What is IPSEC?........................................................................................................................................56
What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients?......................................................................................56
What is WMM?........................................................................................................................................56
What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT?..........................................................................................................56
What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?.........................................................................................56
What is Frame Aggregation? ...................................................................................................................56
What is Guard Intervals (GI)?..................................................................................................................56
Configuration examples...................................................................................................................................57
Example one - PPPoE on the WAN .........................................................................................................57
Example two - fixed IP on the WAN .......................................................................................................60
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Terminology
3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AP Access Point
CCK Complementary Code Keying
CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server
DH Diffie-Hellman Algorithm
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
ESP Encapsulating Security Payload
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FTP File Transfer Protocol
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IKE Internet Key Exchange
IP Internet Protocol
ISM Industrial, Scientific and Medical
LAN Local Area Network
MAC Media Access Control
MD5 Message Digest 5
NAT Network Address Translation
NT Network Termination
NTP Network Time Protocol
PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PSD Power Spectral Density
RF Radio Frequency
SHA1 Secure Hash Algorithm
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio
SSID Service Set Identification
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
JTFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
UPNP Universal Plug and Play
VPN Virtual Private Network
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WDS Wireless Distribution System
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
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Introduction
The WLAN AP Router is IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN AP 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 assignment and other WLAN
router configuration. The description includes the implementation of the above steps.
Package contents
The package of the WLAN Broadband Router includes the following items,
The WLAN Broadband Router
The Power Adapter
The Documentation CD
RJ-45 Cable Line
One detachable antenna
Cradle
Product Specifications
Standard
Frequency Band
Radio type
IEEE 802.11g/b
2.400GHz ~ 2.484GHz
IEEE 802.11g: OFDM(64-QAM, 16-QAM, QPSK, BPSK)
IEEE 802.11b: DSSS(CCK/DQPSK/DBPSK)
Data Rate
Access Protocol
Number of operation
channel
Operation Mode
Security
RF Output Power(Typical)
Sensitivity
Antenna
Dimension (mm)
Weight
802.11g: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 & 6Mbps
802.11b: 11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps with auto-rate fall back
CSMA/CA
2.412~2.462GHz (Canada, FCC) / 11 Channels
2.412~2.484GHz (Japan, TELEC) / 14 Channels
2.412~2.472GHz (Euro, ETSI) / 13 Channels
AP
AP Client(ad-hoc and infrastructure)
Client
Bridge (point-to-pint and point-to-multipoint)
WDS(WirelessDescription System)
64/128bit WEP
WPA(TKIP with IEEE 802.1x)
WPA2(AES with IEEE 802.1x)
802.11g: up to 18 dBm ± 1 dBm
802.11b: up to 19 dBm ± 1 dBm
-89dBm @ 802.11g
-93dBm @ 802.11b
One detachable 2dbi antenna
146(L) x 100(W) x 24(H) (not including antenna)
245g
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Operation Temperature
Storage Temperature
Humidity
Connector
0°C ~ 55°C ambient temperature
-20% ~ 70% ambient temperature
10% ~ 90% (Non-condensing)
One antenna connector
One RJ-45 port for WAN
Four RJ-45 LAN ports
Reset to default button
Power jack
WPS button
Power requirement
12V/1A
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Product Features
Generic Router
802.11b/g compliant with 54Mbps high-speed data rate
Operation modes: AP, AP client, Client, Bridge, WDS
DHCP Server/Client
Four Ethernet ports for broadband sharing
Virtual DMZ, Port Forwarding
Dynamic DNS
TCP/UDP/ICMP/ARP protocol stack
Firewall, URL/IP/Port/MAC filtering
Wireless users access control
Wireless security – 64/128bit WEP, WPA/WPA2, 802.1x and 802.11i
Support PPPoE, VPN pass-through with multiple sessions, PPTP and L2TP
Universal Plug and Play, no complicated installation necessary
Quick and easy setup with Web-based management utility
Supports WPS, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2
encryption/decryption and WPA with Radius function to protect the wi
reless data transmission.
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Front Panel Description
LED Indicator State Description
3. LAN LED ACT
4. WAN LED ACT
on The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. 1. PWR LED
off The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off.
Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. 2. WLAN LED
off No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.
Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.
on Port linked.
off No link.
Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface.
on Port linked.
off No link.
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Rear Panel Description
Interfaces Description
Antenna (Fixed / SMA) The Wireless LAN Antenna.
Reset Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to
factory defaults.
WPS Push continually the WPS button 5 ~ 10 seconds to enable the WPS feature.
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.
The power jack allows an external power supply connection. Power
Installation
Hardware Installation
Step 1:
Place the Wireless LAN Broadband Rou
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.
Software Installation
There are no
chapter 3 for software configuration.
software drivers, patches or utilities installation needed, but only the configuration setting. Pl
The external adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the WLAN Broadband Router.
ter to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location
ease refer to
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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.
Software configuration
There are we
The WLAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN
interfaces.
Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
WEB login User Name: <empty>
WEB login Password: <empty>
Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router
b based management and c
Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254
onfiguration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily.
For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and
double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection window will appear. Click Properties
button in the Local Area Connection window.
3. Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it;
otherwise go to step 6.
4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.
5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP/IP
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.
6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.
7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.
IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless
LAN Access Point.
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
8. Click OK to completes the IP parameters setting.
For OS of Microsoft Windows Vista:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network Connections item. The Network Connections window
will appear. Double click Local Area Connection icon, then User Account Control window shown. Right click
Continue button to set properties.
3. In Local Area Connection Properties window, Choose Networking tab, move mouse and click Internet Protocol
Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click Properties button.
4. Move mouse and click General tab, Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.
IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless
LAN Access Point.
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
5. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.
For OS of Microsoft Windows 95/ 98/ Me:
1. 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
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network window will appear.
3. 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.
4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.
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5. 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.
6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.
7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.
IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless
LAN Access Point.
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
8. Click OK and reboot your PC after completes the IP parameters setting.
For OS of Microsoft Windows NT:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network window will appear. Click Protocol tab
from the Network window.
3. Check the installed list of Network Protocol window. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it;
otherwise go to step 6.
4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.
5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP/IP
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.
6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.
7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.
IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless
LAN Access Point.
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
8. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.
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.
Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router
Status
age shows the current status an
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and WAN configuration information.
d some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN
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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.
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.
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BSSID It shows the BSSID address of the WLAN AP Router.BSSID
is a six-byte address.
Associated Clients It shows the number of connected clients (or stations,PCs).
TCP/IP 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
Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of WAN interface of WLAN AP
Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for WAN interface
MAC Address It shows the MAC address of WAN interface of WLAN AP
Setup Wizard
age guides you to configure wirele
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Router.
Router.
outgoing data packets.
Router.
ss broadband router for first time.
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I. Operation Mode
This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode.
II. Time Zone Setting
This page is used to enable and configure NTP client.
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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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V. 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
This page is used to configure wireless security.
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Operation Mode
age is used to confi
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gure which mode wireless broadband router acts.
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.
Wireless - Basic Settings
age is used to confi
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Here you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters.
gure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Broadband Router.
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