RayTalk RA-M100, RA-M100Plus, RA-M200 User Manual

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User’s Manual

Version 1.0

Declaration of Conformity

We, the under signed

RayTalk Industries Srl Via Nicolino di Galasso 19 47899 Serravalle Republic of SAN MARINO Tel: +378 0549 901170 Fax: +378 0549 900890 Contact: Mr. Gianluigi Savioli E-Mail: gianluigi.savioli@raytalk.com

declare under our own responsibility that the product :

Brand Name

RayTalk

Model

RA-M100

Descriptions

IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless Access Point / Router

Applicant

RayTalk Industries Srl

to which this declaration refers conforms with the relevant standards:

Standard Issue date

EN 60950-1 2006 EN 300 328 V1.7.1. 2006-10 EN 55022 CLASS B 2006 EN 55024 1998+A1:2001+A2:2003 EN 301 489-1 V1.6.1 2005-09 EN 301 489-17 V1.2.1 2002-08

We hereby declare that the essential radio tests suites have been carried out and that the above named product is in conformity with all the essential requirements of R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.

The technical construction file as required by the Conformity Assessment procedure is kept at the address of the applicant.

The product RayTalk RA-M100 has been tested and found to comply with the stated standards which are required by the article 6.4 of the R&TTE Directive of 99/5/EEC.

This equipment may be operated in: IT Note: the use of the present equipment in the Italian regulation is ruled by the following directives:

• D.Lgs 1.8.2003, n.259 articles 104 and 105 for private use

• D.M. 28.5.2003 and further modifications for R-LAN and telecommunication services with public access

Gianluigi Savioli / Amministratore Unico RayTalk Industries Srl Date: 9

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JULY 2010

Declaration of Conformity

We, the under signed

RayTalk Industries Srl Via Nicolino di Galasso 19 47899 Serravalle Republic of SAN MARINO Tel: +378 0549 901170 Fax: +378 0549 900890 Contact: Mr. Gianluigi Savioli E-Mail: gianluigi.savioli@raytalk.com

declare under our own responsibility that the product :

Brand Name

RayTalk

Model

RA-M100Plus

Descriptions

IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless Access Point / Router

Applicant

RayTalk Industries Srl

to which this declaration refers conforms with the relevant standards:

Standard Issue date

EN 60950-1 2006 EN 300 328 V1.7.1. 2006-10 EN 55022 CLASS B 2006 EN 55024 1998+A1:2001+A2:2003 EN 301 489-1 V1.6.1 2005-09 EN 301 489-17 V1.2.1 2002-08

We hereby declare that the essential radio tests suites have been carried out and that the above named product is in conformity with all the essential requirements of R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.

The technical construction file as required by the Conformity Assessment procedure is kept at the address of the applicant.

The product RayTalk RA-M100Plus has been tested and found to comply with the stated standards which are required by the article 6.4 of the R&TTE Directive of 99/5/EEC.

This equipment may be operated in: IT Note: the use of the present equipment in the Italian regulation is ruled by the following directives:

• D.Lgs 1.8.2003, n.259 articles 104 and 105 for private use

• D.M. 28.5.2003 and further modifications for R-LAN and telecommunication services with public access

Gianluigi Savioli / Amministratore Unico RayTalk Industries Srl Date: 9

TH

JULY 2010

Declaration of Conformity

We, the under signed

RayTalk Industries Srl Via Nicolino di Galasso 19 47899 Serravalle Republic of SAN MARINO Tel: +378 0549 901170 Fax: +378 0549 900890 Contact: Mr. Gianluigi Savioli E-Mail: gianluigi.savioli@raytalk.com

declare under our own responsibility that the product :

Brand Name

RayTalk

Model

RA-M200

Descriptions

IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless Access Point / Router

Applicant

RayTalk Industries Srl

to which this declaration refers conforms with the relevant standards:

Standard Issue date

EN 301 489-1 V1.8.1 2008-04 EN 301 489-17 V2.1.1 2009-05 EN 60950-1 2006 + A11:2009 EN 300 328 V1.7.1. 2006-10

We hereby declare that the essential radio tests suites have been carried out and that the above named product is in conformity with all the essential requirements of R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.

The technical construction file as required by the Conformity Assessment procedure is kept at the address of the applicant.

The product RayTalk RA-M200 has been tested and found to comply with the stated standards which are required by the article 6.4 of the R&TTE Directive of 99/5/EEC.

This equipment may be operated in: IT Note: the use of the present equipment in the Italian regulation is ruled by the following directives:

• D.Lgs 1.8.2003, n.259 articles 104 and 105 for private use

• D.M. 28.5.2003 and further modifications for R-LAN and telecommunication services with public access

Gianluigi Savioli / Amministratore Unico RayTalk Industries Srl Date: 29

TH

JULY 2010

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Table of Contents

TERMINOLOGY ............................................................................................................................. V

1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS ........................................................................................................... 1

1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES .......................................................................................................... 1

1.3 RA-M100 PANEL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................... 3

1.4 RA-M100 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION .................................................................................. 4

1.1 RA-M100PLUS PANEL DESCRIPTION ................................................................................ 5

1.2 RA-M100PLUS INTERFACE DESCRIPTION ......................................................................... 6

1.3 RA-M200 PANEL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................... 7

1.4 RA-M200 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION .................................................................................. 8

2 INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................................... 9

2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 9

2.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ................................................................................................... 9

3 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................ 10

3.1 PREP ARE YOUR PC TO CONFIGURE THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER .......................... 10

3.2 CONNECT TO THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER ............................................................. 12

3.3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER ................... 12

3.3.1 Status ...................................................................................................................... 12

3.3.2 Setup Wizard ......................................................................................................... 15

I Operation Mode ..................................................................................................... 15

II Time Zone Setting ................................................................................................. 16

III LAN Interface Setup ............................................................................................. 16

IV WAN Interface Setup ............................................................................................ 17

V Wireless Basic Settings........................................................................................ 17

VI Wireless Security Setup ....................................................................................... 18

3.3.3 Operation Mode ..................................................................................................... 19

3.3.4 Wireless - Basic Settings ..................................................................................... 20

3.3.5 Wireless - Advanced Settings ............................................................................. 22

3.3.6 Wireless - Security Setup ..................................................................................... 24

3.3.7 Wireless - Access Control .................................................................................... 26

3.3.8 WDS Settings ......................................................................................................... 27

I WDS Security Setup ............................................................................................. 28

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Requirement: Set [Wireless]->[Basic Settings]->[Mode]->AP+WDS ........................ 28

II WDS AP T able ....................................................................................................... 29

3.3.9 Wireless Mesh Network Settings (only RA-M100Plus) ................................... 30

3.3.10 Site Survey ............................................................................................................. 31

3.3.11 WPS ........................................................................................................................ 32

3.3.12 Schedule ................................................................................................................. 33

3.3.13 LAN Interface Setup ............................................................................................. 34

I Static DHCP Setup ................................................................................................ 35

3.3.14 WAN Interface Setup ............................................................................................ 37

I Static IP ................................................................................................................... 37

II DHCP Client ........................................................................................................... 39

III PPPoE .................................................................................................................... 41

IV PPTP ....................................................................................................................... 44

V L2TP ........................................................................................................................ 47

VI GSM 3.5G (RA-M100Plus only) .......................................................................... 50

3.3.15 Firewall - Port Filtering.......................................................................................... 52

3.3.16 Firewall - IP Filtering ............................................................................................. 53

3.3.17 Firewall - MAC Filtering ........................................................................................ 55

3.3.18 Firewall - Port Forwarding .................................................................................... 56

3.3.19 Firewall – URL Filtering ........................................................................................ 57

3.3.20 Firewall - DMZ........................................................................................................ 58

3.3.21 Routing Setup ........................................................................................................ 59

3.3.22 QoS.......................................................................................................................... 60

3.3.23 USB Storage .......................................................................................................... 62

3.3.24 Management - Statistics ....................................................................................... 64

3.3.25 Management - DDNS ........................................................................................... 65

3.3.26 Management - Time Zone Setting ...................................................................... 66

3.3.27 Management – Denial-of-Service ....................................................................... 67

3.3.28 Management - Log ................................................................................................ 68

3.3.29 Management - Upgrade Firmware ..................................................................... 69

3.3.30 Management - Save/ Reload Settings ............................................................... 70

3.3.31 Management – Watchdog .................................................................................... 71

3.3.32 Management - Reboot .......................................................................................... 71

3.3.33 Management – Password Setup ......................................................................... 72

3.3.34 Logout ..................................................................................................................... 73

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) ........................................................................... 74

3.1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC’S IP AND MAC ADDRESS? ............................................ 74

3.2 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN? ................................................................................................ 74

3.3 WHA T ARE ISM BANDS? ................................................................................................... 74

3.4 HOW DOES WIRELESS NETWORKING WORK? ................................................................... 74

3.5 WHAT IS BSSID? .............................................................................................................. 75

3.6 WHAT IS ESSID? .............................................................................................................. 76

3.7 WHAT ARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE? ............................. 76

3.8 WHAT ARE THE OPEN SYSTEM AND SHARED KEY AUTHENTICATIONS? ........................... 76

3.9 WHAT IS WEP? ................................................................................................................. 76

3.10 WHAT IS FRAGMENT THRESHOLD? ................................................................................... 77

3.11 WHAT IS RTS (REQUEST TO SEND) THRESHOLD? .......................................................... 77

3.12 WHAT IS BEACON INTERVAL? ........................................................................................... 78

3.13 WHAT IS PREAMBLE TYPE? .............................................................................................. 78

3.14 WHAT IS SSID BROADCAST? ........................................................................................... 78

3.15 WHAT IS WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS (WPA)? ................................................................. 78

3.16 WHAT IS WPA2? ............................................................................................................... 79

3.17 WHAT IS 802.1X AUTHENTICATION? ................................................................................. 79

3.18 WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL (TKIP)? ............................................... 79

3.19 WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES)? .................................................... 79

3.20 WHAT IS INTER-ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL (IAPP)? ...................................................... 80

3.21 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS)? ..................................................... 80

3.22 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY (UPNP)? ............................................................... 80

3.23 WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT (MTU) SIZE? ................................................... 80

3.24 WHAT IS CLONE MAC ADDRESS? .................................................................................... 80

3.25 WHAT IS DDNS? .............................................................................................................. 81

3.26 WHAT IS NTP CLIENT? ..................................................................................................... 81

3.27 WHAT IS VPN? ................................................................................................................. 81

3.28 WHAT IS IPSEC? .............................................................................................................. 81

3.29 WHAT IS WLAN BLOCK RELAY BETWEEN CLIENTS? ...................................................... 81

3.30 WHAT IS WMM? ............................................................................................................... 81

3.31 WHAT IS WLAN ACK TIMOUT? ..................................................................................... 81

3.32 WHAT IS MODULATION CODING SCHEME (MCS)? ........................................................... 82

3.33 WHAT IS FRAME AGGREGATION? ...................................................................................... 82

3.34 WHAT IS GUARD INTERVALS (GI)? ................................................................................... 82

3.35 WHAT IS MESH PROTOCOL? ............................................................................................. 82

3.36 WHICH 3.5G DEVICES ARE COMPA TIBLE WITH RA-M100PLUS? .................................... 83

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4 CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES ......................................................................................... 84

4.1 EXAMPLE ONE – PPPOE ON THE WAN ........................................................................... 84

4.2 EXAMPLE TWO – FIXED IP ON THE WAN ......................................................................... 87

4.3 EXAMPLE THREE (RA-M100PLUS ONLY) – 3.5G ON THE WAN ..................................... 90

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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 GI Guard Intervals IAPP Inter Access Point 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 MCS Modulation Coding Scheme 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

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SSID Service Set Identification TCP Transmission Control Protocol TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play VPN Virtual Private Network WDS Wireless Distribution System WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WISP Wireless Internet Service Provider WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup

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1 Introduction

The Wireless LAN Broadband Routers RayTalk RA-M100, RA-M100Plus and RA-M200 are affordable IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN broadband router solutions for setting SOHO and enterprise standard 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.

1.1 Package contents

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

9 WLAN Broadband Router RA-M100, RA-M100Plus or RA-M200 9 AC to DC power adapter 9 Documentation and CD 9 RJ-45 Cable Line

1.2 Product Features

¾ Complies with IEEE 802.11b/g/n standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN. ¾ Compatible with IEEE 802.11n Specifications provides wireless speed up to

150Mbps data rate (RA-M100 and RAM100Plus) or 300Mbps (RA-M200).

¾ Compatible with IEEE 802.11g high rate standard to provide wireless Ethernet

speeds of 54Mbps data rate.

¾ Maximizes the performance and ideal for media-centric applications like

streaming video, gaming and Voice over IP technology.

¾ Supports multi-operation (bridge/gateway/WISP) modes between wireless and

wired Ethernet interfaces.

¾ Supports WPS, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption and

WPA with Radius function to protect the wireless data transmission.

¾ Supports IEEE 802.1x Authentication. ¾ Support Wi-Fi Protected Access Authentication with Radius and Pr e-Shared Key

mode.

¾ Supports Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP). ¾ Supports Wireless Distribution System (WDS). ¾ Supports IEEE 802.3x full duplex flow control on 10/100M Ethernet interface. ¾ Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment. ¾ Supports DHCP client for WAN interface auto IP address assignment from ISP. ¾ Supports PPPoE on WAN interface.

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¾ Supports PPTP Client on Ethernet WAN interface. ¾ Supports L2TP Client on Ethernet WAN interface. ¾ Supports clone MAC address function. ¾ Supports firewall security with Port filtering, IP filtering, MAC filtering, Port

forwarding, DMZ hosting and URL filtering functions.

¾ Supports WEB based management and configuration. ¾ Supports UPnP for automatic Internet access. ¾ Supports Dynamic DNS service. ¾ Supports NTP client service. ¾ Supports Log table and remote Log service. ¾ Support Setup Wizard mode. ¾ Support DoS (Denial of Service) function. ¾ Support WMM (Wireless Multimedia Multimedia) function.

Further RA-M100Plus Special Features

¾ USB port for 3G Dongle or external storage. ¾ 2G/3G WAN Connection. ¾ USB Storage (external Hard Disk or Flash Drive) for Network File Sharing

function.

¾ USB Storage (external Hard Disk or Flash Drive) for FTP Server function. ¾ Support for USB storage tool. ¾ Mesh topology.

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1.3 RA-M100 Panel Description

LED Indicator State Description

Power LED

On

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on.

Off

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off.

WLAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

Off

No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

WPS LED

Flashing

The WPS feature is Enabled.

Off

The WPS feature is Disabled.

WAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface.

On

Port linked.

Off

No link.

LAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.

On

Port linked.

Off

No link.

Power LED

WLAN LED

LAN LED

WAN LED

WPS LED

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1.4 RA-M100 Interface Description

Interfaces Description

Antenna The Wireless LAN Antenna. in box Power The power jack allows an external DC power supply

connection. The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement (2A@5Vdc) to the WLAN Broadband Router.

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.

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.

WPS Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to

enable the WPS feature.

Reset Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset

the configuration parameters to factory defaults.

WAN

LAN

Power

Reset

WPS

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1.1 RA-M100Plus Panel Description

LED Indicator State Description

Power LED

On

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on.

Off

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off.

WLAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

Off

No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

WPS LED

Flashing

The WPS feature is Enabled.

Off

The WPS feature is Disabled.

WAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface.

On

Port linked.

Off

No link.

LAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.

On

Port linked.

Off

No link.

Power LED

WLAN LED

LAN LED

WAN LED

WPS LED

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1.2 RA-M100Plus Interface Description

Interfaces Description

Antenna Connector One Reverse SMA Jack (Female) for one external 2.4GHz

Rubber Duck Antenna.

Power The power jack allows an external DC power supply

connection. The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement (2A@5Vdc) to the WLAN Broadband Router.

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.

LAN The RJ-45 socket allows 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.

USB The USB port allows the connection with:

- 3G Dongle for 3G WAN Internet Access

4.36 Which 3.5G devices are compatible with RA-M100Plus?

- external storage (Hard Disk or Flash Drive) to support Network File Sharing or FTP Server function.

WPS Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to

enable the WPS feature.

Reset Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset

the configuration parameters to factory defaults.

WAN

LAN

Power

Reset

WPS

USB

Antenna Connector RP SMA (F) Jack

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1.3 RA-M200 Panel Description

LED Indicator State Description

Power LED

On

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on.

Off

The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off.

WLAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

Off

No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

WPS LED

Flashing

The WPS feature is Enabled.

Off

The WPS feature is Disabled.

WAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface.

On

Port linked.

Off

No link.

LAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.

On

Port linked.

Off

No link.

Power LED

WLAN LED

LAN LEDs

WAN LED

WPS LED

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1.4 RA-M200 Interface Description

Interfaces Description

Power The power jack allows an external DC power supply

connection. The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement (1A@5Vdc) to the WLAN Broadband Router.

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.

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.

WPS Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to

enable the WPS feature.

Reset Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset

the configuration parameters to factory defaults. Antenna Connectors

Two Reverse SMA Jacks (Female) for two external

2.4GHz Rubber Duck Antennas.

WAN

Power

Reset

WPS

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RP SMA (F) Jack

Antenna Connector RP SMA (F) Jack

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2 Installation

2.1 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.

2.2 Software Installation

¾ 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.

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3 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: 192.168.10.1 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: <admin> WEB login Password: <raytalk>

3.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router

For OS of Microsoft Windows 95/ 98/ Me/XP:

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.

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.

9 IP Address: 192.168.10.1, any IP address within 192.168.10.1 to

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192.168.10.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

9 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 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.

9 IP Address: 192.168.10.1, any IP address within 192.168.10.1 to

192.168.10.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

9 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

8. Click OK to 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

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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.

9 IP Address: 192.168.10.1, any IP address within 192.168.10.1 to

192.168.10.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

9 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

8. Click OK to complete 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.

9 IP Address: 192.168.10.1, any IP address within 192.168.10.1 to

192.168.10.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

9 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

5. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.

3.2 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.

3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router

3.3.1 St atus

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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Item Description

System Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN Broadband

Router is powered on.

Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN Broadband

Router. Build time It shows the Build-up time of firmware Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode

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Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency. SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN Broadband Router.

The SSID is the unique name of WLAN Broadband

Router and shared among its service area, so all

devices attempts 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. BSSID It shows the BSSID address of the WLAN

Broadband Router. BSSID is a six-byte address. Associated Clients It shows the number of connected clients (or

stations, PCs). TCP/IP configuration Attain IP Protocol It shows type of connection. IP Address It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of WLAN

Broadband Router. Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of

WLAN Broadband 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 Broadband Router. WAN configuration Attain IP Protocol It shows how the WLAN Broadband 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

Broadband Router. Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of WAN interface of

WLAN Broadband 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 Broadband Router.

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3.3.2 Setup Wizard

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

Note: Gateway mode is only choice for GSM3G WAN connection for RA-M100Plus.

I 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

III LAN Interface Setup

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

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IV WAN Interface Setup

This page is used to configure WAN access type

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).

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VI Wireless Security Setup

This page is used to configure wireless security

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3.3.3 Operation Mode

This page is used to configure 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. Gateway mode is only choice for GSM3G WAN connection for RA-M100Plus.

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.

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3.3.4 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.

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.

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Note: RA-M100Plus and u2.3.0.3.R00 firmware support Mesh and AP+Mesh features.

4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?

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]

Channel Number Select the wireless communication channel from

pull-down menu.

Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast

function. Refer to 4.14 What is SSID Broadcast? 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. Refer to 4.32 What is Modulation Coding

Schemes (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]

Enable Universal Repeater Mode

Click to enable Universal Repeater Mode

SSID of Extended 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.

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3.3.5 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.

Item Description

Fragment Threshold Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value

can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes. Refer

to 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold? RTS Threshold Set the RTS Threshold, value can be written

between 0 and 2347 bytes. Refer to 4.11 What is

RTS(Request To Send) Threshold? Beacon Interval Set the Beacon Interval, value can be written

between 20 and 1024 ms. Refer to 4.12 What is

Beacon Interval? Preamble Type

Click to select the Long Preamble or Short

Preamble support on the wireless data packet

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transmission. Refer to 4.13 What is Preamble Type? IAPP Click to enable or disable the IAPP function. Refer to

4.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol(IAPP)? Protection Protect 802.11n user priority. Aggregation Click to enable or disable the Aggregation function.

Refer to 4.33 What is Aggregation?

Short GI Click to enable or disable the short Guard Intervals

function. Refer to 4.34 What is Guard Intervals (GI)?

WLAN Partition Click to enable or disable that prevents associated

wireless clients from communication with each other. 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.

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3.3.6 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.

Item Description

Select SSID Select the SSID from multiple APs. Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless

access. The encryption method can be None, WEP,

WPA, WPA2 or WPA-Mixed. Refer to

4.9 What is WEP?

4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?

4.16 What is WPA2? Use 802.1x Authentication

While Encryption is selected to be WEP. Click the check box to enable IEEE 802.1x authentication function. Refer to 4.17 What is 802.1x Authentication?

Authentication Type

Click to select the authentication type in Open System, Shared Key or Auto selection.

Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from

pull-down menu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys. The WEP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit).

Key Format Select the WEP shared secret key format from

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pull-down menu. The format can be chose between

plant text (ASCII) and hexadecimal (HEX) code. Encryption Key Secret key of WEP security encryption function. WP A Authentication Mode

While Encryption is selected to be WPA.

Click to select the WPA Authentication Mode with

Enterprise (RADIUS) or Personal (Pre-Shared Key).

Refer to 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access

(WPA)? WPA Cipher Suite Select the Cipher Suite for WPA encryption.

4.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

(TKIP)? 4.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard

(AES)? WPA2 Cipher Suite Select the Cipher Suite for WPA2 encryption. Pre-Shared Key Format

While Encryption is selected to be WPA.

Select the Pre-shared key format from the pull-down

menu. The format can be Passphrase or Hex (64

characters). [WPA, Personal(Pre-Shared Key)

only] Pre-Shared Key Fill in the key value. [WPA, Personal(Pre-Shared

Key) only] Enable Pre-Authentication

Click to enable Pre-Authentication. [WPA2/WPA2

Mixed only, Enterprise only] Authentication RADIUS Server

Set the IP address, port and login password

information of authentication RADIUS sever. 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.

WEP encryption key (secret key) length: Length Format

64-bit 128-bit

ASCII 5 characters 13 characters HEX 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes

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3.3.7 Wireless - Access Control

If you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point. When this option is enabled, no wireless clients will be able to connect if the list contains no entries.

Item Description

Wireless Access Control Mode

Click the Disabled, Allow Listed or Deny Listed of drop

down menu choose wireless access control mode.

This is a security control function; only those clients

registered in the access control list can link to this WLAN

Broadband Router. MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of client to register this WLAN

Broadband Router access capability. Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered client. Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to register the client to

new configuration setting.

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Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the

previous configuration setting. Current Access Control List

It shows the registered clients that are allowed to link to

this WLAN Broadband Router. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be access right

removed from this WLAN Broadband Router. Delete All Click to delete all the registered clients from the access

allowed list. Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the

previous configuration setting.

3.3.8 WDS Settings

Wireless Distribution System uses wireless media to communicate with other APs, like the Ethernet does. To do this, you must set these APs in the same channel and set MAC address of other AP that you want to communicate with in the table and then enable the WDS.

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Item Description

Enable WDS Click the check box to enable wireless distribution system.

Refer to 4.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?

MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless

distribution system access capability.

Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu.

Data rate can be auto-select, 1M to 54Mbps or MCS. Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered AP. Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to register the AP to new

configuration setting. Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the

previous configuration setting. Set Security

Click button to configure wireless security like WEP(64bits),

WEP(128bits), WPA(TKIP), WPA2(AES) or None Show Statistics It shows the TX, RX packets, rate statistics Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be removed from

the wireless distribution system. Delete All Click to delete all the registered APs from the wireless

distribution system allowed list. Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the

previous configuration setting.

I WDS Security Setup

Requirement: Set [Wireless]->[Basic Settings]->[Mode]->AP+WDS

This page is used to configure the wireless security between APs. Refer to 3.3.6 Wireless Security Setup.

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Screen snapshot – WDS Security Setup

II WDS AP Table

This page is used to show WDS statistics

Item Description

MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS. Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the

wireless LAN interface.

Tx Errors It shows the statistic count of error sent p ackets on the

Wireless LAN interface.

Rx Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the

wireless LAN interface.

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Tx Rare (Mbps) It shows the wireless link rate within WDS. Refresh Click to refresh the statistic counters on the screen. Close Click to close the current window.

3.3.9 Wireless Mesh Network Settings (only RA-M100Plus)

Mesh network uses wireless media to communicate with other APs, like the Ethernet does. To do this, you must set these APs in the same channel with the same Mesh ID. The APs should be under AP+MESH/MESH mode. This feature is available on RA-M100Plus or firmware u2.3.0.3.R00.

Item Description

Enable Mesh Click the check box to enable Mesh connection to other

Mesh Node devices.

4.35 What is Mesh protocol?

Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The

encryption method can be None or WPA2 (AES). Refer to

4.16 What is WPA2?

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to register the AP to new

configuration setting. Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the

previous configuration setting. Set Access Control

If you choose 'Allowed Listed', only those mesh nodes

whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control

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list will be able to connect to Mesh network. When 'Deny

Listed' is selected, those mesh nodes in the list will not be

able to create connections. Show Advanced Information

These information is only for more technically advanced

users who have a sufficient knowledge about wireless mesh

network.

3.3.10 Site Survey

This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours.

Item Description

SSID It shows the SSID of AP. BSSID It shows BSSID of AP. Channel It show the current channel of AP occupied. Type It show which type AP acts. Encrypt It shows the encryption status. Signal It shows the power level of current AP. Select (Client Only) Click to select AP or client you’d like to connect. Refresh

Click the Refresh button to re-scan site survey on the screen.

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Connect

Click the Connect button to establish connection.

3.3.11 WPS

This page allows you to change the setting for WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). Using this feature could let your wireless client automically synchronize its setting and connect to the Access Point in a minute without any hassle.

Item Description

Disable WPS Click on to disable the Wi-Fi Protected Setup function. WPS Status

Show WPS status is Configured or UnConfigured.

Self-PIN Number Fill in the PIN Number of AP to register the wireless

distribution system access capability.

PIN Configuration

The Start PIN button provides tool to scan the wireless network. If any Access Point or IBSS is found, you could

connect it automatically when client join WPS mode. Push Button Configuration

The Start PBC button provides tool to scan the wireless

network. If any Access Point or IBSS is found, you could

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connect it automatically when client join PBC 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. Current Key Info

Authentication：It shows the Authentication is opened

or closed.

Encryption：It shows the Encryption mode.

Key：It shows the Encryption key.

3.3.12 Schedule

This page is to configure the wireless activation timestamp by users.

Item Description

Enable Wireless Schedule

Click on to enable the wireless schedule function.

Days Click the one or more of days to set the rules. Time Click 24 hrs or set the starting time and ending time. Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new

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configuration setting. Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the

previous configuration setting.

3.3.13 LAN Interface Setup

This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of your WLAN Broadband Router. Here you may change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP, etc.

Item Description

IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN

Access Point. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN

Access Point. DHCP

Click to select Disabled, Client or Server in different

operation mode of wireless Access Point. DHCP Client Range Fill in the start IP address and end IP address to allocate a

range of IP addresses; client with DHCP function set will

be assigned an IP address from the range.

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Show Client

Click to open the Active DHCP Client Table window that

shows the active clients with their assigned IP address,

MAC address and time expired information. [Server

mode only] Static DHCP Select enable or disable the Static DHCP function from

pull-down menu. [Server mode only] Set Static DHCP Manual setup Static DHCP IP address for specific MAC

address. [Server mode only] Domain Name Assign Domain Name and dispatch to DHCP clients. It is

optional field.

802.1d Spanning Tree

Select enable or disable the IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree

function from pull-down menu. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be

cloned. Refer to 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address? 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.

I Static DHCP Setup

Item Description

Enable Static DHCP Click on to Enable the Static DHCP Setup function.

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IP Address If you select the Set Static DHCP on LAN interface, fill in

the IP address for it. MAC Address If you select the Set Stat ic DHCP on LAN interface, fill in

the MAC address for it. Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered Static DHCP. 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. Static DHCP List

It shows IP Address 、MAC Address from the S t atic DHCP. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be removed

from the Static DHCP list. Delete All Click to delete all the registered clients from the Static

DHCP list. Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the

previous configuration setting.

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3.3.14 WAN Interface Setup

This page is used to configure the parameters for wide area network that connects to the WAN port of your WLAN Broadband Router. Here you may change the access method to Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE, PPTP or L2TP by click the item value of WAN Access Type. RA-M100Plus also supports 3.5G WAN connection.

I Static IP

Item Description

Static IP Click to select Static IP support on WAN interface. There

are IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings

need to be done. IP Address If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in

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the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in

the subnet mask for it. Default Gateway If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in

the default gateway for WAN interface out going data

packets. MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is 1500 DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be

cloned. Refer to 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address? Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function.

Refer to 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy. Enable Ping Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response.

Enable Web Server Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN

side. Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection

Click the checkbox to enable IPSec packet pass through

Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection

Click the checkbox to enable PPTP packet pass through

Enable L2TP pass through on VPN connection

Click the checkbox to enable L2TP packet pass through

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.

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II DHCP Client

Item Description

DHCP Client Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for

IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server.

Host Name Fill in the host name of Host Name. The default

value is empty

MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is

1492 Attain DNS Automatically

Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP

support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the

DHCP support is selected.

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Set DNS Manually

Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP

support. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to

be cloned. Refer to 4.24 What is Clone MAC

Address? Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function.

Refer to 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play

(uPNP)? Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy. Enable Ping Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response.

Enable Web Server Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from

WAN side. 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.

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III PPPoE

Item Description

PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface.

There are user name, password, connection type

and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface,

fill in the user name and password to login the

PPPoE server.

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Password If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface,

fill in the user name and password to login the

PPPoE server. Service Name Fill in the service name of Service Name. The

default value is empty. Connection Type Select the connection type from pull-down menu.

There are Continuous, Connect on Demand and

Manual three types to select.

Continuous connection type means to setup the

connection through PPPoE protocol whenever this

WLAN Broadband Router is powered on.

Connect on Demand connection type means to

setup the connection through PPPoE protocol

whenever you send the data packets out through the

WAN interface; there are a watchdog implemented

to close the PPPoE connection while there are no

data sent out longer than the idle time set.

Manual connection type means to setup the

connection through the PPPoE protocol by clicking

the Connect button manually, and clicking the

Disconnect button manually. Idle Time

If you select the PPPoE and Connect on Demand

connection type, fill in the idle time for

auto-disconnect function. Value can be between 1

and 1000 minutes. MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is

1452. Refer to 4.23 What is Maximum Transmission

Unit (MTU) Size? Attain DNS Automatically

Click to select getting DNS address for PPPoE

support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the

PPPoE support is selected. Set DNS Manually

Click to select getting DNS address for Static IP

support. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3.

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Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to

be cloned. Refer to 4.24 What is Clone MAC

Address? Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function.

Refer to 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play

(uPNP)? Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy. Enable Ping Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response.

Enable Web Server Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from

WAN side. 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.

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IV PPTP

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Item Description

PPTP

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llow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection.

Enable Dynamic Mode

Click the checkbox to enable Dynamic PPTP function.

IP Address If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill

in the IP address for it.

Subnet Mask If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill

in the subnet mask for it.

Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the PPTP Server. Server Domain Name Input domain name to resolve DHCP server. User Name If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill

in the user name and password to login the PPTP server.

Password If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill

in the user name and password to login the PPTP server.

Connection Type Select the connection type from pull-down menu.

There are Continuous, Connect on Demand and

Manual three types to select. Continuous connection type means to setup the

connection through PPTP protocol whenever this WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through PPTP protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the WAN interface; there are a watchdog implemented to close the PPTP connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set. Manual connection type means to setup the connection through the PPTP protocol by clicking the Connect button manually, and clicking the Disconnect button manually.

Idle Time

If you select the PPTP and Connect on Demand

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connection type, fill in the idle time for auto-disconnect function. Value can be between 1 and 1000 minutes.

MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is

1460. Refer to 4.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?

Request MPPE Encryption

Click the checkbox to enable request MPPE encryption.

Request MPPC Compression

Click the checkbox to enable request MPPC compression.

Attain DNS Automatically

Click to select getting DNS address for PPTP support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the PPTP support is selected.

Set DNS Manually

Click to select getting DNS address for PPTP support.

DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to

be cloned. Refer to 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address?

Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function.

Refer to 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?

Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy. Enable Ping Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response.

Enable Web Server Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side.

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.

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V L2TP

Item Description

L2TP

A

llow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded L2TP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection.

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IP Address If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill

in the IP address for it.

Subnet Mask If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill

in the subnet mask for it.

Gateway If you select the Static L2TP support on WAN

interface, fill in the gateway for WAN interface out going data packets.

Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the L2TP Server. User Name If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill

in the user name and password to login the L2TP server.

Password f you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill

in the user name and password to login the L2TP server.

Connection Type Select the connection type from pull-down menu.

There are Continuous, Connect on Demand and

Manual three types to select. Continuous connection type means to setup the

connection through L2TP protocol whenever this WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through L2TP protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the WAN interface; there are a watchdog implemented to close the L2TP connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set. Manual connection type means to setup the connection through the L2TP protocol by clicking the

Connect button manually, and clicking the Disconnect button manually.

Idle Time

If you select the L2TP and Connect on Demand connection type, fill in the idle time for auto-disconnect function. Value can be between 1 and 1000 minutes.

MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is

1460. Refer to 4.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?

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Attain DNS Automatically

Click to select getting DNS address for L2TP support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the L2TP support is selected.

Set DNS Manually

Click to select getting DNS address for L2TP support.

DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to

be cloned. Refer to 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address?

Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function.

Refer to 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?

Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy. Enable Ping Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response.

Enable Web Server Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side.

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.

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VI GSM 3.5G (RA-M100Plus only)

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Item Description

GSM 3.5 Click to select 3.5G support for WAN Interface. This

feature is available connecting a 3G USB dongle to the USB port.

3.5G Devices Choose the USB Dongle model from a list of compatible devices.

4.36 Which 3.5G devices are compatible with RA-M100Plus?

Authentication Number

Enter the Authentication Number from Mobile Operator. Default is *99#.

User Name Enter the User Name from Mobile Operator. Usually

not needed.

Password Enter the Password from Mobile Operator. Usually

not needed.

APN Enter the Mobile Operator APN. Default is internet.

PIN Enter the SIM card PIN number if PIN I enable on

3G SIM.

Band Selection Choose the Mobile Band: Auto, 3G only or 2G only.

Default is Auto.

Connection Type Choose the connection type: Continuous or Manual.

Default is Continuous.

Enable 3G info Enable/Disable 3G information on STATUS page. Attain DNS Automatically

Click to select getting DNS address for L2TP support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the GSM 3.5 support is selected.

Set DNS Manually

Click to select getting DNS address for Static IP support.

DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to

be cloned. Refer to 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address?

Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function.

Refer to 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play

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(uPNP)?

Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy. Enable Ping Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response.

Enable Web Server Access on WAN

Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side.

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.

3.3.15 Firewall - Port Filtering

Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network.

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Item Description

Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering security function. Port Range Protocol Comments

To restrict data transmission from the local network on certain ports, fill in the range of start-port and end-port, and the protocol, also put your comments on it. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the ports.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to register the ports to port filtering list.

Reset

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

Delete Selected Click to delete the selected port range that will be

removed from the port-filtering list.

Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the

port-filtering list.

Reset

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

3.3.16 Firewall - IP Filtering

Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network.

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Item Description

Enable IP Filtering Click to enable the IP filtering security function. Local IP Address Protocol Comments

To restrict data transmission from local network on certain IP addresses, fill in the IP address and the protocol, also put your comments on it. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the IP address.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address to IP filtering list.

Reset

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

Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address that will be

removed from the IP-filtering list.

Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the

IP-filtering list.

Reset

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

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3.3.17 Firewall - MAC Filtering

Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network.

Item Description

Enable MAC Filtering Click to enable the MAC filtering security function. MAC Address Comments

To restrict data transmission from local network on certain MAC addresses, fill in the MAC address and your comments on it. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the MAC address.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to register the MAC address to MAC filtering list.

Reset

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

Delete Selected Click to delete the selected MAC address that will be

removed from the MAC-filtering list.

Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the

MAC-filtering list.

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Reset

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

3.3.18 Firewall - Port Forwarding

Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NA T firewall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NAT firewall.

Item Description

Enable Port Forwarding

Click to enable the Port Forwarding security function.

IP Address Protocol Port Range Comment

To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the IP address, protocol, port range and your comments. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. The Port Range for data transmission.

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Comments let you know about whys to allow data packets forward to the IP address and port number.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address and port number to Port forwarding list.

Reset

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

Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address and port number

that will be removed from the port-forwarding list.

Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the

port-forwarding list.

Reset

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

3.3.19 Firewall – URL Filtering

URL Filtering is used to restrict users to access specific websites in internet.

Item Description

Enable URL Filtering Click to enable the URL Filtering function. URL Address Add one URL address.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to save settings.

Reset

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

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Delete Selected Click to delete the selected URL address that will be

removed from the URL Filtering list.

Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the

URL Filtering list.

Reset

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

3.3.20 Firewall - DMZ

A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network. Typically, the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic, such as Web (HTTP) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers.

Item Description

Enable DMZ Click to enable the DMZ function. DMZ Host IP Address To support DMZ in your firewall design, fill in the IP

address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address of DMZ host.

Reset

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

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3.3.21 Routing Setup

This page is used to edit static route entry and disable NAT. This feature is available only on RA-M100Plus and firmware starting from u2.3.0.3.R00.

Item Description

Enable Static Route Click to enable the Static Route. IP Address: Insert the destination IP Address or Network. Subnet Mask Insert the destination Subnet Mask. Default Gateway Insert the Default Gateway within the source Network.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to add settings to the list.

Reset

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

Show Route Table This table shows all the routing entry.

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3.3.22 QoS

This page sets bandwidth control by IP or Mac address.

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Item Description

Enable QoS Click to enable the QoS function. Automatic Uplink Speed

Click checkbox to enable Uplink speed by system.

Manual Uplink Speed (Kbps)

Input number to set Uplink speed.

Automatic Downlink Speed

Click checkbox to enable Downlink speed by system.

Manual Downlink Speed (Kbps)

Input number to set Downlink speed.

Access Type Click the set type either IP or Mac address. Local IP address Input the range IP address of LAN. MAC address Input MAC address.

Mode There are 2 options to control the bandwidth. One is

Guaranteed minimum bandwidth. The other is Restricted maximum bandwidth.

Uplink Bandwidth (Kbps)

Set Uplink bandwidth for range of IP addresses or specific MAC address

Downlink Bandwidth (Kbps)

Set Downlink bandwidth for range of IP addresses or specific MAC address

Comment

Comments let you to remind your settings easily.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to add settings to the list.

Reset

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

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3.3.23 USB Storage

This page provides USB S torage management like USB link status, Network File Sharing, FTP Server and USB FAT32 format tool. USB Storage File System support FAT32 and EXT2 to Read / Write, NTFS support Read only. (FAT32 only support 32GB for space and 2G for a file).

Item Description

USB Storage Information

USB Storage List It lists mounted USB Storage ID.

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USB Storage Status It shows USB Storage link status.

Network File Sharing Information

Enable Network File Sharing

Click to enable Network File Sharing.

Select Share Folder Click drop down menu to select which USB Storage is

going to be shared.

Current Share Folder It shows the current USB storage share folder. NetBIOS Name Input NetBIOS name. Maximal 30 characters. Share Folder Name Input Share Folder name. Maximal 30 characters.

FTP Server Information

Enable FTP Server Click to enable FTP Server. Select Share Folder Click drop down menu to select which USB Storage is

going to be set as FTP Server.

Current Share Folder It shows the current FTP USB Server. FTP Username:

(Read/Write Account)

Assign FTP Server Login Name. Default is root. Read/Write Account.

FTP Password:

(Read/Write Account)

Assign FTP Server Password. Default is root1234. Read/Write Account.

FTP Username:

(Read Only Account)

Assign FTP Server Login Name. Default is guest. Read Only Account.

FTP Password:

(Read Only Account)

Assign FTP Server Password. Default is guest1234. Read Only Account.

Format USB Device

Enable USB Format Click to enable USB Storage format tool. Select Format Folder Click on drop down menu to select which USB Storage is

going to be formatted to FAT32.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to add settings to the list.

Reset

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

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3.3.24 Management - Statistics

This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless, Ethernet LAN and Ethernet WAN networks.

Item Description

Wireless LAN Sent Packets

It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless

LAN interface. Wireless LAN Received Packets

It shows the statistic count of received packets on the

wireless LAN interface. Ethernet LAN Sent Packets

It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet

LAN interface. Ethernet LAN Received Packets

It shows the statistic count of received packets on the

Ethernet LAN interface. Ethernet WAN Sent Packets

It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet

WAN interface. Ethernet WAN Received Packets

It shows the statistic count of received packets on the

Ethernet WAN interface. Refresh Click the refresh the statistic counters on the screen.

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3.3.25 Management - DDNS

This page is used to configure Dynamic DNS service to have DNS with dynamic IP address.

Item Description

Enable DDNS

Click the checkbox to enable DDNS service. Refer to 4.25

What is DDNS? Service Provider Click the drop down menu to pickup the right provider. Domain Name To configure the Domain Name. User Name/Email Configure User Name, Email. Password/Key Configure Password, Key. Apply Change

Click the Apply Changes button to save the enable

DDNS service. Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the

previous configuration setting.

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3.3.26 Management - Time Zone Setting

This page is used to configure NTP client to get current time.

Item Description

Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country. Enable NTP client update

Click the checkbox to enable NTP client update. Refer to

4.26 What is NTP Client? NTP Server Click select default or input NTP server IP address. Apply Change

Click the Apply Changes button to save and enable NTP client service.

Reset

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

Refresh Click the refresh the current time shown on the screen.

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3.3.27 Management – Denial-of-Service

This page is used to enable and setup protection to prevent attack by hacker’s program. It provides more security for users.

Item Description

Enable DoS Prevention Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention. Whole System Flood/ Per-Source IP Flood…

Enable and setup prevention in details.

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Select ALL Click the checkbox to enable all prevention items. Clear ALL Click the checkbox to disable all prevention items. Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings.

3.3.28 Management - Log

This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log.

Item Description

Enable Log

System all Wirelessy DoS

Click the checkbox to enable log. Show all log of wireless broadband router Only show wireless log Only show Denial-of-Service log

Enable Remote Log Log Server IP Address

Click the checkbox to enable remote log service. Input the remote log IP address

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Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to save above

settings. Refresh Click the refresh the log shown on the screen. Clear Clear log display screen

3.3.29 Management - Upgrade Firmware

This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version. Please note, do not power off the device during the upload because it may crash the system.

Item Description

Select File

Click the Browse button to select the new version of

web firmware image file. Upload

Click the Upload button to update the selected web

firmware image to the WLAN Broadband Router. Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover

the previous configuration setting.

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3.3.30 Management - Save/ Reload Settings

This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file that was saved previously. Besides, you could reset the current configuration to factory default.

Item Description

Save Settings to File

Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer.

Load Settings from File

Click the Browse button to select the configuration files then click the Upload button to update the selected configuration to the WLAN Broadband Router.

Reset Settings to Default

Click the Reset button to reset the configuration parameter to factory defaults.

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3.3.31 Management – Watchdog

This page is used to do watchdog function using ping command. User set IP address, interval and ping fail count conditions to decide whether router reboots or not.

Item Description

Enable WatchDog Click to enable watchdog. WatchDog IP Address IP address that is referred. Ping Interval Fill in the value by seconds. Ping Fail to reboot Count Fill in the value that is the threshold to reboot

router when ping fails.

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.

3.3.32 Management - Reboot

This page is used to reboot the device.

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3.3.33 Management – Password Setup

This page is used to set the account to access the web server of device. Empty user name and password will disable the protection.

Item Description

User Name Enter the User Name for web management

login control.

New Password Enter the password for web management login

control.

Confirmed Password Enter the password again to confirm the

purpose.

Apply Changes Clear the User Name and Password fields to

empty, means to apply no web management login control. 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.

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3.3.34 Logout

This page is used to logout to device web management.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

3.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?

IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 191.168.1.254 could be an IP address.

The MAC (Media Access Control) address is your computer's unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN, it's the same as your Ethernet address.) When you're connected to the Internet from your computer (or host as the Internet protocol thinks of it), a correspondence table relates your IP address to your computer's physical (MAC) address on the LAN.

To find your PC’s IP and MAC address,

9 Open the Command program in the Microsoft Windows. 9 Type in ipconfig /all then press the Enter button.

¾ Your PC’s IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PC’s MAC

address is the one entitled Physical Address.

3.2 What is Wireless LAN?

A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a network that allows access to Internet without the need for any wired connections to the user’s machine.

3.3 What are ISM bands?

ISM stands for Industrial, Scientific and Medical; radio frequency bands that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized for wireless LANs. The ISM bands are located at 915 +/- 13 MHz, 2450 +/- 50 MHz and 5800 +/- 75 MHz.

3.4 How does wireless networking work?

The 802.1 1 st andard define two modes: infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode. In infrastructure mode, the wireless network consists of at least one access point connected to the wired network infrastructure and a set of wireless end stations.

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This configuration is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). An Extended Service Set (ESS) is a set of two or more BSSs forming a single subnetwork. Since most corporate WLANs require access to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode.

Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode

Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network. This mode is useful for quickly and easily setting up a wireless network anywhere that a wireless infrastructure does not exist or is not required for services, such as a hotel room, convention center, or air port, or where access to the wired network is barred (such as for consultants at a client site).

Example 2: wireless Ad Hoc Mode

3.5 What is BSSID?

A six-byte address that distinguishes a particular a particular access point from others. Also know as just SSID. Serves as a network ID or name.

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3.6 What is ESSID?

The Extended Service Set ID (ESSID) is the name of the network you want to access. It is used to identify different wireless networks.

3.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference?

Factors of interference:

¾ Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc. ¾ Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs. ¾ Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors.

Solutions to overcome the interferences:

9 Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings. 9 Position the WLAN antenna for best reception. 9 Keep WLAN devices away from other electrical devices, eg: microwaves,

monitors, electric motors, … etc.

9 Add additional WLAN Access Points if necessary.

3.8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?

IEEE 802.11 supports two subtypes of network authentication services: open system and shared key. Under open system authentication, any wireless station can request authentication. The station that needs to authenticate with another wireless station sends an authentication management frame that contains the identity of the sending station. The receiving station then returns a frame that indicates whether it recognizes the sending station. Under shared key authentication, each wireless station is assumed to have received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is independent from the 802.11 wireles s network communications channel.

3.9 What is WEP?

An optional IEEE 802.1 1 function that of fers frame transmission privacy similar to a wired network. The Wired Equivalent Privacy generates secret shared encryption keys that both source and destination stations can use to alert frame bits to avoid disclosure to eavesdroppers.

WEP relies on a secret key that is shared between a mobile station (e.g. a laptop with a wireless Ethernet card) and an access point (i.e. a base station). The secret key is used to encrypt packets before they are transmitted, and an integrity check is used to ensure that packets are not modified in transit.

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3.10 What is Fragment Threshold?

The proposed protocol uses the frame fragmentation mechanism defined in IEEE 802.11 to achieve parallel transmissions. A large data frame is fragmented into several fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large. This means the spatial reuse ratio of parallel transmissions is high. In contrast, with a large fragment threshold, the overlap is small and the spatial reuse ratio is low. However high fragment threshold leads to low fragment overhead. Hence there is a trade-off between spatial re-use and fragment overhead.

Fragment threshold is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented.

If you find that your corrupted packets or asymmetric packet reception (all send packets, for example). You may want to try lowering your fragmentation threshold. This will cause packets to be broken into smaller fragments. These small fragments, if corrupted, can be resent faster than a larger fragment. Fragmentation increases overhead, so you'll want to keep this value as close to the maximum value as possible.

3.11 What is RTS (Request To Send) Threshold?

The RTS threshold is the packet size at which packet transmission is governed by the RTS/CTS transaction. The IEEE 802.11-1997 standard allows for short packets to be transmitted without RTS/CTS transactions. Each station can have a different RTS threshold. RTS/CTS is used when the data packet size exceeds the defined RTS threshold. With the CSMA/CA transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out an RTS packet to the receiving station, and waits for the receiving station to send back a CTS (Clear to Send) packet before sending the actual packet data.

This setting is useful for networks with many clients. With many clients, and a high network load, there will be many more collisions. By lowering the RTS threshold, there may be fewer collisions, and performance should improve.

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Basically, with a faster RTS threshold, the system can recover from problems faster. RTS packets consume valuable bandwidth, however, so setting this value too low will limit performance.

3.12 What is Beacon Interval?

In addition to data frames that carry information from higher layers, 802.11 includes management and control frames that support data transfer. The beacon frame, which is a type of management frame, provides the "heartbeat" of a wireless LAN, enabling stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point).

3.13 What is Preamble Type?

There are two preamble types defined in IEEE 802.11 specification. A long preamble basically gives the decoder more time to process the preamble. All

802.11 devices support a long preamble. The short preamble is designed to improve efficiency (for example, for VoIP systems). The difference between the two is in the Synchronization field. The long preamble is 128 bits, and the short is 56 bits.

3.14 What is SSID Broadcast?

Broadcast of SSID is done in access points by the beacon. This announces your access point (including various bits of information about it) to the wireless world around it. By disabling that feature, the SSID configured in the client must match the SSID of the access point.

Some wireless devices don't work properly if SSID isn't broadcast (for example the D-link DWL-120 USB 802.11b adapter). Generally if your client hardware supports operation with SSID disabled, it's not a bad idea to run that way to enhance network security . However it's no r eplacement for WEP, MAC filtering or other protections.

3.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?

Wi-Fi’s original security mechanism, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), has been

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viewed as insufficient for securing confidential business communications. A longer-term solution, the IEEE 802.11i standard, is under development. However, since the IEEE 802.11i standard is not expected to be published until the end of 2003, several members of the WI-Fi Alliance teamed up with members of the IEEE 802.11i task group to develop a significant near-term enhancement to Wi-Fi security. Together, this team developed Wi-Fi Protected Access.

To upgrade a WLAN network to support WPA, Access Points will require a WPA software upgrade. Clients will require a software upgrade for the network interface card, and possibly a software update for the operating system. For enterprise networks, an authentication server, typically one that supports RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol, will be added to the network.

3.16 What is WPA2?

It is the second generation of WPA. WPA2 is based on the final IEEE 802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard.

3.17 What is 802.1x Authentication?

802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-level access control, defines Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over LANs (WAPOL). The standard encapsulates and leverages much of EAP, which was defined for dial-up authentication with Point-to-Point Protocol in RFC 2284.

Beyond encapsulating EAP packets, the 802.1x standard also defines EAPOL messages that convey the shared key information critical for wireless security.

3.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?

The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol, pronounced tee-kip, is part of the IEEE

802.11i encryption standard for wireless LANs. TKIP is the next generation of WEP, the Wired Equivalency Protocol, which is used to secure 802.11 wireless LANs. TKIP provides per-packet key mixing, a message integrity check and a re-keying mechanism, thus fixing the flaws of WEP.

3.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?

Security issues are a major concern for wireless LANs, AES is the U.S. government’s next-generation cryptography algorithm, which will replace DES and 3DES.

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3.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?

The IEEE 802.11f Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP) supports Access Point Vendor interoperability, enabling roaming of 802.11 Stations within IP subnet.

IAPP defines messages and data to be exchanged between Access Points and between the IAPP and high layer management entities to support roaming. The IAPP protocol uses TCP for inter-Access Point communication and UDP for RADIUS request/response exchanges. It also uses Layer 2 frames to update the forwarding tables of Layer 2 devices.

3.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?

The Wireless Distribution System feature allows WLAN AP to talk directly to other APs via wireless channel, like the wireless bridge or repeater service.

3.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?

UPnP is an open networking architecture that consists of services, devices, and control points. The ultimate goal is to allow data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media, operating system, programming language, and wired/wireless connection.

3.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?

Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) indicates the network stack of any packet is larger than this value will be fragmented before the transmission. During the PPP negotiation, the peer of the PPP connection will indicate its MRU and will be accepted. The actual MTU of the PPP connection will be set to the smaller one of MTU and the peer’s MRU. The default is value 1400.

3.24 What is Clone MAC Address?

Clone MAC address is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address. Since that all the clients will communicate outside world through the WLAN Broadband Router, so have the cloned MAC address set on the WLAN Broadband Router will solve the issue.

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3.25 What is DDNS?

DDNS is the abbreviation of Dynamic Domain Name Server. It is designed for user own the DNS server with dynamic WAN IP address.

3.26 What is NTP Client?

NTP client is designed for fetching the current timestamp from internet via Network Time protocol. User can specify time zone, NTP server IP address.

3.27 What is VPN?

VPN is the abbreviation of Virtual Private Network. It is designed for creating point-to point private link via shared or public network.

3.28 What is IPSEC?

IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security. It is used to transferring data securely under VPN.

3.29 What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients?

An Infrastructure Basic Service Set is a BSS with a component called an Access Point (AP). The access point provides a local relay function for the BSS. All stations in the BSS communicate with the access point and no longer communicate directly. All frames are relayed between stations by the access point. This local relay function effectively doubles the range of the IBSS.

3.30 What is WMM?

WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE 802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard. WMM adds prioritized capabilities to Wi-Fi networks and optimizes their performance when multiple concurring applications, each with different latency and throughput requirements, compete for network resources. By using WMM, end-user satisfaction is maintained in a wider variety of environments and traffic conditions. WMM makes it possible for home network users and enterprise network managers to decide which data streams are most important and assign them a higher traffic priority.

3.31 What is WLAN ACK TIMOUT?

ACK frame has to receive ACK timeout frame. If remote does not receive in specified period, it will be retransmitted.

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3.32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?

MCS is Wireless link data rate for 802.11n. The throughput/range performance of a AP will depend on its implementation of coding schemes. MCS includes variables such as the number of spatial streams, modulation, and the data rate on each stream. Radios establishing and maintaining a link must automatically negotiate the optimum MCS based on channel conditions and then continuously adjust the selection of MCS as conditions change due to interference, motion, fading, and other events.

3.33 What is Frame Aggregation?

Every 802.11 packet, no matter how small, has a fixed amount of overhead associated with it. Frame Aggregation combines multiple smaller packets together to form one larger packet. The larger packet can be sent without the overhead of the individual packets. This technique helps improve the ef ficiency of the 802.11n radio allowing more end user data to be sent in a given time.

3.34 What is Guard Intervals (GI)?

A GI is a period of time between symbol transmission that allows reflections (from multipath) from the previous data transmission to settle before transmitting a new symbol. The 802.11n draft specifies two guard intervals: 400ns (short) and 800ns (long). Support of the 400ns GI is optional for transmit and receive. The purpose of a guard interval is to introduce immunity to propagation delays, echoes and reflections to which digital data is normally very sensitive.

3.35 What is Mesh protocol?

A wireless mesh network (WMN) is a communications network made up of radio nodes organized in a mesh topology. A wireless mesh network can be seen as a special type of wireless ad-hoc network. A wireless mesh network often has a more planned configuration, and may be deployed to provide dynamic and cost effective connectivity over a certain geographic area. An ad-hoc network, on the other hand, is formed ad hoc when wireless devices come within communication range of each other. It is of ten assumed that all nodes in a wireless mesh network are immobile, but this may not be the case.

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3.36 Which 3.5G Devices are compatible with RA-M100Plus?

The following 3.5G dongles are fully compatible with RA-M100Plus WAN access:

Huawei

Huawei E220, Huawei E169, Huawei E180, Huawei E172, Huawei E160, Huawei E270, Huawei E230, Huawei E1552, Huawei E156, Huawei E226, Huawei EC168C, Huawei E1750, Huawei E1762, Huawei E1752, Huawei E182E, Huawei K3715, Huawei E170, Huawei E1550

Sierra

Sierra MC8700, Sierra MC8775, Sierra MC8792V, Sierra MC8790, Sierra MC8795V

Option

Option Icon 225, Option Icon 401, Option Icon 505

A-Link

A-Link 3GU, A-Link TITAN

Solomon

Solomon S3GM-690, Solomon S3GM-646, Solomon S3GM-645-11

Sony

Sony Ericsson MD300, Sony Ericsson MD400

ZTE

ZTE MF622, ZTE MF626, ZTE MF636, ZTE MF668

Novatel

Novatel MC950D, Novatel XU870

Other

AnyData ADU 500A, Aiko 82D, Datang D201, Giant D301, Nokia CS-15, SIPTune LM-75, Webee, BandLuxe C120

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4 Configuration Examples

4.1 Example One – PPPoE on the WAN

Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on sales’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration.

WAN configuration: PPPoE

User Name H890123456

Password PW192867543210

LAN configuration

IP Address 192.168.10.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 DHCP Client Range 192.168.10.100 – 192.168.10.200

WLAN configuration

SSID Raytalk Channel Number 6

Configuration Example One – PPPoE on the WAN

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Configure the WAN interface:

Open WAN Interface Setup page, select PPPoE then enter User Name “H890123456” Password “PW192867543210”, the password is encrypted to display on the screen.

Press button to confirm the configuration setting.

Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.10.1”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”, DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.10.100” to “192.168.10.200”.

Press button to confirm the configuration setting.

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Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “Raytalk”, Channel Number “6”.

Press button to confirm the configuration setting.

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4.2 Example Two – Fixed IP on the WAN

Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration.

WAN configuration: Fixed IP

IP Address

172.1.1.1

Subnet Mask

255.255.255.0

Default Gateway

172.1.1.254

LAN configuration

IP Address 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 DHCP Client Range 192.168.10.100 – 192.1680.1.200

WLAN configuration

SSID Raytalk Channel Number 6

Configuration Example Two – Fixed IP on the WAN

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Configure the WAN interface:

Open WAN Interface Setup page, select Fixed IP then enter IP Address “172.1.1.1”, subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, Default gateway “172.1.1.254”.

Press button to confirm the configuration the setting.

Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.10.1”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”, enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.10.100” to “192.168.10.200”.

Press button to confirm the configuration setting.

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Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “Raytalk”, Channel Number “6”.

Press button to confirm the configuration setting.

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4.3 Example Three (RA-M100Plus only) – 3.5G on the WAN

Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WNAP 3G Mobile Router implementation by the following configuration.

WAN configuration: Fixed IP

3.5G Device

Huawei E220 (for example)

Authorization Number

*99#

APN

internet

1234

LAN configuration

IP Address 192.168.10.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 DHCP Gateway 192.168.10.1 DHCP Client Range 192.168.10.100 – 192.168.10.200

WLAN configuration

SSID Raytalk Channel Number 6

Configuration Example Three – 3.5G on the WAN

RayTalk RA-M100, RA-M100Plus, RA-M200 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual