Rosewill RNX-G400 User Manual

Wireless Router RNX-G40

User Manual

Wireless Router RNX-G40 User Manual

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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

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

z Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. z Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. z Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. z Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

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Contents

TERMINOLOGY -------------------------------------------------------------------------5

1.INTRODUCTION-----------------------------------------------------------------------6

1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6

1.2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------6

1.3 PRODUCT FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7

1.4 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------8

1.5 REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION -----------------------------------------------------------------------------9

2.INSTALLATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

2.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

3.SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ---------------------------------------------------- 11

3.1 PREPARE YOUR PC TO CONFIGURE THE WLAN AP ROUTER ------------------------------------ 11

3.2 CONNECT TO THE WLAN AP ROUTER --------------------------------------------------------------- 13

3.3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON THE WLAN AP ROUTER ----------------------------- 13

3.3.1Status ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

3.3.2Setup 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

3.3.3Operation Mode----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18

3.3.4Wireless - Basic Settings------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19

3.3.5Wireless -Advanced Settings -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20

3.3.6Wireless - Security Setup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22

I WEP Key Setup --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24

3.3.7Wireless -Access Control ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25

3.3.8WDS Settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26

I WDS Security Setup---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27

II WDS AP Table ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28

3.3.9Site Survey ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28

3.3.10 LAN Interface Setup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29

3.3.11WAN Interface Setup---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30

I Static IP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30

II DHCP Client ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31

III PPPoE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32

IV PPTP-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34

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3.3.12Firewall - Port Filtering -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35

3.3.13Firewall - IP Filtering----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36

3.3.14Firewall - MAC Filtering ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37

3.3.15Firewall - Port Forwarding ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38

3.3.16Firewall - URL Filtering-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39

3.3.17Firewall - DMZ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40

3.3.18Management - Statistics------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41

3.3.19Management – DDNS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42

3.3.20Management - Time Zone Setting ------------------------------------------------------------------- 43

3.3.21Management – Log------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44

3.3.22Management - Upgrade Firmware ------------------------------------------------------------------- 45

3.3.23Management Save/ Reload Settings----------------------------------------------------------------- 46

3.3.24Management - Password Setup---------------------------------------------------------------------- 47

3.3.25Management – WatchDog Setup--------------------------------------------------------------------- 47

3.3.26Management - Qos Setup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48

3.3.27Logout-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49

4.FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) ---------------------------------------- 50

4.1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC'S IP AND MAC ADDRESS? ------------------------------------- 50

4.2 WHAT is WIRELESS LAN?------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50

4.3 WHAT ARE ISM BANDS?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50

4.4 HOW DOES WIRELESS NETWORKING WORK?------------------------------------------------------ 50

4.5 WHATISBSSID? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 51

4.6 WHATISESSID? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 51

4.7 WHAT ARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE? ------------------------ 51

4.8 WHAT ARE THE OPEN SYSTEMAND SHARED KEY AUTHENTICATIONS? ------------------------ 51

4.9 WHATISWEP? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51

4.10 WHAT is FRAGMENT THRESHOLD? ----------------------------------------------------------------- 52

4.11 WHAT IS RTS (REQUEST TO SEND) THRESHOLD? ------------------------------------------------ 52

4.12 WHAT is BEACON INTERVAL? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 52

4.13 WHAT is PREAMBLE TYPE?--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52

4.14 WHAT IS SSID BROADCAST?------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52

4.15 WHAT IS WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS (WPA)? ------------------------------------------------------ 53

4.16 WHATISWPA2? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53

4.17 WHAT is 802.1x AUTHENTICATION? ----------------------------------------------------------------- 53

4.18 WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL (TKIP)?---------------------------------------- 53

4.19 WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES)? ------------------------------------------- 53

4.20 WHAT IS INTER-ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL (IAPP)?---------------------------------------------- 53

4.21 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS)? --------------------------------------------- 53

4.22 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY (UPNP)? --------------------------------------------------- 53

4.23 WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT (MTU) SIZE? ------------------------------------------ 53

4.24 WHAT is CLONE MAC ADDRESS?-------------------------------------------------------------------- 54

4.25 WHATISDDNS? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54

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4.26 WHAT IS NTP CLIENT? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54

4.27 WHAT is VPN? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 54

4.28 WHATISIPSEC? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54

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Terminology

3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard

AES Advanced Encryption Standard

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AP Access Point

CCK Complementary Code Keying

CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance

CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server

DH Diffie-Hellman Algorithm

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol

ESP Encapsulating Security Payload

FCC Federal Communications Commission

FTP File Transfer Protocol

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IKE Internet Key Exchange

IP Internet Protocol

ISM Industrial, Scientific and Medical

LAN Local Area Network

MAC Media Access Control

MD5 Message Digest 5

NAT Network Address Translation

NT Network Termination

NTP Network Time Protocol

PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

PSD Power Spectral Density

RF Radio Frequency

SHA1 Secure Hash Algorithm

SNR Signal to Noise Ratio

SSID Service Set Identification

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

JTFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

UPNP Universal Plug and Play

VPN Virtual Private Network

WDS Wireless Distribution System

WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy

WLAN Wireless Local Area Network

WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access

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1 Introduction

The WLAN AP Router is IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN AP router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN.

This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assignment and other WLAN router configuration. The description includes the implementation of the above steps.

1.1 Package contents

The package of the WLAN AP Router includes the following items

z WLAN AP Router z AC to DC power adapter z Documentation CD z Antenna z RJ45 LAN cable

1.2 Product Specifications

Product Name WLAN AP Router

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

Data Transfer Rate 54Mbps(Wireless), 1 OOMbps(Ethernet)

Modulation Method CCK(802.1 lb), OFDM(802.1 lg)

Frequency Band 2.4GHz - 2.483GJz ISM Band, DSSS

RF Output Power CCK< 17 dBm, OFDM< 13.5 dBm

Receiver Sensitivity 802.11b -80 dBm@10%, 802.llg -68 dBm@8%

Operation Range 30 to 280 meters (dependent on surroundings)

Antenna External Antenna

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

Security

LAN interface

Power Consumption 12 V, 1A DC Power Adapter

Operating Temperature 0 ~ 50°C ambient temperature

Storage Temperature -20 ~ 70°C ambient temperature

Humidity 5 to 90 % maximum (non-condensing)

Dimension 160 x 120 x 30 mm

64 bit/ 128 bit WEP, WPA, WPA2, port filtering, IP filtering,MAC

filtering, port forwarding and DMZ hosting

One 10/1 OOBaseT with RJ45 connector (WAN)

Four 10/1 OOBaseT with RJ45 connectors (LAN)

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1.3 Product Features

¾ Complies with IEEE 802.1 lb/g standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN.

¾ Supports bridging, routing, VPN, WISP functions between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces.

¾ Supports 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption function to protect the wireless

data transmission.

¾ Supports IEEE 802. lx Authentication.

¾ Support Wi-Fi Protected Access Authentication with Radius and Pre-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 Ethernet WAN interface auto IP address assignment.

¾ Supports static and dynamic IP routing.

¾ Supports PPPoE on Ethernet WAN interface.

¾ Supports clone MAC address function.

¾ Supports firewall security with port filtering, IP filtering, MAC filtering, port forwarding, trigger port and

DMZ hosting functions.

¾ Supports WEB based management and configuration.

¾ Supports PPTP Client on Ethernet WAN interface.

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 Supports Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection.

¾ Supports IPSEC tunnel encryption(3DES/AES128) and authentication(MD5/SHAl)

¾ Supports WISP (Wireless ISP).

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1.4 Front Panel Description

Figure 1 -WLAN AP Router Front Panel

LED Indicator State Description

On The WLAN AP Router is powered on.

1. POWER LED

Off The WLAN AP Router is powered off.

Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

2. WLAN LED Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

3. LAN LED ACT On Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.

(LAN 1-4) Off

4. WAN LED ACT

No data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.

Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface.

Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface.

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1.5 Rear Panel Description

Figure 2 - WLAN AP Router Rear Panel (SMA Antenna)

Interfaces Description

1.Antenna (SMA)

2.Reset

The Wireless LAN Antenna.(Figure 2)

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

3.WAN

4.LAN

5.Power

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

802.3u respectively.

The 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.

The power jack allows an external DC 12 V power supply connection. The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the WLAN AP Router.

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2 Installation

2.1 Hardware Installation

Step 1: Place the WLAN AP Router to the optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for

your WLAN AP Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations.

Step 2: Prior to connecting the hardware, make sure to power off your Ethernet device, Cable/ADSL modem

and Broadband Router. Then follow the steps below to connect the related devices.

◎Connect your computer to the LAN port.

Attach one end of the Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connector to your hub, switch or a computer’s

Ethernet port, and the other end to one of the LAN ports of your Broadband Router.

◎Connect then Cable/ADSL Modem to the WAN port.

Connect the Ethernet cable attaching to your Cable/ADSL modem to the WAN port of your

Broadband Router.

Step 3: Connect the power adapter.

Connect the single DC output connector of the power adapter to the power jack on the side of the

Broadband Router. Then plug the Power Adapter into an AC outlet.

Step 4: Power on the following devices in this order:

Cable/ADSL modem, Router, and PCs

The hardware installation is 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 1 minute to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the WLAN AP 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

The web based management and configuration functions allow you to do the step-by-step easily.

The WLAN AP Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN

interfaces. For the first time setting, you need to use the computer which connects to the LAN port of the

router to complete the first setting Directly by RJ45 cable.

Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254

Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

WEB login User Name: user

WEB login Password: user

3.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN AP Router

For Microsoft Windows 95/ 98/ ME:

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

appear.

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

options on the left side of the window

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

3. Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to

install it; otherwise go to step 6.

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

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: 192.168.1.1, IP address within the range of 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is used to

connect the WLAN AP Router.

9 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

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

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For Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/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 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 Typ e 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: 192.168.1.1, IP address within the range of 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is used to

connect the WLAN AP Router.

9 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

For Microsoft Windows NT:

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

appear.

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

Click Protocol tab from the Network window.

3. Check the installed list of Network Protocol window. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button

to install it; otherwise go to step 6.

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

5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the

TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP installation.

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

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

9 IP Address: 192.168.1.1, IP address within the range of 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is used to

connect the WLAN AP Router.

9 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

8. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.

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3.2 Connect to the WLAN AP Router

Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN AP Router.

3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN AP Router

3.3.1 Status

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

Screen snapshot – Status

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Item Description

System

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

Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN AP Router.

Wireless configuration

Mode It shows wireless operation mode

Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency.

It shows the SSID of this WLAN AP Router.

SSID

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

Channel Number It shows the wireless channel connected currently.

Encryption It shows the status of encryption function.

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

BSSID

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

LAN configuration

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

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

Default Gateway

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

DHCP Server It shows the DHCP server is enabled or not.

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

WAN configuration

It shows how the WLAN AP Router gets the IP address. The IP address

Attain IP Protocol

can be set manually to a fixed one or set dynamically by DHCP server or attain IP by PPPoE / PPTP connection.

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

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

Default Gateway

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

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

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3.3.2 Setup Wizard

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

Screen snapshot - Setup Wizard

I Operation Mode

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

Screen snapshot - Operation Mode

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II Time Zone Setting

This page is used to enable and configure NTP client

Screen snapshot - Time Zone Settings

III LAN Interface Setup

This page is used to enable and configure NTP client

Screen snapshot - LAN Interface Setup

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