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802.11g WLAN Router
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802.11g Router User’s Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCI NG THE 802. 11G ROUT ER.......................................................................................................................... ..........3
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VERVIEW OF THE
802.11G ROUTER APPLICATIONS................................................................... ............................................. .................................4
A SECURITY OVERVIEW....................................... ........................................................... .......................................................... ...5
802.11G ROUTER FEATURES ................................................................... ............................................. ........................................5
SETTING UP THE DEVICE............ ............................................. ............................................ .........................................................6
INSTALLING THE 802.11G ROUTER.................. ............................................ ............................... ........................................7
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HAT’S IN THE BOX
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PHYSICAL LOOK AT THE BACK PANEL
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PHYSICAL LOOK AT THE FRONT PANEL
CONNECTING THE CABLES ....................... ............................................. .......................................................... . ..........................10
HIGH LEVEL CONFIGURATION STEPS REQUIRE D FOR THE 802.11G ROUTER......................... ................................................10
SETTING UP A WINDOWS PC OR WIRELESS CLIENT AS DHCP CLIENTS......... ............................................ .............................11
CONFIGURING A PC RUNNING MS-WINDOWS 95/98/ME:.................. ............................................ .........................................11
CONFIGURING A PC RUNNING MS-WINDOWS XP/2000:........................................... ............................................. .................11
CONFIRMING YOUR PC’S IP CONFIGURATION:........................................ ............................................. ....................................12
CONNECTING MORE DEVICES THROUGH A HUB TO THE 802.11G ROUTER................... .......................................................12
BASIC CONFIGURATION OF THE 802.11G ROUTER........................ ... .... ... .. ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ...............13
LOGGING ON............................... ............................................. ............................................ .......................................................14
SETUP WIZARD ........................... ........................................................... .......................................................... ...........................14
ADVANCED SETTINGS................................................................ .......................................................... ..................................22
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PERATIONAL MODE
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ASSWORD SETTINGS
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YSTEM MANAGEMENT
SNMP S
ETTINGS
DHCP S
ERVER SETTINGS
MULTIPLE DMZ.................................... ........................................................................ ................ ........................................... ...29
VIRTUAL SERVER SETTINGS ....................................... ............................................. .......................................................... ........30
SPECIAL APPLICATIONS............................ ........................................................... ........................................................... ............31
MAC FILTERING SETTINGS ........................................ ............................................. .......................................................... ........32
IP FILTERING SETTINGS.................................. ............................................. ........................................................... ...................34
IP ROUTING SETTINGS .................................................. ............................................. .......................................................... ......36
WIRELESS SETTINGS...................................... ........................................................... .......................................................... ........37
RADIUS S D
YNAMIC
MANAGING YOUR 802.11G ROUTER .......................................... ...................................................................................... .42
HOW TO VIEW THE DEVICE STATUS ..................................................... .......................................................... ...........................42
HOW TO VIEW THE SYSTEM LOG............................................ .......................................................... .........................................42
DHCP CLIENT TABLE ................... .......................................................... ............................................. ......................................43
WIRELESS CLIENT TABLE ........ ............................................ ............................................. .........................................................43
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RIDGE TABLE
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PGRADING FIRMWARE
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OW TO SAVE OR RESTORE CONFIGURATION CHANGES
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OW TO REBOOT YOUR
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HAT IF YOU FORGOT THE PASSWORD
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE .......................................................... ........................................................... ........................46
GENERAL GUIDELINES............................................................. ............................................ .......................................................46
EXPRESS MODE VS. ADVANCED MODE OF OPERATION ...................... .......................................................... ...........................47
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ONVENTIONS
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OMMAND LIST
SPECIFICATION .................................................................. ....................................................................................... ...............49
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ETTINGS
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ETTINGS
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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:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to whi ch the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, (example - use only shielded interface cables when connecting to computer or peripheral devices) any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
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.
The user cannot use channel 12 & 13, or it will be a violation of the sensitive restricted bands of 15.205.
Introducing the 802.11g Router
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This manual gives a basic introduction to 802.11g Wireless Router. It provides information to configure the 802.11g Router to operate in common applications such as connecting to the Intern et.
We’ll describe how to use your web browser to configure the 802.11g Router and to perform various management functi on s, e. g. upgr adi ng the sof tw ar e, or vi ewing the sy st em log , a ta sk th at can b e useful in ongoing operations.
This manual consi sts of th e fol lowing ch apt ers and append ixes:
Chapter One, Introduction, summarizes feature s and cap abiliti es of th e 802.11g Rout er. Chapter Two, Installing the 802.11g Router, gives steps you should follow to install the 802.11g Router
and configure your PCs. Chapter Three, Configuring the 802.11g Router, describes how to log in to the Web Manager, the
browser screen, and steps needed to configure your 802.11g Router for specific applications. It gives easy-to-follow instructions for quick Internet access and provides a guide to basic 802.11g Router configuration.
Chapter Four, Advance d Configurat ion, pro vide s inform ati on on advanc ed rout er conf igur ation. Chapter Five, Manag i ng y ou r 802.1 1g Ro ute r , explains other management features of the 802.11g Router.
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Overview of the 802.11g Router
The 802.11g Router is a small desktop router that sits between your local Ethernet network and a remote network (e.g., the Internet). The 802.11g Router contains an WAN port connecting to an external ADSL/Cable modem, a DMZ port, a four-port 10/100Mbps Ethernet switch for connection to PCs on your local wired net wor k, and a wireless interface fo r connection to your local wireless network (supporting a data rate of up to 54 Mbps).
Data comes into the 802.11g Router from the local wired and wireless LAN and then is “ro uted” t o the Int ernet , and vice ver sa.
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802.11g Router Applications
ACCESSING THE INTERNET
The most common use of the 802.11g Router is to provide shared Internet access to allow everyone on your LAN to surf the web and send/receive emails or files. The 802.11g Router can automatically acquire a public IP address when connecting to the Internet. In turn, it will automatically assign IP addresses to PCs (requesting DHCP client devices) on your LAN - you don’t have to apply for and assign IP addresses to PCs o n your net wor k.
ACCESSING SERVERS FROM THE PUBLIC NETWORK
If you want special ser vers t o be accessi ble to r emot e users ac ross th e Inter net ( e.g., an e- mail s erver , an FTP server, or a web ser ver ) , you ca n co nf ig ure th e 80 2 .11g Rout er to pro xy the service using its (public) IP address. It means a remote user can access the server by using the 802.11g Router’s IP address. Upon receiving a r equ e st, t h e 802.1 1 g Rou t er wil l r e- dir ect th e r eq ue st t o th e ac tu a l ser ver o n yo ur l ocal network.
OPERATING AS AN ACCESS POINT
Additionally, the Wireless Router can also be configured as an Access Point, and acts as the central point of your local wir eless networ k suppo rting a d ata r ate of up to 54 Mbp s. It all ows client device s on your wireless network to access the Internet, to communicate with other wireless devices on your wireless network, or to com municate with d evices o n your wired LAN n etwork.
Since 802.11g is based on the same 2.4GHz radio band as the 802.11b technology, the 802.11g Router can inter-operate with existing 11Mbps 802.11b devices. Therefore you can protect your existing investment in 802. 11b cl ient cards, an d migrat e to th e high- speed 802.1 1g stan dar d as your ne eds gr ow.
802.11g Router User’s Guide
A Security Overview
More and more people are concerned about protecting your local network from the Internet. The
802.11g Router prov ides s everal w ays to k eep you r networ k secur e: Devices on your wired or wireless network are assigned private IP addresses; therefore remote
users from the In ternet c ann ot see no r acce ss th em. The 802.11g Router implements IP packet filtering capabilities, which you can use to selectively
filter (discar d) packet s to /fr om the Int ernet .
You can selectively re strict manag ement to r emot e devi ces.
To address the gro wi ng se c ur ity conce rn in a wi rel ess LAN environment , di f fer ent l evel s o f secur it y can also be enabl ed in the 8 02.11g Router, i nclu ding: To disable SSID broadcast so to restrict association to only client stations that are already pre-
configured with correct SSIDs
To enable WEP (Wi rel es s Encr ypt ion Pr otoc ol ) encryption to i mplem en t pri va cy of y our dat a Support of Access Control List to allow you to grant/deny access to/from specified wireless
stations (us ing M A C ad dr es se s)
Provisioning of central ized a uthent icati on throug h RA DIUS Ser ver(s).
802.11g Router Features
Compliant with 802.11b an d 802. 11g stan dard s with ro aming cap abi lity Support of NAT for mult ipl e users t o shar e Inter net a ccess IP routing (RIP1/RIP2) sup port VPN (Virtual Private Net wor k) support for P PTP/ IPSec pa ss-t hrough. Support of PP PoE and PPTP client fun cti on f or xDS L co nn ecti on s Support of mult imed i a applications ( ICQ, N et Meet in g, CUS eeM e, Q u ick Time, etc) .
Support of the Vir tua l Serv er f unct ion.
Support of the stan dar d Ac ces s Point mo d e f or con ne ct ion to wir el e ss cl i ent s Built-in DHCP server to assign IP addresses to DHCP client devices on both wired and
wireless LAN
Multiple security measures: to disable SSID broadcast, to define Access Control List, to
enable WEP based encryption (up to 128 bits), plus enhanced Security with 802.1x using a primary and a backup RADI US Server
Extensive monitori ng cap abil ity such as event loggin g, t raff ic/erro r stati stic s monit orin g
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Easy configuration and monitoring through the use of a Web-browser based GUI, a
Command Line Interface (CLI) through a remote telnet session, or SNMP commands from a remote SNMP management station
Setup Wizard for easy con figur ation/i nstal latio n
Setting Up the device
The 802.11g Router can be managed by a local PC on either the wired or wireless LAN network. To do this, the 802.11g Router must have an IP address, which can be statically configured, or is dynamically obt ained from a DHCP ser ver on the LA N. Fo r rea son s to b e g iven in Chapter 3 , st ati c I P address assignm ent is mu ch pr efer red.
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802.11g Router User’s Guide
Installing the 802.11g Router
This section describes the installation procedure for your 802.11g Router. It starts with a summary of the content of the package you have purchased, followed by steps of how to connect and power up your 802.11g Router. Finally, it describes how to configure a Windows PC to communicate with your 80 2.11g Rout er.
What’s in the Box?
The 802.11g Router packa ge com es with th e foll owin g items :
One 802.11g Router One 12V AC power adapter wit h a bar rel conn ector
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One Category-5 LAN cable with RJ- 45 conne ctors One copy of the 802.11g Rou ter Us er’ Guide
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A physical look at the back panel
The following il lu stratio n s hows the rear panel of Wi reles s Rout er.
(1) 4 RJ-45 10/100 Switch connectors for connecting to PCs and workstations or connecting
external Ethern et hub, or s witch with auto-s ensing. (2) 1 RJ-45 W AN co n nect or f or co nnect ing to Internet vi a AD SL/ Cab le modem (3) 1 RJ-45 DMZ conne cto r for con nectin g to an inter nal DMZ n etwor k or a PC (4) 1 AC power connector for connecting through an AC power adapter (included as part of the
product) to the w all po wer outlet (5) 1 Restore button to restore the device back to the factory settings
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A physical look at the front panel
The LEDs on the fron t of th e 802.11g Router r eflect th e operatio nal statu s of the unit.
802.11g Router LED Description
Label LAN WAN/DMZ WLAN POWER
Steady Green Link is active Link is active Link is active Power
OFF
FLASH XMT/RCV Data XMT/RCV Data XMT/RCV Data N/A
No LAN
connection
No connection
No Wireless
connection
No Power
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Connecting the Cables
Follow these st eps to install your 802. 11g Router :
Step 1 Connect ADSL/Cable modem to the Wireless Router WAN port using CAT5 UTP LAN cable.
Step 2 Connect a PC/Workstation to one of the LAN ports of the Wireless Router, such as port 1 or port 2.
Step 3 Connect the AC adapt er to t he Wirel ess Rout er and an ele ctri cal outl et .
High Level Configuration Steps Required for the 802.11g Router
This section describes configuration required for the 802.11g Router before it can work properly in your network.
Normally, devices on both LANs (except for the Web servers) are configured to obtain their IP addresses automat ica lly. De pendin g on wheth er ther e is a s epar ate DHC P server a vail able in your LAN environment network, thus to determine if you need to enable the built-in DHCP server in the Wireless Router. The following configuration step assumes that the route r’s built-in DHCPS will be used.
Additionally, sin ce you need t o perfor m variou s configu ration chan ges to t he 802.11g Rout er, in cludi ng the SSID, Channel number, the WEP key, …, etc., it is necessary to associate a fixed IP address with the 802.11g Router, which is why the 802.11g Router will be shipped with a factory default private IP address of 192.168. 1.1 (and a networ k ma sk of 255.25 5.2 55.0).
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Setting up a Windows PC or wireless client as DHCP clients
The following will give detailed steps of how to configure a PC or a wireless client to “obtain IP addresses automatically”. For other types of configuration, please refer to the corresponding user manual.
For the case of using a LAN attached PC, the PC must have an Ethernet interface installed properly, be connected to the 802.11g Router either directly or through an external LAN switch, and have TCP/IP installed and configured to obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server in the network.
For the case of using a wireless client, the client must also have a wireless interface installed properly, be physically within the radio range of the 802.11g Router, and have TCP/IP installed and configured to obtain an IP addr ess aut oma tica lly fro m a DHCP serv er in the n etwork.
Configuring a PC running MS-Windows 95/98/Me:
1. Click the Start Butt on, and select Set tings .
2. Click the Control Panel. The Win95/98/Me Control Panel will appear.
3. Open the Net work s et up w i ndow by dou ble- cl ick ing t he Net work icon.
4. Check your list of Net wor k item s. If TC P/IP is al read y instal led, pr ocee d to step 5. Oth erwis e: (You may need your Windows CD to complete the installation of TCP/IP.)
Click the ADD button. In the Network Component Type dialog box, select Protocol. In the Select Networ k Pro tocol dialog box, select Micr oso ft. In the Networ k Prot o co ls a rea o f the same dial o g b o x, select TCP/IP and cl ic k O K.
5. With TCP/IP inst alled , sele ct TCP/I P from t he li st of N etwork Comp onent s.
6. In the TCP/IP window, ch eck e ach of the tabs an d ver ify the f ollow ing sett ing s:
Bindings: Sele ct Client for Microsof t Network s and Fi les and print er shar ing for Micro soft
Networks Gateway: All fields are blan k. DNS Configuration: Select Disable DNS. WINS Configuration: Selec t Use DHCP for WINS Reso lution. IP address: Select th e Obtai n IP addr ess aut omat ically r adio butt on.
7. Reboot the PC.
Configuring a PC run ning MS- W indow s XP/ 2000:
1. Click the St ar t but to n, and ch oose Cont rol P anel ( in Cl assi c Vie w).
2. In the Control Panel, double-click Network Connections.
3. Double-click Local Area Connection.
4. In the LAN Area Connection Status window, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
5. Select the Obt a in an IP address au to ma ti ca lly and the Obt ain DN S ser ver addr e ss auto m ati cal ly radio buttons.
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6. Click OK to finish the conf igurati on.
Confirming your PC’s IP Configuration:
There are two t ools useful f or fi nd ing ou t a computer's I P add re s s and d efau lt gateway:
WINIPCFG (for Windows 95/98/Me) Select the Start button, and choose Run. Type winipcfg, and a window will appear li sting t he I P configur ation . You ca n also type winip cfg in the MS-DOS prompt .
The procedure required to set a static IP address is not too much different from the procedure required to set to “obtain IP addresses dynamically” - except that at the end of step 7, instead of selecting “obtain IP addresses dynamically, you should specify the IP address explicitly.
Connecting More Devices Through A Hub To The 802.11g Router
The Wireless Router provides four LAN ports to allow up to four PCs or Workstations to be connected to it direct l y. If yo u want t o conn ect mor e d evic es, you can connect an external hub or switch to any of the LAN p ort s using a LAN cable.
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Basic Configuration of the 802.11g Router
This section contains basic configuration procedure for the 802.11g Router. It describes how to set up the 802.11g Router for Internet Access operation, and how to set up the LAN configur ation .
Although the Command Line Interface (CLI) may also be used to configure the 802.11g Router, the browser-based configuration mechanism is generally preferred for its ease of use. The Internet Explorer 6.0 and up are sup po rted .
The 802.11g Router is designed so that all basic configuration may be invoked through the a standard Web browser such as Internet Expl orer.
To access the WLAN 11g Router’s management interface for the first time, enter the default IP address of the WLAN 11g Router in your Web browser http://192.168.1.1/
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Note: The IP address of your PC must be in the same IP subnet as the 802.11g Router. It is preferred that you configure the PC to obtain an IP address auto matically from the 802.11g Rou ter.
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The Home Page of the 802.11g Router screen will appear, with its main menu displayed on the screen, showing the following top-level choices: Setup Wizard, Device Status, System Tools, Advanced Setting s, and Hel p. Sele cting any will allow y ou to navi gate to ot her con fi guratio n menus.
Logging On
When you attempt to access a configuration screen from the browser menu, an administrator login screen will appear, prompting you to enter your password to log on. Once you are logged in, you will not be asked to log in again unle ss you r “sessi on” expi res su ch as du e to in activ ity t imeout .
If you are logging in for the first time after you received your 802.11g Router, you should use the factory default pa sswor d, “p assword” to lo g in. (Y ou shou ld ch ange it as soon as aft er you lo g in.)
Characters you type (as your password) will be echoed back as a string of asterisks (“*”) for security reasons. After you enter the password, clicking the LOG ON button will begin the password verification pr ocess and, if succ essful , your configu rati on sessi on c an begin.
Note: Should there be no settings or access on the web management screen, system will logout automatically in 10 minutes.
Setup W iz a rd
The Setup Wizard will guide you through a series of configuration screens to set up the basic configuration of your 802.11g Router. At the end of the Setup Wizard screens, you should press the “finish” button, and all your configuration modifications will take effect.
SETTING UP YOUR LOCAL TIME ZONE AND DATE/TIME
After logging in, the Time Settings page appears. The router time will first be set to the local time of the PC (on which the browser is running). If this time is not correct, modify the appropriate fields as necessary, and th en cli ck “N EXT”.
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