Loopcomm Technology LP-8186 Wireless AP Router -4 Port User Manual WLAN AP Router
Loopcomm Technology,.Inc. Wireless AP Router -4 Port WLAN AP Router
User manual
WLAN AP Router
User Manual V1.2
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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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Table of Contents
TERMINOLOGY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
1.INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
1.2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
1.3 PRODUCT FEATURES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
1.4 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
1.5 REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
2.INSTALLATION------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
2.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
3.SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION---------------------------------------------------------------- 13
3.1 PREPARE YOUR PC TO CONFIGURE THE WLAN AP ROUTER--------------------------------------------- 13
3.2 CONNECT TO THE WLAN AP ROUTER--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
3.3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON THE WLAN AP ROUTER----------------------------------- 15
3.3.1Status ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17
3.3.2Setup Wizard-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17
I Operation Mode-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
II Time Zone Setting---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
III LAN Interface Setup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18
IV WAN Interface Setup ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19
V Wireless Basic Settings---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19
VI Wireless Security Setup--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
3.3.3Operation Mode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
3.3.4Wireless - Basic Settings------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21
3.3.5Wireless -Advanced Settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22
3.3.6Wireless - Security Setup ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24
I WEP Key Setup--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26
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3.3.7Wireless -Access Control ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27
3.3.8WDS Settings------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28
I WDS Security Setup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29
II WDS AP Table -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30
3.3.9 Site Survey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30
3.3.10 LAN Interface Setup--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31
3.3.11WAN Interface Setup--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32
I Static IP------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32
II DHCP Client ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33
III PPPoE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35
IV PPTP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37
3.3.12Firewall - Port Filtering------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 39
3.3.13Firewall - IP Filtering -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40
3.3.14Firewall - MAC Filtering ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41
3.3.15Firewall - Port Forwarding -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42
3.3.16Firewall - URL Filtering----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43
3.3.17Firewall - DMZ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44
3.3.18Management - Statistics ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45
3.3.19Management - DDNS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46
3.3.20Management - Time Zone Setting ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47
3.3.21Management - Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48
3.3.22Management - Upgrade Firmware------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 49
3.3.23Management Save/ Reload Settings---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50
3.3.24Management - Password Setup --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51
3.3.25Management - WatchDog Setup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51
3.3.26Management - Qos Setup---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52
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4.FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) ------------------------------------------------- 54
4.1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC'S IP AND MAC ADDRESS? ---------------------------------------------- 54
4.2 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54
4.3 WHAT ARE ISM BANDS?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54
4.4 HOW DOES WIRELESS NETWORKING WORK? ---------------------------------------------------------------- 54
4.5 WHAT IS BSSID?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55
4.6 WHAT IS ESSID?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55
4.7 WHAT ARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE?------------------------------ 55
4.8 WHAT ARE THE OPEN SYSTEMAND SHARED KEY AUTHENTICATIONS? ----------------------------- 56
4.9 WHAT IS WEP?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56
4.10 WHAT IS FRAGMENT THRESHOLD? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56
4.11 WHAT IS RTS (REQUEST TO SEND) THRESHOLD? ----------------------------------------------------------- 56
4.12 WHAT IS BEACON INTERVAL?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56
4.13 WHAT IS PREAMBLE TYPE?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57
4.14 WHAT IS SSID BROADCAST?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57
4.15 WHAT IS WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS (WPA)?------------------------------------------------------------------ 57
4.16 WHAT IS WPA2?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57
4.17 WHAT IS 802.1X AUTHENTICATION? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57
4.18 WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL (TKIP)? ----------------------------------------------- 58
4.19 WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES)? --------------------------------------------------- 58
4.20 WHAT IS INTER-ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL (IAPP)?-------------------------------------------------------- 58
4.21 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS)?------------------------------------------------------ 58
4.22 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY (UPNP)?------------------------------------------------------------- 58
4.23 WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT (MTU) SIZE?-------------------------------------------------- 58
4.24 WHAT IS CLONE MAC ADDRESS? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58
4.25 WHAT IS DDNS?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58
4.26 WHAT IS NTP CLIENT?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59
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4.27 WHAT IS VPN?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59
4.28 WHAT IS IPSEC?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59
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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,
9 The WLAN AP Router
9 The power adapter
9 The Documentation CD
9 2dbi antenna
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), 100Mbps(Ethernet)
Modulation Method CCK(802.11b), OFDM(802.11g)
Frequency Band 2.4GHz - 2.483GJz ISM Band, DSSS
RF Output Power CCK< 14dBm (Typical)±1, OFDM< 12dBm (Typical)±1
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 64 bit/ 128 bit WEP, WPA, WPA2, port filtering, IP filtering,
MAC filtering, port forwarding and DMZ hosting
LAN interface One 10/100BaseT with RJ45 connector (WAN)
Four 10/100BaseT with RJ45 connectors (LAN)
Power Consumption 12 V, 1A AC 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
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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, 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 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 No data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN
interface.
Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN
interface.
4. WAN LED ACT
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) The Wireless LAN Antenna.(Figure 2)
2.Reset Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the
configuration parameters to factory defaults.
3.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.
4.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.
5.Power The power jack allows an external AC 12 V power supply
connection.
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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: Connect the WLAN AP Router to your wired network. Connect the Ethernet
WAN interface of WLAN AP 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 AP Router. Use only the AC power adapter
supplied with the WLAN AP Router; it may occur damage by using a different
type of power adapter.
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.
Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254
Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
WEB login User Name: <empty>
WEB login Password: <empty>
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:
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: 192.168.1.1, 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 Explore, 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.
SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN AP Router.
The SSID is the unique name of WLAN AP Router and shared
among its service area, so all device sat tempts to join the same
wireless network can identify it.
Channel Number It shows the wireless channel connected currently.
Encryption It shows the status of encryption function.
Associated Clients It shows the number of connected clients (or stations,PCs).
BSSID It shows the BSSID address of the WLAN AP Router.BSSID is a
six-byte address.
LAN configuration
IP Address It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router.
Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP
Router.
Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for LAN interfaces outgoing
data packets.
DHCP Server It shows the DHCP server is enabled or not.
MAC Address It shows the MAC address of LAN interfaces of WLAN AP Router.
WAN configuration
Attain IP Protocol It shows how the WLAN AP Router gets the IP address. The IP
address can be set manually to a fixed one or set dynamically by
DHCP server or attain IP by PPPoE / PPTP connection.
IP Address It shows the IP address of WAN interface of WLAN AP Router.
Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of WAN interface of WLAN AP
Router.
Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for WAN interface outgoing
data packets.
MAC Address It shows the MAC address of WAN interface of WLAN AP Router.
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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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IV WAN Interface Setup
This page is used to configure WAN access type
Screen snapshot - WAN Interface Setup
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)
Screen snapshot — Wireless Basic Settings
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VI Wireless Security Setup
This page is used to configure wireless security
Screen snapshot - Wireless Security Setup
3.3.3 Operation Mode
This page is used to configure which mode wireless AP router acts
Screen snapshot - Operation Mode
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Item Description
Gateway Traditional gateway configuration. It always connects internet via
ADSL/Cable Modem. LAN interface, WAN interface, Wireless
interface, NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode
Bridge Each interface (LAN, WAN and Wireless) regards as bridge. NAT,
Firewall and all router's functions are not supported
Wireless ISP Switch Wireless interface to WAN port and all Ethernet ports in bridge
mode. Wireless interface can do all router's functions
Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration
setting.
Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous
configuration setting.
3.3.4 Wireless - Basic Settings
This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your AP Router. Here you
may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters.
Screen snapshot. — Wireless Basic Settings
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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(B+G)
Mode Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS
wireless mode.
Site Survey The Site Survey button provides tool to scan the wireless
network. If any Access Point or IBSS is found, you could
choose to connect it manually when client mode is
enabled. Refer to 3.3.9 Site Survey.
SSID It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32
bytes long.
Channel Number Select the wireless communication channel from
pull-down menu
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]
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.
3.3.5 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 AP Router.
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Screen snapshot - Wireless Advanced Settings
Item Description
Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System, Shared Key or
Auto selection.
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?
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?
Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu. Data rate can
be auto-select, 11M, 5.5M, 2M or IMbps.
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Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the
wireless data packet transmission. Refer to 4.13 What is Preamble
Type?
Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. Refer to 4.14
What is SSID Broadcast?
IAPP Click to enable or disable the IAPP function. Refer to 4.20 What is
Inter-Access Point Protocol(IAPP)?
802.1 lg Protection Protect 802.1 lb user.
RF Power Level Select the TX Power from 18-19dBm to 24-26dbm.
ACK Timeout The Acknowledgement Timeout means from remote to local data
transmission, one parameter to control both acknowledging action to
guaranty those packets have already be received. Usually, for short
distance, keep default setting is proposed. If there is long distance
application, have minor increased with this parameter will be proposed.
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.
3.3.6 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.
Screen snapshot - Wireless Security Setup
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Item Description
Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption
method can be None, WEP, WPA(TKIP), WPA2 or WPA2 Mixed
Refer to 4.9 What is WEP?
4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
4.16 What is WPA2CAES1?
4.17 What is 802. IX Authentication?
4.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?
4.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
Use 802. lx While Encryption is selected to be WEP.
Authentication Click the check box to enable IEEE 802. lx authentication function.
Refer to 4.16 What is 802.1 x Authentication?
WPA 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)?
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/WPA2Mixed 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.
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I WEP Key Setup
Screen snapshot - WEP Key Setup
Item Description
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 pull-down
menu. The format can be chose between plant text (ASCII) and
hexadecimal (HEX) code.
Default Tx Key Set the default secret key for WEP security function.
Value can be chose between 1 and 4.
Encryption Key 1 Secret key 1 of WEP security encryption function.
Encryption Key 2 Secret key 2 of WEP security encryption function.
Encryption Key 3 Secret key 3 of WEP security encryption function.
Encryption Key 4 Secret key 4 of WEP security encryption function.
Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new
configuration setting.
Close Click to close this WEP Key setup window.
Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the
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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.
Screen snapshot - Wireless Access Control
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 WLANAP Router.
MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of client to register this WLAN AP 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
AP Router.
Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be access right removed
from this WLAN AP 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.
Screen snapshot - WDS Setup
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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 Svstem (WDS)?
MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution
system access capability.
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.
Screen snapshot - WPS Security Setup
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II WDS AP Table
This page is used to show WDS statistics
Screen snapshot - WDS AP Table
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 packets on the Wireless LAN
interface.
Rx Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN
interface.
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 Site Survey
This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours.
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Screen snapshot - Wireless Site Survey
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 Click to select AP or client you'd like to connect.
Refresh Click the Refresh button to re-scan site survey on the screen
Connect Click the Connect button to establish connection.
3.3.10 LAN Interface Setup
This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of your WLAN AP
Router. Here you may change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP, etc.
Screen snapshot - LAN Interface Setup
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Item Description
IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN AP Router.
Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN AI Router.
Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets.
DHCP Server Click to select Disabled, Client or Server in different operation mode of
wireless AP router.
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.
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]
802.Id Spanning Tree Select to enable or disable the IEEE 802.Id 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.
3.3.11 WAN Interface Setup
This page is used to configure the parameters for wide area network that connects to the WAN port of your WLAN AP
Router. Here you may change the access method to Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE or PPTP by click the item value of WAN
Access Type.
I Static IP
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Screen snapshot - WAN Interface Setup - 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 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.
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 Plus and Plav (uPNP)?
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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Screen snapshot - WAN Interface Setup - DHCP Client
Item Description
DHCP Client Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address
assigned automatically from a DHCP server.
Attain DNS Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support.
Automatically Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected.
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 Plus and Play (uPNP)?
Enable Web Server
Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side.
Enable WAN Echo
Reply Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response.
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
Screen snapshot - WAN Interface Setup - 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.
Password If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name
and password to login the PPPoE 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
PPPoE protocol whenever this WLAN AP 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.
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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 1400. Refer to
4.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?
Attain DNS Click to select getting DNS address for PPPoE support.
Automatically 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.
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 Plus and Plav (uPNP)?
Enable Web Server
Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side.
Enable WAN Echo
Reply Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response.
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
Screen snapshot - WAN Interface Setup - PPTP
Item Description
PPTP Allow 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.
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.
User Name If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the user name
and password to login the PPTP server.
Password f you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the user name
and password to login the PPTP server.
MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is 1400. Refer to
4.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?
Attain DNS
Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for PPTP support.
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?
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Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function. Refer to 4.22 What is
Universal Plus and Plav (uPNP)?
Enable Web Server
Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side.
Enable WAN Echo
Reply Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response.
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.
Note: PPTP Gateway
Your ISP will provide you with the Gateway IP Address. If your LAN has a PPTP gateway, then
enter that PPTP gateway IP address here. If you do not have PPTP gateway then enter the ISP’s
Gateway IP address above.
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3.3.12 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.
Screen snapshot - Firewall - Port Filtering
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.
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3.3.13 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.
Screen snapshot - Firewall - IP Filtering
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.
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.
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3.3.14 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.
Screen snapshot - Firewall - MAC Filtering
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 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.
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3.3.15 Firewall - Port Forwarding
Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT
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.
Screen snapshot - Firewall - Port Forwarding
Item Description
Enable Port Forwarding Click to enable the Port Forwarding security function.
Local IP Address
Protocol
Comments
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.
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 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.
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3.3.16 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.
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.
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3.3.17 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.
Screen snapshot - Firewall - DMZ
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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3.3.18 Management – Statistics
This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless, Ethernet LAN and Ethernet
WAN networks.
Screen snapshot - Management – Statistics
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.
Wireless 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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3.3.19 Management – DDNS
This page is used to configure Dynamic DNS service to have DNS with dynamic IP address.
Screen snapshot - Management – DDNS
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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3.3.20 Management - Time Zone Setting
This page is used to configure NTP client to get current time.
Screen snapshot - Management - Time Zone Settings
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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3.3.21 Management - Log
This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log.
Screen snapshot - Management – Log
Item Description
Enable Log
Wireless only
System all
Click the checkbox to enable log.
Only show wireless log
Show all log of wireless AP router
Enable Remote Log
Log Server IP Address
Click the checkbox to enable remote log service.
Input the remote log IP address
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
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3.3.22 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.
Screen snapshot - Management - Upgrade Firmware
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 AP Router.
Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous
configuration setting.
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3.3.23 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.
Screen snapshot - Management - Save/Reload Settings
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 AP
Router.
Reset Settings to
Default
Click the Reset button to reset the configuration parameter to factory
defaults.
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3.3.24 Management - Password Setup
This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point. Empty user name and password will
disable the protection.
Screen snapshot - Management - Password Setup
Item Description
User Name Fill in the user name for web management login control.
New Password Fill in the password for web management login control.
Confirmed Password Because the password input is invisible, so please fill in the password
again for confirmation 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.
3.3.25 Watchdog
Use ping command to identify whether the router is functional or not. User has to set IP address, interval and fail count
to decide reboot router.
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Screen snapshot - Management - Watchdog Seetting
3.3.26 Qos(Quality of Service)
The QoS can let you classify Internet application traffic by source/destination IP address and port number. You can
assign priority for each type of application and reserve bandwidth for it. The packets of applications with higher priority
will always go first. Lower priority applications will get bandwidth after higher priority applications get enough
bandwidth. This can let you have a better experience in using critical real time services like Internet phone, video
conference etc. You can adjust the priority of the rules by moving them up or down.
Note: If the total assigned bandwidth of higher priority applications is larger than the maximum bandwidth provided by
the WAN port, the other applications will not get any bandwidth.
Screen snapshot - Management - Quality of Service
Item Description
Enable/Disable QoS You can check Enable QoS to enable QoS function for the WAN
port. You also can uncheck “Enable QoS” to disable QoS function for
the WAN port.
ISP Bandwidth The two fields must fill in ISP’s upload and download bandwidth.
Undefined IP
Bandwidth
For general IP address, the specified upload and download bandwidth
fill in here. If you have any IP address need to specified in special QoS
rules, please fill it in following.
Adjust QoS rule priority You can select the priority field and drop down it to select. There are
three types of priority level, “High”, “Medium” and “Low”.
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Edit QoS Rule:
You can assign packet classification criteria by its local IP range, remote IP range parameters. The parameters that you
leave as blank will be ignored. The priority of this rule will be applied to packets that match classification criteria of this
rule. You can limit bandwidth consumed by packets that match this rule or guarantee bandwidth required by packets that
match this rule.
Item Description
Rule Name The name of this rule.
Bandwidth You can assign the download or uploadbandwidth by the unit of Kbps
(1024 bit per second). You can limit the maximum bandwidth
consumed by this rule by selecting “Maximum”. You also can reserve
enough bandwidth for this rule by selecting “Guarantee”
Local IP
Address(from/to)
Enter the local IP address range of the packets that this rule will apply
to. If you assign 192.168.2.3 - 192.168.2.5, it means 3 IP
addresses:192.168.2.3,192.168.2.4 and 192.168.2.5
Local Port Range Enter the local port range of the packets that this rule will apply to. You
can assign a single port number here or assign a range of port numbers
b
y assigning the first port number and the last port number of the range.
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4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
4.1 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.
4.2 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.
4.3 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.
4.4 How does wireless networking work?
The 802.11 standard 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. 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
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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 airport, or where
access to the wired network is barred (such as for consultants at a client site).
Example 2: wireless Ad Hoc Mode
4.5 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.
4.6 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.
4.7 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:
¾ Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings.
¾ Position the WLAN antenna for best reception.
¾ Keep WLAN devices away from other electrical devices, eg: microwaves,monitors, electric motors, ... etc.
¾ Add additional WLAN Access Points if necessary.
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4.8 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 wireless network communications channel.
4.9 What is WEP?
An optional IEEE 802.11 function that offers 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.
4.10 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.
4.11 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.
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.
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4.12 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).
4.13 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.
4.14 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 replacement for WEP, MAC filtering or other protections.
4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
Wi-Fi's original security mechanism, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), has been viewed as insufficient for securing
confidential business communications. A longer-term solution, the IEEE 802.Hi standard, is under development.
However, since the IEEE 802. Hi 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. Hi 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.
4.16 WhatisWPA2?
It is the second generation of WPA. WPA2 is based on the final IEEE 802.1H amendment to the 802.11 standard.
4.17 What is 802.lx Authentication?
802.lx 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. lx standard also defines EAPOL messages that convey the shared key
information critical for wireless security.
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4.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?
The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol, pronounced tee-kip, is part of the IEEE 802.Hi 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.
4.19 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.
4.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?
The IEEE 802.1 If 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.
4.21 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.
4.22 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.
4.23 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.
4.24 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 AP Router,
so have the cloned MAC address set on the WLAN AP Router will solve the issue.
4.25 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.
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4.26 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.
4.27 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.
4.28 What is IPSEC?
IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security. It is used to transferring data securely under VPN.
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