Wireless-N Broadband Router: User's Manual
Wireless-N Broadband Router: User's Manual
User’s Manual
Version 1.0.4
(April, 2007)
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3-3 Firewall
3-3-1 Access Control
3-3-1-1 Add PC
3-3-2 URL Blocking
3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention
3-3-3-1 DoS - Advanced Settings
3-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
4-2 Troubleshooting
4-3 Glossary
Chapter I: Product Information
Thank you for purchasing this wireless broadband router! This high
cost-efficiency router is the best choice for Small office / Home office
users, all computers and network devices can share a single xDSL / cable
modem internet connection at high speed. Easy install procedures allows
any computer users to setup a network environment in very short time -
within minutes, even inexperienced. When the number of your computers
and network-enabled devices grow, you can also expand the number of
network slot by simple attach a hub or switch, to extend the scope of your
network!
In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the
following safety instructions:
1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router
outdoor.
2. DO NOT put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or
bathroom. Also, do not left this router in the car in summer.
3. DO NOT pull any connected cable with force; disconnect it from the
router first.
4. If you want to place this router at high places or hang on the wall,
please make sure the router is firmly secured. Falling from high places
would damage the router and its accessories, and warranty will be void.
5. Accessories of this router, like antenna and power supply, are danger to
small children under 3 years old. They may put the small parts in their
nose or month and it could cause serious damage to them. KEEP THIS
ROUTER OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN!
6. The router will become hot when being used for long time (This is
normal and is not a malfunction), DO NOT put this router on paper,
cloth, or other flammable materials.
7. There’s no user-serviceable part inside the router. If you found that the
router is not working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase and
ask for help. DO NOT disassemble the router, warranty will be void.
8. If the router falls into water when it’s powered, DO NOT use your
hand to pick it up. Switch the electrical power off before you do anything,
or contact an experienced technician for help.
9. If you smell something strange, or even see some smoke coming out
from the router or power supply, remove the power supply or switch the
electrical power off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help.
1-3 System Requirements
Before you starting to use this router, please check if there’s anything
missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for
missing items:
Front Panel
3. Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it
to the ‘Power’ socket of the router.
4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be
steadily on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer /
network device connected to the respective port of the router is
powered on and correctly connected. If PWD LED is not on, or any
LED you expected is not on, please recheck the cabling, or jump to
‘4-2 Troubleshooting’ for possible reasons and solution.
2-2 Connecting to wireless broadband router by web browser
After the network connection is built, the next step you should do is
setup the router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly
in your network environment.
After the IP address setup is complete, please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the
bottom-lower corner of your desktop:
After your computer obtained an IP address from router, please start your
web browser, and input the IP address of router in address bar. The
following message should be shown:
Please input user name and password in the field respectively, default
user name is ‘admin’, and default password is ‘1234’, then press ‘OK’
button, and you can see the web management interface of this router:
NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re
being prompted to input user name and password again, it means you
didn’t input username and password correctly. Please retype user
name and password again. If you’re certain about the user name and
password you type are correct, please go to ‘4-2 Troubleshooting’ to
perform a factory reset, to set the password back to default value.
TIP: This page shows the four major setting categories: QuickSetup,
General Setup, Status, and Tools. You can find the shortcut which
leads to these setting categories at the upper-right corner of every
page, and you can jump to another category directly by clicking the
link, and don’t have to go back to the first page.
2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’
This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to
complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short
time. Please follow the following instructions to complete the ‘Quick
Setup’:
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And the following message will be displayed:
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After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (4) button.
129.6.15.28 (time-a.nist.gov)
132.163.4.101 (time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov)
131.107.1.10 (time-nw.nist.gov)
If you found that the time of router is incorrect, try another time server.
2. Broadband Type
Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using in
this page. There are six types of Internet connection, they are:
If you’re not sure, please contact your Internet service provider. A wrong
Internet connection type will cause connection problem, and you will not
be able to connect to internet.
If you want to go back to previous step, please press ‘Back’ button on the
bottom of this page.
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Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer, this is
optional, and only required if your service provider
asks you to do so.
MAC address (2): Please input MAC address of your computer here, if
your service provider only permits computer with
certain MAC address to access internet. If you’re
using the computer which used to connect to
Internet via cable modem, you can simply press
‘Clone Mac address’ button to fill the MAC address
field with the MAC address of your computer.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK’ (3) button; if you
want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.
Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service
provider
DNS address (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided
by your service provider.
When you finish with all settings, press ‘OK’ (5); if you want to go back
to previous menu, click ‘Back’.
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User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet
service provider here.
Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is
optional
Idle Time Out (6): Please input idle time out, (detailed explanation
listed below).
When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK’ (7); if you want to go
back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.
MTU - Please use default value if you don’t know what it is, or ask
your service provider for a proper value.
Idle Time Out: Specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no
internet activity is detected by minute. This option is only available
when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’.
PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup
IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we
start from WAN interface setting:
Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider
here. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to
DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the
following IP address’ (i.e. static IP address).
WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet connection
will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please contact
your Internet service provider if you don’t know what you should fill in
these fields.
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your
Internet service provider here.
When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK (8); if you want to go
back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.
L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet
connection types, and all required setting items are the same with PPTP
connection.
Like PPTP, there are two kinds of required setting, we’ll start from ‘WAN
Interface Settings’:
Please select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service
provider here. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal
to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the
following IP address’ (equal to static IP address, please refer to ‘PPPoE
xDSL’ section above).
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK (7); if you want to go
back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.
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This setting only works when you’re using Telstra big pond’s network
service in Australia. You need to input:
User Name (1): Please input the user name assigned by Telstra.
Login Server (4): Please input the IP address of login server here.
When you finish with all settings, click ‘OK (5); if you want to go back to
previous menu, click ‘Back’.
When all settings are finished, you’ll see the following message displayed
on your web browser:
Please click ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll see
this message:
Please wait for about 50 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be back
to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new
settings.
2-4 Basic Setup
In this chapter, you’ll know how to change the time zone, password, and
remote management settings. Please start your web browser and log onto
router web management interface, then click ‘General Setup’ button on
the left, or click ‘General Setup’ link at the upper-right corner of web
management interface.
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Please follow the following instructions to set time zone and time
auto-synchronization parameters:
Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management interface, then
click ‘Time Zone’, and the following message will be displayed on your
web browser: Please select time zone at ‘Set time zone’ drop-down list,
and input the IP address or host name of time server. If you want to
enable daylight savings setting, please check ‘Enable Function’ box, and
set the duration of daylight setting. When you finish, click ‘Apply’.
You’ll see the following message displayed on web browser:
Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management
interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so
the settings will take effect after it reboots.
NOTE: You can refer to the instructions given in last chapter: ‘Using
Quick Setup’, for detailed descriptions on time zone settings.
Default password of this router is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login
prompt when accessed from web browser. There’s a security risk if you
don’t change the default password, since everyone can see it. This is very
important when you have wireless function enabled.
Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management interface, then
click ‘Password Settings’, and the following message will be displayed
on your web browser:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Current Please input current password here.
Password (1):
When you finish, click ‘Apply’; If you want to keep original password
unchanged, click ‘Cancel’.
Please retype the new password again when you see above message.
If the current and new passwords are correctly entered, after you click
‘Apply’, you’ll be prompted to input your new password:
Please use new password to enter web management interface again, and
you should be able to login with new password.
This router does not allow management access from Internet, to prevent
possible security risks (especially when you defined a weak password, or
didn’t change default password). However, you can still management this
router from a specific IP address by enabling the ‘Remote Management’
Function.
Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management interface, then
click ‘Remote Management’, and the following message will be
displayed on your web browser:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Host Address (1): Input the IP address of the remote host you wish to
initiate a management access.
Port (2): You can define the port number this router should
expect an incoming request. If you’re providing a
web service (default port number is 80), you should
try to use other port number. You can use the default
port setting ‘8080’, or something like ‘32245’ or
‘1429’. (Any integer between 1 and 65534)
When you finish with all settings, click ‘Apply’, and you’ll see the
following message displayed on web browser:
Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management
interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so
the settings will take effect after it reboots.
NOTE: When you want to manage this router from another computer
on internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this
router. If your Internet service provider assigns you with a static IP
address, it will not be a problem; but if the IP address your service
provider assigns to you will vary every time you establish an internet
connection, this will be a problem.
NOTE: Default port number the web browser will use is ‘80’. If the
‘Port’ setting in this page is not ‘80’, you have to assign the port
number in the address bar of web browser manually. For example, if
the IP address of this router is 1.2.3.4, and the port number you set is
8888, you have to input following address in the address bar of web
browser:
http://1.2.3.4:8888
2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup)
Please click ‘WAN’ menu on the left of web management interface, and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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Host Name (1): Please input host name of your computer, this is
optional, and only required if your service provider
asks you to do so.
MAC Address (2): Please input MAC address of your computer, if your
service provider only permits computer with certain
MAC address to access internet. If you’re using the
computer which used to connect to Internet via
cable modem, you can simply press ‘Clone Mac
address’ button to fill the MAC address field with
the MAC address of your computer,
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (3); if you want to
remove and value you entered, please click ‘Cancel’.
After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your
web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ (1) to back to previous setup menu; to continue on
router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take
effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is rebooting).
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After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (4) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on
other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the
settings will take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is
rebooting).
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User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet
service provider here.
Idle Time Out (6): Please input idle time out, (detailed explanation
listed below).
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (7) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your
Internet service provider here.
Idle Time Out (7): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection
you wish to use, and refer to last section for detailed
descriptions.
When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK (8); if you want to go
back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection
here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.
Idle Time Please input the idle time out of Internet connection
Out (6): you wish to use, and refer to last section for detailed
descriptions.
When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK (7); if you want to go
back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.
This setting only works when you’re using Telstra big pond’s network
service in Australia. You need to input:
User Name (1): Please input the user name assigned by Telstra.
User device login Check this box to choose login server by yourself.
server manually (3):
Login Server (4): Please input the IP address of login server here.
When you finish with all settings, click ‘OK (5); if you want to go back to
previous menu, click ‘Back’.
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
DNS Address (1): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided
by your service provider.
NOTE: Only IP address can be entered here; DO NOT use the hostname
of DNS server! (i.e. only numeric characters and dots are accepted)
10.20.30.40……………………………………………………………… Correct
dns.serviceprovider.com…………………………………………... Incorrect
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (3) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on
other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the
settings will take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is
rebooting).
DynDNS (http://www.dyndns.org)
TZO (http://www.tzo.com)
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Dynamic DNS (1): If you want to enable DDNS function, please select
‘Enabled’; otherwise please select ‘Disabled’.
Domain Name (3): Input the domain name you’ve obtained from DDNS
service provider.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interface, there
are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static DHCP
Leases Table’. Here are setup instructions for each of them:
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Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask for this network.
DHCP Server (4): If you want to activate DHCP server function of this
router, select ‘Enabled’, or set it to ‘Disabled’.
IP Address: 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
802.1d Spanning Tree: Disabled
DHCP Server: Enabled
These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’
section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup items:
Lease Time (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every
computer can keep a specific IP address) of every
IP address assigned by this router from dropdown
menu.
Domain Name (4): If you wish, you can also optionally input the
domain name for your network. This is optional.
Lease Time: Two Weeks (or ‘Forever’, if you have less than 20 computers)
Start IP: 192.168.1.1
End IP: 192.168.1.200
Domain Name: (leave it blank)
NOTE:
1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be
greater than ‘Start IP’, and can not the same with router’s IP address.
2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘Start IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP
Address of ‘LAN IP’ section (mentioned ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ field) should be
the same.
3. These settings will affect wireless clients, too.
2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table:
(If you set ‘Lease Time’ to ‘forever’ in ‘DHCP Server’ section, you can
also assign an IP address to a specific computer permanently, however,
you will not be able to assign a certain IP address to a specific
computer, since IP addresses will be assigned in random order by this
way).
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If you want to remove all characters you just entered, click ‘Clear’.
After you clicked ‘Add’, the MAC address and IP address mapping
will be added to ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’ section.
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If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a
MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click ‘Delete Selected’
button (2); if you want to delete all mappings, click ‘Delete All’ (3). If
you want to deselect all mappings, click ‘Reset (4).
After you finish all LAN settings, please click ‘Apply’ button on the
bottom of this page. After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will
be displayed on your web browser:
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After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your
web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on
other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the
settings will take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is
rebooting).
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This wireless router can be work in 4 modes:
Please select a proper operation mode you want to use from ‘Mode’
dropdown menu (1), and continue on other operation mode specific
settings:
Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown menu
(2), and the following message will be displayed:
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Band (2): Please select the radio band from one of following
options:
2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless
network client to connect this router (maximum
transfer rate 11Mbps).
2.4 GHz (B+G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and 802.11g
wireless network client to connect this router
(maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b
clients, and maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g
clients).
ESSID (3): This is the name of wireless router. You can type any
alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32
characters. ESSID is used to identify your own
wireless router from others when there are other
wireless routers in the same area. Default SSID is
‘default’, it’s recommended to change default ESSID
value to the one which is meaningful to you, like
myhome, office_room1, etc.
Channel Number (4): Please select a channel from the dropdown list of
‘Channel Number’, available channel numbers are
1 to 13. You can choose any channel number you
want to use, and almost all wireless clients can
locate the channel you’re using automatically
without any problem. However, it’s still useful to
remember the channel number you use, some
wireless client supports manual channel number
select, and this would help in certain scenario when
there is some radio communication problem.
NOTE: If you don’t special reason to limit the type of allowed wireless
client, it’s recommended to choose ‘2.4 GHz (B+G+N) to maximize
wireless client compatibility.
TIPS: You can try to change channel number to another one if you
think the data transfer rate is too slow, or keep having problem while
transferring the file over wireless network. There could be some other
wireless routeres using the same channel, which will disturb the radio
communication between wireless client and the wireless router.
In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with another, to
combine two access points and expand the scope of wireless network, and
all clients (wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode)
of two wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical network.
This function is very convenient when you need to connect two networks
between two buildings. Here are instructions about how to connect two
wireless routers together:
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NOTE: Two wireless routers must use the same mode, band, channel
number, and security setting!
MAC
address (4) Input the MAC address of another wireless router.
NOTE: If you didn’t see popup window, please check the web browser
or antivirus program, some of them will block popup window.
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Band (2) Select the band you want to use, two wireless
routers must use the same setting.
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Band (2) Select the band you want to use, two wireless
routers must use the same setting.
ESSID (3) Input the ESSID of your wireless router, it can be
the same with other wireless routers for the
convenience of roaming, or different with other
wireless routers so you can identify each of them.
After you finish the wireless setting, please click ‘Apply’ button, after
you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your web
browser:
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Data Rate: Set the wireless data transfer rate to a certain value.
Since most of wireless devices will negotiate with
each other and pick a proper data transfer rate
automatically, it’s not necessary to change this
value unless you know what will happen after
modification.
Broadcast ESSID: Decide if the wireless router will broadcast its own
ESSID or not. You can hide the ESSID of your
wireless router (set the option to ‘Disable’), so only
people those who know the ESSID of your wireless
router can get connected.
CTS Protect: Enabling this setting will reduce the chance of radio
signal collisions between 802.11b and 802.11g
wireless access points. It’s recommended to set this
option to ‘Auto’ or ‘Always’. However, if you set to
‘None’, your wireless router should be able to work
fine, too.
After you finish these wireless settings, please click ‘Apply’ button,
button, and the following message will be displayed on your web
browser:
It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! If you don’t,
hackers and malicious users can reach your network and valuable data
without your consent and this will cause serious security problem.
To set wireless security settings, Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left
of web management interface, then click ‘Security Settings’, then follow
the following instructions to set wireless security settings:
When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every
wireless device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless router
if no other security measure is enabled (like MAC address access control
- see section 2-7-4, or disable ESSID broadcast).
Only use this option when you really want to allow everyone to use your
wireless router, and you don’t care if there’s someone reads the data you
transfer over network without your consent.
When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption,
and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:
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Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and
128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but
will reduce some data transfer performance.
Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex.
When you select a key format, the number of
characters of key will be displayed. For example, if
you select ’64-bit’ as key length, and ‘Hex’ as key
format, you’ll see the message at the right of ‘Key
Format’ is ‘Hex (10 characters), which means the
length of WEP key is 10 characters.
Default Tx Key (4): You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can
decide which key is being used by default here. If
you don’t know which one you should use, select
‘Key 1’.
Enable 802.1x Check this box and another sub-menu will appear:
Authentication (9):
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To improve security level, do not use those words which can be found
in a dictionary or too easy to remember! (‘pilot’ and ‘phone’ listed
above are bad examples; just intended to show you how a WEP key
look like). Wireless clients will remember the WEP key, so you only
have to input the WEP key on wireless client once, and it’s worth to
use complicated WEP key to improve security level.
After you finish WEP setting, please click ‘Apply’ button (10) and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
After you finish WPA Pre-shared key setting, please click ‘Apply’ button
(5) and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide
safer wireless authentication.
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in ‘MAC Address Filtering
Table’ (1), and Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Delete Selected (2): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry,
check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want
to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (You
can select more than one MAC addresses).
Delete All (3): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here,
please click ‘Delete All’ button.
Reset (4): You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all
MAC addresses.
MAC Address (6): Input the MAC address of your wireless devices here,
dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) are not required. (i.e. If the
MAC address label of your wireless device indicates
‘aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff’, just input
‘aabbccddeeff’.
Comment (7): You can input any text here as the comment of this
MAC address, like ‘ROOM 2A Computer’ or
anything. You can input up to 16 alphanumerical
characters here. This is optional and you can leave
it blank, however, it’s recommended to use this field
to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a
memory aid.
Add (8): Click ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and
associated comment to the MAC address filtering
table.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (10) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Enable WPS (1) Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it
to disable WPS.
Configure Please input the PIN code of the wireless client you
via client wish to connect, and click ‘Start PIN’ button.
PinCode (4) The ‘WLAN’ led on the wireless router will be
steady on when this wireless router is waiting for
incoming WPS request.
2-7-6 Security Tips for Wireless Network
Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your
wireless network:
1. Do not use 100% radio output power unless it’s necessary; higher
output power means border wireless coverage, but if you’re not using
this wireless router in a really big space, you’ll let your neighbors
have the chance to do something bad to your network. If the wireless
router is not far away from your computer, try to start from 10% Tx
Power setting in ‘Advance Settings’ menu, and only raise the Tx
Power setting when it’s required.
4. You can hide the ESSID of this router by set ‘Broadcast ESSID’
option to ‘Disable’. Your wireless router will not be found by other
people in proximity if they’re just using the AP scanning function of
their wireless client, and this can reduce the chance of being intruded.
With this function, you can limit the maximum bandwidth or give a
guaranteed bandwidth for a specific computer, to avoid said unpleasing
result from happening.
Please click ‘Qos’ menu on the left of web management interface and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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12
Here are descriptions of every settings:
Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable QoS function, unselect this
box if you don’t want to enforce QoS bandwidth
limitations.
Add (5): Click ‘add’ button to add a new QoS rule, see
section 3-1-2 ‘Add a new QoS rule’ below.
Delete All (8): By clicking this button, you can delete all rules
currently in the QoS table. If the QoS table is empty,
this button will be grayed out and can not be
clicked.
Move Up (9): You can pull up the priority of the QoS rule you
selected by clicking this button.
Move Down (10): You can lower the priority of the QoS rule you
selected by clicking this button.
Reset (11): If you want to erase all values you just entered.
Click ‘Reset’.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (12) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
After you click ‘Add’ button in QoS menu, the following message will
appear:
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Rule Name (a): Please give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15
alphanumerical characters)
Bandwidth (b): Set the bandwidth limitation of this QoS rule. You
have to select the data direction of this rule (Upload
of Download), and the speed of bandwidth
limitation in Kbps, then select the type of QoS:
‘guarantee’ (guaranteed usable bandwidth for this
rule) or ‘max’ (set the maximum bandwidth for the
application allowed by this rule).
Traffic Type (g): Please select the traffic type of this rule,
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘save’ button (i), you’ll be
brought back to previous menu, and the rule you just set will appear in
current QoS table; if you did anything wrong, you’ll get an error message
when you click ‘Save’ button, please correct your input by the
instructions given by the error message.
If you want to erase all values you just entered. Click ‘Reset’
3-2 Network Address Trnaslation (NAT)
Please click ‘NAT’ menu on the left of web management interface, and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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2
3
To enable NAT function, please select ‘Enable’ for ‘Enable or disable
NAT module function’ (1); to disable, please select ‘Disable’.
After you made the selection, please click ‘Apply’ button (3), and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on
other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the
settings will take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is
rebooting).
Please click ‘NAT’ menu on the left of web management interface, then
click ‘Port Forwarding’, and the following message will be displayed on
your web browser:
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6 7
8
9 10 11
12
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Port Range (4): Input the starting port number in the left field, and
input the ending port number in the right field. If
you only want to redirect a single port number, just
fill the port number in the left field.
Delete All (10): Delete all mappings existed in virtual server table.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (12) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on
other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the
settings will take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is
rebooting).
Please click ‘NAT’ menu on the left of web management interface, then
click ‘Virtual Server’, and the following message will be displayed on
your web browser:
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7 8
10 11 12
13
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Public Port (5): Please select the port number of Internet IP address
which will be redirected to the port number of local
IP address defined above.
Delete All (11): Delete all mappings existed in virtual server table.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (13) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘NAT’ menu on the left of web management interface, then
click ‘UPnP’, and the following message will be displayed on your web
browser:
There is only one option in this page, please select ‘Enable’ or ‘Disable’
to enable or disable UPnP function, then click ‘Apply’ button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on
other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the
settings will take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is
rebooting).
Please click ‘NAT’ menu on the left of web management interface, then
click ‘ALG Settings’, and the following message will be displayed on
your web browser:
There are many applications listed here. Please check the box of the
special support for applications you need, and then click ‘Apply’ button,
and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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4 5
10 7 8 9
11
12 13 14
15
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Comment (3): You can input any text here as the comment of this
MAC address, like ‘ROOM 2A Computer’ or
anything. You can input up to 16 alphanumerical
characters here. This is optional and you can leave
it blank, however, it’s recommended to use this field
to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a
memory aid.
Add (4): Click ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and
associated comment to the MAC address filtering
table.
Delete Selected (7): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry,
check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want
to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (You
can select more than one MAC addresses).
Delete All (8): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here,
please click ‘Delete All’ button.
Reset (9): You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all
MAC addresses.
Delete All (14): If you want to delete all IP addresses listed here,
please click ‘Delete All’ button.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (15) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
3-3-1-1 Add PC
a
b
d
e
f
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Client PC Please input any text to describe this IP
Description (a): address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters.
Protocol (d): If the service you need is not listed above, you can
create a new service on your own. Please select
TCP or UDP, if you’re not sure, please select
‘Both’.
Port Range (e): Please input the port range of new service here. If
you want to specify port 80 to 90, please
input ’80-90’; if you want to apply this rule on a
single port, just input the port number, like ‘80’.
Add (f): When you finish with all settings, please click ‘Add’
to save settings, you’ll be brought back to previous
menu, and the rule you just set will appear in
current IP filtering table.
If you want to remove all settings in this page, click ‘Reset’ button.
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9
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Add (3): Click ‘Add’ button to add the URL / keyword to the
URL / Keyword filtering table.
Delete All (7): If you want to delete all URL/Keyword listed here,
please click ‘Delete All’ button.
Reset (8): You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all
URL/Keywords.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (9) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
This router has a built-in DoS attack prevention mechanism; when you
activate it, the router will stop the DoS attack for you.
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2
3
4
6
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Ping of Death (1): Ping of Death is a special packet, and it will cause
certain computer to stop responding. Check this box
and the router will filter this kind of packet out.
Sync Flood (4): This is another kind of attack, which uses a lot of
fake connection request to consume the memory of
your server, and try to make your server become
unusable. Check this box and the router will filter
this kind of traffic out.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
a
b
c
d
Ping of Death (a): Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention
mechanism will be activated. Please check the box
of Ping of Death, and input the frequency of
threshold (how many packets per second, minute, or
hour), you can also input the ‘Burst’ value, which
means when this number of ‘Ping of Death’ packet
is received in very short time, this DoS prevention
mechanism will be activated.
Port Scan (c): Many kind of port scan methods are listed here,
please check one or more DoS attack methods you
want to prevent.
Sync Flood (d): Like Ping of Death, you can set the threshold of
when this DoS prevention mechanism will be
activated.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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4 5
7 8 9
10
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Enable DMZ (1): Check this box to enable DMZ function, uncheck
this box to disable DMZ function.
Add (4): Click ‘Add’ button to add the public IP address and
associated private IP address to the DMZ table.
Delete All (8): If you want to delete all DMZ entries listed here,
please click ‘Delete All’ button.
Reset (9): You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all
DMZ entries.
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (10) button, and the
following message will be displayed on your web browser:
The functions described here will provide you with system related
information. To enter system status menu, please either click ‘Status’ link
located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, or click
‘Status’ button in main menu.
You can use this function to know the status of current Internet
connection.
You can use this function to know the status of your router.
Please click ‘System Log’ menu on the left of web management interface,
and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are
descriptions of every buttons:
All information about network and system security is kept here, and you
can use this function to check the security event log of your router.
Please click ‘Security Log’ menu on the left of web management interface,
and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
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The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are
descriptions of every buttons:
If you’re using the DHCP server function of this router, you can use this
function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this router.
Please click ‘Active DHCP client’ menu on the left of web management
interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web
browser:
All information about active DHCP leases issued by this router will be
displayed here. You can click ‘Refresh’ button to display latest
information.
3-4-6 Statistics
You can use this function to check the statistics of wireless, LAN, and
WAN interface of this router.
You can backup all configurations of this router to a file, so you can make
several copied of router configuration for security reason.
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The system software used by this router is called as ‘firmware’, just like
any applications on your computer, when you replace the old application
with a new one, your computer will be equipped with new function. You
can also use this firmware upgrade function to add new functions to your
router, even fix the bugs of this router.
After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click ‘Apply’ button, and the
router will start firmware upgrade procedure automatically. The
procedure may take several minutes, please be patient.
If you think the network performance is bad, or you found the behavior of
the router is strange, you can perform a router reset, sometime it will
solve the problem.
Scenario Solution
Router is not a. Please check the connection of power cord
responding to me and network cable of this router. All cords
when I want to access and cables should be correctly and firmly
it by web browser inserted to the router.
b. If all LEDs on this router are out, please
check the status of A/C power adapter, and
make sure it’s correctly powered.
c. You must use the same IP address section
which router uses.
d. Are you using MAC or IP address filter?
Try to connect the router by another
computer and see if it works; if not, please
perform a hard reset (pressing ‘reset’
button).
e. Set your computer to obtain an IP address
automatically (DHCP), and see if your
computer can get an IP address.
f. If you did a firmware upgrade and this
happens, contact your dealer of purchase for
help.
g. If all above solutions don’t work, contact
the dealer of purchase for help.
Can’t get connected to a. Go to ‘Status’ -> ‘Internet Connection’
Internet menu, and check Internet connection status.
b. Please be patient, sometime Internet is just
that slow.
c. If you connect a computer to Internet
directly before, try to do that again, and
check if you can get connected to Internet
with your computer directly attached to the
comm. device provided by your Internet
service provider.
d. Check PPPoE / L2TP / PPTP user ID and
password again.
e. Call your Internet service provide and check
if there’s something wrong with their
service.
f. If you just can’t connect to one or more
website, but you can still use other internet
services, please check URL/Keyword filter.
g. Try to reset the router and try again later.
h. Reset the comm. device provided by your
Internet service provider too.
i. Try to use IP address instead of hostname. If
you can use IP address to communicate with
a remote server, but can’t use hostname,
please check DNS setting.
I can’t locate my a. ‘Broadcast ESSID’ set to off?
router by my wireless b. All three antennas are properly installed and
client secured?
c. Are you too far from your router? Try to get
closer.
d. Please remember that you have to input
ESSID on your wireless client manually, if
ESSID broadcast is disabled.
e. If antenna is not installed, install them now
and never remove them.
File download is very a. Are you using QoS function? Try to disable
slow or breaks it and try again.
frequently b. Internet is slow sometimes, be patient.
c. Try to reset the router and see if it’s better
after that.
d. Try to know what computers do on your
local network. If someone’s transferring big
files, other people will think Internet is
really slow.
e. If this never happens before, call you
Internet service provider to know if there is
something wrong with their network.
I can’t log onto web a. Make sure you’re connecting to the correct
management interface: IP address of the router!
password is wrong b. Password is case-sensitive. Make sure the
‘Caps Lock’ light is not illuminated.
c. If you really forget the password, do a hard
reset.
Router become hot a. This is not a malfunction, if you can keep
your hand on the router’s case.
b. If you smell something wrong or see the
smoke coming out from router or A/C
power adapter, please disconnect the router
and A/C power adapter from utility power
(make sure it’s safe before you’re doing
this!), and call your dealer of purchase for
help.
The date and time of a. Adjust the internal clock of router.
all event logs are
wrong
4-3 Glossary
DNS Server IP Address: DNS stands for Domain Name System, which allows
Internet servers to have a domain name (such as www.Broadbandrouter.com) and one
or more IP addresses (such as 192.34.45.8). A DNS server keeps a database of
Internet servers and their respective domain names and IP addresses, so that when a
domain name is requested (as in typing "Broadbandrouter.com" into your Internet
browser), the user is sent to the proper IP address. The DNS server IP address used by
the computers on your home network is the location of the DNS server your ISP has
assigned to you.
DSL Modem: DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line. A DSL modem uses your
existing phone lines to transmit data at high speeds.
Idle Timeout: Idle Timeout is designed so that after there is no traffic to the Internet
for a pre-configured amount of time, the connection will automatically be
disconnected.
The IP address is a 32-bit binary pattern, which can be represented as four cascaded
decimal numbers separated by “.”: aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa, where each “aaa” can be anything
from 000 to 255, or as four cascaded binary numbers separated by “.”:
bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb, where each “b” can either be 0 or 1.
A network mask is also a 32-bit binary pattern, and consists of consecutive leading
1’s followed by consecutive trailing 0’s, such as
11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000. Therefore sometimes a network mask can
also be described simply as “x” number of leading 1’s.
When both are represented side by side in their binary forms, all bits in the IP address
that correspond to 1’s in the network mask become part of the IP network address, and
the remaining bits correspond to the host ID.
For example, if the IP address for a device is, in its binary form,
11011001.10110000.10010000.00000111, and if its network mask is,
11111111.11111111.11110000.00000000
It means the device’s network address is
11011001.10110000.10010000.00000000, and its host ID is,
00000000.00000000.00000000.00000111. This is a convenient and efficient method
for routers to route IP packets to their destination.
ISP Gateway Address: (see ISP for definition). The ISP Gateway Address is an IP
address for the Internet router located at the ISP's office.
ISP: Internet Service Provider. An ISP is a business that provides connectivity to the
Internet for individuals and other businesses or organizations.
LAN: Local Area Network. A LAN is a group of computers and devices connected
together in a relatively small area (such as a house or an office). Your home network
is considered a LAN.
MAC Address: MAC stands for Media Access Control. A MAC address is the
hardware address of a device connected to a network. The MAC address is a unique
identifier for a device with an Ethernet interface. It is comprised of two parts: 3 bytes
of data that corresponds to the Manufacturer ID (unique for each manufacturer), plus
3 bytes that are often used as the product’s serial number.
NAT: Network Address Translation. This process allows all of the computers on your
home network to use one IP address. Using the broadband router’s NAT capability,
you can access the Internet from any computer on your home network without having
to purchase more IP addresses from your ISP.
Port: Network Clients (LAN PC) uses port numbers to distinguish one network
application/protocol over another. Below is a list of common applications and
protocol/port numbers:
Application Protocol Port Number
Telnet TCP 23
FTP TCP 21
SMTP TCP 25
POP3 TCP 110
H.323 TCP 1720
SNMP UCP 161
SNMP Trap UDP 162
HTTP TCP 80
PPTP TCP 1723
PC Anywhere TCP 5631
PC Anywhere UDP 5632
Protocol: A protocol is a set of rules for interaction agreed upon between multiple
parties so that when they interface with each other based on such a protocol, the
interpretation of their behavior is well defined and can be made objectively, without
confusion or misunderstanding.
Subnet Mask: A subnet mask, which may be a part of the TCP/IP information
provided by your ISP, is a set of four numbers (e.g. 255.255.255.0) configured like an
IP address. It is used to create IP address numbers used only within a particular
network (as opposed to valid IP address numbers recognized by the Internet, which
must be assigned by InterNIC).
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 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 or more of the following
measures:
FCC Caution
This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction
with any other antenna or transmitter.
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. Any changes or
modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance
could void the authority to operate equipment.