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2003 All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of the seller. Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice. The material contained herein is supplied without represent ...
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i Safety Instructions For Installation • Use only the type of power source indicated on the marking labels. • Use only the power adapter supplied with the product. • Do not overload wall outlet or extension cords as this may increase the risk of electric shock. If the power cord is frayed, replace it with a new one. • Proper ventilation is ...
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ii For Service Do not attempt to disassemble or open the cover of this unit yourself. You should not attempt to service the product yourself, which may void the user ’ s authority to operate it. Contact qualified service personnel under the following conditions: • If the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed. • If liquid has been spilled in ...
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iii FCC Information FCC 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 ...
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iv About This User Manual For brevity, throughout this manual the “ Wireless Broadband Router ” is referred to as “ the router ” or “ the device ” and following terms or abbreviations are used interchangeably: • Access Point – AP • Wireless LAN – WLAN • Ethernet network – LAN – network Note and Caution in this manual are h ...
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v Contents 1 Introduction ................................................. 1 1.1 Overview ..................................................................... 1 1.2 Features ..................................................................... 2 1.3 Package Contents ....................................................... 3 1.4 System Requirements ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual vi 4.5 LAN Configuration ..................................................... 28 Viewing Current DHCP Assignments (Router Mode Only) ................................................................. 30 4.6 Wireless LAN (2.4G) Configuration ............................ 31 4.7 Wireless LAN Security ............. ...
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Contents vii List of Figures Figure 2 -1 LED Indicator .......................................................................... 5 Figure 2 -2 Rear Panel and Connector ..................................................... 6 Figure 2 -3 Typical Connection Diagram .................................................. 9 Figure 4 -1 Applying Changes .... ...
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1 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview Thank you for choosing this Wireless Broadband Router. This Wireless Broadband Router is a multi-function device featuring a wireless 54Mbps Access Point, a 4-port LAN switch and a WAN port, which extends the existing broadband Cable/ADSL connection. It allows the Internet connection to be shared through either the 54M ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 2 1.2 Features • One 10/100 Base-TX RJ-45 auto sensing and crossover Ethernet WAN port for Broadband connection (Cable/DSL or direct Ethernet) • Four RJ-45 LAN ports for 10/100Base-TX auto sensing & crossover Ethernet Switch LAN connection • 802.11g Wireless LAN • Two external antennas for wireless ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 3 1.3 Package Contents Check the contents of the package. If any item is missing, please contact the dealer from whom the equipment was purchased. • Wireless Broadband Router x1 • Power Adapter and Cord x1 • CD x1 • RJ-45 Ethernet Cable x1 • Quick Installation Guide x1 1.4 System Requirements • Cabl ...
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5 2 Hardware Description & Installation 2.1 Physical Outlook Front Panel The following illustration shows the front panel of the Wireless Broadband Router: Figure 2 - 1 LED Indicator LED Indicator The Wireless Broadband Router is equipped with seven LEDs on the front panel as described in the table below (from left to right): LEDs Color Status ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 6 LEDs Color Status Description Solid Ethernet connection is established. • Amber - 100 Mbps Ethernet connection • Green - 10 Mbps Ethernet connection. Blinking Transmitting/receiving packets on the LAN port. Off P ower is off or no broadband device is connected. On Broadband device is connected. WAN Green ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 7 Ø Reboot . Insert a straightened paperclip into the reset hole to press the button. This will reboot the Wireless Broadband Router. Ø Restore to the factory defaults . Insert a straightened paperclip into the reset hole to press the button. Keep pressing and power cycle (off and on) the device. Wait for at ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 8 Connecting the Wireless Broadband Router Prior to connecting the hardware, make sure to power off your Ethernet device, Cable/ADSL modem and Wireless Broadband Router. Then follow the steps below to connect the related devices. Step 1 Connecting wired device to the LAN port. Attach one end of the Ethernet cab ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 9 The figure below illustrates a connection diagram example: Figure 2 - 3 Typical Connection Diagram ...
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11 3 Configuring Local Computer to Access the Wireless Router This chapter describes how to configure a computer for initial connection to the device. 3.1 Overview To access the Wireless Broadband Router ’ s W eb-based C onfiguration Utility, at least one properly configured PC must be connected to the device and reside on the same subnet with th ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 12 3.2 Setting up TCP/IP Before proceeding, make sure your computer is equipped with Ethernet network card or wireless adapter and has appropriate network card driver and TCP/IP installed. Note 1. If TCP/IP protocol is not installed on your PC, refer to Windows documentations for installation instructions. 2. F ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 13 Option B: Using Fixed IP Address • On the IP Address tab, select Specify an IP address . • Then set the IP address as 192.168.1.x (x is between 2 and 254), subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 . • Select the Gateway tab and set the gateway to 192.168.1.1 . Step 5 Click OK twice to finish the configuration. If ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 14 Check/Renew IP Address under Windows 98/ME The following steps help you verify if your network adapter gets an IP address within the DHCP IP pool range (192.168.1.100 ~ 192.168.1.150 by default) of the router. If not, you may need to renew the IP information. Step 1 From the Start menu, click Run to open the ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 15 Then an IP address will be automatically assigned to your computer. Option B: Using Fixed IP Address Select Use the following IP address and enter these settings: • IP address : 192.168.1.x (x is between 2 and 254) • Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0 • Default Gateway : 192.168.1.1 Step 5 Click OK twice to f ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 16 Check/Renew IP Address under Windows 2000/XP The following steps help you to verify whether the network adapter gets an IP address within the DHCP IP pool range (192.168.1.100 ~ 192.168.1.150 by default) of the router. If not, you may need to renew the IP information. Step 1 Click Run from the Start menu to ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 17 3.4 Checking Connection with the Wireless Broadband Router You can use the PING command to verify whether or not the Ethernet/Wireless client can communicate with the device. 1. Open the DOS command window. • For Windows 98/Me: Start > Run . Type command and click OK . • For Windows 2000/XP: Start > ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 18 3. The Wireless Broadband Router shall reply and a similar screen as below is shown. This indicates the Wireless Broadband Router and the wired/wireless host can communicate. If you get a failed ping response such as: Request time out Request time out Request time out Request time out or Destination host unr ...
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19 4 Web Configuration 4.1 Accessing Web-Based Configuration Utility Once your PC is properly configured as described in Chapter 3 “ Configuring Local Computer to Access the Wireless Router , ” you can proceed to setup the initial web configuration: 1. Start your Web browser and type http://192.168.1.1 in the Address field. This address is the ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 20 After successful login, you will be able to see the Wireless Broadband Router ’ s web-based configuration utility. From now on the Wireless Broadband Router acts as a Web server sending HTML pages/forms at your request. You can click the menu options at the top to start the configuration task. Making the C ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 21 4.2 General Information System Overview in the menu bar, displays general information of the Wireless Broadband Router, including the System, WAN/LAN interface, Wireless LAN interface, and Connection Log information (available only when operating in router mode). Under this screen there are three buttons. ? ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 22 Figure 4 - 3 System Overview – Bridge Mode ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 23 4.3 WAN Configuration – Router Mode Prior to configuring the Wireless Broadband Router, you must decide whether to configure the device as a router or as a bridge. This section only describes how to set up the device to act as a router. For bridge configuration, see “ 4.4 WAN Configuration – Bridge Mod ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 24 3. Host Name : If required, enter a host name for this router. Some ISPs only respond to a DHCP request with a valid “ Host Name ” . If a host name is not necessary for your ISP/network environment, just leave it blank. Figure 4 - 4 WAN Configuration – General Part 2. Configuring protocol-specific sett ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 25 Username/Password : Enter the username and password provided by the ISP used to log on to the Internet. Connection Mode : Select your PPP connection from these options: Keep Alive : This feature will keep your Internet connection always alive. The Wireless Broadband Router sends echo requests periodically to ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 26 u Manual Config If Manual Config is your option, configure these fields as required by your ISP. IP Address/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway : Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway given by the ISP in respective fields. DNS Servers : Specifies the IP address of the Domain Name Server. Your LAN si ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 27 and forwarding are not applicable. To set up Wireless Broadband Router to operate in bridge mode, perform the procedures below. Go to the WAN configuration page and select the Bridging option as the WAN/LAN relation and then click Apply to commit the changes. Figure 4 - 8 Enabling Bridging Mode ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 28 4.5 LAN Configuration The Wireless Broadband Router communicates with the wired/wireless clients through its LAN port. The LAN configuration page allows you to define the private IP address and DHCP server (NAT Routing only) settings over the LAN interface. u Manual Config IP Address/Subnet Mask . Enter the ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 29 DHCP Lease Time : Specify the time that a network device can use a private IP address before the DHCP server reassigns the IP address. IP Pool Range : Specify the starting and ending IP address of the IP address pool. Whenever a network device requests an Internet session, the router will allocate an unused ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 30 Viewing Current DHCP Assignments (Router Mode Only) When DHCP server function is enabled, the router keeps a record of any machine (either Ethernet or Wireless node) that has leased IP from the specified IP pool. The DHCP lease table is displayed under System Overview page. Figure 4 - 11 DHCP Lease Table ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 31 4.6 Wireless LAN (2.4G) Configuration The Wireless Broadband Router implements Access Point capability, which connects wireless clients to a wired LAN. It allows wireless stations to access network resources and share the broadband Internet connection. u Wireless Interface : Displays the MAC address of the w ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 32 u Wireless Bridge AP Mode : Select wireless operating mode of the Wireless Broadband Router. The Wireless Broadband Router can work as Access Point or Wireless Bridge. • Access Point . When operating as an access point, the router provides connection between the wired and the 802.11 b/g wireless devices. T ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 33 • Wireless Bridge . Provides wireless connectivity between two or more wired segment. When operating as Wireless Bridge, the device does not accept association request from wireless stations. All bridging devices must use the same channel in order to communicate with each other. Figure 4 - 13 Wireless Brid ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 34 u Access Control MAC Address Access Control : This AP has the capability to control the wireless client access based on the MAC address of the wireless client. The users have the flexibility to customize their own control policy based on these options: • Allow : If selected, only the wireless client whose ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 35 exceeding the fragmentation threshold are fragmented, i.e., split into, smaller units suitable for the circuit size. On the other hand, packets smaller than the specified fragmentation threshold value are not fragmented. RTS Threshold : Request to send threshold. It specifies the packet size beyond which the ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 36 wireless clients to share the network. In other words, it improves wireless network efficiency and boosts throughput. Figure 4 - 14 Wireless LAN (2.4 GHz) 4.7 Wireless LAN Security This page configures the wireless security mode. u Network Authentication Network Authentication : Disabled by default. If the l ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 37 enable this function by choosing either 802.1X or WPA . This option fulfills the security that an enterprise needs. If the local network does not have an authentication server, i t ’ s recommended to use WPA- PSK (Pre-Shared Key). This option is commonly used in small office home office (SOHO) environments ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 38 Integrity Protocol (TKIP) utilizes a stronger encryption algorithm and includes Message Integrity Code (MIC) to provide protection against hackers. • AES : Only for WPA and WPA-PSK . Advanced Encryption System (AES) utilizes a symmetric 128-Bit block data encryption. I t ’ s the strongest encryption curr ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 39 key to use for decryption. If the key value does not match with the transmitting station, the decryption will fail. To ensure successful decryption, have your wireless stations set identical key tables. Note All Wireless Stations must use identical encryption/authentication method and Key values (same key po ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 40 4.8 Filters (Router Mode Only) This page configures the LAN filters. The LAN machines blocked by the filters will not be able to communicate through the WAN . T he administrator can block the LAN users from accessing some Internet services such as FTP, SMTP (e-mail), HTTP or configure the filter policy based ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 41 u LAN MAC Filter LAN MAC Filter Mode : Th is filter mode is based on the MAC address of client computers. By default, this feature is disabled. To activate this function , select: • Allow : Requests from computers with matching MAC address specified in the LAN MAC Filters table is allowed to pass through t ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 42 Enable d Check this option to enable this setting and remember to click Apply to save and activate the changes. Note LAN MAC Filter demands higher priority than LAN Client Filter . Figure 4 - 16 Filters 4.9 Forwarding (Router Mode Only) This page allows you to configure the Forwarding feature. Unlike Filter, ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 43 measure of security that protects your network from hazardous packets. However, if you designate a DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) IP Address, incoming packets that do not match the forwarding criteria will be redirected to the DMZ IP address. That is, forwarding demands a higher priority than DMZ. u DMZ IP Addres ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 44 the Wireless Broadband Router how to direct traffic across networks. Item Description Outbound Protocol Specifies the protocol the application uses. TCP or UDP Outbound Port Start/End Enter the WAN port range from which data that follows that particular protocol should be sent. Inbound Protocol Select the pr ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 45 Figure 4 - 17 Forwarding 5.0 Administration This page allows the administrator to perform the following settings: u System Clock Network administrators may synchronize date and time among network devices by synchronizing the local clock to an available NTP (Network Time Protocol) server. NTP Server : Enter I ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 46 u Management Setup Specifies the username and password that grant the access to the Wireless Broadband Router ’ web page. By factory default, the user name is empty and the password is admin . Username : Enter the username (case sensitive). Pa ssword/Re-enter Password : Enter the password (case sensitive). ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 47 After upgrading, the new firmware version number is displayed in Current Firmware version field. u Restore Factory Defaults All settings set by the administrator will be erased. This option restores all the settings back to factory defaults. To perform this operation, click the Restore button and then wait f ...
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49 5 Troubleshooting I cannot access the Web-based Configuration Utility from the Ethernet computer used to configure the router. • Check that the LAN LED is on. If the LED is not on, verify that the cable for the LAN connection is firmly connected. • Check whether the computer resides on the same subnet with the router ’ s LAN IP address. ? ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 50 provided by the IS P . • For cable users, if your ISP requires a registered Ethernet card MAC address, make sure you have cloned the network adapter ’ s MAC address to the WAN port of the router. (See the MAC Address field in WAN page.) My wireless client cannot communicate with another Ethernet computer ...
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51 6 Specification 6.1 Hardware • 125MHz MIPS CPU • 16MB SDRAM • 4MB Flash Memory • 802.11g: Broadcom (BCM4306, BCM2050) • Two external antennas for wireless technology Interface • One 10/100 Base-TX RJ-45 auto sensing and crossover Ethernet WAN port for Broadband connection (Cable/DSL or direct Ethernet) • Four RJ-45 LAN ports for 10 ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 52 Electromagnetic Compliance • FCC Part 15 Class B • CE • EMI/Immunity: VCCI class B • PTT: JATE 6.2 Software WAN Port Features • PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) Client with Keep Alive/Connect On Demand Support • PAP and CHAP Authentication • DHCP Client • MAC Address Cloning • Settable and Changea ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 53 Security Features • PAP and CHAP Authentication • ASCII/HEX Format 64/128 Bit WEP Key for Wireless LAN • Allow/Deny List for Wireless LAN • Supports IP packets filtering based on IP address, port number, and protocol Wireless LAN Features • Fully compatible with 802.11g standard • Direct Sequence ...
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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 54 7 Appendix A Technical Support E-mail: support@airlinkplus.com Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Web Site: www.airlinkplus.com ...
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