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    User ’ s Manual ESR9855 G Wireless 300N Gigabit Gaming Router Gigabit & S treamEngine Support ...

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    3 3 T able of Co ntent s 1. INTRODUCT ION ....................... ................. ..................... ...................... ............... ..................... ...................... ............... ..................... ............... ... 7 1.1. F EATURES & B ENEFITS ..................... ..................... ............... ......... ...

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    4 4 5.1.2.1. Wireless Sec urity Leve l: BEST ( WPA2) ............................................................................................................................................................. 36 5.1.2.2. Wireless Sec urity Leve l: BETTER ( W PA) ..................................................................................... ...

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    5 5 6.4.2.3. Restore T o Factory D efault ................................................................................................................................................................................ 91 6.4.2.4. Reboot the d evice .................................................................................................... ...

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    6 6 W ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................ 123 X ........................................................................................................ ...

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    7 7 1. Introduc tion The EnGeniu s ESR9855 G Multimedia Enhanced Wireles s 300N Gaming Rout er is a 802.1 1n compli ant device that deliver s up to 6x faster sp eeds tha n 802.1 1g w hile st aying b ackward comp atib le with 80 2.1 1g and 802.1 1b dev ices. It is not only a W ireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the networ k with out wir ...

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    8 8 Supports DNS/ DDNS Lets us ers assign a fixed h ost and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. Supports NA T (Network Address Transla tion)/NAPT Shares single Internet ac count and provides a type of firew all by hiding internal IP addresses for keeping ha cker out Hide SSID A vo ids unallowable users sharing b andwidth, increas es effic ...

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    9 9 1.2. Package Co ntents Open the pa ckage c arefully , and make sure that n one of the items listed below are missin g. Do not discar d the pac king mater ials, in case of r eturn; t he unit must be shipped in its or iginal pack age.  ESR9855G Multi media E nhanc ed Wireless 30 0N Ga ming Rout er x 1  Power A dapter x 1  3dBi 2.4GHz Dip ...

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    10 10 1.4. Wireless SOHO Ro uter Desc ription Rear Panel Power Swi tch LAN Ports WA N / Intern et Port DC-Jack ...

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    1 1 1 1 Front Panel W PS button LED panel Antenna Antenna connector ...

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    12 12 Part s Description LAN Ports (1 – 4) Use an Ethernet cable to connect each port to a computer on y our Local Area Network (LAN). WAN Port Use an Ethernet cable to connect this port to your WAN rou ter . Antenna Connector Interface for the antennas. LAN LED This LED will light up once an Ethernet cable is conne cted to one of the LAN ports. ...

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    13 13 c) The abil ity to access rea l-ti me inform ation Doctors/ nurses, point-of- sale employees, and warehouse workers can access real-tim e i nfor mation while dealing with patients, serv ing custom ers and process ing in formati on. d) Frequent ly chan ged env ironme nt s Show roo ms, me eting roo ms, ret ail stores, and manufact uring sites w ...

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    14 14 1.7. Network Co nfigura tion To better understand how the wireless LAN products w ork together to cre ate a wireless netw ork, it might be helpful to depi ct a few of the possi ble w ireless LAN PC card ne twork con figurations. The w ireless LAN produ cts can be configured as: a) Ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer ) for dep artme ntal or SOHO LAN s. b) ...

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    15 15 b) Infrastruc ture Mode The infras tructure mode requires the use of an access point (AP). In this mode, all wirel ess commun ication between two computers has to be via t he AP. It doesn’t matte r if the AP is stand-alone or wired to an Ethernet network. If used in stand-alone, t he AP c an extend the range of indep endent wireless LANs by ...

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    16 16 2. Underst andin g the Har dware 2.1. Hardware Installat ion 1. Place the unit in a n appr opriate locat ion after con duct ing a site survey . 2. Plug one end of t he Ethe rnet cable into t he LA N port of the dev ice and anothe r end int o your PC/Not ebook. 3. Plug one end of an other Ethernet cable t o W AN port of the dev ice and t he ot ...

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    17 17 2.2. IP Ad dress Con figuration This device can be configur ed as a Bridge/ Router or Access Point. The default IP addres s of the device i s 192.168.1.1 In or der to log into this d evice, y ou must first co nfigure the TCP/I P sett ings of y our PC/ Noteb ook. 1. In the cont rol panel, double click Network Connections and then doub le click ...

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    18 18 2. Select Internet Proto col (TCP/IP) and then c lick on the Prop erties button. This will allow y ou to configure the TCP/IP settings of your PC/N oteboo k. Select O btain an IP addr ess a utomatic ally radio b utton. 3. Click on t he OK b utton t o close t his window , and o nce again to close L AN pro perties wi ndow. ...

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    19 19 3. Logging In  To configure the device throug h the web-browser, enter the IP address of the device (default: 192.168 .1.1 ) into the address bar of the web- browser an d pres s Enter .  Make sure that the device and your computers are configured on the same subnet. Refer to previous chapter in order to configur e the IP addr ess of y o ...

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    20 20 4. Internet Settings This device offers a quick and simple configur ation through the use of wizards. T his chapter describes how to use the wizard to configure the W AN, LAN, and wireless settings. Please refer to Chapter 6 in order to configure th e m ore advanced features of the device. IMPORTAN T NOTICE  The con figuration wizard for e ...

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    21 21 4.1. Internet Co nnecti on Ty pe  Select y our Int ernet serv ice WAN type  This dev ice supp orts sev eral ty pes of Inter net / W AN connect ions: o DHCP Connectio n (Dynamic IP address) – Choose this conne ction type if your ISP provides you the IP address. Most cable modems us e this t ype of c onnect ion. o PPPoE (Poinit-to-Poi n ...

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    22 22 4.1.1. DHCP Conne ction (Dy namic IP A ddress) The WAN interface can be configured as a DHCP Client in which the ISP provides the IP address to the device. This is also known as Dynamic IP. Host Na me : this i s option al if y ou need to spec ify the ho st name for this ro uter . Use Unicas ting : This option i s norm ally turned of f, and sh ...

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    23 23 4.1.2. PPPoE (Po int-to-P oint Pro tocol ov er Ethernet)  The W AN interface can be conf igured as PPPo E. Thi s t ype o f c onnectio n is usually use d f or a DSL serv ice an d req uires a username and pass word to conn ect.  Addre ss Mode : PPPo E can be used with a dynamic or static IP address. If you select the D y namic IP radio bu ...

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    24 24 o Automatic C onnect: choos e this op tion i f you w ant the dev ice to au tomat ically conn ect. o Manual Conn ect: choose t his option if you w ant the dev ice to con nection o n d emand.  Maximum Idle Time : specify t he maxi mum idle time (disconn ect when device is idled over t he specifie d period. ...

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    25 25 4.1.3. PPTP (Point -to-Poin t Tunne ling Prot ocol)  The W AN interface can be configured as PPTP. PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol) uses a virtual private networ k to connect to your ISP. This m etho d of connect ion is pri marily used in Europe. This m et hod of conn ection requ ires you to enter a username and passw ord (prov ide ...

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    26 26  PPTP Server I P A ddress : I f the PPTP S erve r’s IP a ddress is differen t from t he def ault gate way, then y ou may spec ify it here.  User Nam e : Spe cify t he user na me wh ich is prov ided by y our ISP.  Pass word: Spe cify t he passw ord whic h is prov ided by y our ISP, and then v erify it once again in the n ext field. ...

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    27 27 4.1.4. Static IP A ddress Conf iguration  The W AN inter face can be configur ed as Stat ic IP addres s. In this type of conne ction, your ISP prov ides you with a dedicated IP address (which does not change as DHC P).  IP A ddress: Sp ecify t he IP addr ess for this dev ice, w hich is ass igned by y our ISP.  Subnet Mask: S peci fy ...

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    28 28 4.2. Other Inte rnet Set tings IMPORTAN T NOTICE 4.2.1. RIP (Routing Infor mation P rotocol) Allows RIP to accept updates from this con nection. Note that priv ate routing information is never sent to this con nection. Internet Settings Page contains various settin gs related to W AN / Int ernet service. Usually , you only need to configure I ...

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    29 29 4.2.2. DNS Setting s Most of the ISP does not require user to specify DNS settings. In cas e where DNS needed to be speci fied you can change the setting in this section. 4.2.3. MTU Setting s Most of the ISP does not require user to specify MTU settings. In case where MTU needed to be specified. Y ou ca n change the setting in this section. ? ...

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    30 30 4.2.4. WA N Ping If you enable this featu re, the W AN port of your router will respond to ping request s from the Internet th at are sent to the WA N IP Address. Enable W AN Ping Respond: checking the box. Y ou can specify the Inbound Filter a nd choose w hether to Allow A ll or Deny A l l . 4.2.5. Multicast St reams Enable Multicast S tream ...

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    31 31 4.2.6. MAC C loning MAC Address: specify the MAC address . Click on [Clone Y our PC’ s MA C address] button to enter the MAC address of your PC/l aptop automatically . ...

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    32 32 5. Wireless S etu p Wizard This wiz ard will gu ide you in the configur ation of the w ireless net work set tings such as t he SSI D and security ( WEP/WPA). .Please re fer to Chapter 6 in order to con figure the more advance d featur es of t he device 5.1. Wireless Net work Wizard Se tup  Click on t he Wizar d_Wire less lin k under t he B ...

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    33 33  The wizar d will inf orm y ou that there ar e two options: aut o and manual. 5.1.1. Au tomatic Net work Setup  If you select the A uto option, then the device will au tomatica lly configur e the SSID and secur ity mode.  Click on t he Next button t o cont inue. ...

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    34 34  The wiz ard has automatically configur ed the SSID and security mode for the devi ce. Cl ick on the Save button to co mplete the setup. 5.1.2. Manual Ne twork S etup  If you select the Manual option, t hen you will be re quired to spe cify t he SSID and select the ap propr iate net work secur ity.  Click on t he Next button t o cont ...

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    35 35  Click on t he Next button t o cont inue.  Specify the W ire less Netw ork Name (SSID) for the dev ice. The SSID is a unique named shared a mongst all the points of the wireless network. The SSID must be identic al on all points of the wireless netw ork and cannot exce ed 32 character s. Click on the Next but ton to con tinue. ...

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    36 36  This step require s that you con figure t he securit y feat ures bas ed on y our nee ds. The follow ing optio ns ar e availabl e. o BEST – Select thi s option if you r wire less adapter s suppor t WPA2 o BETTER – Select this opt ion i f your wireless ada pter s suppor t WPA o GOOD – Select t his opti on if y our wire less adapt ers ...

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    37 37  Select the BEST r adio b utton w hich supp orts WPA2 encr yption. Then clic k on t he Next but ton.  Enter a sec urity password betw een 2 an d 20 ch aracter s then cl ick on the Next button.  The setup is co mplete. C lick on t he Sav e button and t hen reboot t he devic e. ...

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    38 38 5.1.2.2. Wireless Security Level: BETTER (WPA)  Select the BETT ER radi o button which sup ports W PA encry ption. Then clic k on the Next but ton.  Enter a sec urity password betw een 2 an d 20 ch aracter s then cl ick on the Next button. ...

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    39 39  The setup is co mplete. C lick on t he Sav e button and t hen reboot t he devic e. 5.1.2.3. Wireless Security Level: GOOD (WE P 64/128-bi t)  Select the GOOD radio b utt on which su pports W EP encry ption. T hen clic k on the Next butt on.  Enter a sec urity password betw een 2 an d 20 ch aracter s then cl ick on the Next button. ...

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    40 40  The setup is co mplete. C lick on t he Sav e button and t hen reboot t he devic e. 5.1.2.4. Wireless Security Level: None (Secu rity Disabled)  Select the NON E radio bu tton if you do not want to activ ate any security features. Then c lick on the Next button. ...

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    41 41  The setup is co mplete. C lick on t he Sav e button and t hen reboot t he devic e. ...

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    42 42 6. Manual We b Config uratio n 6.1. Logg ing In  To configure the device throug h the web-browser, enter the IP address of the Bridge (default: 192.168 .1.1 ) into the address bar of the web- browser an d pres s Enter .  Make sure that the device and your computer s are configured on the same subnet. Refer to Chapter 2 in order to confi ...

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    43 43 6.2. Basic Click on t he Basic link o n the nav igation dro p-down menu. 6.2.1. Internet Settings Refer to Chapters 4 in ord er to use the w izard. The ot her options are d escribe d below. 6.2.2. Wizard Wireless Refer to Chapters 5 in ord er to use the w izard. The ot her options are d escribe d below. ...

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    44 44 6.2.3. Network Settings This device can b e configured at a Router or a Bri dge . Select R out er mode if the WAN port is conne cted to the Inter net. Select Bridge if t he devic e is co nnected to a loc al netw ork dow nstrea m from an other router . 6.2.3.1. Bridge Mode In this mode, the device functions as a bridge between the networ k on ...

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    45 45 6.2.3.2. Router Mode In this m ode, the d evice function s as a NAT r outer a nd is conne cted t o the I nternet. Select t he Rout er Mode radio but ton.  WA N Port Mode : Se lect the R outer Mode radi o but ton.  Router IP A ddress : Spec ify the I P address of this d evice  Subn et Mask : Spec ify the subnet mask for t he IP a ddre ...

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    46 46 RIP (Routing Informat ion Protocol) RIP enables the rout er to sha re rout ing infor mation with ot her router s and host s on th e LAN.  Enable RIP : Enable RIP if the LAN has multiple routers or if the LAN has other hosts that liste n for RI P messages, such as auto-IP devices or the Windows X P RIP Liste ner Serv ice.  RIP Operat ing ...

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    47 47 subnet that has conflict ing IP addresses. Enter the p assw ord twice for verificat ion. Leave b oth p assword field s empty if RIP p assw ords are not us ed.  A ccept RIP Updates : The "Accept R IP Updat es" option co ntrols whet her the router updates its rout ing tab les when it rece ives RIP messages f ro m other LAN devices. ...

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    48 48 DHCP Server Settings DHCP stan ds for Dyna mic Host Configur ation Prot ocol. Th e DH CP secti on is w here y ou configur e the b uilt-in DH CP Serv er to assign IP address es to t he computer s and other dev ices on your local are a ne twork (L AN). ...

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    49 49  Enable DHCP Server: O nce y our rout er is pro perly config ured and this opt ion is en abled, t he DHCP S erver will manage the IP addresses and ot her net work con figurati on infor mation for computer s and other devices con necte d to y our Loca l Area Networ k. The computers ( and ot her dev ices) con necte d to y our LAN also need t ...

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    50 50  Primar y WINS Serv er IP addr ess: Configure t he IP address of the preferre d WINS s erver . W INS Serv ers store informat ion re garding networ k hosts, al lowing h osts to 'register' themse lves as w ell as d iscover o ther available h osts, e. g. for use in Net work N eighbor hood. This sett ing has n o effect if the 'L ...

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    51 51 A dd/Edit DHCP Reservation This opti on lets you rese rve I P addresse s, and assign the sa me IP addr ess to t he net work dev ice w ith the spec ified M AC ad dress a ny time it requests an IP address. This is a lmost t he same as w hen a dev ice has a stat ic IP addre ss exc ept that the dev ice must still re quest an IP address from the r ...

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    52 52 colons su ch as 0 0-0D-88- 11-22-3 3 or 00: 0D:88:11: 22:33. If your networ k device i s a co mputer and the networ k card is already located inside the c omputer , you can con nect t o the r outer fr om the co mputer and c lick t he Copy Y our PC's MAC Address but ton to enter t he MAC addre ss. DHCP Reservation s List This shows client ...

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    53 53 6.2.4. Wireless Settings These opt ions a llow y ou to enab le/disa ble the wireless inter face, switch bet ween the 11 n, 11b/g and 11 b radio b and and chann el frequ ency  Enable Wireles s: C heck t his box t o enable t he wir eless inter face. It is enab led by default.  Wirel ess Net work Name : The SSID is a unique named shared am ...

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    54 54 wireless net wor k uses sp ecific c hannel s in the w ireless spectrum t o hand le com municati on betwee n clie nts. So me chann els in your ar ea may hav e inter ference from ot her ele ctronic dev ices. C hoose t he clearest channe l to he lp opt imize the perfor mance and cover age of y our wire less net wor k.  Transm ission Rate : Se ...

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    55 55 6.2.4.1. W ireless Security Mode To protect your privacy this mode supports several types of wireless security: W EP WPA, W PA2, and W PA-Mix ed. W EP is the original wireless en cry ption stan dard. W PA prov ides a hig her lev el of secur ity . The fol lowing sect ion d escribe s the sec urity configurat ion in detail. ...

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    56 56 6.2.4.2. W EP (Wired Equiv alent Priv acy) Select the WEP radio butt on if your wire less netw ork uses WEP encryption. W E P is an acronym f or Wired Equivalent Privacy, and is a secur ity pr otocol that prov ides the s ame lev el of secur ity for wireless n etwor ks as for a wired networ k. WEP is not as secure as WPA encrypt ion. To gain a ...

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    57 57 6.2.4.3. W PA Personal (Wi-Fi Protected A ccess) Select the WPA -Personal radio butt on if y our wirele ss networ k uses WPA enc rypt ion. W PA ( W i-Fi Prote cted Acc ess) w as design ed to improve upon the security features of W EP (W ir ed Equiva lent P rivacy ). The tech nology is designed to work with exist ing W i-Fi produc ts that have ...

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    58 58 6.2.4.4. W PA Enterprise (Wi-Fi Protected A ccess & 802.1x) Select the W PA-Enter pris e radio button if your wireless network uses WP A encry ption. W PA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was designed to improv e upon the security features of W E P (W ir ed Equivalent Privacy ). The technology is designed to work with existing Wi-Fi products that ...

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    59 59  WPA Mode : Se lect the WPA / W PA2 from t he dro p-down l ist.  Cipher Type : S elect TKI P or AE S as the cipher suite. The encrypt ion algor ithm used to secure th e dat a commu nication. TKIP. Use TKIP only. TKIP (Tempor al Key Integrity Protocol) provides per-packet key generation and i s based on W EP. AES. U se AES only. AES (Adv ...

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    60 60 6.3. Adv anced Click on t he A dvanced link on the navigat ion drop- down menu. The con figuration steps for each option ar e descr ibed bel ow. ...

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    61 61 6.3.1. Adv anced Wireles s By clicking on Advanced tab, you w ill be able to access Advanced W irel ess p age. If you are not familiar w ith Advanced Wireless settings, ple ase refer to help be fore changing these settings.  Transm it Po wer: Set the power output of the wirele ss signa l ...

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    62 62  Beaco n Period: Beacons are packe ts sent by a wireless router to synchronize wireless devices. S pecify a Beacon Period value bet w een 20 and 1000. The default v alue is set to 100 milliseconds. V alues t hat a re not a multiple o f 4, are forced to a multiple of 4.  RTS T hresh old: W hen an excessive number of wireless p acket coll ...

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    63 63 6.3.2. Virtual Serv er The Virtual Server opti on gives Internet users access to services on your LAN. This featur e is useful for hosting online servic es such as FTP, W eb, or ga me server s. For each Vi rtua l Server, you define a publ ic port on y our router for red irection to an inter nal LAN IP A ddres s and LAN p ort.  Enable : Che ...

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    64 64  Inboun d Filter : Select an inbound filter f rom the drop-down list. If an inbound filter does not exist, you may create it from Advan ced > Inbound Filter sect ion.  Click on t he Save button to insert the entr y into the Virt ual Ser ver list. ...

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    65 65 6.3.3. Special A pplicatio ns An app lication rule is used to open single or multiple ports on your router when the router senses data sent to the Intern et on a trigger port or port range. An a pplicat ion rule a pplies to all co mputer s on yo ur interna l netw ork.  Enable : Chec k this bo x to enab le the s pecial a pplicat ion rule. ? ...

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    66 66 6.3.4. Port For warding Multiple connecti ons are required by some applications, such as i ntern et games, video conferen cing, Internet telephony , and oth ers. These applicatio ns have difficulties working throu gh NA T (Networ k Addres s Trans lation). This section is used to open multiple ports or a range of ports in y our rout er and re ...

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    67 67 6.3.5. StreamEn gine The Stre amEng ine featur e helps improv e the net wor k performan ce by prioritiz ing appl icatio ns.  Enable Traffi c Shaping : Check this box to enable t raffic sha ping. W hen this option is enabled, the r outer restricts the flow o f outbound traffic s o as not to excee d the W AN upl ink bandwi dth.  A utomati ...

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    68 68  Man ual Uplink Speed : Specify an uplink spee d or select it f rom the drop-dow n list. If Automatic Uplink S peed is disa bled, this option allows y ou to set the upl ink spee d manu ally . Uplink speed is the sp eed at w hich dat a ca n be tr ansferre d fro m the rout er to y our I SP .  Conn ection Type : By default, t he router aut ...

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    69 69  Dy namic Fragmentati on : Chec k this box to enab le t his option. This opti on shoul d be en abled whe n y ou have a slow I nternet upl ink. It helps to reduce the impact that large l ow priority n etwor k packet s can have on more urgent ones by breaking the large pac kets i nto several s maller p ackets.  A dd Stream Engine Rule : A ...

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    70 70 6.3.6. Routing This secti on adds a new e ntry into the routing tabl e.  Enable : Chec k this bo x to enab le the r outing t able e ntry.  Name : Speci fy a na me for t he rule.  Desti nation IP : Spec ify t he destinat ion IP addr ess.  Netm ask : Spec ify the subnet mask for the IP address.  Gate way : Specify t he IP a ddres ...

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    71 71 6.3.7. A ccess Control The Access C ontrol section allows you to control access in and out of dev ices on your network. Use this feature as Parental Contro ls to only grant access to approved sites, limit web access based on time or dates, and/or block acc ess from appl ications such as peer-to-peer utilities or games. When Access Control is ...

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    72 72  Click on t he Next button t o cont inue.  Specify a policy name an d t hen clic k on the Next butt on to cont inue. ...

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    73 73  Select a s chedu le from t he drop- down list: A lways or Never , or y ou may def ine a new schedu le. Cl ick on the Next button t o cont inue.  Select a machine to which the po licy appl ies.  A ddress Ty pe : Select the IP address or M AC addre ss radi o button.  IP A ddress : If you selecte d IP addr ess abov e, t hen spec ify ...

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    74 74  Select a f iltering method:  Log W eb A ccess O nly : Select this ra dio but in ord er to log w eb acc ess.  Block A ll Access : Se lect t his radio but in order to bl ock all w eb access.  Block Some A ccess : Select this r adio but in order to block some we b acce ss.  Click on t he Save button to stor e the chan ges. ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 75

    75 75 6.3.8. Web Filter This is a ty pe of parenta l control f eatur e u sed t o restrict certain web sites from being acce ssed through your netw ork. These fil t ers can be used for s ecuring and re stricting your n etwork. Website/ URL/Do main : S pecify the web address that you w ould like to filter. Do not us e “htt p://” Click on t he Sav ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 76

    76 76 6.3.9. MAC A ddress Filt er This feature i s used to restr ict certai n MAC address from acce ssing the Internet. These filters can be used for securi ng and restric ting you r networ k.  Confi gure MAC Fil tering : Select o ne of t he options from t he drop-d own l ist.  Turn MA C Filtering OFF: W hen "OFF" is sele cted, MA C ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 77

    77 77 6.3.10. Firewall The device provides a tight firewall by virtue of the way NAT wor ks. U nless you configure the router to the contrary, the NA T does not respond to unsolicited incom ing requests on any port, thereby making your LAN invisible to Internet cyber attacks. However, some networ k applicatio ns cannot run with a tight fi rewa ll. ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 78

    78 78  TCP / UDP NA T Endpoint Filtering opti ons cont rol how the router's NAT manages inco ming conn ection req uests to ports that are already being use d. Selec t one of the rad io but tons.  End Point Independe nt Once a LAN-side applicat ion has created a conne ction through a specific port, the NAT w ill forw ard any incoming conn ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 79

    79 79  Enable anti-spoof checking : Check this box to enable anti-spo of chec king. E nabl ing this option can prov ide protect ion f rom certain kinds of "spoo fing" attac ks. Howev er, pl ease be no ted that for some modems, the W AN conne ction may be lost when this optio n is enabled. In that case, it may be necessary to change the ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 80

    80 80  A pplication Lay er Gateway (A LG) Configuration: Check appropr iate feature boxe s to enable them. . Some prot ocols and applicatio ns requir e special hand ling of the IP pay load to ma ke them wor k with netwo rk addre ss transla tion (NAT). Each ALG pr ovide s special han dling for a sp ecific pr otoco l or app lication. A nu mber of ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 81

    81 81 6.3.11. Inboun d Filter When you use the Virtual Server, Port Forwarding, or Remote Administrat ion features to open specific ports to traffic from the Inter net, you could be increasi ng the exposur e of your LA N to cyber attacks from the Inte rnet. In these cases, you can use Inbou nd Filters to limit that exposure by spec ifying t he I P ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 82

    82 82 6.3.12. WISH WISH is shor t for W ire les s Intelligent Stream Handl ing, a techno logy developed to enhance your experience of using a wirel ess network by prioritiz ing the tra ffic of di fferent applicat ions.  Enable WISH : Check th is box to ena ble the W ISH fe ature.  HTT P : Check this box to add HTTP as a classifi er. This allo ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 83

    83 83  A utomatic : C heck this box f or the device to automatica lly configure the classif iers. When enabled, this option causes the router to automati cally att empt to prioritize traffic streams that i t doesn't otherwise recogn ize, based on the behavior that the streams exhibit. This acts to depri oritize st reams that ex hibit bulk t ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 84

    84 84 6.3.13. Wi-Fi Protec ted S etup Wi-Fi Protected Setup is a feature that loc ks the wireless se curity settin gs and prevents th e settings from being c hanged by any new external registrar using its PIN. Devices ca n stil l be adde d to t he wireless netw ork using W i-Fi Prot ected Setup.  Enable : Chec k this bo x to enable this feature. ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 85

    85 85 6.3.14. Adv anced Net work (UPNP, WA N Ping…) In this sect ion y ou can co nfigure the UPN P, W AN P ing, WAN port sp eed, mu lticast s tream s, and P PPoE pass-thr ough set tings.  Enable UPNP : C hec k thi s box to e nable UPNP. UPnP is short for Universal P lug and Play, which is a networ king arch itectur e that provides co mpat ibil ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 86

    86 86  Enable Multicast Str eams : Check this box to enable multicast streams. The router uses the IGMP protoco l to support effic ient multicasti ng -- transmissi on of identical content, such as multimedia, from a source to a number of recipients. Thi s option must be enabled if any applicati ons on the LA N participate in a multicast group. I ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 87

    87 87 6.4. Tools Click on the Tools on the navigation drop-down menu. You will then see seven options: Time, System, Firmwar e, SysLog, Dyna mic DNS, Sys tem Chec k, and Sch edules. T he con figuration st eps for each o ption are descr ibed be low. ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 88

    88 88 6.4.1. Time Zone Setting Click on the Time in the nav igation menu. This feature allows you to configure, update, and maintain the correct time on the device’ s internal syst em clock as well as configure the tim e zone. The date and time of the device can be configured m anua lly or by synchroniz ing with a t ime serv er. Note : If the dev ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 89

    89 89  Enable Day light Saving : Check this b ox to enable daylight savings t ime.  Day light Sav ing Of fset : Se lect the offset fro m the drop-dow n list.  Day light Savi ng Date : S elect the day light sav ings date from the dr op-down li st. Select the star ting and end ing times for the chan ge to and from daylight saving time. For e ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 90

    90 90 6.4.2.1. Save To Local Hard Drive This opti on allows y ou to save t he current configura tion o f the dev ice into a file. Click on t he Sav e Conf iguratio n button t o begin. Save the file on y our loca l disk by using the Sav e or Sav e to Disk butt on in th e dialog b ox. 6.4.2.2. Load F rom Local Hard Dr ive This optio n allows y ou to ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 91

    91 91 Please wa it while the sy stem is r ebootin g. Note : Do n ot un- plug the dev ice during t his proc ess as this may cause p erma nent da mage. 6.4.2.3. Restore To Facto ry Default Click on t he Restor e all Settings to Fact ory Defau lts butt on. This o ption r estores al c onfigur ation set tings back to t he setti ngs t ha t w e re i n eff ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 92

    92 92 6.4.2.4. Reboo t the dev ice  Click on the R ebo ot the Device button to reboot the device using its current settings. Once the dialog box appears, click on the OK button t o confirm t he act ion.  Once the dialog bo x app ears, click on t he OK butto n to confir m the act ion. Note : The current setting s w ill be lost.  Click on t ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 93

    93 93 6.4.3. Firmware Upgrade  Click on the Firmware link in the navigation men u. This page allows you to upgrade the firmware of the device in order to improve the functional ity and perfor mance. Th is page also d isplay s the cur rent firmwar e version and its releas e date. Ensure th at you have downloa ded the appropriate firmware from the ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 94

    94 94 6.4.4. System L ogs Logs display a list of events that are triggered on the Ethernet and W ireles s interface. This log can be referred when an unknown error occurs o n the sy stem or w hen a report needs to be sent to t he technical s uppo rt dep artment for debug ging purp oses  Enable Loggi ng to a Sysl og Server : Chec k this bo x to e ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 95

    95 95 6.4.5. Dyn amic DNS The Dynamic DNS featur e allows you to host a serv er (W eb, FTP, Game Serv er, etc.) using a domain name that you have purchased with your dy namically assig ned IP addr ess. Most broadband Int ernet Service Pro viders ass ign dyna mic (chang ing) IP addres ses. When you use a Dyna mic DNS service p rov ider, your friends ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 96

    96 96 6.4.6. System C heck Click on t he Sy stem Ch eck lin k in the navigat ion menu. This pa ge all ows y ou to ping a host na me or I P address. Host Na me or IP addre ss : Spec ify the host name or IP addres s and t hen cl ick on t he Ping button. ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 97

    97 97 6.4.7. Schedu les Click on the Schedules link in the navigation menu. Sched ules can be created for use with enforcing rules. For example, if you want to restrict w eb acce ss to M on-Fri fr om 3p m to 8pm, you coul d create a sched ule sele cting M on, Tu e, Wed, Thu, and Fri and en ter a S tart Time of 3pm an d End T ime of 8 pm.  Name : ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 98

    98 98 6.5. Status Click on the Status on the navigatio n drop-down menu. You will then see six options: W ireless, Logs, Statisti cs, WISH Sessions, Routing, an d Int ernet Se ssions. The c onfigurati on st eps for each opt ion are de scribed below. ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 99

    99 99 6.5.1. Wireless Status Click on t he Wirel ess in t he nav igation menu. The wirele ss sect ion al lows you to v iew the w ireless clie nts tha t are conne cted t o the dev ice.  MAC A ddress : The Eth ernet ID ( MAC addr ess) o f the w ireless c lient.  IP A ddress : The LA N-sid e IP addres s of the client.  Mode : The transmiss io ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 100

    100 100 6.5.2. Logs Statu s Click on the Logs in the nav igation menu. The router automatical ly logs (recor ds) events of possi ble interest in its internal memory . If there is not enough intern al memory for all events, logs of older events are deleted, but logs of the latest e vents are retained. The Logs opti on allows you to view the router l ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 101

    101 101 6.5.3. Statistics Click on the St atistics link in the nav igation drop-d own men u. This pag e displays the trans mitted and received pac ket stati stics of the wire d (LAN & WAN) and wireles s interfac e. Cli ck on the Refres h button to refr esh th e statistic s. ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 102

    102 102 6.5.4. WISH Sess ion Sta tus Click on the WI SH Sessions in the navigation dr op-do wn menu. The W ISH Sess ions page display s full details of act ive l ocal wirele ss sessions through your router when W ISH has been enabled. A W IS H session is a conversat ion between a program or application on a wireless ly connect ed LA N-side c ompute ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 103

    103 103  CL : Closed -- The connection i s no longer active but the session is being tracked in case there are any retransmitted packets still pending.  Priori ty : The priority given to pac kets sent wireless ly over this con versatio n by the WISH logic. Th e pri orities are:  BK : Backgrou nd (least urgent ).  BE : B est Effor t.  ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 104

    104 104 6.5.5. Routing This funct ion show s curre nt r outing tab le ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 105

    105 105 6.5.6. Internet Sess ion S tatus Click on t he Inter net Se ssions in the navigati on drop-down menu. The Internet Sessions page displays full details of active Internet sessions throug h your router. An Internet session is a conversat ion betwe en a program or application on a LAN-sid e computer and a program or appl ication o n a WAN-side ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 106

    106 106  300 se conds - UDP co nnect ions.  240 seconds - Reset or closed T CP co nnect ions. The connec tion does not close i nst antly so that lingering packets can pass or the connectio n can b e re-esta blishe d.  7800 s econds - Estab lished or closin g TCP connec tions. ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 107

    107 107 6.5.7. Firewall This page displays the full details a bout f irew all holes in your router -- p orts tha t a ccept unsolicited messag es f rom the WA N. ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 108

    108 108 Appendi x A – Glossary ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 109

    8 802.1 1 A family of specifications for wireless l ocal area networks ( W LA Ns) developed by a wor king group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). A Access Control List ACL. This is a database o f network devices that are allowed to access resources on the network. Access Point AP . Device that al lows wireless client ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 110

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 10 Application layer 7th Layer of the OSI model. Provides services to applications to ensure that they can communicate properly with other applic ations on a network. ASCII American S tandard Code for Information Interchange. This system of characters is most commonly used for text files Attenuation The loss in s ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 111

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 1 1 Bottleneck A time dur ing processes when something causes the process to slowdown or stop all together Broadband A wide band o f frequencies available for transmitting data Broadcast T ransmitting dat a in all directions at once Browser A progr am that allows you to access resources on the web and provides th ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 112

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 12 Dat a-Link layer The second layer of the OSI model. Controls the movement of data on the physical link of a network DB-25 A 25 ping m ale connector for attaching External modems or RS-232 serial devices DB-9 A 9 pin connector for RS-232 connections dBd Decibels related to dipole antenna dBi Decibels relative t ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 113

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 13 Domain Name System: T ransl ates Domain Names to IP addresses Domain name A nam e that is associated with an IP address Download T o s end a request from one computer to another and have the file transmitted back to the requesting computer DSL Digital Subscriber Line. High bandwidth Internet connection over te ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 114

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 14 A computer on a network that stores data so that the other computers on the network can all access it File sharing Allowing data from computers on a network to be accessed by other computers on the network with different levels of access rights Firewall A dev ice that protects resources of the Local Area Netwo ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 115

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 15 Data cannot be transmitted and received at the same time Hashing T ransforming a string of characters into a shorter string with a predefined length Hexadecimal Characters 0-9 and A-F Hop The action of data packet s being transmitted from one router to another Host Computer on a network HTTP Hypertext T ransfe ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 116

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 16 A system of worldwide networks which use TCP/IP to allo w for resources to be accessed from computers around the world Internet Explorer A World W ide W eb browser created and provided by Microsoft Internet Protocol The method of transferring data from one computer to another on the Internet Internet Protocol ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 117

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 17 Kilobits per second Kbyte Kilobyte L L2TP Layer 2 T unneling Protocol LAN Local Area Network Latency The amount of time that it takes a packet to get from the one point to another on a network. Also referred to as delay LED Light Emitting Diode Legacy Older devices or technology Local Area Network A group of c ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 118

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 18 Management Information Base is a set of objects that can be managed by using SNMP Modem A dev ice that Modulates digital signals from a computer to an analog signal in order to transmit the signal over phone lines. It also Demodulates the analog signals coming from the phone li nes to digital signals for your ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 119

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 1 19 O OFDM Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing is the modulation technique for both 802.1 1a and 802.1 1g OSI Open Systems Interconnection is the ref erence model for how data should travel between two devices on a network OSPF Open Shortest Path First is a routing protocol that is used more than RIP in lar ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 120

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 120 PPTP Point-to-Point T unneling Protocol is used for creating VPN tunnels over the Interne t between two networks Preamble Used to synchronize communication timing between devices on a network Q QoS Quality of Service R RADIUS Remote Authenticati on Dial-In User Serv ice allows for remote users to dial into a c ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 121

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 121 S Server A computer on a network that provides services and resources to other computers on the network Session key An encryption and decryption key that is generated for every communication session between two computers Session layer The fifth layer of the OSI model which coordinates the connection and communi ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 122

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 122 Determines what portion of an IP address designates the Network and which part desig nates the Host Syslog System Logger -- a distributed logging interface for collecting in one place the logs from different sources. Originally written for UNIX, it is now available for other operating systems, including W ind o ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 123

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 123 Universal Plug and Play URL Uniform Resource Locator is a unique address for files accessible on the Internet USB Universal Serial Bus UTP Unshielded T wisted Pair V Virtual Privat e Network VPN: A secure tunnel over the Internet to connect remote offices or users to their comp any's network VLAN Virtual L ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 124

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 124 W ired Equ ivalent Privacy is security for wireless networks that is supposed to be comparable to that of a wired network Wide A rea Netw ork The larger network that your LAN is connected to, which may be the Internet itself, or a regional or corporate network Wi-Fi W ire less Fidelity Wi-Fi Protected A ccess A ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 125

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 125 ...

  • EnGenius Technologies ESR9855G - page 126

    ESR9855G Wireless N Gaming Router 126 Appendi x C – FCC Interf erence State ment Federal Communication Commission Interference St atement This equipment has been t est ed a nd found to comply with th e limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of t he FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against har ...

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