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Digitus DN-7059-2 User Manual

Manual is about: 300 MBIT WIRELESS ACCESS POINT | ROUTER

Summary of DN-7059-2

  • Page 2: Copyright

    Copyright copyright ©2012/2013 by digitus ® . All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chem...

  • Page 3: Interference Statement

    Federal communication commission interference statement fcc part 15 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 resident...

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    Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment. Federal communication commission (fcc) radiation exposure statement this equipment complies with fcc radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment...

  • Page 5: R&tte Compliance Statement

    R&tte compliance statement this equipment complies with all the requirements of directive 1999/5/ec of the european parliament and the council of march 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (r&tte). The r&tte directive repe...

  • Page 6: Contents

    Contents chapter i: product information 1-1 introduction and safety information 1-2 safety information 1-3 system requirements 1-4 package contents 1-5 know your new wireless broadband router chapter ii: system and network setup 2-1 build network connection 2-2 connecting to wireless broadband route...

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    2-5 setup internet connection (wan setup) 2-5-1 setup procedure for ‘dynamic ip’ 2-5-2 setup procedure for ‘static ip’ 2-5-3 setup procedure for ‘pppoe’ 2-5-4 setup procedure for ‘pptp’ 2-5-5 setup procedure for ‘l2tp’ 2-5-6 setup procedure for ‘telstra big pond’ 2-5-7 setup procedure for ‘dns’ 2-5-...

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    Chapter iii: advanced functions 3-1 quality of service (qos) 3-1-1 basic qos settings 3-1-2 add a new qos rule 3-2 network address translation (nat) 3-2-1 basic nat settings (enable or disable nat function) 3-2-2 port forwarding 3-2-3 virtual server 3-2-4 port mapping for special applications 3-2-5 ...

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    Chapter iv: appendix 4-1 hardware specification 4-2 troubleshooting 4-3 glossary note: the setup images used in this manual are for reference only. The contents of these images may vary according to firmware version. The official image contents are based on the newest firmware version..

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    1 chapter i: product information 1-1 introduction and safety 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...

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    2 other features of this router including: • high internet access throughput • allow multiple users to share a single internet line • supports up to 253 users • share a single cable or xdsl internet connection • access private lan servers from the internet • four wired lan ports (10/100m) and one wa...

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    3 1-2 safety information for your safety and to avoid damage to your property, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This router is designed for indoor use only; do not place this router outdoors. 2. Do not put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also,...

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    4 1-3 system requirements internet connection, provided by xdsl or cable modem with a rj-45 ethernet port. Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card. Web browser (microsoft internet explorer 4.0 or above, netscape navigator 4.7 or above, opera web browser, or safari w...

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    5 1-4 package contents 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: broadband router (main body, 1 pcs) quick installation guide and user manual cdrom (1 pcs) a/c power adapter (1 pcs).

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    6 1-5 know your new wireless broadband router front panel led name light status description pwr on router is switched on and correctly powered. Wlan on wireless wps function is enabled. Off wireless network is switched off. Flashing wireless lan activity (transferring or receiving data). Wan lnk/act...

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    7 back panel item name description antenna a/b t hese antennas are 3dbi dipole antennas. Reset / wps reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings) or start wps function. Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults, and press this button f...

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    8 chapter ii: system and network setup 2-1 build network connection please follow the following instruction to build the network connection between your new wireless router and your computers, network devices: 1. Connect your xdsl / cable modem to the wan port of router by ethernet cable. 2. Connect...

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    9 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 ...

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    10 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. Before you can connect to the router and start configuration proce...

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    11 2-2-1 windows 95/98/me ip address setup: 1. Click ‘start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click network icon, and network window will appear. Select ‘tcp/ip’, then click ‘properties’..

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    12 2. Select ‘obtain an ip address from a dhcp server’ and then click ‘ok’..

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    13 2-2-2 windows 2000 ip address setup: 1. Click ‘start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click network and dial-up connections icon; click local area connection, and local area connection properties window will appear. Select ‘int...

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    14 2. Select ‘obtain an ip address automatically’ and ‘obtain dns server address automatically’, then click ‘ok’..

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    15 2-2-3 windows xp ip address setup: 1. Click ‘start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click network and internet connections icon, click network connections, then double-click local area connection, local area connection status w...

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    16 2. Select ‘obtain an ip address automatically’ and ‘obtain dns server address automatically’, then click ‘ok’..

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    17 2-2-4 windows vista ip address setup: 1. Click ‘start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click view network status and tasks, and then click manage network connections. Right-click local area network, then select ‘properties’. Local are...

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    18 2. Select ‘obtain an ip address automatically’ and ‘obtain dns server address automatically’, then click ‘ok’..

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    19 2-2-5 router ip address lookup after the ip address setup is complete, please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop: input ‘cmd’, then click ‘ok’.

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    20 input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘enter’ key. Please check the ip address followed by ‘default gateway’ (in this example, the ip address of router is 192.168.2.1, please note that this value may be different.) 3. Connect the router’s management interface by web browser after your computer obtained an...

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    21 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...

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    22 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’: please go to quicksetup menu by clicking ‘quick...

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    23 and the following message will be displayed: 1. Set time zone here are descriptions of every setup items: set time please press button, a drop-down list zone (1): will be shown, and you can choose a time zone of the location you live. Time server input the ip address / host name of time server ad...

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    24 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: cable modem - please go to section 2-3-1 fixed-ip xdsl - please go to section 2-3-2 pppoe xdsl - please go to section 2-3-3 pptp xdsl - please ...

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    25 2-3-1 setup procedure for ‘dynamic ip’: here are descriptions of every setup items: 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 ...

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    26 2-3-2 setup procedure for ‘fixed-ip xdsl’: here are descriptions of every setup items: ip address (1): please input ip address assigned by your by your service provider. Subnet mask (2): please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider dns address (3): please input the ip address of dns...

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    27 2-3-3 setup procedure for ‘pppoe xdsl’: here are descriptions of every setup items: user name (1): please input user name assigned by your internet service provider here. Password (2): please input the password assigned by your internet service provider here. Service name (3): please give a name ...

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    28 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. Connection type - there are 3 options: ‘continuous’ - keep internet connec...

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    29 2-3-4 setup procedure for ‘pptp xdsl’: 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 ...

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    30 here are descriptions of every setup items: user name (1): please input user id (user name) assigned by your internet service provider here. Password (2): please input the password assigned by your internet service provider here. Pptp please input the ip address of pptp gateway gateway (3): assig...

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    31 2-3-5 setup procedure for ‘l2tp xdsl’: 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 se...

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    32 here are descriptions of every setup items: user name (1): please input user id (user name) assigned by your internet service provider here. Password (2): please input the password assigned by your internet service provider here. L2tp gateway (3): please input the ip address of pptp gateway assig...

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    33 2-3-6 setup procedure for ‘telstra big pond’: 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. Password (2): please input the password assigned by telstra. Assign login chec...

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    34 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: pleas...

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    35 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...

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    36 2-4-1 time zone and time auto-synchronization 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 bro...

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    37 2-4-2 change management password 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 enab...

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    38 please retype the new password again when you see above message. If you see the following message: it means the content in ‘current password’ field is wrong, please click ‘ok’ to go back to previous menu, and try to input current password again. If the current and new passwords are correctly ente...

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    39 2-4-3 remote management 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...

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    40 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), yo...

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    41 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 yo...

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    42 2-5 setup internet connection (wan setup) internet connections setup can be done by using ‘quick setup’ menu described in chapter 2-3. However, you can setup wan connections up by using wan configuration menu. You can also set advanced functions like ddns (dynamic dns) here. To start configuratio...

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    43 2-5-1 setup procedure for ‘dynamic ip’: here are descriptions of every setup items: 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 p...

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    44 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...

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    45 2-5-2 setup procedure for ‘static ip’: here are descriptions of every setup items: ip address (1): please input ip address assigned by your service provider. Subnet mask (2): please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider default gateway (3): please input the ip address of dns server ...

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    46 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 effec...

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    47 2-5-3 setup procedure for ‘pppoe’: here are descriptions of every setup items: user name (1): please input user name assigned by your internet service provider here. Password (2): please input the password assigned by your internet service provider here. Service name (3): please give a name to th...

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    48 connection when the network traffic is not sending or receiving after an idle time. Manual – after you have selected this option, you will see the “connect” button and “disconnect” button, click “’connect” and the router will connect to the isp. If you want to stop the connection, please click “d...

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    49 2-5-4 setup procedure for ‘pptp’: pptp 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 ‘ob...

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    50 here are descriptions of every setup items: user name (1): please input user id (user name) assigned by your internet service provider here. Password (2): please input the password assigned by your internet service provider here. Pptp gateway (3): please input the ip address of pptp gateway assig...

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    51 when you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (9) 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...

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    52 2-5-5 setup procedure for ‘l2tp’: here are descriptions of every setup items: user id (1): please input user id (user name) assigned by your internet service provider here. Password (2): please input the password assigned by your internet service provider here. L2tp please input the ip address of...

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    53 when you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (7) 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...

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    54 2-5-6 setup procedure for ‘telstra big pond’: 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. Password (2): please input the password assigned by telstra. Assign login chec...

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    55 when you finish with all settings, click ‘apply’ (5) 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 (pleas...

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    56 2-5-7 setup procedure for ‘dns’: if you select ‘dynamic ip’ or ‘pppoe’ as internet connection method, at least one dns server’s ip address should be assigned automatically. However, if you have preferred dns server, or your service provider didn’t assign the ip address of dns server because of an...

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    57 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 effec...

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    58 2-5-8 setup procedure for ‘ddns’: ddns (dynamic dns) is an ip-to-hostname mapping service for those internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) ip address. It will be a problem when such user wants to provide services to other users on internet, because their ip address will vary every time wh...

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    59 here are descriptions of every setup items: dynamic dns (1): if you want to enable ddns function, please select ‘enabled’; otherwise please select ‘disabled’. Provider (2): select your ddns service provider here. Domain name (3): input the domain name you’ve obtained from ddns service provider. A...

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    60 2-5-9 setup procedure for ‘wisp’: if your network service provided by your service provider is through wireless network, please select this mode. After you have connected the router to the access point of service provider wirelessly, please setup the wan connection type in wan page. 1 2 3 4 5.

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    61 here are descriptions of every setup items: disable/enable (1): there are three selections for disable or disable wireless isp functions. Disable: disable this function. Enable: enable this function and the router can connect to the access points installed by your wireless service provider. Any c...

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    62 after you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (5) 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 effec...

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    63 2-6 wired lan configurations before all computers using wired ethernet connection (i.E. Those computers connect to this router’s lan port 1 to 4 by ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access internet, they must have a valid ip address. There are two ways to assign ip addresses to ...

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    64 please follow the following instructions to set wired lan parameters: 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: 2-6-1 lan ip section: he...

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    65 2-6-2 dhcp server: 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 th...

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    66 2-6-3 static dhcp leases table: this function allows you to assign a static ip address to a specific computer forever, so you don’t have to set the ip address for a computer, and still enjoy the benefit of using dhcp server. Maximum 16 static ip addresses can be assigned here. (if you set ‘lease ...

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    67 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. If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘select’ box of a mac address and ip address mapping (...

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    68 2-7 wireless lan configurations if your computer, pda, game console, or other network devices which is equipped with wireless network interface, you can use the wireless function of this router to let them connect to internet and share resources with other computers with wired-lan connection. You...

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    69 2-7-1 basic wireless settings please click ‘wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘basic settings’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: this wireless router can be work in 6 modes: a. Access point: standard wireless ap . B. Station-infrast...

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    70 please select a proper operation mode you want to use from ‘mode’ dropdown menu (1), and continue on other operation mode specific settings: ap - please go to section 2-7-1-1 station-infrastructure - please go to section 2-7-1-2 ap bridge-point to point - please go to section 2-7-1-3 ap bridge-po...

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    71 2-7-1-1 setup procedure for ‘access point’: please select the radio band you want to use from ‘band’ dropdown menu (2), and the following message will be displayed: here are descriptions of every setup items: band (2): please select the radio band from one of following options: 1 2 3 4 2.4 ghz (b...

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    72 ssid (3): this is the name of wireless router. You can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. Ssid 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 defaul...

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    73 2-7-1-2 setup procedure for ‘station-infrastructure’: in this mode, you can connect the router to ethernet device such us tv, game player, hdd&dvd to enable the ethernet device be a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or ap router. Here are descriptions of ever...

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    74 2-7-1-3 setup procedure for ‘ap bridge-point to point’: 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 w...

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    75 2-7-1-4 setup procedure for ‘ap bridge-point to multi-point’: in this mode, you can connect your wireless router with at least four wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless network, and all clients (wired only – ap will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of the wireless routers wil...

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    76 2-7-1-5 setup procedure for ‘ap bridge – wds’ in this mode, you can expand the scope of network by combining up to four other access points together, and every access point can still accept wireless clients. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 6 9 10 note: for wds mode, the output signal nature is the same as that of ...

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    77 here are descriptions of every setup items: band (2): select the band you want to use, all the wireless routers must use the same setting. Ssid (3): input the ssid of your wireless router, the setting should be the same with other wireless routers for the convenience of roaming. Channel select th...

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    78 2-7-1-6 setup procedure for ‘universal repeater’ in this mode, the router can act as a wireless repeater; it can be station and ap at the same time. It can use station function to connect to a root ap and use ap function to service all wireless stations within its coverage. Here are descriptions ...

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    79 associated clients(5): click ‘show active clients’ button, then an “active wireless client table” will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. Root ap ssid (6): in ‘universal repeater’ mode, this device can act as a station to connec...

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    80 2-7-2 advanced wireless settings this router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if you want to configure these settings, please click ‘wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘advanced settings’, and the following message will be displayed on your we...

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    81 dtim period (4): set the dtim period of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 3. Data rate (5): 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 transfe...

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    82 after you finish these wireless settings, please click ‘apply’ button, button, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: please click ‘continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click ‘apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effe...

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    83 2-7-3 wireless security 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’ ...

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    84 2-7-3-2 wep - wired equivalent privacy when you select this mode, the wireless router will use wep encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: here are descriptions of every setup items: key length (2): there are two types of wep key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Usi...

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    85 enable 802.1x ieee 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every authentication (6): user must use a valid account to login to this wireless router before accessing the wireless lan. The authentication is processed by a radius server. This mode only authenticates user by ieee 802.1x, but it does no...

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    86 after you finish wep setting, please 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 ...

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    87 2-7-3-3 wi-fi protected access (wpa): when you select this mode, the wireless router will use wpa encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: here are descriptions of every setup items: wpa unicast please select a type of wpa cipher suite. Cipher suite (2): availab...

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    88 after you finish wpa pre-shared key setting, please click ‘apply’ button (5) 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 t...

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    89 2-7-3-4 wpa radius: if you have a radius server, this router can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication. Here are descriptions of every setup items: wpa unicast please select a type of wpa cipher suite. Cipher suite (2): available options are: wpa (tkip), wpa2 (aes), and wpa2 mixe...

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    90 after you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (6) 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 effec...

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    91 2-7-4 wireless access control this function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have the mac address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless router. You can use this function with other security measures d...

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    92 mac address (5): 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 (6): you can input any text here as the...

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    93 2-7-5 wi-fi protected setup (wps) wi-fi protected setup (wps) is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and this wireless router. You don’t have to select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client, you...

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    94 here are descriptions of every setup items: enable wps (1): check this box to enable wps function, uncheck it to disable wps. Wps information (2): wps-related system information will be displayed here: wps status: if the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly ...

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    95 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. Never use simple words (like school, apple and computer) as wep encryption or wpa passphrase. 2. A complicated (the combination of number, alphabet, even symbol, a...

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    96 chapter iii advanced functions 3-1 quality of service (qos) quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. Without qos, all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to ...

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    97 here are descriptions of every setting: enable qos (1): check this box to enable qos function, unselect this box if you don’t want to enforce qos bandwidth limitations. Total download you can set the limit of total download bandwidth (2): bandwidth in kbits. To disable download bandwidth limitati...

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    98 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. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (11) button and the following message will be d...

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    99 3-1-2 add a new qos rule after you click ‘add’ button in qos menu, the following message will appear: 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. Y...

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    100 remote ip specify the remote (destination) ip address address: (e): that will be affected by this rule. Please input the starting ip address in the left field, and input the end ip address in the right field to define a range of ip addresses, or just input the ip address in the left field to def...

  • Page 110

    101 3-2 network address translation (nat) network address translations solve the problem if sharing a single ip address to multiple computers. Without nat, all computers must be assigned with a valid internet ip address to get connected to internet, but internet service providers only provide very f...

  • Page 111

    102 after you made the selection, please click ‘apply’ button (2) 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 (pl...

  • Page 112

    103 here are descriptions of every setup items: enable port check this box to enable port mapping, forwarding (1): and uncheck this box to disable port mapping. Private ip (2): input the ip address of the computer on local network which provides internet service. Computer name (3): pull down the men...

  • Page 113

    104 after you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (13) 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 eff...

  • Page 114

    105 3-2-3 virtual server this function allows you to redirect a port on internet ip address (on wan port) to a specified port of an ip address on local network, so you can setup an internet service on the computer on local network, without exposing it on internet directly. You can also build many se...

  • Page 115

    106 here are descriptions of every setup items: enable virtual check this box to enable virtual server, server (1): and uncheck this box to disable virtual server. Private ip (2): input the ip address of the computer which provides internet service. Computer name (3): pull down the menu and all the ...

  • Page 116

    107 after you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (14) 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 eff...

  • Page 117

    108 3-2-4 port mapping for special applications some applications require more than one connection a time; these applications won’t work with simple nat rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. Here are descriptions of every setup ite...

  • Page 118

    109 popular applications this section lists the more popular applications that (7): require multiple connections. Select an application from the popular applications selection and click ‘add’ to save the setting to ‘current trigger-port table.’ add (8): add the setting to the ‘current trigger-port t...

  • Page 119

    110 after you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (14) 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 eff...

  • Page 120

    111 3-2-5 upnp setting this function enables network auto-configuration for peer-to-peer communications, with this function, network devices will be able to communicate with other devices directly, and learn about information about other devices. Many network device and applications rely on upnp fun...

  • Page 121

    112 3-2-6 alg settings application layer gateway (alg) is a special function of this router. It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applications which require special support. With these supports, those applications which required special support will be able to work with nat architectur...

  • Page 122

    113 3-3 firewall excepting nat, this router also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on local network. These functions include inbound attack prevention, and block outbound traffics, like block urls which have pre-defined keywords. Please follow the ...

  • Page 123

    114 3-3-1 access control this function allows or denies computers with specific mac address from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny computers with specific ip address, protocol, or port. Please click ‘firewall’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘access contro...

  • Page 124

    115 computer name (3): pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the ip address of the computer. Comment (4): you can input any text here as the comment of this mac address, like ‘room 2a computer...

  • Page 125

    116 ip filtering all existing ip addresses in filtering table will be table (12): listed here. Add pc (13): click this button to add a new ip address to ip filtering table, up to 20 ip addresses can be added. Please refer to section 3-3-1-1 ‘add pc’ below. Delete (14): if you want to delete a specif...

  • Page 126

    117 3-3-1-1 add pc after button is clicked, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: a b c d e f.

  • Page 127

    118 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. Client pc ip please input the starting ip address in the left address (b): field, and input the end ip address in the right field to defin...

  • Page 128

    119 3-3-2 url blocking if you want to prevent computers in local network from accessing certain website (like pornography, violence, or anything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is useful for pare...

  • Page 129

    120 reset (4): click ‘reset’ to remove the value you inputted in url/keyword field. Current url all existing url/keywords in filtering blocking table (5): table will be listed here. Delete (6): if you want to delete a specific url/keyword entry, check the ‘select’ box of the mac address you want to ...

  • Page 130

    121 3-3-3 dos attack prevention denial of service (dos) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your internet ip address and server, the internet connection will become very slow, and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much tra...

  • Page 131

    122 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. Discard ping ping is a common and useful tool to know from wan (2): the conn...

  • Page 132

    123 after you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (6) 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 effe...

  • Page 133

    124 3-3-3-1 dos - advanced settings when you click ‘advanced’ button in dos menu, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: here are descriptions of every setup items: ping of death (a): set the threshold of when this dos prevention mechanism will be activated. Please check the bo...

  • Page 134

    125 after you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (e) 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 effe...

  • Page 135

    126 3-3-4 demilitarized zone (dmz) demilitarized zone (dmz) refers to a special area in your local network. This area resides in local network, and all computers in this area uses private ip address, too. But these private ip addresses are mapped to a certain internet ip address, so other people on ...

  • Page 136

    127 computer name (4): pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the ip address of the computer. Add (5): click ‘add’ button to add the public ip address and associated private ip address to the d...

  • Page 137

    128 after you finish with all settings, please click ‘apply’ (11) 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 eff...

  • Page 138

    129 3-4 system status 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. 3-4-1 system information and firmw...

  • Page 139

    130 3-4-2 internet connection status you can use this function to know the status of current internet connection. Please click ‘internet connection’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: this information will vary depending on ...

  • Page 140

    131 3-4-3 device status you can use this function to know the status of your router. Please click ‘device status’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: this information will vary depending on the device status..

  • Page 141

    132 3-4-4 system log all important system events are logged. You can use this function to check the event log 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: the system events will be displayed i...

  • Page 142

    133 3-4-5 security log 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 brows...

  • Page 143

    134 3-4-5 active dhcp client list 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 y...

  • Page 144

    135 3-4-6 statistics you can use this function to check the statistics of wireless, lan, and wan interface of this router. Please click ‘statistics’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: you can click ‘refresh’ button to displa...

  • Page 145

    136 3-5 configuration backup and restore you can backup all configurations of this router to a file, so you can make several copied of router configuration for security reason. To backup or restore router configuration, please follow the following instructions: please click ‘tool’ located at the upp...

  • Page 146

    137 3-6 firmware upgrade 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 fun...

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    138 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. Note: never interrupt the upgrade procedure by closing the web browser or physically disconnect your com...

  • Page 148

    139 3-7 system reset 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. To do so, please click ‘tool’ located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, then click ‘reset’ on...

  • Page 149: Chapter Iv: Appendix

    140 chapter iv: appendix 4-1 hardware specification soc + rf: realtek rtl8196c + rtl8192ce flash: 2mb sdram: 16mb wan port: 10/100m utp port x 1 lan ports: 10/100m utp port x 4 antenna: 2dbi dipole fixed antenna x 2 (2t2r spatial multiplexing mimo configuration; 2 antennas are for signal transmittin...

  • Page 150

    141 4-2 troubleshooting if you found the router is working improperly or stop responding to you, don’t panic! Before you contact your dealer of purchase for help, please read this troubleshooting first. Some problems can be solved by you within very short time! Scenario solution router is not respon...

  • Page 151

    142 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 r...

  • Page 152

    143 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 d...

  • Page 153

    144 4-3 glossary default gateway (router): every non-router ip device needs to configure a default gateway’s ip address. When the device sends out an ip packet, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to its default gateway, which will then send it out toward...

  • Page 154

    145 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 ...

  • Page 155

    146 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 pppoe: point-to-point protocol over ethernet. Point-to-point protocol is a secure data transmission...

  • Page 156

    147 tcp/ip, udp: transmission control protocol/internet protocol (tcp/ip) and unreliable datagram protocol (udp). Tcp/ip is the standard protocol for data transmission over the internet. Both tcp and udp are transport layer protocol. Tcp performs proper error detection and error recovery, and thus i...