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IBall Baton iB-WRB150N User Manual

Manual is about: 150M Wireless-N Broadband Router

Summary of iB-WRB150N

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    150m wireless-n broadband router model no.: ib-wrb150n user manual ver.: 1.0.0

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 1 fcc statement this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residenti...

  • Page 3: Ce Mark Warning

    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 2 this device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) this device may not cause harmful interference. 2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause und...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 3 table of contents table of contents ...................................................................................................... 3 chapter 1 product overview .......................................................................................

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 4 chapter 7 virtual server ......................................................................................... 45 7.1 port forwarding ............................................................................................. 45 7.2 dmz ............

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 5 chapter 1 product overview iball baton 150m wireless-n broadband router complies with ieee 802.11 b/g/n wireless standards. Enhanced wireless transmission speed up to 150mbps integrates 4- 10/100mbps lan ports & 1 - wan port. With firewall security fea...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 6 conventions the router or ib-wrb150n mentioned in this guide stands for iball baton 150m wireless-n broadband router without any explanation. 1.2 panel overview led overview: led status colour description pwr blinking orange led router is on & function...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 7 port/button overview： port/button description wan internet port connecting to a dsl/cable modem or isp directly. Lan for connection to a computer or router. Reset pressing this button for 7 seconds restores the device to factory default settings. Pwr p...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Installation

    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 8 chapter 2 installation 1. Connect one end of the included power adapter to the router and then plug the other end into a wall outlet nearby. 2. Connect the lan port on the router to the nic port on your pc using an ethernet cable. 3. Connect the wan po...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 9.

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 10 chapter 3 internet connection setup 3.1 configure your pc’s tcp/ip settings if you are using windows xp operating system, do as follows. 1. Right click “my network places” and select “properties”. 2. Right click “local area connection” and select “pro...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 11 click “properties” button. 4. Select “use the following ip address” ● ip address: enter 192.168.1.Xxx (xxx can be any value from 2~254). ● subnet mask: enter 255.255.255.0. ● default gateway: enter 192.168.1.1. ● preferred dns server: enter 192.168.1....

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 12 if you are using windows 7 operating system, do as follows: 1. Right click network icon on your desktop and then click the “open network and sharing center”..

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 13 2. Click “change adapter settings”. 3. Right click “local area connection” and select “properties””.

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 14 4. Select “internet protocol (tcp/ip)” on the appearing window and click “properties” button. 5. Select “use the following ip address”.

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 15 ● ip address: enter 192.168.1.Xxx (xxx can be any value from 2~254). ● subnet mask: enter 255.255.255.0. ● default gateway: enter 192.168.1.1. ● preferred dns server: enter 192.168.1.1 in case that you don’t know the local dns server address (or conta...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 16 3.3 quick internet connection setup there are 2 internet connection types on this screen, adsl dialup (pppoe) and dynamic ip (dhcp). Pppoe select pppoe, if your isp are using a pppoe connection and enter the pppoe user name and password provided by yo...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 17 ● the default internet connection type is pppoe. Contact your isp if you are not clear about the pppoe user name and password. ● go to chapter4 > wan settings, if you are using an internet connection type other than the above- mentioned. 3.4 quick wiz...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 18 chapter 4 network settings 4.1 status info this section allows you to view the router’s wan and system information. ● connection status: displays wan connection status: disconnected, connecting or connected. Disconnected: indicates that the ethernet c...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 19 ● lan mac address: displays router’s lan mac address. ● wan mac address: displays router’s wan mac address. ● system time: displays the time when system is updated. ● connected client: displays the number of connected computers (which obtains ip addre...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 20 ● connection type: displays current internet connection type. ● user name: enter the user name provided by your isp. ● password: enter the password provided by your isp. ● mtu: maximum transmission unit. Do not change it from the factory default of 14...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 21 4.2.2 static ip if your isp offer you static ip internet connection type, select “static ip" from mode drop-down menu and then enter ip address, subnet mask, primary dns and secondary dns information provided by your isp into corresponding fields. ● c...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 22 ● mtu: maximum transmission unit. Do not change it from the factory default of 1500 unless necessary. You may need to change it for optimal performance with some specific websites or application software that cannot be opened or enabled. 4.2.4 pptp: ●...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 23 ● address mode: select “dynamic” if you don’t get any ip information from the pptp server, otherwise select “static”. ● ip address: enter the ip address information provided by your isp (pptp server). Inquire your local isp if you are not clear (stati...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 24 ● subnet mask: enter the subnet mask provided by your isp, normally, 255.255.255.0 (static ip address mode only). ● gateway: enter the gateway provided by your isp (static ip address mode only). Inquire your local isp if you are not clear. 4.3 lan cli...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 25 4.4 mac clone this section allows you to configure router’s wan mac address. Some isp may require binding an accepted mac address for communication. If the bound mac address differs from your router’s predefined wan mac address, then you need to repla...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 26 4.5 dns the domain name system (dns) is a hierarchical naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the internet or a private network. It functions just as the "phone book" for the internet by translating human-friendly domain n...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 27 4.6 bandwidth control the bandwidth control feature can be used to simultaneously regulate traffic of up to 254 computers on your lan network. It allows you to regulate a group of pcs’ traffic by specifying a range of ip addresses. ● enable bandwidth ...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 28 download and upload rates in theory will be 2mbps=256kbyte/s and 512kbps=64kbyte/s respectively. And you want the pc at the ip address of 192.168.1.100 to have 10-15kbyte/s upload and 80-90kbyte/s download rates. Follow below step: step1. Enter 192.16...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 29 for example: supposing that you want pcs within the ip range of 192.168.1.2--192.168.1.254 to have 100-120kbyte/s download rate and 20-30kbyte/s upload rate, then repeat same settings shown on below screenshot on your router: 4.7 traffic statistics st...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 30 ● enable traffic statistics: check the box to gather bandwidth usage by pcs on your lan. It is disabled by default. Disabling this option may boost router’s packet processing capacity. When enabled, system will dynamically renew statistics information...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 31 ● auto: do not change this default setting unless you are connecting an excessively long ethernet cable from your isp, which may degrade drive capability, to the router’s wan port. ● 10m half-duplex: select it if your router’s wan port does not functi...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 32 chapter 5 wireless settings 5.1 wireless basic settings ●enable wireless function: check/uncheck to enable/disable the wireless feature. When disabled, all wireless related features will be disabled automatically ●wireless working mode: select ap or w...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 33 perform a scan to see what’s available. If they want to connect to your router, they will have to first know this ssid and then manually enter it on their devices. By default, this option is enabled. ● channel: the channel can be changed to fit the ch...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 34 ● ap mac address: enter the mac address of a wireless link partner or populate this field using the open scan option. Application example: implement the wds feature using 2 ib-wrb150n wireless router labeled ib-wrb150n-1 and ib-wrb150n-2. 1. Change th...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 35 b. Or you can use the open scan option. 1) click the “open scan” button to display a list of available wireless networks..

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 36 2) select the ib-wrh150n-2 ’s ssid from the list and click ok on the appearing dialogue box; ib-wrh150n-2 ’s mac address, ssid and channel settings will be automatically added to the ibl-wrh150n-1 3) click ok to save your settings. 4) configure wirele...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 37 5.2 wireless security this section allows you to configure wireless security settings to block unauthorized access to your wireless network and prevent malicious packet sniffing. You have 4 ways to encrypt your wireless data: wps, wep, wpa-psk and wpa...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 38 note: 1. If you find the wps led blinking for 2 minutes after you select and apply the pbc mode, it means that the pbc encryption method is successfully enabled. And an authentication will be performed between your router and the wps/pbc-enabled wirel...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 39 5.2.3 wpa2-psk the later wpa2 protocol features compliance with the full ieee 802.11i standard and uses advanced encryption standard (aes) in addition to tkip encryption protocol to guarantee better security than that provided by wep or wpa. 5.2.4 wep...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 40 ● mac address filter: “permit” means to permit pcs at specified mac addresses to connect to your wireless network whil e “forbid” means to block pcs at specified mac addresses from connecting to your wireless network. ● mac address: enter the mac addr...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 41 example 2: to prohibit only a pc at the mac address of 00:1e:a6:67:d4:23 from connecting to your wireless network, follow steps above and make a few necessary changes as shown follow..

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 42 5.4 connection status this interface displays the information of currently connected wireless clients including mac addresses and bandwidth. ● mac address: displays the mac addresses of the pcs that have been wirelessly connected to your router. ● ban...

  • Page 44: Chapter 6 Dhcp

    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 43 chapter 6 dhcp 6.1 dhcp settings the dynamic host configuration protocol (dhcp) is an automatic configuration protocol used on ip networks. If you enable the built-in dhcp server on the device, it will automatically configure the parameters of tcp/ip ...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 44 6.2 dhcp clients & address reservation this section not only displays a dhcp dynamic client list but also includes a configurable static dhcp assignment feature. The dhcp client list displays ip addresses assigned by the built-in dhcp server, mac addr...

  • Page 46: Chapter 7 Virtual Server

    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 45 ● lease time: remaining time for the corresponding ip address lease. Chapter 7 virtual server 7.1 port forwarding ● start/end port: enter the service port range provided by the mapped host in internal network. ● lan ip: the ip address of the computer ...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 46 you want your friends to access this ftp server through default port 21 and tcp protocol, then you can follow the steps below for configurations. 1. Enter 21 for both the start and end port in id 1, or select "ftp" from “well-known service port” and p...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 47 7.2 dmz in some cases, we need to set a computer to be completely exposed to extranet for implementation of a 2-way communication. To do so, we set it as a dmz host. ● dmz host ip address: enter the ip address of a lan computer which you want to set t...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 48 7.3 upnp upnp (universal plug and play) allows a network device to discover and connect to other devices on the network. With this feature enabled, hosts in lan can request the device to perform special port forwarding so as to enable external hosts t...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 49 chapter 8 security settings 8.1 ip address filtering to better manage the computers in lan, you can regulate lan computers’ access to certain ports on internet using client filter functionality. ● filter mode: select forbid only or permit only accordi...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 50 follows: ● example 2: to allow only the computer at an ip address of 192.168.1.145 to access internet from 8:00 to 18:00 without restricting other computers in lan, do as follow 8.2 mac address filtering to better manage the computers in lan, you can ...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 51 address filter function to control the computer’s access to internet. ● filter mode: select forbid only or permit only according to your own needs. ● access policy: select a number (indicating a filter rule) from the drop-down menu. ● remark: enter a ...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 52 example2: to allow only the pc at a mac address of 00:1e:a6:44:35:69 to access internet from monday to friday, do as follows:.

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 53 8.3 url filtering to better control the lan computers’ access to websites, you can use url filtering to allow or disallow their access to certain websites within a specified time range. ● filter mode: select disable or forbid only according to your ow...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 54 note: each url character string entry can corresponded to only a domain name. So you need to set multiple rules if you want to filter out multiple domain names . 8.4 remote management the remote web-based management feature allows users to configure y...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 55 note: if you enter 0.0.0.0 in the ip address box, then all pcs on internet can access your router’s web-based utility to view or change your settings remotely once you enable the remote web-based management feature . For example: if you want to allow ...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 56 chapter 9 routing settings 9.1 routing table this page displays the router’s core routing table which lists destination ip address, subnet mask, gateway, hop count and interface. The principal task for a router is to look for an optimal transfer path ...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 57 ● destination network ip address: enter a destination ip address or subnet. ● subnet mask: enter a subnet mask that corresponds to destination ip address or subnet you entered. ● gateway: next-hop ip address. Note: 1. Gateway ip address must be on the...

  • Page 59: Chapter 10 Maintenance

    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 58 chapter 10 maintenance 10.1 time settings this section assists you in set ting the device’s system time; you can either select to set the time and date manually or automatically obtain the gmt time from internet. Note: the configured time settings los...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 59 ● ddns service: click enable or disable radio button to enable/disable the ddns feature. ● service provider: select your ddns service provider from the drop-down menu (dyndns or no-ip). ● username: enter the ddns username provided by your ddns service...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 60 10.3 backup/restore this section allows you to backup current settings or to restore the previous settings configured on the device. ● backup : once you have configured the device the way you want it, you can save these settings to a configuration fil...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 61 and then click the "restore" button to reset your device to previous settings. 10.4 factory default to restore all settings to the device's factory default values, click the "restore to factory default” button on the interface below: note: to activate...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 62 10.5 firmware upgrade firmware upgrade is released periodically to improve the functionality of your device and also to add new features. If you run into a problem with a specific feature of the device, log on to our website （www.Iballbaton.Com）to dow...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 63 10.7 password this section allows you to change login password for accessing device’s web-based interface. ● old password: enter the old password. ● new password: enter a new password. ● confirm new password: re-enter the new password for confirmation...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 64 10.8 syslog the syslog option allows you to view all events that occur upon system startup and check whether there is attack present in your network. ● refresh: click this button to update the log. ● clear: click this button to clear the log record..

  • Page 66: Appendix 1: Glossary

    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 65 appendix 1: glossary channel a communication channel, also known as channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel. It is used to transfer an informa...

  • Page 67: Appendix 3: Troubleshooting

    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 66 appendix 3: troubleshooting 1. Q : i entered the device’s lan ip address in the web browser but cannot access the utility. What should i do? A: 1) verify whether the device functions correctly. Sys led should blink several seconds after you power on t...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 67 4. Q: i cannot access internet and send/receive emails; what should i do? A: this problem mainly happens to users using adsl dialup or dynamic ip internet connection types. In this case, go to “wan settings” to change the mtu value from default 1492 t...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 68 step 7 : click “ok” to activate the settings. Server protocol service port id web server tcp 80 ftp server tcp 21 telnet tcp 23 netmeeting tcp 1503, 1720 msn messenger tcp/udp file send: 6891-6900(tcp) voice:1863, 6901(tcp) voice:1863, 5190(udp) pptp ...

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    150m wireless-n broadband router (ib-wrb150n) 69 copyright & trademarks specifications are subject to change without notice. Iball baton is a registered trademark of best it world (india) pvt. Ltd. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No...