SmartHub 802.11 b/g/n Wireless Router Model AWRT-300N User’s Manual Rev. 1.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Package Contents.................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Features................................................................................................................................. 3 2. Connecting the Router .........................................
1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing Asante AWRT-300N Smart Wireless N Router. The AWRT-300N Wireless N Router provides 2.4 GHz wireless frequency which allow more clean channels and less interference for your wireless network. A full range of security features such as WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK, and WEP provide the highest level of wireless network security.
If any item contained is damaged or missing, please contact your local dealer immediately. Also, keep the box and packaging materials in case you need to ship the unit in the future. 1.2 Features • • • • • • • • • • Smart Setup, Management, Control. 2.4GHz single band AP. More channels, less interference — ideal for wireless congested area Highest wireless data rate of up to 150Mbps* with 802.11n draft 2.
2. Connecting the Router Note: Prior to connecting the router, be sure to power off your computer, DSL/Cable modem, and the router. Step 1 Connect one end of a network cable to the INTERNET(yellow) port of the router and connect the other end of the cable to the DSL/Cable modem. Step 2 With another network cable, connect one end of the cable to your computer’s Ethernet port and connect the other end to one of the LAN ports of the router.
3. Configuring the Router After all components in the previous picture are connected and powered up, follow the steps below to configure the router. Step 1 Open the web browser (Internet Explorer/Mozilla Firefox/Safari/Chrome). If this is the first time, the logon page below should appear. Or you can type “smarthub” or “192.168.1.1” on the browser. Otherwise the regular user page below will appear below after 1st administrator created the user profile.
Step 2 Enter admin for both the username and password fields and click OK. The page below should appear. The sections below cover the ‘Advanced Set Up’ option. The ‘Easy Set Up’ will automatically guide you accordingly with online help menu. It is very simple and straightforward set up procedure which will not describe in this manual. The Cable Modem For most cable modem users, you should be able to connect to the Internet without any configuration.
If your ISP requires a registered MAC Address, click on the MAC Address Clone tab select Enabled, and click on the Clone My PC’s MAC button. Click Save Settings to save the settings. If you have trouble connecting to the Internet, please refer to Section 4, Verifying Connection.
DSL For DSL users, follow the steps below to configure the router. Step 1 Select PPPoE from the drop-down menu.
Step 2 Enter your username and password provided by your ISP. Note: Depending on the ISP, you may need to include the domain name with your username. Example: username@sbcglobal.net Step 3 Click Save Settings to save the settings. You should be able to connect to the Internet now with the wired computer. If you have trouble connecting to the Internet, please refer to Section 4, Verifying Connection.
Step 2 Turn on the Cable/DSL modem and wait for the lights on the modem to settle down. Step 3 Turn on the router and wait for the lights on the router to settle down. Step 4 Turn on the computer. Step 5 Log in to the router and select the Status tab. Step 6 Verify that the Internet IP Address, Default Gateway, and at least one of the DNS fields have valid numbers assigned to them (instead of all 0’s). If each field has a valid numbers(not all 0’s) assigned, the router is connected to the Internet.
5. Connecting to the Router Wirelessly Below are the default wireless settings of the router. You must configure your wireless network card to the same settings in order to establish a wireless connection to the router. Please refer to your wireless network card’s manual on how to configure these settings.
6. Web Configuration Utility This router has a built-in web configuration utility that you can use to configure the router’s settings. Simply log in to the router using your computer’s web browser. 6.1 Setup 6.1.1 Setup > Basic Setup This is the default screen when you log in to the router’s web configuration utility and select ‘Advanced Set Up’. You can setup your Internet connection here as well as configuring the Network and DHCP server settings and selecting your Time Zone.
Internet Setup There are six Internet Connection Types: DHCP, PPPoE, Static IP, PPTP, L2TP, and Telstra Cable. Automatic Configuration - DHCP When your ISP provides dynamic IP, you can keep this default setting (This is for most cable modem users). Usually you should be able to connect to the Internet without changing any configuration. If your ISP has provided you with a host name, enter it in the optional Host Name field. Click Save Settings to save the settings.
Static IP Select Static IP if your ISP provided you the static IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS server addresses for Internet connection. PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a service that applies to connections in Europe only. Enter the Internet connection information provided by your ISP accordingly.
L2TP L2TP is a service that applies to connections in Israel only. Enter the Internet connection information provided by your ISP accordingly. Telstra Cable Telstra Cable is a service that applies to connections in Australia only. Enter the Internet connection information provided by your ISP accordingly.
Network Setup Router IP You can change the Router’s IP Address and its Subnet Mask for the local network. DHCP Server Setting The Router has a built-in DHCP server which can dynamically assign IP address to each device on your network. The DHCP Server is Enabled by default, if you already have a DHCP server on the network, you need to select Disabled. Start IP Address: Give a value for the dynamically assigning IP address to start with. Because the Router’s default IP address is 192.168.1.
Step 1 Enter the Static IP Address in the Assign this IP field. Step 2 Enter the MAC address of the corresponding computer in the To this MAC field. Step 3 Check the Add button. Step 4 Click Save Settings. Time Settings Set up the time zone and daylight saving for the Router.
6.1.2 Setup > DDNS Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows any user who wishes to access your server to reach it by a registered DNS name instead of an IP address. Before you enable DDNS, you need to register an account with one of the DDNS providers listed in the drop-down menu. To Enable DDNS, select the DDNS provider you have registered with and enter the required fields. Click Save Settings to save the settings.
6.1.3 Setup > MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require a registered MAC address to access the Internet. You can use the following steps to clone your PC’s registered MAC address to access the Internet. Step 1 Check the radio button Enabled . Step 2 Click the Clone My PC’s MAC button. Step 3 Click Save Settings to save the settings.
6.1.4 Setup > Advanced Routing You can configure your own static routing table using the Advanced Routing function. To see the current routing table, click on Show Routing Table button. Be sure to click Save Settings to save each entry.
6.2. Wireless 6.2.1 Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings Wireless Configuration - Manual To configure the Wireless settings, click radio button Manual.
You can configure the router’s basic wireless settings on this screen. Network Mode: If you have 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz devices on the wireless network, select BGN-Mixed. If you have 802.11a/n 5GHz devices on the wireless network, select AN-Mixed. Note: If your wireless computer cannot detect the router after you selected AN-Mixed, please make sure your wireless adapter supports 5GHz frequency band. Network Name (SSID): You can change the router’s SSID in this field.
Extension Channel: Select the extension channel for Wireless N extended radio band. If you are not sure which channel to select, keep the default, Auto. SSID Broadcast: Choose to enable or disable the broadcast of your SSID (wireless network name). 6.2.2 Wireless > Wireless Security You can configure wireless security such as WPA2 or WEP encryption on this screen. Note: WPA2 Personal is the most secured encryption mode for general users. WEP is the most common encryption but the least secured.
Encryption: Choose 64 bits or 128 bits Passphrase: You can enter a passphrase and click on the Generate button and the router will automatically generate four WEP keys for you. WEP Key 1 – 4: Manually assign a passphrase for each key. If you selected 64 bits encryption, enter 10 HEX characters (0-F) for each key. If you selected 128 bits encryption, enter 26 HEX characters (0-F) for each key. TX Key: Select a key to be the active key. Click Save Settings to save the settings.
WPA2 Personal Select WPA2 Personal from the Security Mode. Encryption: Select either TKIP or AES as the encryption method. Passphrase: Enter a passphrase between 8 to 63 characters long. Key Renewal: Enter the desired key renewal time in seconds. Click Save Settings to save the settings.
WPA Enterprise Select WPA Enterprise from the Security Mode. Encryption: Select either TKIP or AES as the encryption method. RADIUS Server: Enter the IP Address of your RADIUS server. RADIUS Port: Enter the port number of your RADIUS server. Shared Secret: Enter the shared key. Key Renewal: Enter the desired key renewal time in seconds. Click Save Settings to save the settings.
WPA2 Enterprise Select WPA2 Enterprise from the Security Mode. Encryption: Select either TKIP or AES as the encryption method. RADIUS Server: Enter the IP Address of your RADIUS server. RADIUS Port: Enter the port number of your RADIUS server. Default is 1812. Shared Secret: Enter the shared key. Key Renewal: Enter the desired key renewal time in seconds. Click Save Settings to save the settings.
Radius This option features WEP used in coordination with a RADIUS server. (This should only be used when a RADIUS server is connected to the Router.) Encryption Methods: Select either TKIP or AES as the encryption method. RADIUS Server: Enter the IP Address of your RADIUS server. RADIUS Port: Enter the port number of your RADIUS server. Shared Secret: Enter the shared key. Encryption: Select a level of WEP encryption, 64 bits 10 hex digits or 128 bits 26 hex digits. The default is 64 bits 10 hex digits.
Wireless Configuration - WiFi-Protected Setup To use Wi-Fi Protected Setup, click on WiFi-Protected Setup radio button in ‘Basic Wireless Settings’ page. WiFi Protected Setup supports two types of connection: Push Button Configuration (PBC) or Personal Identification Number (PIN). If you choose to use PBC on your client device to connect to the router, click on the WPS software button .
3 Wireless > MAC Filter You can restrict certain wireless clients from accessing the router by specifying their MAC address and enabling access restriction. Select Enabled and choose whether the specified wireless clients will be prevented or permitted to access the wireless network. Enter their MAC address in the fields below and click Save Settings to save the settings.
6.2.4 Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings You can configure various advanced wireless settings on this screen. AP Isolation: This isolates all wireless clients and wireless devices on your network from each other. Wireless devices will be able to communicate with the Router but not with each other. To use this function, select Enabled. Frame Burst: Frame Burst allows packet bursting which will increase overall network speed.
Basic Rate: The Basic Rate setting is not one, but a series of rates at which the Router can transmit. (The Basic Rate is not the actual rate of data transmission. If you want to specify the Router’s rate of data transmission, configure the Transmission Rate setting.) Transmission Rate: The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed of your wireless network.
6.3 Security 6.3.1 Security > Firewall SPI Firewall Protection: Select to enable or disable Stateful Packet Inspection. When enabled, access to the router from internet/wan by various protocols like ICMP are denied. Internet Filter: Place a check to enable various Internet filter including Anonymous Internet Requests, Multicast packets, NAT Redirection, and IDNT port. Web Filters: You can select to filter Proxy, Java, ActiveX, and/or Cookies. Click Save Settings to save the settings.
6.4 Access Restrictions 6.4.1 Access Restrictions > Internet Access Policy You can setup policies that deny or allow specific clients to access the internet.
Access Policy: Select a policy number from the drop down list. Enter Policy Name: Enter a name for the policy. Status: Choose to Enable or Disable the selected policy. Applied PCs Click on the Edit List button to specify the network clients. Policy only applies to the PCs that are in the list. You can specify each client by its MAC Address or IP Address. You can also specify a group of clients by entering their IP Address Range. Once you have specified all the clients, click Save Settings.
Website Blocking You can block the specified clients from accessing certain websites by URL or Keyword. Enter the URL or the Keyword you wish to block. Click Save Settings to save the settings. To view all the policies, click the Summary button. Blocked Applications After you selected Allow Internet accessing for Access Restriction, you can configure the Internet applications you want to block.
Click Save Settings to save the settings.
6.5 Applications & Gaming 6.5.1 Applications & Gaming > Single Port Forwarding If you want to host ftp server or online gaming, you must open up ports on the router. This page allows you to setup single port forwarding for the specified applications. Note: Before using forwarding, you should assign static IP addresses to the designated PCs. Application Name: Select or enter an Application Name.
External Port/ Internal Port: If you are only forwarding one port, you can put the same port number in both the External and Internal Port boxes. Protocol: IP protocol to forward. To IP Address: This should be the IP address of the computer you want to forward the ports to. Make sure that you check the Enabled box to activate the setting, then click Save Settings to save the settings. 6.5.
Start ~ End Port: If you are only forwarding one port, you can put the same port number in both the Start and End Port boxes. Protocol: If you are not sure which protocol to choose, select both. To IP Address: This should be the IP address of the computer you want to forward the ports to. Make sure that you check the Enabled box to activate the setting, then click Save Settings to save the settings. 6.5.
DMZ: Select to enable or disable DMZ. Source IP Address: Specify the IP address that can communicate with the DMZ host. Destination: Specify the IP Address or MAC Address of the DMZ host. Note: Any DMZ host should have a new static IP address assigned to it because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function. Click Save Settings to save the settings. 6.5.4 Applications & Gaming > QoS QoS (Quality of Service) manages information as it is transmitted and received.
Wireless WMM Support: WMM is a wireless Quality of Service feature that improves quality for audio, video, and voice applications by prioritizing wireless traffic. To use this feature, your wireless client devices in your network must support Wireless WMM. No Acknowledgement: If you want to disable the Router’s Acknowledgement feature, so the Router will not re-send data if an error occurs, select Enabled. Otherwise, keep the default, Disabled.
Category There are five categories available. Select one of the following: Applications, Online Games, MAC Address, Ethernet Port, or Voice Device. Applications Applications: Select the appropriate application. If you select Add a New Application, follow the instructions in the “Add a New Application “section. Priority: Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium, Normal, or Low. Click Add to save your changes. Your new entry will appear in the Summary list.
Add a New Application Enter a Name: Enter a name for this application. Port Range: Enter the port range that the application will be using. For example, if you want to allocate bandwidth for FTP, you can enter 21-21. Select the protocol TCP or UDP, or select Both. Priority: Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium, Normal, or Low. Click Add to save your changes.
Online Games Games: Select the appropriate game. Priority: Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium, Normal, or Low. Click Add to save your changes.
MAC Address Enter a Name Enter a name for your network device. MAC Address Enter the MAC address of your network device. Priority Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium, Normal, or Low. Click Add to save your changes.
Ethernet Port Ethernet: Select the Ethernet port that you want to configure. Priority: Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium, Normal, or Low. Click Add to save your changes.
Voice Device Enter a Name: Enter a name for your voice device such as VoIP or IP Phone. MAC Address: Enter the MAC address of your voice device. Priority: Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium, Normal, or Low. Click Add to save your changes. Click Save Settings to save the settings. Summary Summary shows the configuration for various application priorities. You can Remove or Edit the configuration from this list.
6.6 Administration 6.6.1 Administration > Management The Management screen allows you to change the router’s log in password as well as other administrative settings. EZ Setup: Select to enable or disable EZ Setup. If EZ Setup is disabled, the user is allowed to access internet whenever he/she is connected to the router. If enabled, the user is required to enter username/password to access the internet. Web Access: Select to enable or disable HTTPs and Wireless access for the Web Configuration Utility.
Remote Access: Select to enable or disable remote management/upgrade of the router. You can allow remote management from any IP Address or a specified IP Address as well as the port number. Backup and Restore Configurations: You can choose to backup the router’s settings so that you don’t have to manually configure the settings again if you reset the router to factory default.
6.6.3 Administration -> Diagnostics The Diagnostics screen allows you to perform Ping and Traceroute tests. Ping Test: Enter the IP or URL Address you wish to ping and click Start to Ping. Traceroute: Enter the IP or URL Address you wish to trace and click Start to Traceroute.
6.6.4 Administration > Factory Defaults The Factory Defaults screen allows you to set all the router’s settings to the factory default. Click on the Restore Factory Defaults button to restore all the settings to default and click OK to continue.
6.6.5 Administration > Firmware Upgrade The Firmware Upgrade screen allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware. You must download and unzip the new firmware first from www.asante.com Click on Browse to browse to the new firmware, and click Start to Upgrade.
6.7 Status 6.7.1 Status > Router The Router screen displays various status of the router including the firmware version. Click on the Refresh button to reload the screen.
6.7.2 Status > Local Network The Local Network screen displays various status about your Local Area Network. Click on the DHCP Client Table to display a list of all the DHCP clients in your network.
6.7.3 Status > Wireless Network The Wireless Network screen displays various status about your wireless network.
7. Specifications Standards IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 IEEE 802.11a / b / g Frequency 2.
App Appendix – Information Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) this device may not cause interference and 2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device Caution: The device for the band 5150-5250 MHz is only for indoor usage to reduce potential for harmful interference to co-channel mobile satellite systems.
- - Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN);5 GHz high performance RLAN;Harmonized EN covering essential requirementsof article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive EN 301 489-1 V1.6.1: (2005-09) Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio Spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 1: Common technical requirements EN 301 489-17 V1.2.
Technical Support E-mail: support@asante.com Toll Free: 1-877-262-0324 Web Site: www.asante.com *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE standard 802.11g and draft 802.11n specifications. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, mix of wireless products used, radio frequency interference (e.g.
