User Guide
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE 1 –PREFACE.. .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 –PLACEMENT.. ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1 ROUTER P L A C E M E N T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 AVOID OB S TA C L E S A N D I N T E R F E R E N C E.. .
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Your Etisalat Travel Router Congratulations on the purchase of your Etisalat Travel Router. E t i s a l a t ’s Tra v e l R o u t e r i s a v e rs a t i l e a n d p o r t a b l e s olution f o r w i re l e s s m o b i l e b ro a d b a n d f o r t h e h o m e , o f f i c e or on t h e ro a d .
Placement
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE PLACEMENT Just like your mob i l e p h o n e , a 3 G U S B M o d e m ’s l o c a t i o n w i l l a f f e c t i t s s i g n a l s t re n g t h t o the 3G Mobile Bas e S t a t i o n ( C e l l To w e r ) . T h e d a t a s p e e d a c h i e v a b l e f ro m a 3 G U S B m o d e m is relative to this s i g n a l s t re n g t h , w h i c h i s a f f e c t e d b y m a n y e n v i ro n m e n t a l f a c t o rs .
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Cordless P h o n e s If the performance o f y o u r w i re l e s s n e t w o r k i s i m p a i re d a f t e r c o n s i d e r i n g t h e a b o v e i s s u e s , and you have a cord l e s s p h o n e : • Try moving cord l e s s p h o n e s a w a y f ro m y o u r Tra v e l R o u t e r a n d y o u r w i re l e s s - e n a b l e d computers. • Unplug and rem o v e t h e b a t t e r y f ro m a n y c o rd l e s s p h o n e t h a t o p e ra t e s o n t h e 2 .
Getting Started
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE GETTING STARTED The LED Indicators of the 3G Travel Router The Travel Router has been designed to be placed on a desktop. The LED indicators are easily visible on the top of the Router to provide you with information about network activity and status. See below for an explanation of each of the features.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Connect i n g y o u r d e v i c e t o t he Rout e r Follow the next steps to create a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to provide Internet access to 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n wireless-equipped computers or smartphones. Step 1 – Connect the 3G USB Modem. Charging your battery Step 3b – Connect a computer via Ethernet If you use the Travel Router until the battery has completely drained, it will power off. If this occurs, let the unit charge overnight.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Configuring your Router and setting up your computer Having physically c o n n e c t e d y o u r R o u t e r, t h e n e x t s t e p i s t o configure the Rou t e r t o e s t a b l i s h a b ro a d b a n d c o n n e c t i o n . Depending on your c o m p u t e rs c u r re n t s e t t i n g s y o u m a y f i rs t need to reconfigure t h e TC P / I P ( N e t w o r k S e t t i n g s ) t o a c c e s s your Router.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Using the Router with the Etisalat 3G Mobile Broadband Internet Service Using the Travel Router with a fixed line Broadband Internet Service (DSL/Cable) N ote: Note: Before proceeding with this step, ensure that your 3G USB D o n g l e has been plugged into the USB port of your Travel Router To configure a 3G WA N c o n n e c t i o n , p l e a s e f o l l o w t h e s e steps: B e f o re p ro c e e d i n g w i t h t h i s s t e p , e n s u re t h a t y o u r WA N c o
Advanced
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE ADVANCED FEATURES 3G Internet Settings This page allows you to setup your WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) connection. Enter the relevant settings as provided by Etisalat. This section explai n s o t h e r f e a t u re s t h a t y o u m a y w a n t t o enable depending o n y o u r a p p l i c a t i o n . S o m e f e a t u re s c a n add extra stability a n d e r ro r re c o v e r y.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE WAN Select the WAN co n n e c t i o n t y p e s u i t a b l e f o r y o u r e n v i ro n m e n t a n d c o n f i g u re p a ra m e t e rs according to the se l e c t e d c o n n e c t i o n t y p e . STATIC (FIXED IP) If your WAN conne c t i o n u s e s a s t a t i c I P a d d re s s , p l e a s e s e l e c t S t a t i c I P A d d re s s a n d f i l l i n the required inform a t i o n i n t h e f i e l d s p ro v i d e d .
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE PPPOE (ADSL) Most ADSL services u s e t h e P P P o v e r E t h e r n e t p ro t o c o l . U s e this if you connec t y o u r Tra v e l R o u t e r t o a b r i d g e d A D S L modem. PPTP P P T P ( Po i n t t o Po i n t Tu n n e l i n g P ro t o c o l ) a l l o w s f o r a secure c o n n e c t i o n o v e r t h e I n t e r n e t b y s i m p l y d i a l i n g i n a local p o i n t p ro v i d e d b y y o u r I S P.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE WAN FAILOVER BAC K U P The WAN Failover B a c k u p f e a t u re o f t h e Tra v e l R o u t e r i s designed to provid e a b a c k u p 3 G I n t e r n e t c o n n e c t i o n i n c a s e your primary conn e c t i o n s h o u l d f a i l . To u s e t h i s f e a t u re , y o u will need both an E t h e r n e t WA N c o n n e c t i o n ( f ro m a n x D S L modem/ISDN/Satel l i t e e t c ) a n d a 3 G WA N c o n n e c t i o n .
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Advanced Routing ADVANCED ROUTING – DYNAMIC This page allows y o u t o c o n f i g u re s t a t i c a n d d y n a m i c ro u t i n g r u l e s f o r y o u r Tra v e l R o u t e r. D y n a m i c R o u t i n g u s e s the RIP protocol to allow the Travel Router to adapt to changes in t h e n e t w o r k . R I P e n a bles the device to determine the best route for each packet based on t h e “ h o p c o u n t ” o r n umber of hops between Source and Destination.
Wireless
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Basic Advanced This page allows y o u t o d e f i n e t h e b a s i c w i re l e s s s e t t i n g s f o r t h i s d e v i c e s u c h a s t h e S S I D and channel. T h i s p a g e a l l o w s y o u to modify the advanced wireless settings for your Travel Router. These s e t t i n g s s h o u l d n o t b e changed unless you are aware of what effect they will have. Name Description Radio On/Off: On by default.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Name Description Beacon Interval: Interval of time the wireless router broadcasts a beacon, used to synchronize the wireless network. Data Beacon Rate (DTIM): Enter a value between 1 and 255 for the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM is a countdown informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages Fragment Threshold: This specifies the maximum size of a packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Security Mode You may choose fro m t h e f o l l o w i n g w i re l e s s s e c u r i t y o p t i o n s : D i s a b l e d , O p e n , S h a re d , W E P AUTO, WPA, WPA-P S K , W PA 2 , W PA 2 - P S K , W PA - P S K- W PA 2 - P S K , W PA 1 - W PA 2 o r 8 02 . 1 x . Name Description WEP: WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) helps prevent against unwanted wireless users accessing your Travel Router.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE WPS W PS is the simples t w a y t o e s t a b l i s h a c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n w i re l e s s c l i e n t s a n d y o u r Tra v e l Router. This metho d re m o v e s t h e n e e d t o m a n u a l l y s e l e c t t h e e n c r y p t i o n m o d e a n d f i l l i n the passphrase. Yo u o n l y n e e d t o p re s s a b u t t o n o n b o t h w i re l e s s c l i e n t a n d w i re l e s s ro u t e r, and WPS will do th e re s t f o r y o u .
Firewall
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE FIREWALL MAC/IP/Port Filtering This page allows yo u t o s e t u p M A C , I P a n d p o r t f i l t e r i n g r u l e s t o p ro t e c t y o u r n e t w o r k f ro m malicious activity. T h e f i l t e r i n g r u l e s c a n b e u s e d t o e i t h e r a l l o w o r b l o c k c e r t a i n u s e rs a n d / or ports from acce s s i n g t h e I n t e r n e t .
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Port Forwarding DMZ This page allows y o u t o c o n f i g u re p o r t f o r w a rd i ng r u l e s t o a l l o w re m o t e u s e rs t o a c c e s s services such as We b o r F T P o n y o u r l o c a l c o m p u t e rs . T h i s a l l o w s y o u t o re d i re c t a p a r t i c u l a r port number (from t h e I n t e r n e t / WA N p o r t ) t o a p a r t i c u l a r L A N I P a d d re s s .
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE System Security Content Filtering This page allows y o u t o i m p ro v e t h e s e c u r i t y o f y o u r Tra v e l Router through th e S P I f i re w a l l a n d re m o t e a c c e s s s e t t i n g s .
Administration
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Managem e n t System Monitor This page allows yo u t o c o n f i g u re a d m i n i s t ra t o r s y s t e m s e t t i n g s i n c l u d i n g t h e a d m i n i s t ra t o r username and pass w o rd , N T P s e t t i n g s , a n d D D N S s e t t i n g s . Periodic Ping Settings The Periodic Ping Reset Monitor configures the Travel Router to transmit controlled ping packets to 1 or 2 user specified IP addresses.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE N B: The traffic generated by the periodic ping feature is coun t e d a s chargeable usage. Please keep this in mind when selecting h o w o f t e n to ping How to Configure a Periodic Reset Timer Setting Manager T h e ro u t e r c a n after a periodic i s n o t n e c e s s a r y, installations, it o c c u rs . This page allows you to import/export the system settings, reset your Travel Router to factory defaults, or reboot your Travel Router.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Statistics System Log This page allows y o u t o v i e w t h e L A N , WA N a n d w i re l e s s s t a t i s t i c s o f y o u r Tra v e l R o u t e r. A l l s y s t e m e v e n t s a re logged. You can use this function to check the event log of your Tra v e l R o u t e r. T h e S y s t e m L o g f e a t ure also offers the ability to send your system log information to a re m o t e s y s l o g c o m p u ter.
Trouble Shooting
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE TROUBLE SHOOTING This section provi d e s a n o v e r v i e w o f c o m m o n i s s u e s , a n d possible solutions f o r t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n a n d o p e ra t i o n o f y o u r Travel Router. 1.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE 4. Can not remember your encryption key. What should you do? If you forgot your e n c r y p t i o n k e y, t h e W i re l e s s d e v i c e w i l l not be able to esta b l i s h a c o n n e c t i o n t o y o u r Tra v e l R o u t e r. • E n s u re t h a t t h e re i s a s o l i d c a b l e c o n n e c t i o n b etween t h e E t h e r n e t p o r t o n t h e Tra v e l R o u t e r, a n d y our NIC ( N e t w o r k I n t e r f a c e C a rd ) .
Establishing Your Wireless Connection
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE ESTA B L I S H I N G YOUR WIRE L E S S CONN E C T I O N 2 . R i g h t - c l i c k o n y o u r W i re l e s s N e t w o r k C o n n e c t i on and s e l e c t V i e w A v a i l a b l e W i re l e s s N e t w o r k s : 5. The connection will show Connected. The following examples use “Etisalat Travel Router” as the SSID and WPA-PSK with “3GT1WNE0” as the encryption key. Windows XP Follow these steps : 1.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE Mac OSX 10.6 Follow these steps : 1. Click on the Ai r p o r t i c o n o n t h e t o p r i g h t m e n u . 3 . O n t h e n e w w i n d o w, t i c k o n S h o w Pa s s w o rd a n d type in t h e n e t w o r k k e y i n t h e Pa s s w o rd f i e l d . T h i s e x a m ple uses “ 3 G T 1 W N E 0 ” a s t h e k e y. A f t e r t h a t , c l i c k o n O K . Windows Vista Follow these steps: 1.
Etisalat Travel Router USER GUIDE 3. Choose “Etisala t Tra v e l R o u t e r ”. 5 . T i c k o n b o t h “ S a v e t h i s n e t w o r k ” a n d “ S t a rt this c o n n e c t i o n a u t o m a t i c a l l y ” a n d c l i c k o n “ C l o s e ”. 4. Tick “Display C h a ra c t e rs ” a n d t y p e i n t h e n e t w o r k security key. This example uses “ 3 GT 1 W N E 0 ”. Then click “Con n e c t ”.
Introduction