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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 residential installation.
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. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.
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 repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.
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 Product Overview CHAPTER II: SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP 2-1 Build your Network (Initial hardware setup) 2-2 Accessing the Web Menu 2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup 2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP address setup 2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup 2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup 2-2-5 Smart Repeater IP address lookup 2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ (Initial Configurati
2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’ 2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’ 2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’ 2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’ 2-5-8 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’ 2-5-9 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’ 2-6 Home Network (LAN: Local Area Network) Configuration 2-6-1 LAN IP section 2-6-2 DHCP Server 2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table 2-7 Home Wireless LAN Configuration 2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings 2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings 2-7-3 Wireless Security 2-7-3-1 Disable wireless security 2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equiv
3-3 Firewall 3-3-1 Access Control 3-3-1-1 Add PC 3-3-2 URL Blocking 3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention 3-3-3-1 DoS - Advanced Settings 3-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) 3-4 Status 3-4-1 System information and firmware version 3-4-2 Internet Connection Status 3-4-3 Device Status 3-4-4 System Log 3-4-5 Active DHCP client list 3-4-6 Statistics 3-5 Configuration Backup and Restore 3-6 Firmware Upgrade 3-7 System Reset 3-8 Support Utility CHAPTER IV: 4-1 Hardware Specification 4-2 Troubleshooting 4-3 Glossary APPENDIX
Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing the HW2R1 Hi-Gain Wireless-300N Dual Radio Smart Repeater! This advanced Smart Repeater is the best choice for your home, office, RV, boat or other range extending applications. The Hi-Gain Wireless Dual Radio Smart Repeater is the most intelligent and easy to configure, high performance Wi-Fi range extending solution on the market. With two radios running concurrently to process an 802.
Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer (over the Internet) Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.
In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This Smart Repeater is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this Smart Repeater outdoors 2. DO NOT put this Smart Repeater at or near hot or humid places, like kitchens or bathrooms. Also, do not leave this Smart Repeater in the car in summer. 3. DO NOT pull any connected cable with force; disconnect them from the Smart Repeater first. 4.
electrical power off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help.
1-3 System Requirements One computer (Mac or PC) Internet web browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox recommended) A wired or wireless networking adapter (e.g. AirPort card, built-in Ethernet adapter, etc.) Broadband modem (e.g. Cable or DSL) or wireless Internet connection (e.g. Hotspot, 802.11b/g network, etc.
1-4 Package Contents Before you start to use this Smart Repeater, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: 1 x Hi-Gain™ Wireless-N Dual Radio Smart Repeater 1 x Quick Installation Guide 1 x CD with User’s Manual and PC Support Utility 1 x A/C power adapter 3 x 3dBi Hi-Gain Dipole Omni-Directional Antennas 6
1-5 Product Overview Top Panel LED Name (Front Left to Right) Light Status Description Stable ON Smart Repeater is switched on and correctly powered PWR Stable OFF Smart Repeater is off Slow Blinking Factory Default Reset (Reset button is held for greater than 5 seconds) Fast Blinking Standard Reset (Reset button is held for less than 5 seconds) Stable ON Good Wireless Connection (Signal Strength > 70%) Wireless Stable OFF Cannot find wireless network to connect to / not connected (WAN) In
Local (LAN) Fast Blinking Wireless Connected with Traffic Stable ON Connected without Traffic Stable Off No Connection.
Wired (1 – 4) Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4. Used for wired connections to your computers and network devices. Wired Modem Wired Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port. The port for connecting your Cable/DSL modem.
Chapter II: Hardware System and Network Setup 2-1 Build your network (Initial hardware setup) Please follow the following instructions to build the network connection between the Hi-Gain Wireless-N Dual Radio Smart Repeater and your computers and other network devices: 1. Connect the included antennas to your Smart Repeater. 2. Connect the power adapter to the Smart Repeater 3. Connect all ‘wired’ users to the HW2R1 via the Wired Local Area Network (LAN) ports in grey.
Traditional Router Setup (Optional): 1. If you do not plan on using the Wireless Internet Connection and instead plan on using a traditional wired modem connection (such as Cable or DSL) then you will need to attach the Ethernet cable from your modem to the blue ‘Modem’ port on the Smart Repeater. This will allow the Smart Repeater to function as a traditional wireless router.
2-2 Accessing the Web Setup Menu After your Smart Repeater has been connected and powered the next step is to access the Web Menu for initial configuration. To do this, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address). If it’s set to use static IP address, or you are unsure, please follow the following instructions to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address: Try to access: http://setup.hawkingtech.com (or try typing: http://192.168.5.
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’. 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server’ and then click ‘OK’.
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 ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’ and then click ‘Properties’ 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
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, and then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection Status window will appear, and then click ‘Properties’ 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
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 Area Connection Properties window will appear, select ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click ‘Properties’ 2.
2-2-5 Smart Repeater 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’ 17
Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter’ key. Please check the IP address followed by ‘Default Gateway’ (please note that this value may be different.) NOTE: If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed, or the address followed by ‘IP Address’ begins with ‘169’, please recheck network connection between your computer and Smart Repeater, and / or go to the beginning of this chapter, to recheck every step of network setup procedure. 3.
2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This Smart Repeater provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in a very short time.
a. The first step of the ‘Quick Setup’ is to locate a position to place your Smart Repeater. The position should be a location where the Repeater can pick up the signal that you wish to repeat (i.e. the neighbor’s wireless connection, local hot spot, etc.). b. Click Scan to locate all the networks within your area. Once you have found the network you wish to repeat, highlight it and click Next.
d. If a wireless security key is necessary, the wizard will prompt you to enter the key. This key pertains to WEP and WPA wireless security keys and passphrases.
e. When the connection has been established the wizard will prompt you if you wish to adjust the name of the wireless network used within your home (a.k.a. the SSID of the network that users will be connecting to from within your home – the redistributed wireless network). In addition, if you would like to add wireless security to your home wireless network you may do so here as well. f. Click FINISH to complete your setup. Then press Apply to initiate the reboot of your Smart Repeater.
Allow the HW2R1 to reboot. This should take no more than 30 seconds. After the system reboots, you can test your Internet connection to check that your setup was successful. Once your Internet connection has tested successfully your setup is officially complete. If you do not have an Internet connection you will need to check the settings of your Wireless Internet connection that you are trying to connect to.
2-4 Basic Setup In this chapter, you’ll learn how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Please start your web browser and log onto Smart Repeater web management interface, then click on the ‘General Setup’ tab. 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’ tab in menu on the left of web management interface, then click on Time Zone.
Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. NOTE: You can refer to the instructions given in the last chapter: ‘Using Quick Setup’, for detailed descriptions on time zone settings. 2-4-2 Change management password The default password of this Smart Repeater is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browser.
Here are descriptions of every setup item: Current Please input current password here. Password (1): New Password (2): Please input new password here. Confirmed Please input new password here again. Password (3): When you finish, click ‘Apply’. If you want to keep original password unchanged, click ‘Cancel’.
Please retype the new password again when you see above message. If you see the following message: This error displays when the ‘Current Password’ field is entered incorrectly. Please click ‘OK’ to go back to previous menu, and input your current password again. After entering the correct login information you will be prompted to login again with your new login settings.
2-4-3 Remote Management This Smart Repeater does not allow management access from Internet, to prevent possible security risks. However, you can still manage this Smart Repeater from a specific IP address by enabling the ‘Remote Management’ Function.
When you finish with all settings, click ‘Apply’, and you’ll see the following message displayed on web browser: Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. NOTE: When you want to manage this Smart Repeater from another computer over the internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this Smart Repeater.
2-5 Setup Internet Connection (Setup) The Wireless Internet connection setup can be configured through the ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in chapter 2-3. However for a more detailed setup of either a wired setup (via DSL or Cable Modem) or a wireless Internet connection setup please navigate to the ‘Internet Connection’ tab on the left hand side after navigating tot the ‘General Setup’ tab.
2-5-1 Setup procedure for ‘Wireless Internet Connection: To manually configure a Wireless Internet Connection select ‘Configure’ next to Wireless Internet Connection. The menu below should appear. You may manually enter the SSID of the wireless network you plan on connecting to or you can click ‘Site Survey’ to have the web interface scan for local networks in your vicinity.
After you have selected a wireless Internet connection network, you may configure the security settings for that network if required. Select the security type and the encryption method and enter the appropriate key for the network you plan on connecting to. Click Apply when you have completed your setup.
2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘Wired Internet Connections: To setup a wired Internet connection such as Cable Modem or DSL, please click configure next to ‘Wired Internet Connection’ A menu will appear with a choice of wired Internet connection types. Select the one that fits your connection and scroll to the menu describing your selection below.
1 Dynamic IP Fixed IP PPPoE PPTP - Please go to section 2-5-3 - Please go to section 2-5-4 - Please go to section 2-5-5 - Please go to section 2-5-6 DNS DDNS - Please go to section 2-5-7 - Please go to section 2-5-8 34
2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’: 1 2 3 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 provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet.
Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. 2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’: 1 2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup items: IP address assigned by your Service Please input IP address assigned by your service provider.
provider DNS address (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider. Service Provider Gateway Address (4): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider.
2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’: 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. Please give a name to this Internet service, this is Service Name (3): optional MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.
Connect On-Demand – Only connect when you want to surf the Internet. “Idle Time Out” is set to stop the 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 Smart Repeater will connect to the ISP. If you want to stop the connection, please click “Disconnect” button.
Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e. static IP address) WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet connection will fail even if settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please contact your Internet service provider if you don’t know what you should fill in these fields.
PPTP settings section: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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. PPTP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. Connection ID (4): Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and you can leave it blank.
Idle Time Out (8): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to check if you’re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel. When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK (9); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.
Connection type (5): Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to use, please refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. Idle Time Out (6): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK (7); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.
NOTE: Only IP address can be entered here; DO NOT use the hostname of DNS server! (i.e. only numeric characters and dots are accepted) 10.20.30.40……………………………………………………………… Correct dns.serviceprovider.com…………………………………………...
Please go to one of the DDNS service provider’s web pages listed above, and get a free DDNS account by the instructions given on their webpage. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Dynamic DNS (1): Provider (2): If you want to enable DDNS function, please select ‘Enabled’; otherwise please select ‘Disabled’. Select your DDNS service provider here. Domain Name (3): Input the domain name you’ve obtained from DDNS service provider.
Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
2-6 Home Network (LAN: Local Area Network) Configuration A LAN is the network within your home. All computers accessing your Internet connection through the HW2R1 are considered part of your Home Network. Each of these users will either have their own manually configured IP address or an automatically configured IP address from the HW2R1 via the Smart Repeater’s DHCP server.
Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters: Please click ‘Home Network’ tab at the left menu of the web management interface, there are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’.
2-6-1 LAN IP section: 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP address (1): Subnet Mask (2): 802.1d Spanning Tree (3): DHCP Server (4): Please input the IP address of this Smart Repeater. This is the IP address used to access your Smart Repeater. Make sure to make note of the new IP Address after you change it since the old one will no longer work. Please input subnet mask for this network. If you wish to activate 802.1d spanning tree function, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.
2-6-2 DHCP Server: 1 2 3 4 These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup item: 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 this Smart Repeater from dropdown menu. Start IP (2): Please input the start IP address of the IP range. End IP (3): Please input the end IP address of the IP range.
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. A maximum of 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here.
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. 2 3 4 1 If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click ‘Delete Selected’ button (2); if you want to delete all mappings, click ‘Delete All’ (3). If you want to deselect all mappings, click ‘Reset (4).
2-7 Wireless Home Network (WLAN) Configuration If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices has a wireless network adapter, you can use the wireless function of this Smart Repeater to let them connect to Internet and share resources with other computers on your wired home network. You can also use the built-in security functions to protect your network from intruders with malicious attacks.
Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
2 3 4 5 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): 2.4 GHz (B) Please select the radio band from one of following options: 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network clients to connect to this Smart Repeater (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network clients to connect to this Smart Repeater (maximum transfer rate 300Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and 802.
NOTE: For 802.11b and 802.11g mode, the signals can be transmitted only by antenna 1 (The antenna on the right side of the rear panel). For 802.11n mode: The Smart Repeater is operating in a 2T3R Spatial Multiplexing MIMO configuration. 2 antennas are for signal transmitting and 3 antennas are for signal receiving. ESSID (3): This is the name of wireless Smart Repeater. You can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters.
TIPS: You can try to change channel number to another one if you think the data transfer rate is too slow.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Fragment Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Threshold(1): Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346. RTS Threshold(2): Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Beacon Interval(3): Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 100.
Smart Repeater can get connected. CTS Protect(10): Enabling this setting will reduce the chance of radio signal collisions between 802.11b and 802.11g/n wireless access points. It’s recommended to set this option to ‘Auto’ or ‘Always’. However, if you set to ‘None’, your wireless Smart Repeater should be able to work fine, too. Tx Power(11): You can set the output power of wireless radio. Unless you’re using this wireless Smart Repeater in a really big space, you may not have to set output power to 100%.
2-7-3 Wireless Security It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! Consequences of wireless networks without security include intrusion from hackers and malicious users that can steal valuable data without your consent. It is highly recommended to setup security settings for your wireless network.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will reduce some data transfer performance. Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you select a key format, the number of characters of key will be displayed.
at ‘Key Format’ field. You can use any alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key format, and if you select ‘Hex’ as key format, you can use characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must enter at least one encryption key here, and if you entered multiple WEP keys, they should not be same with each other. Enable 802.1x Authentication (9): IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol.
After you finish WEP setting, please click ‘Apply’ button (10) and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
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 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected. Pre-shared Key Format (3): Select the type of pre-shared key, you can select Passphrase (8 or more alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex (64 characters of 0-9, and a-f).
2-7-3-4 WPA RADIUS: If you have a RADIUS server, this Smart Repeater can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Here are descriptions of every setup items: WPA Unicast Cipher Suite: Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected.
Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. 2-7-4 Wireless Access Control This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless Smart Repeater; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless Smart Repeater.
All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in ‘MAC Address Filtering Table’ (1). Here are descriptions of every setup items: Delete Selected (2): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (You can select more than one MAC addresses). Delete All (3): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, please click ‘Delete All’ button.
Clear (9): Click ‘Clear’ to remove the value you inputted in MAC address and comment field. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (10) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
Repeater, or click ‘Start PBC’ button in the web configuration interface to do this; if you want to use a PIN code, you have to know the PIN code of the wireless device and switch it to WPS mode, then provide the PIN code of the wireless device you wish to connect to the Smart Repeater.
function of this wireless Smart Repeater is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘Not configured’. Self PIN code: This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless Smart Repeater. This code is useful when you need to build wireless connection by WPS with other WPS-enabled wireless devices. SSID: The SSID of the Smart Repeater will be displayed here.
Configure via client Please input the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect, and click ‘Start PIN’ button. PinCode (5) The ‘WLAN’ LED on the wireless Smart Repeater will be steady on when this wireless Smart Repeater is waiting for incoming WPS request.
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 security keys. 2. A complicated (combination of numbers, alphabets, and even symbols) WEP key and WPA passphrase is much safer than simple and short ones.
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 preset connection quality of internet service.
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 limitation, input ‘0’ here. Total Upload You can set the limit of total upload Bandwidth (3): bandwidth in kbits. To disable upload bandwidth limitation, input ‘0’ here.
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. Reset (11): If you want to erase all values you just entered. Click ‘Reset’.
3-1-2 Add a new QoS rule After you click ‘Add’ button in QoS menu, the following message will appear: a b c d e f g h i 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.
Local Port Range (d): Please input the range of local (source) port number that will be affected by this rule. If you want to apply this rule on port 80 to 90, please input ’80-90’; if you want to apply this rule on a single port, just input the port number, like ‘80’. Remote IP Specify the remote (destination) IP address Address: (e): that will be affected by this rule.
‘Save’ button, please correct your input by the instructions given by the error message. If you want to erase all values you just entered.
3-2 Network Address Translation (NAT) Network address translations solve the problem of 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 few IP addresses to every user. Therefore it’s necessary to use NAT technology to share a single Internet IP address to multiple computers on local network, so everyone can get connected to Internet.
Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. 3-2-2 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on local network. The port number(s) of Internet IP address and private IP address (the IP address on local network) must be the same.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable Port Forwarding (1): Private IP (2): Check this box to enable port mapping, and uncheck this box to disable port mapping. Input the IP address of the computer on local network which provides internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Smart Repeater will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer.
Add (7): Add the mapping to port forwarding table. Reset (8): Remove all inputted values. Port Forwarding Table (9): All existing port forwarding mappings will be displayed here. Delete Selected (10): Please select a port forwarding mapping by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button to remove the mapping. If there’s no existing mapping, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (11): Delete all mappings existed in virtual server table.
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 the local network. This allows you to setup an Internet service on the computer on the local network, without exposing it on the Internet directly. You can also build many sets of port redirection to provide many different Internet services on different local computers via a single Internet IP address.
Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Smart Repeater will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer. Private Port (4): Input the port number of the IP address which provides Internet service. Type (5): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you’re not sure, please select ‘Both’.
Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. 3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection at 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 items: Enable (1): Check this box to enable special applications and uncheck this box to disable virtual server. IP Address (2): Input the IP address of the computer which you want to open the ports. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Smart Repeater will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer.
Current Trigger-Port (10): All the settings for the special applications will be listed here. If you want to remove some Special Application settings from the " Current Trigger-Port Table", select the Special Application settings you want to remove in the table and then click "Delete Selected". If you want remove all Special Appliacation settings from the table, just click "Delete All" button. Click "Reset" will clear your current selections.
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 function nowadays.
3-2-6 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway (ALG) is a special function of this Smart Repeater. 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 architecture.
following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
3-3 Firewall Besides NAT, this Smart Repeater 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.
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.
Client PC MAC address (2): Please input the MAC address of computer or network device 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’ Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Smart Repeater will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer.
Filtering Table (11): filtering, and please select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior of IP filtering table. If you select deny, all IP addresses listed in filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network; if you select allow, only IP addresses listed in filtering table will be able to connect to the network, and rejecting all other network devices. IP Filtering Table (12): All existing IP addresses in filtering table will be listed here.
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.
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 address (b): 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 define a single IP address.
3-3-2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in a local network from accessing certain website (like pornography, violence, or anything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in a local network from accessing the site you define here. This function is useful for parents and company managers.
URL/Keyword (2): Input the URL (host name or IP address of website, like http://www.blocked-site.com or http://11.22.33.44), or the keyword which is contained in URL (like pornography, cartoon, stock, or anything). Add (3): Click ‘Add’ button to add the URL / keyword to the URL / Keyword filtering table. Reset (4): Click ‘Reset’ to remove the value you inputted in URL/Keyword field. Current URL Blocking Table (5): All existing URL/Keywords in filtering table will be listed here.
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 of handling too much traffic. This Smart Repeater has a built-in DoS attack prevention mechanism; when you activate it, the Smart Repeater will stop the DoS attack for you.
Discard Ping From WAN (2): Ping is a common and useful tool to know the connection status of a specified remote network device, but some malicious intruder will try to fill your network bandwidth with a lot of PING request data packet, to make your internet connection become very slow, even unusable. Check this box and the Smart Repeater will ignore all inbound PING request, but Port Scan (3): when you activate this function, you will not be able to ping your own Smart Repeater from internet, too.
Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. 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: a b c d e Here are descriptions of every setup items: Ping of Death (a): Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated.
Sync Flood (d): Like Ping of Death, you can set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable DMZ (1): Check this box to enable DMZ function, uncheck this box to disable DMZ function. Public IP address (2): You can select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘Static IP’ here. If you select ‘Dynamic IP’, you have to select an Internet connection session from dropdown menu; if you select ‘Static IP’, please input the IP address that you want to map to a specific private IP address.
Add (5): Click ‘Add’ button to add the public IP address and associated private IP address to the DMZ table. Reset (6): Click ‘Clear’ to remove the value you inputted in Public IP address and Client PC IP address field. Current DMZ table (7): All existing public IP address and private IP address mapping will be displayed here. Delete If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry, check Selected (8): the ‘select’ box of the DMZ entry you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button.
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 firmware version You can use this function to know the system information and firmware version of this Smart Repeater.
This information will vary depending on the connection status and the type of internet connection that you are using. It will provide IP information, the Internet connection mode (i.e. wired or wireless) as well as the details of a wireless connection. 3-4-3 Home Network The Home Network status page displays information regarding your local wireless home network and your wired home network. It will display the SSId of your home wireless network as well as the LAN IP settings of your home wired network.
3-4-4 System Log Important system events are logged here. You can use this function to check the event log of your Smart Repeater. Please click ‘System Log’ tab at the top of web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every buttons: Save (1): Save current event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all event logs displayed here. Refresh (3): Refresh the event log display.
3-4-5 Security Log Information regarding your network and system security is kept here. You may use this function to check the security event log of your Smart Repeater. Please click ‘Security Log’ tab at the top of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 The system events will be displayed in this page, a nd here are descriptions of every buttons: Save (1): Save current event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all event logs displayed here.
3-4-5 Active DHCP client list If you’re using the DHCP server function of this Smart Repeater, you can use this function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this Smart Repeater. Please click ‘Active DHCP client’ tab at the top of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: All information about active DHCP leases issued by this Smart Repeater will be displayed here. You can click ‘Refresh’ button to display latest information.
3-4-6 Statistics You can use this function to check the statistics of wireless, LAN, and WAN interface of this Smart Repeater. Please click ‘Statistics’ tab at the top of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: You can click ‘Refresh’ button to display latest information.
1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every buttons: Backup Settings (1): Press ‘Save...’ button, and you’ll be prompted to download the configuration as a file, default filename is ‘default.bin’, you can please save it as another filename for different versions, and keep it in a safe place. Restore Press ‘Browse…’ to pick a previously-saved Settings (2): configuration file from your computer, and then click ‘Upload’ to transfer the configuration file to Smart Repeater.
3-6 Firmware Upgrade The system software used by this Smart Repeater is known 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 functions to your Smart Repeater, even fix the bugs of this Smart Repeater.
Hawking Technologies website, and use it to upgrade your Smart Repeater. After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click ‘Apply’ button, and the Smart Repeater 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 computer from Smart Repeater.
3-8 Using the Support Utility The Smart Repeater Support Utility is used to help trouble shoot a connection or easily access the basic configuration settings of the HW2R1 without having to log into the web interface. This Utility may often be used in conjunction with support calls from our support department or by the user when on site or for quick configuration purposes. To install the Support Utility, insert the included CD and click on Support Utility to install the Utility.
After your Utility is installed, click on the Support Utility icon on your desktop to open the program. Click on SCAN to locate the Smart Repeater you wish to configure. Once selected click ‘CONNECT’ to connect to the Repeater. Note: before making any configurations on the Utility, you MUST be connected to a Repeater. The status of the Utility and Repeater connection is displayed on the bottom left corner.
The Repeater Settings tab provides information on all current settings for the local network (LAN) as well as the Internet network (WAN). The firmware version and MAC Address are listed as well. The IP Address (LAN) tab allows you to enable or disable DHCP (automatic IP assignment to clients connecting to the HW2R1) as well as make adjustments to the local IP Address of the Repeater.
The Wireless Internet Connection tab allows you to see the current Internet (WAN) settings for the Repeater. From here you can also scan for other wireless networks detected by the Repeater and highlight them to change your Internet Connection source to begin repeating from a new wireless network. If the network you are trying to connect to uses encryption it will be required that you enter the Security Key in the field below.
The Password Settings tab gives you access to change your current password for logging into the web interface. You will need to first enter your current login and password before you are able to change your login password. The Reset Settings tab allows you to reboot your Repeater in the event of a lock up or refresh while still saving all of your current settings. To reset the Smart Repeater to factory default settings select Factory Reset and click ‘Apply.
Chapter IV: Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specification Flash: 4MB SDRAM: 16MB WAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 WAN Port: 802.
4-2 Troubleshooting If you found the Smart Repeater is working improperly or stops 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 yourself within very short time! Scenario Solution Smart Repeater is not responding to me when I want to access it by a. Please check the connection of power cords and network cables of this Smart Repeater.
d. Call your Internet service provide and check if there’s something wrong with their service. e. If you just can’t connect to one or more websites, but you can still use other internet services, please check URL/Keyword filter. f. Try to reset the Smart Repeater and try again later. g. Reset the device (modem) provided by your Internet service provider. h. Try to use IP address instead of hostname.
frequently b. Source Internet connection is poor c. Try to reset the Smart Repeater d. Multiple users may be accessing the Internet simultaneously. Attempt to download the file at another time. e. Contact Hawking Techsupport I can’t log onto web a. Make sure you’re connecting to the correct IP management interface: password is wrong address of the Smart Repeater! b. Password is case-sensitive. Make sure the ‘Caps Lock’ light is not illuminated. c. If you really forgot the password, do a hard reset.
4-3 Glossary Default Gateway (Smart Repeater): Every non-Smart Repeater 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 towards the destination. DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol automatically gives every computer on your home network an IP address.
“aaa” can be anything from 000 to 255, or as four cascaded binary numbers separated by “.”: bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb, where each “b” can either be 0 or 1. 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.
NAT: Network Address Translation. This process allows all of the computers on your home network to use one IP address. Using the broadband Smart Repeater’s NAT capability, you can access the Internet from any computer on your home network without having to purchase more IP addresses from your ISP. Port: Network Clients (LAN PC) uses port numbers to distinguish one network application/protocol over another.
Smart Repeater: A Smart Repeater is an intelligent network device that forwards packets between different networks based on network layer address information such as IP addresses. It provides modem access with any wireless 802.11b/g/n network and redistributes the signal via Ethernet or wireless Ethernet with full router capabilities. Subnet Mask: A subnet mask, which may be a part of the TCP/IP information provided by your ISP, is a set of four numbers (e.g. 255.255.255.0) configured like an IP address.
