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4G100W USER U MANU UAL Table of CContents Overview 4 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Target Users .........................................................................................................
Technical Da ata ....................................................................................................................................... 42 FAQ ..................................................................................................................................................... 43 Appendix A: Tables .................................................................................................................................. 45 Legal & Regu ulatory Inform mation ...........
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Product Inntroduuctionn Product O Overview 1. 3 x 10/100 RJ-45 LANN Ethernet ports for wired w connections. 1 x 10/100 RJ-45 LANN/WAN Ethernet portt for optional alternatee Internet connectivitty (ADSL/Cable/Satellite). 1 8802.11n/300Mbps Wireless W (Backward compatible c with 802.111b/g). 2 x Internal WiFi anteennas. BBrowser based interfface for configurationn and management. W Wireless security opttions- WEP, WPA, WPPA2.
Physical Dimen D nsionss and Indiccatorss LED Indiccators The 4G100W LTE W WiFi router has been designed d to be placeed on a desktop. All oof the cables exit from m the rear for better organization. o The dissplay is visible on thee front of the 4G100W W to provide you with infformation about netwwork activity and the device d status. See beelow for an explanatioon of each of the indicator lights. Figure 1 ‐ LEDs LED INDICCATOR ICONN DEFINITION HIGH High LTE Signal strength available.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Connnectivvity The following ports are available on the rear of the 4G100W in the cable comparttment. Please removee the compartment cover by gently pullingg on the grip marks near n the OPEN label at the top of the device, inn the direction of the arrow. Figure 2: Rear Panel INTERRFACE FUNCTION SIM Slot Insert your SIM card heree (until you hear a click). Please P be careful to insert thhe SIM card in the correct orientation by viewing the printed icon on the routeer housing.
4G100W LLTE WiFi Router R Defaault Settinggs The following tabless list the default settinngs for the 4G100W WiFi W Router. LAN (MANAGEM MENT) Static IP Address: 1922.168.20.1 Subnet Mask: 2555.255.255.0 Default Router: 1922.168.20.1 Table 4 ‐ LAN Managementt Default Settings WAN (INTERNET) WAN mode: Dissabled (operates as LAN by b default) Tablee 5 ‐ WAN Port Defa ault Settings WIRELESS (W WIFI) WiFi Network Name (SSID): Eacch device has a unique WiFi Network name.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Safetty andd Prodduct CCare With reference to unnpacking, installationn, use and maintenannce of your electronicc device, the followingg basic guidelines arre recommended: TTo avoid fire or shockk hazard do not use or o install this productt near water. For exam mple, near a bathtub, kitchen sink, laundrry tub, or near a swim mming pool. Also, do not eexpose the equipmennt to rain or damp areeas (e.g. a wet basemment).
Installationn and Conffiguraation of o the 4G1000W WiFi Route R er LTE W Placemennt of your 4G100W LTTE WiFi Rouuter Just like your mobilee phone, the 4G100W W LTE WiFi Router’s location will affect its signal strength to Mobile Broadband Basse Stations (Cell Towwers). The data speedd achievable from thee 4G100W LTE WiFi RRouter is relative to thhis signal strength, which w is affected by mmany environmental faactors.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL In locations where hhomes or offices are close together, such as apartment buildinngs or office complexxes, there may be wireless networks nearrby that can conflict with w your wireless nettwork and cause interfereence.
Manaagement Conso C ole Managem ment Consoole Login Procedure P For device configurration, you can log in to the device’s manaagement console viaa your web browser. The T management connsole is password pro rotected to prevent unauthorized access to t the configuration settinggs of your 4G100W LTE L WiFi Router. R please follow the steps below: To log in to the mannagement console, viiew the status and make changes to yourr 4G100W LTE WiFi Router, 1. Open your wweb browser (e.g.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Basic Stattus Overvieew The basic status paage provides basic syystem related informaation. It is shown afteer logging in to the 4G G100W LTE WiFi Rouuter, and can also bee accessed by selecting Status from the menu m tabs. Figure 4 ‐ B asic View – Status The status page shoows the 3G Frequenccy, Signal Strength (ddBm), Connection staatus, Current 3G Provvider, Current 3G APN and the SIM Statuss. LTE WiFi Router 13 YM ML4G100W www.netcommwwireless.
Wireless Figure 5 ‐ B asic View – Wirelesss a enabling/disablingg the WiFi functionalitty, changing the Wireeless Network Name (SSID) The wireless page aallows you to configuure basic WiFi settings for the 4G100W LTTE WiFi Router such as or the Wireless Security key. OPTION DEFINITION WiFi Netwoork Name (SSID) The SSID (Seervice Set Identifier) is the name of your wireless netwwork. Use a unique name to identify your wireless devvice so that you can easily connect your wireless clients to it.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Internet Figure 6 ‐ B asic View – Internet The 3G Operation M Mode can be configuured on this page. Pleease see the table beelow for options allowwed for the 3G operattion mode: OPTION DEFINITION Automaticaally configure my mobile broadbandd When this opption is selected the router will automatically detect thhe SIM card, enter the appropriate APN and connect to the Mobile Broadband network.
Advaancedd Feattures The basic configuraation interface is intennded to provide acceess to settings that mmost people will want to use on their 4G100W LTE WiFi Router.. There are advancedd settings available iff desired which are accessibble by viewing the advvanced settings pagees. To view the adva nced settings, please follow the instructioons in the previous chhapter to log into the management console, and then click the “Switcch to Advanced Vieww” button at the bottom of the page.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Internnet Seettings WWAN (M MBB) This page allows yoou to setup your WWAAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) connecction. Config profile which wwill attempt to connect automatically baseed on There are four connnection profiles setupp by default on this deevice. All profiles aree disabled by default,, except for the AutoC information which iss detected by the SIM M card that is insertedd into the device.
Data Roam ming Select to enaable data roaming for your SIM card. Table 10 ‐ A Advanced View ‐ Intternet Settings YML4G100W www.netcommwireless.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Band Setttings The band settings ppage enables you to select which frequenncy band you will usee for your connection and enable you to scan for available netw twork operators in your area. Figure 9 ‐ A dvanced View – Band Selection t majority of users.
SIM Security The SIM Security paage enables you to configure c SIM PIN related functions such aas storing the PIN in use on the SIM or chhanging the PIN proteection status. Figure 11 ‐ A Advanced View – WWAN W (3G/4G) ‐ SIM M Security ITEM DEFINITIO ON SIM Status The current status s of the inserted SIM ccard. Number of Retries Remaining The remaining number of times an inco rrect SIM card PIN can be entered before being prom mpted to enter a PUK (PIN Unlock Key) code.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL LAN IP Setup The LAN functionaliity of the 4G100W LTTE WiFi Router can bee configured from thi s page. Using this paage, a user can channge the LAN IP, LAN Subnet and DNS Maasquerading options. Figure 12 ‐ A Advanced View ‐ LA AN Settings NAME DESC CRIPTION IP Addresss The local IP adddress of 4G100W WiFi Router. Subnet Massk The subnet maask for the local network. DNS Masquuerade Select to enabble or disable DNS masquerading for connected clients.
DHCP The DHCP page is used to adjust the DHHCP settings used by the router. The DHCCP settings are then assigned to any device connecting via DDHCP and assign a dynamic IP address too each device.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL LAN Advancedd Setup D, IGMP Proxy, UPnPP, Router Advertisement and PPPoE Relayy. The LAN Advancedd Setup page featuress options to enable or disable such routerr features as 802.1d Spanning Tree, LLTD Figure 15 ‐ LLAN ‐ Advanced Settup LTE WiFi Router 23 YM ML4G100W www.netcommwwireless.
WAN The WAN page alloows you to configure the t optional WAN Ethhernet port. Select th e WAN connection tyype suitable for your environment and connfigure parameters according a to the seleccted connection type. STATIC (fixed IP) If your WAN connecction uses a static IP address, please seleect “STATIC (fixed IPP)” as the WAN Connection Type and enteer the required informmation in the fields provided as shown below.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL WAN Failoverr Settings The WAN Failover BBackup feature of thee 4G100W is designeed to provide a backuup Mobile broadbandd Internet connection in case your primaryy connection should fail. To use this featuure, you will need both an Etthernet WAN connecction (from an xDSL modem/ISDN/Satellite m e etc) and a Mobile broadband b Internet WAN W connection. Figure 18 ‐ WAN ‐ Failover Setttings There are 4 possible WAN Failover Connnection types describbed in the table beloww.
Wireless LAN L Configuraation This page allows yoou to define the basicc wireless settings forr the 4G100W WiFi RRouter. Figure 20 – Advanced View – WiFi W Settings Radio On/Off: R and you will noot be able to connecct to your 4G100W LTTE WiFi WiFi is turned on byy default. Changing this option to OFF willl turn OFF the wirelesss functionality on thee 4G100W LTE WiFi Router Router wirelessly. OPTION DEFINITION Radio On/OOff Use this option to t enable or disable the wirreless functionality.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Security Settinggs This section allows you to configure the wireless security for your 4G100W LTE W WiFi Router. Setting up sufficient wireless security s can prevent unauthorized accesss to your wireless nettwork. Figure 21 ‐ A Advanced View ‐ WiFi W Security Settingss OPTION Network Auuthentication DEFINITION Select the security mode m for the wireless netwwork. See below for more innformation.
WPA1/WPA2 WPA (WiFi Protecteed Access) authenticaation is suitable for enterprise applicationns. It must be used in conjunction with an authentication serverr such as RADIUS to provide centralized access s encryption and a authentication soolution. control and manageement. It provides a stronger Figure 22 ‐ A Advanced View ‐ WiFi W Security Settingss ‐ WPA1/WPA2 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PPSK A newer type of seccurity is WPA-PSK (TKKIP) and WPA2-PSK (AES).
4G100W USER U MANU UAL WPS WPS is the simplestt way to establish a connection c between wireless w clients and yyour 4G100W. This method m removes the need n to manually seleect the encryption mode and fill in the passphrase key. Yoou only need to presss a button on both wireless client and the 4G100W, and the WPS will do the rest for you.
Station Info The Station List shoows the wireless cliennts currently associated with your 4G100W W LTE WiFi Router. Figure 27 ‐ A Advanced View – WiFi Station List YML4G100W www.netcommwireless.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Services Routing Static The Static Route paage is used to add orr delete static routes. Static routes can bee used to facilitate communication betweeen devices on differennt networks and can be used as a meanss of configuring a fixed path selection of routers across computer networks in the abssence of communication between routers of the network topoloogy. Figgure 28 ‐ Static Routte Settings o the Ethernet subneet.
RIP RIP (Routing Inform mation Protocol) is useed for advertising rouutes to other routers. Thus all the routes inn the router’s routing table will be advertissed to other nearby roouters. For example, the route for the router’ss Ethernet subnet could be advertised to a Router on the PPP interface side so thaat a Router on this network will know how tto route to a device on o the router’s Ethernnet subnet.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL NAT The NAT page is ussed to configure the Network N Address Traanslation rules currenntly in use on the routter. The router is in NAAT mode by default. Figure 30 ‐ N NAT Settings This is only neededd if you need to map inbound requests to a specific port on th e WAN IP address too a device connectedd on the Ethernet inteerface, e.g. a web camera. OOPTION DEFINITION Mapping no A number used to identify each port mappping rule. Increment by 1 foor as many rules as required.
DMZ If you have a client computer or device that t cannot run an Internet application (e..g. Games) properly from behind the NATT firewall, then you caan open up the firewaall restrictions to alloww unrestricted two-waay Internet access byy defining a DMZ (demilitarized zone) Hosst. The DMZ function aallows you to re-direcct all packets going too your WAN port IP a ddress, to a particulaar IP address in your LAN.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL DDNS The DDNS page is used to configure thee Dynamic DNS featuure of the router. A nuumber of dynamic DNNS hosts are offered to select from. FFigure 32 ‐ DDNS Seettings Dynamic DNS provides a method for thee router to update an external name serveer with the current WAAN IP address. The following DDNSS Providers are availaable: mic DNS: To configure dynam 1. Click the Enaable option to enablee Dynamic DNS. 2. Select the Dyynamic DNS service that you wish to use.
System Monitoor The System Monitorr page is used to connfigure the behaviourr of the Periodic Ping monitor function. Figure 34 ‐ SSystem Monitor Setttings w The Periodic Ping RReset Monitor configuures the router to trannsmit controlled ping packets to 2 specifieed IP addresses. Shoould the router not recceive responses to thhe pings, the router will reboot. This works as followws: 1.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Systeem Log The Log page is used to download or diisplay the current Sysstem Log of the routeer. FFigure 35 ‐ System Log L The System Log helps you to troubleshooot any issues you maay be experiencing wwith your router. w show you either informational messagges about your routerr or every message produced p when “All” iis selected. Selecting the approopriate logging level will ITEM DEFINITION All Display all system log messages.
Settings The settings page iss used to backup or restore the router’s configuration c or to resset it to factory default settings. Figure 36 ‐ LLoad / Save Configu uration Page Please noote: In order to perforrm an update, you must be logged into thhe router as the root user u (see the Remote Administration sectiion for more details). Saving a copy of thhe router’s configurattion: 1. Key in the rooot manager Passworrd and click the Savee button.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Update Firmwaare This page allows yoou to upgrade the 4G G100W LTE WiFi Routter’s internal softwaree. mware of your 4G100W W LTE WiFi Router, you y need to downloadd the upgrade imagee file to your local harrd disk, and then clicck the Browse button and navigate to the location l To upgrade the firm of the firmware file oon your computer. Once you have seleected the new firmwaare file, click ‘Apply’ to start the upgrade pprocess.
Administration The Administration page is used to enabble or disable remotee administration and sset the username / password required to access the 4G100W W WiFi Router remotelyy. Figure 38 ‐ A Administration Con nfiguration Items OPPTION DEFINITION Firewall S Select to enable or disablee the router’s firewall. Enable HTTP (RRemote Administration) E Enable or disable remote HTTP H access to the router. You can also set the port you y would like remote HTTP access to be available on on.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL System Configuration The System configuuration page is used to specify an externaal syslog server addre ress and port numberr. Figure 39 ‐ SSystem Configuration Items OPTIO ON IP / Hostname [:PORT]] DEFINITION The IP address and port of thee external syslog server youu would like logging information regarding the router aand its associated services sent to. Diagnostic configuratioon Use this field to enable or disa ble diagnostic port configuuration settings.
Techhnical Data The following table lists the hardware sppecifications of the 4G G100W LTE WiFi Rouuter. FEATUURE SPECIFICATIO ON Connectivity 10/100 Ethernet LAN x 3, 110/100 Ethernet LAN/WAN x 1, WLAN LED Indicators Power, WiFi, LAN/WAN, LAAN2-4, WWW , 4G Signal Strength S Operating Temperature 0 ~ 50 degrees Celsius (ooperating temperature) Power input 100-240VAC to 12VDC – 11.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL FAQ 1. Does the NetComm Wireless LTEE WiFi Router require any configuration ouut of the box? For moost customers, the NetComm Wireless 4G G100W LTE WiFi Rouuter is a plug and playy device. Plug the deevice into an electricaal outlet and once thee status indicator lighhts are on, pluug in your LAN cablee for data connectivityy. For WiFi connectivvity the SSID (Servicee Set Identifier) and wireless w network key ((password) are locatted on the bottom of the t devicee.
11. What is the ddifference between upload and downloadd speeds and why doo they differ? Uploaading is when you sennd information (e.g. emails) e from your commputer and downloadding is when you receive information via tthe Internet. The speeeds at which upload and download operate dependd on the way you use the Internet, the sizee of files you send and receive, the network capability and currrent network traffic. 12. Do I need to attach an antenna on this device? No.
4G100W USER U MANU UAL Appeendix A: Taables Table 1 ‐ Do ocument Revvision Historyy ........................................................................................................................... 2 Table 2 ‐ LED Indicators ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Table 3 ‐ Reear Panel Porrts.....................................................................................................
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This device compplies with FCC radiattion exposure limits set forth for an unconttrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceedding the FCC radio freequency exposure lim mits, human proximity to the antenna shall noot be less than 20cm (8 inches) during norrmal operation. IC Regulaations: This device compliees with Industry Canaada license-exempt RSS R standard(s).
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