Wireless 11n 2T2R Router IEEE 802.11n Wireless Series Wireless 11n 2T2R Router User Manual Version 2.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router FCC Certifications 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.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router CE Mark Warning This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022 class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 2004/108/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC to meet the regulation of the radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Contents Unpacking Information ························································································ Chapter 1 Introduction to the Wireless Router ····················································· 1.1 General Description ········································································· 1.2 Key Features ·················································································· 5 6 6 6 1.3 1.4 Chapter 2 2.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Unpacking Information Thank you for purchasing the product. Before you start, please check all the contents of this package. The product package should include the following: 1. One Wireless Router 2. One AC adapter 3. One CD Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor. Conventions The router mentioned in this guide stands for IEEE 802.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Chapter 1 Introduction to the Wireless Router 1.1 General Description This is a wireless router with 2T2R MIMO technology, providing an excellent network solution for home, SOHO and hotspot users. It complies with standards IEEE 802.11n with data rate up to 300 Mbps, and IEEE 802.11b/g with maximum data rate of 54 Mbps. It can also interoperate with all the 11/54 Mbps wireless (802.11b/g) products.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment Supports Statistics, VPN Pass-through, System Log Support universal repeater mode (one wlan interface used as AP and client concurrently) in Client Operation Mode 7
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 1.3 The Front Panel The front panel of the Wireless Router: Name PWR WPS WLAN Status Indication Green Power on Dark Blink green one time Blink green Power off System reboot WPS connecting Dark System stability Off The wireless function is disabled. Flashing The wireless function is enabled. Flashing fast Off WAN / LAN On Flashing Sending or receiving data over wireless. There is no device linked to the corresponding port or the connection is dropping off.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 1.4 The Rear Panel The rear panel of the Wireless Router is shown below. LAN: Through this port, you can connect the router to your PCs and the other Ethernet network devices. WAN: This WAN port is where you will connect the cable/DSL Modem, or Ethernet. DC IN: Plug the circle end of the USB cable firmly into the rear panel of the router, and put the other end into an electric service outlet, then the system is ready.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Chapter 2 Installation and Basic Configuration This chapter will guide you steps by steps to install and configure the Wireless Router. We suggest you go over the whole chapter first and then do more advanced operation. 2.1 Operation Mode In this device, there are three modes for your selection: AP mode Router mode Client mode Different mode functions different.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 2.3 Configure the IP Address of Your Computer In order to communicate with this Wireless Router, you have to configure the IP address of your computer to make it compatible with the device. Note: The router supports DHCP server and it is enabled as default. Users who configure his IP address as “Obtain an IP address automatically” may skip the following IP configuration instruction. 1. The default network setting of the device: IP address: 192.168.100.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 2. Right-click Local Area Connection item and click Properties. 3. Choose Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 4. You may choose Obtain an IP address automatically (recommend) to get an IP address automatically. Or you can choose Use the following IP address to specify an IP address manually. Please click the OK button after your configuration.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Chapter 3 Web-Based Management 3.1 Start the Web-Based Management Interface The device uses Web as the management interface. You can use a browser to access the management interface easily. Please follow the steps listed below. 1. Open the Internet Web browser. 2. Type 192.168.100.1 into the URL Web address location and press Enter. 3. The Login window appears. - Enter admin in the User Name location (default value). - Enter admin in the Password location (default value).
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.2 The Graphic User Interface After the password authorization, the information page shows up as the home page of the graphic user interface. You may click the menu link on left column of the window to get access to each configuration page.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router AP Mode: 16
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Client Mode: 17
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.3 Setup Wizard If you are using the router for the first time, please follow the procedures of the setup wizard to do a step-by-step configuration. Note: The configurations in AP, Router and Client modes are almost the same. The following guide mainly introduces this device under the Router mode environment. Users want to do management in AP/Client mode please refer to the Router mode. The following instruction makes an overall introduction to the Setup Wizard 1.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3. Click “Next” button, the “WAN Interface Setup” pops out. Or you can click “Back/Cancel” for any changing. You may get those parameters from your ISP. WAN Access Type: Static IP, DHCP Client and PPPoE. 4. Click “Next” button, the “Wireless Network Basic Settings” pops out.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 5. Click “Next” button, the “Wireless Security Setup” pops out. Having finished these steps, you can use the router to surf the Internet. If you need more detailed information, please refer to the following instruction.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.4 Wireless In Client mode, the Wireless interface default support universal repeater (one wlan interface used as AP and client concurrently) function; you can set wireless client mode connect Access Point, and then the Virtual AP mode can sharing IP to Wireless Clients. 3.4.1 Basic Settings You can set up the configuration of your Wireless basic settings and monitor the Wireless Clients associate with your router.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Wireless Mode In the drop list, there are two types of wireless mode: “AP” and “Client”. You may select one type for your configuration. Note: This fuction only support in AP mode. SSID Service set identifier (SSID) for the name of the wireless network. In Client Mode, this SSID is used for setting Virtual AP's name. Channel Width Select 20MHz or 40MHz (40MHz only support in 11n mode) as the wireless channel frequency.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 2. Active Wireless Client Table This is the window that pops up after clicking the button. 3.4.2 Advanced Settings You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters for this router. We recommend not changing these parameters unless you know what changes will be on this router.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Items Information Fragment Threshold This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If you experience a high packet error rate, you may slightly increase your fragmentation threshold within the value range of 256 to 2346. Setting the fragmentation threshold too low may result in poor performance. RTS Threshold Request To Send threshold. This value should remain at its default setting of 2347.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Items Information Select SSID Please choose a SSID you have set for this router in the Wireless > Basic Settings from the drop-down list. The SSID will be shown on the wireless network for recognizing. Encryption There are 5 modes for you to select: Disable, WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK and WPA2-Mixed. Please refer to the following description. Note: WEP & TKIP unsupported in 11n Mode, It's only support in 11g mode. WPA2-Mixed Encryption unsupported in Client mode.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 2. Security Mode -- WEP 1 Items Information Select SSID Please choose a SSID you have set for this router in the Wireless > Basic Settings from the drop-down list. The SSID will be shown on the wireless network for recognizing. Encryption Select a security encryption mode for this router. Authentication There provide three options for selecting: Open System, Shared Key, Auto. Key Length Select “64-bit” or “128-bit” as the key encryption length.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Encryption Key Enter the key according to the key format you select. Show Password Select to show the password or not. * Please click on the Apply Changes button or the Reset button to save/reset the configurations. 3. Security Mode – WPA / WPA 2-PSK 2 from 0-127. Hexadecimal digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Items Information Select SSID Please choose a SSID you have set for this router by clicking “Wireless > Basic Settings” from the drop-down list. The SSID will be shown on the wireless network for your recognition. Encryption Select a security encryption mode for this router. WPA/WPA2 Cipher Suite WPA Cipher Suite: the default setting is TKIP. Pre-Shared Key Format To decide the format, select “Passphrase” or “Hex” in the drop list.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router WPA / WPA2 Cipher Suite The Cipher Suite is mixed (TKIP and AES). Pre-Shared Key Format To decide the format, select “Passphrase” or “Hex” in the drop list. Pre-Shared Key Enter the “Pre-shared Key” according to the pre-shared key format you select. This field must be filled with character longer than 8 and less than 64 lengths. Show Password Select to show the password or not. * Please click on the Apply Changes button or the Reset button to save/reset the configurations.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.4.4 Access Control To restrict the station access authentication of the clients, you can set up the control list in this page. Items Information Wireless Access Control Mode Click the drop list to choose the access control mode. You may select “Allow listed” to give those MAC addresses access to this device or select “Deny Listed” to ban it or select “Disable”. MAC Address & Comment Fill in the MAC address that you wish to control, and give a definition to it.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 2. Click the “Site Survey” button can scan nearby Router and AP. This page shows the available wireless networks information. When you use this device as a station (STA), you may connect to other AP.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3. Select one of the networks existing in the list of the site survey table and then click “Next” button, then the following page pops out. 4. In this page, you can input the selected AP’s password, then click “connect ” button to start connection with wireless network. 5. In connection process, the following page pops out. Please waiting for the connection result.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 6. When connection is successful, the following page pops up. 7. You can go back to the Management > Status page and confirm the connection’s states.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.4.6 WPS Settings The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. This router supports the configuration setup using PIN configuration method or PBC configuration method through an internal or external registrar.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Items Information Disable WPS Click this checkbox to undo WPS. WPS Status You cannot manually select the items here. The WPS Status will change from “UnConfigured” to “Configured” after you enable WPS function and setup a wireless security key for this device. Self-PIN Number If you use this device as a client, you can use this code when trying to connect this device to other AP by using the PIN method.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router If you are under the Wireless Client mode, the interface is different. Click Wireless > WPS in the menu links to display the screen as shown below. In this page you can connect your device to other networks by using PIN or PBC methods . Items Information Disable WPS Mark to disable the WPS, and clear to enable. Self-PIN Number If you use this device as a client, you can use this code when trying to connect this device to other AP by using the PIN method.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Items Information Router IP Address The IP of your Router LAN port (default 192.168.100.1). Subnet Mask Subnet Mask of you LAN (default 255.255.255.0). All devices on the network must have the same subnet mask to communicate on the network. DHCP DHCP Client Range Auto IP Address Diversion DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses “automatically”.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.5.2 WAN Interface Setup (Router mode and Client mode Display) This page allows users to configure those parameters for connecting to Internet. You may select the Internet connection type from the drop list besides “WAN Access Type” and configure the parameters for each mode. There are three modes for your selection: Static, DHCP and PPPoE.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Items Information WAN Access Type Select the mode to access the WAN as Static, DHCP Client or PPPoE. Internet IP Address The IP address that provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Default Gateway The Default Gateway that provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). MTU Size Clone MAC Address To Enable the Maximum Transmission Unit of router setup.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Items Information Internet IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway Fill in the IP address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway that provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). MTU Size To Enable the Maximum Transmission Unit of router setup. Any packet over this number will be chopped up into suitable size before sending. Larger number will enhance the transmission performance. Enter the MTU number in the blank to set the limitation (default 1500 bytes).
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3. PPPoE (ADSL) Items Information User Name&Password Fill in the User Name and password that provided by your ISP. MTU Size To Enable the Maximum Transmission Unit of router setup. Any packet over this number will be chopped up into suitable size before sending. Larger number will enhance the transmission performance. Enter your MTU number in the text-box to set the limitation (default 1452 bytes).
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.6 Firewall Settings (Router mode and Client mode Display) MAC Filtering The Wireless Router could filter the outgoing packets for security or management consideration. Items Information Enable MAC Filtering Mark to enable the configuration, and clear to disable. MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of wireless stations you want to forbid to access the Internet through the Gateway. Comment Input any text to describe this mapping.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.7 Management 3.7.1 Status This information page shows the current status and basic settings of this device. You could check if the parameters match your configuration. 3.7.2 Statistics This page shows users the information of data transfer, and monitors the status of this router including receiving and sending packets. To see the latest report, click 43 button.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.7.3 Log This System Log page shows the information of the current activities on the router. To enable system log function: 1. Mark the “Enable Log” checkbox. 2. To see all information of the system, select the “system all” checkbox. To see wireless information only, select the “wireless” checkbox. 3. Click the button to activate. You could also click the refresh the log information or click the button to clean the log table.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.7.4 Upgrade Firmware Sometimes a new firmware may be issued to upgrade the system of this device. You could upgrade the firmware you got in this page. To upgrade the firmware, please click the button, locate the firmware in your computer and then click the 45 button to execute.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.7.5 Save/Reload Setting The Save/Reload Setting page allows users to save and upload the configuration settings of the device or restore the factory default configuration. Items Information Save Settings to File Click the settings. button to save the currently configure Click to select the file that you save, and then Load Settings from File Reset Settings to Default click to start to update the system configuration settings. Please wait until it is complete.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router 3.7.7 Logout Click Apply Change then you will save the settings and log off the management interface.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Appendix A: Product Specifications Standard IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Interface LAN: One 10/100Mbps RJ-45 port WAN: One 10/100Mbps RJ-45 port One WPS/RESET button One slide switch to control AP/Router/Client mode One USB DC JACK Antenna (W142B/W142D only) WAN Connection Antenna type: Dipole Antenna connector type: Fixed Antenna standard: 1.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Appendix B: Glossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks. 802.
Wireless 11n 2T2R Router Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices. WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) - A group of computers and associated devices communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local area.
