1N Wireless User Guide Wirless N Broadband Router ARN02304U3
11N Wireless User Guide Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ...................... 1 1.1 Package Contents .................................. 1 1.2 LED Indicators and Port Description .......... 1 CHAPTER 2 PRODUCT INSTALLATION ........................ 4 CHAPTER 3 HOW TO CONFIGURE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET ............................................................................. 6 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 How to Set the Network Configurations ..... 6 Log in to the Router .............................
11N Wireless User Guide CHAPTER 6 DHCP SERVER............................................. 24 6.1 DHCP Server ....................................... 24 6.2 DHCP Client List................................... 24 CHAPTER 7 VIRTUAL SERVER ...................................... 25 7.1 Port Range Forwarding.......................... 25 7.2 DMZ Settings ...................................... 27 7.3 UPNP Settings ..................................... 27 CHAPTER 8 SECURITY SETTINGS ...............................
11N Wireless User Guide APPENDIX 4 CLEAR WIRELESS CONFIGURATION. 40 APPENDIX 5 REGULATORY INFORMATION .............
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 1 Product Introduction 1.1 Package Contents Please verify the following items after you open the package: ¾ One Wireless N Broadband Router ¾ One Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Power Adapter ¾ One Software CD If any of the listed items are missing or damaged, please contact the immediate replacement. 1.
11N Wireless User Guide Back panel port show 2
11N Wireless User Guide Back panel port description 3
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 2 Product Installation In this user guide, we take W316R as an example to explain the installation steps. The installation steps of other products are similar to this one. 1. Please use only the included power adapter to power your router. (NOTE: Use of an unmatched power adapter could cause damage to this product). 2. Please connect the router’s LAN port to your computer with an Ethernet cable as shown below. 3.
11N Wireless User Guide 4. Insert the included software CD into the CD drive of your computer. After the software automatically initiates, double click the “Setup” icon and follow the instructions to complete the installation. You can also enter the router’s Web-based Utility to complete the configuration.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 3 How to configure to access the Internet 3.1 How to Set the Network Configurations Network Configurations under windows XP 1. Right click “My Network Places” on your computer desktop and select “Properties”. 2. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. 3. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties”.
N Wireless User Guide 4. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Click “OK” to save the configurations. Or select “Use the following IP address” and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway as follows: ¾ IP Address: 192.168.0.XXX: (XXX is a number from 2~254) ¾ Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 ¾ Gateway: 192.168.0.1 ¾ DNS server: You should input the DNS server address provided by your ISP. Otherwise, you can enter 192.168.0.1.
11N Wireless User Guide Network Configurations under windows 7 1. Click the network icon on the lower right corner of your computer desktop, and then click” Open Network and Sharing Center”. 2. Click “Change adapter settings” on the left side of the window.
11N Wireless User Guide 3. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. 4. Double click” Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)". 5.
11N Wireless User Guide automatically”. Click “OK” to save the configurations. Or select “Use the following IP address” and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway as follows: ¾ IP Address: 192.168.0.XXX: (XXX is a number from 2~254) ¾ Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 ¾ Gateway: 192.168.0.1 ¾ DNS server: You should input the DNS server address provided by your ISP. Otherwise, you can enter 192.168.0.1. Click “OK” to save the configurations.
11N Wireless User Guide 3.2 Log in to the Router 1. To access the Router’s Web-based Utility, launch a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and enter http://192.168.0.1. Press “Enter”. 2. The system will automatically choose the corresponding web language in accordance with the Browser’s language. For example, if your Browser’s language is French, the router’s web language will display as French. 3.
11N Wireless User Guide The router provides two encryption setting screens, one is simple and easy, the other is advanced (For advanced setting, please refer to chapter 5.2). Simple and easy screen: Log on to the router’s web-based utility and you may set encryption for the router. The default adopts WPA-PSK mode and AES Algorithm. The default password is 12345678, as shown below. NOTE: The wireless password can only be 8 characters in length and the default is 12345678, you can modify it when necessary.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 4 Advanced Settings 4.1 System Status System status screen allows you to view the router’s WAN port status and system status. ¾ Connection status: It displays the router’s WAN connection status. Disconnected: It indicates the router’s WAN port hasn’t been connected with the network cable. Connecting: It indicates the router’s WAN port is obtaining IP address. Connected: It indicates the Router is well connected with the ISP. ¾ WAN IP：IP address obtained from ISP.
11N Wireless User Guide ¾ ¾ System time：It displays the system’s updated time Connected client ：It displays the number of the connected computers(normally it displays the number of clients whose IP addresses obtained via DHCP server) ¾ Software version：It displays the Router’s software version； ¾ Hardware version：It displays the Router’s hardware version. 4.2 WAN Settings Virtual Dial-up (PPPoE) ¾ Mode: Show your current connection mode. ¾ Access Account: Enter the account provided by your ISP.
11N Wireless User Guide ISP or network administrator。 ¾ Mode: Show your current connection mode. ¾ IP address: Enter the WAN IP address provided by your ISP. If you are not clear, please inquire your local ISP. ¾ Subnet mask: Enter the WAN Subnet Mask provided by your ISP. Generally it is 255.255.255.0。 ¾ Gateway: Enter the Gateway provided by your ISP. If you are not clear, please inquire your local ISP. ¾ DNS server: Enter the necessary DNS server provided by your ISP.
11N Wireless User Guide L2TP ¾ ¾ Mode: Show your current connection mode. L2TP server address: The IP address or domain name of the destination server and it is used to specify the destination address which needs for L2TP connection. ¾ Username/Password: Used to validate identity when connecting to the L2TP server. ¾ Address mode: Set the router’s IP address mode, you can select either “Dynamic” or “Static”. If your ISP doesn’t provide the IP address, please select “Dynamic”.
11N Wireless User Guide ¾ Alternate DNS address: Enter the second DNS address if your ISP provides, which is optional. NOTE: After the settings are completed, reboot the device to activate the modified settings. 4.5 WAN Medium Type Wired WAN and wireless WAN NOTE: This function applies only to some of the products. Wired WAN: In this mode, the cable is directly connected to the WAN port. Wired WAN is the default mode.
11N Wireless User Guide your ISP wireless device’s connection type is dynamic IP, just select DHCP). 4.6 Bandwidth Control Bandwidth control is used to limit the communication traffic of LAN computers when accessing the Internet. It can simultaneously control maximum of 254 PCs' traffic. In addition, IP address range configuration is supported. ¾ Enable Bandwidth Control: To enable or disable the internal IP bandwidth control. The default is disabled.
11N Wireless User Guide The setting method is the same as the above. Example 2 Set the download rate of all computers within the range of 192.168.0.2--192.168.0.254 as 100-120KByte/s, and the upload rate as 20-30KByte/s, as shown in the picture below. The setting method is the same as Example 1. 4.7 Traffic Statistics Traffic statistics is used to display the bandwidth that LAN PC used. Enable Traffic statistics: It is used to calculate the traffic used by the LAN computers.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 5 WLAN Settings 5.1 Wireless Basic Settings ¾ Enable wireless function: Select to enable the Router’s wireless features; deselect to disable it and all functions related with wireless are disabled. ¾ Wireless working mode: This router provides two kinds of working modes: Wireless Access Point(AP) and Network Bridge (WDS) Wireless Access Point (AP) ¾ Network Mode: Select one mode from the drop-down list.
11N Wireless User Guide shown below. Primary SSID is necessary, secondary SSID is optional. Network Bridge (WDS) Settings WDS (Wireless Distribution System) is used to expand wireless coverage area. ¾ AP MAC address: Input the MAC address of another (opposing) wireless router you want to connect. Example: This example is to bridge two W316R routers. 1. If you know the connecting router’s MAC address, please enter it into the AP MAC address field and click “Ok”. 2.
11N Wireless User Guide 5.2.1 WPS Settings WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setting) makes it quick and easy to establish a secure connection between the wireless clients and the router. The users only need to enter a PIN code or press WPS button on the back panel to configure it without manually selecting an encryption method or set a key. ¾ WPS settings: To enable or disable WPS function. The default is “Enable”. ¾ WPS mode: Provide two ways: PBC (Push-Button Configuration) and PIN code.
11N Wireless User Guide 5.2.3 WPA2- PSK WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2) provides higher security than and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access). ¾ WPA Algorithms: Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard]. ¾ Key: Enter the pass phrase that consists of 8-63 ASCII characters. ¾ Key Renewal Interval: Set the key’s renewal period, which tells the device how often it should change the dynamic keys. 5.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 6 DHCP Server 6.1 DHCP Server DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is used to assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network. When you enable the DHCP Server, the DHCP Server will allocate automatically an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer in premise of activating “Obtain an IP Address Automatically”. So specifying the start and end address of the IP Address pool is needed.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 7 Virtual Server 7.1 Port Range Forwarding ¾ Start/End port: Enter the start/end port number which ranges the External ports used to set the server or Internet applications. ¾ LAN IP: Enter the IP address of the PC which you want to set as the server. ¾ Protocol: Select the protocol (TCP/UDP/Both) for the application. If you are not clear about the protocol you are using, you can select “Both”. ¾ Enable: Click the Enable checkbox to bring the set rule into effect.
11N Wireless User Guide NOTE: If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on Remote Web Management screen to be any value except 80 such as 8080. Otherwise, there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server.
11N Wireless User Guide 7.2 DMZ Settings The DMZ Settings screen allows one local computer to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to one PC. ¾ DMZ Host IP Address: The IP address of the LAN computer you want to set as DMZ host. ¾ Enable: Check to enable the DMZ host. For example: Set the computer at the IP address of 192.168.0.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 8 Security Settings 8.1 Client Filter Settings You can enable client filter to control LAN computers’ access to some ports of the Internet。 ¾ Filter Mode: You can select either “Permit only” or “Forbid only”. ¾ Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-down list. ¾ Remark: A simple description of the configured file. You can also leave it blank. ¾ Start/End IP: Enter the start/end IP address. ¾ Port: Enter the controlled TCP/UDP protocol port.
11N Wireless User Guide ¾ Time: Select the time range of MAC address ¾ Date: Select the day(s) to run the access policy. ¾ Enable: To enable/disable the access policy (forbid/permit the packets matched with filter. the access policy to pass through the router). Example 1 Forbid the computer with the MAC address of 00:E0:4C:69:A3:23 to access Internet during 8:00 to 18:00 from Monday to Friday.
11N Wireless User Guide 8.4 Remote Web Management This section instructs how to allow the network administrator to manage the Router remotely. If you want to access the Router from outside of the local network, please click the checkbox after “Enable”. ¾ Enable: Check to enable remote web management. ¾ Port: The management port open to outside access. The default value is 80. ¾ IP Address: Specify the range of the IP addresses of the computers on the Internet for remote management. NOTE: 1.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 9 Routing Settings 9.1 Routing Table This page shows the router’s core routing table. The main duty for a router is to look for a best path for every data packet, and transfer this data packet to a destination station. In order to fulfill this function, many transferring paths, i.e. routing table, are saved in the router, for choosing when needed. 9.2 Static Routing This screen is used to set the router’s static routing.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 10 System Tools 10.1 Time Settings This section is to configure the router’s system time. You can set it manually or obtain the GMT time from the Internet. ¾ Time zone: Select the time zone where you are operating the Router from the drop-down list. ¾ Customized time: Enter the time you wish to configure. NOTE: When the Router is powered off, the time settings will be lost. The router will obtain the GMT time automatically when you next time access the Internet.
11N Wireless User Guide ¾ Domain name: Enter the effective registered domain name For example: Establish a Web server in the local host 192.168.0.10 and register in 3322.org as follows: Username Password Domain Name 123456 .3322.org After mapping the port in the virtual server, and setting account information in DDNS server, you can then access the web page by entering http:// .3322.org in the address field. 10.
11N Wireless User Guide Click the “Restore” button to restore previous settings. 10.4 Restore to Factory Default This screen allows you to restore all settings to the factory default values. ¾ Restore: Click this button to restore to default settings. ¾ Factory default settings: Password: NULL(the default password displays as null) IP address: 192.168.0.1 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 NOTE: After restoring to default settings, please restart the router to make the default settings effective. 10.
11N Wireless User Guide ¾ Browse: Click this button to select the upgrade file. ¾ Upgrade: Click this button to start the upgrading process. After the upgrade is completed, the router will reboot automatically. 10.6 Reboot the Router Reboot the router to make the configuration effective. The router will cut its WAN connection automatically after rebooting. ¾ Reboot the router: Click this button to reboot the router. 10.
11N Wireless User Guide After all settings are finished, please click’” Log out” to exit securely and completely. Appendix 1 Glossary Channel: An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units (PDUs) that may be used simultaneously, in the same volume of space, with other instances of medium use(on other channels) by other instances of the same physical layer (PHY),with an acceptably low frame error ratio(FER) due to mutual interference.
11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 2 Product Features Supports IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3u standards. High gain omni-directional antenna, with strong signals and long transmission distance.
11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 3 FAQ This section provides some solutions to the problems which may occur during the router’s installation or usage. The instructions below may help you deal with the problems. If your problem is not in the list, please log into our website www. .cn or send an E-mail to support@ .cn, and we will reply to you at the earliest time. 1.
11N Wireless User Guide 5.How to share my computer’s resource with other users in Internet？ If you want Internet users to access the internal server via the router such as: e-mail server, Web, FTP. You can configure the “Virtual Server”. Step 1: create your internal server, make sure the LAN users can access these servers and know related service port. For example, Web server’s port is 80; FTP is 21; SMTP is 25 and POP3 is 110.
11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 4 Clear Wireless Configuration Clear Wireless configuration file under windows XP 1. Right click “My Network Places” on your computer desktop and select “Properties”. 2. Right click “Wireless Network Connections” and select “Properties”. 3. Click “Wireless Network Configuration” and clear the corresponding wireless configuration file as shown below.
11N Wireless User Guide Clear Wireless configuration file under windows 7 1. Right click “Network” and click “Properties”. 2. Click “Manage wireless networks” on the left side of the window. 3. Delete the corresponding configured file in the “Manage wireless networks”.
11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 5 Regulatory Information CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product In a domestic environment,this product may cause radio interference,in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.This device complies with EU 1999/5/EC. NOTE:(1)The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment.
11N Wireless User Guide determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures: - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. - Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. - Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
