ESR-9752 Wireless Broadband 11n router (802.11n, 802.11g & 802.11b) User Manual Version: 0.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................4 2 KEY FEATURES................................................................................................................................5 3 PACKAGE CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................6 4 PRODUCT LAYOUT................................................
Revision History Version Date Notes 1.0 1.5 1.7 March16, 2008 March22, 2008 May 30, 2008 Modified from existing UM.
1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of ESR-9752 Wireless Network Broadband Router. ESR-9752 is compliant with draft 802.11n v 2.0 up to 6 times faster than standard 802.11g based routers while still being compatible with 802.11g & 802.11b gadgets. ESR-9752 is not only a Wireless Access Point, but also doubles as a 4-port full-duplex Gigabit Switch that connects your wired-Ethernet devices together at incredible speeds.
2 Key Features Features Incredible Data Rate up to 300Mbps** Advantages Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 802.11n Compliant and Fully Interoperable with IEEE backward compatible with 802.11b/g 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant devices with legacy protection Four 10/100/1000 Mbps Fast Switch Scalability, extend your network.
3 Package Contents Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped back in its original package. 1. 802.11n SOHO Router 2. 100V~240V Power Adapter 3. 2dBi 2.4GHz Dipole Antennas x 3 pcs 4. Quick Install Guide 5. CD (User’s Manual) 6.
4 Product Layout 7
LED Description POWER Lights up when powered ON. Blinks on TEST/RESET WLAN Lights up in ORANGE when WLAN is enabled. Blinks on traffic LAN PORT ACTIVY Blinks on traffic for specific LAN PORT 1000 Mbps Lights up when 1000 Mbps data rate enabled on that specific port ITEM Description Reset Click this button to restart the system, or Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restart the system. WPS Click this button to start WPS function.
5 Network + System Requirements To begin using the ESR-9752, make sure you meet the following as minimum requirements: PC/Notebook. Operating System – Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/XP/2000/VISTA 1 Free Ethernet port. WiFi card/USB dongle (802.11 a/b/g/n) – optional. External xDSL (ADSL) or Cable modem with an Ethernet port (RJ-45). PC with a Web-Browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Opera etc.) Few Ethernet compatible CAT5 cables.
7 Setup LAN, WAN LAN connection: Connect Ethernet cable between your PC/Notebook LAN port & one of the 4 available LAN ports on ESR-9752. WAN connection: Connect Ethernet cable between WAN ports of your ADSL/CABLE modem & INTERNET port of ESR-9752. Make sure your ADSL/CABLE modem is working well. Contact your ISP if you have any questions.
8 PC Network Adapter setup (Windows XP) • Enter [Start Menu] select [Control panel] select [Network].
• Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties]. • Select the [General] tab. a. ESR-9752 supports [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].
9 Bring up ESR-9752 Connect the supplied power-adapter to the power inlet port and connect it to a wall outlet. Then, ESR-9752 automatically enters the self-test phase. During selftest phase, Power LED will blink briefly, and then will be lit continuously to indicate that this product is in normal operation. 10 Smart Wizard CHECK • Internet connection should be setup & ready to use (ADSL or cable modem). • Modem must provide RJ45 port to connect with ESR-9752.
Click Setup Wizard to setup your ESR-9752 router. Click User Manual to launch smart wizard user manual. Click Adobe Reader to setup Adobe Acrobat reader on your PC/Notebook. Click EXIT anytime you want to abort.
Click to proceed. Click to abort. ESR-9752 should be setup as depicted above. Make sure your DSL/CABLE modem is setup and working. Else take the help of your internet service provider. Click to proceed.
Check the MODEM and ESR-9752 connection. It should be as shown below. Check power connection for modem as well as ESR-9752. Make sure antenna is connected to rear panel of ESR-9752. Click to proceed.
Notice the LED that should be light up at this stage. If not, check your procedures again. Click to configure WAN & Wireless settings.
User name and password are admin/admin. Click . Your default browser will connect to ESR-9752 Web Server http://192.168.0.1 . Click to enter mode selection.
Select the mode that ESR-9752 is going to be and set its configurations. AP Repeater mode does not enable WAN interface, Setup Wizard will skip WAN Configuration. Click to automatically detect your Internet Network settings.
Smart Wizard has detected DHCP client. Configure the host name and MAC address of your ADSL modem. Click Next to proceed. Smart Wizard has finished setting up WAN Configuration. Click to proceed.
To apply the entire configuration, click . NOTE: After Wireless settings are applied, you need to connect from your WLAN client with the security settings you just finished configuring. Remember the type of security & security key.
11 Initial Setup ESR-9752 ESR-9752 uses web-interface for configuration to be accessed through your web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator. - LOGIN Procedure 1. OPEN your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer). 2. Type http://192.168.0.1 in address bar and hit [Enter] button on your keyboard.
3. Click to navigate into ESR-9752 configuration home page. 4. You will see the home page of ESR-9752 as follows.
- Status This page allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the status page to quickly see if you have any updated firmware available (bug fixes, updates). You can navigate from this page with a few interesting options for reminding or skipping this page forever & so forth. Once you click on button to go to the requested page, you can see the status page of the ESR-9752.
LAN Settings: This section displays the Broadband router LAN port’s current LAN & WLAN information. It also shows whether the DHCP Server function is enabled / disabled. WLAN Settings: This section displays the current WLAN configuration settings you’ve configured in the Wizard / Basic Settings / Wireless Settings section. Wireless configuration details such as SSID, Security settings, BSSID, Channel number, mode of operation are briefly shown.
LAN IP IP address: 192.168.0.1. It is the router’s LAN IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address). It can be changed based on your own choice. IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment. 802.1d Spanning Tree: This is disabled by default. If 802.1d Spanning Tree function is enabled, this router will use the spanning tree protocol to prevent network loops. DHCP Server DHCP Server: This will enable or disable the Dynamic Pool setting..
End IP: This will be the end of the pool of IP addresses available for client devices. Domain name: The Domain Name for the existing or customized network. - DHCP View the current LAN clients which are assigned with an IP Address by the DHCP-server. This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The table shows the assigned IP address, MAC address and expiration time for each DHCP leased client. Use the button to update the available information.
- Schedule This page allows user to set up schedule function for Firewall and Power Saving. Add schedule, edit schedule options to allow configuration of firewall and power savings services. Fill in the schedule and select type of service. Click to implement those settings.
The schedule table lists the pre-schedule service-runs. You can select any of them using the check box. - Event Log View operation event log. This page shows the current system log of the Broadband router. It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the system log can be saved to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared or it can be refreshed to get the most updated information.
- Monitor Show histogram for network connection on WAN, LAN & WLAN. Auto refresh keeps information updated frequently.
- Language This Wireless Router support multiple language of web pages, You could select your native language here.
12 Wizard Click Wizard to configure the Broadband Router. Setup wizard will now be displayed; check that the modem is connected and click . The details please refer to Smart Wizard .
13 INTERNET - Status This page shows the current Internet connection type and status - Dynamic IP Use the MAC address when registering for Internet service, and do not change it unless required by your ISP. If your ISP used the MAC address of the Ethernet card as an identifier, connect only the PC with the registered MAC address to the broadband router and click the button.
- Static IP If your ISP Provider has assigned a fixed IP address, enter the assigned IP address, Subnet mask, Default Gateway IP address, and Primary DNS of your ISP provider. - Point-to-Point over Ethernet Protocol (PPPoE) Login / Password: Enter the PPPoE username and password assigned by your ISP Provider. Service Name: This is normally optional.
Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU): This is the maximum size of the packets. Type: Enable the Auto-reconnect option to automatically re-establish the connection when an application attempts to access the Internet again. Idle Timeout: This is a maximum period of time for which the Internet connection is maintained during inactivity. If the connection is inactive for longer than the Maximum Idle Time, it will be dropped.
14Wireless Settings - Basic In basic setting page, you can set wireless Radio, Mode, Band, SSID, and Channel. Radio: You can turn on/off wireless radio. If wireless Radio is off, you cannot associate with AP through wireless. Mode: In this device, we support three operation modes which are AP router, AP route with WDS (we will introduce this function later section), and repeater. If you choose AP Router Mode, you can select AP or WDS function in the drop-down menu.
2.4 GHz(B+G+N): Either 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n wireless devices are in your environment. Enable ESSID: We support 4 multiple SSIDs in this device. Please select how many SSIDs you would like to use in your network environment. ESSID1~4: ESSID is the name of your wireless network. It might be a unique name to identify this wireless device in the Wireless LAN. It is case sensitive and up to 32 printable characters. You might change the default ESSID for added security.
MAC address 1~4: Please enter the MAC address of the neighboring APs that participates in WDS, we support 4 devices now. Set Security: WDS Security depends on your AP security settings. Note: it does not support mixed mode such as WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Mixed mode. - Advanced This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. The options included are Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, and Preamble Type.
Fragment Threshold: This specifies the maximum size of a packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance. RTS Threshold: When the packet size is smaller than the RTS threshold, the wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet. Beacon Interval: is the interval of time that this wireless router broadcasts a beacon. A Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network.
N Data Rate: The “Data Rate” is the rate that this access point uses to transmit data packets for N compliant wireless nodes. Highest to lowest data rate can be fixed. Channel Bandwidth: This is the range of frequencies that will be used. Preamble Type: The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN performance. CTS Protection: It is recommended to enable the protection mechanism.
ESSID Selection: This broadband router support multiple ESSID, you could select and set up the wanted ESSID. Broadcast ESSID: If you enabled “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located within the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily. If you are building a public wireless network, enabling this feature is recommended. Disabling “Broadcast ESSID” can provide better security.
WEP Encryption When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four WEP keys and select one of them as a default key. Then the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys. Authentication Type: There are two authentication types: "Open System" and "Shared Key". When you select "Open System", wireless stations can associate with this wireless router without WEP encryption.
Key1 - Key4: The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Use the following rules to setup a WEP key on the device. 64-bit WEP: input 10-digits Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 5digit ASCII character as the encryption keys. 128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 13-digit ASCII characters as the encryption keys. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations.
It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently. Press button when you are done. - MAC Address Filtering This wireless router supports MAC Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients from accessing your wireless network.
Enter the "MAC Address" and "Comment" of the wireless station to be added and then click . The wireless station will now be added into the "Current Access Control List" below. If you are having any difficulties filling in the fields, just click "Clear" and both "MAC Address" and "Comment" fields will be cleared.
WPS: Check the box to enable WPS function and uncheck it to disable the WPS function. WPS Current Status: If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll see a ‘Configured’ message here. Otherwise, you’ll see ‘UnConfigured’. Self Pin Code: This is the WPS PIN code of the wireless router. You may need this information when connecting to other WPS-enabled wireless devices. SSID: This is the network broadcast name (SSID) of the router.
Interface: If device is set to repeater mode, you can choose “Client” interface to connect with other AP by using WPS, otherwise you may choose “AP” interface to do WPS with other clients. WPS via Push Button: Press the button to start the WPS process. The router will wait for the WPS request from the wireless devices within 2 minutes. WPS via PIN: You can fill-in the PIN code of the wireless device and press the button to start the WPS process.
15 Firewall Settings The Broadband router provides extensive firewall protection by restricting connection parameters, thus limiting the risk of hacker attacks, and defending against a wide array of common Internet attacks. However, for applications that require unrestricted access to the Internet, you can configure a specific client/server as a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
Enable DMZ: Enable/disable DMZ LAN IP Address: Fill-in the IP address of a particular host in your LAN Network that will receive all the packets originally going to the WAN port/Public IP address above. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. - Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router's firewall can block common hacker attacks, including Denial of Service, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events.
Port Scan: Protects the router from Port Scans. Sync Flood: Protects the router from Sync Flood attack. - MAC Filter If you want to restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications / services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.), and then this is the place to set that configuration. Access Control allows users to define the traffic type permitted in your LAN. You can control which PC client can have access to these services. Enable MAC Filtering: Check to enable or disable MAC Filtering.
Add PC MAC Address Fill in “LAN MAC Address” and of the PC that is allowed to access the Internet, and then click . If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype again, just click and the fields will be cleared. Remove PC MAC Address If you want to remove some PC from the "MAC Filtering Table", select the PC you want to remove in the table and then click . If you want to remove all PCs from the table, just click the button.
- IP Filter Enable IP Filtering: Check to enable or disable IP Filtering. Deny: If you select “Deny” then all clients will be allowed to access Internet accept for the clients in the list below. Allow: If you select “Allow” then all clients will be denied to access Internet accept for the PCs in the list below. Add PC IP Address You can click PC to add an access control rule for users by an IP address or IP address range.
Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. - URL Filter You can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keywords of the Web site. Enable URL Blocking: Enable or disable URL Blocking Add URL Keyword Fill in “URL/Keyword” and then click . You can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the web site you want to block.
If you want remove all URL keywords from the table, click button. If you want to clear the selection and re-select again, just click .
16 Advanced Settings - Network Address Translation (NAT) Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses. NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key services such as Websites and FTP. Select Disable to disable the NAT function.
Enable Port Mapping: Enable or disable port mapping function. Description: description of this setting. Local IP: This is the local IP of the server behind the NAT firewall. Type: This is the protocol type to be forwarded. You can choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP” packets only, or select “BOTH” to forward both “TCP” and “UDP” packets. Port Range: The range of ports to be forward to the private IP.
Remove Port Mapping If you want to remove a Port Mapping setting from the "Current Port Mapping Table", select the Port Mapping setting that you want to remove in the table and then click D. If you want to remove all Port Mapping settings from the table, click button. Click will clear your current selections. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations.
Enable Port Forwarding: Enable or disable Port Forwarding. Description: The description of this setting. Local IP / Local Port: This is the LAN Client/Host IP address and Port number that the Public Port number packet will be sent to. Type: Select the port number protocol type (TCP, UDP or both). If you are unsure, then leave it to the default “both” setting.
- Port Triggering (Special Applications) Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video Conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications. Enable Trigger Port: Enable or disable the Port Trigger function. Trigger Port: This is the outgoing (Outbound) range of port numbers for this particular application.
Applications selection. Once you have selected an application, select a location (1-10) in the Copy to selection box and then click the Copy to button. This will automatically list the Public Ports required for this popular application in the location (1-10) you specified. Add Port Triggering Fill in the "Trigger Port", "Trigger Type”, “Public Port”, "Public Type", "Public Port" and "Description" of the setting to be added and then Click .
- UPNP With UPnP, all PCs in you Intranet will discover this router automatically. So, you don’t have to configure your PC and it can easily access the Internet through this router. Enable/Disable UPnP: You can enable or Disable the UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without having to configure anything.
- Quality of Service (QoS) QoS can let you classify Internet application traffic by source/destination IP address and port number. You can assign priority for each type of application and reserve bandwidth for it. The packets of applications with higher priority will always go first. Lower priority applications will get bandwidth after higher priority applications get enough bandwidth. This can let you have a better experience in using critical real time services like Internet phone, video conference …etc.
Ingress Rate: The throughput limit of receiving packets. Egress Rate: The throughput limit of sending packets. Application-based Qos This is the application based QoS control method. You can reserve or limit the bandwidth of some LAN IP address and port number. They will guarantee the throughput in WAN connection. Priority Queue Type: This can put the packets of specific protocols in High/Low Queue. The packets in High Queue will process first.
Bandwidth Allocation: This can reserve / limit the throughput of specific protocols and port range. You can set the upper bound and Lower bound. Type: Specify the direction of packets. Upload or download. IP range: Specify the IP address range. You could also fill one IP address Protocol: Specify the packet type. The default ALL will put all packets in the QoS priority Queue. Port range: Specify the Port range. You could also fill one Port.
Disabled: This could turn off QoS feature. - Routing You can set enable Static Routing to let the router forward packets by your routing policy. Destination LAN IP: Specify the destination LAN IP address of static routing rule.
Subnet Mask: Specify the Subnet Mask of static routing rule. Default Gateway: Specify the default gateway of static routing rule. Hops: Specify the Max Hops number of static routing rule. Interface: Specify the Interface of static routing rule.
17 TOOLS Settings - Admin You can change the password required to log into the broadband router's system web-based management. By default, the password is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive. Current Password: Fill in the current password to allow changing to a new password.
Host Address: This is the IP address of the host in the Internet that will have management/configuration access to the Broadband router from a remote site. If the Host Address is left 0.0.0.0 this means anyone can access the router’s web-based configuration from a remote location, providing they know the password. Port: The port number of the remote management web interface. Enabled: Check to enable the remote management function. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations.
Daylight Savings: The router can also take Daylight Savings into account. If you wish to use this function, you must select the Daylight Savings Time period and check/tick the enable box to enable your daylight saving configuration. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. - DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service providers.
Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. - Power Saving power in WLAN/Ethernet mode can be enabled/disabled in this page. - Diagnosis This page could let you diagnosis your current network status. - Firmware This page allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware.
this page. You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC. Once you’ve selected the new firmware file, click at the bottom of the screen to start the upgrade process - Back-up This page allows you to save the current router configurations. When you save the configurations, you also can re-load the saved configurations into the router through the Restore Settings.
to restore the saved configuration to the Broadband router. Alternatively, you can use the "Restore to Factory Defaults" tool to force the Broadband router to perform a power reset and restore the original factory settings. - Reset You can reset the broadband router when system stops responding correctly or stop functions.
18 Repeater Mode Repeater mode has limited settings compared to the AP mode. Choose “Repeater mode” on the top right corner of the configuration page. System restarts and connects to the IP address http://192.168..0.1 You will see the configuration homepage under “REPEATER” mode now. - Status System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the status page to quickly see if you have any updated firmware available (bug fixes, updates).
You can see the UP time, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware version information. LAN Settings: This page displays the Broadband router LAN port’s current LAN & WLAN information. It also shows whether the DHCP Server function is enabled / disabled. Wireless configuration details such as SSID, Security settings, BSSID, Channel number, mode of operation are briefly shown. WLAN Settings: View Broadband router’s current configuration settings.
IP address: It is the router’s LAN IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address). It can be changed based on your own choice. IP Subnet Mask: Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment. 802.1d Spanning Tree: This is disabled by default. If 802.1d Spanning Tree function is enabled, this router will use the spanning tree protocol to prevent network loops. - Schedule Add schedule, edit schedule options allow configuration of power savings services. Fill in the schedule and select type of service.
- Event Log View operation log of ESR-9752. This page shows the current system log of the Broadband router. It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the system log can be saved to a local file for further processing or the system log can be cleared or it can be refreshed to get the most updated information. When the system is powered down, the system log will disappear if not saved to a local file.
- Language This Wireless Router support multiple language of web pages, you could select your native language here.
-Basic You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router. The parameters include Mode, ESSID, Channel Number and Associated Client. Radio: Enable or Disable Wireless function Mode: Band: Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n mode. You can also select B+G mode to allow 802.11b and 802.11g clients at the same time. Enable ESSID: You can specify the maximum ESSID number. ESSID1~3: Allow you to specify ESSID of WLAN.
-Clint List - Tools This section has many useful and miscellaneous features. - Admin You can change the password required to log into the broadband router's system web-based management. By default, the password is: admin. Passwords can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive.
Current Password: Fill in the current password to allow changing to a new password. New Password: Enter your new password and in Repeat New Password for verification purposes Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations Remote management This allows you to designate a host in the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband router from a remote site. Enter the designated host IP Address in the Host IP Address field.
Port: The port number of the remote management web interface. Enabled: Check to enable the remote management function. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. - Time The Time Zone allows your router to reference or base its time on the settings configured here, which will affect functions such as Event Log entries and Schedule settings. Time Zone: Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The router will set its time based on your selection.
- Power Saving power in WLAN/Ethernet mode can be enabled / disabled in this page. - Diagnosis This page could let you diagnosis your current network status. - Firmware This page allows you to upgrade the router’s firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your Broadband router, you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page. You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC.
Once you’ve selected the new firmware file, click at the bottom of the screen to start the upgrade process 84
- Back-up The page allows you to save (Backup) the router’s current configuration settings. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved configuration into the router through the Restore selection. If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to Factory Defaults selection, this will set all configurations to its original default settings (e.g. when you first purchased the router).
Appendix A – FCC Interference Statement 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.
