1N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Copyright Statement is the registered trademark of Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd. All the products and product names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright of the whole product as integration, including its accessories and software, belongs to Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd. Without the permission of Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 5.4 Connection Status ........................................... 36 CHAPTER 6 DHCP SERVER..............................................................37 6.1 DHCP Server .................................................. 37 6.2 DHCP Client List.............................................. 37 CHAPTER 7 VIRTUAL SERVER.......................................................39 7.1 Port Range Forwarding..................................... 39 7.2 DMZ Settings ..........
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide APPENDIX 4 CLEAR WIRELESS CONFIGURATION..................61 APPENDIX 5 REGULATORY INFORMATION...............................
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Tenda Wireless N Broadband Router! This easy-to-use router provides simple configuration interface which enables you to configure it with ease. It is based on the latest IEEE802.11n standard, and is backward compatible with devices of IEEE802.11b/g standards.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide LED indicator description on the front panel Back panel port show 2
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Back panel port description 3
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 2 Product Installation 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. Please connect your broadband line provided by your ISP to the router’s WAN port.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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.
N Wireless Broadband Router 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”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 3. 4. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties”. 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 Broadband Router 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. 3. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 4. Double click” Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)". 5.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 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. 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.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 3. If your Browser language is English or beyond the 9 languages (Arabic, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish), the router’s web language will be English. 3.3 Fast Internet Access Two kinds of fast access methods are provided on the router’s web-based utility: ADSL dial-up and DHCP.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide If you select DHCP, you only need to enter the wireless password and click “Ok” to complete the settings. The default access method is ADSL dial-up and the access account and access password are the same as the ADSL dial-up account and password, which you can inquire your broadband ISP. For other access methods, please refer to WAN settings in chapter 4.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide NOTE: The wireless password can only be 8 characters in length and the default is 12345678, you can modify it when necessary.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 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. ¾ Access Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. ¾ MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide time (Max Idle Time). Zero means you are connected to the Internet all times. Otherwise, enter the minutes to be elapsed before you are disconnected from the Internet. ¾ Connect Manually: Connect to the Internet by users manually. ¾ Connect on Fixed Time: Connect to the Internet during the time you fix automatically. NOTE: The “Connect on Fixed Time” goes into effect only when you have set the current time in “Time settings” from “System tools”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Dynamic IP (Via DHCP) If your connection mode is Dynamic IP, it means every time you access the Internet, you will get a different IP. You don’t need to enter any parameters in this mode, just Click “Ok” to finish the settings. PPTP ¾ Mode: Show your current connection mode.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide if you are not clear. ¾ Subnet mask: Please enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP ,generally its ¾ Gateway: Please enter the gateway provided by your ISP, inquire your local ISP if 255.255.255.0 you are not clear. All the above parameters are provided by ISP. L2TP ¾ ¾ Mode: Show your current connection mode.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 4.3 LAN Settings Click “Advanced settings” –LAN settings to enter the following screen. ¾ LAN MAC address: The Router’s LAN MAC address, which is unchangeable. ¾ IP address: The Router’s LAN IP address (not your PC’s IP address).The default value is 192.168.0.1; you can change it when necessary. ¾ Subnet mask: The Router’s LAN subnet mask. The default value is 255.255.255.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Restore Default MAC: Restores router’s WAN MAC to default settings. 4.5 DNS Settings DNS stands for Domain Name System (or Service). ¾ DNS setting: Select to enable the DNS server. ¾ Primary DNS address: Enter the necessary address provided by your ISP. 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.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Wired WAN: In this mode, the cable is directly connected to the WAN port. Wired WAN is the default mode. ¾ Wireless WAN: Enable this mode if your ISP provides you wireless connection service or you want to use it to amplify wireless signals. ¾ SSID: SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the identity of the wireless device. You can only access to the ISP’ network by entering the correct SSID, namely the SSID of the ISP’s wireless device.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Enable Bandwidth Control: To enable or disable the internal IP bandwidth control. ¾ IP Address: The IP address range of the hosts whose traffic has been controlled. It The default is disabled. can be a single IP address or IP address range. ¾ Upload/Download: To specify the traffic heading way for the selected IP addresses: ¾ Bandwidth Range: The maximum and minimum upload/download data traffic of the upload or download. hosts in specified IP range.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 1. Enter 192.168.0.100 in the IP address field 2. Select upload in the Upload/Download field. 3. Enter 10-15 in the bandwidth range field 4. Select “Enable” 5. Click “Add to list” 6. Click “Ok” to finish the upload rule settings. And then add a download rule as shown in the picture below. The setting method is the same as the above.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 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. 4.8 Traffic Statistics Traffic statistics is used to display the bandwidth that LAN PC used.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Enable Traffic statistics: It is used to calculate the traffic used by the LAN computers. You can enable it to calculate the traffic for you. Usually, disable it to improve the router’s data packet processing ability, and the default is disabled. When this function is enabled, the webpage will refresh automatically every five minutes, meanwhile, each computer’s traffic value will refresh automatically.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ AUTO: Use this default value unless you are connecting an excessively long cable, which may degrade drive capability, to your router’s WAN port. ¾ 10M HALF-duplex: Select this value if your router’s WAN port does not function properly when connected to an Ethernet cable; it may be caused by degraded drive capacity due to the cable’s excessive length. ¾ ¾ 10M FULL-duplex: Select this value to improve WAN port drive capacity.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 5 WLAN Settings 5.1 Wireless Basic Settings ¾ Enable wireless function: Select to enable the Router’s wireless features; deselect ¾ Wireless working mode: This router provides two kinds of working modes: Wireless to disable it and all functions related with wireless are disabled. Access Point(AP) and Network Bridge (WDS) Wireless Access Point (AP) ¾ Network Mode: Select one mode from the drop-down list.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide wireless devices. The default is enabled. If you disable it, the wireless devices must know the SSID for communication. ¾ AP Isolation: By default this option is disabled, and you are recommended to keep it unchanged. Once enabled, wireless clients connected to primary SSID and wireless clients connected to secondary SSID cannot communicate with each other. ¾ Channel: The currently used channel by the router.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ AP MAC address: Input the MAC address of another (opposing) wireless router you want to connect. Example: This example is to bridge two W368R routers. 1. If you know the connecting router’s MAC address, please enter it into the AP MAC address field and click “Ok”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 2. You can also search for the wireless router’s signal by scanning. a) Click “Open scan” and click the scanned signal and click the ”Ok” button on the dialog box and the corresponding wireless MAC address will be added to the AP MAC address field automatically. b) Click “Ok” after the MAC address is added.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide After finishing the above steps, you need to set the other W368R router in the same way. NOTE: WDS feature requires both routers support this function and the SSID, channel, encryption method and password are the same as those of the connecting router. 5.2 Wireless Security Settings With the wireless security function, you can prevent others from connecting to your wireless network and using the network resources without your consent.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 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. ¾ PBC: Select the PBC and click Ok, or press and hold the WPS button on the back panel of the device for about one second. The WPS LED indicator will be flashing for 2 minutes, which means the WPS is enabled.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ ¾ Security Mode: Select a proper security mode from the drop-down menu. WPA Algorithms: Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard]. ¾ ¾ Key: Enter the pass phrase that consists of 8-63 ASCII characters. Key Renewal Interval: Set the key’s renewal period, which tells the device how often it should change the dynamic keys. 5.2.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ WPA Algorithms: Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol], AES [Advanced Encryption Standard] and TKIP&AES. ¾ ¾ Key: Enter the pass phrase that consists of 8-63 ASCII characters. Key Renewal Interval: Set the key’s renewal period, which tells the device how often it should change the dynamic keys. 5.2.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Security Mode: Select the corresponding security mode from the drop-down menu. Open and Shared are 2 modes of WEP encryption. ¾ WEP Key1~4: Set the WEP key with the format of ASCII and Hex. You can enter ASCII code (5 or 13 ASCII characters. Illegal characters such as “/” is not allowed). Or 10/26 hex characters. ¾ Default Key: Select one key from the four preset keys as the current effective one. 5.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ MAC address filter: “Permit” indicates to allow the clients in the list to access the wireless network, “Forbid” indicates to prevent the clients in the list from accessing the wireless network. ¾ Configure MAC address: Input the MAC addresses of the wireless clients to implement the filter policy. Click “Add” to finish the MAC add operation. ¾ MAC Address list: Show the added MAC addresses. You can add or delete them. 5.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Host name: It displays the name of the computer whose IP is allocated by the DHCP ¾ IP address: Enter the IP address which needs static binding. ¾ MAC address: Enter the MAC address of the computer you want to bind. Click server. “Add” to add the entry in the list. ¾ Lease time: The remaining time length of the corresponding IP address lease.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide access the server through the default port 21 and adopts TCP protocol. Please follow the steps below to configure. 1.Enter 21 in both start port and end port fields, or you can also select FTP from the well-known service port and its port 21 will be added to the corresponding field automatically. 2. Enter 192.168.0.10 in the LAN IP column, and then select “Both” as the protocol and select “Enable”. 3. As the picture shown below. 4.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Enable UPnP: Click the checkbox to enable the UPnP. NOTE: This function goes into effect under Windows XP or Windows ME (NOTE: the system should integrate or have installed the Directx 9.0) or this function would go into effect if you have installed software that supports UPnP.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router User Guide Example 2 Permit LAN computer with the IP address of 192.168.0.145 to access websites during 8:00 to 18:00 from Sunday to Saturday. 8.2 MAC Address Filter You can limit the computer’s access to Internet by MAC Address Filter.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 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 MAC Address: Enter the MAC address you want to run the access policy. ¾ Time: Select the time range of MAC address ¾ Date: Select the day(s) to run the access policy. ¾ filter.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 8.3 URL Filter Settings You can use URL filtering to forbid their access to certain websites at a specified time. ¾ Filter Mode: You can select either “Disable” 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 URL character string: ¾ Time: Select the time range of URL filter.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Example1 Forbid all computers on LAN to access baidu.com during 8:00 to 18:00 from Monday to Friday. NOTE: Enter only one domain name for each access policy for one access policy can only filter one domain name. So, if you want to filter multiple domain names, you need to set multiple access policies 8.4 Remote Web Management This section instructs how to allow the network administrator to manage the Router remotely.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ IP Address: Specify the range of the IP addresses of the computers on the Internet for remote management. NOTE: 1. If you want to log in the device’s Web-based Utility via port 8080, you need to use the format of WAN IP address: port (for example http：//220.135.211.56:8080) to implement remote login. 2. If your WAN IP address starts and ends with 0.0.0.0, it means all hosts on the Internet can implement remote Web management.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router User Guide NOTE: 1. The gateway must be at the same net segment with the router’s LAN IP. 2. If the destination IP address is one host’ address, then the subnet mask must be 255.255.255.255. 3. If the destination IP address is an IP segment, then it must match with the subnet mask. For example, if the destination IP is 10.0.0.0 then the subnet mask must be 255.0.0.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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 ¾ Customized time: Enter the time you wish to configure. drop-down list. NOTE: When the Router is powered off, the time settings will be lost.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Main features: 1. Mostly, your ISP provides a dynamic IP address and the DDNS is used to capture the changeable IP address and match to the fixed domain. Then users can have access to the Internet to communicate with others outside the network. 2. DDNS can help you to establish a virtual host in your home or company. ¾ ¾ DDNS: Click the radio button to enable or disable the DDNS service.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Backup Setting: Click the Backup button to back up the Router’s settings and select a path to save them. Click the “Save” button to save the configuration files. ¾ Restore Setting: Click the “Browse” button to select the backup files.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Old password: Enter the old password. ¾ New password: Enter a new password. ¾ Confirm new password: Re-enter to confirm the new password. NOTE: The default password displays as null, users can log on the web-based utility without any authentication. To secure the router and your network, it is highly recommended that you change the initial password. 10.8 Syslog The section is to view the system log.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 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. SSID: SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the network name shared by all devices in a wireless network.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router 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.tenda.cn or send an E-mail to support@tenda.cn, and we will reply to you at the earliest time. 1.
11N Wireless Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router User Guide Appendix 5 Regulatory Information EU Declaration or Declaration of Conformity Hereby, SHENZHEN TENDA TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD, declares that this Wireless Broadband Router is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. FCC 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.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide undesired operation of the device. Caution! The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user authority to operate the equipment.
