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IEEE 802.11b X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router User’s Manual Version 1.
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Table of Contents TERMINOLOGY .......................................................................................................................... IV 1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2 INSTALLATION .....................................................................................................................
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER 3.3.16 4 Version: 1.2 PASSWORD SETUP ......................................................................................................... 28 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ).................................................................... 30 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC’S IP AND MAC ADDRESS?.............................................. 30 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN? .........................
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 1 Introduction The X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN broadband router solution, setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other WLAN router configuration. The description includes the implementation of the above steps.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Dimension 160 x 110 x 35 mm Operating Temperature 0 – 50oC ambient temperature Storage Temperature -20 - 70oC ambient temperature Humidity 5 to 90 % maximum (non-condensing) Version: 1.2 1.3 Product Features ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.11b standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN. Supports 11Mbps data transfer rate with automatic fallback to 5.5M, 2M and 1Mbps.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER 2. WLAN Activity LED Flashing Off 3. WAN ACT LED Flashing Off Version: 1.2 Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface. No data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface. 4. WAN 10/100M LED 5. LAN ACT LED On Connection speed is 100Mbps on WAN interface. Off Connection speed is 10Mbps on WAN interface.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER 3. Power Version: 1.2 The power jack allows an external DC +9 V power supply connection. The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. 4. Antenna The Wireless LAN Antenna.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step One: Place the X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations. Step Two: Connect the X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router to your wired network.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 3 Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: WEB login Password: 3.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in the Local Area Connection window. 3. Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6. 4.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 3.2 Connect to the X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. 3.3 Management and configuration on the X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router 3.3.1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Screenshot – Status-2 Item System Alias Name Description It shows the alias name of this X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. Uptime It shows the duration since X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router is powered on. Firmware version It shows the firmware version of X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. Wireless configuration SSID Channel Number WEP Associated Clients It shows the SSID of this X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 PCs). BSSID LAN configuration IP Address It shows the BSSID address of the X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. BSSID is a six-byte address. It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for LAN interfaces outgoing data packets.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Screenshot – Wireless Basic Settings Item Description Alias Name It is the alias name of this X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. The alias name can be 32 characters long. Disable Wireless LAN Tick on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission. Interface It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32 SSID bytes long. Channel Number Select the wireless communication channel from pull-down menu.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 3.3.3 Wireless Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. Screenshot – Wireless Advanced Settings Item Description Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System, Shared Key or Auto selection.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Preamble Type Version: 1.2 Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission. Refer to 4.13 What is Preamble Type? Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. Refer to 4.14 What is SSID Broadcast? Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys. The WEP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit). Key Format Select the WEP shared secret key format from pull-down menu. The format can be chose between plant text (ASCII) and hexadecimal (HEX) code. Default Tx Key Set the default secret key for WEP security function. Value can be chose between 1 and 4.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Screenshot – Wireless Access Control Item Description Enable WEP Security Click the check box to enable wireless access control. This is a security control function; only those clients registered in the access control list can link to this X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of client to register this X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router access capability.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Reset Version: 1.2 Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.6 LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of your X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. Here you may change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP, etc.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 be assign a IP address from the range. Show Client Click to open the Active DHCP Client Table window that shows the active clients with their assigned IP address, MAC address and time expired information. 802.1d Spanning Tree Select to enable or disable the IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree function from pull-down menu. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Screenshot – WAN Interface Setup - 1 Screenshot – WAN Interface Setup - 2 Item Description Attain IP Automatically Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER (DHCP) Fixed IP Version: 1.2 Click to select fixed IP support on WAN interface. There are IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done. IP Address If you select the fixed IP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the fixed IP support on WAN interface, fill in the subnet mask for it.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP, PPPoE support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the Fixed IP support is selected. Set DNS Manually DNS 1 DNS 2 DNS 3 Apply Changes Click to select getting DNS address for Fixed IP support. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Port Range Protocol Comments Version: 1.2 To restrict data transmission from the local network on certain ports, fill in the range of start-port and end-port, and the protocol, also put your comments on it. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the ports. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the ports to port filtering list.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Screenshot – Firewall - IP Filtering Item Description Enable IP Filtering Local IP Address Protocol Comments Click to enable the IP filtering security function. To restrict data transmission from local network on certain IP addresses, fill in the IP address and the protocol, also put your comments on it. The Protocol can be TCP, UDP or Both. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the IP address.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Screenshot – Firewall - MAC Filtering Item Description Enable MAC Filtering Click to enable the MAC filtering security function. To restrict data transmission from local network on MAC Address certain MAC addresses, fill in the MAC address and your Comments comments on it. Comments let you know about whys to restrict data from the MAC address. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the MAC address to MAC filtering list.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NAT firewall. Screenshot – Firewall - Port Forwarding Item Description Enable Port Forwarding IP Address Protocol Port Range Comment Click to enable the Port Forwarding security function.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address and port number that will be removed from the port-forwarding list. Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the port-forwarding list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 address of DMZ host. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.13 Statistics This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless, Ethernet LAN and Ethernet WAN networks.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Ethernet WAN Received Packets Refresh Version: 1.2 It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet WAN interface. Click the refresh the statistic counters on the screen. 3.3.14 Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version. Please note, do not power off the device during the upload because it may crash the system.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 file that was saved previously. Besides, you could reset the current configuration to factory default. Screenshot – Save/Reload Settings Item Description Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 Screenshot – Password Setup Item Description Fill in the user name for web management login control. User Name Fill in the password for web management login control. New Password Confirmed Password Because the password input is invisible, so please fill in the password again for confirmation purpose. Apply Changes Clear the User Name and Password fields to empty, means to apply no web management login control.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 191.168.1.254 could be an IP address.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 4.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference: ¾ Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc. ¾ Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs. ¾ Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interferences: 9 Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings. 9 Position the WLAN antenna for best reception.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large. This means the spatial reuse ratio of parallel transmissions is high.
USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.2 stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point). 4.13 What is Preamble Type? There are two preamble types defined in IEEE 802.11 specification.
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