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11N Wireles s Router EnGenius Gold 11N Wireless Router V1.0.
1 1. Introduction .......... ............... .................... ................ ................ ................ ................... ................ ................ ............... . 7 1.1. Package Con tents .......... .................... .....
2 5.6. Monitor ...... ............... ................ .................... ................ ................ ............... ................ .................... .............. 46 5.7. Language ... ............... ................ ................ .
3 8.5. MAC Filter .......... ............... .................... ................ ............... ................ .................... ................ ................ ...... 76 8.6. IP Filter ... ............... ................ ................ .
4 10.9. Reset ....... ............... .................... ................ ................ ................ ............... .................... ................ .............. 94 Appendix A – FCC Interference State ment .. ................ ......
5 Revision His tory Version Date Notes 1.0 2010/ 10/25 First Release.
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7 1. Introd uction 1.1. Packa ge Con tents • EnGenius 11N WIRELESS ROUTER • AC Adapter • RJ-45 Ethernet LAN Cable • CD-ROM with User Man ual and Setup Utility • Quick Guide 1.
8 1.3. Introduc tion ENGENIUS GOLD is a palm size 11N WIRELESS ROUTER. It allows users to create a wireless network and share the Internet among multipl e users. The ENGENIUS GOLD can be connected to the Inter net through a DSL/Cable modem at an y avail able location.
9 1.4. LED Overview LED Lights Icon Description Wire less LAN Color – B lue Lights wh en W ireless s ignal is act ivated . Blink s whe n W ireless dat a transfer . Interne t Color – B lue Blink s whe n WPS hands ha ke is in itial ized. LAN Color – B lue Lights wh en w ired netwo rk de vice is con nected to RJ -45 port.
10 1.5. Before y ou Begin This section will guide you through the install ation proc ess. Placement of the ENGENIUS G OLD is very important to avoid poor signal reception and performance. Avoid p lacing the d evice in enclosed spaces such as a clo set, cabinet or wardrob e.
11 2. Config ure PC/Laptop N etwork Interface 2.1. Windows XP/ Vista Click Start button and open Control Panel. Windows X P Windows Vista.
12 Windows XP, click [Net work Connection] Right click on [Lo cal Area Con nection] and select [Properties]. Wi ndo ws Vista, click [View Network Status and Ta sks] then [Ma nag e Network .
13 Check “ Client for Microsoft Networks ”, “ File and Printer Sharing ”, and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is ticked. If not, please install them.
14 2.2. Windows 7 In the Start menu search box, type: ncpa.cpl The Network Connections List appears. Right-click the Local Are a Connection icon and click Properties .
15 In the Networking tab of the Local Area Connection Properties d ialog box, click either Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or Internet Protocol Version 6 ( TCP/IPv6) , and then click Properties .
16 2.3. Apple MacO S Go to System Preferences > Network Under Network setting, select Using DHCP . Click Apply when d one..
17 3. Setup your Router.
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20 4. Manually enter Setup Wizard 1. Open a web browser (Internet Explo rer/Firefox/Safari) and ent er the IP Address http://192.168.0. 1 Note: If you have changed the de fault LAN IP Address of th e WIRELESS ROUTER, ensure you enter the correct IP Address .
21 3. You will see the fo llowing webpage if login successful..
22 4. Click Wizard to enter the Setup Wiza rd. Then click Next to begin th e wizard..
23 5. Select the Operation Mode. Please ensure you h ave the proper cables conn ected as described in the Hardware Install ation section ..
24 AP Router Mod e a) The device will n ow automaticall y search for the correct Interne t setting s. b) The most appropriate WAN type will be determined and selected auto matically. If it is in correct, please select Oth ers to set up the WAN set ting s manually.
25 c) There are many WAN se rvice types av ailabl e. Please obtain the correct settings from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Static IP Address If your IS P P rovide r ha s assigned you a fixed I.
26 Dynamic IP Address The IP Add ress is allo cated automa tica lly. Howeve r some ISP ’s will also recog nize th e MA C add ress and will reject connect ion s if the M AC ad dress d oes not ma tch.
27 PPP over Ethernet ISP requ ires an acco unt u sername and pass word. PPP over Ethe rnet Username: Userna me ass igned to yo u by the I SP Passw ord: Password for th is userna me . Service: You c an assign a na me fo r this ser vice. (Optio nal) MTU: The maxi mum size of p ackets .
28 Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) PPTP is used by some ISPs..
29 PPTP WAN Interface Sett ings WAN Interfa ce Type: Select whether the ISP is set to Static IP o r Dyna mic IP addresses . Hostname : This is option al. Only required if sp ecified b y ISP MAC: The M AC Address that is u sed to co nne ct to the ISP .
30 d) Setup the leve l of wireless security to be used. EnGenius recommends the High est level of security to be used. Note: 802.11n wireless speeds may not be achievable if the securi ty is set up to Lowest and Low level. SSID: Enter the name of y our wireless netwo rk .
31 e) Check the settings are correct, and then click Reb oot to appl y the settings..
32 5. System 5.1. Status This page allo ws you to monitor the status of the device. Status Mode l: Descrip tion of this de vice . Mode: The dev ice is curren tly in wh ich mod e. Uptime: The duration abo ut the d evice has been op erating without p ower ing down o r reb oot.
33 WAN Settin gs Attain I P Prot ocol: Method used to conn ect to the Internet IP addre s s: The WA N IP Address o f the dev ice. Subnet Mas k The W AN Subnet Mask of the d evi ce. MAC add res s The M AC ad dress of the device ’s WAN Interface . Primary and Sec ondary DNS: Primary and Secon dar y DNS servers assigned to th e WAN conne ction .
34 LAN Sett ings IP addre s s: The LAN IP Addre ss of the dev ice. Subnet Mas k The L AN Su bnet M ask o f the de vic e. DHCP Serv er Whether the DHCP serve r is En abled or D isabled .
35 WLAN Set tings Channel: The w ireless channe l in use. ESSID: The SS ID (Ne twork Na me ) of the wireles s networ k. (up to 4 S SID’s are sup ported) Security: Wireless en cr yption is en abled for th is SSID . BSSID: The M AC ad dress of this SSID.
36 5.2. LAN This page allo ws you to modify the device’s LAN settings..
37 LAN IP IP addre s s: The LAN IP Addre ss of this dev ice. IP Subnet Mask: The LAN Subn et Mask of this dev ice. 802.1d Spann ing Tre e: When Enab led, the Spa nning Tree protoc ol w ill pr event networ k loops in your LAN netw ork.
38 DHCP Serv er DHCP Serv er: The D HCP Se rver auto ma tically allo cates IP addre sses to your L AN devices . Lease T ime : The dur ation of the DHC P server al locates each IP address to a L AN device . Start / En d I P: The ran ge of IP add resses o f the D HCP server will allocate to L AN devices .
39 Two DNS servers can be assigned fo r use by your LAN devices. There are four modes avail able. DNS Serv ers From IS P: The DNS server IP addre ss is assigned fro m you r I SP. User-Def ine d: The DNS s erver IP addres s is ass igned man ually . DNS Re lay: LAN clien ts are assigned th e device ’s IP address a s the DNS serve r.
40 5.3. DHCP This page shows th e status of the DHCP server and also allows you to control how the IP addresses are allocated..
41 The DHCP Client Table shows the LAN clients that have been alloc ated an IP address from th e DHCP Serve r . DHCP Cl ient Ta ble IP addre s s: The LAN IP ad dress of th e cl ient. MAC add res s: The MAC ad dress of the client ’s LAN inter face . Expirat ion T ime: The tim e that the al locat ed IP ad dress will exp ire.
42 You can also manually specify the IP address th at will be all ocated to a LAN client by associ ating the IP add ress with its MAC address. Type the IP address you would l ike to manually assign to a specific MAC address and click Ad d to add the condition to the Static DHCP Table.
43 5.4. Schedule This page allo ws you to schedule times that the Firewal l and Power Saving features will b e activated / deacti vated. Click Add to create a Schedule entry.
44 Schedule Schedule Desc ript ion: Assign a n ame to the sc hedu le. Service: The servi ce p rovides for t he schedu le. Days: Define the Da ys to a ctiva te or de activate the sche du le. Time of day: Define the T ime of d ay to act ivate or deac tivated the sche dule .
45 5.5. Log This page displ ays the system log of the device. When powered down or rebooted, the log will be cleared. Log Save: Save the log to a file.
46 5.6. Monitor This page shows a hi stogram of the WAN and Wireless LAN traffic. The information i s automatically upd ated every five second s..
47 5.7. Lang uage This page allo ws you to change the Language of the User In terface..
48 6. Internet The Internet section allows you to manually set the WAN type connection and its related settings. 6.1. Status This page shows th e c urrent status of the de vice’s WAN connection.
49 6.2. Dynam ic IP Addr ess The IP Address is allocated auto matically. Ho wever some ISP’s will a lso recognize the MAC address and will reject connections if the MA C address do es not match.
50 Dynamic IP Addre ss Hostname : This is option al. Only required if sp ecified b y ISP MAC add res s: The M AC Address that is u sed to co nne ct to the ISP . DNS Serv ers Two DNS servers can be assigned for use by your LAN dev ices. There are two modes ava ilable .
51 6.3. Static IP Address If your ISP Provider has assigned you a fixed IP ad dress, enter the ass igned IP address, Subne t mask , Default Gateway IP address , and Primary DNS and Se con dary DNS (if avai lable ) of y our ISP provide r. Static IP A ddr ess IP addre s s: Assign an IP ad dress Manual ly .
52 6.4. PPP over E thern et ISP requ ires an acco unt u sername and pass word..
53 PPP over Ethernet (PPPo E) Username: Username a ssigned to you by the ISP Password: Password for this username. Service: You can assign a name f or this serv ice. (Optional) MTU: The maximum size of pack ets. Do not change unless mentioned by the ISP.
54 7. Wireless The Wireless section all ows you to configure the Wireless settings. 7.1. Status This page shows th e c urrent status of the de vice’s Wireless setti ngs.
55 Basic Radio: Enab le or Disable the de vice ’s wireless signa l. Mode: S elect between Access Point or W ireless D istribution Syste m (W DS) modes . Band: Select the type s of wireless clients th at the device will accep t. eg: 2.4 GHz ( B+G+ N) Only 80 2.
56 Wireless Distribution System (WDS) Using WDS to connect Access Point wirelessl y, and in doin g so extend a wired infrastructu re to locations where cabling is n ot possible or i nefficient to implement. Note that compatibility between different brand s and models is not guaranteed.
57 7.2. Advanced This page allo ws you to configure wireless ad vance settings. It is recommended the default settings are used u nless the user has experience with these function s.
58 Advance d Fragment Thresh old : Specif ies the size o f the packet per fragment . Thi s function can reduce the chan ce of pac ket collis ion. However when this va lue is set too low , there w ill be increa sed overheads resu lting in po or perfor man ce.
59 7.3. Secur ity This page allo ws you to set the wireless security settings . Security SSID Sel ecti on: Select the SS ID that the se curity setting s w ill a pply to . Broadcas t SSI D: If Disab led , then the devi ce wil l not be bro adc asting the SSI D.
60 Note that in cert ain situ ations , WM M nee ds to be en abled to achi eve 1 1n t ransfer speeds . Encrypti on: The enc rypti on meth od t o be a pp lied. You c an choose fro m WE P, WP A pre-sh ared ke y o r WPA RADIUS . • Disab led - no da ta e ncryp tion is used.
61 802.1x Authen ticati on RADIUS Se rve r IP Addre ss: The IP Address of the R ADIU S Server RADIUS Se rve r port: The po rt nu mber of the R ADIUS Server.
62 WEP Encryption: WEP Encry ption Authenticat ion Type: Please ensu re th at you r w ireless cl ients use the same authentic ation type. Key type ASCII : regu lar text (reco m mended ) HEX : for ad vanced users Key Len gth: Select the des ired opt ion, and en sure the wireles s clients use the same sett ing.
63 Encrypti on Key # : Enter the key value or va lues you wish to use. Only the Key sele cted as Defau lt is required. The others are op tional . WPA Pre-Sh ared Key Encryption : WPA Pre-Share d Key En cryption Authenticat ion Ty pe: Please ensur e tha t your wire less cl ients use the s ame au thentica tion type.
64 WPA RADIUS Encryptio n: WPA RAD IUS Encry ption WPA type : Select the WP A encrypt ion you would like . Please ensur e tha t your wire less cl ients use the s ame se ttings. RADIUS Se rve r IP addre ss: Enter the IP addre ss of th e RA DIUS Se rver RADIUS Se rve r Port: Enter the port nu mber used for co nnect ions to the R ADIUS server.
65 7.4. Filter This page allo ws you to create filters to control which wire less clients can conn ect to this dev ice by on ly allowin g the MAC addresses entered into the Filteri ng Table.
66 Wire less Filte r Enable Wire less Access Contr ol: Tick the box to Enab le Wireless Access Contro l. When En ab led, on ly wireless clie nts on the Fi ltering Tab le will be allowed . Descr iption: Enter a na m e or des cripti on for th is entr y.
67 7.5. Wi-Fi Protec ted Se tup (WPS) WPS feature is followi ng the Wi-Fi Alli ance WPS standard and it eases the set up o f sec urity-enabled Wi- Fi networks in the home and small offi ce environment.
68 Wi-Fi Pr otecte d Setu p (WPS) WPS: Tick to Ena ble the WPS feature. WPS Button: Tick to Ena ble the WPS push butt on . Wi-Fi Pr otecte d Setu p I nformation WPS Curren t Status : Shows whether the WPS funct ion is Confi gured or Un-c onfigured .
69 1. Pin Code Method Note the Pin code of your WIRELESS ROUTER device. Please use this Pin code to initializ e the WPS process from the wireless client configu ration utili ty. This process will b e different for each brand or model. Pl ease consult the user manual of the wireless client f or more information.
70 7.6. Client List This page shows th e wireless clients that are conn ected to the WIREL ESS ROUTER device..
71 7.7. Policy This page allo ws you to configure the access poli cies for each SSID (wireless network). Policy WAN Connect ion: Allow wireless clien ts on this SSID to acce ss the WAN p ort whi ch ty pica lly is an Intern et conne ction .
72 8. Firewall The Internet section allows you to set the access control and Firewall setting s. 8.1. Enable This page allo ws you to Enable / Disable th e Firewall f eatures. When Enabled, Denial of Service (DoS) and SPI (Stateful P acket Inspection) features are als o be enabled.
73 8.2. Advanced You can choose whether to allow VPN (Vir tual Privat e Network) packets to pass through the Firewall ..
74 8.3. DM Z If enabled thi s feature, allows the DMZ computer on your LAN to be exposed to all users on the Internet. • This allows almost any applic ation to be used on the server. • The “DMZ PC” will receive all Unknown connec tions and data.
75 8.4. Denial of Servic e (DoS) Denial of Service (Deni al of Service) is a type o f Internet attack that sends a hig h amount of data to you wi th the i ntent to overload your Internet connection. Enable the DoS firewall feature to automaticall y detect and block th e se DoS attacks.
76 8.5. MAC Filte r You can choose whether to Deny or only Allow those compute rs listed in the MAC Filtering table to access the Internet. MAC F ilter Enable MAC f ilterin g: Tick th is box to En able the MA C f iltering featu re.
77 8.6. IP Filter You can choose whether to Deny or only Allow, compu ter with those IP Add resses from acce ssing certain Ports. This can be used to control which Internet applications th e computers can access. You may need to have certain knowledge of what Internet ports the applications use.
78 8.7. URL Filte r You can deny access to certain websites by bl ocking keywords i n the URL web address. For example, “abc123” h as been added to the URL Blocking Table.
79 9. Advanced The Internet section allows you to c onfi gure the Advance d settings of the router. 9.1. Network A ddress Transla tion (NAT) This page allo ws you to Enable / Disable th e Network Address Translation (NAT) feature. The NAT is required to share one Internet account with multiple LAN users.
80 9.2. Port Ma pping Port Mapping allo ws you to redirect a particular rang e of ports to a computer on your LAN network. This helps you host servers behind th e NAT and Firewall . In the example below, there is a Mail Server th at requires ports 22 to 23.
81 9.3. Port Fo rwar ding Port Forwarding all ows you to redirect a particular public port to a computer on your LAN network. This helps you host servers behind th e NAT and Firewal l. In the example below, there is a FTP Server running on port 21 on the LAN.
82 9.4. Port Trigg er If you use Internet applications wh ich use non-standard connections or port numbers, you may find that they do n ot function correctly because they are blocked b y the Wireless Router's firewall. Port Trigger will be required for these applicatio ns to work.
83 9.5. Applicatio n Layer G ateway ( ALG) Certain applic ations may require the use of ALG feature to fu nction correctly. If you use any of the applications lis ted, please tick and select it to enable this feature.
84 9.6. Universal Plug a nd Play (U PnP) The UPnP function all ows automatic dis covery and config uration of UPnP enab led devices on your network. It also provides automati c port forwarding f or supported applications to seamlessly bypass the Fi rewall.
85 9.7. Routing If your WIRELESS ROUTER device is connected a n etwork with different subnets, then this feature will all ow the different subn ets to co mmunicate with each other. Note: NAT function needs t o be disabled for the Routing feat ure to be enabled.
86 Destination S ubnet Mask Gateway Hop I nterface 192.168.1. 0 255.255.255. 0 192.168.12 3.216 1 LAN 192.168.0. 0 255.255.255. 0 192.168.12 3.103 1 LAN So if, for example, Client 3 wants to send an IP data pac ket to 192.168.0.2 (C lient 2), it wo uld use the above table to determine that it had to go via 1 92.
87 10. Tools This section allows you to configure some device system settings. 10.1. Admin This page allo ws you to change the system password and to configure remote management. Change Pas sw ord Old Pas sw ord: Enter the current passwo rd. New Pa ssw ord: Enter y our ne w pass word.
88 10.2. Time This page allo ws you to set the system time. Time Time Se tup: Selec t the me thod you want t o set the t ime . Time Zone: Select the tim e zon e for your current loca tion. NTP Ti me Se rver: Enter the addres s of the Network Time Proto col ( NTP) Server to automat ica lly syn chron ize with a server on the Int ernet.
89 10.3. Dynam ic DNS (DDN S) This free service is very u seful when combined with the Virtual Serv er feature. It allows In ternet users to connect to your Virtual Servers using a URL, rather than an IP Address. This also sol ves the problem of having a d ynamic IP address.
90 10.5. Power This page allo ws you to Enable or Disabl e the wireless LAN power saving features..
91 10.6. Diagnosis This page allo ws you determine if the WIRELESS ROUTER device has an act ive Internet connection. Diagnos is Addre ss t o Ping: Enter the IP ad dress you like to see if a success ful connect ion can be made. Ping R esult: The resu lts of the Ping test.
92 10.7. Firmw are The firmware (software) in the WIRELESS ROUTER device can be upgraded usin g your Web Browser. To perform the Firmware Upgrade: 1. Click the B rowse button and navig ate to the location of the upgrade fil e. 2. Select the upgrade fi le.
93 10.8. Back- up Back-up Rest ore t o factory default: Restores the dev ice to fa ctor y defau lt settings . Backup Set ting s: Save the current c onf iguration settings to a f ile. Rest ore Set tings: Restores a prev iou sly saved configur ation fi le.
94 10.9. Reset In some circumstances it may be required to force the device to reboot..
95 Appen dix A – FC C Inte rfere nce Statement Federal Co mmunicati on C ommission Interference Stat ement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
96 FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible f or c ompliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. IMPORTA NT NOTE: FCC Ra diati on Exposu re Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set f orth f or an uncontrolled environment.
97 Appendix B – Industr y Canada stat ement This device complies w ith RSS-210 of the Industry C anada Rules. Operation i s subject to t he following two c onditions: (1) This device may not cause harmf ul i nterferen ce, and (2) this devi ce must accept any interference recei ved, including interference that may cause unde sired operation.
98 The band from 5600-5650MHz will be disabled by the proprietary sof tware during the manufacturing and which cannot be changed by the end-user. French translation: NOTE IMPORTANTE: (Pour l'util.
99 (The user manual of transmitter devices equipped with detachable antennas shall contain the following information in a conspicuous location: ) This device has b een designed to operate with an antenna having a maximum gain of [x] dB. Antenna having a higher gain is strictly prohibited per regulations of Industry Canada.
100 lapuissance isotrope rayonnée équivalente (p.i.r.e.) ne dépa sse pas l'i nten sité nécessaire àl'établissement d'une communication satisfaisante.
101 This device is intended onl y for OEM in tegrators under the following co nditions: ( For module device use) 1) The antenna must be insta lled such that 20 cm is maintained between the antenna and.
102 IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions ca n not be m et (for ex ample certain laptop configurations or co-location with another transmitter), then the Canada authorization is no longer cons idered vali d an d the IC ID can not be used on the final product.
103 Plaque sig nalétique du produit final Ce module émetteur est autorisé unique ment pour une utili sation d ans un dispositif où l'antenne peut être installée de telle sorte qu'une distance de 20cm peut être maintenue entre l'antenne et les utilisateurs.
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