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NETCOMM LIBERTY ™ SERIES 3G T ravel Router t1 USER GUIDE.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 2 www .netcomm.com.au Pr eface Th is ma nua l p ro vid es in for mat io n r el ate d to the in st all ati on, o per ati on, a nd app lic at ion of th is de vic e.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 3 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 T able of Contents Introduction ..............................................................................................................
INTRODUCTION.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 5 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Y our 3G T ravel Router t1 Congratulations on the purchase of your NetComm 3G T ravel Router t1. NetComm’ s 3G T ravel Router t1 is a versatile and portable solution for wir eless mobile broadband for the home, ofce or on the road.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 6 www .netcomm.com.au Cor dless Phones If the performance of your wireless network is impair ed after considering the above issues, and you have a cordless phone: • T ry moving cordless phones away fr om your Router and your wireless-enabled computers.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 7 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Package Contents 1. NetComm 3G T ravel Router t1 2. 5VDC~2A Power Adapter 3. Ethernet CA T5E Crossover Cable 4. Quick Install Guide 5. CD-ROM (User’ s Manual) 6.
PLACEMENT OF YOUR T1.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 9 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Placement Just like your mobile phone, a 3G USB Modem’ s location will af fect its signal strength to the 3G Mobile Base Station (Cell T ower).
Placement GETTING ST AR TED.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 11 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Getting Started The LED Indicators of the 3G T ravel Router t1 The Router has been designed to be placed on a desktop.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 12 www .netcomm.com.au Network and System Requir ements Before continuing with the installation of your 3G T ravel Router t1, please conrm that you comply with the minimum system requir ements below . • Compatible 3G USB Modem with Active SIM/Data Service if you want to use 3G Broadband service.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 13 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Charging your battery If you use the 3G Router until the battery has completely drained, it will power off. If this occurs, let the unit charge overnight.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 14 www .netcomm.com.au Conguring your Router and Setting up your computer Having physically connected your Router , the next step is to congure the Router to establish a br oadband connection.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 15 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Setting up your 3G T ravel Router t1 The next step is to establish the broadband connection to the Internet. Please follow the steps below to congure your r outer via the user interface.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 16 www .netcomm.com.au 3G Internet Settings • Click Apply to save the settings • If everything is congured pr operly , the Status page will show that your 3G service is online and the WAN IP address that has been assigned.
ADV ANCED FEA TURES.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 18 www .netcomm.com.au Advanced Featur es This section explains other features that you may want to enable depending on your application. Some featur es can add extra stability and error r ecovery . Other features are available to assist with integrating the 3GT1Wn with your application.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 19 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Inter net Settings 3G Internet Settings This page allows you to setup your WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) connection. Enter the relevant settings as pr ovided by your 3G provider .
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 20 www .netcomm.com.au DHCP (Auto cong) This connection will get the IP address fr om the Inter net service provider . Choose this connection if you are connecting the router to a Cable Modem service. Leave everything as default unless instructed by your Internet Service Provider .
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 21 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 PPTP PPTP (Point to Point T unneling Protocol) allows for a secur e connection over the Inter net by simply dialing in a local point provided by your ISP provider .
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 22 www .netcomm.com.au LAN This Page allows you to change the LAN (Local Area Network) settings of your 3G Router .
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 23 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Advanced Routing This page allows you to congure static and dynamic r outing rules for your 3G Router .
Placement WIRELESS SETTINGS.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 25 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Basic This page allows you to dene the basic wireless settings for this device such as the SSID and channel. Name Description Radio On/Off: On by default.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 26 www .netcomm.com.au Advanced This page allows you to modify the advanced wireless settings for your 3G Router .
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 27 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Security This page allows you to congure the wir eless security for your 3G Router . Setting up sufcient wireless security can prevent unauthorised access to your wireless network.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 28 www .netcomm.com.au Name Description WP A/WP A2: WP A (Wi-F i Protected Access) authentication is suitable for enterprises. It must be used in conjunction with an authentication server such as RADIUS to provide centralized access control and management.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 29 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 WPS WPS is the simplest way to establish a connection between wireless clients and your 3G Router . This method r emoves the need to manually select the encryption mode and ll in the passphrase.
Placement Fir ewall.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 31 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Fir ewall MAC/IP/Port Filtering This page allows you to setup MAC, IP and port ltering rules to protect your network fr om malicious activity .
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 32 www .netcomm.com.au System Security This page allows you to improve the security of your 3G Router thr ough the SPI rewall and remote access settings. Name Description Remote Management (via WAN): Enable/Disable remote management on the WAN interface.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 33 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Port Forwar ding This page allows you to congure port forwar ding rules to allow remote users to access services such as Web or FTP on your local computers.
Placement ADMINISTRA TION.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 35 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Administration Management This page allows you to congure administrator system settings including the administrator username and password, NTP settings, and DDNS settings.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 36 www .netcomm.com.au Setting Manager This page allows you to import/export the system settings, reset your 3G Router to factory defaults, or r eboot your 3G Router . Statistics This page allows you to view the LAN, WAN and wir eless statistics of your 3G Router .
TROUBLESHOOTING.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 38 www .netcomm.com.au T r oubleshooting This section provides an overview of common issues, and possible solutions for the installation and operation of your 3G Router .
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 39 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 4. Can not remember your encryption key . What should you do? If you forgot your encryption key , the Wireless card will not be able to establish a connection to your 3G Router .
Placement EST ABLISHING YOUR WIRELESS CONNECTION.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 41 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Establishing your W ir eless Connection The following examples use “NetComm Wireless” as the SSID and 64bit WEP with “a1b2c3d4e5” as the encryption key .
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 42 www .netcomm.com.au 5. The connection will show Connected. 4. Enter the network key (“ a1b2c3d4e5 ”) and click Connect:.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 43 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Mac OSX 10.4 Follow these steps: 1. Click on the Airport icon on the top right menu. 2. Click on the network name that you want to connect. This example uses “NetComm Wireless” as the network name.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 44 www .netcomm.com.au W indows Vista Follow these steps: 1. Open Network and Sharing Center (Start > Control Panel (Classic View) > Network and Sharing Center). 2. Click on “Connect to a network”. 3.
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 45 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 How to congur e WEP/WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK W ireless Security 1. Open your web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer or Fir efox) and navigate to http://192.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 46 www .netcomm.com.au 5. T o use WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK, please congure the following: • Change Security to WP A-PSK or WP A2-PSK • Change Encryption T ype to TKIP for WP A-PSK or AES for WP A2-PSK • Enter the WP A/WP A2 key in the Passphrase eld.
Appendix.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 48 www .netcomm.com.au Legal & Regulatory Information This manual is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study , r esearch, .
YML T1WN 3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 49 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Federal Communication Commission Interfer ence 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.
3G T ravel Router t1 User Guide YML T1WN 50 www .netcomm.com.au GNU General Public License This pr oduct includes s oftware code that is subject t o the GNU General P ublic License (“GP L”) or GNU Lesser General Public Lice nse (“LGPL”).
NetComm Liberty Series - 3G T ravel Router t1 Product W arranty NetComm products have a standar d 12 months warranty from date of purchase. However some products have an extended warranty option, via registering your pr oduct online at the NetComm website www.
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