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Barricade TM N 150 Mbps 4- P ort Wire les s Br o adband R out er SMCWBR14S -N4 USER GUIDE.
20 Mason Irvine, CA 92618 Barricade TM SMCWBR14S-N4 User Guide September 2009 Pub. # 149100000034W E092009-CS-R01.
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– 5 – C OMPLIANCES F EDERAL C OMMUNICA TION C OMMISSION I NTERFE RENCE S TATE MENT This equipment has been tested and foun d to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designe d to provide re asonable prote ction against harmf ul interferenc e in a re sidential i nstallation.
C OMPLIANCES – 6 – IC S TATEMENT This Class B digital appar atus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Oper ation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause inter ference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including in terference that may cause und esired oper ation of the devi ce.
C OMPLIANCES – 7 – This device is intended for us e in the following Eur opean Community and EFT A countries : N OTE : The user must use the configuration utility provided with this product to ensure the ch annels of ope ra tion are in conf ormance wi th the spectru m usage rules for European Commu nity countrie s as described below .
C OMPLIANCES – 8 – German Deutsch Hiermit erklärt Manufacturer, dass sich dieser/diese/dieses Radio LAN device in Übereinstimmung mit den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den anderen relevanten Vorschriften der Richtlinie 1999/5/EG befindet".
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– 10 – A BOUT T HIS G UIDE P URPOSE This guide gives specific information on how to inst all the Wireless Broadband R outer and its physical and perfo rmance related char acteristics. It also gives information on how to operate and use the management functions of the Wireless Broad band R outer .
– 11 – C ONTEN TS W ARRANTY AND P RODUCT R EGISTRA TION 4 C OMPLIANCES 5 A BOUT T HIS G UIDE 10 C ONTENTS 11 F IGURES 16 T ABLES 19 S ECTION I G ETTING S TARTED 20 1I NTRODUCTION 21 Key H ardware .
C ONTENTS – 12 – Location Sele ction 33 Moun ting on a Wal l 34 Mounting on a H orizontal Sur face 35 Gateway Mode Connections 35 Bridge Mode Conne ctions 36 4I NITIAL C ONFIGURAT ION 38 ISP Setti.
C ONTENTS – 13 – Dynamic Route 65 7W IRELESS C ONFIGURATION 67 Basic Settings 67 WLAN Security 69 Wired Equivale nt Privacy (WEP ) 70 WPA Pre-Shared Key 71 WPA Enterpri se Mode 72 IEEE 802.
C ONTENTS – 14 – System Log 108 S ECTION III A PPENDICES 110 AT ROUBLESHOOTING 111 Diagnosi ng LED Indicators 111 If You Cannot C onnect to the Internet 111 Before Co ntacting T echnical Supp ort .
C ONTENTS – 15 –.
– 16 – F IGURES Figure 1: Top Panel 24 Figure 2: Rear Panel 25 Figure 3: LEDs 25 Figure 4: Operating as an Intern et Gateway Router 30 Figure 5: Operating as an Acce ss Point 31 Figure 6: Operatin.
F IGU RES – 17 – Figure 32: Security Mode - WPA-PSK 71 Figure 33: Security Mode - WPA 73 Figure 34: Security Mode - 802.1X 75 Figure 35: Advanced Settings — Wireles s Network 76 Figure 36: HT Ph.
F IGURES – 18 –.
– 19 – T AB LES Table 1: Key Hardware Featur es 21 Table 2: LED Behavior 26 Tabl e 3: WMM A ccess Cat egori es 81 Table 4: LED Indicators 111 Table 5: 10/100BASE-TX MDI and MDI-X Port Pinouts 117.
– 20 – S ECTION I G ETTING S TAR TED This section pro vides an overvie w of the Wireless Broadband Ro uter , and describes how to install and mount the unit. It also descri bes the basic settings requ ired to access the managemen t interface and run the set up Wizard.
– 21 – 1 I NTR O DUCTIO N The Barricade Wireless Broadband Router (SMCWBR14S-N4) supports routing from an Inte rnet Service Pro v ider (ISP) connectio n (DSL or cable modem) to a local network. It is si mple to conf igure and can be up and running in minu tes.
C HAPTER 1 | Intro ducti on Descr iption of C apabil ities – 22 – ◆ Easy setup through a W eb browser on an y operating sys tem that support s TCP/IP . ◆ Compatible with all popular Internet applications. In additi on, the G atewa y R outer of fers full network management capabilities through an easy -to-config ure web i nterface.
C HAPTER 1 | Introdu ction Pack age C ont ents – 23 – ◆ Point-to-Point Tunne ling Protocol — Pr ovides a se cure tu nnel fo r remote cl ient access to a PPTP se curity gateway . PPT P includes provisions for call origination and flow control req uired by ISPs.
C HAPTER 1 | Intro ducti on Hardware Description – 24 – Figu re 1 : T op Pa nel LED Indicat ors.
C HAPTER 1 | Introdu ction Hardware Description – 25 – Figure 2: Rear Pane l LED I NDICATOR S The Wireles s Broadband R outer include s seven stat us LED indicators, as described in the following figure and tabl e.
C HAPTER 1 | Intro ducti on Hardware Description – 26 – E THERNET WA N P OR T A 100BASE- TX RJ-45 port that can be attached to an Internet access devi ce, su ch as a DSL or Cable m odem . E THERNET LAN P OR TS The Wireless Broadband R outer has four 100BASE - TX RJ-45 ports that can be attached directly to 10BASE- T/100BASE- TX LAN segments.
C HAPTER 1 | Introdu ction Hardware Description – 27 – R ESET B UTTON This but ton is use d to resto re the facto ry default co nfigur ation. If y ou hold down the button for 5 seconds or more, any con figuratio n changes you may have made are removed, and the factor y default configur ation is restored to th e Gateway R outer .
C HAPTER 1 | Intro ducti on Hardware Description – 28 –.
– 29 – 2 N ETW ORK P LANNIN G The Wireles s Broadband R outer is design ed to be v ery fl exible in i ts deployment o ptions. It can be used as an Internet gate way for a small network, or as an access point to exte nd an existing wire d network to support wireless us ers.
C HAPTER 2 | Network Pla nning LAN Access Point – 30 – Figure 4: Operating as an Internet Gateway Router The priv ate local network, connecte d to the LAN por t or wireless i nterface, provid es a.
C HAPTER 2 | Netw ork Planning Wireless Bridge – 31 – Figure 5: Operating as an Access Point W IRELESS B RIDGE The IEEE 802.11 standard defines a Wireless Distribution S ystem (WDS) for bridge connec tions between acces s points. The Wireles s Broadband R outer can use WDS to forw ard traffi c on link s between un its.
C HAPTER 2 | Network Pla nning Wireless Bridge – 32 – Figure 7: Operating as a Wireless Repeater Cable/DSL Modem Gateway Router (Bridge Mode) WDS Link Internet Service Provider Notebook PC Gateway.
– 33 – 3 I NSTALLING THE G ATE WA Y R OUTER The Wirel ess Broadband R outer has two b asic oper ating modes th at can be set through the web-based management inte rface. F or information on setting the mode su itable for your network en vironment.
C HAPTER 3 | Install ing th e Gatewa y Rou ter Moun ting on a Wall – 34 – M OUNTING ON A W ALL The Wire less Broadband R outer should be mounted only to a w all or wood surface that is at least 1/2-inc h plywood or its equiv alent. T o mount the unit on a w all, alwa ys use its w all-mounti ng brack e t.
C HAPTER 3 | I nstall ing the Gateway Rou ter Mounting on a H orizontal Surface – 35 – M OUNTING ON A H ORIZON TAL S URFA CE T o keep the Wireless Broadband R outer from sliding on the surface, the Wireless Broadband R outer has four rubber f eet on the bottom of the unit.
C HAPTER 3 | Install ing th e Gatewa y Rou ter Bridge Mode C onnect ions – 36 – C AUTION : Use ONL Y the power adapter suppli ed with the Wireless Broadband R outer .
C HAPTER 3 | I nstall ing the Gateway Rou ter Bridge M ode C onnecti ons – 37 – 1. Using Ethe rnet cable connect t he Wirele ss Broadband R oute r’s L AN and WAN ports to PCs or a LA N switch . 2. P ower on the Wireless Broadband R outer by connecti ng the AC power adapter and plugging it int o a power source.
– 38 – 4 I NITIAL C ONFI GURATI ON The Wireless Broadband R outer offers a user -friendly web-based management inter face for the co nfiguratio n of all the unit’ s features. Any PC directly attached to the uni t can access the management interface usin g a web browser , such as Internet Explor er (versi on 6.
C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Home Page and Main Menu – 39 – Figu re 1 1: L ogin Pag e H OME P AG E AN D M AIN M ENU After loggi ng in to the web interface , the Home page displays. The Home page shows the main me nu and the method to access the Setup Wizard.
C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Comm on Web Pa ge Buttons – 40 – C OMMON W EB P AG E B U TTONS The list below des cribes the common buttons found on most web management page s: ◆ Apply – Applies the new parameter s and saves them to memo ry .
C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Setup Wizard – 41 – S TEP 2 - SNTP S ETT INGS The Step 2 page of the Wizard configu res time zone and SNTP settings. Select a time zo ne according to where the device is oper ated. Click Next after completin g the setup.
C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Setup Wiz ard – 42 – S TEP 3 - W A N S ETT INGS - DHCP The Step 3 page of the Wi zard specif ies the Internet connection paramet ers for the Wireless Broadband R outer’ s WAN por t. Click Next after completing the setup .
C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Setup Wizard – 43 – N OTE : If you are unsure of the PC MAC address originally registe red by your ISP , call you r ISP and request to register a ne w MAC a ddress for your account. R egister the default MAC address of the Wireless Broadband Rou t e r .
C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Setup Wiz ard – 44 – ◆ MAC Cl one — Some ISPs limit Internet conne ctions to a specifi ed MAC address. This setti ng allows you to manually change th e MAC address of the Wireless Broadband R outer's WAN interface to matc h the PC's MAC address prov ided to your ISP for registr ation.
C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Setup Wizard – 45 – address to the Wirel ess Broadband R outer , then click the “Clon e your PC’ s MAC Address” (Default: Dis able) S TEP 3 - W A N S ETTINGS - PPTP Enables the P oint -to-P oint T unneling Protocol (PPTP) for implementing virtual priv ate networ ks.
C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Setup Wiz ard – 46 – ◆ Operat ion Mode — Enables and c onfigures the k eep alive time . ◆ Primary DNS Ser ver — The IP address of the Primary Domain Name Server .
C HAPTER 4 | Initial C onfigu ration Setup Wizard – 47 – ◆ Broadcast Network Name (SSID) — By default, the Wi reless Broadband R outer alwa ys broadcasts the SSID in its beacon signal.
C HAPTER 4 | Init ial Co nfigur atio n Setup Wiz ard – 48 –.
– 49 – S ECTION II W EB C ONFIGURATION This secti on provides details on configuring the Wirele ss Broadband R outer using the web bro wser interface .
S ECTION | Web Con figu ration – 50 –.
– 51 – 5 O PERATION M OD E The Wireless Broadband R outer offers a user -friendly web-based management inter face for the co nfiguratio n of all the unit’ s features. Any PC directly attached to the uni t can access the management interface usin g a web browser , such as Internet Explor er (versi on 6.
C HAPTER 5 | Operat ion Mode Loggin g In – 52 – L OGGI NG I N It is recommended to make ini tial configuratio n changes by connecting a PC directly to one of the Wireless Broadband R outer's L AN ports. The Wireless Broadband R outer has a default IP addre ss of 192.
C HAPTER 5 | Oper ation Mode Logg ing In – 53 – The home page di splays the main menu items at th e top of the s creen and the Setup Wizard. Se e “Se tup Wi zard ” on pa ge 40. Figure 21: Home Page N OTE : The display ed pages and settings may diff er depending on whet her the unit is in Gate way or Bri dge Mode.
C HAPTER 5 | Operat ion Mode Operation Mode – 54 – O PERATION M OD E The Oper ation Mode Confi guratio n page allows you to set up the mode suitable fo r your network en vironm ent. Figure 22: Operation Mode (Gateway) ◆ Bridge Mode — An access point mode that extends a wired LAN to wireless clie nts.
– 55 – 6 I NTERNET S ETTINGS The Internet Sett ings pages allow you to manage bas ic system configur ation settings . It includes the following sections: ◆ “W AN Setting” on page 55 ■ “D.
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs WAN Setting – 56 – Fig ure 23: DHCP Conf igura tion The following items ar e display ed on t his page: ◆ Hostname (Optional) — The hostname of the DH CP client. ◆ Primary DNS Ser ver — The IP address of the Primary Domain Name Server .
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings WAN Setting – 57 – S TATIC IP Conf igures a s tatic IP for th e WAN port. Figure 24: St atic IP C onfigur atio n ◆ IP Addre ss — The IP address of the Wireless Broadband R outer . V alid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers, 0 to 255, separate d by periods.
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs WAN Setting – 58 – provi ded. Otherwis e, conne ct only the PC with the regis tered MAC address to the Wirel ess Broadband R outer , then click the “Clon e your .
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings WAN Setting – 59 – ■ On Demand Mode : Th e maximum length of inactive time the uni t will stay conn ected to the DSL service pro vider before disconnec ting. (Default: 5 minutes) ◆ MAC Cl one — Some ISPs limit Internet conne ctions to a specifi ed MAC address of one PC.
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs WAN Setting – 60 – ◆ Password — Sets a PPTP password for the W AN port. (Default: pptp_password; R ange: 1~32 char acters) ◆ Verify P assw ord — Prompts y ou to re-en ter your chosen passwor d. ◆ Addre ss Mode — Sets a PPT P network mode.
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings LAN Settin g – 61 – LAN S ETTING The Wir eless Bro adband Router must have a valid IP address fo r management usin g a web browser and to support other features.
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs LAN S ett ing – 62 – ◆ MAC Addr ess — The sh ared phys ical layer a ddress for th e Wirel ess Broadband R outer’s LAN ports. ◆ DHCP Server — Enable this feature to assign IP settings to wired and wirele ss clients co nnected to the Gatew ay R outer .
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings Advanced Rou ting – 63 – ◆ DNS Proxy — Enab les DNS proxy on the LAN po rt. DNS Proxy receives DNS queries from the local ne twork and forwar ds them to an Internet DNS se rver . (Def ault : En able ) A DV ANCED R OUTING Ro uting setup allows a manual method to set up ro uting between networks.
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs Advanced Routing – 64 – ◆ Destination — A destination network or specific host to which pack ets can be route d. ◆ Type — Defines the typ e of destination. (Options: Host/ Net, Default: Host) ◆ Gatew ay — The IP address of the ro uter at the next hop to which matching fr ames are forwar ded.
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Sett ings Advanced Rou ting – 65 – ◆ Use — Count of lookups for th e route. ◆ Interfa ce — Interface to which packets for this route will be sent . ◆ Comment — Displays a useful c omment to identify the routing rul es.
C HAPTER 6 | Internet Se ttin gs Advanced Routing – 66 –.
– 67 – 7 W IRELESS C ONFI GURA TION The wi reless settin gs sec tion di splays c onfigu ration sett ings fo r the access point functio nality of the Wireless Broadban d Rout er .
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Basic Settings – 68 – Figure 29: Basic Setting s The following items ar e display ed on t his page: ◆ Network N ame (SSID) — The name of the wir eless net work serv ice provided by the Wire less Broadband R outer .
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration WLAN Security – 69 – ◆ Access Policy — The Wi reles s Bro adba nd Router provi des a MAC address filte ring facility .
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion WLAN Security – 70 – ◆ WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK_WPA2-PSK — See “WPA Pr e- Shared K e y” on page 71 ◆ WPA, WPA2, WPA1_WPA2 — See “WPA Enter prise Mode” on page 72 ◆ 802.1X — See “IEEE 802.
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration WLAN Security – 71 – ◆ Default K ey — Selects th e WEP key number to use for au thentication or data encrypt ion. If wirel ess clie nts have all four WE P keys conf igured to the same v alues, you can change the encryption key to an y of the settings wit hout having to update the cl ient k eys.
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion WLAN Security – 72 – ◆ WPA Algorithms — Selects the data encryption type to use. (Def ault is determin ed by the Security Mode selected.) ■ TKIP — Uses T emporal K ey Integrity Pr otocol (TKIP) k eys for encryption.
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration WLAN Security – 73 – Figure 33: Secu rity Mode - WPA Security Mod e — Configures the WP A and WPA2 s ecurity modes used by clients. When using WPA o r WPA2, be sure the re is a RADIUS server in the connected wir ed network, and that the RADIUS settings are configure d.
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion WLAN Security – 74 – bit key . Use of AES-CCMP encryption is specified as a standard requirement for WP A2. Before impleme nting WPA2 in the networ k, be sure client de vices are upgr aded to WPA 2-compliant hardw are.
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration WLAN Security – 75 – Figure 34: Security Mod e - 802.1X Security Mod e — Configures the 802.1X security mode used by client s. When using 802.1X, either with WPA/WPA2 or on its own, be sure th ere is a configur ed RADIUS serve r in the connec ted wired networ k.
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Advanced Se tting s – 76 – A DV ANCED S E TTINGS The Adv anced Settings page includes additional paramet ers conc erning the wireless network, including HT Physical Mode, and Wi-Fi Multimedia settings.
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Advanced S ettings – 77 – ■ 11g only : Both 802.11g and 802.11n clients will be able to communicate with the Wireless Broadband R outer , but the 802.11n clients will be limite d to 802.11g pr otocols an d data tr ansmission rate s (up to 54 Mbps).
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Advanced Se tting s – 78 – The following items ar e display ed in this section on this page: ◆ HT Chan nel Bandw idth — The W irel ess Broadband Ro uter provides a channel bandwidt h of 40 MHz by default giving an 802.
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Advanced S ettings – 79 – A D V ANCED W IREL ESS The Adv anced Wirele ss sect ion on the Wirel ess Set tings A dvanc ed page includes additio nal radio par ameters.
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Advanced Se tting s – 80 – and forwar d them af ter eve ry beacon. Using s maller D TIM interv als delivers bro adcast/multicast fr ames in a more timely manner , causing stations in P ower Save mod e to wa ke up more o ften and drain powe r faster .
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Advanced S ettings – 81 – ◆ Pac ket Agg regate — A perfor mance enhancement that combines data packets together when the feature is sup ported by compatible clients .
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Advanced Se tting s – 82 – The following items ar e display ed in this section on this page: ◆ WMM — Sets the WMM operat ional mode on the access point. When enabled, the QoS capabi lities are advertis ed to WMM-enabled clients in the network.
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Advanced S ettings – 83 – the CWMin v alue. Specify the CWMin value in th e range 0-15 microseconds. Note that the CWMin value must be equal or les s than the CWMax value.
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Wireless Distribution System (WDS) – 84 – W IRELESS D ISTRIB UTION S YSTEM (WDS) The radi o interface can be configured to operate in a mod e that allows it to forward traffic dire ctly to oth er Wire less Gateway Router unit s.
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Wireless Distribution Syste m (WDS) – 85 – Fig ure 42 : WD S Conf igura tion Examp le A WDS link between two units can be configure d in any of the following Oper ation Mode combination s: 1. Both units in a link are co nfigured as Gatew ay Mode.
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Wireless Distribution System (WDS) – 86 – Fig ure 43: WDS Config uratio n The WDS settings configur e WDS related par ameters.
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Wireless Distribution Syste m (WDS) – 87 – ◆ WDS Mode — Selects the WDS mode of the S SID . (Options: Disable, Lazy , Bridge, Repeater .
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Wi-F i Protec ted Setu p (WPS) – 88 – W I -F I P RO T E C T E D S ETUP (WPS) Wi-Fi Protected Setu p (WPS) is designed to ease ins tallation and activ ation of secu rity features in wi reless netw orks.
C HAPTER 7 | Wirel ess Confi guration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) – 89 – Fig ure 45: WPS Config urati on WPS Summary — Provides detail ed WPS statistical informati on. ◆ WPS Current Status — Dis plays if there is currently any WPS traffic connecting to the Wireless Broadband R o uter .
C HAPTER 7 | Wire less C onfig urat ion Station List – 90 – WPS Config — Configure s WPS settings for the Wireles s Broadband Rou t e r . ◆ WPS Mode — Selects between methods of broadcasting.
– 91 – 8 F IRE WALL C ONFI GURATI ON The Wir eless Bro adban d Router provides extensive f irewall protect ion by restrictin g connection par ameters to limit the risk of intrusion and defending against a wide arra y of common hacker attacks.
C HAPTER 8 | Fire wall C onf igurat ion MAC/IP/Port Fil terin g – 92 – Figur e 47: MAC/ IP/Port Filtering ◆ MAC/IP/Port Fi ltering — Enables or disable s MAC/IP/Port Filter ing. (Default: Disable) ◆ Default Policy — When MAC/IP/Po rt Filtering is enabled, the de fault policy will be enabled.
C HAPTER 8 | Firew all Co nfiguratio n MAC/IP /Port Filteri ng – 93 – ◆ Source IP Add ress — Specifies the sour ce IP address to block or allo w traffic from. ◆ Protocol — Specifies the des tination port type, T CP , UDP or ICMP . (Default: None) .
C HAPTER 8 | Fire wall C onf igurat ion Virtual Server Settings (Port Forw arding) – 94 – V IRTU AL S ER VER S ETTINGS (P OR T F ORWARD ING ) Virtu al S erver (som etim es re ferr ed t o as Port Forward ing) i s th e ac t of forwarding a network port from on e network node to another .
C HAPTER 8 | Firew all Co nfiguratio n DMZ – 95 – C URRENT V IR TUAL S ERVER S IN SYSTEM The Current P ort F orwardi ng T able displays the entr ies that are allowed to forwar d packets through the Wireless Bro adband Rou ter’s f irewall. ◆ No.
C HAPTER 8 | Fire wall C onf igurat ion System Security – 96 – S YSTEM S EC URITY The Wireless Broadband R outer include s the facility to manage it from a remo te loca tion.
C HAPTER 8 | Firew all Co nfiguratio n Content Filteri ng – 97 – C ONTENT F ILTERING The Wireles s Broadband R outer provide s a v ariety of options f or blocking Internet access based on con tent, URL and h ost n ame.
C HAPTER 8 | Fire wall C onf igurat ion Cont ent Filteri ng – 98 – ◆ Add a Host Filte r — Enters the keywor d for a host filter ing..
– 99 – 9 A DMINISTRATION S ETTINGS The Wireless Broadband R outer’s Adminis tration Settin gs menu provide s the same config uration optio ns in both Gatew ay and Bridge Mode.
C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings System Management – 100 – S YSTEM M ANAGEMEN T The System Manageme nt commands allow you to change th e language settings di splayed in the interface, and change the user name and password. Figure 52: System Mana gement L ANGUA GE S ETTIN GS Y ou can change the langu age displa yed in web interface.
C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs SNTP Settings – 101 – SNTP S ETTINGS The System Manageme nt page allows you to manually configure time settin gs or enabl e th e use of a Simpl e Net work T ime Protoc ol (SNT P) o r NTP ser ver . Figure 53: SNT P Sett ings ◆ Current Time — Displays t he cu rrent system time on the unit.
C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings DDNS Settings – 102 – DDNS S ETTINGS Dynamic DNS (DDNS) provides users on the Inte rnet with a method to tie a specific domain name to the unit’ s dynamically assigned IP address.
C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs Upgrade Firmware – 103 – U PGRADE F IRMWARE Y ou can update the Wireless Broadband Ro uter firmw are by using the Firmwa re Update facility . Figure 5 5: Upg rade Firmw are Firm ware Up grade — Allows you to up load new firmw are manually by specifying a fi le path.
C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings Conf igurat ion Sett ings – 104 – C ONFIGURATION S ETTINGS The Configur ation Setti ng page allows you to sav e the Wireless Broadband R outer’ s current co nfigur ation or resto re a previously sav e d configur ation back to the device.
C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs System St atus – 105 – S YSTEM S TA TUS The System Info rmatio n page dis plays basic sys tem info rmatio n and the displayed settings are for status information only and are not configurabl e on this page. This inf orm ation is split into the th ree sections that follow .
C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings System Status – 106 – ◆ Default Gateway — The default gateway is th e IP address of the router f or the Wirel ess Bro adband R outer , which is used if the request ed destination addres s is not on the local subne t.
C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs Statisti cs – 107 – S TATISTICS The Wireles s Broadband R outer T raffic Statistics - Interfaces wi ndow displays rece ived and transmi tted packet stati stics for all interfaces o n the Wireless Broadband R outer .
C HAPTER 9 | Administration Sett ings System Log – 108 – ◆ Tx packets — Displays the total number of packets tr ansmitted by the specified interfac es. ◆ Tx bytes — Displa ys the total number of bytes transmit ted by the specified interfac e.
C HAPTER 9 | Admin istr ation Settin gs System L og – 109 –.
– 110 – S ECTION III A PPENDICES This secti on provid es addition al information and inclu des these ite ms: ◆ “T roubleshooting” on page 111 ◆ “Hardware Specifications” on page 114 .
– 111 – A T R OUBLESHOOTING D IA GNOSIN G LED I NDICATO R S I F Y OU C ANNO T C ON NECT TO THE I NTE RNET ◆ Check that your computer is proper ly configured for TCP/IP . ◆ Make sure the correct networ k adapter driver is installed for your PC oper ating system.
A PPENDIX A | Troubleshooting Before Con tacting Technical Sup port – 112 – ■ Check that you ha ve a valid networ k connection to the Gatew ay R outer and th at the Ethe rnet por t or the wireless interface t hat you are using has not bee n disabled.
A PPENDIX A | Trou bleshooting Before Contacti ng Techn ical Supp ort – 113 –.
– 114 – B H AR D WARE S PECIFICATIONS P OR T I NTERFACES W AN: 10/100BASE- TX port, RJ-45 connector , auto MDI/X (100-ohm, UTP cable; Category 5 or better) LAN 1~4: 10/100BASE- TX port, RJ-45 conn.
A PPENDIX B | Hardware Specificat ions – 115 – S TANDAR DS UL60950-1/CSA22. 2 No. 60950-1 EN 60950-1/IEC 60950-1 ETSI EN 300 019-2-1 Class 1.2 (Storage ) ETSI EN 300 019-2-2 Class 2.
– 116 – C C AB LES AND P IN OUTS T WISTE D -P AIR C ABLE A SSIGNM ENTS Fo r 10/100BASE- TX connectio ns, a twisted-pair cable must have two pairs of wires. F or 1000BASE- T connection s the twisted-pair cable must ha ve four pairs of wires . Each wire pair is ident ified by two different co lors.
A PPENDIX C | Cables a nd Pino uts 10/100 BASE- TX Pin Assi gnments – 117 – 10/100B ASE-TX P IN A SSIGNMENTS Use uns hielded twi sted-pair (UTP) or shie lded twisted-pair (STP) cabl e for RJ-45 connec tions: 100-ohm Category 3 o r better c able for 10 Mbps connectio ns.
A PPENDIX C | C able s and P inout s Crossover Wiring – 118 – Figure 6 1: St raight-th rough Wiring C R OSSOVER W IRING If the twisted-pair c able is to join two por ts and either both port s are labeled with an “X” (MDI- X) or neither port is labeled with an “X” (MDI), a crossover must be im plem ented in th e wirin g.
– 119 – D L ICENSE I NF OR MATION This produc t include s copyr ighted th ird-party softw are subj ect to the term s of the G NU Gen eral Publi c Licens e (GPL), GN U Less er General Public Licen se (LGPL ), or other related free software lic enses.
A PPENDIX D | Li cense Informatio n The GNU General Pu blic License – 120 – GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING , DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICA TION 1.
A PPENDIX D | License Informatio n The GNU General Pu blic License – 121 – a). Accompany it with t he comp lete co rrespo nding mac hine-r eadab le source c ode, w hich mu st be distribu ted un der the term s of Sect ions 1 and 2 above on a medium custom arily us ed for software inter chan ge; or , b).
A PPENDIX D | Li cense Informatio n The GNU General Pu blic License – 122 – This sec tion is intende d to make thorough ly clea r what is belie ved to be a con seque nce of the res t of th is Lice nse.
– 123 – G LOSSARY 10B ASE-T IEEE 802.3-2005 speci fication for 10 Mbps Ethernet ov er two pairs of Category 3 or better UTP cable. 100B ASE-TX IEEE 802.3-2005 specification for 100 Mbps F ast Ethern et over two pairs of Category 5 or better UTP cable.
G LOSSARY – 124 – the Bootstr ap Protocol (BOOTP), adding the capabilit y of automatic allocation of reusable network addresses and additional configuration options. E NCRYPTION Data passing betwee n the access point and cli ents can use encr yption to protect from inter ception and evesdrop ping.
G LOSSARY – 125 – beacon, and au tomatically res et their S SID to allo w immediate con nection to the neares t access point. ODFM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing: OFDM allo ws multiple users to tran smit in an allocated band by dividing the bandwidth into man y narrow bandwidth car riers.
G LOSSARY – 126 – WEP Wired Equ ivale nt Privac y: WEP is based on th e use of secu rity keys and th e popular RC4 encryption algorithm. Wireless devices without a v alid WEP key will be e xcluded fr om n etwork t raffic.
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