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NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router NETCOMM LIBERTY TM SE R I E S 3G Wir eless N300 Router USER GUIDE.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 2 www .netcomm.com.au Pr eface Th is man ual pr ov ide s i nfo rma tio n r el ate d t o t he ins tal lat ion , o per ati on, an d a ppl ica tio n o f t his de vic e.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 3 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router T able of Contents Introduction ..............................................................
Intr oduction.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 5 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Intr oduction Y our 3G18Wn - 3G W ireless N300 Router Congratulations on your purchase of a NetComm 3G18Wn - 3G Wireless N300 Router .
Placement.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 7 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Placement of your 3G18Wn Just like your mobile phone, a 3G USB Modem’ s location will affect its signal str ength to the 3G Mobile Base Station (Cell T ower).
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 8 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 from your Router and your wir eless-enabled computers.
Pr oduct Layout.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 10 www .netcomm.com.au Pr oduct Layout Connecting and Conguring your Router The Router has been designed to be placed on a desktop.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 11 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Modem Requir ements In order to use the W AN Ether net port for Internet Connectivity your xed line service (Cable/xDSL/Satellite) modem must be equipped with a RJ45 Ethernet port.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 12 www .netcomm.com.au Default Settings LAN (Management) Static IP Address: 192.168.20.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 13 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Mac OSX 10.4 1. Click the Apple icon and choose System Preferences. 2. Click on the Network icon.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 14 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 addr ess that has been assigned.
Advanced Featur es.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 16 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 ar e available to assist with integrating the 3G18Wn with your application.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 17 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router 3G Inter net Settings 3G Internet Settings This page allows you to setup your WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) connection.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 18 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 r outer to a Cable Modem service. Leave everything as default unless instructed by your Internet Service Provider .
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 19 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router PPTP PPTP (Point to Point T unneling Protocol) allows for a secure connection over the Internet by simply dialing in a local point provided by your ISP provider .
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 20 www .netcomm.com.au LAN This Page allows you to change the LAN (Local Area Network) settings of your 3G Router .
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 21 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Advanced Routing This page allows you to congure static and dynamic r outing rules for your 3G Router .
Wir eless Settings.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 23 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router W ir eless Settings Basic This page allows you to dene the basic wireless settings for this device such as the SSID and channel.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 24 www .netcomm.com.au Advanced This page allows you to modify the advanced wireless settings for your 3G Router .
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 25 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Security This page allows you to congure the wir eless security for your 3G Router . Setting up sufcient wireless security can pr event unauthorised access to your wireless network.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 26 www .netcomm.com.au Name Description WP A/WP A2: WP A (W i-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 contr ol and management.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 27 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router WPS WPS is the simplest way to establish a connection between wireless clients and your 3G Router .
Fir ewall.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 29 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router 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 .
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 30 www .netcomm.com.au 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. This allows you to redir ect a particular port number (from the Internet/WAN port) to a particular LAN IP address.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 31 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router System Security This page allows you to improve the security of your 3G Router thr ough the SPI rewall and remote access settings.
Administration.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 33 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Administration Management This page allows you to congure administrator system settings including the administrator username and password, NTP settings, and DDNS settings.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 34 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 .
T r oubleshooting.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 36 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 . 1. Unable to access the Web Conguration when I use my computer to congur e my 3G Router .
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 37 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router • T ry to disable all security settings such as WEP , and MAC Address Control. • T ur n off the 3G18Wn and the client.
Establishing Y our Wir eless Connection.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 39 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Establishing Y our W ir eless Connection The following examples use “NetComm Wireless” as the SSID and 64bit WEP with “a1b2c3d4e5” as the encryption key .
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 40 www .netcomm.com.au 4. Enter the network key (“a1b2b3d4e5”) and click Connect: 5. The connection will show Connected. Mac OSX 10.4 Follow these steps: 1. Click on the Airport icon on the top right menu. 2.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 41 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router 3. On the new window , tick on Show Password and type in the network key in the Passwor d eld.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 42 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. Choose “NetComm W ireless”.
How T o congure Wir eless Security.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 44 www .netcomm.com.au How T o Congur e W ir eless Security 1. Open your web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer or Firefox) and navigate to http://192.168.20.1/. 2. Click on Login, then enter your User Name and Password (default: admin/admin).
Appendix.
3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 46 www .netcomm.com.au Legal & Regulatory Information This manual is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study , resear ch, cr.
YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 47 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router The warranty is automatically voided if: 1. Y ou, or someone else, use the pr oduct, or attempts to use it, other than as specied by NetComm; 2.
Product W arranty NetComm products have a standar d 12 months warranty from date of pur chase. However some products have an extended warranty option, via registering your pr oduct online at the NetComm website www .
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