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WL -361 Wireless Mobile R outer 1 50N.
2 User Manua l T A BLE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEATURES.. .......... ............... .............. ...... ............... .......... ......... 4 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS ............ .......... ............... ..... ............... .............. 5 3 PRODUCT LAYOUT .
Introduction Congratulations on your purchas e of the WL - 361 Wirele ss Mobi l e R out er 150N. The WL -361 is c ompl iant with draft 8 02.1 1n v 2.0 up to 6 times faster than standard 80 2.11 g based routers w hi le st ill bei ng compatib le wi th 802.
1 Key Features F eatures Advantages Incredi bl e Data Rate up to 150Mb ps* Heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 80 2.1 1n draft 2.0 Compli ant and backward compat ib le wi th 802.1 1b/g Fully Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.
2 Package Content s Open the package car eful ly , and make sure th at none of t he i tems li sted below are m iss ing. D o not d iscar d t he packi ng material s, in case of return; the unit must b e shi pped back i n its origi nal package. 1. WL -361 Router 2.
3 Product Layout Port Descript ion RJ45 Connect your ADS L/Cabl e modem to t his port 3G Connect your 3G US B mo dem to this port T op Cover On the top c over you can see t he LEDs that show the funct ionali ty of t he device.
Button Descript ion Press 2 sec onds for OPS mod e Press 10 s econ ds to reset th e router OPS Press 15 Se cond s to reset the ro uter to f actory default s. Back label The back la bel describ es th e IP address, lo gin detail s, SSID, secur ity and co de.
4 Net w ork + System Requireme nt s T o be gin usi ng the WL - 361, make sure you meet the foll owi ng a s minimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – M icrosoft Win dows XP/2 000/VIST A • Wi-Fi card/USB cl ient (8 02.1 1 b/g/n).
6 Setup LAN, W AN The WL -361 has one Ethernet p ort that do ubles as a W AN (Intern et) port and a LAN port. When no 3G U SB c li ent is inserted in t he USB p ort, the port f uncti ons as WAN. When a 3G US B cl ient is i nserted i n t he USB port, the port fu ncti ons as LAN.
7 PC Net w ork Adapter setup Win d ows XP • Enter [Start Menu] se lect [Control panel] se lect [Network]. • Select [L ocal Ar ea Connectio n]) ic on=>sel ect [pro perties].
• Select [I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Propertie s]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. a. The WL - 361 supports [DHCP] fu nction, p lease s elect both [Obtai n an IP address automati call y] and [Obtai n DNS s erver address automatical ly].
Win d ows Vist a • Enter [Start Menu] se lect [Control panel] se lect [Vi ew network status and tasks] -> s elect [Manage netw ork connect ions].
• Select [I nternet Protoc ol V ersio n 4 ( T CP/IPv4)] =>Cl ick [Pr operties]. • Select t he [Gen er al] tab. The WL -36 1 s upports [ DHCP] functi on, pl ease sel ect both [Obta in an IP ad dress automaticall y] and [O btain DNS server address automaticall y].
8 Bringing up t he WL-361 Connect t he sup pl ied power-adapter to the p ower inlet port and co nnect it to a wal l outl et, or sw itch the router o n w ithout t he power adapter con nected to work off t he battery . T he WL - 361 aut omatical ly e nters the self-test phase.
3. T ype u ser name and password (d efault is admi n/admin). 4. Click OK . 5. Y ou wi ll see th e home page of t he WL -361. The System status sec tion all ows you to monitor the current status of your router: the UP time, hardware i nformati on, seria l number as wel l as fi rmware version i nformatio n is di splayed here.
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L A N settin gs The LAN tab gives you the opp ortunity to chang e the IP s ettings of th e WL -3 61. Click <Ap ply> at the b ottom of this scree n to save any changes. IP address 192. 168.0 .1. It i s t he router’ s LAN IP address (Y our LAN cli ents default gateway IP address) .
Lease Time Forever . In the Lease Tim e sett ing you can s pecif y the t ime period that the DH CP lends an IP address to y our LA N clients. T he DH CP wil l change your LAN cli ent’s IP address when thi s t ime thresh ol d period is reache d.
Device S t atus View t he Broadband router’s current config uration settin gs. Devi ce Status displ ays the c onfi guration sett ings you’ve c onfi gured i n the W izard / Basic Settings / Wi reless S etti ngs sect ion.
Internet St atus This page d isp lays whether the WAN port is co nnected to a Cabl e/DSL or 3G connecti on. It also d i spl ays th e rout er’s WAN IP address, Subn et M ask, and ISP Gateway as wel l as M AC address, the Primary DNS. Press Renew button to renew your WAN IP address.
DHCP Client St atus DHCP Thi s page s hows all DHCP c li ents ( LAN PCs) currently connecte d t o your network. The table sh ows the ass igned IP add ress, MAC addre ss and expi ration time for ea ch DHCP lea sed cl ient. Use th e Refresh button to u pdate the availabl e informatio n.
WL-361 Log View the o peration log o f the WL-361 . Thi s page shows t he current system l og of the Broadban d router . It displ ays any event occurred after system start up.
WL-361 S t atistics Shows the counters of packets se nt and rece ived o n WAN, LAN & WLAN..
10 Configuration W izard Click Wizard to co nfig ure the router . The Setu p wizard wi ll now be displayed; check that the m odem is con nected a nd cl ick Next. Select yo ur country from t he Country l ist. Sele ct your internet provider . Alternati vely you ca n sel ect “Mob ile 3G” to set the WL - 361 up f or a 3G/ UMTS connecti on.
Click AP PLY to com plete t he con figuration..
11 Wireless Set tings Y ou can s et parameters that are us ed for the wire less stations to connect to this router . The parameters inclu de Mode, ESSID, Channel Number and Assoc iated Client. Wireles s Fun ction Enable or Disa ble W irel ess funct ion here.
Basic Settings Mode Allow s you to set the AP to AP , S tation, Bri dge or WDS mode. Band Al lows you to set the AP fixed at 802.11b or 802.11 g mo de. Y ou can also sel ect B+G mode t o a ll ow 80 211b an d 80 2.11g cl ie nts at t he same time. SSID This i s the name of the w ireless signa l wh ich i s broadcasted.
A dvan ced Settings This tab al lo ws you to set the ad va nced wirel ess opti ons. The option s incl ud ed are Authe ntication T yp e, Fragment Thre shol d, RTS Thres hold, Beacon I nterval, and Preambl e T ype. Y ou shou ld not change thes e parameters u nle ss you know what effect the cha nges wi ll have on the ro uter .
N Data R ate The “Data Rate” is the rate that thi s acc ess poi nt uses to transmit data packets for N compl iant w irel ess n odes. H ighest to low est data rate can be fixed.
Security This Acc ess Point provi des compl ete w irel ess LAN security f unction s, inc luded are WEP , IEEE 802. 11x, I EEE 802.1 1x wi th WEP , WPA wit h pre-shared key and WP A with R ADIUS. Wit h th ese s ecurity f uncti ons, you can prevent your wi reless LA N from ille gal access.
WEP When you sel ect 64-bit or 1 28-bit WEP k ey , you hav e to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. Y ou can generate the key by y oursel f and enter it. Y ou can enter four W EP keys an d se lect one of them as a defaul t key . Then the router can receive any packets e ncrypted b y one of t he f our keys.
WP A Pre-shared Ke y Wi-Fi Protecte d Access (WPA) is an advanced securi ty sta ndard. Y ou can us e a pre-shared key to authe nticate w irel ess st ations a nd en crypt d ata during communicati on. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to chan ge the encrypti on key frequentl y .
A CL This wire les s router supports MAC A ddress Control, whi ch prevents un authorized cli ents from ac cessin g your wire less network. Enable wireless access c ontrol Enabl es the w irel ess acces.
WPS Wi-Fi Protected Set up (WPS) is the sim pl est wa y to establ ish a connecti on between t he w irele ss c l ients a nd t he wire less router . You don’ t h av e to sel ect the encryptio n mo de and f ill in a long encrypti on passp hr ase every tim e wh en you try to setup a wir eless connect ion.
WPS Current Status If the w irel ess secur ity (e ncrypti on) functi on of this wirel ess router is properly set , you’l l see a ‘Config ured’ mes sage here. Otherwis e, you’ll se e ‘UnConf igured ’ . Self Pin Code This i s the WPS PIN cod e of the wirel ess ro uter .
12 Firewall Settings The Broadba nd ro uter pr ovides exten sive f irewal l protecti on b y restrict i ng connecti on parame ters, thus li mit ing the risk of hacker attacks, a nd defendi ng against a wid e array of common Internet attacks.
DMZ If you have a cl ie nt P C that cannot ru n a n Inter net ap plicat ion ( e.g. Games) properly from behi nd the NA T fire wall, t hen you can o pen up the fi rewal l restricti ons to unrestrict ed tw o- way Internet access by def ini ng a DMZ Host.
Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router's firewall can block common hacker attacks, incl udi ng Denial of S ervic e, Ping of D eath, Po rt Scan and Sync Fl ood.
A ccess Y ou ca n restri ct us ers f rom access ing certain Internet appli cations/ser vices (e.g. Internet web sites , emai l, FTP etc.). Access C ontrol a llows users to define the traffic typ e pe rmi tted in your LAN. Y ou ca n control w hich PC cl ient can have access to th ese servi ces.
Filter client PC by MAC Check “Enable MAC Filteri ng” to enabl e MAC Filter ing . Add PC Fil l i n “C lient PC MAC Address ” an d “C omment” of th e PC that i s al lowed to acces s the Inter net, an d the n cl ick “ Ad d” .
URL block Y ou can bl ock access to some W eb si tes from particu lar PCs by enteri ng a full URL address or just keywords of th e W eb si te. Enable URL Blocki ng E nable/di sabl e URL Bl ocki ng. Add U RL Keyword Fil l in “URL/Keyword” and then c li ck “ Add” .
13 Advanced Sett ings Network A ddress T ranslation (NA T) al lows mult ipl e users at your local sit e to access the Inter net through a sing le Public IP Addr ess or m ultip le Pu bl ic IP Addresses.
Port Range The range of p orts to b e forward to the private IP . Comment descri ption o f this setti ng. Add Port Forwarding Fill i n th e "Private IP", “T y pe” , “Port Range” and "Comment" of t he settin g to be a dded and then cl ick "Add".
Virtual S erver Use the Virtual Server functio n when you want diff erent servers/cli ents in your LAN to han dle dif ferent service/I nternet appl ication type (e.g. Emai l, FTP , Web server etc.) fr om th e Internet. Computers use numbers ca ll ed port numbers to recognize a parti cular s ervice/Internet appli cati on ty pe.
Comment The descri ption of thi s sett ing. Add Virtual Server Fi ll in the "Pri v ate IP", "P rivate P ort", "T ype", “Pub lic P ort” and "Comment" of the s ettin g t o be add ed and the n c l ick "Ad d".
Special A ppli cations Some appli cations r equire mult iple c onnecti ons, such as Internet games, v id eo Conferencin g, Internet telep hony and others. In this s ecti on y ou can config ure the router to s upport m ultip le c onnecti ons for t hese types o f appl icat ions.
Copy t o se lectio n box and then cli ck the Copy to butt on. Th is wi l l automatica lly list the Publ ic Ports required for this pop ular ap pl ication in the locati on (1-10) you specif ie d.
A LG Y ou can select a ppl icati ons that nee d “ A pp licati on Layer Gateway” support. Enable sele ct enabl e “ App licati on Layer Gateway” , then the router wil l let the selected appl icati on correctl y pass throu gh t he NA T gateway .
UPNP With UPnP , al l PCs i n you Intranet wi ll di scover this ro uter automatic ally , so you don’t have to c onf igure your PC and it can easi ly acc ess t he Internet throu gh this router . UPnP F eature Y ou can e nable or Disabl e the UPnP f eature here.
QoS QoS can let you class ify Int ernet appli catio n traffic by source/desti nation IP address an d port numb er . Y ou can ass ign priori ty for each type o f appl i cation and reserve bandwidth f or it. The packe ts of appl icati ons with hi gher p riority wil l always go fi rst.
Selecte d". If you want r emove al l Q oS rul es f rom th e ta ble, just cl ick the "D elete All" butto n. Cli cki ng "Reset" wi ll cl ear your current sele ctio ns. Edit a QoS rule Select the ru le you want to edi t and cli ck “ Edit ” , t hen e nter the detail form of th e Q oS rule .
14 T OOLBOX Setti n gs Password change opt ions Y ou can chang e t he passwor d req uired to l og i nto the broadband router's system web-based management. By de fault, the password is: admin. P asswords can contain 0 to 12 alphan umeric c hara cters, a nd are case se nsit ive.
T ime Zone The Ti me Zone all ows your router to ba se its time on t he setti ngs config ured here, whi ch w ill aff ect funct ions such as Lo g e ntries and Firewall settin gs. Set Time Zone S elect the time zone of t he country you are currentl y in.
Remote Managem ent The remote management funct ion al lows you to des ignate a h ost i n the Inter net the ability to c onfi gure the Broadband r outer from a r emote s it e.
Firmware Upgrade This page al lows you to u pgrad e th e router ’ s firmware. Firmware Upgrade Th is tool all ows you to upgr ade t he Broadband router’ s system f irmware.
Backup Settings The Backup screen all ows you to save (Backup) the router’s current confi guration settings. W hen you save the confi guration setti ng (Backup) you can re-l oad the saved c onfi guration into the router through the Restore selecti on.
Reset Y ou can reset the router ’ s system shou ld any problem exist. The re set functi on essentia ll y re-boots your router’ s syst em. Click < Ap ply > at the b ottom of the s creen to save the above conf ig ur ations .
DDNS DDNS all ows you to map the stati c domai n name to a dynamic IP ad dress. Y ou must get a n account, passw ord and your sta tic domain name from the DDN S service providers. This router s upp orts DynDN S, TZO and ot her com mon DDNS service pr oviders.
Parts of the firmware of the WL -361 Wireless Mobile router are subject to the GNU general public license. Appendix A: Licen sing Informatio n This product includes third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU Gener al Public License.
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