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WL -358/359 /369 Wireless ADSL 2+ Mod em R outer.
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Introduction Congratulations o n your purc hase of t he WL -3 58/359/ 369 W ireles s ADS L2+ Modem. Th e WL -358 uses t echnol ogy base d on 802.11 n, w hil e the WL - 359/ 369 is f ull y com plia nt with 8 02.11n. These modems are also f ull y comp lia nt wit h 802.
1 Key Featur es Fea tures Advantages IEEE 802.11g compliant Fully I nteroperable w it h IEEE 802. 11b / IEEE802. 11g compl iant d evices Based on 802.11 n technolo gy WL -358: Up to 3 time s faster t han regular 8 02.1 1g. WL -359/3 69: Up t o 6 ti mes f aster than regular 8 02.
2 Package C ontents Open t he package car eful ly , an d make sure that no ne of t he it ems lis ted below are m issi ng. Do not discard the packi ng materials, i n case of return; the unit must b e shi pped back i n i ts ori ginal pac kage. 1. WL -358/ 359/36 9 modem/router 2.
3 Product L ayout Port Descript ion ADSL Connect your tel ephon e/ADS L cable t his port LAN Connect the cab le fr om your PC or network devi ce to this p orts. Power connector Connect your pow er adapter to t his port. Power button T urn the m odem On or Off .
Back lab el The back l abel descr ibes th e correspo ndi ng LED in dication s and port fu nctional ity . LED Description Power Lights up wh en p owered ON. Bl in ks on T EST/RESET ADSL Lights up wh en an AD SL ca ble i s connected. Internet Lights up wh en i nternet con nectio n is UP .
4 System Re quirement s T o b egi n using the WL - 358/35 9/369, make sure you meet the fol lowi ng as minimum requir ements: • PC/Notebook. • 1 Free Ethernet port. • Wi-Fi card/USB don gle ( 802.11 b/g/n) – opti onal. • Annex A, AD SL inter net connecti on.
6 Setup LA N, WA N Modem connection LAN / computer connections.
7 PC Networ k Adapt er setup Windows XP • Go to [ Start Menu ], [ C ontrol panel ], [ Network Connectio ns ]. • Right-mouse-cl ick on the [ L ocal Area Connectio n] ) ic on, an d sel ect [ properties ] • Select [ I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) ] =>Cl ick [ Prop erties ].
Windows Vista/W indows 7 • Go to [ Start Menu ], [ C ontrol panel ], [ View network status an d tasks ], -> [ Manag e network connectio ns ].
• Select [ I nternet Protoc ol Versio n 4 (TCP/IPv4) ], and Cl ick [ Properties ]. • Open the [ Ge neral ] tab. The WL -358/ 359/ 369 su pports DHCP . P lease se lect both [ O btain an IP address automatically ] and [ Obtain DNS server ad dress automatically ].
8 Bring up the WL- 35 8/359/3 69 Connect the suppl ie d power-adapter to the po wer in let port and conn ect it to a wall out l et. Press th e P ower-Button to t urn the modem on.
Status The System status sec tion all ows you to monitor the c urrent status of your router: the UP time, hardware information, seria l number a s well a s firmware version informati on is di spl ayed here.
Statistic s Y ou can vi ew statist ics on the processin g of IP packets o n the networki ng interfaces . Y o u wi l l not typica lly need to view this data, b ut you may fi nd it helpf ul when worki ng with your ISP to diag nose network and I nternet data transmission probl ems.
ADSL Sta tistics This page s hows the ADSL li ne stati stic informati on..
DHCP List This page shows all DHCP clients (LAN PCs) currently connected to your network. The ta bl e s how s t he assi gned IP a ddress, MAC address and ex piration time f or each DHC P lease d cli ent. Use the Re fresh butto n to update the availab le informatio n.
QoS Queu e The screen al lows you to confi gure a QoS qu eue and ass i gn it to a spec ifi c network. If the channel operation modes of your ADSL ro uter are not conf ig ured and you enable t he QoS funct ion, you’l l s ee t he fol low ing message: Please f ol low th e Setu p Wizard to fi nis h W AN c onfi guration b efore settin g up QoS.
10 Configu ration Wizar d Clic k Wizard to confi gure the modem. The Set up wizard wi ll now be di splayed; check that th e adsl l ine is c onnecte d and cl ic k Next. Sele ct your country fro m the Country list. Sel ect your i nternet pr o vi der . Cli ck Next.
11 Basi c Sett ings LAN Sett ings This page i s us ed to co nfi gure th e LAN int erface of your ADSL Router . Y ou can set IP addres s, s ubnet mask, and IGMP S noopi ng.
DHCP Setting s Y ou can co nfigure your network an d the router to u se the D ynamic H ost Confi guration Protocol (DH CP). This pag e al lows you to sel ect the D HCP mode that this ro uter wi l l supp ort. There are two diff erent DHCP Modes: DH CP Server and DHCP Relay .
Parameter Description DHCP Server Address Specify t he IP address o f your ISP’s DHCP server . Requests for IP i nformatio n from your LAN interface wil l b e passe d to the default gateway , whic h shoul d route the requ est appropriat ely . When you f in ish, cli ck ‘ App ly Changes’ .
IP Pool Range Y ou can se lect a particul ar IP addres s range for your DHCP server to issue IP ad dresses to your LAN Cli ents. By default, the IP range i s starti ng from IP 192. 168. 0 .100 to 192. 168. 0.2 00. Show Client Click t his button an d a table is di splayed.
WAN Set ting s The page a ll ows you to sel ect any comb inati on of DS L mo des. Parameter Description ADSL modulation Choose pref erred ADS L standard protocols. Annex L Option Enable/D isab le AD SL2/ADS L2+ A nnex L capabi lity . Annex M Option Enab le/Di sabl e ADSL 2/ADSL 2+ Annex M capab il ity .
setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots. DNS A Domai n Name System (D NS) server is like an i ndex of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you t ype a W eb address int o your browser , such as “www.router .com” , a DNS server wi ll fi nd t hat name i n its ind ex and t he matchin g IP addres s.
Wireles s Sett ings This s ectio n provi des the w irel ess network setti ngs for your router . Y ou can enable t he w irel ess AP f unctio n here. Parameter Description Band Please sel ect t he radio band from on e of t he f ollow ing options. 2.4GHz(B): 2.
802.11 g, a nd 8 02.11n wirel ess network cl ie nt to connect thi s router (maxim um transfer rate 11Mbp s for 802. 11b cli ents, ma ximum 5 4Mbp s for 8 02.11 g clie nts, and m axim um 150Mb ps f or 802. 11n cl i ents). Mode It all ows you to set the router to act i n “ AP” , “C li ent” or “WDS” mod e.
Security This router provide s comp lete wir el ess LAN security f uncti ons, i ncl ude WEP , IEEE 802.1 x, IEEE 80 2.1x wi th WEP , WP A w ith pre-sh ared key and WP A wit h R ADIUS. With the se sec urity fu nctions , you can prevent your wire les s LAN from i l l egal access.
by a RADIUS server . Ch eck this box to auth enticates user by IEEE 802 .1x. WEP-64Bits WEP is les s le vel of s ecurit y than WPA. WEP su pports 6 4-bit and 128- bit key le ngths to encrypt the w ir eless data. The longer key le ngth w ill provi de h igher sec urity .
ACL This wirel ess router supports MAC Addr ess Control, whi ch prevents unauthorized cl i ents fr om accessi ng your w irel ess network. Parameter Description Wireless Acces s Control Mode This ro uter can prevent the w ireless cl ients from accessin g the w ire less network by ch eckin g the M AC Address of the c li ents.
button. Cl i ck "Reset" wi ll clear your current select ions. When you fi ni sh, click ‘ Appl y Changes’ . Y ou’l l see t he fol low ing messa ge d isp layed on web browser: Press ‘C.
WPS Altho ugh hom e Wi-F i net works have become more and m ore popular , users sti l l have trouble w ith t he i niti al s et up of network. This obstacl e f orces use rs to use the open security a nd i ncreases th e risk of e a vesdroppi ng.
Regenerate PIN Click to re generate the Sel f-PIN Number . Push Button Configuration Click ing this button w il l invoke the PBC metho d of WPS. It is onl y use d when A P acts as a r egi strar . Start PBC Click to start the Pu sh Butto n method of WPS.
12 Ad van ced Sett ings Wireles s Sett ings This page al low s advanced users w ho have suff i cie nt knowle dge of wirel ess LA N. These sett ing shal l not b e chan ged un less you know exactl y what w il l hap pen for the chan ges you ma de on your router .
the WEP pr ivacy mechanism. Auto: Auto i s th e defa ult authe nticati on al gorith m. It wil l change its authent icatio n type a utomaticall y t o fulf il l cli ent’s requirement. Fragmentation Threshold Fragmen t Thres hold speci fi es the ma ximum si ze of packet duri ng the fragmentation of data to be transmitted.
protection m ode is enabl ed, the through put of t he AP wil l be a l i ttle low er due to many of frame traffic shou ld be transmitted. Aggregation This f uncti on i s use d to j oin mu ltip le data packets for transmission as a si ngl e unit to i ncrease network effi cie ncy .
QoS The router sup ports IP QoS feat ure that can provi de d ifferent prior ity to diff erent us ers or data f lows. Classification Parameter Description IP QoS Click t he radio b utton to enable or d isabl e the IP QoS functio n. Default QoS Select the d efault mode of Q oS from th e l ist.
(Destination) d estinati on IP has been entered. Port (Destination) The dest inati on port of the se lecte d protoc ol. Y ou cannot confi gure th is fi el d wit hout entering the prot ocol f irst. Protocol The select ions are TCP , UDP , ICMP and t he b lank for n one.
UPnP When the U PnP f unctio n is enabl ed, t he router can b e detected by UPnP compl iant system such as Win dows XP . The rout er wil l b e di splayed i n t he Neighb orhood o f Wi ndows XP , so you can dir ectly doub le cl ick the router or right cli ck the r outer and s elect “Invoke” to conf ig ure the router thro ugh web browser .
IGMP The IGMP Proxy pag e al lows you to enab le mul tica st on WAN and LAN interfaces . The LAN i nterface i s always served a s downstream IGMP proxy , and you can conf i gure one of the av ailab le WAN int erfaces as th e upstream IGMP proxy . U pstream i s the interface that IGMP req uests f rom hosts are se nt to t he multi cast router .
Routing The page enabl es you t o def ine spec ific r oute for your Internet an d net work datas. Most users do n ot nee d to defi ne ro utes. On a typical smal l home or offi ce LAN, the exi stin g routes that set up t he de fault gateways for your LAN hosts and for the router provi de th e most ap propriate path for al l your Internet traffic.
Show Routes Click t his button t o view the router’s routi ng tab le. Static Route Table Click “U pdate” t o upd ate the sel ected desti nation ro ute on the “Static Route T able” . Cli ck “De lete Select ed” to del ete a selecte d dest inati on route on th e Stati c Route T a ble .
SNMP Simp le Network Management Protocol (S NMP) is a troubl eshooti ng a nd management protoc ol t hat uses t he UDP protocol on port 16 1 to comm unicate between c li ents a nd servers. Th e router can be managed local ly or rem otely b y SNMP protocol .
Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to save the s ettin gs made a nd restart the router so th e setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots.
DDNS Dynamic DN S (DDNS ) al lows you t o map the st atic domain name to a dy namic IP address. You must get an accou nt, password an d your static d omain name from the DD NS servi ce providers. Parameter Description Enable Check the box to e nable DDNS functi on.
Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to save the s ettin gs made a nd restart the router so th e setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots.
RIP RIP is an I nternet protocol you can set up to s hare routin g table i nformation with oth er routi ng d evices o n your LAN, at your ISP’s lo cation, or on remote networks conn ected to your netw ork via the AD SL li ne.
passed to th e DSL devi ce i n order for it t o be accepted i nto it s rout ing tabl e. Send Mode Indicate the R IP version th is int erface w il l us e when it sends it s route i nformat ion to other dev ices. RIP Config Table The RIP you have confi gure d wi ll be li sted i n the tabl e.
13 Firewa ll S ettings The Broadband rout er provi des exten sive fire wall protectio n by restr icti ng connecti on parame ters, thu s l imiti ng t he ri sk of hac ker attacks, and defendi ng against a w i de array of common Internet attack s.
Public Port The dest inati on port number that i s mad e ope n for thi s appli catio n on t he WAN side Interface Select the WAN interfa ce on whic h the p ort-forwarding rule i s to be app li ed.
Port Filt er The IP/Port filter ing feature al lows you t o de ny/allow sp ecif i c services or appl icatio ns i n the f orwarding path. Parameter Description Outgoing Default Action Specify t he default action on the LAN to WAN (T ra ffic t o Internet) forwardin g path.
Address. Port LAN users us e port n umber to disti ngui sh o ne network appli catio n over another su ch as 2 1 is for F TP service. The port n umber range is from 0 to 6553 5. It is recommended t hat this opti on be c onfi gured by an advanced user .
MAC Filterin g The MAC f il terin g feature al lo ws you to defi ne rul es to all ow or deny frames through th e router base d on s ource MAC addre ss, destin ation MAC address, and traffic dire ctio n. Parameter Description Outgoing Default Action Specify t he default action on the LAN to WAN (T ra ffic t o Internet) forwardin g path.
Destination MAC Address The dest inati on MAC a ddress. It must b e 12- digi t hexadecima l f ormat, for exampl e: “00-d 0-59-c 6-12- 50” . Current Filter Table If you want to remove some fi lter .
URL Blocking This page i s us ed to b lock s ome URL addresses or keywords. Parameter Description URL Blocking Enabl e or disab le the U RL block ing f unctio n. FQDN Enter FQDN whic h you want to b lock. A FQD N i s a complete DNS name. For example, “w ww .
Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to save the s ettin gs made and re start the router so the setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots. Domain Blo cking The fire wall i nclude s the abil ity to bloc k access t o speci fi c d omain base d o n string matc hes.
ACL Configu ration The Access Control Li st (ACL) is a li st o f permis sions atta ched t o the router . The list spe cif ies wh o is all owed to access t his router . If ACL i s enabl ed, al l hosts cannot access t his router except for the h osts w ith IP address i n the A CL tabl e.
DMZ The DMZ Host is a l ocal computer expose d to the I nternet. W hen setti ng a particular inter nal IP A ddress as t he DMZ Host, all incom ing packets wi ll be checked by t he f irewall and NA T alg orithms th en passed to th e DMZ Ho st. For exa mpl e, i f you have a l ocal cli ent PC that c annot run an Int ernet appl icatio n (e.
14 TOO LB OX Sett ings Pass word This page al low s you to set t he password t o access the web server of th e router . Please sel ect the “a dmin (as a dmini strator)” or “user (as user)” acco unt and confi gure the passwor d. When you f in ish, cli ck ‘ App ly Changes’ .
It means the c ontent i n ‘Current P assword’ f iel d i s wro ng, pl ease cl i ck ‘OK’ to go back to prev ious m enu, and try to i nput current passw ord again.
Time Zon e The Time Zone a ll ows your rout er to set its ti me; es pecial ly f or recordin g System Log. Parameter Description Current Time The current t ime of the sp ecifi ed t ime zo ne. Y o u can set the current tim e by yourself or confi gured b y SN TP server .
Remote Acc ess The Remote Access func tion can secure r emote host ac cess to your rout er from LAN and WAN i nterfaces for s ome servi ces provi ded by the router .
Press ‘Contin ue’ to s ave the setti ngs made a nd back to web mana gement interface; press ‘ Ap ply’ to save the s ettin gs made a nd restart the router so th e setting s wi l l take effe ct after it rebo ots. Firmwa re Upg rade This page al low s you to u pgrade the fi rmware for the rout er .
Configuration T ools This page al low s you to bac kup the current sett ings t o a f ile or restore the setting s from th e fi le w hi ch was saved pr eviousl y .
Reboot Whenever you use the W e b conf iguration t o change system setti ngs, the changes are ini tia lly p lace d i n temporary stor age. T o save your change for future use, you have to cli ck “ Apply ” to reboot t he router .
Diagnost ics Ping Once you have your router conf ig ured, yo u can send a ping command to t he host you sp ecif y in this page. T o use it, you m ust know the IP ad dress of t he host you are tryi ng to c ommunic ate with a nd e nter the IP a ddress i n the Host Address f ie ld.
Diagnostic Test The Dia gnost ic T e st page s hows th e test res ults f or the c onnectiv ity of t he physical layer and protocol layer for both LAN an d WAN sides.
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