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WLM-3550 Wireless ADSL 2+ Mod em R outer User Manual V ersion: 1.0.
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Introdu ction Congratulations o n your purc hase of t he WLM- 3550 Wire less AD SL2+ Modem . This mo dem i s f ul ly compl iant w ith 802 .11b, 8 02.1 1g and 802. 11n. T hi s modem provides t he best perf ormance whe n used in c ombi natio n with 802.
1 Key Fe atures Fea tures Advantages IEEE 802.11g compliant Fully I nteroperable w it h IEEE 802. 11b / IEEE802. 11g compl iant devices Based on 802.11 n technolo gy WLM-3550: U p to 6 ti mes fast er than regular 8 02.1 1g (in comb inati on w ith a 150n or 802.
2 Package Conten ts Open the packag e careful ly , an d make sure that none of the it ems li sted below are mis sing. Do not di scard the packi ng material s, i n case of return; the unit must b e shi pp ed back i n i ts or igi nal pac kage. 1. WLM-355 0 modem/rout er 2.
3 Caution s This router ’ s d esi gn and manufacturer has your safety i n min d. In or der to safely an d eff ecti vely us e this ro uter , p lease read t he fol l owing before usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user sho ul d not mo dify t his router . The enviro nmental tem peratu re should be w ith in + 5 ~ + 35 d egrees C els ius.
4 Product La yout Port Description ADSL Connect your tel ephon e/ADS L cabl e this port LAN Connect the cab le fr om your PC or network dev ice 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 label The back l abel descr ibe s the correspo ndi ng L ED i ndicati ons a nd port f unctiona lity . LED Description P ower Lights up wh en p owered ON . Blin ks on T EST/RESE T ADSL Lights up wh en an AD SL cable i s connecte d. Internet Lights up wh en i nternet connecti o n is U P .
5 Syst em Requ irements T o begi n using t he WLM-3 550, make s ure you meet t he fol lowi ng as mi nimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • 1 Free Ethernet port. • Wi-Fi card/USB don gle ( 802. 11 b/g/n) – opti ona l. • Annex A, AD SL inter net conne ction.
8 PC Ne twork Adapter setup Windows XP • Go to [ Start Menu ], [ C ontrol panel ], [ Network Connec tions ]. • Right-mouse-cl ick on the [ L ocal Area Con nection] ) ic on, an d sel ect [ properties ] • Select [ I nternet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) ] =>Cl ick [ Pro perties ].
Windows Vista/Windows 7 • Go to [ Start Menu ], [ C ontrol panel ], [ Vi ew network status an d tasks ], -> [ Manag e network connectio ns ].
• Select [ I nternet Protoc ol Versio n 4 ( TCP/IPv4) ], and Cl ick [ Prop erties ]. • Open the [ Ge neral ] tab. The WLM-3550 sup ports DHCP . Please select both [ Obtain an I P address automatically ] and [ Obtain D NS server ad dress automaticall y ].
9 Bring u p t he WLM- 3550 Connect the sup pl ied p ower-adapter to the power i nlet port and connect it to a wall out l et. Press th e Power-Button to turn the modem on.
Status The pages in t he status secti on provide you ge neral i nformation abo ut the operational status of yo ur devi ce. Status The System status sectio n al lows you to mon itor t he current statu s of your modem/router: th e UP time , hardware inf ormation, seria l num ber as w el l as firmware version i nformatio n is dis played here.
Statistics Y ou can view statisti cs on the processin g of IP packe ts on the networking interfaces . Y ou w i ll not t ypicall y nee d to v iew thi s data, b ut you may fi nd it helpf ul when workin g wi th your ISP to diagnose network a nd I nternet data transmission probl ems.
DHCP List This pa ge sh ows al l D HCP cl ients (LAN PCs) c urrently con nected to your network. The table sh ows the assi gned IP address, MAC address and expiration time f or each DHC P lease d cl ient.
Diagnostics The Dia gnost ics page al lows you to t est th e current c onfiguration . Clic k ‘Start’ to let th e modem router perform se ver al tasks to verify if t he connecti on is o perational.
11 Configura tion Wizard Clic k Wizard to co nfi gure th e modem. The Setup wizard wil l now b e displayed; check that th e adsl l in e is c onnecte d and c li ck Next. Sele ct your country fro m the Country list. Sel ect your internet pr ovider . Cli ck Next.
12 Basi c Sett ings LAN Settings This page i s us ed to c onfi gure th e LAN i nterface of your ADSL Router . Y ou can set IP addres s, s ubnet mask, and IGM P Snoopi ng or modi fy the IPv 6 address range .
DHCP Settings Y ou can confi gure your netw ork and the router to u se the D ynamic H ost Confi guration Protocol (DH CP). This page al lows you to se lect t he DHCP mode that this ro uter wi l l su pport. There are two diff erent DHCP Modes: DHCP Server and DHCP Relay .
W AN Settin gs This page al low s you to manuall y conf ig ure the ADSL/WAN settin gs. Th e setting s on th is page re quire som e know led ge c oncerning the WAN conf iguration we advi ce less-ex per.
ATM VC • Virtual Circuit: VPI (Virtual Path Ident ifi er) and VC I (Virtual Channel Identif ier) defi ne a v irtual c ircui t. • VPI : The vali d range fo r the VPI is 0 to 2 55. E nter the VPI assig ned to you. This fi el d may already be confi gured.
• Network Address Translation: Select None , Many to One or Many to Many from the drop-so wn l ist box. Refer to the NA T c hapter for more detail s. • RIP Version: Select th e RIP versi on from RIP-1, RIP-2B and RIP- 2M. • RIP Direction: Select the RIP d irecti on fro m None, Both, In Onl y and Out Only.
Wireless Settings This s ectio n provi des th e wirel ess network sett in gs for your router . Y ou can enable a nd co nfi gure th e wirel ess A P fun ctio n here. Parameter Description Band Ple ase sel ect the radio b and from on e of the f ol low ing options.
for 802. 11b cli ents, maximum 5 4Mbp s for 802. 11g clie nts, and m axim um 150M bps f or 802. 11n c l ients). Mode It all ows you to set the router to act i n “ AP” , “C li ent” or “WDS” mod e. SSID The SSID (up t o 32 pri ntabl e ASCII characters) is t he uniqu e name i dent ifi ed i n a WLA N.
Security Settings This router provide s comp lete w irel ess LAN security functi ons, in clude WEP , IEEE 802.1 x, IEEE 80 2.1x w ith WEP , WPA with pre-sh ared key and WPA wit h RAD IUS. With the se sec urity fu nctio ns, you can prevent your w ireles s LAN f rom i ll egal access.
IEEE 802 .1x. WEP-64Bits WEP is les s le vel o f securit y than WPA. WEP su pports 64-bit and 128- bit key le ngths to encrypt the w ir ele ss data. The longer key le ngth w il l provi de h igh er security .
Wirele ss ACL This w irele ss ro uter supp orts MAC Addre ss Control, w hich prevents unauthorized cl i ents fr om acces sing your w irel ess network. Parameter Description Active Choose to e ither En.
13 Ad vance d Sett ings The advanced setti ngs pages al l ow users t o mod ify th e more compl ex fe atures of this d evice. Adv ance s wir eless This page al low s advanced users who have suff ici ent know led ge of wi rel ess LAN.
DTIM Broadcast SSID If thi s opti on is enabled, the ro uter wi ll automatical ly transmit the network name (SSID) i nto o pen air at regular interval. Th is fe ature is inte nded t o all ow cli ents to dynamica lly disc over the router . If th is optio n is disab led , the r outer wi ll hi de it s SSID.
QoS QoS all ows you to clas si fy Internet ap pl icatio n traffic by source/dest inatio n IP address and port numb er . Y ou can a ssi gn pri ority f or each type of app licati on and reserve bandwi dth f or it. The packe ts o f ap pl ications with hi gher prior ity w ill always go fi rst.
Enable/Disable QoS Y ou can chec k “Enable QoS” to enab le QoS functiona li ty for the WAN port. Add a rule Enter all t he data re quire d for t he rule you wish to set and cl i ck Add to s ave this ru le. Edit a QoS rule Select the rul e you want to edit and clic k “ Edit” , then enter the d etail f orm o f the QoS rule.
UPnP When the U PnP f unctio n i s enabl ed, t he router c an be detect ed by U PnP compl iant system such as Wi ndows 7 . The ro uter w il l be di spl ayed in the Neighb orhood o f Wi ndows 7, so yo u can di rectl y double c l ick th e router or rig ht cli ck the r outer and s el ect “Invoke” to conf ig ure the router throug h web browser .
R outing The page enabl es you t o de fine spec ifi c route f or your Internet and network data. Most users do n ot nee d to de fine ro utes. On a typi cal smal l h ome or off ic e LAN, the exi stin g routes that set u p the 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.
SNMP Simp le Network Management Protocol ( SNMP ) is a trou blesh ooti ng and management protoc ol t hat uses t he UDP protocol on port 161 to comm unicate between c li ents a nd ser ve rs. The router can be managed lo call y or remotely by SNMP protocol .
DDNS Dynamic DN S (DDNS ) al lows you to map the st atic domai n 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 b ox to enabl e D DNS fu nction.
NA T This page all ow s vi ewing or c hangi ng of the c urrent status of the NA T for ea ch VC. Here it’s possi ble to set Virtual server or DMZ setti ngs for each v irtual circu it. Fo r more i nformatio n about t he DMZ a nd virtua l ser ver please read chapter 13 Firewall.
TR -69 As a bi dir ecti onal S OAP/HT TP-based protocol , it provide s the commun icatio n between c ustomer-premises equi pment (CPE) and Auto Co nfi guration Servers (ACS). It i nclu des both a safe auto conf ig uration and t he control of ot her CPE management funct ion s wit hin an int egrated framework.
14 Firewall S ettings The Broadband rout er provi des exten sive f irewall protect ion by restr icti ng connecti on parame ters, thus l imi tin g the ri sk of hacker attacks, an d defend in g against a w i de array of common Internet attack s.
ACL This page i s use d to IP addresses for Access Control. I f ACL is e nable d onl y the IP Addresses t hat are i n the A CL T ab le can access the CPE. ACL Enable or disa bl e Access Control ACL Rule index Select an i nde x number f or the rule you are creating .
IP Filter Filter Type Choose the ty pe of f i lter you w ish to use, t here are 3 possi bl e types o f filt er . - IP/Mac Fi lter - A ppl icati on fi lter - UR L bl ock IP Filter Rule Editing • IP Filter Rule Index: T his is it em number • Active: Select Yes from th e drop down li st box to e nable IP fi lt er rule.
set from range 0 ~ 65535. It is recomme nded t hat this opti on be confi gured by a n advanced us er . • Destination IP Address: T his i s the destinati on s ubnet I P address.
Application filter Here you can cho ose wh ich ap pl ication s shoul d be b locked or allowe d acces s. Choose whi ch a ppli cati on shoul d be al low ed or deni ed a ccess a nd cli ck ‘ Save ’ to apply th e sett ings. The URL block Here it’s possi ble to b loc k certain we bsit es.
DMZ The DMZ Host is a l ocal computer expose d to th e Internet. W hen s etting a particular inter nal IP A ddress a s the DMZ Host, all i ncoming packets w il l b e checked by t he f irewall and NA T alg orithms th en pas sed to th e DMZ Host. For exa mpl e, i f you have a local cl ient PC that cannot r un an Internet appl icatio n (e.
Virtual server Use the V irtual Server fun ctio n wh en you want diff erent servers/cli ents in your LAN to ha ndle di fferent service/Internet ap pl ication type ( e.g. Emai l, FTP , W eb server etc. ) from t he Internet. Computers use numbers call ed port numbers to recognize a part icul ar servi ce/Inter net appl icat ion type.
15 TOO LBOX Sett ings P assword This page al low s you to set the password t o access the we b server of th e router . If the password you t yped i n ‘New Password’ an d ‘Confirmed Pa sswor d’ fi eld are not the same, you’l l se e th e foll owi ng m essage: “Please r etype the new password aga in wh en you s ee ab ove messa ge.
Please use n ew passw ord to ent er web management int erface agai n, and you shoul d be a bl e to l ogin wit h new password..
Time Settings The Time Zone a ll ows your rout er to set its ti me; es peci ally f or recordi ng System Log. Parameter Description Current Time The current t ime of the sp eci fied t ime zo ne. Y ou can set the current tim e by yourself or confi gured b y SN TP server .
Firmware Upgr ade Enable Automatic firmware update When enabled t he router w i ll check f or updates on t he f irmware if an updat ed firmware has b een releas ed the router w ill inform you that a newer firmware i s av ail abl e an d off ers to downl oad a nd insta ll the firmware.
R eboot Whenever you use the W eb confi guration t o change system setti ngs, t he changes are ini tia lly place d i n temporary storage. T o save your change for future use, you have to cli ck “ A pp ly” to reboot the router .
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