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1 1N Wireless Broadban d Router 1.
1 1N Wireless Broadban d Router 2 Copyright Statement is the registered trademark of Shenzhen T enda T echnology Co. , Ltd. All the products and product names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
1 1N Wireless Broadban d Router 3 Contents CHAPTER 1 INTROD UCTION .......................................... 1 1.1 P RODUCT F EA TURES .......................... 2 1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ......................... 4 1.3 LED I NDICA TOR AND P ORT D ESCRIPTION .
1 1N Wireless Broadban d Router 4 6.6 W IRELESS A CCESS C ONTROL ................. 37 6.7 C ONNECTION S TAT U S ....................... 38 CHAPTER 7 DH CP SERVER ............................................ 39 7.1 DHCP S ET TI NGS ....................
1 1N Wireless Broadban d Router 5 12.5 U PGRADE F IRMWARE ....................... 62 12.6 R EBOOT THE R OUTER ...................... 62 12.7 P ASSWORD C HANGE ....................... 63 12.8 S YSLOG ................................. 64 12.9 L OGOUT ..
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing T enda W311R/W311R+ 11N Wireless Broadband Router! W311R/W311R+ utili zes the latest IEEE802.11n standard with its wireless transmitting distance up to 6 times and transmitting rate 3 times than wireless G-products.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 2 1.1 Product Fe atures z Includes router , wirel ess access point, four-port switch and firewall in one z “Setup Wizard” enables you to connect Internet without entering administration interf ace z Complies with the latest IEEE802.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 3 z Supports remote W eb management and simpl e W eb upg rading method z Supports wireless Roaming technology for high-efficient wireless connection.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 4 1.2 Package Contents Please unpack the box and check the following it ems: ¾ One W311R/W311R+ Wireless Broadband Ro ut e r ¾ One Quic k Installa.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 5 ¾ SYS When turns green, blinking indi cates the system runs well. ¾ WPS When b linking, it in dicates the device is negotia ting with client in WPS mode. ¾ WLAN Wireless signal LED indicator . When turns green, blinking indicate s the wirele ss functio n is enable d.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 6 Back P anel Show: Rear Panel :( From L to R) ¾ POWER The jack is for power adapter connection. Please use the included 9V DC power adapter .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 7 Chapter 2 Product Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation After you unpack the box, please follow the steps below to connect. For better wireless performance, please put the device in the middle of wi reless cover age area.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 8 3. Please connect your broa dband lin e prov ided by your ISP to the W AN port. 4. Insert the included CD-ROM i nto the CD-ROM drive, double c lick the “Setu p” icon and fol low the instru ctions to complete the installation.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 9 2.2 Network Application Plan Usually wireless LAN Network is depl oyed in a planned environment where each access poi nt is located in a steady place with certain wireless coverage area for communicat ion servic e.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 10 Chapter 3 How to Login to the Router The chapter mainly presents how to enter the R outer ’ s W eb pa ge. After you have fi nished the hardware installation, the following steps wi ll assist you to set the network configurations for you computer .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 11 2. Right click “Local Area Network Connection” and select “Properties” . 3. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties” .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 12 4. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatical ly” . Click “OK” to save the configur ations. Or select “Use the following IP a ddress” and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway as follows: IP Address: 192.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 13 3.2 Login to the Router 1. T o access the Router’ s W eb-based interface, launch a web browser such as Internet Expl orer or Firefox and enter the Router’ s default IP address, http://192.168.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 14 2. Input the “admin” in both User Name and Password. Click “OK” . 3. If you enter the correct user name and passwor d, the screen will be the next one.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 15 Chapter 4 Quick Setup Guide This chapter deals with how to access the Internet quickly . Please foll ow this guide to connect your R outer to the Internet. 4.1 Setup Wizard Here is the “W elcome to Setup Wizard” for configuring your R outer quickly .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 16 ADSL Virtual Dial-up (Via PPPoE) Enter the Account and Password provided by your ISP , and click “Next” . For example: Dynamic IP (Via DHCP) If your connection mode is Dynam ic IP , it means your IP address keeps changing every time you connect.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 17 Static IP In this sc reen, fill t he network ad dress informa tion from your ISP in the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and Primary DNS server fields and click “Next” . For example: ISP provides the following TCP/IP parameters as follows: IP Address: 1 92.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 18 Click “Save” to complete the setup wizard. The Router will record the settings you made. T o activate the settings, it is recommended to select “Reboot the R outer ” from “System T ool” of the left menu.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 19 Chapter 5 Advanced Settings 5.1 LAN Settings LAN Settings are for the basic TCP/IP parameters of LAN ports. ¾ MAC Address: The R outer ’s physical MAC address as see n on your local netw ork, whic h is unchangeable.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 20 5.2 WAN Settings After you have selected the ISP connection type in “Setup Wizard” and you want to mo dify the related settings, here you can modify and configure the settings in detai ls. Virtual Dial-up (PPPoE) ¾ Connection Mode: Show your current connection mode.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 21 The default value is 1492. Do NOT modify it unless necessa ry . But if when some sp ecific websit e or web application software can not be open or enabled, have a try to change the MTU value as 1450, 1400, etc.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 22 Static IP If your connection mode, static IP is chosen, you can modify the following addressi ng information. ¾ IP Address: Here enter the W AN IP address provided by your ISP . ¾ Subnet Mask: Enter the W AN Subnet Mask here.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 23 5.3 MAC Address Clone This page is for the Router’ s MAC address to WAN. Some ISPs require end-user's MAC address to access their network. This feature copies the MAC address of your network device to the Router .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 24 5.4 DNS Settings DNS is short for Domain Name System (or Service), an Internet service that translate domain names into IP addresses which are provided by your Internet Service Provider . Please consul t your Internet Service Provider for details if you do not have them.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 25 Chapter 6 Wireless Settings 6.1 Basic Settings ¾ Enable Wireless: Check to enable the R outer ’ s wireless features; uncheck to disable it. Y ou can also press the WLAN/WPS button to turn on/off the wireless function.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 26 w i t h t h e d e v i c e i n 1 1 b m o d e a t t h e maximum speed of 11Mbps. 11g mode: Allow the 11g/11n-compliant client device to connect with the AP at the maximum speed of 54Mbps.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 27 ¾ Channel Bandwidth: Select the channel bandwidth to improve the wireless performance. When the network has 11b/g and 11n clients, you can select the 40M; when it is an 11n network, select 2 0/40M to impro ve its th roughput.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 28 ¾ Select SSID: Selec t the SSID (mai n SSID or mi nor SSID) to configure security setting from the drop-down menu. ¾ Security Mode: From the drop-down menu select the corresponding security encryption modes.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 29 6.2.2 WPA -Personal WP A (Wi-Fi Protect ed Access), a Wi-Fi standard, is a more recent wireless encryption scheme, designed to improve the security features of WEP .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 30 6.2.3 WPA2- P ersonal WP A2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2) provides higher security than WEP (Wireless Equivalent Priv acy) and WP A (Wi-Fi Protected Access). ¾ WPA Algorithms: Provides TKIP [T emporal K ey Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard].
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 31 6.3 Advanced Settings This section is to configure the advanced wireless setting of the Router , including the Radio Preamble, 802.11g/n Rate, Fragmentation Threshold, RTS Threshold, etc. ¾ BG protection Mode: Auto by default.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 32 threshold defines the maximum transmission packet size in bytes. The packet will be fragmented if the arrival is bigger than the threshold setting. The default size is 2346 bytes. It is recommended not to modify this value.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 33 6.4 WPS Settings WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setti ng) can be easy and quick to establish the connection between the wi reless network clients and the device through encrypted contents.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 34 one second (Press the button for about one second and WPS indicator will be bli nking for 2 minutes, which mean s the WPS is enabled. Dur ing the blinking time, you can enable another device to implement the WPS/PBC negoti ation between them.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 35 ¾ WPS Encrypt Type: The encryption type used by WPS, gener ally AES/TKIP . ¾ WPS key: The effective key generated by AP automatically .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 36 to establish the connection. Bridge: Y ou can wirelessly connect two or more wired networks via this mode. In this mode, you need to add the Wireless MAC address of the connecting device into the Router's AP MAC address table or select one from the scanning table.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 37 6.6 Wireless Access Control T o secure your wireless LAN, the wireless access control is actually based on the MAC address management to allow or block the specific clients to access the wirel ess network.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 38 6.7 Connection Status This page shows wireless client ’ s connection status, including MAC address, Channel bandwidth, etc. Select “Wireless Setting->connection status” to enter the following screen: ¾ MAC Address: Shows current MAC addresses of the hosts connecting to the Router .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 39 Chapter 7 DHCP Server 7.1 DHCP Settings DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is to assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 40 7.2 DHCP List and Binding The Stat ic IP ass ignment is to add a sp ecifically s tatic IP address to the assigned MAC address. Y ou can view the related information in the DHCP ser ver list. ¾ IP Address: Enter the IP address which needs to be bound.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 41 Chapter 8 Virtual Server 8.1 Port R ange Fo rwarding This section deals with the port range forwarding mainly .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 42 ¾ IP Address: Enter the IP address of the PC where you want to set the applications. ¾ Protocol: Select the protocol (TCP/UDP/Both) for the ap plicatio n. ¾ Delete/Enable: Click to c heck it for cor responding operation.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 43 8.2 DMZ Settings The DMZ function is to allow one computer in LAN to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service as Internet gaming or videoconferencin g. ¾ DMZ Host IP Address: The IP address of the computer you want to expose.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 44 software that supports UPnP . With the UPnP functi on, host in LAN can request the router to process some spec ial port sw itching s o as to en able host outside t o visit the resources in the internal host.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 45 Chapter 9 Traffic Control 9.1 T raffic Control T raffic control is used to limit communication speed in the LAN and WAN. Up to 20 entries can be supported with the capability for at most 254 PC s' speed control, including for IP address range configuration.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 46 as HT TP service. ¾ IP Starting Address: The first IP address for traffic control. ¾ IP Ending Address: The last IP address for traffic control. ¾ Uploading/Downloading: T o specify the traffic heading way for the selected IP addresses: upload ing or down loading.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 47 Chapter 10 Security Settings 10.1 Client Filter Settings T o benefit your further management to the computers in the LAN, you can control some ports access to Internet by data packet filter function.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 48 ¾ Filter Mode: Click one radio button to enable or disable to access the Internet. ¾ Policy Name: Enter a name for the access policy selected. ¾ IP Start/End: Enter the starting/ending IP address.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 49 10.2 URL Filter Settings In order to control the computer to have access to websites , you can us e URL filtering to allow th e computer to have access to certain websites at fixed time and forbids it having access to cer tain websites at fixed time.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 50 disable to access the Internet. ¾ Policy Name: Enter a name for the access policy selected. ¾ Start/End IP: Enter the starting/ending IP address. ¾ URL Strings: Specify the text strings or keywords needed to be filtered.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 51 10.3 MAC Address Filter In order to manage the computers in LAN better , you could control the computer ’ s access to I nternet by MAC Address Filter . ¾ MAC Address Filter: Check to enable MAC address filter .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 52 ¾ MAC Address: Enter the MAC address you want to run the access policy . ¾ Times: Select the time r ange of client filter . ¾ Date: Select the day(s) to run the access policy . ¾ Apply: Click to make the settings go in to effect.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 53 10.5 Remote W eb Ma nagement This se ction is to allow th e network a dministr ator to manage the Router remotely . If you want to access t he Router from outside the local network, please select the “Enable” .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 54 2. If your WAN IP address starts and ends with 0.0.0.0, it means all hosts i n WAN can implement remote W e b management. If you change the W AN IP address as 218.88.93. 33-218.88.93.35, then only the IP addresses as 218.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 55 Chapter 11 Routing Settings 11.1 Routing T able The main duty for a rou ter is to look for a best path for every data frame, and tr ansf er this data frame to a destin ation. So , it’ s essentia l for the rout er to choos e the best path, i.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 56 C h a p t e r 1 2 S y s t e m T o o l s 12.1 Time Settings This section is to select the time zone for your location. If you turn off the R outer , the settings for time disappear . However , the Router will automatically obtain the GMT time again once it has access to the Internet.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 57 12.2 DDNS The DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name S ystem) is supported in this Router . It is to assi gn a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP addres s, which is used to monitor hosting website, FTP server and so on behind the Router .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 58 menu and press “Sign up” for registration. ¾ User Name: Enter the user name the same as the registration name. ¾ Password: Enter the password you set. ¾ Domain Name: Enter th e domain name wh ich is optional.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 59 12.3 Backup/Restore Settings The device provides backup/restore settings, so you need set a directory to keep these parameters. ¾ Backup Setting: Click “Backup” button to back up the Router’ s settings and select the path for save.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 60 ¾ Restore Setting: Click “Browse” button to select the backup files. Click “Restore” button to re store previous setti ngs.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 61 12.4 Restore to F actory Default Setting This button is to reset all settings to the default values. It means the Router will lose all the settings you have set. So please Note down the related settings if necessary .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 62 12.5 Upgrade Firmw are The Router provides the firm ware upgr ade by clicking the “Upgrade” after browsing the firmware upgrade packet which you can download from www .tenda.cn . ¾ Browse: click this button to select the upgrade file.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 63 device. 12.7 Password Change This section is to set a new user name and password to better secure your router and network. ¾ User Name: Enter a new user name for the device. ¾ Old Password: Enter the old password.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 64 12.8 Syslog The section is to view the system log. Click the “R efresh” to update the log. Click “Clear” to clear all shown information. If the log is over 150 records, it will clear them automatically .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 65 12.9 Logout After you have finished the settings completely , in logout page click “Y es” to l ogout the web management page.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 66 Appendix 1 Glossary Channel: An instance of medium use for the purpose of pa ssing protocol data units (PDUs) that may be used simultane ously , .
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 67 private. Conversely , 104 and 128 bit are the same. WEP uses a common KEY to encode the data. Therefore, all devices on a wireless network must use the same key and same type of encryption. There are 2 methods for entering the KEY ; one i s to enter a 16-bit HEX digit.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 68 Appendix 2 Questions and Answers In this part some questions and problems shown during the Router’ s usage and installation will be given suggesting answers. If your problems are not in the li st, please log into our website www.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 69 then repeat the ping operation. If it still does not work, please contact us. 2.Forget the login password and can not enter t he setting page. What can I do? Press the “RESET” button for 7 seconds to restore the R outer to defaul t settings.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 70 5.How can I configure and access the Internet via Dynamic IP? In Setup Wizard of the W eb utility interface, select “Dynamic IP” connection type and click “Save” to activate it.
1 1 N W i r e l e s s B r o a d b a n d R o u t e r 71 80. Step 5: Input the internal server ’ s IP address. If your W eb server ’s IP address is 192.168.0.10, pl ease input it. Step 6: select the communication protocol used by your i n t e r n a l h o s t : T C P, U D P, I C M P.
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