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1 1N Wirele ss Broadban d Router U ser Guide.
1 1N Wirele ss Broadban d Router U ser Guide Copyright St atement is the regis tered tradema rk of She nzhen T enda T echnology C o., Ltd . All the products and product names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registere d trademarks of th eir respectiv e holders.
1 1N Wirele ss Broadban d Router U ser Guide Contents CHAPTER 1 PRO DUCT I NTRODUCTION ....................................... 1 1.1 Pa ckage Contents.............................................. 1 1.2 LED Indicators an d P ort Description ..........
1 1N Wirele ss Broadban d Router U ser Guide 5.4 Connection Status ........................................... 36 CHAPTER 6 DHCP SER VER .............................................................. 37 6.1 DHCP Se rver ...............................
1 1N Wirele ss Broadban d Router U ser Guide APPENDIX 4 CLEAR WIRELESS CONFIGURA TION .................. 61 APPENDIX 5 REG ULA TOR Y INFORMA TION......
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 1 Product Introduction Thank you fo r purchasi ng the T enda Wireless N Broadban d Router! This easy-to- use router provides simpl e configura tion interfa ce which enab les you to configure it with ease.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide LED indicator desc ription on the front panel Back p anel port sho w 2.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Back panel port description 3.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 2 Product Inst allation 1. Please use only the included power adap ter to pow er your router . ( NOTE : Use of an unmatched pow er adapter c ould cause d amage to this p roduct). 2. Please conne ct the route r’s LAN port to your c omputer w ith an Ethern et cable as shown below .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 4. Insert the in cluded sof tware CD into the CD drive of your com puter . After the sof tware automatically initiates, double clic k the “Set up” icon a nd follow th e instru ctions to complete the i nstalla tion.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 3 How to configure to access the Internet 3.1 How to Set the Network Configuratio ns Network Conf igurations under window s XP 1. Right click “ My Network Plac es ” on your computer de sktop and selec t “ Properties ”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 3. Select “ Internet Protocol (T CP/IP) ” and cl ick “ Properties ”. 4. Select “ Use the following IP address ” and enter the IP addres s, Subnet ma sk, Default gatew ay as follows: ¾ IP A ddress: 192.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Network Configurations under w indows 7 1. Click the ne twork icon on the l ower right corn er of your comput er desktop, and then click” Open Network and Sharing Center ”. 2. Click “ Change adapter se ttings ” on the lef t side of the window .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 4. Double click” Internet Protocol V ersion 4 (TCP/IPv4) ". 5. Select “ Use the following IP address ” and enter the IP addres s, Subnet ma sk, Defa.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ IP A ddress: 192.168.0 .XXX: (XXX is a n umber from 2~254) ¾ Subnet Mask: 255.2 55.255.0 ¾ Gateway: 192.168.0 .1 ¾ DNS server: Y ou should i nput the D NS serv er address pr ovided by your ISP . Otherwise, y ou can enter 192.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 3. If your Brow ser language is Engli sh or bey ond the 9 languages (A rabic, Fr ench, German, It alian, Polis h, Portugues e, Russian, S pani sh, T urkish), the router’s web language will be Engli sh.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide If you select DHCP , you on ly need to enter the wireless password an d click “Ok” to complete the s ettings. The default acc ess method i s ADSL dial-up and the access account an d access p assword are the same as the AD SL dial-up account and p assword, which you c an inquire your broadban d ISP .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide NOTE : The wir eless password can only be 8 characte rs in length and the default is 12345678, y ou can modify it when nec essary .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 4 Ad vanced Settings 4.1 System St atu s System st atus screen allows y ou to view the router’s W AN port status and sy stem status. ¾ Connection statu s: It displays the router’s W AN connecti on status.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide displays the number of clients whose IP addresses obtained via DHCP server) ¾ Software version It displays the Route r’s software v ersion ： ； ¾ Hardware v ersio n It display s the Router’s hardw are version.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide time (Max Idle T ime). Zero mea ns you are co nnected t o the Interne t all times. Otherwise, e nter the minut es to be elap sed before you are di sconnecte d from the Internet. ¾ Connect Manually: Connect to the Intern et by users manually .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Dynamic IP (V ia DHCP) If your connect ion mode is Dy namic IP , it means every time you access the Internet, y ou will get a d ifferent IP . Y ou don’t need to en ter any parameter s in this mo de, just Clic k “ Ok ” to finish the settings.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide if you are not clear . ¾ Subnet mask: Please enter the subnet mas k provided by y our ISP ,generally its 255.255.255. 0 ¾ Gateway: Please enter the gateway provided by your ISP , inquire y our local ISP if you are not c lear .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 4.3 LAN Settings Click “Adv anced setting s” –LAN set tings to ente r the follow ing screen. ¾ LAN MA C address: The Router’s LAN MA C address, w hich is unchang eable. ¾ IP add ress: The R outer’s LAN IP address (n ot your PC ’s IP address) .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Restore Def ault MA C: Restores route r ’s WAN MA C to default setting s. 4.5 DNS Settings DNS stands for Domain Name System (or Service). ¾ DNS setting: Select to enable th e DNS server . ¾ Primary D NS address: Enter the necessary address prov ided by your ISP .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 21 ¾ Wired WA N: In this mode, the cab le is directly connected to the W AN port. Wired WAN is the default mode. ¾ Wirele ss WA N : Enable this mode if your ISP provides you wi reless connect ion service or y ou want to us e it to ampl ify wireless signals.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Enable Bandwidth Control: T o enable or disable the internal IP bandwidth control. The default i s disabled. ¾ IP A ddress: The IP address range of t he host s whose traffi c has been controlled. It can be a sin gle IP address or I P address range.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 1. Enter 192. 168.0.100 in the IP address fi eld 2. Select upl oad in the Up load/Download field. 3. Enter 10-1 5 in the ba ndwid th range fiel d 4. Select “Enable” 5. Click “Add to list” 6. Click “Ok” to fi nish the u pload rule se ttings.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Example 2 Set the dow nload rate of all computers w ithin the ran ge of 192.16 8.0.2--192. 168.0.254 a s 100-120KBy te/s, and the upload rat e as 20-30KB yte/s, as s hown in the picture bel ow . The setting metho d is the sam e as Example 1.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Enable T raffic s t atistics : It i s used to calc ulate the tr affic u sed by the L AN computers. Y ou can enable it to calculate the traf fic for y ou. Usually , disable it t o improve the r outer’s dat a packet proces sing abilit y , and the defau lt is disabl ed.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ AUTO : Use this default v alue unless y ou are connecting an ex cessively long cable, which may deg rade driv e capability , to your router’s W AN port.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 5 WLAN Settings 5.1 Wireless Basic Settings ¾ Enable wi reless func tion: Select to enabl e the Route r ’s w ireless feat ures; desele ct to disable it and all func tions related with w ireless are disabl ed.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 28 wireless dev ices. The def ault is enable d. If you di sable it, the w ireless devices must know the SSID for communi cation. ¾ AP Isolation: By default thi s option is disabled , and you ar e recommen ded to keep i t unchanged.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ AP MAC add ress: Input t he MAC addres s of another (opposing) w ireless rout er you want to conn ect. Example : T his exampl e is to bridge two W368R routers. 1. If you know the connectin g router’s MAC addres s, please ente r it into the AP MAC address field and click “O k”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 2. Y ou can also search for the wirel ess router’s signal by scanning. a) Click “Ope n scan” an d click the scanned sign al and click t he ”Ok” but ton on the dial og box and th e correspond ing wireless MAC address w ill be added t o the AP MAC address field automatic ally .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide After fi nishing t he above step s, you need to set the other W368R rou ter in the s ame way . NOTE : WDS feature requir es both router s support this functi on and the SSID, channel, encryption method a nd password are the same as thos e of the connecting rout er .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ WPS settings : T o enable or disable WPS function. The default is “ Enable”. ¾ WPS mode: Provide two w ays: PBC (Push-B utton Configur ation) and P IN code. ¾ PBC: Select the PBC and click Ok, or press and hold the WPS butto n on the back panel of the dev ice for about one second.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Security Mode: Select a p roper security mode from th e drop-dow n menu. ¾ WP A Algorithms: Provides TKIP [T empora l Key Integrity Pro tocol] or AES [Advanced E ncryption S tan dard]. ¾ Key: Enter the pass phra se that consist s of 8-63 AS CII characters.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ WP A Algorithms: Provides TKIP [T emporal Key Integr ity Protocol], AES [Advanced Encryptio n S tandard ] and TKIP&AES.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Security Mode: Select t he correspo nding secu rity mode from t he drop-dow n menu. Open and Sh ared are 2 m odes of WEP encryption. ¾ WEP Key1~4: Set the WEP key w ith the format of AS CII and Hex . Y ou can enter ASCII code (5 or 13 ASC II charact ers.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ MAC address filter: “ Permit ” indicates to allow th e clients in th e list to acce ss the wireless netw ork, “ Forbid ” indicates to prevent th e client s in the list fr om accessi ng the wireless network.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 6 DHCP Server 6.1 DHCP Server DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is us ed to assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private n etwork.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Host name: It di splays the name of the computer whose IP is allocated by the DHCP server . ¾ IP add ress: Enter the IP address w hich needs st atic binding. ¾ MAC address: Enter the MAC addres s of the compu ter you want to bind.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 7 Virtual Server 7.1 Port Range For warding ¾ St art/End port: Enter the start/en d port number w hich ranges the External port s used to set t he server or I n ternet a pplications. ¾ LA N IP : E nter the IP address of the PC which y ou want to set as the se rver .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide access the serv er through the defaul t port 21 and adopt s TCP protocol. Please foll ow the step s below to configur e.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 7.2 DMZ Settings The DMZ Setti ngs screen allows one lo cal computer t o be exposed to the Int ernet for us e of a special-pur pose serv ice such as Inte rnet gaming or videoconf erencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at th e same time to on e PC.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Enable UPnP: Click the c heckbox to ena ble the UPnP . NOTE : This function goe s into effect under Windows XP or Windows ME (NOTE: the s y stem should integrate or have installed the Directx 9.0) or t his function w ould go into effect if you have installed sof tware that supports UPnP .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 8 Security Settings 8.1 Client Filter Settings Y ou can enable client fil ter to cont rol LAN com puters’ access to som e ports of the Int ernet 。 ¾ Filter Mode: Y ou can select either “Permit only” or “F orbid only ”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Example 2 Permit LAN comput er with the IP address of 192. 168.0.145 to acc ess websites duri ng 8:00 to 18:00 from S unday to Satu rday . 8.2 MAC A dd ress Filter Y ou can limit the computer’s access to Internet by MAC A ddress Filter .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Filter mode: Y ou can select either “Permit only” or “F orbid only ”. ¾ Access Policy : Select one number from the dro p-down list. ¾ Remark: A simple description of t he configur ed file. Y ou can also le ave it blank.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 8.3 URL Filter Settings Y ou can use URL filtering to forbid their access to cer tain web sites at a specified tim e. ¾ Filter Mode: Y ou can selec t either “Di sable” or “ Forbid only”. ¾ Access Policy : Select one number from the drop-down list.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Example1 Forbid all computers on LAN to access b aidu.com during 8:00 to 18:00 fro m Monday to Frid ay . NOTE : Enter only one domain name for each access p olicy for o ne access po licy can o nly filter one domain name .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ IP A ddress: S pecify the range of the IP addresses of the comput ers on the Intern et for remote management. NOTE: 1. If you want t o log in the device’s W e b-based Utilit y via port 8080, you need to use the format of W AN IP address: port (for ex ample http ： //220.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 9 Routing Settings 9.1 Routing T able This page sh ows the router’s core routin g table. The main duty for a router is to look for a best p ath for ev ery data p acket, and tr ansfer this data p acket to a destination statio n.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide NOTE: 1. The gate way must be at the same net segment with the rout er ’ s L A N IP . 2. If the destination IP address is one host’ address, then the subne t mask must be 255.255.255. 255. 3. If the destination IP address is an IP segment, then it must matc h with the subnet mask.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 10 System T ools 10.1 Time Settings This section is t o configure th e router’s system time. Y ou can set it manually or obta in the GMT time from the Internet. ¾ Time zone: Select the time zone w here you are operatin g the Router f rom the drop-down li st.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Main features: 1. Mostly , your ISP provides a dynamic IP address and the DDNS is used to capture the change able IP address and ma tch to the fixe d domain. Then use rs can have access to th e Internet to communicat e with others outside the network.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Backup Sett ing: Click the Backup butto n to back up the Rout er ’s settings and se lect a path to save them. Click the “ Save” button to save the configuration file s. ¾ Restore Set ting: Click the “ Browse” button to select the back up files.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Click the “ Restor e” button to restore pr evious set tings. 10.4 Restore to Facto ry Default This screen allows you to re store all settings t o the factory default values. ¾ Restore: Click this button to restor e to default settings.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Browse: Click this button to select t he upgrad e file. ¾ Upgrade: Click this button to st art the upgrading process. Af ter the upgrade is completed, the router will re boot automati cally . 10.6 Reboot the Router Reboot the route r to make the confi guration ef fective.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Old password: Enter the old p assword. ¾ New password: Enter a new p assword. ¾ Confirm new p assword: Re-enter to confirm the new p assword. NOTE: The default p assword displa ys as null, us ers can log on the web-based utility without any authentication.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 57 Appendix 1 Glossary Channel: An insta nce of medium use for t he purpose of pa ssing proto col dat a units (PDUs) that may be used simult aneously , in the .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 58 Appendix 2 Product Features Supports IEEE 802.1 1n, IEEE 802.1 1g, I EEE 802.1 1b, IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3u standard s. High gain omni-directio nal antenna, with str ong signals an d long transmissio n distance.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 59 Appendix 3 F AQ This section provides some soluti ons to the problems w hich may occur during t he router’s install ation or us age. The instructions below may help y ou deal w ith the probl ems. If your problem is not in the list, plea se log into our w ebsite www .
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 60 5.How to shar e my co mputer’s r esource with other user s in Intern et ？ If you want Inte rnet users to ac cess the intern al server v ia the router suc h as: e-mail serv er, Web, F TP . Y ou can configur e the “ Virt ua l Se r ver ”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Appendix 4 Clear Wireless Configuration Clear Wireless configur at ion file under wi ndows XP 1. Right click “ My N etwork Pl aces ” on your com puter deskt op and select “ Properties ”. 2. Right cli ck “Wirele ss Network C onnections” and sel ect “Properties”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Clear Wireless configur ation file under w indows 7 1. Right click “Netw ork” and click “Pro perties”. 2. Click “Manage w ireless ne tworks” on t he left si de of the window . 3. Delete the co rrespondin g configured file in the “Manage wirele ss networks”.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 63 Appendix 5 Regulatory Information EU Declaration or Declaration of Conf ormity Hereby , SHENZHEN TENDA TECHNOLOGY CO.,L TD, declares that this Wirele ss Broadband Rou ter is in com pliance w ith the essent ial requirement s and other relev ant provisions of Directive 19 99/5/EC.
11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide 64 undesired oper ation of the dev ice. Caution! The manufactu rer is not r esponsible f or any radi o or TV inte rference caused by unauthorized m odifications to this equipm ent. Such modi fications coul d void the us er authority to o perate the equipment.
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