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WL AN 1 1g Br oadb and Rou ter User Ma n ual.
2 Thi s pro d uct is in compl ianc e with the essentia l requirements and o ther relev ant provisions o f the R&T TE directiv e 1999/5/EC. Produc t N am e: X- Mic r o WLAN 11 g Broa dband Rout e r Mode l Nam e : XWL- 11GRI X MAX. OUT P OWER COUN TR Y CH A N NE LS I N D O OR OUT DO OR Spa in 2400- 24 83.
3 FCC INFORMA TION FC C Ra d iat io n Exp o su re S t at em ent This equ ipm e nt compli e s wi t h F CC radiation e xposure limit s s et forth for an uncont r o l led env i ron m e nt. This e quipm en t should be i nstalled and operated with mi n im u m distanc e 20cm between the radi a tor & y o ur bo dy .
4 Copy r ight Copyrig ht 20 04 b y X- Mi c ro Tec hn o log y C orp. , All rig h t s res er v ed. No part of this pu b licat io n m ay be repr oduce d, tr an s mit ted, tr ansc ribed, s tor ed in a re .
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6 1. OVE R VI EW 1. 1 Produc t F eature Com pliance w ith IEEE 802 .11g a nd 802.1 1b s tandards Hi g hly e ffic i e n t des ign m ec hani sm to prov ide unbe atab l e p erf ormanc e Strong net work s ecurity with W EP and 802.1X e ncrypt io n Achiev ing data rat e u p to 54Mbp s for 802.
7 2. In stall in g Y o u r Rou t er In this chapter , you’ll lear n how to connect your rout e r . 2.1 I n st allation I n st ruct ion s T o C o nn ect t he Ro ut er : 2.1.1 . Mak e s ure all eq uipm ents ar e t ur ned of f, inc lu d ing the ro uter, Des k t op or Lapt op PC s , the c able a n d D S L m odem, and s o o n.
8 3. P re p ar ing Y o ur N e t w ork In this c hapter, yo u’ ll l ea rn what to do befo r e conf i g uring your ne t wo r k . Befor e configur i ng your r outer, yo u need set up the comp uter s in your netw o r k f o r TCP/I P netw o r ki ng and collect r el evan t ISP info rm ation if necess ary.
9 FIGU R E 3- 1 : Local Ar ea C onne c t ion Stat us dialo g box 3.2. 3. Cli c k Properties. The Loca l Are a Conne c t io n P r opert ies dial og box a p p ear s , seen in FIGURE 3-2: FIGU RE 3-2 : Lo cal Ar ea Co nnecti on Propert ies dial og bo x .
10 FIGU RE 3- 3 : I n te r net Pr otocol ( TCP/IP) Propert ies dial og box 3.2. 5. Cli c k Obtain an IP address au tomatically and Ob tai n DNS ser ver address au tomatical ly . 3.2. 6. Cli c k OK. Y ou nee d res t a rt your c omputer no w or at a later time.
11 4. B a s ic Fu nc tio n s In thi s chapt e r , you w ill le a rn how to u se basi c fun cti o n s th a t t h e Com pany AP R out er prov i d es , inc luding Setup, G loba l Addr es s , W ireless T o ol s , Status, DHCP, Log and Printer.
12 4.1. 3. Type admi n in the U s er Na me b o x . 4.1.4. T ype the pas s w ord i n the box. 4.1. 5. Option al. To l og on t o the Admin istra t i on Too l once for all , selec t t h e check b o x of Save this pas sw ord in your p assword lis t. 4.1. 6.
13 4.2 Setup T h e Set up pag e a llows yo u to ed it t he bas i c c on f igu ratio n param et ers for your ro uter, suc h as Hos t Name , Domain Name , LAN IP Add r ess , WAN IP Address , PPPoE Login , UPNP , a n d so on . In mo s t cas es, the default s etti ngs will be Ok ay for you.
14 4.2. 1.2. Ty pe the Ho st Name, S ystem Name o r Account Name in the Host Na m e b o x if your IS P requires. 4.2. 1. 3. Type the Domain Name of y our I SP in the box if yo ur I SP req uir es, s uch as xy z .isp.com . 4.2.1.4. Optiona l. Revie w the f irmware v ers ion num ber and da te info rmation that y o u are currently using .
15 4.2. 1.11. Optional. If yo u s elect Specify an IP A ddress, type the W AN IP Address, Subnet Mask, I S P Gate wa y Address and DNS in th e box es, seen i n FIGURE 4-3. You can coll ect such inf o rmati on fr om your I SP. FI GUR E 4 - 3: WAN IP Address - Specify an I P Add r ess 4.
16 4.2 . 2. To Set PPP oE Log in Pa ramet ers: 4.2. 2.1. Cl i c k En a ble nex t to PPPo E L o gin. FI GUR E 4- 4: Set P PPoE L ogi n Par a met ers 4.2. 2. 2. Type t he Use r Name and Pa ssword pr ov ided by y our I SP. 4.2. 2.3. For connection types, y ou c an s elect either Co n nect on Dem an d or C onne c t Ma nu ally.
17 4.3 G lobal Address On th e G loba l Ad dres s pag e, you c an s et up NA T ( Net work Add res s Tran slat ion) to prov i de inter nal-to- exter nal IP addre ss ma ppings . Hav e y ou enabl ed DM Z on the DHCP p age ? Depending on whether DMZ is enabled, you may fo llow dif ferent proc e dural s teps.
18 4.3. 1. 2. Review the f i rs t l ine in t h e above fi g ure. I t show s the defa ult WAN I P ad dr ess whi ch is s pe ci fied on the Set up pag e .
19 4.3. 2. 2. Review the f i rs t l ine in t h e above fi g ure. I t show s the defa ult WAN I P ad dr ess whi ch is s pe ci fied on the Set up pag e .
20 4.4. Wireless Us ing W i r eles s , y ou c an c onfigu re y o ur router f or wire less acc ess. T here ar e t hree p arts on t he W ire less page: R ad io S et t i ng s : A ll o ws yo u t o c o nf .
21 FIGURE 4-7: Wireless – Radio Set ting s Pag e 4.4. 1. 2. Click Enable next t o W i r eless. 4.4.1.3. Optiona l. Revie w the f irmware v ers ion num ber and da te info rmation that y o u are currently using .
22 It is ca se -se nsi ti ve an d can not exc ee d 32 char act e rs. Channel Sel ect s one I EEE 802.1 1G cha nn el f or wir e le ss L A N t r an sm is s i o n s fr om th e drop-do wn list. Speci fi es th e b a n d w id th whi c h t h e wi rele s s radio o p er at es.
23 FIGUR E 4- 8: De fa ul t V a l ues for Radi o Setti n gs 4.4. 1. 6. Option al. If yo u h a ve en ab led Distributio n S ystem, type the physica l addresses of distributed client P Cs in a wi r eless networ k i n th e Peer AP MAC Address 1-8 b oxe s, s e en in FIGU RE 4- 9: FI GUR E 4- 9: P eer A P M AC Addresses for Distri b u tion Sys t em s 4.
24 FIGURE 4 - 10: Wireless – S e curity Se t ti ngs P age 4.4. 2.2. S elect o ne of Op en System , Sh ared Key and Both fro m the Aut h enti ca t ion Type drop- d o wn list.
25 4.4. 2. 3. Next to En h an ced Secur ity, select e ither E n able or Disabl e. If y ou c hoose to enable th e enh an ced s ecu r ity feature, go to Step 6. 4.4. 2. 4. Option al. If yo u h a ve en ab le d Enhanced Security, you can choose to hid e your SSID ( Ser v ice Se t I den tifi er) i n Beac on frame.
26 4.4. 3.3. If y o u want to generate W EP Keys automati c ally, do the following act ion: 4. 4. 3. 3.1 . Sel e ct Au tom ati c ne xt to W EP K ey Typ e . 4. 4. 3. 3.2 . Type a s t ri n g of any wor d s i n the Pass phras e box, and c l i c k Generate.
27 4.4. 3. 5. Se lect t h e defau l t encryption key fr om the Defau lt TX Key drop-d own li st, such as Key 1 . 4.4. 3.6. When you h av e completed editing all the settings, click Appl y, or cl ick Cancel t o u n do your ch ang e s. 4.4. 4. T o Set W ire le ss Acc e ss Contr o l: 4.
28 F IGURE 4-13: Wire less – Stat us P a g e 4.4. 5.2. To see t he wireless device s of w hich t he AP (Access Point) is aw are, clic k Display As sociation Tabl e . 4.4. 5. 3. Option al. You can click Refresh to se e the most current data . 4.4. 6.
29 4.5 Tool s On th e T ools pag e, you c an : Ch a n ge th e Admini strative P ass wor d for You r Ro u ter Res tore the Fac to ry Defa ult Conf igurat io n Res et Gatew ay Upg rade the F irmwar e 4. 5.1. To Chan ge th e A dmin ist rat ive Pas s wo rd fo r Yo ur Rou t er: 4.
30 4.5.1.2. Typ e the Ol d Pass wor d in the box. The def ault pas s word is 1234 . 4.5. 1. 3. T ype a Ne w Pa ss word in the box. 4.5. 1.4. Ty pe t he new p a ss w or d in th e Confir m Pa s s w or d box. 4.5. 2. T o Re sto re th e Fac tor y Defau lt Conf ig urat io n: 4.
31 T o bac kup the co n f igurat io n dat a, under t he D O S wi n do w, use t he fol l o win g co mm and: tftp –i ga tewa y_Ip_ad dre ss GET filename T o r est ore the conf igurat io n da ta, u nde.
32 FIGU RE 4- 15: FIGURE 4-15: Ch oose Fil e Dialog Box for U p gr ading Fi rm wa re 4.5. 5.3. Lo c ate the fir mware yo u have downloaded and cli ck Open . 4.5. 5.4. Th e Choose file dialog box clo se s. 4.5. 5. 5. Click Upgrade No w . The firm w are of the device w il l be upgra ded.
33 4.6 Stat u s On the Stat us pag e, you ca n v i e w the m ost curr e nt inform a tion abo ut y o ur Ro uter whic h will be c onti nuo us ly refr es hed per 10 sec onds , such as Host Na me , Domain , P PPoE Log in , LAN/WAN and DDNS Stat us .
34 FIGURE 4- 17: Stat us Pag e with PPPo E Logi n Disa bl ed Stat u s D etail: Par am et er De scr ip tio n Ho st Nam e Show s t h e nam e of the d evi ce.
35 Disc o nn ec ted . LAN S ho ws t h e cu r r en t I P A ddr es s an d Sub net Ma s k of the device, as seen by users in y our intern al networ k. WAN Shows the I P Address , Subnet M ask , De fault Ga t e way , and D NS of t he router, as seen b y e xt er na l u s er s on t h e I nt er ne t .
36 4.7 DH C P On th e DHCP pag e, y ou can s et yo u r NAT /Fi r ewa ll Gateway as a DHCP (Dynamic Hos t Con f i g ur at i o n Protoc ol ) s erver , an d DHCP ser vers w il l au to mat i ca lly assi gn IP add resse s to all t h e cl ien t P Cs i n y o ur net work.
37 FIGURE 4-18: DHCP P age 4.7. 1.4. Cl i c k En a ble nex t to DHCP Ser v er. 4.7. 1. 5. Type a I P Pool S t a rting Ad d ress to des ignate the first IP addres s that ca n be as signed to a PC i n your networ k. 4.7. 1. 6. Type a I P Pool Ending Address to d esignate the las t I P addres s that ca n be as signed to a PC i n your networ k.
38 4.8 Log On the Log pag e, y o u c an s e t up Acc ess Log and view log files th a t rec ord the ac c ess ac tivity of LA N a nd W AN client PCs , incl udi ng Sess ion Event Log , Bloc k Event Log , Intr usion Ev e nt Log and Wireles s Ev ent Lo g .
39 The Sessio n Event Log Table appea r s, inc ludin g ea ch sessi on event entry infor mation like Record Nam e , Transp ort type , So urce IP a nd so on, s een in F I GURE 4-21: FIGU R E 4- 21: Sessio n Ev e nt Log Ta ble 4.8. 2. 2. Optio nal. Clic k Ref r esh to obtain the most curr ent data.
40 4.8.4.1. Cli ck I ntrusion E ven t Log o n the Log pa ge. The Intrusion Event Log Table appears, inc l udi ng each i nt r us io n e ven t en tr y’ s Recor d Name and I n t r usi on Ty p e , see n in FI GUR E 4-23: FIGU R E 4-23: I nt rusion E vent Log Ta b l e 4.
41 4.9 Stat ist i cs On the Stat istics page, you c an vie w the s tat is tics in form atio n of LAN, WAN an d A P ( A cces s Po i n t) Radi o po r ts, in c l u din g St atus , Max .Mb/s , IP Add r an d MAC A ddr , Rec eiv e dat a an d Trans m it data .
42 4.9. 1. 3. AP Rad io: L is t s out the data o n the Access Poin t’ s rad io. No te : Y ou c a n al so c l ic k R e f r es h in an y p ar t ab o v e t o ob t ai n th e m os t cu r r e n t dat a .
43 5. Adva nce d Fun c tion In this chapt er, you w il l learn how to use the a dvance d admini str ati ve fu nctions th at th e Comp a ny AP Router pr ovides, includi ng Vir tual Se rve r, Fi lte r s, IP/URL Block, Spe cial Apps, DM Z Host, MAC Cl o ne, Dynamic DNS, P r ox y DNS and SNM P.
44 5.2 Virtual Ser vers I n s o m e s it ua t i o ns , yo u m ig ht w a nt us e r s on t h e I nt e r n et t o b e a b le to ac cess ser ver s on y our LA N , su ch as an F TP S e rver, Te l net Serv er o r W eb Se r ve r. Such rem ote s erv ices ar e accomp l i she d b y cr eati n g Vi rtual Ser ver .
45 FIGURE 5-3: V irtual Serv er s Pag e 5.2. 1. 2. If you h a ve enabled D MZ a n d y our Gatew ay is n ot con figured to retrieve an IP address automatically, sel ect e ither of the f ollo wing o ptions f rom t he Cho os e I nterf ace dr op- dow n lis t: (1) Exte rnal – Interna l : To set up V irtual Se r ve r in you r LAN network.
46 . 5.2. 1.5. Se le c t one o f TC P , UDP an d Bot h f r om the Prot o col dr op -d own li s t . 5.2. 1.6. Ty p e a l oc al IP add ress of th e se rv e r PC o n the LAN in the Pr ivate I P Addres s b ox. 5.2. 1.7. When you h av e completed editing all the settings, click Appl y, or cl ick Cancel t o u n do your ch ang e s.
47 5.3 Fi lters On the F ilters pag e, y o u c an set up f ilters that c a n selec tively a llo w traff i c to pass in a nd o ut o f y o ur net work . Th e Com pa ny AP Ro uter com es with 9 fac tor y def a ult filte rs f or you.
48 FI GURE 5-5: F ilters Pag e 5.3. 1. 2. Select an option from the Filtering Pa ge dro p -down li st : 1~12 , 13~24 , 25~36 . 5.3. 1. 3. If you select Por t Fi lter ing from the Filtering La yer drop-do wn list, do the f ollowi ng act ion: 5.3.1 .3.1 .
49 5.3. 1. 5. Option al. Selec t Enable o r Disable f or th e following additi onal fi lt e rin g op t ions : Par am et er De scr ip tio n NAT A l l ows yo u to s et up NA T (N et wo r k A ccess Tra nslati on). Fi rew all A llows you to protect y our net wor k w ith a fi rewall .
50 5.3. 2. To De let e Filt ers: Yo u ca n dele te any exi st in g Po rt Fil te rin g or Raw IP fil er , bu t ma k e sure t hat yo u a re de let ing an unw a nted on e, oth erwis e delet i ng t h e filters a ss o c i at ed w ith V irtual Serv ers or Special Ap p li ca ti ons may ca use to s ervic e s to c ollaps e do wn.
51 5.4 IP/URL Block On the IP/ URL Bloc k page, you can creat e fi lters that c an se lec tive ly bloc k us ers fr om sp ecific IP ad dres s e s and dom ain nam es to pas s in and out of yo ur net work.
52 5.4. 1. 3. In Line 1 – Line 6 , typ e the same I P ad dr ess es i n bo th IP Block Startin g Address and I P Bloc k E ndi ng Addre ss boxes respec t ivel y. 5.4. 1.4. Optio nal. You ca n click Clear All to conveni e ntly de lete all the exi sting IP addresses and then do S tep 2.
53 FIGURE 5-7: URL Blo ck P age 5.4. 3.3. In Line 1 – Line 3 6, typ e the URL s you w ant to bl ock. 5.4. 3.4. Optio nal. You ca n click Clear All to conveni e ntly de lete all the exi sting URL s and the n do S t ep 2 .
54 5.5 Special Apps On the Spec ial Ap ps pag e, y o u c an aut hor ize cer ta in ports to comm un ic ate with PC s outside yo ur net work . It m ay be neces s ary fo r mul ti- se s s i on appli cati on s, su ch as onl in e gam es an d voi ce con fer enci ng.
55 FIGU R E 5- 8: Popu lar A p pli c at ions List 5.5. 1.2. Se lect an opt io n fr om the Pop ul ar Ap plica tions dr op-do wn li st, in c lu ding AIM , Diabl o II ( 1), Di ablo II (2 ), St arCra ft, Sta rCraft III, ICU II, FT P, CUs eeMe, MSN Mes s enger and Re a l Player.
56 FIGURE 5-9: Special Apps Page 5.5. 2. 3. Select a l in e correspon ding to a sp ec ific ID. Enter t he f o ll owing c onfigura tio n info r mat ion: Par am et er De scr ip tio n P rotocol Speci fi es th e c o mm u n i c a ti on prot o c ol u s ed b y th e ap p l i c at i o n.
57 on U D P when Sessio n C h aining is enable d. Speci fi es whet her th e session c hain ing is allowe d on UDP . Address Replace ment A llow s yo u to sel ec t Ena b le or Dis abl e on l y when Ch ainin g on UDP is ena bl ed. Speci fi es whet her bin ary a d dres s replacem ent s h ould be perf orm ed.
58 5.6 DMZ Host On the D MZ Hos t pag e, you ca n expose one or m o re cl ie n t P C s in y o ur net work to the Inter net. It i s often used f or onl i n e g am es t h at req ui re uns t ricted t wo-wa y com m unic at io ns.
59 5.6. 1.4. When you h av e completed editing all the settings, click Appl y, or cl ick Cancel t o u n do your ch ang e s. 5.6. 2. To De let e DMZ Hos ts: 5.6. 2. 1. On the DMZ Host pag e, for a ny DM Z hos t you want t o delet e, sel e c t 0.0.0.0 from the Publi c I P Address drop-dow n lis t.
60 5.7 M A C Clone If your IS P rest ri cts ser vice s a t a PC l evel , u sin g M AC Cl one, you ca n c opy a PC MA C ( Med ia Ac c ess C ontrol) addre ss to the r o uter.
61 5.8 D y namic DNS On th e Dyn amic DNS p age, y ou can tie up y o ur domai n n ame to a dynam ic DNS pr ov ider. T h es e prov iders allow you to ass ociate a st atic host nam e w ith a d ynamic IP.
62 5.8. 1.7. When you h av e completed editing all the settings, click Apply, or cli ck Cance l t o undo you r chan ges. 5.8. 2. To Di sab le a Dyn ami c DN S Serv er : 5.8. 2. 1. On the Dynamic DNS p age, select D isa b le next to Dyna mic DNS . 5.8.
63 5.9 Prox y D N S On th e Pr oxy DNS page , you c a n m ap a dom ain n ame to a s erv er IP addres s. Acting as a DN S se r v e r for inter nal a nd D MZ network s, i t allo w s you t o c onnec t to loc al m ac hines i n y our net work witho ut u s i n g an ex t ern al DNS ser v e r .
64 5.9. 1. 4. Type the I P address for the PC in t h e Virtual IP A d dre ss box. 5.9. 1. 5. Option al. If you w ant to delete all the existing Pr oxy DNS ser ve rs f irst, click Clear All and do S t ep 3 an d Step 4 . 5.9. 1.6. When you h av e completed editing all the settings, click Appl y, or cl ick Cancel t o u n do your ch ang e s.
65 5.10 SNMP Th e Simp l e N et w or k M an agemen t Pr o t ocol (SNMP ) i s a n appli cati on layer pro toc ol t hat fac i lities the e xc hang e of m anag em ent inform at ion bet wee n n etwork d evices .
66 5.10 . 1. To Co nfig ur e Ag ent Inf or mati on , S NM P Trap H ost IP Ad dr es ses and C ommu ni t y Nam es on Yo ur Rout er: 5.10. 1. 1. On the A dvanced na vi g ation bar, c lick SNMP.
67 5.10. 1. 2. To send S NMP trap messag es to a ny NMS, type up to 6 trap r eceiver IP addresses in the SNMP Trap Host I P Addr ess 1 – SNMP Trap Ho s t IP Add ress 6 boxes. 5.10. 1.3. T o secur e SNMP with communi t y names, do the fo ll ow i ng a c t io n: 5.
5.1 1 S tat i c Routing The Static Rou t in g is used to c on f i g u re s tati c routes to rem ote networks manually, where the ro ute is predef in ed a nd i s not supervised b y the Routing Information Protoc ol (RIP). It c an expli c itly reduce the network traffic and speed t he Internet co nn ec ts for a sm all network.
5.11.1. To Add a New Stati c Rou t e: 5.11.1.1. On the Adva n ced navi g at ion bar, click Rout ing. The St at i c Rout ing pa ge a ppe a rs, see n in FI GURE 5- 15: FI GUR E 5- 15: St atic Rout in g Pa ge 5.
5.11.1.3. Click < < Add. The new st atic rout e ap pea rs i n the sta ti c rout ing li st . 5.11.2. To Delete a Static Rou t e: 5.11.2.1. On the Stat ic Rou t ing page, f or any st atic route t hat you want t o delete, revie w t he relevant inform at ion, seen in FI GURE 5 – 15.
6. Gloss ary I EEE 802.11 Standard The IEEE 802.1 1 Wireless LA N standards s ub co mm i t t ee, w hi ch is formulati ng a s tanda rd for the i ndu stry. A ccess p oi nt An Inte r ne t wo rkin g de vi c e th at s e amle ss ly c onn ec ts w ired a nd wire le ss n etw o rks toge the r.
I EEE I nst itute of Elec tri cal and Elec tr onics Eng i neers I nfr astru ctu re An i nt egr ate d wi rel es s a n d wi red L A N i s ca l l ed an i nfr a st r u ct ure c o n f i gur at i on.
the Advanc ed Resea rch P rojects Agenc y (AR PA) . TCP go verns ho w a packe t is se qu enced fo r tran sm is si on the ne twork . The te rm “TC P/I P” i s o ften used generica lly to r efe r to th e en ti re sui t e of r e lat e d prot oc o ls .
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