User manual COMET LABS WRM54

Wireless 802.11g Router with ADSL Modem and 4-Port switch built-in User's Manual Version 1.01 ­ Dec. 2003 1 Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission. Trademarks All product, company, brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. They are used for identification purpose only. Specifications are subject to be changed without prior notice. FCC Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference. CE Declaration of Conformity This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022/A1 Class B, and EN 50082-1. This meets the essential protection requirements of the European Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relation to electromagnetic compatibility. The specification is subject to change without notice. 2 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction................................................................... 4 Functions and Features .............................................. 4 Packing List ............................................................ 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ....................................................... 7 2.1 Panel Layout ...................................................... 7 2.2 Procedure for Hardware Installation .......................... 8 Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation ............................ 10 3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer .........10 3.2 Install the Software into Your Computers ...................11 Chapter 4 Configuring ADSL Wireless Broadband Router .......................... 13 4.1 Start-up and Log in .............................................14 4.2 Status .............................................................15 4.3 Wizard.............................................................16 4.4 Basic Setting .....................................................17 4.5 Forwarding Rules ................................................29 4.6 Security Settings ................................................33 4.7 Advanced Settings...............................................50 4.8 Toolbox............................................................61 Chapter 5 Print Server .................................................................. 65 5.1 Configuring on Windows 95/98 Platforms ...................65 5.2 Configuring on Windows NT Platforms .......................67 5.3 Configuring on Windows 2000 and XP Platforms ...........68 5.4 Configuring on Unix-like based Platforms ...................72 5.5 Configuring on Apple PC........................................77 Appendix A TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98 ............................. 78 Appendix B Win 2000/XP IPSEC Setting guide ....................................... 83 Appendix C 802.1x Setting ........................................................... 119 Appendix D FAQ and Troubleshooting .............................................. 125 Console mode....................................................... 125 Reset to factory Default .......................................... 125 TFTP Mode .......................................................... 126 Contact us........................................................... 127 3 Chapter 1 IIntroductiion Chapter 1 ntroduct on Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding ADSL Wireless Broadband Router. This product is specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solution for Internet surfing, and is easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users. Instructions for installing and configuring this product can be found in this manual. Before you install and use this product, please read this manual carefully for fully exploiting the functions of this product. Functions and Features Router Basic functions Auto-sensing Ethernet Switch Equipped with a 4-port auto-sensing Ethernet switch. Printer sharing Embedded a print server to allow all of the networked computers to share one printer. Built-in USB (parallel) host to connect to USB (parallel) printer for printer sharing Wan type supported The router supports some wan types, Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) without NAT, Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) with NAT, IP over ATM (RFC 1483 Routed), Classical Ip over ATM (RFC 1577), PPP over ATM (RFC 2364), PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516). Firewall All unwanted packets from outside intruders are blocked to protect your Intranet. DHCP server supported All of the networked computers can retrieve TCP/IP settings automatically from this product. Web-based configuring Configurable through any networked computer's web browser using Netscape or Internet Explorer. Virtual Server supported Enables you to expose WWW, FTP and other services on your LAN to be accessible to Internet users. User-Definable Application Sensing Tunnel User can define the attributes to support the special applications requiring multiple connections, like Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and so on, then this product can sense the application type and open multi-port tunnel for it. DMZ Host supported Lets a networked computer be fully exposed to the Internet; this function is used when special application sensing tunnel feature is insufficient to allow an application to function 4 correctly. Statistics of WAN Supported Enables you to monitor inbound and outbound packets Wireless functions High speed for wireless LAN connection Up to 54Mbps data rate by incorporating Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). Roaming provides seamless roaming within the IEEE 802.11b(11M) and IEEE 802.11g(54M) WLAN infrastructure. IEEE 802.11b compatible (11M) Allowing inter-operation among multiple vendors. IEEE 802.11g compatible (54M) Allowing inter-operation among multiple vendors. Auto fallback 54M, 48M, 36M, 24M, 22M, 18M, 12M, 11M, 6M, 5.5M, 2M, 1Mbps data rate with auto fallback in 802.11g mode. 11M, 5.5M, 2M, 1M data rate with auto fallback in 802.11b mode. Security functions Packet filter supported Packet Filter allows you to control access to a network by analyzing the incoming and outgoing packets and letting them pass or halting them based on the IP address of the source and destination. Domain Filter Supported Let you prevent users under this device from accessing specific URLs. URL Blocking Supported URL Blocking can block hundreds of websites connection by simply a keyword. VPN Servers The router has three VPN servers, IPSEC (Dynamic VPN), PPTP, and L2TP. VPN Pass-through The router also supports VPN pass-through. 802.1X supported When the 802.1X function is enable, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service. 5 SPI Mode Supported When SPI Mode is enabled, the router will check every incoming packet to detect if this packet is valid. DoS Attack Detection Supported When this feature is enabled, the router will detect and log the DoS attack comes from the Internet. Advanced functions System time Supported Allow you to synchronize system time with network timeserver. E-mail Alert Supported The router can send its info by mail. Dynamic dns Supported At present,the router has 3 ddns.dyndns,TZO.com and dhs.org. SNMP Supported Because SNMP this function has many versions, anyway, the router supports V1 and V2c. Routing Table Supported Now, the router supports static routing and two kinds of dynamic routing RIP1 and RIP2. Schedule Rule supported Customers can control some functions, like virtual server and packet filters when to access or when to block. Other functions UPNP (Universal Plug and Play)Supported The router also supports this function. The applications: X-box, Msn Messenger. Packing List ADSL Wireless broadband router unit Installation CD-ROM Power adapter CAT-5 UTP Fast Ethernet cable 6 Chapter 2 Hardware IInstallllatiion Chapter 2 Hardware nsta at on 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1. Front Panel Figure 2-1 Front Panel LED: LED POWER Function Power indication System status Color Green Status On Description Power is being applied to this product. This product is functioning properly. The ADSL is linked. This router is trying to connect to your ISP The ADSL is sending or receiving data. Sending or receiving data via wireless An active station is connected On L1~L4 Link status Green Blinking Print Server Activity to the corresponding LAN port. The corresponding LAN port is sending or receiving data. Sending or receiving data to USB printer port SYS Green Blinking On SYNC ADSL Synchro Green Blinking TX/RX ADSL TX/RX Wireless activity Green Blinking WLAN Green Blinking Print Green Blinking 7 2.1.2. Rear Panel Figure 2-2 Rear Panel Ports: Port 5VDC ADSL Port 1-4 Description Power inlet: DC 5V, 1.5A (minimum) The port where you will connect your phone jack. The ports where you will connect networked computers and other devices. USB USB Ports for USB printer. 2.2 Procedure for Hardware Installation 1. Decide where to place your ADSL Wireless Broadband Router You can place your ADSL Wireless Broadband Router on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your ADSL Wireless Broadband Router in the center of your office (or your home) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven. This location must be close to power and network connection. 2. Setup LAN connection a. Wired LAN connection: connects an Ethernet cable from your computer's Ethernet port to one of the LAN ports of this product. b. Wireless LAN connection: locate this product at a proper position to gain the best transmit 8 performance. Figure 2-3 Setup of LAN and WAN connections for this product. 3. Setup ADSL connection Prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting this product to your cable/xDSL modem or Ethernet backbone. Figure 2-3 illustrates the WAN connection. 4. Connecting this product with your printer (optional) Use the printer cable to connect your printer to the printer port of this product. (Optional) 5. Power on Connecting the power cord to power inlet and turning the power switch on, this product will automatically enter the self-test phase. When it is in the self-test phase, the indicators M1 will be lighted ON for about 10 seconds, and then M1 will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the self-test operation has finished. Finally, the M1 will be continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation. 9 Chapter 3 Network Settiings and Software IInstallllatiion Chapter 3 Network Sett ngs and Software nsta at on To use this product correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform (Windows 95/98/NT/2000). 3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer The default IP address of this product is 192.168.0.254, and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. These addresses can be changed on your need, but the default values are used in this manual. If the TCP/IP environment of your computer has not yet been configured, you can refer to Appendix A to configure it. For example, 1. Configure IP as 192.168.0.1, subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and gateway as 192.168.0.254, or more easier, 2. Configure your computers to load TCP/IP setting automatically, that is, via DHCP server of this product. After installing the TCP/IP communication protocol, you can use the ping command to check if your computer has successfully connected to this product. The following example shows the ping procedure for Windows 95 platforms. First, execute the ping command Ping 192.168.0.254 If the following messages appear: Pinging 192.168.0.254 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.0.254: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64 A communication link between your computer and this product has been successfully established. Otherwise, if you get the following messages, Pinging 192.168.0.254 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. There must be something wrong in your installation procedure. You have to check the following items in sequence: 1. Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between this product and your computer? Tip: The LAN LED of this product and the link LED of network card on your computer must be lighted. 2. Is the TCP/IP environment of your computers properly configured? Tip: If the IP address of this product is 192.168.0.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192.168.0.X and default gateway must be 192.168.0.254. 10 3.2 Install the Software into Your Computers Skip this section if you do not want to use the print server function of this product. Notice: If you are using Windows 2000/XP, please refer to Chapter 5 Printer - 5.3 Configuring on Windows 2000 and XP Platforms. It is not necessary to setup any program and the print-server can work. Step 1: Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The following window will be shown automatically. If it isn't, please run "install.exe" on the CD-ROM. Step 2: Click on the INSTALL button. Wait until the following Welcome dialog to appear, and click on the Next button. 11 Step 3: Select the destination folder and click on the Next button. Then, the setup program will begin to install the programs into the destination folder. Step 4: When the following window is displayed, click on the Finish button. Select the item to restart the computer and then click the OK button to reboot your computer. Step 4: After rebooting your computer, the software installation procedure is finished. Now, you can configure the NAT Router (refer to Chapter 4) and setup the Print Server (refer to Chapter 5). 12 Chapter 4 Confiiguriing ADSL Wiirelless Broadband Router Chapter 4 Conf gur ng ADSL W re ess Broadband Router This product provides Web based configuration scheme, that is, configuring by your Web browser, such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms. 13 4.1 Start-up and Log in Activate your browser, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exceptions. Then, type this product's IP address in the Location (for Netscape) or Address (for IE) field and press ENTER. For example: http://192.168.0.254. After the connection is established, you will see the web user interface of this product. There are two appearances of web user interface: for general users and for system administrator. To log in as an administrator, enter the system password (the factory setting is "admin") in the System Password field and click on the Log in button. If the password is correct, the web appearance will be changed into administrator configure mode. As listed in its main menu, there are several options for system administration. 14 4.2 Status This option provides the function for observing this product's working status: A. WAN Port Status. If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP, there may appear a "Renew" or "Release" button on the Side note column. You can click this button to renew or release IP manually. B. Printer Status. The possible kinds of printer status include "Ready", "Not ready", "Printing...", and "Device error". When a job is printing, there may appear a "Kill Job" button on the Side note column. You can click this button to kill current printing job manually. C. Statistics of WAN: enables you to monitor inbound and outbound packets Notice: For the WRM54B, it can support both Annex B and U-R2 ADSL line coding schemes. The default setting is Annex B. If your ISP used U-R2 scheme, you have to change the line coding scheme to U-R2, and then reboot this product to successfully establish the connection with ISP 15 4.3 Wizard Setup Wizard will guide you through a basic configuration procedure step by step. Press "Next >" Setup Wizard - Select WAN Type: For detail settings, please refer to 4.4.1 primary setup. 16 4.4 Basic Setting 4.4.1 Primary Setup ­ WAN Type Press "Change" 17 This page is primary to enable this product to work properly. The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type before you start. 1. LAN IP Address: the local IP address of this device. The computers on your network must use the LAN IP address of your product as their Default Gateway. You can change it if necessary. 2. WAN Type: WAN connection type of your ISP. You can click Change button to choose a correct one from the following five options: A. Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) without NAT B. Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) with NAT C. IP over ATM (RFC 1483 Routed). D. Classical IP over ATM (RFC 1577). E. PPP over ATM (RFC 2364). F. PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516). 3. Data Encapsulation: Two data encapsulation type are supported: LLC and VC-MUX. Your ISP specifies it. Once you finished above settings, click on the "Advanced Setting" button to another page for further configurations. 18 4.4.1.1 Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) without NAT T his WAN type disable the NAT, this device becomes a pure bridge between your LAN and WAN, all the clients in your LAN must have legal IPs. If you enable the NAT feature, you have to set the following WAN IP settings. WAN IP Address, WAN Subnet Mask, WAN Gateway, and Primary/Secondary DNS Your ISP also specifies these settings. VPI/VCI Numbers: The channel settings provided by your ISP. Schedule Type: The setting of the ADSL traffic schedule type. This device supports UBR (Un-specified bit rate) and CBR (Constant bit rate). Once you finished the required configuration, you must click on the "Save" button to save the configuration into Flash memory, and the reboot this device. 19 4.4.1.2 Ethernet Over ATM (RFC 1483 Bridged) with NAT Dynamic IP Address: Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically. Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, for example, @Home. 1. Renew IP Forever: this feature enables this product to renew your IP address automatically when the lease time is expiring-- even when the system is idle. 20