SMCWBR14-GM Wireless Broadband Router with MIMO Technology User's Manual 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 products, 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. Note. The content of user manual will be revised without notice. 2 Table of Contents Introduction Features System Requirements Package List Hardware Ports and Buttons LED Indicators Getting Started Configuring Wireless Broadband Router System Settings WAN Settings LAN Settings Wireless Settings NAT Firewall Dynamic DNS Services UPnP System Tools 3 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding 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. The SMCWBR14-GM is an ultra slim design and compact size of Wireless Broadband Router. It is an ideal device for home and office users who need to efficiently and easily surf Internet anytime in home or office. Additionally, Wireless Broadband Router and fully compliant IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g, MIMO WLAN device functions let you connect to Local Area Network or Internet easily. The SMCWBR14-GM offers WLAN mobility for home user and business people to maintain continuous network connectivity. Home users can stay connected to the network anywhere through a building without being limited by LAN cables via SMCWBR14-GM's AP functionality. This device also has the additional advantage of providing high performance throughput and large coverage range in wireless network. The SMCWBR14-GM supports the UPnP NAT traversal and users can use any UPNP software easily without NAT unfriendly problem. Besides it also supports NetBIOS over TCP to let computers share files in LAN. Features Router Basic functions Auto-sensing Ethernet Switch Equipped with a 4-port auto-sensing Ethernet switch. WAN type supported The router supports some WAN types, Static, Dynamic, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, Dynamic IP with Road Runner. 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 4 Enable 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 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, 18M, 12M, 6M 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. 5 VPN Pass-through The router also supports VPN pass-through. 802.1X supported When the 802.1X function is enabled, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service. Support WPA-PSK and WPA When the WPA function is enabled, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service 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 time server. 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. Other functions UPNP (Universal Plug and Play)Supported The router also supports this function. The applications: X-box, Msn Messenger. System Requirements To start to use the SMCWBR14-GM, your system must have the following minimum requirements: Windows 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 / XP. An Ethernet (10BaseT or 10/100 BaseT) adapter for wired client. At least one WLAN client adapter of 802.11g(54Mbps) or 802.11b(11Mbps) for wireless 6 connection. TCP/IP and NetBIOS network protocol installed. Internet Browser installed. The SMCWBR14-GM requires an external 12V, 1A power supply which is included in the SMCWBR14-GM package. For safe operation, please use only the power adapter provided by SMCWBR14-GM. Package List Wireless broadband router Installation CD-ROM Power adapter CAT-5 UTP Fast Ethernet cable Hardware Ports and Buttons Rear Panel Figure 1-1 Rear Panel Ports: Port PWR Description Power inlet 7 WAN the port where you will connect your cable (or DSL) modem or Ethernet router. Port 1-4 the ports where you will connect networked computers and other devices. LED Indicators Front Panel Figure 1-2 Front Panel LED: LED Power Function Power indication Color Green Status On Description Power is being applied to this product. Status System status Green Blinking Status is flashed once per second to indicate system is alive. WAN WAN port activity Green On The WAN port is linked. Blinking WLAN Wireless activity 8 Green Blinking The WAN port is sending or receiving data. Sending or receiving data via wireless Link. 1~4 Speed 10/100 Link status Green On An active station is connected to the corresponding LAN port. Blinking Data Rate Green On The corresponding LAN port is sending or receiving data. Data is transmitting in 100Mbps on the corresponding LAN port. Reset To reset system settings to factory defaults Getting Started Procedure for Hardware Installation Decide where to place your Wireless Broadband Router You can place your Wireless Broadband Router on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your 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. Setup LAN connection Wired LAN connection: connects an Ethernet cable from your computer's Ethernet port to one of the LAN ports of this product. Wireless LAN connection: locate this product at a proper position to gain the best transmit performance. 9 Figure 2-1 Setup of LAN and WAN connections for this product. Setup WAN connection Prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting this product to your cable/xDSL modem or Ethernet backbone. Figure 2-3 illustrates the WAN connection. 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 status will be lighted ON for about 10 seconds, and then status will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the self-test operation has finished. Finally, the status will be continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation. Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer The default IP address of this product is 192.168.2.1, 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, configure IP as 192.168.2.10, subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and gateway as 192.168.2.1, or more easier, 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 192.168.2.1 If the following messages appear: Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.2.1: 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 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. There must be something wrong in your installation procedure. You have to check the following 10 items in sequence: Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between this product and your computer? Configuring Wireless 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. Start-up and Log in 11 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://192.168.2.1. 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 "smcadmin") 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. Status 12 This option provides the function for observing this product's working status: WAN Port Status. If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP, there may appear a "Renew" or "Release" button on the Sidenote column. You can click this button to renew or release IP manually. Wizard 13 Setup Wizard will guide you through a basic configuration procedure step by step. Set the basic Wireless Parameters and Press "Next >" Setup Wizard - Select Time Zone 14 Select the WAN Access Type Set your username and password. You might select from the 3 different connection profiles. Be careful with Always online if you do not have a flatrate-connection! 15 System Settings Time Zone Password Settings 16 Enable / Disable Remote Management WAN Setup This option is primary to enable this product to work properl ...