FCC ID: VYTLP-7316H Outdoor 802.11n Wireless AP Router (1T1R)

2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual USER MANUAL 1.0.0 2010

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Table of Contents 1. Terminology..........................................................................................................5 2. Introduction..........................................................................................................7 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Package contents....................................................................................7 Product Features.....................................................................................7 Front Panel Description .........................................................................8 Rear Panel Description ..........................................................................9 3. Installation..........................................................................................................10 3.1 3.2 Hardware Installation...........................................................................10 3.1.1 Appearance and Interface Introduction...............................................10 3.1.2 Hardware installation steps.................................................................12 Software Installation ............................................................................14 4. Software configuration ......................................................................................14 4.1 4.2 4.3 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router .............15 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router...........................................16 Management and configuration on the Outdoor Router ......................16 4.3.1 Wizard..........................................................................................16 Operation Mode ...........................................................................23 4.3.2 Internet Settings ...........................................................................24 4.3.3 4.3.3.1 WAN .....................................................................................24 4.3.3.2 LAN ......................................................................................29 4.3.3.3 DHCP clients.........................................................................30 4.3.3.4 VPN Passthrough..................................................................30 4.3.4 Wireless Settings..........................................................................31 4.3.4.1 Basic......................................................................................31 4.3.4.2 Advanced ..............................................................................32 4.3.4.3 Security .................................................................................34 4.3.4.4 WDS......................................................................................37 4.3.4.5 WPS ......................................................................................41 Firewall ........................................................................................42 4.3.5.1 MAC/IP/Port Filtering ..........................................................42 4.3.5

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.5.2 Port Forwarding ....................................................................43 4.3.5.3 DMZ......................................................................................45 4.3.5.4 System Security ....................................................................46 4.3.5.5 4.4.5.5 Content Filtering .......................................................46 Administration .............................................................................48 4.3.6.1 Management..........................................................................48 4.3.6.2 Upload Firmware ..................................................................49 4.3.6.3 Settings Management............................................................50 4.3.6.4 Status.....................................................................................51 4.3.6.5 System Log ...........................................................................51 Configuration Examples ......................................................................52 Example one PPPoE on the WAN ............................................52 Example two fixed IP on the WAN...........................................54 Example three set WLAN to be WAN as WiFi Client...............56 4.3.6 4.4 4.4.1 4.4.2 4.4.3 5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)................................................59 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 What and how to find my PCs IP and MAC address?........................59 What is Wireless LAN? .......................................................................59 What are ISM bands?...........................................................................59 How does wireless networking work? .................................................59 What is BSSID? ...................................................................................60 What is ESSID? ...................................................................................60 What are potential factors that may causes interference?....................60 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications? .............60 What is WEP?......................................................................................60 What is Fragment Threshold?..............................................................61 What is RTS (Request to Send) Threshold?.........................................61 What is Beacon Interval?.....................................................................61 What is Preamble Type? ......................................................................61 What is SSID Broadcast?.....................................................................61 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?.............................................62 What is WPA2?....................................................................................62 What is 802.1x Authentication?...........................................................62 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?..............................62

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)? .................................62 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?......................................62 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?...................................62 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?...........................................62 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?...........................63 What is Clone MAC Address?.............................................................63 What is DDNS?....................................................................................63 What is NTP Client? ............................................................................63 What is VPN? ......................................................................................63 What is IPSEC?....................................................................................63 What is WLAN Block Relay between Clients?...................................63 What is WMM?....................................................................................63 What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT? ......................................................63 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)? .....................................63 What is Frame Aggregation? ...............................................................64 What is Guard Intervals (GI)?..............................................................64

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1. Terminology 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 3DES AES ANSI AP CCK CSMA/CA CSMA/CD DDNS DH DHCP DSSS EAP ESP FCC FTP IEEE IKE IP ISM LAN MAC MD5 NAT NT NTP PPTP PSD RF SHA1 SNR SSID TCP TFTP Triple Data Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection Dynamic Domain Name Server Diffie-Hellman Algorithm Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Extensible Authentication Protocol Encapsulating Security Payload Federal Communications Commission File Transfer Protocol Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Internet Key Exchange Internet Protocol Industrial, Scientific and Medical Local Area Network Media Access Control Message Digest 5 Network Address Translation Network Termination Network Time Protocol Point to Point Tunneling Protocol Power Spectral Density Radio Frequency Secure Hash Algorithm Signal to Noise Ratio Service Set Identification Transmission Control Protocol Trivial File Transfer Protocol

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual TKIP UPNP VPN WDS WEP WLAN WPA Temporal Key Integrity Protocol Universal Plug and Play Virtual Private Network Wireless Distribution System Wired Equivalent Privacy Wireless Local Area Network Wi-Fi Protected Access

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 2. Introduction The Outdoor Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g /n specifications of Outdoor Router solution;

setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other configuration of the outdoor router. The description includes the implementation of the above steps. 2.1 Package contents The package of the WLAN Broadband Router includes the following items,

Outdoor Router

DC 12V Power Adapter

Documentation CD

2.2 Product Features

Compatible with IEEE 802.11n Specifications provides wireless speed up to 150Mbps data rate.

Compatible with IEEE 802.11g standard to provide wireless speeds of 54Mbps data rate.

Maximizes the performance and ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, POE Injector Tie gaming and Voice over IP technology. Support various operation (Bridge/Gateway/Ethernet Converter) modes between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces. Supports WPS, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption to protect the wireless data transmission. Support TKIP/AES/TKIPAES of WPA algorithms. Support IEEE 802.3x full duplex flow control on 10/100M Ethernet interface. Support DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment. Support DHCP client, static IP, PPPoE, L2TP and PPTP of WAN Interface. Supports firewall security with port filtering, IP filtering, MAC filtering, port forwarding, DMZ hosting and URL filtering functions. Support WEB based management and configuration. Support System Log. Support Dynamic DNS Support NTP

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2.3 Front Panel Description 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual LED Indicator State Description 1. PWR LED 2. WLAN LED ON Off The WLAN Broadband Router is powered ON. The WLAN Broadband Router is powered Off. Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the wireless. ON Off Wireless Radio ON. Wireless Radio Off. Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface. 3. WAN LED ACT ON Off Port linked. No link. Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface. 4. LAN LED ACT ON Off Port linked. No link.

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2.4 Rear Panel Description 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Interfaces Description Reset(Left) LAN(Middle) WAN(Right) Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults. The RJ-45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5 cables. Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex;

comply with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively. The RJ-45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category 5 cable. Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex;

comply with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 3. Installation 3.1 Hardware Installation 3.1.1 Appearance and Interface Introduction Notes: The product shot is for reference only please refer to physical product. LED Panel Waterproof Sliding Door Pass trough Ethernet cable from this cable Push this button to remove upper housing

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Wall Mount Pole Mount 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual LAN port with POE WAN port with POE Reset Button

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3.1.2 Hardware installation steps Step1: Push the button in the side to remove upper housing. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Step2: Pass through Ethernet cable from the hole, insert the cable to LAN port. Note: RJ-45 8P8C Ethernet cable is required.

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Step3: Install the upper housing and make sure the housing is well installed. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Step4:

Install POE Injector DC: Insert adapter POE: This hole is linked to LAN port of the Outdoor Router with RJ-45. LAN: This hole is linked to LAN side PC/Hub or Router/ADSL modem device with RJ-45

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Step5: Complete the hardware installation as diagram at below. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 3.2 Software Installation There is no software driver or utility installation needed, but only the configuration setting. Please refer to chapter 4 for software configuration. Notice: It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the Outdoor Router; Power LED will be active, and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be flashing to show the WLAN interface is enabled and working now. 4. Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The Outdoor Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: admin WEB login Password: admin

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP:

1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in the Local Area Connection window. 3. Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6. 4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button. 5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP installation. 6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box. 7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.

IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point. IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 8. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting. For OS of Microsoft Windows Vista / 7:

1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network Connections item. The Network Connections window will appear. Double click Local Area Connection icon, then User Account Control window shown. Right click Continue button to set properties. In Local Area Connection Properties window, Choose Networking tab, move mouse and click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click Properties button. 4. Move mouse and click General tab, Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following 3. example.

IP Address: 192.168.1.1,, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point. IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

5. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting. For OS of Microsoft Windows NT:

1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network window will appear. Click Protocol tab from the Network window. 3. Check the installed list of Network Protocol window. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6. 4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button. 5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP installation. 6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box. 7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.

IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point. IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 8. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore 6.1 SP1 or above, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router. 4.3 Management and configuration on the Outdoor Router 4.3.1 Wizard This Wizard page guides you to configure Internet connection and Wireless Settings quickly. Step 1: configure Internet connection Click Next button to next step for Internet connection settings. There are five options (DHCP, Static Mode, PPPOE, L2TP, PPTP) for Internet connection on WAN port. a. DHCP (Auto Config) If you select DHCP option, please click Next button to jump at Step2.

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b. Static Mode (fixed IP) 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual If you select Static Mode, please fill in these fields on next page. Item IP Address Description Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. Primary DNS Server Secondary DNS Server When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step2.

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c. PPPOE (ADSL) 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual If you select PPPOE, please fill in these fields on next page. Item User Name Password Verify Password Operation Mode Description If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Fill in the password again for verification. Keep Alive: Keep the PPPoE connection all the time. Please also configure the Redial Period field. On Demand: Please configure the Idle Time field. When time is up, the PPPoE connection will disconnect. The connection will re-connect when any outgoing packet arise. Manual: Let user connect the PPPoE connection manually. When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step2.

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d. L2TP 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual If you select L2TP, please fill in these fields on next page.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item L2TP Server IP Address User Name Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded L2TP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Fill in the user name and password to login the L2TP server. Password Fill in the user name and password to login the L2TP server. Address Mode IP Address Static: To configure the IP address information by manually, please fill in the related setting at below. Dynamic: The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side. Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. Operation Mode Keep Alive: Keep the L2TP connection all the time. Please also configure the Redial Period field. Manual: Let user connect the L2TP connection manually. When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step2. e. PPTP If you select PPTP, please fill in these fields on next page.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item PPTP Server IP Address User Name Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server. Password Fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server. Address Mode IP Address Static: To configure the IP address information by manually, please fill in the related setting at below. Dynamic: The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side. Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. Operation Mode Keep Alive: Keep the PPTP connection all the time. Please also configure the Redial Period field. Manual: Let user connect the PPTP connection manually. When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step2.

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Step 2: configure Wireless Settings There are three options (Disable, WEP, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK) for Wireless security connection. Disable 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual WEP WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Network Name

(SSID) Security KEY Description It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32 bytes long. Please select the security mode related wireless data encryption. WEP: When you select WEP, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) characters for WEP Key. WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK: When WPA/WPA2 Pre-shared key encryption is selected, please fill in the Pre-shared key. The format can be passphrase or Hex

(64 characters). When you finish these settings, then click Apply button to save. 4.3.2 Operation Mode a. Bridge:

The Bridge mode allows that all Ethernet and wireless interfaces are bridged into a single bridge interface. b. Gateway:

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The Gateway mode allows that the first Ethernet port is treated as WAN port and the Ethernet port and the wireless interface are bridged together and are treated as LAN ports. c. Ethernet Converter:

2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual The Ethernet Converter mode allows that the wireless interface is treated as WAN port, and the Ethernet ports are LAN ports. 4.3.3 Internet Settings 4.3.3.1 WAN a. STATIC

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item IP Address Description Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN interface. Primary DNS Server Secondary DNS Server MAC Clone b. DHCP Item Hostname MAC Clone Description Fill in the host name of Host Name of DHCP server. The default value is empty. Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN interface.

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c. PPPoE 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Description If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Fill in the password again for verification. Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN interface. Item User Name Pasword Verify Password MAC Clone

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d. L2TP 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Server IP User Name Password Address Mode IP Address Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded L2TP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Fill in the user name and password to login the L2TP server. Fill in the user name and password to login the L2TP server. Static: To configure the IP address information by manually, please fill in the related setting at below. Dynamic: The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side. Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Operation Mode Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. Keep Alive: Keep the L2TP connection all the time. Please also configure the Redial Period field. On Demand: Please configure the Idle Time field. When time is up, the L2TP connection will disconnect. The connection will re-connect when any outgoing packet arise. Manual: Let user connect the L2TP connection manually. MAC Clone Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN interface.

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e. PPTP 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Server IP User Name Password Address Mode IP Address Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server. Fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server. Static: To configure the IP address information by manually, please fill in the related setting at below. Dynamic: The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side. Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Operation Mode Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets. Keep Alive: Keep the PPTP connection all the time. Please also configure the Redial Period field. On Demand: Please configure the Idle Time field. When time is up, the PPTP connection will disconnect. The connection will re-connect when any outgoing packet arise. Manual: Let user connect the PPTP connection manually. MAC Clone Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN interface.

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4.3.3.2 LAN 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item MAC Address IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DHCP Type Start IP Address End IP Address Lease Time 802.1d Spanning Tree LLTD IGMP Proxy UPNP Description Show the MAC address of LAN interface. Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces. Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces. Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets. Disable: Disable DHCP server on LAN side. Server: Enable DHCP server on LAN side. Fill in the start IP address to allocate a range of IP addresses; client with DHCP function set will be assigned an IP address from the range. Fill in the end IP address to allocate a range of IP addresses; client with DHCP function set will be assigned an IP address from the range. Fill in the lease time of DHCP server function. Select enable or disable the IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree function from pull-down menu. Select enable or disable the Link Layer Topology Discover function from pull-down menu. Select enable or disable the IGMP proxy function from pull-down menu. Select enable or disable the UPnP protocol from pull-down menu.

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4.3.3.3 DHCP clients The DHCP clients page shows all the active DHCP clients. The table window shows the active clients with their Hostname, MAC address, assigned IP address, and time expired information. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.3.4 VPN Passthrough Item L2TP Passthrough Description Select enable or disable the L2TP pass-through function from pull-down menu. IPSec Passthrough Select enable or disable the IPSec pass-through function from pull-down menu. PPTP Passthrough Select enable or disable the PPTP pass-through function from pull-down menu.

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4.3.4 Wireless Settings 4.3.4.1 Basic 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Wireless On/Off Wireless Mode SSID Broadcast Network Name (SSID) AP Isolation Description Click Wireless OFF button to turn off wireless RF radio. Click Wireless ON button to turn on wireless RF radio. Click to select wireless mode from pull down menu. It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32 bytes long. User can use the default SSID or change it. Enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. Wireless network is similar to the virtual local area network. All of the Wireless client devices can access each other completely. When you enable this function, it will turn off connection between wireless clients. Only allows connection between wireless client and this AP router.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual MBSSID AP Isolation Enable this function will turn off connection between clients with different MBSSID. Example: The client connected with BSSID 1. When enable this function, it will not connect with BSSID 2. Only can access between clients with SSID 1. Show the MAC address of Wireless interface. BSSID Frequency (Channel) Select the wireless communication frequency/channel from pull-down menu. Operating Mode Select Mixed Mode for 11b/g/n mode or Green Field for 11n mode. Channel BandWidth Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 20/40 MHz. Guard Interval Select Long or Auto. Guard intervals are used to ensure that distinct transmissions do not interfere with one another. Only effect under Mixed Mode. Select 0~7 or Auto from pull down menu. The default is Auto. Only effect under Mixed Mode. MCS 4.3.4.2 Advanced

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Item B/G Protection Mode Beacon Interval Data Beacon Rate(DTM) Fragment Threshold RTS Threshold TX Power Short Preamble 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Description Default: Auto. You can select the other options including On and Off. The B/G protection technology is CTS-To-Self. It will try to reserve the throughput for 11g clients from 11b clients connecting to the device as AP mode. Beacons are the packets sending by Access point to synchronize the wireless network. The beacon interval is the time interval between beacons sending by this unit in AP or AP+WDS operation. The default and recommended beacon interval is 100 milliseconds. This is the Delivery Traffic Indication Map. It is used to alert the clients that multicast and broadcast packets buffered at the AP will be transmitted immediately after the transmission of this beacon frame. You can change the value from 1 to 255. The AP will check the buffered data according to this value. For example, selecting 1 means to check the buffered data at every beacon. The fragmentation threshold determines the size at which packets are fragmented (sent as several pieces instead of as one block). Use a low setting in areas where communication is poor or where there is a great deal of radio interference. This function will help you to improve the network performance. The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the radio issues a request to send (RTS) before sending the packet. A low RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the device, or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the device and not each other. You can enter a setting ranging from 0 to 2347 bytes. The default TX power is 100%. In case of shortening the distance and the coverage of the wireless network, input a smaller value to reduce the radio transmission power. For example, input 80 to apply 80% Tx power. Default: Disable. It is a performance parameter for 802.11 b/g mode and not supported by some of very early stage of 802.11b station cards. If there is no such kind of stations associated to this AP, you can enable this function. Short Slot TX Burst It is used to shorten the communication time between this AP and station. The device will try to send a serial of packages with single ACK reply from the clients. Enable this function to apply it. Country Code Select the country code for wireless from pull down menu.

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4.3.4.3 Security a. Disable 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual If you set Security Mode to Disable, the wireless data transmission will not clude encryption to prevent from unauthorized access and monitoring. in b. WEPAUTO

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If you set Security Mode to WEPAUTO, please fill in the related configurations at below. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Default Key

~4) WEP Keys

(1 c. WPAPSK/WPA2PSK Description Specify a Key number for effective. When you select WEPA characters for WEP Key. UTO, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) If you set Security Mode to WPAPSKWPA2PSK, please fill in the related onfigurations at below. c Item WPA Algorithms Description Pass Phrase Key Renewal Interval Select TKIP, AES, or TKIPAES for WPA algorithms. Please fill in a passphrase like test wpa 123, or a hexadecimal string like '65E4 E123 456 E1'. Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal interval time.

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d. WPA1WPA2 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual If you set Security Mode to WPA1WPA2, please fill in the related configurations at below. Item WPA Algorithms Description Select TKIP or AES for WPA algorithms. Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal interval time. Key Renewal Interval PMK Cache Period Only valid in WPA2 security. Set WPA2 PMKID cache timeout period, after time out, the cached key will be deleted. PMK Cache Period unit is minute. Pre-Authentication Only valid in WPA2 security. The most important features beyond WPA to become standardized through 802.11i/WPA2 are: Pre-authentication, which enables secure fast roaming without noticeable signal latency. IP Address Port Shared Secret Session Timeout Idle Timeout Enter the RADIUS Servers IP Address provided by your ISP. Enter the RADIUS Servers port number provided by your ISP. (The Default is 1812.) Enter the password that the Wireless Router shares with the RADIUS Server. Session timeout interval is for 802.1x re-authentication setting. Set to zero to disable 802.1x re-authentication service for each session. Session timeout interval unit is second and must be larger than 60. Enter the idle timeout in the column.

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e. Access Policy 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Policy Description Select the Disabled, Allow or Reject of drop down menu choose wireless access control mode. This is a security control function; only those clients registered in the access control list can link to this WLAN Broadband Router. Add a station MAC Fill in the MAC address of client to register this AP router access capability. 4.3.4.4 WDS a. Disable If you set WDS to Disable, Wireless Distribution System function will not effect. b. Lazy Mode Lazy mode allows user to operate in an automatic mode that detects and learns WDS peer addresses from received WDS packets, without the need to configure a MAC address list. This feature allows the Wireless 11n Access Point/Repeater to associate with other Wireless 11n Access Point/Repeaters in the network and use their WDS MAC address list. Lazy mode requires one other Wireless 11n Access Point/Repeater within the wireless network that is configured in Bridge or Repeater mode, and has a configured MAC address list.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual If you set WDS to Lazy Mode, please fill in the related configurations at below. Item Phy Mode Encryp Type Encryp Key Description Select wireless physical mode from pull down menu. CKK (11b). OFDM (11g). HTMIX (11b/g/n mixed mode) Select encryption type for wireless data transmission. There are four options:

None, WEP, TKIP or AES. When you select WEP encryption type on above, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) characters for WEP Key. When you select TKIP or AES encryption type on above, please input a Passphrase or Hex (64 characters).

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual c. Bridge Mode Bridge mode allows user to operate as a standard bridge that forwards traffic between WDS links (links that connect to other units in Repeater or Lazy mode). The MAC addresses of WDS peers must be configured on the Wireless 11n Access Points/

Repeaters. Basically this mode is used when you have a 2.4G outdoor router with more than one WDS link to other AP/Repeaters. Note: In this mode wireless clients will not be able to connect to the 2.4G outdoor router directly. Item Phy Mode Encryp Type Encryp Key AP MAC Address Description Select wireless physical mode from pull down menu. CKK (11b). OFDM (11g). HTMIX (11b/g/n mixed mode) Select encryption type for wireless data transmission. There are four options:

None, WEP, TKIP or AES. When you select WEP encryption type on above, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) characters for WEP Key. When you select TKIP or AES encryption type on above, please input a Passphrase or Hex (64 characters). Fill in the MAC address of AP which WDS links in Repeater or Lazy mode.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual d. Repeater Mode Repeater mode allows user to operate as a wireless repeater, extending the range for remote wireless clients and connecting them to an AP connected to the wired network. The MAC addresses of WDS peers must be configured on the Wireless 11n Access Point/Repeater. Item Phy Mode Encryp Type Encryp Key AP MAC Address Description Select wireless physical mode from pull down menu. CKK (11b). OFDM (11g). HTMIX (11b/g/n mixed mode) Select encryption type for wireless data transmission. There are four options:

None, WEP, TKIP or AES. When you select WEP encryption type on above, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) characters for WEP Key. When you select TKIP or AES encryption type on above, please input a Passphrase or Hex (64 characters). Fill in the MAC address of AP which WDS links in Repeater or Lazy mode.

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4.3.4.5 WPS 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Description Select Enable or Disable the Wi-Fi Protected Setup function. Then click Apply button to take effect function after change. After enabling the WPS function, if there is connection the WPS Summary will show related information and status. Here shows the APs PIN code (Personal Identification Number) that the enrollee should enter the registrars PIN code to make a connection. Click Generate button to generate a new AP PIN code. Click Reset OOB button to reset WPS AP to the OOB (out-of-box) configuration. Select WPS mode. PIN: Personal Identification Number. PBC: Push Button Communication. Input enrollees PIN code to AP-registrar. Item WPS WPS Summary AP PIN Reset OOB WPS mode PIN

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4.3.5 Firewall 4.3.5.1 MAC/IP/Port Filtering 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item MAC/IP/Port Filtering Description Select Enable or Disable the MAC/IP/Port Filtering function. Item Source MAC address Dest IP Address Source IP Address Protocol Dest Port Range Source Port Range Action Comment Description Fill in the MAC address of source NIC, to restrict data transmission. Fill in the IP address of destination, to restrict data transmission. Fill in the IP address of source, to restrict data transmission. Select the protocol that you want to restrict. There are four options: None, TCP, UDP and ICMP. Fill in the st transmission. Fill in the start-port and end-port number of source, to restrict data tran Select Accept or Drop to specify the action of filtering policies. Make a comment for the filtering policy. art-port and end-port number of destination, to restrict da ta smission.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Delete Selected Reset Description Make a mark for next action. Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected. Click Reset button to clear selected items. 4.3.5.2 Port Forwarding

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Port Forwarding IP Address Port Range Protocol Comment Description Select Enable or Disable the Port Forwarding function. To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the IP address. To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the port range. Specify protocol, TCP&UDP, TCP or UDP. Make a comment for the port forwarding policy. Make a mark for next action. Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected. Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items. Item Virtual Server IP Address Public Port Private Port Description Select Enable or Disable the Virtual Server function. To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the IP address. To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the public port. To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the private port.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Protocol Comment Specify protocol, TCP&UDP, TCP or UDP. Make a comment for the virtual server policy. Make a mark for next action. Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected. Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items. 4.3.5.3 DMZ Item DMZ Settings DMZ IP Address Description Enable or Disable the DMZ function. To support DMZ in your firewall design, fill in the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface.

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4.3.5.4 System Security 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Remote management Ping form WAN Filter SPI Firewall Description Select Deny or Allow for remote management function. Select Disable or Enable for Ping permit from WAN. Select Disable or Enable for SPI firewall function. 4.3.5.5 4.4.5.5 Content Filtering

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Item Filters URL Delete Reset Item Keyword Delete Reset 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Description Select an option or multi-option for Webs content filter. Then click Apply button to save or click Reset button to clear all. Fill in a URL string for URL filter. Then click Add button to save the URL filter policy or click Reset button to clear the field. Make a mark for next action. Click Delete button to delete all that you selected. Click Reset button to clear selected items. Description Fill in a word for Webs Host Filter policy. Make a mark for next action. Click Delete button to delete all that you selected. Click Reset button to clear selected items.

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4.3.6 Administration 4.3.6.1 Management 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Username Password Description Fill in the user name for web management login control. Fill in the password for web management login control. Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone NTP Server NTP synchronization Select the time zone in your country from pull-down menu.. Fill in NTP server IP address. Fill in a number to decide the synchronization frequency with NTP server.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Item Dynamic DNS Provider Account Password Description Click the drop down menu to pick up the right DDNS provider you registered. Fill in the account of DDNS you registered. Fill in the password of DDNS you registered. Fill in the domain name that you registered. DDNS 4.3.6.2 Upload Firmware Description Click the Browse button to select the new firmware image file on PC. And click the Apply button to upgrade firmware. Item Location

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4.3.6.3 Settings Management 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Description Click Export button to export the current configuration to your PC. Click Browse button to select the configuration file from your PC, then click Import button to update the configuration. Click the Load Default button to reset the configuration parameter to factory defaults. Item Export Button Settings file location Load Default Button

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4.3.6.4 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system info, Internet Configurations and Local Network . 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.3.6.5 System Log This page is used to view system logs. Item Description Refresh Click the Refresh button to refresh the log shown on the screen. Clear Click the Clear button to clear the log display screen.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.4 Configuration Examples 4.4.1 Example one PPPoE on the WAN Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on sales Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration. WAN configuration:PPPoE User Name Password Note: User Name and password that ISP provided. user123 password123 LAN configuration:

IP Address Subnet Mask DHCP Client Range WLAN configuration:

SSID Channel Number 10.10.10.254 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.100 10.10.10.200 AP AutoSelect 1. Configure the WAN interface:

Open Wide Area Network (WAN) Settings page, select PPPoE then enter the User Name user123 and Password password123, the password is encrypted to display on the screen. Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting.

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2. Configure the LAN interface:

Open Local Area Network (LAN) settings page, enter the IP Address 10.10.10.254, Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0. Enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range 10.10.10.100 to 10.10.10.200, default Gateway 10.10.10.254 . Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 3. Configure the WLAN interface:

Open Basic Wireless Settings page, enter the SSID AP, Channel Number AutoSelect. Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting.

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4.4.2 Example two fixed IP on the WAN Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual WAN configuration : Fixed IP IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Primary DNS Address 192.168.20.254 255.255.255.0 192.168.20.1 168.95.1.1 LAN configuration:

IP Address Subnet Mask DHCP Client Range WLAN configuration:

SSID Channel Number 10.10.10.254 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.100 10.10.10.200 AP AutoSelect 1. Configure the WAN interface:

Open Wide Area Network (WAN) Settings page, select STATIC(fixed IP) then enter IP Address 192.168.20.254, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, Default gateway 192.168.20.1. Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting.

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2. Configure the LAN interface:

Open Local Area Network (LAN) settings page, enter the IP Address 10.10.10.254, Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0. Enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range 10.10.10.100 to 10.10.10.200, default Gateway 10.10.10.254 . Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 3. Configure the WLAN interface:

Open Basic Wireless Settings page, enter the SSID AP, Channel Number AutoSelect. Press Apply button to confirm the configuration setting.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 4.4.3 Example three set WLAN to be WAN as WiFi Client User Mr. ABC likes to configure this WLAN Broadband Router to be a WiFi client. In order to communicate with another AP. Mr. ABC collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration. WiFi client:

WAN configuration: DHCP (Auto config) IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Primary DNS Address n/a n/a n/a n/a LAN configuration:

IP Address Subnet Mask DHCP Client Range WLAN configuration:

SSID Channel Number WiFi server:

AP configuration:

SSID Channel Number Wireless Encryption DHCP server 10.10.10.254 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.100 10.10.10.200 Depend on AP Depend on AP TEST AP Channel 1 WPA2 192.168.1.33~192.168.1.254 1. Configure the Operation Mode:

Open Operation Mode Configuration page, select Ethernet Converter, then click Apply button to confirm the configuration setting and reboot the WLAN Broadband Router. After reboot, the wireless LAN will become to WAN interface.

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2. Site Survey:

Open Site Survey page under Wireless Settings, and select the AP testap. Press Connect button to connect with the AP. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 3. Wireless encryption setting:

If the AP has encryption setting, it will pop out a window for you filling the encryption setting. Please fill up the encryption code and click Apply button to connect with the AP.

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4. Station Link Status:

After connection with AP, you can open Link Status page under Wireless Settings to check Link Status. 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 5 Status:

You also can open Status page under Administration to check Internet Configurations.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) Enter topic text here. 5.1 What and how to find my PCs IP and MAC address?

IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 191.168.1.254 could be an IP address The MAC (Media Access Control) address is your computer's unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN, it's the same as your Ethernet address.) When you're connected to the Internet from your computer (or host as the Internet protocol thinks of it), a correspondence table relates your IP address to your computer's physical (MAC) address on the LAN. Type in ipconfig /all, then press the Enter button. To find your PCs IP and MAC address,

Open the Command program in the Microsoft Windows.

Your PCs IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PCs MAC address is the one entitled Physical Address. 5.2 What is Wireless LAN?

A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a network that allows access to Internet without the need for any wired connections to the users machine. 5.3 What are ISM bands?

ISM stands for Industrial, Scientific and Medical; radio frequency bands that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized for wireless LANs. The ISM bands are located at 915

+/-13 MHz, 2450 +/-50 MHz and 5800 +/-75 MHz. 5.4 How does wireless networking work?

The 802.11 standard define two modes: infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode. In infrastructure mode, the wireless network consists of at least one access point connected to the wired network infrastructure and a set of wireless end stations. This configuration is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). An Extended Service Set (ESS) is a set of two or more BSSs forming a single sub-network. Since most corporate WLANs require access to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode

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Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network. This mode is useful for quickly and easily setting up a wireless network anywhere that a wireless infrastructure does not exist or is not required for services, such as a hotel room, convention center, or airport, or where access to the wired network is barred

(such as for consultants at a client site). 2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual Example 2: wireless Ad Hoc Mode 5.5 What is BSSID?

A six-byte address is that distinguish a particular a particular access point from others. Also know as just SSID. Serve as a network ID or name. 5.6 What is ESSID?

The Extended Service Set ID (ESSID) is the name of the network you want to access. It is used to identify different wireless networks. 5.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference?

Factors of interference:

Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture etc.

Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs.

Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interferences:

Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings.

Position the WLAN antenna for best reception.

Keep WLAN devices away from other electrical devices, eg: microwaves, monitors, electric motorsetc.

Add additional WLAN Access Points if necessary. 5.8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?

IEEE 802.11 supports two subtypes of network authentication services: open system and shared key. Under open system authentication, any wireless station can request authentication. The station that needs to authenticate with another wireless station sends an authentication management frame that contains the identity of the sending station. The receiving station then returns a frame that indicates whether it recognizes the sending station. Under shared key authentication, each wireless station is assumed to have received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is independent from the 802.11 wireless network communications channel. 5.9 What is WEP?

An option of IEEE 802.11 function is that offers frame transmission privacy similar to a wired network. The Wired Equivalent Privacy generates secret shared encryption keys that both source and destination stations can use to alert frame bits to avoid disclosure to eavesdroppers. WEP relies on a secret key that is shared between a mobile station (e.g. a laptop with a wireless Ethernet card) and an access point (i.e. a base station). The secret key is used to encrypt packets before they are transmitted, and an integrity check is used to ensure that packets are not modified in transit.

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual 5.10 What is Fragment Threshold?

The proposed protocol uses the frame fragmentation mechanism defined in IEEE 802.11 to achieve parallel transmissions. A large data frame is fragmented into several fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large. This means the spatial reuse ratio of parallel transmissions is high. In contrast, with a large fragment threshold, the overlap is small and the spatial reuse ratio is low. However high fragment threshold leads to low fragment overhead. Hence there is a trade-off between spatial re-use and fragment overhead. Fragment threshold is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. If you find that your corrupted packets or asymmetric packet reception (all send packets, for example). You may want to try lowering your fragmentation threshold. This will cause packets to be broken into smaller fragments. These small fragments, if corrupted, can be resent faster than a larger fragment. Fragmentation increases overhead, so you'll want to keep this value as close to the maximum value as possible. 5.11 What is RTS (Request to Send) Threshold?

The RTS threshold is the packet size at which packet transmission is governed by the RTS/CTS transaction. The IEEE 802.11-1997 standard allows for short packets to be transmitted without RTS/

CTS transactions. Each station can have a different RTS threshold. RTS/CTS is used when the data packet size exceeds the defined RTS threshold. With the CSMA/CA transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out an RTS packet to the receiving station, and waits for the receiving station to send back a CTS (Clear to Send) packet before sending the actual packet data. This setting is useful for networks with many clients. With many clients, and a high network load, there will be many more collisions. By lowering the RTS threshold, there may be fewer collisions, and performance should improve. Basically, with a faster RTS threshold, the system can recover from problems faster. RTS packets consume valuable bandwidth, however, so setting this value too low will limit performance. 5.12 What is Beacon Interval?

In addition to data frames that carry information from higher layers, 802.11 include management and control frames that support data transfer. The beacon frame, which is a type of management frame, provides the "heartbeat" of a wireless LAN, enabling stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon

(and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point). 5.13 What is Preamble Type?

There are two preamble types defined in IEEE 802.11 specification. A long preamble basically gives the decoder more time to process the preamble. All 802.11 devices support a long preamble. The short preamble is designed to improve efficiency (for example, for VoIP systems). The difference between the two is in the Synchronization field. The long preamble is 128 bits, and the short is 56 bits. 5.14 What is SSID Broadcast?

Broadcast of SSID is done in access points by the beacon. This announces your access point (including various bits of information about it) to the wireless world around it. By disabling that feature, the SSID configured in the client must match the SSID of the access point. Some wireless devices don't work properly if SSID isn't broadcast (for example the D-link DWL-120 USB 802.11b adapter). Generally if your client hardware supports operation with SSID disabled, it's

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual not a bad idea to run that way to enhance network security. However it's no replacement for WEP, MAC filtering or other protections. 5.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?

Wi-Fis original security mechanism, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), has been viewed as insufficient for securing confidential business communications. A longer-term solution, the IEEE 802.11i standard, is under development. However, since the IEEE 802.11i standard is not expected to be published until the end of 2003, several members of the WI-Fi Alliance teamed up with members of the IEEE 802.11i task group to develop a significant near-term enhancement to Wi-Fi security. Together, this team developed Wi-Fi Protected Access. To upgrade a WLAN network to support WPA, Access Points will require a WPA software upgrade. Clients will require a software upgrade for the network interface card, and possibly a software update for the operating system. For enterprise networks, an authentication server, typically one that supports RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol, will be added to the network. 5.16 What is WPA2?

It is the second generation of WPA. WPA2 is based on the final IEEE 802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard. 5.17 What is 802.1x Authentication?

802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-level access control, defines Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over LANs (WAPOL). The standard encapsulates and leverages much of EAP, which was defined for dial-up authentication with Point-to-Point Protocol in RFC 2284. Beyond encapsulating EAP packets, the 802.1x standard also defines EAPOL messages that convey the shared key information critical for wireless security. 5.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?

The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol, pronounced tee-kip, is part of the IEEE 802.11i encryption standard for wireless LANs. TKIP is the next generation of WEP, the Wired Equivalency Protocol, which is used to secure 802.11 wireless LANs. TKIP provides per-packet key mixing, a message integrity check and a re-keying mechanism, thus fixing the flaws of WEP. 5.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?

Security issues are a major concern for wireless LANs, AES is the U.S. governments next-generation cryptography algorithm, which will replace DES and 3DES. 5.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?

The IEEE 802.11f Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP) supports Access Point Vendor interoperability, enabling roaming of 802.11 Stations within IP subnet. IAPP defines messages and data to be exchanged between Access Points and between the IAPP and high layer management entities to support roaming. The IAPP protocol uses TCP for inter-Access Point communication and UDP for RADIUS request/response exchanges. It also uses Layer 2 frames to update the forwarding tables of Layer 2 devices. 5.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?

The Wireless Distribution System feature allows WLAN AP to talk directly to other APs via wireless channel, like the wireless bridge or repeater service. 5.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?

UPnP is an open networking architecture that consists of services, devices, and control points. The

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual ultimate goal is to allow data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media, operating system, programming language, and wired/wireless connection. 5.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?

Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) indicates the network stack of any packet is larger than this value will be fragmented before the transmission. During the PPP negotiation, the peer of the PPP connection will indicate its MRU and will be accepted. The actual MTU of the PPP connection will be set to the smaller one of MTU and the peers MRU. 5.24 What is Clone MAC Address?

Clone MAC address is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address. Since that all the clients will communicate outside world through the WLAN Broadband Router, so have the cloned MAC address set on the WLAN Broadband Router will solve the issue. 5.25 What is DDNS?

DDNS is the abbreviation of Dynamic Domain Name Server. It is designed for user owned the DNS server with dynamic WAN IP address. 5.26 What is NTP Client?

NTP client is designed for fetching the current timestamp from internet via Network Time protocol. User can specify time zone, NTP server IP address. 5.27 What is VPN?

VPN is the abbreviation of Virtual Private Network. It is designed for creating point-to point private link via shared or public network. 5.28 What is IPSEC?

IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security. It is used to transferring data securely under VPN. 5.29 What is WLAN Block Relay between Clients?

An Infrastructure Basic Service Set is a BSS with a component called an Access Point (AP). The access point provides a local relay function for the BSS. All stations in the BSS communicate with the access point and no longer communicate directly. All frames are relayed between stations by the access point. This local relay function effectively doubles the range of the IBSS. 5.30 What is WMM?

WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE 802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard. WMM adds prioritized capabilities to Wi-Fi networks and optimizes their performance when multiple concurring applications, each with different latency and throughput requirements, compete for network resources. By using WMM, end-user satisfaction is maintained in a wider variety of environments and traffic conditions. WMM makes it possible for home network users and enterprise network managers to decide which data streams are most important and assign them a higher traffic priority. 5.31 What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT?

ACK frame has to receive ACK timeout frame. If remote does not receive in specified period, it will be retransmitted. 5.32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?

MCS is Wireless link data rate for 802.11n. The throughput/range performance of an AP will depend on its implementation of coding schemes. MCS includes variables such as the number of spatial streams,

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2.4G Outdoor Router User Manual modulation, and the data rate on each stream. Radios establishing and maintaining a link must automatically negotiate the optimum MCS based on channel conditions and then continuously adjust the selection of MCS as conditions change due to interference, motion, fading, and other events. 5.33 What is Frame Aggregation?

Every 802.11 packet, no matter how small, has a fixed amount of overhead associated with it. Frame Aggregation combines multiple smaller packets together to form one larger packet. The larger packet can be sent without the overhead of the individual packets. This technique helps improve the efficiency of the 802.11n radio allowing more end user data to be sent in a given time. 5.34 What is Guard Intervals (GI)?

A GI is a period of time between symbol transmission that allows reflections (from multipath) from the previous data transmission to settle before transmitting a new symbol. The 802.11n draft specifies two guard intervals: 400ns (short) and 800ns (long). Support of the 400ns GI is optional for transmit and receive. The purpose of a guard interval is to introduce immunity to propagation delays, echoes, and reflections to which digital data is normally very sensitive.

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Federal Communication Commission 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 harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. (Example - use only shielded interface cables when connecting to computer or peripheral devices). FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20 centimeters between the radiator and your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.