iBall iB-WRX300NP Baton, User Manual

Page 1: ...300M Extreme High Power Wireless N Router Model No iB WRX300NP User Manual Ver 1 0 0 ...

Page 2: ...ce 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 or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving ante...

Page 3: ...ce received including interference that may cause undesired operation Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment CE Mark Warning This is a class B product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures ...

Page 4: ...ork Settings 18 4 1 Status Info 18 4 2 WAN 19 4 2 1 PPPoE 19 4 2 2 Static IP 21 4 2 3 Dynamic IP 21 4 2 4 PPTP 22 4 2 5 L2TP 23 4 3 LAN 24 4 4 MAC Clone 25 4 5 DNS 25 4 6 Bandwidth Control 26 4 7 Traffic Statistics 28 4 9 WAN Speed 29 Chapter 5 Wireless Settings 31 5 1 Wireless Basic Settings 31 5 2 Wireless Security 32 5 2 1 WPS Settings 32 5 2 2 WPA PSK 33 5 2 3 WPA2 PSK 34 5 2 4 WEP 34 5 3 Oper...

Page 5: ...ress Filtering 47 8 2 MAC Address Filtering 49 8 3 URL Filtering 51 8 4 Remote Management 52 Chapter 9 Routing Settings 54 9 1 Routing Table 54 9 2 Static Routing 54 Chapter 10 Maintenance 56 10 1 Time Settings 56 10 2 DDNS 56 10 3 Backup Restore 57 10 4 Factory Default 59 10 5 Firmware Upgrade 60 10 6 Restart 60 10 7 Password 60 10 8 System Logs 61 Appendix A Product Specification 62 Appendix B G...

Page 6: ...ration Mode AP Router Universal Repeater WDS 5dBi x 2 Omni directional Antenna Easy Setup Wizard Utility helps users to configure the router easily 1 1 Package Contents The following items should be found in your package 300M MIMO Wireless N Router DC Power Adapter Patch Cord Resource CD for 300M eXtreme High Power Wireless N Router including Easy Setup Wizard Other Helpful Information Conventions...

Page 7: ...S Green WPS function is activated LED will keep on about 2 minutes WLAN Blue Device linked to the corresponding port but there is no activity LAN Green RJ45 cable is plugged and Ethernet connection is established Green in flash Data access WAN Red RJ45 cable is plugged and Ethernet connection is established Red in flash Data access ...

Page 8: ...ternet port connecting to a DSL Cable modem or ISP directly LAN For connection to a computer or router RESET Pressing this button for 7 seconds restores the device to factory default settings PWR Kindly use bundled power adapter to avoid hardware failure ...

Page 9: ...g an Ethernet cable 3 Connect the WAN port on the Router to an Internet enabled Cable xDSL modem using an Ethernet cable 4 Insert the included Easy Setup Wizard CD ROM into your PC s drive click Setup exe if the program does not run automatically and follow onscreen instructions to complete settings Or directly launch a web browser and configure the router on web based utility For details refer to...

Page 10: ...9 As you click on Start button router web page will open http 192 168 1 1 Login to the router interface by inserting default password admin click on OK ...

Page 11: ...nnection Setup 3 1 Configure your PC s TCP IP Settings If you are using Windows XP operating system do as follows 1 Right click My Network Places and select Properties 2 Right click Local Area Connection and select Properties ...

Page 12: ...lowing IP address IP address Enter 192 168 1 xxx xxx can be any value from 2 254 Subnet mask Enter 255 255 255 0 Default gateway Enter 192 168 1 1 Preferred DNS server Enter 192 168 1 1 in case that you don t know the local DNS server address Or contact your ISP for help At last click OK to save your settings ...

Page 13: ...12 If you are using Windows 7 operating system do as follows 1 Right click network icon on your desktop and then click the Open Network and Sharing Center 2 Click Change adapter settings ...

Page 14: ...13 3 Right click Local Area Connection and select Properties 4 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP on the appearing window and click Properties button ...

Page 15: ...1 xxx xxx can be any value from 2 254 Subnet mask Enter 255 255 255 0 Default gateway Enter 192 168 1 1 Preferred DNS server Enter 192 168 1 1 in case that you don t know the local DNS server address Or contact your ISP for help At last click OK to save your settings ...

Page 16: ... enter http 192 168 1 1 in the address bar to access router web based Type password and then press Enter to go to interface below 3 3 Quick Internet Connection Setup There are 2 Internet connection types on this screen PPPoE and Dynamic IP DHCP ...

Page 17: ... below to secure your wireless network At last click the OK button to save your settings Dynamic IP Select Dynamic IP if your ISP does not give you any IP information or account information The default Internet connection type is PPPoE Contact your ISP if you are not clear about the PPPoE user name and password Go to Chapter4 WAN Settings if you are using an Internet connection ...

Page 18: ...ings Apart from the security key option you can select a security mode and a cipher type that best fit yourself or keep the defaults thereof unchanged Detailed settings for the latter option refer to Section 5 2 hereof The interface below allows you to setup a wireless password security key that consists of 8 characters only The password is preset to 12345678 with WPA PSK AES encryption by default...

Page 19: ...onnected to the WAN port on A5 or A5 is not logically connected to your ISP Connecting Indicates that the WAN port is correctly connected and is requesting an IP address from your ISP Connected Indicates that has been connected to your ISP WAN IP Displays WAN IP address Subnet Mask Displays WAN subnet mask Gateway Displays WAN gateway address Primary DNS Displays WAN primary DNS address Secondary ...

Page 20: ...he device DHCP server Software Version Displays router s firmware version Hardware Version Displays router s hardware version 4 2 WAN There are 5 Internet connection types available for your selection PPPoE Static IP Dynamic IP PPTP and L2TP Select your Internet connection type and follow corresponding instructions below 4 2 1 PPPoE Select PPPoE if your ISP are using a PPPoE connection and provide...

Page 21: ...iption of PPPoE connection Leave blank unless necessary AC Name Description of server Leave blank unless necessary Connect Automatically Connects automatically to the Internet upon device startup or disconnection from the Internet Connect Manually Users need to connect the device to Internet manually upon disconnection from the Internet Connect on Demand Connects to Internet automatically upon tra...

Page 22: ... your ISP The default is 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway Enter the WAN Gateway provided by your ISP Primary DNS Enter the necessary DNS address provided by your ISP Secondary DNS Enter the secondary DNS address if your ISP provides and it is optional MTU Maximum Transmission Unit DO NOT change it from the factory default of 1500 unless necessary You may need to change it for optimal performance with...

Page 23: ... application software that cannot be opened or enabled 4 2 4 PPTP Connection Type Displays the current Internet connection type PPTP Server address Enter the IP address of a PPTP server Username Password Enter Username Password given by the PPTP server MTU Maximum Transmission Unit DO NOT change factory default value unless necessary However you may need to change it for optimal ...

Page 24: ...et mask provided by your ISP normally 255 255 255 0 Static IP address mode only Gateway Enter the gateway provided by your ISP Static IP address mode only Inquire your local ISP if you are not clear 4 2 5 L2TP Connection Type Displays the current Internet connection type L2TP Server address Enter the IP address of a L2TP server Username Password Enter Username Password specified by the PPTP server...

Page 25: ...tings LAN Settings to enter the interface below LAN MAC Address Displays the router s LAN MAC address which cannot be changed IP Address The default LAN IP address for this router is 192 168 1 1 You can change it according to your need Subnet Mask Enter the Router s LAN subnet mask The default value is 255 255 255 0 Note If you change the device s LAN IP address you must enter the new one in your ...

Page 26: ...e currently on Don t use this button unless your PC s MAC address is the one bound by your ISP Restore Default MAC Restores router s WAN MAC to default settings 4 5 DNS The Domain Name System DNS is a hierarchical naming system for computers services or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network It functions just as the phone book for the Internet by translating human friendly dom...

Page 27: ...ntrol feature can be used to simultaneously regulate traffic of up to 254 computers on your LAN network It allows you to regulate a group of PCs traffic by specifying a range of IP addresses Enable Bandwidth Control Check uncheck the box to enable disable bandwidth control It is disabled by default IP Address Enter an IP address same number in both boxes or a range of IP addresses different number...

Page 28: ...st For example Suppose that you have a 2M WAN connection then maximum download and upload rates in theory will be 2Mbps 256KByte s and 512kbps 64KByte s respectively And you want the PC at the IP address of 192 168 1 100 to have 10 15KByte s upload and 80 90KByte s download rates Then do as follows Step1 Enter 192 168 1 100 in IP address boxes Step2 Select Upload from the corresponding drop down m...

Page 29: ...range of 192 168 1 2 192 168 1 254 to have 100 120KByte s download rate and 20 30KByte s upload rate then repeat same settings shown on below screenshort on your router 4 7 Traffic Statistics Statistics dynamically displays bandwidth usage by PCs on your LAN ...

Page 30: ...Rate Displays how many Kbytes of data have been received per second Sent Message TX Packets Displays the total number of packets transmitted by a corresponding IP address through the router Sent Bytes Displays how many Mbytes of data have been transmitted by a corresponding IP address through the router Received Message RX Packets Displays the total number of packets received by a corresponding IP...

Page 31: ...nction properly when connected to an Ethernet cable from your ISP excessive length of the cable may degrade drive capacity of the WAN port 10M FULL duplex Select it to set router s WAN port to work at 10Mbps in full duplex mode improving WAN port drive capacity 100M HALF duplex Select it to set router s WAN port to work at 100Mbps in half duplex mode 100M FULL duplex Select it to set router s WAN ...

Page 32: ...t it if you have only Wireless B and Wireless G clients in your wireless network Automatic 11b g n mixed mode Select it if you have Wireless B Wireless G and Wireless N clients in your wireless network SSID A SSID Service Set Identifier is the unique name of a wireless network The primary SSID is changeable and compulsory Broadcast SSID Select Disable to hide your SSID When disabled no wireless cl...

Page 33: ...s select 20M frequency band mode when the wireless network mode is 11n mode please select 20 40 frequency band to boost its throughput Extension Channel Indicates the working network frequency range for 11n mode 5 2 Wireless Security This section allows you to configure wireless security settings to block unauthorized access to your wireless network and prevent malicious packet sniffing You have 4...

Page 34: ...If you find the WPS LED blinking for 2 minutes after you select and apply the PBC mode it means that the PBC encryption method is successfully enabled And an authentication will be performed between your router and the WPS PBC enabled wireless client device during this time if it succeeds the wireless client device connects to your device and the WPS LED displays a solid light thereafter Repeat st...

Page 35: ...Interval Enter a valid time period for the key 5 2 3 WPA2 PSK The later WPA2 protocol features compliance with the full IEEE 802 11i standard and uses Advanced Encryption Standard AES in addition to TKIP encryption protocol to guarantee better security than that provided by WEP or WPA 5 2 4 WEP WEP is intended to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network Two me...

Page 36: ... main router Select Operation Mode Universal Repeater and click on survey button The list of available wireless network will be available then you can select one from the list Select the SSID of the target network and click on apply The target network SSID will be automatically filed into wireless setting Then enter the password for the target network 5 3 2 WISP In this mode the device enables mul...

Page 37: ...tion System feature AP MAC Address Enter the MAC address of a wireless link partner or populate this field using the Open Scan option Application example Implement the WDS feature using 2 iB WRX300NP wireless router labeled iB WRX300NP 1 and iB WRX300NP 2 1 Change the default wireless working mode of AP on iB WRX300NP to WDS as shown in the figure below ...

Page 38: ...iB WRX300NP 2 Assuming that iB WRX300NP 2 s SSID is changed to OFFICE a If you already know iB WRX300NP 2 s MAC address SSID and channel settings then you can manually configure the same settings on iB WRX300NP 1 b Or you can use the Open Scan option 1 Click the Survey button to display a list of available wireless networks ...

Page 39: ...e implemented only between 2 wireless devices that both support the WDS feature Plus SSID channel security settings and security key must be the same on both devices Using the Open Scan option and selecting link partner from the scan list automatically change the router s existing SSID and channel settings respectively to those of link partner as well as add link partner s MAC address So we recomm...

Page 40: ...d MAC Address List Displays the MAC addresses added by you You can delete any entry by clicking on the Delete button nearby Example 1 To allow only a PC at the MAC address of 00 1e a6 a4 56 75 to connect to your wireless network do as follows Step1 Select Permit from MAC Address Filter drop down menu Step2 Enter 00 1e a6 a4 56 75 in the MAC address box Step3 Click the OK button to save your settin...

Page 41: ... interface displays the information of currently connected wireless clients including MAC addresses and bandwidth MAC Address Displays the MAC addresses of the PCs that have been wirelessly connected to your router Bandwidth Displays the channel bandwidth used by the currently connected hosts connected wireless clients Note Bandwidth refers to the wireless channel bandwidth instead of wireless con...

Page 42: ... load the proper TCP IP settings provided by the device DHCP Server Check or uncheck the box to enable or disable the device s DHCP server feature IP pool start address Enter the starting IP address for the DHCP server s IP assignment IP pool end address Enter the ending IP address for the DHCP server s IP assignment Lease Time The length of time for the IP address lease Configuring a proper lease...

Page 43: ...address to assign to this host an unused IP from DHCP IP address pool or a reserved one If it fails in finding a reserved IP address for this MAC address in the list it will immediately assign an unused IP from its DHCP IP address pool and if such IP is found it will be assigned to this host so as to ensure that host with a static DHCP assignment always get this reserved IP address IP Address Ente...

Page 44: ...e Delete Check the Delete option to delete the corresponding rule For example You want to share some large files with your friends who are not in your LAN however it is not convenient to transfer such large files Then you can set up your own PC as a FTP server and use the port range forwarding feature to let your friends access these files Provided that the static IP address of the FTP server Name...

Page 45: ...Click OK Now your friends only need to enter ftp xxx xxx xxx xxx 21 in their browsers to access your FTP server xxx xxx xxx xxx is the device s WAN IP address For example if it is 172 16 102 89 then your friends only need to enter ftp 172 16 102 89 21 in their browsers Note If you include port 80 on this section you must set the port on remote web based management section to a different number tha...

Page 46: ...the IP address of a LAN computer which you want to set to a DMZ host Enable Check uncheck to enable disable the DMZ host For example You can set a LAN computer at the IP address of 192 168 2 10 as a DMZ Host to intercommunicate with another host on the Internet Note If you set a PC to a DMZ host it will be completely exposed to extranet and gains no more protection from the device firewall ...

Page 47: ...evice to perform special port forwarding so as to enable external hosts to access resources on internal hosts Enable UPnP Check uncheck to enable disable the UPnP feature Note UPnP works in Windows XP Windows ME or later NOTE Operational system needs to be integrated with or installed with Directx 9 0 or in an environment with installed application software that supports UPnP ...

Page 48: ...the drop down menu Remark Enter a meaningful name to yourself for a new filter rule Start End IP Address Enter a starting ending IP address Port Enter TCP UDP protocol port number s it can be a range of ports or a single port Type Select a protocol or protocols for the traffic TCP UDP Both Time Select a time range for the rule to take effect Day Select a day or several days for the rule to take ef...

Page 49: ...e of 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 120 from accessing Internet from Monday to Friday do as follows Example 2 To allow only the computer at an IP address of 192 168 1 145 to access Internet from 8 00 to 18 00 without restricting other computers in LAN do as follow ...

Page 50: ...ter rule from the drop down menu Remark Enter a meaningful name to you for a new filter rule MAC address Enter the computer s MAC address that you want to filter out in the MAC address field Time Select a time range for the new MAC address filter rule to take effect Day Select a day or several days for the new MAC address filter rule to take effect Enable Check to enable or uncheck to disable a co...

Page 51: ...ress of 00 1E A6 44 35 69 from accessing Internet within the time range of 8 00 18 00 from Monday to Friday do as follows Example2 To allow only the PC at a MAC address of 00 1E A6 44 35 69 to access Internet from Monday to Friday do as follows ...

Page 52: ...r rule Start End IP Address Enter the starting ending IP address URL character string Enter domain names or a part of a domain name that needs to be filtered Time Select a time range for the new URL filter rule to take effect Day Select a day or several days for the new MAC address filter rule to take effect Enable Check to enable or uncheck to disable a corresponding filter rule allow disallow ma...

Page 53: ...ent The Remote Web based Management feature allows users to configure your router from Internet via a web browser Enable Check or uncheck to enable or disable the remote web based management feature Port Enter a port number for remote web based management IP Address Enter the IP address of a PC on Internet authorized to access and manage your router s web based utility remotely ...

Page 54: ...nagement feature For example If you want to allow only a PC at the IP address of 218 88 93 33 to access your router s web based utility from Internet via port 8080 you need to configure same settings shown in the diagram above on your router And what this IP user needs to do is to simply launch a browser and enter http 220 135 211 56 8080 provided that your router s WAN IP address is 220 135 211 5...

Page 55: ...k for an optimal transfer path for each data packet passing through it and transfer it to the specified destination So it s essential for the router to select an optimal path i e routing algorithm To complete this work the router stores related data of various transfer paths i e establishing a routing table for future route selection 9 2 Static Routing You can use this section to set up router s s...

Page 56: ...ress 2 If you want destination network to be a single host then you must enter an IP address thereof and 255 255 255 255 respectively in Destination Network IP Address and Subnet Mask boxes 3 If you want destination network to be a network then you must enter an IP address and a corresponding subnet mask value respectively in Destination Network IP Address and Subnet Mask boxes For example if you ...

Page 57: ...Name System DNS name servers We use a numeric IP address allocated by Internet Service Provider ISP to connect to Internet the address may either be stable static or may change from one session on the Internet to the next dynamic However a numeric address is inconvenient to remember an address which changes unpredictably makes connection impossible The DDNS provider allocates a static hostname to ...

Page 58: ...2345678 Domain Name domain no ip com For example If you have registered a DDNS service in no ip com and are allocated with domain 12345678 domain no ip com respectively as username password and domain name for a web server on your PC at 192 168 1 10 then configure port settings on port range forwarding interface under virtual server menu and enter this information on the above DDNS interface Other...

Page 59: ...device is restored to factory default settings To do this click the Backup button next to where it says Select the file directory to save the configured parameters on the screen above And then click the Save button on the appearing screen above to store it under the selected path Restore Click the Browse button to locate and select a configuration file that is saved previously to your local hard d...

Page 60: ...ur device to previous settings 10 4 Factory Default To restore all settings to the device s factory default values click the Restore to Factory Default button on the interface below Note To activate your settings reboot the device after you reset it ...

Page 61: ... latest firmware to update your device Browse Click this button to select an upgrade file Upgrade Click this button to start an upgrading process After the upgrade is completed the Router will reboot automatically 10 6 Restart By Rebooting the device new settings can be brought into effect And WAN connection will be cut automatically during this process 10 7 Password This section allows you to cha...

Page 62: ... your new password Note For the sake of security it is highly recommended that you change default login password 10 8 System Logs The Syslog option allows you to view all events that occur upon system startup and check whether there is attack present in your network Refresh Click this button to update the log Clear Click this button to clear the log record ...

Page 63: ...E T UTP category 3 4 5 cable maximum 100m EIA TIA 568 100Ω STP maximum 100m 100BASE TX UTP category 5 5e cable maximum 100m EIA TIA 568 100Ω STP maximum 100m LEDs Power SYS WLAN WAN LAN 1 4 WPS Safety Emissions FCC CE Wireless Frequency Band 2 4 2 4835GHz Radio Data Rate 11n up to 150Mbps Automatic 11g 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 6M Automatic 11b 11 5 5 2 1M Automatic Channels 13 Frequency Expansion DSSS ...

Page 64: ...M 68dBm 10 PER 11M 85dBm 8 PER 6M 88dBm 10 PER 1M 90dBm 8 PER RF Power 20dBm max Antenna Gain 5dBi Omni Directional Power adapter 12V DC 0 5A Environmental and Physical Temperature Operating 0 40 32 104 Storage 40 70 40 158 Humidity Operating 10 90 RH Non condensing Storage 5 90 RH Non condensing ...

Page 65: ...rence SSID Service set identifier SSID is used to identify a particular 802 11 wireless LAN It is the name of a specific wireless network To let your wireless network adapter roam among different APs you must set all Aps SSID to the same name WPA WPA2 The WPA protocol implements the majority of the IEEE 802 11i standard It enhances data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP w...

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