Minitar MWGAR, User Manual

Page 1: ...MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Version 2 0 MWGAR MWGARB Wireless 802 11g b AP Router User Manual i MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation ...

Page 2: ...use 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 receiv...

Page 3: ...TER 8 3 2 CONNECT TO THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER 10 3 3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER 10 3 3 1 Status 10 3 3 2 Setup Wizard 12 I Operation Mode 12 II Time Zone Setting 14 III LAN Interface Setup 14 IV WAN Interface Setup 15 V Wireless Basic Settings 15 VI Wireless Security Setup 16 3 3 3 Operation Mode 16 3 3 4 Wireless Basic Settings 17 3 3 5 Wireless Advanced Settings 1...

Page 4: ... 20 Management DDNS 49 3 3 21 Management Time Zone Setting 50 3 3 22 Management Denial of Service 51 3 3 23 Management Log 52 3 3 24 Management Upgrade Firmware 53 3 3 25 Management Save Reload Settings 53 3 3 26 Management Password Setup 54 3 3 27 Logout 55 4 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FAQ 56 4 1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC S IP AND MAC ADDRESS 56 4 2 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN 56 4 3 WHAT ARE ISM BANDS...

Page 5: ... KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL TKIP 61 4 19 WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD AES 61 4 20 WHAT IS INTER ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL IAPP 62 4 21 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WDS 62 4 22 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY UPNP 62 4 23 WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT MTU SIZE 62 4 24 WHAT IS CLONE MAC ADDRESS 62 4 25 WHAT IS DDNS 63 4 26 WHAT IS NTP CLIENT 63 4 27 WHAT IS VPN 63 4 28 WHAT IS IPSEC 63 5...

Page 6: ...MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Version 2 0 Revision History i MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation DATE REVISION OF USER S MANUAL FIRMWARE 2006 7 27 Version 2 0 g v 1 4 1 ...

Page 7: ...rect Sequence Spread Spectrum EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol ESP Encapsulating Security Payload FCC Federal Communications Commission FTP File Transfer Protocol IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IKE Internet Key Exchange IP Internet Protocol ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical LAN Local Area Network MAC Media Access Control MD5 Message Digest 5 NAT Network Address Tra...

Page 8: ...tegrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play VPN Virtual Private Network WDS Wireless Distribution System WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WPA Wi Fi Protected Access iii MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation ...

Page 9: ...1 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Product Name WLAN Broadband Router Standard 802 11b g Wireless 802 3 10BaseT 802 3u 100BaseT Data Transfer Rate 54Mbps Wireless 100Mbps Ethernet Modulation Method CCK 802 11b OFDM 802 11g Frequency Band 2 4GHz 2 497GJz ISM Band DSSS RF Output Power CCK 17 dBm OFDM 13 5 dBm Receiver Sensitivity 802 11b 80 dBm 8 802 11g 68 dBm 5 Operation...

Page 10: ...M Ethernet interface Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment Supports DHCP client for WAN interface auto IP address assignment from ISP Supports PPPoE on WAN interface Supports PPTP Client on Ethernet WAN interface Supports clone MAC address function Supports firewall security with port filtering IP filtering MAC filtering port forwarding trigger port DMZ hosting and U...

Page 11: ...ing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna 3 LAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface On Port linked Off No link 4 WAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface On Port linked Off No link 3 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Power LED WLAN LED ...

Page 12: ...nection through Category 5 cables Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed and half full duplex comply with IEEE 802 3 802 3u respectively 4 WAN 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 5 Reset Push continually the reset button 5 10 seconds to reset the configuration paramete...

Page 13: ...a is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface 10 100M On Connection speed is 100Mbps on WAN interface Off Connection speed is 10Mbps on WAN interface 4 LAN LED ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface 10 100M On Connection speed is 100Mbps on ...

Page 14: ...on 10 100M speed and half full duplex comply with IEEE 802 3 802 3u respectively 4 LAN 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 5 Power The power jack allows an external DC 7 5 V power supply connection The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the...

Page 15: ...t cable with appropriate cable length is needed Step 3 Supply DC power to the WLAN Broadband Router Use only the AC DC power adapter supplied with the WLAN Broadband Router it may occur damage by using a different type of power adapter The hardware installation finished 2 2Software Installation There are no software drivers patches or utilities installation needed but only the configuration settin...

Page 16: ...n on Network icon The Network window will appear 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 Mi...

Page 17: ...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 completes 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 ...

Page 18: ... Explore then enter 192 168 1 254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router 3 3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router 3 3 1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device includes system wireless Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information Screen snapshot Status 10 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Item Descrip...

Page 19: ...ess of the WLAN Broadband Router BSSID is a six byte address Associated Clients It shows the number of connected clients or stations PCs TCP IP configuration Attain IP Protocol It shows type of connection IP Address It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of WLAN Broadband Router Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of WLAN Broadband Router Default Gateway It shows the defau...

Page 20: ...for WAN interface outgoing data packets MAC Address It shows the MAC address of WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router 3 3 2 Setup Wizard This page guides you to configure wireless broadband router for first time Screen snapshot Setup Wizard 12 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation I Operation Mode This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode ...

Page 21: ...MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Version 2 0 13 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Screen snapshot Operation Mode ...

Page 22: ...sed to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot Time Zone Settings III LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask 14 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Screen snapshot LAN Interface Setup ...

Page 23: ...Screen snapshot WAN Interface Setup V Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band Mode Network Type SSID Channel Number Enable Mac Clone Single Ethernet Client 15 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Screen snapshot Wireless Basic Settings ...

Page 24: ...security Screen snapshot Wireless Security Setup 3 3 3 Operation Mode This page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts Screen snapshot Operation Mode 16 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Item Description Gateway Traditional gateway configuration It always ...

Page 25: ...ridge mode Wireless interface can do all router s functions Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 17 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation 3 3 4 Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clien...

Page 26: ...ociated Clients Click the Show Active Clients button to open Active Wireless Client Table that shows the MAC address transmit packet receive packet and transmission rate for each associated wireless client Enable Mac Clone Single Ethernet Client Take Laptop NIC MAC address as wireless client MAC address Client Mode only Enable Universal Repeater Mode Click to enable Universal Repeater Mode SSID of...

Page 27: ...ation Item Description Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System Shared Key or Auto selection Fragment Threshold Set the data packet fragmentation threshold value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes Refer to 4 10 What is Fragment Threshold RTS Threshold Set the RTS Threshold value can be written between 0 and 2347 bytes Refer to 4 11 What is RTS Request To Se...

Page 28: ...ble the IAPP function Refer to 4 20 What is Inter Access Point Protocol IAPP 802 11g Protection Protect 802 11b user RF Output Power To adjust transmission power level Turbo Mode Click to enable disable turbo mode Only apply to WLAN IC of Realtek Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previ...

Page 29: ... AES 4 17 What is 802 1X Authentication 4 18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP 4 19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard AES Use 802 1x Authentication While Encryption is selected to be WEP Click the check box to enable IEEE 802 1x authentication function Refer to 4 16 What is 802 1x Authentication WPA Authentication Mode While Encryption is selected to be WPA Click to select the WPA Au...

Page 30: ...hentication RADIUS Server Set the IP address port and login password information of authentication RADIUS sever Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting I WEP Key Setup Screen snapshot WEP Key Setup 22 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation ...

Page 31: ... Key 4 Secret key 4 of WEP security encryption function Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Close Click to close this WEP Key setup window Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting WEP encryption key secret key length Length Format 64 bit 128 bit ASCII 5 characters 13 characters HEX 10 hexadecimal ...

Page 32: ...ill in the MAC address of client to register this WLAN Broadband Router access capability Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered client Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the client to new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Current Access Control List It shows the registered clients tha...

Page 33: ...te with in the table and then enable the WDS Screen snapshot WDS Setup 25 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Item Description Enable WDS Click the check box to enable wireless distribution system Refer to 4 21 What is Wireless Distribution System WDS MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability Comment Fill in the...

Page 34: ...ibution system Delete All Click to delete all the registered APs from the wireless distribution system allowed list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting I WDS Security Setup Requirement Set Wireless Basic Settings Mode AP WDS This page is used to configure the wireless security between APs Refer to 3 3 6 Wireless Security Setup Screen snapshot...

Page 35: ...ic count of error sent packets on the Wireless LAN interface Rx Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface Tx Rare Mbps It shows the wireless link rate within WDS Refresh Click to refresh the statistic counters on the screen Close Click to close the current window 27 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation 3 3 9 Site Survey This page ...

Page 36: ...r level of current AP Select Click to select AP or client you d like to connect Refresh Click the Refresh button to re scan site survey on the screen Connect Click the Connect button to establish connection 28 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation 3 3 10 LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of ...

Page 37: ...Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets DHCP Click to select Disabled Client or Server in different operation mode of wireless Access Point DHCP Client Range Fill in the start IP address and end IP address to allocate a range of IP addresses client with DHCP function set will be assigned an IP address from the range Show Client Click to open the Active DHCP Client Tab...

Page 38: ... MAC Address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 11 WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for wide area network that connects to the WAN port of your WLAN Broadband Router Here you may change the access method to Static IP DH...

Page 39: ...dress of Domain Name Server 1 DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2 DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3 Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned Refer to 4 24 What is Clone MAC Address Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function Refer to 4 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click t...

Page 40: ...nt Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server Host Name Fill in the host name of Host Name The default value is empty MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size The default value is 1400 Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected Set DNS Manua...

Page 41: ...fer to 4 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable WAN Echo Reply Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting III PPPoE ...

Page 42: ...on through PPPoE protocol whenever this WLAN Broadband Router is powered on Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through PPPoE protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the WAN interface there are a watchdog implemented to close the PPPoE connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set Manual connection type means to setup the conn...

Page 43: ...lone MAC Address Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function Refer to 4 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP Enable Web Server Access on WAN Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from WAN side Enable WAN Echo Reply Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting Reset Click the Reset button...

Page 44: ... the PPTP support on WAN interface fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size The default value is 1400 Refer to 4 23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit MTU Size Request MPPE Encryption Click the checkbox to enable request MPPE encryption Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for PPTP support Please select Set DNS Man...

Page 45: ...estrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network Screen snapshot Firewall Port Filtering 37 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Item Description Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering security function Port Range Protocol Comments T...

Page 46: ...t change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 13 Firewall IP Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network Screen snapshot Firewall IP Filtering 38 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Item...

Page 47: ...to delete all the registered entries from the IP filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 3 3 14 Firewall MAC Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network Scre...

Page 48: ... removed from the MAC filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the MAC filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 40 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation 3 3 15 Firewall Port Forwarding Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network services to a specifi...

Page 49: ...ou know about whys to allow data packets forward to the IP address and port number Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address and port number to Port forwarding list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address and port number that will be removed from the port forwar...

Page 50: ... URL address that will be removed from the URL Filtering list Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the URL Filtering list Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 42 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation 3 3 17 Firewall DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing una...

Page 51: ...st that can be access from the WAN interface Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address of DMZ host Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 43 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation 3 3 18 VPN Setting This page is used to show VPN connection table configure IPSEC VPN NAT Traversal Generate RSA Key...

Page 52: ... Public Key Click to show RSA public key that we generate Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to enable IPSEC VPN NAT Traversal settings Current VPN Connection Table It shows current WAN interface information and VPN connection table Edit Click to enter the current VPN tunnel configuration page Delete Click to delete the current VPN tunnel that radio button stay Refresh Click to refresh t...

Page 53: ...s or Subnet Address VPN connection Fill in IP address or subnet address depends on which Local Site option you choose Fill in the local subnet mask Remote Site Remote Secure Gateway Remote IP Address Network Remote Subnet Mask Click to select Single Address Subnet Address Any Address or NAT T Any Address VPN remote connection Fill in remote gateway IP address Fill in IP address or subnet address d...

Page 54: ...tiator or Responder mode Connect Click to connect manually Responder mode only Disconnect Click to disconnect manually Responder mode only ESP Click to configure 3DES AES128 or NULL encryption Click to configure MD5 or SHA1 authentication PreShared Key Fill in the key value IKE mode only Remote RSA Key Fill in the remote gateway RSA key IKE mode only Status It shows connection status IKE mode only...

Page 55: ...t shows the current connection status Manual mode only Back It returns back to VPN Setup page II Advanced IKE Setup Screen snapshot Advanced VPN Settings for IKE 47 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Item Description Phase 1 Negotiation Mode Main mode Encryption Algorithm Click to select 3DES or AES128 encryption ...

Page 56: ...tication Key Life Time Fill in the key life time value by seconds Encapsulation Tunnel mode Perfect Forward Secrecy PFS Click to select ON or NONE Ok Click the Ok button to save current tunnel settings Cancel Click the Cancel button to close current window without any changes 3 3 19 Management Statistics This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless Ether...

Page 57: ...It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the Ethernet WAN interface Ethernet WAN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet WAN interface Refresh Click the refresh the statistic counters on the screen 3 3 20 Management DDNS This page is used to configure Dynamic DNS service to have DNS with dynamic IP address Screen snapshot Management DDNS 49 MWGAR MW...

Page 58: ... Screen snapshot Management Time Zone Settings Item Description Current Time It shows the current time Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country Enable NTP client update Click the checkbox to enable NTP client update Refer to 4 26 What is NTP Client NTP Server Click select default or input NTP server IP address Apply Change Click the Apply Changes button to save and enable NTP client se...

Page 59: ... Denial of Service 51 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation Item Description Enable DoS Prevention Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention Whole System Flood Per Source IP Flood Enable and setup prevention in details Select ALL Click the checkbox to enable all prevention items Clear ALL Click the checkbox to disable all prevention items Apply Changes Click the Apply Chang...

Page 60: ...ox to enable log Show all log of wireless broadband router Only show wireless log Only show Denial of Service log Enable Remote Log Log Server IP Address Click the checkbox to enable remote log service Input the remote log IP address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings Refresh Click the refresh the log shown on the screen Clear Clear log display screen 52 MWGAR MWGA...

Page 61: ... of web firmware image file Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the WLAN Broadband Router Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting 53 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation 3 3 25 Management Save Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings ...

Page 62: ...tion parameter to factory defaults 3 3 26 Management Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point Empty user name and password will disable the protection Screen snapshot Management Password Setup 54 Item Description User Name Fill in the user name for web management login control New Password Fill in the password for web management login control Con...

Page 63: ... 3 3 27 Logout This page is used to logout web management page This item will be activated next time you login after you define user account and password Screen snapshot Logout Screen snapshot Logout OK Item Description Apply Change Click the Apply Change button Then click OK button to logout 55 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation ...

Page 64: ...nd MAC address Open the Command program in the Microsoft Windows Type in ipconfig all then press the Enter button Your PC s IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PC s MAC address is the one entitled Physical Address 4 2What is Wireless LAN A wireless LAN WLAN is a network that allows access to Internet without the need for any wired connections to the user s machine 4 3What are ISM ba...

Page 65: ... 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 Example 2 wireless Ad Hoc Mode 4 5What is BSSID A six byte...

Page 66: ...ith 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 com...

Page 67: ...ts 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 59 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation 4 11 What is RTS...

Page 68: ... 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 4 14 What is SSID Broadcast Broadcast of SSID is done in access points by the beacon This announces your access po...

Page 69: ... 802 11i amendment to the 802 11 standard 4 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...

Page 70: ...ecture that consists of services devices and control points The ultimate goal is to allow data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media operating system programming language and wired wireless connection 4 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 tran...

Page 71: ...ng the current timestamp from internet via Network Time protocol User can specify time zone NTP server IP address 4 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 63 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation 4 28 What is IPSEC IPSEC is the abbreviation of IP Security It is used...

Page 72: ...168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 DHCP Client Range 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 200 WLAN configuration SSID MyWLAN Channel Number 11 Internet xDSL CM Power adapter Ethernet Cable Ethernet cable SSID MyWLAN Channel 11 DHCP client SSID MyWLAN Channel 11 DHCP client SSID MyWLAN Channel 11 DHCP client SSID MyWLAN Channel 11 DHCP client DHCP client Bridge mode PPPoE connection par...

Page 73: ...GARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation ame 56 and isplay on the screen Press button to confirm the configuration setting onfigure the LAN interface Default ateway 0 0 0 0 to Press button to confirm the configuration setting d C Open LAN Interface Setup page enter the IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 G enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 192 168 1 100 65 192 168 1 20...

Page 74: ...s Notebook PCs MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration WAN configuration Fixed IP IP Address 192 168 2 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 2 10 DNS Address 168 95 1 1 LAN configuration IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 2 254 DHCP Client Range 192 168 1 100 192 168 ...

Page 75: ... 11 DHCP client SSID MyWLAN Channel 11 DHCP client SSID MyWLAN Channel 11 DHCP client DHCP client Router mode SSID MyWLAN Channel 11 DHCP range 192 168 1 100 to 192 168 1 200 WAN IP 192 168 2 254 255 255 255 0 192 168 2 10 255 255 255 0 Figure 4 Configuration Example Two Fixed IP on the WAN 67 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation ...

Page 76: ...fault gateway 192 168 2 10 Press button to confirm the configuration setting Configure the LAN interface Open LAN Interface Setup page enter the IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 enable DHCP Server DHCP client range 192 168 1 100 to 192 168 1 200 Press button to confirm the configuration setting 68 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation ...

Page 77: ... Version 2 0 Configure the WLAN interface Open WLAN Interface Setup page enter the SSID MyWLAN Channel Number 11 Press button to confirm the configuration setting 69 MWGAR MWGARB User Manual Copyright 2006 Minitar Corporation ...