NetComm 3G25W-R, Manual

Page 1: ... this router provides wireless speeds of up to 150Mbps 150 faster than 11g technology On top of this the 3G25W R has four LAN ports for wired connections to multiple devices Rather than being restricted to certain USB modems the 3G25W R allows the user to simply insert an active SIM and utilise 3G Mobile Broadband for internet connectivity The 3G25W R includes advanced security features such as VP...

Page 2: ...nnectivity and business continuity with auto Internet failover from WAN port to 3G Mobile Broadband Easy WiFi Protected Setup WPS by the single touch of a button to establish a secure wireless connection Full Wireless security WEP WPA WPA2 Browser based interface for configuration and management OS independent and easy to use Package Contents Your 3G25W R Wireless Router with voice Package contain...

Page 3: ...h a working Ethernet adapter with TCP IP Protocol installed Internet Explorer version 6 0 or Netscape Navigator version 7 0 and above Wireless Computer System Requirements Computer with a working 802 11b 802 11g 802 11n wireless adapter LED indicators PICTURES LED color Description Status Green in flash Device status is working Red in flash Disconnected No SIM card signal or unverified PIN code Am...

Page 4: ...rred via 3G 3 5G USB 3G LED Green Connected with 3G dongle via USB port Green RJ45 cable is plugged WAN LED Green in flash Data access Green RJ45 cable is plugged LAN LED Green in flash Data access Green WLAN is on Green in flash Device is in WPS PBC mode WiFi LED Green in fast flash Device is in WPS PBC mode Restoring Factory Defaults This feature will reset the Router to its factory default conf...

Page 5: ...he reset is in progress Do not power off the unit at this point After the router reboots the default settings are now restored This entire process takes several minutes to complete Once you have reset the router to its default settings you will be able to access the device s web configuration using http 192 168 1 1 with password admin Default Settings LAN Management Static IP Address 192 168 1 x S...

Page 6: ...t the Ethernet cable into the LAN Port Insert the Ethernet cable into LAN port on the back panel of the 3G25W R and an available Ethernet port on the network adapter on the computer you will use to configure the 3G25W R Step 4 Power on the 3G25W R 1 Connect the power adapter to the receptor on the back panel of your 3G25W R 2 Then plug the other end of the power adapter into a wall outlet or power...

Page 7: ... first need to reconfigure the TCP IP Network Settings to access your Wireless Router Follow the instructions for your operating system For Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP 1 Click on Start Control Panel in Classic View In the Control Panel double click on Network Connections to continue 2 Single RIGHT click on Local Area connection then click Properties 3 Double click on Internet Protocol TCP IP ...

Page 8: ...dress automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click on OK to continue 5 Click Show icon in notification area when connected see screen image in 3 above then click on OK to complete the setup procedures ...

Page 9: ...a 32 64 1 Click on Start Control Panel Network and Sharing Center 2 In the Manage network connections click on Manage network connections to continue 3 Single RIGHT click on Local Area connection then click Properties ...

Page 10: ...nformation User Account Control and click Continue to continue 5 Double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 6 Check Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click on OK to continue ...

Page 11: ...anel in Category View View network status and tasks 2 In the Control Panel Home click on Change adapter settings to continue 3 Single RIGHT click on Local Area Connection then click Properties 4 Double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 ...

Page 12: ...5 Check Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click on OK to continue ...

Page 13: ... OSX 10 6 1 Click the Apple icon and choose System Preferences 2 Click on Network icon 3 Set Location to Automatic and Show to Built In Ethernet 4 In the Configure option choose Using DHCP 5 Click on Apply Now ...

Page 14: ...e web configuration wizard utility 1 Open your web browser e g Internet Explorer Firefox Safari and navigate to http 192 168 1 1 2 At the login screen type in admin without quotes in the System Password field Then click on Login Notes admin is the default login password for the unit 3 Click on Wizard and then on Enter 4 This page shows you the steps needed to configure your 3G25W R unit Click Next...

Page 15: ...etting once you finished 6 After several minutes the 3G25W R will save all the settings and the wizard is complete Click Finish to go back to the Status page and the unit will now use the new settings 7 If everything is configured properly the System Status page will show that your 3G service is online and the WAN IP address that has been assigned ...

Page 16: ...uration outlined in the Web configuration section and click on the Advanced Setup menu at the top of the page For first time installation you will be presented with the following page Choose Advanced to access the Advanced Setup page After that click on any of the top menu to access the respective setting pages ...

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Page 18: ...a Network settings on your 3G25W R Wireless router and the WAN Wide Area Network connection 1 LAN IP Address the local IP address of the 3G25W R The computers on your network must use this IP address as their Default Gateway You can change it if necessary 2 Subnet Mask Enter 255 255 255 0 in the subnet field 3 WAN Interface Select Ethernet WAN or Wireless WAN 4 WAN Type WAN connection type Click t...

Page 19: ... Static IP Address Enter the WAN IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Primary and Secondary DNS as supplied by your ISP ...

Page 20: ...your 3G modem optional Refer to your ISP for more information Connection Control There are 3 modes to select Connect on demand The 3G25W R will connect to the internet when a client sends outgoing packets Auto Reconnect Always on The 3G25W R will automatically reconnect to the internet until the connection is manually disconnected Manually The 3G25W R will not connect to the internet until someone...

Page 21: ...for more information Connection Control There are 3 modes to select Connect on demand The 3G25W R will connect to the internet when a client sends outgoing packets Auto Reconnect Always on The 3G25W R will automatically reconnect to the internet until the connection is manually disconnected Manually The 3G25W R will not connect to the internet until someone clicks the connect button in the Status ...

Page 22: ...amic IP Address If you are using a Static address enter the information provided to you by your service provider Activate WWAN for Auto Failover The WAN type will be change to wireless WAN automatically if the wired WAN connection disconnects My IP Address My Subnet Mask and WAN Gateway IP the private IP address subnet mask and Gateway IP your service provider assigned to you Server IP Address Nam...

Page 23: ...Auto Reconnect Always on The 3G25W R will automatically reconnect to the internet until the connection is manually disconnected Manually The 3G25W R will not connect to the internet until someone clicks the connect button in the Status page Maximum Transmission Unit MTU The default MTU value is 0 auto It is set automatically when you connect L2TP Please verify your connection type and select the a...

Page 24: ...p it empty Maximum Idle Time The amount of inactivity on the internet connection before it is disconnected Set it to zero or enable Auto reconnect to disable this feature Connection Control There are 3 modes to select Connect on demand The 3G25W R will connect to the internet when a client sends outgoing packets Auto Reconnect Always on The 3G25W R will automatically reconnect to the internet unti...

Page 25: ...uto or manual to continue Country select your country Telecom select your 3G provider 3G Network select the 3G Network type APN Enter the APN for your 3G service Pin Code Enter the Pin Code for your SIM card Dial Number This number required to connect to your 3G service Account The username provided by your 3G service provider to enable access to your 3G service Password The password provided by y...

Page 26: ...es to select Connect on demand The 3G25W R will connect to the internet when a client sends outgoing packets Auto Reconnect Always on The 3G25W R will automatically reconnect to the internet until the connection is manually disconnected Manually The 3G25W R will not connect to the internet until someone clicks the connect button in the Status page Keep Alive Enables the 3G25W R to maintain your in...

Page 27: ...address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer You must specify the starting ending address of the IP address pool 4 Domain Name Optional this information will be passed to the client Click Save to save these settings or Undo to cancel You can also check the DHCP client list by pressing the Client List button Fixed Mapping button allows you to map a specific IP address to a specific M...

Page 28: ...DHCP Clients List The list of DHCP clients is shown here DHCP Fixed Mapping The DHCP Server will reserve a specific IP for a specific MAC address shown below ...

Page 29: ...4 Wireless Mode Choose B G Mixed B only G only and N only G N Mixed or B G N mixed The factory default setting is B G N mixed 5 Authentication mode You may select from seven kinds of authentication to secure your wireless network Open Shared Auto WPA PSK WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPA PSK WPA2 PSK A newer type of security is WPA PSK TKIP and WPA PSK2 ADE This type of security gives a more secur...

Page 30: ...such as WPA PSK when the wireless client supports WPA in order to secure your network Click Save to save these settings or click Undo to cancel WDS Wireless Distribution System WDS operation as defined by the IEEE802 11 standard has been made available Using WDS it is possible to wirelessly connect Access Points and in doing so extend a wired infrastructure to locations where cabling is not possib...

Page 31: ...Wireless Client List The list of wireless clients is shown here ...

Page 32: ...ur old password the factory default password is admin and then type in the new password Type the same new password in the Reconfirm field Note if you change the password please make sure that you use the new password the next time you log into the web configuration Click Save to save the settings or Undo to cancel ...

Page 33: ...cific port mapping exists in the NAT translation table Because of this NAT provides a level of protection for computers that are connected to your LAN However this also creates a connectivity problem when you want to make LAN resources available to Internet clients which you may want to do to play network games or host network applications There are three ways to work around NAT and to enable cert...

Page 34: ...fer to Advanced Setting Scheduling For example if you have an FTP server default port is port 21 at 192 168 1 10 a Web server default port is port 80 at 192 168 1 20 and a VPN server default port is port 1723 at 192 168 1 60 then you need to specify the following virtual server mapping table Service Port Server IP Enable 21 192 168 1 10 Ticked 80 192 168 1 20 Ticked 1723 192 168 1 60 Ticked Note A...

Page 35: ...ing Rules Miscellaneous section for assistance doing this The fields are explained as follow 1 Trigger the outbound port number that will be triggered by the application 2 Incoming Ports when the trigger packet is detected the inbound packets sent to the specified port numbers will be allowed to pass through the firewall The 3G32VW also provides predefined settings for some popular applications To...

Page 36: ...ation to the internet It is mostly used for Internet games Video conferencing Internet telephony and other special applications To enable DMZ enter the IP address of the PC and tick on Enable Note This feature should be used only when necessary UPnP Setting The device also supports this function If the OS supports this function enable it Click Save to save the settings or Undo to cancel ...

Page 37: ... Setting The Security Setting page allows you to configure the security management on the router such as Packet filters and MAC Control Click on any of the menu items on the left to access the respective setting page ...

Page 38: ...or each rule you will need to define the following Source IP address Source port Destination IP address Destination port Protocol TCP or UDP or both Use Schedule Rule For source or destination IP address you can define a single IP address 192 168 1 1 or a range of IP addresses 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 200 Empty fields imply all IP addresses For source or destination port you can also define a singl...

Page 39: ... Packet Filter page click on the Inbound Filter button on the bottom of the Outbound Filter page All the settings on this page are similar to the one for the Outbound Filter Click Save to save the settings or Undo to cancel ...

Page 40: ...ilege Host Netmask To set a group of computer that has privilege to access the internet without any restriction To set a Domain Filter you need to specify the following Domain Suffix Please type the suffix of the URL that needs to be restricted For example com xxx com Action The router action that you want when someone is accessing a URL that met the domain suffix Tick on Drop to block the access ...

Page 41: ...res you to input a keyword To enable URL Blocking please make sure to tick on Enable tick box on the top of the page To set a URL Blocking rule you need to specify the following URL If any part of the Website s URL matches the pre defined word then the connection will be blocked For example you can use pre defined word sex to block all websites if their URLs contain the pre defined word sex Enable...

Page 42: ... device it means the client can not access to the Internet either Choose allow or deny to allow or deny clients with MAC addresses that are not in the list to connect to this device Association control Check Association Control to control which wireless client can associate with the unit If a client is denied to associate with the unit it means the client can not send or receive any data via this ...

Page 43: ...the specified IP address is 0 0 0 0 any host can connect to the router to perform administration tasks You can use subnet mask bit nn notation to specify a group of trusted IP addresses for example 10 1 2 0 24 NOTE When Remote Administration is enabled the web server port will be shifted to 80 You can also change the web server port Discard PING from WAN side When this feature is enabled your rout...

Page 44: ...vanced Setting page allows you to configure the advanced settings on the router such as the System log Dynamic DNS and SNMPoptions Click on any of the menu items on the left to configure the access the respective setting page ...

Page 45: ...send syslog via email Check Enable to enable this function SMTP Server IP and Port Input the SMTP server IP and port which are connected with If you do not specify port number the default value is 25 For example mail your_url com or 192 168 1 100 26 SMTP Username and password Input a user account and password for the SMTP server E mail address The recipients who will receive these logs you can ass...

Page 46: ...e you can use Dynamic DNS service you need to register an account on one of the many supported Dynamic DNS provider such as DynDNS org TZO com or dhs org After registering the account the Dynamic DNS provider will provide you with the following details Host Name Username Email Password Key To enable the Dynamic DNS feature on the unit click the Enable check box choose the respective Provider and e...

Page 47: ...level User Rule The QoS rules can work in conjunction with Scheduling Rules Please reference the section Advanced setting schedule Rule section Click on Save to store your setting or Undo to discard your changes Advanced Setting SNMP SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol designed to give a user the capability to remotely manage a computer network by polling and setting terminal val...

Page 48: ...it remote access to a specific IP address by entering it here Please note If Remote access is enabled the default setting of 0 0 0 0 means any IP obtain SNMP protocol information Click on Save to store your setting or Undo to discard your changes Advanced Setting Routing Routing tables allow you to determine which physical interface address to use for outgoing IP data If you have more than one rou...

Page 49: ...ct RIPv2 if you have a different subnet in your network Otherwise please select RIPv1 Static Routing For static routing you can specify up to 8 routing rules You need to enter the destination IP address subnet mask gateway hop for each routing rule and then enable the rule by clicking the Enable checkbox Click on Save to store your setting or Undo to discard your changes ...

Page 50: ...uto Synchronization Select the Enable checkbox to enable this function Time Server Select a NTP time server to obtain the current UTC time from Sync with Time Server Select if you want to set Date and Time by NTP Protocol Sync with my PC Select if you want to set Date and Time using your computers Date and Time Click Save to save the settings or Undo to cancel ...

Page 51: ... enable or disable a service at a specific time or on a specific day Select Enable and then click the New Add button Select a name for the rule and enter the details such as the day start time or end time Click Save to save the settings or Undo to cancel ...

Page 52: ...Tool Box The Tool Box page consists of various tools for the unit Click on any of the menu items on the left to access the respective page ...

Page 53: ...ol Box System Info From this page you can view the System log and the Routing Table information for the router Tool Box Firmware Upgrade You can upgrade the routers firmware by clicking the Upgrade button ...

Page 54: ...p your current settings by clicking the Backup Setting button then and save it as a bin file When you want to restore these settings click the Firmware Upgrade button and use the bin file you saved Tool Box Reset to Default Tool Box Reboot ...

Page 55: ...live box The 3G25W R will periodically check that it can connect to this address to determine if the WAN connection is still running 6 In Basic Setting Primary Setup make sure that the selected WAN Type is your primary non 3G WAN connection and click Save You are now ready to use the internet connection as normal 7 When your primary non 3G WAN connection fails the 3G25W R will automatically failov...

Page 56: ...ontrol Panel Network and Sharing center 2 Click on Change Adapter settings on the left hand side 3 Right click on Wireless Network Connection and select Connect Disconnect 4 You should see a network listed with the SSID of your 3G25W R Select your wireless network and click Connect 5 Type the following into the Security key section a1b2c3d4e5 and click OK 6 You may then see a window that asks you ...

Page 57: ...Make sure that the 3G25W R power adaptor is connected to the device and plugged in to an appropriate power source Use only the supplied power adaptor 2 Check that the 3G25W R and the power source are both turned on and device is receiving sufficient power 3 Turn the 3G25W R off and on 4 If the error persists you may have a hardware problem In this case you should contact your vendor Web Configurat...

Page 58: ...d the 3G25W R restarts 3 The default username is admin The default password is admin The Password and Username fields are case sensitive Make sure that you enter the correct password and username using the proper casing 4 It is highly recommended to change the default username and password Make sure you store the username and password in a save place S CORRECTIVE ACTION WLAN Interface I cannot acc...

Page 59: ...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 Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to ...

Page 60: ...TIONS COULD VOID THE USER S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT This device complies with Industry Canada licence exempt RSS standard s Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause interference 2 this device must accept any interference including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian IC...

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