Netis WF-2404, User Manual

Page 1: ...WF 2404 User Manual netis 300Mbps Wireless N Broadband Router V1 3 2011 05 18 ...

Page 2: ...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 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 ...

Page 3: ... Brand and Copyright Announcement Copyright 2010 Netis Corporation All rights reserved is a registered trademark of Netis Corporation Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Reproduction in any manner without the permission of Netis Corporation is strictly forbidden All the information in this docu...

Page 4: ...GURE COMPUTER 11 3 1 1 Windows 98 Me 11 3 1 2 Windows 2000 11 3 1 3 Windows XP 14 3 1 4 Windows Vista 17 3 1 5 Windows 7 21 3 1 6 MAC OS 23 3 2 CHECKING CONNECTION WITH THE ROUTER 25 3 3 LOGIN 26 4 ROUTER SETUP 28 4 1 STATUS 28 4 1 1 Version 28 4 1 2 WAN 28 4 1 3 LAN 29 4 1 4 Wireless 29 4 1 5 Router Status 30 4 1 6 Traffic Statistics 30 4 2 QUICK SETUP 30 4 2 1 DHCP dynamic 30 4 2 2 PPPoE 31 4 2 ...

Page 5: ...WDS Settings 43 4 5 5 Repeater Settings 44 4 5 6 Wireless Advanced 46 4 5 7 Wireless Statistics 48 4 5 8 Multiple AP Settings 48 4 6 DHCP 49 4 6 1 DHCP Settings 49 4 6 2 DHCP Clients List 49 4 6 3 Address Reservation 50 4 7 FORWARDING 50 4 7 1 Virtual Servers 50 4 7 2 Port Triggering 51 4 7 3 DMZ 51 4 7 4 UPnP 52 4 7 5 FTP Private Port 52 4 8 SECURITY 52 4 8 1 Security Settings 52 4 8 2 IP Address...

Page 6: ...300Mbps Wireless N Broadband Router User Manual 5 4 12 4 WOL 59 4 12 5 System Logs 59 4 12 6 Remote Management 60 4 12 7 Factory Defaults 60 4 12 8 Reboot 60 4 13 ABOUT 61 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 61 ...

Page 7: ...ork administrators can manage and monitor the network in real time The 300Mbps Wireless N Broadband Router also provides a hardware WPS Wi Fi protected setup button which helps you setup a secure wireless network in a snap The button lets you activate the wireless protection easily 1 2 Main Features Comply with IEEE802 11n g b IEEE802 3 10Base T IEEE802 3u 100Base TX standards Support MIMO technol...

Page 8: ...rotocol IEEE 802 11b g n IEEE 802 11e IEEE 802 11h IEEE 802 11k IEEE 802 11i IEEE 802 3 10Base T IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX 1 4 Working Environment Temperature 0 to 40 C operating 40 to 70 C storage Humidity 10 to 90 non condensing operating 5 to 90 non condensing storage Power DC 9V ...

Page 9: ...ach computer Internet Explorer 5 0 Firefox 2 0 or Safari 1 4 or higher 2 2 Panel Front panel Figure 2 1 LED Function PWR ON Power on Off Power off WPS Flashing slowly WPS is running OFF WPS is not running SYS ON and Off Abnormal Flashing Normal WLAN Flashing Wireless data transmitting Off Wireless off WAN On WAN Connection normal Flashing Data transmitting Off WAN Connection abnormal LAN On LAN Co...

Page 10: ...it because you can t remember the IP you have given it or other problem you may have to utilize the reset button on the back of the router to put it back to factory settings You have to press and hole this button for a few seconds 2 6s with a pencil when it is working then release and it will restore settings to the factory configuration The other way to restore factory settings is through the sam...

Page 11: ...ter s Ethernet port and the other end to one of the LAN ports of your router Connect another Ethernet cable from your Cable DSL modem to the WAN port of your router Connect the single DC output connector of the power adapter to the power jack on the back of the router and plug the Power Adapter into an AC outlet ...

Page 12: ... you have network card 4 Select TCP IP If TCP IP appears more than once please select the item that has an arrow pointing to the network card installed on your computer DO NOT choose the instance of TCP IP with the words Dial Up Adapter beside it 5 Click Properties The TCP IP Properties dialog box appears 6 Ensure the Obtain IP Address Automatically is checked 7 From the WINS Configuration dialog ...

Page 13: ...anual 12 Figure 3 1 2 Double click the icon Network and Dial up Connections 3 Highlight the icon Local Area Connection right click your mouse and click Properties Figure 3 2 4 Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and then press Properties button ...

Page 14: ...13 Figure 3 3 5 Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically and then press OK to close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window Figure 3 4 6 Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window ...

Page 15: ...dband Router User Manual 14 Figure 3 5 3 1 3 Windows XP Please follow the steps below to setup your computer 1 Go to Start Settings Control Panel 2 Click Network and Internet Connections Figure 3 6 3 Click Network Connections ...

Page 16: ...ss N Broadband Router User Manual 15 Figure 3 7 4 Highlight the icon Local Area Connection right click your mouse and click Properties Figure 3 8 5 Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and then press Properties button ...

Page 17: ...6 Figure 3 9 6 Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically and then press OK to close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window Figure 3 10 7 Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window ...

Page 18: ...nd Router User Manual 17 Figure 3 11 3 1 4 Windows Vista Please follow the steps below to setup your computer 1 Go to Start Settings Control Panel 2 Click Network and Sharing Center Figure 3 12 3 Click Manage Network Connections ...

Page 19: ...roadband Router User Manual 18 Figure 3 13 4 Highlight the icon Local Area Connection right click your mouse and click Properties Figure 3 14 5 Highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IP and then press Properties button ...

Page 20: ...eless N Broadband Router User Manual 19 Figure 3 15 6 Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically and then press OK to close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window ...

Page 21: ...300Mbps Wireless N Broadband Router User Manual 20 Figure 3 16 7 Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window ...

Page 22: ... follow the steps blow to setup your computer 1 Go to Start Control Panel Network and Internet 2 Click Network and Sharing Center Change adapter settings 3 Highlight the icon Local Area Connection right click your mouse and click Properties Highlight Internet Protocol version 4 TCP IPv4 ...

Page 23: ...300Mbps Wireless N Broadband Router User Manual 22 Figure 3 18 Figure 3 19 4 Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically ...

Page 24: ... Manual 23 and then press the OK to close the window Figure 3 20 5 Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window 3 1 6 MAC OS Please follow the steps blow to setup your computer 1 Go to Start System preference Settings Network ...

Page 25: ...300Mbps Wireless N Broadband Router User Manual 24 Figure 3 21 2 Click Network Select Use DHCP at the Configuration bar the system will get the IP address automatically Figure 3 22 ...

Page 26: ...ion automatically At the DOS prompt type the following command If the Command window returns something similar to the following C Documents and Settings admin ping 192 168 1 1 Pinging 192 168 1 1 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 192 168 1 1 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 64 Reply from 192 168 1 1 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 64 Reply from 192 168 1 1 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 64 Reply from 192 168 1 1 bytes 32 time 1...

Page 27: ...r and the computer In order to make the whole network operate successfully it is necessary to configure the 300Mbps Wireless N Broadband Router through your computer has a WEB browser installed Please follow up the steps listed below 3 3 Login Open a web browser Safari Internet Explorer etc on the computer you have just connected to the router type http 192 168 1 1 in the address bar and press ent...

Page 28: ...7 Figure 3 19 After you have logged in the router s user interface will be displayed The left menu shows the main options to configure the system and the right screen is the summary information for viewing and adjusting the configurations Figure 3 20 ...

Page 29: ...net Figure 4 2 Connection Type Display router s current connection type It should be one of PPPoE DHCP Static IP depending on what kind of connection type your ISP provides Physical Address The physical address of WAN port this is a unique address assigned by manufacturer IP Address The IP address you obtained after connect to the Internet if you haven t connected to the Internet yet this field is...

Page 30: ...can choose connect or disconnect by manually 4 1 3 LAN This item provides information about router s LAN port display LAN port s physical address IP address and current situation of DHCP server Figure 4 3 4 1 4 Wireless This item provides current running information of wireless Figure 4 4 Wireless status Display wireless interface status is enabled or not Name SSID SSID Service Set Identifier is y...

Page 31: ... you the convenient and simplest method for configure the router the purpose of this item is to provide an easy way for you to use it and configure your router to access the Internet quickly including DHCP dynamic PPPoE Static and Wireless Configuration This is the most convenient tool for you to configure router 4 2 1 DHCP dynamic Figure 4 7 After select this item you will obtain an IP address fr...

Page 32: ...c IP address to access Internet you should input your WAN IP address subnet mask default gateway and DNS server domain name server according to the information provided by your ISP And every IP address should be input in appropriate IP field a IP address only divided into four IP octets by sign is acceptable WAN IP address The IP address that your Internet access into Subnet mask Specify a Subnet ...

Page 33: ...eless network have the same SSID For added security you should change the default SSID to a unique name Region Choose a correct region which fit your use environment Channel Wireless router communicates to wireless cards in a particular channel which can reduce interference between different channels Authentication Type Different authentication types use different encryption types which can encryp...

Page 34: ...tion please configure the authentication type to none and then it will be encrypted to WPA2 AES mode automatically If you don t want to change your authentication type then when you use this function the router will be encrypted to the mode that you have configured 4 3 1 WPS Settings Figure 4 12 WPS Status You can use this function to setup the wireless connection between this router and wireless ...

Page 35: ...2 Push the WPS button in the wireless network card for about 3 5seconds 3 The safe connection will be established automatically Method 2 1 Input the PIN code of the adapter s WPS page into the router s WPS configure page then click connect Figure 4 15 Figure 4 16 2 Push the PIN Input Config PIN in the Wi Fi protect setup of the adapter Figure 4 17 3 Select this router in the pop up window then cli...

Page 36: ... access and wireless access 4 4 1 1 Wired Access Figure 4 18 Internet Access Type Ask for your ISP to get the correct access type IP The IP address you obtained after connect to the Internet if you haven t connected to the Internet yet this field is 0 0 0 0 Subnet Mask The Subnet mask you obtained after connect to the Internet if you haven t connected to Internet yet this field is 0 0 0 0 Gateway ...

Page 37: ...rk The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters Make sure all points in the wireless network have the same SSID For added security you should change the default SSID to a unique name Authentication Type None means do not encrypt wireless data Internet Access Type Ask for your ISP to get the correct access type IP The IP a...

Page 38: ...eld blank 4 4 2 LAN The IP address of LAN port is used for access router itself by computers that connect to the router directly here you can set IP address you need The IP address format is like and default IP address is 192 168 1 1 the default subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 Figure 4 1 4 4 3 MAC Clone The WAN port of router has a unique MAC address assigned by manufacturer it called as Default MAC ...

Page 39: ...P Proxy Enabled and Disabled Figure 4 23 4 5 Wireless 4 5 1 Wireless Settings Providing basic configuration items for wireless router users including wireless network status SSID Radio Band Radio Mode MAC SSID broadcasting Channel width Channel sideband Region and Channel several basic configuration items ...

Page 40: ... broadcast SSID function If the setting of this field is disable wireless client can t obtain this SSID to login in then user have to input the SSID value manually Channel width This switch allows you to set Router s wireless bandwidth 20MHz In this mode you can get low bandwidth little interference and slow rate 40MHz In this mode you can get high bandwidth high interference and rapid rate Use on...

Page 41: ...e time the speed of wireless is more slower Key Mode If you select WEP to encrypt your data choose the bits of password it should be 64 bits or 128 bits Then choose the format of password it should be HEX or ASCII The valid character for HEX format should be numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F HEX support mixed letter and number mode And ASCII supports all characters that in keyboard Key L...

Page 42: ...n configure the renewal time between 60 to 86400 seconds Key Length description you need to input 8 to 63 ASCII characters no matter which type you select 4 5 2 4 WPA2 PSK The WPA2 PSK is similar to WPA PSK and with stronger encryption method than WPA PSK using WPA2 PSK you should input password leave this value in the range of 8 to 63 characters and key renewal time leave this value in the range ...

Page 43: ...it or deny The default is permit MAC address input the MAC address that you want to control The default format is e g 00 22 33 da cc bb Follow the following steps to set MAC filter 1 Enable MAC Filter then select save 2 Add MAC address you want to control in the MAC address field the format is then click Add button and you will see the MAC address has displayed in the MAC list 3 There are two item...

Page 44: ...e a description of your wireless bridge to tell apart WDS MAC Address If the current working mode is WDS or AP WDS then you need to configure wireless bridge configuration Enter MAC address of remote access point at the same time the remote access point also need to configure to WDS or AP WDS mode Current WDS Information It illustrates basic information of all wireless bridge that in connection st...

Page 45: ...t radio mode is WDS or AP WDS in wireless management basic of AP2 The IP address of AP2 should be 192 168 1 x 1 x 255 e g x 8 Select LAN setup DHCP server select disable DHCP server 4 Input WDS name e g Default input MAC address of AP1 00 22 4f cc ae f5 click add then the record named Default will appears in WDS list Select Channel is Channel 6 in wireless management basic of AP2 Note Before you s...

Page 46: ...Select Channel is Channel 6 in wireless management basic of AP1 Figure 4 34 AP2 Select radio mode is REPEATER in wireless management basic of AP2 Click AP Scan in wireless management basic of AP2 and select Netis1 and Connect then the Repeater SSID and Channel become same as AP1 The IP address of AP2 should be 192 168 1 x 1 x 255 e g x 8 ...

Page 47: ... select Netis1 and Connect then the Repeater SSID and Channel become same as AP2 The IP address of AP3 should be 192 168 1 x 1 x 255 but different from AP2 Select LAN setup DHCP server select disable DHCP server 4 5 6 Wireless Advanced These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN These settings should not be changed unless you know ...

Page 48: ...2347 and default value is 2347 If a network packet is smaller than the preset RTS threshold size the RTS CTS mechanism will not be enabled Aggregation You can accelerate the wireless transmission speed by enabling the aggregation function The default is AMPDU AMSDU Fragmentation Threshold It specifies the maximum size of packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted Transmission Rate T...

Page 49: ...n reliability the default setting is Long Preamble 4 5 7 Wireless Statistics Display current status of the wireless client associate with AP Figure 4 37 4 5 8 Multiple AP Settings The default status of secondary AP is disable you can select enable to enable the secondary AP Please refer to Quick Setup Wireless Security and Wireless Statistics for details Figure 4 38 ...

Page 50: ...function If a DHCP server has already existed in the network please select Disable Start IP Address The IP Address is used for allocate IP address by DHCP server enter the start IP address End IP Address The IP Address is used for allocate IP address by DHCP server enter the end IP address 4 6 2 DHCP Clients List Display the state of assigned IP by DHCP Server Figure 4 40 ...

Page 51: ...ual Servers Figure 4 42 Description Describe current virtual server item Internal Host IP Address The Internal Host IP Address indicates IP address of the internal host using virtual server Protocol The protocol item supplies several protocols For example if you have web server within LAN you can select the HTTP template then the router will input port number 80 automatically External Port Input a...

Page 52: ...t one of the Predefined Rules Rule Name describe one Predefined Trigger that you will configure Trigger Protocol you can select TCP UDP Trigger Port you can select a part of ports Forward Protocol you can select TCP UDP Forward Port you can select a part of ports 4 7 3 DMZ DMZ opens all the ports of one computer exposing the computer to the Internet So it should only be used for some special purpo...

Page 53: ...ble this function Figure 4 45 4 7 5 FTP Private Port Some games servers and applications such as BT QQ video Edunkey Web server are no longer effect when behind the NAT router so this item provides function of port mapping from LAN to WAN Figure 4 46 4 8 Security 4 8 1 Security Settings VPN is commonly used for encapsulate and encrypt data across the public network For VPN ...

Page 54: ...and protocol Description describe IP Firewall list to tell from different IP Firewall lists Rule you can select permit or deny The default is permit Source IP address input the source IP address that you want to control The default format is e g 192 168 2 3 Protocol and Port If the rule has already existed in Protocol Template You can select appropriate item and apply it Or you can input protocol ...

Page 55: ...Deny through the router for IP address listed others are permitted Select the item you want and click Save button 4 If you want to delete certain item on the list select appropriate item on the list click delete to delete it 4 8 3 MAC Filtering Figure 4 49 Status the default is disable You can filter wired users by enabling this function thus unauthorized users can not access the network Descripti...

Page 56: ...omain name such as www sina com Rule you can select permit or deny The default is permit DNS Filter Key words Input website name or Domain name in the DNS Key Words field such as www 163 com Follow these steps to set DNS filter 1 You can select enable and click Save to enable DNS Filter function This is only the first step you should continued to create appropriate rules for DNS Filter 2 Input DNS...

Page 57: ...ain destination Network or IP address which static route forward to Subnet Mask Subnet mask is used for distinguish Network portion and Host portion for an IP address Next hop IP Address This is an IP address of the next hop device and also is the gateway address for local host that allows forwarding data between router and remote network or host Routing Table You can check out all current route i...

Page 58: ... Set the IP address range for restricted hosts Minimum bandwidth setup uplink and downlink bandwidth Maximum bandwidth setup uplink and downlink bandwidth 4 11 Dynamic DNS The DDNS feature allows you using domain name not IP address to access Internet Before you can use this feature you need to register an account for DDNS service at DDNS service providers such as roay cn TZO com DynDNS For more i...

Page 59: ...ervice providers you will get User Name Password Dynamic Domain Name Input information in appropriate field 4 12 System Tools System management includes password setup web Setup upgrade reboot restore WOL and System time 4 12 1 Firmware Click Browse button and select a File to upgrade after you have selected the appropriate file click Upgrade button to execute upgrade procedure Do not cut off the ...

Page 60: ...e default password to one of your choice here enter a new password and then Re enter it again to confirm your new password Click Save button to save settings Figure 4 56 4 12 4 WOL Input host MAC address and then click button of Wake up to wake up the target host which in the LAN Figure 4 57 4 12 5 System Logs Examine system logs You can configure items shown in one Page the default is 10 ...

Page 61: ...heck the Management Port and enter the port number and then press save button to enable web management Figure 4 59 4 12 7 Factory Defaults Click Restore button the Router will erase all of your settings and replace them with the factory defaults make sure you have backup current settings before click this button Figure 4 60 4 12 8 Reboot Click Reboot button to restart the router Figure 4 61 ...

Page 62: ...ess you entered is correct If the router s LAN IP address has been changed you should enter the reassigned IP address instead 2 I forget Password Reset the Router without Login Use a pencil to press the button for about 2 6 seconds when it is working then leave your hands it will restore settings to the factory configuration The default password is guest 3 I have some problems related to Connectio...

Page 63: ...requires a registered Ethernet card MAC address make sure you have cloned the network adapter s MAC address to the WAN port of the router See the MAC Address field in WAN Setup 5 My wireless client cannot communicate with another Ethernet computer Ensure the wireless adapter functions properly You may open the Device Manager in Windows to see if the adapter is properly installed Make sure the wire...