PHICOMM M1, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wireless Nano Router M1 User Manual User Manual V1 0 ...

Page 2: ... Communication Co Ltd Without the permission of Shanghai Feixun Communication Co Ltd individual or party is not allowed to copy plagiarize imitate or translate it into other languages All the photos and product specifications mentioned in this manual are for references only as the upgrading of software and hardware there will be changes And if there are changes PHICOMM is not responsible for infor...

Page 3: ...ntroduction 1 Chapter 3 Installation 3 Physical Connection 3 Configure the Computer s IP Address 3 Setup Wizard 13 Chapter 4 Router Configuration 20 Basic Setting 20 Operating Mode 21 Internet Settings 21 Wireless Basic Settings 22 Wireless Security Settings 25 Running Status 27 Expert Setting 27 Network Settings 28 Wireless Settings 29 DHCP Server 32 ...

Page 4: ...urity Options 36 Access Control 38 Routing Settings 39 IP Bandwidth Control 40 IP and MAC Binding 40 System Tools 41 Logout 45 Chapter 5 Specification 46 Appendix A Troubleshooting 47 Appendix B Certification 48 FCC Statement 48 CE Mark Warning 49 Appendix C Glossary 50 ...

Page 5: ...t the router is uniquely suited to provide robust wireless networking to travelers students or anyone else for work or play It supports multiple operating modes such as AP Router Repeater Bridge and Client helping you to extend wireless range and to boost the wireless signal You can enjoy the convenience of wireless network in home office hotel or any other place with this compact and portable rou...

Page 6: ...s factory default settings Main Features IEEE 802 11n wireless speed up to 150Mbps Travel sized design lightweight great for home or travel user USB port can be used for charging the Smart Phone Built in firewall featured with IP MAC URL Filtering and ARP attack prevention to protect your PC Supports multiple operation modes in different environment Supports WEP WPA WPA2 Enterprise WPA WPA2 Person...

Page 7: ...Introduction This Wireless Nano Router supports five operation modes AP Access Point Router Repeater Bridge and Client By default the operation mode is AP In AP mode it extends your existing hardwired network to your wireless clients In Router mode you can connect it to your modem to access the internet ...

Page 8: ...uction In Repeater mode it can extend the coverage of your root wireless router boost the wireless signal strength In Bridge mode it can wirelessly connect two or more remote LANs which also support Bridge mode together In Client mode it acts as a wireless network adapter ...

Page 9: ...ter 3 Installation Wireless Nano Router www phicomm com Chapter 3 Installation Physical Connection Please refer to Chapter 2 Configure the Computer s IP Address 1 Click Start Control Panel For Windows XP 2000 ...

Page 10: ...4 Chapter 3 Installation Wireless Nano Router www phicomm com 2 Select and double click Network Connections 3 Right click Wireless Network Connection and then select Properties ...

Page 11: ...rnet Protocol TCP IP and click Properties 5 Select Use the following IP address and Use the following DNS Server addresses The IP address put in 192 168 0 X like 192 168 0 100 Subnet mask put in 255 255 255 0 Default gateway leave it blank Then click OK and then click OK again ...

Page 12: ...ireless Nano Router www phicomm com 6 Right click on Wireless Network Connection again choose View Available Wireless Networks 7 Click Refresh network list search for PHICOMM_XXXXXX highlight on it and then click Connect button ...

Page 13: ...n see a windows pop up requires for a Network key you can find the network key from the label attached on the Wireless Nano Router or the package box Put in the network key and then click Connect 9 After you put in the correct network key you can see it showing connected ...

Page 14: ...8 Chapter 3 Installation Wireless Nano Router www phicomm com 1 Click Start Control Panel For Windows Vista 7 2 Click Network and Internet ...

Page 15: ...9 Chapter 3 Installation Wireless Nano Router www phicomm com 3 Click Network and Sharing Center 4 Go to Change Adapter Settings win7 Manage Network Connections Vista ...

Page 16: ...10 Chapter 3 Installation Wireless Nano Router www phicomm com 5 Right click Wireless Network Connection choose Properties 6 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and click Properties ...

Page 17: ...P address and Use the following DNS Server addresses the IP address put in 192 168 0 X like 192 168 0 100 the Subnet mask put in 255 255 255 0 the Default gateway leave it blank then click OK and then click OK again 8 Right click on Wireless Network Connection again choose Connect Disconnect ...

Page 18: ... list search for PHICOMM_XXXXXX highlight on it and then click Connect button 10 You can see a windows pop up requires for a Network security key you can find the key from the label attached on the Wireless Nano Router or the package box Put in the network security key and then click OK ...

Page 19: ...correct network security key you can see it showing connected Setup Wizard After successful installation you can go ahead to configure the router by log in the web management page please follow these instructions step by step 1 Open your web browser in the address bar type in 192 168 0 1 ...

Page 20: ...successful login you can see the web management page of the router comes up please go to Setup Wizard on the left side menu Note If it is the first time you log in the web management page only Wizard Setting option comes up However if you have changed any settings you can see there is one more option Manually Setting if you click on Manually Setting you can quickly choose your operating mode and t...

Page 21: ...icomm com Click on Manually Setting Click on Wizard setting a Choose AP mode The SSID is the wireless network name of the AP you can give it a different name and we recommend you choose WPA Personal WPA2 Personal as your Security Mode b Choose Router mode ...

Page 22: ... Nano Router www phicomm com Dynamic IP DHCP Static IP PPPoE Click on Next The SSID is the wireless network name of the router you can give it a different name and we recommend you choose WPA Personal WPA2 Personal as your Security Mode ...

Page 23: ...sult please find your main AP s SSID then highlight the corresponding row and then click Save After that the values you selected will be filled in the Network Name SSID and BSSID automatically Choose the security mode and encryption type according to the wireless network you d like to connect and enter the password Click Next to apply the settings ...

Page 24: ...network name of the bridge you can give it a different name and we recommend you choose WPA Personal WPA2 Personal as your Security Mode e Choose Client mode The SSID is the wireless name of the Client you can give it a different name and we recommend you choose WPA Personal WPA2 Personal as your Security Mode ...

Page 25: ...19 Chapter 3 Installation Wireless Nano Router www phicomm com Click on Next and then click Finish ...

Page 26: ...c Setting The Basic Setting section helps you to configure the Wireless Nano Router to access the Internet The submenus are different under different operating mode For AP and Bridge Mode For Router Mode For Repeater and Client Mode Click any of them you will be able to configure the corresponding function ...

Page 27: ...through Ethernet WAN port The Wireless port acts the same as a LAN port while at AP Router mode Repeater The Repeater relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range it can boost wireless signal strength Bridge This mode bridges the AP and another AP also in bridge mode to connect two wired LANs Client In Client mode it will act as a wireless station to enable wired h...

Page 28: ...ss not found error when you access a website it is likely that your DNS servers are set up improperly You should contact your ISP for correct DNS server addresses Wireless Basic Settings a AP and Router Mode Wireless Status Choose Enable to enable the wireless function of the router choose Disable to disable the wireless function of the router Network Name SSID Enter a value of up to 32 characters...

Page 29: ...nabled SSID Broadcast If you choose Enabled the wireless router will broadcast its name SSID b Repeater and Client Mode Network Name SSID Enter a value of up to 32 characters This is the wireless network name of your main AP Click on Scan button it will show the site list of scanning result please find your main AP s SSID then highlight the corresponding row and then click Save BSSID The physical ...

Page 30: ...outer are in the same transmission mode e g 802 11b you can choose Only mode e g 11b only If you have some devices which use a different transmission mode choose the appropriate Mixed mode Channel Bandwidth The bandwidth of the wireless channel you can select 20MHz or 20 40MHz SSID Broadcast If you choose Enabled the wireless router will broadcast its name SSID Bridge s SSID The SSID of the other ...

Page 31: ...y to choose one of the following modes to enable security Mode 2 Security Mode Open Shared Open Select 802 11 Open System authentications Shared Select 802 11 Shared Key authentications You can select ASCII or Hex format ASCII Format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length Hex format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits 0 9 a f A F in the specified len...

Page 32: ...ation s capability and request Encryption You can select TKIP AES or TKIP AES Radius Server IP The IP address of your Radius server Radius Port The port your Radius server uses Radius Key The Key of your Radius server Mode 4 Security Mode WPA Personal WPA2 Personal WPA WPA2 Personal WPA Personal Pre shared key of WPA WPA2 Personal Pre shared key of WPA2 WPA WPA2 Personal Select WPA Personal or WPA...

Page 33: ...r Configuration Wireless Nano Router www phicomm com Running Status The Running Status page shows the current status of the Router Expert Setting The submenus are different under different operating mode For Router Mode ...

Page 34: ...ess The physical address of the router IP Address The LAN IP Address of the router Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask associated with the LAN IP Address Note If you changed the LAN IP Address of the router please log in this web management page by the new IP address MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require you to register the MAC Address of your computer Choose Enabled and then click Clone My PC s MAC Address...

Page 35: ...address with this feature If you only want MAC address 00 0A EB 00 07 5F to access the Wireless Network while others cannot 1 Choose Allow for the security policy 2 Fill MAC address 00 0A EB 00 07 5F in and click Save If you want MAC address 00 0A EB 00 07 5F cannot access the Wireless Network while others can 1 Choose Deny for the security policy 2 Filling MAC address 00 0A EB 00 07 5F in and cli...

Page 36: ...nterval of the delivery traffic indication message DTIM The value range is between 1 and 255 milliseconds The default value is 1 Fragment Threshold Set the fragmentation threshold Packets larger than the size set in this field will be fragmented Too many data packets will lower the wireless network performance The Fragment Threshold value should not be set too low The default value is 2346 RTS Thr...

Page 37: ...lients of the router WDS Settings The WDS function can help you extend the wireless range it supports Lazy Mode Repeater Mode and Bridge Mode Lazy Mode Choose Lazy Mode you do not need to do any other configuration in this router just click Save Repeater Mode and Bridge Mode Wireless Access Node MAC Address Input the MAC address of the other wireless router ...

Page 38: ...address in the IP Address pool Lease Time It is the time interval that server will change to use another DHCP address Gateway Optional Suggest to input the IP Address of the LAN port of the Router Primary DNS Server Optional Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP Or consult your ISP Secondary DNS Server Optional You can input the IP Address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS...

Page 39: ...ss each time when it accesses the DHCP server Reserved IP addresses could be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings IP Address The IP address that the Router reserved MAC Address The MAC Address of the PC that you want to reserve for an IP address DHCP Clients list Here you can see the information of DHCP Clients Refresh Click Refresh button to refresh the DHCP clients list NAT ...

Page 40: ...e server you want to open the port Protocol The protocol of the server Description You can give it a description Note Please assign a static IP address to the server Port Triggering Please select one of the applications There are few common applications available such as Dailpad MSN gaming PC Phone etc the blank will be automatically filled once been chosen Start End Trigger Port The port for outg...

Page 41: ...as being used TCP UDP is recommended Note Before using Port Triggering please assign a static IP address to the designated server and then enter this static IP address into router as the IP Address DMZ Host DMZ Status Choose Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable this function IP Address of the DMZ Host Enter the IP address of the computer in the LAN that you want to set to a DMZ host in the DMZ...

Page 42: ...If the number of ICMP data packets exceeds the threshold the defense measures act immediately Enable filtering UDP FLOOD attack Select it if you want to protect against UDP FLOOD attacks UDP Flood Packet Threshold If the number of UDP data packets exceeds the threshold the defense measures act immediately Enable filtering TCP SYN FLOOD attack Select it if you want to protect against TCP SYN FLOOD ...

Page 43: ...t Allow only MAC addresses in the list to access the Web management page and add MAC addresses to the list only MAC addresses in the list can access the web management page of the router while other computers in the LAN are blocked from accessing the router MAC Address 1 2 3 4 Enter the MAC addresses of LAN computers Remote Web Management This section is to allow the network administrator to manag...

Page 44: ...AC address IP address and Port You must set at least one filtering condition You may also set multiple conditions or all the conditions MAC IP Port Filter Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable filter Default Policy Accepted chose all the packets and devices will be allowed to be passed normally opposite action will be happened if Dropped was been chosen Current IP Port Filtering Rules Al...

Page 45: ...s give the router information that it cannot learn automatically through other means Use the Static Routing page to add or delete a route The max number is 10 Destination This is the IP address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP address is the network portion and which portion is the host portion Gateway Th...

Page 46: ...g through the WAN interface Total Downlink Bandwidth The rate of downloading through the WAN interface Note The bandwidth conversion 1 Mbps 1024 Kbps Select the type of the broadband line and the bandwidth according to the actual situation If you are not sure about the information consult your Internet Service Provider IP Bandwidth Control List In this page you can set rules of IP bandwidth contro...

Page 47: ... The MAC address of the LAN PC IP Address The IP address of the LAN PC System Tools Network Time Current time Show the current time Time Zone Select your time zone from the drop down menu Network time server To set NTP server Save Click the Save button to save your setting Note The system will Synchronous with the Network Time Server every hour after saving and it will affect the WAN dial up on de...

Page 48: ...ber of transmitted data packet when Ping operation is carried out Ping Packet Size The size of transmitted data packet when Ping operation is carried out Ping Timeout The timeout time of the ping operation Tracert Hops The hops of tracert Click Below is a Ping diagnosis example that router has been connected to IP 172 16 160 31 Start Diagnosis button the selected ping or tracert testing will be st...

Page 49: ... lost when defaults are restored Backup and Restore In the Backup Settings column click Backup button to save all configuration settings to your local computer as a file To restore the Router s configuration follow these instructions 1 Click Browse button to find the configuration file which you want to restore 2 Click Save button to update the configuration with the file whose path is the one you...

Page 50: ... After downloading the file you need to extract the zip file before upgrading the router Browse for the upgrade file then click Upgrade button Caution Once you click Upgrade button do not interrupt the process loss of power during the upgrade could damage the Router Note Router might be changed to factory default settings after upgrade please backup in advance During the updating please do not tur...

Page 51: ...45 Chapter 4 Router Configuration Wireless Nano Router www phicomm com Logout Click to logout from the router s web management page ...

Page 52: ...KIP AES System Requirements Microsoft Windows 98SE NT 2000 XP Vista and Windows 7 Mac OS Android Hardware Interfaces 1 x 10 100Mbps LAN WAN Port 1 x USB 2 0 Port Button Reset Button Power Supply 100 200VAC 50 60Hz Dimensions W x D x H 65mm x 92mm x 25mm Others Operating Temperature 0 C 40 C 32 F 104 F Storage Temperature 40 C 70 C 40 F 158 F Relative Humidity 10 90 Non condensing Storage Humidity ...

Page 53: ...s stations SSID accord with the router s SSID Make sure the wireless stations have the right password for encryption when the router is encrypted If the wireless connection is ready but you can t access the router check the IP Address of your wireless stations 4 I cannot login the Wireless Nano Router s web management page Check the computer s IP address make sure the IP address is correct for det...

Page 54: ...owing measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void ...

Page 55: ...tive 1999 5 EC without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below Country Restriction Reason remark Bulgaria None General authorization required for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e i r p within the band 2454 2483 5 MHz Military Radiolocation use Refarming of the 2 4 GHz band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed regulation Full ...

Page 56: ...ting or communicating DSL Digital Subscriber Line A technology that allows data to be sent or received over existing traditional phone lines ISP Internet Service Provider A company that provides access to the Internet MTU Maximum Transmission Unit The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be transmitted SSID A Service Set Identification is a thirty two character maximum alphanumeric key ide...

Page 57: ...WPA provides roughly comparable security to VPN tunneling with WEP with the benefit of easier administration and use This is similar to 802 1x support and requires a RADIUS server in order to implement The Wi Fi Alliance will call this WPA Enterprise One variation of WPA is called WPA Pre Shared Key or WPA PSK for short this provides an authentication alternative to an expensive RADIUS server WPA ...

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