Loopcomm LP-7316K, User Manual

Page 1: ...V3 0 0 2 4GHz Outdoor Router User Manual 2014 ...

Page 2: ...oadband Router 16 4 3 Management and configuration on the Outdoor Router 16 4 3 1 Wizard 16 4 3 1 1 Bridge Mode 16 4 3 1 2 Gateway Mode 21 4 3 1 3 WISP Mode 30 4 3 2 Operation Mode 41 4 3 3 Internet Settings 43 4 3 3 1 WAN 43 4 3 3 2 LAN 48 4 3 3 3 VPN Pass Through 49 4 3 4 Wireless Settings 50 4 3 4 1 Basic 50 4 3 4 2 Advanced 52 4 3 4 3 Security 54 4 3 4 4 Station List 61 4 3 4 5 WPS 62 4 3 5 Fi...

Page 3: ... 79 5 12 What is Beacon Interval 79 5 13 What is Preamble Type 80 5 14 What is SSID Broadcast 80 5 15 What is Wi Fi Protected Access WPA 80 5 16 What is WPA2 80 5 17 What is 802 1x Authentication 80 5 18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP 81 5 19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard AES 81 5 20 What is Inter Access Point Protocol IAPP 81 5 21 What is Wireless Distribution System WDS 81 5...

Page 4: ...V3 0 0 5 33 What is Frame Aggregation 83 5 34 What is Guard Intervals GI 83 ...

Page 5: ...uthentication 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 Translation NT Network Termination NTP Network Ti...

Page 6: ...P Temporal Key Integrity 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 ...

Page 7: ... speeds of 54Mbps data rate Compatible with IEEE 802 11b standard to provide wireless speeds of 11Mbps data rate Maximizes the performance and ideal for media centric applications like streaming video gaming and Voice over IP technology Support various operation Bridge Gateway Ethernet Converter modes between wireless and wired Ethernet interfaces Supports WPS 64 bit and 128 bit WEP WPA WPA2 encry...

Page 8: ...nd Router is powered Off 2 WLAN LED ON Wireless Radio ON Off Wireless Radio Off Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the wireless 3 WAN LED ON Port linked Off No link Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN interface 4 LAN LED ON Port linked Off No link Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface ...

Page 9: ...gh Category 5 cables Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed and half full duplex comply with IEEE 802 3 802 3u respectively Main Right 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 Reset Bottom Press continually the reset button about 5 10 seconds to reset the configuration para...

Page 10: ...pearance and Interface Introduction Notes The product shot is for reference only please refer to physical product 1 LED Panel 2 Waterproof Sliding Door 3 Pass trough Ethernet cable from this hole 4 Push this button to remove upper housing ...

Page 11: ...V3 0 0 5 Pole Mount 6 Wall Mount 7 Secondary port with POE 8 Main port 9 SMA connector for external antenna 10 Reset button ...

Page 12: ... Hardware Installation Steps Step1 Push the button in the side to remove upper housing Step2 Pass through Ethernet cable from the hole insert the cable to Secondary port Note RJ 45 8P8C Ethernet cable is required ...

Page 13: ...This hole is linked to LAN side PC Hub or Router ADSL modem device with RJ 45 There is no software driver or utility installation needed but only the configuration setting Please refer to chapter 4 for software configuration Notice It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the Outdoor Router Power LED will be active and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be...

Page 14: ... functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily The Outdoor Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces Default IP Address 192 168 1 200 Default IP subnet mask 255 255 255 0 WEB login User Name admin WEB login Password admin ...

Page 15: ...e Network dialog box 7 Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example IP Address 192 168 1 1 any IP address within 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 254 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point Don t use 192 168 1 200 IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 8 Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting For OS of Microsoft Windows Vista 7 1 Click the Start button and select Settings th...

Page 16: ...agement and configuration on the Outdoor Router 4 3 1 Wizard The setup wizard will be changed when the user selects different operation modes 4 3 1 1 Bridge Mode This mode is for bridge setting The Setup Wizard will guide you to configure the router to connect to your ISP Internet Service Provider Click Next button to next step for LAN IP address settings Step 1 configure LAN IP address settings ...

Page 17: ...unication frequency channel from pull down menu Network Name SSID It is the wireless network name The SSID can be 32 bytes long Channel Bandwidth Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 20 40 MHz Security Mode Please select the security mode related wireless data encryption Pre Shared Key WEP When you select WEP please input 5 13 ASCII 10 or 26 HEX characters for WEP Key WPA PSK WPA2 PSK When...

Page 18: ...V3 0 0 OPEN WEP SHAREDWEP ...

Page 19: ...V3 0 0 WPA PSK WPA2 PSK When you finish these settings then click Apply button to save Choose either Client or WDS then click Next button to step 3 ...

Page 20: ...V3 0 0 Step 3 a Configure AP Client Mode Settings b Configure WDS Mode Settings ...

Page 21: ... 0 0 4 3 1 2 Gateway Mode This mode is for home networking The Setup Wizard will guide you to configure the router to connect to your ISP Internet Service Provider Step 1 configure LAN IP address settings ...

Page 22: ...Click Next button to next step for Internet connection settings There are five options DHCP Static Mode PPPOE L2TP PPTP for Internet connection on WAN port a DHCP Auto Configure If you select DHCP option please click Next button to jump at Step3 ...

Page 23: ...or WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Primary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1 Secondary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2 When you finish these settings then click Next button to jump at Step3 ...

Page 24: ...e and password to login the PPPoE server Verify Password Fill in the password again for verification Operation Mode Keep Alive Keep the PPPoE connection all the time Please also configure the Redial Period field On Demand Please configure the Idle Time field When time is up the PPPoE connection will disconnect The connection will re connect when any outgoing packet arise Manual Let user connect th...

Page 25: ...d password to login the L2TP server Address Mode Static To configure the IP address information by manually please fill in the related setting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the def...

Page 26: ...d password to login the PPTP server Address Mode Static To configure the IP address information by manually please fill in the related setting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the def...

Page 27: ...wn menu Network Name SSID It is the wireless network name The SSID can be 32 bytes long Channel Bandwidth Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 20 40 MHz Security Mode Please select the security mode related wireless data encryption Pre Shared Key WEP When you select WEP please input 5 13 ASCII 10 or 26 HEX characters for WEP Key WPA PSK WPA2 PSK When WPA WPA2 Pre shared key encryption is s...

Page 28: ...V3 0 0 OPEN WEP SHAREDWEP ...

Page 29: ...V3 0 0 WPA PSK WPA2 PSK When you finish these settings then click Apply button to save Choose either Client or WDS then click Next button to step 3 ...

Page 30: ...3 0 0 4 3 1 3 WISP Mode This mode is for home networking The Setup Wizard will guide you to configure the router to connect to your ISP Internet Service Provider Step 1 configure LAN IP address settings ...

Page 31: ...Click Next button to next step for Internet connection settings There are five options DHCP Static Mode PPPOE L2TP PPTP for Internet connection on WAN port a DHCP Auto Configure If you select DHCP option please click Next button to jump at Step3 ...

Page 32: ...or WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Primary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1 Secondary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2 When you finish these settings then click Next button to jump at Step3 ...

Page 33: ...e and password to login the PPPoE server Verify Password Fill in the password again for verification Operation Mode Keep Alive Keep the PPPoE connection all the time Please also configure the Redial Period field On Demand Please configure the Idle Time field When time is up the PPPoE connection will disconnect The connection will re connect when any outgoing packet arise Manual Let user connect th...

Page 34: ...d password to login the L2TP server Address Mode Static To configure the IP address information by manually please fill in the related setting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the def...

Page 35: ...d password to login the PPTP server Address Mode Static To configure the IP address information by manually please fill in the related setting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the def...

Page 36: ...down menu Network Name SSID It is the wireless network name The SSID can be 32 bytes long Channel Bandwidth Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 20 40 MHz Security Mode Please select the security mode related wireless data encryption Pre Shared Key WEP When you select WEP please input 5 13 ASCII 10 or 26 HEX characters for WEP Key WPA PSK WPA2 PSK When WPA WPA2 Pre shared key encryption is...

Page 37: ...V3 0 0 OPEN WEP When you finish these settings then click Next button to jump at Step4 SHAREDWEP When you finish these settings then click Next button to jump at Step4 ...

Page 38: ...V3 0 0 WPA PSK When you finish these settings then click Next button to jump at Step4 ...

Page 39: ... Channel Bandwidth Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 20 40 MHz Security Mode Please select the security mode related wireless data encryption Pre Shared Key WEP When you select WEP please input 5 13 ASCII 10 or 26 HEX characters for WEP Key WPA PSK WPA2 PSK When WPA WPA2 Pre shared key encryption is selected please fill in the Pre shared key The format can be passphrase or Hex 64 charac...

Page 40: ...V3 0 0 Step 4 Configure AP Client setting SCAN APs ...

Page 41: ... all Ethernet and wireless interfaces are bridged into a single bridge interface b Gateway The Gateway mode allows that the first Ethernet port is treated as WAN port and the Ethernet port and the wireless interface are bridged together and are treated as LAN ports ...

Page 42: ...V3 0 0 c Wireless ISP The Wireless ISP mode allows that the wireless interface is treated as WAN port and the Ethernet ports are LAN ports ...

Page 43: ...in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Primary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1 Secondary DNS Server Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2 MAC Clone Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN interface ...

Page 44: ...V3 0 0 b DHCP Item Description Hostname Fill in the host name of Host Name of DHCP server The default value is empty MAC Clone Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN interface ...

Page 45: ...Verify Password Fill in the password again for verification Operation Mode Keep Alive Keep the PPPoE connection all the time Please also configure the Redial Period field On Demand Please configure the Idle Time field When time is up the PPPoE connection will disconnect The connection will re connect when any outgoing packet arise Manual Let user connect the PPPoE connection manually MAC Clone Tak...

Page 46: ...he related setting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Operation Mode Keep Alive Keep the L2TP connection all the time Please...

Page 47: ...he related setting at below Dynamic The option allows the machine to get IP address information automatically from DHCP server on WAN side IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets Operation Mode Keep Alive Keep the PPTP connection all the time Please...

Page 48: ...e Disable DHCP server on LAN side Server Enable DHCP server on LAN side Lease Time Fill in the lease time of DHCP server function LLTD Select enable or disable the Link Layer Topology Discover function from pull down menu IGMP Proxy Select enable or disable the IGMP proxy function from pull down menu UPNP Select enable or disable the UPnP protocol from pull down menu DNS Proxy Select enable or dis...

Page 49: ...h Select enable or disable the L2TP pass through function from pull down menu IPSec Passthrough Select enable or disable the IPSec pass through function from pull down menu PPTP Passthrough Select enable or disable the PPTP pass through function from pull down menu ...

Page 50: ...Wireless Band Click to select wireless band from pull down menu SSID It is the wireless network name The SSID can be 32 bytes long User can use the default SSID or change it Broadcast Network Name SSID Enable or disable the SSID broadcast function AP Isolation Wireless network is similar to the virtual local area network All of the Wireless client devices can access each other completely When you ...

Page 51: ...ing Mode Select Mixed Mode for 11b g n mode or Green Field for 11n mode Channel Bandwidth Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 20 40 MHz Guard Interval Select Long or Auto Guard intervals are used to ensure that distinct transmissions do not interfere with one another Only effect under Mixed Mode MCS Select 0 7 or Auto from pull down menu The default is Auto Only effect under Mixed Mode ...

Page 52: ...dication Map It is used to alert the clients that multicast and broadcast packets buffered at the AP will be transmitted immediately after the transmission of this beacon frame You can change the value from 1 to 255 The AP will check the buffered data according to this value For example selecting 1 means to check the buffered data at every beacon Fragment Threshold The fragmentation threshold dete...

Page 53: ... and the coverage of the wireless network input a smaller value to reduce the radio transmission power For example input 80 to apply 80 Tx power Short Preamble Default Disable It is a performance parameter for 802 11 b g mode and not supported by some of very early stage of 802 11b station cards If there is no such kind of stations associated to this AP you can enable this function Short Slot It i...

Page 54: ...V3 0 0 4 3 4 3 Security a Disable If you set Security Mode to Disable the wireless data transmission will not include encryption to prevent from unauthorized access and monitoring ...

Page 55: ...ity Mode to OPEN WEP or SHARED WEP please fill in the related configurations as below Item Description Default Key Specify a Key number for effective WEP Keys 1 4 When you select WEPAUTO please input 5 13 ASCII 10 or 26 HEX characters for WEP Key ...

Page 56: ...V3 0 0 c WPA PSK WPA2PSK If you set Security Mode to WPAPSK or WPA2 PSK please fill in the related configurations as below Item Description WPA Cipher Suite Select TKIP AES or TKIPAES for WPA algorithms ...

Page 57: ...e Shared Key Please fill in a passphrase like test wpa 123 or a hexadecimal string like 65E4 E123 456 E1 Key Renewal Interval Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal interval time d WPA RADIUS WPA2 RADIUS ...

Page 58: ...nter the RADIUS Server s port number provided by your ISP The Default is 1812 Shared Secret Enter the password that the Wireless Router shares with the RADIUS Server Session Timeout Session timeout interval is for 802 1x re authentication setting Set to zero to disable 802 1x re authentication service for each session Session timeout interval unit is second and must be larger than 60 Idle Timeout ...

Page 59: ... by your ISP The Default is 1812 Shared Secret Enter the password that the Wireless Router shares with the RADIUS Server Session Timeout Session timeout interval is for 802 1x re authentication setting Set to zero to disable 802 1x re authentication service for each session Session timeout interval unit is second and must be larger than 60 Idle Timeout Enter the idle timeout in the column ...

Page 60: ... of drop down menu choose wireless access control mode This is a security control function only those clients registered in the access control list can link to this WLAN Broadband Router Add a station MAC Fill in the MAC address of client to register this AP router access capability ...

Page 61: ...V3 0 0 4 3 4 4 Station List You could monitor stations which associated to this AP here ...

Page 62: ... there is connection the WPS Summary will show related information and status AP PIN Here shows the AP s PIN code Personal Identification Number that the enrollee should enter the registrar s PIN code to make a connection Click Generate button to generate a new AP PIN code WPS mode Select WPS mode PIN Personal Identification Number PBC Push Button Communication PIN Input enrollee s PIN code to AP ...

Page 63: ...ata transmission Source IP Address Fill in the IP address of source to restrict data transmission Protocol Select the protocol that you want to restrict There are four options None TCP UDP and ICMP Dest Port Range Fill in the start port and end port number of destination to restrict data transmission Source Port Range Fill in the start port and end port number of source to restrict data transmissi...

Page 64: ...V3 0 0 Item Description Make a mark for next action Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items ...

Page 65: ... from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall fill in the IP address Port Range To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall fill in the port range Protocol Specify protocol TCP UDP TCP or UDP Comment Make a comment for the port forwarding policy ...

Page 66: ... in the IP address Public Port To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall fill in the public port Private Port To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall fill in the private port Protocol Specify protocol TCP UDP TCP or UDP Comment Make a comment for...

Page 67: ... 4 3 5 3 DMZ Item Description DMZ Settings Enable or Disable the DMZ function DMZ IP Address To support DMZ in your firewall design fill in the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface ...

Page 68: ...urity Item Description Remote management Select Deny or Allow for remote management function Ping form WAN Filter Select Disable or Enable for Ping permit from WAN SPI Firewall Select Disable or Enable for SPI firewall function ...

Page 69: ... next action Delete Click Delete button to delete all that you selected Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items Item Description URL Fill in a URL for Webs URL Filter policy Add Make a mark for next action Delete Click Delete button to delete all that you selected Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items ...

Page 70: ...login control Password Fill in the password for web management login control Current Time It shows the current time Time Zone Select the time zone in your country from pull down menu NTP Server Fill in NTP server IP address NTP synchronization Fill in a number to decide the synchronization frequency with NTP server ...

Page 71: ... Provider Click the drop down menu to pick up the right DDNS provider you registered Account Fill in the account of DDNS you registered Password Fill in the password of DDNS you registered DDNS Fill in the domain name that you registered ...

Page 72: ...plink Speed Input uplink Maximum upload Downlink Speed speed Input downlink Maximum download Local IP Address speed Fill in the local IP address Uplink Bandwidth Fill limit Downlink Bandwidth upload bandwidth Fill limit downlink bandwidth ...

Page 73: ... button to export the current configuration to your PC Settings file location Click Browse button to select the configuration file from your PC then click Import button to update the configuration Load Default Button Click the Load Default button to reset the configuration parameter to factory defaults This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device includes system info In...

Page 74: ...V3 0 0 4 3 6 5 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device includes system info Internet Configurations and Local Network ...

Page 75: ... 4 3 6 6 System Log This page is used to view system logs Item Description Refresh Click the Refresh button to refresh the log shown on the screen Clear Click the Clear button to clear the log display screen ...

Page 76: ...ernet from your computer or host as the Internet protocol thinks of it a correspondence table relates your IP address to your computer s physical MAC address on the LAN To find your PC s IP and 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 entitl...

Page 77: ...ces file servers printers Internet links they will operate in infrastructure mode Example 1 wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode also called peer to peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set or IBSS is simply a set of 802 11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network This mode is useful for quickly and eas...

Page 78: ...stem and shared key Under open system authentication any wireless station can request authentication The station that needs to authenticate with 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 wi...

Page 79: ...uest to Send Threshold The RTS threshold is the packet size at which packet transmission is governed by the RTS CTS transaction The IEEE 802 11 1997 standard allows for short packets to be transmitted without RTS CTS transactions Each station can have a different RTS threshold RTS CTS is used when the data packet size exceeds the defined RTS threshold With the CSMA CA transmission mechanism the tr...

Page 80: ...t for securing confidential business communications A longer term solution the IEEE 802 11i standard is under development However since the IEEE 802 11i standard is not expected to be published until the end of 2003 several members of the WI Fi Alliance teamed up with members of the IEEE 802 11i task group to develop a significant near term enhancement to Wi Fi security Together this team develope...

Page 81: ...to update the forwarding tables of Layer 2 devices 5 21 What is Wireless Distribution System WDS The Wireless Distribution System feature allows WLAN AP to talk directly to other APs via wireless channel like the wireless bridge or repeater service 5 22 What is Universal Plug and Play uPNP UPnP is an open networking architecture that consists of services devices and control points The ultimate goa...

Page 82: ...elay function for the BSS All stations in the BSS communicate with the access point and no longer communicate directly All frames are relayed between stations by the access point This local relay function effectively doubles the range of the IBSS 5 30 What is WMM WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE 802 11e WLAN QoS draft standard WMM adds prioritized capabilities to Wi Fi networks and optimizes t...

Page 83: ... amount of overhead associated with it Frame Aggregation combines multiple smaller packets together to form one larger packet The larger packet can be sent without the overhead of the individual packets This technique helps improve the efficiency of the 802 11n radio allowing more end user data to be sent in a given time 5 34 What is Guard Intervals GI A GI is a period of time between symbol trans...