Pentagram Cerberus [P 6367], Installation And Operation Manual

Page 1: ...EN Installation and Operation Manual PENTAGRAM Cerberus P 6367 v 2 101102 1502 EN The latest versions of manual drivers and applications are available on www pentagram eu ...

Page 2: ... the power adapter that comes with the package Using a different voltage rating power adapter may damage the router Information concerning waste electronic equipment The markings on the device and in the attached documentation indicate that it cannot be disposed of along with unsegregated general black bag waste when withdrawn from use The device must be recycled or processed in another way to rec...

Page 3: ... 2000 XP 12 Windows 95 98 Me 13 CONFIGURING THE ROUTER FOREWORD 14 DEFAULT SETTINGS 14 RESTORING DEFAULT SETTINGS 14 CONFIGURATION USING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE 15 LOGGING ON 15 NAVIGATION 15 SETUP WIZARD 16 WISP Settings WISP Mode 16 Connection Method WISP or Wireless Router Mode 17 Connection Method 3G Router Mode 17 Wireless Basic Settings 18 Wireless Security Settings 18 Finishing the wizard 19...

Page 4: ...E 35 Port Range Forwarding 35 DMZ Settings 36 UPNP Settings 36 TRAFFIC CONTROL 37 Traffic Control 37 Traffic Statistics 38 3G WAN TRAFFIC 3G ROUTER MODE 38 3G WAN Traffic 38 SECURITY SETTINGS 3G ROUTER WISP OR WIRELESS ROUTER MODE 39 Client Filter 39 URL Filter 40 MAC Filter 41 Prevent Network Attack 41 Remote WEB Management 42 WAN Ping 42 ROUTING SETTINGS 43 SYSTEM TOOLS 43 Time Settings 43 DDNS ...

Page 5: ...Additionally your wireless network can be secured using WEP WPA TKIP or WPA2 AES protocol Router doesn t have built in any kind of modem so it must work with cable xDSL 3G modem ISP provided for its Internet service NOTE ISP s cable xDSL modem must allow connection with local network via network cable twisted pair Modems with only USB port are not supported Router supports only 3G modems with USB ...

Page 6: ...omplished with use of the 3G modem connected to router s USB port Local network computers connects to router via wireless Wi Fi network Additionally one computer can be connected to router via network cable twisted pair ISP s 3G signal ISP s 3G modem Cerberus P 6367 Local network computers Local network computers Wireless AP Mode In this mode router acts as the wireless network access point AP and...

Page 7: ...network Additionally one computer can be connected to router with network cable twisted pair ISP s radio signal Cerberus P 6367 Local network computers Local network computers Wireless Mode In this mode router acts as the Internet gateway Connection with Internet is accomplished with use of the ISP s cable xDSL modem connected to router via network cable twisted pair Local network computers connec...

Page 8: ... Wireless Router Lit up Router is working in Wireless Router mode 3G Not lit Not connected or not supported 3G modem Lit up 3G modem connected to the USB port Flashing Data transfer between router and 3G modem WPS Reset Flashing Device is negotiating with client in WPS PBC mode LAN WAN Not lit No device connected to the LAN WAN port Lit up Network device connected to the LAN WAN port Flashing Netw...

Page 9: ...store the device to its factory settings Press and hold this button for about one second to enter WPS PBC mode More detailed information regarding WPS configuration can be found in router s Installation and Operation Manual MODE Press this button to change router s work mode Router s power supply There are two ways to connect powers supply to the router 1 Power grid connect supplied power adapter ...

Page 10: ...uter must be located within the operating range of the wireless adapter and belong to the same subnet Detailed instructions regarding connecting to wireless networks should be included in wireless adapter operation manual Configuring network properties Before a connection wired or wireless can be established between your computer and the router TCP IP must be configured in the operating system thi...

Page 11: ...pe 7 for your connection 4 On the General tab click Properties 5 On the Networking tab select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and click Properties 6 On the General tab select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically 7 Click OK to save the settings and close the Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 Properties dialog 11 ...

Page 12: ...hen Network Connections XP default view 3 Double click Local Area Connection 4 On the General tab click Properties 5 On the General tab select Internet Protocol TCP IP and click Properties 6 On the General tab select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically 7 Click OK to save the settings and close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog 12 ...

Page 13: ...ings and close the TCP IP Properties dialog To verify whether your adapter has a valid IP address 1 Use R hotkey or click Start Run Windows 98 ME 2000 XP or Start All programs Accessories Run Windows Vista 7 to display the Run dialog 2 Type cmd Win 2000 XP Vista 7 or command Win 98 ME and press Enter 3 Type ipconfig all Windows 2000 XP Vista 7 or winipcfg Windows 98 ME in the command line and pres...

Page 14: ...esses from 192 168 1 101 to 192 168 1 200 IP address lease time 86400 seconds 24 hours User name admin Password pentagram NOTE We recommend that you change the access password for the router s configuration page as soon as possible If you ever forget the access password for the router please reset the device to its default settings To avoid possible conflicts with other Wi Fi networks its recommen...

Page 15: ... in the router s configuration page will be displayed It s divided into four sections mode selection selected mode navigation menu selected tab content and help to currently selected tab Mode name in square brackets in section title means that the page described is available only for this mode No square brackets means that the page is available in every mode Default page for every mode is Setup Wi...

Page 16: ...t to use SSID SSID Service Set Identifier is the unique name of the wireless network Enter the SSID of the WISP AP that needs to be connected to this device MAC Address Input the wireless MAC address of the wireless AP that needs to be connected to this device Sometimes MAC address is also named BSSID Channel Specify the effective channel from 1 to 13 Auto of the wireless network The channel you s...

Page 17: ... your ISP or network administrator and then click Next If you are provided the PPPoE access mode please input the user name and password provided by your ISP and click Next In L2TP and PPTP modes you need to input the IP address user name and password Connection Method 3G Router Mode Select the Internet Service Provider ISP of your 3G modem card from the ISP list If you don t find the 3G modem car...

Page 18: ... The wireless frequency used by wireless network You are not recommended to use the same channel that used by other SSIDs for using the same or neighboring channels would cause mutual interference and reduce the router s transmission rate Please refer to Basic Settings chapter on page 25 for other settings Wireless Security Settings It is suggested that you choose WPA2 Personal for Security Mode a...

Page 19: ...l network In 3G Router mode WISP mode Wireless Router mode please configure the LAN port parameters as the diagram below NOTE In Wireless Router mode you can only configure the device by using the wireless access way MAC Address It displays the router s LAN MAC address which can not be changed IP Address The Router s LAN IP address not your PC s IP address The default value is 192 168 1 100 Subnet...

Page 20: ...rnet after rebooting the system or connection failure Connect Manually When the network is disconnected users can connect it manually Connect on Demand Dial up automatically when there s data transmission Connect on Fixed Time Connect to the Internet during the time you specified automatically NOTE We recommend that you use the Connect on demand mode in this mode the router will disconnect the 3G ...

Page 21: ... a try to change the MTU value as 1450 1400 etc Static IP If your connection mode is static IP you can modify the parameters as shown in the above diagram IP Address Enter the WAN IP address provided by your ISP If you are not clear please inquire your ISP Subnet Mask Enter the WAN Subnet Mask The default value is 255 255 255 0 Gateway Enter the WAN Gateway provided by your ISP Primary DNS Address...

Page 22: ... server The IP address or domain name of the destination server and it is used to specify the destination address which needs for L2TP connection User name Password Used to validate identity when connecting to the L2TP server Address Mode Set the router s IP address mode you can select either Dynamic or Static If your ISP doesn t provide the IP address please select Dynamic All the above parameter...

Page 23: ...n Some ISPs require user s MAC address to access their network This feature copies the MAC address of your network device to the Router MAC Address It displays the router s WAN MAC address which can be entered manually Clone MAC Address Copy the computer s MAC address to the router s WAN port as the router s WAN MAC address Restore Default MAC Address Restore the router s WAN port MAC address to t...

Page 24: ...r the settings are completed reboot the device to activate the modified settings LAN Settings Wireless AP Mode MAC Address It displays the router s LAN MAC address which can not be changed IP Mode You can select Static IP or Dynamic IP If you select Static IP you need to input the parameters provided by your ISP If you choose Dynamic IP you should set the computer s Internet protocol to obtain an ...

Page 25: ...disabled Network Mode From this drop down menu you can select the wireless standards running on your network The default is 11b g n mode 11b mode Select it if you have only Wireless B devices 11g mode Select it if you have only Wireless G devices 11b g mixed mode Select it if you have only Wireless B and Wireless G devices 11b g n mixed mode Select it if you have Wireless B Wireless G and Wireless...

Page 26: ... click Next to enter the interface for wireless encryption settings Guard Interval Works in 11n mode only 802 11b g standards require there s an 800ns interval between the information signs when sending them and this interval is called Guard Interval GI Different GIs determine whether there s interference affecting the transmission rate while sending the signal We recommend that you use the defaul...

Page 27: ...ports only WPA protocol with AES encryption algorithm Using another security protocol and or encryption algorithm may cause network to work without full speed or performance WPA Personal WPA is a standard and interoperable WLAN enhanced security solution which greatly strengthens the existing and future WLAN system data protection and access control ability WPA originates from IEEE802 11i standard...

Page 28: ...ly adopt TKIP encryption but also the new encryption mode AES WPA Algorithms Select data encryption type AES Advanced Encryption Standard TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol and TKIP AES are supported Pass Phrase Please enter the encryption characters string The valid character is ASCII It consists of 8 63 ASCII characters Key Renewal Interval It refers to the valid period for the key 28 ...

Page 29: ... or invasion WEP security based on RC4 data encryption technology provides data confidentiality integrity and authentication for wireless network communication WEP Key It can be set as ASCII and Hex formats Key description Select ASCII code 5 or 13 ASCII characters or valid Hex characters 10 or 26 hex characters Default Key You can select one among the 4 preset keys 29 ...

Page 30: ...fault value is 100 It is recommended not to modify this value Fragment Threshold The fragmentation threshold defines the maximum transmission packet size in bytes The packet will be fragmented if the wireless data packet is bigger than the threshold setting The default size is 2346 bytes It is recommended not to modify this value RTS Threshold RTS is short for Request to Send When the packet size ...

Page 31: ... indicator will be off which means the WPS connection is completed Repeat the above steps to add more clients At present the WPS supports up to 32 clients PIN If this option is enabled you need to enter a PIN code matching with the one in the wireless client WPS Summary It displays the current status of Wi Fi protected setting including authentication mode encryption type default key and other inf...

Page 32: ...de the connected router must be in Lazy or Repeater mode Manually add the MAC address of the connected router to AP MAC address list or scan to select Repeater In this mode the connected router can be in Lazy Bridge mode or single client Manually add the MAC address of the connected router to AP MAC address list or scan to select Access Control To secure your wireless LAN the wireless access contr...

Page 33: ...rver 3G Router WISP or Wireless Router Mode DHCP Server DHCP server is to configure TCP IP parameters for all the computers in LAN When you enable the router s DHCP server the DHCP server will automatically configure the TCP IP protocol for all the computers in LAN including IP address subnet mask gateway DNS etc DHCP Server Enable or disable DHCP server to automatically assign IP addresses IP Add...

Page 34: ...cation According to the connected computer s MAC address DHCP will assign the appropriate IP address If you can not find the corresponding static binding entry assign an IP from the DHCP pool to the computer IP Address Enter the IP address which needs static binding MAC Address Enter the MAC address of the computer you want to bind Host name It displays the name of the bound computer Lease Time Th...

Page 35: ...you are not sure about which protocol to use Enable Only after you enable it can the configured rules go into effect Delete Click to empty the parameters Well Known Service Port In Well Known Service Port there are commonly used protocol ports Select one among them and a serial number for ID then click Add to add it to the list You can also manually add the ports which are not included in the Well...

Page 36: ...ompletely exposed to extranet and the firewall settings of the DMZ host will not function UPNP Settings UPnP Universal Plug and Play which goes into effect under Windows XP or Windows ME NOTE system needs to be integrated with or installed with Directx 9 0 or would also go into effect if you have installed application software that supports UPnP With the UPnP function hosts in LAN can request the ...

Page 37: ...ownloading bandwidth in WAN port Service To select the service type for traffic control such as HTTP service IP Address The range of IP addresses it can be a single IP or IP range UP Down To specify the traffic heading way for the selected IP addresses uploading or downloading Bandwidth Range The Minimum Maximum Uploading downloading data traffic KB s which can not exceed the WAN bandwidth limit A...

Page 38: ...smission data volume and data traffic for the recent two months and you will know how much traffic still can be used You can enable or disable Save Traffic data in 3G WAN Traffic The default is disabled Enable it and the system will save the 3G traffic data NOTE The statistics of 3G WAN Traffic are for reference only the actual statistics is subject to the ISP This router can only calculate the ti...

Page 39: ...cess policy Filtering mode Select Disable to forbid the filtered hosts corresponding ports to access the Internet at a specified time Select Enable to permit the filtered hosts corresponding ports to access the Internet at a specified time Start End IP Enter the starting ending IP address Port Enter the controlled TCP UDP protocol port and it can be a port range Type Select the protocol used by th...

Page 40: ...mputer at the filtered IP address to access the Internet at a specified time Select Enable to permit the computer at the filtered IP address to access the Internet at a specified time Each rule only takes effect on the IP address of its own Start End IP Enter the starting ending IP address URL Specify the text strings or keywords needed to be filtered If any part of the URL contains these strings ...

Page 41: ...permit the computer at the filtered MAC address to access the Internet at a specified time Policy Name Enter a name for the access policy selected MAC address add the computer s MAC address to the MAC address field Time Select the time range of client filter rule Date select according to your needs Apply Select Apply to enable the settings Prevent Network Attack Check to enable the router s Networ...

Page 42: ... example http 123 123 123 123 8080 to implement remote login If your WAN IP address starts and ends with 0 0 0 0 it means all hosts in WAN can implement remote Web management If you change the WAN IP address as 123 123 123 122 123 123 123 124 then only the computer with its IP address at this IP address range for example 123 123 123 122 123 123 123 123 and 123 123 123 124 can implement remote Web ...

Page 43: ...n the router for options System Tools Time Settings This section is to set the router s system time you can either set the time by yourself or obtain the GMT time from the Internet Time Zone Select your time zone from the drop down menu Customized time Enter the time you customize NOTE When the Router is powered off the time settings will be lost When you next time access to the Internet the Route...

Page 44: ...and match the fixed domain Then users can have access to the Internet to communicate with others DDNS can help you establish virtual host in your home and company Service Provider Select one from the drop down menu and click Sign up for registration User Name Enter the user name the same as the registration name Password Enter the password the same as the registration password Domain Name Enter th...

Page 45: ...ted routing function For upgrading files you can download from www pentagram eu Browse click this button to select the upgrade file Upgrade click this button to start the upgrading process After the upgrade is completed the Router will reboot automatically NOTE Do not disconnect the device during the upgrading process Reboot the Router Rebooting the Router makes the settings configured go into eff...

Page 46: ...assword Re enter to Confirm Re enter to confirm the new password NOTE It is highly recommended to change the password to secure your network and the Router System Log The section is to view the system log Refresh Click this button to update the log Clear Click this button to clear the log record Logout After you have finished the settings completely in logout page click Yes to logout the web manag...

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