Zte MF29A, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 MF29A User Manual ...

Page 2: ...any form or by any means electronic or mechanical in cluding photocopying and microfilm without the prior written permis sion of ZTE Corporation The manual is published by ZTE Corporation We reserve the right to make modifications on print errors or update specifications with out prior notice Version No R1 0 Edition Time May 2012 Manual No 079584504555 ...

Page 3: ...scription 9 Installation 10 Inserting U SIM Card 10 Connecting to Phone 11 Connecting to Computer 11 Connecting to PSTN 11 Connecting to WAN LAN 11 Connecting with External Power 11 Switching on Your Device 12 Power Supply 12 Voice 13 Making a Call 13 Answering a Call 13 Internet Access 14 Preparation 14 Establishing a connection between your device and the client 14 Accessing the Internet 15 ...

Page 4: ...bGUI Configuration Page 16 Login 17 Operation Mode 18 WAN Connection 18 In Cable Broadband mode 18 In 3G Gateway mode 19 SMS 20 Sending new SMS 20 Operating Messages in native 20 Settings 21 3G Settings 22 Wi Fi Settings 24 Firewall 32 Advanced 37 Usage of WPS 40 U Disk Master 41 Logout 41 Troubleshooting 42 Technical Parameters 44 Glossary 45 ...

Page 5: ...and other electronic equipment to avoid electromagnetic interference The router may interfere with medical devices like hearing aids and pacemakers Consult a physician or the manufacturer of the medical device before using the router Please keep yourself at least 20 centimeters away from router Do not use your router in dangerous environments such as oil terminals or chemical factories where there...

Page 6: ...o your unit Cleaning and Maintaining Use an antistatic cloth to clean the router Do not use chemical or abrasive cleanser as these could damage the plastic case Turn off your router before you clean it Use the router within the temperature range of 10 C 55 C and the storage temperature range is 20 C 65 C The humidity range is 5 95 Do not use your router during a thunderstorm Remove the mains power...

Page 7: ...er the above mentioned situations This warranty is end user s sole remedy and ZTE s sole liability for defective or nonconforming items and is in lieu of all other warranties expressed implied or statutory including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose unless otherwise required under the mandatory provisions of the law Limitation of Liab...

Page 8: ...and data service Appearance LED Indicator Indicator State Description 1 WAN signal strength indica tion ON Signal strength is very good or good RSSI 90dBm Blinking Signal strength is weak 100dBm RSSI 90dBm OFF No signal 2 Network mode indication Blue Registered to 3G network Red Registered to 2G network OFF Not Registered ...

Page 9: ...inking Calling via PSTN On PSTN connected 5 Phone status indication Off Local phone hang up Blinking Phone picked up ringing or network CS registering On In calling 6 WiFi indication Off WLAN shut down Blinking WLAN working normally with data transmission 7 Power indica tion ON External power supply works nor mally OFF External power supply is disconnect ed or power off Interface Description 1 Pho...

Page 10: ...itch between internal antenna and external antenna modes By default setting the router uses the internal antenna When you connect the router with the antenna through ANT port you can press ANT ON to change the router from the internal antenna mode to external antenna mode Press ANT on again to change back Note If you press ANT ON without using external antenna the RSSI signal of the router will be...

Page 11: ...ich has network coverage You are using the correct U SIM card Connecting to Phone Connect the telephone to the PHONE interface with a phone cable RJ11 Connecting to Computer Connect your computer to the LAN interface with an Ethernet cable RJ45 Notes The router will adapt the Ethernet cable style crossover or straight automatically Connecting to PSTN Connect PSTN with a phone cable RJ11 Connecting...

Page 12: ...ndicator should be lit on Notes When the router is turned off an incoming caller will hear the prompt like The number you have dialed is currently unavailable If the 3G LED is blinking constantly try to move the router to another location The router takes 1 2 minutes to initialize attach to the net work and obtain an IP address Power Supply For normal operation connect the router to the external p...

Page 13: ...hange the location of the router and make sure nothing is blocking it Making a Trunk Call If you are making a trunk call add the area code as normal E g 03 9612 3456 Making an International Call If you are making an international call key in the international ac cess code followed by the country code area code and number E g 00 11 64 12 345678 Answering a Call When the phone rings pick up the hand...

Page 14: ... client with the RJ45 Ethernet cable 2 Power on your device The connection between your device and the client will be estab lished successfully a moment later Via Wi Fi 1 Power on your device directly It will take 1 2 minutes to initialize and then Wi Fi LED is blinking 2 Use your normal Wi Fi application on the client to search the available wireless network Notes You need to check your Wireless ...

Page 15: ...fully Accessing the Internet Before accessing the internet make sure 1 Switch on the device 2 Establish a connection between your device and the client Accessing the Internet by Bridge Mode 1 Login the WebGUI and set the Operation Mode as Bridge Mode 2 Connect the device with internet by WAN Accessing the Internet by Cable Broadband 1 Login the WebGUI and set the Operation Mode as Cable Broadband ...

Page 16: ...Set WAN Connection in WebGUI Accessing the WebGUI Configuration Page 1 Make sure the connection between your device and the client is correct 2 Launch the internet browser and enter http 192 168 0 1 in the address bar Notes It is recommended that you use IE 6 0 or later Firefox 2 0 or later Opera 10 0 or later Safari 4 0 or later or Chrome 5 0 or later 3 The login page appears as follows ...

Page 17: ...sword the default Password is admin Click Login to log in the device Notes If you check Save after type in password the device will save it Next time when you want to login the device with the same pass word what you need to do is click Login When you login the following interface appears ...

Page 18: ...he webGUI you need to choose the operation mode to make the correct setting There are three operation mode Bridge Mode Connect to Internet by WAN interface Cable Broadband Connect to Internet by WAN interface 3G Gateway Connect to Internet by U SIM Please choose the correct operation mode according to your actual network condition For detailed information please contact network operator Click Appl...

Page 19: ...Internet or disconnect from Internet manually Click Apply to confirm your configuration and then the figure will show in the wan connection status In 3G Gateway mode Click WAN Connection you can configure how to connect to the Internet There are two connection modes Auto Connect The router will automatically connect to WAN when it is powered on Manual Connect Connect to Internet or disconnect from...

Page 20: ...nction only in 3G Gateway mode Sending new SMS 1 Select SMS New Message to access the following figure 2 Enter the recipient s phone number 3 Enter a message 4 Click Send to send the message Operating Messages in native You can check the messages saved in your device Inbox Select SMS Inbox to access the following figure All the received messages saved in your device will be displayed here ...

Page 21: ...utbox to access the following figure All the sent messages in your device will be displayed here Drafts Select SMS Drafts to access the following figure All the drafts saved in your device will be displayed here Click View to access the edited interface of selected message then click Send to send it Settings Do not modify any settings unless instructed by your service provider Please disconnect th...

Page 22: ...ect Select Settings 3G Settings Network Select the Band Selec tion Mode is shown in the following figure Automatic Device searches for available network WCDMA Only Device searches for WCDMA network only GSM Only Device searches for GSM network only Click Apply to confirm your configuration APN Setting Select Settings 3G Settings APN Setting the APN parameters are shown in the following figure ...

Page 23: ...will automatically obtain parameters Authentication Password Authentication Protocol PAP provides a simple method without encryption for the peer to establish its identity using a 2 way handshake Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP is used to periodically verify the identity of the peer using a 3 way handshake User Name User name is used to obtain authentication from the ISP when the ...

Page 24: ... list Select Settings Wi Fi Setting Station List the wireless net work stations are shown in the following figure Basic Select Settings Wi Fi Setting Basic the wireless network basic parameters are shown in the following figure ...

Page 25: ... can only connect to the router by manual setting AP Isolation When Enabled is selected each of your wireless clients will not be able to communicate with each other When Disable is selected each of your wireless clients will be able to communicate with each other BSSID MAC address of the Wi Fi Frequency Channel Choose the appropriate channel to optimize the performance and coverage of your wirele...

Page 26: ...S is enabled and set the peer APs wireless MAC address on router When you set Repeater Mode your PC can search SSID of AP after connected 3 Select Phy mode CCK OFDM HTMIX or GREENFIELD CCK 802 11b OFDM 802 11g HTMIX 802 11b g n Mixed Mode GREENFIELD 802 11b g Mixed Mode 4 Select Encrypt Type WEP TKIP AES If you select NONE all the data transmitted without encryption and other station can ac cess r...

Page 27: ...e that determines the modulation coding and number of spatial channels Reverse Direction Grant RDG Enable RDG or not Extension Channel Set extension channel Extension channel is also able to send and receive data Aggregation MSDU A MSDU To enable Hyper Throughput TX Aggregate MAC Service Data Unit select Enable Auto Block ACK Select to block ACK Acknowledge Number or not during data transferring W...

Page 28: ...forms next clients to listen to broadcast and multicast messages Fragment Threshold This value should remain at its default value of 2346 If you experience a high packet error rate you may slightly increase your fragment threshold Setting the fragment threshold too low may result in poor performance RTS Threshold Request To Send RTS threshold should be remained as the value of 2347 If you encounte...

Page 29: ...a single transmission frame In this way 802 11n networks can send multiple data packets with the fixed overhead cost in just a single frame Country Code Select the region you live The Wi Fi multimedia parameters are shown below WMM Capable When multimedia contents are transferred over wireless network this function enhances data transfer performance APSD Capable Automatic Power Save Delivery APSD ...

Page 30: ...2 PSK It is the securer version of WPA with implementation of the 802 11i standard WPA PSK WPA2 PSK Apply both the WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK scheme If the Authentication type is Open Shared WEPAUTO the bottom part of the configuration page displays parameters as shown WEP Keys At most four keys can be set in the blank Choose the primary key index The primary key is the only key in use at a given time W...

Page 31: ...l Interval Define how long the key should be renew You can set Wireless MAC Filtering Wireless Disable If disabled MAC address is not used to control network access Wireless Allow Set the MAC address that is allowed to access network Wireless Reject Set the MAC address that is not allowed to access network Click Apply to confirm your configuration WPS Select Wi Fi Setting WPS the WPS configuration...

Page 32: ... WPS button on the client wireless adapter within two minutes and the negotiation process will be established Firewall You may setup firewall rules to protect your network from virus worm and malicious activity on the Internet Notes You can set the maximum 10 filtering items for MAC IP Port Filtering URL Filtering and Port Forwarding MAC IP Port Filtering Select Settings Firewall MAC IP Port Filte...

Page 33: ...matches MAC address Set the MAC address that will be filtered Dest IP Address Set the destination IP address that will be filtered Source IP Address Set the source IP address that will be filtered Protocol Set which protocol will be used for filtering Dest Port Range Set the destination port numbers that will be filtered ...

Page 34: ... Click Apply to confirm your configuration Click Delete Selected to delete the rule which you selected Click Reset to clear what you select or input To add a new rule 1 Select Enable in the Basic Settings area 2 Click Apply 3 Input the detail information in the MAC IP Port Filtering area 4 Click Apply in the MAC IP Port Filtering area URL Filtering You can setup content filter to restrict the impr...

Page 35: ...de services on the Internet Se lect Firewall Port Forwarding the virtual server settings is shown in the following figure If you select Enable the Virtual Server Settings will appear IP Address Set IP address for the virtual server Port Range Set port numbers for the virtual server Protocol Set protocol for the virtual server Comment Type comment for the virtual server settings Click Apply to conf...

Page 36: ... setting is shown in the following figure If you select Enable set the DMZ IP Address and then click Apply to confirm your configuration System Security You can configure system firewall to protect AP or router from being attacking Select Firewall System Security the system security setting is shown in the following figure ...

Page 37: ...shown in the following figure Management Select Settings Advanced Management the administrator set tings information is shown in the following figure You can change the administrator s password Click Apply to con firm your configuration Restore Select Settings Advanced Restore click Restore to set all the settings to their factory default values and then the device will re start automatically ...

Page 38: ...ct Settings Advanced PIN Manage the PIN manage is shown in the following figure If you select Modify the modification parameters are shown in the following figure Type the old PIN code and then type two times the new PIN code Click Apply to confirm your configuration ...

Page 39: ... band mode Select Settings Advanced Router the router information is shown in the following figure IP Address IP address for LAN interface Subnet Mask Subnet mask for the IP address MAC Address MAC address for the LAN interface DHCP Server Enable or disable DHCP Server function DHCP IP Pool Allocate begin and end IP address for IP pool DHCP Lease Time Define how long the leased IP address will be ...

Page 40: ...pgrade Time Select Settings Advanced Time to set the time of the router Usage of WPS If your client device supports WPS you need not to input the pass word manually after WPS has been available Please do the follow ing 1 Start up your device 2 Launch the client device connected to your device 3 Enable the WPS function of your device 4 Enable the WPS function of the client ...

Page 41: ...vice 2 Launch the client device connected to your device 3 Connect the storage devices i e USB disk to the USB port of the device 4 Select Start Run of the computer 5 Input 192 168 0 1 in the open field and press OK 6 Input User Name and Password The default User Name is admin Password is admin Then you can view storage devices ...

Page 42: ...42 Logout Select Logout a pop up window will appear as the following figure shown Click OK to logout the web page ...

Page 43: ...hen I lift the phone off the hook Remove any electrical appliance which is too close to the phone or router The cable or phone set might be faulty I hear a rapid engaged tone as soon as I lift the phone off the hook Put the phone on hook and try again If you are connected to the internet using the 2G GSM network please disconnect this first After dialing the last digit I hear nothing silence When ...

Page 44: ...D s The download or upload speeds are very slow The speed is dependent on signal strength Check your signal strength and network type Others Symptoms Possible Problems Solutions The RSSI signal indicator is always blinking or does not light This indicates poor reception Try mov ing the router to another location near the window Check the ANT button to see if you have press the ANT on but without c...

Page 45: ...Band EDGE GPRS GSM 850 900 1800 1900MHz HSPA HSUPA HSDPA UMTS 850 900 1900 2100MHz Power Adapter Input 100V 240V AC 50 60Hz Output 12V DC 1 5A Data Service HSUPA 5 76Mbps UL HSDPA 28Mbps DL Dimensions W H D 202mm 160mm 30 5mm Weight About 550g ...

Page 46: ...for local area networks LANs GSM Global System for Mobile Communications GPRS General Packet Radio Service HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access HSUPA High Speed Uplink Packet Access IP Internet Protocol LAN Local Area Network LED Light emitting Diode MHz Megahertz MTU Maximum Transmission Unit PDP Packet Data Protocol PIN Personal Identification Number PPP Point to Point Protocol PSTN Public Sw...

Page 47: ...ted Protocol UPnP Universal Plug and Play U SIM Subscriber Identification Module WCDMA Wideband CDMA Code Division Multiple Access WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless LAN WPA PSK Wi Fi Protected Access PreShared Key ...

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