Multi-Tech Systems S000573A User manual

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UsingtheRouter’sWebInterface 1

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MultiConnectrCellRouter

UsingtheRouter’sWebInterface

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MultiConnect®rCellUser’sGuide

IntelligentWirelessRouter

S000573A,RevisionA

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TableofContents

Welcome........................................................................................................................................................................6

Gettingstarted..........................................................................................................................................................6

Settingupyourdevice...................................................................................................................................................7

Configuringmiscellaneousfeaturesforyourdevice.....................................................................................................9

ConfiguringIPaddressandDNSinformationforLANs.............................................................................................9

ConfiguringDynamicDomainNamingSystem(DDNS)...........................................................................................10

Enteringauthenticationinformation..............................................................................................................10

ForcingaDDNSserverupdate........................................................................................................................10

ConfiguringtheDHCPserver...................................................................................................................................11

ConfiguringaDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)Server..................................................................11

Assigningfixedaddresses...................................................................................................................................12

ConfiguringGPS.......................................................................................................................................................12

ConfiguringtherouterforusewithaGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS).............................................................12

Notes:.........................................................................................................................................................13

DumpingNMEAsentenceinformationtotherouter'sTCPserverport.........................................................13

SendingGPSinformationtoaremoteserver.................................................................................................13

ConfiguringwhichNMEAsentencesaresentandwhentheyaresent..........................................................14

Configuringtheserialport......................................................................................................................................14

Configuringtheserialport..................................................................................................................................14

Settingthedevice'sdateandtime..........................................................................................................................15

Settingthedateandtime...................................................................................................................................15

ConfiguringSNTPtoupdatedateandtime........................................................................................................15

Configuringnetworksandservices.........................................................................................................................15

Addingnetworks.................................................................................................................................................15

Addingnetworks.............................................................................................................................................15

Editingordeletinganexistingnetwork..........................................................................................................16

Settingupwirelessfeatures........................................................................................................................................17

SettingupWi‐Fiaccesspoints.................................................................................................................................17

Settingsecurityoptions......................................................................................................................................18

ViewinginformationaboutWi‐Ficlientsusingyourwirelessnetwork..............................................................18

SettingupWi‐Ficlient.............................................................................................................................................19

Settingupbluetooth...............................................................................................................................................19

Settingupfirewalls......................................................................................................................................................22

Definingfirewallrules.............................................................................................................................................22

Addingforwardingrules.....................................................................................................................................22

AddingOutboundTrafficRules...........................................................................................................................22

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AdvancedSettings..............................................................................................................................................23

Settingupstaticroutes...........................................................................................................................................23

Settingupcellularfeatures..........................................................................................................................................24

PPPconfiguration....................................................................................................................................................24

ConfiguringPoint‐to‐Point(PPP)........................................................................................................................24

ConfiguringPPP:Settingupthemodem............................................................................................................25

ConfiguringPPP:Settingupauthentication.......................................................................................................25

ConfiguringPPP:Configuringkeepalivechecks..................................................................................................25

ConfiguringPPP:Sendingmodemcommandstotheintegratedmodemonrouter..............................................26

ConfiguringModemATCommands...............................................................................................................26

ExampleofUsefulHSPAATCommands:........................................................................................................26

ExampleofUsefulEV‐DOATCommands:......................................................................................................26

Settingupwakeuponcall......................................................................................................................................26

Configuringwakeup‐on‐call................................................................................................................................26

Example1–DetermineiftheroutersupportsincomingcallsandcallerID......................................................27

Example2–SetUptheEthernetRoutertoActivateonALLIncomingCalls......................................................27

Example3–SetUptheEthernetRoutertoActivateonMatchingCallerIDsOnly:...........................................28

Example4–SetUptheEthernetRoutertoActivateonIncomingSMSMessage..............................................29

SettingupPPP................................................................................................................................................29

SettingupWakeuponcall.............................................................................................................................29

SettingupSMS...............................................................................................................................................29

SettingupCallerAcknowledgement..............................................................................................................30

UsingTelnettocommunicatewiththecellularradio.............................................................................................30

Definingtunnelstoyourdevice...................................................................................................................................31

SettingupGenericRoutingEncapsulation(GRE)tunnels.......................................................................................31

DefiningVirtualPrivateNetworks(VPNs)...............................................................................................................32

Administeringdevices..................................................................................................................................................33

ConfiguringhowroutersaccesstheInternet..........................................................................................................33

ManagingYourDevicefromRemoteServer...........................................................................................................33

SettinguptheRemoteServer.............................................................................................................................33

DefiningWhentheDeviceConnectstoRemoteServer.....................................................................................34

DefiningWhenDeviceGetsorSendsUpdates...................................................................................................34

Customizingtheuserinterface...............................................................................................................................34

Customizingsupportinformation.......................................................................................................................34

SpecifyingDeviceSettings..................................................................................................................................35

Upgradingfirmware................................................................................................................................................35

Beforeyoubegin.................................................................................................................................................35

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Savingandrestoringsettings..................................................................................................................................36

Settinguptherouter'sdebugoptions....................................................................................................................37

Automaticallyrebootingthedevice...................................................................................................................37

ConfiguringSyslog...............................................................................................................................................37

Checkingthestatusofdevices....................................................................................................................................38

Viewingdevicestatistics..........................................................................................................................................38

Viewingservicesrunningonrouters.......................................................................................................................38

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Welcome

Thishelpfileprovidesinformationonconfiguring,managing,andupdatingyourMultiConnect®rCell100

Seriesrouter.YourrouterincludesaWebManagementInterface(thisapplication)thatallowsyoutosetup

yourrouterandthenetworksanddevicesthatyourroutersupports.

YoucanuseyourrCellroutertoprovidesecureda

tacommunicationbetweenmanytypesofdevicesthatuse

legacyaswellasthelatestcommunicationtechnologies.TheroutersupportsbluetoothandWi‐Fi

communicationtodeviceswiththesetechnologies.Therouterhasanintegratedcellularmodemandalso

includes10/100BaseTEthernetandRS‐232serialconnectivity.

Gettingstarted

Toaccessyourrouter'swebmanagementinterface:

1. OpenanInternetbrowser.

2. Inthebrowser'saddressfield,typethedefaultaddressfortherouter:http://192.168.2.1.Aloginpage

opens.

3. Intheusernamefield,typethedefaultUserName:admin(alllower‐case).

4. Inthepasswordfield,typethedefa

ultpassword:admin(alllower‐case).

5. ClickLogin.TheWebManagementHomepageopens.

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Settingupyourdevice

Theinitialsetupwizardcanhelpyousetupyourdevicequicklywithinformationthatiscommonlyneededto

operatetherouter.

Tousethewizard:

1. FromAdministration,selectInitialSetup.

Aseriesofwizardpanelsstepyouthroughsetup.

2. IntheChoosePasswordpanel,enterthefollowing:

a. IntheCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentpassword,thatis,thepasswordyouwantto

change.Theinitialpasswordshippedfromthefactoryisadmin.

b. IntheNewPasswordfield,typethepasswordyouwanttousetoreplacethecurre

ntone.

c. Toconfirmtheaccuracyofthepassword,re‐typeitintheConfirmPasswordfield.

d. ClickNext.Orifyouaredonemakingchanges,clickFinish.

3. IntheTimeConfigurationpanel,setthedatetimeandtimezone.

a. IntheTimefield,typethedes

iredtime.

b. IntheDatefield,typethedesireddate.

c. FromtheTimeZonedrop‐down,selectthetimezoneinwhichtherouteroperates.

d. ClickNext.Orifyouaredonemakingchanges,clickFinish.

4. IntheIPSetuppanel,givetherouteritsaddressandnet

workinformation:

a. IntheIPAddressfield,typetherouter'sIPaddress.

b. IntheMaskfield,typethemaskforthenetwork.Thedefaultis255.255.255.0.

c. InthePrimaryDNSfield,typetheaddressoftheprimaryDNS..

d. ClickNext.Orifyo

uaredonemakingchanges,clickFinish.

5. InthePPPConfigurationpanel,configurePPPforyourrouter.

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a. TousePPP,checkEnable.Whenenabled,yourdevicefunctionsasarouter.

b. Toenablethedial‐on‐demandfeature,checkDial‐on‐Demand.Toconfigurethesettingsthatre‐

establishtheconnectionwhenDial‐on‐Demandisenabled,seeConfiguringwakeup‐on‐call.

c. IntheIdleTim

eoutfield,typetheamountofidletimethatpassesbeforetheroutertimesout.If

thetimeexpires,thePPPconnectiontotheInternetisdisconnected

d. IntheAPNfield,typetheAPN(AccessPointName).TheAPNisassignedbyyourwirelessservice

provider.

e. ClickNext.Orifyo

uaredonemakingchanges,clickFinish.

6. InthePPPAuthenticationpanel:

a. FromType,selecttheauthenticationprotocoltypeusedtonegotiatewiththeremotepeer:pap,

chap,orpap‐chap.Thedefaultispap‐chap.

b. IntheUsernamefield,typeusernamewithwhichth

eremotepeerauthenticates.Youcanleave

thisfieldblank,ifdesired.Usernameislimitedto60characters.

c. InthePasswordfield,typethepasswordwithwhichtheremotepeerwillauthenticate.Youcan

leavethisfieldblank,ifdesired.Passwordislimitedto60characters.

7. ClickFinish.

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Configuringmiscellaneousfeaturesforyour

device

ConfiguringIPaddressandDNSinformationforLANs

Yourroutermanagestrafficforyourlocalareanetworks(LANs).TochangetheIPaddressandDNS

configuration:

1. FromSetup,selectIPConfiguration.

2. Toconfiguretheaddressinformation:

 IntheIPAddressfield,typetherouter'sIPaddress.Thedefaultis192.168.2.1.

 IntheMaskfield,typethemaskforthenetwork.Thedefaultis255.255.255.0.

 IntheGatewayfield,typetheIPaddressofanothergateway(router)thatyouwanttouse.Inmost

routerconfigurations,thisfieldisnotused.Assuch,thedefaultis0.0.0.0.

3. ToresolvenamesofhostsontheLANintoaddresses,configuredomainnameserverinformation(DNS).

 ToallowtheroutertobehaveasalocalDNSserver,checkEnableForwardingServer.WhenaDNS

requestisreceived,therouterforwardstherequesttoaremoteDNSserverifthereisnorecordin

therouter’scache.Newrequestsarecachedintherouterforfuturerequests.

 InthePrimaryServerfield,typetheaddressoftheprimaryDNS.Thedefaultis0.0.0.0

 IntheSecondaryServerfield,typetheaddressofthesecondaryDNS.Thedefaultis0.0.0.0

 TheWANDNSServersfielddisplaysinformationaboutDNSservers,ifany,thathavebeendetected

ontheWANlinkoftherouter.

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

ConfiguringDynamicDomainNamingSystem(DDNS)

ThisfeatureallowsyourroutertouseaDDNSservicetoassociateahostedserver'sdomainnamewitha

dynamicallychanginginternetaddress.

ToconfigureyourroutertouseDDNS:

1. FromSetup,selectDDNSConfiguration.

2. IntheConfigurationgroup,checkEnabled.

3. IntheServerfield,typethenameofth

eserverfromwhichthecurrentlyassignedIPaddressisobtained.

ThischeckIPserverisaservertherouteraccessestocheckitscurrentIPaddress.

4. InthePortfield,typetheserver'sportnumber.Defaultis80.

5. IntheMaxRetriesfield,typethemaximumnumberoftrie

sthatareallowediftheupdatefails.The

defaultis5.Therangeis0to100.

6. IntheUpdateIntervalfield,typethedaysthatpasswithnoIPAddresschange.Attheendofthis

interval,theexistingIPAddressisupdatedontheserversothattheaddre

ssdoesnotexpire.Therange

oftheintervalyoucanenterisbetween1and99days.Thedefaultis28days.

7. IfyouwanttoquerytheservertodeterminetheIPaddressbeforetheDDNSupdate,checkUseCheck

IP.TheIPaddressisstillassignedbythewirelessproviderandtheDD

NSisupdatedbasedonthe

addressreturnedbyCheckIPServer.Ifdisabled,theDDNSupdateusestheIPaddressfromthePPPlink.

ThedefaultisUseCheckIP.

8. IntheCheckIPServerfield,typenametowh

ichtheIPAddresschangeisregistered.Example:

members.dyndns.org

9. IntheCheckIPPortfield,typetheportnumberoftheCheckIPServer.Defaultis80.

10. FromtheSystemdrop‐downlist,selectthedesiredsystemregistrationtype,eitherDynamicorCustom.

ThedefaultisDynamic.

11. IntheDomainfield,ty

petheregisteredDomainname.

Enteringau thenticationinformation

YourDDNSserverrequiresyoutoidentifyyourselfbeforeyoucanmakechanges.Todoso:

1. IntheUsernamefield,typethenamethatcanaccesstheDDNSServer.ThedefaultisNULL.Youreceive

yournamewhenyouregisterwiththeDDNSservice.

2. InthePasswordfield,typethepasswordtha

tcanaccesstheDDNSServer.ThedefaultisNULL.You

receiveyourpasswordwhenyouregisterwiththeDDNSservice.

ForcingaDDNSserverupda te

ToupdatetheDDNSserverwithyourIPaddress,clickUpdate.

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

Configuringthe DHCPserver

Configuringa DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)Ser ver

YoucanconfigureyourroutertofunctionasaDHCPserverthatsuppliesnetworkconfigurationinformation—

suchasIPaddress,subnetmask,andbroadcastaddress—todevicesonthenetwork.

ToconfiguretheDHCPserver:

1. FromSetup,selectDHCPConfiguration.

2. TousetheDHCPfeature,checkEnabled.

3. TheSubnetfielddisplaysthesubnetaddress.

4. TheMaskfielddisplaysthenetwork'ssubnetmask.

5. IntheGatewayfield,typethegatewayaddress.ThedefaultGatewayaddressistheLANIPaddressof

therouter.

6. IntheDomainfield,ty

peyournetworkdomain,ifany.

7. IntheLeaseTimefield,typetheDHCPleasetime.Leasetimeissetindays,hours,andminutes.ALease

Timeof00‐00‐00isaninfiniteleasetime.

8. IntheLeaseRangeStartfieldandintheLeaseRangeEn

dfield,typetherangeofIPaddressestobe

assignedbyDHCP.

9. ClickSubmit.

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

Assigningfixedaddresses

YoumustletyourrouterknowaboutdeviceswithfixedIPaddresses.Todoso,youmanuallyenterthe

device'sMACaddressandtheIPaddressthatisboundtothatMACaddress.AfteryoubindtheMACaddress

totheIPaddress,theIPaddresscannotbeusedbyanyDHCPclientwithadifferentMA

Caddress,evenif

thereisnoactiveDHCPconnectionwiththatIPaddress.

Toassignfixedaddresses:

1. IntheFixedAddressgroup,clickAdd.Adialogboxopens,whereyoudefinetheaddress.

2. IntheMACAddressfield,typetheMACaddresstowhichth

especifiedIPaddressbinds.

3. IntheIPAddressfield,typethefixedIPaddresstobeassigned.

4. ClickFinish.Theaddressesareadded.

ConfiguringGPS

ConfiguringtherouterforusewithaGlob alPositioningSyst em(GPS)

Someroutershaveabuilt‐inGPSreceiver.IfyourrouterhasaGPS,theroutercanforwardNMEA(National

MarineElectronicsAssociation)sentencesfromtheGPSreceivertoadeviceconnectedtotherouter'sserial

port.YoucanalsosendtheGPSdataoverthenetworktoaremotecomputer.



ToconfiguretheGPSonyourrouter:

1. FromSetup,selectGPSConfiguration.TheSetup:GPSconfigurationpaneopens.

2. ToconfiguretheTCPserverportandenableaserialportdumpofNMEAsentences,seeDumpingNMEA

sentenceinformationtotherouter'sTCPserverport.

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

3. ToallowyourroutertoconnectandsendGPSdatatoaremotelylocatedserver,seeSendingGPS

informationtoaremoteserver.

4. TosetthetimeintervalafterwhichGPSdataissent,andtoconfigurefurtherdetailsabouttheGPS

informationthatissent,seeConfiguringwhichNM

EAsentencesaresentandwhentheyaresent.

Notes:

 AllenabledsentencesareforwardedperiodicallyusingtheintervalspecifiedintheNMEAConfiguration

section.Beforeforwarding,therouterprependsanIDprefixandIDtoeachenabledNMEAsentence.The

NMEAsentencesavailablearethoseprovidedbythebuiltinreceiverwhichare:GPGGA,GPGSA,GPGSV,

GPGLL,GPRMC,GPVTG.Detaileddescriptionsofth

esupportedNMEAsentencesareprovidedinthe

UniversalIPATCommandsReferenceGuide.

 YoucansimultaneouslyenabletheTCPServer,TCP/UDPclientandserialportdump.

DumpingNMEAsentenceinformationtotherouter'sTCPserverport

ToconfiguretheTCPserverportwhereyoucansendtheNMEAsentences:

1. FromtheLocalConfigurationgroup,checkTCPServer.

2. InthePortfield,typetheportnumberonwhichtheTCPserverislisteningforconnections.Thedefault

is5445.Youcanuseuptofivedigits.Eac

hdigititselfmustbebetween0and9.Numbersabove65,535

areillegalastheportidentificationfieldsare16bitslongintheTCPheader.

3. IfyouwanttheservertorequestthattheremoteclientsupplyapasswordbeforetheNMEAsentences

aresent,typethatpasswordinthePasswordfield.

4. TousetheserialportforGPS,disabletheserialportclient/server.Theserialportconfigurationsettings

areusedtoco

nfiguretheport.Theserialportclient/servermustbedisabledtousetheserialportfor

GPS.

SendingGPSinformationtoaremoteserver

TheRemoteConfigurationallowsthedevicetoconnecttoaremoteserverusingtheIPandportinformation

foruploadingGPSdata.

1. Toallowthedevicetoconnect,checkTCP/UDP.

2. FromtheProtocoldrop‐downlist,selecttheprotocoloftheclient.

3. IntheRemoteHostfield,typetheIPaddressoftheremotehost.

4. InthePortfiel

dtypetheportnumberoftheremotehost.

5. Ifyourremotehostrequestsapassword,typethatpasswordinthePasswordfield.Thepasswordissent

totheserverinresponse.

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

ConfiguringwhichNMEAsente ncesaresent andwhentheyaresent

Toconfigurethetimeinterval,additionalprefixorIDinformation,andwhichNMEAsentencesthatcanbe

sent:

1. IntheIntervalfield,typetheamountoftime,inseconds,thatpassesbeforetheNMEAinformationis

sent.Thedefaultis10seconds.Therangeis1to255seconds.

2. Youca

nfurtheridentifytherouter—alsocalledaremoteasset—thatiscollectingandsendingtheGPS

information.Todoso:

 AddIDTheIDisanuniqueremoteassetidentificationstring.TheIDstringcanbeanylengthupto20

characters,exceptthatthe&and$areinvalidcharacters.TheIDmustfollowthestandardNMEA

sentencestructure.RefertotheUniversalIPATCommandsReferenceGuideforsentencestructure.

 ToaddmoreinformationtothebeginningoftheID,intheAddIDPrefixfield,typetheinformation.

3. YoucanselectwhichNMEAsentencetypesyouwanttosend.Todoso,checkthedesiredoptions:GCA,

GSA,GSV,GLL,RMC,andVTG.

Configuringthe serialport

Configuringtheserialport

ToconfiguretheserialterminalconnectedtotheRS‐232connectorDE9ontherouter:

1. FromSetup,selectSerialIPConfiguration.

2. Inthepanethatappears,checkEnabled.

3. FromtheBaudRatedrop‐downlist,selectthebaud‐rateatwhichtheserialterminalcommunicates.The

defaultis11

5200.

4. FromtheFlowControldrop‐downlist,selecttheflowcontrolfortheserialport.TheselectionsareNone

orRTS‐CTS.ThedefaultisNone.

5. FromtheParitydrop‐downlist,selecttheparityfortheserialport.TheselectionsareNone,Even,or

Odd.Thedefa

ultisNone.

6. TousetheModbusprotocolastheprotocoltheserialdevicesusetocommunicate,checkModbus.

7. FromtheDataBitsdrop‐downlist,selectthedatabitsfortheserialport.Databitselectionis7or8.The

defaultis8.

8. FromtheSto

pBitsdrop‐downlist,selectthestopbitsfortheserialport.Theselectionsare1or2.The

defaultis1.

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Settingthedevice's dateandtime

Youcanconfigurehowyourroutermanagesthesettingoftimeonitsdomainofsystems.

Thesystemdateandtimedisplayintheseformats:MM/DD/YYYY/HH:MM:SS

Youcansetthedateandtimemanually.OryoucanconfiguretheroutertogetthisinformationfromanSNTP

server.

Settingthedat eandtime

Tosettherouter'sdateandtime:

1. FromSetup,selectTimeConfiguration.TheSetup:TimeConfigurationpanelopens.

2. IntheDatefield,typeinthedateyoudesire,orselectthedatefromthepop‐upcalendarthatopens

3. IntheTimefield,typethetime.

4. FromtheTi

meZonedrop‐downlist,selectyourtimezone.ThedefaultselectionisUTC(Universal

CoordinatedTime,UniversalTime).

Tolearnmoreabouttimezones,visitthefollowingwebsite:

http://wwp.greenwichmea

ntime.com/info/current‐time.htm

ConfiguringSNTPtoupdatedateandtime

ToconfiguretheserverfromwhichtheSNTPdateandtimeinformationistaken,andhowoften:

1. ToenableSNTPtoupdatethedateandtime,checkEnabled.

2. IntheServerfield,typetheSNTPservernameorIPaddressthatiscontactedtoupdatethetime.

3. InthePollingTimefield,ty

pethetimethatpasses,afterwhichtheSNTPclientrequeststheserverto

updatethetime.Defaultis120minutes.Youmustentertimeinminutes.

Configuringnetworksandservices

Addingnetworks

Youcandefine,editanddeletenetworksthatyourroutersupports.Thesenetworkscanlaterappearinyour

listofchoiceswhenconfiguringotheritems,suchastunnels.

Tosetupnetworks:

1. FromtheSetupgroup,selectSavedNetworks.

Alistofnetworksalreadysavedappears.

2. Add,editordeletenetworks,asdescribe

dinthistopic.

Addingnetworks

Toaddanetwork:

1. ClickAddNetwork.

TheAddSavedNetworkdialogboxopens.

2. IntheNamefield,typethenameofthenetwork.

3. IntheIPAddressfield,typetheIPaddressofthenetwork.

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4. IntheSubnetMaskfield,typethenetworkmask.

Editingordeletinganexistingnetwork

1. Todeleteanetwork,clickDelete.

2. Atthetopofthepane,amessagetellsyouthenetworkisdeleted.Toun‐dothedelete,clicktheUndo

linkfoundinthemessage.

3. Toeditanetwork,clickEdit.ChangetheIPaddressorsubnetmaskasdesired.ClickF

inish.

Notes:

 Youcannoteditthenetworkname.

 Youcannotdeleteanetworkifitisusedinanotherconfiguration.

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Settingupwirelessfeatures

SettingupWi‐Fiaccesspoints

Yourroutercanbeconfiguredasawirelessaccesspoint(AP)toallowWi‐Fienableddevicestoconnecttothe

routerusingWi‐Fi.TheWi‐Fihotspotcanonlyhandle5concurrentsessions.

TosetupyourroutersoitcansecurelyprovidedatacommunicationtoyourWi‐Fidevices:

1. FromWireless,selectWi‐FiA

ccessPoint.

2. ToallowtheroutertoprovidecommunicationtoWi‐Fidevices,checkEnabled.

3. TosettheSSID(servicesetidentifier)fortheaccesspointsupportedbyyourrouter,intheNetwork

Name(SSID)field,typethename.ThisistheIDthatWi‐Fideviceslookforinordertojoi

nthewireless

network.AllwirelessdevicesonaWLANmustemploythesameSSIDinordertocommunicatewiththe

accesspoint.

4. Tospecifythedataratessupported,intheNetworkModedrop‐downlist,selectthedesiredoption:

B/G/N‐Mixed

B/G‐Mixed

B‐Only

N‐Only

5. Tospecifythecou

ntrywherethenetworkoperates,intheCountryCodefield,typetheWi‐Ficodefor

thecountry.Thecountryyouchoosehasanimpactonthechannelsoverwhichthenetworkcanrun.

6. Tospecifythechannelonwhichtherouteroperates,fromtheChanneldrop‐downlist,selectthe

desiredch

annel.UnitedStatesuseschannels1‐11,Europeuses1‐13,andJapanuses14.

7. IntheBeaconIntervalfield,typetheperiodoftime,inmilliseconds,whentheaccesspointsendsa

beaconpacket.Beaconshelpsynchronizeawirelessnetwork.Formostapplications,thedefaultvalueof

0providesgoodperformance.

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8. IntheDTIMIntervalfield,typehowoftenabeaconframeincludesaDeliveryTrafficIndicationMessage,

andthisnumberisincludedineachbeaconframe.Itisgeneratedwithintheperiodicbeaconata

frequencyspecifiedbytheDTIMInterval.

Adeliverytrafficindicationmessageisakindoftraffici

ndicationmessage(TIM)whichinformstheclients

aboutthepresenceofbufferedmulticast/broadcastdataontheaccesspoint.Thedefaultvalueof1

providesgoodperformanceformostapplications.Youmightwanttoincreasethisvaluewhenusing

batterypoweredWi‐Fidevices,whichcansleep(atreducedpowerconsumption)duri

ngthelongerDTIM

intervalperiod.YoumustbalancethepowersavingsfromincreasingtheDTIMIntervalagainstpossible

reducedcommunicationthroughput.

9. IntheRTSThresholdfield,typetheframesizeatwhichtheAPtransmissionsmustusetheRTS/CTS

protocol.Thisisoftenusedtosolvehiddennodepro

blems.

UsingasmallvaluecausesRTSpacketstobesentmoreoften,consumingmoreoftheavailablebandwidth.

However,themoreRTSpacketsthataresent,thequickerthesystemcanrecoverfrominterferenceor

collisions.

Settingsecurityoptions

Youcanspecifythesecurityprotocolthattherouterusestosecurethecommunicationsfromtherouterto

theconnecteddevices.

1. FromtheModedrop‐downlist,selectthesecurityprotocolyouwanttouse.Optionsinclude:

 None

 WEP:UseWiredEquivalentPrivacyprotocoltoallowagroupofdevicesonthenetworktoexchange

codedmessages.

 WPA‐PSK:UseWi‐Fiprotectedaccesstosecuredataexchangedonyournetwork.

 WPA2‐PSK:UseWi‐Fiprotectedaccessversion2tosecuredataexchangedonyournetwork.

2. ToconfigureWEP:

a. FromtheEncryptiondrop‐downlist,selecttheencryptiontobeused.

b. Togenerateakeyfromaphrase,inthePassphrasefield,typeaphrase.ClickGenerate.

c. Tomanuallyen

terkeys,typethekeysintheKey1,Key2,Key3orKey4fields.

3. ToconfigureWPA‐PSKandWPA2‐PSK:

a. SelecttheWPAAlgorithmfromthedrop‐downlist.

b. IntheSharedKeyfield,typethekeythatisusedforencryptinganddec

ryptingthedata.

c. Toremovethemaskcharacters,therebymakingtheSharedKeyvisible,checkUnmask.

Whendone,clickSubmit,thenSaveandRestart.

ViewinginformationaboutWi ‐Ficlientsusingyourwirelessnetwork

Toviewinformationaboutclients(suchascomputers,tablets,andsmartphones)thatareusingyourrouter's

Wi‐Fifeaturestoexchangedata:

1. TheClientsgroupdisplaysalistofclientsusingyourrouter'sWiFi.

2. Toupdatethelist,clickRefresh.

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SettingupWi‐Ficlient

AsanalternativetofunctioningasaWi‐FiAccessPoint,yourroutercanfunctionasaWi‐FiClient.

1. FromWireless,selectWi‐FiClient.

2. ToallowtheroutertoactasaWi‐Ficlient,checkEnabled.

3. FromtheClientModedrop‐downlist,selectoneofthefoll

owing:

 WAN

 LAN

4. ClickSubmit.IfWi‐FiAccessPointfeatureisenabled,youareaskedforpermissiontodisableitbefore

proceeding.

5. After30to60seconds,clickRefresh.Afterafewseconds.alistofdetectedWi‐FiAccessPointsappears

intheAvailableNetworksgroup.

6. IntheAvailabl

eNetworksgroup,clicktheSSIDfortheWi‐FiAccessPointyouwanttouse.TheAdd

SavedNetworkdialogboxopens.

7. Reviewtheinformation,enteranyrequiredsecurityinfo,thenclickFinish.TheWi‐FiAccessPointyou

justaddedappearsintheSavedNetworksgroup.

8. Ifdesired,addadditionalAc

cessPointstothelistofSavedNetworks.Theroutertriestoconnectto

SavedNetworksintheordertheyarelisted.Youcanchangetheorderbyclickingtheupordownarrows

shownunderoptions.

9. Whendone,clickSubmit,thenSaveandRe

start.

10. TheStatusfielddisplays"Connected"ifyouhavesuccessfullyconnectedtotheWi‐FiAccessPoint.

Settingupbluetooth

TheBluetooth‐IPfeatureallowsadataconnectionbetweenaremoteTCP/UDPclientorserverandalocal

Bluetoothdevice.

TosetuptheBluetoothconnection:

1. Toenablethefeature,checkEnabled.ClickSubmit.

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2. Confirmthatthefar‐endBluetoothdeviceispoweredonandwaitingforaconnection.

3. IntheAvailableDevicesgroup,clickRefresh.AlistofdetectedBluetoothdevicesappears.

4. ClickthenameoftheBluetoothdevicethatyouwanttouse.ThenameandMACaddressappearu

nder

theselecteddevice.

ToconfiguretheIPPipeinTCP/UDPServermode:

1. IntheIPPipegroup,fromtheModedrop‐downlist,selectSERVER.

2. FromtheProtocoldrop‐downlist,selectthedesiredprotocol,eitherTCPorUDP.

3. IntheServerPortfield,typeth

edesiredportvalueintherange1to65535.

4. FromtheConnectionTerminationdrop‐downlist,selectadisconnectmethodfortheIPpipe.Options

are:

 AlwaysConnected

 SequenceAsequenceofcharactersreceivedfromtheBluetoothsideusedtodisconnecttheIPpipe.

 TimeoutTheIPpipeconnectiondisconnectsiftheconfiguredtimerexpireswithnodatasentor

received.

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