Page 2 - Trademarks
BENQ Corporation Notice I Copyright Statement This manual cannot be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation. BenQ Corporation reserves the right to change this ma...
Page 3 - cause undesired operation.
BENQ Corporation Notice II FCC Warning The AWL-700 compiles with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired ...
Page 4 - Table of Contents; Features................................................................1; Chapter 2. Hardware Installation........................3
BENQ Corporation Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction………………………….……1 1.1 Product Introduction……………………………………….……...1 1.2 Key Features……………………………………………….………1 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation……………………3 2.1 Product Kit…………………………………………………………3 2.2 System Requirements………………………………………………3 2.3 Mechanical D...
Page 5 - Chapter 1. Introduction; Introduction; IP sharing without the need for additional devices.; Features; Being a gateway between two Ethernet interfaces; addresses to connect to the Internet.
BENQ Corporation 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction The AWL700 Wireless LAN Router can be used with wireless networking client devices such as the BenQ AWL100 Wireless LAN PC Card and BenQ AWL300 Wireless LAN USB Adapter for wireless access to an office LAN, or sharing of an xDSL/cab...
Page 6 - Three ways to acquire WAN’s IP address
BENQ Corporation 2 1.2.2 Three ways to acquire WAN’s IP address There are three ways to acquire AWL700’s WAN IP address. The first one is to assign its WAN interface as a static valid IP address. Or, the users can acquire AWL700’s WAN IP address by PPPoE and it does not require the users to install ...
Page 7 - Chapter 2. Hardware Installation; WAN; -2 System Requirements
BENQ Corporation 3 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation This chapter will describe how to set up AWL700 step by step. After you have set up your AWL700 device, then you may need to configure your WAN setting to match the mode that you have applied from your ISP or NSP . 2-1 Product Kit Before installati...
Page 8 - -3 Mechanical Description; Front panel of the Wireless LAN Router; The following table provides an overview of each LED activity:; LED
BENQ Corporation 4 2-3 Mechanical Description Front panel of the Wireless LAN Router The following table provides an overview of each LED activity: LED State Indication Power On (Green) When power on AWL700, this LED should always be green. Status On (Orange) When power on AWL700, AWL700 will do som...
Page 9 - Back panel of the Wireless LAN Router:; Description
BENQ Corporation 5 Back panel of the Wireless LAN Router: Back Panel Description Reset button Designed to reset the AWL700 after a system failure or crash. When pressed, the AWL700 will reset. PWR/DC jack Where power is input to AWL700 through the power adapter supplied with it. Please do not plug o...
Page 10 - Turn off the power of your ADSL / Cable Modem; on; Connect your power cord to power inlet
BENQ Corporation 6 2.4 Connect AWL700 to your ADSL / Cable Modem I. Turn off the power of your ADSL / Cable Modem II. Pick up the cross-over (short) RJ-45 Category-5 cable and plug one end of this cable into your ADSL / Cable’s LAN port III. Plug the other end of this cable into AWL700’s WAN port 2....
Page 11 - Chapter 3. Configuration; and you will be; , and initially the password is also; admin; . We strongly recommend that – you; Admin Password
BENQ Corporation 7 Chapter 3. Configuration This chapter illustrates the web-based AWL700 configuration in detail. The AWL700 Wireless LAN Router has a structured menu and a “Quick Installation Wizard” page to help users set up their own AWL700 quickly. This chapter describes each of these menu sect...
Page 12 - Installation; mode
BENQ Corporation 8 3.1 Quick Installation Wizard 3.1.1 WAN Parameters AWL700 provides three ways to have an IP address in its WAN interface – Fixed IP, DHCP Client, and PPPoE. There are three radio boxes in this configuration page and you can choose the one, which is suitable for your access environ...
Page 14 - ESSID; – The ESSID is a unique ID given to the Access Point. Wireless clients; Channel; – RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the “Hidden; Fragmentation Threshold; – Fragmentation mechanism is used for improving the; Rates Set
BENQ Corporation 10 ESSID – The ESSID is a unique ID given to the Access Point. Wireless clients associating to the Access Point must have the same ESSID. The ESSID can have up to 32 characters. Channel – You may select any of the available channels as an operational channel for your Access Point. R...
Page 15 - Preamble Type; – Preamble is the first sub field of PPDU, which is the appropriate; Remote Control IP; – AWL700 can be managed by a dedicated host, which is located; Ping Reply; – If you would not like to let your AWL700 respond to “Ping” packets; HTTP Public Port; – In AWL700, it has a built-in web server to process all
BENQ Corporation 11 Select the TX Rates set among the following options, (1 – 2 - 5.5 - 11 Mbps) or (1 - 2 Mbps). Preamble Type – Preamble is the first sub field of PPDU, which is the appropriate frame format for transmission to PHY (Physical layer). There are two options, Short Preamble and Long Pr...
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BENQ Corporation 12 3.2.2 Status In AWL700, you can search system information in “Status” page. AWL700 divides this page into two parts, one is for WAN information, and the other is for LAN information. This information is quite useful for users to see if system is in a right status. 3.2.3 Associate...
Page 17 - DNS Name Server 1; – First backup DNS server. Since we use the DNS server; DNS Name Server 2; – Second backup DNS server.; Host Name; – Your host’s name.; MAC Address; – MAC address that you want to change in your WAN interface.
BENQ Corporation 13 3.3.1 DNS Setup In “DNS Setup” page, user can input two DNS servers that AWL700 can use these two servers to complete its DNS relay function. Please note that the DNS relay is a default setting in AWL700, however AWL700 will choose ISP’s DNS server to be the first choice to relay...
Page 18 - Default Gateway; – Tell hosts where they can deliver their packets if they do not; Netmask; – Tell hosts their netmask.
BENQ Corporation 14 Default Gateway – Tell hosts where they can deliver their packets if they do not know how to deal with those packets. In fact, it should be the AWL700 itself. Netmask – Tell hosts their netmask. Name Server 1, 2, 3 – AWL700 will offer DNS server to its hosts to help hosts activat...
Page 19 - means that you can assign a range of private IP addresses to map to a
BENQ Corporation 15 NAT is a mechanism that can convert your private IP addresses into single public IP address. In AWL700, we do offer dynamic NAT, static NAT, and NAPT functions. Dynamic NAT means that you can assign a range of private IP addresses to map to a range of public IP addresses in the W...
Page 21 - to any private IP address at configured range in the first table.
BENQ Corporation 17 to any private IP address at configured range in the first table. Base Address – The first IP address that you wish to be mapped to. Number of Address – Limits the range that configured by users. If you have ten IP addresses to be mapped to private IP addresses, you can limit thi...
Page 22 - Routing Table; – Host or network that you would like to forward your packets; Netmask Address; – Host that you would like packets to go from.
BENQ Corporation 18 3.3.4.2 Routing Table In AWL700, you can add or delete route into or from Routing Table . If you would like to forward packets to a specific host, you can add a static route for that host. Network Address – Host or network that you would like to forward your packets Netmask Addre...
Page 23 - Disable; without any data encryption.
BENQ Corporation 19 The 11Mbps Wireless Access Point allows you to create 4 data encryption keys to secure your data from being eavesdropped by unauthorized wireless user. To activate and set the WEP keys, do the following: From the WEP encryption item, list three options: Disable – Allows wireless ...
Page 24 - Use the following buttons to manage the Access Control Table:; Enable; – allow network access from stations in the list; Change; address; Reverse Access; – Change to Enable for reverse access (Only those Mac Address in the; NOTE
BENQ Corporation 20 Then enter the 4 WEP keys in the Key 1, Key 2, Key 3 and Key 4 entry filed. Select one WEP key as an active key before enabling use of encryption 3.3.6 Access Control The Access Control Table enables you to restrict wireless stations accessing the Wireless Access Points by identi...
Page 25 - Delete; – to remove MAC addresses one at a time; press “; Apply; ” bottom after modifying the; Save Setting
BENQ Corporation 21 Delete – to remove MAC addresses one at a time 3.3.7 802.1x Security setup 802.1x is enterprise-class security mechanism. It gives user higher security and protection by way of backend radius server. Please reference IEEE 802.1x, RFC 2284, RFC 2138 and RFC 2866 for details. Be su...
Page 26 - – Enable EAP-MD5 certification for wireless interface.; pecify IP address of the remote RADIUS server.
BENQ Corporation 22 MAC Authenticate Parameter Wireless Interface – Enable RADIUS authentication through MAC address of Wireless LAN card. LAN Interface – Enable RADIUS authentication through MAC address of Ethernet LAN card. EAP Authenticate Parameter Wireless Interface – Enable EAP-MD5 certificati...
Page 27 - Account
BENQ Corporation 23 authentication requests. Radius Secret Key – For key string, specify the authentication and encryption key used between the Authenticator and the RADIUS daemon running on the RADIUS server. The key is a text string that must match the encryption key used on the RADIUS server. Rad...
Page 29 - configurations are activated.; System; do not need to approach to their AWL700s to reset systems.
BENQ Corporation 25 3.5 Save Setting If you have already configured your AWL700 and wished to save your configuration, please select “Save Setting” page to save all your configurations. Please note that, after you have saved you configurations, AWL700 will prompt “Reboot System” page to notify you t...
Page 30 - Firmware; please do
BENQ Corporation 26 3.7 Update Firmware AWL700 provides firmware update function by your web browser. If users would like to change their firmware version, they can do this by choosing the newer or older firmware file in their PC, then push the “Upgrade” button to begin the updating process. This pr...
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BENQ Corporation 27 3.8 Web Language Here, you can choose different web language. The second item in the following diagram is traditional Chinese and the third is simplified Chinese.
Page 32 - Default; configurations will be lost forever.
BENQ Corporation 28 3.9 Load Default Setting Every AWL700 will have its default setting when it is shipped to users. This can prevent users from corrupting the configurations and making AWL700 function abnormally. If this situation has occurred, you can go to this page and try to load AWL700’s defau...
Page 33 - Chapter 4 Appendix
BENQ Corporation 29 Chapter 4 Appendix TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 98/Me/2000 1. Double click Start icon, and choose the settings , then click Control Panel . 2. Double click the Network icon. See the Configuration tab, and select the TCP/IP line that has been associated to your network card. 3...
