Airlink101 AR580W3G - Manuals

Page 2 - COPYRIGHT; permission of this company

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Page 3 - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.; FCC Caution

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resident...

Page 5 - R&TTE Compliance Statement; The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC; Safety

R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE). The R&TTE Di...

Page 6 - observe the following precautions.; ELECTRICAL SAFETY; instructions that are included with the product.; Handle battery packs carefully

Important Health Information and Safety Precautions When using this product, the safety precautions below must be taken to avoid possible legal liabilities and damages. Retain and follow all product safety and operating instructions. Observe all warnings in the operating instructions on the product....

Page 7 - Take extra precautions

WARNING: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. To reduce risk of fire or burns, do not disassemble, crush, puncture, short external contacts, expose to temperature above 60° C (140° F), or dispose of in fire or water. Replace only with specified batteries. Recycle or dispose of use...

Page 8 - danger of ignition or explosion.; SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR DIRECT SUNLIGHT; explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death.; EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES

Take extra precautions to keep a leaking battery away from fire as there is a danger of ignition or explosion. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR DIRECT SUNLIGHT Keep this product away from excessive moisture and extreme temperatures. Do not leave the product or its battery inside a vehicle or in places where t...

Page 10 - Table of Contents

Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT INFORMATION ..................................................................................................... 1 1-1 INTRODUCTION AND SAFETY INFORMATION ............................................................................... 1 1-2 SAFETY INFORMATION ......

Page 11 - Chapter 1 Product Information; -1 Introduction and safety information

1 Chapter 1 Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing Airlink101® Wireless N 150 3G/3.5G Travel Router with Li-ion Battery, AR580W3G. The thin and compact travel router, integrated with Li-ion battery inside, assists you to set up a wireless network using 3...

Page 12 - This is normal and is not

2 • Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer (over the Internet) • Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports. 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. T...

Page 13 - -3 System Requirements; Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7

3 1-3 System Requirements Internet connection, provided by DSL or cable modem or 3G/3.5 USB modem. Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card. Web browser ( Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser, or Safari web brow...

Page 14 - -5 Familiar with your new Portable 3G Router; LED Definitions

4 1-5 Familiar with your new Portable 3G Router LED Definitions LED Name Light Status Description Green On Router is switched on and correctly powered or the battery is charged completely. Orange On The battery is charging. Orange Flashing Battery power is not enough, only 20 minutes remains. PWR/CH...

Page 16 - Right and Left Side Panel

6 Right and Left Side Panel Item Name Description LAN/WAN Switch Switch the Ethernet port to LAN or WAN. Switch to WAN function if you want to access to the Internet through your xDSL or Cable modem network service. WAN access can also be a back up for 3G network. Please refer to Section 3-4 for mor...

Page 17 - Chapter 2 System and Network Setup; into the slot and then put back the cover.

7 Chapter 2 System and Network Setup 2-1 Getting Started Before you using the router, please follow the following instructions to charge the router. 1. Remove the battery cover in the rear side of the router and insert the supplied battery into the slot and then put back the cover. 2. Connect the po...

Page 19 - Note: There are three ways to activate the router.; -2 Configure your 3G Router with EZ Setup Wizard

9 Warning: 1. Always switch the device off before removing the battery. 2. Use only battery and power adapter supplied with the product. The use of any other types may be dangerous. Note: There are three ways to activate the router. 1. To use battery. 2. To use power adapter. 3. To use power adapter...

Page 20 - for configuring the router.

10 1. Connect your 3G/3.5G USB modem to the USB port located on the top side of the router. 2. Connect your computer to the Ethernet port on the right side of the router for configuring the router. Note: It is recommended to configure the router through the Ethernet port for the first time setup. Pl...

Page 22 - -3 Connecting to Portable 3G Router by web browser; message should be shown:; ’, and default password is ‘; admin; ’, then press ‘OK’ button, and you can see the

12 2-3 Connecting to Portable 3G Router by web browser Start your web browser, and input the IP address of router in address bar. The following message should be shown: Please input user name and password in the field respectively, default user name is ‘ admin ’, and default password is ‘ admin ’, t...

Page 25 - NOTE: There are several time servers available on internet:

15 Set Time Please press button, a drop-down list Zone (1): will be shown, and you can choose a time zone of the location you live. Time Server Input the IP address / host name of time server Address (2): here Daylight If the country you live uses daylight saving, Savings(3): please check ‘Enable Fu...

Page 27 - NOTE: Some service providers use ‘DHCP’ (Dynamic Host

17 If you want to go back to previous step, please press ‘Back’ button on the bottom of this page. 3. Basic Setting Here are descriptions of every setup items: Wireless Module (1): Display the Wireless Module: Enable (default). Band (2): Please select a Band type from the dropdown list of ‘Band’, It...

Page 28 - Security Settings

18 SSID (3): This is the name of wireless router. You can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters. SSID is used to identify your own wireless router from others when there are other wireless routers in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’s recommended to change defaul...

Page 31 - Here are descriptions of every setup items:

21 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC Address (2): Please input MAC address of your computer here, if your service provider only permits computer w...

Page 32 - You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service

22 2-4-3 Setup procedure for ‘Fixed-IP xDSL’: Here are descriptions of every setup items: IP address (1): Please input IP address assigned by your service provider Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider DNS Address (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server p...

Page 59 - DO NOT; use the hostname of

49 service provider. Secondary DNS (2): Please input the IP address of another DNS server provided by your service provider, this is optional. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (3) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ ...

Page 62 - -7 Wired LAN Configurations; access internet, they must have a valid IP address.; Suggestions on IP address numbering plan:; If you have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your

52 2-7 Wired LAN Configurations Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. those computers connect to this router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access internet, they must have a valid IP address. There are two ways to assign IP addresses to ...

Page 63 - Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:

53 Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters: Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interface, there are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’. Here are setup instructions for each of them: 2-7-1 LAN IP section: He...

Page 64 - and here are descriptions of every setup items:

54 2-7-2 DHCP Server: These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup items: Lease Time (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP address assigned by th...

Page 68 - -8 Wireless LAN Configurations; from being intruded by malicious intruders.

58 2-8 Wireless LAN Configurations If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices which is equipped with wireless network interface, you can use the wireless function of this router to let them connect to Internet and share resources with other computers with wired-LAN connection. You...

Page 76 - If you don’t know which one

66 performance. Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you select a key format, the number of characters of key will be displayed. For example, if you select ’64-bit’ as key length, and ‘Hex’ as key format, you’ll see the message at the right of ‘Key Format’ is ‘Hex (...

Page 79 - would be needed for those clients to use WPA and WPA2 encryption.

69 procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 2-8-3-4 WPA RADIUS: If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication. Here are descriptions of every ...

Page 85 - -8-6 Security Tips for Wireless Network; WEP key and WPA passphrase is much safer than simple and short ones.

75 2-8-6 Security Tips for Wireless Network Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your wireless network: 1. Never use simple words (like school, apple and computer) as WEP encryption or WPA passphrase. 2. A complicated (the combination of number, alphabet, even symbol, a...

Page 86 - Chapter 3 Advanced Functions; Please follow the following instructions to set QoS parameters:

76 Chapter 3 Advanced Functions 3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to ge...

Page 97 - -2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications; function to let these applications work.

87 3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection a time; these applications won’t work with simple NAT rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. Here are descriptions of every setup item...

Page 98 - message will be displayed on your web browser:

88 Comment (6): The description of this setting. Popula Applications This section lists the more popular applications that (7): require multiple connections. Select an application from the Popular Applications selection and click ‘Add’ to save the setting to ‘Current Trigger-Port Table.’ Add (8): Ad...

Page 100 - wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).

90 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-sav...

Page 118 - web management interface, or click ‘Status’ button in main menu.; -5-1 System information and firmware version; and the following message will be displayed on your web browser

108 3-5 System Status The functions described here will provide you with system related information. To enter system status menu, please either click ‘Status’ link located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, or click ‘Status’ button in main menu. 3-5-1 System information and firmw...

Page 123 - -6 Configuration Backup and Restore; of router configuration for security reason.

113 You can click ‘Refresh’ button to display latest information. 3-5-8 Modem Info You can use this function to check the information of the 3G modem card. Please click ‘Modem Info’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 3-6 Con...

Page 124 - -7 Firmware Upgrade; add new functions to your router, even fix the bugs of this router.

114 click ‘Configuration Tools’ on the left of web management interface, then the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every buttons: Backup Press ‘Save...’ button, and you’ll be prompted to Settings (1): download the configuration as a file, default file...

Page 127 - Chapter 4 Appendix; -1 Hardware Specification; Power: 5VDC, 2A xMini USB Type Switch Power Adaptor

117 Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specification SoC: Cavium 1104 RF: Ralink RT3070 Flash: 4MB SDRAM: 16MB Ethernet Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 USB Post : USB 2.0 Type A x 1 (3G), Mini USB x 1 (Power) Antenna: Internal Printed Antenna (1T1R) Power: 5VDC, 2A xMini USB Type Switch Power Adaptor Dimens...

Page 131 - DNS Server IP Address:

121 4-3 Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router IP device needs to configure a default gateway’s IP address. When the device sends out an IP packet, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to its default gateway, which will then send it out toward...

Page 132 - ISP Gateway Address:

122 bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb, where each “b” can either be 0 or 1. A network mask is also a 32-bit binary pattern, and consists of consecutive leading 1’s followed by consecutive trailing 0’s, such as 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000. Therefore sometimes a network mask can also be desc...