Airlink101 AR675W - Manuals

6   Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the AR675W Wireless N Green Router. The Wireless N Green Router is recommended to be used with AirLink101® Wireless N products to provide the best performance. The high speed of up to 300Mbps* combined with extended wireless coverage del...

9   Chapter 2 Connecting the Router 2.1 Building Network Connection Please follow the instructions below to build the network connection between the Router and your computers, as well as network devices: Step 1 Connect your DSL / cable modem to the WAN port of router with an Ethernet cable. Step 2 C...

10   Step 3 Connect the A/C power adapter to the electrical outlet, and then connect it to the ‘Power’ socket of the router. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘POWER’ LED should be steadily on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network devices connected to the respective ports ...

11   2.2 Configuring the Router – Setup Wizard Step 1 Open the web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) and type 192.168.2.1 in the URL address bar and press Enter . Step 2 Enter admin for both the user name and password and click OK .

12   Step 3 Click on Setup Wizard . Step 4 Click Next to start the Setup Wizard.

14   The LAN Interface settings allow you to configure the parameters for local area network. Parameter Description IP Address This is the router’s local port IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address). The default IP Address is ‘192.168.2.1’. Subnet Mask Specify a Subnet Mask for your...

15   PPTP Your ISP requires you to use a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) connection. L2TP Your ISP requires you to use a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) connection. Cable Modem For cable modem, select DHCP Client and click Next . Continue to Step 8 . DSL (DHCP Client or PPPoE) For ...

18   L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. Continue to Step 8 . Parameter Description Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the ISP Gateway. User Name Enter the User Name provi...

19   Menu Description Mode Please select the radio band from one of the following options. 2.4GHz(B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network client to connect to this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network client to connect to...

20   Channel Width Set channel width of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘40 MHz’. Control SideBand Select the Upper or Lower band for your Control Sideband. While Upper band is selected, the channels you can select are from channel 5 to ch...

21   Parameters Description Key Length You can select the WEP key length for encryption, 64-bit or 128-bit. Larger WEP key length will provide higher level of security, but the throughput will be lower. Key Format You may select ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal digits (in the &#...

22   WPA(TKIP) Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP to change the encryption key frequently. Parameters Description Pre-shared Key Format You may select to sel...

25   2.3 Connecting to the Router Wirelessly You must configure your wireless computer in order to establish a wireless connection to the router. In this section, you can find the instructions of how to connect to the router wirelessly with your Vista computer. You can also refer to the manual of yo...

26   Step 3 Enter the Security key you configured for the Router (see Step 8 in Section 2). Click Connect . Step 4 Click on Close . Now the wireless connection has been established successfully with the Router.

27   2.4 Troubleshooting If you have trouble connecting to the Internet, try the following steps. Step 1 Power off the Cable/DSL modem, router, and computer and wait for 5 minutes . Step 2 Turn on the Cable/DSL modem and wait for the lights on the modem to settle down. Step 3 Turn on the router and ...

28   Chapter 3 Using Web Configuration Utility The Web Configuration Utility contains advanced features that allow you to configure the router to meet your network’s needs such as: Multiple AP, Access Control, QoS (Quality of Service), Port Forwarding (Virtual Server) and other functions. If you hav...

30   Parameters Description IP Address This is the IP address that your ISP has given you. Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP. (e.g. 255.255.255.0) Default Gateway This is the IP address of ISP’s gateway. MTU Size MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) determine the maximum size of each...

31   Enable IGMP Proxy Check this box if you want to enable the router as IGMP proxy to implement multicast routing. Keep default if you don’t know what it is. Enable FTP ALG on Port If you have built up a FTP server in your network, you can enable this function to let the FTP traffics correctly pas...

32   Parameters Description Host Name Please enter the host name, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MTU Size MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) determine the maximum size of each packet in any transmission within the network. Please specify the MTU range fr...

34   Parameters Description User Name Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. Service Name Please give a name to this Internet service, this is optional Connection Type Please select t...

36   Parameters Description Attain IP Automatically Select this option if your ISP will assign IP Address to your router directly. Please contact your ISP if you don’t know what you should select. Set IP Address This is the IP address that your ISP has given you. Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask pr...

37   “ Manual ” - only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is pressed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pressed. Idle Time Please input idle time out. Specify the time to shutdown internet connection after no internet activity is detected after a while. This option is o...

38   the NAT gateway of the router. Enter the port number of your FTP server. Keep default if you don’t know what it is. TTL F or some special applications, you might need to change the TTL value for the packets routing to your router. Please select ‘TTL Standard’, ‘TTL+1’, ‘TTL=1’ or ‘User Defined”...

39   Attain IP Automatically Select this option if your ISP will assign IP Address to your router directly. Please contact your ISP if you don’t know what you should select. Set IP Manually This is the IP address that your ISP has given you. IP Address This is the IP address that your ISP has given ...

42   Static DHCP Specify the Static DHCP Addresses for your LAN clients. Domain Name Enter the domain name of your LAN interface if there is one. Click < Apply Changes > at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. 3.1.3 Routing You can turn off the NAT function of your router...

43   Selected’ button. (You can select more than one setting). Delete All If you want to delete all settings listed here, please click ‘Delete All’ button. Reset You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all. Click < Apply Changes > at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurati...

45   3.2 Wireless 3.2.1 Basic Settings You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router. The parameters include SSID, Channel Number and etc. Parameters Default Description Disable Wireless Check this box to disable wireless LAN. LAN Interface Mode Please sele...

46   2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 54Mbps*). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz band, allows 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, maxi...

48   Parameters Default Description Enable Check this box if you want to enable multiple access points. Band Please select the radio band from one of the following options. 2.4GHz(B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 ...

50   Parameters Default Description Select SSID If you have configured multiple access points, please s elect the access point you want to configure. Security Mode You can choose no encryption, WEP, WPA, WPA2 or WPA2 mixed mode for security. 802.1x Authentication IEEE 802.1x is an authentication pro...

51   Parameters Description Authentication There are two authentication types: "Open System" and "Shared Key". When you select "Open System", wireless stations can associate with this wireless router without WEP encryption. When you select "Shared Key", you should als...

52   128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 13-digit ASCII characters as the encryption keys. Click < Apply Changes > at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. 3.2.2.2 WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an ad...

53   Pre-shared Key The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the rules below. Hex: input 64-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) or at least 8 character pass phrase as the pre-shared keys. Click ...

54   Pre-shared Key Format You may select to select Passphrase (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) to be the Pre-shared Key. Pre-shared Key The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box...

55   Personal (Pre-Shared key). If you enable ‘Enterprise (RADIUS)’, please go to section 3.2.2.5 for more information. WPA Encryption Mode You can choose TKIP or AES for WPA key method. WPA2 Encryption Mode You can choose TKIP or AES for WPA2 key method. Pre-shared Key Format You may select to sele...

56   Parameters Description Radius Server IP Address The IP address of external RADIUS server. Radius Server Port The service port of the external RADIUS server. Radius Server Password The password used by external RADIUS server. Click < Apply Changes > at the bottom of the screen to save the ...

57   Parameters Description Wireless Access Control Mode E nable/Disable wireless access control. You can choose ‘Allow Listed’ if you allow the MAC Addresses listed in the following table to connect to the router; choose ‘Deny Listed’ if you deny the MAC Addressed listed in the following table to c...

58   3.2.4 Advanced Settings You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Preamble Type, etc. It is suggested not to change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will ha...

59   Preamble Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN performance. IAPP If you enable “IAPP”, it will allow wireless station roaming between IAPP enabled access points within the same wireless LAN. Protection T...

60   Parameters Description Enable Wireless Schedule Check this box to enable wireless schedule. Days Select to enable the wireless access point every day or some other weekdays. Time Designate a period of hours in a day to enable the wireless access point. Click < Apply Changes > at the botto...

61   Please make sure this feature is enabled on the Router (see the screenshot above). In the instructions below, we are going to use the Airlink101 WLAN Monitor utility comes with the AWLL6077, Airlink101 Wireless N adapter as an example. Step 1 Go to the computer with Airlink101 Wireless N adapte...

62   Step 3 Push the Security button the Router for 3 seconds. The WLAN LED will stay solid green instead of blinking. Step 4 The Router will now start the handshake with the wireless adapter which will take about 2 minutes. When you see the window similar to the one below, the connection has been e...

64   3.3 Application & Gaming 3.3.1 Port Forwarding The Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host some servers behind the router NAT firewall. Parameter Description Enable ...

65   Delete All If you want to delete all settings listed here, please click ‘Delete All’ button. Reset You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all. Click < Apply Changes > at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. 3.3.2 Port Triggering   Port triggering allows the ro...

66   know its IP address and click on the << button to add the IP address to the left blank. If you do not see any computer after you click on the drop-down menu, select the option “Refresh” and you will be given a list of computers that are connected to your network. TCP/UDP Port to Open This...

67   by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all packets going to your WAN port IP address to a particular IP address in your LAN. Parameters Description Enable DMZ Enable/disable DMZ. DMZ Host IP Address Input the IP address of a particular host in your LAN that will receiv...

68   Parameter Description Enable QoS Check this box to enable QoS, and uncheck this box to disable QoS. Automatic Uplink Speed Check this box to enable automatic uplink speed. Manual Uplink Speed (Kbps) You can set the limit of uplink speed in Kbps. To disable uplink bandwidth limitation, input ‘0’...

70   3.4 Access Restrictions The AR675W Wireless N Green Router provides extensive ways to restrict local users to access Internet. 3.4.1 Port Filtering If you want to restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.) by port numbers, then...

71   Reset You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all. Click < Apply Changes > at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. 3.4.2 IP Filtering If you want to restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.) b...

72   Delete All If you want to delete all settings listed here, please click ‘Delete All’ button. Reset You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all. Click < Apply Changes > at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. 3.4.3 MAC Filtering If you want to restrict users fro...

73   Delete Selected If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (You can select more than one MAC addresses). Delete All If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, please click ‘Dele...

78   3.6 Administration The Administration page allows you to specify a time zone, to change the system password and to specify a remote management port, to upgrade firmware, to save/reload configuration settings, to enable system log, to view the statistics information, and to enable/disable UPnP f...

79   3.6.2 Password You can change the password required to log into the Router's web configuration utility. The default user name and password are “admin”. It is suggested to change the administrator’s default password as soon as you start to use the Router, and store it in a safe place. The passwo...

80   3.6.3 Remote Management Enable the remote management so an authorized user can configure the Router from a remote site. You can specify a port for the remote management. Click < Apply Changes> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. 3.6.4 Firmware Upgrade This page a...

82   3.6.6 Reboot 3.6.7 System Log View the operation log of the system. Parameters Description Enable Log Check this box to enable the logging system.

83   System all This page shows the current system log of the Broadband router. It displays any event occurred after system start up. At the bottom of the page, the system log can be cleared with Clear button or it can be refreshed by Refresh button to get the most updated situation. When the system...

84   Parameters Description Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and received on WAN, LAN and Wireless LAN. 3.6.9 UPnP Check the box to enable UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router automatically....

87   Technical Support E-mail: [email protected] Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Website: www.airlink101.com *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE standard 802.11g and draft 802.11n specifications. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, i...