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Page 2 - USER’S MANUAL; Broadband Router

USER’S MANUAL IEEE802.11g Wireless Multi-Function Broadband Router BLW-54MF

Page 3 - Foreword; Explanation of the signals

Foreword Explanation of the signals In order to let you set up and use this product correctly, please pay attention when reading or browsing the manual as you see these signals listed below. Warning/ Danger Users should read the explanation carefully and understand it completely, otherwise users mig...

Page 5 - Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction

BLW-54MF Contents Foreword Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Introduction to BLW-54MF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Product Housing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ch...

Page 7 - Introduction

1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction 1. Package Contents After purchasing BLW-54MF Wireless Router form a distributor or an agency, please open the package and check that all the components listed below are included. If there is any item missing or damaged, please contact with the distributor o...

Page 8 - Special Features of BLW-54MF; Eazy Go to Link

1 2 BLW-54MF 2. Introduction to BLW-54MF Thank you for purchasing BLW-54MF IEEE802.11g Wir eless Multi- function Broadband Router. This 802.11b/g wireless router is a multi- function device which provides (1) shared broadband Internet access for LAN users through 4-port switching hub, (2) WDS Bridge...

Page 9 - Support Wireless Authentication; System Requirements

1 3 Chapter 1 Introduction œ Support Wireless Authentication BLW-54MF supports 64/128 Bit WEP, WPA, WPA AUTO, WPA-PSK/ EAP and WPA2-PSK/EAP which can prevent others from stealing your bandwidth and avoid information leak. œ Support Anti-DoS Function SPI Anti-DoS Firewall can prevent hacker's invasio...

Page 10 - Front Panel

1 4 BLW-54MF 3. Product Housing LEDs Status Meaning Power On/Off When starting up BLW-54MF, the Power LED will be on. Status EZ-GO Blinking Press the EZ-GO button at the back of BLW-54MF andenable EZ-GO function. After pressing EZ-GO button,the LED will be blinking for 5 minutes that means GW-US54SG...

Page 11 - Ports; If plug the AC adapter which includes in the product package into; Rear Panel

1 5 Chapter 1 Introduction Ports Function AC Plug the power cord into this port and the other side of the adaptor shouldbe plugged into the socket. WAN Connect a DSL or Cable Modem to the WAN port and link to the internet.If your modem came with a cable, use the supplied cable. Otherwise, usea stand...

Page 12 - Basic Setup & Configuration; Choose a Proper Installation Site.

2 7 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration 2 Basic Setup & Configuration 1. Hardware Installation 1.Unwrap the package of BLW-54MF Wireless Router and check if the components are complete with nothing missing. 2. Choose a Proper Installation Site. Select a suitable place on the network to ins...

Page 13 - ĀŇ

2 8 BLW-54MF 3. Connect LAN Cables . Use standard LAN cables (RJ-45) to connect PCs to the switching hub ports on BLW-54MF. Both 10 Base-T and 100 Base-T connections can be used simultaneously. 4. Connect WAN Cable. Connect the DSL or Cable modem to the WAN port on BLW-54MF. 5. Power On. Power the D...

Page 14 - ęņ

2 9 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration 2. ņ MS-DOS Ň window will appear. 3.Type ņ ipconfig Ň after the command of ņ c:> Ň and then press enter. 4.MS-DOS will appear your NIC address in the window, please take notice of the value of ņ IP Address Ň and ņ Default Gateway. Ň 5.The value of ņ D...

Page 16 - Apply

2 11 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration 3.After entering the system, BLW-54MF will show you the Main page. During configuration, you can use the tabs on the top of the page and menu at the left side of the page to navigate. Besides, it is necessary that, after configuring, you should click ņ ...

Page 18 - admin

2 13 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration 4.1 Set Password Step 1 Ĉ The default User Name of BLW-54MF Wireless Router is ņ admin Ň and Password is ņ admin. Ň It is recommended that you should change the default password to have better protection over the router and the LAN. You must memorize th...

Page 20 - Select Internet Connection Type; Main

2 15 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration 4.4 Select Internet Connection Type Step 4 Ĉ The followings are the most common used connection types: Obtain IP automatically (DHCP client), Fixed IP address, and PPPoE. If you want to know more about the other types of WAN configurations, please refer...

Page 24 - Set Wireless Connection; ĈĈ

2 19 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration 4.5 Set Wireless Connection Step 5 Ĉ Choose if you want to use wireless connection. œ Wireless Ĉ You may choose if you want to enable wireless function to let users connect with BLW-54MF through wireless network. œ SSID Ĉ Every SSID is unique in the WLA...

Page 30 - ĈΞ

2 25 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration Ɩ PPTP P o i n t-t o-P o i n t Tu n n e l i n g P r o t o c o l (P P T P), a p r o t o c o l t h a t a l l o w s corporations to extend their own corporate network through private "tunnels" over the public Internet. Effectively, a corporation us...

Page 40 - Ňņ

2 35 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration œ W E P Ĉ O p e n S y s t e m – I t d o e s n o t n e e d a u t h e n t i c a t i o n w h e n connecting to the AP. Shared Key –Only wireless adapters using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting to the AP. œ Mode Ĉ HEX – Only ņ A~F...

Page 42 - user

2 37 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration Ɩ WPA-AUTO WPA-PSK is short for Wi-Fi Protected Access-Pre-Shared Key. WPA-PSK uses the same encryption way with WPA, and the only difference between them is that WPA-PSK recreates a simple shared key, instead of using the user Ņ s certification.

Page 46 - Device Information; After entering the system, you can click; Status; on the left menu to

2 41 Chapter 2 Basic Setup & Configuration 7. Status 7.1 Device Information After entering the system, you can click ņ Status Ň on the left menu to check all the settings and firmware version.

Page 47 - Clear Log; Click this button to delete all the logs recorded from the; Refresh; Click this button to update the log status and check the latest

2 42 BLW-54MF 7.2 Log BLW-54MF Wireless Router can record various types of activities. System Log records every events happened on the BLW-54MF Wireless Router. These data are useful for troubleshooting. If BLW-54MF restarts, the logs will be deleted automatically. œ Clear Log Ĉ Click this button to...

Page 49 - Click; Statistics; , the page will display the transmitted and received; Reset; and

2 44 BLW-54MF 7.4 Statistic Click ņ Statistics Ň , the page will display the transmitted and received results. œ Reset Ĉ Click this button to reset all the statistics back to zero and start to calculate again. 7.5 Wireless You may see the information of the users which is connection with BLW- 54MF n...

Page 50 - Advanced Setup & Configuration; N e t w o r k A d d re s s; E n t e r t h e I P a d d r e s s o f t h e d e s t i n a t i o n L A N; Network Mask; Enter the Route Subnet Mask of the destination LAN; GateWay; Enter the Route GateWay of the destination LAN segment.; I n t e r f a c e; Yo u c a n u s e t h e L A N s i d e o r t h e WA N s i d e t o b e t h e

45 3 Chapter 3 Advanced Setup & Configuration 3 Advanced Setup & Configuration 1. Routing 1.1 Static If you connect several routers with BLW-54MF Wireless Router, you mayneed to set up a predefined routing rule to have more effective networktopology/traffic. To set Static Route, please enter...

Page 52 - This page shows all the route you made related to BLW-54MF.; MAC Filters; MAC Filters is used to; Allow; or; Deny; computers on LAN to access; Disabled

47 3 Chapter 3 Advanced Setup & Configuration 1.3 Routing Table This page shows all the route you made related to BLW-54MF. 2. Access 2.1 Filters Ɩ MAC Filters MAC Filters is used to ņ Allow Ň or ņ Deny Ň computers on LAN to access to the Internet. In the list at the bottom of the screen, there ...

Page 55 - ŇĈ

3 50 BLW-54MF œ Enabled Ĉ Click ņ Enabled Ň to apply IP filter, or ņ Disabled Ň to apply it later. œ Range Start/Range End Ĉ Type in a range of IP address to apply IP filtering on. If you only want to apply on a single computer, please enter the IP address of the computer in the beginning blank, and...

Page 63 - Open

3 58 BLW-54MF Ɩ Load Settings œ Browse Ā /Load Ĉ Make sure the saved system setting file is in the local host disk and then click ņ Browse ĀŇ to search for the saved system setting file. Click ņ Open Ň to select the system setting file that you want and then click ņ Load Ň to start restore the setti...

Page 65 - to continue installing.; Next

3 60 BLW-54MF 2.Choose a destination location to install GW-US54SG, and then click ņ Next Ň to continue installing. 3.A f t e r s e l e c t i n g t h e l o c a t i o n f o r G W-U S54S G a n d t h e n c h o o s e t h e program name of the destination folder, please click ņ Next Ň to proceed.

Page 66 - Yes

61 3 Chapter 3 Advanced Setup & Configuration 4.If the warning dialog box pops up, please click ņ Yes Ň to complete the installation. 5.After completing the installation, there will be a grey running little man icon exist on the desktop which is the utility icon of GW-US54SG, users can use this ...

Page 67 - right after finishing installation, please click; Finish; after you finish

3 62 BLW-54MF 7.The InstallShield Wizard will ask if you want to restart your computer right after finishing installation, please click ņ Finish Ň after you finish and save the work at hand. 8.After the computer restarts, the following window will show, please scroll down the list to choose a countr...

Page 68 - Management

63 3 Chapter 3 Advanced Setup & Configuration 9.After choosing the country domain, please enter the configuration page of BLW-54MF. Go to ņ Management Ɩ Settings Ň page and then choose ņ Enable Ň EZ-GO function, and the Status EZ-GO LED on the front panel of BLW-54MF will be blinking. The other ...

Page 70 - PSK

65 3 Chapter 3 Advanced Setup & Configuration 12.A f t e r J u m p S t a r t d o e s t h e a u t o-d e t e c t i o n, i t w i l l a s k y o u t o s e t a password for adding devices to your network. And this password will become the Pre-shared Key for GW-US54SG and BLW-54MF. M e a n w h i l e, t...

Page 71 - Remote Management

3 66 BLW-54MF 3.2 Remote Management BLW-54MF Wireless Router can be managed by any PC from your LAN. If the router has connected to the Internet, the administrator can also configure it via the Internet. Owing to the security, however, you must have the MAC address before performing remote managemen...

Page 75 - D N S i s s h o r t f o r; D o m a i n N a m e S y s t e m; Because domain names are alphabetic, they; DNS Lookup; function can enquire for the corresponding IP

3 70 BLW-54MF 4.2 DNS Lookup D N S i s s h o r t f o r D o m a i n N a m e S y s t e m (o r S e r v i c e , o r S e r v e r ). I t is an Internet service that translates domain name into IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they Ņ re easier to remember. The Internet, however, is really...

Page 76 - AP Setup & Configuration; can

71 4 Chapter 4 AP Setup & Configuration 4 AP Setup & Configuration BLW-54MF supports AP/Router switching function. Users can use the switch at the back of BLW-54MF to choose AP or Router mode to use. All the AP Configuration pages are the same as Router's. There are only a few functions that...