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Introduction

User Guide

Introduction

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Welcome

Preface

The purpose of th is manual i s to provide you with detai led information on the insta l lat ion , operat ion and

appl icat ion of your 3G21WE HSPA+ WiFi Router.

Important Not ice and Safety Precaut ion

• Beforeserv ic ingor d isassembl ingthis equipment , a lwaysd isconnect powerfromthedevice .

• Useanappropr iatepowersupply, preferably thesuppl iedpoweradapter, withanoutputof DC12V1 .5A.

• Do not operate the device near f lammable gas or fumes . Turn off the devicewhen you are near a petrol

stat ion , fuel depot or chemical p lant/depot . Operat ion of such equipment in potent ia l ly explos ive

atmospheres can represent a safety hazard .

• Thedeviceandantennashal l beusedonly witha minimumof20cmfromthehumanbody.

• Theoperat ionof this devicemayaffect medical e lectronic devices , suchas hear inga ids andpacemakers .

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Etisalat HSPA+ WiFi Router USERGUIDE

1 – INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1 .1 FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.2 PACKAGECONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.3 LED INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1 .4 PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 –ADVANCEDSETUP (WITHOUTUSBKEY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 .1 TRANSMISSIONCONTROLPROTOCOL/ INTERNET

PROTOCOL (TCP/ IP) SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 .2 DEFAULTSETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.3 LOGINPROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

WEBUSER INTERFACE

3 –BASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.1 WEBUSER INTERFACEHOMEPAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4 – ET ISALAT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4.1 ETISALATSERVICESETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4 .1 .1 PROFILESETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4.2 ANTENNASELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5 – WIFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5.1 SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5.2 SECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.3 CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.4 MEDIAACCESSCONTROL (MAC)F ILTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5.5 WIRELESSBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.6 STATION INFO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

6 –ADVANCEDSETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

6.1 LOCALAREANETWORK(LAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

6.2 NETWORKADDRESSTRANSLATION(NAT) . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6.2 .1 PORTFORWARDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6.2 .2 PORT TRIGGERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

6.2 .3 DEMILITARIZEDZONE(DMZ)HOST . . . . . . . . . . 26

6.3 SECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6.3 .1 IP F ILTERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6.4 ROUTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

6.4 .1 STATICROUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

6.4 .2 DYNAMICROUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

6.5 PARENTALCONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

6.5 .1 T IMERESTRICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

6.5 .2 URLF ILTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

6.6 DOMAINNAMESYSTEM(DNS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

6.6 .1 DOMAINNAMESYSTEM(DNS) SERVER . . . . 31

6.6 .2 DYNAMICDOMAINNAMESYSTEM

(DYNAMICDNS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

6.7 DEVICESETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

6.7 .1 BACKUPSETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

6.7 .2 UPDATESETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

6.7 .3 RESTOREDEFAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

6.7 .4 UPDATEF IRMWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6.8 ACCESSCONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6.8 .1 SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6.8 .2 PASSWORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6.9 SIMPLENETWORKMANAGEMENTPROTOCOL

(SNMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6.10 S IMPLENETWORKTIMEPROTOCOL (SNTP) . . . . . . . . 35

6.11 USBSETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

6.11.1 PRINTSERVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

6.11.2 USBSTORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

6.12 SAVEANDREBOOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

7 – DIAGNOSTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

7.1 DIAGNOSTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

7.2 SYSTEMLOG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

7.3 3GNETWORKSTATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

7.4 STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

7.4 .1 LANSTATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

7.4 .2 3GNETWORKSTATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

7.5 ROUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

7.6 ADDRESSRESOLUTIONPROTOCOL (ARP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

7.7 DYNAMICHOSTCONFIGURATIONPROTOCOL

(DHCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

7.8 P ING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Table of Contents

Introduction

Introduction

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Introduction

1.1 Features• Combines Et i sa lat Broadbandserv ice , WiF i andEthernet Router in onedevice

• Tr i-bandHSPA+/UMTS (850/1900/ 2100Mhz)

• Embeddedmult imodeHSUPA/HSDPA/HSPA+/UMTSmodule

• 2x USB2 .0host ports

• WEP/WPA/WPA2and802.1x

• MACaddress and IPf i l ter ing

• Stat ic route funct ions

• DNSProxy

• Integrated802.11nAP (backwardcompat ib le with802.11b/g)

• CLI command interface

• Web-basedmanagement

• Supports VPNPass-through

• NAT/PAT

• DHCPServer/Relay/Cl ient

• Conf igurat ionbackupandrestorat ion

1.2 Package ContentsYourpackagecontains thefo l lowing:

• Et isa lat HSPA+ WiFi Router

• Pr intedQuickStart Guide

• CD (ContainingUser Guide)

• Ethernet Cable

• Secur i ty Card

• Power Supply

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1.3 LED IndicatorsTheLED indicators are expla ined inthetable below.

LED Icon Color Mode Descr ipt ion

High

Green On Highs ignal strength

Off Noact iv i ty, Router poweredoff or onother s ignal strength

Med Green On Mediums ignal strength

Off Noact iv i ty. TheRouter i s poweredoff or i s current ly us inganother s ignal strength

Low Green On Lows ignal strength

Off Noact iv i ty. TheRouter i s poweredoff or i s current ly us inganother s ignal strength

3G

Green On Connect ionestabl i shedwiththe3Gnetwork

Off Either there is no activity, the Router is powered off , or there is no cableornopowereddeviceconnectedtotheassociatedport

Bl ink Connect ingwith3Gnetwork

2G Green On Connect ionestabl i shedwiththe2Gnetwork

Off Either there is no activity, the Router is powered off , or there is no cableornopowereddeviceconnectedtotheassociatedport

Bl ink Connect ingwith2Gnetwork

LAN 1~4 Green On PowereddeviceconnectedtotheassociatedLANport ( inc ludesdevices withWake-on-LANcapabi l i ty wherea s l ight voltage i ssuppl iedtoanEthernet connect ion)

Off Nodeviceconnectedor Connecteddevice i s off

Bl ink LANact iv i ty present ( t raff ic in e i ther d i rect ion)

Internet

Green On Internet connect ionestabl i shed

Off No connect ion to the internet or Router powered off

Bl ink DataiscurrentlybeingtransmittedthroughtheInternetconnection

WiFi

Green On Local WiF i access totheRouter i s enabledandworking

Off Local WiF i access totheRouter i s d isabled

Bl ink Databeingtransmittedor receivedover WiF i .

POWER

Green On Power on

Off Power off

1.4 PanelsTherear ands idepanels shownbelowcontaintheports for dataandpowerconnect ions .

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1

2

34

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(1) S IMcards lot

(2) Four RJ-45Ethernet LANports

(3) Reset button

(4) Power jackfor DCpower input (12VDC/ 1 .5A) .

(5) External 3GSMAConnector (Opt ional )

Note: TheExternal 3GConnector a l lowsyoutop lug inanexternal 3Gantenna (not provided) andse lect i t as the

main3Gs ignal input . Bydefault , thegatewayobtains a stable 3Gs ignal f romthe internal antennas (bui l t- in

thegateway) . For moredetai l s p leaserefer toChapter 4 .2 S ignal Se lect ion .

(6 ) TwoUSBPr inter/HardDr iveports

(7) Powerbutton

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Advanced

This chapter explains advanced setup for your Router:

CHAPTER-2

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2.1 TCP/IP SETTINGSI t i s l ike ly that your computer wi l l automatica l ly obtainan

IP Address and jo inthenetwork .

This i s because the Dynamic Host Conf igurat ion Protocol

(DHCP) server (on thedevice) wi l l s tart automatica l ly when

your Router powers up .

This automatic ass ignmentrequires that DHCPis conf igured

onyourcomputers . I t i s l ike ly that this i s a l ready thecase ,

but shouldyouberequiredtoconf igurethis , p leaseseethe

instruct ionsonthefo l lowingpage .

W I N D O W S X PTo access the d ia log box that a l lows you to conf igure

your network connect ion, c l ick on Start > Control Panel >

Network Connect ions . Then r ight mouse c l ick on the Local

Area Connect ion and se lect Propert ies . Se lect Internet

Protocol (TCP/ IP) thense lect Propert ies

DHCPMODE

Youcanset yourPCtoDHCPmodebyse lect ingObtainanIP

address automatica l ly in thed ia logboxshownbelow.

STATIC IP MODE

The fol lowing steps show how to ass ign a Stat ic IP address

toyourPCus ingsubnet192.168.1 .x

1: Change the IP address to the domain of 192.168.1 .x

(1<x<254) withsubnetmaskof 255.255.255.0 .

2 : Set the default Router and DNS server to the Router ’s

IP address .

NOTE: The IP address of theRouter i s 192.168.1 .1 . (Default ) , so thePCmust

beset witha d ifferent IP. In thecasebelow, thePC’s IP address i s

set as 192.168.1 .2

3: C l ick Oktosubmit thesett ings .

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M A C O S X 10.46To access the d ia log box that a l lows you to conf igure your

network connect ion. Browse to the Apple menu and se lect

SystemPreferences . FromtheSystemPreferences menu, c l ick

theNetwork iconandthense lect theEthernet connect ion.

DHCPMODE

You can set yourMac to DHCP by se lect ing DHCP from the

Conf igure drop down l i s t . After c l ick ing Apply, your Mac’s

IP Address wi l l now be automatica l ly ass igned from the

Router.

STATICMODE

1. From the Conf igure drop down l i s t , you can set your

computer to Stat ic IP mode by se lect ing the opt ion

Manual ly.

The fol lowing steps show how to ass ign a Stat ic IP address

to your Mac

2. ChooseanIP address between192.168.1 .2–192.168.1 .254

(DonotchoosetheRouter IP of 192.168.1 .1) . enter th is

IP address into the f ie ld marked IPAddress , andenter a

SubnetMaskof 192.168.1 .1

3. Set theRouter andDNS server f ie ld to192.168.1 .1 (The

Router ’s IP address ) .

NOTE: The IP address of theRouter i s 192.168.1 .1 . (default ) , so the

computer must beset witha d ifferent IP totheRouter. In thecase

below, thePC’s IP address i s set as 192.168.1 .2

4. C l ick Apply tosubmit thesett ings .

WINDOWS VISTA/7Toaccess thed ia logboxthat a l lowsyoutoconf igure

yournetworkconnect ion, c l ick onStart >Control Panel

>Networkandshar ingcenter andse lect ManageNetwork

Connect ion. (For Windows7 , c l ick onchangeadapter

sett ings) . Thenr ight mousec l ick ontheLocal Area

Connect ionandse lect Propert ies . Se lect Internet Protocol

(TCP/ IP) thense lect Propert ies

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DHCPMODE

Youcanset yourPCtoDHCPmodebyse lect ingObtainanIP

address automatica l ly in thed ia logboxshownbelow.

STATIC IP MODE

To conf igure your Router manual ly, your PC must have a

stat ic IP address within the Router ’s subnet . The fo l lowing

steps show how to ass ign a Stat ic IP address to your PC

us ingsubnet192.168.1x

1: Se lect Usethefo l lowingIPAddress . ChooseanIP address

between192.168.12–192.168.1 .254

NOTE: The Ip address of theRouter i s 192.168.1 .1 (default ) , so thePCmust

beset witha d ifferent Ip . In thecasebelow, thePC’s IP address i s

set as 192.168.2

2: Set theRouter andDNS server f ie ld to192.168.1 .1 (The

Router ’s IP address ) .

3. C l ick Oktoapply thesett ings .

2.2 Default SettingsThefol lowingarethedefault sett ings for theRouter

• Local (LAN)access (username: admin, password: admin)

• Remote (WAN) access (username: support , password:

support )

• User access (username: user, password: user )

• LAN IPaddress : 192.168.1 .1

• RemoteWANaccess : d isabled

• NATandf i rewal l : enabled

• Dynamic Host Conf igurat ion Protocol (DHCP) server on

LAN interface: enabled

Technical Note:

Dur ingpoweron, thedevice in i t ia l izes a l l sett ings todefault va lues . I t wi l l

thenreadtheconf igurat ionprof i le f romthepermanentstoragesect ionof

f lashmemory. Thedefault attr ibutes are overwrittenwhen ident ica l attr ibutes

withd ifferent values areconf igured. Theconf igurat ionprof i le in permanent

storagecanbecreatedv ia thewebuser interfaceor te lnet user interface ,

or other managementprotocols . Thefactorydefault conf igurat ioncanbe

restorede i ther bypushingthereset buttonfor morethanf ivesecondsunt i l

thepowerLEDbl inks or byc l ick ingtheRestoreDefault Conf igurat ionopt ion

intheRestoreDefault Sett ings screen (seesect ion6 .7 .3) .

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2.3 Login ProcedureTo logintotheweb interface , fo l lowthesteps below:

NOTE: Thedefault sett ings canbefound in3 .3 Default Sett ings .

1 : Open a web browser and enter the default IP address

for the Router in the Web address f ie ld . In this case

http: / /192.168.1 .1

NOTE: For remoteaccess , usetheWANIPaddress shownontheWUI

Homepagescreenand loginwithremoteusernameandpassword.

2 : Ad ia logboxwi l l appear, as i l lustratedbelow. enter the

default username and password, as def ined in sect ion

3.3Default Sett ings .

C l ick Oktocont inue .

NOTE: The loginpasswordcanbechanged later ( see6 .8 .2 Passwords)

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Basic

This chapter explains basic setup for your Router:

CHAPTER-3

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3.1 WEB USER INTERFACE HOMEPAGEThewebuser interface(WUI) i s d iv idedintotwowindowpanels , themainmenu(onthetop)

and the disp lay screen (on the bottom) . The main menu has the fo l lowing opt ions: Bas ic ,

HSPA/3GSett ings , WiF i , AdvancedSett ings andDiagnost ics .

Se lect ing one of these opt ionswi l l open a submenuwithmore opt ions . Bas ic i s d iscussed

belowwhi le subsequentchapters introducetheother mainmenuse lect ions .

NOTE: Themenuopt ionsavai lable withinthewebuser interfacearebaseduponthedeviceconf igurat ionanduser

pr iv i leges ( i .e . local or remote) .

BASIC

TheBas ic screeni s theWUIhomepageandthef i rst se lect iononthemainmenu. I t provides

informationregardingthef i rmware , 3G, and IPconf igurat ion.

Thefo l lowingtable provides further deta i l s .

Option Descr ipt ion

Model Name The model name of the device .

Board ID The Hardware vers ion of the device

Bootloader vers ion Theboot loader vers ionof thedevice .

Router F i rmware vers ion The f i rmware vers ion of the device .

Wire less dr iver vers ion The wire less dr iver vers ion of the wire less module .

Mac Address TheMACaddress of thedevice ’s LANconnect ion interface

Ser ia l Number Theser ia l numberof thedevice

Network Thenameof or other referencetothemobi le network

operator.

L ink Shows the connect ion status of the current connect ion.

Mode Theradioaccess techniquecurrent ly usedtoenable internet

access . I t canbeHSUPA, HSDPA, UMTS, or Disconnected .

S ignal strength Themobi le network (UMTS) s ignal qual i ty avai lable

at thedevice locat ion. This s ignal qual i ty affects the

performanceof theunit . I f twoor morebars are green,

theconnect ion i s usual ly acceptable .

SIM info Shows the SIM card status on the device .

LAN IP Address Shows the IP address for LAN interface .

WAN IP Address Shows the IP address for WAN interface .

Pr imaryDNSServer Showsthe IP address of thepr imaryDNSserver.

SecondaryDNSserver Showsthe IP address of thesecondaryDNSserver.

Date/T ime Thet imeaccordingtothedevice ’s internal c lock

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Settings

This menu includes Etisalat service Setup and PIN Configuration.

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This menu inc ludes Et i sa lat serv ice Setup.

NOTE: Sect ions8 .3 and8 .4 .2 a lsoprovide informationabouttheEt i sa lat

serv ice .

4.1 Etisalat SERVICE SETUPSelect your serv ice sett ings according to predef ined or

custom prof i les .

Setup instruct ions are provided in the fo l lowing sect ions

for your ass i stance .

4.1 .1 PROFILESETUP

Et isa lat wi l l provide the information required to complete

thef i rst t imesetupinstruct ionsbelow. Only completethose

steps for whichyouhave informationandsk iptheothers .

The Modify Prof i les l ink enables you to enter a custom

3G network setup. To add a custom prof i le , c l ick the add

button and enter the appropr iate 3G network information

as suppl iedbyyourprovider.

1. I f your SIM card i s not inserted into the Router, p lease

turn the Router off . Then insert the SIM and turn the

Router on.

2 . To connect to Et i sa lat ’s 3G network p lease se lect the

Et i sa lat UAE prof i le with the Et i sa lat ’s APN as et isalat .ae . Authent icat ion Method should be provided by

Et i sa lat ; or just leave i t set to AUTO i f not required . I f

you have not received the username and password, leave

these f ie lds empty.

3 . Se lect IP compress ionandDatacompress ion tobeONor

OFF. Bydefault theyareset tooff .

4. C l ick theSavebuttontosavethenewsett ings .

5 . Press the Connect button to connect to Internet . The

Device Info for 3Gnetworkbox in theWUIBas ic screen

should indicate an act ive connect ion, as shown below.

The 3G and Internet LEDs on the front panel of the

Router shoulda lsobeb l ink ing.

If theLEDsareoff , theneitheryourprofi lesett ingsare

incorrect , theSIMcard is notworkingortheservicenetwork is

unavai lable . Ineithercase, contactTechnical Supportforfurther

instructions.

4.2 Antenna SelectionAl lows the end user the se lect the 3G s ignal input from

external antennas (not provided) . I t a l so provides a s ignal

strengthcompar isonbetweentheinternal antennasandthe

external antennas .

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WIFI

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The WiF i submenu provides access to Wire less Local Area

Network (LAN)conf igurat ionsett ings inc luding:

• Wire less networkname

• Channel restr ict ions (basedoncountry)

• Secur i ty

• Access point or br idgingbehaviour

• Stat ion information

5.1 SETTINGSThis screen a l lows you to conf igure bas ic features of the

wire less LAN interface . You can enable or d isable the

wire less LAN interface , h ide thenetwork fromact ive scans ,

set the wire less network name (a lso known as SSID) and

restr ict thechannel set basedoncountryrequirements . The

Wire less Guest Network funct ion adds extra networking

secur i ty whenconnect ingtoremotehosts .

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Option Description

EnableWiFi Acheckboxthat enables or d isables thewire less LAN interface . Whense lected , theWebUI d isp lays HideAccess point , SSID, andCountysett ings . Thedefault i s EnableWiFi .

EnableSSIDBroadcast

Deselect Enable SSIDBroadcast toprotect theaccess point fromdetect ionbywire less act ive scans .

TocheckAPstatus in WindowsXP, openNetworkConnect ionsfromtheStart Menuandse lect V iewAvai lable NetworkConnect ions . I f theaccess point i s h idden, i twi l l not be l i s tedthere . Toconnect a c l ient toa h iddenaccess point , thestat ionmust addtheaccess point manual ly to i ts wire less conf igurat ion.

ClientsIsolation

1. Prevents c l ients PCfromseeingoneanother in MyNetworkP laces or NetworkNeighborhood.

2 . Prevents onewire less c l ient communicat ingwithanother wire less c l ient .

SSID Sets thewire less networkname. SSIDstandsfor Serv iceSet Ident if ier. A l l s tat ionsmust beconf iguredwiththecorrect SSIDtoaccess theWLAN. I f theSSIDdoesnot match, that user wi l l not begrantedaccess .

Thenamingconvent ionsare: Minimumnumberof characters : 1 , maximumnumberof characters : 32 .

BSSID TheBSSID i s a 48bit ident i ty usedto ident ify a part icular BSS (Bas ic Serv iceSet )withinanarea . In InfrastructureBSSnetworks , theBSSID i s theMAC(MediumAccess Control ) address of theAP (Access Point ) and in IndependentBSSor adhocnetworks , theBSSID i s generatedrandomly.

Country Adrop-downmenuthat permits wor ldwideandspecif ic nat ional sett ings . Eachcounty l i s ted inthemenuenforces specif ic regulat ions l imit ingchannel range:US=worldwide , Japan=1-14, Jordan=10-13, I s rae l=1-13

MaxClients Themaximumnumberof c l ients that canaccess therouter.

Wireless - Guest/VirtualAccess Points

This router supports mult ip le SSIDsca l ledGuest SSIDsor V i rtual Access Points . Toenable oneor moreGuest SSIDsse lect theradiobuttonsunder theEnable heading.Tohidea Guest SSID, se lect i t s radiobuttonunder theHiddenheading.

Dothesamefor I so lateCl ient andDisable WMMAdvert i se funct ions . For adescr ipt ionof thesetwofunct ions , seetheentr ies for “Cl ient I so lat ion” and“Disable WMMAdvert i se” in this table . S imi lar ly, for MaxCl ients andBSSIDheadings , consult thematchingentr ies in this table . NOTE: Remotewire less hostsare unable toscanGuest SSIDs .

5.2 SECURITYThis Router inc ludes a numberof opt ionstohelpprovidea secureconnect iontotheEt i sa lat

Network .

Secur i ty features inc lude:

• WEP / WPA / WPA2 data encrypt ion

• SPI F i rewal l

• VPNPass-Through

• MACaddress IP f i l ter ing

• Authent icat ionprotocols – PAP/ CHAP

Youcanauthent icateor encrypt yourserv iceontheWiF i ProtectedAccess a lgor i thm, which

provides protect ionagainst unauthor izedaccess suchas eavesdropping.

The fo l lowing screen appears when Secur i ty i s se lected . The Secur i ty page a l lows you to

conf iguresecur i ty features of yourRouter ’s wire less LANinterface . Youcanset thenetwork

authent icat ionmethod, se lect data encrypt ion, specify whether a network key i s required

toauthent icatetothis wire less networkandspecify theencrypt ionstrength.

Cl ick Save/Apply toconf igurethewire less secur i ty opt ions .

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Select SSID YourServ iceSet Ident if ier (SSID) , sets your Wire less NetworkName.Youcanconnect mult ip le devices inc ludingLaptops , DesktopPCsandPDAstoyourWire less Router. Toget addit ional devices connected ,scanfor a network , and locatetheSSIDshownonyourWire lessSecur i ty Card . I f theSSIDdoes not match, access i s denied .

NetworkAuthent icat ion This opt ion i s usedfor authent icat iontothewire less network . Eachauthent icat iontypehas i t s ownsett ings . For example , se lect ing802.1Xauthent icat ionwi l l reveal theRADIUSServer IP address , Portandkeyf ie lds .

WPA-Pre-SharedKey I t i s useful for smal l p laces without authent icat ion servers such as thenetworkat home. I t a l lowstheuseof manual ly-enteredkeys orpasswordsand i s des ignedtobeeas i ly set upfor homeusers .

WPAEncrypt ion: Select the data encrypt ion method for the WPA mode. There are three types that youcanchoose , TKIP, AES, TKIP+AES.

TKIP (TemporaryKey Integr i ty Protocol ) takes theor ig inal masterkeyonly as a start ingpoint andder ives i t s encrypt ionkeysmathematica l ly f romthis master key. Then i t regular ly changesandrotates theencrypt ionkeys sothat thesameencrypt ionkeywi l lnever beusedtwice .

AES (AdvancedEncrypt ionStandard) provides secur i ty betweenc l ient workstat ionsoperat ing inadhocmode. I t uses a mathematica lc ipher inga lgor i thmthat employs var iable keys izes of 128, 192or256bits .

TKIP+AEScombinethefeatures andfunct ionsof TKIPandAES.

5.3 CONFIGURATIONThe fol lowing screen appears when you se lect Conf igurat ion. This screen a l lows you to

control theadvancedfeatures of theWire less Local AreaNetwork (WLAN) interface:

• Select the channel which you wish to operate from

• Force the transmiss ion rate to a part icular speed

• Set thefragmentat ionthreshold

• Set the RTS threshold

• Set thewake-up interval for c l ients in power-savemode

• Set thebeacon interval for theaccess point

• Set Xpress mode

• Programshort or longpreambles

Cl ick Save/Apply toset theadvancedwire less conf igurat ion.

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Band Thenewamendmenta l lows IEEE802.11gunits tofa l l backtospeedsof 11Mbps ,so IEEE802.11band IEEE802.11gdevices cancoexist in thesamenetwork . Thetwostandards apply tothe2 .4GHzfrequencyband. IEEE802.11gcreates data-ratepar i ty at 2 .4 GHzwiththe IEEE802.11astandard , whichhas a 54Mbpsrateat 5GHz. ( IEEE802.11ahas other d ifferences comparedto IEEE802.11bor g ,suchas offer ingmorechannels . )

Channel Drop-downmenuthat a l lowsse lect ionof a specif ic channel .

AutoChannelT imer (min)

Autochannel scant imer in minutes (0 tod isable)

802.11n/EWC Withdrop-downmenu, “Auto” i s for 11nand“Disable” i s for 11g

Bandwidth Drop-downmenuspecif ies thefo l lowingbandwidth: 20MHzand40MHz.

ControlS ideband

This i s avai lable for 40MHz. Drop-downmenual lowsse lect ingupper s idebandorlowers ideband

802.11nRate Drop-downmenuspecif ies thefo l lowingf ixedrates . Themaximumrateforbandwidth , 20MHz, i s 130MHzandthemaximumbandwidth , 40MHz, i s 270MHz

802.11nProtect ion

I t i s s imi lar as 802.11gprotect ion. In Automodetherouter wi l l useRTS/CTSto improve802.11nperformance inmixed802.11n/ 802.11g/ 802.11bnetworks .Turnprotect ionoff tomaximize802.11nthroughputunder most condit ions .

Support 802.11nc l ientonly

Drop-downmenual lowsse lect ing“On/Off”. Choos ing“On”a l lowsthec l ient with11nonly toconnect , not for 11gor 11b; choos ing“Off” a l lowsthec l ient with11n/11g/11btoconnect

54gRate Drop-downmenuthat specif ies thefo l lowingf ixedrates : Auto: Default . Usesthe11Mbpsdataratewhenposs ib le but dropsto lowerrates whennecessary. 1 Mbps , 2Mbps , 5 .5Mbps , or 11Mbpsf ixedrates . Theappropr iatesett ing i sdependentons ignal strength.

Mult icast Rate Sett ingmult icast packet transmit rate .

Bas ic Rate Sett ingbas ic t ransmit rate .

Fragmentat ionThreshold

Athreshold , specif ied inbytes , that determines whether packets wi l l befragmentedandat whats ize . Onan802.11WLAN, packets that exceedthefragmentat ionthresholdarefragmented, i .e . , sp l i t into , smal ler units su itablefor thec i rcuit s ize . Packets smal ler thanthespecif iedfragmentat ionthresholdvaluearenot fragmented. Enter a va luebetween256and2346. I f youexper ienceahighpacket error rate , t ry tos l ight ly increaseyourFragmentat ionThreshold . Thevalueshouldremainat i t s default sett ingof 2346. Sett ingtheFragmentat ionThresholdtoo lowmayresult in poorperformance .

RTS Threshold Request toSend, whenset in bytes , specif ies thepacket s ize beyondwhichtheWLANCard invokes i t s RTS/CTSmechanism. Packets that exceedthespecif iedRTSthresholdtr igger theRTS/CTSmechanism. TheNICtransmits smal ler packetwithoutus ingRTS/CTS . Thedefault sett ingof 2347 (maximumlength) d isablesRTS Threshold .

DTIMInterval Del iveryTraff ic Indicat ionMessage (DTIM) , a l soknownas BeaconRate . Theentry range i s a va luebetween1and65535. ADTIM is a countdown informingc l ients of thenext windowfor l i s teningtobroadcast andmult icast messages .WhentheAPhas bufferedbroadcast or mult icast messages for associatedc l ients , i t sendsthenext DTIMwithaDTIMInterval va lue . APCl ients hearthebeaconsandawakentoreceivethebroadcast andmult icast messages . Thedefault i s 1 .

Beacon Interval Theamountof t imebetweenbeacontransmiss ions . Eachbeacontransmiss ionident if ies thepresenceof anaccess point . Bydefault , radioNICs pass ive lyscana l l RFchannels and l i s tenfor beaconscomingfromaccess points tof indasuitable access point . Beforea stat ionenters powersavemode, thestat ionneedsthebeacon interval toknowwhentowakeuptoreceivethebeacon(and learnwhether therearebufferedframesat theaccess point ) . Theenteredvalue i s represented inms . Default i s 100. Acceptable entry range i s 1 to0xffff(65535)

Global MaxCl ients

Thedevicecansupport 4SSID, andeachSSIDcanset i t s ownmaxc l ients , buti t can’t beb igger thanGlobal maxc l ients . “Global MaxCl ients” l imits thetota lassociatedc l ients of the4SSID.

Xpress TM Technology

XpressTMTechnology i s compl iant withdraft specif icat ionsof twoplannedwire less industry standards .

Transmit Power Therouter wi l l set d i fferent poweroutput (bypercentage) accordingtothisse lect ion .

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5.4 MAC FILTERThis screenappears whenMediaAccess Control (MAC)F i l ter i s se lected . This opt iona l lows

access toberestr ictedbasedupontheunique48-bit MACaddress .

ToaddaMACAddress f i l ter, c l ick theAddbuttonshownbelow.

Todeletea f i l ter, se lect i t f romthetable belowandc l ick theRemovebutton.


MACRestr ict

Mode

Disabled–Disables MACf i l ter ing

Al low–Permits access for thespecif iedMACaddresses .

NOTE: Addawire less device ’s MACaddress beforec l ick ingtheAl lowradiobutton

or e l se youwi l l needtoconnect totheRouter ’s webuser interfaceus ingthe

suppl iedye l lowEthernet cable andaddthewire less device ’s MACaddress .

Deny–Rejects access for thespecif iedMACaddresses

MACAddress L ists the MAC addresses subject to the MAC Restr ict Mode. The

Add button prompts an entry f ie ld that requires you type in a

MAC address in a two- character, 6-byte convent ion: xx:xx:xx:xx:

xx:xx where xx are hexadecimal numbers . A maximum of 60 MAC

addresses canbeadded.

Enter theMACaddress onthescreenbelowandc l ick Save/Apply.

5.5 WIRELESS BRIDGEThefol lowingscreenappears whense lect ingWire less Br idge , andgoes intoa deta i led

explanat ionof howtoconf igurewire less br idgefeatures of thewire less LAN interface .

Cl ick Save/Apply to implementnewconf igurat ionsett ings .

Option Description

AP Mode Select ing Wire less Br idge (Wire less D is t r ibut ion System) d i sab les Access Po int (AP) funct ional i ty whi le se lect ing Access Po int enables AP funct ional i ty. In Access Po int mode , wi re less br idge funct ional i ty wi l l s t i l l be ava i lab le and wire less s tat ions wi l l be ab le to assoc iate to the AP.

BridgeRestr ict Select ing Disab led in Br idge Restr ic t d i sab les Wire less Br idge rest r ic t ion , which means that any wire less br idge wi l l be granted access. Se lect ing enabled or enabled (Scan) a l lows wire less br idge rest r ic t ion . Only those br idges se lected in Remote Br idges wi l l be granted access. C l ick Refresh to update the s tat ion l i s t when Br idge Restr ic t i s enabled .

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5 . 6 S TATION INFOThe fol lowing screen appears when you se lect Stat ion Info , and shows authent icated

wire less stat ions and their status . C l ick the Refresh button to update the l i s t of stat ions

in the WLAN

Option Description

BSSID The BSSID i s a 48-b i t ident i ty used to ident i fy a part icu lar BSS (Bas ic Serv ice Set ) with in an area . In Inf rast ructure BSS networks, the BSSID i s the MAC (Media Access Contro l ) address of the AP (Access Po int ) ; and in Independent BSS or ad hoc networks, the BSSID i s generated randomly.

Associated L i s ts a l l the s tat ions that are assoc iated with the Access Po int , a long with the amount of t ime s ince packets were t ransferred to and f rom each stat ion . I f a s tat ion i s id le for too long , i t i s removed f rom th is l i s t .

Authorized L i s ts those dev ices with author ized access.

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6.1 LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)This screen a l lows you to conf igure the Local Area Network (LAN) interface on your

Router

Seethef ie ld descr ipt ionsbelowfor moredetai l s .

NOTE : I f youchangeyourRouter ’s IP address ( f i rst opt iononthechart ) , the insta l lat ionsoftware/connect ion

manager maynotbeable tocommunicatewiththeRouter. P leasereset theRouter ’s IP address to192.168.1 .1

i f th is occurs .

Opt ion Descr ipt ion

IP Address Enter the IP address for the LAN interface

SubnetMask Enter thesubnetmaskfor theLAN interface

Enable Internet Group

ManagementProtocol

( IGMP)Snooping

Enablebyt ick ingtheboxStandardMode: In standardmode, mult icastt raff ic wi l l f loodtoa l l br idgeports whennoc l ient subscr ibes toamult icast group.

BlockingMode: In b lockingmode, themult icast datatraff ic wi l l beb locked. Whentherearenoc l ient subscr ipt ionstoa mult icast group, i twi l l not f loodtothebr idgeports .

Enable NAT Toenable/disable NetworkAddress Trans lat ion (NAT, p leaserefer to7 .2for NATsett ing) . Bydefault NAT i s enabled .

Enable UPnP Ticktheboxtoenable Universa l P lugandPlay

DynamicHost

Conf igurat ion

Protocol (DHCP)

Server

Select enable DHCPserver andenter yourstart ingandending IPaddresses andthe leaset ime. This sett ingconf igures theRouter toautomatica l ly ass ign IP, default Router andDNSserver addresses toeveryDHCPc l ient onyourLAN

Stat ic IP Lease L i st Tospecify the IP address ass ignedthroughDHCPaccordingtotheMACaddress of the hosts connected to the Router.

EnableDHCPServer

Relay

Tore layDHCPrequests f romthesubnetwithnoDHCPserver on i t toaDHCPserver onother subnets . DHCPServer Relay i s d isabledbydefault .Toaccess enable DHCPre lay, p leaseun-t ickNATenable f i rst , that meanstod isable NATf i rst , andthenpress savebutton. Theenable DHCPserverRelayopt ionwi l l thenshowuponthesamepageas below:

Conf igurea secondIPaddress byt ick ingthecheckboxshownbelowandenter thefo l lowing

information:

IP Address : Enter the secondary IP address for the LAN interface .

SubnetMask: Enter thesecondarysubnetmaskfor theLAN interface .

NOTE: TheSavebuttonsaves newsett ings toa l lowcont inuedconf igurat ion, whi le theSave/Rebootbuttonnotonly

saves newsett ings but a lsoreboots thedevicetoapply thenewconf igurat ion ( i .e . a l l newsett ings) .

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6.2 NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT)

6.2 .1 PORTFORWARDING

Port Forwarding a l lows you to d i rect incoming traff ic f rom the Internet s ide ( ident i f ied

by Protocol and External port ) to the internal server with a pr ivate IP address on the LAN

s ide . The Internal port i s required only i f the external port needs to be converted to a

d ifferent port numberusedbytheserver ontheLANs ide . Amaximumof32entr ies canbe

conf igured.

ToaddaPort Forwardingrule , c l ick theAddbutton. Thefo l lowingscreenwi l l d i sp lay.

Options Descr ipt ion

Select a Serv ice

OrCustomServer

User shouldse lect theserv icefromthe l i s t . Or create a custom server and enter a name for the server

Server IP Address Enter the IP address for the server.

External Port Start Enter thestart ingexternal port number (whenyouse lect CustomServer ) . Whenaserv ice i s se lectedtheport rangesareautomatica l lyconf igured.

External Port End Enter theendingexternal port number (whenyouse lect CustomServer ) . Whenaserv ice i s se lectedtheport rangesareautomatica l lyconf igured.

Protocol User canse lect f rom:TCP, TCP/UDPor UDP.

Internal Port Start Enter the internal port start ingnumber (whenyouse lect CustomServer ) . Whenaserv ice i s se lectedtheport rangesareautomatica l lyconf igured

Internal Port End Enter the internal port endingnumber (whenyouse lect CustomServer ) . Whenaserv ice i s se lectedtheport rangesareautomatica l lyconf igured.

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6.2 .2 PORT TRIGGERING

Some appl icat ions require specif ic ports in the Router ’s f i rewal l to be open for access by

remotepart ies . Port Tr igger ingopensupthe‘OpenPorts ’ in thef i rewal l whenanappl icat ion

on the LAN in it iates a TCP/UDP connect ion to a remote party us ing the ‘Tr igger ing Ports ’.

The Router a l lows the remote party from theWAN s ide to establ i sh new connect ions back

to the appl icat ion on the LAN s ide us ing the ‘Open Ports ’. A maximum 32 entr ies can be

conf igured

ToaddaTr igger Port , s implyc l ick theAddbutton. Thefo l lowingwi l l bed isp layed.


Select an Appl icat ion or

CustomAppl icat ion

User shouldse lect theappl icat ionfromthe l i s t . or User canenterthe name of their choice .

Tr igger Port Start Enter thestart ingtr igger port number (whenyouse lect customappl icat ion) . Whenanappl icat ion i s se lected , theport rangesareautomatica l ly conf igured.

Tr igger Port End Enter theendingtr igger port number (whenyouse lect customappl icat ion) . Whenanappl icat ion i s se lected , theport rangesareautomatica l ly conf igured.

Tr igger Protocol TCP, TCP/UDPor UDP.

Open Port Start Enter thestart ingopenport number (whenyouse lect customappl icat ion) . Whenanappl icat ion i s se lected , theport rangesareautomatica l ly conf igured.

Open Port End Enter theendingopenport number (whenyouse lect customappl icat ion) . Whenanappl icat ion i s se lected , theport rangesareautomatica l ly conf igured.

Open Protocol TCP, TCP/UDPor UDP.

6 .2 .3 DEMILITARIZED(DMZ)HOST

YourRouter wi l l forwardIP packets f romtheWideAreaNetwork(WAN)that donot belongto

anyof theappl icat ionsconf igured intheVirtual Servers table totheDMZhost computer.

Enter thecomputer ’s IP address andc l ick Apply toact ivatetheDMZhost .

C lear the IP address f ie ld andc l ick Apply todeact ivatetheDMZhost .

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6.3 SECURITYYourRouter canbesecuredwiththe IP F i l ter ingfunct ion.

6.3 .1 IP F ILTERING

TheIP F i l ter ingscreensets f i l ter ru les that l imit incomingandoutgoingIPtraff ic . Mult ip le

f i l ter ru les canbeset withat least one l imit ingcondit ion . Al l condit ions must befulf i l led

toa l low indiv idual IP packets topass throughthef i l ter.

OUTGOINGIPF ILTER

Thedefault sett ingfor Outgoingtraff ic i s ACCEPTED. Under this condit ion , a l l outgoing IP

packets that matchthef i l ter ru les wi l l beBLOCKED.

Toaddaf i l ter ingrule , c l ick theAddbutton. Thefo l lowingscreenwi l l d i sp lay.


Fi l ter Name Thef i l ter ru le label

Protocol TCP, TCP/UDP, UDPor ICMP

Source IP address Enter source IP address

SourceSubnetMask Enter sourcesubnetmask

SourcePort (port or port :port ) Enter sourceport numberor port range

Dest inat ion IP address Enter dest inat ion IP address

Dest inat ionSubnetMask Enter dest inat ionsubnetmask

Dest inat ionport (port or port :port ) Enter dest inat ionport numberor range

Cl ick Save/Apply tosaveandact ivatethef i l ter.

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INCOMINGIPF ILTER

The default sett ing for a l l Incoming traff ic i s BLOCKED. Under this condit ion only those

incoming IPpackets that matchthef i l ter ru les wi l l beACCEPTED.

Toaddaf i l ter ingrule , c l ick theAddbutton. Thefo l lowingscreenwi l l d i sp lay.

P leaserefer totheOutgoing IPF i l ter table for f ie ld descr ipt ions .

Cl ickSave/Apply tosaveandact ivatethef i l ter.

6.4 ROUTINGStat ic Route and Dynamic Route sett ings can be found in the Rout ing l ink as i l lustrated

below.

6 .4 .1 STATICROUTE

The Stat ic Route screen disp lays the conf igured stat ic routes . C l ick the Add or Remove

buttonstochangesett ings .

C l ick theAddbuttontod isp laythefo l lowingscreen.

Enter Dest inat ionNetworkAddress , SubnetMask , Router IP Address and/or WANInterface .

Thenc l ick Save/Apply toaddtheentry totherout ingtable .

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Advanced

6.4 .2 DYNAMICROUTE

Toact ivatethis opt ion, se lect theenabledradiobuttonfor Global RIPMode.

Toconf igureanindiv idual interface , se lect thedes i redRIPvers ionandoperat ion, fo l lowed

byplac ingacheckintheenabledcheckboxfor that interface . C l ick Save/Apply tosavethe

conf igurat ionandtostart or stopdynamicrout ing .

6.5 PARENTAL CONTROL

6.5 .1 T IMERESTRICTION

Time Restr ict ion a l lows you to restr ict access f rom a device on your Local Area network

(LAN) to the Internet through the Router on se lected days at certa in t imes . Make sure to

act ivatetheInternet T imeserver synchronizat ionas descr ibedinsect ion7 .10SNTP, sothat

the scheduled t imes match your local t ime.

Cl ick Add to d isp lay the fo l lowing screen. Enter the MAC address of the device that you

wishtorestr ict access for andse lect days of theweekandt imestoapply therestr ict ion

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Advanced

Completethef ie lds l i s tedbelowandc l ick Save/Apply toapply thesett ings .


User Name Auser-def ined label for th is restr ict ion

Browser ’s MACAddress Al lowseasy ident if icat ionof MACaddress of thecomputer runningtheBrowser

Other MACAddress MACaddress of another LANdevice

Days of theWeek Select one or more days for the restr ict ions to apply to .

Start B lockingT ime Enter the t ime you want the restr ict ion to start

EndBlockingT ime Enter the t ime you want the restr ict ion to end

6.5 .2 URLF ILTER

TheURLF i ler a l lowsyoutorestr ict access f romadeviceonyourLocal AreaNetwork (LAN)

tocerta inwebs ites onthe internet .

Tousethis feature , f i rst se lect whether toAl lowor BlocktheURL l i s t . I f Al lowis se lected ,

only theURL addresses l i s ted in the table wi l l be access ib le to the computers on the LAN.

I f B lock i s se lected , the URL addresses l i s ted in the table wi l l be b locked from computers

on the LAN.

ADDURLADDRESS

ToaddaURLaddress , c l ick Add, thencompletethef ie lds l i s tedbelowandc l ick Save/Apply

toapply thesett ings .


URLAddress Select e i ther a URLaddress or a keywordtof i l ter. (e .g . www.badwebsite .com)

Port Number Either port 80or port 8080 i s accepted.

REMOVEURLADDRESS

ToremoveaURLaddress , se lect theURLkeywordyouwishtoremove, andc l ick Remove.

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6.6 DOMAIN NAME SERVER (DNS)6.6 .1 DNSSERVERCONFIGURATION

If Enable Automatic Ass ignedDNSis se lected , th is devicewi l l accept thef i rst receivedDNS

ass ignment from the Wide Area Network (WAN) interface dur ing the connect ion process .

Otherwise , youcanenter thepr imaryandopt ional secondaryDNSserver IP addresses . C l ick

on Save to apply.

NOTE: Cl ick theSavebuttontosavethenewconf igurat ion. Tomakethenewconf igurat ioneffect ive , rebootyour

Router.

6.6 .2 DYNAMICDNS

TheDynamicDNSserv icea l lowsadynamic IP address tobea l iasedtoa stat ic hostname in

anyof a se lect ionof domains , a l lowingtheRouter tobemoreeas i ly accessedfromvar ious

locat ions on the internet .

NOTE : TheAdd/Removebuttonswi l l bed isp layedonly i f theRouter has beenass ignedan IP address f romtheremote

server.

ToaddadynamicDNSserv ice , c l ick theAddbuttonandthis screenwi l l d i sp lay


D-DNSprovider Select a dynamicDNSprovider fromthe l i s t .

Hostname Enter thenamefor thedynamicDNSserver.

Interface Select the interface from the l i s t .

Username Enter theusernamefor thedynamicDNSserver.

Password Enter thepasswordfor thedynamicDNSserver.

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6.7 DEVICE SETTINGSTheDeviceSett ings screensa l lowyoutobackup, retr ieveandrestorethedefault sett ings of

yourRouter. I t a l soprovides a funct ionfor youtoupdateyourRouter ’s sett ings .

6 .7 .1 BACKUPSETTINGS

Thefol lowingscreenappears whenBackup i s se lected . C l ick theBackupSett ings buttonto

savethecurrent conf igurat ionsett ings .

Youwi l l bepromptedtodef inethe locat ionof a backupf i le tosavetoyourPC.

6 .7 .2 UPDATESETTINGS

The fol lowing screenappears when se lect ingUpdate fromthe submenu. Byc l ick ingon the

Browsebutton, youcanlocatea previous ly savedf i lenameas theconf igurat ionbackupf i le .

C l ick ontheUpdatesett ings to load i t .

6 .7 .3 RESTOREDEFAULT

The fol lowing screen appears when se lect ing Restore Default . By c l ick ing on the Restore

Default Sett ings button, youcanrestoreyourGatewaysdefault f i rmwaresett ings . Torestore

systemsett ings , rebootyourRouter.

NOTE: Thedefault sett ings canbefound insect ion2 .3Default Sett ings .

Once you have se lected the Restore Default Sett ings button, the fo l lowing screen wi l l

appear. C lose the window and wait 2 minutes before reopening your browser. I f required ,

reconf igure

yourcomputer ’s IP address tomatchyournewconf igurat ion(seesect ion3 .2TCP/ IPSett ings

for deta i l s ) . After a successful reboot , thebrowser wi l l returntotheDevice Infoscreen. I f

thebrowser does not refreshtothedefault screen, c loseandrestart thebrowser.

NOTE: TheRestoreDefault funct ionhas thesameeffect as thereset button. I f thereset button i s cont inuously

pushedfor morethan5seconds (andnotmorethan12seconds) , theboot loader wi l l erasetheconf igurat ion

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6.7 .4 UPDATEF IRMWARE

The fol lowing screen appears when se lect ing Update F i rmware . By fo l lowing the steps on

this screen, youcanupdateyourRouter ’s f i rmware . Manual deviceupgrades froma local ly

storedf i le cana lsobeperformedus ingthefo l lowingscreen.

1: Obtainanupdatedf i rmware imagef i le

2: Enter thepathandf i lenameof thef i rmwareimagef i le in theF i rmwareF i le Namef ie ld

or c l ick theBrowsebuttonto locatethe imagef i le .

3 : C l ick theUpdateF i rmwarebuttononcetouploadand insta l l thef i le .

NOTE: Theupdateprocess wi l l takeabout2minutes tocomplete . TheRouter wi l l rebootandthebrowser windowwi l l

refresh to the default screen upon successful insta l lat ion . I t i s recommended that you compare the Software

Vers ionat thetopof theBas ic screen (WUIhomepage) withthef i rmware vers ion insta l led , to conf i rm the

insta l lat ion was successful .

6.8 ACCESS CONTROLThe Access Control opt ion found in the Management drop down menu conf igures access

re latedparameters in thefo l lowingtwoareas :

• Serv ices

• Passwords

Access Control i s usedtocontrol local andremotemanagementsett ings for yourRouter.

6 .8 .1 SERVICES

The Serv ice Control L i st (SCL) a l lowsyoutoenable or d isable yourLocal Areanetwork(LAN)

or Wide Area Network (WAN) serv ices by t ick ing the checkbox as i l lustrated below. These

access serv ices are avai lable : FTP, HTTP, ICMP, SSH, TELNET, and TFTP. C l ick Save/Apply to

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6.8 .2 PASSWORDS

The Passwords opt ion conf igures your account access password for your Router. Access to

thedevice i s l imitedtothefo l lowingthreeuser accounts :

• admin i s tobeusedfor local unrestr ictedaccess control

• support i s tobeusedfor remotemaintenanceof thedevice

• user i s tobeusedtov iew informationandupdatedevicef i rmware

Usethef ie lds i l lustratedinthescreenbelowtochangeor createyourpassword. Passwords

must be16characters or less withnospaces . C l ick Save/Apply tocont inue .

6.9 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)TheS impleNetworkManagementProtocol (SNMP)a l lowsanetworkadministrator tomonitor

a network by retr iev ing sett ings on remote network devices . To do this , the administrator

typica l ly runs an SNMPmanagement stat ion program such as MIB browser on a local host

to obtain information from the SNMP agent , in this case the 3G21WE ( i f SNMP enabled) .

AnSNMP‘community ’ performsthefunct ionof authent icat ingSNMPtraff ic . A‘community

name’ acts as a passwordthat i s typica l ly sharedamongSNMPagents andmanagers .

Bydefault , SNMPagent i s enabledontheRouter.

SETTINGUPSNMPAGENT

1. Open a web browser ( Ie /F i refox/Safar i ) , type in LAN address of the Router

(http: / /192.168.1 .1/ bydefault ) to log intotheweb interface .

2 . The loginusernameandpasswordbydefault i s admin/admin.

3 . GotoAdvancedSett ings >SNMP. Enable SNMPagentandset upa l l opt ionsaccording

tothescreenshotbelow.

4 . C l ick Save/Apply toact ivatethesesett ings .

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6.10 SIMPLE NETWORK TIME PROTOCOL (SNTP)This screena l lowsyoutoconf igurethet imesett ings of yourRouter. Toautomatica l ly

synchronizewith Internet t imeservers , t ick theboxas i l lustratedbelow.

Thefo l lowingopt ionsshouldnowappear ( seescreenshotbelow):


FirstNTPtimeserver: Selecttherequiredserver.

SecondNTPtimeserver: Selectsecondtimeserver,ifrequired.

Timezoneoffset: Select the local time zone.

Configuretheseopt ionsandthenc l ick Save/Apply toact ivate .

NOTE: SNTPmust beact ivatedtouseParental Control ( sect ion7 .5) .

6.11 USB SETTINGSThe USB Sett ings opt ion found in the Advanced Sett ings drop downmenu conf igures USB

port re latedparameters in thefo l lowingtwoareas :

• Pr int Server

• USBStorage

6.11.1PRINTSERVER

Thesesteps expla intheprocedurefor enabl ingthePr int Server.

1 : To enable the pr int server, Se lect Enable on-board pr int server checkbox and enter

Pr inter nameandMakeandmodel

NOTE: Thepr inter namecanbeanytext str ingupto40characters . TheMakeandmodel canbeanytext str ingupto

128 characters .

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FORWINDOWS XP:

2 : GotothePr inters andFaxes appl icat ion intheControl Panel andse lect theAdda

pr inter funct ion (as locatedonthes idemenubelow) .

3 : C l ick Next tocont inue , whenyouseethed ia logboxbelow.

4:SelectNetworkPrinterandclickNext.

5 : Se lect Connect toa pr inter onthe Internet andenter yourpr inter l ink .

(e .g . http: / /192.168.1 .1/pr inters /pr intername) andc l ick Next .

NOTE: thepr inter namemust bethesamenameentered inthewebuser interface“pr inter server sett ing” as in step

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6:ClickHaveDiskandinserttheprinterdriverCD.

7: Choose Yes or No for default pr inter sett ing and c l ick

Next .

8 : C l ick “F in ish”.

9 : Check the status of pr inter f romWindowsControl Panel ,

pr inter window. Status should show as Ready.

FOR MAC OSX:

1 . BrowsetotheApplemenuandse lect SystemPreferences .

In the System Preferences menu

2. c l ick onPr int &Fax .

3. With your Pr inter dr iver insta l led , p lease add your pr inter

fromthePr inter &Faxmenu.

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4. C l ick +toaddyourpr inter f romthePr int &Faxmenu. 5 . Se lect Internet Pr int ingProtocol – IPPfromtheProtocol dropdown l i s t .

6 . Type into the Address f ie ld “GatewayIPAddress :631”where GatewayIPAddress i s the IP

address of your Router (default : 192.168.1 .1) . See screenshot below for an example .

Alsoenter intotheQueuef ie ld “ /pr inters /Pr interName” , wherePr interNameis thename

yougaveyourpr inter in step1

7. Se lect yourpr inter f romthePr int Us ingdropdown l i s t .

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8. C l ick Addandcheckthepr inter status .

Pr int Server set up i s now complete . You wi l l now be able

topr int f romcommonappl icat ionsbyse lect ingthis pr inter

f romthePr int d ia loguebox .

FORWINDOWSVISTA

2. Go to the control panel , and se lect Pr inters . Once in the

Pr inters page , c l ick the Add a pr inter button as shown

below.

3 . Se lect addanetwork , wire less or Bluetoothpr inter.

4 . C l ick ontheradio-buttonlabeledSelect a sharedpr inter

by name, and type “http: / /192.168.1 .1:631/pr inters /

Pr interName” intheboxbelow. Cl ick Next .

NOTE: Thepr internamemust bethesameas thepr inter nameentered inthe

WebUser Interfacedur ingstep1

5 . Next , se lect the dr iver that came with your pr inter.

Browse through the l i s t to se lect your pr inter dr iver,

or c l ick ‘Have Disk ’ i f you have your pr inter dr iver

insta l lat ion media .

6. Choose whether you want this pr inter to be the default

pr inter, andthenc l ick Next .

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7. C l ick F in ish . Yourdevice i s nowconf iguredandreadyfor use .

6 .11 .2 USBSTORAGE

The Et i sa lat HSPA+WiFi Router a l lows you to connect a USB storage device and share i t

witha l l of theusers onthenetwork .

Bydefault , th is feature i s a l readyenabled , so i t i s s implya matter of connect ingyourUSB

storagedeviceandenter ingtheappropr iatenetwork locat ion.

I f you wish to modify any of these features , the steps below expla in the procedure for

enabl ingtheUSBStorage .

1: Ensurethat theEnable USBStoragecheckbox i s checked intheWebUser Interface .

Todothis , logintothedeviceus ingtheprocedurefoundinSect ion3 .4thense lect Advanced

sett ings >USBsett ings >USBStoragefromthemenua longthetopof thepage . Enable USB

Storagecheckboxandenter theRouter NameandUSBDr iveName.

Field Description

Router Name Thehostnameof theRouter device . This shouldonly bemodif ied i f therearemult ip le Et i sa lat HSPA+WiFi Router ’s onyournetwork . Thedefaultname is “Et i sa lat21”.

USBDr iveName Thenameof USBdr ive . This shouldonly bemodif ied i f therearemult ip leUSBdevices connectedtoyourEt i sa lat HSPA+WiFi Router . Thedefaultname is “3G21WE”

FORWINDOWSXP:

2: Openaweb-browser ( suchas Internet explorer, F i refoxor Safar i ) andtypeintheaddress

\ \ ”GatewayName”\”USBDriveName”\ (e .g . \ \3G21WE\USB-Storage)

NOTE: There i s nousernameandpasswordrequiredtoaccess theUSBdr ive , theuser wi l l beable toread/write the

fo lder/f i les in theUSBdr ive .

TOMAPTHEUSBSTORAGEDRIVE

To enable easy access to theUSB Storage Dr ive , you canmap the network locat ion. To do

this , usethefo l lowingsteps :

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1. C l ick ontheStart buttonandc l ick MyComputer

2 . C l inkontools >Mapnetworkdr ive

3 . In the Folder f ie ld , enter the address of the USB Storage Dr ive \ \GatewayName\

USBDriveName(e .g . \ \3G21WE\USB-Storage)

4 . Toaccess theUSBStorageDr ive in thefuture , youcans implydouble-c l ick onthe i tem

intheMyComputer menu

FORMACOSX:

2 . FromtheF inder, se lect theGoandthenc l ick Connect toServer

3 . In theaddress f ie ld of theConnect toServer d ia log , type intheaddress :

smb:/ / “GatewayName”/“USBDriveName” (e .g . smb:/ /3G21WE/USB-Storage)

4 . C l ick the+buttontoaddthis server tothe l i s t of Favour ites andthenc l ick Connect

5 . Se lect theGuest radiobuttonandthenc l ick Connect

FORWINDOWSVISTA

2. Openaweb-browser ( suchas Internet explorer, F i refoxor Safar i )

3 . Type intheaddress “ \ \GatewayName\USBDriveName\” (e .g . \ \3G21WE\USB-Storage)

NOTE: There i s nousernameandpasswordrequiredtoaccess theUSBdr ive . Anynetworkuser wi l l beable toread/

write thefo lder/f i les in theUSBdr ive .

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TOMAPTHEUSBSTORAGEDRIVE

To enable easy access to theUSB Storage Dr ive , you canmap the network locat ion. To do

this , usethefo l lowingsteps :

5 . C l ick ontheStart buttonandc l ick Computer

6 . C l ick theMapnetworkdr ivebutton

7. In the Folder f ie ld , enter the address of the USB Storage Dr ive \ \GatewayName\

USBDriveName(e .g . \ \3G21WE\USB-Storage)

8 . Toaccess theUSBStorageDr ive in thefuture , youcans implydouble-c l ick onthe i tem

intheComputer menu

6.12 SAVE AND REBOOTThis funct ionsaves thecurrent conf igurat ionsett ings andreboots yourRouter.

NOTE1: I t maybenecessarytoreconf igureyourTCP/ IPsett ings toadjust for thenewconf igurat ion. For example , i f

youdisable theDynamicHost Conf igurat ionProtocol (DHCP) server youwi l l needtoapply Stat ic IP sett ings .

NOTE2: I f you losea l l access toyourwebuser interface , s implypress thereset buttonontherear panel for 5-7

secondstorestoredefault sett ings .

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TheDiagnost ics menuhas thefo l lowingsubmenus:

• Diagnost ics

• SystemLog

• 3GNetwork

• Stat ist ics

• Route

• ARP

• DHCP

• PING

7.1 DIAGNOSTICSThe Diagnost ics menu provides feedback on the connect ion status of the device . The

indiv idual tests are l i s tedbelow. I f a test d isp lays a fa i l s tatus :

1: C l ick ontheHelp l ink

2: Now c l ick Re-runDiagnost ic Tests at the bottomof the screen to re-test and conf i rm

the error

3: I f thetest cont inues tofa i l , fo l lowthetroubleshoot ingprocedures in theHelpscreen

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Name Descr ipt ion

WiredConnect ion Pass : Indicates that theEthernet interfacefromyourcomputer i sconnected to the LAN port of th is Router.

Fai l : Indicates that theRouter does not detect theEthernet interfaceonyour computer.

Wire less connect ion Pass : Indicates that thewire less card i s ON.

Down: Indicates that thewire less card i s OFF.

P ingDefaultRouter

Pass : Indicates that theRouter cancommunicatewiththef i rst entry pointtothenetwork . I t i s usual ly the IP address of the ISP ’s local Router.

Fa i l : Indicates that theRouter wasunable tocommunicatewiththef i rstentry point onthenetwork . I t maynothaveaneffect onyour Internetconnect iv i ty. Therefore i f th is test fa i l s but youarest i l l able toaccess theInternet , there i s noneedtotroubleshootthis i s sue .

P ingPr imaryDomainName Server

Pass : Indicates that theRouter cancommunicatewiththepr imaryDomainNameServer (DNS) .

Fa i l : Indicates that theRouter wasunable tocommunicatewiththepr imaryDomainNameServer (DNS) . I t maynothaveaneffect onyourInternet connect iv i ty. Therefore i f th is test fa i l s but youarest i l l able toaccess the Internet , there i s noneedtotroubleshootthis i s sue .

7.2 SYSTEM LOGThis funct ion a l lows you to v iew system events and conf igure re lated opt ions . Fol low the

steps belowtoenable andv iewtheSystemLog.

1: C l ick Conf igureSystemLogtocont inue .

2: Se lect thesystem logopt ions ( seetable below)andc l ick Save/Apply.

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Name Descr ipt ion

Log Indicates whether thesystem is current ly recordingevents . Youcanenable ord isable event logging. Bydefault , i t i s d isabled .

Log level Al lowsyoutoconf iguretheevent level andf i l ter out unwantedevents belowthislevel . Theevents rangingfromthehighest cr i t ica l leve l

“Emergency” downtothis conf igured level wi l l berecordedtothe logbuffer ontheRouter ’s SDRAM.Whenthe logbuffer i s fu l l , thenewest eventwi l l wrapuptothetopof the logbuffer andoverwrite theo ldest event . Bydefault , the loglevel i s “Debugging” , which i s the lowest cr i t ica l leve l . The log levels are def inedas fo l lows:

Emergency i s themost ser ious event level , whereas Debugging i s the leastimportant . For instance , i f the log level i s set toDebugging, a l l theevents f romthe lowest Debugging level tothemost cr i t ica l leve l emergency level wi l l berecorded. I f the log level i s set toerror, only error andthe level abovewi l l belogged.

DisplayLevel Al lowsyoutose lect the loggedevents anddisp lays ontheViewSystemLogwindowfor events of th is level andabovetothehighest emergency level .

Mode Al lowsyoutospecify whether events shouldbestored inthe local memory,

besent toa remotesys logserver, or toboths imultaneous ly. I f remotemodei s se lected , thev iewsystem logwi l l not beable tod isp layevents saved intheremotesys logserver. Whene ither Remotemodeor Bothmode i s conf igured, theWebUI wi l l prompttheyoutoenter theServer IP address andServer UDPport .

3 : C l ick V iewSystemLog. Theresults are d isp layedas fo l lows .

7.3 3G NETWORKSelect th is opt ion for deta i led status information on your Gateways 3G connect ion.

Consult thetable onthenext pagefor deta i ledf ie ld descr ipt ions

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Fie ld Descr ipt ion

Manufacturer Themanufacturer of theembedded3Gmodule .

Model Themodel nameof theembedded3Gmodule .

FW Rev. The f i rmware vers ion of the 3G module .

IMEI The IMeI ( Internat ional Mobi le equipment Ident ity) i s a 15dig it numberthati s usedto ident ify a mobi le deviceonanetwork .

FSN FactorySer ia l Numberof the3Gmodule .

IMSI The IMSI ( Internat ional Mobi le Subscr iber Ident ity) i s a unique15-digitnumberusedto ident ify an indiv idual user onaUMTSnetwork .

HW Rev. The hardware vers ion of the 3G module .

System Mode WCDMA/EuropeCMDA2000/ America

WCDMAband The3Gradiofrequencybandwhichsupports dual-bandUTMS/HSDPA/HSUPAfrequencies (850/2100MHz) , IMT2000 i s 2100MHz, WCDMA800 is 850MHz

WCDMA

channel

The 3G channel .

MM(CS) state Circuit Switchingstate

Signal Strength The3Gs ignal strength indBm.

Signal level

in dBm

-109~-103 -101~-93 -91 ~ -87 -85~-79 -77~-52

5Signal

bars

LED Low Medium High

7.4 STATISTICSThesescreensprovidedetai led informationfor :

• Local AreaNetwork (LAN)andWire less Local AreaNetwork (WLAN)

• 3G Interfaces

NOTE: Thesestat i st ics pagerefreshevery15seconds

7 .4 .1 LANSTATISTICS

This screen disp lays stat i st ics for the Ethernet and Wire less LAN interfaces .

7.4 .2 3GSTATISTICS

Cl ick Et i sa lat™network intheStat i st ics submenutod isp laythescreenbelow.

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7.5 ROUTESelect Route to d isp lay the paths the Router has found.

F ie ld Descr ipt ion

Dest inat ion Dest inat ionnetworkor dest inat ionhost

Router next hop IPaddress

SubnetMask Subnetmaskof Dest inat ion

F lag U:route i s up

! : re ject route

G: useRouter

H: target i s a host

R: re instateroutefor dynamicrout ing

D: dynamical ly insta l ledbydaemonor redirect

M:modif iedfromrout ingdaemonor redirect

Metr ic The ‘d istance ’ tothetarget (usual ly counted inhops) . I t i s not usedbyrecentkernels , but maybeneededbyrout ingdaemons .

Serv ice Shows the name for WAN connect ion

Interface Shows connect ion interfaces

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7.6 ARPCl ickARPtod isp laytheARP information.


IP address Shows IP address of host pc

Flags Complete

Incomplete

Permanent

Publ i sh

HW Address ShowstheMACaddress of host pc

Device Shows the connect ion interface

7.7 DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL (DHCP)Cl ickDHCPtod isp laytheDHCP information.


Hostname Showsthedevice/host/Pcnetworkname

MACAddress ShowstheEthernet MACaddress of thedevice/host/Pc

IP address Shows IP address of device/host/Pc

Expires In Showshowmucht ime i s left for eachDHCPLease

7.8 PINGThePINGmenuprovides feedbackof connect iontest toan IP address or a host name.

Inputan IP address or a host name, e .g www.google .comandpress Submit . Theconnect ion

test result wi l l beshownas below.

Theabovescreen i s showingasuccessful p ingresult .

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