CC&C WA-6212 User manual

USER’S MANUAL OFWLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0
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User’s Manual
Version: 1.1
CC&C
WA-6212
Wireless LAN 11n Router

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COMPANY.
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of
the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference
to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device
may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void
the user's authority to operate this equipment.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment
should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

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Table of Contents
REVISION HISTORY .....................................................................................................................I
TERMINOLOGY...........................................................................................................................II
1INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ 1
1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES ............................................................................................................ 1
2INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 5
2.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION.................................................................................................... 5
3SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................... 5
3.1 PREPARE YOUR PC TO CONFIGURE THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER ................................ 6
3.2 CONNECT TO THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER ................................................................. 8
3.3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER....................... 8
3.3.1 Status.......................................................................................................................... 8
3.3.2 Setup Wizard............................................................................................................ 10
I Operation Mode....................................................................................................... 11
II Time Zone Setting ................................................................................................... 11
III LAN Interface Setup................................................................................................ 12
IV WAN Interface Setup............................................................................................... 12
V Wireless Basic Settings............................................................................................ 13
VI Wireless Security Setup........................................................................................... 13
3.3.3 Operation Mode....................................................................................................... 14
3.3.4 Wireless - Basic Settings.......................................................................................... 15
3.3.5 Wireless - Advanced Settings .................................................................................. 17
3.3.6 Wireless - Security Setup......................................................................................... 19
3.3.7 Wireless - Access Control........................................................................................ 21
3.3.8 WDS Settings........................................................................................................... 22
I WDS Security Setup................................................................................................ 24
II WDS AP Table......................................................................................................... 24
3.3.9 Site Survey............................................................................................................... 25
3.3.10 WPS ......................................................................................................................... 26
3.3.11 Schedule................................................................................................................... 28

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3.3.12 LAN Interface Setup................................................................................................ 28
I Static DHCP Setup................................................................................................... 30
3.3.13 WAN Interface Setup............................................................................................... 31
I Static IP.................................................................................................................... 32
II DHCP Client............................................................................................................ 34
III PPPoE...................................................................................................................... 36
IV PPTP........................................................................................................................ 39
V L2TP........................................................................................................................ 42
3.3.14 Firewall - Port Filtering ........................................................................................... 44
3.3.15 Firewall - IP Filtering............................................................................................... 45
3.3.16 Firewall - MAC Filtering......................................................................................... 46
3.3.17 Firewall - Port Forwarding....................................................................................... 47
3.3.18 Firewall – URL Filtering.......................................................................................... 49
3.3.19 Firewall - DMZ........................................................................................................ 50
3.3.20 QoS .......................................................................................................................... 50
3.3.21 Management - Statistics........................................................................................... 52
3.3.22 Management - DDNS .............................................................................................. 53
3.3.23 Management - Time Zone Setting............................................................................ 54
3.3.24 Management – Denial-of-Service............................................................................ 55
3.3.25 Management - Log................................................................................................... 56
3.3.26 Management - Upgrade Firmware........................................................................... 57
3.3.27 Management Save/ Reload Settings......................................................................... 58
3.3.28 Management - Password Setup................................................................................ 59
3.3.29 Management – Watchdog Setting ............................................................................ 59
4FREQUENTLYASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ).................................................................... 61
4.1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC’S IPAND MACADDRESS?............................................... 61
4.2 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN? ................................................................................................. 61
4.3 WHAT ARE ISM BANDS? .................................................................................................... 61
4.4 HOW DOES WIRELESS NETWORKING WORK?....................................................................... 61
4.5 WHAT IS BSSID?............................................................................................................... 62
4.6 WHAT IS ESSID? ............................................................................................................... 62
4.7 WHAT ARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE? ................................. 63
4.8 WHAT ARE THE OPEN SYSTEM AND SHARED KEYAUTHENTICATIONS? .............................. 63
4.9 WHAT IS WEP?.................................................................................................................. 63
4.10 WHAT IS FRAGMENT THRESHOLD?..................................................................................... 63
4.11 WHAT IS RTS (REQUEST TO SEND)THRESHOLD?.............................................................. 64

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4.12 WHAT IS BEACON INTERVAL?............................................................................................. 64
4.13 WHAT IS PREAMBLE TYPE?................................................................................................ 65
4.14 WHAT IS SSID BROADCAST? ............................................................................................. 65
4.15 WHAT IS WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS (WPA)? .................................................................... 65
4.16 WHAT IS WPA2?................................................................................................................ 66
4.17 WHAT IS 802.1X AUTHENTICATION? .................................................................................. 66
4.18 WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL (TKIP)? ................................................. 66
4.19 WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES)? ...................................................... 66
4.20 WHAT IS INTER-ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL (IAPP)?........................................................... 66
4.21 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS)?......................................................... 66
4.22 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY (UPNP)?................................................................. 67
4.23 WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT (MTU) SIZE?.................................................... 67
4.24 WHAT IS CLONE MACADDRESS?...................................................................................... 67
4.25 WHAT IS DDNS?................................................................................................................ 67
4.26 WHAT IS NTP CLIENT? ...................................................................................................... 67
4.27 WHAT IS VPN?................................................................................................................... 67
4.28 WHAT IS IPSEC?................................................................................................................ 67
4.29 WHAT IS WLAN BLOCK RELAY BETWEEN CLIENTS?........................................................ 68
4.30 WHAT IS WMM?................................................................................................................ 68
4.31 WHAT IS WLANACK TIMOUT?..................................................................................... 68
4.32 WHAT IS MODULATION CODING SCHEME (MCS)?............................................................. 68
4.33 WHAT IS FRAME AGGREGATION?....................................................................................... 68
4.34 WHAT IS GUARD INTERVALS (GI)?..................................................................................... 68
5CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES........................................................................................ 70
5.1 EXAMPLE ONE –PPPOEON THE WAN.............................................................................. 70
5.2 EXAMPLE TWO –FIXED IPON THE WAN........................................................................... 72

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Revision History
DATE REVISION OF USER’S MANUAL FIRMWARE
2009/09/09 Version 1.0 vs5.4.0.2

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Terminology
3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AP Access Point
CCK Complementary Code Keying
CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Detection
DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server
DH Diffie-Hellman Algorithm
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
ESP Encapsulating Security Payload
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GI Guard Intervals
IAPP Inter Access Point Protocol
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IKE Internet Key Exchange
IP Internet Protocol
ISM Industrial, Scientific and Medical
LAN Local Area Network
MAC Media Access Control
MCS Modulation Coding Scheme
MD5 Message Digest 5
NAT Network Address Translation
NT Network Termination
NTP Network Time Protocol
PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PSD Power Spectral Density
RF Radio Frequency
SHA1 Secure Hash Algorithm
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio

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SSID Service Set Identification
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
UPNP Universal Plug and Play
VPN Virtual Private Network
WDS Wireless Distribution System
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
WISP Wireless Internet Service Provider
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup

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1Introduction
The Wireless LAN Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN
broadband router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure,
manageable and reliable WLAN.
This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other WLAN
router configuration. The description includes the implementation of the above steps.
1.1Package contents
The package of the WLAN Broadband Router includes the following items,
9The WLAN Broadband Router
9The AC to DC power adapter
9The Documentation CD
9RJ-45 Cable Line (Option)
1.2Product Features
Generic Router
¾Complies with IEEE 802.11b/g/n standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN.
¾Compatible with IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 Specifications provides wireless speed up
to 300Mbps data rate.
¾Compatible with IEEE 802.11g high rate standard to provide wireless Ethernet
speeds of 54Mbps data rate.
¾Maximizes the performance and ideal for media-centric applications like streaming
video, gaming and Voice over IP technology.
¾Supports multi-operation (bridge/gateway/WISP) modes between wireless and
wired Ethernet interfaces.
¾Supports WPS, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption and
WPA with Radius function to protect the wireless data transmission.
¾Supports IEEE 802.1x Authentication.
¾Support Wi-Fi Protected Access Authentication with Radius and Pre-Shared Key
mode.
¾Supports Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP).
¾Supports Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
¾Supports IEEE 802.3x full duplex flow control on 10/100M Ethernet interface.
¾Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment.
¾Supports DHCP client for WAN interface auto IP address assignment from ISP.
¾Supports PPPoE on WAN interface.

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¾Supports PPTP Client on Ethernet WAN interface.
¾Supports L2TP Client on Ethernet WAN interface.
¾Supports clone MAC address function.
¾Supports firewall security with Port filtering, IP filtering, MAC filtering, Port
forwarding, DMZ hosting and URL filtering functions.
¾Supports WEB based management and configuration.
¾Supports UPnP for automatic Internet access.
¾Supports Dynamic DNS service.
¾Supports NTP client service.
¾Supports Log table and remote Log service.
¾Support Setup Wizard mode.
¾Support DoS (Denial of Service) function.
¾Support WMM function.

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Panel Description
LED Indicator State Description
1. Power LED On The WLAN Broadband Router is powered on.
Off The WLAN Broadband Router is powered off.
2. WLAN LED Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the
antenna.
Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the
antenna.
3. WPS LED Flashing The WPS feature is Enabled.
Off The WPS feature is Disabled.
4. WAN LED
ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the WAN
interface.
On Port linked.
Off No link.
5. LAN LED
ACT Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN
interface.
On Port linked.
Off No link.
Power LED
WLAN LED
LAN LED
WAN LED
WPS LED

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Interface Description
Type1
Type2
Interfaces Description
Antenna The Wireless LAN Antenna. in box
Power The power jack allows an external DC power supply
connection.
The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power
requirement to the WLAN Broadband Router.
WAN The RJ-45 socket allows WAN connection through a Category
5 cable. Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full
duplex; comply with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively.
LAN The RJ-45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5
cables. Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full
duplex; comply with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively.
WPS Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to enable the
WAN
LAN
Powe
r
Reset
WPS
WAN
LAN Powe
r
Reset
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WPS feature.
Reset Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the
configuration parameters to factory defaults.
2Installation
2.1Hardware Installation
Step 1: Place the Wireless LAN Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission
location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband Router is
usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all
of your mobile stations.
Step 2: Connect the WLAN Broadband Router to your wired network. Connect the
Ethernet WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router by category 5 Ethernet
cable to your switch/ hub/ xDSL modem or cable modem. A straight-through
Ethernet cable with appropriate cable length is needed.
Step 3: Supply DC power to the WLAN Broadband Router. Use only the AC/DC power
adapter supplied with the WLAN Broadband Router; it maybe occur damage by
using a different type of power adapter.
The hardware installation finished.
2.2Software Installation
¾There are no software drivers, patches or utilities installation needed, but only the
configuration setting. Please refer to chapter 3 for software configuration.
Notice: It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after
powered on the WLAN Broadband Router; Power LED will be active,
and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be flashing to show the
WLAN interface is enabled and working now.
3Software configuration
There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs
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The WLAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on
the Ethernet LAN interfaces.
Default IPAddress: 192.168.1.254
Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
WEB login User Name: <empty>
WEB login Password: <empty>
3.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router
For OS of Microsoft Windows 95/ 98/ Me/XP:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control
Panel window will appear.
Note: Windows Me users may not see the Network control panel. If so, select View
all Control Panel options on the left side of the window
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network
window will appear.
3. Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the
Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6.
4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.
5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK
button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to
complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP
installation.
6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.
7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.
9IPAddress: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is
good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.
9IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
8. Click OK and reboot your PC after completes the IP parameters setting.
For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000, XP:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control
Panel window will appear.
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections
icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area
Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in the Local Area
Connection window.
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Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6.
4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.
5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK
button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to
complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP
installation.
6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.
7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.
9IPAddress: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is
good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.
9IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
8. Click OK to completes the IP parameters setting.
For OS of Microsoft Windows NT:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control
Panel window will appear.
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network
window will appear. Click Protocol tab from the Network window.
3. Check the installed list of Network Protocol window. If TCP/IP is not installed, click
the Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6.
4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.
5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK
button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to
complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP
installation.
6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.
7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.
9IPAddress: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is
good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.
9IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
8. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.
For OS of Microsoft Windows Vista:
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control
Panel window will appear.
2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network Connections item. The
Network Connections window will appear. Double click Local Area Connection icon,
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properties.
3. In Local Area Connection Properties window, Choose Networking tab, move mouse
and click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click Properties button.
4. Move mouse and click General tab, Select Specify an IP address and type in values
as following example.
9IPAddress: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is
good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.
9IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
5. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.
3.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router
Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore 6.1 SP1 or above, then enter
192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router.
3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router
3.3.1 Status
This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes
system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information.

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Screen snapshot – Status
Item Description
System
Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN Broadband Router is
powered on.
Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN Broadband
Router.
Build time It shows the Build-up time of firmware
Wireless configuration
Mode It shows wireless operation mode
Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency.
SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN Broadband Router.
The SSID is the unique name of WLAN Broadband
Router and shared among its service area, so all devices

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attempts to join the same wireless network can identify it.
Channel Number It shows the wireless channel connected currently.
Encryption It shows the status of encryption function.
BSSID It shows the BSSID address of the WLAN Broadband
Router. BSSID is a six-byte address.
Associated Clients It shows the number of connected clients (or stations,
PCs).
TCP/IP configuration
Attain IP Protocol It shows type of connection.
IPAddress It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of WLAN
Broadband Router.
Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of WLAN
Broadband Router.
Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for LAN interfaces
outgoing data packets.
DHCP Server It shows the DHCP server is enabled or not.
MAC Address It shows the MAC address of LAN interfaces of WLAN
Broadband Router.
WAN configuration
Attain IP Protocol It shows how the WLAN Broadband Router gets the IP
address. The IP address can be set manually to a fixed
one or set dynamically by DHCP server or attain IP by
PPPoE / PPTP connection.
IPAddress It shows the IP address of WAN interface of WLAN
Broadband Router.
Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of WAN interface of WLAN
Broadband Router.
Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for WAN interface
outgoing data packets.
MAC Address It shows the MAC address of WAN interface of WLAN
Broadband Router.
3.3.2 Setup Wizard
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Screen snapshot – Setup Wizard
IOperation Mode
This page followed by Setup Wizard page to define the operation mode.
Screen snapshot – Operation Mode
II Time Zone Setting
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Screen snapshot – Time Zone Settings
III LAN Interface Setup
This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet
mask
Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup
IV WAN Interface Setup
This page is used to configure WAN access type