Parkervision Wr1500 User manual

Quick Start

GUIDE

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WIRELESS

WR1500

4-Port DSL/Cable

Router

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SIGNAL MAX

WR1500 4-Port Wireless DSL/Cable Router

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Congratulations on your purchase of the

ParkerVision WR1500 Wireless Router.

You have just purchased a wireless device that is guaranteed to provide the

best distance, best coverage, best throughput, and best technology of any

802.11b/802.11g-compatible Wi-Fi router or access point.

Please follow the instructions in this Quick Start Guide in order to achieve

the maximum performance of this product.

Once you have completed the steps in this guide, you will want to browse

the full, comprehensive manual on the CD ROM. This device features

many advanced settings. In the majority of applications, simply following

the procedures outlined in this Quick Start Guide will bring your WR1500 to

the scope of operation that meets your requirements.

Advanced options are

available, and are described completely in the manual.

PACKAGE CONTENTS

• D2D™ Wireless WR1500 Wireless Router

• AC Power Adapter

• CAT-5 Ethernet Cable

• Manual on CD ROM

• Latest software always on-line at www.direct2data.com

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Computer with a 10/100 Ethernet Port, an Internet ExplorerTM-6

compatible browser.

• ParkerVision WR1500 Wireless Router works with any 802.11b/802.11g-

compatible Wireless LAN network, communicating with other 802.11b/g

equipped computers with hard-wired PC laptop/desktops with an available

10/100 LAN Port.

Visit www.direct2data.com for information on ParkerVision’s

complete line of extended range Wireless LAN products.

This product is available for purchase in the U.S. and Canada.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

You can access customer support online at

www.direct2data.com. This is the quickest way to access:

• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

• Troubleshooting Guides

• Updated Drivers

• Manuals

You can also request help by sending an email to

[email protected] or calling customer support directly at

1-800-231-1759. See the manual on the CD ROM for important

warranty and FCC information about this product.

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Start Here!

INSTALLATION

This section will guide you through the installation of the WR1500.

Unpack your WR1500 and make sure that

everything is unwrapped and ready to begin.

First, either install, or make sure the antennas

for the WR1500 are securely installed onto the

rear panel of the unit.

A CAT-5 Ethernet Cable is supplied to connect between your

computer and the WR1500. A picture of this type of cable is

shown below.

Also shown below is an illustration of a typical installation for

the WR1500.

The next page will describe the speciﬁ cs of making these

connections.

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The WR1500 ships with an internal IP address of 192.168.1.1,

which certain cable/DSL modems may also utilize. If your

cable/DSL modem has the same IP address as the WR1500

(192.168.1.1) you will not be able to connect during setup.

ParkerVision has already performed this procedure on your

WR1500, however, IF YOU RESET the WR1500 to factory

defaults you will need to repeat the following procedure.

Please reference on page 7 of this quick start guide

for the following process:

Step 1. Ensure the cable/DSL modem is not connected to

the WR1500, if it is, disconnect it now.

Step 2. Power the WR1500 by plugging the adapter into a

surge-protected electrical outlet.

Step 3. Connect the provided Ethernet cable into port 1 on

the WR1500 and the other end of the cable into your

computer’s Ethernet port.

Step 4. Reset the WR1500 by depressing the Reset button

(located on the back of the unit) using a paper clip

or pen until the system light on the top of the unit

begins to ﬂ ash red. Once the system light begins to

ﬂ ash red, release the Reset button.

Step 5. After reset, the system light will turn green indicating

normal operation.

Please reference on page 8 of this quick start guide

to prepare your computer to connect to the WR1500.

After you connect to the WR1500, you will need to change

the IP Address.

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Changing the IP Address

Step 1. On the LAN screen, change the IP Pool

Starting Address (Box 1 on the illustration below;

192.168.1.33 by default) to the recommended

setting of 192.168.2.33.

Step 2. Change the IP Address (Box 2 on the illustration

below; set to 192.168.1.1 by default) to the

recommended setting of 192.168.2.1.

Step 3. Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save

the settings. Clicking Apply will cause you to lose

your connection to the Web Conﬁ guration Utility.

Step 4. Turn off power to both the WR1500 and cable/DSL

modem.

Reconnecting the cable/DSL modem

Step 1. While both are powered off, reconnect the cable/

DSL modem to the WAN port on the WR1500. (See

Step 1 and Step 2 in the WR1500 Quick Start Guide).

Step 2. Power the router back on, wait until the status lights

are normal.

Step 3. Power the cable/DSL modem.

After you have performed these steps you should reboot the

computer and test the LAN/WAN connectivity. If you are still having

issues, ParkerVision Technical Support is available at 800.231.1759

or at support@parkervision.com.

Apply Reset

DHCP Setup

LAN TCP/IP

Windows Networking (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)

DHCP Server

IP Pool Starting Address 192.168.1.33 Pool Size 32

DNS Servers Assigned by DHCP Server

First DNS Server

Second DNS Server

Third DNS Server

From ISP 0.0.0.0

0.0.0.0

IP Address

IP Subnet Mask

Multicast

192.168.2.1

255.255.255.0

None

Allow between LAN and WAN

LAN

1

2

From ISP

RIP Direction

RIP Version

Both

RIP-1

IP

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Make the connections

as described below.

The rear panel of the WR1500 contains several ports,

as shown:

For initial setup, you should have:

• The power adapter plugged into the WR1500 as shown, and

this adapter plugged into a surge-protected electrical outlet.

• Your Cable or DSL modem’s Ethernet cable plugged into the

Internet-In port as shown above.

• An Ethernet cable plugged into the router port 1 as shown above,

and the other end of this cable plugged into your computer’s

Ethernet port.

Proceed to the Next Page to Begin Setting Up Your WR1500.

Plug the AC Adapter

into this port.

Plug your computer’s Ethernet

cable into Port 1. The

remaining ports can to be used

with other computers in a

hard-wired router fashion.

Plug your cable or DSL

modem’s Ethernet

Cable into this port.

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WR1500 4-Port Wireless DSL/Cable Router

Establishing Contact on Your Computer

with the WR1500.

Once you have made all of the connections shown in the

previous step, complete the following steps, which will allow

you to conﬁ gure the WR1500 using the Web Conﬁ guration

Utility. The Web Conﬁ guration Utility makes it easy to

conﬁ gure and manage the WR1500 Wireless Router.

Accessing the WR1500 Wireless

Router Web Configuration Utility.

Step 3.1 Make sure your WR1500 Wireless Router hardware is

properly connected.

Step 3.2 Prepare your computer to connect to the WR1500

Wireless Router, if it is not powered on, boot it up

and log in.

Step 3.3 Launch your web browser.

Step 3.4 Type “http://192.168.1.1” as the URL Address ﬁ eld.

Step 3.5 Type “1234” (default) as the password and click Login.

In some versions, the default password appears

automatically - if this is the case, click Login.

Step 3.6 You should see a screen asking you to change your

password (highly recommended) as shown next. Type a

new password (and retype it to conﬁ rm) and click Apply or

click Ignore to allow access without password change.

Continued next page

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Note - If the default password of “1234” is not accepted, refer to

page 17 of this guide and go through the reset procedure to set

all parameters back to factory defaults. Then try the above steps

again.

If you do not see the log-in window, go back and double check that

the WR1500 is powered on, and that the Ethernet Cable between

it and your computer is plugged in securely. If, after checking these

items, you still cannot make contact with the WR1500, you may want

to try a different Ethernet Cable. Also, refer to the troubleshooting

section in the appendix of this quick start guide. If you still have

difﬁ culty with installation, contact support at 800-231-1759 or

support@direct2data.com.

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Establishing Contact on Your Computer

with the WR1500 - Continued

Step 3.7 You should now see the MAIN MENU screen,

as shown below.

Note - The WR1500 Wireless Router automatically times out after

ﬁ ve minutes of inactivity. Simply log back into the WR1500 Wireless

Router if this happens to you.

Note - If you forget your password or cannot access the WR1500,

you will need to reset the unit. Refer to the section on resetting the

unit in the appendix of this quick start guide.

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Wizard Setup: General Setup

General Setup

contains administrative and

system-related information.

The following table describes the labels in the Wizard Setup screen.

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

System

Name

It is recommended you type your computer’s “Computer

name”, some ISP’s check this name; you should enter

your computer’s “Computer Name”.

> In Windows 2000, click

Start, Settings, Control

Panel

and then double-click

System.

Click the

Network

Identiﬁ cation

tab and then the

Properties

button. Note

the entry for the

Computer name

ﬁ eld and enter it as

the

System Name.

> In Windows XP, click

Start, My Computer, View

system information

and then click the

Computer Name

tab. Note the entry in the

Full computer name

ﬁ eld and

enter it as the WR1500 Wireless Router

System Name.

This name can be up to 30 alphanumeric characters

long. Spaces are not allowed, but dashes”-” and

underscores”_” are accepted.

Domain

Name

The

Domain Name

entry is what is propagated to the

DHCP clients on the LAN. Type the domain name (if you

know it) here. If you leave this ﬁ eld blank, the ISP may

assign a domain name via DHCP. The domain name

entered by you is given priority over the ISP assigned

domain name.

Click

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WIZARD

General Setup:

This information is optional, but may be helpful in accessing services of your Internet Service

Provider, such as mail and news servers and customer support web pages.

Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes. We recommend using your computer’s name.

System Name:

The ISP’s domain name is often sent automatically by the ISP to the router. If you are having

difficulty accessing ISP services, you may need to enter the Domain Name manually in the field

below.

Domain Name:

direct2data.com

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Wizard Setup: Wireless LAN Setup - Continued

Set up your wireless LAN using the wizard screen below.

The table on the following page describes the labels in the Wizard

Setup screen shown above.

Continued next page

WIZARD

Back Next

Scan

Wireless

Channel-06 2437MHz

Disable

ASCII Hex

Key 1

Key 2

Key 3

Key 4

64-bit WEP: Enter 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters (”0-9”, “A-F”) for each Key (1-4).

128-bit WEP: Enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters (”0-9”, “A-F”) for each Key (1-4).

Select one WEP key as an active key to encrypt wireless data transmission

Wireless LAN Setup

ESSID

Choose Channel ID or

WEP Encryption

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LABEL

DESCRIPTION

ESSID

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit

ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.

If you change this ﬁ eld on the WR1500 Wireless

Router, make sure all wireless stations use the

same ESSID in order to access the network.

Choose

Channel ID

To manually set the WR1500 Wireless Router to

use a channel, select a channel from the drop-

down list box. Open the

Channel Usage Table

screen to make sure the channel is not already

used by another AP or independent peer-to-peer

wireless network.

To have the WR1500 Wireless Router automatically

select a channel, click

Scan

instead.

Scan

Click this button to have the WR1500 Wireless

Router automatically scan for and select a channel

with the least interference.

WEP

Encryption

Select

Disable

allows all wireless computers to

communicate with the Wireless Routers without

any data encryption.

Select

64-bit WEP

or

128-bit WEP

to allow data

encryption.

ASCII

Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters

as the WEP keys.

HEX

Select this option to enter hexadecimal characters

as the WEP keys. The preceding “Ox” is entered

automatically. Leave this in front of our key.

Key 1 to Key 4

used to encrypt data. Both the WR1500 Wireless

Router and the wireless stations must use the

same WEP key for data transmission.

If you chose

64-bit WEP,

then enter any 5 ASCII

characters or 10 hexadecimal characters (“0-9”,

“A-F”). If you chose

128-bit WEP,

then enter 13

ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters

(“0-9”, “A-F”).

You must conﬁ gure all four keys, but only one key

can be activated at any one time. The default key

is key 1.

Click

Back

Click

Back

to return to the previous screen.

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Continued - ISP Parameters

The WR1500 Wireless Router offers three choices of encapsulation.

They are Ethernet, PPTP or PPPoE. The screen varies depending

upon the type chosen.

Ethernet

The following table describes the labels in the above screen.

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

ISP Parameters for Internet Access

Encapsulation

You must choose the

Ethernet

option

when the WAN port is used as a regular

Ethernet. Otherwise, choose

PPPoE

or

PPTP

for a dial-up connection. PPTP

is typically used outside of the United

States.

Service Type

Select from

Standard, RR-Toshiba

(RoadRunner Toshiba authentication

method),

RR-Manager

(Roadrunner

Manager authentication method),

RR-Telstra

or

Telia Login.

Choose a Roadrunner

service type if your ISP is Time Warner’s

Roadrunner; otherwise choose

Standard.

The

User Name, Password

and

Login

Server IP Address

ﬁ elds are not applicable

(N/A)

for the

Standard

service type.

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WIZARD

Back Next

Ethernet

RR-Toshiba

ISP Parameters for Internet Access

Encapsulation

Service Type

User Name

Password

Login Server IP Address 0.0.0.0

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Wizard Setup - Ethernet -

Continued

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

User Name

Type the username given to you by your ISP.

Password

Type the password associated with the

username above.

Login Server IP

Address

The WR1500 Wireless Router will ﬁ nd the

Roadrunner Server IP if this ﬁ eld is left

blank. If it does not, then you must enter

the authentication server IP address.

Login Server (Telia

Login only)

Type the domain name of the Telia login

server, for example “login.telia.com”.

This ﬁ eld is not available on all models.

Re-login

Every(min) (Telia

Login only)

The Telia server logs the WR1500 Wireless

Router out if the WR1500 Wireless Router

does not log in periodically. Type the number

of minutes from 1 to 59 (30 recommended) for

the WR1500 Wireless Router to wait between

logins.

This ﬁ eld is not available on all models.

Click

Back

Click Back to go back to the previous page.

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PPTP Encapsulation

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that

enables transfers of data from a remote client to a private server,

creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using TCP/IP-based

networks.

PPTP supports on-demand, multi-protocol, and virtual private

networking over public networks, such as the Internet.

Refer to the manual on the CD ROM for more information on PPTP.

The WR1500 Wireless Router supports one PPTP server

connection at any given time.

Continued next page

WIZARD

Back Next

PPTP

ISP Parameters for Internet Access

Encapsulation

User Name

Password

Nailed-Up Connection

Idle Timeout 100 (In Seconds)

PPTP Configuration

My IP Address 10.0.0.140

My IP Subnet Mask

Server IP Address

Connection ID/Name

0.0.0.0

10.0.0.138

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PPTP Encapsulation -

Continued

The following table describes the labels in the wizard screen on the

previous page.

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

ISP Parameters for Internet Access

Encapsulation

Select

PPTP

from the drop-down list box.

User Name

Type the user name given to you by your

ISP. Most home users will need to use their

name with their domain designation, such as

user@bellsouth.net

Password

Type the password associated with the User

Name above.

Nailed Up

Connection

Select

Nailed Up Connection

if you do not

want the connection to time out.

Idle Timeout

Type the time in seconds that elapses

before the WR1500 Wireless Router

automatically disconnects from the PPTP

server.

PPTP Conﬁ guration

My IP Address

Type the (static) IP address assigned to you by

your ISP.

My IP Subnet

Mask

Type the subnet mask assigned to you by your

ISP (if given).

Server IP Address

Type the IP address of the PPTP server.

Connection

ID/Name

If your ISP has provided a connection

ID name, enter it in this ﬁ eld exactly

as provided.

Click

Back

Click

Back

to return to the previous screen.

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PPPoE Encapsulation

Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) functions as a

dial-up connection. PPPoE is an IETF (Internet Engineering Task

Force) draft standard specifying how a host personal computer

interacts with a broadband modem (for example xDSL, cable,

wireless, etc.) to achieve access to high-speed data networks. It

preserves the existing Microsoft Dial-Up Networking experience

and requires no new learning or procedures.

For the service provider, PPPoE offers an access and authentication

method that works with existing access control systems (for instance,

RADIUS). For the user, PPPoE provides a login and authentication

method that the existing Microsoft Dial-Up Networking software can

activate, and therefore requires no new learning or procedures for

Windows users.

One of the beneﬁ ts of PPPoE is the ability to let end users access

one of multiple network services, a function known as dynamic

service selection. This enables the service provider to easily create

and offer new IP services for speciﬁ c users.

Operationally, PPPoE saves signiﬁ cant effort for both the subscriber

and the ISP/carrier, as it requires no speciﬁ c conﬁ guration of the

broadband modem at the subscriber’s site.

By implementing PPPoE directly on the WR1500 Wireless Router

(rather than individual computers), the computers on the LAN do not

need PPPoE software installed, since the WR1500 Wireless Router

does that part of the task. Furthermore, with NAT, all of the LAN’s

computers will have Internet access.

Refer to the manual on the CD ROM for more information on

PPPoE, and to the next page for setup details.

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PPPoE Encapsulation -

Continued

PPoE Wizard Setup Screen

The following table describes the labels in the above screen.

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

ISP Parameter for Internet Access

Encapsulation

Choose an encapsulation method from the

pull-down list box. PPPoE forms a dial-up

connection.

Service Name

Type the name of your service provider.

User Name

Type the user name given to you by your ISP.

Password

Type the password associated with the user name

above.

Nailed Up

Connection

Select

Nailed Up Connection

if you do not want

the connection to time out.

Idle Timeout

Type the time in seconds that elapses before

the WR1500 Wireless Router automatically

disconnects from the PPPoE server.

Click

Back

Click

Back

to return to the previous screen.

WIZARD

Back Next

PPP over Ethernet

ISP Parameters for Internet Access

Encapsulation

Service Name

Password

Nailed-Up Connection

Idle Timeout 100 (In Seconds)

User Name

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Wizard Setup: WAN and DNS

The fourth wizard screen allows you to conﬁ gure WAN IP address

assignment, DNS server address assignment and the WAN MAC

address.

WAN IP Address Assignment

Every computer on the Internet must have a unique IP address. If

your networks are isolated from the Internet, for instance, only

between your two branch ofﬁ ces, you can assign any IP addresses

to the hosts without problems. However, the Internet Assigned

Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the following three blocks of

IP addresses speciﬁ cally for private networks.

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255

172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255

192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

You can obtain your IP address from the IANA, from an ISP or have

it assigned by a private network. If you belong to a small organiza-

tion and your Internet access is through an ISP, the ISP can provide

you with the Internet addresses for your local networks. On the other

hand, if you are part of a much larger organization, you should

consult your network administrator for the appropriate IP addresses.

Regardless of your particular situation, do not create an

arbitrary IP address; always follow the guidelines above. For

more information on address assignment, please refer to RFC

1597, Address Allocation for Private Internets and RFC 1466,

Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space.

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IP Address and Subnet Mask

Similar to the way houses on a street share a common street name,

so too do computers on a LAN share one common network number.

Where you obtain your network number depends on your particular

situation. If the ISP or your network administrator assigns you a block

of registered IP addresses, follow their instructions in selecting the IP

addresses and the subnet mask.

If the ISP did not explicitly give you an IP network number, then most

likely you have a single user account and the ISP will assign you

a dynamic IP address when the connection is established. If this is

the case, it is recommended that you select a network number from

192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.0 and you must enable the Network

Address Translation (NAT) feature of the WR1500 Wireless Router.

The Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) reserved this block

of addresses speciﬁ cally for private use; please do not use any

other number unless you are told otherwise. Let’s say you select

192.168.1.0 as the network number; which covers 254 individual

addresses, from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 (zero and 255 are

reserved). In other words, the ﬁ rst three numbers specify the network

number while the last number identiﬁ es an individual computer on

that network.

Once you have decided on the network number, pick an IP address

that is easy to remember, for instance, 192.168.1.1, for your WR1500

Wireless Router, but make sure that no other device on your network

is using that IP address.

The subnet mask speciﬁ es the network number portion of an IP

address. Your WR1500 Wireless Router will compute the subnet

mask automatically based on the IP address that you entered. You

don’t need to change the subnet mask computed by the WR1500

Wireless Router unless you are instructed to do otherwise.

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