SMC Networks THE BARRICADE SMCWBR14S-N4 Installation guide

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1. How can I access my router?
2. How can I configure my internet connection?
3. How can I setup wireless encryption?
4. How can I forward ports?
5. How can I setup a WDS link with other wireless Access Point?
6. How can I change the password of my router?
7. How can I upgrade the firmware of my router?
8. Where can I find the latest firmware for my router?
9. Where can I find more information on how to configure my
router?
10. How can I setup Dynamic DNS?
11. How can I access/managed/upgrade the router from remote?
12. How do I completely reset the router?
13. Which firmware version do I have?
14. How do I setup a DMZ host?
15. How can I access/manage a PC behind the router from remote?
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1. How can I access my router?
The SMCWBR14S-N4 default IP address is 192.168.2.1 and your computer will need to have an
IP address from 192.168.2.2 to 192.168.2.254.
Step 1. Set you computer IP address to one of the mentioned range (192.168.2.x with subnet
mask 255.255.255.0)
Step 2. Open the Internet Explorer Browser and enter http://192.168.2.1
Step 3. In the LOGIN page that is displayed, enter the username (default: admin) and
password (default: smcadmin). After successfully logging in, the system status screen will be
displayed. In this web management interface you will be able to check, configure and modify
all your router settings.
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2. How can I configure my internet connection?
In order to configure your internet connection you will need some information from your
Internet Service Provider (ISP) or WAN Provider with details like connection type (PPPoE,
PPTP, L2TP, dynamic DHCP IP Address) and in some cases username, password, etc.
In the configuration example below, we have the SMCWBR14S-N4 router connected to a
modem with a PPPoE service:
-Connection Type: PPPoE
-username: adsluser
-password: 1234
Enter the Internet Service Provider information as shown in the following picture. Go to the
submenu Network Settings/WAN and click Apply to save the WAN configuration you have
entered.
Once your internet/wan connection has been correctly configured you will be able to see what
is your connection status in the submenu Administration/System Status.
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3. How can I setup wireless encryption?
Before setting up your wireless network with encryption you will need to decide your network
parameters:
-Network name (also called SSID)
-Network channel (can also be set as auto-channel)
-Wireless security type (WEP, WPA or WPA2)
-Security password
In the example that follows we will show how to configure the network with these parameters:
-Network name: MyWirelessLan
-Network channel: 10
-Security type: WPA2
-Security password: lasmcla
Step 1. Go to the submenu Wireless Settings/Basic and enter the Network Name (SSID) and
select the wireless frequency channel. After that click on Apply for the configuration to take
effect.
Step 2. Go to the submenu Wireless Setting/Security to select the security type and to enter
the wireless password. Click on Apply for the configuration to take effect.
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4. How can I forward ports?
In certain situations you might need to open some TCP/UDP ports in the SMCWBR14S-N4
router to allow remote users to connect to a server in your LAN. The next example shows how
to configure the router to allow FTP access to an FTP server located in the LAN behind the
router with the IP address 192.168.2.101.
Login to the router web management interface (http://192.168.2.1) with the administrator
credentials (default user: admin, default password: smcadmin). Go to the submenu
Firewall/Virtual Server. Enter the information requested in the form. Some protocols are
already pre-configured and the ports are already assigned, you only need to enter the IP
address of your LAN server. For those that are not pre-defined, you need to select the port
type and number, and the IP address of your LAN server. Use the Comment Field to describe
the type of service for your reference. In this case it could be added “FTP SERVER”. Click
Apply to create a new service or port to open.
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For this example, you will need to enter the port 21 as well. Once you have entered the two
ports you can see them in the list of current virtual servers.
In this example our router has a WAN IP address of 170.112.169.78*, so if a customer wants to
access the FTP server located in our LAN from outside the network he/she needs to input
ftp://170.112.168.78 in a browser or use an FTP client application to open a connection to the
170.112.169.78. If your WAN IP Address is not a static one and it can change when the router
reboots or when your Internet Service Provider resets your connection, you will need to set
up a Dynamic DNS so that you will use a link like ftp://homeftp.dyndns.org and not the WAN IP
address to access your FTP server. Please check the question about how to configure
Dynamic DNS in my router to know how to achieve this.
*You can check your WAN IP Address in the submenu Administration Settings/System
Status and the WAN IP Address field of the Internet Configuration.
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5. How can I setup a WDS link with another wireless
Access Point?
Before configuring the SMCWBR14S-N4 to work with WDS to wirelessly connect to a remote
Access Point/Router, please check the following recommendations:
♦All units in a WDS wireless network must be configured with the same SSID and use
the same radio channel.
♦When configuring WDS links, it is recommended to set up fixed IP addresses for all
relevant Access Points/ Repeaters/ Routers.
♦Up to four WDS links can be specified for each unit in the WDS network.
♦There are three modes to enable WDS in your router: Lazy, Bridge and Repeater
mode. When setting your router in WDS Lazy mode, the remote Access Point/Router
must be set to Bridge or Repeater mode. In the Bridge and Repeater mode it will be
necessary to manually enter the MAC addresses of the devices connected to them. In
the Lazy mode this information does not need to be entered manually. It will be
received automatically from the Bridge or Repeater device.
♦To know more about WDS configuration you can check the SMCWEBS-N WDS How-To
guide available at:
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=downloads.doSearchCriteria&localeCode=EN_BEL&pro
ductCategory=5&modelNumber=1701&partNumber=4351&downloadType=0&knowsPartNumb
er=false
If you still have doubts about which mode you need, use Repeater Mode for all your devices.
Let’s follow the example of configuring a WDS link like this:
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- Wireless network name: MyWirelessLan
- Wireless channel: 10
- WDS mode: Repeater
- Encryption TKIP
- Encryption key: 123456789
- AP2 Mac address: 00:E0:FF:81:D3:2B
- SMCWBR14S-N4 MAC address: (You can find the MAC address of your device in the submenu
Administration/System Status in the LAN Configuration table). You will need it to configure
the AP2.
Make sure your SMCWBR14S-N4 is configured with the default wireless settings in the
submenus Wireless Settings/Basic and Wireless Settings/Security. After that go to the
submenu Wireless Settings/WDS, enable the WDS mode (Lazy, Bridge or Repeater) and enter
the encryption and AP2 MAC address information.

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Click on Apply for the changes to take effect.
Your SMCWBR14S-N4 is now configured to accept WDS connections from a remote access
point with the specified MAC address. Now you will need to configure the remote access point
AP2 with the same wireless parameters and your SMCWBR14S-N4 MAC address. (You can find
the MAC address of your device in the submenu Administration/System Status in LAN
Configuration table).
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6. How can I change the password of my router?
You need to go to the submenu Administration/Management, enter the new username and
password to change the router web access credentials. Click on Apply to save the new
configured username and password.
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7. How can I upgrade the firmware of my router?
Go to the submenu Administration/Firmware Upgrade. Select the firmware file you have
stored in your computer and click on Apply.
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8. Where can I find the latest firmware for my router?
The latest firmware for your SMCWBR14S-N4 router will be available on our website
(http://www.smc.com -> Support -> Downloads) or in the following link.
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=downloads.doSearchCriteria&localeCode=EN_BEL&
productCategory=1&modelNumber=1697&partNumber=4336&downloadType=2&knowsPart
Number=false
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9. Where can I find more information on how to configure
my router?
The user guide for your SMCWBR14S-N4 router is available on our website at the following
link:
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=downloads.doSearchCriteria&localeCode=EN_BEL&
productCategory=1&modelNumber=1697&partNumber=4336&downloadType=8&knowsPart
Number=false
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10. How can I set up Dynamic DNS?
The Dynamic DNS is a method that gives the capability for your router to notify a domain
name server any change in the stored configuration like IP address, hostname, etc. This can
be especially useful when you have a server in your lan environment and you want to access it
from a remote place and your router has a dynamic WAN IP address. In that case it will be
easier to remember a created domain like ftp://myhomeftp.dyndns.org, than to know the
changing WAN IP address of your router. In order to set up the Dynamic DNS you need to
follow two simple steps.
Step 1. Go to a DNS Internet provider website, create an account and set up a new domain for
your service. There are many free DNS provider available at
http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Protocols/DNS/DNS_Providers/Dynamic_DNS/.
In your SMCWBR14S-N4 you can configure Dynamic DNS with several different providers
Dyndns.com, freedns.afraid.org, zoneedit.com, or no-ip.com. Let’s say we have created a
domain with DynDNS like:
Domain: myhomeftp.dyndns.org
Username: testuser
Password: 123456
Step 2. Go to your router web management interface, go to the submenu
Administration/Management/DDNS and enter the data as shown below.
You need to add the domain you have configured by clicking on Apply.
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11. How can I access/manage/upgrade my router from
remote?
In order to be able to access your router web interface from remote you need to enable this
option in your router. Go to the submenu Firewall/System Security and enable the remote
management by selecting Allow in the drop down menu.
After the changes have been applied you will be able to access and manage your router from
remote by entering the router web management interface using an internet browser and your
router WAN IP address.
If your WAN IP address is 85.120.11.171, you can access the router in the following URL:
http://85.120.11.171
Please check how to use Dynamic DNS if you want to access your router by using a domain
name and not an IP address.
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12.How do I completely reset my router?
In order to reset the router back to the default configuration you need to go to the submenu
Administration/Configuration and click the option Load Default.
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13.Which firmware version do I have?
In order to see which firmware version your router is currently running go to the submenu
Administration/System Status and check the software version.
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14. How do I setup a DMZ host?
In the most common router scenario, your private LAN is isolated from the Internet having its
private IP subnet (normally 192.168.2.1). Only previously requested data will get inside your
network from the Internet (WAN-to-LAN). Your LAN devices will be invisible for the internet
community.
There may be cases where you need to host a server behind your router that needs to be
accessible from the internet. When your server is holding just a single service, the normal
procedure will be to open/forward certain ports in the router with the Virtual Server
configuration option (this is explained in a previous question “How can I forward ports?”). But
if your server needs to hold more than one service or you want to create a sub-network with
all your servers in there you will need to configure a DMZ.
In the example of the previous picture, we will configure the host 192.168.2.101 as DMZ host.
Go to the submenu Firewall/DMZ, enable the DMZ function and enter the server IP Address.
Finally click on Apply for the changes to take effect.
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15. How do I access/manage a PC behind the router from
remote?
In order to manage a PC in your LAN from a remote location you need an application that
allows you to do that. There is currently a lot of software for that purpose, some needing to
open certain ports in your router to let the connection from the WAN go through to the LAN
host. However there is an application that does not need any router configuration and it is
free, the TeamViewer. You can download it for free at:
http://www.teamviewer.com/products/screenshots.aspx
You need to install the application or run it without installation in both the managed PC and
the administrator computer, where you want to access the PC host from. Check the following
picture for the configuration parameters. In the managed computer you need to Wait for a
session and write down the ID and Password. In the admin computer you need to Create a
Session entering the previous ID and Password. Now you should be able to access the remote
PC.
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SMC Networks takes no responsibility for possible errors in this document.
All technical specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
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