WiBRAVO Virtu 901 User manual

WiBRAVO Virtu 901 User Manual i
User Manual
Version: 1.0
Model: Virtu 901
FCC ID: TKZVirtu901
Product: Wireless AP Router

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THIS COMPANY. AND NO PART OF THIS DOCUMENTATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL
SYSTEM OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRICAL OR MECHANICAL, BY
PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THIS
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 ..................................................................................................................VI
TERMINOLOGY..........................................................................................................................VI
1INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 1
1.1PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ 1
1.2PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................... 1
1.3PRODUCT FEATURES ............................................................................................................ 2
1.4PANEL DESCRIPTION (2TX2R).............................................................................................. 3
2INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................... 4
2.1HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 4
2.2SOFTWARE INSTALLATION.................................................................................................... 5
3SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................... 6
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............................................................................................................ 11
IOperation Mode....................................................................................................... 11
IITime Zone Setting.................................................................................................... 12
IIILAN Interface Setup................................................................................................ 12
IVWAN Interface Setup............................................................................................... 13
VWireless Basic Settings............................................................................................ 13
VIWireless Security Setup ........................................................................................... 14
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
Requirement: Set [Wireless]->[Basic Settings]->[Mode]->AP+WDS................................ 24

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IIWDS AP Table......................................................................................................... 24
3.3.9Site Survey............................................................................................................... 25
3.3.10WPS ......................................................................................................................... 26
3.3.11LAN Interface Setup................................................................................................ 28
IStatic DHCP Setup................................................................................................... 29
3.3.12WAN Interface Setup............................................................................................... 30
IStatic IP.................................................................................................................... 31
IIDHCP Client............................................................................................................ 33
IIIPPPoE ...................................................................................................................... 35
IVPPTP ........................................................................................................................ 38
VL2TP ........................................................................................................................ 40
3.3.13Firewall - Port Filtering ........................................................................................... 42
3.3.14Firewall - IP Filtering............................................................................................... 43
3.3.15Firewall - MAC Filtering......................................................................................... 44
3.3.16Firewall - Port Forwarding....................................................................................... 45
3.3.17Firewall – URL Filtering.......................................................................................... 46
3.3.18Firewall - DMZ........................................................................................................ 47
3.3.19Firewall – Virtual Server.......................................................................................... 48
3.3.20QoS .......................................................................................................................... 49
3.3.21USB Storage............................................................................................................. 50
3.3.22Management - Statistics........................................................................................... 52
3.3.23Management - DDNS .............................................................................................. 53
3.3.24Management - Time Zone Setting............................................................................ 54
3.3.25Management – Denial-of-Service............................................................................ 55
3.3.26Management - Log................................................................................................... 56
3.3.27Management - Upgrade Firmware........................................................................... 57
3.3.28Management Save/ Reload Settings......................................................................... 58
3.3.29Management - Password Setup................................................................................ 59
3.3.30USB Storage............................................................................................................. 60
4FREQUENTLYASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ).................................................................... 61
4.1WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC’S IPAND MACADDRESS?............................................... 61
4.2WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN? ................................................................................................. 62
4.3WHATARE ISM BANDS? .................................................................................................... 62
4.4HOW DOES WIRELESS NETWORKING WORK?....................................................................... 62
4.5WHAT IS BSSID?............................................................................................................... 63
4.6WHAT IS ESSID? ............................................................................................................... 63

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4.7WHATARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE? ................................. 64
4.8WHATARE THE OPEN SYSTEM AND SHARED KEYAUTHENTICATIONS? .............................. 64
4.9WHAT IS WEP?.................................................................................................................. 64
4.10WHAT IS FRAGMENT THRESHOLD?..................................................................................... 64
4.11WHAT IS RTS (REQUEST TO SEND)THRESHOLD?.............................................................. 65
4.12WHAT IS BEACON INTERVAL?............................................................................................. 65
4.13WHAT IS PREAMBLE TYPE?................................................................................................ 66
4.14WHAT IS SSID BROADCAST? ............................................................................................. 66
4.15WHAT IS WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS (WPA)? .................................................................... 66
4.16WHAT IS WPA2?................................................................................................................ 67
4.17WHAT IS 802.1X AUTHENTICATION? .................................................................................. 67
4.18WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL (TKIP)? ................................................. 67
4.19WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES)?...................................................... 67
4.20WHAT IS INTER-ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL (IAPP)?........................................................... 67
4.21WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS)?......................................................... 68
4.22WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY (UPNP)?................................................................. 68
4.23WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT (MTU) SIZE?.................................................... 68
4.24WHAT IS CLONE MACADDRESS?...................................................................................... 68
4.25WHAT IS DDNS?................................................................................................................ 68
4.26WHAT IS NTPCLIENT? ...................................................................................................... 68
4.27WHAT IS VPN?................................................................................................................... 69
4.28WHAT IS IPSEC?................................................................................................................ 69
4.29WHAT IS WLAN BLOCK RELAY BETWEEN CLIENTS?........................................................ 69
4.30WHAT IS WMM?................................................................................................................ 69
4.31WHAT IS WLANACK TIMOUT? ..................................................................................... 69
4.32WHAT IS MODULATION CODING SCHEME (MCS)?............................................................. 69
4.33WHAT IS FRAME AGGREGATION?....................................................................................... 69
4.34WHAT IS GUARD INTERVALS (GI)?..................................................................................... 70
5CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES........................................................................................ 71
5.1EXAMPLE ONE –PPPOEON THE WAN.............................................................................. 71
5.2EXAMPLE TWO –FIXED IPON THE WAN........................................................................... 73

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Revision History
DATE REVISION OF USER’S MANUAL FIRMWARE
2008/08/26 Version 1.2/e e2.0.1
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

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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
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 with 802.11n Draft 2.0
specifications of 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,
The WLAN Broadband Router
The DC Power Adapter
The Documentation CD
RJ-45 Cable Line
Quick Installation Guide
Antenna
1.2Product Specifications
Product Name WLAN 11n Router
Standard 802.11b/g/n(Wireless), 802.3(10BaseT), 802.3u(100BaseT)
Data Transfer Rate 1,2,5.5,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,54, and maximum of 300Mbps
Modulation Method BPSK/QPSK/16-QAM/64-QAM
Frequency Band 2.4GHz – 2.497GJz ISM Band, DSSS
RF Output Power < 14dBm(802.11n),< 17dBm(802.11b),< 14dBm(802.11g)
Receiver Sensitivity 802.11b: -80dBm@8%, 802.11g: -70dBm@10%,
802.11n: -64dBm@10%
Operation Range Indoor@Up to 100 meters,Outdoor@Up to 280 meters
Antenna External Antenna(2Tx2R) 2dBi
LED Power, Active (WLAN), (Ethernet)
Security 64 bit/128 bit WEP, TKIP, AES
WAN Interface One 10/100BaseT with RJ45 port
LAN Interface Four 10/100BaseT with RJ45 port
USB Interface One USB 2.0 Port
Power Consumption DC Power Adapter
Operating Temperature 0 ~ 50oC ambient temperature
Storage Temperature -10 ~ 70°C ambient temperature

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Humidity 5 to 90 % maximum (non-condensing)
Dimension
111(L) x 59(W) x 215(H) (not including antenna)
1.3Product Features
Generic Router
Compatible with IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 Specifications provides wireless speed up
to 300Mbps data rate.
Compatible with IEEE 802.11g high rate standard to provide wireless Ethernet
speeds of 54Mbps data rate.
Maximizes the performance and ideal for media-centric applications like streaming
video, gaming and Voice over IP technology.
Supports multi-operation (bridge/gateway/WISP) modes between wireless and
wired Ethernet interfaces.
Supports WPS, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption and
WPA with Radius function to protect the wireless data transmission.
Supports IEEE 802.1x Authentication.
Supports IEEE 802.3x full duplex flow control on 10/100M Ethernet interface.
Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment.
Supports DHCP client, static IP, PPPoE, PPTP of WAN Interface.
Supports firewall security with Port filtering, IP filtering, MAC filtering, Port
forwarding, DMZ hosting and URL filtering functions.
Supports WEB based management and configuration.
Supports UPnP for automatic Internet access.
Supports Dynamic DNS service.
Supports NTP client service.
Supports Log table and remote Log service.
Support Setup Wizard mode.
Supports Network File sharing function.
Supports FTP Server function.
Supports USB storage format tool.

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1.4Panel Description (2Tx2R)
LED Indicator State Description
1. PWR 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 On 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.