Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto WL-357 del fabbricante Sitecom
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WL -357 Wireless Mobile R ou ter 300N.
2 User Manua l T A BLE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEA TURES.. ............................................. .................................. 4 2 PACKAG E CONTEN TS ..................................... .................................. 5 3 PRODUCT LAYOUT .
Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of t he WL -357 W ireless Mobile Router 300N. The WL -357 is com pliant with draft 802.1 1n v 2.0 up to 6 times faster tha n standar d 802.11g based routers while still being com patible with 802.11g & 802.
1 Key Features F eatures Adv anta ges Incredibl e Data Rate up to 300Mbps* Heavy data p aylo ads such as MPEG v ideo streamin g IEEE 802. 11n draft 2.0 Com pliant and backward c ompatib le with 802.11b/g Ful ly Interoperab le with IE EE 802 .11b / IEEE8 02.
2 Package Content s Open t he packa ge car efully , and ma ke s ure that none of t he items listed below are missing. Do no t discar d t he packing materials, in case of retur n; the unit must be shipp ed back in its original pac kage. 1. WL -357 Router 2.
3 Product Layout Port Description AC 100v~ 240v Connect t he AC power ca ble to this port RJ45 Connect your ADS L/Cabl e modem to t his port 3G Connect your 3G USB m odem to th is port T o p Cover On the top cover you ca n see the L EDs that show the functionality of the device.
Button Description Press 2 seconds for OPS mode Press 10 seconds to res et the rout er OPS Press 15 Seconds to reset t he rout er to factory defaults. Back label The back lab el describe s the IP addres s, login d etails, SSID , secur ity and code.
4 Net w ork + System Requi rement s T o begin usin g th e WL - 357, make sure you mee t the fo llowing a s minimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – Microsoft Windows XP/ 2000/VIST A • Wi-Fi card/USB client (8 02.11 b/g/n). • External xDS L (ADSL) or Cable mo dem with an Et hernet port ( RJ-45), or a 3G USB modem.
6 Setup LAN, W AN The WL -357 has one Ether net port that d oubles as a W A N (Inter net) por t and a LAN port. When no 3G USB client is in serted in th e USB port, the port functio ns as W AN. When a 3G USB client is inserted in t he USB port, t he port functions a s LAN.
7 PC Net w ork Adapter s etup Win dow s XP • Enter [Star t Menu] se lect [Control pan el] se lect [Network ]. • Select [Local Ar ea Connect ion]) ico n=>select [pro perties].
• Select [Inter net Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>Cl ick [Properties]. • Select the [Ge neral] tab. a. The WL - 357 s upports [DH CP] fu nction, p lease se lect both [O btain a n IP address auto matically] and [Obtain DNS server address aut omatically].
Win dow s Vist a • Enter [Star t Menu] se lect [Control pan el] se lect [View netw ork status and tasks] -> select [M anage netw ork connections].
• Select [Inter net Protoc ol V er sion 4 (TCP/IPv4)] =>Click [Pr operties]. • Select the [Ge neral] tab. The WL -357 su pports [ DHC P] functio n, please select both [ Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obta in DNS server address automat ically].
8 Bringing up t he WL-357 Connect the sup plied power-adapter to the po wer inlet port and connect it to a wal l outl et. The WL -357 a utomatica lly ente rs t he self-test p hase. During self -test pha se, the Power L ED will be lit con tinuously to indicate th at this product is in normal ope ration.
3. T ype u ser name an d password (d efault is admi n/admin). 4. Click OK . 5. Y ou wi ll see the home page of the WL - 357. The System st atus section all ows you to mon itor t he current status of your router: the UP time, hardware informat ion, serial n umber as well as firmware version informat ion is d isplayed here.
L A N settin gs The LAN tab gives you the opp ortunity to chang e the IP s ettings of th e WL -357. Click <App ly> at the b ottom of this scr een to save any change s. IP add ress 192. 168.0.1. It is the router ’ s L AN IP address (Y our LAN cli ents default gateway IP address).
Lease Time For ever . I n the L ease Time setting y ou ca n specify the t ime per iod that the DHC P lends an IP address to your LA N clients. The DH CP will change your LAN client’s IP addr ess when this t ime thr eshold period is reached.
Device S t atus View the B roadban d router’s current config uration settings. Devi ce Status displays t he configuration sett ings you’ve co nfigured in th e Wizar d / Ba sic Settings / W ireless Sett ings section.
Internet St atus This pag e disp lays whether th e WAN port is connected t o a Cable/DSL or 3G connection. It also displays the r outer’s WAN IP address, S ubnet Mask , and ISP Gateway a s w ell as M AC address, the Pr imary DN S. Press Rene w button to renew your WAN IP address.
DHCP Client S t atus DHCP This page shows a ll DHCP c lients ( LAN P Cs) cu rrently connected t o your network. The table show s t he assi gned IP address, MAC addre ss an d expiration time for ea ch DHCP leased c lient. Use the R efresh button t o update th e av ailable information.
WL-357 Log View the operation lo g of the W L-35 7 . This page shows t he current syst em log of th e Broadband router . It displays a ny even t occurr ed aft er system s tart up.
WL-357 S t atistics Shows the cou nters of p ackets sent an d received on WAN, LAN & WLAN ..
10 Configuration W izard Click Wiz ard to c onfig ure the ro uter . The S etup w izard wi ll now be displayed; check that t he modem is connected a nd click N ext. Select your cou ntry from the Cou ntry list. Se lect your internet provider . Alternatively you ca n select “Mob ile 3G” to set t he WL -357 up for a 3G/ UMTS connection.
Click APPLY to compl ete the confi guration..
11 Wireless Set tings Y ou ca n s et parameters that a re used for the wireless stat ions to connect to t his router . Th e parameters include Mo de, ESSID, C hannel Number and Assoc iated Client. Wireless Fun ction Enable or D isable Wirele ss function h ere.
Basic Settings Mode Allows you to set t he AP to AP , Station, Br idge or WDS mode. Band Allows you to set the AP fixed at 802.1 1b or 802.11g mode. Y ou can also select B +G m ode t o allo w 80211b and 802.11g c lients at t he sam e time. SSID This is th e na me of the wireless signal which is broadcasted .
A dvanced Settings This tab allows you to set the adv anced wir eless options. The option s included are Authe ntication T ype, Fragment Thr eshold, R TS Threshold, B eacon Inter val, and Preamble T ype. Y ou should not cha nge these parameters unless you know what effect the chang es will have on the rout er .
N Data R ate The “Data Rate” is the rate that t his access poi nt uses to transmit data packets for N compliant wirel ess n odes. H ighest to lowest data rate can be fixed.
Security This Acc ess Point provides com plete w ireless LAN sec urity funct ions, included are WEP , IEEE 802. 11x, I EEE 802.11x w ith W EP , WPA w ith pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With th ese s ecurity funct ions, you ca n prevent y our w ireless LAN from illegal a ccess.
WEP When you sel ect 64-b it or 12 8-bit WEP key , you have to e nter W EP keys to encrypt data . Y ou ca n generate th e key by yourself an d e nter it. Y ou can e nter four WEP keys and se lect one of them as a defa ult key . Then the router can receive any packets encr ypted by one of the four keys.
WP A Pre-shared Key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) i s an advanced security sta ndard. Y o u can us e a pre-shared key to authenticate wirel ess stations and encrypt data during communicat ion. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to chan ge t he encrypt ion key frequently .
A CL This wireles s router supports MAC A ddress Contr ol, which pr events unauthor ized clients from ac cessing your wireless n etwork. Enabl e wireless acces s cont rol Enables the w ireless access .
WPS Wi-Fi Prot ected Setup (WPS) is the s imples t way to establ ish a connecti on between the w ireless c lients and t he w ireless router . Y ou d on’ t have to select the encryptio n mode a nd f ill in a long encryption passp hr ase every time when you try to setup a w ireless connect ion.
WPS Curren t Status If the wirel ess secur ity (encry ption) function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll se e a ‘Con figured’ mes sage her e. O therwise, you’ll see ‘UnConf igured’ . Self P in Cod e This is the WPS PIN code of the wireless r outer .
12 Firewall Settings The Broadba nd router pr ovides extensive firewall pr otection by restr icting connection parameters, thus lim iting t he r isk of hacker attac ks, a nd defending against a w ide array of common I nternet attacks.
DMZ If you have a c lient PC that cannot r un an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the N A T fire wall, t hen y ou can open up the fir ewall restrictions to unrestri cted two-way I nternet access by defining a DMZ Host.
Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadband router's firewall can b lock common hacker attacks, including Denial of S ervice, Ping of D eath, P ort S can and S ync Flood.
A ccess Y ou can restr ict users f rom access ing certain I nternet applicatio ns/services ( e.g. Internet webs ites, email, FTP et c.). Acces s C ontrol allows users to define the traffic ty pe perm itted in your LAN . Y ou can contr ol which PC c lient can have access to th ese services.
Filter client PC by M AC Check “Enab le MAC Filter ing” to enabl e MAC Filtering. Add PC F ill in “Client PC MAC Address ” an d “C omment ” o f the PC that is a llowed to acces s the Internet, and the n click “ Ad d” .
URL block Y ou can block acce ss to some W eb sit es from particular PCs by enterin g a full URL address or j ust keywords of the W eb site. Enabl e URL Blocking E nable/disab le URL Block ing. Add U RL Keyword Fill in “UR L/K eyword” a nd then clic k “ Add” .
13 Advanced Sett ings Network A ddress T ranslation ( NA T) allows m ultiple users a t your local sit e to access the Inter net throu gh a s ingle Public IP Address or mult iple Public IP Addresses.
Port Ran ge The range of ports to be forward to th e private IP . Co mment descriptio n of this setting. Add Port Forwarding Fill in th e "Private IP", “T ype” , “Port Range” a nd "Comment" o f the settin g to b e added and then click "Add".
Virtual Server Use the V irtual Server function when you w ant different servers/clie nts in your LAN t o han dle dif ferent service/Internet applica tion type ( e.g. Email, FTP , Web server etc.) fr om th e In ter net. C omputers use numbers ca lled port numbers t o recognize a par ticular service/Int ernet application t ype.
Co mment The description of this sett ing. Add Virtual Server F ill in the "P rivate IP", " Pr iv ate P or t", "T ype", “P ublic Port” and "Comment" of t he settin g t o be add ed a nd t hen c lick "Ad d".
Special A p pli cations Some a pplications r equire mult iple connect ions, su ch as Inter net ga mes, vid eo Conferenc ing, Inter net tele phony and others. In this secti on you ca n conf igure the router to support m ultiple connecti ons for the se types of ap plications.
Copy t o s election box and t hen c lick t he C opy to button. T his w ill a utomatica lly list the Public Ports required f or th is popular app lication in t he locat ion ( 1-10) you specified.
A LG Y ou can select appl ications that nee d “ A pplication Layer Gateway” support. Enabl e select enable “ Application Layer G ateway” , t hen the router will let the selected a pplication corr ectly pass throu gh the NA T gateway .
UPNP With UPnP , a ll PCs in y ou I ntranet w ill discover this ro uter aut omatically , so you don’t have to c onfigure your PC and it can eas ily access the I nternet throu gh t his router . UPnP Feature Y ou can enable or Disabl e t he UP nP feature her e.
QoS QoS can let yo u classify Internet ap plication traffi c by source/desti nation IP address an d port num ber . Y o u ca n ass ign priority for each type o f applicati on and reserve bandwidth f or it. T he packets of a pplications w ith higher pr iority wil l always go first .
Selected". If you want r emove al l QoS rules from th e ta ble, just click t he "D elete All" button. Clicking "Reset" will c lear your current s elections. Edit a QoS rule Select the rule you wan t to e dit and click “Edit ” , then enter the detail form of the QoS rule.
14 T OOLBOX Setti ngs Password change opt ions Y ou can c hange t he password required to l og in to th e broadband r outer's system web-based manageme nt. B y default, the password is: a dmin. Passwor ds can contain 0 to 12 alphanum eric characters, a nd are case sensit ive.
T ime Zone The Time Zone allows your r outer to base its time on the settings configured here, which w ill affect f unctions s uch as Log e ntries and Fir ewall settings. Set Ti me Zone S elec t the time zone of t he country you are current ly in. The router will set its time based on your selection.
Remote Managem ent The remote managem ent funct ion allows you to des ignate a host in the I nternet the ability to conf igure the Br oadband router from a r emote sit e.
Firmware Upgrade This page al lows you to u pgrade the router ’ s firmware. Firmware Upgrad e T his to ol a llows you t o upgrade t he B roadband router’s system firmware.
Backup Settings The Backup scr een allows you to save (B ackup) the r outer’s curre nt configuration settings. W hen you save th e co nfiguration setti ng (Ba ckup) you can r e-load the saved conf iguration i nto the router throug h the Restore se lection.
Reset Y ou can reset th e router ’s syst em s hould any problem exist. The reset function essentia lly re-boots your router’s system. Click < App ly > at the b ottom of the scr een to s ave the above configurations.
DDNS DDNS allows you t o m ap the s tatic domai n n ame to a dy namic IP ad dress. Y ou must get an ac count, p assw ord and your sta tic domain nam e from the DDN S service providers. This router s upports DynDNS, TZO and ot her c ommon DDNS service pr oviders.
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Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Sitecom WL-357 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Sitecom WL-357 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Sitecom WL-357 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Sitecom WL-357 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Sitecom WL-357, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Sitecom WL-357.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Sitecom WL-357. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Sitecom WL-357 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
