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Wireless N 300 Green Router Model # AR686W User ’ s Manual Ve r. 1 A.
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T able of Content s CHAPTER 1 PRODU CT INFOR MA TION .................................................................................................. ............ 1 1.1 I NTRODUCTION A ND SAFETY INFORMA TIO N ........................................
3.4.7 Schedule Rule ............................................................................................................ ................................84 3.5 T OOLBOX ..........................................................................
1 Chapter 1 Product Information 1.1 Introduction and safety information Congratulations on your purchase of the Airlink101® AR686W Wireless N 300 Green Router . This Router is recommended to be used with Air Link101 ® Wireless N 300 products to provide the best performance.
2 1.2 Package Contents Before you start using this router , please check if there is anything missing in the package, and cont act your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: 1. Wireless N 300 Green Router with 2 un-detachable Antennas 2. Power Adapter 3.
3 1.3 Familiar with your new Green Router A. Front Panel LED Status Description Status Blinking (Green) Device status is working properly. On (Green) Network device is connected Blinking Data access W.
4 B. Back Panel Item Name Description Antennas These antennas are un-det achable 1.8dBi dipole antennas. 1 - 4 Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4. W AN Wide Area Network (W AN / Internet) port. PWR Power connector , connect s to A/C power adapter .
5 Chapter 2 Configure the Router 2.1 Connect the Router to your network Note: Prior to connecting the router , be sure to power of f your computer , DSL/Cable modem, and the router . Ste p 1 Connect one end of a network cable to the WA N port of the router and connect the other end of the cable to the DSL/Cable modem.
6 Ste p 4 Plug the power adapter to t he router and connect it to an electrical outlet. Step 5 Power on your computer. Ste p 6 Check LEDs of the router: make sure Statu s , WA N , W.
7 2.2 Configure the Router with EZ Setup Wizard Ste p 1 Insert the Setup CD into CD-ROM drive. Ste p 2 When the autorun menu pops up, click EZ Setup Wizard. Note: If the autorun menu does not show up on your monitor , please go to Computer Æ CDROM drive Æ Wizar d , and execute “ EZWizard.
8 Windows 7 and V ista users: an AutoPlay window po ps up on screen, please make sure you give permission to run the setup program by clicki ng Autorun.
9 Ste p 4 Click on Wiz ard . Ste p 5 Please make sure your computer is c onnected to one of the 4 LAN port s of the router , and your modem is connected to the W AN port of the router .
10 Step 6 Click Next to configure the basic wireless settings. The default wireless encryption setting is disabled. It is suggested to select WPA2-PSK for be st wireless secu rity. Step 7 Configure the SSID (wirele ss network name, i.e. Airlin k101), Channel, Security and Key.
11 Ste p 8 Click Next and the wizard will detect your W AN se ttings, or you can select your W AN type manually by checking “Let me select W AN service by myself”. Ste p 9 Enter the settings based on your W AN service type. Cable (Dynamic IP) If you are using cable Internet service, your W AN type is “Dynamic IP”.
12 DSL (PPPoE or Dynamic IP) For DSL users, your WA N type is either PPP oE or Dynamic IP . Y ou can try both types and determine which one works for you. For PPPoE connection, please enter the user name and password provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
13 Step 10 V erify the settings you have configured. Click Next to save the settings and reboot the router . This will t ake about 30 seconds. Ste p 1 1 Click Next to test the Internet Connection, or you can ignore the test, just open the Internet browser and verify if you are connected to the Internet.
14 Step 12 After the W AN service test completed, click Finish . The wizard will open the web configuration page for t he router automatically unless you uncheck the checkbox below “Open the default web browser to access the advanced configuration”.
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16 2.3 Configure the Router with Web Configuration Utility Another approach to configure t he router is using the Wizard in the Web Configuration Utility . The wizard will guide y ou setting up the basic settings of this router . Y ou do not need to go through the wizard again if you have finished 2.
17 Ste p 3 When you see this following page pop s up, you have successfully logged into the router . Select Wiza rd and click on Enter to start the Setup Wizard.
18 Ste p 5 T o change the System Passw ord, enter the current password, new password and reconfirm the new password. (The default password is ‘admin’.
19 For Cable Users: Please select Obt ain an IP address from ISP autom atically (Dynamic IP Address) . For DSL Users: Y ou may select either Obt ain an IP address from IS P automatically (Dynamic IP A.
20 Ste p 7 Configure the WAN settings accordin g to the WAN type you selected. Dynamic IP Address: Click on Clone MAC . PPP over Ethernet: Enter the Account and Password provided by your ISP . Note: Depending on the ISP , you may need to in clude the dom ain name with your user name.
21 Ste p 8 Keep the default SSID (wireless network name: Airlink101) or change it to a desired name, so you can always recognize your wireless network with it, for example ‘myHome’. Select a channel number for your wireless network. Click Next . Ste p 9 Set up Wireless Security for your router .
22 Type in 8 to 63 characters into Preshare Key box. Click Next . WPA2-PSK (AES) is the most secured enc ryption mode for general users but some older wireless adapters may not support it. T herefore, please make sure all wireless devices on your network support this security type.
23 Ste p 1 1 When you see the below window , you are su ccessfully connected to the Internet. Click Finish . Congratulations! Y our router configurat ion has been finishe d.
24 2.4 Connect to Router Wirelessly Y ou must configure the wirele ss adapter from your computer in order to esta blish a wireless connection to the router . In this secti on, you can find the instructions of how to connect to the router wirelessly with your Windows 7 computer .
25 Chapter 3 Advanced Configuration You can make advanced configurations on this router through Web C onfiguration Utility to meet your network’s needs, such as: Virtual Server, Access Control, Network Security, etc. If you have already gone th rough the Setup Wizard, you do NOT need to configure anything here for you to start using the Internet.
26 Ste p 3 When you see this page pop s up, you have successfully logged in to the router . Select Advanced Setup and click Enter to access the complete features and settings of this router .
27 3.1 Basic Setting Y ou can configure LAN, Internet connec tion type, DHCP , wireless settings and system password for the router in this p age..
28 3.1.1 Primary Setup This page allows you to specify an IP address fo r your router, and configure the Internet connection settings. Parameter Description LAN IP Address The local IP address of this router. Y ou can chang e it if necessary . WAN Ty pe Displaying the current WAN (Wide Area Network, i.
29 3.1.1.1 WAN Type If you need to change router ’s W AN type, please click Change in the Primary Setup menu. Y ou will see the following page.
30 A) Static IP Address Enter the WAN IP address, WAN Subnet Mask, WAN Gateway, Primary D NS , and Secondary DNS addresses pr ovided by your ISP. After you’ve finished all settings, click Save to save the settings and click Reboot . The change will take effect after rebooting the router.
31 B) Dynamic IP Address Parameter Description Host Name Please input the host name of your router; this is optional and only required if your service provide r asks you to do so. WAN’s MAC Addre ss Please input MAC address of your comp uter here if your ISP only permits computer with certain MAC address to access Internet.
32 C) Dynamic IP Address with Ro ad Runner Session Management: Please enter the account and password prov ided by your T elstra Big Pond ISP . Parameter Description Account Please input user name of your account assigned by T elstra. Password Please input the password assigned by T elstra.
33 D) PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE) Parameter Description PPPoE Account Enter the User Name for your DS L account, you can obt ain this information from your ISP . PPPoE Password Enter the Password for your DSL account, you can obtain this information from your ISP .
34 enable Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. Connection Control There are 3 modes for you to control the Internet connectio n: Connect-on-demand: Router will conn ect to the ISP when its clients send o utgoing packets. Auto Reconnect (Al ways-on): Router will keep the connection to the ISP af ter the connection is establi shed.
35 E) PPTP Parameter Description IP Mode Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here: S tatic IP Ad dress or Dynamic IP Address. My IP Address Enter the IP addre ss assigned by your ISP if you select S tatic IP Address.
36 obtain this information fro m your ISP . PPTP Pass word Enter the password for you r PPTP account here. Y ou can obt ain this information from your ISP .
37 E) L2TP Parameter Description IP Mode Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here: S tatic IP Ad dress or Dynamic IP Address. IP Addres s Enter the IP addre ss assigned by your ISP if you select S tatic IP Address. Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask assigned by your ISP if you select S tatic IP Address.
38 this information from your ISP . Maximum Idle Time This feature allows you to set up the amount of time of inactivity before disconnecting your L2TP sess ion.
39 3.1.2 DHCP Server This page allows you to configure the DHCP settings for your router. Press button “More>>” for more options. Parameter Description DHCP Server Select Disable or Enable the DHCP server . Lease Time This is DHCP dynamic IP leas e time assigned to the DHCP clients.
40 Minutes = 7 days. IP Pool S t arting/Ending Address Whenever there is a reque st from a network client, the DHCP server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP addre ss pool to the requesting computer . Y ou must specify a range by entering the starti ng / ending address of the IP addre ss pool.
41 3.1.3 Wireless You can set parameters that ar e used for wireless clients to connect to this router. The parameters include SSID, Channel Number, Encryption, etc. Parameters Default Description W i r e l e s s R a d i o Enable Enable or disable wireless function.
42 following options: 1 1b/g/n mixed: 2.4GHz band, allows 802.1 1b, 802.1 1g, and 802.1 1n wireless net work clients to con nect to this router (maximum transfer rate 1 1Mbps for 802.1 1b clients, maximum 54Mbps for 802.1 1g clients, and maximum 300Mbps for 802.
43 Configuring Security - WEP Note: IEEE802.11n only supports WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK AES encryption. If you use WEP as your encryption, wireless data rate will drop to 54Mbps (802.11g standard). Key Mode : Select HEX or ASCII. You can sele ct ASCII (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal (in the “a~f” and “0 ~9” range) for the key format.
44 Configuring Security - WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an adv anced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key (PSK) to authenticate wireless stati ons and encrypt data during communication, so the encryption key is not easy to be broken by hackers.
45 Configuring Security – 802.1x and RADIUS When the 802.1x function is enabled, wireless users must authentic ate this router first to use the network service.
46 Configuring Security - WPA / WPA2 Wi-Fi protected Access (WPA) is designed to improve data protection and implement access control for Wireless LAN system. It en crypts frames transmitted through wireless module using the key dynamically obtained from RADIUS Server.
47 3.1.3.1 WDS The Wireless Distribution System (WDS ) provides wireless point-to-point, and point-to-multipoint bridging for deployment over large area. With the WDS feature, the Wireless LAN coverage can be easily extended. Note: WDS-enabled routers or APs from diffe rent m anufacturers are not guaranteed to work with AR686W.
48 3) Configure a unique different SSID for every router/AP in order to distinguish each unit on your wireless LAN. 4) Configure a static IP addr ess for every router/AP. Make sure all IP addresses are based on the same subnet mask, and out of your DHCP client range.
49 3.1.3.2 Easy Setup Button (WPS TM compatible) The AR686W Wireless N 300 Green Router has a built-in Easy Setup Button (WPS TM compatible) which allows you to build secured wireless c onnection between your wireless adapters and the r outer quickly and easily.
50 Step 3 Within the following 1 minute, push the WPS Button on the Router and hold for less than 1 second. The wireless LED will start blinking quickly. Step 4 The Router will now start the handshak e wit h the wireless adapt er, which will take about 30 seconds.
51 T o configure the WPS settings of the router , go to Advanced > Basic Setting > Wireless , and click on WPS “Enter” button. There are two methods to activate WPS – PIN and PBC.
52 Or , you can check “Configure Wireless S tat ion”, and enter the PI N generated by the wireless client computer into Enrollee PIN , and then click T rigger button to st art WPS.
53 Parameters Description WPS Select Enable or Disable WPS function. WPS State It displays “Idle” when there is no WPS session g oing on, “Processing” whe n WPS is in progress, or “Complete” when WPS is finished. WPS Status It displays “Configured” if WPS setup is succe ssful, or “Unconfigured” if WPS setup fails.
54 3.1.4 Change Password You can change the password required to log into the Router’s web c onfiguration utility. The default password is “admin ”. It is suggested to change the administrator’s default password as soon as you start to use the R outer, and store it in a safe place.
55 3.2 Forwarding Rules Y ou can configure V irtual Server , Special IP and Miscellaneous sett ings in this page..
56 3.2.1 V irtual Server If you want to host a HTTP/FTP server or allo w remote access to your IP camera on the LAN from the Internet, you must set up port forwarding rules on the router in order to direct incoming traffic to the se rver or IP Camera.
57 Enable Check to enable this forwarding rule. Schedule Rule# Enter a Schedule Rule number to enabl e the forwarding rule only within the desired time frame. Please refer to 3.4.7 Schedule Rule for detai led setting instructions. Y ou can set 0 to enable the forwarding rule always.
58 applications, and the ID you wish to fill the setting in. Click Copy to and the setting you selected will be filled into the specifi c ID. T rigger Enter an outbound port number assign ed by the application.
59 application still doesn’t work on your computer af ter you open DMZ, you can try to enable Super DMZ for that computer . Super DMZ (IP Passthrough) Select Super DMZ when your computer or server on the Local Area Network needs to allow access from the Interne t with a real public IP address.
60 3.3 Security Setting You can configure Internet access rules fo r your local computers based on Packet Filters, Domain Filters, URL Blocking, MAC Access Control and Miscellaneous settings in this page.
61 3.3.1 Packet Filters Packet Filters allows you to control acce ss to a network by analyzing the incoming and outgoing packet s and letting them pass or halti ng them based on the IP address of the source and destination.
62 For each rule, you can define: • Source IP address • Destination IP address • Destination port address • Protocol: TCP or UDP or both. Parameters Description Outbound Check/uncheck Ena ble to enable/disable the Packet Filtering.
63 Rule for detai led setting instructions. Set 0 to let the filtering rule always take ef fect. Inbound Filter Click Inbound Filter button to go to Inbound Packet Filter setting s. Click on Save after you’ve finished all settings. Click on Inbound Filter to config ure inbound traffic filters.
64 3.3.2 Domain Filters Y ou can block users from accessing specific domains on the internet. This feature can help parent s to manage the Internet usage fo r their children (i.e. Parental Control). Parameter Description Domain Filter Check/Unche ck Enable box to enable/disable Domain Filter .
65 Action Che ck Drop or Log or both to determine the actions of router , when user attempt s to access the restricted domain. According to the settings in the screenshot above: Link request to www .abc.com will be dropped and recorded in log file. Link request to www .
66 3.3.3 URL Blocking Y ou can block access to certain websites or web content s from local PCs by entering a full URL address or just keywords. The major difference between “Domain Filter” and “URL Block ing” is that Domain F ilter requires user to input a su ffix (like .
67 individually . Schedule Rule# Enter a Schedule Rule number to activate the filtering rule only within the desired time frame. Please refer to 3.4.7 Schedule Rule for detai led setting instructions. Set 0 to let the filtering rule always take ef fect.
68 3.3.4.1 MAC Address Control This feature allows you to control Inte rnet access based on MAC address and time schedule. Parameters Description MAC Access Control Check this box to enable the MAC filtering function. All settings in this page will t ake effect on ly when Enable is checked.
69 DHCP Client s Select a DHCP client from t he drop down list. Select an ID number and click Copy T o . The client’s MAC address will be copied to the ID you selected; you do no t need to enter it manually . MAC Address Input the MAC address of your compute r / network device.
70 3.3.5 Miscellaneous Parameters Description Remote Administrator Host/ Port This feature enables you to perform administration t ask from remote host. If this feature is enabled, only the specified IP address can perform remote administ ration. Setting the specified IP addre ss as 0.
71 connection will become very slow, and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handl e too much traffic. VPN PPTP Pass-Throu gh Check this box and the router will en able PPTP p acke.
72 3.4 Advanced Setting This page allows you to set up S ystem T i me, System Log, Dynamic DNS, QoS Rule, SNMP , Routing and Schedule Rule, and other advanced settings.
73 3.4.1 System T ime T o specify correct system time for your router is very important. It will af fect the schedule rule and system logs. This router provides 3 ways to configure the system date and time: 1) Synchronize with time server . (The r outer must connect to the Internet.
74 time server . (The router must be connected to the Internet to be able to synchronize time.) Tim e S e r ve r Select a time server here. Time Zone Y ou can select your local time zone here. The router will synchronize time according to your time zone sel ection.
75 3.4.2 System Log Y ou can enable this function to log all import ant system event s for y our router . This p age provides upports two methods to export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog (UDP) and SMTP (TCP).
76 '/'. If you do not specify port number , the default value is 25. For example, "mail.abc.com" or "192.168.1.100/25". Email Addresses Enter the Email addresses of the recipient s who will receive these logs.
77 3.4.3 Dynamic DNS Parameter Description DDNS Select Disable or Enable DDNS fun ction. Provider A DDNS provider provides servic e for you to bind your IP (even private IP) with a certain Domain na me. Choose a desired provider . Provider Website Click Provider We bsite to go to the selected DDNS provider ’s website.
78 3.4.4 QoS Rule Quality of Service provides an efficient wa y for computers on the network to share the Internet bandwidth with a promised quality of Internet service.
79 rule. Remote IP Address S pecify a remote (destination) IP address that will be af fected by this rule. Port s Please input the range of remote (destination) po rt number that will be affected by this rule.
80 3.4.5 SNMP Configure the router to allow administrative computers to control it through SNMP(Simple Network Management Protocol). Parameter Description Enable SNMP Y ou must check either Local or Remote or both to enable SNMP function. If Local is checked, this device will respond to requests from LAN.
81 3.4.6 Routing Routing T able allows you to determine which physi cal interface address to use for outgoing IP dat a grams. If you have more than one router and subnet, you will need to enable routing table to allow p ackets to fi nd proper routing path and allow dif ferent subnets to communicate with each other .
82 For Example: Configuration on S tatic Routing Destination Subnet Mask Gateway H op Enabled 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.123.216 1 √ 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.123.103 1 √ When Client3 wants to send an IP data gram to 192.168. 0.2, it will use the above table to determine that it has to go via 192.
83 St atic Routing Select Enable or Disable to enabl e or disable S tatic Routing function. Destination Enter a destination IP address. The Destination IP is the address of the remote network or host to which you want to assi gn a static route. Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask.
84 3.4.7 Schedule Rule You can configure schedule rules to contro l the time frame of network access. Parameter Description Schedule Check or uncheck Enable to enabl e or disable the schedule rule. Rule# Displaying rule numbers. Rule Name Displaying rule names that have been added to the schedule rule table.
85 3.4.7.1 Add New Rule Y ou can add a new schedule rule in this page. Parameter Description Name of Rule# Enter a name for the new rule. System T ime Displays the current system time of the router for you to verify if this matches with the date/time of wh ere you are located.
86 3.5 T oolbox The Toolbox page allows you to view syst em logs, upgrade firmware, save/reload configuration settings, reset fa ctory default settings, reboot t he router, and perform ping test.
87 3.5.1 V iew Log Y ou can view , download, and clear the syst em logs stored in the router here..
88 3.5.2 Firmware Upgrade You can view the current firmware version of router in this page. To upgrade the firmware for the router, you must use a comput er that is wired connected to the router. You need to download the firmware from www.airlink101.com and save it to your local hard disk first.
89 3.5.3 Backup Setting Y ou can save the router ’s factory default sett ings to your local hard disk by clicking on Backup Setting and save it as a .bin file. On ce you need to restore the settings, please go to Firmware Upgrade page and load the .
90 3.5.6 Miscellaneous Parameter Description MAC Address for W ake-on-LAN W ake-on-LAN is a technology that enab les you to power up a networked device re motely . In order to use this feature, the targ et device must be W ake-on-LAN ena bled and you have to know the MAC address of this device.
91 Chapter 4 S t atus The Status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the Status page to monitor: the Internet connection, Wi reless, NAT status, and the statistics information of the Router.
92 4.1 System S tatus Y ou can view the status of current Internet connection. By clicking Renew and Releas e, you can renew and release the W AN IP addre ss obtained from the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
93 4.4 NA T S tatus Click NA T S tatus on the bottom of the S tatus page to view NA T S tatus..
94 Chapter 5 Appendix 5.1 Hardware Specification St andards • IEEE 802.1 1b / g / n • IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.3ab Frequency • 2.4GHz Port s • 1 x 10/100Mbps W AN port • 4 x 10/100Mbps LAN port Antenna type • T wo 1.
95 T echnical Support E-mail: support@airlink101.com T oll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Website: www .air link101.com *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE standard 802.
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