AmbiCom WL250-KIT User Manual

AmbiCom Wireless-N Broadband Router AmbiCom Wireless-N Broadband Router Kit Model: WL250N-AR WL250-KIT User’s Manual Version: 1.0 (Novem

CHAPT ER II: SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP 2-1 Connecting Your Devices Follow the instructions here to connect your computer and other devices to your new

2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup: 1. Click the ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control pa

3. Connect to the router’s management interface by using a web browser After your computer obtained an IP address from the router, please start your

2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the I

2. Broadband Type Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using. There are six types of Internet connection, they are: NOTE: S

2-3-1 Setup Procedures For ‘Cable Modem’: 12Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your

2-3-2 Setup Procedures For ‘Fixed-IP xDSL’: 1234IP address assigned by your Service Provider (1): Please input IP address assigned service provider S

2-3-3 Setup Procedures For ‘PPPoE xDSL’: 124563User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2):

2-3-4 Setup Procedures For ‘PPTP xDSL’: PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP use

3. Manual: Only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is pressed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pressed. Idle Time Out

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B d

2-3-5 Setup Procedures For ‘L2TP xDSL’: L2TP xDSL requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and L2TP setting (L2TP use

Specify the time to shutdown Internet connects after no internet activity is detected by minute. This option is only available when connection type is

2-3-6 Setup Procedures For ‘Telstra Big Pond’: 1234This setting only works when you’re using Telstra big pond’s network service in Australia. User Na

2-4 Basic Setup Click ‘General Setup’ button on the left, or click ‘General Setup’ link at the upper-right corner of web management interface. HERE!

2-4-2 Changing The Management Password Default password of this router is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browser.

If the current and new passwords are correctly entered, after you click ‘Apply’, you’ll be prompted to input your new password again to login: Please

When you finish with all settings, click ‘Apply’, and you’ll see the following message displayed on web browser: Press ‘Continue’ to save the settin

2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup) Internet connections setup can be done by using ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in chapter 2-3. However, you ca

2-5-1 Setup Procedures For ‘Dynamic IP’: 12Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your s

2-5-2 Setup Procedures For ‘Static IP’: 123IP address assigned by your Service Provider (1): Please input IP address assigned service provider Subnet

R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of

2-5-3 Setup Procedures For ‘PPPoE’: 124563User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Plea

2-5-4 Setup Procedures For ‘PPTP’: PPTP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and

5. Connect on Demand: Only connects to Internet when there’s a connect attempt 6. Manual: Only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this pa

2-5-5 Setup Procedures For ‘L2TP’: L2TP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and L2TP setting (L2TP user name and

Specify the time to shutdown Internet connects after no internet activity is detected by minute. This option is only available when connection type is

2-5-6 Setup Procedures For ‘Telstra Big Pond’: 1234This setting only works when you’re using Telstra big pond’s network service in Australia. User Na

2-5-7 Setup Procedures For ‘DNS’: If you select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘PPPoE’ as Internet connection method, at least one DNS server’s IP address should be

2-5-8 Setup Procedures For ‘DDNS’: DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP-to-Hostname mapping service for those Internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP

Please click ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router, and you’ll see this message: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button.

2-6-1 LAN IP Section: 1234IP address (1): Please input the IP address of this router. Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask for this network. 8

CATALOG CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION 1-1 Introduction And Safety Information 1-2 Safety Information 1-3 System Requirements 1-4 Package Contents 1-

NOTE: 1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be greater than ‘Start IP’, and cannot the same with router’s IP address

After you finish all settings, please click ‘Apply’ button on the bottom of this page. After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displaye

2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Basic Settings’, and the following mes

2-7-1-1 Setup Procedures For ‘AP’: Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown menu, and the following message will be displayed

access point in the table and it will join wireless LAN through this access point. WLAN MAC (5): For some applications, you may need to designate a s

MAC address 1 to 4 (4 – 7): Input the MAC address of another wireless router. Set Security (8): Click to set security settings for this connection.

2-7-1-6 Setup Procedures For ‘Universal Repeater’ In this mode, the router can act as a wireless repeater; it can be Station and AP at the same time.

2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if you want to configure these settings, please cl

message will be displayed on your web browser: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be back to router management interfa

2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption, and the following setup menu will be sh

2-7 Wireless LAN Configurations 2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings 2-7-1-1 Setup Procedures For ‘AP' 2-7-1-2 Setup Procedures For ‘Station-I

TIPS: Some examples of WEP key (Don’t use those examples; use the one of your own!): ASCII (5 characters): pilot, phone, 23561, 2Hyux

Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new sett

2-7-4 Wireless Access Control This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless d

Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new sett

Enable WPS (1): Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable WPS. Wi-Fi Protected Setup Information (2): WPS-related system informat

3. You can hide the ESSID of this router by set ‘Broadcast ESSID’ option to ‘Disable’. Your wireless router will not be found by other people in prox

Delete Selected (7): You can delete selected rules by clicking this button. You can select one or more rules to delete by check the ‘select’ the box

addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address. Local Port Range (4): Please input the range of local (sourc

To enable NAT function, please select ‘Enable’ for ‘Enable NAT module function; to disable, please select ‘Disable’. After you finish all settings, pl

Port Forwarding Table (9): All existing port forwarding mappings will be displayed here. Delete Selected (10): Please select a port forwarding map

3-4-5 Active DHCP Client List 3-4-6 Statistics 3-5 Configuration Backup And Restore 3-6 Firmware Upgrade 3-7 System Reset CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX 4-

Type (5): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you’re not sure, please select ‘Both’. Public Port (6): Please select the port number of Int

TCP Port to Open (4): This is the out going (Outbound) range of TCP port numbers for this particular application. UDP Port to Open (5): This is the

3-2-5 UPnP Setting This function enables network auto-configuration for peer-to-peer communications, with this function, network devices will be able

3-2-6 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway (ALG) is a special function of this router. It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applicatio

3-3 Firewall Excepting NAT, this router also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on local network. T

3-3-1 Access Control This function allows or denies computers with specific MAC address from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny comp

Delete All (9): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, please click ‘Delete All’ button. Reset (10): You can also click ‘Reset’ button

3-3-1-1 Add PC 12Client PC Description (1): Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP addr

3-3-2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in local network from accessing certain website (like pornography, violence, or anything you want

3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP

CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION 1-1 Introduction And Safety Information Thank you for purchasing this wireless broadband router! This high cost-efficie

Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new sett

Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. You’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new sett

Reset (10): You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all DMZ entries. After you finish all settings, please click ‘Apply’ button on the bottom o

3-4-2 Internet Connection Status You can use this function to know the status of current Internet connection. Please click ‘Internet Connection’ menu

3-4-4 System Log All important system events are logged. You can use this function to check the event log of your router. Please click ‘System Log’ m

3-4-5 Active DHCP Client List If you’re using the DHCP server function of this router, you can use this function to check all active DHCP leases issue

3-5 Configuration Backup And Restore You can backup all configurations of this router to a file, so you can make several copied of router configuratio

Click ‘Browse’ button first, you’ll be prompted to provide the filename of firmware upgrade file. Please download the latest firmware file from our w

CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX 4-1 Hardware Specification • SoC: Ralink RT3052 • Flash: 4MB • SDRAM: 16MB • WAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 • LAN Ports: 10/

f. If you just can’t connect to one or more website, but you can still use other internet services, please check URL/Keyword filter. g. Try to reset

1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This router is de

DSL Modem: DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line. A DSL modem uses your existing phone lines to transmit data at high speeds. Ethernet: A standard

data that corresponds to the Manufacturer ID (unique for each manufacturer), plus 3 bytes that are often used as the product’s serial number. NAT: Net

TCP/IP, UDP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Unreliable Datagram Protocol (UDP). TCP/IP is the standard protocol for data

1-5 Familiar With Your New Wireless Broadband Router Front Panel LED Name Light Status Description POWER On Router is switched on and correctly po