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    NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router NETCOMM LIBERTY TM SE R I E S 3G Wir eless N300 Router USER GUIDE[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 2 www .netcomm.com.au Pr eface Th is man ual pr ov ide s i nfo rma tio n r el ate d t o t he ins tal lat ion , o per ati on, an d a ppl ica tio n o f t his de vic e. The in div idu al re adi ng thi s m anu al is pr es ume d t o h ave a bas ic und ers tan din g o f t ele com mun ica tio ns ter min olo gy and co[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 3 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router T able of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................[...]

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    Intr oduction[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 5 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Intr oduction Y our 3G18Wn - 3G W ireless N300 Router Congratulations on your purchase of a NetComm 3G18Wn - 3G Wireless N300 Router . This product is a high-performance r outer that provides w[...]

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    Placement[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 7 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Placement of your 3G18Wn Just like your mobile phone, a 3G USB Modem’ s location will affect its signal str ength to the 3G Mobile Base Station (Cell T ower). The data speed achievable from a[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 8 www .netcomm.com.au Cor dless Phones If the performance of your wireless network is impair ed after considering the above issues, and you have a cordless phone: • T ry moving cordless phones away from your Router and your wir eless-enabled computers. • Unplug and remove the battery fr om any cordless pho[...]

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    Pr oduct Layout[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 10 www .netcomm.com.au Pr oduct Layout Connecting and Conguring your Router The Router has been designed to be placed on a desktop. All of the cables exit from the r ear of the Router for better organization. The display is easily visible on the front of the Router to pr ovide you with information about net[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 11 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Modem Requir ements In order to use the W AN Ether net port for Internet Connectivity your xed line service (Cable/xDSL/Satellite) modem must be equipped with a RJ45 Ethernet port. Many mod[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 12 www .netcomm.com.au Default Settings LAN (Management) Static IP Address: 192.168.20.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.20.1 W AN (Internet) WAN mode: DHCP Wireless SSID: NetComm Wireless Channel: 11 Security: WEP , 64bit WEP Key: a1b2c3d4e5 Modem Access Username: admin Password: admin Con[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 13 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Mac OSX 10.4 1. Click the Apple icon and choose System Preferences. 2. Click on the Network icon. 3. Set Location to Automatic and Show to Built In Ether net. 4. Click on the TCP/IP tab. 5. In[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 14 www .netcomm.com.au 3G Internet Settings • Click Apply to save the settings • If everything is congured pr operly , the Status page will show that your 3G service is online and the WAN IP addr ess that has been assigned. 3G Connection Status Page APN (Access Point Name) for various providers ISP APN [...]

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    Advanced Featur es[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 16 www .netcomm.com.au Advanced Featur es This section explains other features that you may want to enable depending on your application. Some featur es can add extra stability and error r ecovery . Other features ar e available to assist with integrating the 3G18Wn with your application. Login Pr ocedure 1. O[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 17 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router 3G Inter net Settings 3G Internet Settings This page allows you to setup your WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) connection. Enter the relevant settings as pr ovided by your 3G provider . Note [...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 18 www .netcomm.com.au DHCP (Auto cong) This connection will get the IP address fr om the Inter net service provider . Choose this connection if you are connecting the r outer to a Cable Modem service. Leave everything as default unless instructed by your Internet Service Provider . Name Description Hostnam[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 19 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router PPTP PPTP (Point to Point T unneling Protocol) allows for a secure connection over the Internet by simply dialing in a local point provided by your ISP provider . The following screen allows c[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 20 www .netcomm.com.au LAN This Page allows you to change the LAN (Local Area Network) settings of your 3G Router . Name Description IP Address: The local IP address of this device. Subnet Mask: The subnet mask of the local IP address LAN 2: Used to congure a secondary LAN IP Addr ess MAC Address: The LAN M[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 21 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Advanced Routing This page allows you to congure static and dynamic r outing rules for your 3G Router . Advanced Routing – Static Static Routing allows computers that are connected to you[...]

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    Wir eless Settings[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 23 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router W ir eless Settings Basic This page allows you to dene the basic wireless settings for this device such as the SSID and channel. Name Description Radio On/Off: On by default. Changing this [...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 24 www .netcomm.com.au Advanced This page allows you to modify the advanced wireless settings for your 3G Router . These settings should not be changed unless you are aware of what ef fect they will have. Name Description Beacon Interval: Interval of time the wireless r outer broadcasts a beacon, used to synch[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 25 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Security This page allows you to congure the wir eless security for your 3G Router . Setting up sufcient wireless security can pr event unauthorised access to your wireless network. Name[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 26 www .netcomm.com.au Name Description WP A/WP A2: WP A (W i-F i Protected Access) authentication is suitable for enterprises. It must be used in conjunction with an authentication server such as RADIUS to provide centralized access contr ol and management. It can provide str onger encryption and authenticati[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 27 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router WPS WPS is the simplest way to establish a connection between wireless clients and your 3G Router . This method removes the need to manually select the encryption mode and ll in the passphr[...]

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    Fir ewall[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 29 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Fir ewall MAC/IP/Port Filtering This page allows you to setup MAC, IP and port ltering rules to protect your network fr om malicious activity . The ltering rules can be used to either al[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 30 www .netcomm.com.au Port Forwar ding This page allows you to congure port forwar ding rules to allow remote users to access services such as Web or FTP on your local computers. This allows you to redir ect a particular port number (from the Internet/WAN port) to a particular LAN IP address. Name Descript[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 31 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router System Security This page allows you to improve the security of your 3G Router thr ough the SPI rewall and remote access settings. Name Description Remote Management (via WAN): Enable/Disab[...]

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    Administration[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 33 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Administration Management This page allows you to congure administrator system settings including the administrator username and password, NTP settings, and DDNS settings. Name Description [...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 34 www .netcomm.com.au Setting Manager This page allows you to import/export the system settings, reset your 3G Router to factory defaults, or r eboot your 3G Router . Statistics This page allows you to view the LAN, WAN and wir eless statistics of your 3G Router . System Log All important system events are lo[...]

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    T r oubleshooting[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 36 www .netcomm.com.au T r oubleshooting This section provides an overview of common issues, and possible solutions for the installation and operation of your 3G Router . 1. Unable to access the Web Conguration when I use my computer to congur e my 3G Router . Note: It is recommended that you use an Ethe[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 37 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router • T ry to disable all security settings such as WEP , and MAC Address Control. • T ur n off the 3G18Wn and the client. Then turn the 3G18Wn back on again, and then turn on the client. • [...]

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    Establishing Y our Wir eless Connection[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 39 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router Establishing Y our W ir eless Connection The following examples use “NetComm Wireless” as the SSID and 64bit WEP with “a1b2c3d4e5” as the encryption key . W indows XP service pack 2 Fo[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 40 www .netcomm.com.au 4. Enter the network key (“a1b2b3d4e5”) and click Connect: 5. The connection will show Connected. Mac OSX 10.4 Follow these steps: 1. Click on the Airport icon on the top right menu. 2. Click on the network name that you want to connect. This example uses “NetComm Wireless” as th[...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 41 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router 3. On the new window , tick on Show Password and type in the network key in the Passwor d eld. This example uses “a1b2c3d4e5” as the key . After that, click on OK. 4. T o check the conn[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 42 www .netcomm.com.au W indows Vista Follow these steps: 1. Open Network and Sharing Center (Start > Control Panel (Classic View) > Network and Sharing Center). 2. Click on “Connect to a network”. 3. Choose “NetComm W ireless”. 4. T ick “Display Characters” and type in the network security k[...]

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    How T o congure Wir eless Security[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 44 www .netcomm.com.au How T o Congur e W ir eless Security 1. Open your web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer or Firefox) and navigate to http://192.168.20.1/. 2. Click on Login, then enter your User Name and Password (default: admin/admin). 3. Mouseover W ireless Settings and then click on Security . On thi[...]

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    Appendix[...]

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    3G18Wn User Guide YML18WN YML18WN 18WN 46 www .netcomm.com.au Legal & Regulatory Information This manual is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study , resear ch, criticism or review , as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be repr oduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, by any [...]

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    YML18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 18WN 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide 3G18Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 47 NetComm Liberty Series - 3G Wir eless N300 Router The warranty is automatically voided if: 1. Y ou, or someone else, use the pr oduct, or attempts to use it, other than as specied by NetComm; 2. The fault or defect in your product is the r[...]

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    Product W arranty NetComm products have a standar d 12 months warranty from date of pur chase. However some products have an extended warranty option, via registering your pr oduct online at the NetComm website www .netcommlimited.com . T echnical Support If you have any technical difculties with your product, please r efer to the support sectio[...]