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  • Page 2: Copyright Statement

    All photos and product specifications mentioned in this manual are for references only. Upgrades of software and hardware may occur; Tenda reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes in the content hereof without obligation to notify any person or organization of such revisions or changes.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Product Overview ..................4 1.1 Package Contents ....................... 4 1.2 Panel Overview ........................4 Chapter 2 Installation ....................7 Chapter 3 Internet Connection Setup ................9 3.1 Configure your PC’s TCP/IP Settings ................. 9 3.2 Login to Router ........................
  • Page 4 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 8.3 URL Filter ........................57 8.4 Remote Web-based Management ..................58 Chapter 9 Routing Settings ..................60 9.1 Routing Table ........................60 9.2 Static Routing ........................61 Chapter 10 Tools ......................62 10.1 Time Settings ........................62 10.2 DDNS ..........................

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    Please unpack the box and check the following items: Wireless Broadband Router ● Power Adapter ● Quick Installation Guide ● CD-ROM ● If any of the above items are incorrect, missing, or damaged, please contact your Tenda reseller for immediate replacement. 1.2 Panel Overview LED overview: Status Description...
  • Page 6 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual System is functioning STATE Blinking properly Port/Button Overview： Port/Button Description Internet port connecting to a DSL/Cable modem or ISP directly. For connection to a computer or router. Pressing this button for 7 seconds...
  • Page 7 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Installation

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Chapter 2 Installation 1. Connect one end of the included power adapter to the router and then plug the other end into a wall outlet nearby. (Using a power supply with a different voltage rating than the one included with the router will cause damage to the product.)
  • Page 9 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 3. Connect the WAN port on the Router to an Internet-enabled ADSL modem using an Ethernet cable. 4. Insert the included “Setup Wizard” CD-ROM into your PC’s drive, click “Setup. exe” if the program does not run automatically and follow onscreen instructions to complete settings.

  • Page 10: Chapter 3 Internet Connection Setup

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Chapter 3 Internet Connection Setup 3.1 Configure your PC’s TCP/IP Settings If you are using Windows XP operating system, do as follows. 1. Right click “My Network Places” and select “Properties”. 2. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”...
  • Page 11 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 3. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” on the appearing window and click “Properties” button. 4. Select “Use the following IP address” IP address: Enter 192.168.0.xxx (xxx can be any value from 2~254). ● Subnet mask: Enter 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 12 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Preferred DNS server: Enter 192.168.0.1 in case that you don’t know ● the local DNS server address (Or contact your ISP for help). At last, click OK to save your settings. If you are using Windows 7 operating system, do as follows: 1.
  • Page 13 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 3. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”” 4. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” on the appearing window and click “Properties” button.
  • Page 14 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 5. Select “Use the following IP address”...
  • Page 15 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual IP address: Enter 192.168.0.xxx (xxx can be any value from 2~254). ● Subnet mask: Enter 255.255.255.0. ● Default gateway: Enter 192.168.0.1. ● Preferred DNS server: Enter 192.168.0.1 in case that you don’t know ●...

  • Page 16: Login To Router

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 3.2 Login to Router 1. Open a web browser, enter http:// 192.168.0.1 in the address bar and then press “Enter” to go to interface below: 3.3 Quick Internet Connection Setup There are 2 Internet connection types on this screen, ADSL dialup (PPPoE) and Dynamic IP (DHCP).
  • Page 17 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Dynamic IP Select Dynamic IP if your ISP does not give you any IP information or account information. Generally speaking, you don’t need to configure any settings for this connection. However for the sake of security, we recommend you to setup a wireless security key on this interface to protect your wireless network from undesired access.

  • Page 18: Quick Encryption

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual type other than the above- mentioned. 3.4 Quick Encryption Use the interface below to fast secure your wireless network (Only a catchy security key is required) or go to Advanced (click the “Advanced”...

  • Page 19: Chapter 4 Advanced Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Chapter 4 Advanced Settings 4.1 System Status This section allows you to view the router’s WAN and system information.
  • Page 20 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Connection Status: Displays WAN connection statuses: ● Disconnected, Connecting or Connected. Disconnected: Indicates that the Ethernet cable from your ISP side is ● not / not correctly connected to the WAN port on N3 or N3 is not logically connected to your ISP.

  • Page 21: Wan Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual LAN MAC Address: Displays router’s LAN MAC address. ● WAN MAC Address: Displays router’s WAN MAC address. ● System Time: Displays the time when system is updated. ● Connected client ： Displays the number of connected computers ●...
  • Page 22 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Mode: Displays current Internet connection type. ● Access Account: Enter the user name provided by your ISP. ● Access Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. ● MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory ●...
  • Page 23 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual present. Connect on Fixed Time: Connects to Internet automatically within the ● specified time length. Note: To activate the “Connect on Fixed Time" feature, you must first configure current time on the "Time Settings” screen under "System Tools" menu.
  • Page 24 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual performance with some specific websites or application software that cannot be opened or enabled. 3. Dynamic IP (DHCP) Select this option if your ISP does not give you any IP information or account information. You don’t need to configure any settings for this connection.
  • Page 25 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Address mode: Select “Dynamic” if you don’t get any IP information ● from the PPTP server, otherwise select “Static”. IP address: Enter the IP address information provided by your ISP ● (PPTP server). Inquire your local ISP if you are not clear (Static IP address mode only).

  • Page 26: Lan Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 255.255.255.0 (Static IP address mode only). Gateway: Enter the gateway provided by your ISP (Static IP address ● mode only). Inquire your local ISP if you are not clear. 4.3 LAN Settings Click “Advanced Settings”----“LAN Settings” to enter the interface below.

  • Page 27: Mac Address Clone

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 4.4 MAC Address Clone This section allows you to configure router’s WAN MAC address. Some ISP may require binding an accepted MAC address for communication. If the bound MAC address differs from your router’s predefined WAN MAC address, then you need to replace the router’s...

  • Page 28: Wan Medium Type

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It functions just as the "phone book" for the Internet by translating human-friendly domain names into numerical identifiers of IP addresses for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices worldwide.
  • Page 29 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Ethernet cable) and wireless WAN (WISP). (This feature is not supported on N3). Wired WAN: The default WAN media. Select this mode if you are using ● an Ethernet cable from your ISP to connect to the router’s WAN port.

  • Page 30: Bandwidth Control

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual connection type (For example, select DHCP/Dynamic IP, if your ISP is using a dynamic IP connection.). 4.7 Bandwidth Control The bandwidth control feature can be used to simultaneously regulate traffic of up to 254 computers on your LAN network. It allows you to regulate a group of PCs’...
  • Page 31 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual traffic you want to regulate. Upload /Download： You can select either to limit Uplink or Downlink ● Bandwidth of PCs within the specified IP range. Bandwidth Range ： Maximum and minimum data flow which is ●...
  • Page 32 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Step3. Enter 10~15 in bandwidth range box Step4. Check the “Enable” box. Step5. Click “Add to List”. Step6. Click “OK” to finish settings. Then, follow steps above to add a download rule. For example: Supposing that you want PCs within the IP range of ●...

  • Page 33: Statistics

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 4.8 Statistics Statistics dynamically displays bandwidth usage by PCs on your LAN. Enable Traffic Statistics: Check the box to gather bandwidth usage by ● PCs on your LAN. It is disabled by default. Disabling this option may boost router’s packet processing capacity.

  • Page 34: Chapter 5 Wireless Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual recommended. AUTO: DO NOT change this default setting unless you are connecting ● an excessively long Ethernet cable from your ISP, which may degrade drive capability, to the router’s WAN port. 10M HALF-duplex: Select it if your router’s WAN port does not function ●...
  • Page 35 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Enable Wireless: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the wireless ● feature. When disabled, all wireless related features will be disabled automatically. Wireless Working Mode: Select AP or WDS by clicking the ● corresponding radio button.
  • Page 36 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual from 1 to 11. You can also select “Auto Select” to let system detect and choose one that best fits your network. WMM-Capable： Enabling this option may boost transmission capacity ● of wireless multimedia data (such as online video play).
  • Page 37 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 2. Add N30-2’s MAC address to N30-1 and change N30-1’s SSID and channel respectively to those of N30-2. (Assuming that N30-2’s SSID is changed to F4-OFFICE) a. If you already know N30-2’s MAC address, SSID and channel settings, then you can manually configure the same settings on N30-1.
  • Page 38 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 2) Select the N30-2’s SSID from the list and click OK on the appearing dialogue box; N30-2’s MAC address, SSID and channel settings will be automatically added to the N30-1...
  • Page 39 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 3）. Click OK to save your settings. 4）.Configure wireless security settings. For this step, refer to section 5.2 hereof. 5 ） . Repeat steps 1-4 on N30-2. After the 2 routers have added each other’s MAC address and share the same SSID, channel, security...

  • Page 40: Wireless Security

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual recommend you to use this Open Scan option for easy WDS settings. 2. Using WEP encryption improves WDS compatibility. For this reason, we recommend you to encrypt your wireless network with WEP when using the WDS feature.
  • Page 41 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual PBC ： Click this software button or directly press the hardware WPS ● button on both your router and the new wireless client device (that you want to connect to your router wirelessly) for 1 second to establish an easy and secure wireless connection.
  • Page 42 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 5.2.2 WPA-PSK The WPA protocol implements the majority of the IEEE 802.11i standard. It enhances data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) which is a 128-bit per-packet key, meaning that it dynamically generates a new key for each packet.
  • Page 43 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 5.2.3 WPA2-PSK The later WPA2 protocol features compliance with the full IEEE 802.11i standard and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in addition to TKIP encryption protocol to guarantee better security than that provided by WEP or WPA.

  • Page 44: Mac-Based Wireless Access Control

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Note: If you select ASCII, enter 5 or 13 valid ASCII characters; or if you ● select Hexadecimal, enter 10 or 26 Hexadecimal characters. Default Key: Select one key from the 4 preset keys.
  • Page 45 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Example 1: ● To allow only a PC at the MAC address of 00:e8:c8:a4:56:75 to connect to your wireless network, do as follows: Step1. Select “Permit” from MAC Address Filter drop-down menu. Step2. Enter 00:e8:c8:a4:56:75 in the MAC address box.

  • Page 46: Connection Status

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual connecting to your wireless network, follow steps above and make a few necessary changes as shown above. 5.4 Connection Status This interface displays the information of currently connected wireless clients including MAC addresses and bandwidth.

  • Page 47: Chapter 6 Dhcp

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual of wireless connection rate. Chapter 6 DHCP 6.1 DHCP Settings The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an automatic configuration protocol used on IP networks. If you enable the built-in DHCP server on the device, it will automatically configure the parameters...

  • Page 48: Dhcp Clients

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual DHCP Server: Check or uncheck the box to enable or disable the ● device’s DHCP server feature. IP pool start address: Enter the starting IP address for the DHCP ● server’s IP assignment.

  • Page 49: Chapter 7 Virtual Server

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual IP Address: Enter the IP address for static DHCP assignment. ● MAC Address: Enter the MAC address of a computer to always ● receive the same IP address (the IP you just entered above).
  • Page 50 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Start/End Port: Enter the service port range provided by the mapped ● host in internal network. LAN IP: The IP address of the computer which is used as a server in ● LAN.

  • Page 51: Dmz Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 4. Click "OK". Now, your friends only need to enter ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:21 in their browsers to access your FTP server. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the device's WAN IP address. For example, if it is 172.16.102.89, then your friends only need to enter "ftp://172.16.102.89: 21"...

  • Page 52: Upnp Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual DMZ Host IP Address: Enter the IP address of a LAN computer which ● you want to set to a DMZ host. Enable: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the DMZ host. ● For example: You can set a LAN computer at the IP address of ●...
  • Page 53 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual as to enable external hosts to access resources on internal hosts. Enable UPnP: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the UPnP feature. ● Note: UPnP works in Windows XP, Windows ME or later (NOTE: Operational system needs to be integrated with or installed with Directx 9.0) or in an environment with installed application software that supports...

  • Page 54: Chapter 8 Security Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Chapter 8 Security Settings 8.1 Client Filter To better manage the computers in LAN, you can regulate LAN computers’ access to certain ports on Internet using Client Filter functionality. Filter Mode: Select Forbid only or Permit only according to your own ●...
  • Page 55 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Friday, do as follows: Example 2: To allow only the computer at an IP address of ● 192.168.0.145 to access Internet from 8:00 to 18：00 without restricting other computers in LAN, do as follow...

  • Page 56: Mac Address Filter

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 8.2 MAC Address Filter To better manage the computers in LAN, you can use the MAC Address Filter function to control the computer’s access to Internet. Filter Mode: Select Forbid only or Permit only according to your own ●...
  • Page 57 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Example1: To prevent a PC at the MAC address of 00:E0:4C:69:A4:10 ● from accessing Internet within the time range of 8:00-18 ： 00 from Monday to Friday, do as follows: Example2: To allow only the PC at a MAC address of ●...

  • Page 58: Url Filter

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 8.3 URL Filter To better control the LAN computers’ access to websites, you can use URL filtering to allow or disallow their access to certain websites within a specified time range. Filter Mode: Select Disable or Forbid only according to your own ●...

  • Page 59: Remote Web-Based Management

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Day: select a day or several days for the new MAC address filter rule to ● take effect. Enable: Check to enable or uncheck to disable a corresponding filter ● rule （allow/disallow matched packets to pass through router）.
  • Page 60 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual The Remote Web-based Management feature allows users to configure your router from Internet via a web browser. Enable: Check or uncheck to enable or disable the remote web-based ● management feature. Port: Enter a port number for remote web-based management.

  • Page 61: Chapter 9 Routing Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Chapter 9 Routing Settings 9.1 Routing Table This page displays the router’s core routing table which lists destination IP address, subnet mask, gateway, hop count and interface. The principal task for a router is to look for an optimal transfer path...

  • Page 62: Static Routing

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual for each data packet passing through it, and transfer it to the specified destination. So, it’s essential for the router to select an optimal path, i.e. routing algorithm. To complete this work, the router stores related data of various transfer paths, i.e.

  • Page 63: Chapter 10 Tools

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual if you enter 10.0.0.0 in the IP address box, then corresponding subnet mask should be 255.0.0.0. Chapter 10 Tools 10.1 Time Settings This section assists you in setting the device’s system time; you can either select to set the time and date manually or automatically obtain the GMT time from Internet.

  • Page 64: Ddns

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual NOTE: The configured time settings lose once the router is powered off. But it obtains the GMT time automatically when you connect it to the Internet. Features/functions based on time (e.g. security settings) take effect only after time settings are configured manually or updated automatically from Internet.
  • Page 65 For example: If you have registered a DDNS service in dyndns.org and ● are allocated with tenda, 123456, tenda.dyndns.info respectively as username, password and domain name for a web server on your PC at 192.168.0.10, then configure port settings on port range forwarding interface under virtual server menu and enter this information on the above DDNS interface.

  • Page 66: Backup/Restore Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 10.3 Backup/Restore Settings This section allows you to backup current settings or to restore the previous settings configured on the device. Backup Settings: Once you have configured the device the way you ●...

  • Page 67: Restore To Factory Default Settings

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual And then click the "Restore" button to reset your device to previous settings. 10.4 Restore to Factory Default Settings To restore all settings to the device's factory default values, click the "Restore to Factory Default” button on the interface below:...

  • Page 68: Firmware Upgrade

    Firmware upgrade is released periodically to improve the functionality of your device and also to add new features. If you run into a problem with a specific feature of the device, log on to our website（www.tenda.cn）to download the latest firmware to update your device.

  • Page 69: Reboot

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 10.6 Reboot By Rebooting the device ， new settings can be brought into effect. And WAN connection will be cut automatically during this process. 10.7 Change Password This section allows you to change login password for accessing...

  • Page 70: Syslog

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Old Password: Enter the old password. ● New Password: Enter a new password. ● Confirm new Password: Re-enter the new password for confirmation. ● OK: Click it to save your new password. ●...

  • Page 71: Appendix 1: Glossary

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual ● Refresh: Click this button to update the log. ● Clear: Click this button to clear the log record. Appendix 1: Glossary Channel A communication channel, also known as channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel.

  • Page 72: Appendix 2 Features

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual wireless network adapter roam among different APs, you must set all Aps’ SSID to the same name. WPA/WPA2 The WPA protocol implements the majority of the IEEE 802.11i standard. It enhances data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) which is a 128-bit per-packet key, meaning that it dynamically generates a new key for each packet.

  • Page 73: Appendix 3 Troubleshooting

    Read the following if you are running into problems. If you cannot find solutions here, please go to our website www.tenda.cn or E-mail to support@tenda.cn for help. 1. Q: I entered the device’s LAN IP address in the web browser but cannot access the utility.
  • Page 74 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual malfunction may have occurred; Please contact our technical support for help. 2) Verify physical connectivity by checking if corresponding port’s link LED lights up. If not, try a different cable. 3) Click “Start" -- “Run”, enter “cmd” and then“ping 192.168.0.1”on appearing CLI to diagnose whether your PC has connected to the device or not.

  • Page 75: Appendix 4: Remove Wireless Network On Your Pc

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual mail server, Web, FTP, via the device, use the “Virtual Server” feature. To do so, follow steps below: Step 1: Create your internal server, make sure the LAN users can access these servers and you need to know related service ports, for example, Web server’s port is 80;...
  • Page 76 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 1. Right click “My Network Places” and select “Properties”. 2. Click Wireless Network Connection and then select Properties. 3. Click “Wireless Networks”, select the item under “Preferred networks” and click the Remove button.
  • Page 77 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Remove a wireless network in Windows 7 1. Click Network on your desktop and select Properties.
  • Page 78 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 2. Select “Manage Wireless Networks”. 3. Click the wireless connection and select “Remove network”.

  • Page 79: Appendix 5: Security Statements

    N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Appendix 5: Security Statements Eu Declaration or Declaration of Conformity Hereby, SHENZHEN TENDA TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD, declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 80 N3 11N Wireless Broadband Router User Manual This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and...

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