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GWU637
Ethernet-2-WiFi Universal Wireless Adapter
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  • Page 1 User’s Manual GWU637 Ethernet-2-WiFi Universal Wireless Adapter 0700 © All rights reserved. All trade names are registered trademarks of respective manufacturers listed. This manual may not be copied in any media or form without the written consent of original maker.
  • Page 2 SAR measurements are based on a 5mm spacing from the body and that compliance is achieved at that distance. Hereby, IOGEAR Technologies, Inc. declares that this WLAN 11n Router, 2T2R is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Table of Contents REVISION HISTORY ........................I TERMINOLOGY ........................... II INTRODUCTION........................1 ......................1 ACKAGE CONTENTS ………………………………………………………………….1 RODUCT PECIFICATIONS .......................2 RODUCT EATURES INSTALLATION ........................5 ....................5 ARDWARE NSTALLATION ....................5 OFTWARE NSTALLATION SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ..................
  • Page 4 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.12 WAN Interface Setup ....................28 Static IP ........................29 DHCP Client ......................31 PPPoE ........................33 PPTP ........................36 L2TP ........................39 3.3.13 Firewall - Port Filtering ................... 41 3.3.14 Firewall - IP Filtering ....................42 3.3.15 Firewall - MAC Filtering ..................
  • Page 5 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4.14 W SSID B ? ..................... 62 HAT IS ROADCAST 4.15 W (WPA)? ..............62 HAT IS ROTECTED CCESS 4.16 W WPA2? ........................ 63 HAT IS 4.17 W 802.1 ? .................. 63 HAT IS UTHENTICATION 4.18 W...

  • Page 6: Revision History

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Revision History REVISION OF USER’S MANUAL DATE FIRMWARE 2015/05/27 Version 1.0 SGW2x2-N01-3464.00...

  • Page 7: Terminology

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Terminology 3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Detection DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server Diffie-Hellman Algorithm...
  • Page 8 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 SSID Service Set Identification Transmission Control Protocol TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol UPNP Universal Plug and Play Virtual Private Network Wireless Distribution System Wired Equivalent Privacy WISP Wireless Internet Service Provider WLAN Wireless Local Area Network...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    The AC to DC power adapter  The Documentation CD  RJ-45 Cable Line (Option) 1.2 Product Specifications M odel Name GWU637 Product Name Travel Router 11n 2T2R Standard 802.11b/g/n, 802.3, 802.3u 1,2,5.5,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,54,60,90,120 and maximum of Data Transfer Rate 300M bps...

  • Page 10: Product Features

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 1.3 Product Features Generic Router  Provides wireless speed up to 300Mbps data rate  Supports WEB based management and configuration.  Supports UPnP, IGMP Snooping & Proxy.  Supports Dynamic DNS, NTP client service. ...
  • Page 11 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Panel Description WLAN LED WPS / Reset LED Ethernet LED WPS Button LED Indicator State Description 1. WLAN LED Data is transmitting or receiving on the Flashing antenna. No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.
  • Page 12 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Interface Description Power Reset Interfaces Description Power The power jack allows an external DC power supply connection. The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the WLAN Broadband Router. Reset Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults.

  • Page 13: Installation

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step 1: Place the Wireless LAN Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations.

  • Page 14: Prepare Your Pc To Configure The Wlan Broadband Router

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 WEB login Password: <empty> 3.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router For OS of Microsoft Windows 7/8/8.1: 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.
  • Page 15 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 installation. 6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box. 7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.  IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

  • Page 16: Connect To The Wlan Broadband Router

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0  IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.  IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 5. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting. 3.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router Open a WEB browser, i.e.
  • Page 17 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Item Description System Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN Broadband Router. Build time It shows the Build-up time of firmware Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode...

  • Page 18: Setup Wizard

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 PPPoE / PPTP connection. IP Address It shows the IP address of WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router. Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router. Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for WAN interface outgoing data packets.

  • Page 19: Lan Interface Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Time Zone Settings LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type...

  • Page 20: Wireless Basic Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network Type SSID, Channel Number, Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Client) Screen snapshot – Wireless Basic Settings Wireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security...

  • Page 21: Wireless - Basic Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Wireless Security Setup 3.3.3 Wireless - Basic Settings This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Broadband Router. Here you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters.
  • Page 22 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Wireless Basic Settings Item Description Disable Wireless LAN Click on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission. Interface Band Click to select 2.4GHz(B) / 2.4GHz(G) / 2.4GHz(N) 2.4GHz(B+G)/ 2.4GHz(G+N) / 2.4GHz(B+G+N) Mode Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS wireless mode.
  • Page 23 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 bytes long. Channel Width Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 40 MHz. [N band only] Control Sideband Select the Sideband with Upper or Lower for channel width 40MHz. [N band only] Channel Number Select the wireless communication channel from pull-down menu.

  • Page 24: Wireless - Advanced Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.4 Wireless - Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your WLAN Broadband Router.
  • Page 25 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 support on the wireless data packet transmission. Refer to 4.13 What is Preamble Type? IAPP Click to enable or disable the IAPP function. Refer to 4.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol(IAPP)? Protection Protect 802.11n user priority.

  • Page 26: Wireless - Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.5 Wireless - Security Setup This page allows you setup the wireless security. Turn on WEP, WPA, WPA2 by using encryption keys could prevent any unauthorized access to your wireless network. Screen snapshot – Wireless Security Setup Item Description Select SSID...
  • Page 27 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-down menu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys. The WEP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit).

  • Page 28: Wireless - Access Control

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.6 Wireless - Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point.

  • Page 29: Wds Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 List this WLAN Broadband Router. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be access right removed from this WLAN Broadband Router. Delete All Click to delete all the registered clients from the access allowed list.

  • Page 30: Iwds Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability. Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu. Data rate can be auto-select, 1M to 54Mbps or MCS. Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered AP.

  • Page 31: Site Survey

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – WDS Security Setup 3.3.8 Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours. Screen snapshot – Wireless Site Survey Item Description SSID It shows the SSID of AP. BSSID It shows BSSID of AP.

  • Page 32: Wps

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Channel It show the current channel of AP occupied. Type It show which type AP acts. Encrypt It shows the encryption status. Signal It shows the power level of current AP. Select (Client Only) Click to select AP or client you’d like to connect.

  • Page 33: Schedule

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 PIN Configuration The Start PIN button provides tool to scan the wireless network. If any Access Point or IBSS is found, you could connect it automatically when client join WPS mode. Push Button The Start PBC button provides tool to scan the wireless Configuration network.

  • Page 34: Lan Interface Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Time Click 24 hrs or set the starting time and ending time. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.

  • Page 35: I Static Dhcp Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 range of IP addresses; client with DHCP function set will be assigned an IP address from the range. Show Client Click to open the Active DHCP Client Table window that shows the active clients with their assigned IP address, MAC address and time expired information.

  • Page 36: Wan Interface Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 IP Address If you select the Set Static DHCP on LAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. MAC Address If you select the Set Static DHCP on LAN interface, fill in the MAC address for it.

  • Page 37: I Static Ip

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Static IP Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – Static IP Item Description Static IP Click to select Static IP support on WAN interface. There are IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done.
  • Page 38 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 packets. MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is 1500 DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3.

  • Page 39: Dhcp Client

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 DHCP Client Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – DHCP Client Item Description DHCP Client Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server. Host Name Fill in the host name of Host Name.
  • Page 40 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned.

  • Page 41: Pppoe

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 PPPoE Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPPoE Item Description PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 42 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Password If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server. Service Name Fill in the service name of Service Name. The default value is empty.
  • Page 43 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Refer to 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? Enable IGMP Proxy Click the checkbox to enable IGMP Proxy. Enable Ping Access on Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP response. Enable Web Server Click the checkbox to enable web configuration from Access on WAN...

  • Page 44: Pptp

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 PPTP Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPTP Item Description PPTP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User...
  • Page 45 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection. Enable Dynamic Mode Click the checkbox to enable Dynamic PPTP function. IP Address If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it.
  • Page 46 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Encryption Request MPPC Click the checkbox to enable request MPPC Compression compression. Attain DNS Click to select getting DNS address for PPTP support. Automatically Please select Set DNS Manually if the PPTP support is selected.

  • Page 47: L2Tp

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 L2TP Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPTP Item Description L2TP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded L2TP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection.
  • Page 48 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 IP Address If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the L2TP support on WAN interface, fill in the subnet mask for it. Gateway If you select the Static L2TP support on WAN interface, fill in the gateway for WAN interface out going data...

  • Page 49: Firewall - Port Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 selected. Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for L2TP support. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 3.

  • Page 50: Firewall - Ip Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Firewall - Port Filtering Item Description Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering security function. Port Range To restrict data transmission from the local network on Protocol certain ports, fill in the range of start-port and end-port, Comments and the protocol, also put your comments on it.

  • Page 51: Firewall - Mac Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – Firewall - IP Filtering Item Description Enable IP Filtering Click to enable the IP filtering security function. Local IP Address To restrict data transmission from local network on Protocol certain IP addresses, fill in the IP address and the Comments protocol, also put your comments on it.

  • Page 52: Firewall - Port Forwarding

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Screen snapshot – Firewall - MAC Filtering Item Description Enable MAC Filtering Click to enable the MAC filtering security function. MAC Address To restrict data transmission from local network on Comments certain MAC addresses, fill in the MAC address and your comments on it.
  • Page 53 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NAT firewall. Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 54: Firewall - Url Filtering

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 port-forwarding list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.17 Firewall – URL Filtering URL Filtering is used to restrict users to access specific websites in internet. Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 55: Firewall - Dmz

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.18 Firewall - DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network. Typically, the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic, such as Web (HTTP) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers.
  • Page 56 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Screen snapshot – QoS Item Description Enable QoS Click to enable the QoS function. Automatic Uplink Click checkbox to enable Uplink speed by system. Speed Manual Uplink Speed Input number to set Uplink speed. (Kbps) Automatic Downlink Click checkbox to enable Downlink speed by system.

  • Page 57: Route Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Manual Downlink Input number to set Downlink speed. Speed (Kbps) Access Type Click the set type either IP or Mac address. Local IP address Input the range IP address of LAN. MAC address Input MAC address.
  • Page 58 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Item Description Enable Dynamic Route Click to enable the Dynamic Router function. Click to enable or disable the NAT function Transmit Click to disable or RIP1, RIP2 the Transmit function. Receive Click to disable or RIP1, RIP2 the Transmit function. Enable Static Route Click to Enable the Static Router function IP Address...

  • Page 59: Management - Statistics

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Show Route Table Click button to show route table Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.

  • Page 60: Management - Ddns

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Refresh Click the refresh the statistic counters on the screen. 3.3.22 Management - DDNS This page is used to configure Dynamic DNS service to have DNS with dynamic IP address. Screen snapshot – Management – DDNS Item Description Enable DDNS...

  • Page 61: Management - Time Zone Setting

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.23 Management - Time Zone Setting This page is used to configure NTP client to get current time. Screen snapshot – Management – Time Zone Settings Item Description Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country.

  • Page 62: Management - Denial-Of-Service

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.24 Management – Denial-of-Service This page is used to enable and setup protection to prevent attack by hacker’s program. It provides more security for users. Screen snapshot – Management – Denial-of-Service Item Description Enable DoS Prevention Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention.

  • Page 63: Management - Log

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Select ALL Click the checkbox to enable all prevention items. Clear ALL Click the checkbox to disable all prevention items. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings. 3.3.25 Management - Log This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log.

  • Page 64: Management - Upgrade Firmware

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 3.3.26 Management - Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version. Please note, do not power off the device during the upload because it may crash the system. Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 65: Management - Password Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Item Description Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer. Load Settings from File Click the Browse button to select the configuration files then click the Upload button to update the selected configuration to the WLAN Broadband Router.

  • Page 66: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination.

  • Page 67: What Is Bssid

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 more BSSs forming a single subnetwork. Since most corporate WLANs require access to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network.

  • Page 68: What Are Potential Factors That May Causes Interference

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference:  Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc.  Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs.  Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interferences: ...

  • Page 69: What Is Rts (Request To Send) Threshold

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large. This means the spatial reuse ratio of parallel transmissions is high.

  • Page 70: What Is Preamble Type

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point).

  • Page 71: What Is Wpa2

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4.16 What is WPA2? It is the second generation of WPA. WPA2 is based on the final IEEE 802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard. 4.17 What is 802.1x Authentication? 802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-level access control, defines Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over LANs (WAPOL).

  • Page 72: What Is Universal Plug And Play (Upnp)

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? UPnP is an open networking architecture that consists of services, devices, and control points. The ultimate goal is to allow data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media, operating system, programming language, and wired/wireless connection.

  • Page 73: What Is Wlan Block Relay Between Clients

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 4.29 What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients? An Infrastructure Basic Service Set is a BSS with a component called an Access Point (AP). The access point provides a local relay function for the BSS. All stations in the BSS communicate with the access point and no longer communicate directly.
  • Page 74 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 symbol. The 802.11n draft specifies two guard intervals: 400ns (short) and 800ns (long). Support of the 400ns GI is optional for transmit and receive. The purpose of a guard interval is to introduce immunity to propagation delays, echoes, and reflections to which digital data is normally very sensitive.

  • Page 75: Configuration Examples

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 5 Configuration Examples 5.1 Example One – PPPoE on the WAN Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on sales’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Broadband Router implementation by the following configuration.
  • Page 76 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Configure the WAN interface: Open WAN Interface Setup page, select PPPoE then enter the User Name “H890123456” and Password “PW192867543210”, the password is encrypted to display on the screen. Press button to confirm the configuration setting.

  • Page 77: Example Two - Fixed Ip On The Wan

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “MyWLAN”, Channel Number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. 5.2 Example Two – Fixed IP on the Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees’...
  • Page 78 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Figure 4 – Configuration Example Two – Fixed IP on the WAN Configure the WAN interface: Open WAN Interface Setup page, select Fixed IP then enter IP Address “192.168.2.254”, subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, Default gateway “192.168.2.10”.
  • Page 79 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0 Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”, enable DHCP Server, DHCP client range “192.168.1.100” to “192.168.1.200”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID...
  • Page 80 We, hereby, declare that this WEthernet-2-WiFi Universal Wireless Adapter is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Contact: IOGEAR support@iogear.com www.iogear.com 19641 Da Vinci, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610...

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