Edimax EW-7228APn Quick Install Manual
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- Page 1 Macintosh Installation Guide 07-2012 / v1.0...
- Page 2 Web Management Interface 1. Have your Macintosh computer operate as usual, and click on “System Preferences”. 2. In System Preferences, click on “Network”. 3. Here you will see all of your network connections. Remove any Ethernet cable that may be connected, so that the “Ethernet” status in the left sidebar displays “Not Connected”, as shown below.
- Page 3 5. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on your computer. Then connect the other end to an Ethernet port on the access point, as shown below (1). Plug the power adapter into the device’s 5V power port, and plug the adapter into a wall socket (2).
- Page 4 7. Click on “Ethernet” in the left panel and then click the drop down arrow for the menu labeled “Configure IPv4” in the right panel. From the drop down menu, select “Manually”.
- Page 5 Note: The access point uses the default IP address 192.168.2.1, which may not be in the same IP address subnet of your network. Accordingly, you need to modify the IP address of your Macintosh to 192.168.2.10, as shown in the next step. Note: Please refer to the user manual for guidance on how to assign a new IP address to the access point.
- Page 6 10. Open your internet browser and enter http://192.168.2.1 in the address box. In the pop up window, enter the following username and password: Username: admin Password: 1234 Click “Log In”. 11. This will open the access point’s web management interface, which allows you to configure the functions and settings of the access point.
- Page 7 Universal Repeater Mode 1. On the “Status and Information” page, click “Basic Setting” in the left menu. Then click the arrow to open the menu labeled “Mode”. Select “Universal Repeater” mode. Click the “Select Site Survey” button. You will see a list of available Wi-Fi networks, as shown below.
- Page 8 Note: Make a note of the “Encryption” listed for your Wi-Fi network, as you will need it later in this procedure, during Step 4. In this example, “Encryption” is “WPA2-PSK’. Click “Done” to close this window. 2. The “Root AP SSID” is your main Wi-Fi router. The “MAIN ESSID” is the SSID of the repeater.
- Page 9 4. Select “Security” from the left sidebar in the Edimax web management interface. This will take you to the screen shown below. Under the heading “Security Settings”, open the menu labeled “Encryption”.
- Page 10 For “WPA pre-shared key” encryption, as shown in the next screenshot, select “WPA2(AES)” in the field marked “WPA Unicast Cipher Suite”. Underneath, open the menu labeled “Pre-shared Key Format”, and choose “Passphrase”. Finally enter your existing wireless network password into the field labeled “Pre-Shared Key”.
- Page 11 7. The system will restart. Please wait for it to complete. 8. Return to your Macintosh’s “Network” screen, found under “System Preferences”. Click “Ethernet” in the left panel. (Change the settings of Configure IPv4 from Manually to Using DHCP. Click on Apply. The Ethernet adapter will get the IP address from the main wireless network.)
- Page 12 9. Disconnect the access point from your Macintosh by removing the connecting Ethernet cable. The “Ethernet” status in the left sidebar should change to “Not Connected”. Select “Wi-Fi” in the left sidebar and click the “Turn Wi-Fi On” button in the right panel.