Table Of Contents - NETGEAR ProSAFE WN203 Reference Manual

Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
About the ProSAFE Single Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point WN203 . 7
What Is in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Key Features and Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hardware Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Installation and Basic Configuration
What You Need Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Install and Configure the Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Test Basic Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3 Wireless Configuration and Security
Before You Configure Wireless Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Wireless Data Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Security Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configure RADIUS Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Supported Standards and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
802.11b/g/n Standards-Based Wireless Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Autosensing Ethernet Connections with Auto Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Bottom Panel with Product Label and Reset to Factory Defaults Button 13
Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ethernet Cabling Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LAN Configuration Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hardware Requirements for Computers on Your LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Requirements for Entering IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connect the Wireless Access Point to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Log In to the Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configure Basic General System Settings and Time Settings . . . . . . . . 20
Configure the IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Configure the Optional DHCP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configure the Basic Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Security Profile Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Write Down Your Wireless Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configure and Enable Security Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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