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FCC Certifications This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio...
INTRODUCTION This is an IEEE802.11a/b/g compliant 11 Mbps & 54 Mbps Ethernet Wireless Access Point. The Wireless Access Point is equipped with five 10/100 M Auto-sensing Ethernet ports for connecting to LAN and also for cascading to next Wireless Access Point. This Access Point provides 64/128bit WEP encryption, WPA and IEEE802.1x which ensures a high level of security to protects users’...
Parts Names and Functions 1. Front Panel: (LED Indicators) Status Indicator Color Solid Flashing Power Yellow Turns solid green when N/A. the power is applied to this device. Receiving/ Yellow Turns solid Yellow when Sending data the Ethernet cable is connected the LAN port.
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2. Rear Panel: Connection Ports Port/button Functions Press over 3 seconds to reboot this device. (Factory) RESET Press for over 10 seconds to restore factory settings. Performing the Factory Reset will erase all previously entered device settings. LAN ports Use standard LAN cables (RJ45 connectors) to connect your PCs to these ports.
HARDWARE CONNECTION Note: Before you starting hardware connection, you are advised to find an appropriate location to place the Access Point. Usually, the best place for the Access Point is at the center of your wireless network, with line of straight to all your wireless stations. Also, remember to adjust the antenna;...
ABOUT THE OPERATION MODES This device provides four operational applications with AP, Bridge, Client (Ad-hoc), Client (Infrastructure) and Repeater modes, which are mutually exclusive. This device is shipped with configuration that is functional right out of the box. If you want to change the settings in order to perform more advanced configuration or even change the mode of operation, you can use the web-based utility provided by the manufacturer as described in the following sections.
Client Mode (Ad-hoc) If set to the Client (Ad-hoc) mode, this device can work like a wireless station when it is connected to a computer so that the computer can send packets from wired end to wireless interface. You can share files and printers between wireless stations (PC and laptop with wireless network adapter installed).
Repeater You will be able to repeat the wireless signal of the root access point. When enabled you must enter the MAC address of the root access point. To set the operation mode to Repeater mode, please go to “Wireless Basic Settings”, in the “Mode”...
CONFIGURATION Login Start your computer. Connect an Ethernet cable between your computer and the Wireless Access Point. Make sure your wired station is set to the same subnet as the Wireless Access Point, i.e. 192.168.1.254 Start your WEB browser. In the Address box, enter the following: HTTP://192.168.1.254 Enter admin in the Username column when you are prompted the login screen.
System System Product Model Shows the product model name. The current version of the firmware installed in this device. Firmware Version Firmware Date Shows the firmware date. Loader Version The SSID differentiates one WLAN from another, therefore, all access points and all devices attempting to connect to a specific WLAN must use the same SSID.
Active Client Shows the information of the devices that are currently associating with this Wireless Access Point. Wireless Basic Settings This page includes all primary and major parameters. Any parameter change will cause the device to reboot for the new settings to take effect.
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Alias Name The distinguishing name of this device, you may change the default alias name by entering a new one in this column. Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Disable Wireless LAN Interface Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are located.
BSS unless it can provide the unique SSID. An SSID is also referred to as a network name because essentially it is a name that identifies a wireless network. Channel Number Allow user to set the channel manually or automatically. If set channel manually, just select the channel you want to specify.
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Fragment Threshold Fragmentation mechanism is used for improving the efficiency when high traffic flows along in the wireless network. If your 802.11g Wireless LAN PC Card often transmit large files in wireless network, you can enter new Fragment Threshold value to split the packet. The value can be set from 256 to 2346.
rate for transmission. Select the basic rates to be used among the following options: Auto, 1, 2, 5.5, 11or 54 Mbps. For most networks the default setting is Auto which is the best choice. When Auto is enabled the transmission rate will select the optimal rate.
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Authentication Type: Open System or Shared Key/Shared Key/Open System If Open System or Shared Key/Shared Key/Open System is selected, users will have to Set WEP keys with an encryption either WEP64 or WEP128. Only the Open System can set the encryption to None (Without any WEP Key protection mechanism) •...
Authentication Type: Open System with 802.1x/WPA-RADIUS/WPA2-RADIUS If the Open System with 802.1x/WPA-RADIUS/WPA2-RADIUS is selected, users will have to select the Encryption from the pull-down list, TKIP, AES or TKIP_AES and configure a RADIUS server, the RADIUS Server will proceed to check the 802.1x Authentication.
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contains no entries with this function being enabled, then no clients will be able to access this Access Point. Wireless Access Control Select the Access Control Mode from the pull-down menu. Mode Disable: Select to disable Wireless Access Control Mode. Allow: Only the stations shown in the table can associate with the AP.
TCP/IP Basic In this page, you can change the TCP/IP settings of this Access Point, select to enable/disable the DHCP Client, 802.1d Spanning Tree, and Clone MAC Address. IP Address This field can be modified only when DHCP Client is disabled.
Other Upgrade Firmware 1. Download the latest firmware from your distributor and save the file on the hard drive. 2. Start the browser, open the configuration page, click on Other, and click Upgrade Firmware to enter the Upgrade Firmware window. Enter the new firmware’s path and file name (i.e.
Save/Reload Settings This function enables users to save the current configurations as a file (i.e. config.dat) To load configuration from a file, enter the file name or click Browse… to find the file from your computer. Save Settings to File: Click SAVE.. to save the current configuration to file. When prompted the upper left screen, select “Save this file to disk”, and the upper right screen will prompt you a dialog box to enter the file name and the file location.
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Factory Default: Click to restore the default configuration.
Password For secure reason, it is recommended that you set the account to access the web server of this Access Point. Leaving the user name and password blank will disable the protection. The login screen prompts immediately once you finish setting the account and password. Remember your user name and password for you will be asked to enter them every time you access the web server of this Access Point.
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