1 Installation 1.1 Hardware Installation diagram Plug Power adapter into APoE02-WM Connect RJ45 ( LAN Port ) to computer or Switch Connect RJ45 (PoE Port) to CPE 1.2 Mounting kit Installation Diagram...
2 Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The AP is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address: 192.168.1.250 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: admin WEB login Password: 12345 2.1 Prepare your PC to configure the AP...
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For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000, XP: 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon.
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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. IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 8.
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Screen snapshot – Status Item D escription System Uptime It shows the duration since AP is powered on. Firmware version It shows the firmware version of AP. Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency.
IP Address It shows the IP address of WAN interface of Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet mask of WAN interface of AP. Default Gateway It shows the default gateway setting for WAN interface outgoing data packets. DNS1/DNS2/DNS3 It shows the DNS server information. MAC Address It shows the MAC address of WAN interface of AP.
Screen snapshot – Operation Mode Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot – Time Zone Settings LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask...
WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type 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 Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security Screen snapshot – Wireless Security Setup 2.3.3 Operation Mode This page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts Screen snapshot – Operation Mode Item D escription Gateway Traditional gateway configuration.
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LAN interface, WAN interface, Wireless interface, NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode Bridge Each interface (LAN, WAN and Wireless) regards as bridge. NAT, Firewall and all router’s functions are not supported Wireless ISP Switch Wireless interface to WAN port and all Ethernet ports in bridge mode.
Item D escription Disable Wireless Click on to disable the wireless LAN data LAN Interface transmission. Band Click to select 2.4GHz(B) / 2.4GHz(G) / 2.4GHz(B+G) Mode Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS wireless mode. Site Survey The Site Survey button provides tool to scan the wireless network.
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will have on your AP. Screen snapshot – Wireless Advanced Settings Item D escription Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System, Shared Key or Auto selection. Fragment Threshold Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes.
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transmission. Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. IAPP Click to enable or disable the IAPP function. 802.11g Protection Protect 802.11b user. RF Output Power To adjust transmission power level. Turbo Mode Click to Enable/Disable turbo mode.(Only apply to WLAN IC of Realtek).
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Item D escription Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption method can be None, WEP, WPA(TKIP), WPA2 or WPA2 Mixed Use 802.1x While Encryption is selected to be WEP. Authentication Click the check box to enable IEEE 802.1x authentication function.
WEP Key Setup Screen snapshot – WEP Key Setup Item D escription 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).
Encryption Key 4 Secret key 4 of WEP security encryption function. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Close Click to close this WEP Key setup window. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.
Control Mode Listed of drop down menu choose wireless access control mode. This is a security control function; only those clients registered in the access control list can link to this AP. MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of client to register this AP access capability.
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Screen snapshot – WDS Setup Item D escription Enable WDS Click the check box to enable wireless distribution system. MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability. Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered AP. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the AP to new configuration setting.
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WDS Security Setup Requirement: Set [Wireless]->[Basic Settings]->[Mode]->AP+WDS This page is used to configure the wireless security between APs. Screen snapshot – WDS Security Setup WDS AP Table This page is used to show WDS statistics Screen snapshot – WDS AP Table Item D escription MAC Address...
the wireless LAN interface. Tx Errors It shows the statistic count of error sent packets on the Wireless LAN interface. Rx Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface. Tx Rare (Mbps) It shows the wireless link rate within WDS. Refresh Click to refresh the statistic counters on the screen.
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Connect Click the Connect button to establish connection. 2.3.10 LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of your AP. Here you may change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP, etc. Screen snapshot –...
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. [Server mode only] DNS Server Manual setup DNS server IP address.
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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. IP Address If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it.
address to be cloned. Enable uPNP Click the checkbox to enable uPNP function. Enable Web Server Click the checkbox to enable web configuration Access on WAN from WAN side. Enable WAN Echo Click the checkbox to enable WAN ICMP Reply response.
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Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – DHCP Client Item D escription 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. The default value is empty MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size.
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PPPoE Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPPoE Item D escription 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.
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whenever this AP is powered on. Connect on Demand connection type means to setup the connection through PPPoE protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the WAN interface; there are a watchdog implemented to close the PPPoE connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set.
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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. PPTP Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPTP Item D escription PPTP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection.
User Name If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server. Password f you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server.
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Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Screen snapshot – Firewall - Port Filtering Item D escription Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering security function. Port Range To restrict data transmission from the local Protocol network on certain ports, fill in the range of Comments...
2.3.13 Firewall - IP Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Screen snapshot –...
Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 2.3.14 Firewall - MAC Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network.
the MAC-filtering list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 2.3.15 Firewall - Port Forwarding Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network 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.
number. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address and port number to Port forwarding list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address and port number that will be removed from the port-forwarding list.
URL Address Add one URL address. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save settings. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected URL address that will be removed from the URL Filtering list.
DMZ Host IP To support DMZ in your firewall design, fill in Address the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the WAN interface. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the IP address of DMZ host. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.
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Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to enable IPSEC VPN, NAT Traversal settings. Current VPN It shows current WAN interface information Connection Table and VPN connection table. Edit Click to enter the current VPN tunnel configuration page. Delete Click to delete the current VPN tunnel that radio button stay.
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Address, Any Address or NAT-T Any Address Remote Secure VPN remote connection. Fill in remote gateway IP address Gateway Remote IP Address/Network Fill in IP address or subnet address depends Remote Subnet Mask on which Remote Site option you choose. Fill in remote subnet mask Local/Peer ID Define IKE exchange information type...
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PreShared Key Fill in the key value. [IKE mode only] Remote RSA Key Fill in the remote gateway RSA key. [IKE mode only] Status It shows connection status. [IKE mode only] Fill in Security Parameter Index value. [Manual mode only] Encryption Key Fill in encryption key.
Advanced IKE Setup Screen snapshot – Advanced VPN Settings for IKE Item D escription Phase 1 Negotiation Mode Main mode. Encryption Click to select 3DES or AES128 encryption. Algorithm Authentication Click to select MD5 or SHA1 authentication. Algorithm Key Group Click to select DH1(modp768), DH2(modp1024) or DH5(modp1536) key group.
Active Protocol ESP. Encryption Click to select 3DES, AES128 or NULL Algorithm encryption. Authentication Click to select MD5 or SHA1 authentication. Algorithm Key Life Time Fill in the key life time value by seconds. Encapsulation Tunnel mode. Perfect Forward Click to select ON or NONE. Secrecy (PFS) Click the Ok button to save current tunnel settings.
Ethernet LAN It shows the statistic count of received packets Received Packets on the Ethernet LAN interface. Ethernet WAN It shows the statistic count of sent packets on Sent Packets the Ethernet WAN interface. Ethernet WAN It shows the statistic count of received packets Received Packets on the Ethernet WAN interface.
2.3.21 Management - Time Zone Setting This page is used to configure NTP client to get current time. Screen snapshot – Management – Time Zone Settings Item D escription Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country. Enable NTP client Click the checkbox to enable NTP client update.
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Screen snapshot – Management – Denial-of-Service Item D escription Enable DoS Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention. Prevention Whole System Flood Enable and setup prevention in details. / Per-Source IP Flood… Select ALL Click the checkbox to enable all prevention items.
2.3.23 Management - Log This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log. Screen snapshot – Management – Log Item D escription Enable Log Click the checkbox to enable log. System all Show all log of wireless broadband router Wirelessy Only show wireless log Only show Denial-of-Service log...
Screen snapshot – Management - Upgrade Firmware Item D escription Select File Click the Browse button to select the new version of web firmware image file. Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the AP. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.
to update the selected configuration to the AP. Reset Settings to Click the Reset button to reset the configuration Default parameter to factory defaults. 2.3.26 Management - Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point.
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2.3.27 Logout This page is used to logout web management page. This item will be activated next time you login after you define user account and password. Screen snapshot – Logout Screen snapshot – Logout - OK Item D escription Apply Change Click the Apply Change button, Then click OK button to logout.
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