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Hardware Introduction and Installation State POWER The HP-8501APg is powered on. Flashing The HP-8501APg is running well. Flashing Other PowerLine devices detected Ethernet link is present at this port Flashing TX or RX activity EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide 1.
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WLAN Flashing Data transferring between HP-8501APg and wireless clients Rear Ports Connector POWER Connect to power cord. Wireless Extender is connected to a device through the corresponding port (1, 2, 3 or 4). While data is sending or receiving by that port, corresponding...
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EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide Application: Please setup your HP-8501APg as the following map .
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'http://192.168.2.1' in the address bar and click 'Go' to get to the Wireless AP login page. Note:If you can not login the HP-8501APg , please study the Appendix A to check out your IP setting . At the Password prompt, the User name is 'admin' and the password is ’1234’. You can change...
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EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide You can use "Quick Setup" to setup the device, and choose the connection method you want to use. Wireless Settings Wireless Mode You can select wireless operating mode here. Available options are: Auto (both 802.11b and...
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EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide SSID SSID is the short for ‘Service Set IDentifier’. Wireless devices use this identifier to identify which access point they should connect. You can change SSID here, and all your wireless devices should set to the same SSID.
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‘Account’ field. 2) If you downloaded latested firmware file from Edimax website, you can upload and update the firmware here. Click ‘browse’ to select firmware file you just downloaded, and click ‘Update’ to start update procedure.
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EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide 3. Utility Powerline Networking Utility Note: The device is able to detect other powerline devices which is on the same power circuit automatically. You only need to install.this utility program when you want to enable the encrypt function of Powerline Extender to secure your data, or you have problem connecting other powerline devices.
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EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide After you finish the Utility installation , you can double click the following icon to enable the Utility . If you want to know the detail setting of the Utility , please study user’s manual in the CD-ROM .
Appendix A:TCP/IP Settings If you could not login the HP-8501APg , please check out PC’s IP setting as follow : For Windows 2000/XP ‧Click Start, then click Run. ‧Type cmd then click OK. ‧From the command prompt, type ipconfig. It will return with your IP Address, subnet mask, and default gateway information.
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EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide ‧Launch your Web browser and enter the IP Address of your Wireless Access Point in the address bar. You should be able to see the login page of Wireless Access Point. Input administrator account and password to login.
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