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  • Page 1 User’s Manual HP-8501APg Powerline 85Mbps Wireless-G Access Point...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.1 Package Contents ...7 2.2 Front LEDs ...8 2.3 Rear Ports ...8 2.4 Reset Switch ...9 Chapter 3 Configuration... 10 3.1 Determine the type of your internet connection ... 10 3.2 Connecting the Powerline Access Point to your network... 10 3.3 Configuring Powerline Access Point with Web Browser ...

  • Page 3: Fcc Part 68

    FCC Part 68 This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. On the bottom of this equipment is a label that contains the FCC Registration Number and Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for this equipment. You must provide this information to the telephone company upon request.

  • Page 4: Fcc Part 15

    FCC Part 15 The modem generates and uses radio frequency energy. If it is not installed and used properly in strict accordance with the user's manual, it may cause interference with radio and television reception. The modem has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B computing devices in accordance with the specifications in Subpart B, Part 15 of the FCC regulations.
  • Page 5 Copyright© by Edimax Technology Co, LTD. all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of an Instant Powerline 85M Wireless Access Point. The Powerline Access Point is the perfect choice for a small group of PCs or wireless clients. While integrating wireless ability to powerline networks, this device is able to extend the network coverage of your home / office network. 1.1 Overview PowerLine Access Point comes with four 10/100M Ethernet ports, so you can use it with your existing wired network devices.

  • Page 7: System Requirements

    Web-Based Device Management ‧Web-based Firmware upgrade. ‧Password-protected access control. 1.3 System Requirements 1) Personal computer (PC). 2) Pentium II 233 MHz processor or above. 3) 32 MB of RAM or more. 4) At least 20 MB of free disk space. 5) One Ethernet Interface on PC.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Familiar With Your Powerline Access Point

    Chapter 2 Familiar with your PowerLine Access Point This chapter provides information about installing your new PowerLine Access Point. If you are not familiar with the terms in this chapter, please ask an experienced network administrator or your internet service provider for help..

  • Page 9: Front Leds

    2.2 Front LEDs State POWER Wireless Access Point is powered on Flashing The Wireless Access Point is running well. Flashing Other PowerLine devices detected Ethernet link is present at this port Flashing TX or RX activity Ethernet link is not present at this port Wireless function on WLAN Flashing Data transferring between this Wireless Access Point and wireless clients...

  • Page 10: Reset Switch

    While data is sending or receiving by that port, corresponding LED will be flashing. Two kinds of antenna connecter available: fixed or R/SMA connecter. Antenna 2.4 Reset Switch Connector Press and hold this button for few seconds to clear all settings of this Wireless Access...

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 Configuration

    Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Determine the type of your internet connection Before you configure the Wireless Access Point; you need to know the type of internet connection you’re using. You can ask your internet service provider to know the type of internet connection you’re using. 3.2 Connecting the Powerline Access Point to your network Please connect the your PC to one of LAN ports of Wireless Access Point by Ethernet cable, then follow the instructions given in next section to configure your Wireless Access Point.
  • Page 13 You can use "Quick Setup" to setup the device, and choose the connection method you want to use.

  • Page 14: Lan Interface Configuration

    3.3.1 LAN Interface Configuration Please input the IP address and network mask of LAN interface here..

  • Page 15: Wireless Settings

    3.4.1 Wireless Settings Wireless Mode You can select wireless operating mode here. Available options are: Auto (both 802.11b and 802.11g), 802.11b only, 802.11g only, and Disable (Wireless disabled) SSID SSID is the short for ‘Service Set IDentifier’. Wireless devices use this identifier to identify which access point they should connect.

  • Page 16: Wireless Security

    3.4.2 Wireless Security You can select the wireless authentication method here. Available options are: ‘Open System’, ‘Shared Key’, ‘WPA-PSK’, ‘WPA2-PSK’, and ‘WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK’.

  • Page 17: Advanced Wireless Settings

    3.4.3 Advanced Wireless Settings You can set some advanced wireless settings here. In most cases you don’t have to change these settings, and you can use default settings without any problem. Only change these settings when you understand the function of these functions.

  • Page 18: Mac-Based Wireless Access Control

    3.4.4 MAC-based Wireless Access Control You can allow or reject wireless clients with certain MAC address to connect to Wireless Access Point. Please select a MAC ACL mode you wish to use (‘Disable’, ‘Allow’, or ‘Reject’), and input MAC address(es) you wish to allow (or reject) in every index field.

  • Page 19: System Setup

    ‘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. DO NOT...

  • Page 20: Tcp/Ip Settings For Windows Operating System

    3.6.1 TCP/IP Settings for Windows Operating System 1. How to check my IP Address in Windows 95, 98, or Me? 　 ‧Click Start, then click Run. ‧The Run Dialogue Box will appear. Type winipcfg in the window as shown then click OK ‧The IP Configuration window will appear, displaying your Ethernet Adapter Information.
  • Page 21 2. How to check my IP Address in 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. ‧Type exit to close the command prompt. ‧Please check the IP address of default gateway.
  • Page 22 3. How can I assign a Static IP Address in Windows 98/Me? ‧From the desktop, right-click on the Network Neighborhood icon (Win ME - My Network Places) and click Properties. ‧Highlight TCP/IP and click the Properties button. If you have more than 1 adapter, then there will be a ’TCP/IP Binding’...
  • Page 23 ‧Click Specify an IP Address. ‧Enter in an IP Address that is on the same subnet of your Wireless Access Point. Example: If the Wireless Access Point’s LAN IP Address is 192.168.2.1, make your IP Address 192.168.2.X where X is a value between 2 to 99. Make sure that the number you choose is not in use on the network.
  • Page 24 ‧Click DNS Configuration tab. ‧Click Enable DNS. Type in a Host (can be anything like John or Apple). For ‘DNS server search order’ field, enter the IP Address of your Wireless Access Point (192.168.2.1), then click Add.
  • Page 25 ‧Click OK once, then click OK again in next dialogue box. ‧When you’re prompted to reboot your computer, click Yes. After the computer is rebooted, the computer will have a static private IP Address.
  • Page 26 4. How can I assign a Static IP Address in Windows 2000? ‧Right-click on My Network Places then click Properties. ‧Right-click on the Local Area Connection which represents your network card and select Properties. ‧Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
  • Page 27 ‧Click Use the following IP Address and enter an IP Address that is on the same subnet of your Wireless Access Point. Example: If the Wireless Access Point´s LAN IP Address is 192.168.2.1, make your IP Address 192.168.2.X where the value of X is 2 to 99. Make sure that the number you choose is not in use on the network.
  • Page 28 ‧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.

  • Page 29: Chapter 4. Network Utility For Powerline Access Point

    Chapter 4. Network Utility for PowerLine Access Point 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 Access Point to secure your data, or you have problem connecting other powerline devices.

  • Page 30: Windows Configuration Utility

    4.2 Windows Configuration Utility In order to run the utility, double-click the utility icon. Figure 2 shows the content of main tab of the configuration utility. The following picture shows a Powerline Ethernet device connected as a local device and other Powerline Ethernet devices as remote devices.

  • Page 31: User Interface

    Figure 3 : Main tab with local low-speed Powerline Ethernet device 4.3 User Interface 4.3.1 The ‘Main’ Tab The Main tab provides a list of all Powerline Ethernet devices logically connected to the computer where the configuration utility is running. The top panel shows all local Powerline Ethernet devices found. In most cases, only one device will be shown there.
  • Page 32 Figure 4: Multiple local devices found...
  • Page 33 The lower panel displays all the Powerline Ethernet devices, discovered on the current logical network (remote devices). The number of remote devices found, the type of logical network (Public or Private), and a message area that reports connectivity and scan status will be displayed above this panel. The following information is displayed for each devices found: Device Name column shows the name of a found device.
  • Page 34 The Add button is used to add a remote device to your network that is not listed in the lower panel, for example, a device currently located on another logical network. Users will be prompted to input the passwords for all devices they wish to manage and add them to the local logical network by clicking on the Add button.

  • Page 35: The 'Privacy' Tab

    Figure 7: Main tab of the configuration utility 4.3.2 The ‘Privacy’ Tab The Privacy dialog screen provides a means for managing the local network and providing additional security. All Powerline Ethernet devices come with a default logical network (network name), which is normally “HomePlug” . The Privacy tab allows user to make the network private by changing the network name (network password) of devices.

  • Page 36: The 'Diagnostics' Tab

    Figure 8: Privacy tab The Set Local Device Only button is used to change the network name (network password) for local devices only. After doing this, all the devices seen on the Main panel prior to this will no longer reachable or respond to your command, as they will be located n a different logical network hereafter.
  • Page 37 ‧ Operating System Type/Version ‧ Host Network Name ‧ User Name ‧ MAC Address of all NICs (network interface card) ‧ Identify versions of all Driver DLLs and Libraries used (NDIS) and optionally ‧ Powerline Ethernet device chipset manufacturer name (85Mbps version Only) ‧...

  • Page 38: The 'About' Tab

    ‧ Adapter Last known rate ‧ Adapter Last Known Network ‧ HomePlug chipset manufacturer name ‧ Data devices found lately ‧ MAC Firmware Version (85Mbps version Only) The diagnostics information displayed may be saved to a text file for later emailing to technical support of a manufacturer, or printed for reference during a technical support call.

  • Page 39: Troubleshooting

    4.5 Troubleshooting This section will introduce how to solve the problem for managing remote Powerline devices. 4.5.1 Having problem with connecting remote PowerLine Access Point device When you found that the computer is unable to connect to another or the remote Powerline device can not found by Powerline utility, please follow the following steps to solve the problem.
  • Page 40 Step 2: Connect to the other Powerline bridge or Wireless Access Point directly which can not be detected in last step 1. On the Privacy tab, you can change the Private Network name as the same name of other Powerline device or click the Use Default (Public Network) button. Please click the Set Local Device Only button to change the network name.

  • Page 41: Appendix A Glossary

    Appendix A Glossary Address mask A bit mask used to select bits from a set of IP address for subnet addressing. The mask is 32 bits long and network devices uses these bits to identify which bits in an IP address are network number, and which bits are hosy number.
  • Page 42 Customer Premises Equipment located in a user's premises. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) DHCP is a mechanism that automatically assigns IP addresses to client stations logging onto a TCP/IP network. DHCP eliminates the load of manually assign permanent IP addresses to every device on your network. DHCP software typically runs on servers and also can be found in network devices such as Wireless Access Points.
  • Page 43 Hop count A measurement for the distance between two hosts on the network. It is equivalent to the number of routers that separate the source and destination. HTML Hypertext Markup Language - The page-coding language for the World Wide Web. HTML browser A browser is a program used to explore the Internet, such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
  • Page 44 media control. Management Information Base - A collection of objects can be accessed via a network management protocol, such as SNMP and CMIP (Common Management Information Protocol). Network Address Translation - A proposal for IP address reuse, where the local IP address is mapped to a globally unique address.
  • Page 45 Route The path that network traffic takes from its source to its destination. The route that a datagram passes by may include many routers and many physical networks. In the Internet, each datagram is routed separately. Router A system responsible for making decisions about which of several paths network (or Internet) traffic will follow. To do this, it uses a routing protocol to gain information about the network and algorithms to choose the best route based on several criteria known as ‘routing metrics’.
  • Page 46 Static IP Addresses A static IP address is an IP address permanently assigned to computer in a TCP/IP network. Static IP addresses are usually assigned to networked devices that are consistently accessed by multiple users, such as Server PCs, or printers. If you are using your Wireless Access Point to share your cable or DSL Internet connection, contact your ISP to see if they have assigned your home a static IP address.
  • Page 47 Virtual Connection (VC) A link that seems and behaves like a dedicated point-to-point line or a system that delivers packets in sequence, as happens on an actual point-to-point network. In reality, the data is delivered across a network via the most appropriate route.

  • Page 48: Appendix B Cabling / Connection

    Appendix B Cabling / Connection Network cables connect PCs in an Ethernet network Category 5, called as ‘Cat5’ for short is commonly used type of network cable today. Cat 5 cables are tipped with RJ-45 connectors, which fit into RJ-45 port. Straight-through vs.
  • Page 49 Report No.: S940111 is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the harmonization of the Laws of the Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain For the evaluation of above mentioned Directives, the following standards were applied: EN 60950-1: 2001 is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility(89/336/EEC) (1999/5//EC).

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