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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com WLX-2003...
  • Page 2 Wi-Fi quality in homes with many rooms or multiple floors. With both a Wi-Fi extender and a power adapter in a compact design, the WLX-2003 can be plugged directly into an electrical outlet for convenient placement. The smart signal strength LED makes it easy for you to set it up where your Wi-Fi signal needs enhancement.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5 NETWORK + SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............. 11 6 WLX-2003 PLACEMENT ................11 7 PC NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP ..............12 8 BRINGING UP THE WLX-2003 ..............16 9 INITIAL SETUP WLX-2003 ............... 17 10 CONFIGURATION WIZARD ..............19 11 BASIC SETTINGS ................. 21 12 ADVANCED SETTINGS ................
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  • Page 6: Key Features

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1 KEY FEATURES Features Advantages Incredible Data Rate up to Heavy data payloads such as MPEG 300Mbps* video streaming IEEE 802.11n Compliant and Fully Interoperable with IEEE backwards compatible with 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant 802.11b/g devices with legacy protection Support 802.1x authenticator,...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped back in its original package. 1. The WLX-2003 Wall Mount Range Extender N300 2. A Quick Install Guide 3. A CD (User’s Manual) 4.

  • Page 8: Cautions

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3 CAUTIONS This device’s design and manufacturer has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this device, please read the following before usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user should not modify this device. The environmental temperature should be within +5 ~ +35 degrees Celsius.

  • Page 9: Product Layout

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4 PRODUCT LAYOUT Description Network Port You can use this port to connect a wired device so it benefits from the repeated signal. OPS Button You can use this button to connect using OPS. OPS Button functions: Press 0-5 seconds: WPS registrar Press 5-10 seconds: WPS enrollee...
  • Page 10 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com LED Description From top to bottom: Color Description Signal Orange This LED shows the quality of the signal it receives from your Router/Access Point. 0-25%: 250 milliseconds ON – 250 millisecond OFF 25-50%: 1000 milliseconds ON – 1000 milliseconds OFF 50-100%: Continuous ON WLAN Blue...

  • Page 11: Network + System Requirements

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5 NETWORK + SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To begin using the WLX-2003, make sure you meet the following as minimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • 1 Free Ethernet port. • WiFi card/USB dongle (802.11 b/g/n) – optional.

  • Page 12: Pc Network Adapter Setup

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 7 PC NETWORK ADAPTER SETUP Windows XP • Enter [Start Menu] -> select [Control panel] -> select [Network]. • Select [Local Area Connection]) icon -> select [properties] • Select [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] =>Click [Properties].
  • Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • Select the [General] tab. The device supports the [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically]. Windows Vista/Seven • Enter [Start Menu] -> select [Control panel] -> select [View network status and tasks] ->...
  • Page 14 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • Select [Local Area Connection]) icon -> select [properties] • Select [Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)] -> Click [Properties].
  • Page 15 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • Select the [General] tab. The device supports the [DHCP] function, please select both [Obtain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically].

  • Page 16: Bringing Up The Wlx-2003

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 8 BRINGING UP THE WLX-2003 You can plug the WLX-2003 directly into a wall outlet. Switch the device on with the power switch located on the bottom of the device. The WLX-2003 automatically enters the self-test phase.

  • Page 17: Initial Setup Wlx-2003

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 9 INITIAL SETUP WLX-2003 LOGIN procedure 1. OPEN your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer). 2. Type http://192.168.128.253 in the address bar and press [Enter] 3. Type user name and password (default is admin/admin). 4. Click OK.
  • Page 18 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. You will see the home page of the WLX-2003. The System status section allows you to monitor the current status of your device, the UP time, hardware information, serial number as well as firmware version...

  • Page 19: Configuration Wizard

    10 CONFIGURATION WIZARD With the wizard you can configure the Range Extender to connect to your existing network. Click Wizard to start configuring the WLX-2003. The Setup wizard will now be displayed. On the first page you can select the network that the Range Extender needs to connect to.
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com On this last page you will see the new settings of your Range Extender. You can use these settings on your computer to connect to the Range Extender. You can use the “Copy to Clipboard” button to copy the wireless password to your clipboard so you don’t have to type it in.

  • Page 21: Basic Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 11 BASIC SETTINGS Band Please select the wireless band you wish to use. By selecting a different band setting, you’ll be able to allow or deny the wireless clients on a certain band. MAIN ESSID Please input the ESSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here.
  • Page 22 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Site Survey Click ‘Site Survey’ button, then a “Wireless Site Survey Table” will pop up. It will list all available access points nearby. You can select one access point in the table and the access point will join wireless LAN through this access point.

  • Page 23: Advanced Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 12 ADVANCED SETTINGS Security This device provides many types of wireless security (wireless data encryption). When you use data encryption, data transferred by radio signals in the air will become unreadable for those people who don’t know the correct encryption key (encryption password).
  • Page 24 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Key Length You can select the WEP key length for encryption, 64-bit or 128-bit. The larger the key will be the higher level of security is used, but the throughput will be lower. Key Format You may select ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the "A-F", "a-f"...
  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client supports the cipher you selected. Pre-shared Key Format Please select the format of pre-shared key here, available options are ‘Passphrase’...
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Advanced This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. The options included are Channel Bandwidth, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, and Preamble Type. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on the router.
  • Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Preamble Type Set the type of preamble of wireless radio. The default setting is ‘Short Preamble’. Broadcast ESSID Decide if the wireless access point will broadcast its own ESSID or not. You can hide the ESSID of your wireless access point (set the option to ‘Disable’), so only people who know the ESSID of your wireless access point can get connected.
  • Page 28 AP mode: If you push the button for 5-10 seconds the device acts as a WPS registrar. In this mode it’s set to connect client devices to the WLX-2003. You have to push the button on the wireless client or in the utility of the wireless client within 2 minutes.
  • Page 29 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Authentication Mode It shows the active authentication mode for the wireless connection. Passphrase Key It shows the passphrase key that is randomly generated by the wireless router during the WPS process. You may need this information when using a device which doesn’t support WPS.

  • Page 30: Toolbox Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 13 TOOLBOX SETTINGS System This device provides some control functions including password, IP address management, and DHCP server function. Please go to Toolbox, and open the ‘System’ tab, to access these functions. Below are detailed descriptions of every control function. Password Settings You can change the password used to enter the web configuration menu of this device.
  • Page 31 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com network this device connects to, please select ‘Disable’. After you finish, please go to the bottom of this page and click ‘Apply’. DHCP Server This device is capable to act as a DHCP server for your network. Default Gateway Please input the IP address of default gateway of your network here.
  • Page 32 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Backup You can back up all configurations of this device to a file, so you can make several copies of access point configuration for security reasons. Backup Settings Press ‘Save...’ button, and you’ll be prompted to download the configuration as a file.
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Upgrade If there is a new firmware available, you can upload the firmware to the device to get extra functions or problem fixes. Click the ‘Browse’ button. You’ll be prompted to provide the filename of the firmware upgrade file.
  • Page 34 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Reset When you think the device is not working properly, you can use this function to restart the device; this may help and solve the problem. This function is useful when the device is far from you or unreachable. However, if the device is not responding, you may have to switch it off by unplugging the power plug and plugging it back again after 10 seconds.
  • Page 35 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Parts of the firmware of the WLX-2002 WLX-2003 Wireless dualband Broadband router are subject to the GNU general public license. Appendix A: Licensing Information This product includes third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License..
  • Page 36 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to your programs, too. When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price.
  • Page 37 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com who wrote it. Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program.
  • Page 38 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS Revision 1.0 © Sitecom Europe BV 2012 Note: All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication. However, as our engineers are always updating and improving the product, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or modified...

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