Motorola WA840G Firmware Release Notes page 3

exit the current page, or the changes you entered will be
lost.
To access the Web-based configuration pages:
1 Open a Web browser. In the URL field, type
http://192.168.40.1 (the router's default IP address) and
press Enter.
2 At the Motorola Wireless Broadband Router login
window, type your user name in the User name box (if
you changed it from the factory default (admin) the last
time you upgraded).
3 Type your password in the Password box (if you
changed it from the factory default (motorola using all
lowercase) the last time you upgraded). Then click OK.
The Basic configuration page appears.
To configure basic access control features of your
router/access point:
1 Select the Basic tab on the configuration menu bar.
2 Type a new user name in the Configuration
Login Username box. This allows you to access
the configuration pages. (If you forget a user name, you
can press the Reset button on the unit to reset the
default user name to admin.)
!!! If you use the Restore Factory Configuration button,
all of the configuration options will be reset to the original
factory default settings, not just the current page settings.
3 Type a new password in the Configuration
Login Password box. This allows you to access
the configuration pages. (If you forget a password, you
can press the Reset button on the unit to reset the
default user name to motorola.)
Note: The RESET button on the back of the WA840 resets a
predetermined number of options to their defaults. Refer to
Section 1 in the "WA840 User Guide" for details.
4 In the Time Zone box, select a time zone from
the list. The default is Eastern Time.
5 When you finish making changes, click Apply. When
it is done, click Continue. Review the changes and then
go to another configuration page by selecting another
tab on the configuration menu bar.
Note: If you do not click Apply and you move to another
configuration page, the changes you just made will be lost.
To configure the router to support connections to
broadband services (wide area network):
Refer to the "WA840 Wireless Access Points User Guide" for
details.
To configure the Wireless network:
When you upgrade, any configuration settings for wireless
connected devices are lost. Refer to the User Guide for more
information about each configuration parameter on the
Wireless page, and Table 1 to map previous versions of
wireless configuration parameters to the wireless
parameters in revision 6.x. Refer to Table 2 for new wireless
parameters.
Note: Refer to the text file you generated using the
conversion utility in step E to make changes on this page.
1 Select the Wireless tab on the configuration menu
bar.
2 In the Network Name (SSID) box, type the
service set identifier using up to 32 alphanumeric char-
acters, as indicated in the converted configuration text
file.
When a client looks to connect wirelessly to the
WA840, this SSID will be the identifier by which it
recognizes the network.
The default is motorola plus the Wireless MAC
Address, which can be found on the product label.
3 In the Channel box, select the channel to use (in
the U.S., available channels are 1 through 11). You can
switch the channel if you experience poor wireless per-
formance due to interference.
4 Be sure all other parameters listed in the .txt file you
generated match the parameter fields on this screen.
5 Click Apply. When it is done, click Continue. Review
the changes and then go to another configuration page
by selecting another tab on the configuration menu bar.
If you are done configuring, see "Restarting the WA840."
To configure the security options which protect
information sharing over wireless connections:
When you upgrade, all security configuration settings are
replaced with version 6.x defaults. Refer to Table 1 for more
information about each configuration parameter on the
Security page.
Note: Refer to the text file you generated using the
conversion utility to make changes on this page.
1 Select the tab on the configuration menu bar.
2 In the WPA-PSK box, select Enabled or Disabled