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TRENDnet TEW-430APB User Manual

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  • Page 2 Regulatory notes and statements Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization for use Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN devices. The energy levels of these emissions however are far much less than the electromagnetic energy emissions from wireless devices like for example mobile phones.

  • Page 3: Fcc Interference Statement

    FCC Radio Frequency Exposure statement This Wireless LAN radio device has been evaluated under FCC Bulletin OET 65 and found compliant to the requirements as set forth in CFR 47 Sections 2.1091, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b) (4) addressing RF Exposure from radio frequency devices. The radiated output power of this Wireless LAN device is far below the FCC radio frequency exposure limits.

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    Safety Information Your device contains a low power transmitter. When device is transmitted it sends out radio frequency (RF) signal. CAUTION: To maintain compliance with FCC’s RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENT About This Guide .......................... 1 Purpose............................1 Overview of this User’s Guide ....................1 Unpacking and Setup........................2 Unpacking........................... 2 Setup ............................2 Hardware Instalation........................3 Front panel ..........................3 Rear Panel ........................... 3 Hardware connections ........................ 4 Connect to the Switch/Hub ......................

  • Page 6: About This Guide

    ABOUT THIS GUIDE Congratulations on your purchase of this IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN Access Point. This manual helps to features the innovating wireless technology that can help you build a wireless network easily! This manual contains detailed instructions in operation of this product. Please keep this manual for future reference. With a WLAN (IEEE 802.11g) Access Point, a mobile computer can share data with another mobile computer in a wireless way.

  • Page 7: Unpacking And Setup

    UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Access Point. Unpacking Open the box of the Access Point and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: One Wireless Access Point One external power adapter One Multi-Language Quick Installation Guide One CD-Rom (User’s guide) If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for...

  • Page 8: Hardware Instalation

    HARDWARE INSTALATION Front panel The figure below shows the LED Indicator of the Wireless LAN Access Point. WLAN: The indicator blinking green whiles the wireless LAN activity. LAN (Link/ACT): The indicator lights green when the LAN port is connected to a Ethernet network successful.

  • Page 9: Hardware Connections

    Ethernet port with 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet connections, connect this port to switch/hub. RESET The Reset function is to reset the setting back to factory default setting, once you press the “RESET” button more than 5 seconds. Power Connect the Power Adapter DC plug to the AP’s power jack. Antenna One external dipole antenna.
  • Page 10 2. If the LAN Port’s Link indicator does not light up then check the RJ-45 cable if it is firmly feed to the RJ45 port, while the LAN is link up to the Switch/Hub, the LAN port’s LED will light up.

  • Page 11: Configuring The Wireless Lan Access Point

    Before configuring the Wireless AP through WLAN, make sure that the SSID, Channel and the WEP was set properly. The default setting of the Wireless AP that you will use: SSID: TRENDnet Channel: 6 WEP Encryption: disable IP address: 192.168.1.100...

  • Page 12: Main Screen Of The Access Point

    Main Screen of the Access Point The screen will show the status of the AP when you login to the AP. There are seven main functions: Wizard, Status, Basic Setting, IP Setting, Advanced Setting, Security and Tools.

  • Page 13: Wizard

    Wizard Setup wizard is provided as the part of the web configuration utility. User can simply follow the step-by-step process to get Access Point configuration ready to run in 4 easy steps by clicking on the “Wizard” button on the function menu. The following screen will appear.
  • Page 14 Step 3: Set WEP Encryption If user wants to enable WEP, please click “Enabled”. Then, select the key size of WEP encryption and enter the key value in the key text box. Please click “Next” to continue. Step 4: Restart The Setup wizard is now completed.

  • Page 15: Status

    Status This page as below shows the following information. Firmware Version: Shows the current firmware version and released date code. LAN: Shows the Mac address, IP address (default: 192.168.1.100), Subnet Mask, Gateway Address. The current LAN traffic calculated in terms of number of packets sent and received by AP through wired connection is also displayed.
  • Page 16 View Log: Once clicked, the page will change to login page. The login page records every event and the time that it happens. User may clear the entries recorded in the log by clicking the “Clear Log” button, and refresh the screen to show the latest log entries by clicking the “Refresh” button.

  • Page 17: Basic Setting

    Basic Setting This is the page allow user to change the access point settings. AP Name: The name of the AP, which can be used to identify the Access Point among the all the Access Points in the wireless network. Mode: The WLAN AP supports five operation mode for Access Point, AP Client, WDS (Wireless Distribution System), AP+WDS and Repeater mode.
  • Page 18 AP mode configuration Channel: The channel that AP will operate in. User can select the channel range from 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network.
  • Page 19 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. WPA / WPA2: If WPA or WPA2 is selected, the below screen is shown. Please set the length of the encryption key and the parameters for the RADIUS server.

  • Page 20: Ap Client Mode

    RADIUS Server 1: Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Primary Radius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is used by the Radius Server. RADIUS Server 2: (optional) Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Secondary Radius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is used by the Radius Server.
  • Page 21 AP Client mode configuration SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one.
  • Page 22 WEP Key: To disable WEP security, click on the “Disable” option. To enable WEP security, there are 2 types to select – 64bits and 128 bits. When it is selected, the key value must be entered in ASCII or HEX format. Note: When WEP security is enabled, all the wireless clients that wish to connect to the Access Point must also have WEP enabled with the identical WEP Key value entered.

  • Page 23: Wds Mode

    Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”. The new settings are now been saved to Access Point and will be effective once the Access Point restarts. Note: For entering to the Web Setting page after changing to AP Client mode, change your PC/Notebook IP address to 192.168.1.x.
  • Page 24 Master setting (AP-A) Slave setting (AP-B and AP-C) WDS mode configuration for Example-1 Multiple WDS group application: When there are five APs to be join into two separated WDS group, the member of WDS group 1 is AP-A, AP-B and AP-C, and member of the WDS group 2 is AP-C, AP-D and AP-E, the AP-C will join both of WDS group 1 and WDS group 2, each WDS Group 1 will be one master and the other will be slave.
  • Page 25 WDS mode application (Multiple WDS group) Master setting (AP-A, WDS Group 1) Slave setting (AP-B, WDS Group 1)
  • Page 26 Master setting (AP-C, WDS Group 2) Slave setting (AP-D and AP-E, WDS Group 2) WDS mode configuration for Example-2...

  • Page 27: Ap+Wds Mode

    AP+WDS mode With WDS+AP mode, user can use wireless media to communicate two or more LANs through the AP with WDS+AP mode, all of LAN will be combined in the WDS group and WLAN client can access to the AP with AP+WDS mode. WDS+AP mode application AP configuration WDS configuration...

  • Page 28: Repeater Mode

    Repeater mode Configure the AP to Repeater mode; the AP will be a wireless LAN repeater that will be extended the WLAN coverage range. Repeater mode application Repeater mode configuration SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network.
  • Page 29 Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one. Selected one of them in list to establish communications and click “Connect” button. Authentication Type: The authentication type default is set to Open system.
  • Page 30 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”.

  • Page 31: Ip Setting

    IP Setting This page allows user to configure the IP and DHCP settings of the Access Point. The default IP address of this access point is 192.168.1.100 with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. User can type in other values for IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway and click “Apply”...

  • Page 32: Advanced Setting

    Advanced Setting This page contains configurations for advanced users, which the change reflects the wireless performance and operating modes. Beacon Interval: To set the period of time in milliseconds that AP sends out a beacon. Default is 100 milliseconds. RTS Threshold: To set the size of RTS/CTS packet size. Default is 2432 bytes. Fragmentation Threshold: To set the number of bytes used for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages.

  • Page 33: Security

    Security This page is where user configures the security features supported by this Access Point. Password: Allow user to change the new login password. Here are the necessary steps: 1. Enter the new password in the “AP Password New:” field. 2.

  • Page 34: Tools

    Tools Four functions are provided in this page, Backup, Restore Settings, Restore default settings and Firmware Upgrade. Save Settings to Local Hard Drive: Click on “Save Settings to Local Hard Drive” button, which will open a FileSave Dialog box, where user gets to save all the current settings and configurations to a file.

  • Page 35: Technical Specifications

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Standards IEEE 802.11b/g IEEE 802.3u 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet Signal Type: DSSS (802.11b) OFDM (802.11g) Modulation: QPSK / BPSK / CCK / OFDM LED Indicators: Power, LAN (Link/Activity), WLAN (Link) Frequency 2412 MHz ~ 2462 MHz (FCC) 2412 MHz ~ 2472 MHz (ETSI) 2400 MHz ~ 2484 MHz (Japan) Channel 1~ 14 Channels *Local Regulatory Restrictions May Apply.
  • Page 36 Power Consumption 4.2W (Max) Temperature Operating: 0 ~ 40 C, Storage: -10 ~ 70 Humidity Operating: 10% ~ 90%, Storage: 5% ~ 90% Dimensions 140 x 98 x 30 mm (W x H x D) without Antenna EMI: FCC Class B, CE Mark B,...

  • Page 37: Limited Warranty

    Three years If a product does not operate as warranted above during the applicable warranty period, TRENDnet shall, at its option and expense, repair the defective product or deliver to customer an equivalent product to replace the defective item. All products that are replaced will become the property of TRENDnet.

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