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  • Page 1 TRENDnet User’s Guide Table of Contents...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TRENDnet User’s Guide Table of Contents Associated Clients Status ..................25 Contents Show WDS Link Status ..................... 26 Extra Information ..................... 26 Introduction ......................5 Event Log ........................28 Features ......................... 5 WDS Mode Configuration..................29 Package Contents ......................5 External Network Connection ..................
  • Page 3 TRENDnet User’s Guide Table of Contents QoS Setup ......................... 48 Virtual Server (Port Forwarding) ................76 System Status ......................77 Resource Sharing ......................50 Overview ........................77 DMZ .......................... 50 Associated Clients Status ..................79 Virtual Server (Port Forwarding) ................51 Remote AP .......................
  • Page 4 TRENDnet User’s Guide Table of Contents Wireless LAN Network Creation ................102 Wall mount bracket ....................130 Pole mount bracket ....................130 Wireless General Setup ..................102 Installing brackets ...................... 130 Wireless Advanced Setup ..................103 Create Virtual AP (VAP) ..................107 Appendix ......................

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction • Complete wireless security with WPA/WPA2-RADIUS, WPA /WPA2-PSK, and The N300 Wireless 12dBi Outdoor 5GHz PoE Access Point, model TEW- • Multiple pass-through sessions for popular VPN applications (IPSec, L2TP, 676APBO, provides high speed point-to-point building connectivity. It supports...

  • Page 6: Hardware Feature

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Hardware Feature Bottom Panel Front Panel LAN/WLAN/PWR PoE Port LEDs Housing Reset Button • LAN – Turns on when there is a LAN connection and blinks when data is running through the LAN port. WLAN – Turns on when wireless is enabled and blinks during wireless transmission occur.

  • Page 7: System Concept

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO System Concept The TEW-676APBO is not only designed and used as a traditional outdoor AP, but also with rich features tailored for WISP applications. The two-level management capability and access control ease WISP and owners to maintain and manage wireless network in a more controllable fashion.

  • Page 8: Product Benefit

    The use of higher gain antennas may also provide the necessary coverage depending on the environment. N300 Wireless 12dBi Outdoor 5GHz PoE Access Point is the point of connection to Wireless Outdoor Network for service provider deploying last mile services to business or residential broadband subscribers..

  • Page 9: Installation

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Installation 1. Unscrew the black cap covering the PoE port of the TEW-676APBO 2. Install the waterproof kit and insert one end of an Ethernet cable through the kit. 7. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the LAN port of your network.

  • Page 10: Applications

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Applications TEW-676APBO is multiple mode system which can be configured either as a wireless gateway or an access point as desired. It also can be used as a WDS link for Ethernet Remote Bass network expansion. This section depicts different applications on Router AP Mode, AP Mode, WDS Mode, CPE Mode, Client Bridge + Universal Repeater Mode and CPE + AP Mode.

  • Page 11: Wds Mode (Pure Wds)

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Example 2 : Access Point with WDS WDS Mode (Pure WDS)  It can be deployed as a tradition fixed wireless Access Point and provides  An access point can be either a main, relay or remote base station. A main base station WDS link to expand network is typically connected to a wired network via the Ethernet port.

  • Page 12: Cpe Mode

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Example 3 : Multi-Point Repeating bridge Client Bridge + Universal Repeater Mode  It can be used as an Client Bridge + Universal Repeater to receive wireless signal over last mile applications, helping WISPs deliver wireless broadband Internet service to new residential and business customers.

  • Page 13: Web Management Interface Instructions

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Web Management Interface Instructions entering the default IP Address, http://192.168.10.254, in the URL field, and then press Enter. TEW-676APBO supports web-based configuration. Upon the completion of hardware System Login  installation, TEW-676APBO can be configured through a PC/NB by using its web browser The system manager Login Page then appears.

  • Page 14: External Network Connection

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO External Network Connection IP Gateway : The default gateway of the LAN port; default Gateway is  192.168.2.1 Network Requirement Dynamic IP : This configuration type is applicable when the TEW-676APBO is  Normally, TEW-676APBO connects to a wired LAN and provides a wireless connection connected to a network with the presence of a DHCP server;...
  • Page 15 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Remote Base Station LOOP Blocked by Spanning Tree Protocol Remote Base Station Remote Base Station Blocked by LOOP Spanning Tree Protocol Remote Base Station Base Station © Copyright 2012TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 16: Wireless Lan Network

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Wireless LAN Network unit is %) for your environment. If you are not sure which setting to choose, then keep the default setting, 100%. The network manager can configure related wireless settings, General Settings, Advanced Settings, Virtual AP(VAP) Setting, Security Settings and MAC Filter Settings.
  • Page 17 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO receiving radio. The transmitter will resend the original packet if correspondent ACK failed to arrive within specific time interval, also refer to as “ACK Timeout”. ACK Timeout is adjustable due to the fact that distance between two radio links may vary in different deployment.
  • Page 18 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Fragment Threshold : The Fragment Threshold is in the range of 256~2346 byte.  The default is 2346 byte. Each Wi-Fi packet can be divided into smaller packets, marked with a sequential fragment number and re-assemble in the receiving ends. The purpose is to make a short frame, instead of long frame, transmitting by radio in a heavy noisy environment.
  • Page 19 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO applications, and rely on best-effort parameters for traditional IP data. used, a sender does not retransmit packets that have not been received As an Example, time-sensitive Voice & Video, and multimedia are given by the recipient.

  • Page 20: Create Virtual Ap (Vap)

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Data Create Virtual AP (VAP) Queue Transmitted Priority Description The TEW-676APBO support broadcasting multiple SSIDs, allowing the creation of Virtual Clients to AP Access Points, partitioning a single physical access point into 7 logical access points, each High throughput.

  • Page 21: Virtual Ap Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Virtual AP Overview Enable AP : By default, it’s “Disable” for VAP1 ~ VAP6. The Primary AP always  The administrator can view all of the Virtual AP's settings via this page. enabled. Please click on Wireless -> Virtual AP Setup and the Virtual AP Overview Page appears.
  • Page 22 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Security Type : Select the desired security type from the drop-down list; the  options are Disable, WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise Cipher Suite : By default, it is AES. Select either AES or TKIP cipher suites ...

  • Page 23: Wireless Mac Filter Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Session Timeout : The Session timeout is in the range of 0~60 seconds. The Wireless MAC Filter Setup • default is 0 to disable re-authenticate service. Continue Virtual AP Setup section. For each Virtual AP setting, the administrator can •...

  • Page 24: Wireless Network Expansion

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Wireless Network Expansion Security Type : Option is “Disable”, “WEP”, “TKIP”or “AES” from drop-down list.  The administrator could create WDS Links to expand wireless network. When WDS is Needs the same type to build WDS links. Security type takes effect when WDS is enabled, access point functions as a wireless bridge and is able to communicate with enabled.

  • Page 25: Associated Clients Status

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Description : A description of the system.  Firmware Version : The current installed firmware version. Wireless Information : Display total received and transmitted statistics on available   Firmware Date : The build time of installed firmware.

  • Page 26: Show Wds Link Status

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO MAC Address : Display MAC address of WDS peer.  Signal Strength ANT0/ANT1 : Indicate the signal strength of the respective WDS  links. Phy Mode : Indicate the phy mode of the respective WDS linked.
  • Page 27 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO TEW-676APBO could be used as a L2 or L3 device. It doesn’t support dynamic routing protocols such as RIP or OSPF. Static routes to specific hosts, networks or default gateway are set up automatically according to the IP configuration of system's interfaces.

  • Page 28: Event Log

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Event Log The Event log displays system events when system is up and running. Also, it becomes very useful as a troubleshooting tool when issues are experienced in system. Time : The date and time when the event occurred.

  • Page 29: Wds Mode Configuration

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO WDS Mode Configuration Configure LAN IP Please refer to illustrations of the section 1.3 for possible applications in the WDS mode. Here are the instructions for how to setup the local IP Address and Netmask. This section provides detailed explanation for users to configure in the WDS mode with Please click on System ->...

  • Page 30: Wireless Network Expansion

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Wireless Network Expansion The network manager can configure related wireless settings, General Settings, Advanced Settings and WDS Settings. General Setup The administrator can change the data transmission, channel and output power settings for the system. Please click on Wireless -> General Setup and follow the below setting.

  • Page 31: Wireless Advanced Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO improve performance. Wireless Advanced Setup Extra Slot Time : Slot time is in the range of 1~255 and set in unit of microsecond.  To achieve optimal wireless performance, it is necessary to tweak advance setting per The default value is 9 microsecond.
  • Page 32 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO mechanism to fulfill power-saving synchronization. with the fixed overhead cost of just a single frame. A DTIM interval is a count of the number of beacon frames that must occur before WMM : By default, it's “Disable”. To Enable is to use WMM and the WMM ...
  • Page 33 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO minimum transmission delay for Voice, Video, multimedia, and mission critical communication quality deteriorates. This is because when this policy is applications, and rely on best-effort parameters for traditional IP data. used, a sender does not retransmit packets that have not been received As an Example, time-sensitive Voice &...

  • Page 34: Wds Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO milliseconds) the Transmission Opportunity (Txop) for AP; that is, the interval of time enabled. when the WMM AP has the right to initiate transmissions on the wireless network. WEP Key : Enter 5 / 13 ASCII or 10 / 26 HEX format WEP key.

  • Page 35: Wds List

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Location : The reminding note on the geographical location of the system. Receive packets : The total received packets of the LAN port.   Description : The reminding note of the system. Transmit bytes : The total transmitted packets in bytes of the LAN port.

  • Page 36: Extra Information

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO MAC Address : Display MAC address of WDS peer. ARP table Information : Select “ARP Table Information” on the drop-down list to   Signal Strength ANT0/ANT1 : Indicate the signal strength of the respective WDS display ARP table.

  • Page 37: Event Log

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Bridge STP Information : Select “Bridge STP Information” on the drop-down list to  display a list of bridge STP information. Time : The date and time when the event occurred.  Facility : It helps users to identify source of events such “System” or “User”...

  • Page 38: Cpe Mode Configuration

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO CPE Mode Configuration External Network Connection Network Requirement When CPE mode is chosen, the system can be configured as a Customer Premises Equipment(CPE). This section provides detailed explanation for users to configure in the It can be used as an Outdoor Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) to receive wireless CPE mode with help of illustrations.

  • Page 39: Configure Wan Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Configure WAN Setup Dynamic IP : Please consult with WISP for correct wireless settings to associate  with WISP AP before a dynamic IP, along with related IP settings including DNS There are three connection types for the WAN port : Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE and can be available from DHCP server.
  • Page 40 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO DNS : Check “No Default DNS Server” or “Specify DNS Server IP” radial button as  PPTP : desired to set up system DNS. The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) mode enables the  Primary : The IP address of the primary DNS server.

  • Page 41: Configure Ddns Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Configure LAN Setup Here are the instructions for how to setup the local IP Address and Netmask. Configure DDNS Setup Please click on System -> LAN and follow the below setting. Dynamic DNS allows you to map domain name to dynamic IP address.

  • Page 42: Access Point Association

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO server; this is optional. Band Mode : Select an appropriate wireless band; bands available are 801.11a or  Domain : Enter the domain name for this network. 802.11a/n mixed mode.  Lease Time : The IP addresses given out by the DHCP server will only be valid Tx Power : You can adjust the output power of the system to get the appropriate ...

  • Page 43: Configure Wireless Advanced Setting

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Configure Wireless Advanced Setting Synchronization field. The preamble is used to signal "here is a train of data coming" to the receiver. The To achieve optimal wireless performance, it is necessary to tweak advance setting per short preamble provides 72-bit Synchronization field to improve WLAN requirements properly, not necessary higher the better or lower.

  • Page 44: Create Wireless Profile

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Create Wireless Profile The administrator can configure station profiles via this page. Please click on Wireless -> Wireless Profile and follow the below setting. Key Index : key index is used to designate the WEP key during data ...

  • Page 45: Access Control List

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Profile List : The user can manage the created profiles for home, work or public  areas. Below depict an example for Profile List Click ”Edit” an exist profile on the Profile List. The field of System Configuration ...

  • Page 46: Mac Filter Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO the system via telnet from your subnet, not others, the Example 1 demonstrates it, not rules in the Example 2. Example 1 : Create a higher priority rule to allow IP address 192.168.2.2 Telnet  access from LAN port first, and deny Telnet access from remaining IP addresses in the same subnet.

  • Page 47: Parental Control Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Parental Control Setup Parental Control allows you to block or allow specific kinds of Internet usage and traffic, such as Internet access, designated services, and websites. WIFI WAN Main Please click on Advance -> Parental Control and follow the below setting.

  • Page 48: Qos Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Application) from drop-down list. When you select ICMP or Layer 7 QoS Setup Application , the Local(LAN)/ Destination Port cannot used. Quality of Service (QoS) refers to both a network's ability to deliver data with minimum If you want to block websites with specific URL address or using specific delay, and the networking methods used to control the use of bandwidth.
  • Page 49 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Please click on Advance -> QoS and follow the below setting. MAC Address : Enter MAC address in valid MAC address  format(xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx) and click “Add” button to add in the MAC group of each rule. Click “Remove” button can remove MAC address in the group of each rule.

  • Page 50: Resource Sharing

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Bandwidth : Click “Enable” to activate function, and click “Disable” to Resource Sharing  deactivate function Upload / Download : Specify the bandwidth in kilobit per second (Kbps). Enter  a number between 8 to 8192, default upload is 128 Kbps, download is 1024 DMZ is commonly work with the NAT functionality as an alternative of Virtual Kbps.

  • Page 51: Virtual Server (Port Forwarding)

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Virtual Server (Port Forwarding) “Virtual Server” can also referred to as “Port Forward” as well and used interchangeably. Resources in the network can be exposed to the Internet users in a controlled manner including on-line gaming, video conferencing or others via Virtual Server setup. Don’t repeat ports’...
  • Page 52 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO DMZ Enabled : 192.168.2.12 Rule Protocol Private IP Private Port Public Port 192.168.2.10 192.168.2.11 20:80 20:80 Example 2 : All connections should be redirected to 192.168.2.12 while DMZ is  enabled. Since Virtual Server rules have precedence over the DMZ rule all other connections to TCP port 20~80 will be redirected to port 20~80 of 192.168.2.11.

  • Page 53: System Status

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO System Status WAN Information : Display the information of the WAN interface.  This section breaks down into subsections of System Overview, Station Statistics, Extra Information and Event Log. Overview Detailed information on System, WAN Information, LAN Information and DHCP Server Status can be reviewed via this page.

  • Page 54: Station Statistics

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO LAN Information : Display total received and transmitted statistics on the LAN IP Address : IP addresses to LAN devices by DHCP server.   interface. MAC Address : MAC addresses of LAN devices.  Expired In : Shows how long the leased IP address will expire.

  • Page 55: Extra Info

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Link Status : response after this TEW-676APBO sends out the RTS message.  Status : Shows the current link status. It should be “Connected” or  Receive Statistics “Disconnected”.  ESSID : Shows the current SSID, which must be the same on the wireless client Frames Received Successfully: The number of successful received frames.
  • Page 56 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Netstat Information : Select “NetStatus Information” on the drop-down list, the but also remember non-local MAC addresses learned from wired or wireless  connection track list should interfaces. NetStatus will show all connection track on the system, the information include ...

  • Page 57: Qos Plot

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO QoS Plot Time : The date and time when the event occurred.  Facility : It helps users to identify source of events such “System” or “User”  The QoS Plot show graphs which continuously represents the current data traffic on Severity : Severity level that a specific event is associated such as “info”, “error”,...

  • Page 58: Cpe + Ap Mode Configuration

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO CPE + AP Mode Configuration External Network Connection Network Requirement When CPE+AP mode is chosen, the system can be configured as a Customer Premises Equipment(CPE). This section provides detailed explanation for users to configure in the It can be used as an Outdoor Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) to receive and repeat CPE+AP mode with help of illustrations.

  • Page 59: Configure Wan Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO release IP address and click Renew button to renew IP address again. Configure WAN Setup There are three connection types for the WAN port : Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE and PPTP, Please click on System -> WAN and follow the below setting.

  • Page 60: Configure Ddns Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Secondary : The IP address of the secondary DNS server.  Click Save button to save your changes. Click Reboot button to activate your changes Configure DDNS Setup Dynamic DNS allows you to map domain name to dynamic IP address.

  • Page 61: Configure Lan Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Configure LAN Setup Here are the instructions for how to setup the local IP Address and Netmask. Please click on System -> LAN and follow the below setting. DHCP : Check Enable button to activate this function or Disable to deactivate ...

  • Page 62: Access Point Association

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Access Point Association When Band Mode select in 802.11a only mode, the HT(High Throughput) Physical Configure Wireless General Setting Mode and 11n Configuration settings should be hidden immediately. The administrator can change the data transmission, channel and output power settings Operating Mode : By default, it's Mixed Mode.

  • Page 63: Wireless Advanced Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Wireless Advanced Setup Extra Slot Time : Slot time is in the range of 1~255 and set in unit of microsecond.  The default value is 9 microsecond. To achieve optimal wireless performance, it is necessary to tweak advance setting per ACK Timeout : ACK timeout is in the range of 1~255 and set in unit of microsecond.
  • Page 64 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO A DTIM interval is a count of the number of beacon frames that must occur before Preamble Synchronization field. the access point sends the buffered multicast frames. For instance, if DTIM Interval The preamble is used to signal "here is a train of data coming" to the receiver. The...
  • Page 65 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO the requirements of the media being sent. Queues automatically provide transmission efficiency, it can cause increased packet loss when minimum transmission delay for Voice, Video, multimedia, and mission critical communication quality deteriorates. This is because when this policy is applications, and rely on best-effort parameters for traditional IP data.

  • Page 66: Site Survey

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO advanced settings and will be applied to Repeater AP. Site Survey Use this tool to scan and locate WISP Access Points and select one to associate with. Please click on Wireless -> Site Survey. Below depicts an example for site survey.
  • Page 67 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Click “”Edit” an exist profile on the Profile List. The field of System  Configuration and Security Policy will display profile's content. Edit profile's Key Length ASCII content and then click “Save” button to save the profile.

  • Page 68: Wireless Lan Network Creation

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Wireless LAN Network Creation archived and setting of AP's clients could make to associate to it. Maximum Clients : The default value is 32. You can enter the number of wireless  The network manager can configure related wireless settings, Repeater AP Setup, clients that can associate to a particular SSID.
  • Page 69 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO WPA-PSK (or WPA2-PSK) : WPA (or WPA2) Algorithms, allows the system interval for rekeying GTK, broadcast/multicast encryption keys, in  accessing the network by using the WPA-PSK protected access. seconds. Entering the time-length is required. PMK Cache Period : By default, it's 10 minutes. Set WPA2 PMKID •...

  • Page 70: Wireless Mac Filter Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Shared secret : A secret key used between system and RADIUS Add a station MAC : Enter MAC address (e.g. aa:bb:cc:00:00:0a) and click “Add” •  server. Supports 8 to 64 characters. button, then the MAC address should display in the “Enable” List.

  • Page 71: Mac Filter Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO MAC Filter Setup Source Address/Mask : Enter desired source IP address and netmask; i.e.  Allows to create MAC filter rules to allow or deny unicast or multicast packets from 192.168.2.10/32. limited number of MAC addresses. Important to note that MAC filter rules have Source Port : Enter a port or a range of ports as start:end;...

  • Page 72: Parental Control Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO MAC Address : Enter MAC address (e.g. aa:bb:cc:00:00:0a) and click “Add” button,  then the MAC address should display in the MAC Filter List. There are a maximum of 20 clients allowed in this MAC Filter List. The MAC addresses of the wireless clients can be added and removed to the list using the Add and Delete buttons.

  • Page 73: Qos Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Application , the Local(LAN)/ Destination Port can not used. QoS Setup If you want to block websites with specific URL address or using specific Quality of Service (QoS) refers to both a network's ability to deliver data with minimum keywords, enter each URL or keyworks in the “URL Blocking”...
  • Page 74 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Rules : Use the rules to define the classifiers. After you define the rules, you can  specify action to act upon the traffic that matches the rules Down: Comment : Enter a descriptive name for this rule for identifying purposes.

  • Page 75: Copyright 2012Trendnet. All Rights Reserved

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO bandwidth. Because rule 1's priority is higher than rule 2 Destination Remark Bandwidth Example 2 : On this setting, the FTP has 512 Kbps upload and 512 Kbps  Rule Source IP DSCP Protocol DSCP (Up/Down) download on 192.168.2.10 Because rule 1's priority is higher than rule 2...

  • Page 76: Virtual Server (Port Forwarding)

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Please click on Advance -> Virtual Server and follow the below setting. DMZ : By default, it’s “Disable”. Check Enable radial button to enable DMZ.  IP Address : Enter IP address of DMZ host and only one DMZ host is supported.

  • Page 77: System Status

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO connections to TCP port 22 will be directed to TCP port 22 of 192.168.2.10 and System Status remaining connections to port TCP 20~80 will be redirected to port TCP 20~80 of This section breaks down into subsections of System Overview, Associated Clients 192.168.2.11...
  • Page 78 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO LAN Information : Display total received and transmitted statistics on the LAN  interface. The WAN port specified Dynamic IP, the Release and Renew button will be show- up, click Release button to release IP address of WAN port, Renew button to renew IP address through DHCP server.

  • Page 79: Associated Clients Status

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Station Rate : The current Bit Rate on the Wireless Client Station. Associated Clients Status  Receive bytes :The total received packets in bytes on the Wireless port.  It displays ESSID, on/off Status, Security Type, total number of wireless clients associated Receive packets : The total received packets on the Wireless port.

  • Page 80: Remote Ap

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Remote AP Extra Info SSID, MAC address, antenna 0/1 received signal strength and channel bandwidth for Users could pull out information such as Route table, ARP table, MAC table, Bridge table associated AP are available. or STP available in the drop-down list from system. The “Refresh” button is used to retrieve latest table information.
  • Page 81 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Protocol, Live Time, Status , Source/Destination IP address and Port. Bridge MAC information : Select “Bridge MACs Information” on the drop-down list  to display MAC table. Route table information : Select “Route table information” on the drop-down list ...

  • Page 82: Qos Plot

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO QoS Plot Client Bridge + Universal Repeater Configuration When Client Bridge+Universal Repeater mode is activated, the system can be configured The QoS Plot show graphs which continuously represents the current data traffic on as an Access Point and Client Station simultaneously. This section provides information each QoS rule.

  • Page 83: External Network Connection

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO External Network Connection Configure LAN IP Network Requirement Here are the instructions for how to setup the local IP Address and Netmask. Please click on System -> LAN and follow the below setting. It can be used as an Client Bridge or Universal Repeater to receive and repeat wireless signal over last mile applications, helping WISPs deliver wireless broadband Internet service to new residential and business customers.

  • Page 84: Access Point Association

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO IP Gateway : The default gateway of the LAN port; default Gateway is Lease Time : The IP addresses given out by the DHCP server will only be valid   192.168.2.1 for the duration specified by the lease time. Increasing the time ensure client Dynamic IP : This configuration type is applicable when the TEW-676APBO is operation without interruptions, but could introduce potential conflicts.

  • Page 85: Wireless Advanced Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Band Mode : Select an appropriate wireless band; bands available are 801.11a or A-MSDU : Aggregated Mac Service Data Unit, A-MSDU. Select Enable to allow   802.11a/n mixed mode. aggregation for multiple MSDUs in one MPDU. Default is disabled.
  • Page 86 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO ownership and finish their transmission and release the channel. Then, following DTIM Interval : The DTIM interval is in the range of 1~255. The default is 1.  ownership of the channel will be sooner for the new pair due to shorter slot time.
  • Page 87 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO with other APs in channel. Pkt_Aggregate : By default, it's “Enable”  Data Transmitted Queue Priority Description AP to Clients High throughput. Bulk data that requires maximum throughput AC_BK Background. and is not time-sensitive is sent to this queue (FTP data, for example).
  • Page 88 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO used, a sender does not retransmit packets that have not been received Data by the recipient. Queue Transmitted Priority Description When the Normal ACK policy is used, the recipient acknowledges each Clients to AP received unicast packet.

  • Page 89: Site Survey

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Site Survey Create Wireless Profile Use this tool to scan and locate WISP Access Points and select one to associate with. The administrator can configure station profiles via this page. Please click on Wireless -> Site Survey. Below depicts an example for site survey.

  • Page 90: Wireless Lan Network Creation

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Configuration and Security Policy will display profile's content. Edit profile's content and then click “Save” button to save the profile. Click “Delete” to remove profile.  Click and Select a profile from list, then click the “Connect” button to ...
  • Page 91 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Enable Repeater AP : By default, it’s “Enable” for repeater AP. Select “Enable” to  Authentication Method : Enable the desire option among OPEN, SHARED activate Repeater AP or click “Disable” to deactivate this function ...
  • Page 92 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO following Dynamic WEP and RADIUS settings to complete configuration. Radius Server Settings :  IP Address : Enter the IP address of the Authentication RADIUS • server. Port : By default, it’s 1812. The port number used to communicate •...

  • Page 93: Wireless Mac Filter Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Wireless MAC Filter Setup System Status This section breaks down into subsections of System Overview, Associated Clients Continue 7.3.1 Repeater AP Setup section, the administrator can allow or reject clients Status, Remote AP, Extra Information and Event Log.
  • Page 94 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Network Information : Display the information of the Network.  Mode : Supports Static or Dynamic modes on the LAN interface.  IP Address : The management IP of system. By default, it’s 192.168.2.254.  AP MAC Address : The MAC address of the repeater AP.

  • Page 95: Associated Clients Status

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Associated Clients Status Remote AP It displays ESSID, on/off Status, Security Type, total number of wireless clients associated SSID, MAC address, antenna 0/1 received signal strength and channel bandwidth for with Repeater AP. associated AP are available.
  • Page 96 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO routing protocols such as RIP or OSPF. Static routes to specific hosts, networks or Ageing timers will be reset when existing MAC addresses in table are learned again default gateway are set up automatically according to the IP configuration of or added when new MAC addresses are seen from wired or wireless interfaces as system's interfaces.

  • Page 97: Event Log

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Event Log The Event log displays system events when system is up and running. Also, it becomes very useful as a troubleshooting tool when issues are experienced in system. Time : The date and time when the event occurred.

  • Page 98: Router Ap Mode Configuration

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Router AP Mode Configuration External Network Connection Network Requirement When Router AP mode is chosen, the system can be configured as a Router with Access Point and WDS function. This section provides detailed explanation for users to It can be used as an Router AP with WDS function.

  • Page 99: Configure Wan Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO IP Netmask : The Subnet mask of the WAN port; default Netmask is  Configure WAN Setup 255.255.255.0 There are three connection types for the WAN port : Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE and IP Gateway : The default gateway of the WAN port; default Gateway is ...
  • Page 100 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO PPTP : DNS : Check “No Default DNS Server” or “Specify DNS Server IP” radial button as The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) mode enables the   implementation of secure multi-protocol Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) desired to set up system DNS.

  • Page 101: Configure Ddns Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Configure DDNS Setup Configure LAN Setup Dynamic DNS allows you to map domain name to dynamic IP address. Here are the instructions for how to setup the local IP Address and Netmask. Please click on System -> DDNS Setup and follow the below setting.

  • Page 102: Wireless Lan Network Creation

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Wireless LAN Network Creation The network manager can configure related wireless settings, General Settings, Advanced Settings, Virtual AP(VAP) Setting, Security Settings, and MAC Filter Settings. Wireless General Setup The administrator can change the data transmission, channel and output power settings for the system.

  • Page 103: Wireless Advanced Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO MAC Address : The MAC address of the Wireless interface is displayed here. Click Reboot button to activate your changes. The items in this page are for AP's RF  Band Mode : Select an appropriate wireless band; bands available are 801.11a or general settings and will be applied to all VAPs and WDS Links.
  • Page 104 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO the owners might experience subsequent collisions. When adjustment to longer DTIM is defined as Delivery Traffic Indication Message. It is used to notify the slot time can’t improve performance then RTS/CTS could supplement and help wireless stations, which support power saving mode, when to wake up to receive improve performance.
  • Page 105 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Pkt_Aggregate : By default, it's “Enable”  Increase efficiency by aggregating multiple packets of application data into a single transmission frame. In this way, 802.11n networks can send multiple data packets Data Transmitted Queue Priority Description AP to Clients High throughput.
  • Page 106 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Maximum Contention Window is the upper limit (in milliseconds) for the Data doubling of the random backoff value. This doubling continues until either Queue Transmitted Priority Description the data frame is sent or the Maximum Contention Window size is Clients to AP reached.

  • Page 107: Create Virtual Ap (Vap)

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Click Save button to save your changes. Click Reboot button to activate your changes. The items in this page are for AP's RF advanced settings and will be applied to all VAPs and WDS Links. Create Virtual AP (VAP)
  • Page 108 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Virtual AP Setup For each Virtual AP, administrators can configure SSID, SSID broadcasting, Maximum number of client associations, security type settings. Click Edit button on the Edit column, and then a Virtual AP setup page appears.
  • Page 109 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Security Type : Select the desired security type from the drop-down list; the Cipher Suite : By default, it is AES. Select either AES or TKIP cipher suites   options are Disable, WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise Pre-shared Key : Enter the pre-shared key;...

  • Page 110: Wireless Mac Filter Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO server. Wireless MAC Filter Setup Port : By default, it’s 1812. The port number used to communicate • Continue Virtual AP Setup section. For each Virtual AP setting, the administrator can with RADIUS server. allow or reject clients to access each Virtual AP.

  • Page 111: Wireless Network Expansion

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Wireless Network Expansion The administrator could create WDS Links to expand wireless network. When WDS is enabled, access point functions as a wireless bridge and is able to communicate with other access points via WDS links. A WDS link is bidirectional and both side must support WDS.

  • Page 112: Access Control List

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Access Control List Listen : Click Yes radial button to match TCP packets only with the SYN flag.  Active : Deny to drop and Pass to allow per filter rules  IP Filter Setup Interface : The interface that a filter rule applies ...

  • Page 113: Mac Filter Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO MAC Filter Setup Parental Control Setup Allows to create MAC filter rules to allow or deny unicast or multicast packets from limited number of MAC addresses. Note, the MAC filter rules have precedence over IP Parental Control allows you to block or allow specific kinds of Internet usage and traffic, Filter rules.
  • Page 114 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Application) from drop-down list. When you select ICMP or Layer 7 Application , the Local(LAN)/ Destination Port can not used. If you want to block websites with specific URL address or using specific keywords, enter each URL or keyworks in the “URL Blocking” field and click “Add”...

  • Page 115: Qos Setup

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO QoS Setup Remote Bass Quality of Service (QoS) refers to both a network's ability to deliver data with minimum Station delay, and the networking methods used to control the use of bandwidth. Without QoS, Down: 1024Kbps all traffic data is equally likely to be dropped when the network is congested.
  • Page 116 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO each rule. Click “Remove” button can remove MAC address in the group of each rule. There are 10 MAC address maximum allowed in each rule. Local / Destination IP : Specify local(LAN)/ destination IP addresses range ...

  • Page 117: Resource Sharing

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO a number between 8 to 8192, default upload is 128 Kbps, download is 1024 Kbps. Click “Add” button to add QoS rule to List. There are 10 rules maximum allowed in this QoS List. All rules can be removed or edited on the List. Click Reboot button to activate your changes.

  • Page 118: System Status

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Please click on Advance -> Virtual Server and follow the below setting. remaining connections to port TCP 20~80 will be redirected to port TCP 20~80 of 192.168.2.11 Example 2 : All connections should be redirected to 192.168.2.12 while DMZ is ...
  • Page 119 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO MAC Address : The MAC address of the WAN port.  WAN Information : Display the information of the WAN interface. IP Address : The IP address of the WAN port.   IP Netmask : The IP netmask of the WAN port.

  • Page 120: Associated Clients

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Associated Clients It displays ESSID, on/off Status, Security Type, total number of wireless clients associated with all Virtual AP. MAC Address : The MAC address of the Wireless Port.  Channel : The current channel on the Wireless port.

  • Page 121: Show Wds Link

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Show WDS Link Extra Info Peers MAC Address, antenna 0/1 received signal strength, phy mode and channel Users could pull out information such as Route table, ARP table, MAC table, Bridge table bandwidth for each WDS are available.
  • Page 122 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Netstat Information : Select “NetStatus Information” on the drop-down list, the Bridge MAC information : Select “Bridge MACs Information” on the drop-down list   connection track list should show-up, the list can be updated using the Refresh to display MAC table.

  • Page 123: Qos Plot

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO QoS Plot System Management Configure Management The QoS Plot show graphs which continuously represents the current data traffic on each QoS rule. The chart scale and throughput dimension (bps, Kbps, Mbps) changes Administrator could specify geographical location of the system via instructions in this dynamically according to the mean throughput value.
  • Page 124 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO System Information ping a user defined IP address (it can be the internet gateway for example). If it is  System Name : Enter a desired name or use the default one. unable to ping under the user defined constraints, the TEW-676APBO device will ...

  • Page 125: Configure System Time

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Configure System Time System time can be configured via this page, and manual setting or via a NTP server is supported. Please click on System -> Time Server and follow the below setting. Local Time : Display the current system time.

  • Page 126: Configure Upnp

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Configure UPnP Configure SNMP Setup Universal Plug and Play(UPnP) is an architecture to enable pervasive peer-to-peer SNMP is an application-layer protocol that provides a message format for network connectivity between PCs, intelligent devices and appliances when UPnP is communication between SNMP managers and agents.

  • Page 127: Backup / Restore And Reset To Factory

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Backup / Restore and Reset to Factory Backup current configuration, restore prior configuration or reset back to factory default configuration can be executed via this page. Please click on Utilities -> Profile Setting and follow the below setting.

  • Page 128: Firmware Upgrade

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Firmware Upgrade Network Utility Firmware is the main software image that system needs to respond to requests and to The administrator can diagnose network connectivity via the PING and TRACEROUTE manage real time operations. Firmware upgrades are sometimes required to include utility.

  • Page 129: Reboot

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Count : By default, it’s 5 and the range is from 1 to 50. It indicates number of Mounting bracket installation  connectivity test. Package contents Traceroute : Allows tracing the hops from the TEW-676APBO device to a selected ...

  • Page 130: Wall Mount Bracket

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Wall mount bracket Installing brackets Position the provided mounting bracket to the desired location and mount as Align the access point with the mount triangle installed with either the wall or pole shown in the above image using the provided wood screws and plugs.

  • Page 131: Appendix

    TRENDnet User’s Guide Appendix Appendix WEB GUI Valid Characters Block Field Valid Characters IP Address IP Format; 1-254 IP Netmask 128.0.0.0 ~ 255.255.255.252 IP Gateway IP Format; 1-254 Primary DNS IP Format; 1-254 Secondary DNS IP Format; 1-254 Hostname Length : 32 0-9, A-Z, a-z ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * ( ) _ + - { } | : <...
  • Page 132 TRENDnet User’s Guide Appendix Hostname Length : 32 0-9, A-Z, a-z ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * ( ) _ + - { } | : < > ? [ ] / ; ` , . = User name...
  • Page 133 TRENDnet User’s Guide Appendix DHCP Server Start IP IP Format; 1-254 End IP IP Format; 1-254 DNS1 IP IP Format; 1-254 DNS2 IP IP Format; 1-254 WINS IP IP Format; 1-254 Domain Length : 32 0-9, A-Z, a-z ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * ( ) _ + - { } | : < > ? [ ] / ; ` , . =...
  • Page 134 TRENDnet User’s Guide Appendix Password Length : 4 ~ 30 0-9, A-Z, a-z ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * ( ) _ + - { } | : < > ? [ ] / ; ` , . =...
  • Page 135 TRENDnet User’s Guide Appendix IP Format; 1-254 General Setup Tx Power 1-100 % Wireless Profile Profile Name 32 chars ESSID Length : 31 Space 0-9, A-Z, a-z ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * ( ) _ + - { } | : < > ? [ ] / ; ` , . =...
  • Page 136 TRENDnet User’s Guide Appendix Virtual AP Setup ESSID Length : 31 Space 0-9, A-Z, a-z ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * ( ) _ + - { } | : < > ? [ ] / ; ` , . =...
  • Page 137 TRENDnet User’s Guide Appendix TKIP Key 8 ~ 63 ASCII chars; 64 HEX chars AES Key 8 ~ 63 ASCII chars; 64 HEX chars Peer's MAC Address 12 HEX chars Description 32 chars IP Filter Source Address IP Format; 1-254...
  • Page 138 TRENDnet User’s Guide Appendix Parental Control MAC Address MAC Format; 12 HEX chars Local/ Destination IP IP Format; 1-254 Local/ Destination Port 1 ~ 65535 Upload & Download 8 ~ 8192 digital number © Copyright 2012TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 139: Mcs Data Rate

    TRENDnet User’s Guide Appendix MCS Data Rate The table below shows the relationships between the variables that allow for the maximum data rate Note : When MCS=32, only Short Guard Interval option is supported, Channel Bandwidth=20 is not supported. If Channel Bandwidth=40, the HT duplicate 6Mbps.

  • Page 140: System Manager Privileges

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Read System Manager Privileges System Read There are two system management accounts for maintaining the system; namely, the root and admin accounts are with different levels of privileges. The root manager Root Read account is empowered with full privilege to Read & Write while the admin manager account is Read only.

  • Page 141: Windows Tcp/Ip Settings

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Windows TCP/IP Settings Windows XP  1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel, and then “Control Panel” window appears. Click on “Network Connections”, and then “Network Connections” window appears. 3. In “Local Area Connection Properties” window, select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”...

  • Page 142: Enabling Upnp In Windows Xp

    TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Enabling UPnP in Windows XP Open the “Add/Remove Programs” control panel, and then click on “Add/Remove Windows Components” in the sidebar. Scroll down and find “Networking Services”, In the “Networking Services” window, ensure that the “Internet Gateway Device”...
  • Page 143 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO Next, in the “Control panel”, open the “Administrative Tools” and then open “Services”. Scroll down until you find the “SSDP Discovery Interface”. If the Status is not Started, double-click on SSDP Discovery Interface to open the service properties.

  • Page 144: Specification

    Wireless: IEEE 802.11a/n (5 GHz) LED Indicator Power, LAN, WLAN (wireless activity) Antenna 12dBi patch antenna (polarization: V30°, H30°) 1 x 10/100Mbps RJ-45 PoE port, Passive only (non- 802.3af compliant) Dimension (L x W x H) 215 x 122 x 66 mm ( 8.5 x 4.8 x 2.6 in) Weight 1kg (2.2lbs)

  • Page 145: Limited Warranty

    USA are responsible for custom charges, including but not limited to, duty, tax, and other fees. Go to http://www.trendnet.com/gpl http://www.trendnet.com Download section and look for the desired TRENDnet product to access to the GPL Code or LGPL Code. © Copyright 2012TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 146 TRENDnet User’s Guide TEW-676APBO These codes are distributed WITHOUT WARRANTY and are subject to the copyrights of the developers. TRENDnet does not provide technical support for these codes. Please go http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt specific terms of each license. PWP05202009v2 © Copyright 2012TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 147 Appendix © Copyright 2012TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.

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