AC1200 Dual-Band Wireless LAN Repeater User Manual Version: 1.
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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation. The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the channels 1-11 only.
R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE). The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.
CATALO G Chapter I : Product Information ................................................................... 1 1-1 Introduction and safety information ......................................................... 1 1-2 Safety Information ..................................................................................... 2 1-3 System Requirements ................................................................................ 3 1-4 Package Contents...............................................................
3-2-7 Configuration ................................................................................ 65 3-2-7-1 Configuration Tool ............................................................. 65 3-2-7-2 WEB Upgrade .................................................................... 66 3-2-7-3 Reset ................................................................................... 67 CHAPTER IV : AP mode .............................................................................
Chapter I : Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this 802.11ac/a/b/g/n wireless repeater! The compact design with power built-in allows you to install this repeater everywhere, and still providing excellent network performance to extend the Wi-Fi signal and wireless coverage. Other features of this wireless repeater including: Extend the wireless signal inside your home or office. Compact design while maintaining excellent network performance.
1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This wireless repeater is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this device to direct sun light, rain, or snow. 2. DO NOT put this at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this Wireless repeater in the car in summer. 3.
1-3 System Requirements Wireless network card which is compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n and 802.11 ac wireless network standard. Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 or MAC OS or Linux operating system.
1-4 Package Contents Before you start to use this wireless repeater, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: Repeater (1 pcs) …………………………..…………… 1 □ Quick Installation Guide User Manual CDROM (1 pcs) ………..
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless repeater Interface Descriptions B A Item A B C C Item Name LAN Description 10/100/1000M Ethernet LAN Port with Auto-MDI/MDI-X. Connecting to computer, switch or hub for local network sharing. Reset / WPS Reset the repeater to factory default settings (clear all settings) or start WPS function. Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults, and press this button for less than 5 seconds to start WPS function.
LED Definitions LED Color LED Status Description Good signal reception (signal strength 100%~50%). Normal signal reception Slow blinking (50%~25%) Steady ON Signal (G) Amber Blinking Poor signal reception Quick blinking (<25%) Out of signal or disconnected/ or LED off mode. Off Signal Status (2.4G) Green Steady ON 1. Good signal (RSSI 100%~50%) Blinking 1. 2. 3. Poor signal Slow blinking (RSSI <50%~25%) Quick blinking (RSSI <25%) Off 1. No signal/ or LED off mode.
*If user selects to enable “LED OFF mode”, power LED On/Off depends on user’s selection, user can select to leave only power LED on or turn off all LEDs including this power LED. Ready for “Reset to factory default”, power LED is blinking. power is turned off. WPS is in progress of waiting another WPS device’s connection, blinking (0.2 second on, 0.1 second off) for 2 minutes. WPS error, blinking (0.1 second on, 0.1 second off) NO WPS is in progress/ LED off mode LAN port is connected.
CHAPTER II : Repeater mode Repeater mode is your Wi-Fi range extender! It can extend your wireless signal and coverage and help you to solve wireless dead zone problem. This chapter will show you how to quickly install this device by using quick setup and show you the each detailed setting on web UI page of repeater mode.
You can build wireless connection via ‘Hardware WPS button’ or ‘Software web browser’. If your broadband router or access point also supports ‘WPS button’, we recommend you to use WPS button to establish connection, it is the fast and secure way without computer. Using WPS button Using Web browser - please go to section 2-1-1 - please go to section 2-1-2 2-1-1 Hardware WPS button setup 1. Press and hold WPS button on repeater for 2 seconds, ‘WPS’ LED will start flashing.
WPS button WPS LED 2. Press WPS button on the wireless broadband router or access point you wish to connect within 2 minutes.
NOTE: this WPS button position on access point is for example, different device may have different WPS button position. TIP: If the access point you wish to connect does not have hardware WPS button, you can also use its web configuration menu’s WPS function to establish connection. Or you can login this repeater web UI to have quick setup (detailed setup refers to ‘2-1-2 Web browser quick setup’ manual) 3.
Steady light: Excellent, Flash: Good, Fast flash: poor. If the Signal LED is off, it means this place is out of wireless signal of your wireless broadband router or access point, please move this repeater closer to broadband router until repeater device can receive signal from broadband router and extend its signal. The quick installation setup is completely done, you can refer to ‘2-2 Repeater mode Advanced Settings’ to login in web UI for other advanced settings.
access point named ‘repeater0003’ and get connected. (The default SSID of this repeater device is ‘repeater0003’, 0003 is an example, it is the last 4 digits of device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.) NOTE: this default SSID ‘repeater0003” is for example, different device may have different last 4 digits.
‘http://192.168.2.254 instead of repeaterxxxx if your PC is not Windows OS. 2. Open web browser, it will redirect to web UI setting page. (or you can input the default IP address ‘http://repeater0003’ in address bar) 3. Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password. Default username is ‘admin’ and password is ‘1234’. Click ‘OK’ button to continue. 4. All wireless access points nearby will be displayed on the list.
If you want to connect to a hidden access point, you can select "Setup repeater manually" to input wireless setting manually. 5. You’ll be prompted to input access point’s wireless security key, input it in ‘KEY’ field and click ‘Next’ to continue.
6. It will start to verify the wireless key with your associated access point and show you result within 20 seconds. Please follow the instruction to continue setup. 7.
8. When you done to setup dual band success (or setup single band manually), you will see the page on the below, press “Next” to continue. 9. After settings successfully, wireless repeater will display the connection information for you. Please press “APPLY” to end the setting or press “Back” to return the setup page. ‘Device SSID’ will be the same of the access point’s SSID you connected in this step. You can change it to a different SSID if you want.
Note: we recommend you not to change this SSID, it can have the less configuration setting between this repeater and your existing notebook/PC or other wireless client devices. We recommend you to copy your ‘firmware URL’ (for example: http://repeater0003) to you bookmark for quickly login into setting page next time. NOTE: this ‘repeater0003” is for example, 0003 is the last 4 digits of device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.
2-2 Repeater mode Advanced Settings 2-2-1 Connect to web configuration menu Please open web browser (IE, firefox, chrome etc.) and find ‘300N Wireless Repeaterxxxx Web UI’ firmware link on your bookmark list if you have agreed to save it when you installed this device first time.
You should be able to see the configuration manual of Wireless repeater in very short time: Detailed operation instructions will be given to following manual.
2-2-2 Home The status and information of this wireless repeater will be displayed here. To access ‘Home’ menu, please click ‘Home’ on the left. You should see the screen looks like this (the contents will vary depending on your actual setting): You can click ‘Show Active Clients’ button to show all connected wireless clients. Please note: By clicking ‘Show Active Clients’ button, a new browser window will appear.
2-2-3 WPS Setting You can configure WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) here. By using WPS, you can establish secure connection between this wireless repeater with other wireless devices which also support WPS in a fast and secure manner. To access ‘WPS Setting’ menu, click ‘WPS Settings’ on the left.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item WPS Status Self PinCode SSID Authentication Mode Passphrase Key WPS Setting Config Mode Start PBC Start PIN Description Shows the security setting status of WPS. If the wireless security (encryption) function of this device is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’. Here displays an 8-digit number for WPS PIN-style configuration.
The ‘WPS’ LED on the wireless repeater will be blinking when this wireless repeater is waiting for incoming WPS request. NOTE: For WPS2.0 compliance specification, WEP and WPA-PSK can’t support WPS connection, some of wireless devices may follow this latest WPS2.0 specification, so we recommend you not to use WEP and WPA-PSK to avoid WPS interoperability problem. 2-2-4 Advanced Settings You can configure advanced wireless settings in this page.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Description Fragment Threshold Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Threshold. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346. RTS Threshold Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Beacon Interval Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 100.
CTS Protect TX Power Enable LED off mode ‘disabled’, only wireless clients who know exact SSID can get connected with this wireless repeater. Set to disabled will help to improve security. This function provides CTS (Clear to Send) protection when transferring data. It’s recommended to select ‘Auto’ for this option. Select wireless transmitting power level, from 10% to 100%.
You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to this wireless repeater. 2-2-5 WLAN 2.4G settings To access 2.4GHz Wireless menu, click ‘WLAN 2.4G settings’ on the left.
Please Note : If your repeater working properly, please do not changes the setting here. The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Device SSID Encryption WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Pre-shared Key Format Description This is the current SSID name of repeater. SSID is used to identify your own repeater from others when there are other wireless devices in the same area. You can type any alphanumerical characters to change SSID here, maximum 32 characters.
Key Channel 0-9, and a-f). This is the current security setup of repeater. You can change the WPA passphrase here. It’s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason. This is the current channel of repeater. 2-2-6 WLAN 5G settings To access 5GHz Wireless menu, click ‘WLAN 2.4G settings’ on the left.
Please Note : If your repeater working properly, please do not changes the setting here. The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Device SSID Encryption WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Pre-shared Key Format Description This is the current SSID name of repeater. SSID is used to identify your own repeater from others when there are other wireless devices in the same area. You can type any alphanumerical characters to change SSID here, maximum 32 characters.
Key Channel This is the current security setup of repeater. You can change the WPA passphrase here. It’s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason. This is the current channel of repeater. 2-2-7 MAC Address Filtering Besides using wireless security to only allow permitted wireless users to use this wireless repeater, you can also use MAC address filter to allow wireless users with certain MAC address to use this wireless repeater.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Enable Wireless Access Control MAC Address Comment Description Check this box to enable MAC filtering. If you didn’t check this box, anyone who knows the wireless password can get connected to this wireless repeater. Input the MAC address of the clients you wish to deny or accept to access the repeater into the MAC address list. Please input 12 HEX characters here, and you don’t have to add : (colon) or - (dash) characters every 2 characters.
Add Clear Delete Selected Delete All Reset Select Add this MAC address to the list. Clear ‘MAC Address’ and ‘Comment’ field. Delete MAC address(es) you selected which ‘Select’ box is checked. Delete all MAC addresses in the list. You’ll be prompted to confirm deletion first. Uncheck all checked boxes. All existing MAC addresses will be listed here. To delete a MAC address from the list, check the box of the MAC address you wish to delete first. You can select more than one MAC addresses here.
Their MAC address will be displayed at ‘MAC Address’ field. If you still can’t identify the MAC address of computer, you can follow the following procedure: Click the network icon located at the lower-right corner, then click ‘Open Network and Sharing Center’.
Click ‘Details…’ button. The MAC address of selected network connection will be displayed here as ‘Physical Address’.
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2-2-9 System Utility You can change the settings of several system-level parameters in this page, including administrator’s password, and IP address. To access ‘System Utility’ menu, click ‘System Utility’ on the left.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Password Settings Default password of this repeater is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browser. There’s a security risk if you don’t change the default password, since everyone can see it. This is very important when you have wireless function enabled.
2-2-10 Configuration You can backup and restore the configuration of this wireless repeater, so you can recall all settings back in very short time, without doing configuration again. This function is especially useful when you need to use this mini Wi-Fi repeater in different places, like home and hotel. To access ‘Configuration’ menu, click ‘Configuration’ on the left.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Backup Settings Restore Settings Reset to Factory Default Description Click ‘Save’ button to save the current settings to a file on your computer. If you want to upload a saved configuration file to wireless repeater, please click ‘Browse’ button to select a saved configuration file on your computer. Then click ’Upload’ button to restore the current settings to new one.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Browse Description Select a firmware file saved on your computer. When you are ready, click ‘Apply’ button to start firmware upgrade procedure. 2-2-10-3 Reset When you think this wireless repeater is not working properly, resetting it may help. To reset this wireless repeater, click ‘Apply’ button.
Click ‘OK’ button to reset wireless repeater, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort.
CHAPTER III : Client mode Client mode can let your networking device have wireless capability; it will become your networking device’s wireless network card. You can connect this device to Ethernet port of your existing internet TV or DVD player or game console device with Ethernet cable. This chapter will show you how to quickly install this device by using quick setup and show you the each detailed setting on web UI page of client mode.
Connect your wired networking device (wired PC, or internet TV, or game console..etc.) and this device by Ethernet cable. Please NOTE: You must set your networking device as DHCP client (obtain IP automatically from DHCP server) You can build wireless connection via ‘Hardware WPS button’ or ‘Software web browser’. If your broadband router or access point also supports ‘WPS button’, we recommend you to use WPS button to establish connection, it is the fast and secure way without computer.
Using Web browser - please go to section 3-1-2 3-1-1 Hardware WPS button setup 1. Press and hold WPS button on repeater for 2 seconds, ‘WPS’ LED will start flashing. WPS button WPS LED 2. Press WPS button on the wireless broadband router or access point you wish to connect within 2 minutes.
NOTE: this WPS button position on access point is for example, different device may have different WPS button position. TIP: If the access point you wish to connect does not have hardware WPS button, you can also use its web configuration menu’s WPS function to establish connection. Or you can login this repeater web UI to have quick setup (detailed setup refers to ‘3-1-2 Web browser quick setup’ manual) 3.
4. Please move repeater to the place you wish to use (a better place will be the center of your house) and insert this repeater into power outlet on the wall, the wireless connection will be established automatically. You can check ‘Signal’ LED status to understand signal reception level. Steady light: Excellent, Flash: Good, Fast flash: poor.
2. Open web browser, it will redirect to web UI setting page. (or you can input the default IP address ‘http://repeater0003’ in address bar) NOTE: this ‘repeater0003” is for example, 0003 is the last 4 digits of device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.) You can also input default IP ‘http://192.168.2.253 instead of repeaterxxxx if your PC is not Windows OS. 3. Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password.
4. All wireless access points nearby will be displayed on the list. Select one access point you want to connect and click ‘Next’ button to continue. If the access point you wish to connect does not appear here, please click ‘Refresh’ until it appears on the list, or try to move this wireless repeater closer to the access point you wish to connect. Or you want to connect to a hidden access point, please select to input SSID manually.
5. You’ll be prompted to input access point’s wireless security key, input it in ‘KEY’ field and click ‘Next’ to continue. 6. It will start to verify the wireless key with your associated access point and show you result within 20 seconds. Please follow the instruction to continue setup. 7. When key is correct, Wireless repeater will display the connection information for you.
‘Device SSID’ is the SSID of your access point that you selected to connect in previous step, please double confirm all information is correct, if you want to change it, you can press ‘Back’ to select again or press ‘APPLY’ to take this change effect. We recommend you to copy your ‘firmware URL’ (for example: http://repeater0003) to you bookmark for quickly login into setting page next time. NOTE: this ‘repeater0003” is for example, 0003 is the last 4 digits of device MAC number.
9. After reboot complete, you can connect to access point and use it to access network / Internet. NOTE: After wireless connection of this repeater and wireless broadband router is built, this device becomes DHCP client and will get IP address from your broadband router automatically. If you want to login Web UI of this repeater again, please refer to ‘3-2 Client mode Advanced Settings’ for more functions setup or learn how to login web UI again.
3-2 Client mode Advanced Settings 3-2-1 Connect to web configuration menu Please open web browser (IE, firefox, chrome etc.) and find ‘300N Wireless Repeaterxxxx Web UI’ firmware link on your bookmark list if you have agreed to save it when you installed this device first time.
You should be able to see the configuration manual of Client mode in very short time: Detailed operation instructions will be given to following manual. 3-2-2 Home The status and information of client mode will be displayed here. To access ‘Home’ menu, click ‘Home’ on the left.
3-2-3 WPS Setting You can configure WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) here. By using WPS, you can establish secure connection between this wireless repeater with other wireless devices which also support WPS in a fast and secure manner. To access ‘WPS Setting’ menu, click ‘WPS Settings’ on the left.
The following setup page will appear: The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Enable WPS WPS Status Description You can enable or disable WPS function. Disabling WPS function is included hardware WPS button function. Default is ‘enable WPS’. Shows the security setting status of WPS.
Self PinCode SSID Authentication Mode Passphrase Key Config Mode Start PBC Start PIN wireless security (encryption) function of this device is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’. Here displays an 8-digit number for WPS PIN-style configuration. When other WPS-compatible device wish to connect to this wireless repeater and supports Self-PIN type WPS, input this number to the wireless device to establish connection.
3-2-4 Advanced Settings You can configure advanced wireless settings in this page. Please note that these settings are not safe to be configured by novice users. Configure these settings only when you understand what you’re doing. To access ‘Advanced Setting’ menu, click ‘Advanced Setting’ on the left.
Item Description Fragment Threshold Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Threshold. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346. RTS Threshold Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Channel Width Select the wireless channel width, 20MHz or 40MHz. 40MHz provides better network speed for 802.11n wireless clients. WMM Enable or disable Wireless Multi-Media.
If you still need to configure this device, click ‘CONTINUE’ button; if you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’ button. You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to Web UI of this device. 3-2-5 WLAN 5G(or 2.4G) settings This repeater provides supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless bands simultaneously; the wireless settings for both wireless bands are almost the same.
The following setup page will appear, it is the settings that you have setup: 2.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Device SSID Encryption WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Pre-shared Key Format Key Channel Description This is the SSID of wireless network that you're repeater current connected . SSID is used to identify your own repeater from others when there are other wireless devices in the same area. You can type any alphanumerical characters to change SSID here, maximum 32 characters. This is the current security setup of repeater.
The following setup page will appear: The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Password Settings Default password of this repeater is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browser. There’s a security risk if you don’t change the default password, since everyone can see it. This is very important when you have wireless function enabled.
Re-Enter Password combination of alphabets, number, and symbols for up to 20 characters. Input new password again for conformation. When you finish settings in this page, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll see the following message: If you still need to configure this device, click ‘CONTINUE’ button; if you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’ button. You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to Web UI of this device.
3-2-7 Configuration You can backup and restore the configuration of this device, so you can recall all settings back in very short time, without doing configuration again. This function is especially useful when you need to use this mini Wi-Fi repeater in different places, like home and hotel. To access ‘Configuration’ menu, click ‘Configuration’ on the left.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Backup Settings Restore Settings Reset to Factory Default Description Click ‘Save’ button to save the current settings to a file on your computer. If you want to upload a saved configuration file to wireless repeater, please click ‘Browse’ button to select a saved configuration file on your computer. Then click ’Upload’ button to restore the current settings to new one.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Browse Description Select a firmware file saved on your computer. When you are ready, click ‘Apply’ button to start firmware upgrade procedure. 3-2-7-3 Reset When you think this wireless repeater is not working properly, resetting it may help. To reset this wireless repeater, click ‘Apply’ button.
Click ‘OK’ button to reset wireless repeater, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort.
CHAPTER IV : AP mode You can build a wireless networking environment for home or small office, please switch this device to wireless access point mode and connect it to your wired router. Then your wireless client users can access internet by wirelessly connecting to this AP without wired cable burden. This chapter will show you how to quickly install this device by using quick setup and show you the each detailed setting on web UI page of AP mode.
You can build wireless connection via ‘Hardware WPS button’ or ‘Software web browser’. If your wireless client also supports ‘WPS button’, we recommend you to use WPS button to establish connection, it is the fast and secure way without computer. Using WPS button Using Web browser - please go to section 4-1-1 - please go to section 4-1-2 4-1-1 Hardware WPS button setup 1. Press and hold WPS button on repeater for 2 seconds, ‘WPS’ LED will start flashing.
WPS button WPS LED 2. Press WPS button on the wireless client you wish to connect within 2 minutes. WPS button Please NOTE: this WPS button position on client card is for example, different device may have different WPS button position. TIP: If your wireless client card does not have hardware WPS button, you can also use its web configuration menu’s WPS function to establish connection.
quick setup (detailed setup refers to ‘4-1-2 Web browser quick setup’ manual) 3. If WPS connection is successfully established, the repeater will reboot immediately to make your setting effect ; if ‘WPS’ LED flashes fast, there’s something error, please wait for 2 minutes until ‘WPS’ LED off, and try from step(1) again. When quick installation is successfully done, ‘Signal” LED will turn on. Signal LED 4. ‘Signal’ LED in AP mode is Steady light to provide wireless clients the best signal. 5.
The quick installation setup is completely done, you can refer to ‘4-2 AP mode Advanced Settings’ to login in web UI for other advanced settings. 4-1-2 Web browser quick setup Before you can connect to the repeater and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address). If it’s set to use static IP address, or you’re unsure, please refer to ‘Chapter X: Appendix, 5-1 Configuring TCP/IP on PC’ to set your computer to use dynamic IP address.
Or use your computer’s wireless configuration utility to search for access point named ‘repeater0003’ and get connected. (The default SSID of this repeater device is ‘repeater0003’, 0003 is an example, it is the last 4 digits of device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.) NOTE: this default SSID ‘repeater0003” is for example, different device may have different last 4 digits.
2. Open web browser, it will redirect to web UI setting page. (or you can input the default IP address ‘http://repeater0003’ in address bar) NOTE: this ‘repeater0003” is for example, 0003 is the last 4 digits of device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.) You can also input default IP ‘http://192.168.2.1 instead of repeaterxxxx if your PC is not Windows OS. 3. Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password.
4. Please input a SSID (a name used to identify this access point) in ‘Device SSID(2.4GHz)’ and ‘Device SSID(5GHz)’ field, then click ‘Next’ button. Default SSID is repeaterxxxx, you can change this default SSID if you want. 5. Select security type of wireless link include 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz : Encryption: Disable (no security), WEP, WPA pre-shared key, or WPA RADIUS 2.
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Note: WEP encryption: Select key length (64 or 128bit), key format (Hex or ASCII characters), Default Tx Key (usually use ‘Key 1’), and input key characters (refer to ‘Key Format’ you selected for number of characters) WPA pre-shared key: Select one WPA Unicast Cipher Suite (usually use default setting ‘WPA(TKIP)’), Pre-shared Key Format: Passphrase (alphanumeric characters) or Hex (64 Hex Characters), and input key characters in ‘KEY’ field.
WPA RADIUS: Only use this option if you have RADIUS authentication server on your LAN. You have to input RADIUS server’s parameters (Server IP, port number, and password). 6. Please recheck settings you made, and click ‘Apply’ to continue. 7. Please wait for few seconds for device to reboot. 8.
switch/hub in your network through the LAN port of the access point by Ethernet cable. NOTE: After quick installation is successfully finished and you want to login Web UI of repeater, please refer to ‘4-2 AP mode Advanced Settings’ for more functions or learn how to login web UI again.
4-2 AP mode Advanced Settings 4-2-1 Connect to web configuration menu Please open web browser (IE, firefox, chrome etc.) and find ‘300N Wireless Repeaterxxxx Web UI’ firmware link on your bookmark list if you have agreed to save it when you installed this device first time.
You should be able to see the configuration manual of this Access Point mode in very short time: Detailed operation instructions will be given to following manual. 4-2-2 Home The status and information of this access point will be displayed here. To access ‘Home’ menu, click ‘Home’ on the left.
You can click ‘Show Active Clients’ button to show all connected wireless clients. Please note: By clicking ‘Show Active Clients’ button, a new browser window will appear. If your browser prevents pop-up window from appearing, please disable this function or you will not be able to use ‘Show Client’ function. 4-2-3 WPS Setting You can configure WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) here.
To access ‘WPS Setting’ menu, click ‘WPS Settings’ on the left.
Item WPS Status Self PinCode SSID Authentication Mode Passphrase Key WPS Setting Config Mode Start PBC Start PIN Description Shows the security setting status of WPS. If the wireless security (encryption) function of this device is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’. Here displays an 8-digit number for WPS PIN-style configuration.
incoming WPS request. NOTE: For WPS2.0 compliance specification, WEP and WPA-PSK can’t support WPS connection, some of wireless devices may follow this latest WPS2.0 specification, so we recommend you not to use WEP and WPA-PSK to avoid WPS interoperability problem. 4-2-4 Advanced Settings You can configure advanced wireless settings in this page. Please note that these settings are not safe to be configured by novice users. Configure these settings only when you understand what you’re doing.
The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Description Fragment Threshold Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Threshold. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346. RTS Threshold Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Beacon Interval Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 100.
Channel Width Preamble Type Broadcast ESSID WMM CTS Protect TX Power Enable LED off mode Message) send period. Default value is 3. Set channel width of wireless radio. You can modify default value if you know what channel width is you need, default setting is ‘Auto 80MHz’. Set the type of preamble of wireless radio, Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Short Preamble’.
If you still need to configure this wireless repeater, click ‘CONTINUE’ button; if you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’ button. You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to Web UI of this access point. 4-2-5 WLAN 2.4G settings To access 2.4GHz Wireless menu, click ‘WLAN 2.4G settings’ on the left.
The following setup page will appear, it is the settings that you have setup: Please Note : If your repeater working properly, please do not changes the setting here. The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Device SSID Description This is the current SSID name of repeater.
Encryption WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Pre-shared Key Format Key Channel is used to identify your own repeater from others when there are other wireless devices in the same area. You can type any alphanumerical characters to change SSID here, maximum 32 characters. This is the current security setup of repeater. You can select an encryption method from dropdown menu, there are three options. This is the current security setup of repeater. Please select a type of WPA cipher suite.
The following setup page will appear, it is the settings that you have setup: Please Note : If your repeater working properly, please do not changes the setting here. The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Device SSID Description This is the current SSID name of repeater.
Encryption WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Pre-shared Key Format Key Channel when there are other wireless devices in the same area. You can type any alphanumerical characters to change SSID here, maximum 32 characters. This is the current security setup of repeater. You can select an encryption method from dropdown menu, there are three options. This is the current security setup of repeater. Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP) and WPA2 (AES).
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Item Enable Wireless Access Control MAC Address Comment Add Clear Delete Selected Delete All Reset Select Description Check this box to enable MAC filtering. If you didn’t check this box, anyone who knows the wireless password can get connected to this access point. Input the MAC address of the clients you wish to deny or accept to access this AP into the MAC address list. Please input 12 HEX characters here, and you don’t have to add : (colon) or - (dash) characters every 2 characters.
If you still need to configure this wireless repeater, click ‘CONTINUE’ button; if you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’ button. You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to this access point.
Click the network icon located at the lower-right corner, then click ‘Open Network and Sharing Center’. Click the connection that you’ll be used to connect the wireless AP (in this example, ‘Local Area Connection’): Click ‘Details…’ button.
The MAC address of selected network connection will be displayed here as ‘Physical Address’.
4-2-9 System Utility You can change the settings of several system-level parameters in this page, including administrator’s password, and IP address. To access ‘System Utility’ menu, click ‘System Utility’ on the left.
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The description of every setup item is listed as follow: 4-2-9-1 Password Settings Default password of this repeater is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browser. There’s a security risk if you don’t change the default password, since everyone can see it. This is very important when you have wireless function enabled.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Current Password New Password Re-Enter Password Description To change password, you have to input current password first. Input new password here. You can use the combination of alphabets, number, and symbols for up to 20 characters. Input new password again for conformation. 4-2-9-2 Management IP The default is set to DHCP client to obtain IP address automatically from your broadband router.
Item IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Address Description Input the IP address of LAN / Wi-Fi port of this access point. (Default IP of AP mode is 192.168.2.1) NOTE: If you enable DHCP server, please input one static IP address here. Please remember this IP address or you can open browser to input the default value ‘http://repeaterxxxx’ (refer to 4-2-1 setting) to login Web UI page or reset to default.
Here are descriptions of every setup item: DHCP Server Default Gateway IP Domain Name Server IP Start IP End IP Domain Name Lease Time If you want to activate DHCP server function of this router, select ‘Enabled’, or set it to ‘Disabled’. Please input the IP address of default gateway of your network here. Please input the IP address of domain name server (DNS) here. Please input the start IP address of the IP range. Please input the end IP address of the IP range.
If you still need to configure this wireless repeater, click ‘CONTINUE’ button; if you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’ button. You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to this device. 4-2-10 Configuration You can backup and restore the configuration of this access point, so you can recall all settings back in very short time, without doing configuration again.
4-2-10-1 Configuration Tool The following setup page will appear: The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Backup Settings Restore Settings Reset to Factory Default Description Click ‘Save’ button to save the current settings to a file on your computer. If you want to upload a saved configuration file to this device, please click ‘Browse’ button to select a saved configuration file on your computer. Then click ’Upload’ button to restore the current settings to new one.
Click ‘OK’ if you really want to restore all settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort. 4-2-10-2 WEB Upgrade The software running in this device (i.e. ‘Firmwre’) can be upgraded to improve the functionality of this access point. You can access our website to look for latest firmware file. Then download the latest firmware file and save on your computer and upload to this wireless AP. The description of every setup item is listed as follow: Item Browse Description Select a firmware file saved on your computer.
To reset this wireless repeater, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll be prompted to confirm reset: Click ‘OK’ button to reset wireless repeater, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort.
Chapter V : Appendix 5-1 Configuring TCP/IP on PC 5-1-1 Windows XP IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection Status window will appear, and then click ‘Properties’ 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
5-1-2 Windows Vista/Windows 7 IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, and then click Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’.
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
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5-2 Specification SoC + RF: Mediatek MT7620A+MT7610E Flash: 4MB SDRAM: 64MB LAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 Power: 5VDC, 1.2A Switching Power Module Inside Dimension: 59(W) x 91(H) x 40(D) mm excluding power plug Transmit Power: 2.4GHz: 11b(11M): 16±1.5 dBm 11g(54M): 14±1.5 dBm 11n(20MHz, MCS7): 14±1.5 dBm 11n(40MHz, MCS7): 13±1.5 dBm 5GHz: 11a(54M): 13±1.5 dBm 11n(20MHz, MCS7): 13±1.5 dBm 11n(40MHz, MCS7): 13±1.5 dBm 11ac(80MHz, VHTMCS9): 13±1.5 dBm Receive Sensitivity 2.
5-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public networks. 802.11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802.11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2.4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802.11b. The 802.
5. What is Infrastructure? An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database, or wireless application for mobile workers. 6. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. 7.
12. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences? Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver. Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. To an unintended receiver, FHSS appears to be short-duration impulse noise. Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted.
