300N Wireless LAN Home Networking Solution Video Bridge Kit User’s 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.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure 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.
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.
CATALOG Chapter I: Product Information ................................................................1 1-1 Product Introduction ........................................................................................ 1 1-2 Safety Information ........................................................................................... 3 1-3 System Requirements for Configuration ......................................................... 4 1-4 Package Contents ...................................................
3-5 System Reset.................................................................................................. 63 Chapter IV: Appendix ..............................................................................64 4-1 Hardware Specification ................................................................................. 64 4-2 Troubleshooting ............................................................................................. 65 4-3 Glossary .................................................
Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing this 300N Wireless LAN Home Networking Solution! This wireless video bridge kit consisting of one wireless access point and one wireless client, which is a wireless HD video system designed to distribute High Definition IP Video Streams (IPTV) throughout the home wirelessly.
• Employs WDS (Wireless Distribution System) and therefore functions as a truly transparent layer 2 bridge, thus eliminating MAC cloning related problems and incompatibilities. • Uses DLS (Direct Link Setup) to facilitate direct client to client communication for efficient support of multi room DVR network topologies. Wireless Features • • Complies with IEEE 802.11a/n standards. Operates in the 5GHz band, frequency range is from 5.15GHz to 5.85GHz. • • • High speed data rate – up to 300Mbps.
1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This wireless kit is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this access point outdoor. 2. DO NOT put this wireless kit at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this wireless kit in the car in summer. 3. If you want to place this wireless kit at high places or hang on the wall, please make sure the wireless kit is firmly secured.
1-3 System Requirements for Configuration z z Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card. Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape z Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser, or Safari web browser).
1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless kit, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: □ □ □ □ □ Wireless Access Point (main body, 1 pcs) Wireless Client (main body, 1 pcs) Quick Installation Guide (1 pcs) User Manual CD (1 pcs) A/C Power Adapter (2 pcs) 5
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless access point Front Panel LED Name Light Status Description On Access Point Behavior - At least one Client is associated with the Access Point. Client Behavior – The Client is associated with an Access Point at higher data rate (able to transfer HD streaming). WLAN Flashing Off Client Behavior – The client is associated with an access point at lower data rate (able to transfer SD streaming). Access Point Behavior - No Clients are associated with the Access Point.
Back Panel Item Name Description Power Power connector, connects to A/C power adapter. LAN Local Area Network (LAN) port. Reset This button is for you to restart the router or reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings). Press this button less than 5 seconds to restart the router; and press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults. WPS Press this button to enable WPS connection. WPS paring will be activated during two minutes.
Chapter II: System and Network Setup 2-1 Installing the access point and client to your network Please follow the following instruction to build the network connection with the wireless access point and the wireless client to your home: 1. Powering up the wireless access point and the wireless client. (Please go to Section 2-1-1) 2. Paring the wireless access point and the wireless client (Please go to Section 2-1-2) 3.
2-1-2 Paring your devices To pair the two devices, please follow the procedures as below. 1. Place the wireless access point and the wireless client between 1 to 3 meters from each other. 2. Pair the devices by pressing the WPS button on the front panel of each device. You can release the button as soon as the WPS LED begins flashing. 3. Wait for the pairing process to complete by watching the LEDs on the devices: While pairing is in progress, the WPS LED is flashing.
3. Make sure that the WLAN LED is solid green. If the WLAN LED is turned off, try to reposition the device to a more elevated location and as far as possible from large metallic objects. If the WLAN LED is solid green, you have finished installing your devices. To test your connectivity, turn on the TV and set top box and watch any available channel. Note: To install additional wireless client, repeat the above procedure for each new wireless client.
2-2 Connecting to the wireless devices by web browser After the network connection is built, the next step you should do is setup the access point or client with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the access point or client and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address).
2. Select ‘Specify an IP address’, then input the following settings in respective field: IP address: 192.168.2.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 click ‘OK’ when finish.
2-2-2 Windows 2000 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 Dial-up Connections icon, double click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear.
2. Select ‘Use the following IP address’, then input the following settings in respective field: IP address: 192.168.2.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 click ‘OK’ when finish.
2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel.
2. Select ‘Use the following IP address’, then input the following settings in respective field: IP address: 192.168.2.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 click ‘OK’ when finish.
2-2-4 Windows Vista 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, then click Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’.
2. Select ‘Use the following IP address’, then input the following settings in respective field: IP address: 192.168.2.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 click ‘OK’ when finish.
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2-2-5 Connecting to Web Management Interface All functions and settings of the wireless access point and the wireless client must be configured via web management interface. Please start your web browser, and input the IP address in address bar, then press the ‘Enter’ key. The following message should be shown: The default IP address of the wireless access Point and the wireless client are listed as below. Access Point IP Address: 192.168.2.1 Client IP Address: 192.168.2.
NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re being prompted to input user name and password again, it means you didn’t input username and password correctly. Please retype user name and password again. If you’re certain about the user name and password you type are correct, please go to ‘4-2 Troubleshooting’ to perform a factory reset, to set the password back to default value.
2-3 View system information After you connected to the access point or client by web browser, you will see the web management interface. In the web management interface, you can view the system information of the device. Here are descriptions of every item: Item Description Mode Displays current wireless operating mode, for example: AP or Client mode. Status Display the status of the device. Band Indicates that the system is currently transmitting in the 5Ghz radio band.
Image Version this wireless access point or client) Displays the current firmware version of the device.
2-4 Select an Operating Mode for the device This wireless access point or wireless client can be operated in different modes; you can click ‘Operation Mode’ on the left of web management interface to select an operating mode you want to meet for different needs: There are two modes can be selected. Here is the description for these two modes. Item AP Client Description Access point mode, allows wireless clients to connect to access point and exchange data with the devices connected to the wired network.
After you finish with setting, please click ‘Apply’, and the following message will be displayed: When you see this message, the settings you made is temporarily save. You can click ‘Cancel’ button to back to previous page, or click ‘Apply’ button to restart the wireless access point or the wireless client and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds.
2-5 Network Settings You can change the IP address of this wireless access point or wireless client, so it can become a part of your local network. Please remember this address or you will not be able to connect the configuration menu of this wireless access point or wireless client. Default IP address of access point is: 192.168.2.1 / Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0, and default IP address of wireless client is 192.168.2.10 / Subnet Mask 255.255.255.
Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Ethernet Port Mode Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DNS Server Enable Dynamic DNS Alias Login Password Description The Ethernet Port of the device is fixed in 100Mbps. When selected this item, the device acts as a DHCP client and obtains its IP properties automatically. When selected this item, you have to fill the IP address settings in the following field.
When you see this message, the settings you made is temporarily save. You can click ‘Cancel’ button to back to previous page, or click ‘Apply’ button to restart the wireless access point or the wireless client and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds.
2-6 Wireless Settings This wireless access point and the wireless client have many advanced wireless features. Please note that all settings listed here are for experienced users only, if you’re not sure about the meaning and function of these settings, please don’t modify them, or the wireless performance will be reduced. The wireless settings for wireless access point and the wireless client are different. Please refer to the following two sections.
Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Broadcast SSID SSID Beacon Interval Country Code Frequency (Channel) Rate(MCS) Channel Bandwidth Description Decide if the wireless access point will broadcast its own SSID or not. You can hide the SSID of your wireless access point (set the option to ‘Disable’), so only people those who know the SSID of your wireless access point can get connected. Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here.
Channel Hopping DLS to ’20 MHz’ unless you know what it is. Determines the system behavior when interference is detected: Always – Change channel as soon as interference is detected on the current radio channel. Conditional – Change channel as soon as interference is detected only if no video is being streamed through the system. When checked the system employs the direct link protocol to enable direct client to client communication.
2-6-2 Wireless Client You can click ‘Wireless Settings’ on the left of web management interface, and the following web page will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Rate(MCS) Channel Bandwidth Description Set the wireless data transfer rate to a certain value. Since most of wireless devices will negotiate with each other and pick a proper data transfer rate automatically, it’s not necessary to change this value unless you know what will happen after modification.
After you finish with setting, please click ‘Apply’, and the following message will be displayed: When you see this message, the settings you made is temporarily save. You can click ‘Cancel’ button to back to previous page, or click ‘Apply’ button to restart the wireless access point or the wireless client and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds.
2-7 Security Settings (Access Point Only) This wireless access point provides many types of wireless security (wireless data encryption). When you use data encryption, data transferred by radio signals in the air will become unreadable for those people who don’t know correct encryption key (encryption password). Besides security settings, you can also configure the access policy to filter the clients to connect to the access point.
Please remember it’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! Without a proper setting, hackers and intruders may gain access to your local network and do something bad to your computers and servers, which could cause serious problem. There are several things you can do to improve wireless security: 1. Always enable data encryption. Only disable it when you want to open your wireless access point to the public. 2. Never use simple words as encryption password.
2-7-1 Disable Security When you select ‘Disable’, wireless encryption for the network is disabled. After you finish with setting, please click ‘Apply’, and the following message will be displayed: When you see this message, the settings you made is temporarily save. You can click ‘Cancel’ button to back to previous page, or click ‘Apply’ button to restart the wireless access point or the wireless client and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds.
2-7-2 WEP WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a common encryption mode, it’s safe enough for home and personal use. But if you need higher level of security, please consider using WPA encryption (see next Section). However, some wireless clients don’t support WPA, but only support WEP, so WEP is still a good choice for you if you have such kind of client in your network environment.
Default Key WEP Key 1 to 4 key. If ‘Shared’ is selected, only devices with the WEP key can successfully authenticate to the access point. You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can decide which key is being used by default here. If you don’t know which one you should use, select ‘Key 1’.
2-7-3 WPA2 Pre-shared Key WPA2 Pre-shared key is the safest encryption method currently, and it’s recommended to use this encryption method to ensure the safety of your data. When you select ‘WPA2 pre-shared key’ as encryption type, the following messages will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item WPS Algorithms Pre-shared Key Format Description Available options are: TKIP and AES. ‘AES’ is much safer for the network.
Pass Phrase hexadecimal characters – 0 to 9 and a to f). Please input 8 to 63 alphanumerical characters as the pass phrase key. For security reason, don’t use simple words). After you finish with setting, please click ‘Apply’, and the following message will be displayed: When you see this message, the settings you made is temporarily save.
2-7-4 Access Policy Another security measure you can use to keep hackers and intruders away is ‘Access Policy’. You can pre-define a list, which contains MAC addresses of the wireless clients you want to deny accessing or allow to access. Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Policy Add a Station MAC Description There are three policies including Disable, Allow and Reject. When ‘Disable’ is selected, all wireless clients can access to the access point.
list. MAC address format is 12 digits of hexadecimal key. Only characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F are allowed. If you want to delete one of the MAC addresses, click ‘Delete’ button by the side of the selected column. After you finish with setting, please click ‘Apply’, and the following message will be displayed: When you see this message, the settings you made is temporarily save.
2-8 WPS Settings Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and the wireless access point. You don’t have to select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client, you only have to press a button on wireless client and this access point, and the WPS will do the setup for you. The WPS settings for wireless access point and the wireless client are different.
Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item WPS PBC mode PIN mode WPS Status Description Select ‘Enable’ or ‘Disable’ to activate or deactivate WPS function. When you select ‘PBC mode’, click ‘Start WPS’ to start Push-Button style WPS setup procedure. This access point will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients for 2 minutes. The ‘WPS’ LED on the access point will be kept flashing for 2 minutes when this access point is waiting for incoming WPS request.
WPS Summary connections by WPS. The WPS Summary table displays the WPS status for the access point. WPS Current Status: Display if the WPS function is in process or in idle status. WPS Configured: If you have set the security before WPS process, here will display ‘Yes’ and the security settings of the WPS connection will follow your settings. If not, here will display ‘No’ and the access point will random generate a set of security settings for the WPS connection.
2-8-2 Wireless Client This wireless client supports two types of WPS: Push-Button Configuration (PBC), and PIN code. If you want to use PBC, you have to switch the WPS-enabled access point to WPS mode and push a specific button on the access point and the wireless client to start WPS connection. You can push WPS button of this client, or click ‘Start PBC WPS’ button in the web configuration interface to do this.
Start PIN WPS WPS Status client. Please remember the PIN number and input it in the access point while you want to enable PIN WPS connection. Click the ‘Start PIN WPS’ button to enable PIN WPS connection of the wireless client. Display the current WPS status of the wireless client.
2-9 Site Survey (Client Only) The site survey page allows you to find the access points or routers nearby. You can choose one of the access points or routers you wish to connect and then click ‘Connect’ button to build up the wireless connection. If you do not find the devices you wish to connect, move closer to the device and click ‘Prescan’ to research again.
Channel Authentication State Display the channel setting of the access points or routers. Display the authentication setting of the access points or routers. It indicates if the access point or router is an ‘Infrastructure’ or ‘Ad Hoc’ network connection.
2-10 Stations List (Access Point Only) The station list page presents a list of wireless clients connected to the access point. To check the station list, please click ‘Station List’ on the left of the web management menu, and the following information will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Mac Address Rate (MCS) Bandwidth Description Display the Mac address of the associated client. Display the data rate that the wireless client is connecting to the access point.
2-11 Remote Management The wireless access point and the wireless client are able to support remote management which is allowing access the device from Internet. The remote management settings for wireless access point and the wireless client are different. Please refer to the following two sections.
Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Enable Remote Logging FTP Server FTP Folder FTP Username FTP Password Logging Interval Enable UPnP Base Port Enable NTP NTP Server Time Zone Enable TR-069 ACS URL Description Enable or disable remote logging to the FTP Server you have assigned. Please input the IP address of the FTP server onto which the logs of the access point will be uploaded. Please input the folder name into which the logs will be uploaded.
ACS Username ACS Password Periodic Inform Enable Periodic Inform Interval provider and it includes auto-provisioning and remote management features for the residential devices. Please input the IP address of the ACS Server. Please input the username for ACS server authentication. Please input the password for ACS server authentication. Enable or disable to receive the information from ACS server. The period in seconds of receiving the information from ACS server.
2-11-2 Wireless Client This wireless client supports UPnP, NTP server and TR-069 features for remote management. Click ‘Remote Management’ on the left of the web management menu and the following information will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Enable UPnP Base Port Description When you enable UPnP function, you are able to access the home gateway device and configure its port mapping table to enable accessing the wireless client remotely.
Enable NTP NTP Server Time Zone Enable TR-069 ACS URL ACS Username ACS Password Periodic Inform Enable Periodic Inform Interval When the function is enabled, the wireless client uses NTP protocol to obtain date & time. There are several NTP servers are available on Internet. It is able to provide the date and time information to the device through NTP protocol. Please input the IP address of the NTP server here.
After you finish with setting, please click ‘Apply’, and the following message will be displayed: When you see this message, the settings you made is temporarily save. You can click ‘Cancel’ button to back to previous page, or click ‘Apply’ button to restart the wireless client and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds.
Chapter III: Advanced Configuration This wireless access point and wireless client support some advanced features for administration. Click ‘Administration’ on the left of web management menu, the following web page will be displayed. Please refer to the following sections for more details.
After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click ‘Start Upgrade’ button, and the access point or wireless client will start firmware upgrade procedure automatically. The procedure may take several minutes, please be patient. NOTE: Never interrupt the upgrade procedure by closing the web browser or physically disconnect your computer from access point or wireless client.
3-2 Change Password You can change the password used to enter the web configuration menu of this wireless access point or wireless client. Please click ‘Change Password’ button and the following message will be displayed: Please input user name and, then input new password in both ‘New Password’ and ‘Confirm New Password’ fields.
When you see this message, the settings you made is temporarily save. You can click ‘Cancel’ button to back to previous page, or click ‘Apply’ button to restart the wireless access point or the wireless client and the password changes will take effect after about 30 seconds.
3-3 Download Log Files To download log files from the wireless access point or wireless client, click ‘Download Log Files’ button and then a confirmation window will prompt you to confirm the download. Click ‘Save’ button in the window and then save the log files to the folder you designate. If you want to find a program to open the log files, please click ‘Find’ button.
3-4 Restore to defaults To restore the wireless access point or wireless client configurations, please follow the following instructions: Please click ‘Reset Defaults’ button and then the following message will be displayed on your web browser. Click ‘OK’ and the wireless access point or the wireless client will be restarted and the setting changes will take effect after about 30 seconds.
3-5 System Reset When you think the wireless access point or wireless client is not working properly, you can use this function to restart the access point or wireless client; this may help and solve the problem. This function is useful when the access point or wireless client is far from you or unreachable. However, if the access point or wireless client is not responding, you may have to switch it off by unplug the power plug and plug it back again after 10 seconds.
Chapter IV: Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specification SoC: Celeno CL1820 Flash: 4MB DDR2 RAM: 64MB Frequency Band: FCC: 5.15~5.25GHz, 5.725~5.85GHz CE: 5.15~5.25GHz, 5.25~5.35GHz, 5.47~5.
4-2 Troubleshooting If you found the wireless access point or the wireless client is working improperly or stop responding to you, don’t panic! Before you contact your dealer of purchase for help, please read this troubleshooting first. Some problems can be solved by yourself within very short time! Scenario Access point or wireless client is not responding to me when I want to access it by web browser Wireless Client can’t get connected to wireless access point Solution a.
d. If all LEDs on this access point are off, please check the status of A/C power adapter, and make sure it’s correctly powered. I can’t locate my a. Check if ‘Broadcast SSID’ of the access access point by my point set to off? wireless client b. Is Antenna properly installed and secured? c. Are you too far from your access point? Try to get closer. d. Please remember that you have to input SSID on your wireless client manually, if SSID broadcast is disabled. File download is very a.
4-3 Glossary Default Gateway (Access point): Every non-access point IP device needs to configure a default gateway’s IP address. When the device sends out an IP packet, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to its default gateway, which will then send it out towards the destination. DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol automatically gives every computer on your home network an IP address.
1’s followed by consecutive trailing 0’s, such as 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000. Therefore sometimes a network mask can also be described simply as “x” number of leading 1’s. When both are represented side by side in their binary forms, all bits in the IP address that correspond to 1’s in the network mask become part of the IP network address, and the remaining bits correspond to the host ID. For example, if the IP address for a device is, in its binary form, 11011001.10110000.10010000.
Application Protocol Port Number Telnet TCP 23 FTP TCP 21 SMTP TCP 25 POP3 TCP 110 H.323 TCP 1720 SNMP UCP 161 SNMP Trap UDP 162 HTTP TCP 80 PPTP TCP 1723 PC Anywhere TCP 5631 PC Anywhere UDP 5632 PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. Point-to-Point Protocol is a secure data transmission method originally created for dial-up connections; PPPoE is for Ethernet connections. PPPoE relies on two widely accepted standards, Ethernet and the Point-to-Point Protocol.
Unreliable Datagram Protocol (UDP). TCP/IP is the standard protocol for data transmission over the Internet. Both TCP and UDP are transport layer protocol. TCP performs proper error detection and error recovery, and thus is reliable. UDP on the other hand is not reliable. They both run on top of the IP (Internet Protocol), a network layer protocol. WAN: Wide Area Network. A network that connects computers located in geographically separate areas (e.g. different buildings, cities, countries).
