User's Guide

MPC8377EWLAN Wireless Router SW User’s Guide 3
Contents
About This Book............................................................................................................ 6
Audience................................................................................................................................................. 6
Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations.............................................................................................. 6
1 Package Contents .............................................................................................. 8
2 Introduction to the Interface.............................................................................. 8
2.1 Hovering the Cursor at an Option ................................................................................................ 8
2.2 Clicking an Option and Opening a Submenu...............................................................................8
2.3 Saving and Applying Changes to Settings................................................................................... 9
3 Connecting and Configuring the MPC8377EWLAN Wireless Router............. 9
3.1 Connecting the MPC8377EWLAN Wireless Router (Wired Computing)...................................10
3.1.1 Using the Power Adapter...................................................................................................... 10
3.1.2 Using the Power over Ethernet (POE).................................................................................. 11
3.2 Connecting the MPC8377EWLAN Wireless Router (Wireless Computing) .............................. 11
3.3 Setting Up the IP Address.......................................................................................................... 11
3.3.1 Setting up the IP Address Automatically............................................................................... 11
3.3.2 Setting up the IP Address Manually...................................................................................... 14
3.4 Configuring the MCP8377EWLAN Wireless Router.................................................................. 15
3.4.1 Logging In to the Router Home Page ................................................................................... 15
3.4.2 Setting up the Network.......................................................................................................... 16
3.5 Changing the Operation Mode...................................................................................................26
3.5.1 Configuring for Access Point (AP) Mode..............................................................................27
3.5.2 Configuring for WDS (Bridge)............................................................................................... 28
3.5.3 Configuring for Repeater Mode ............................................................................................ 30
3.5.4 Configuring for AP Client Mode ............................................................................................ 32
3.6 Selecting DynDNS Settings ....................................................................................................... 34
3.7 Firewalls .....................................................................................................................................35
3.7.1 Forwarding Configuration .....................................................................................................35
3.7.2 Incoming Ports...................................................................................................................... 36
3.7.3 Port Forwarding .................................................................................................................... 36