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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.
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. The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
Contents Chapter I: Product Information ........................................................................................... 1 1-1 Introduction and safety information ......................................................................... 1 1-2 Safety Information .................................................................................................... 3 1-3 System Requirements ...............................................................................................
3-4-3 Wireless Security ............................................................................................. 70 3-4-4 Wireless Access Control .................................................................................. 79 3-4-5 WPS - Wi-Fi Protected Setup .......................................................................... 82 3-4-6 Security Tips for Wireless Network ................................................................ 85 Chapter IV: Advanced Functions .......................
Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing the Hi-Gain™ Wireless-300N Smart Repeater Pro! This advanced Smart Repeater Pro is the best choice for your home, office, RV, boat or other range extending applications. The Hi-Gain™ Wireless-300N Smart Repeater Pro is the most intelligent and easy to configure, high performance Wi-Fi range extending solution on the market. With two radios running concurrently to process an 802.
Allows you to monitor device and network status features: DHCP Client Log, System Log, Security Log and Device/Connection Status Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management purposes Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer (over the Internet) Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.
1-2 Safety Information In order to maintain the safety of the users and properties, please adhere to the following safety instructions: 1. This Smart Repeater Pro is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this Smart Repeater Pro outdoors 2. DO NOT put this Smart Repeater Pro at or near hot or humid places, like kitchens or bathrooms. Also, do not leave this Smart Repeater Pro in the car during warm weather. 3. DO NOT pull any connected cable with force; disconnect them from the Smart Repeater Pro first.
experienced technician for help. 9. If you smell something strange, or even see some smoke coming out from the Smart Repeater Pro or power supply, remove the power supply or switch the electrical power off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help.
1-3 System Requirements A computer Internet web browser A wired or wireless networking adapter (e.g. AirPort card, built-in Ethernet adapter, etc.) Broadband modem (e.g. Cable or DSL) or wireless Internet connection (e.g. Hotspot, 802.11b/g network, etc.
1-4 Package Contents Before you start to use this Smart Repeater Pro, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: 1 x Hi-Gain™ Wireless-300N Smart Repeater Pro 1 x Quick Installation Guide 1 x CD with User’s Manual and PC Support Utility 1 x A/C power adapter 2 x 3dBi Hi-Gain Dipole Omni-Directional Antennas 1 x 13dBi Hi-Gain Directional Antenna.
1-5 Product Overview Top Panel LED Name (Front Left to Right) Light Status Description Stable ON Smart Repeater Pro is switched on and correctly powered PWR Stable OFF Smart Repeater Pro is off Slow Blinking Factory Default Reset (Reset button is held for longer than 5 seconds) Fast Blinking Standard Reset (Reset button is held for less than 5 seconds) Wireless (WAN) Internet Stable ON Good Wireless Connection (Signal Strength > 70%) Stable OFF Cannot find wireless network to connect to / n
Fast Blinking Normal Wireless Connection (Signal Strength between 36% and 70%) Local (LAN) Fast Blinking Wireless Connected with Traffic Stable ON Connected without Traffic Stable Off No Connection.
to restore all settings to factory defaults. If pressed for less than 5 seconds, the Smart Repeater Pro will simply reboot. Wired (1 – 4) Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4. Used for wired connections to your computers and network devices. Wired Modem Wired Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port. connecting your Cable/DSL modem.
Chapter II: Basic Configuration and Setup 2-1 Build your network (Initial hardware setup) Please follow these instructions to build the network connection between the Hi-Gain™ Wireless-300N Smart Repeater Pro and your computers and other network devices: 1. Connect the included antennas to your Smart Repeater Pro. 2. Connect the power adapter to the Smart Repeater Pro 3. Connect all ‘wired’ users to the HAW2R1 via the Wired Local Area Network (LAN) ports in grey.
If you do not plan on using the Wireless Internet Connection and instead plan on using a traditional wired modem connection (such as Cable or DSL) then you will need to attach the Ethernet cable from your modem to the blue ‘Modem’ port on the Smart Repeater Pro. This will allow the Smart Repeater Pro to function as a traditional wireless router.
2-2 Accessing the Web Setup Menu After your Smart Repeater Pro has been connected and powered the next step is to access the Web Menu for initial configuration. To do this, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address setting). Try to access: http://setup.hawkingtech.com (or try typing: http://192.168.5.200 into your Internet browser’s address bar) If the Web Menu appears you can skip the next steps and go to step 2-3.
2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me 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 icon, and Network window will appear. Select “TCP/IP”, then click “Properties”. 2. Select “Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server” and then click “OK”.
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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; click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and then click “Properties” 2. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, then click “OK”.
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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. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, and 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”.
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2-2-4 Windows Vista/7 IP Address Setup: 1. Click “Start” button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Under Network and Internet, Click View Network Status and Tasks, then click Manage Network Connections/Change Adapter Settings on the right hand column. Right-click Local Area Network, then select “Properties”. Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4)”, and then click “Properties” 2.
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2-2-5 Mac OS X IP Address Setup 1) Go to your system preferences, go to network. Select your network connection. Make sure “Configure” is set to “Using DHCP”.
2-2-6 Smart Repeater Pro IP address lookup After your computer obtained an IP address from Smart Repeater Pro, please start your web browser, and input the IP address of Smart Repeater Pro in address bar. The following message should be shown (or you may type in http://setup.hawkingtech.
2-3 Quick Setup This Smart Repeater Pro provides a “Quick Setup” procedure, which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in a very short time. Please follow the following instructions to complete the “Quick Setup”: a. The first step of the “Quick Setup” is to locate a position to place your Smart Repeater Pro. The position should be a location where the Repeater can pick up the signal that you wish to repeat (i.e.
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b. Click “Scan” to locate all the networks within your area. Once you have found the network you wish to repeat, highlight it and click “Connect”. Each wireless network will be listed with their respective signal strengths and whether or not they are using security. For secure networks, you will need to have the correct key to access the network. If you do not you will not be able to repeat this network.
settings of your Internet Connection. Most networks use Dynamic IP settings to automatically assign IP Addresses to incoming connections. Click “Apply”. If the network you are connecting does not use Dynamic IP settings or you wish to manually configure your IP, you can choose “Manual Setup”. d. If a wireless security key is necessary, the wizard will prompt you to enter the key. This key pertains to WEP and WPA wireless security keys and passphrases.
e. When the connection has been established the wizard will prompt you if you wish to adjust the name of the wireless network used within your home (a.k.a. the SSID of the network that users will be connecting to from within your home – the redistributed wireless network). In addition, if you would like to add wireless security to your home wireless network you may do so here as well (By default, it uses WPA security.
f. Click “Finish” to complete your setup. of your Smart Repeater Pro. Allow the Smart Repeater Pro to reboot.
After the system restarts, you can test your Internet connection to check that your setup was successful. Once your Internet connection has tested successfully your setup is officially complete.
2-3-1 Network Pass Through (Bridge Mode) The Smart Repeater Pro by default creates a separate wireless network. When you search for wireless networks, you will see your original as well as the Smart Repeater. Because of these default settings, wireless devices connected to the Smart Repeater Pro will be on a separate IP range. This may cause issues if you wish to share files, printers or just be on one network.
Chapter III: General Setup In this chapter, you’ll learn how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Please start your web browser and log onto Smart Repeater Pro web management interface (See Section 2-2), then click on the “General Setup” tab.
3-1-1 Time Zone Please follow the following instructions to set time zone and time auto-synchronization parameters: Please click “System” tab in menu on the left of web management interface, then click on “Time Zone”. Please select the correct time zone from the drop-down list, and input the IP address or host name of time server. If you want to enable daylight savings time settings, please check “Enable Function” box, and set the duration of daylight setting. When you finish, click “Apply”.
3‐1‐2 Change Management Password The default password of this Smart Repeater Pro 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.
If the password you typed in “New Password” and “Confirmed Password” fields are not the same, you’ll see the following message: Please retype the new password again when you see above message. If you see the following message: This error displays when the “Current Password” field is entered incorrectly. Click “OK” to go back to the previous menu and input your current password again. After entering the correct login information you will be prompted to login again with your new login settings.
3-1-3 Remote Management This Smart Repeater Pro by default does not allow management access from the Internet in order to prevent possible security risks. However, you can still manage this Smart Repeater Pro from a specific IP address by enabling the “Remote Management” Function.
When you finish with all of your settings, click “Apply” and you’ll see the following message displayed on web browser: Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro so the settings will take effect after it reboots. NOTE: When you want to manage this Smart Repeater Pro from another computer over the internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this Smart Repeater Pro.
3-2 Internet Connection (Setup) The Wireless Internet connection setup can be configured through the “Quick Setup” menu described in Chapter 2-3. However for a more detailed setup of either a wired setup (via DSL or Cable Modem) or a wireless Internet connection setup click on the “General Setup Tab” and then navigate to the “Internet Connection” tab on the left hand column.
You may manually enter the SSID of the wireless network you plan on connecting to or you can click “Site Survey” to have the web interface scan for local networks in your vicinity.
After you have selected a wireless Internet connection network, you may configure the security settings for that network if required. Select the security type and the encryption method and enter the appropriate key for the network you plan on connecting to. Under IP Settings Most networks use Dynamic IP settings to automatically assign IP Addresses to incoming connections. Click “Apply”.
3-2-2 Setup procedure for ‘Wired Internet Connections: To setup a wired Internet connection such as Cable Modem or DSL, click “Configure” next to “Wired Internet Connection” A menu will appear with a choice of wired Internet connection types. Select the one that fits your connection and scroll to the menu describing your selection below.
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3-2-2-1 Setup procedure for Dynamic IP: 1 2 Host Name (1): Please input host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so. MAC Address (2): Please input MAC address of your computer, if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
3-2-2-2 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’: 1 2 3 IP address assigned by your Service Provider (1): Please input IP address assigned by your service provider. Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider Service Provider Gateway Address (3): Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider.
Before you click “Apply” to reboot, be sure to click on the DNS settings on the left and input your ISP’s DNS settings. (See Section 3-2-3). Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
3-2-2-3 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’: 1 2 3 4 5 6 User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please give a name to this Internet service, this is optional Service Name (3): MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.
connection is interrupted, the Smart Repeater Pro will re-connect automatically. Connect On-Demand – Only connect when you want to surf the Internet. “Idle Time Out” is set to stop the connection when the network traffic is not sending or receiving after an idle time. Manual – After you have selected this option, you will see the “Connect” button and “Disconnect” button, click “’Connect” and the Smart Repeater Pro will connect to the ISP. If you want to stop the connection, please click “Disconnect” button.
3-2-2-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’: PPTP requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from WAN interface setting: Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here. You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to DHCP, please refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e.
PPTP settings section: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. PPTP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. Connection ID (4): Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and you may leave it blank.
type (7): Idle Time Out (8): connection you wish to use, please refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use, and refer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to check if you’re using the service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel.
3-2-2-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’: 1 2 3 4 5 6 User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password (2): Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. L2TP Gateway (3): Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.
3-2-3 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’: If you select “Dynamic IP” or “PPPoE” as Internet connection method, at least one DNS server’s IP address should be assigned automatically. However, if you chose “Static IP” have preferred DNS server, or your service provider didn’t assign the IP address of DNS server for any reason, you can input the IP address of DNS server here. Primary DNS Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider.
be displayed on your web browser: Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
3-2-4 Setup procedure for ‘DDNS’: DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP-to-Hostname mapping service for those Internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. It will be a problem when such users want to provide services to other users on the Internet, because their IP address will vary every time when connected to the Internet, and other users will not be able to know the IP address they’re using at any certain time.
Domain Name (3): Input the domain name you’ve obtained from DDNS service provider. Account / E-Mail (4): Input account or email of DDNS registration. Password / Key (5): Input DDNS service password or key. After you finish with all of your settings, click “Apply” and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro.
3-3 Home Network (LAN: Local Area Network) Configuration A LAN is the network within your home. All computers accessing your Internet connection through the Smart Repeater Pro are considered part of your Home Network. Each of these users will either have their own manually configured IP address or an automatically configured IP address from the Smart Repeater Pro via its DHCP server.
Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters: Click the “Home Network” tab at the left menu of the web management interface, there are three setup groups here: “LAN IP”, “DHCP Server”, and “Static DHCP Leases Table”.
3-3-1 LAN IP section: 1 2 3 4 IP address (1): Please input the IP address of this Smart Repeater Pro. This is the IP address used to access your Smart Repeater Pro. Make sure to make note of the new IP Address after you change it since the old one will no longer work. Subnet Mask (2): 802.1d Please input subnet mask for this network. If you wish to activate 802.1d spanning tree Spanning Tree (3): function, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.
Recommended (Default) Values if you don’t know what to fill: IP Address: 192.168.1.200 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 802.
3-3-2 DHCP Server: 1 2 3 4 These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is “Enabled”. Lease Time (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP address assigned by this Smart Repeater Pro from dropdown menu. Start IP (2): Please input the start IP address of the IP range. End IP (3): Please input the end IP address of the IP range.
3-3-3 Static DHCP Leases Table: This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific computer forever, so you don’t have to set the IP address for a computer, and still enjoy the benefit of using DHCP server. A maximum of 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here.
1 2 3 If you want to delete a specific item, check the “Select” box of a MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click “Delete” button (2); if you want to delete all mappings, click “Delete All” (3). After you finish all LAN settings, click “Apply” on the bottom of this page.
3-4 Wireless Home Network (WLAN) Configuration If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices has a wireless network adapter, you can use the wireless function of this Smart Repeater Pro to let them connect to Internet and share resources with other computers on your wired home network. You can also use the built-in security functions to protect your network from intruders with malicious attacks.
3-4-1 Basic Wireless Settings Click “Basic Setup” menu at the top of web management interface, then click “Basic Settings”, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 Band (1): Please select the radio band from one of following options: 64
2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network clients to connect to this Smart Repeater Pro (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network clients to connect to this Smart Repeater Pro (maximum transfer rate 300Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and 802.11g wireless network clients to connect to this Smart Repeater Pro (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, and maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients). 2.
Number’, 1 to 11 for USA. (This product is only for use in the USA and is restricted to usage of the channels 1-11 only)You can choose any channel number you want to use, and almost all wireless clients can locate the channel you’re using automatically without any problem. However, it’s still useful to remember the channel number you use, as some wireless clients support manual channel number selecting, and this would help in certain scenarios when there is some radio communication problems.
3-4-2 Advanced Wireless Settings This Smart Repeater Pro provides some advanced controls of the wireless parameters. If you want to configure these settings, click the “Advanced Settings” selection from the left side menu under “Wireless Home”, and the following message will be displayed: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Fragment Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Threshold (1): Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346.
value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 100. DTIM Period (4): Set the DTIM period of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 3. Data Rate (5): 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.
WMM(12): Short for Wi-Fi Multimedia, it will enhance the data transfer performance of multimedia contents when they’re being transferred over a wireless network. If you don’t know what it is / not sure if you need it, it’s safe to set this option to “Enable”, however, default value is “Disable”.
3-4-3 Wireless Security It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! Consequences of wireless networks without security include intrusion from hackers and malicious users that can steal valuable data from your network. It is highly recommended to setup security settings for your wireless network. To set wireless security settings, click “Wireless” menu at the top of web management interface, then click “Security Settings”.
3-4-3-1 Disable Wireless Security When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless Smart Repeater Pro if no other security measure is enabled (like MAC address access control - see section 3-4-4, or disable ESSID broadcast). Only use this option when you want to allow everyone to use your wireless Smart Repeater Pro, and you don’t care if there’s someone that reads the data you transfer over the network.
3-4-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy When you select this mode, the wireless Smart Repeater Pro will use WEP encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will reduce some data transfer performance. Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex.
Default Tx Key (4): 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”. Encryption Key 1 to 4 (5): Input WEP key characters here, the number of characters must be the same as the number displayed at “Key Format” field. You can use any alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select “ASCII” key format, and if you select “Hex” as key format, you can use characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F.
After you finish with the WEP settings, click “Apply” and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
3-4-3-3 WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access: When you select this mode, the wireless Smart Repeater Pro will use WPA encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 WPA Unicast Cipher Suite (2): Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots. NOTE: Some wireless clients (especially those manufactured before year 2003) only support WEP or WPA (TKIP) cipher. A driver upgrade would be needed for those clients to use WPA and WPA2 encryption.
3-4-3-4 WPA RADIUS: If you have a RADIUS server, this Smart Repeater Pro can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication. 1 2 3 4 5 WPA Unicast Cipher Suite: Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected. RADIUS Server IP address (3): Please input the IP address of your Radius authentication server here.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
3‐4‐4 Wireless Access Control This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless Smart Repeater Pro; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless Smart Repeater Pro. You can use this function with other security measures described in previous section, to create a safer wireless environment. Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function.
Enable Wireless Access Control (4): To enforce MAC address filtering, you have to check ‘Enable Wireless Access Control’. When this item is unchecked, wireless Smart Repeater Pro will not enforce MAC address filtering of wireless clients. MAC Address (5): Input the MAC address of your wireless devices here, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) are not required. (i.e. If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates ‘aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff’, just input ‘aabbccddeeff’.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
3-4-5 WPS - Wi-Fi Protected Setup Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build a secure connection between wireless users and the Smart Repeater Pro. You do not have to select the specific wireless security encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase each time a wireless user connects to your network.
1 2 3 4 5 Enable WPS (1) Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable WPS. Wi-Fi Protected Setup Information (2) WPS-related system information will be displayed here WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless Smart Repeater Pro is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘Not configured’. Self PIN code: This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless Smart Repeater Pro.
SSID: The SSID of the Smart Repeater Pro will be displayed here. Authentication Mode: The wireless security authentication mode of the Smart Repeater will be displayed here. If you do not enable the security function of the Smart Repeater Pro before WPS is activated, the Smart Repeater Pro will automatically set the security to WPA (AES) and generate a set passphrase key for a WPS connection. Passphrase Key: The wireless security key of the Smart Repeater Pro will be displayed here.
3-4-6 Security Tips for Wireless Network Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your wireless network: 1. Never use simple words (like school, apple and computer) as WEP encryption or WPA passphrase security keys. 2. A complicated (combination of numbers, alphabets, and even symbols) WEP key and WPA passphrase is much safer than short and simple ones.
Chapter IV: Advanced Functions 4-1 Quality of Service (QoS) Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a preset connection quality of internet service.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable QoS function, unselect this box if you don’t want to enforce QoS bandwidth limitations. Total Download Bandwidth (2): You can set the limit of total download bandwidth in kbits. To disable download bandwidth limitation, input ‘0’ here. Total Upload Bandwidth (3): You can set the limit of total upload bandwidth in kbits. To disable upload bandwidth limitation, input “0” here.
Delete Selected (7): You can delete selected rules by clicking this button. You can select one or more rules to delete by check the “select” the box of the rule(s) you want to delete a time. If the QoS table is empty, this button will be grayed out and cannot be clicked. Delete All (8): By clicking this button, you can delete all rules currently in the QoS table. If the QoS table is empty, this button will be grayed out and cannot be clicked.
4-1-2 Add a new QoS rule After you click “Add” button in QoS menu, the following message will appear: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rule Name (1): Please give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical characters) Bandwidth (2): Set the bandwidth limitation of this QoS rule.
Local Port Range (4): Please input the range of local (source) port number that will be affected by this rule. If you want to apply this rule on port 80 to 90, please input “80-90”; if you want to apply this rule on a single port, just input the port number, like “80”. Remote IP Address: (5): Specify the remote (destination) IP address that will be affected by this rule.
4-2 Network Address Translation (NAT) Network address translations solve the problem of sharing a single IP address with multiple computers. Without NAT, all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connected to Internet, but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user. Therefore it’s necessary to use NAT technology to share a single Internet IP address to multiple computers on local network, so everyone can connect to the Internet.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-2-2 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on local network. The port number(s) of Internet IP address and private IP address (the IP address on local network) must be the same. If the port number of Internet IP address and private IP address is different, please use ‘Virtual Server’ function, described in next section.
computer. Type (4): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you’re not sure, please select ‘Both’. Port Range (5): Input the starting port number in the left field, and input the ending port number in the right field. If you only want to redirect a single port number, just fill the port number in the left field. Comment (6): Please input any text to describe this mapping, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Add (7): Add the mapping to port forwarding table.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-2-3 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address (on WAN port) to a specified port of an IP address on the local network. This allows you to setup an Internet service on the computer on the local network, without exposing it on the Internet directly. You can also build many sets of port redirections to provide many different Internet services on different local computers via a single Internet IP address.
Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Smart Repeater Pro will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer. Private Port (4): Input the port number of the IP address which provides Internet service. Type (5): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you’re not sure, please select ‘Both’.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection at a time; these applications won’t work with simple NAT rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. Go to “Apps and Gaming” and click “Special Applications”. 1 3 2 4 6 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Enable (1): Check this box to enable special applications and uncheck this box to disable virtual server.
this particular application. UDP Port to Open (5): This is the out going (Outbound) range of UDP port numbers for this particular application. Comment (6): The description of this setting. Pop. Applications This section lists the more popular applications that (7): require multiple connections. Select an application from the Popular Applications selection and click ‘Add’ to save the setting to “Current Trigger-Port Table”. Add (8): Add the setting to the “Current Trigger-Port Table”.
After you finish with all of your settings, click “Apply” and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-2-5 UPnP Setting This function enables network auto-configuration for peer-to-peer communications, with this function, network devices will be able to communicate with other devices directly, and learn information about other devices. Many network devices and applications rely on UPnP functions nowadays.
take effect after it reboots.
4-2-6 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway (ALG) is a special function of this Smart Repeater Pro. It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applications which require special support. With these supports, those applications which required special support will be able to work with NAT architecture.
There are many applications listed here. Check the box for the special support for applications you need, and then click “Apply” and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-3 Firewall Besides NAT, this Smart Repeater Pro also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on local network. These functions include inbound attack prevention and blocking outbound traffic, like URLs which have pre-defined keywords.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-3-1 Access Control This function allows or denies computers with specific MAC address from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny computers with specific IP address, protocol, or port.
other network devices. Client PC MAC address (2): Please input the MAC address of computer or network device here, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) are not required. (i.e. If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates “aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff” or “aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff”, just input “aabbccddeeff” Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Smart Repeater Pro will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer.
addresses. Enable IP Filtering Table (11): Check this box to enable IP address based filtering, and please select “Deny” or “Allow” to decide the behavior of IP filtering table. If you select deny, all IP addresses listed in filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network; if you select allow, only IP addresses listed in filtering table will be able to connect to the network, and rejecting all other network devices.
“Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. take effect after it reboots.
4‐3‐1‐1 Add PC After button is clicked, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Client PC Description (1): Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters.
Client PC IP address (2): Please input the starting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address. Client PC Service (3): Please check all services you want to allow or deny this IP address to use, you can check multiple services. Protocol (4): If the service you need is not listed above, you can create a new service on your own.
4-3-2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in a local network from accessing certain websites (like pornography, violence, or anything you wish to block), you can use this function to stop computers in a local network from accessing the site you define here. This function is useful for parents and company managers.
Blocking (1): uncheck it to disable URL Blocking. URL/Keyword (2): Input the URL (host name or IP address of website, like http://www.blocked-site.com or http://11.22.33.44), or the keyword which is contained in URL (like pornography, cartoon, stock, or anything). Add (3): Click ‘Add’ button to add the URL / keyword to the URL / Keyword filtering table. Reset (4): Click ‘Reset’ to remove the value you inputted in URL/Keyword field.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server, the Internet connection will become very slow, and server may stop responding because it is not capable of handling too much traffic. This Smart Repeater Pro has a built-in DoS attack prevention mechanism; when you activate it, the Smart Repeater Pro will stop the DoS attack for you.
Repeater Pro will filter this kind of packet out. Discard Ping From WAN (2): Ping is a common and useful tool to know the connection status of a specified remote network device, but some malicious intruder will try to fill your network bandwidth with a lot of PING request data packet, to make your internet connection become very slow, even unusable.
Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-3-3-1 DoS - Advanced Settings When you click “Advanced” in DoS menu, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 4 Ping of Death (1): Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated.
be displayed on your web browser: Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) refers to a special area in your local network. This area resides in the local network, and all computers in this area use private IP addresses, too. But these private IP addresses are mapped to a certain Internet IP address, so other people on the Internet can fully access those computers in the DMZ.
Public IP address (2): You can select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘Static IP’ here. If you select ‘Dynamic IP’, you have to select an Internet connection session from dropdown menu; if you select ‘Static IP’, please input the IP address that you want to map to a specific private IP address. Client PC IP address (3): Please input the private IP address that the Internet IP address will be mapped to. Computer Name (4): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Smart Repeater Pro will be listed here.
be displayed on your web browser: Press “Go Back” to save the settings and go back to the web management interface; press “Apply” to save the settings made and restart the Smart Repeater Pro. The settings will take effect after it reboots.
4-4 System Status The functions described here will provide you with system related information. To enter system status menu, either click “Status” link located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, or click “Status” button in main menu. 4-4-1 System information and firmware version You can use this function to know the system information and firmware version of this Smart Repeater Pro.
4-4-2 Internet Connection Status You can use this function to view the status of your current Internet connection. Click ‘Status’ menu at the top of web management interface, then select ‘Internet Connection’ from the left hand menu and the following message will be displayed: This information will vary depending on the connection status and the type of internet connection that you are using. It will provide IP information, the Internet connection mode (i.e.
4-4-3 Home Network The Home Network status page displays information regarding your local wireless home network and your wired home network. It will display the SSID of your home wireless network as well as the LAN IP settings of your home wired network. This information will vary depending on the device status.
4-4-4 System Log Important system events are logged here. You can use this function to check the event log of your Smart Repeater Pro. Click the “System Log” tab at the top of web management interface, and the following will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every buttons: Save (1): Save current event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all event logs displayed here. Refresh (3): Refresh the event log display.
4-4-5 Security Log Information regarding your network and system security is kept here. function to check the security event log of your Smart Repeater Pro. You may use this Click the “Security Log” tab at the top of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 The system events will be displayed in this page: Save (1): Save current event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all event logs displayed here.
4-4-5 Active DHCP client list If you’re using the DHCP server function of this Smart Repeater Pro, you can use this function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this Smart Repeater Pro. Click the “Active DHCP client” tab at the top of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: All information about active DHCP leases issued by this Smart Repeater Pro will be displayed here. You can click “Refresh” button to display latest information.
4-4-6 Statistics You can use this function to check the statistics of wireless, LAN, and WAN interface of this Smart Repeater Pro. Click the “Statistics” tab at the top of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: You can click “Refresh” button to display latest information.
4-5 Configuration Backup and Restore You can backup all configurations of this Smart Repeater Pro to a file, so you can make several copies of Smart Repeater Pro configuration for security reasons. To backup or restore a Smart Repeater Pro configuration, follow these instructions: Click the “Admin” tab located at the upper-right of web management interface, then click “Configuration Tools”.
Restore to Factory Default (3): Press “Reset” to remove all settings you made, and restore the configuration of this Smart Repeater Pro back to factory default settings.
4-6 Firmware Upgrade The system software used by this Smart Repeater Pro is known as ‘firmware’, just like any applications on your computer, when you replace the old application with a new one; your hardware will be equipped with new functions. You can also use this firmware upgrade to add new functions to your Smart Repeater Pro, even fix the bugs on this Smart Repeater Pro. To upgrade firmware, follow these instructions: Check what version of the firmware you have. Refer to Section 4-4.
Click “Browse” first, you’ll be prompted to provide the filename of the firmware upgrade file. Choose the file you downloaded earlier. After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click “Apply”, and the Smart Repeater Pro 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 disconnecting your computer from Smart Repeater Pro.
4-7 System Reboot If you think you network performance is bad, or you find the behavior of the Smart Repeater Pro is strange, you can perform a Smart Repeater Pro reboot. It may solve the problem. To do so, click the “Tools” tab located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, then click “Reboot:” The following message will be displayed on your web browser: Click “Apply” to reboot your Smart Repeater Pro, and it will be available again after a few minutes, please be patient.
4-8 Using the Support Utility The Smart Repeater Pro Support Utility is used to help troubleshoot a connection or easily access the basic configuration settings of the Smart Repeater Pro without having to log into the web interface. This Utility may often be used in conjunction with support calls from our support department or by the user when on site or for quick configuration purposes. To run the support utility, insert the CD into your computer’s CD rom and click on “Software Utility”.
Click on SCAN to locate the Smart Repeater Pro you wish to configure. Once selected click ‘CONNECT’ to connect to the Repeater. Note: before making any configurations on the Utility, you MUST be connected to a Repeater. The status of the Utility and Repeater connection is displayed on the bottom left corner.
The Repeater Settings tab provides information on all current settings for the local network (LAN) as well as the Internet network (WAN). The firmware version and MAC Address are listed as well. The IP Address (LAN) tab allows you to enable or disable DHCP (automatic IP assignment to clients connecting to the Smart Repeater Pro) as well as make adjustments to the local IP Address of the Repeater.
The Wireless Internet Connection tab allows you to see the current Internet (WAN) settings for the Repeater. From here you can also scan for other wireless networks detected by the Repeater and highlight them to change your Internet Connection source to begin repeating from a new wireless network. If the network you are trying to connect to uses encryption it will be required that you enter the Security Key in the field below.
The Password Settings tab gives you access to change your current password for logging into the web interface. You will need to first enter your current login and password before you are able to change your login password. The Reset Settings tab allows you to reboot your Repeater in the event of a lock up or refresh while still saving all of your current settings. To reset the Smart Repeater Pro to factory default settings select Factory Reset and click ‘Apply.
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Chapter V: Appendix 5-1 Hardware Specification Flash: 4MB SDRAM: 16MB WAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 WAN Port: 802.11g Client LAN Ports: 10/100M UTP Port x 4 Outer Antennas: 3dBi Dipole Antenna x 2 (Reverse SMA) For WLAN (2T2R Spatial Multiplexing MIMO configuration) Center Antenna : 13dBi Dipole Antenna x 1 (Reverse SMA) For WAN (Dedicated Internet Antenna) Power: 12VDC, 1A Switching Power Adapter Dimension: 30(H) x 187(W) x 100(D) mm Product Weight : 1.
5-2 Troubleshooting If you found the Smart Repeater Pro is working improperly or stops responding, don’t panic! Before you contact your dealer of purchase for help, please read this troubleshooting first. Some problems can be solved by you in a very short time! Scenario Solution Internet Connection Test says success but I still cannot get into the internet. a. On the web interface, go to the status, and click on Internet Connection. Make sure your wireless settings are correct, ie.
could be a compatibly issue that is resolved with a newer firmware. Refer to section 4-6 for firmware upgrade instructions. Smart Repeater Pro is not responding to me when I want to access it by web browser a. Please check the connection of power cords and network cables of this Smart Repeater Pro. All cords and cables should be correctly and firmly inserted into the Smart Repeater Pro. b.
but you can still use other internet services, please check URL/Keyword filter. f. Try to reset the Smart Repeater Pro and try again later. g. Reset the device (modem) provided by your Internet service provider. h. Try to use IP address instead of hostname. If you can use IP address to communicate with a remote server, but can’t use hostname, please check the DNS setting. No connection to the Internet (Wireless Modem port) a.
slow or breaks frequently b. c. d. e. try again. Source Internet connection is poor Try to reset the Smart Repeater Pro Multiple users may be accessing the Internet simultaneously. Attempt to download the file at another time. Contact Hawking Techsupport I can’t log onto web management interface: password is wrong a. Make sure you’re connecting to the correct IP address of the Smart Repeater Pro. b. Password is case-sensitive. Make sure the “Caps Lock” light is not illuminated. c.
5-3 Glossary Default Gateway (Smart Repeater Pro): Every non-Smart Repeater Pro 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.
bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb, where each “b” can either be 0 or 1. A network mask is also a 32-bit binary pattern, and consists of consecutive leading 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.
NAT: Network Address Translation. This process allows all of the computers on your home network to use one IP address. Using the broadband Smart Repeater Pro’s NAT capability, you can access the Internet from any computer on your home network without having to purchase more IP addresses from your ISP. Port: Network Clients (LAN PC) uses port numbers to distinguish one network application/protocol over another.
Smart Repeater Pro: A Smart Repeater Pro is an intelligent network device that forwards packets between different networks based on network layer address information such as IP addresses. It provides modem access with any wireless 802.11b/g/n network and redistributes the signal via Ethernet or wireless Ethernet with full router capabilities. Subnet Mask: A subnet mask, which may be a part of the TCP/IP information provided by your ISP, is a set of four numbers (e.g. 255.255.255.
