IEEE 802.11n Wireless Series Wireless Access Point User Manual Version 2.
Wireless 11n Access Point FCC Certifications Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Wireless 11n Access Point CE Mark Warning This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022 Class A for ITE, the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 2004/108/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC to meet the regulation of the radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment.
Wireless 11n Access Point Contents Unpacking Information ······················································································································ 5 Chapter 1 Introduction to Wireless Access Point ······································································· 6 1.1 General Description··································································································· 6 1.
Wireless 11n Access Point Unpacking Information Thank you for purchasing the product. Before you start, please check all the contents of this package. The product package should include the following: 1. One Wireless Access Point with one antenna 2. One Power Adapter 3. Four Rubber Feet 4. One Quick installation Guide 5. One resource CD, including User’s Manual Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.
Wireless 11n Access Point Chapter 1 Introduction to Wireless Access Point 1.1 General Description Easily constructing your LAN, this wireless access point offers a wireless interface and eliminates your effort busying cabling form one computer to another. With being compliant to IEEE 802.11n specification, this wireless access point supports data rate up to 300 Mbps and hence help to construct your high-speed home or office wireless network. The IEEE 802.
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Wireless 11n Access Point 1.4 The Rear Panel The rear panel of the Wireless 11n Access Point is shown below. LAN(1~2): Through these ports, you can connect the AP to your PCs and the other Ethernet network devices. DC IN: Plug the circle end of the power adapter firmly into the rear panel of the Wireless AP, and the other end put into an electric service outlet then the system is ready.
Wireless 11n Access Point second way is to attach it to the wall. If you select a wall-mount option, please follow the steps below: 1. Select a location with access for cables and a power outlet. 2. Unplug the unit. Place it upside down on a flat surface and mark the two holes for anchors. 3. Installing the wall mount anchor (not supplied) into the wall with tools such as drill or hammer. 4. Insert the screws (not supplied) in each hole of the stand parts. 5. Attaches the unit to the anchors on the wall.
Wireless 11n Access Point Chapter 2 Installing and Using Wireless Access Point This chapter provides a step-by-step guide to the installation and configuration of the Wireless AP. We suggest you go over the whole chapter and then do more advanced operation. 2.1 Connecting this AP to your network This Chapter provides a step-by-step guide to the installation and configuration of this wireless access point.
Wireless 11n Access Point 2.2 Configuring the IP address of your computer In order to communicate with this Wireless AP, you have to configure the IP addresses of your computer to make it compatible with the device. 1. The default network setting of the device: IP address: 192.168.0.51 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
Wireless 11n Access Point 2. Right-click on Local Area Connection item and click on Properties. 3. Choose Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
Wireless 11n Access Point 4. You can’t choose “Obtain an IP address automatically” to get IP address automatically in this configuration. Choose “Use the following IP address” to specify IP addresses manually. Please click the OK button after your configuration. Chapter 3 3.1 Management Starting the WEB-Based Management Interface The device uses WEB as the management interface. You can use a browser to access the management interface easily. Please follow the steps listed below. 1.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3.2 The Graphic User Interface After the password authorization, the information page shows up as the home page of the Graphic User interface. You may click on each folder on left column of each page to get access to each configuration page. Please note that you should click the Save Settings button to apply your configuration to this device. You can also restore the default settings by clicking the Reset Settings button.
Wireless 11n Access Point Items Uptime Firmware version Build Time Information The period that you turn the device on. The current firmware version of the device. The build time of the device originally. Mode Shows if the device is operating in AP or WDS mode. Band The band that the wireless AP operating. SSID The name of this wireless network. Encryption BSSID Associated Clients The security encryption type that the wireless network using.
Wireless 11n Access Point Attain IP Protocol IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway MAC Address The way for this AP to get a IP address. The current IP address of this AP. The current subnet mask of this AP. The current default gateway of this AP. The current MAC address of this AP.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3.3 Wireless 3.3.1 Basic Settings This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients which may connect to your Access Point. Here you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters. You can set up the configuration of your Wireless basic settings and monitor the Wireless Clients associate with your router.
Wireless 11n Access Point this wireless network. configurations. Click on this button to do more When you configure this device in Client mode, this drop-down list allows users to change the network type into infrastructure mode or ad-hoc mode. Network Type Ad-Hoc mode: connects two computers directly without the use of a router or AP. It is also know as a peer-to-peer network. Infrastructure Mode: the wireless network contains at least one wireless client and one wireless AP or router.
Wireless 11n Access Point 1. Multiple APs This is the window that pops up after clicking the button. Select one of the AP, and then click the button “Show”, “Active Wireless Client Table – AP1” windows pops up. 2. Active Wireless Client Table This is the window that pops up after clicking the 19 button.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3.3.2 Advanced Settings You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this AP. We recommend not changing these parameters unless you know what changes will be on this AP. Items Information Fragment Threshold This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If you experience a high packet error rate, you may slightly increase your fragmentation threshold within the value range of 256 to 2346. Setting the fragmentation threshold too low may result in poor performance.
Wireless 11n Access Point Protection Some 802.11g wireless adapters support 802.11g protections, which allows the adapter search for 802.11b/g singles only. Select “Enabled” to support protection or select “Disabled” to disable this function. Aggregation To aggregate lots of packets into a big one before transmitting packets. This can reduce control packet overhead. Short GI Indicates that the 802.11g network is using a short slot time because there are no legacy (802.
Wireless 11n Access Point 1. Security Mode -- WEP Items Information Encryption Select a security encryption mode for this AP. Authentication There provide three options for selecting: Open System, Shared Key, Auto Key Length Select 64-bit or 128-bit as the key encryption length. Key Format Select ASCII 1 or Hex 2 to setup the key value. Encryption Key Enter the key according to the key format you select.
Wireless 11n Access Point 2. Security Mode – WPA / WPA 2 Items Authentication Mode WPA Cipher Suite Information There are two items, “Enterprise (RADIUS)” and “Personal (Pre-Shared Key)”. You can select the mode by clicking the item. Select the WPA Cipher Suite to be TKIP or AES. Pre-Shared Key Format To decide the format, select Pass phrase or Hex in the drop list. Pre-Shared Key Enter the Pre-shared Key according to the pre-shared key format you select. This is the shared secret between AP and STA.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3. Security Mode – WPA-Mixed Items Information Authentication Mode There are two items, “Enterprise (WPA-Radius)” and “Personal (Pre-Shared Key)”. You can select the mode by clicking the item. WPA / WPA2 Cipher Suite Select the WPA/WPA2 Cipher Suite to be TKIP or AES. Pre-Shared Key Format To decide the format, select Passphrase or Hex in the drop list. Pre-Shared Key Enter the Pre-shared Key according to the pre-shared key format you select.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3.3.4 Access Control To restrict the clients of Access authentication of Stations, set up the control list in this page. Items Information Wireless Access Control Mode Click on the drop list to choose the access control mode. You may select “Allow listed” to allow those allowed MAC addresses or select “Deny Listed” to ban those MAC addresses from accessing to this device or select “Disable”.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3.3.5 WDS Settings When you use this device as WDS or AP+WDS mode, “WDS Setting” function can be operated. Wireless Distribution System allows the AP to communicate with other APs wirelessly. To make it work, you must ensure that these APs and the Router are in the same channel. Please add these APs MAC address and comment values into the WDS list. Don’t Forget to Enable the WDS by click the check box of “Enable WDS” and press “Apply Changes” button to save.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3.3.6 Site Survey This page shows available wireless network information. When you use this device as a client station (STA), you may connect to other AP or Router. Select one of the lists in the site survey table and click on to connect to other wireless network nearby. The button can be used to scan nearby AP again. 3.3.7 WPS Settings The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks.
Wireless 11n Access Point Items Information WPS Status You cannot manually select the items here. The WPS Status will change from “UnConfigured” to “Configured” after you enable WPS function and setup a wireless security key for this device. Self-PIN Number If you use this device as a client, you can use this code when trying to connect this device to other AP by using the PIN method.
Wireless 11n Access Point Items Information IP Address The IP of your AP LAN port (default 192.168.0.51). Subnet Mask Subnet Mask of you LAN (default 255.255.255.0). All devices on the network must have the same subnet mask to communicate on the network. Default Gateway DHCP Enter the IP Address of the AP in your network. DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses “automatically”.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3.6 System Log This System Log page shows the information of the current activities on the AP. To enable system log function: 1. Mark the “Enable Log” checkbox. 2. To see all information of the system, select the “system all” checkbox. To see wireless information only, select the “wireless” checkbox. To send the log information to a certain note, select the “Enable Remote Log” checkbox and fill in the IP address in the “Log Server IP Address” box. 3.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3.7 Upgrade Firmware Sometimes a new firmware may be issued to upgrade the system of this device. You could upgrade the firmware you got in this page. To upgrade the firmware, please click on the button, locate the firmware in your computer and then click the button to execute. 3.8 Save/Reload Setting The Save/Reload Setting page allows users to backup and download the configuration status of the device or restore the factory default configuration.
Wireless 11n Access Point 3.9 Password To set up the Administrator Account information, enter the Username, New password, and reenter the password on the text box. Don’t forget to click the to save the configuration. 3.10 System Time Setting This page allows users to configure the time of the AP. To specify manually, fill in the blanks in “Current Time” or select “Copy Computer Time”. Click the “Apply Change” button after your configuration. 3.11 Logout This page is used to logout.
Wireless 11n Access Point Appendix A: Product Specifications Standard IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.
