User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. Product Introduction
- Chapter 2. Hardware Installation
- Chapter 3. Connecting to the AP
- Chapter 4. Quick Installation Guide
- Chapter 5. Configuring the AP
- 5.1 Status
- 5.2 Quick Setup
- 5.3 WPS
- 5.4 Operation Mode
- 5.5 Network
- 5.6 Wireless
- 5.6.1 Wireless Settings
- 5.6.2 Wireless Security
- 5.6.2.1. Operation Mode – Access Point
- 5.6.2.2. Operation Mode – Multi-SSID
- 5.6.2.3. Operation Mode – Client
- 5.6.2.4. Operation Mode – Repeater
- 5.6.2.5. Operation Mode – Universal Repeater
- 5.6.2.6. Operation Mode – Bridge with AP
- 5.6.2.7. Operation Mode – AP Router
- 5.6.2.8. Operation Mode – AP Client Router
- 5.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering
- 5.6.4 Wireless Advanced
- 5.6.5 Antenna Alignment
- 5.6.6 Distance Setting
- 5.6.7 Throughput Monitor
- 5.6.8 Wireless Statistics
- 5.7 DHCP
- 5.8 Forwarding
- 5.9 Security
- 5.10 Parental Control
- 5.11 Access Control
- 5.12 Static Routing
- 5.13 Bandwidth Control
- 5.14 IP & MAC Binding
- 5.15 Dynamic DNS
- 5.16 System Tools
- Appendix A: FAQ
- A.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?
- A.2 What is Wireless LAN?
- A.3 What are ISM bands?
- A.4 How does wireless networking work?
- A.5 What is BSSID?
- A.6 What is ESSID?
- A.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference?
- A.8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?
- A.9 What is WEP?
- A.10 What is Fragment Threshold?
- A.11 What is RTS (Request to Send) Threshold?
- A.12 What is Beacon Interval?
- A.13 What is Preamble Type?
- A.14 What is SSID Broadcast?
- A.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
- A.16 What is WPA2?
- A.17 What is 802.1x Authentication?
- A.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?
- A.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
- A.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?
- A.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?
- A.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)?
- A.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?
- A.24 What is Clone MAC Address?
- A.25 What is DDNS?
- A.26 What is NTP Client?
- A.27 What is VPN?
- A.28 What is IPSEC?
- A.29 What is WLAN Block Relay between Clients?
- A.30 What is WMM?
- A.31 What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT?
- A.32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?
- A.33 What is Frame Aggregation?
- A.34 What is Guard Intervals (GI)?
- Appendix B: Configuring the PC in Windows 7
- Appendix C: Specifications
- Appendix D: Factory Default Settings
- EC Declaration of Conformity
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Appendix A: FAQ
A.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?
IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol
route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric
address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example,
191.168.1.254 could be an IP address
The MAC (Media Access Control) address is your computer's unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN,
it's the same as your Ethernet address.) When you're connected to the Internet from your computer (or host as
the Internet protocol thinks of it), a correspondence table relates your IP address to your computer's physical
(MAC) address on the LAN.
To find your PC’s IP and MAC address,
(1) Open the Command program in the Microsoft Windows.
(2) Type in “ipconfig /all”, then press the Enter button.
(3) Your PC’s IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PC’s MAC address is the one entitled
Physical Address.
A.2 What is Wireless LAN?
A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a network that allows access to Internet without the need for any wired connections to
the user’s machine.
A.3 What are ISM bands?
ISM stands for Industrial, Scientific and Medical; radio frequency bands that the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) authorized for wireless LANs. The ISM bands are located at 915 +/-13 MHz, 2450 +/-50 MHz
and 5800 +/-75 MHz.
A.4 How does wireless networking work?
The 802.11 standard define two modes: infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode. In infrastructure mode, the
wireless network consists of at least one access point connected to the wired network infrastructure and a set of
wireless end stations. This configuration is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). An Extended Service Set (ESS) is
a set of two or more BSSs forming a single sub-network. Since most corporate WLANs require access to the
wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode.