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Page 2: ...respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequ...
Page 3: ...off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution ...
Page 4: ...t 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 transmit...
Page 5: ... of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use i...
Page 6: ...ista IP address setup 14 2 2 5 Connecting to Web Management Interface 17 2 3 View System Status and Information 19 2 4 Select an Operating Mode for Wireless Access Point 21 2 4 1 AP Mode 23 2 4 1 1 Multiple ESSID 25 2 4 2 Station Infrastructure 26 2 4 2 1 Wireless Site Survey 28 2 4 3 AP Bridge Point to Point Mode 29 2 4 4 AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Mode 32 2 4 5 AP Bridge WDS Mode 34 2 4 6 Un...
Page 7: ...oint 61 2 10 3 DHCP Server 63 Chapter III Advanced Configuration 65 3 1 Configuration Backup and Restore 65 3 2 Firmware Upgrade 66 3 3 System Reset 67 Chapter IV Appendix 68 4 1 Hardware Specification 68 4 2 Troubleshooting 69 4 3 Glossary 71 ...
Page 8: ...cess point all by yourself Other features of this access point including Complies with IEEE 802 11b g and compatible with 802 11n standards Supports high data rate up to 150Mbps while connecting with IEEE 802 11n devices Auto rate fallback in case of obstacles or interferences Supports point to point and point to multi point bridge function Supports WDS Wireless Distributed System repeater mode Su...
Page 9: ...3 years old They may put the small parts in their nose or month and it could cause serious damage to them KEEP THIS ACCESS POINT OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 6 The access point will become hot when being used for long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put this access point on paper cloth or other flammable materials 7 There s no user serviceable part inside the access point If you f...
Page 10: ...3 1 3 System Requirements Computer with Fast Ethernet adapter or wireless adapter running Windows98 2000 XP Vista 7 Linux Mac OS Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 or above Firefox ...
Page 11: ...ything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items Wireless Range Extender Access Point x 1 CD EZmax Setup Wizard Multi language Quick Installation Guide User Manual x 1 Power Adapter x 1 3dBi Antenna x 1 Accessories Kit x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1 ...
Page 12: ... Power Green Lit Power is supplied Off No Power WLAN Wireless LAN Orange Flash Wireless is transmitting or receiving data Off Wireless is not transmitting or receiving data LAN 1 5 Link Act Green On A valid link is established Flash It is transmitting or receiving data Off No link is established ...
Page 13: ... Reset WPS Reset the router to factory default settings clear all settings or start WPS function Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults and press this button for less than 5 seconds to start WPS function LAN 1 5 Local Area Network LAN port LAN 1 5 This LAN port is where you connect the Access Point to your Ethernet devices switch or router or other wi...
Page 14: ... network through the LAN port of the access point by Ethernet cable 2 Connect the A C power adapter to the wall socket and then connect it to the Power socket of the access point 3 Please check all LEDs on the front panel PWR LED should be steadily on LAN LEDs should be on if the access point is correctly connected to the ADSL modem router or switch hub If PWD LED is not on or any LED you expected...
Page 15: ...s If it s set to use static IP address or you re unsure please follow the following instructions to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address If the operating system of your computer is Windows 95 98 Me please go to section 2 2 1 Windows 2000 please go to section 2 2 2 Windows XP please go to section 2 2 3 Windows Vista please go to section 2 2 4 2 2 1 Windows 95 98 Me IP address setup 1 C...
Page 16: ...9 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 ...
Page 17: ...d 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 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click Properties ...
Page 18: ...11 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 ...
Page 19: ... 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 ...
Page 20: ...13 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 ...
Page 21: ...corner of your computer then click control panel Click View Network Status and Tasks then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Netwrok then select Properties Local Area Connection Properties window will appear select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click Properties ...
Page 22: ...15 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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Page 24: ...terface Please start your web browser and input 192 168 2 1 in address bar then press Enter key The following message should be shown Please input user name and password in the field respectively default user name is admin and default password is 1234 then press OK button and you can see the web management interface of this access point ...
Page 25: ...ame 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 ...
Page 26: ...s computer devices You can click Home on the left and the system status and information will be displayed as shown below Here are descriptions of every item Up time Displays the total passed time since the wireless access point is powered Hardware Version Displays hardware version This information is helpful when you need online help from the dealer of purchase Runtime Code Version Displays curren...
Page 27: ...of unique identification name of this access point it can not be modified by user Associated Clients Displays the number of connected wireless client IP Address Displays the IP address of this wireless access point Subnet Mask Displays the net mask of IP address Default Gateway Displays the IP address of default gateway MAC address Displays the MAC address of LAN interface ...
Page 28: ...re Enable the Ethernet device such us TV and Game player connected to the access point to a wireless client AP Bridge Point to Point Establish wireless connection with another wireless access point using the same mode and link the wired network which these two wireless access points connected to together Only one access point can be connected in this mode AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Establish w...
Page 29: ...ender that will help you to extend the networking wirelessly The access point can act as Station and AP at the same time It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all wireless clients within its coverage Please select one wireless operating mode for detailed descriptions of every operating mode please refer to Section 2 4 1 to 2 4 6 listed below ...
Page 30: ...eny the wireless client of a certain band If you select 2 4GHz B 2 4GHz N or 2 4GHz G only wireless clients using the wireless band you select 802 11b 802 11 Draft N or 802 11g will be able to connect to this access point If you select 2 4GHz B G then only wireless clients using 802 11b and 802 11g band will be able to connect to this access point If you want to allow 802 11b 802 11g and 802 11 Dr...
Page 31: ... the same channel number Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients button and a new popup window will appear which contains the information about all wireless clients connected to this access point You can click Refresh button in popup window to keep information up to date After you finish with setting please click Apply and the following message will be displayed When you see this message the ...
Page 32: ...three ESSID here Enable Select the box to enable the different additional ESSID SSID Please input the SSID name the name used to identify this wireless access point here You can input up to 32 alphanumerical characters PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSID IS CASE SENSITIVE Broadcast SSID Decide if the wireless access point will broadcast its own ESSID or not You can hide the ESSID of your wireless access point ...
Page 33: ...ou can connect the access point to Ethernet device such us TV and Game player to enable the Ethernet device be a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or AP router Here are descriptions of every setup item Band Please select the wireless band you wish to use By selecting different band setting you ll be able to allow or deny the wireless client of a certain band I...
Page 34: ...ck Select Site Survey button then a Wireless Site Survey Table will pop up It will list all available access points near by You can select one access point in the table and it will join wireless LAN through this access point Please go to Section 2 4 2 1 for more information about the Wireless Site Survey Table After you finish with setting please click Apply and the following message will be displ...
Page 35: ...28 2 4 2 1 Wireless Site Survey The table will list the access points nearby as the access point is set to Station mode you can select one of the access points to associate ...
Page 36: ...nal The signal strength of each access point will be displayed here The signal strength is stronger the connection quality is better Refresh Click this button to refresh the table Done Select an access point and click this button to choose the network The SSID name of the access point you have selected will be displayed in the Main SSID in the Basic Setting page Close Close the window 2 4 3 AP Bri...
Page 37: ...ss band you wish to use By selecting different band setting you ll be able to allow or deny the wireless client of a certain band If you select 2 4GHz B 2 4GHz N or 2 4GHz G only wireless clients using the wireless band you select 802 11b 802 11 Draft N or 802 11g will be able to connect to this access point If you select 2 4GHz B G then only wireless clients using 802 11b and 802 11g band will be...
Page 38: ...s link a new popup window will appear Please refer to Section 2 7 for detailed descriptions 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 successfully saved you can click Continue button to back to previous page and continue on other setting items or click Apply button to restart the wireless access p...
Page 39: ...ed Please note that when you set your access point to this mode it will not accept regular wireless clients anymore When you select AP Bridge Point to Multi Point the following options will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Band Please select the wireless band you wish to use By selecting different band setting you ll be able to allow or deny the wireless client of a certain b...
Page 40: ...onnect MAC address 1 4 Please input the MAC address of the wireless access point you wish to connect Set Security Click this button to select an encryption mode for this wireless link a new popup window will appear Please refer to Section 2 7 for detailed descriptions After you finish with setting please click Apply and the following message will be displayed When you see this message the settings...
Page 41: ...s access point is still able to accept wireless clients When you select AP Bridge WDS the following options will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Band Please select the wireless band you wish to use By selecting different band setting you ll be able to allow or deny the wireless client of a certain band If you select 2 4GHz B 2 4GHz N or 2 4GHz G only wireless clients using t...
Page 42: ...annel Number Please select a channel number you wish to use The channel number must be same with another wireless access point you wish to connect Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients button and a new popup window will appear which contains the information about all wireless clients connected to this access point You can click Refresh button in popup window to keep information up to date M...
Page 43: ...n to service all wireless stations within its coverage Here are descriptions of every setup item Band Please select the wireless band you wish to use By selecting different band setting you ll be able to allow or deny the wireless client of a certain band If you select 2 4GHz B 2 4GHz N or 2 4GHz G only wireless clients using the wireless band NOTE For Repeater Mode this access point will demodula...
Page 44: ... 1 Channel Number Please select a channel number you wish to use The channel number must be same with another wireless access point you wish to connect Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients button and a new popup window will appear which contains the information about all wireless clients connected to this access point You can click Refresh button in popup window to keep information up to d...
Page 45: ...e displayed When you see this message the settings you made is successfully save You can click Continue button to back to previous page and continue on other setting items or click Apply button to restart the wireless access point and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds ...
Page 46: ...to WPS mode and push a specific button on the wireless client to start WPS mode You can push Reset WPS button of this access point or click Start PBC button in the web configuration interface to do this if you want to use PIN code you have to provide the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect to this access point and then switch the wireless client to WPS mode The detailed instruction...
Page 47: ... connections by WPS WPS Status Displays WPS status If data encryption settings of this access point has never been set unConfigured message will be displayed her see Section 2 7 for detailed information if data encryption settings has been set before Configured message will be displayed here Self PinCode This is the WPS PIN code of this access point This code is useful when you need to build wirel...
Page 48: ...e Registrar and Enrollee modes for the WPS connection When Registrar is enabled the wireless clients will follow the access point s wireless settings for WPS connection When Enrolle mode is enabled the access point will follow the wireless settings of wireless client for WPS connection Start PBC Click Start PBC to start Push Button style WPS setup procedure This access point will wait for WPS requ...
Page 49: ...S setup you must press PBC button hardware or software of wireless client within 120 seconds if you didn t press PBC button of wireless client within this time period please press PBC button hardware or software of this access point again ...
Page 50: ...gs please don t modify them or the wireless performance will be reduced You can click Advanced Setting on the left to enter advanced settings menu and the following message will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Fragment Threshold Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2346 RTS Threshold Set the RT...
Page 51: ...necessary to change this value unless you know what will happen after modification Channel Width Select wireless channel width bandwidth taken by wireless signals of this access point It s suggested to select Auto 20 40MHz Do not change to 20 MHz unless you know what it is Preamble Type Set the type of preamble of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default sett...
Page 52: ...using this wireless access point in a really big space you may not have to set output power to 100 This will enhance security malicious unknown users in distance will not be able to reach your wireless access point 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 successfully save You can click Continue ...
Page 53: ...dio signals in the air will become unreadable for those people who don t know correct encryption key encryption password There are two ways to set wireless security 1 Click Security on the left of web management interface 2 Click Set Security button when the wireless operating mode you selected is AP Bridge Point to Point AP Bridge Point to Multi Point or AP Bridge WDS ...
Page 54: ... 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 Use the random combination of symbols numbers and alphabets will greatly improve security 3 Use WPA when possible it s ...
Page 55: ...h with setting please click Apply and the following message will be displayed When you see this message the settings you made is successfully save You can click Continue button to back to previous page and continue on other setting items or click Apply button to restart the wireless access point and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds ...
Page 56: ...nment When you select WEP as encryption type the following messages will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Key Length 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 There are two types of key format ASCII and Hex When you select a key format the number of characters of key wi...
Page 57: ...t you can use characters 0 9 a f and A F You must enter at least one encryption key here and if you entered multiple WEP keys they should not be same with each other Enable 802 1x Authentication Check this box to enable 802 1x user authentication Please refer to Section 2 7 5 for detailed instructions After you finish with setting please click Apply and the following message will be displayed When...
Page 58: ...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 Pre shared Key Format Please select the format of pre shared key here available options are Passphrase 8 to 63 alphanumerical characters and Hex 64 hexadecimal characters 0 to 9 and a to f Pre shared Key Please input pre shared key according to the key form...
Page 59: ...ngs you made is successfully save You can click Continue button to back to previous page and continue on other setting items or click Apply button to restart the wireless access point and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds ...
Page 60: ...ion type here AES is safer than TKIP but not every wireless client supports it Please refer to the specification of your wireless client to decide which encryption type you should use Use internal MD5 RADIUS Server Uses built in RADIUS Server refer to Section 2 8 instead of external RADIUS server If you check this box the value in following three fields will be ignored RADIUS Server IP address Ple...
Page 61: ...e displayed When you see this message the settings you made is successfully save You can click Continue button to back to previous page and continue on other setting items or click Apply button to restart the wireless access point and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds ...
Page 62: ...ntrol The internal radius server only supports 96 users and 16 IP addresses If the number of user and or IP address you need is more than this please use external radius server To setup internal radius server click Raidus Server on the left of web management interface and the following information will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable Radius Server Check this box to en...
Page 63: ...ss here Please input client IP secret key re type secret key in corresponding field and click Add button to add the IP address to radius server database You can click Reset to clear the text you typed in above three fields All current IP addresses will be listed here If you want to delete one or more addresses check Select box of that address and click Delete Selected button you can click Delete A...
Page 64: ...57 other setting items or click Apply button to restart the wireless access point and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds ...
Page 65: ...nterface and the following messages will be displayed This page contains two parts of MAC filtering information All allowed MAC addresses will be listed in upper part 1 and you can add new MAC addresses by components in lower part 2 Here are descriptions of every setup item Select Check this box to select one or more MAC address es to delete Delete Selected Click this button to delete all selected...
Page 66: ...s here This is optional and you can leave it blank however it s recommended to use this field to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a memory aid This is optional Add When you finish inputting MAC address and optional Comment click this button to add the MAC address to the list Clear Remove all characters in MAC address and Comments field After you finish with setting please click Apply and...
Page 67: ... point Please click System Utility on the left and the following message will be displayed Please input current password in Current Password field then input new password in both New Password and Re Enter Password field After you finish please go to the bottom of this page and click Apply and the following message will be displayed When you see this message the settings you made is successfully sa...
Page 68: ...u set To change IP address please click System Utility on the left and the following message will be displayed Please input IP address and Subnet Mask in corresponding field and you can input the IP address of gateway in Gateway Address field if you need to manage this wireless access point from other network like Internet If you want to activate the DHCP server function of this wireless access po...
Page 69: ...age will be displayed When you see this message the settings you made is successfully save You can click Continue button to back to previous page and continue on other setting items or click Apply button to restart the wireless access point and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds ...
Page 70: ...DNS here Start IP Please input the start IP address of the IP range End IP Please input the end IP address of the IP range Domain Name If you wish you can also optionally input the domain name for your network This is optional Lease Time Please choose a lease time the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address of every IP address assigned by this access point from dropdown menu Af...
Page 71: ...settings you made is successfully save You can click Continue button to back to previous page and continue on other setting items or click Apply button to restart the wireless access point and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds ...
Page 72: ...y buttons Backup Settings Press Save button and you ll be prompted to download the configuration as a file default filename is config bin you can please save it as another filename for different versions and keep it in a safe place Restore Settings Press Browse to pick a previously saved configuration file from your computer and then click Upload to transfer the configuration file to access point ...
Page 73: ... file Please download the latest firmware file from our website and use it to upgrade your access point After a firmware upgrade file is selected click Apply button and the access point 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 compu...
Page 74: ...ponding you may have to switch it off by unplug the power plug and plug it back again after 10 seconds To reset your access point please click Reset on the left and the following message will be displayed Please click Apply and a popup message will ask you again to make sure you really want to reset the access point Click OK to reset the access point or click Cancel to abort Please remember all co...
Page 75: ...ort 10 100M UTP Port x 5 Antenna 3dBi Detachable Dipole Antenna x 1 Power 5VDC 1A Dimension 36 H x 136 W x 90 D mm Transmit Power 11n 14 1 5dBm 11g 15 1 5dBm 11b 17 1 5dBm Temperature Operating 0 40 C Storage 20 60 C Humidity Operating 10 90 Non Condensing Storage Max 95 Non Condensing Certification FCC CE ...
Page 76: ...ectly powered c You must use the same IP address section which access point uses d Are you using MAC or IP address filter Try to connect the access point by another computer and see if it works if not please perform a hard reset pressing reset button e Set your computer to obtain an IP address automatically DHCP and see if your computer can get an IP address f If you did a firmware upgrade and thi...
Page 77: ...meone s transferring big files other people will think Internet is really slow c Change channel number and see if this works I can t log onto web management interface password is wrong a Make sure you re connecting to the correct IP address of the access point b Password is case sensitive Make sure the Caps Lock light is not illuminated c If you really forget the password do a hard reset Access po...
Page 78: ...DNS server your ISP has assigned to you DSL Modem DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line A DSL modem uses your existing phone lines to transmit data at high speeds Ethernet A standard for computer networks Ethernet networks are connected by special cables and hubs and move data around at up to 10 100 million bits per second Mbps Idle Timeout Idle Timeout is designed so that after there is no traff...
Page 79: ...rvice Provider An ISP is a business that provides connectivity to the Internet for individuals and other businesses or organizations LAN Local Area Network A LAN is a group of computers and devices connected together in a relatively small area such as a house or an office Your home network is considered a LAN MAC Address MAC stands for Media Access Control A MAC address is the hardware address of ...
Page 80: ...eraction agreed upon between multiple parties so that when they interface with each other based on such a protocol the interpretation of their behavior is well defined and can be made objectively without confusion or misunderstanding Access point A access point is an intelligent network device that forwards packets between different networks based on network layer address information such as IP ad...
Page 81: ... 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 The Internet is a wide area network Web based management Graphical User Interface GUI Many devices support a graphical user interface that is based on the web browser This means the user can use the familiar Net...
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