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1-5 Familiar with your new wireless access point

Front Panel

LED Name

Light Status Description

PWR

Access point is switched on and correctly powered

Wireless WPS mode is enabled

Off

Wireless function is not working

WLAN

Flashing

Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving data)

LAN port is connected

Off

LAN port is not connected

LAN

Flashing

LAN activity (transferring data)

Summary of Contents for EW-7316APn

Page 1: ...150N Wireless LAN Access Point User s Manual Version 1 0 April 2008...

Page 2: ...espect 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...

Page 3: ...ff 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 equipmen...

Page 4: ...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...

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...

Page 6: ...a 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 Multi...

Page 7: ...ess Access Point 62 2 10 3 DHCP Server 64 Chapter III Advanced Configuration 66 3 1 Configuration Backup and Restore 66 3 2 Firmware Upgrade 67 3 3 System Reset 68 Chapter IV Appendix 69 4 1 Hardware...

Page 8: ...oint all by yourself Other features of this access point including Work with other 802 11b g Draft N wireless devices High speed wireless network data transfer rate is up to 150Mbps Allow wireless dev...

Page 9: ...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...

Page 10: ...network devices with wired or wireless network interface card z Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 or above Netscape Navigator 4 7 or above Opera web browser or Safari web browser z An avail...

Page 11: ...use this access point please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items Wireless Access point main body 1 pcs 3dBi Dipole Antenna 2...

Page 12: ...on PWR On Access point is switched on and correctly powered On Wireless WPS mode is enabled Off Wireless function is not working WLAN Flashing Wireless LAN activity transferring or receiving data On L...

Page 13: ...duct Power Power connector connects to A C power adapter 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 re...

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 LED...

Page 15: ...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...

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: ...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 win...

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...

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: ...orner 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 Pr...

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: ...erface 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 defau...

Page 25: ...me 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 pleas...

Page 26: ...iled information of your access point and when you try to fix the communication problem between this access point and other wired wireless computer devices You can click Home on the left and the syste...

Page 27: ...l Number Displays current wireless channel number Security Displays current wireless security setting BSSID Displays current BSSID a set of unique identification name of this access point it can not b...

Page 28: ...ere are 6 operating modes available AP Access point mode allows wireless clients to connect to access point and exchange data with the devices connected to the wired network Station Infrastructure Ena...

Page 29: ...t work in bridge dedicated mode and will be able to accept wireless clients while the access point is working as a wireless bridge Universal Repeater This product can act as a wireless range extender...

Page 30: ...ny 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...

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...

Page 32: ...settings Here are descriptions of every setup item No Except Main SSID you can configure additional three ESSID here Enable Select the box to enable the different additional ESSID SSID Please input t...

Page 33: ...different kinds of data to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications VLAN ID 0 Untagged If your netwo...

Page 34: ...eless access point here You can input up to 32 alphanumerical characters PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSID IS CASE SENSITIVE Site Survey When you use this access point as a wireless station for Ethernet network...

Page 35: ...the access point is powered on 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...

Page 36: ...ss point SSID Display the SSID name of the access point BSSID Display the BSSID MAC Address of the access point Encryption Display the encryption setting of the access points If you have selected the...

Page 37: ...l connect to another wireless access point which uses the same mode and all wired Ethernet clients of both wireless access points will be connected together You can use this mode to connect a network...

Page 38: ...umber must be same with another wireless access point you wish to connect MAC address 1 Please input the MAC address of the wireless access point you wish to connect Set Security Click this button to...

Page 39: ...ll 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 w...

Page 40: ...ccess 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...

Page 41: ...you use this mode this 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...

Page 42: ...ions of the function please refer to Section 2 4 1 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 connec...

Page 43: ...eater In this mode the access point can act as a wireless repeater it can be 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 wire...

Page 44: ...ss access point here You can input up to 32 alphanumerical characters PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSID IS CASE SENSITIVE Multiple ESSID The access point supports multiple SSID function up to four SSIDs can be s...

Page 45: ...N 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 di...

Page 46: ...o 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 thi...

Page 47: ...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...

Page 48: ...olle 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...

Page 49: ...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 rad...

Page 50: ...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 d...

Page 51: ...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...

Page 52: ...io 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...

Page 53: ...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 wire...

Page 54: ...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...

Page 55: ...n your network environment 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...

Page 56: ...lect Hex as key format 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...

Page 57: ...re 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 shar...

Page 58: ...gs 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 w...

Page 59: ...han 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...

Page 60: ...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 rest...

Page 61: ...instead of external RADIUS server If you check this box the value of internal RADIUS server fields will be ignored Enable 802 1x Authentication Enable or disable the use of 802 1x user authentication...

Page 62: ...gs 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 w...

Page 63: ...function to use the internal mini radius server to improve security and wireless user control The internal radius server only supports 96 users and 16 IP addresses If the number of user and or IP add...

Page 64: ...l users in radius server database You can also click Reset button to uncheck all Select boxes Authentication Client You can add allowed radius client IP address here Please input client IP secret key...

Page 65: ...gs 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 w...

Page 66: ...on the left of web management interface 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...

Page 67: ...p to 16 alphanumerical characters 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 optiona...

Page 68: ...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 En...

Page 69: ...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 ad...

Page 70: ...ge 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 butt...

Page 71: ...IP address of domain name server 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 option...

Page 72: ...yed 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...

Page 73: ...very 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 save it as another filename for different versions...

Page 74: ...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 firm...

Page 75: ...esponding 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 dis...

Page 76: ...achable Dipole Antenna x 2 1T2R Spatial Multiplexing MIMO configuration 1 antenna is for signal transmitting and 2 antennas are for signal receiving Transmit Power 11n 16dBm 1dBm 11g 18dBm 1dBm 11b 17...

Page 77: ...ctly 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...

Page 78: ...eone 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...

Page 79: ...NS 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 netw...

Page 80: ...vice 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 con...

Page 81: ...raction 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 witho...

Page 82: ...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...

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