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Wireless N Broadband Router

 

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Chapter 7 Tools 

7.1 Time Settings 

This section assists you in setting the device’s system time; you 
can  either  select  to  set  the  time  and  date  manually  or 
automatically obtain the GMT time from Internet. 

 

 

NOTE:   

The configured time information loses once the device is powered off. 

But it obtains the GMT time automatically when you connect it to the 

Internet.  Features/functions  based  on  time  (e.g.  security  settings) 

take effect only after Time and Date settings are configured manually 

or updated automatically from Internet. 

 

7.2 Backup/Restore Settings 

This section allows you to backup current settings or to restore the 
previous settings configured on the device. 

 

Summary of Contents for FL-WA930RE

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Page 2: ...ademarks of their respective holders All the photos and product specifications mentioned in this manual are for references only As the upgrade of software and hardware there will be changes And if there are changes Fly link is not responsible for informing in advance If you want to know more about our product information please visit our website at www Fly link net ...

Page 3: ...dows 7 10 3 2 LOGIN TO AP 13 3 3 QUICK ENCRYPTION 13 CHAPTER 4 SYSTEM STATUS 15 4 1 WIRELESS 15 4 2 LAN 16 4 3 SYSTEM STATUS 17 CHAPTER 5 WIRELESS SETTINGS 18 5 1 BASIC SETTINGS 18 5 2 WIRELESS SECURITY 23 5 2 1 WEP 23 5 2 2 WPA PSK 24 5 2 3 WPA2 PSK 25 5 3 MAC BASED WIRELESS ACCESS CONTROL 25 5 4 CONNECTION STATUS 27 CHAPTER 6 LAN SETTINGS 28 6 1 STATIC IP 28 6 2 DYNAMIC IP DHCP 29 CHAPTER 7 TOOL...

Page 4: ...SETTINGS 32 7 4 FIRMWARE UPGRADE 33 7 5 AP REBOOT 34 7 6 CHANGE PASSWORD 34 7 7 SYSLOG 35 APPENDIX 1 GLOSSARY 36 APPENDIX 2 FEATURES 38 APPENDIX 3 TROUBLESHOOTING 39 APPENDIX 4 REMOVE WIRELESS NETWORK ON YOUR PC 41 IN WINDOWS 7 42 APPENDIX 5 SECURITY STATEMENT 44 ...

Page 5: ...high speed solution that vastly improves your network coverage without changing existing wireless network giving you the freedom to roam anywhere in the house and access Internet without worrying about coverage Plus the world s most intuitive user interface lets you even a novice configure the AP in a few seconds without any network know how required It is the best solution for home dorm and SOHO ...

Page 6: ...N Broadband Router 5 1 2 Panel Overview LED overview Take FL WA830RE as an example LED Status Description STATE Blinking System is functioning properly Port Button Overview FL WA830RE is used in the figure below ...

Page 7: ...ort Button Description LAN For connection to a computer or router RESET Pressing this button for 7 seconds restores the device to factory default settings PWR Power receptor Do not use a different power adapter than the included one ...

Page 8: ...r adapter to the AP and then plug the other end into a wall outlet nearby Using a power supply with a different voltage rating than the one included with the AP will cause damage to the product 2 Connect the LAN port on your AP to one of the LAN ports on a wired router using an Ethernet cable ...

Page 9: ...Wireless N Broadband Router 8 3 Connect your PC to the AP wirelessly Chapter 3 Setup 3 1 Connecting to AP Wirelessly 3 1 1 In Windows XP 1 Right click My Network Places and select Properties ...

Page 10: ...Wireless N Broadband Router 9 2 Right click Wireless Network Connection and select View Available Wireless Networks 3 Select the AP s SSID 4 Click Connect Anyway ...

Page 11: ...Wireless N Broadband Router 10 3 1 2 In Windows 7 1 Click network icon on your desktop 2 Select AP s SSID and click Connect ...

Page 12: ...Wireless N Broadband Router 11 3 You have successfully connected your PC to the AP wirelessly when you see Connected next to the AP s SSID ...

Page 13: ...Wireless N Broadband Router 12 4 Choose your network location ...

Page 14: ...interface below 3 3 Quick Encryption Use the interface below to fast secure your wireless network Only a catchy security key is required or go to Advanced click the Advanced tab on the upper right corner Wireless Basic Settings for more settings Apart from the security key option you can select a security mode and a cipher type that best fit ...

Page 15: ...ailed settings for this latter option refer to Section 4 2 hereof The interface below allows you to setup a wireless password security key that consists of 8 characters only The password is preset to 12345678 by default you can change it to whatever catchy phrase of 8 characters only ...

Page 16: ...ation 4 1 Wireless Wireless Working Mode Displays AP s current working mode AP or WDS mode Network Mode Displays AP s current IEEE802 11 mode 11n g b SSID Displays AP s current wireless network name Security Mode Displays AP s current wireless security mode Channel Displays AP s current wireless channel ...

Page 17: ...ress Mode Displays AP s current IP mode Dynamic IP or Static IP MAC Address Displays AP s LAN MAC address IP Address Displays AP s current IP address Subnet Mask Displays AP s current IP subnet mask Gateway Displays AP s current gateway address ...

Page 18: ...isplays the time customized by you or obtained from Internet Running Time Displays device s up time Connected client Displays the number of connected computers Software Version Displays router s firmware version Hardware Version Displays router s hardware version ...

Page 19: ...ess Working Mode Select either AP or WDS according to your practical needs AP mode To simply convert your existing wired network to a wireless network that allows flexible mobility for LAN access select this AP mode Network Mode Select a right IEEE802 11 mode from the following according to your wireless client The default mode is 11b g n mixed 11b mode Select it if you have only Wireless B client...

Page 20: ...led Channel The Channel can be changed to fit the channel setting for an existing wireless network or to customize the wireless network From the drop down list you can select a most effective channel which ranges from 1 to 11 You can also select Auto Select to let system detect and choose one that best fits your network WMM Capable Enabling this option may boost transmission capacity of wireless m...

Page 21: ...select the WDS Wireless Distribution System feature AP MAC Address Enter the MAC address of a wireless link partner or populate this field using the Open Scan option Application example Implement the WDS feature using Fly Link products of FL WA830RE Wireless AP and FL WR941ND Wireless Router 1 Change the default wireless working mode of AP on FL WA830RE to WDS as shown in the figure below ...

Page 22: ...ddress SSID and channel settings then you can manually configure the same settings on FL WA830RE b Or you can use the Open Scan option 1 Click the Open Scan button to display a list of available wireless networks select the FL WR941ND s SSID from the list and click OK on the appearing dialogue box FL WR941ND s MAC address SSID and channel settings will be automatically added to the FL WA830RE ...

Page 23: ...L WA830RE and FL WR941ND for successful WDS implementation Note 1 WDS feature can be implemented only between 2 wireless devices that both support the WDS feature Plus SSID channel security settings and security key must be the same on both devices Using the Open Scan option and selecting link partner from the scan list automatically change the AP s existing SSID and channel settings respectively ...

Page 24: ...tion allows you to configure wireless encryption to block unauthorized access to your wireless network and prevent malicious packet sniffing 3 ways are provided to encrypt your data WEP WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK 5 2 1 WEP WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy is intended to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network It has super compatibility Try to use this encryption if you...

Page 25: ...emporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP which is a 128 bit per packet key meaning that it dynamically generates a new key for each packet WPA also includes a message integrity check feature to prevent data packets from being hampered with Only authorized network users can access the wireless network WPA Algorithms Select either AES advanced encryption standard or TKIP temporary key integrity protocol ...

Page 26: ...is selected network mode will change to 11b g mixed automatically b When AES or TKIP AES is selected network mode will change to 11b g n mixed automatically 5 3 MAC based Wireless Access Control The MAC based Wireless Access Control feature can be used to allow or disallow clients to connect to your wireless network MAC Address Filter Permit means to permit PCs at specified MAC addresses to connec...

Page 27: ...nnect to your wireless network do as follows Step1 Select Permit from MAC Address Filter drop down menu Step2 Enter 00 e8 c8 a4 56 75 in the MAC address box Step3 Click the OK button to save your settings and you can add more MAC addresses if you like simply repeating the above steps Example 2 To prohibit only the PC at a MAC address of 00 c2 a5 67 d4 23 from connecting to your wireless network do...

Page 28: ... including MAC addresses and bandwidth MAC Address Displays the MAC addresses of the PCs that have been wirelessly connected to your AP Bandwidth Displays the channel bandwidth used by the currently connected hosts connected wireless clients Note Bandwidth refers to the wireless channel bandwidth instead of wireless connection rate ...

Page 29: ...t either static or dynamic IP IP Address The default LAN IP address for this AP is 192 168 0 254 You can change it according to your need Subnet Mask Enter the AP s LAN subnet mask The default value is 255 255 255 0 Gateway Enter a connected router s IP address Primary DNS Address Enter the DNS address provided by your ISP or a connected router s IP address Alternate DNS Address Enter the secondar...

Page 30: ...wser to get back into the web based configuration utility 2 If you are using the dynamic IP option you need to first go to the management interface of the DHCP enabled router where your AP obtains IP to check your AP s IP address and then use this IP to log in to your AP s management interface So do not use this option unless you have authorized access to the router to check your AP s IP address t...

Page 31: ...onfigured time information loses once the device is powered off But it obtains the GMT time automatically when you connect it to the Internet Features functions based on time e g security settings take effect only after Time and Date settings are configured manually or updated automatically from Internet 7 2 Backup Restore Settings This section allows you to backup current settings or to restore t...

Page 32: ...an later be imported to your device in case that the deivce is restored to factory default settings To do this click the Backup button next to where it says Select the file directory to save the configured parameters on the screen above And then click the Save button on the appearing screen above to store it under the selected path Restore Settings Click the Browse button to locate and ...

Page 33: ...tton to reset your device to previous settings 7 3 Restore to Factory Default Settings To restore all settings to the device s factory default values click the Restore to Factory Default button on the interface below Factory Default Settings Password There is no preset password by default IP Address 192 168 0 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 34: ...te www fly link net to download the latest firmware to update it Browse Click this button to select an upgrade file Upgrade Click this button to start an upgrading process After the upgrade is completed the device will reboot automatically NOTE Do not disconnect the device from your management PC the PC you use to configure the device or power off it during the upgrade process otherwise it may be ...

Page 35: ...process 7 6 Change Password On the screen below you can change the password for login to the device s Web based interface Old Password Enter the old password If you have not changed the login password before then just leave this field blank for there is no preset password by default New Password Enter a new password Confirm new Password Re enter the new password for ...

Page 36: ...rd NOTE For the purpose of security it is highly recommended that you change default login password 7 7 SysLog The Syslog option allows you to view all events that occur upon system startup and check whether there is attack on your network Refresh Click this button to update the log Clear Click this button to clear the log record ...

Page 37: ...3 American standard APs i e adopts channel 11 coexist in one area you can setup their channels respectively to 1 6 and 11 to avoid mutual interference SSID Service set identifier SSID is used to identify a particular 802 11 wireless LAN It is the name of a specific wireless network To let your wireless network adapter roam among different APs you must set all Aps SSID to the same name WPA WPA2 The...

Page 38: ...ss the wireless network The later WPA2 protocol features compliance with the full IEEE 802 11i standard and uses Advanced Encryption Standard AES in addition to TKIP encryption protocol to guarantee better security than that provided by WEP or WPA ...

Page 39: ...imedia WMM to smooth video and audio High gain antenna s for better coverage Supports WEP WPA WPA2 encryptions Supports WDS to seamlessly expand your wireless network Supports hidden SSID broadcast for better security Syslog records AP s usage status 1 10 100M auto negotiation Ethernet port MAC based wireless access control Supports SNTP auto MID MDIX ...

Page 40: ...g Windows 98 OS and have changed your PC s IP address 4 Verify that your wireless adapter is working correctly Renew adapter s drive in presence of multiple connection failure 2 Q I forget the login password to my AP what should I do A In this case you need to restore the AP to factory default settings To do so Press the hardware RESET on your AP for about 7 seconds and then release 3 Q My PC is u...

Page 41: ...Wireless N Broadband Router 40 and microwave ovens etc If you still have some problems please contact our technical support Technical Support Technical Support support fly link com cn ...

Page 42: ...your PC may lead to connection failure when trying connecting to the AP wirelessly So do remember to delete the wireless settings on your PC when you have changed them on the AP Below presents you the way to do so In Windows XP 1 Right click My Network Places and select Properties 2 Click Wireless Network Connection and then select Properties ...

Page 43: ...Wireless N Broadband Router 42 3 Click Wireless Networks select the item under Preferred networks and click the Remove button In Windows 7 1 Click network icon on your desktop and select Properties ...

Page 44: ...Wireless N Broadband Router 43 2 Select Manage Wireless Networks 2 Click the wireless connection and select Remove network ...

Page 45: ...stallation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a cir...

Page 46: ...t to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause interference and 2 This device must accept any interference including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device Caution The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment Such modifications could void the user authority to operate the equipment ...

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