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The following table explains each of the configurable parameters of the ME102 Wireless Access Point in 

Operational Setting screen. 

CONFIGURATION    DESCRIPTION 

Password Setting  This option allows you to change a new password and confirm password in 

Administrator mode and User mode. 

Default: private for Administrator, public for User

 

Preamble Type 

A long transmit preamble allows the receiver to lock into the received bit patterns 

more easily.  A short transmit preamble provides better performance. 

Default: Long

 

Fragmentation 

Threshold 

This is the packet length used for fragmentation.  Packets larger than the size 
programmed in this field will be fragmented.  The Fragment Threshold value must be 

larger than RTS Threshold value. 

Default: 2346

 

RTS Threshold 

The packet size that the wireless node uses to determine if it should use the 

CSMA/CD mechanism or the CSMA/CA mechanism for packet transmission.  With 

the CSMA/CD transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out the actual 
packet as soon as it has waited for the silence period.  With the CSMA/CA 

transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out a RTS packet to the 

receiving station, waits for the receiving station to send back a CTS packet before 

sending the actual packet data.   

Default: 2346

 

Restore 

Click this button to restore the default settings of the ME102 Wireless Access Point. 

Operational Mode  Click the Operation Mode button to invoke the Operation Mode configuration 

window. 

There are three modes for Access Point operations: 

Access Point

: This mode provides access for wireless stations to wired LANs and 

from wired LANs to wireless stations. Furthermore, wireless stations within the 

range of the Access Point device may communicate with each other via the Access 

Point. 

Access Point Client

: This mode allows the connection of one or more remote LANs 

with a central LAN, create thus an extended VLAN. In this way, any station of the 

remote LAN can communicate with any station of the central LAN, as if all of them 
belonged to the same physical LAN. Wireless Station cannot associate with Access 

Point clients. The Access Point conducts the designed traffic to the appropriate wired 

or wireless station. You need to enter the MAC address of the desired AP (BSS) if 

you select the Access Point Client option. 

Wireless Bridge

: The wireless bridge allows connections between two or more wired 

networks. By setting the HE102 as a Wireless, other wireless stations will not be 

able to access the HE102 unless rest it to default Access Point mode. There are two 

types of connection: 

Point to Point

: The Wireless Bridge can communicate with a specific Remote MAC 

Address of the remote Access Point. The remote Access Point also needs to be set up 
as a Wireless Bridge. 

Point to MultiPoint

:

 

This Wireless Bridge can communicate with any Wireless 

Bridge available in the same channel. Note: Only one HE102 Wireless Access Point 

can be configured as point-to-Multipoint bridge. You must enter the Remote AP 

MAC Address of the HE102 set to point-to-Multipoint for all other bridged HE102 

Wireless Access Points. 

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Summary of Contents for ME102 - Wireless Access Point

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digi...

Page 3: ...LESS ACCESS POINT INSTALLATION 7 CHAPTER 4 ACCESS POINT CONFIGURATION 9 CONFIGURE USING USB PORT 9 CONNECTING THE USB CABLE 9 INSTALLING THE ACCESS POINT USB DRIVER 9 INSTALLING USB CONFIGURATION UTIL...

Page 4: ...evice moves out of the range of one access point it moves into the range of another As a result wireless clients can freely roam from one Access Point domain to another and still maintain seamless con...

Page 5: ...s to use no WEP encryption key or an identical WEP encryption key Set all stations to use the same wireless channel for communication Infrastructure Mode With a Wireless Access Point you can put the w...

Page 6: ...e transmitting node and the receiving node share an authentication key to perform a checksum on the original message By default IEEE 802 11 wireless devices operate in an open system network Wired Equ...

Page 7: ...r networks with minimal channel separation Channel Center Frequency Frequency Spread 1 2412Mhz 2399 5Mhz 2424 5Mhz 2 2417Mhz 2404 5Mhz 2429 5Mhz 3 2422Mhz 2409 5Mhz 2434 5Mhz 4 2427Mhz 2414 5Mhz 2439...

Page 8: ...eep the Support Information Card along with the original packing materials Use the packing materials to repack the Model MA401 Wireless PC Card if you need to return it for repair To qualify for produ...

Page 9: ...eless Link Activity Yellow LED Status Description Off No Power Power On Power On Off Indicates no Ethernet link detected Green On 10 Mbps Ethernet link detected but no activity Ethernet Link Activity...

Page 10: ...__ The ME102 Wireless Access Point will communicate with other 802 11b wireless devices in the pre selected channel For more information on reviewing the channel selections for your operations please...

Page 11: ...ter supplied with the ME102 Wireless Access Point otherwise the ME102 may be damaged 4 Check the setup The yellow Power l ght should be lit The green E hernet Link light should be on The Ethernet conn...

Page 12: ...quence than those shown in this guide but should prompt you for the same information Note You also need to have the Windows 98 CD and the ME102 Wireless Access Point Resource CD ready to use in the in...

Page 13: ...k on Finish to complete the installation of the access point USB utility Configuring Access Point with ME102 USB Manager The ME102 USB Manager allows you to further customize the ME102 Wireless Access...

Page 14: ...NETGEAR ESSID Enter a 32 character maximum extended service set ID in this field The characters are case sensitive With an access point the wireless network always functions in infrastructure mode The...

Page 15: ...he optimum rate In case of obstacles or interference the system will automatically fall back Default Enable The IP Setting Tab The IP Setting tab displays the current IP address related configurations...

Page 16: ...ation within the local subnet Default 0 0 0 0 DHCP Enable If DHCP is enabled the IP Address field displays the IP Address that is dynamically assigned to the AP by the network DHCP server and the IP M...

Page 17: ...128 bit WEP data encryption and both Default Both Default Key The ME102 Wireless Access Point supports up to four keys defined in the access point The possible values for this parameter are Disable Ke...

Page 18: ...N Password Setting This option allows you to change a new password and confirm password in Administrator mode and User mode Default private for Administrator public for User Preamble Type A long trans...

Page 19: ...ate thus an extended VLAN In this way any station of the remote LAN can communicate with any station of the central LAN as if all of them belonged to the same physical LAN Wireless Station cannot asso...

Page 20: ...The About Tab The About tab displays the current firmware version of the ME102 Wireless Access Point and the software revision of the HE102 USB Configuration Utility 17...

Page 21: ...plays all of the files in the SNMPMANG directory of the CD 2 Double click on the SETUP application icon to start the installation procedure The InstallShields Wizard opens Click on Next to continue 3...

Page 22: ...e the parameter click on Apply A pop up window appears to show update success Click OK to accept the update When the wireless parameter configuration is done Click on OK on the SNMP Management window...

Page 23: ...efault Wireless Channel This field defines the wireless channel to use In infrastructure mode the wireless node automatically searches through all available wireless channels for an access point to be...

Page 24: ...N IP Address Assign Internet Protocol IP address to the access point Default 192 168 0 5 IP Mask Assign IP Subnet Mask to the access point Default 255 255 255 0 Gateway The router used to forward all...

Page 25: ...bit WEP data encryption by some vendors This parameter enables disables encryption and select the 64 or 128 bit WEP data encryption key to use Default Disable Authentication Type Configurable between...

Page 26: ...4 One of the four data encryption keys defined in the access point Default The Operational Setting Tab The Operational Setting tab displays more advanced configurations of ME102 Wireless Access Point...

Page 27: ...e configuration window There are three modes for Access Point operations Access Point This mode provides access for wireless stations to wired LANs and from wired LANs to wireless stations Furthermore...

Page 28: ...ser the ability to associate the ME102 with authorized MAC address stations if the Authorization Table option is enabled 1 Click the Authorized MAC Tab option from the ME102 Access Point SNMP Manager...

Page 29: ...efault Disable Load File Press this button to load a file with the MAC addresses that can be associated with the HE102 Wireless Access Point The Load From File button is in order to load a file with t...

Page 30: ...ets transmitted with CRC Errors Wireless Received Packets Unicast Packets The number of unicast packets that were successful received Broadcast Packets The number of broadcast packets that were succes...

Page 31: ...amount of wireless network traffic generated by each node typically 30 to 70 nodes Ethernet Interface IEEE 802 3i 10Mbps USB Driver Utility Platform Microsoft Windows 98 2000 Millennium XP SNMP Utili...

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