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NIVEO PROFESSIONAL NW-ER3 User’s Manual

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for NW-ER3

Page 1: ...NW ER3 Wireless N POE Access Point IEEE 802 11b g n User s Manual Version 1 0 October 2010...

Page 2: ...ed or implied with 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 licen...

Page 3: ...s 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 Con...

Page 4: ...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...

Page 5: ...care for the safety 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...

Page 6: ...ress setup 12 2 2 4 Windows Vista 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 2...

Page 7: ...62 2 10 2 IP Address of the Wireless Access Point 63 2 10 3 DHCP Server 65 Chapter III Advanced Configuration 67 3 1 Configuration Backup and Restore 67 3 2 Firmware Upgrade 68 3 3 System Reset 69 Cha...

Page 8: ...access point including Comply with IEEE 802 11b g n wireless network standards High speed wireless network six times faster than conventional 802 11g wireless network up to 300Mbps Allow wireless dev...

Page 9: ...all children under 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 be...

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

Page 11: ...to 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 Access Point main body 1 pcs Detachable Dipole Antenna...

Page 12: ...s Description PWR On The access point is switched on and correctly powered WLAN On Wireless WPS mode is enabled Off Wireless network is switched off Flashing Wireless LAN activity transferring or rece...

Page 13: ...nclosed with the product Power Power connector connects to A C power adapter LAN Local Area Network LAN port Reset WPS Reset the router to factory default settings clear all settings or start WPS func...

Page 14: ...switch hub in your 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...

Page 15: ...e dynamic IP address 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...

Page 16: ...9 NIVEO PROFESSIONAL NW ER3 User s Manual 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: ...art button it should 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 Conne...

Page 18: ...NIVEO PROFESSIONAL NW ER3 User s Manual 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 fini...

Page 19: ...rt button it should 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 A...

Page 20: ...NIVEO PROFESSIONAL NW ER3 User s Manual 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 fini...

Page 21: ...ated at lower left 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 Loca...

Page 22: ...NIVEO PROFESSIONAL NW ER3 User s Manual 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 fini...

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Page 24: ...a web management interface 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 fiel...

Page 25: ...ted to input user name 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 ty...

Page 26: ...ant to know the detailed 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 th...

Page 27: ...access point Channel Number Displays current wireless channel number Security Displays current wireless security setting BSSID Displays current BSSID a set of unique identification name of this acces...

Page 28: ...perating mode and there 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 Statio...

Page 29: ...t access point is not 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 wire...

Page 30: ...l 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 11n or 802 11g will be...

Page 31: ...refrain from using 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 t...

Page 32: ...pt Main SSID you can configure additional 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...

Page 33: ...ions which require instant responding Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications VLAN ID 0 Untagged If your network uses VLANs you can assign the SSID to a VLAN on your net...

Page 34: ...t 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 11n...

Page 35: ...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 displayed W...

Page 36: ...ill list the access points nearby as the access point is set to Station mode you can select one of the access points to associate Here are descriptions of every setup item Select Click the radio butto...

Page 37: ...ude 11b 11b g or 11b g n or 11n only of the access points Refresh Click this button to refresh the table Connection Select an access point and click this button to choose the network The SSID name of...

Page 38: ...nts 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 11n clients to connect to this access point select 2 4GHz B G N Channel Num...

Page 39: ...n 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 wirel...

Page 40: ...en 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 descriptio...

Page 41: ...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 t...

Page 42: ...hysically isolated When 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 ever...

Page 43: ...detailed descriptions 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 y...

Page 44: ...2 4 6 Universal Repeater 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...

Page 45: ...he name used to identify this wireless 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 SSI...

Page 46: ...and the access point 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...

Page 47: ...this access point 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...

Page 48: ...PS 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 s...

Page 49: ...lle 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 50: ...u 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 thres...

Page 51: ...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 modi...

Page 52: ...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...

Page 53: ...a transferred by radio 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...

Page 54: ...mething bad to your 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 wa...

Page 55: ...led 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 button to b...

Page 56: ...uch kind of client in 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...

Page 57: ...format and if you select 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...

Page 58: ...Available options 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 th...

Page 59: ...s 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 poi...

Page 60: ...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 PEAP RADIUS Server Uses built in RADIUS Ser...

Page 61: ...n 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 wirele...

Page 62: ...r refer to next Section 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...

Page 63: ...s 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 poi...

Page 64: ...se the Radius Server 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 o...

Page 65: ...button to delete all 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 c...

Page 66: ...s 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 poi...

Page 67: ...click MAC Filtering 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 lis...

Page 68: ...hing You can input up 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...

Page 69: ...his wireless access 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 Ne...

Page 70: ...t the IP address you 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...

Page 71: ...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...

Page 72: ...Server IP Please input the 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 y...

Page 73: ...wing 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...

Page 74: ...re descriptions of every 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...

Page 75: ...of firmware upgrade 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 p...

Page 76: ...ccess point is not responding 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...

Page 77: ...Antenna 3dBi Detachable Dipole Antenna x 2 2T2R Spatial Multiplexing MIMO configuration These 2 antennas are for signal transmitting and receiving Power 5VDC 1A Switching Power Adapter Dimension 30 H...

Page 78: ...make sure it s correctly 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...

Page 79: ...local network If someone 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 wr...

Page 80: ...y the computers on your home network is the location of the 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 trans...

Page 81: ...y Address see ISP for definition The ISP Gateway Address is an IP address for the Internet access point located at the ISP s office ISP Internet Service Provider An ISP is a business that provides con...

Page 82: ...E relies on two widely accepted standards Ethernet and the Point to Point Protocol It is a communications protocol for transmitting information over Ethernet between different manufacturers Protocol A...

Page 83: ...er protocol TCP performs proper error detection and error recovery and thus is reliable UDP on the other hand is not reliable They both run on top of the IP Internet Protocol a network layer protocol...

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