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SNR6500

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Wireless Range Extender

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Page 1: ...SNR6500 User manual 3 EN Wireless Range Extender ...

Page 2: ...your wireless network 6 Your Wireless Range Extender 7 Install 8 Configuration Repeater Mode 10 Configuration Access Point Mode 14 Securing your Home Network 16 Menu Setup Wizard 22 Menu Home Network Settings 23 Menu Security Settings 24 Menu Advanced Settings 26 Configure Client PC 27 Finding the MAC address of a network card 33 How to set up a computer network 33 Troubleshooting 39 Glossary of t...

Page 3: ...ence technical difficulties Environmental information All redundant packing material has been omitted We have done our utmost to make the packaging easily separable into two mono materials cardboard box and polyethylene bags protective foam sheet Your set consists of materials that can be recycled if disassembled by a specialised company Please observe the local regulations regarding the disposal ...

Page 4: ...ying reproduction hiring lending public performance and broadcasting pr o h i b i t e d 3 1 2 2 3 7 7 0 2 2 0 1 Wireless Range Extender SNR6500 English Welcome Quick Start Guide 1 2 3 Connect Install Enjoy Wireless Base Station 11g True Turbo Wireless Modem PC Power What else you will need Computer Wireless Base Station Power Outlet Wireless Base Station 11g True Turbo 1 2 3 4 Wireless Internet Mo...

Page 5: ...ork speed The environment Radio signals can travel farther outside of buildings and if the wireless components are in direct line of sight to one another Putting wireless components in high places helps avoid physical obstacles and provides better coverage Building construction such as metal framing and concrete or masonry walls and floors will reduce radio signal strength Avoid putting wireless c...

Page 6: ...rts and buttons 5V 1A port Connect the included power adapter to this inlet To Modem PC port Wide Area Network port Connect this to your broadband modem Switch button Switch this button to change the mode RP Repeater mode Default EC Ethernet Client mode AP Acces Point Image of bottom side Reset button Press this button for at least 5 seconds to reset the wireless base station to its factory defaul...

Page 7: ... cables Connect power to the Wireless Range Extender Make sure the switch is set on the correct mode RP Repeater mode Default EC Ethernet Client mode AP Access Point Make sure the detachable antenna is mounted on the connector on the right hand side Put the antenna in the up right position Take the supplied 5V 1A power adapter Connect the supplied power adapter to the 5V 1A port Connect power adap...

Page 8: ...ort of the Wireless Base Station LAN1 LAN4 The Modem PC light of the WRE should be on blinking The light of the chosen LAN port should be on blinking of the Wireless Base Station TO Modem PC 5V 1A AP EC RP Wireless Base Station 11g True Turbo Wireless Modem PC Power LAN4 To Modem 12V 1A Reset LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 Wireless Base Station 11g True Turbo 1 2 3 4 Wireless Internet Modem Power ...

Page 9: ...ult settings For your reference these are Wireless Network Name SSID philips Wireless Mode Standard True Turbo Wi Fi Channel number 6 Place the installation CD in the CD Drive Select Agree If this screen does not appear start the CD manually 1 Open My computer 2 Open CD Drive 3 Open Setup exe Select SNR6500 Click Install Software Wait until device is found Configuration Repeater Mode EN 10 ...

Page 10: ...ng easy to remember Click NEXT Press Scan button The Site Survey list will now show the available Wireless Networks using the factory default settings Click on the selection box behind your Wireless Network Click NEXT Settings are being saved and next you will see the login screen Your Wireless Range Extender WRE is now configured Next you need to adapt your Wirless Base Station settings in order ...

Page 11: ...er Enter the IP adress of the Wireless Base Station and click go http 192 168 1 2 for the SNB6500 http 192 168 1 4 for the SNB6520 Click LOGIN Enter password if set Click Home Network Settings Click Wireless Click WDS Click Scan ...

Page 12: ...box behind your Wireless Network Click SAVE SETTINGS Settings are being saved and next you will see the login screen The cable between the Wireless Range Extender WRE and the Wireless Base Station can now be disconnected The Wireless Range Extender WRE can now be positioned on the required location LAN4 To Modem 12V 1A LAN3 LAN2 L ...

Page 13: ...efault settings For your reference these are Wireless Network Name SSID philips Wireless Mode Standard True Turbo Wi Fi Channel number 6 Place the installation CD in the CD Drive Select Agree If this screen does not appear start the CD manually 1 Open My computer 2 Open CD Drive 3 Open Setup exe Select SNR6500 Click Install Software Wait untill the device is detected ...

Page 14: ...Extender Time Settings Select your time zone Click NEXT Password Settings Set your password Choose something easy to remember Click NEXT Your Wireless Access Point is now configured The cable between the Wireless Acces Point and the Wirless Base Station can now be disconnected The Wireless Access Point can now be positioned on the required location ...

Page 15: ...plicable for RP AP EC Mode Below the Repeater mode is used as an example Open your Internet browser Enter http 192 168 1 3 in the address bar Click Go Click LOGIN Enter password if set Click Security Click Wireless Click WEP 1 Select 128 bit 2 Click Clear Step 1 2 1 ...

Page 16: ... encryption is still not active at this point Click WEP Copy the WEP encryption key Double click Key1 Right mouse click Click copy Save this key for later use Step 2 Enable WEP Encryption Click Wireless Encryption 1 Select WEP Only 2 Click SAVE SETTINGS WEP encryption is now active Step 2 2 1 ...

Page 17: ...secure the Philips Wireless USB Adapter SNU6500 Double click the Philips Wireless USB Adapter 11g desktop Icon Click Site Survey Click Scan Double click your wireless base station Select Authentication Type WEP Enter WEP key copied from your wireless base station Select Key Type 104 128bit Encryption Select Default Key Key 1 2 1 2 1 ...

Page 18: ...ple shows how to connect to the wireless base station using Windows XP Move mouse to System tray Wireless Icon Right mouse click on Wireless Icon Click View available Wireless Networks Click your encrypted base station Click Connect Enter WEP Network Key in Windows XP terminology Click Connect You are now successfully connected Step 3 ...

Page 19: ...wser Enter http 192 168 1 3 in the address bar Click Go Click LOGIN Enter password if set Click Security Click Wireless Click WPA Enter your Pre shared Key password or passphrase Click SAVE SETTINGS WARNING WPA encryption is still not active at this point ...

Page 20: ...EN 21 Click Wireless Encryption Select WPA WPA2 Only Click SAVE SETTINGS WPA encryption is now active ...

Page 21: ...r Click Go Click NEXT Choose the time zone Click NEXT Set your password Click NEXT Click Scan In Repeater Mode only The Site Survey list will now show the available Wireless Networks using the factory default settings Click on the selection box behind your Wireless Network Click SAVE SETTINGS ...

Page 22: ...reless function define the radio channel the domain identifier and the security options Check Enable and click SAVE SETTINGS Channel and SSID You must specify a common radio channel and SSID Service Set ID to be used by the Wireless Range Extender WRE Same as Wireless Basestation Make sure you configure all network elements with the same values WDS In Repeater Mode only The Wireless Distribution S...

Page 23: ...ports WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Access Control Access Control allows users to define the outgoing traffic permitted or not permitted through the WAN interface The default is to permit all outgoing traffic To add the PC to the filtering table 1 Click Add PC on the Access Control screen 2 Define the appropriate settings for client PC services 3 Click OK and then click SAVE SETTINGS to save your s...

Page 24: ...er five hexadecimal pairs of digits for each 64 bit key or enter 13 pairs for the single 128 bit key A hexadecimal digit is a number or letter in the range 0 9 or A F Note that WEP protects data transmitted between wireless nodes but does not protect any transmissions over your wired network or over the Internet WPA AP Mode only Wi Fi Protected Access WPA combines temporal key integrity protocol T...

Page 25: ...u perform a reset from this page the configurations will not be changed back to the factory default settings Note If you use the Reset button of the Wireless Range Extender WRE it performs a power reset Press the button for over five seconds and the factory default settings will be restored System Time Settings Select your local time zone from the drop down list This information is used for log en...

Page 26: ...sk 255 255 255 0 DHCP function Enable DHCP IP Pool Range 192 168 1 2 to 192 168 1 254 Note These settings can be changed to fit your network requirements but you must first configure at least one computer to access the Wireless Base Station s web configuration interface in order to make the required changes See Configuring the Wireless Base Station on page 10 for instruction on configuring the Wir...

Page 27: ...browser can view the ADSL Wireless Base Station s HTML configuration pages refer to Internet Explorer Obtain IP Settings from Your Wireless Base Station Now that you have configured your computer to connect to your Wireless Base Station it needs to obtain new network settings By releasing old DHCP IP settings and renewing them with settings from your Wireless Base Station you will verify that you ...

Page 28: ...S server address automatically are already selected your computer is already configured for DHCP If not select this option Disable HTTP Proxy You need to verify that the HTTP Proxy feature of your web browser is disabled This is so that your browser can view the Wireless Base Station s HTML configuration pages refer to Internet Explorer Obtain IP Settings from Your Wireless Base Station Now that y...

Page 29: ...e connection status screen click Properties 5 Double click Internet Protocol TCP IP 6 If Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically are already selected your computer is already configured for DHCP If not select this option Disable HTTP Proxy You need to verify that the HTTP Proxy feature of your web browser is disabled This is so that your browser can view the ...

Page 30: ...nd screen shots were created using Mac OS 10 2 Mac OS 7 x and above are similar but may not be identical to Mac OS 10 2 Follow these instructions 1 Pull down the Apple Menu Click System Preferences 2 Double click the Network icon in the Systems Preferences window 3 If Using DHCP Server is already selected in the Configure field your computer is already configured for DHCP If not select this Option...

Page 31: ... click OK Configuring your wireless adapter You can make a wireless connection with the SNR6500 using a Wi Fi wireless adapter Please read the manual of your Wi Fi wireless adapter on how to connect to the SNR6500 Disable HTTP Proxy You need to verify that the HTTP Proxy feature of your web browser is disabled This is so that your browser can view the ADSL Wireless Base Station s HTML configuratio...

Page 32: ...ase Station only establishes a connection between your wireless network devices How you use this connection is up to you Setting up a computer network is to be seen as an independent application that requires networking software from other manufacturers For example the networking software that has been incorporated in the Windows Operating System by Microsoft Therefore the description below is to ...

Page 33: ...1 Please carefully read the instructions the Wizard gives you and adapt your choices to the type of network you want to set up Use the Help feature within the Wizard if you need more information while using the Wizard 2 In each window click Next to go to the next step 3 Below we will describe some of the crucial steps of this Wizard Place a check mark to ignore any broken network connections befor...

Page 34: ... all computers in the network then click Next to continue Choose to make a networking setup disk Then click Next Click Finish to close the Wizard and then use the disk you made to set up your other computers To share folders with the network Start Windows Explorer and right click the folder you wish to share with the network Click the Sharing tab and adapt the settings 35 ...

Page 35: ...If you need more information consult Windows Help For Windows ME and Windows 98SE See earlier on in this chapter for Windows XP and Windows 2000 Click the Windows Start button click Settings and click Control Panel from the list Double click the Network icon Click the Identification tab ...

Page 36: ...e same workgroup name for all computers in the network 3 Enter a description that helps you recognize the computer 4 Click on the Configuration tab to continue Click the Sharing files and printers button Select the access options you want and click OK to continue 37 ...

Page 37: ...etwork Start Windows Explorer and right click the folder you wish to share with the network Click the Sharing tab and adapt the settings To explore the network Double click the Network Environment icon on the desktop If you need more information consult Windows Help ...

Page 38: ...be Reply from 192 168 1 2 bytes 32 time 110ms TTL 32 time and TTL could be different Network card is not configured to obtain an IP address automatically Check NIC Network Interface Card is in DHCP mode See chapter Configure your PC Network card speed does not match Wireless Base Station speed Set network adapter to a fixed speed on your computer 1 Click Start 2 Click Settings 3 Click Network Conn...

Page 39: ...er 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 a device connected to a network NAT Network Address Translation This process allows all of the compute...

Page 40: ...ng RIPv1 and RIP Radio Features Wireless RF module Frequency Band 802 11g Radio 2 4GHz 802 11b Radio 2 4GHz Europe ETSI 2412 2472MHz Ch1 Ch13 Modulation Type OFDM CCK Operating Channels IEEE 802 11b compliant 13 channels ETSI Operating Channels IEEE 802 11g compliant 13 channels Europe RF Output Power Modulation Rate Output Power dBm 802 11b 1Mbps 16 dBm 802 11b 2Mbps 16 dBm 802 11b 5 5Mbps 16 dBm...

Page 41: ...Wireless Range Extender 11 b g product description to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the following standards EN 300 328 v1 6 1 2004 11 EN 301 489 1 v1 4 1 2002 08 EN 301 489 17 v1 2 1 2002 08 EN60950 1 2001 EN60950 2000 title and or number and date of issue of the standards following the provisions of 1999 5 EC R TTE Directive and is produced by a manufacturing organisation o...

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