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A physical look at the front panel

The LEDs on the front of the 802.11a+g Router reflect the operational status of the unit.

802.11a+g Router LED Description

Label

LAN

WAN

11g (WLAN)

11a (WLAN)

Power

Steady Green

Link is active

System boot-up

OFF

No LAN

connection

No connection

Radio off

No Power

Flashing Green

XMT/RCV Data

Under boot-up

Summary of Contents for IEEE 802.11a+g WLAN Router

Page 1: ...IEEE 802 11a g WLAN Router USER S GUIDE VERSION 2 0 JULY 2004...

Page 2: ...l system or transmitted in any form or by any means whether electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior writing of the publisher Windows 95 98 Me and Windows 2000 are t...

Page 3: ...2 CONNECTING MORE DEVICES THROUGH A HUB TO THE 802 11A G ROUTER 12 BASIC CONFIGURATION OF THE 802 11A G ROUTER 13 LOGGING ON 14 SETUP WIZARD 15 ADVANCED SETTINGS 26 OPERATIONAL MODE 26 PASSWORD SETTIN...

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Page 5: ...ne Introduction summarizes features and capabilities of the 802 11a g Router Chapter Two Installing the 802 11a g Router gives steps you should follow to install the 802 11a g Router and configure you...

Page 6: ...to surf the web and send receive emails or files The 802 11a g Router can automatically acquire a public IP address when connecting to the Internet In turn it will automatically assign IP addresses to...

Page 7: ...p your network secure Devices on your wired or wireless network are assigned private IP addresses therefore remote users from the Internet cannot see nor access them The 802 11a g Router implements IP...

Page 8: ...CP server to assign IP addresses to DHCP client devices on both wired and wireless LAN Multiple security measures to enable IP packet filtering to disable SSID broadcast to define Access Control List...

Page 9: ...have purchased followed by steps of how to connect and power up your 802 11a g Router Finally it describes how to configure a Windows PC to communicate with your 802 11a g Router What s in the Box Th...

Page 10: ...nnecting to PCs and workstations or connecting external Ethernet hub or switch with auto sensing 2 1 RJ 45 WAN connector for connecting to Internet via ADSL Cable modem 3 1 DC 5V 2A power connector fo...

Page 11: ...e unit 802 11a g Router LED Description Label LAN WAN 11g WLAN 11a WLAN Power Steady Green Link is active Link is active Link is active Link is active System boot up OK OFF No LAN connection No connec...

Page 12: ...rmally devices on both LANs except for servers are configured to obtain their IP addresses automatically Depending on whether there is a separate DHCP server available in your LAN environment network...

Page 13: ...PC running MS Windows 95 98 Me 1 Click the Start Button and select Settings 2 Click the Control Panel The Win95 98 Me Control Panel will appear 3 Open the Network setup window by double clicking the...

Page 14: ...default gateway WINIPCFG for Windows 95 98 Me Select the Start button and choose Run Type winipcfg and a window will appear listing the IP configuration You can also type winipcfg in the MS DOS prompt...

Page 15: ...s supported To access the WLAN 11a g Router s management interface for the first time enter the default IP address of the WLAN 11a g Router in your Web browser http 192 168 1 1 13 Note The IP address...

Page 16: ...after you received your 802 11a g Router you should use the factory default password password to log in You should change it as soon as after you log in Characters you type as your password will be e...

Page 17: ...hould press the finish button and all your configuration modifications will take effect S E T U P Y O U R L O C A L T I M E Z O N E A N D D A T E T I M E After logging in the Time Settings page appear...

Page 18: ...unt Connection Type There are 3 options for this option Always on the connection is always on no matter there is traffic or not If the connection is lost e g the PPPoE server is down or the ADSL Cable...

Page 19: ...PPTP IP Netmask the Netmask on the local side of the PPTP tunnel provided by your ISP PPTP Remote IP Address the IP address of the remote side of the PPTP tunnel provided by your ISP User Name the us...

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Page 21: ...thout NAT it also can do the normal Internet access through the primary PPPoE session Traffic Pattern You have to configure traffic pattern s in order to use PPPoE sessions other than the primary sess...

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Page 23: ...y adjusted accordingly For example if the default IP address is used the IP address pool for assignment consists of addresses from 192 168 1 2 to 192 168 1 254 However please do not change the default...

Page 24: ...u do not want the device to broadcast the SSID Regulatory Domain This place shows the regulatory domain where the device is running This field cannot be changed by regulation WLAN standard for Radio 1...

Page 25: ...Once you enable the WEP function please make sure that exactly the same WEP key is configured in both the Wireless Router and client stations You can define a key using ASCII or hex characters A WEP1...

Page 26: ...encryption key is generated automatically and dynamically Pre shared Key This is an ASCII string with 8 to 63 characters Please make sure that the 802 11a g Router and the wireless client stations us...

Page 27: ...ed into your system permanently Alternatively you can also click the Back button to go back to previous configuration screens for more changes Note If you change the router s IP address to a different...

Page 28: ...ed the router operates in the AP only Mode and connects Wireless Client Users to the Ethernet WAN Internet Gateway Wireless Access Point When this is selected the router will function as an Internet a...

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Page 30: ...s button to enter the Password Settings screen enter the current password followed by the new password twice The entered characters will appear as asterisks If you forgot the password the only way to...

Page 31: ...o discover the router and automatically show an icon in the task bar on the screen You can double click the icon to access the router directly without having to specify its IP address Disable Ping Pin...

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Page 33: ...mation Additionally you can configure the 802 11a g Router to send SNMP Traps to remote SNMP management stations Traps are unsolicited alert messages that 802 11a g Router sends to remote management s...

Page 34: ...nity string is an alphanumeric string of up to 15 characters Community String For Write For read write operation you need to configure a write community string A trap manager is a remote SNMP manageme...

Page 35: ...assign IP addresses to DHCP client devices on your wired or wireless LAN to obtain IP addresses automatically If you want the Router to act as a DHCP server and assign private IP addresses to requesti...

Page 36: ...y with the default being 2 to 254 After you enter the information you should press APPLY Assigns the following IP address to the client with the following MAC address You can also specify the IP addre...

Page 37: ...additional feature is to allow devices with WAN IP addresses to be used by the Internet users to access private devices in your local LAN In this case you need to configure the mapping between the WA...

Page 38: ...e HTTP service will be mapped to a special port of the Router You can add a virtual server mapping by 1 selecting the service name such as HTTP FTP TELNET SMTP POP3 CUSTOM 2 enter the public port numb...

Page 39: ...orted list You should choose Other if your application is not explicitly shown in the list Name You can provide a mnemonic name Trigger Port You need to specify based on instructions provided by your...

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Page 41: ...addresses will be allowed forwarded Enable DENY address control list When this radio button is selected only packets received from the wireless LAN interface with the configured MAC addresses will be...

Page 42: ...eed to select whether the filtering rule should apply to packets outbound for the Internet or inbound from the Internet Source IP address you can select Any Single IP or a Network of source IP address...

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Page 44: ...k whether it is the LAN or WAN For instance you can configure the 802 11a g Router to route traffic destined to a particular network to a specific router on the LAN or WAN using the following steps 1...

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Page 46: ...default value of 2347 A value of zero activates the RTS CTS handshake before every transmission It is recommended that this value does not deviate from the default too much Fragmentation When the size...

Page 47: ...64 alphanumeric characters Enable Secondary Server To configure the secondary server check the Enable Secondary Server box and configure the same parameters as for the primary server RADIUS Server Re...

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Page 49: ...mapping with the dynamic DNS server you use currently only DynDNS org is supported the service provider that provides domain name to IP address mapping This is so that you can advertise your router b...

Page 50: ...e status How to view the system log How to upgrade your 802 11a g Router firmware How to save or restore configuration changes How to reboot your 802 11a g Router What if you forgot the password How t...

Page 51: ...ountered You can select System Log on the left to view log events recorded in the system The System Log entries are shown in the main screen along with the log level the severity level of messages tha...

Page 52: ...DHCP Client Table The DHCP client table lists current DHCP clients connected with its host name IP address MAC address expiration time and entry type 50...

Page 53: ...Wireless Client Table The wireless client table lists the current wireless clients with the radio it is associated with its MAC address state transmitted packets and received packets 51...

Page 54: ...Bridge Table The bridge table shows all MAC entries learned from the wired LAN interface wireless clients and WDS peers 52...

Page 55: ...dio Table The radio table shows the information of each radio including the current mode channel number of clients associated number of packets transmitted and received and number of errors happened 5...

Page 56: ...and the following screen displays Step 2 To update the 802 11a g Router firmware first download the firmware from the distributor s web site to your local disk Then from the above screen enter the pat...

Page 57: ...oad it back to the 802 11a g Router system by following the steps below Step 1 Select Configuration Save and Restore from the System Tools menu and the following screen displays Step 2 Click SAVE TO F...

Page 58: ...restore the system settings to the factory defaults Step 1 Select Factory Default from the System Tools menu and the following screen displays Step 2 Click YES to restore the system configurations to...

Page 59: ...1a g Router disconnects any active clients and therefore will disrupt any current data traffic What if you Forgot the Password If you forgot the password the only way to recover is to clear the device...

Page 60: ...tton 2x External Antenna 9 x LED 1 x Power 1 x Diag 1 x WLAN 1 x WAN LINK ACT 4 x LAN LINK ACT 1 x DMZ LINK ACT DHCP Server Build in DHCP server Support static DHCP assignment Security VPN Support IP...

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