Soho WER-401, User Manual

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WER-401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway
Cascade Uplink Switches One uplink switch to set LAN port #4 as normal port or uplink port
One uplink switch to set WAN port as normal/uplink
External Antenna of Wireless LAN
Access Point One internal PCMCIA Wireless LAN IEEE802.11b card with external
antenna
Restore Factory Defaults Button Capable of restoring the factory default settings.
The switch is accessible by inserting a pin through an unlabeled hole
in the rear panel.
Power Supply 5 VDC at 2.4 Amp Max.
2.5 Connecting the Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway
Before using your wireless SOHO Firewall gateway, you need to do the followings:
Prepare your wireless devices.
Connect your local Ethernet network to the LAN port(s) of the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway.
Connect your cable or DSL modem to the WAN port of the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway.
Connect the power adapter.
2.5.1 Preparing your Wireless Devices
Unclip the antenna from its holding clip on the rear panel of your wireless SOHO Firewall gateway, and
rotate it to a vertical position. Detailed instructions on configuring your wireless devices for TCP/IP
networking are provided in the next chapter. However, if you already have a functioning wireless network
and you wish to use a wireless computer to initially configure the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway, you
will need to change the settings of that computer to match the default settings of the wireless SOHO
Firewall gateway:
The ESSID should be Wireless (note the capitalization).
WEP encryption is disabled.
Your IP address must be in the range of 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254, with a netmask of
255.255.255.0.
2.5.2 Connecting to your Local Ethernet Network
The WER-401 wireless SOHO Firewall gateway incorporates a four-port switch for connection to your
local Ethernet network. The Ethernet ports are marked LAN, and are capable of operation at either 10
Mbps (10BASE-T) or 100 Mbps (100BASE-Tx), depending on the Ethernet interface of the attached
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