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W54A 54M Wireless AP User Guide

 

Chapter 3 Configuration 

Now that you’ve connected the AP to your wired network, you are 
ready to begin setting it up. This chapter will take you through all 

the steps necessary to configure your AP. 

3.1 Log in 

Launch Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. In the address bar, 

enter the AP’s default IP address, 192.168.0.254. Press Enter key 
and the login screen will appear. Before doing this, you need set 
192.168.0.x(x ranges 1-253) as your PC’s IP address, and 

255.255.255.0 as your subnet mask. (Please refer to the Appendix 
II for the detail of TCP/IP setting) 

Enter admin in both the user name and password field. When this 
is your first time to open the Web-based management interface, 

you can set a new password from the System Tool – Change 
password 
tab.

 

 

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Summary of Contents for W54A

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Page 2: ...elongs to Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co Ltd Without the permission of Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co Ltd any individual or party is not allowed to copy plagiarize imitate or translate it into other langu...

Page 3: ...2 Wizard 6 3 3 Status 9 3 4 LAN Setting 11 Chapter 4 Radio Setting 12 4 1 Basic Setting 12 4 2 Mode Setting 13 4 3 Access Filter 23 Chapter 5 System Tools 25 5 1 Change Password 25 5 2 Firmware Upgrad...

Page 4: ...WPA2 encryptions and security mechanism The MAC address filter can protect your network against any malicious intrusion Moreover the Web management utility can benefit you to manage the device easily...

Page 5: ...ity mechanism Supports IEEE802 11b IEEE802 11g Auto negotiation and manual configuration modes Supports Auto MDI MDIX Supports Firefox1 0 IE5 5 or above Supports authorization access over thirty two M...

Page 6: ...ailed processes are shown as below 1 Connect one end of the network cable to your Ethernet broadband router switch or PC and the other end to the W54A s LAN port 2 Connect the power adapter to the AP...

Page 7: ...W54A 54M Wireless AP User Guide The topology plan of AP mode connection 4...

Page 8: ...e address bar enter the AP s default IP address 192 168 0 254 Press Enter key and the login screen will appear Before doing this you need set 192 168 0 x x ranges 1 253 as your PC s IP address and 255...

Page 9: ...n will appear Click Next and Wizard screen will appear On the screen there are five different operating modes including W54A AP WDS P2P Bridge WDS P2MP Bridge WDS AP Repeater and the client The specif...

Page 10: ...g modes Here we ll take AP mode as example to introduce the settings method Select AP mode and click Next This page will require you to enter the SSID Channel settings for your wireless network SSID T...

Page 11: ...ixed Key Type Select ASCII or Hex format Key Size 64 bit or 128 bit Note If you select 64 bit please enter 10 Hexadecimal characters or 5 ASCII Characters for the key content For 128 bit you should en...

Page 12: ...Yes Yes Repeater Yes NO NO NO P2P Yes NO NO NO P2MP Yes NO NO NO Client Yes Yes Yes Yes Note After clicking Apply to save your settings you have to reboot the device From System Tools Reboot to let y...

Page 13: ...IP Address subnet mask Gateway etc Radio Status Current mode SSID RF mode Channel and Encryption mode etc Association Table Display the clients information of connecting with the AP including the MAC...

Page 14: ...IP address to the AP then select this and enter the specified IP address The default IP is 192 168 0 254 Subnet mask and Gateway DHCP Client if your network router will automatically assign an IP addr...

Page 15: ...c Setting Click Radio Setting Basic Setting tab This screen requires you to set the basic parameters for your wireless network SSID Enter the name of your wireless network SSID Broadcast Enable disabl...

Page 16: ...hold This value should remain its default setting of 2347 Bytes Beacon This value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon in milliseconds DTIM This value indicates how often the AP sends out a...

Page 17: ...device When the system is reset to the default factory settings the operating mode reverts to AP mode In this mode the AP will act as a central hub for different wireless LAN clients For example when...

Page 18: ...W54A 54M Wireless AP User Guide Figure 1 Click Mode Setting tab and select AP the following screen will appear 15...

Page 19: ...de for security Click Apply to save your settings 4 2 2 WDS P2P Bridge In this mode 2 APs in two remote locations connect with each other to provide a wireless bridge between 2 remote LANs as shown in...

Page 20: ...W54A 54M Wireless AP User Guide Figure 2 Click Mode Setting tab and select WDS P2P Bridge the following screen will appear 17...

Page 21: ...y the scan z Encryption support only WEP mode for security Click Apply to save your settings 4 2 3 WDS P2MP Bridge A W54A device operating in Point to Multipoint P2MP bridge mode wirelessly connects t...

Page 22: ...he following screen will appear z SSID The name of your wireless network z Channel The operating channel z WDS remote AP List MAC addresses of the P2P Bridge that are connected to this P2MP Bridge Up...

Page 23: ...s Functioning as a WDS repeater the W54A connects to both a client card as an AP and to another AP In typical repeater applications APs connecting to other APs equipped with WDS functionality must als...

Page 24: ...If selecting dynamic key for one repeater you don t have to fill the other repeater s MAC addresses at the MAC list field z WDS remote AP MAC List MAC addresses of the repeaters that are connected to...

Page 25: ...P within its range The device behaves like a wireless network adapter Figure 5 shows the Client mode W54A as a wireless client in infrastructure mode Connect the LAN port of the W54A with Ethernet int...

Page 26: ...hannel of the wireless network z MAC Addr The MAC address of the wireless network z Scan you can through the scan function to display exit wireless network of the neighborhood and click Add to establi...

Page 27: ...be added to the list Filter mode you can select off to disable the filter function Or Allow Block client with the MAC address listed MAC address The PCs MAC addresses to filter Click Add to take it in...

Page 28: ...1 Change Password To change the password enter the new password in the new password and Confirm New password fields Click Apply NOTE For security reason it is strongly recommend that you change the d...

Page 29: ...rmware file in the field provided or click the Browse button and find the file 4 Click Upgrade button and follow the on screen instructions You can click the Help button for more information NOTE Duri...

Page 30: ...ct automatically 5 4 Restore Factory Default That will erase all of your settings including wireless security current working mode etc and restore to the factory defaults z Working mode AP mode z Defa...

Page 31: ...kup setting file on your computer click the Export button and follow the on screen instructions Import To upload a setting file to the AP click Browse to select the existing setting file then click Im...

Page 32: ...W54A 54M Wireless AP User Guide 5 7 Help Click the Help button to get more information about the AP s settings and applications 29...

Page 33: ...the same physical layer PHY with an acceptably low frame error ratio FER due to mutual interference SSID Service Set identifier An SSID is the network name shared by all devices in a wireless network...

Page 34: ...bit in the KEY field Users must select the same key number for all devices The other method is to enter a text and let the computer generate the WEP key for you However since each product use differe...

Page 35: ...W54A 54M Wireless AP User Guide WPA security and provides a stronger encryption mechanism through Advanced Encryption Standard AES which is a requirement for some government users 32...

Page 36: ...less AP User Guide Appendix II TCP IP Address Setting Take Winxp as example Click the Start Settings Control Panel Fig 1 Fig 1 Click Network and Internet Connections the windows as below will appear F...

Page 37: ...ons as Fig 3 Fig 3 Choose Local Area Connection right click on the icon choose the Properties then the Local Area Connection Properties windows appear choose the Internet Protocol TCP IP in the This c...

Page 38: ...W54A 54M Wireless AP User Guide Fig 4 Choose the Use the following IP address enter the IP address as 192 168 0 xxx xxx ranges 1 253 Subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 As Showed in Fig 5 35...

Page 39: ...W54A 54M Wireless AP User Guide 36 Fig 5 Click OK to apply and return to the Local Area Connection Properties windows Continue click OK to exit the setting windows...

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