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WAP-EN1750W AC1750 Wireless Access Point

User Manual Version 1.1.0, December 2016

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FCCComplianceThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBDigitalDevice,pursuanttopart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferenceinaresidentialinstallation.Thisequipmentgenerates,usesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththeinstruction,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradiocommunication.However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.Ifthisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,whichcanbedeterminedbyturningtheequipmentoffandon,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:

• Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna• Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver• Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthereceiveris

connected• Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.

Thechangesormodificationsnotexpresslyapprovedbythepartyresponsibleforcompliancecouldvoidtheuser'sauthoritytooperatetheequipment.TocomplywiththeFCCRFexposurecompliancerequirements,thisdeviceanditsantennamustnotbeco-locatedoroperatingtoconjunctionwithanyotherantennaortransmitter.Thisequipmentshouldbeinstalledandoperatedwithminimumdistance20cmbetweentheradiator&yourbody.

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Protect Our Environment

Thissymbolindicatesthatwhentheequipmenthasreachedtheendofitsusefullife,itmustbetakentoarecyclingcenterandprocessedseparatefromdomesticwaste.

Thecardboardbox,theplasticcontainedinthepackaging,andthepartsthatmakeupthisroutercanberecycledinaccordancewithregionallyestablishedregulations.Neverdisposeofthiselectronicequipmentalongwithyourhouseholdwaste;youmaybesubjecttopenaltiesorsanctionsunderthelaw.

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CONTENTS

Overview.....................................................................................................6

I. ProductInformation...............................................................................7

I-1. PackageContents.........................................................................................................7I-2. SystemRequirements...................................................................................................8I-3. HardwareOverview......................................................................................................8I-4. LEDStatus.....................................................................................................................9I-5. Reset.............................................................................................................................9I-6. MagneticWallMount.................................................................................................10I-7. SafetyInformation......................................................................................................11

II. QuickSetup..........................................................................................12

II-1. InitialSetup.................................................................................................................12II-2. BasicSettings..............................................................................................................14II-3. Wi-FiProtectedSetup(WPS)......................................................................................18

III.HardwareInstallation............................................................................19

IV. BrowserBasedConfigurationInterface.................................................20

IV-1. Information.................................................................................................................22IV-1-1. SystemInformation....................................................................................................22IV-1-2. WirelessClients..........................................................................................................26IV-1-3. WirelessMonitor........................................................................................................28IV-1-4. Log..............................................................................................................................30IV-2. NetworkSettings........................................................................................................32IV-2-1. LAN-SideIPAddress...................................................................................................32IV-2-2. LANPort.....................................................................................................................35IV-2-3. VLAN...........................................................................................................................36IV-3. WirelessSettings........................................................................................................37IV-3-1. 2.4GHz11bgn.............................................................................................................37IV-3-1-1. Basic............................................................................................................................37IV-3-1-2. Advanced....................................................................................................................40IV-3-1-3. Security.......................................................................................................................42IV-3-1-3-1. NoAuthentication......................................................................................................43IV-3-1-3-2. WEP............................................................................................................................44IV-3-1-3-3. IEEE802.1x/EAP..........................................................................................................44IV-3-1-3-4. WPA-PSK.....................................................................................................................44IV-3-1-3-5. WPA-EAP....................................................................................................................45

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IV-3-1-3-6. AdditionalAuthentication..........................................................................................45IV-3-1-4. WDS............................................................................................................................46IV-3-1-5. GuestNetwork...........................................................................................................47IV-3-2. 5GHz11ac11an..........................................................................................................49IV-3-2-1. Basic............................................................................................................................49IV-3-2-2. Advanced....................................................................................................................51IV-3-2-3. Security.......................................................................................................................53IV-3-2-4. WDS............................................................................................................................54IV-3-2-5. GuestNetwork...........................................................................................................56IV-3-3. WPS............................................................................................................................56IV-3-4. RADIUS........................................................................................................................59IV-3-4-1. RADIUSSettings..........................................................................................................60IV-3-4-2. InternalServer............................................................................................................62IV-3-4-3. RADIUSAccounts........................................................................................................66IV-3-6. WMM.........................................................................................................................69IV-3-7. Schedule.....................................................................................................................71IV-3-8. TrafficShaping............................................................................................................72IV-4. Management..............................................................................................................73IV-4-1. Admin.........................................................................................................................73IV-4-2. DateandTime............................................................................................................76IV-4-3. SyslogServer...............................................................................................................78IV-4-4. PingTest.....................................................................................................................79IV-4-5. I’mHere......................................................................................................................79IV-4-6. TR-069........................................................................................................................80IV-5. Advanced....................................................................................................................81IV-5-1. LEDSettings................................................................................................................81IV-5-2. UpdateFirmware........................................................................................................82IV-5-3. Save/RestoreSettings.................................................................................................83IV-5-4. FactoryDefault...........................................................................................................84IV-5-5. Reboot........................................................................................................................85IV-5-6. Operation...................................................................................................................85

V. Appendix..............................................................................................86

V-1. ConfiguringyourIPaddress........................................................................................86V-1-1. WindowsXP................................................................................................................87V-1-2. WindowsVista............................................................................................................89V-1-3. Windows7..................................................................................................................91V-1-4. Windows8..................................................................................................................95IV-1-5. Mac.............................................................................................................................99V-1-6. Glossary....................................................................................................................101

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OverviewYouraccesspointcanfunctioninthreedifferentmodes.Thedefaultmodeforyouraccesspointis“APMode”.APModeisaregularaccesspointforyournetwork.APControllerModeactsasadesignated“Master”foranarrayof“Slave”accesspoints.(Groupoflinkedaccesspoints)ManagedAPModeactslikea“Slave”accesspointinanaccesspointarray.(ControlledbytheAPController“Master”)

Theuserinterfacewillchangedependingonwhichmodeisselected.ThismanualwillcovertheAPModefunctions.

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I. ProductInformationI-1.PackageContents

1. WAP-EN1750WAccessPoint

2. Antennasx33. MagneticWallMountx2&

Screws

4. CD

5. EthernetCable6. PowerAdapter7. MagneticWallMountScrew

Template

1 2 3

4 5 6

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I-2.SystemRequirements- Existingcable/DSLmodem&router- Computerwithwebbrowserforaccesspointconfiguration

I-3.HardwareOverview

A. 12VDCporttoconnectthepoweradapterB. LANportwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE)INC. LANportwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE)OUTD. USBPortforsystemlogE. EjectanattachedUSBdeviceF. ConnectamanagementconsoleG. ResettheaccesspointtofactorydefaultsettingsH. Wi-FiProtectedSetup(WPS)buttonI. Switchtheaccesspointon/off

A12VDCIN

BLAN1(PoE)

CLAN2 EEject

FConsole

GReset

HWPS

IOn/Off

DUSBPort

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I-4.LEDStatus

LEDStatus Description

Off Theaccesspointisoff.

Blue Theaccesspointison.

Amber Theaccesspointisstartingup.

FlashingAmber Theaccesspointcannotestablishaconnectiontothenetwork.

FlashingAmberandBlue

Theaccesspointexperiencedaproblemstartingup.Theaccesspointwillrestart.

I-5.ResetIfyouexperienceproblemswithyouraccesspoint,youcanresetthedevicebacktoitsfactorysettings.Thisresetsallsettingsbacktodefault.1. Pressandholdtheresetbuttonontheaccesspointforatleast10seconds.

ReleasethebuttonwhentheLEDisflashingAMBER.

Youmayneedtouseapencilorsimilarsharpobjecttopushtheresetbutton.

2. Waitfortheaccesspointtorestart.Theaccesspointisreadyforsetup

whentheLEDisBLUE.

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I-6.MagneticWallMountTheaccesspointincludesamagneticwallmount.1. Usetheincludedmagneticwallmountscrewtemplatetoidentifyand

markcorrectscrewpositionsonyourselectedwall.

2. Attachthetwomagneticwallmountstripstoyourwallusingtheincluded

screws,asshownbelow.

3. Pressthebackofyouraccesspointfirmlyagainstthetwowallmounted

magneticstrips,withtheaccesspoint’sComtrendlogointhecorrect,uprightorientationasdisplayedabove.

Ensureyouraccesspointissecurelyattachedtothemagneticstrips.

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I-7.SafetyInformationInordertoensurethesafeoperationofthedeviceanditsusers,pleasereadandactinaccordancewiththefollowingsafetyinstructions.1.Theaccesspointisdesignedforindooruseonly;donotplacetheaccesspointoutdoors.

2.Donotplacetheaccesspointinornearhot/humidplaces,suchasakitchenorbathroom.

3.Donotpullanyconnectedcablewithforce;carefullydisconnectitfromtheaccesspoint.

4.Handletheaccesspointwithcare.Accidentaldamagewillvoidthewarrantyoftheaccesspoint.

5.Thedevicecontainssmallpartswhichareadangertosmallchildrenunder3yearsold.Pleasekeeptheaccesspointoutofreachofchildren.

6.Donotplacetheaccesspointonpaper,cloth,orotherflammablematerials.Theaccesspointmaybecomehotduringuse.

7.Therearenouser-serviceablepartsinsidetheaccesspoint.Ifyouexperienceproblemswiththeaccesspoint,pleasecontactComtrendCustomerServiceforassistance.

8.Theaccesspointisanelectricaldeviceandassuch,ifitbecomeswetforanyreason,donotattempttotouchitwithoutswitchingthepowersupplyoff.Contactanexperiencedelectricaltechnicianforfurtherhelp.

9.Ifyousmellburningorseesmokecomingfromtheaccesspointorpoweradapter,thendisconnecttheaccesspointandpoweradapterimmediately,asfarasitissafelypossibletodoso.ContactComtrendCustomerServiceforassistance.

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II. QuickSetup

II-1. InitialSetup1. ConnecttheaccesspointtoacomputerviaEthernetcable.2. Connectthepoweradaptertotheaccesspoint’s12VDCportandplugthe

poweradapterintoapowersupply.

3. Pleasewaitamomentfortheaccesspointtostartup.Theaccesspointis

readywhentheLEDisblue.4. Setyourcomputer’sIPaddressto192.168.2.xwherexisanumberinthe

range3–100.Ifyouareunsurehowtodothis,pleaserefertoAppendixV-1.ConfiguringyourIPaddressformoreinformation.

DHCPisenabledontheaccesspointbydefault. IfnoDHCPServiceisfound,theaccesspointwilldefaulttoIPaddress192.168.2.2.

5. Entertheaccesspoint’sdefaultIPaddress192.168.2.2intotheURLbarof

awebbrowser.

6. Youwillbepromptedforausernameandpassword.Enterthedefaultusername“admin”andthedefaultpassword“1234”.

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7. Youwillarriveatthe“SystemInformation”screenshownbelow.

8. Next,pleasefollowtheinstructionsbelowinII-2.BasicSettingsto

configuretheaccesspoint’sbasicsettings.

Formoreadvancedconfigurations,pleaserefertoIV.BrowserBasedConfigurationInterface.

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II-2. BasicSettingsTheinstructionsbelowwillhelpyoutoconfigurethefollowingbasicsettingsoftheaccesspoint:- LANIPAddress- 2.4GHz&5GHzSSID&Security- AdministratorName&Password- Time&Date

Itisrecommendedyouconfigurethesesettingsbeforeusingtheaccesspoint.

1. Tochangetheaccesspoint’sLANIPaddress,goto“NetworkSettings”>

“LAN-sideIPAddress”andyouwillseethescreenbelow.

2. EntertheIPaddresssettingsyouwishtouseforyouraccesspoint.You

canuseadynamic(DHCP)orstaticIPaddress,dependingonyournetworkenvironment.Click“Apply”tosavethechangesandwaitafewmomentsfortheaccesspointtoreload.

Whenyouchangeyouraccesspoint’sIPaddress,youneedtousethenewIPaddresstoaccessthebrowserbasedconfigurationinterfaceinsteadofthedefaultIP192.168.2.2.

3. TochangetheSSIDofyouraccesspoint’s2.4GHzwirelessnetwork(s),go

to“WirelessSetting”>“2.4GHz11bgn”>“Basic”.EnterthenewSSIDforyour2.4GHzwirelessnetworkinthe“SSID1”fieldandclick“Apply”.

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Toutilizemultiple2.4GHzSSIDs,openthedropdownmenulabelled“EnableSSIDnumber”andselecthowmanySSIDsyourequire.ThenenteranewSSIDinthecorrespondingnumberedfieldsbelow,beforeclicking“Apply”.

4. Toconfigurethesecurityofyouraccesspoint’s2.4GHzwireless

network(s),goto“WirelessSetting”>“2.4GHz11bgn”>“Security”.Selectan“AuthenticationMethod”andentera“Pre-sharedKey”or“EncryptionKey”dependingonyourchoice,thenclick“Apply”.

IfusingmultipleSSIDs,specifywhichSSIDtoconfigureusingthe“SSID”dropdownmenu.

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5. Goto“WirelessSetting”>“5GHz11ac11an”andrepeatsteps3&4fortheaccesspoint’s5GHzwirelessnetwork.

6. Tochangetheadministratornameandpasswordforthebrowserbased

configurationinterface,goto“Management”>“Admin”.

7. Completethe“AdministratorName”and“AdministratorPassword”fields

andclick“Apply”.8. Tosetthecorrecttimeforyouraccesspoint,goto“Management”>

“DateandTime”.

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9. Setthecorrecttimeandtimezoneforyouraccesspointusingthedropdownmenus.TheaccesspointalsosupportsNTP(NetworkTimeProtocol)soalternativelyyoucanenterthehostnameorIPaddressofatimeserver.Click“Apply”whenyouarefinished.

Youcanusethe“AcquireCurrentTimefromyourPC”buttonifyouwishtosettheaccesspointtothesametimeasyourPC.

10. Thebasicsettingsofyouraccesspointarenowconfigured.Please

refertoIII.HardwareInstallationforguidanceonconnectingyouraccesspointtoarouterorPoEswitch.

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II-3. Wi-FiProtectedSetup(WPS)

Wi-FiProtectedSetupisasimplewaytoestablishconnectionsbetweenWPScompatibledevices.YoucanusetheWPSbuttontoestablishaconnectionbetweentheaccesspointandaWPS-compatiblewirelessdevice/client.1. PressandholdtheResetbuttononthefrontoftheaccesspointfor2

seconds.

2. Withintwominutes,activateWPSonyourWPS-compatiblewireless

device.PleasecheckthedocumentationforyourwirelessdeviceforinformationregardingitsWPSfunction.

3. Thedeviceswillestablishaconnection.

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III.HardwareInstallation1. Connectarouterorswitchtotheaccesspoint’sLAN1portusingan

Ethernetcable.IfpoweringtheaccesspointbyPoE,thePoEswitchesmustbeconnectedtotheaccesspoint’sLAN1port.

2. IfyouarenotusingaPoEswitch,thenconnectthepoweradaptertothe

accesspoint’s12VDCportandplugthepoweradapterintoapoweroutlet.3. IfyouareusingaPoE(Powerover

Ethernet)switchthenitisnotnecessarytousetheincludedpoweradapter,theaccesspointwillbepoweredbythePoEswitch.

DonotusethepoweradapterifyouareusingaPoEswitch.

4. (Optional)Connectalocalnetworkdevicetotheaccesspoint’sLAN2port.

Theaccesspoint’sLAN2portcansupportaPoEPoweredDevice. IfpoweredbyPoE,theLAN2portcanprovide7.5wofPoEPower.Ifpoweredbytheincluded12vDCpoweradapter,afull15.4w(IEEE802.3afstandard)ofPoEPowerisprovided.

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IV. BrowserBasedConfigurationInterfaceThebrowser-basedconfigurationinterfaceenablesyoutoconfiguretheaccesspoint’sadvancedfeatures.TheWAP-PC1750WfeaturesarangeofadvancedfunctionssuchasMACfiltering,MACRADIUSauthentication,VLANconfigurations,upto16SSIDsandmanymore.Toaccessthebrowserbasedconfigurationinterface:1. ConnectacomputertoyouraccesspointusinganEthernetcable.2. Enteryouraccesspoint’sIPaddressintheURLbarofawebbrowser.The

accesspoint’sdefaultIPaddressis192.169.2.23. Youwillbepromptedforausernameandpassword.Thedefault

usernameis“admin”andthedefaultpasswordis“1234”,thoughitwasrecommendedthatyouchangethepasswordduringsetup(seeII-2.BasicSettings).

Ifyoucannotrememberyourpassword,resettheaccesspointbacktoitsfactorydefaultsettings.RefertosectionI-5.Reset

4. Youwillarriveatthe“SystemInformation”screenshownbelow.

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5. Usethemenuacrossthetopanddowntheleftsidetonavigate.

6. Click“Apply”tosavechangesandreloadtheaccesspoint,or“Cancel”to

cancelchanges.

Pleasewaitafewsecondsfortheaccesspointtoreloadafteryou“Apply”changes,asshownbelow.

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IV-1. Information

Screenshotsdisplayedareexamples.Theinformationshownonyourscreenwillvarydependingonyourconfiguration.

IV-1-1.SystemInformation

The“SystemInformation”pagedisplaysbasicsysteminformationabouttheaccesspoint.

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Model Displaysthemodelnumberoftheaccess

point.ProductName Displaystheproductnameforreference,

whichconsistsof“AP”plustheMACaddress.Uptime Displaysthetotaltimesincethedevicewas

turnedon.BootFrom Displaysinformationforthebooted

hardware,bootedfromeitherUSBorinternalmemory.

Version Displaysthesoftwareversionoftheaccesspoint.

MACAddress Displaystheaccesspoint’sMACaddress.ManagementVLANID

DisplaysthemanagementVLANID.

IPAddress DisplaystheIPaddressofthisdevice.Click“Refresh”toupdatethisvalue.

Default Gateway

DisplaystheIPaddressofthedefaultgateway.

DNS IPaddressoftheDNS(DomainNameServer).DHCPServer IPaddressoftheDHCPServer.

WiredLANPort SpecifieswhichLANport(1or2).Status DisplaysthestatusofthespecifiedLANport

(connectedordisconnected).VLANMode/ID DisplaystheVLANmode(taggedoruntagged)

andVLANIDforthespecifiedLANport.SeeIV-2-3.VLAN

Status Displaysthestatusofthe2.4GHzor5GHz

wireless(enabledordisabled).MACAddress Displaystheaccesspoint’sMACaddress.Channel Displaysthechannelnumberthespecified

wirelessfrequencyisusingforbroadcast.TransmitPower Displaysthewirelessradiotransmitpower

levelasapercentage.SSID DisplaystheSSIDname(s)forthespecified

frequency.

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AuthenticationMethod

DisplaystheauthenticationmethodforthespecifiedSSID.SeeIV-3.WirelessSettings

EncryptionType DisplaystheencryptiontypeforthespecifiedSSID.SeeIV-3.WirelessSettings

VLANID DisplaystheVLANIDforthespecifiedSSID.SeeIV-2-3.VLAN

AdditionalAuthentication

DisplaystheadditionalauthenticationtypeforthespecifiedSSID.SeeIV-3.WirelessSettings

WirelessClientIsolation

DisplayswhetherwirelessclientisolationisinuseforthespecifiedSSID.SeeIV-2-3.VLAN

Refresh Clicktorefreshallinformation.

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IV-1-2.WirelessClients

The“WirelessClients”pagedisplaysinformationaboutallwirelessclientsconnectedtotheaccesspointonthe2.4GHzor5GHzfrequency.

AutoRefreshTime Selectatimeintervalfortheclienttablelistto

automaticallyrefresh.ManualRefresh Clickrefreshtomanuallyrefreshtheclient

table.SSID DisplaystheSSIDwhichtheclientis

connectedto.MACAddress DisplaystheMACaddressoftheclient.Tx Displaysthetotaldatapacketstransmittedby

thespecifiedclient.Rx Displaysthetotaldatapacketsreceivedby

thespecifiedclient.Signal(%) Displaysthewirelesssignalstrengthforthe

specifiedclient.ConnectedTime Displaysthetotaltimethewirelessclienthas

beenconnectedtotheaccesspoint.

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IdleTime Clientidletimeisthetimeforwhichtheclienthasnottransmittedanydatapacketsi.e.isidle.

Vendor Thevendoroftheclient’swirelessadapterisdisplayedhere.

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IV-1-3.WirelessMonitor

WirelessMonitorisatoolbuiltintotheaccesspointtoscanandmonitorthesurroundingwirelessenvironment.Selectafrequencyandclick“Scan”todisplayalistofallSSIDswithinrangealongwithrelevantdetailsforeachSSID.

ChannelSurvey Selectwhichfrequency(orboth)toscan,and

click“Scan”tobegin.ChannelSurveyResult

Afterascaniscomplete,click“Export”tosavetheresultstolocalstorage.

Ch Displaysthechannelnumberusedbythe

specifiedSSID.SSID DisplaystheSSIDidentifiedbythescan.MACAddress DisplaystheMACaddressofthewireless

router/accesspointforthespecifiedSSID.Security Displaystheauthentication/encryptiontype

ofthespecifiedSSID.Signal(%) Displaysthecurrentsignalstrengthofthe

SSID.

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Type Displaysthe802.11wirelessnetworkingstandard(s)ofthespecifiedSSID.

Vendor Displaysthevendorofthewirelessrouter/accesspointforthespecifiedSSID.

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IV-1-4.Log

Thesystemlogdisplayssystemoperationinformationsuchasuptimeandconnectionprocesses.Thisinformationisusefulfornetworkadministrators.

Whenthelogisfull,oldentriesareoverwritten.

Save Clicktosavethelogasafileonyourlocalcomputer.

Clear Clearalllogentries.Refresh Refreshthecurrentlog.

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Thefollowinginformation/eventsarerecordedbythelog:USBMount&unmountWirelessClientConnected&disconnectedKeyexchangesuccess&failAuthenticationAuthenticationfailorsuccessAssociation SuccessorfailWPSM1-M8messagesWPSsuccessChangeSettingsSystemBootDisplayscurrentmodelnameNTPClientWiredLink LANPortlinkstatusandspeedstatusProxyARPProxyARPmodulestart&stopBridgeBridgestart&stopSNMPSNMPserverstart&stopHTTPHTTPstart&stopHTTPSHTTPSstart&stopSSHSSH-clientserverstart&stopTelnetTelnet-clientserverstartorstopWLAN(2.4G)WLAN(2.4G]channelstatusandcountry/regionstatusWLAN(5G)WLAN(5G)channelstatusandcountry/regionstatusADT

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IV-2. NetworkSettings


IV-2-1.LAN-SideIPAddress

The“LAN-sideIPaddress”pageallowsyoutoconfigureyouraccesspointonyourLocalAreaNetwork(LAN).YoucanenabletheaccesspointtodynamicallyreceiveanIPaddressfromyourrouter’sDHCPserveroryoucanspecifyastaticIPaddressforyouraccesspoint,aswellasconfigureDNSservers. YoucanalsoconfigureyourAccessPointtofunctionasaDHCPServeronyourLAN,toassignIPaddresstootherdevices.

IfnoIPaddressisprovidedaLANDHCPService,Theaccesspoint’sdefaultIPaddressis192.168.2.2

ItisrecommendedtoDisableotherDHCPserversontheLANifusingtheAPasaDHCPServer.

IPAddressAssignment

Select“DHCPClient”foryouraccesspointtobeassignedadynamicIPaddressfromyourrouter’sDHCPserver,orselect“StaticIP”tomanuallyspecifyastatic/fixedIPaddressforyouraccesspoint(below).

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IPAddress SpecifytheIPaddresshere.ThisIPaddresswillbeassignedtoyouraccesspointandwillreplacethedefaultIPaddress.

SubnetMask Specifyasubnetmask.Thedefaultvalueis255.255.255.0

DefaultGateway ForDHCPusers,select“FromDHCP”togetdefaultgatewayfromyourDHCPserveror“User-Defined”toenteragatewaymanually.ForstaticIPusers,thedefaultvalueisblank.

DHCPuserscanselecttogetDNSservers’IPaddressfromDHCPor manuallyenteravalue.ForstaticIPusers,thedefaultvalueisblank.

PrimaryAddress DHCPuserscanselect“FromDHCP”togetprimaryDNSserver’sIPaddressfromDHCPor“User-Defined”tomanuallyenteravalue.ForstaticIPusers,thedefaultvalueisblank.

SecondaryAddress DHCPuserscanselect“FromDHCP”togetsecondaryDNSserver’sIPaddressfromDHCPor“User-Defined”tomanuallyenteravalue.ForstaticIPusers,thedefaultvalueisblank.

DHCPClientIPAddress When“DHCPClient”isselectedthisvalue

cannotbemodified.SubnetMask When“DHCPClient”isselectedthisvalue

cannotbemodified.DefaultGateway Select“FromDHCP”orselect“User-Defined”

andenteradefaultgateway.PrimaryDNSAddress

Select“FromDHCP”orselect“User-Defined”andenteraprimaryDNSaddress.

SecondaryDNSAddress

Select“FromDHCP”orselect“User-Defined”andenterasecondaryDNSaddress.

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DHCPServerIPAddress SpecifytheIPaddresshere.ThisIPaddress

willbeassignedtoyouraccesspointandwillreplacethedefaultIPaddress.

SubnetMask Specifyasubnetmask.Thedefaultvalueis255.255.255.0

IPAddressRange EnterthestartandendIPaddressoftheIPaddressrangewhichyouraccesspoint’sDHCPserverwillassigntodevicesonthenetwork.

DomainName Enteradomainname.LeaseTime Selectaleasetimefromthedropdown

menu.IPaddresseswillbeassignedforthisperiodoftime.

DefaultGateway Enteradefaultgateway.PrimaryDNSAddress

EnteraprimaryDNSaddress.

SecondaryDNSAddress

EnterasecondaryDNSaddress.

Youraccesspoint’sDHCPservercanbeconfiguredtoassignstatic(fixed)IPaddressestospecifiednetworkdevices,identifiedbytheiruniqueMACaddress:

DHCPServerStaticIPAddressMACAddress EntertheMACaddressofthenetworkdevice

tobeassignedastaticIPaddress.IPAddress SpecifytheIPaddresstoassignthedevice.Add ClicktoassigntheIPaddresstothedevice.

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IV-2-2.LANPort

The“LANPort”pageallowsyoutoconfigurethesettingsforyouraccesspoint’stwowiredLAN(Ethernet)ports.

WiredLANPort IdentifiesLANport1or2.Enable Enable/disablespecifiedLANport.Speed&Duplex Selectaspeed&duplextypeforspecifiedLAN

port,orusethe“Auto”value.LANportscanoperateupto1000Mbpsandfull-duplexenablessimultaneousdatapackettransfer/receive.

FlowControl Enable/disableflowcontrol.Flowcontrolcanpausenewsessionrequestuntilcurrentdataprocessingiscomplete,inordertoavoiddeviceoverloadsunderheavytraffic.

802.3az Enable/disable802.3az.802.3azisanEnergyEfficientEthernetfeaturewhichdisablesunusedinterfacestoreducepowerusage.

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IV-2-3.VLAN

The“VLAN”(VirtualLocalAreaNetwork)enablesyoutoconfigureVLANsettings.AVLANisalocalareanetworkwhichmapsworkstationsvirtuallyinsteadofphysicallyandallowsyoutogrouptogetherorisolateusersfromeachother.VLANIDs0–4094aresupported.

VLANIDsintherange0–4094aresupported.

WiredLANPort/Wireless

IdentifiesLANport1or2,orwirelessSSIDs(2.4GHzor5GHz).

VLANMode Select“TaggedPort”or“UntaggedPort”forspecifiedLAN/wirelessinterface.

VLANID SetaVLANIDforspecifiedinterface,if“UntaggedPort”isselected.

VLANID SpecifytheVLANIDofthesubnet.Hostsbelongingtothesubnetcanonlycommunicatewithotherhostsonthesamesubnet.

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IV-3. WirelessSettings


IV-3-1.2.4GHz11bgn

The“2.4GHz11bgn”menuallowsyoutoviewandconfigureinformationforyouraccesspoint’s2.4GHzwirelessnetworkacrossfour

categories:Basic,Advanced,SecurityandWDS.

IV-3-1-1. Basic

The“Basic”screendisplaysbasicsettingsforyouraccesspoint’s2.4GHzWi-Finetwork(s).

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Wireless Enableordisabletheaccesspoint’s2.4GHz

wirelessradio.Whendisabled,no2.4GHzSSIDswillbeactive.

Band Selectthewirelessstandardusedfortheaccesspoint.Combinationsof802.11b,802.11g&802.11ncanbeselected.

EnableSSIDNumber SelecthowmanySSIDstoenableforthe2.4GHzfrequencyfromthedropdownmenu.Amaximumof8canbeenabled.

SSID# EntertheSSIDnameforthespecifiedSSID(upto8).TheSSIDcanconsistofanycombinationofupto32alphanumericcharacters.

VLANID SpecifyaVLANIDforeachSSID.AutoChannel Enable/disableautochannelselection.Auto

channelselectionwillautomaticallysetthewirelesschannelfortheaccesspoint’s2.4GHzfrequencybasedonavailabilityandpotentialinterference.Whendisabled,selectachannelmanuallyasshowninthenexttable.

AutoChannelRange Selectarangefromwhichtheautochannelsetting(above)willchooseachannel.

AutoChannelInterval

Specifyafrequencyforhowoftentheautochannelsettingwillcheck/reassignthewirelesschannel.Check/uncheckthe“Changechannelevenifclientsareconnected”boxaccordingtoyourpreference.

ChannelBandwidth Setthechannelbandwidth:20MHz(lowerperformancebutlessinterference),40MHz(higherperformancebutpotentiallyhigherinterference)orAuto(automaticallyselectbasedoninterferencelevel).

BSSBasicRateSet SetaBasicServiceSet(BSS)rate:thisisthetransmissionrateforcontrolcommunicationframesforwirelessclients.

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Whenautochannelisdisabled,selectawirelesschannelmanually:ChannelInterval Selectawirelesschannelfrom1–13.ChannelBandwidth Setthechannelbandwidth:20MHz(lower

performancebutlessinterference),40MHz(higherperformancebutpotentiallyhigherinterference)orAuto(automaticallyselectbasedoninterferencelevel).


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IV-3-1-2. Advanced

Thesesettingsareforexperiencedusersonly.Pleasedonotchangeanyofthevaluesonthispageunlessyouarealreadyfamiliarwiththesefunctions.

Changingthesesettingscanadverselyaffecttheperformanceofyouraccesspoint.

ContentionSlot Select“Short”or“Long”–thisvalueisusedfor

contentionwindowsinWMM(seeIV-3-6.WMM).

PreambleType Setthewirelessradiopreambletype.Thedefaultvalueis“ShortPreamble”.

GuardInterval Settheguardinterval.802.11gProtection Enable/disable802.11gprotection,which

increasesreliabilitybutreducesbandwidth(clientswillsendRequesttoSend(RTS)toaccesspoint,andaccesspointwillbroadcastCleartoSend(CTS),beforeapacketissentfromclient.)

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802.11nProtection Enable/disable802.11nprotection,whichincreasesreliabilitybutreducesbandwidth(clientswillsendRequesttoSend(RTS)toaccesspoint,andaccesspointwillbroadcastCleartoSend(CTS),beforeapacketissentfromclient.)

DTIMPeriod SettheDTIM(deliverytrafficindicationmessage)periodvalueofthewirelessradio.Thedefaultvalueis1.

RTSThreshold SettheRTSthresholdofthewirelessradio.Thedefaultvalueis2347.

FragmentThreshold

Setthefragmentthresholdofthewirelessradio.Thedefaultvalueis2346.

MulticastRate Setthetransferrateformulticastpacketsorusethe“Auto”setting.

TxPower Setthepoweroutputofthewirelessradio.Youmaynotrequire100%outputpower.Settingalowerpoweroutputcanenhancesecuritysincepotentiallymalicious/unknownusersindistantareaswillnotbeabletoaccessyoursignal.

BeaconInterval Setthebeaconintervalofthewirelessradio.Thedefaultvalueis100.

Stationidletimeout

SpecifiestheintervaloftheAPtoprobeforWLANstationstoverifyifthestationisstillalive.Thevaluerangesfrom60to3600,inseconds.Thedefaultvalueis60s.

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IV-3-1-3. Security

Theaccesspointprovidesvarioussecurityoptions(wirelessdataencryption).Whendataisencrypted,informationtransmittedwirelesslycannotbereadbyanyonewhodoesnotknowthecorrectencryptionkey.

Itisessentialtoconfigurewirelesssecurityinordertopreventunauthorisedaccesstoyournetwork.

Foroptimalsecurity,selectahard-to-guesspasswordwhichincludeacombinationofnumbers,lettersandsymbols.

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SSIDSelection SelectwhichSSIDtoconfiguresecuritysettings

for.BroadcastESSID EnableordisableESSIDbroadcast.When

enabled,theESSIDwillbevisibletoclientsasanavailableWi-Finetwork.Whendisabled,theESSIDwillnotbevisibleasanavailableWi-Finetworktoclients–clientsmustmanuallyentertheESSIDinordertoconnect.Ahidden(disabled)ESSIDistypicallymoresecurethanavisible(enabled)SSID.


Enableordisablewirelessclientisolation.Wirelessclientisolationpreventsclientsconnectedtotheaccesspointfromcommunicatingwitheachotherandimprovessecurity.Typically,thisfunctionisusefulforcorporateenvironmentsorpublichotspotsandcanpreventbruteforceattacksonclients’usernamesandpasswords.

LoadBalancing LoadbalancinglimitsthenumberofwirelessclientsconnectedtoanSSID.Setaloadbalancingvalue(maximum50).


Selectanauthenticationmethodfromthedropdownmenuandrefertotheinformationbelowappropriateforyourmethod.


Selectanadditionalauthenticationmethodfromthedropdownmenuandrefertotheinformationbelow(IV-3-1-3-6.)appropriateforyourmethod.

IV-3-1-3-1.NoAuthentication

Authenticationisdisabledandnopassword/keyisrequiredtoconnecttotheaccesspoint.

Disablingwirelessauthenticationisnotrecommended.Whendisabled,anybodywithinrangecanconnecttoyournetwork.

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IV-3-1-3-2.WEP

WEP(WiredEquivalentPrivacy)isabasicencryptiontype.ForahigherlevelofsecurityconsiderusingWPAencryption.

KeyLength Select64-bitor128-bit.128-bitismoresecurethan64-bitandisrecommended.

KeyType Choosefrom“ASCII”(anyalphanumericalcharacter0-9,a-zandA-Z)or“Hex”(anycharactersfrom0-9,a-fandA-F).

DefaultKey Selectwhichencryptionkey(1–4below)isthedefaultkey.Forsecuritypurposes,youcansetuptofourkeys(below)andchangewhichisthedefaultkey.

EncryptionKey1–4

Enteryourencryptionkey/passwordaccordingtotheformatyouselectedabove.

IV-3-1-3-3.IEEE802.1x/EAP

KeyLength Select64-bitor128-bit.128-bitismoresecurethan64-bitandisrecommended.

IV-3-1-3-4.WPA-PSK

WPA-PSKisasecurewirelessencryptiontypewithstrongdataprotectionanduserauthentication,utilizing128-bitencryptionkeys.

WPAType SelectfromWPA/WPA2MixedMode-PSK,WPA2orWPAonly.WPA2issaferthanWPAonly,butnotsupportedbyallwirelessclients.Pleasemakesureyourwirelessclientsupportsyourselection.

Encryption Select“TKIP/AESMixedMode”or“AES”encryptiontype.

KeyRenewalInterval

Specifyafrequencyforkeyrenewalinminutes.

Pre-SharedKeyType

Choosefrom“Passphrase”(8–63

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alphanumericcharacters)or“Hex”(upto64charactersfrom0-9,a-fandA-F).

Pre-SharedKey Pleaseenterasecuritykey/passwordaccordingtotheformatyouselectedabove.

IV-3-1-3-5.WPA-EAP

WPAType SelectfromWPA/WPA2MixedMode-EAP,WPA2-EAPorWPA-EAP.

Encryption Select“TKIP/AESMixedMode”or“AES”encryptiontype.

KeyRenewalInterval

Specifyafrequencyforkeyrenewalinminutes.

WPA-EAPmustbedisabledtouseMAC-RADIUSauthentication.

IV-3-1-3-6.AdditionalAuthentication

Additionalwirelessauthenticationmethodscanalsobeused:MACAddressFilterRestrictwirelessclientsaccessbasedonMACaddressspecifiedintheMACfiltertable.

SeeIV-3-5.MACFiltertoconfigureMACfiltering.MACFilter&MAC-RADIUSAuthenticationRestrictwirelessclientsaccessusingbothoftheaboveMACfiltering&RADIUSauthenticationmethods.MAC-RADIUSAuthenticationRestrictwirelessclientsaccessbasedonMACaddressviaaRADIUSserver,orpasswordauthenticationviaaRADIUSserver.

SeeIV-3-4.RADIUStoconfigureRADIUSservers.

WPSmustbedisabledtouseMAC-RADIUSauthentication.SeeIV-3-3.forWPSsettings.

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MACRADIUSPassword

SelectwhethertouseMACaddressorpasswordauthenticationviaRADIUSserver.Ifyouselect“Usethefollowingpassword”,enterthepasswordinthefieldbelow.Thepasswordshouldmatchthe“SharedSecret”usedinIV-3-4.RADIUS.

IV-3-1-4. WDS

WirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)canbridge/repeataccesspointstogetherinanextendednetwork.WDSsettingscanbeconfiguredasshownbelow.

WhenusingWDS,configuretheIPaddressofeachaccesspointtobeinthesamesubnetandensurethereisonlyoneactiveDHCPserveramongconnectedaccesspoints,preferablyontheWANside.

WDSmustbeconfiguredoneachaccesspoint,usingcorrectMACaddresses.Allaccesspointsshouldusethesamewirelesschannelandencryptionmethod.

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2.4GHzWDSFunctionality Select“WDSwithAP”touseWDSwithaccess

pointor“WDSDedicatedMode”touseWDSandalsoblockcommunicationwithregularwirelessclients.WhenWDSisused,eachaccesspointshouldbeconfiguredwithcorrespondingMACaddresses,wirelesschannelandwirelessencryptionmethod.

LocalMACAddress DisplaystheMACaddressofyouraccesspoint.

WDSPeerSettingsWDS# EntertheMACaddressforuptofourother

WDSdevicesyouwishtoconnect.

WDSVLANVLANMode SpecifytheWDSVLANmodeto“Untagged

Port”or“TaggedPort”.VLANID SpecifytheWDSVLANIDwhen“Untagged

Port”isselectedabove.

WDSEncryptionmethodEncryption Selectwhethertouse“None”or“AES”

encryptionandenterapre-sharedkeyforAESconsistingof8-63alphanumericcharacters.

IV-3-1-5. GuestNetwork

The“GuestNetwork”pageallowsyoutoconfigureaguestnetworkthatwillhaveaLayer-3IPFilterappliedtoalltrafficpassingthroughthespecificSSID.

WhenusingaGuestNetwork,TrafficShapingandIPFiltersettingswillbeappliedtoalltrafficpassingthroughtheGuestNetworkSSID.

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GuestNetwork2.4GHzSSID SelecttheSSIDthatyouwanttoapplythe

GuestNetworksettingsto.GuestNetwork EnableorDisableGuestNetworksettings.GuestAccessPolicyTrafficShaping Select“Enable”toapplybandwidthlimitations

onthe“Downlink”and“Uplink”performanceontheGuestNetwork.

FilteringSettings Select“Allow”or“Deny”toapplyIPFilteringtothetrafficontheGuestNetwork. ProvidetheIPandSubnetMaskyouwanttoapplyasafilter. Upto3IPFiltersaresupported.

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IV-3-2.5GHz11ac11an

The“5GHz11ac11an”menuallowsyoutoviewandconfigureinformationforyouraccesspoint’s

2.4GHzwirelessnetworkacrossfourcategories:Basic,Advanced,SecurityandWDS.

IV-3-2-1. Basic

The“Basic”screendisplaysbasicsettingsforyouraccesspoint’s5GHzWi-Finetwork(s).

Wireless Enableordisabletheaccesspoint’s5GHzwirelessradio.Whendisabled,no5GHzSSIDswillbeactive.

Band Selectthewirelessstandardusedfortheaccesspoint.Combinationsof802.11a,802.11n&802.11accanbeselected.

EnableSSIDNumber SelecthowmanySSIDstoenableforthe5GHzfrequencyfromthedropdownmenu.Amaximumof8canbeenabled.

SSID# EntertheSSIDnameforthespecifiedSSID(upto8).TheSSIDcanconsistofanycombinationofupto32alphanumericcharacters.

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VLANID SpecifyaVLANIDforeachSSID.AutoChannel Enable/disableautochannelselection.Auto

channelselectionwillautomaticallysetthewirelesschannelfortheaccesspoint’s5GHzfrequencybasedonavailabilityandpotentialinterference.Whendisabled,selectachannelmanuallyasshowninthenexttable.

AutoChannelRange Selectarangefromwhichtheautochannelsetting(above)willchooseachannel.

AutoChannelInterval

Specifyafrequencyforhowoftentheautochannelsettingwillcheck/reassignthewirelesschannel.Check/uncheckthe“Changechannelevenifclientsareconnected”boxaccordingtoyourpreference.

ChannelBandwidth Setthechannelbandwidth:20MHz(lowerperformancebutlessinterference),Auto40/20MHzorAuto80/40/20MHz(automaticallyselectbasedoninterferencelevel).


Whenautochannelisdisabled,selectawirelesschannelmanually:ChannelInterval Selectawirelesschannel.ChannelBandwidth Setthechannelbandwidth:20MHz(lower

performancebutlessinterference),Auto40/20MHzorAuto80/40/20MHz(automaticallyselectbasedoninterferencelevel).


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IV-3-2-2. Advanced

Thesesettingsareforexperiencedusersonly.Pleasedonotchangeanyofthevaluesonthispageunlessyouarealreadyfamiliarwiththesefunctions.

Changingthesesettingscanadverselyaffecttheperformanceofyouraccesspoint.

GuardInterval Settheguardinterval.802.11nProtection Enable/disable802.11nprotection,which

increasesreliabilitybutreducesbandwidth(clientswillsendRequesttoSend(RTS)toaccesspoint,andaccesspointwillbroadcastCleartoSend(CTS),beforeapacketissentfromclient.)

DTIMPeriod SettheDTIM(deliverytrafficindicationmessage)periodvalueofthewirelessradio.Thedefaultvalueis1.

RTSThreshold SettheRTSthresholdofthewirelessradio.Thedefaultvalueis2347.

FragmentThreshold

Setthefragmentthresholdofthewirelessradio.Thedefaultvalueis2346.

MulticastRate Setthetransferrateformulticastpacketsorusethe“Auto”setting.

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TxPower Setthepoweroutputofthewirelessradio.Youmaynotrequire100%outputpower.Settingalowerpoweroutputcanenhancesecuritysincepotentiallymalicious/unknownusersindistantareaswillnotbeabletoaccessyoursignal.

BeaconInterval Setthebeaconintervalofthewirelessradio.Thedefaultvalueis100.

Stationidletimeout

SpecifiestheintervaloftheAPtoprobeforWLANstationstoverifyifthestationisstillalive.Thevaluerangesfrom60to3600,inseconds.Thedefaultvalueis60s.

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IV-3-2-3. Security

Theaccesspointprovidesvarioussecurityoptions(wirelessdataencryption).Whendataisencrypted,informationtransmittedwirelesslycannotbereadbyanyonewhodoesnotknowthecorrectencryptionkey.

Itisessentialtoconfigurewirelesssecurityinordertopreventunauthorisedaccesstoyournetwork.

Foroptimalsecurity,selectahard-to-guesspasswordwhichincludeacombinationofnumbers,lettersandsymbols.

SSIDSelection SelectwhichSSIDtoconfiguresecuritysettingsfor.

BroadcastESSID EnableordisableESSIDbroadcast.Whenenabled,theESSIDwillbevisibletoclientsasanavailableWi-Finetwork.Whendisabled,theESSIDwillnotbevisibleasanavailableWi-Finetworktoclients–clientsmustmanuallyentertheESSIDinordertoconnect.Ahidden(disabled)ESSIDistypicallymoresecurethanavisible(enabled)SSID.

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Enableordisablewirelessclientisolation.Wirelessclientisolationpreventsclientsconnectedtotheaccesspointfromcommunicatingwitheachotherandimprovessecurity.Typically,thisfunctionisusefulforcorporateenvironmentsorpublichotspotsandcanpreventbruteforceattacksonclients’usernamesandpasswords.

LoadBalancing LoadbalancinglimitsthenumberofwirelessclientsconnectedtoanSSID.Setaloadbalancingvalue(maximum50).


Selectanauthenticationmethodfromthedropdownmenuandrefertotheinformationbelowappropriateforyourmethod.


Selectanadditionalauthenticationmethodfromthedropdownmenuandrefertotheinformationbelowappropriateforyourmethod.

PleasereferbacktosectionIV-3-1-3.Securityformoreinformationonauthenticationandadditionalauthenticationtypes.

IV-3-2-4. WDS

WirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)canbridge/repeataccesspointstogetherinanextendednetwork.WDSsettingscanbeconfiguredasshownbelow.

WhenusingWDS,configuretheIPaddressofeachaccesspointtobeinthesamesubnetandensurethereisonlyoneactiveDHCPserveramongconnectedaccesspoints,preferablyontheWANside.

WDSmustbeconfiguredoneachaccesspoint,usingcorrectMACaddresses.Allaccesspointsshouldusethesamewirelesschannelandencryptionmethod.

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5GHzWDSModeWDSFunctionality Select“WDSwithAP”touseWDSwithaccess

pointor“WDSDedicatedMode”touseWDSandalsoblockcommunicationwithregularwirelessclients.WhenWDSisused,eachaccesspointshouldbeconfiguredwithcorrespondingMACaddresses,wirelesschannelandwirelessencryptionmethod.

LocalMACAddress DisplaystheMACaddressofyouraccesspoint.

WDSPeerSettingsWDS# EntertheMACaddressforuptofourother

WDAdevicesyouwishtoconnect.

WDSVLANVLANMode SpecifytheWDSVLANmodeto“Untagged

Port”or“TaggedPort”.VLANID SpecifytheWDSVLANIDwhen“Untagged

Port”isselectedabove.

WDSEncryptionEncryption Selectwhethertouse“None”or“AES”

encryptionandenterapre-sharedkeyforAESwith8-63alphanumericcharacters.

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IV-3-2-5. GuestNetwork

The“GuestNetwork”pageallowsyoutoconfigureaguestnetworkthatwillhaveaLayer-3IPFilterappliedtoalltrafficpassingthroughthespecificSSID.

WhenusingaGuestNetwork,TrafficShapingandIPFiltersettingswillbeappliedtoalltrafficpassingthroughtheGuestNetworkSSID.

GuestNetwork5GHzSSID SelecttheSSIDthatyouwanttoapplythe

GuestNetworksettingsto.GuestNetwork EnableorDisableGuestNetworksettings.GuestAccessPolicyTrafficShaping Select“Enable”toapplybandwidthlimitations

onthe“Downlink”and“Uplink”performanceontheGuestNetwork.

FilteringSettings Select“Allow”or“Deny”toapplyIPFilteringtothetrafficontheGuestNetwork. ProvidetheIPandSubnetMaskyouwanttoapplyasafilter. Upto3IPFiltersaresupported.

IV-3-3. WPS

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Wi-FiProtectedSetupisasimplewaytoestablishconnectionsbetweenWPScompatibledevices.WPScanbeactivatedoncompatibledevicesbypushingaWPSbuttononthedeviceorfromwithinthedevice’sfirmware/configurationinterface(knownasPBCor“PushButtonConfiguration”).WhenWPSisactivatedinthecorrectmannerandatthecorrecttimefortwocompatibledevices,theywillautomaticallyconnect.“PINcodeWPS”isavariationofPBCwhichincludestheadditionaluseofaPINcodebetweenthetwodevicesforverification.

Pleaserefertomanufacturer’sinstructionsforyourotherWPSdevice.

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WPS Check/uncheckthisboxtoenable/disableWPS

functionality.WPSmustbedisabledwhenusingMAC-RADIUSauthentication(seeIV-3-1-3-6&IV-3-4).

ProductPIN DisplaystheWPSPINcodeofthedevice,used

forPINcodeWPS.YouwillberequiredtoenterthisPINcodeintoanotherWPSdeviceforPINcodeWPS.Click“GeneratePIN”togenerateanewWPSPINcode.

Push-ButtonWPS Click“Start”toactivateWPSontheaccesspointforapproximately2minutes.Thishasthesameeffectasphysicallypushingtheaccesspoint’sWPSbutton.

WPSbyPIN EnterthePINcodeofanotherWPSdeviceandclick“Start”toattempttoestablishaWPSconnectionforapproximately2minutes.

WPSStatus WPSsecuritystatusisdisplayedhere.Click

“Release”tocleartheexistingstatus.

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IV-3-4. RADIUS

TheRADIUSsubmenuallowsyoutoconfiguretheaccesspoint’sRADIUSserversettings,categorizedintothreesubmenus:RADIUSsettings,InternalServerandRADIUSaccounts.ARADIUSserverprovidesuser-basedauthenticationtoimprovesecurityandofferwirelessclientcontrol–userscanbeauthenticatedbeforegainingaccesstoanetwork.Theaccesspointcanutilizebothaprimaryandsecondary(backup)RADIUSserverforeachofitswirelessfrequencies(2.4GHz&5GHz).ExternalRADIUSserverscanbeusedortheaccesspoint’sinternalRADIUSservercanbeused.

TouseRADIUSservers,goto“WirelessSettings”! “Security”andselectthedesiredAuthenticationMethod! “AdditionalAuthentication”andselect“MACRADIUSAuthentication”(seeIV-3-1-3.&IV-3-2-3).The“MACRADIUSAuthentication”featureworkswithanexternalRADIUSServerOnly.

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IV-3-4-1. RADIUSSettings

ConfiguretheRADIUSserversettingsfor2.4GHz&5GHz.Eachfrequencycanuseaprimaryandsecondary(backup)RADIUSserver.

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RADIUSType Select“Internal”tousetheaccesspoint’sbuilt-inRADIUSserveror“external”touseanexternalRADIUSserver.

RADIUSServer EntertheRADIUSserverhostIPaddress.

AuthenticationPort

SettheUDPportusedintheauthenticationprotocoloftheRADIUSserver.Valuemustbebetween1–65535.

SharedSecret Enterasharedsecret/passwordbetween1–99charactersinlength.Thisshouldmatchthe“MAC-RADIUS”passwordusedinIV-3-1-3-6orIV-3-2-3.

SessionTimeout Setadurationofsessiontimeoutinsecondsbetween0–86400.

Accounting EnableordisableRADIUSaccounting.

AccountingPort Whenaccountingisenabled(above),settheUDPportusedintheaccountingprotocoloftheRADIUSserver.Valuemustbebetween1–65535.

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IV-3-4-2. InternalServer

Theaccesspointfeaturesabuilt-inRADIUSserverwhichcanbeconfiguredasshownbelow

TousetheInternalRadiusServerasanadditionalauthentication,configurethe“AuthenticationMethod”in“WirelessSettings/Security”to“IEEE802.1x/EAP”. Leave“AdditionalAuthentication”setto“Noadditionalauthentication”.Click“Apply”tosavesettings.(Exampleimagebelow)

Next,Under“Radius/RadiusSettings”,Select“Internal”forRadiusType. Click“Apply”tosavesettings. (Exampleimagebelow)

Under“Radius/InternalServer”,checkthe“Enable”boxnextto“InternalServer”. Select“PEAP(MS-PEAP)”for“EAPInternalAuthentication”. Enternumbersor

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charactersinthefield“SharedSecret”. Set“Termination-Action”optionto“Reauthentication(Radius-Request).” Click“Apply”tosavechanges.(Exampleimagebelow)

DothefollowingtoaddRadiusUserNamesandconfigurepasswords. Under“Radius/RadiusAccounts”,entera“UserName”inthewindowandclick“Add”.(Exampleimagebelow)

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Selectthe“UserName”fromthe“UserRegistrationList”andselect“Edit”.(Exampleimagebelow)

Enterapasswordfortheselected“User”. Click“Apply”tosavechanges.(Exampleimagebelow)

YouraccesspointisnowsetuptoauthenticateUserswiththeInternalRadiusServer.

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WirelessClientConfigurationforRadiusConnectiononWindows7(Example)Goto“ControlPanel/NetworkandSharingCenter/ManageWirelessNetwork”.Click“Add”onthe“Managewirelessnetworksthseuse(WirelessConnection)”screen.Click“Manuallycreateanetworkprofile”.Enterthe“NetworkName”whichyouwanttoconnectto. TheNetworkNameistheSSIDfortheRadiusconnection. Intheexamplesabove,thenetworknameusedis“Internal-Radius”.Adjustthe“SecurityType”to“802.1x”. Click“Next”.Click“ChangeConnectionSettings”.Clickthe“Security”tabandthen“Settings”.Uncheck“Validateservercertificate”.Click“Configure”nextto“Securedpassword(EAP-MSCHAPv2)”.Uncheck“AutomaticallyusemyWindowsLogonnameandpassword”.Click“OK”tocloseallwindows.SelecttheRadiusNetworkandClick“Connect”.Youwillreceiveapopupmessagestating“Additionalinformationisneededtoconenct“.Clickonthemessagetocontinue.EntertheUsernameandpasswordyoucreatedinthe“WindowsSecurity”window.Click“OK”.YourconnectiontotheSSIDwithRadiusAuthenticationisnow“Connected”.

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IV-3-4-3. RADIUSAccounts

TheinternalRADIUSservercanauthenticateupto256useraccounts.The“RADIUSAccounts”pageallowsyoutoconfigureandmanageusers. DothefollowingtoaddRadiusUserNamesandconfigurepasswords. Under“Radius/RadiusAccounts”,entera“UserName”inthewindowandclick“Add”. (Exampleimagebelow)

Selectthe“UserName”fromthe“UserRegistrationList”andselect“Edit”.(Exampleimagebelow)

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Enterapasswordfortheselected“User”. Click“Apply”tosavechanges.(Exampleimagebelow)

IV-3-5.MACFilter

Macfilteringisasecurityfeaturethatcanhelptopreventunauthorizedusersfromconnectingtoyouraccesspoint.Thisfunctionallowsyoutodefinealistofnetworkdevicespermittedtoconnecttotheaccesspoint.DevicesareeachidentifiedbytheiruniqueMACaddress.IfadevicewhichisnotonthelistofpermittedMACaddressesattemptstoconnecttotheaccesspoint,itwillbedenied.

ToenableMACfiltering,goto“WirelessSettings”! “2.4GHz11bgn/5GHz11ac11an”!“Security”!“AdditionalAuthentication”andselect“MACFilter”(seeIV-3-1-3.&IV-3-2-3).

TheMACaddressfilteringtableisdisplayedbelow:

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AddMACAddress EnteraMACaddressofcomputerornetwork

devicemanuallywithoutdashesorcolonse.g.forMACaddress‘aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff’enter‘aabbccddeeff’.

Add Click“Add”toaddtheMACaddresstotheMACaddressfilteringtable.

Reset Clearallfields.MACaddressentrieswillbelistedinthe“MACAddressFilteringTable”.Selectanentryusingthe“Select”checkbox.Select Deleteselectedorallentriesfromthetable.MACAddress TheMACaddressislistedhere.DeleteSelected DeletetheselectedMACaddressfromthe

list.DeleteAll DeleteallentriesfromtheMACaddress

filteringtable.Export Click“Export”tosaveMACaddressfilteringasa

filetoyourlocalcomputer.

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IV-3-6.WMM

Wi-FiMultimedia(WMM)isaWi-FiAllianceinteroperabilitycertificationbasedontheIEEE802.11estandard,whichprovidesQualityofService(QoS)featurestoIEE802.11networks.WMMprioritizestrafficaccordingtofourcategories:background,besteffort,videoandvoice.

ConfiguringWMMconsistsofadjustingparametersonqueuesfordifferentcategoriesofwirelesstraffic.Trafficissenttothefollowingqueues:Background Low

PriorityHighthroughput,nontimesensitivebulkdatae.g.FTP

BestEffort MediumPriority

TraditionalIPdata,mediumthroughputanddelay.

Video HighPriority

Timesensitivevideodatawithminimumtimedelay.

Voice HighPriority

TimesensitivedatasuchasVoIPandstreamingmediawithminimumtimedelay.

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Queuesautomaticallyprovideminimumtransmissiondelaysforvideo,voice,multimediaandcriticalapplications.Thevaluescanfurtherbeadjustedmanually:CWMin MinimumContentionWindow(milliseconds):

Thisvalueisinputtotheinitialrandombackoffwaittimealgorithmforretryofadataframetransmission.Thebackoffwaittimewillbegeneratedbetween0andthisvalue.Iftheframeisnotsent,therandombackoffvalueisdoubleduntilthevaluereachesthenumberdefinedbyCWMax(below).Validvaluesare1,3,7,15,31,63,127,255,511or1024.TheCWMinvaluemustbelowerthantheCWMaxvalue.Thecontentionwindowschemehelpstoavoidframecollisionsanddeterminepriorityofframetransmission.Ashorterwindowhasahigherprobability(priority)oftransmission.

CWMax MaximumContentionWindow(milliseconds):Thisvalueistheupperlimittorandombackoffvaluedoubling(seeabove).Validvaluesare1,3,7,15,31,63,127,255,511or1024.

AIFSN ArbitrationInter-FrameSpace(milliseconds):SpecifiesadditionaltimebetweenwhenachannelgoesidleandtheAP/clientsendsdataframes.TrafficwithalowerAIFSNvaluehasahigherpriority.

TxOP TransmissionOpportunity(milliseconds):ThemaximumintervaloftimeanAP/clientcantransmit.Thismakeschannelaccessmoreefficientlyprioritized.Avalueof0meansonlyoneframepertransmission.Agreatervalueeffectshigherpriority.

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IV-3-7.Schedule

Scheduleallowsanadministratortosetspecifichoursofoperationofthewirelessaccesspoint. Thisfeatureisdesignedtoprovidewirelessserviceduringhoursofoperationanddisablesthewirelessaccesspointserviceduringoffhours. When“Enabled”,thewirelessaccesspointwilloperateinaccordancewiththespecifiedschedule.

Add/EditaschedulebyclickingtheAddorEditbutton. Theschedule/SettingsmenuwillallowyoutoscheduleoperationalhoursforeachSSIDforboththe2.4GHzand5GHzBands.

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IV-3-8.TrafficShaping

TrafficShapingallowsanadministratortolimitthebandwidthavailabletoeachSSID. Providingavaluebetween0-1024Mbps.Avalueof“0”indicatesunlimitedbandwidth.

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IV-4. Management


IV-4-1.Admin

Youcanchangethepasswordusedtologintothebrowser-basedconfigurationinterfacehere.Itisadvisedtodosoforsecuritypurposes.

Ifyouchangetheadministratorpassword,pleasemakeanoteofthenewpassword.Intheeventthatyouforgetthispasswordandareunabletologintothebrowserbasedconfigurationinterface,seesectionI-5.Resetforhowtoresettheaccesspoint.

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AdministratorName

Settheaccesspoint’sadministratorname.Thisisusedtologintothebrowserbasedconfigurationinterface.

AdministratorPassword

Settheaccesspoint’sadministratorpassword.Thisisusedtologintothebrowserbasedconfigurationinterface.

ProductName Edittheproductnameaccordingtoyour

preference.Thisnameisusedforreferencepurposes.

ManagementProtocol

Check/unchecktheboxestoenable/disablespecifiedmanagementinterfaces(seebelow).WhenSNMPisenabled,completetheSNMPfieldsbelow.

LoginTimeout ChangetheLoginTimeoutfromthe5minutedefault.(Valuesinclude5,10,15,20and30minutes)

SNMPVersion SelectSNMPversionappropriateforyour

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SNMPmanager.SNMPGetCommunity

EnteranSNMPGetCommunitynameforverificationwiththeSNMPmanagerforSNMP-GETrequests.

SNMPSetCommunity

EnteranSNMPSetCommunitynameforverificationwiththeSNMPmanagerforSNMP-SETrequests.

SNMPTrap EnableordisableSNMPTraptonotifySNMPmanagerofnetworkerrors.

SNMPTrapCommunity

EnteranSNMPTrapCommunitynameforverificationwiththeSNMPmanagerforSNMP-TRAPrequests.

SNMPTrapManager

SpecifytheIPaddressorsevername(maximum128characters)oftheSNMPmanager.

HTTPInternetbrowserHTTPprotocolmanagementinterfaceHTTPSInternetbrowserHTTPSprotocolmanagementinterfaceTELNETClientterminalwithtelnetprotocolmanagementinterfaceSSHClientterminalwithSSHprotocolversion1or2managementinterfaceSNMPNetworkmanagementprotocol.SNMPv1,v2&v3protocolsupported.SNMPv2canbeusedwithcommunitybasedauthentication.SNMPv3usesuser-basedsecuritymodel(UM)architecture.

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IV-4-2.DateandTime

Youcanconfigurethetimezonesettingsofyouraccess

pointhere.Thedateandtimeofthedevicecanbeconfiguredmanuallyorcanbesynchronizedwithatimeserver.

LocalTime Settheaccesspoint’sdateandtimemanually

usingthedropdownmenus.AcquireCurrentTimefromyourPC

Click“AcquireCurrentTimefromYourPC”toentertherequiredvaluesautomaticallyaccordingtoyourcomputer’scurrenttimeanddate.

UseNTP TheaccesspointalsosupportsNTP(Network

TimeProtocol)forautomatictimeanddatesetup.

ServerName EnterthehostnameorIPaddressofthetimeserverifyouwish.(ex.“time.windows.com”)

UpdateInterval Specifyafrequency(inhours)fortheaccesspointtoupdate/synchronizewiththeNTPserver.

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TimeZone Selectthetimezoneofyourcountry/region.If

yourcountry/regionisnotlisted,pleaseselectanothercountry/regionwhosetimezoneisthesameasyours.

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IV-4-3.SyslogServer

Thesystemlogcanbesenttoaserver,attachedtoUSBstorageorsentviaemail.

SyslogServerSettingsTransferLogs Check/unchecktheboxtoenable/disablethe

useofasyslogserver,andenterahostname,domainorIPaddressfortheserver,consistingofupto128alphanumericcharacters.

CopyLogstoAttachedUSBDevice

Check/unchecktheboxtoenable/disablecopyinglogstoattachedUSBstorage.

SyslogEmailSettingsEmailLogs Check/unchecktheboxtoenable/disableemail

logs.Whenenabled,thelogwillbeemailedaccordingtothesettingsbelow.

EmailSubject Enterthesubjectlineoftheemailwhichwillbesentcontainingthelog.

SMTPServerAddress

SpecifytheSMTPserveraddressforthesenderemailaccount.

SMTPServerPort SpecifytheSMTPserverportforthesenderemailaccount.

SenderEmail Enterthesender’semailaddress.ReceiverEmail Specifytheemailrecipientofthelog.

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Authentication Select“Disable”,“SSL”or“TLS”accordingtoyouremailauthentication.

Account Whenauthenticationisusedabove,entertheaccountname.

Password Whenauthenticationisusedabove,enterthepassword.

IV-4-4.PingTest

Theaccesspointincludesabuilt-inpingtestfeature. PingisacomputernetworkadministrationutilityusedtotestwhetheraparticularhostisreachableacrossanIPnetworkandtomeasuretheround-triptimeforsentmessages.

IV-4-5.I’mHere

Theaccesspointfeaturesabuilt-inbuzzerwhichcansoundoncommandusingthe“I’mHere”page.Thisisusefulfornetworkadministratorsandengineersworkingincomplexnetworkenvironmentstolocatetheaccesspoint.

Thebuzzerisloud!DurationofSound Setthedurationforwhichthebuzzerwill

soundwhenthe“SoundBuzzer”buttonisclicked.

SoundBuzzer Activatethebuzzersoundfortheabovespecifieddurationoftime.

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IV-4-6.TR-069

TR-069allowsanadministratortoestablishaconnectiontoanexistingACSSystem. ThesesettingsareuniquetoeachACSSystem.

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IV-5. Advanced


IV-5-1.LEDSettings

Theaccesspoint’sLEDscanbemanuallyenabledordisabledaccordingtoyourpreference.

PowerLED Selectonoroff.DiagLED Selectonoroff.

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IV-5-2.UpdateFirmware

The“Firmware”pageallowsyoutoupdatethesystemfirmwaretoamorerecentversion.Updatedfirmwareversionsoftenofferincreasedperformanceandsecurity,aswellasbugfixes.

Donotswitchoffordisconnecttheaccesspointduringafirmwareupgrade,asthiscoulddamagethedevice.

UpdateFirmwareFrom

SelecttouploadfirmwarefromyourlocalcomputerorfromanattachedUSBdevice.

FirmwareUpdateFile Click“Browse”toopenanewwindowtolocateandselectthefirmwarefileinyourcomputer.

Update Click“Update”touploadthespecifiedfirmwarefiletoyouraccesspoint.

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IV-5-3.Save/RestoreSettings

Theaccesspoint’s“Save/RestoreSettings”pageenablesyoutosave/backuptheaccesspoint’scurrentsettingsasafiletoyourlocalcomputeroraUSBdeviceattachedtotheaccesspoint,andrestoretheaccesspointtopreviouslysavedsettings.

UsingDevice Selecttosavetheaccesspoint’ssettingstoyourlocalcomputerortoanattachedUSBdevice.

SaveSettings Click“Save”tosavesettingsandanewwindow

willopentospecifyalocationtosavethesettingsfile.Ifsavingsettingstoyourcomputer,youcanalsocheckthe“Encrypttheconfigurationfilewithapassword”boxandenterapasswordtoprotectthefileinthefieldunderneath,ifyouwish.

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RestoreSettings Clickthebrowsebuttontofindapreviouslysavedsettingsfileandthenclick“Restore”toreplaceyourcurrentsettings.Ifyoursettingsfileisencryptedwithapassword,checkthe“Openfilewithpassword”boxandenterthepasswordinthefieldunderneath.

IV-5-4.FactoryDefault

Iftheaccesspointmalfunctionsorisnotresponding,thenitisrecommendedthatyourebootthedevice(seeIV-5.5)orresetthedevicebacktoitsfactorydefaultsettings.Youcanresettheaccesspointbacktoitsdefaultsettingsusingthisfeatureifthelocationoftheaccesspointisnotconvenienttoaccesstheresetbutton.

FactoryDefault Click“FactoryDefault”torestoresettingsto

thefactorydefault.Apop-upwindowwillappearandaskyoutoconfirm.

Afterresettingtofactorydefaults,pleasewaitfortheaccesspointtoresetandrestart.

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IV-5-5.Reboot

Iftheaccesspointmalfunctionsorisnotresponding,thenitisrecommendedthatyourebootthedeviceorresettheaccesspointbacktoitsfactorydefaultsettings(seeIV-5-4).Youcanreboottheaccesspointremotelyusingthisfeature.

Reboot Click“Reboot”torebootthedevice.A

countdownwillindicatetheprogressofthereboot.

IV-5-6.Operation

Iftheaccesspointmalfunctionsorisnotresponding,thenitisrecommendedthatyourebootthedeviceorresettheaccesspointbacktoitsfactorydefaultsettings(seeIV-5-4).Youcanreboottheaccesspointremotelyusingthisfeature.

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V. Appendix

V-1. ConfiguringyourIPaddressTheaccesspointusesthedefaultIPaddress192.168.2.2.Inordertoaccessthebrowserbasedconfigurationinterface,youneedtomodifytheIPaddressofyourcomputertobeinthesameIPaddresssubnete.g.192.168.2.x(x=3–254).TheprocedureformodifyingyourIPaddressvariesacrossdifferentoperatingsystems;pleasefollowtheguideappropriateforyouroperatingsystem.InthefollowingexamplesweusetheIPaddress192.168.2.10thoughyoucanuseanyIPaddressintherange192.168.2.x(x=3–254).

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V-1-1. WindowsXP1. Clickthe“Start”button(itshouldbelocatedinthelower-leftcornerof

yourcomputer),thenclick“ControlPanel”.Double-clickthe“NetworkandInternetConnections”icon,click“NetworkConnections”,andthendouble-click“LocalAreaConnection”.The“LocalAreaConnectionStatus”windowwillthenappear,click“Properties”.

2. Select“UsethefollowingIPaddress”,theninputthefollowingvalues:

IPaddress:192.168.2.10SubnetMask:255.255.255.0Click‘OK’whenfinished.

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V-1-2. WindowsVista1. Clickthe“Start”button(itshouldbelocatedinthelower-leftcornerof

yourcomputer),thenclick“ControlPanel”.Click“ViewNetworkStatusandTasks”,thenclick“ManageNetworkConnections”.Right-click“LocalAreaNetwork”,thenselect“Properties”.The“LocalAreaConnectionProperties”windowwillthenappear,select“InternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4)”,andthenclick“Properties”.



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V-1-3. Windows71. Clickthe“Start”button(itshouldbelocatedinthelower-leftcornerof

yourcomputer),thenclick“ControlPanel”.

2. Under“NetworkandInternet”click“Viewnetworkstatusandtasks”.

3. Click“LocalAreaConnection”.

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4. Click“Properties”.

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5. Select“InternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4)andthenclick“Properties”.



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V-1-4. Windows81. FromtheWindows8Startscreen,youneedtoswitchtodesktopmode.

Moveyourcursertothebottomleftofthescreenandclick.

2. Indesktopmode,clicktheFileExplorericoninthebottomleftofthe

screen,asshownbelow.

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3. Rightclick“Network”andthenselect“Properties”.

4. Inthewindowthatopens,select“Changeadaptersettings”fromtheleft

side.

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5.

6. Chooseyourconnectionandrightclick,thenselect“Properties”.

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7. Select“InternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4)andthenclick“Properties”.



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IV-1-5.Mac1. HaveyourMacintoshcomputeroperateasusual,andclickon“System

Preferences”

2. InSystemPreferences,clickon“Network”.

3. Clickon“Ethernet”intheleftpanel.

4. Openthedrop-downmenulabeled“ConfigureIPv4”andselect

“Manually”.

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5. EntertheIPaddress192.168.2.10andsubnetmask255.255.255.0.Click

on“Apply”tosavethechanges.

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V-1-6. GlossaryDefaultGateway(Accesspoint):Everynon-accesspointIPdeviceneedstoconfigureadefaultgateway’sIPaddress.WhenthedevicesendsoutanIPpacket,ifthedestinationisnotonthesamenetwork,thedevicehastosendthepackettoitsdefaultgateway,whichwillthensenditouttowardsthedestination.DHCP:DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol.ThisprotocolautomaticallygiveseverycomputeronyourhomenetworkanIPaddress.DNSServerIPAddress:DNSstandsforDomainNameSystem,whichallowsInternetserverstohaveadomainname(suchaswww.Broadbandaccesspoint.com)andoneormoreIPaddresses(suchas192.34.45.8).ADNSserverkeepsadatabaseofInternetserversandtheirrespectivedomainnamesandIPaddresses,sothatwhenadomainnameisrequested(asintyping"Broadbandaccesspoint.com"intoyourInternetbrowser),theuserissenttotheproperIPaddress.TheDNSserverIPaddressusedbythecomputersonyourhomenetworkisthelocationoftheDNSserveryourISPhasassignedtoyou. DSLModem:DSLstandsforDigitalSubscriberLine.ADSLmodemusesyourexistingphonelinestotransmitdataathighspeeds. Ethernet:Astandardforcomputernetworks.Ethernetnetworksareconnectedbyspecialcablesandhubs,andmovedataaroundatupto10/100millionbitspersecond(Mbps).IPAddressandNetwork(Subnet)Mask:IPstandsforInternetProtocol.AnIPaddressconsistsofaseriesoffournumbersseparatedbyperiodsthatidentifiesasingle,uniqueInternetcomputerhostinanIPnetwork.Example:192.168.2.1.Itconsistsof2portions:theIPnetworkaddress,andthehostidentifier.TheIPaddressisa32-bitbinarypattern,whichcanberepresentedasfourcascadeddecimalnumbersseparatedby“.”:aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa,whereeach“aaa”canbeanythingfrom000to255,orasfourcascadedbinarynumbersseparatedby“.”:bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb,whereeach“b”caneitherbe0or1.

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Anetworkmaskisalsoa32-bitbinarypattern,andconsistsofconsecutiveleading1’sfollowedbyconsecutivetrailing0’s,suchas11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000.Thereforesometimesanetworkmaskcanalsobedescribedsimplyas“x”numberofleading1’s.Whenbotharerepresentedsidebysideintheirbinaryforms,allbitsintheIPaddressthatcorrespondto1’sinthenetworkmaskbecomepartoftheIPnetworkaddress,andtheremainingbitscorrespondtothehostID. Forexample,iftheIPaddressforadeviceis,initsbinaryform,11011001.10110000.10010000.00000111,andifitsnetworkmaskis,11111111.11111111.11110000.00000000Itmeansthedevice’snetworkaddressis11011001.10110000.10010000.00000000,anditshostIDis,00000000.00000000.00000000.00000111.ThisisaconvenientandefficientmethodforaccesspointstorouteIPpacketstotheirdestination.ISPGatewayAddress:(seeISPfordefinition).TheISPGatewayAddressisanIPaddressfortheInternetaccesspointlocatedattheISP'soffice.ISP:InternetServiceProvider.AnISPisabusinessthatprovidesconnectivitytotheInternetforindividualsandotherbusinessesororganizations.LAN:LocalAreaNetwork.ALANisagroupofcomputersanddevicesconnectedtogetherinarelativelysmallarea(suchasahouseoranoffice).YourhomenetworkisconsideredaLAN.MACAddress:MACstandsforMediaAccessControl.AMACaddressisthehardwareaddressofadeviceconnectedtoanetwork.TheMACaddressisauniqueidentifierforadevicewithanEthernetinterface.Itiscomprisedoftwoparts:3bytesofdatathatcorrespondstotheManufacturerID(uniqueforeachmanufacturer),plus3bytesthatareoftenusedastheproduct’sserialnumber.NAT:NetworkAddressTranslation.ThisprocessallowsallofthecomputersonyourhomenetworktouseoneIPaddress.Usingthebroadbandaccesspoint’sNATcapability,youcanaccesstheInternetfromanycomputeronyourhomenetworkwithouthavingtopurchasemoreIPaddressesfromyourISP.

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Port:NetworkClients(LANPC)usesportnumberstodistinguishonenetworkapplication/protocoloveranother.Belowisalistofcommonapplicationsandprotocol/portnumbers:Application ProtocolPortNumberTelnet TCP 23FTP TCP 21SMTP TCP 25POP3 TCP 110H.323 TCP 1720SNMP UCP 161SNMPTrap UDP 162HTTP TCP 80PPTP TCP 1723PCAnywhereTCP 5631PCAnywhereUDP 5632Accesspoint:AnaccesspointisanintelligentnetworkdevicethatforwardspacketsbetweendifferentnetworksbasedonnetworklayeraddressinformationsuchasIPaddresses.SubnetMask:Asubnetmask,whichmaybeapartoftheTCP/IPinformationprovidedbyyourISP,isasetoffournumbers(e.g.255.255.255.0)configuredlikeanIPaddress.ItisusedtocreateIPaddressnumbersusedonlywithinaparticularnetwork(asopposedtovalidIPaddressnumbersrecognizedbytheInternet,whichmustbeassignedbyInterNIC). TCP/IP,UDP:TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol(TCP/IP)andUnreliableDatagramProtocol(UDP).TCP/IPisthestandardprotocolfordatatransmissionovertheInternet.BothTCPandUDParetransportlayerprotocol.TCPperformspropererrordetectionanderrorrecovery,andthusisreliable.UDPontheotherhandisnotreliable.TheybothrunontopoftheIP(InternetProtocol),anetworklayerprotocol.WAN:WideAreaNetwork.Anetworkthatconnectscomputerslocatedingeographicallyseparateareas(e.g.differentbuildings,cities,countries).TheInternetisawideareanetwork.

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Web-basedmanagementGraphicalUserInterface(GUI):Manydevicessupportagraphicaluserinterfacethatisbasedonthewebbrowser.ThismeanstheusercanusethefamiliarNetscapeorMicrosoftInternetExplorertoControl/configureormonitorthedevicebeingmanaged.

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