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Wireless 802.11b/g Portable Router
User’s Guide
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FCC Certifications This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no g
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Table of Content CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1 Features.............................................................................................................................. 1 Hardware Connection....................................................................................................... 1 LED Indicators ...................................................................................
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Chapter 1: Introduction This is an IEEE802.11b/g compliant 11 Mbps & 54 Mbps Ethernet Wireless Portable Router. The Wireless Portable Router is equipped with two 10/100 M Auto-sensing Ethernet ports for connecting to LAN and also for cascading to next Wireless Portable Router. This Portable Router provides 64/128bit WEP encryption, WPA and IEEE802.1x that ensures a high level of security to protects users’ data and privacy. The MAC Address filter prevents the unauthorized MAC Addresses
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LED Indicators Front Panel: (LED Indicators) Status LED indicator Color Solid Flashing Turns solid Blue NA when the power is 1 Power Blue applied to this device. Receiving/ Turns solid Blue Sending data 2 Ethernet Blue when an Ethernet cable is connected. Turns solid Blue Receiving/ when the wireless is Sending data 3 Wireless Blue applied to this device. 2
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Chapter 2: About the Operation Modes This device provides three operational applications with Portable Router, Gateway, and Client (Infrastructure) modes, which are mutually exclusive. This device is shipped with configuration that is functional right out of the box. If you want to change the settings in order to perform more advanced configuration or even change the mode of operation, you can manually switch to the mode you desire by the manufacturer as described in the following sec
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Client Mode (Infrastructure) If set to Client (Infrastructure) mode, this device can work like a wireless station when it’s connected to a computer so that the computer can send packets from wired end to wireless interface. 4
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Chapter 3: Configuration Login 1. Start your computer. Connect an Ethernet cable between your computer and the Wireless Portable Router. 2. Make sure your wired station is set to the same subnet as the Wireless Portable Router, i.e. 192.168.1.254 3. Start your WEB browser. In the Address box, enter the following: http://192.168.1.254 4. No password is required by default, simply enter the username “admin”, which is fixed and cannot be changed. The configuration menu is div
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Common Connection Types Cable Modems Type Details ISP Data required Dynamic Your IP Address is allocated Usually, none. IP Address automatically, when you However, some ISP's may connect to you ISP. require you to use a particular Hostname, Domain name, or MAC (physical) address. Static (Fixed) Your ISP allocates a IP Address allocated to you. IP Address permanent IP Address to you. Some ISP's may also require you to use a particular Hostname, Domain name, or MAC (physical) addr
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Configuration via Web Operation Mode Select an operation mode and then click the Setup button to enter its configuration page. Operation Mode Access Point When acting as an access point, this device connects all the stations (PC/notebook with wireless network adapter) to a wired network. All stations can have the Internet access if only the Access Point has the Internet connection. Gateway Select GW will enter the gateway mode. This means that the wireless connection will be s
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AP Mode AP Mode Settings Display the name of this device. Alias Name Band You can choose one mode of the following you need. 2.4GHz (B): 802.11b supported rate only. 2.4GHz (G): 802.11g supported rate only. 2.4GHz (B+G): 802.11b supported rate and 802.11g supported rate. The default is 2.4GHz (B+G) mode. SSID The SSID differentiates one WLAN from another; therefore, all access points and all devices attempting to connect to a specific WLAN must use the same SSID. It is ca
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Security Click the Setup button to enter the Wireless Security Setup page. Authentication: Select an authentication from the pull-down list including Open system or Shared Key, Open System, Open System with 802.1x, Shared Key, WPA-RADIUS, WPA-PSK, WPA2-RADIUS and WPA2- PSK. Encryption: Select the type of encryption from the pull-down list either None or WEP. Apply Changes: Click this button to save and apply the current settings. Reset: Click to clear and reset the current settings
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of the requested transmission. If the “Hidden Node” problem is an issue, please specify the packet size. The RTS mechanism will be activated if the data size exceeds the value you set. The default value is 2346. Warning: Enabling RTS Threshold will cause redundant network overhead that could negatively affect the throughput performance instead of providing a remedy. The value can be set from 0 to 2346. This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. Should you encounter
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Access Click the Setup button to enter the Wireless Access Control page. Control Wireless Access Control Mode: Select the Access Control Mode from the pull-down menu. • Disable: Select to disable Wireless Access Control Mode. • Allow Listed: Only the stations shown in the table can associate with the AP. • Deny Listed: Stations shown in the table won’t be able to associate with the AP. MAC Address: Enter the MAC address of a station that is allowed to access this Access Point.
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MAC Address: Enter the AP MAC address in this column; the maximum input is 12 digits. Comment: Enter a comment or description for the AP MAC address. Apply Changes: Click to add a new MAC address. Reset: Click to clear previous settings. Current WDS List: This table displays you the AP MAC information. Delete Selected: To delete clients from access to this Access Point, you may firstly check the Select checkbox next to the MAC address and Comments, and press Delete Selected. Delete
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device will not be permitted to join the BSS unless it can provide the unique SSID. A SSID is also referred to as a network name because essentially it is a name that identifies a wireless network. Channel Allow user to set the channel manually or automatically. Number If set channel manually, just select the channel you want to specify. If “Auto” is selected, user can set the channel range to have the Wireless Portable Router automatically survey and choose the channel with best situat
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that it is going to transmit the data. Upon receipt, the Access Point will respond with a CTS message to all station within its range to notify all other stations to defer transmission. It will also confirm the requestor station that the Access Point has reserved it for the time frame of the requested transmission. Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 20-1024 milliseconds. The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the R
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information. Delete Selected: To delete clients from access to this Router, you may firstly check the Select checkbox next to the MAC address and Comments, and press Delete Selected. Delete All: To delete all the clients from access to this Router, just press Delete All without selecting the checkbox. Reset: If you have made any selection, press Reset will clear all the select mark. WAN Port Click Setup to enter the WAN Port Configuration screen. WAN Access Type: Select the WAN a
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Virtual Click Setup to enter the Virtual Servers screen. Server Enable Virtual Servers: Check to enable the virtual server function. Servers: Select the server type (Web, FTP, E-Mail (POP3), E-Mail (SMTP), DNS, Telnet) from the pull-down menu. Local IP Address: Enter the local server’s IP address. Protocol: Select the protocol (TCP, UDP or Both) used to the remote system or service. Port Range: For TCP and UDP Services, enter the beginning of the range of port numbers used by the
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Reset: Click to resetore to the default values. Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP address for DMZ to work properly. Remote Click Setup to enter the Remote Management screen. Management Enable Web Server Access via WAN: To permit remote access of the Router, from outside the local network, select to enable. Otherwise, keep the default setting, Disabled. Port Number: Enter the port number that will be open to outside access. Save: Click to save the current
