Buffalo Technology WHR-G300N-US manuel d'utilisation

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2 Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4   Co ngu rat io n Too l Log in . .  . . . .  . . . . .  . . . .  .?[...]

3 W orkandplay-furtherandfaster!YourAirStationNniticombinesEthernet networkingwithextendedwirelessrangeandspeed.Itoffersexcellentcompatibilitywith mostwirelessclients,givingsuperbperformancewithWireless-N,Wireless-G,andlegacy Wireless-B[...]

4 B eg in  by  n di ng  a g oo d p la ce  to  se t u p y ou r r ou te r/ ac ce ss  po in t.   So me  th in gs  to consider: •You’llneedtobeabletoplugyourinternetconnectionintoit,soitshouldgowithin reachoftheLANcablefromyour[...]

5 Placing Your AirStation Y ourAirStation maybe placedhorizontally, or verticallywith itsstand attached. Youcan alsomountitonthewall.[...]

6 Wall Mounting 4.5cm(~1.75inches) 8.5cm (~3.3inches) F orwallmounting,screwtwooftheincludedwall-mountingscrewsintothewallineither ofthecongurationsshownbelow.SlotsonthebackoftheAirStationwilltoverapairof screwsineither?[...]

7 Wall Mounting O r,thebasecanbeattacheddirectlytothewallwithtwoscrews8.5cm(~3.3”)apart.After thebaseisrmlysecured,attachtheAirStationtoitsbasenormally. 8.5cm (~3.3inches)[...]

8 Connecting your AirStation PC CableorDSLModem Powertooutletor surgeprotector Routerswitchshould besetto Auto for normaluse.[...]

9 ToinitiallycongureyourAirStation,you’lluseawiredconnectiontoyourcomputer. Onceyou’veconnectedtotheinternetthroughtherouter,youmayswitchtoawireless connectionifdesired. ThecomputerusedtoconguretheAirStationshouldbeset?[...]

10 L aunchawebbrowseronthecomputerthatyou’re usingtoconguretheAirStation. Enter 192.168.11.1 into theURLeld. Naturally,if you changeyour AirStation’sIP address,you’ll have to enter thenewaddressinstead. A window will open, p[...]

11 Y ourAirStation’sSmartRoutertechnologywilldeterminethetypeofinternet connectionyouhaveautomatically,andaskyouforanyneededinformation.If yourISPassignsIPsautomatically(mostcableprovidersdo),theirDHCPserver willgiveyourrouteran[...]

12 Toconnectwirelessdevicesto theAirStation,youmayeither entertheSSIDandencryptionkey manually,oryoucanuseAOSS. FormoreinformationonAOSS,see pages14and15. Consultyourwirelessclients’ manualsforinstructionson conguringthem?[...]

13 YoucangetbacktotheSetuppagefrom anywhereinthecongurationscreensby clickingonthe Setup tabinthetopleft corner.Fromhere,youcanrerunthe InternetConnectionWizards,changeyour wirelessSSIDandchannel,andchoose yourencry[...]

14 ThemenusintheCongurationToolletyouchangeyourAirStation’ssettings.To navigatesettings,choosea category atthetopofthepageandthena submenu below.Settingswillappearontheleft,helplesontheright.Thisexample showsth[...]

15 TheInitialize/Restartpagecanbe reachedbychoosingthe Admin Cong categorytabandthenclicking onthe Initialize/Restart submenu. Click Restart Now fromthispage torestartyourAirStation.Click Initialize Now torestoreyour AirStationtofactory[...]

16 Youcangettothispagebyselectingthe Wireless Cong categoryandchoosingthe AOSS submenu. TheblueAOSSbuttonatthetopleftofthe pagehasthesamefunctionasthephysical AOSSbuttononthetopoftherouter:it initiatestheAOSSp[...]

17 AOSS AOSS (AirStationOne-TouchSecureSystem)isasimplesystemfor conguringyourwirelessnetworksecurely.Ifyourrouterandyour clientdeviceareinstalledandbothsupportAOSS,thenmakinga securewirelessconnectionbetweenthemisveryeasy. Push?[...]

18 Some things to keep in mind with AOSS: • OnlyoneAOSSwirelessclientadaptercanbeconguredwiththeAOSSrouterata time.Thebuttonswillneedtobere-pressedtoconnecteachadditionalAOSSwireless client adapter. • ItisnotnecessarytoAOSS[...]

19 Th eA irS ta tio nm ay be us ed as eit he ra fu ll wi rel ess ro ute r or as imp le ac ces sp oi nt. T he sw itc hh as th ree po si tio ns: ON (R out er Mo de) - Th ed efa ult LA N- sid eI Pa dd res si s1 92 .16 8.1 1.1 a nd DHC Pa nd NA T[...]

20 By de fau lt ,e ncr ypt io ni sn ot ena bl ed on the Ai rSt ati on un les sy ou us ed AOS St o per for my ou r se tup . An yon ew ith in ra nge ca n eas ily co nne ct to yo ur wir el ess ne two rk . Thi sm igh t not be wh at yo u wa nt. Bu ff[...]

21 Encryption and Security Ma ny kin ds of en cry pt ion ar ea vai la ble . WEP wo rks wi th al mos te ve ryt hin g. WP A2 -PS Ki s mu ch mor e sec ure . Ch oos et he str on ges tm eth od of en cry pt ion th at wo rks wi th all o fy our wi re les s de vi[...]

22 Ea ch of yo ur wir ele ss cl ien ts wil l nee dy our pa ssw ord t oc onn ect t ot he net wor k. C lic ko n the wi rel ess i con in yo ur co mpu ter ’s sy str ay, or t his me ssa ge if it po ps up . An yw ire le ss net wor ks av ail abl ei n[...]

23 En ter yo ur ne two rk ke y( “pa ssw ord ”) tw ice an d cli ck Co nne ct . Re pea tf or ea ch Win do ws XP com put er th at co nne cts t oy our ne tw ork wi rel ess ly . Connecting your Wireless Clients Ot her wi re les sd evi ce sm ay hav ed if fer ent co n gur at[...]

24 Connecting to a Preexisting Network ToaddanAirStationwithoutchangingyourexistingLANconguration,justconnectall thecablesandpowerontheAirStation.WiththemodeswitchsettoAUTO,AirStation canbeaddedtotheexistingnetworkautomatically,without?[...]

25 WHR-G300N AirStation Specications Wireless LAN Standards:IEEE802.11nDraft2.0,IEEE802.11g,IEEE802.11b FrequencyRange:2.412-2.462 DualAntennas(Internal) Security:WPA2-PSK,WPA-PSK,WEP,MACAddressRegistration Wired LAN Standards:IEEE802.3u(100BASE-TX),IEEE802.3(10?[...]

26 Regulatory Information Wirelesscommunicationisoftensubjecttolocalradioregulations.AlthoughAirStation wirelessnetworkingproductshavebeendesignedforoperationinthelicense-free2.4GHz band,localradioregulationsmayimposelimitationsontheuseofwireles[...]

27 Common Problems •Outofrange,clientcannotconnecttotheAirStation. •Congurationmismatch,clientcannotconnecttotheAirStation. •AbsenceorconictwiththeClientDriver. •ConictofanotherdevicewiththeAirStationhardware. LED Activity MonitoringL[...]

28 DIAG LED Activity Table DIAG LED Display Time Description/Action ContinuousRed Starting RAMErrorRedash,2timesStartingFlash ROMError Redash,3times Starting AproblemonthewiredLANside Redash,4times Starting AproblemonthewirelessLANsi[...]

29 • Ifthewirelessadapterprotocolisnotyetinstalled,clickthe Add buttonandselect theTCP/IPprotocolfromthelist.RefertoWindowsHelpformoreinformation. • Ifthewirelessadapterprotocolisinstalled,selecttheprotocolandclickthe[...]

30 10BaseT: 802.3basedEthernetnetwork thatusesUTP(Unshieldedtwistedpair) cableandastartopology.10Mbpsdata transmissionspeed. 100BaseT: 802.3basedEthernetnetwork thatusesUTP(Unshieldedtwistedpair) cableandastartopology.100Mbp[...]

31 Destination Address: Theaddressportion ofapacketthatidentiestheintended recipientstation. DHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol): BasedonBOOTP,itusesapool ofIPaddresses,whichitassignstoeach deviceconnectedtoit,andretrievesthe address?[...]

32 Full-Duplex: Totransmitonthesame channelinbothdirectionssimultaneously. Half-duplex: Totransmitonthesame channelinbothdirections,onedirectionat a time. Hub: Adevicewhichallowsconnection ofcomputersandotherdevicestoforma LAN.[...]

33 PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) Card: Removable modulethataddsfeaturestoaportable computer. Peer-to-peer: Thissimplenetworkisformedby connectingcomputersdirectly,withoutuseof routersorhubs.A crossover cable isplugged into[...]

34 PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet): Aspecicationforconnecting usersonanEthernetlinetotheInternet throughacommonbroadbandmedium. Protocol: Astandardwayofexchanging informationbetweencomputers. RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service): ?[...]

35 SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol: An application layer protocol thatoutlinestheformalstructurefor communicationamongnetworkdevices. Static IP Address: ApermanentIP addressisassignedtoanodeinaTCP/IP network.AlsoknownasglobalIP. SSID: The“n[...]

36 WAN (Wide Area Network): Anetworking systemcoveringawidegeographicalarea. WEP Encryption: Acommonsecurity protocolforwirelessnetworks.WEPis compatiblewithalmostallwirelessdevices. Web Browser: Asoftwareprogramthat allowsviewingofwebpages. Wi-[...]

37 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital devi ce,  purs uant  to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.  These  limi ts are design ed to provide  reas ona bl[...]

38 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two con ditio ns: (1) Thi s devi ce may not cau se  harmf ul int erfe ren ce, and (2)  this  devic e must  acce pt anyinterferencereceived,includingi[...]

39 European Union Notice: RadioproductswiththeCEmarkingcomplywiththeR&TTEDirective(1999/5/EC),the EMCDirective(89/336/EEC)andtheLowVoltageDirective(73/23/EEC)issuedbythe CommissionoftheEuropeanCommunity. Compliancewiththesedirectivesimpliesconf[...]

40 thecomputermanufacturermustthereforebeallowedatalltimestoensurethesafeuse oftheequipment. Intended use Thisdeviceisa2.4GHzwirelessLANtransceiver,intendedforindoorhomeandofce useinUSA,Canada,allEUandEFTAmemberstates. EU Count[...]

41 InItalytheend-usershouldapplyforalicenseatthenationalspectrumauthoritiesin ordertoobtainanauthorizationtousethedeviceforsettingupoutdoorradiolinks. InBelgiumthereisarestrictioninoutdooruse.Thefrequencyrangeinwhichoutdo[...]

42 • Theequipmentthatyouhavepurchasedhasrequiredtheextractionanduseofnatural resourcesforitsproduction. • Theequipmentmaycontainhazardoussubstancesthatcouldimpacthealthandthe environment. • Inordertoavoidthedisseminationofthosesub[...]

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46 ThankyouforyourinterestinBuffaloproducts.OurGPLsoftwaredeliverypolicyisoutlinedbelow. Foreachindividualproductandrevision,pleasesendoneindividuallypackagedselfaddressedpaddedCD shippingenvelope,containingablankCD-Rtothefollowingad[...]

47 ThankyouforyourinterestinBuffaloproducts.OurGPLsoftwaredeliverypolicyisoutlinedbelow. Foreachindividualproductandrevision,pleasesendoneindividuallypackagedselfaddressedpaddedCD shippingenvelope,containingablankCD-Rtothefollowingad[...]

48 *300 Mbps is the link speed when using Wireless-N mode.  It represents actual wireless data speeds, including overhead.  Because the overhead is not available for user data transfer, usable wireless throughput will be substantiallyslower. [...]