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    EW-7206APg Wireless LAN Access Point User’s Manual[...]

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    Table of Contents Chapter 1Introduction .................................................................... 1 1.1 Package Contents ............................................................................ 2 1.2 Features ........................................................................................... 2 1.3 Specifications .............[...]

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    Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction This product is an access point for IEEE 802.11g/b 2.4GHz wireless network. You can use this access point to build up a wireless LAN. Any wireless LAN station can join the wireless network by using the “Infrastructure Mode”. The product supports WEP, WPA, ESSI D and MAC address filter functions to consolidate[...]

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    Introduction 1.1 Package Contents T he Access Point includes the following items: y One Access Point y One Power Adapter y One User’s Manual 1.2 Features y Complies with the IEEE 802.11b/g (DSSS) 2.4GHz specification. y High data rate 54Mbps network speed. y Seamlessly integrate wireless and wired Ethernet LAN networks. y Auto rate fallback in ca[...]

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    Introduction y Temperature: Operating: 32~131°F (0~55°C) Storage: -4~158°F(-20~70°C) y Humidity: 10-90% (Non-condensing) y Certification: FCC, CE 1.4 Physical Description Front Panel On the Access Point’s front panel there are LED lights that inform you of the Access Point’s current status. Belo w is an explanation of each LED. LED Color St[...]

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    Introduction y Antenna Connector This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with Reverse SMA connector can connect to t he Access Point. y DC Adapter Port Insert the power jack of the power adapter into this port. y LAN Port The Access Point’s LAN port is where you connect to your LAN’s network devices. y Reset T[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Connection Chapter 2 Wireless LAN Access Point Connection 1. Locate an optimum location for the Wireless LAN Access Point. The best location for your Access Point is usually at the center of your wireless network, with line of sight to all of your mobile stations. 2. Connect the Wireless LAN Access Poin t to your router, h[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.1 Getting Started This Access Point provides web-based c onfiguration tool allowing you to configure from wired or wireless stations . Follow the instructions below to get started configuration. From Wired Station 1. Make sure your wired station is in the sa[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration • WINS Configuration : Select Disable WINS Resolution. • IP Address : Select Specify an IP Address. Specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask as following example. 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is available, do not setup 192.168.2.1 ) 9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 5: Click OK to confirm the setting. Your PC will no w obtain an IP address automat ically from your Broadband Router’s DHCP server. Note : Please make sure that the Broadband router’ s DHCP server is the only DHCP server available on your LAN. Once you’ve configured your PC to obtain an IP address autom[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is available, do not setup 192.168.2.1 ) 9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0 6. Click OK to confirm the setting. Your PC will now have the IP Address you specified. 1d) Windows NT 1. Click the Start button and select Settings , then click Co[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Enter the default user name and password, then press OK button directly. 4. You can start confi guring the Access Point. From Wireless Station 1. Make sure your wireless station is in the same subnet with the Access Point. Please refer to the step 1 above for configuri ng the IP Address and Sub Mask of the wi[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2 Configuring the Access Point Every time when you have finished m odifying a setting page and click “Apply” button, this page will pop-up. The setti ngs have been successfully saved but will not take effect immediately. You hav e to restart the access point to make the new settings take effect. You can[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.2 Wireless Setting This Access Point supports AP, St ation, Bridge, WDS and Universal Repeater modes. “AP Mode ” provides pure access point function. The simplest way to build up a wireless LAN is to use “AP Mode”. “Station Mode” is used to let a network device with only wired Ethernet functio[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration AP mode setting page: Station-Ad Hoc mode setting page: 13[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Station-Infrastructure mode setting page: AP Bridge-Point to Point mode setting page: 14[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration AP Bridge-Point to Mult i-Point mode setting page: AP Bridge-WDS mode setting page: 15[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Universal Repeater mode setting page: 16[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description ESSID The ESSID (up to 31 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevent s the unintentional mergi ng of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations in the same WLAN network are the same. The default ESSID is “ default ”.[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration There are 14 channels avai lable. You should assign Channe l Numb er in “AP mode”, “Station-Ad Hoc mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Point m ode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” and “AP Bridge-WDS mode”, “Universal Repea ter mode ”. MAC Address If you want to bridge more than one wired[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration “Set Security” let you setup the wirele ss security for the data transmission between the bridged access points in “ AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” or “AP Bridge-WDS mode”. It provides “WEP 64bits”, “WEP 128bits”, “WPA (TKIP)”, “WPA2 (AES)?[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex val ues (in the “A-F”, “a-f” an d “0-9” range) or 10-digit ASCII characters as the encryption keys. Pre-shared Key Format You may select to select Passphra se (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F”, “a -f” and “0-9” range) to be the Pr[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration “Active Wireless Client Table” records the status of all active wirel ess stations that are connecting to the access poi nt. You can lookup the MAC Address, Number of Transmitted Packets, Number of Received Packets and Encryption Status of each active wireless client in this table. Parameter Description M[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration When this access point is in “Stati on-Ad Hoc mode”, “Station-Infrastructure mode” or “Universal Repeater mode”, it s hould associate with an access point or station and connect to your wireles s LAN through the associated access point or station. “Wireless Site Surv ey” searches for all avail[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description Authentication Type There are two authentication types: “Open System” a nd “Shared Key”. When you select “Open System”, wi re le ss stations can associate with this access point without WEP encry ption. Whe n you sele ct “Shared Key”, you should also setup WEP key in the [...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Beacon Interval The interval of time that this access point broadca st a beacon. Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network. Data Rate The “Data Rate” is the rate this access point uses to transmit data packets. The access point will use the highest pos sibl e selected transmission rate to transmi[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.4 Security This Access Point provides complete wi reless LAN security functions, include WEP, IEEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11x with WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With these securi ty functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access. Pleas e make sure your wireless stations us[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WEP only When you select 64-bit or128-bit WEP ke y, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You can generate the ke y by yourself and enter it. You can enter four WEP keys and select one of t hem as default key. Then the access point can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys. You can use W[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description Key Length You can select the 64 or 128-bit key to encrypt transmitted data. Larger WEP key length will provide higher level of secu rity, but the throug hput will be lower. Key Format You may select to select ASCII Char acters (alphanu meric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F?[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 802.1x only IEEE 802.1x is an authent ication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Poin t before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, but it does not encryp tion the data during commun[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save t he above configuration s. You ca n no w configure other advance sections or start u sing the Access Point. 802.1x WEP static key IEEE 802.1x is an authent ication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Poin t before access[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WPA pre-shared key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wi reless stations and encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be broken by hackers.[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description WPA(TKIP) TKIP can change the encryption key frequently to enh ance the wi reless LAN security. WPA2(AES) This use CCMP protocol to change encryption key frequently. AES can provide high level encryption to enha nce the wireless LAN se curity. WPA2 Mixed This will use TKIP or AES based o[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WPA RADIUS Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use an external RADIUS server to authent icate wireless stat ions and provide the session key to encrypt data duri ng communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encryption key frequently. This can improve security ve[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description WPA(TKIP) TKIP can change the encryption key frequently to enh ance the wi reless LAN security. WPA2(AES) This use CCMP protocol to change encryption key frequently. AES can provide high level encryption to enha nce the wireless LAN se curity. WPA2 Mixed This will use TKIP or AES based o[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.5 MAC Address Filtering This Access Point provides MAC Addre ss Filtering, which prevents the unauthorized MAC Addresses from a ccessing your wireless network. 34[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description Enable Wireless Access Control Enable or disable the MAC Address Filtering function. MAC Address Filtering Table This table record s the MAC addresse s of wireless stations you want to allow to access your network. The “Comment” field i s the description of the wireless station assoc[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.6 System Utility From here, you can define the A ccess Point’s IP Address and Login Password and enable the Access Po int to be a DHCP Server. 36[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description Current Password Enter the current password (up to 15-digit alphanu meric string) of the Access Point. The default passwo rd for the Access Point is 1234 . Note that the password is case-sensitive. New Password Enter the password (up to 15-digit alph anume ric string) you want to login t[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration DHCP Server Setting DHCP Server will automatically give your LAN client an IP address. If the DHCP is not enabled then you’ll have to manually set your LAN client’s IP address. Parameter Description Default Gateway IP Specify the gateway IP in your network. This IP address should be different from the Man[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Domain Name You can specify the Domain Name for your Access Point. Lease Time The DHCP Server when enabled will temporarily give your LAN client an IP address. In the Lease Time setting you can specify the time period that the DHCP Server lends an IP address to your LAN clients. The DHCP Ser ver w ill change [...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.7 Configuration Tool The Configuration Tools scr een allows you to save ( Backup ) the Access Point’s current configuration setting . Saving the configuration settings provides an added protection and conv enience should problems occur with the Access Point and you have to reset to factory default. When[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration tool to upload and restore the saved con figuratio n to the Access Point. Alternatively, you can use the " Restore to Facto ry Default " tool to force the Access Point to perform a power reset and restore the original factory settings. 41[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.8 Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the Access Point’s firmware. Parameter Description Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade the Access Poi nt’s system firmwa re. To upgrade the firmware of your Access Point, you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and[...]

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    Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.9 Reset You can reset the Access Point’s system should any problem exis t. The reset function essentially Re-boots your Access Point’s system. Parameter Description Reset In the event that the system stops responding correctly or in some way stops functioning, you can perform a reset. Your settings wi[...]

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    Troubleshooting Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the Access Point. 1. How to manually find y our PC’s IP and MAC Address? 1) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program 2) Type Ipconfig /all and Enter y Your PC’s IP address is the one entitled IP a[...]

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    Troubleshooting scrambling security feature. On the software side, the WLAN series offers the encryption function (WEP) to enhance security and access control. 7. What is WEP? WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Priv acy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 64(40)-bit shared key algorithm. 8. What is a MAC Address? The Media Access Control (MAC) addres[...]