Sitecom WLX-2005 manual

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    WLX-2005[...]

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    Introduction Thank you for purchasi ng the Sitecom WLX -2005 Wi -Fi Access Poin t N300. It compl ies with wirel ess 802.11b/g/n stand ards and can create a Wi -Fi network with data transmissi on rates of up to 300Mbps. Wi th the WLX- 2005 , you can enj oy high-speed wireless networki ng throughout your hom e without addi tional cabling. The WLX- 20[...]

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    Table of Conte nts 1 KEY FEATURES ........................................................................................ 6 2 PACKAGE CO NTENTS ............................................................................... 7 3 CAUTIONS .............................................................................................. 8 4 PRODUCT L AYO[...]

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    1 KEY FEATU RES Features Advantages Incredible Data R ate up to 300Mbps* Heavy data payl oads such as MPEG video streaming IEEE 802.11n C ompliant and backwards com patible with 802.11b/g Fully Interoperabl e with IEEE 802.11b / IEEE802.11g compliant devices with legacy protection Support 802.1x authenticator, 802.11i (WPA/WP A2, AES) Provide mutua[...]

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    2 PACKAGE CO NTENTS Open the package car efully, and make sure tha t none of the items l isted below are missing. Do not di scard the packing materials, in case of return; th e unit must be shipped back i n its original package. 1. The WLX- 2005 Wall Mount Access Poin t N300 2. A Quick Install Guide 3. An UTP cable[...]

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    3 CAUTIONS This device ’s design and manufacturer has your s afety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this device, please rea d the following before usage. 3.1 Usage Cautions The user should not modify this device. The environmental temperature should be w ithin +5 ~ +35 degrees Celsius. 3.2 Power The device ’s power voltage is A C[...]

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    4 PRODUCT LA YOUT Description Network Port You can use thi s port to connect to a wi red modem or router to add wi reless functionali ty. OPS Button You can use thi s button to connect usi ng OPS. OPS Button funct ions: Press 0- 5 seconds: W PS registrar Press 15+ seconds: reset to factory defaul ts.[...]

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    LED Description From left to ri ght: LED Color Description Power Green Lights up wh en powered ON. Bl inks on TEST/RESET . OPS Green Blinks when OPS m ode is on. LAN Green Lights up when a LAN cable i s connected. WLAN Green Lights up in Blue when WLAN is enabl ed. Bli nks on traffic.[...]

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    5 NETWORK + SYSTEM REQUI REMENTS To begin using the WLX- 2005 , m ake sure you meet the following as m inimum requirements: PC/Notebook. 1 Free Ethernet port. WiFi card/USB dongle (802.11 b/g/n) – optional. PC with a Web-Browser ( Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Opera) Ethernet compatible CAT5 cables. Router or Access Point 6 WLX- 2005 PL ACE[...]

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    8 BRINGING U P THE WLX-200 5 You can plug th e WLX- 2005 directly i nto a wall outlet. The WLX- 2005 automati cally enters the self -test phase. Durin g self-test phase, th e Power LED will be lit continuously to indicate that this product is in normal operation.[...]

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    9 INITIAL SE TUP WLX- 2005 To configure th e WLX-2005 conne ct to the device wi relessly as described i n the Quick installati on guide. Once the connecti on has been establ ished follow the next st eps to manuall y configure your access point. LOGIN procedur e 1. OPEN your browse r (e.g. Internet Expl orer). 2. Type ‘ http:// sitecom.ap i n the [...]

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    4. Click OK. 5. You will see the home page of the WLX- 2005 . The System status section allows you to moni tor the current status of y our d evice , the UP time, hardwar e information, seri al number as well as firmware version informati on is displayed here.[...]

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    11 BASIC SETT INGS Band Please select th e wireless band you wi sh to use. By selectin g a different band setti ng, you’ll be able to all ow or deny the wireless clients on a ce rtain band. MAIN ESSID Please inpu t the ESSID (the name used to i dentify this wi reless access point) here. You can inpu t up to 32 alphanumerical characters. PLEASE NO[...]

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    12 ADVANCED SETTINGS Security This device provi des many types of wireles s security (wi reless data encryption). When you use data enc ryption, data transferred b y radio si gnals in the air will become unreadable for those pe ople who don’t know the co rrect encryption key (encryption password). There are three t ypes of security l evel you can[...]

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    WEP Key Length You can select the W EP key length for encryption, 64 -bit or 128-bi t. The larger the key wil l be the higher l evel of security is used, but th e throughput wil l be lower. Key Format You may select ASC II Characters (alphan umeric format) or Hexad ecimal Digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to[...]

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    WPA WPA Unicast Ci pher Suite Availabl e options are: WPA (TK IP), WPA2 (AE S), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but y ou have to make sur e your wireless client supports th e cipher you selected. Pre-shared Key F ormat Please select th e format of pre-shar ed key here, available opti ons are ‘Passphrase’ (8 to 63 alphanumeri cal cha[...]

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    Advanced This tab all ows you to set the advanced wi reless options. The opti ons included are Channel Ban dwidth, Fragment Thr eshold, RTS Threshol d, Beacon Interval, and Preamble Type. You should not change these pa rameters unless you kn ow what effect the chang es will have on the rout er. Fragment Thres hold Set the Fragment thr eshold of wir[...]

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    different kinds of data, t o give high er priority to applications which requi re instant respon se . Therefore y ou can improve the performance of suc h network appli cations. CTS Protect Enabling this setting will reduce the chanc e of radio sign al collisions between 802. 11b and 802.11g wi reless access points. It’s recomm ended to set thi s [...]

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    WPS Wi -Fi Protected S etup (WPS) is the simpl est way to establi sh a connection between the wireless cli ents and the wireless router. You d on’t have to sel ect th e encryption mode and fill i n a long encryption passphrase ev ery time when you try to setup a wi reless connection. You onl y need to press a button on both wireless client and wi[...]

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    13 TOOLBOX S ETTINGS System This device provi des some control fun ctions including passwo rd, IP address manag ement, and DHCP server functi on. Please go to T oolbox, and open the ‘Sy stem’ tab, to access these functions. B elow are detail ed descriptions of every control fun ction. Password Sett in gs You can change the password used to ent [...]

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    DHCP Client End Address Please inpu t the end IP address of the IP range. Domain Name If you wish, you can al so optionally in put the domain name for your netwo rk. This is opti onal. Lease Time Please choose a leas e time (the durati on that every computer can keep a sp ecific IP address) of e very IP address assign ed by this access p oint from [...]

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    Backup You can back up al l configu rations of this device to a file, so you can m ake several copi es of access point con figuration for securi ty reasons. Backup Settings Pr ess ‘Save...’ button, and you’ll be prompted to download th e configuration as a fi le. The defaul t filename is ‘config.bi n’. Y ou can sav e it as another filenam[...]

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    Upgrade If there is a new fi rmware availabl e, you can upload the firmwar e to the device to get extra functions or p roblem fixes. Click the ‘Browse’ but ton. You’ll be prompted to provi de the filename of t he firmware upgrade fil e. Please download the l atest firmware file from ou r website, and use it to upgrade your devi ce. After a fi[...]

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    Reset When you thi nk the device i s not working properly, you can us e this functi on to restart the device; thi s may help and solve th e problem. This functi on is useful when the d evice is far from you or un reachable. Howeve r, if the device is not respondi ng, you may hav e to switch i t off by unplug ging the power plu g and pluggin g it ba[...]

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    Parts of the firmware of the WLX- 2005 Access Point are subj ect to the GNU general publ ic license. A ppendix A : Licensing Inform ation This product include s third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU Gene ral Public License. . You can modify or re distribute this free software under the terms of the GNU Gener al Public License . P[...]

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    with two steps: (1) cop yright the software, and (2) offer you thi s license which gi ves you legal permission to cop y, distribute and/or modify the software. Also, for each author's protection and our s, we want to make certain th at everyone understands th at there is no warranty for t his free software. If the software is modifi ed by some[...]

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    party, for a charge no more than your cost of physicall y performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable cop y of the corresponding sour ce code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medi um customarily used for software interchange; or, c) Accomp any it with the information you recei ved as to the offer to [...]

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    the Free Software Foundati on. If the Program does not s pecify a version numb er of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Fre e Software Foundation. 10. If you wish to incorporate p arts of the Program into othe r free programs whose distri bution conditions are different, wri te to the author to ask for permissi on. For s[...]