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    Copyright Stat ement is the registered trademark of Z onet T echn ology Inc. All the products and product names mentioned herein are the tr ademarks or registered tradema rks of their respectiv e holders. Copyri ght of the whol e product as i ntegr ation, incl uding its accessories and software, belongs to Z onet T echnology Inc. Without the permis[...]

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    1 Table of Cont ents Chapter 1 Introduction…………………….…………………… ………………………….2 1.1 W el come…………………..……………………………………………………………………………………2 1. 2 Feat ur es …… … … …… … .. …… .. .… … …… …… … …… ?[...]

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    2 Chapter 1 Int roduct ion 1.1 Welcome ZEW3003 i s fully com pliant w ith IEEE802 .11g/b standard s. It can hel p you extend fr om the wired network to the wi reless network, free fr om the cabling troubles. It i s the best choice for SOHO and small enterprise users. ZEW300 3 provides f iv e work modes: AP , WDS, AP+WDS , Repeat er Client Ad-hoc an[...]

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    3 Chapter 2 Hardware Installati on 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1 Front Panel The front panel of ZEW3003 consists of several LED indicators. Name Action Description ON Power on Power O FF No Power ON CPU on SYS OFF CPU off Flashing ZEW3003 i s transmitting data Tx OFF There is no da ta transmitting Flashing ZEW3003 i s receiving data Rx OFF There is no dat[...]

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    4 2.1.2 Rear Panel The rear panel contains the foll owing features. (Viewed fr om left to right) Name Description Power Connector Power Jack onl y use the power adap ter appli ed with ZEW3003 to prevent damage RJ-45 Connector One LAN 10/10 0Mbps RJ45 port for connecting to t he router/modem, l ocal PC or switch/hub . Reset Button Factory Defaul t R[...]

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    5 2.4 Hardware Connection Note: Before connecting ZEW3003, be sure to power o ff your compute r, DSL/Cable modem, and ZEW3003. T o achieve m aximum w ireless cov erage, tilt ZE W3003’s ant enna outwa rd at 4 5° angle. 1. Connect one end of the cabl e to your broadb and router, P C or Switch/Hub port and connect the other end to the L AN port of [...]

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    6 Chapter 3 Configure your comput er 3.1 TCP/IP Address Setting Default IP A ddress: 192.1 68.1.1 Default Subnet Ma sk: 255.2 55.255.0 1. Click Start Control P anel 2. Click Network and Internet Connections Network Co nnections. 3. Right click Local Area Connection an d select Properties .[...]

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    7 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties . 5. Sel ect Obtain an IP ad dress automaticall y and Obtain DNS server address automati cally . Cli ck OK to sav e the config ur ations. 6. Or select Use the following IP address and enter the IP address as 192.168.1.X ( X is from 1 to 253), Subnet mask. Of co urse, you need to input the [...]

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    8 Chapter 4 Configure your ZEW3 003 4.1 Log in ZEW3003 provides Web based conf igurati on scheme configuri ng by Internet Expl orer. 1. Open an Internet Explorer, ty pe 192.1 68.1.1 in the addr ess bar, and then p ress Enter . 2. Input user nam e and password a nd then press OK . Default User Name: guest Default Password: guest 3. After l ogin succ[...]

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    9 4.2 Status Status page allows you to monitor the current status of ZEW3003 and view the statistics of pack ets sent and recei ved on LAN a nd WLAN. 4.2.1 Status 4.2.2 Statistics[...]

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    10 4.3 LAN Setup 4.3.1 LAN Setup  System IP a ddress: ZEW30 03’ s LAN IP a ddress (not y our PC’ s IP address ). Once you modify the IP a ddress, y ou need to remember it for the W eb -based Ut ility l ogin next time. Default v alue is 192.1 68.1.1.  Subnet mask: ZEW3003’ s subnet mask for measurement of the network size. Default v alue[...]

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    11 4.4 Radio Radio pag e contains fiv e modes, includi ng AP , Client, WDS, AP+WDS and R epeater. Here are some basi c setting s:  Radio Band: Select from 80 2.11b, 802.11g, 802.1 1b/g  Radio Mod e: Select from AP , Client , WDS, AP+WDS and R epeater . Default value is AP mode.  Booster mod e: Boost Mode enhanc es throughp ut an addi tiona[...]

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    12 4.4.1 AP  IAPP: Enable it to a llow wireless station roaming between IAPP enabled access points wi thin the same wireless LAN. In AP mode, ZEW3003 will act as a central hub for different wireless LAN clients. For exampl e, when trav eling to a hote l that has high-speed internet a ccess, you can connect to the i nternet through ZEW300 3 which[...]

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    13 4.4.2 Client  SSID: Defa ult v alue is default .  Network Type : Select from Infr astructure and Ad-Hoc. Defaul t setti ng is Infrastructure . In Cli ent mode, ZEW3003 associa tes with another AP withi n its r ange. T he devi ce behav es lik e a wireless network adapter . Figure below shows the Client mode ZEW30 03 as a wireless client in [...]

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    14 4.4.3 WDS In WDS mode, two ZEW3003 in two remote locations connect with each other to provi de a w irel ess bridge between 2 wired netw orks. The two ZEW3003 o perati ng i n WDS mode do not allow client as sociations. It is mostly used by enterprise to c onnect 2 remote office’ s netw ork together . Note: WDS m ode only c an be enabl ed on two[...]

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    15 4.4.4 AP+WDS In AP+ WDS mode, ZEW3003 will work both i n AP mode a nd WDS mode. It supports the wireless bri dge between the two wired networks; the connection of wireless network is also supported at the s ame time. The part of AP's encryp tion in accordance with the encrypti on of AP mode. T he part of WDS' encryption in accordance w[...]

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    16 4.4.5 Repeater  Repeater-SSID : The name f or your r epeater .  IAPP: Enable it to a llow wireless station roaming between IAPP enabled access points wi thin the same wireless LAN. A repeat er i s placed between an AP and a client to e xtend the distance between the two WLAN devi ces. Functioni ng as a repeater , ZEW3003 connects to b oth [...]

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    17 4.5 Security Security page co ntain s eight A uthenti cation T ypes, i ncluding None, WEP , WP A SOHO USER, WP A2 SOHO USER, and WP A&WP A2 SOHO USER. 4.5.1 None Default setting is None . 4.5.2 WEP WEP (Wired E quivalent Privacy) is an encr yption method used to protect your wireless data communi cations. WEP uses a combination o f 64-bit or[...]

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    18  Key1, 2, 3, 4: Input WEP key characters here, the number of ch ara cters must be the same as the number display ed at W EP Mode. Y ou must enter at least one encrypti on key here, and if you entered multiple WEP keys, they sh ould not be same with each other . 4.5.3 802.1X Enterprise This security mode is used when a RADIUS server is connect[...]

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    19 4.5.4 WPA Personal Wi-Fi Protected Acces s (WPA) is an adv anced security s tandard. It uses TKIP an d AES to change the encryp tion key frequ ently.  Accessoria l Authenticati on & Encryption: Defaul t settin g is TKIP .  Key: Enter th e key wh ich must have 8-63 ASCII char acters . 4.5.5 WPA Enterprise This securi ty mode is used whe[...]

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    20 4.5.6 WPA2 Personal WPA2 i s a stronger version of WPA.  Accessoria l Authenticati on & Encryption: Defaul t settin g is AES.  Key: Enter th e key wh ich must have 8-63 ASCII char acters . 4.5.7 WPA2 Enterprise This securi ty mode is used when a RADIUS serv er is connected to ZEW3003 .  Accessoria l Authenticati on & Encryption:[...]

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    21 4.5.8 WPA&WPA2 Personal  Pre-Shared Key: For WPA, default setting is TKIP; for WP A2, default s etting is AES.  Key: Enter th e key wh ich must have 8-63 ASCII char acters . 4.5.9 WPA&WPA2 Enterprise This securi ty mode is used when a RADIUS serv er is connected to ZEW3003 .  Pre-Shared Key: For WPA, default setting is TKIP; for[...]

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    22 4.6 WDS Wireless Distribution System uses wireless media to communica te with o ther access points, like the Ethernet does. T o do this, you mus t set these access points i n the same channel and set the MAC address of other access poi nts you want to communi cate with in the tabl e. Note: You n eed to config ure WDS sett ing when selecting AP o[...]

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    23 4.8 Site Survey Site Survey page provides tool to scan the wir eless network. If any A ccess Poin t or IBS S is found, y ou could choose to connect it manuall y when client mode is enabled. 4.9 Client Info Y ou can see the statu s of all activ e wireless stati ons connecti ng to ZEW3003.  Refresh: Cli ck to up date the message.[...]

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    24 4.10 Advanced  Frag Thre shold: Speci fy the maximum size of pack et duri ng the fr agm entation of data to be t ra nsmitted. Default v al ue is 2346 .  RTS Threshold : When the p acket size i s small er the R TS t hreshold, ZEW3003 will not use the R T S/CTS mechani sm to send this pack et. Default v alue i s 2347 .  Beacon Interval: T[...]

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    25 4.11 MISC  Login ID & Password Setup: Us ers can setup the Password for the next login i n.  Restore Default / Restart Sy stem:  Restore Default: Click it to restore the f actory defaul ts back config ur ation to factory defaul t.  Restart Syst em: Click it to restart your ZEW3003.  Firmware Upgrade: Click Browse to br owse to[...]

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    27 Chapter 5. Troublesh ooting Q1: If you have t rouble connecting to the Inter net, try the foll owing steps. 1. Power of f the Cable/DSL modem , ZEW3003 , and comput er and wait for 5 mi nutes. 2. Turn on the Cable/DSL modem an d wait for the light s on to settle d own. 3. Turn on ZEW3003 and wai t for the lights on to se ttle down. 4. Turn on th[...]