Linksys WAP11 v.2.6 manual

Instant Wireless ® Series Wireless Network Access Point Use this guide to install: W AP11 ve r . 2.6 User Guide[...]

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Wireless Network Access Point T able of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 The Instant W ireless Netw ork Access P oint 1 F eatures 1 Chapter 2: Planning Y our Wir eless Network 2 Netw ork T opolo gy 2 Ad-Hoc versus Infrastructure Mode 2 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless Network Access Point 4 The W ireless Netw ork Access P oint’ s P orts [...]

Instant Wireless ® Series 6 Wireless Network Access Point Chapter 1: Introduction Don’ t be bound by cabling restrictions an y longer! The W ireless Access P oint from Linksys deliv ers the freedom to conf igure your netw ork your wa y . Utilization of “state-of-the-art” wireless technology gi ves y ou the ability to set up w orkstations in [...]

Wireless Network Access Point 3 If the wireless netw ork is relati vel y small and needs to share resources only with the other computers on the wireless netw ork, then the ad-hoc mode can be used. (See Figure 2-2.) Ad-hoc mode allows computers equipped with wire- less transmitters and recei vers to communicate directl y with each other , elimi- na[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 5 Instant Wireless ® Series Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless Network Access Point The Access Point’ s ports, where a netw ork cab le is connected , are located on the Access Point’ s rear panel. Dipole Antenna Connectors These tw o round connections are where the antennas are connected to the Access Point. [...]

Wireless Network Access Point Chapter 5: Setting Up the Wireless Network Access Point No w that y ou’ ve connected the Access Point to y our wired netw ork, you are ready to begin setting it up. This Setup W izard will take you through all the steps necessary to get the Access P oint connecting y our wireless netw ork to your wired netw ork and c[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 9 4. The next screen to appear , shown in F igure 5-3, will displa y a list of access points on your netw ork, along with the status infor mation for each access point. If there is only one access point on y our netw ork, it will be the only one displa y ed. If there are more than one displa yed , select the Access P o[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 7. As sho wn in F igure 5-6, the Basic Settings screen will no w appear . Enter your wireless netw ork’ s SSID , and select the channel at which the netw ork broadcasts its wireless signal. Then, click the Next button to continue or Back to return to the previous page. • SSID. The SSID is the unique name shared amo[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 9. The second Security Settings screen, sho wn in Figure 5-8, sho ws the WEP ke y . If you entered a passphrase, then the K ey 1 f ield will displa y the auto- matically generated WEP key . If you did not enter a passphrase, then enter a WEP ke y in the K ey 1 f ield. Each point in your wireless netw ork must use the s[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 15 Instant Wireless ® Series 10. The next screen (F igure 5-9) will allo w y ou to re vie w y our settings. If these settings are cor rect, click the Ye s button to sav e these settings. If there are an y problems with the settings, click the No button to e xit the Setup W izard. 10. At this point, the conf iguration [...]

Wireless Network Access Point 17 Instant Wireless ® Series 16 • SSID. The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in a wireless netw ork. The SSID must be identical for all points in the wireless netw ork. It is case-sensitiv e and must not e xceed 32 alphanumeric characters, which ma y be an y ke yboard character . Make sure this settin[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 19 Instant Wireless ® Series 18 less clients. A separate netw ork attached to the Access Point Client can then be wirelessly bridged to the remote access point. Enter the required LAN MA C address of the remote access point in the Remote AP MA C Addr ess f ield. • Wir eless Bridge - If you are trying to make a wirel[...]

Wireless Network Access Point The P asswor d tab, sho wn in F igure 6-7, allo ws y ou to change the Access P oint’ s passw ord and restore factor y def aults. Changing the passw ord for the Access P oint is as easy as typing the passw ord into the AP P asswor d f ield. Then, type it again into the second f ield to conf ir m. T o restore the Acces[...]

Wireless Network Access Point • Gatew a y . This displays the IP address of y our netw ork’ s Gatew ay . • Send and Recv . The Send and Recv f ields display the number of success- ful or dropped packets that ha v e been sent or recei ved. Wir eless • SSID. The unique name shared among all points in y our wireless netw ork is displa y ed her[...]

Wireless Network Access Point F or help on the various tabs in this W eb-based Utility , along with upg rading the Access P oint’ s f ir mware and vie wing this User Guide, click the Help tab, sho wn in F igure 6-10. The help f iles for the various tabs in this W eb-based Utility are listed by tab name on the lefthand side of the screen. Click th[...]

Wireless Network Access Point Then, type the MA C Address(es) you wish to f ilter in the MA C Addr ess f ields. When you’ ve completed making an y changes on this tab, click the A ppl y but- ton to sa ve those changes or Undo to cancel your changes. F or more infor ma- tion on this tab, click the Help button. 27 Instant Wireless ® Series New f i[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 29 Instant Wireless ® Series Before making an y changes to the W ireless tab, sho wn in Figure 6-12, please check your wireless settings on y our other systems, as these changes will alter the ef fectiv eness of the Access P oint. In most cases, these wireless settings do not need to be changed. • Beacon Interv al. [...]

Wireless Network Access Point 31 Instant Wireless ® Series • SSID Br oadcast. F or security purposes, this selection can be disabled , allo wing onl y those wireless netw ork adapters with the Access P oint’ s SSID to communicate with the Access Point. By default, this selection is enab led , allo wing all wireless netw ork adapters in your wi[...]

Wireless Network Access Point What is Spread Spectrum? Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique de v el- oped by the military for use in reliab le, secure, mission-critical communica- tions systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth ef f icienc y for reliability , integrity , and security . In other w ords, more bandwi[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 35 Instant Wireless ® Series What is a MAC Address? The Media Access Control (MAC) address is a unique number assigned b y the manufacturer to any Ethernet netw orking de vice, such as a netw ork adapter , that allo ws the netw ork to identify it at the hardw are le vel. F or all practical pur- poses, this number is u[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 1. At the W indo ws 2000 desktop, right-click My Networ k Places . Then, right-click Local Area Connection . Choose Pr operties . 2. If the TCP/IP Pr otocol is listed for your netw ork adapter, go to step f iv e. Otherwise, click the Install button. 3. When the Component T ype windo w appears, select Pr otocol , and cl[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 39 Instant Wireless ® Series 1. At the W indo ws XP desktop, click Star t . Then click the Control P anel icon. Click Netw ork and Inter net Connections . Click Netw ork Connections . Then double-click the appropriate Local Ar ea Connection , and click the Pr operties button. 2. If the TCP/IP Pr otocol is listed for y[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 41 Instant Wireless ® Series 40 DHCP supports static addresses for computers containing W eb ser vers that need a permanent IP address. Do wnload - T o receive a f ile transmitted ov er a netw ork. In a communications session, do wnload means recei ve, upload means transmit. Driv er - A w orkstation or server softw ar[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 43 Instant Wireless ® Series 42 Infrastructur e Netw or k - An infrastr ucture netw ork is a g roup of computers or other devices, each with a wireless adapter , connected as an 802.11 wireless LAN. In infrastructure mode, the wireless de vices communicate with each other and to a wired netw ork b y f irst going throu[...]

Wireless Network Access Point Softwar e - Instr uctions for the computer . A series of instr uctions that perfor ms a particular task is called a “program. ” The tw o major categories of softw are are “system software” and “application softw are. ” System software is made up of control programs such as the operating system and database [...]

Wireless Network Access Point Appendix D: Specifications Standa r d s IEEE 802.3 (10BaseT) , IEEE 802.11b (Wireless) Channels 11 Channels (US , Canada) 13 Channels (most of Europe) 14 Channels (Japan) P ort s One 10 BaseT RJ-45 Port Cabling T ype UTP Category 5 or better Data Rat e Up to 11Mbps (Wi r eless) , 10Mbps (Ethe r net) LEDs Power , Act, L[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 49 Instant Wireless ® Series 48 Appendix E: Warrant y Information LIMITED W ARRANTY Linksys guarantees that every Wireless Network Access Point is free fr om physical defects in material and workmanship for two years from the date of pur chase (Africa, Europe and Latin America only , other regions may have a differ en[...]

Instant Wireless ® Series 50 Appendix F: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers listed on the T echnical Suppor t insert or one of the Inter net addresses below: E-mail Europe europe-support@linksys.com United Kingdom & Ireland uks@linksy[...]

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