User manual ENCORE ENRXWI-G

[. . . ] 802. 11g Wireless LAN Access Point User Guide Regulatory notes and statements Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization for use Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN devices. The energy levels of these emissions however are far much less than the electromagnetic energy emissions from wireless devices like for example mobile phones. Wireless LAN devices are safe for use frequency safety standards and recommendations. The use of Wireless LAN devices may be restricted in some situations or environments for example: ·On board of airplanes, or ·In an explosive environment, or ·In case the interference risk to other devices or services is perceived or identified as harmful In case the policy regarding the use of Wireless LAN devices in specific organizations or environments (e. g. [. . . ] Visually inspect if the Power Adapter was fully plugged to the device power jack. 2 HARDWARE INSTALATION Front panel The figure below shows the LED Indicator of the Wireless LAN Access Point. Power: This indicator lights green when the Access Point receives power. LAN (Link/ACT): The indicator lights green when the LAN port is connected to a Ethernet network successful. Enter IP address http://192. 168. 1. 1 (the factory-default IP address setting) to the address location. When there is a screen needs to enter the User name and Password, both of the default Username and Password is "admin" 5 Main Screen of the Access Point The screen will show the status of the AP when you login to the AP. There are seven main functions included in the top side of the main screen: Wizard, Status, Basic Setting, IP Setting, Advanced Setting, Security and Tools. Point the selections in the top side of the menu screen. 6 Wizard Setup wizard is provided as the part of the web configuration utility. User can simply follow the step-by-step process to get Access Point configuration ready to run in 4 easy steps by clicking on the "Wizard" button on the function menu. Please click "Next" to continue. Step 1: Set Password User can change the password and then click "Next" to continue. Step2: Set WLAN Connection Please type the name of SSID and select the Channel. Then, click "Next" to continue. 7 Step 3: Set WEP Encryption If user wants to enable WEP, please click "Enabled". Then, select the key size of WEP encryption and enter the key value in the key text box. Please click "Next" to continue. Step 4: Restart The Setup wizard is now completed. If user does not want to make any changes, please click "exit" to quit without any changes. User also can go back to modify the setting by clicking "back". 8 Status This page as below shows the following information. Firmware Version: Shows the current firmware version and released date code. LAN: Shows the Mac address, IP address (default: 192. 168. 1. 1), Subnet Mask, Gateway Address. The current LAN traffic calculated in terms of number of packets sent and received by AP through wired connection is also displayed. Wireless: Shows the Mac address, current SSID, the status of Encryption Function (Enable or Disable), the current using channel. The current wireless traffic calculated in terms of number of packets sent and received by AP through wireless communication is also displayed. 9 View Log: Once clicked, the page will change to login page. The login page records every event and the time that it happens. User may clear the entries recorded in the log by clicking the "Clear Log" button, and refresh the screen to show the latest log entries by clicking the "Refresh" button. 10 Basic Setting This is the page allow user to change the access point settings. . AP Name: The name of the AP, which can be used to identify the Access Point among the all the Access Points in the wireless network. Mode: The WLAN AP supports five operation mode for Access Point, AP Client, WDS (Wireless Distribution System), AP+WDS and Repeater mode. Access Point Mode Configure the AP to Access Point mode; with this mode, WLAN clients can access LAN or other WLAN clients through this AP. AP mode application 11 AP mode configuration Channel: The channel that AP will operate in. User can select the channel range from 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. [. . . ] User can type in other values for IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway and click "Apply" button for the changes to be effective. User can also set the Access Point to obtain the IP from a DHCP server, but it is not recommended. Select the option "Obtain IP Automatically" and click "Apply" button for the changes to be effective. DHCP Server: It is not recommended to enable the DHCP Server if user has a DHCP server running in LAN network because it probably will cause possible the conflict of IP assignment. [. . . ]