User manual EDIMAX EW_7206APG

[. . . ] EW-7206Apg Wireless LAN Access Point User's Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. 2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. 3 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) 18 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration or 5-digit ASCII character as the encryption keys. 128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 10-digit ASCII characters as the encryption keys. Pre-shared Key Format You may select to select Passphrase (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be the Preshared Key. For example: Passphrase: iamguest Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde Pre-shared Key The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data transmitted between the bridged access points. Hex WEP: input 64-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or at least 8 character pass phrase as the pre-shared keys. Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the Access Point. 19 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Active Wireless Client Table "Active Wireless Client Table" records the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. 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 MAC Address Tx Packet Rx Packet TX Rate Power Saving Expired Time Refresh Close Description MAC address of this active wireless station. The number of transmitted packets that are sent out from this active wireless station. The number of received packets that are received by this active wireless station. If the wireless keeps idle long than the expired time, this access point will dissociate it. The wireless client station has to associate again when it become active. Refresh the "Active Wireless Client Table". 20 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Wireless Site Survey When this access point is in "Station-Ad Hoc mode", "Station-Infrastructure mode" or "Universal Repeater mode", it should associate with an access point or station and connect to your wireless LAN through the associated access point or station. "Wireless Site Survey" searches for all available access points near by. You can select one access point listed in this table. 3. 2. 3 Adva nce d Se tt ing You can set advanced parameters of this access point. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Tx Operation Rate, Tx Basic Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast ESSID. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on this access point. 21 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Authentication Type Description There are two authentication types: "Open System" and "Shared Key". When you select "Open System", wireless stations can associate with this access point without WEP encryption. When you select "Shared Key", you should also setup WEP key in the "Encryption" page and wireless stations should use WEP encryption in the authentication phase to associate with this access point. If you select "Auto", the wireless client can associate with this access point by using any one of these two authentication types. Fragment Threshold "Fragment Threshold" specifies the maximum size of packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance. RTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller than the RTS threshold, the access point will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet. 22 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Beacon Interval The interval of time that this access point broadcast 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 possible selected transmission rate to transmit the data packets. Preamble Type Preamble type defines the length of CRC block in the frames during the wireless communication. "Short Preamble" is suitable for high traffic wireless network. [. . . ] The DHCP Server will change your LAN client's IP address when this time threshold period is reached. Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the Access Point. 38 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3. 2. 7 Config ura tio n Tool The Configuration Tools screen allows you to save (Backup) the Access Point's current configuration setting. Saving the configuration settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur with the Access Point and you have to reset to factory default. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved configuration into the Access Point through the Restore selection. [. . . ]