ATEN GWU637 User Manual

User’s Manual

GWU637

Ethernet-2-WiFi Universal Wireless Adapter

0700

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USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0

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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limit s for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment of f and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Caution：

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the p arty responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement：

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This equipment has been SAR-evaluated for use in hand. SAR measurements are based on a 5mm spacing from the body and that compliance is achieved at that distance. Hereby, IOGEAR Technologies, Inc. declares that this WLAN 11n Router, 2T2R is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC.

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Table of Contents

REVISION HISTORY ..................................................................................................................... I

TERMINOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... II

1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ 1

1.2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS………………………………………………………………….1

1.3 PRODUCT FEATURES...............................................................................................................2

2 INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................... 5

2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 5

2.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................................................... 5

3 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................... 5

3.1 PREPARE YOUR PC TO CONFIGURE THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER ................................ 6

3.2 CONNECT TO THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER ................................................................. 8

3.3 MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON THE WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER ....................... 8

3.3.1 Status .......................................................................................................................... 8

3.3.2 Setup Wizard ............................................................................................................ 10

I Time Zone Setting ................................................................................................... 10

II LAN Interface Setup .................................................................................................11

III WAN Interface Setup ................................................................................................11

IV Wireless Basic Settings ............................................................................................ 12

V Wireless Security Setup ........................................................................................... 12

3.3.3 Wireless - Basic Settings .......................................................................................... 13

3.3.4 Wireless - Advanced Settings .................................................................................. 16

3.3.5 Wireless - Security Setup ......................................................................................... 18

3.3.6 Wireless - Access Control ........................................................................................ 20

3.3.7 WDS Settings ........................................................................................................... 21

I WDS Security Setup ................................................................................................ 22

3.3.8 Site Survey ............................................................................................................... 23

3.3.9 WPS ......................................................................................................................... 24

3.3.10 Schedule ................................................................................................................... 25

3.3.11 LAN Interface Setup ................................................................................................ 26

I Static DHCP Setup ................................................................................................... 27

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3.3.12 WAN Interface Setup ............................................................................................... 28

I Static IP .................................................................................................................... 29

II DHCP Client ............................................................................................................ 31

III PPPoE ...................................................................................................................... 33

IV PPTP ........................................................................................................................ 36

V L2TP ........................................................................................................................ 39

3.3.13 Firewall - Port Filtering ........................................................................................... 41

3.3.14 Firewall - IP Filtering ............................................................................................... 42

3.3.15 Firewall - MAC Filtering ......................................................................................... 43

3.3.16 Firewall - Port Forwarding....................................................................................... 44

3.3.17 Firewall – URL Filtering .......................................................................................... 46

3.3.18 Firewall - DMZ ........................................................................................................ 47

3.3.19 QoS .......................................................................................................................... 47

3.3.20 Route Setup .............................................................................................................. 49

3.3.21 Management - Statistics ........................................................................................... 51

3.3.22 Management - DDNS .............................................................................................. 52

3.3.23 Management - Time Zone Setting............................................................................ 53

3.3.24 Management – Denial-of-Service ............................................................................ 54

3.3.25 Management - Log ................................................................................................... 55

3.3.26 Management - Upgrade Firmware ........................................................................... 56

3.3.27 Management Save/ Reload Settings......................................................................... 56

3.3.28 Management - Password Setup ................................................................................ 57

4 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ).................................................................... 58

4.1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC’S IP AND MAC ADDRESS? ............................................... 58

4.2 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN? ................................................................................................. 58

4.3 WHAT ARE ISM BANDS? .................................................................................................... 58

4.4 HOW DOES WIRELESS NETWORKING WORK? ....................................................................... 58

4.5 WHAT IS BSSID? ............................................................................................................... 59

4.6 WHAT IS ESSID? ............................................................................................................... 59

4.7 WHAT ARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE? ................................. 60

4.8 WHAT ARE THE OPEN SYSTEM AND SHARED KEY AUTHENTICATIONS? .............................. 60

4.9 WHAT IS WEP? .................................................................................................................. 60

4.10 WHAT IS FRAGMENT THRESHOLD? ..................................................................................... 60

4.11 WHAT IS RTS (REQUEST TO SEND) THRESHOLD? .............................................................. 61

4.12 WHAT IS BEACON INTERVAL? ............................................................................................. 61

4.13 WHAT IS PREAMBLE TYPE? ................................................................................................ 62

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4.14 WHAT IS SSID BROADCAST? ............................................................................................. 62

4.15 WHAT IS WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS (WPA)? .................................................................... 62

4.16 WHAT IS WPA2? ................................................................................................................ 63

4.17 WHAT IS 802.1X AUTHENTICATION? .................................................................................. 63

4.18 WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL (TKIP)? ................................................. 63

4.19 WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES)? ...................................................... 63

4.20 WHAT IS INTER-ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL (IAPP)?........................................................... 63

4.21 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS)? ......................................................... 63

4.22 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY (UPNP)? ................................................................. 64

4.23 WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT (MTU) SIZE?.................................................... 64

4.24 WHAT IS CLONE MAC ADDRESS? ...................................................................................... 64

4.25 WHAT IS DDNS? ................................................................................................................ 64

4.26 WHAT IS NTP CLIENT? ...................................................................................................... 64

4.27 WHAT IS VPN?................................................................................................................... 64

4.28 WHAT IS IPSEC? ................................................................................................................ 64

4.29 WHAT IS WLAN BLOCK RELAY BETWEEN CLIENTS? ........................................................ 65

4.30 WHAT IS WMM? ................................................................................................................ 65

4.31 WHAT IS WLAN ACK TIMOUT? ..................................................................................... 65

4.32 WHAT IS MODULATION CODING SCHEME (MCS)? ............................................................. 65

4.33 WHAT IS FRAME AGGREGATION? ....................................................................................... 65

4.34 WHAT IS GUARD INTERVALS (GI)? ..................................................................................... 65

5 CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES ........................................................................................ 67

5.1 EXAMPLE ONE – PPPOE ON THE WAN .............................................................................. 67

5.2 EXAMPLE TWO – FIXED IP ON THE WAN ........................................................................... 69

DATE

REVISION OF USER’S MANUAL

FIRMWARE

2015/05/27

Version 1.0

SGW2x2-N01-3464.00

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Revision History

3DES

Triple Data Encryption Standard

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

Access Point

CCK

Complementary Code Keying

CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Avoidance

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Detection

DDNS

Dynamic Domain Name Server

Diffie-Hellman Algorithm

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DSSS

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol

ESP

Encapsulating Security Payload

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

Guard Intervals

IAPP

Inter Access Point Protocol

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IKE

Internet Key Exchange

Internet Protocol

ISM

Industrial, Scientific and Medical

LAN

Local Area Network

MAC

Media Access Control

MCS

Modulation Coding Scheme

MD5

Message Digest 5

NAT

Network Address Translation

Network Termination

NTP

Network Time Protocol

PPTP

Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

PSD

Power Spectral Density

Radio Frequency

SHA1

Secure Hash Algorithm

SNR

Signal to Noise Ratio

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Terminology

SSID

Service Set Identification

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TKIP

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

UPNP

Universal Plug and Play

VPN

Virtual Private Network

WDS

Wireless Distribution System

WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy

WISP

Wireless Internet Service Provider

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access

WPS

Wi-Fi Protected Setup

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M odel Name GWU637

Product Name Travel Router 11n 2T2R

Standard 802.11b/g/n, 802.3, 802.3u

Data Transfer Rate

1,2,5.5,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,54,60,90,120 and maximum of

300M bps

M odulation Method BPSK/QPSK/16-QAM/64-QAM

Frequency Band 2.4GHz ISM Band

RF Output Power < 13dBm@11n,< 17dBm@11b,< 15dBm@11g

Rec eiver Sensitivity 11b: -80dBm@8%, 11g: -70dBm@10%,11n: -64dBm@10%

Operation Range Indoor up to 100 meters, Outdoor up to 180 meters

Antenna Internal Antenna

LED ETHERNET, WLAN, WPS/Reset

Sec urity WEP, WPA, WPA2

Ethernet interface One 10/100 BaseT with RJ45 port(WAN/LAN)

Power 5V/1A through MicroUSB

Operating Temperature 0 – 50° C ambient temperature

Storage Temperature -10 ~ 70°C ambient temperature

Humidity 5 to 90 % maximum (non-condensing)

Dimension

65(L) * 24(W) * 18(H) mm

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1 Introduction

The Wireless LAN Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN broadband router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other WLAN router configuration. The description includes the implementation of the above steps.

1.1 Package contents

The package of the WLAN Broadband Router includes the following items,

 The WLAN Broadband Router  The AC to DC power adapter  The Documentation CD  RJ-45 Cable Line (Option)

1.2 Product Specifications

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1.3 Product Features

Generic Router

 Provides wireless speed up to 300Mbps data rate  Supports WEB based management and configuration.  Supports UPnP, IGMP Snooping & Proxy.  Supports Dynamic DNS, NTP client service.  Supports Log table and remote Log service.  Supports Setup Wizard mode.  Supports Wireless schedule.  Compatible with IEEE 802.11b/11g/11n Specifications.  Supports multiple AP, provides maximum 5 groups of SSID.  Supports Denial-of-Service.  Supports IEEE 802.3x full duplex flow control on 10/100M Ethernet interface.  Supports bridging, routing and WISP functions between wireless and wired

Ethernet interfaces.

 Supports IEEE 802.1x, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption

and WPA with Radius.

 Supports DHCP server to provide clients auto IP addresses assignment and static

DHCP functions.

 Supports DHCP client, static IP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP of WAN Interface.  Supports firewall security with port filtering, IP filtering, MAC filtering, port

forwarding, URL Filtering and DMZ hosting functions.

 Supports AP mode, Client mode, WDS, AP+WDS and Universal Repeater.  Supports QoS which controls the bandwidth by IP or MAC address.  Supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup).  Supports WAPI (Wireless Authentication Privacy Infrastructure).  Supports Green Ethernet, IEEE802.3az draft2.0, EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet).

LED Indicator

State

Description

1. WLAN LED

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

Off

No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna.

2. WPS / Reset LED

Flashing

The WPS feature is Enabled.

Off

The WPS feature is Disabled.

3. WPS Button

Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to enable the WPS feature.

4. Ethernet LED

ACT

Flashing

Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface.

Port linked.

Off

No link.

Ethernet LED

WLAN LED

WPS Button WPS / Reset LED

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Panel Description

Interfaces

Description

Power

The power jack allows an external DC power supply connection. The external AC to DC adaptor provide adaptive power requirement to the WLAN Broadband Router.

Reset

Push continually the reset button 5 ~ 10 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults.

Power

Reset

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Interface Description

Notice: It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after

powered on the WLAN Broadband Router; Power LED will be active, and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be flashing to show the WLAN interface is enabled and working now.

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2 Installation

2.1 Hardware Installation

Step 1: Place the Wireless LAN Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission

location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations.

Step 2: Connect the WLAN Broadband Router to your wired network. Connect the

Ethernet WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router by category 5 Ethernet cable to your switch/ hub/ xDSL modem or cable modem. A straight-through Ethernet cable with appropriate cable length is needed.

Step 3: Supply DC power to the WLAN Broadband Router. Use only the AC/DC power

adapter supplied with the WLAN Broadband Router; it maybe occur damage by using a different type of power adapter.

The hardware installation finished.

2.2 Software Installation

 There are no software drivers, patches or utilities installation needed, but only the

configuration setting. Please refer to chapter 3 for software configuration.

3 Software configuration

There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily.

The WLAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces.

Default IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: <empty>

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WEB login Password: <empty>

3.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router

For OS of Microsoft Windows 7/8/8.1:

1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control

Panel window will appear.

Note: Windows Me users may not see the Network control panel. If so, select View all Control Panel options on the left side of the window

2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network

window will appear.

3. Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the

Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6.

4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.

5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK

button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP installation.

6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.

7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.  IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is

good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

8. Click OK and reboot your PC after completes the IP parameters setting.

For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000, XP:

1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control

Panel window will appear.

2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections

icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area

Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in the Local Area Connection window.

3. Check the installed list of Network Components. If TCP/IP is not installed, click the

Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6.

4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.

5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK

button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP

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installation.

6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.

7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.  IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is

good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

8. Click OK to completes the IP parameters setting.

For OS of Microsoft Windows NT:

1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control

Panel window will appear.

2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network

window will appear. Click Protocol tab from the Network window.

3. Check the installed list of Network Protocol window. If TCP/IP is not installed, click

the Add button to install it; otherwise go to step 6.

4. Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button.

5. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK

button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP installation.

6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box.

7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example.  IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is

good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

8. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.

For OS of Microsoft Windows Vista:

1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control

Panel window will appear.

2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network Connections item. The

Network Connections window will appear. Double click Local Area Connection icon,

then User Account Control window shown. Right click Continue button to set properties.

3. In Local Area Connection Properties window, Choose Networking tab, move mouse

and click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click Properties button.

4. Move mouse and click General tab, Select Specify an IP address and type in values

as following example.

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 IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is

good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point.

 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

5. Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting.

3.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router

Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore 6.1 SP1 or above, then enter

192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router.

3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router

3.3.1 Status

This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, Ethernet LAN and WAN configuration information.

Screen snapshot – Status

Item

Description

System

Uptime

It shows the duration since WLAN Broadband Router is powered on.

Firmware version

It shows the firmware version of WLAN Broadband Router.

Build time

It shows the Build-up time of firmware

Wireless configuration

Mode

It shows wireless operation mode

Band

It shows the current wireless operating frequency.

SSID

It shows the SSID of this WLAN Broadband Router. The SSID is the unique name of WLAN Broadband Router and shared among its service area, so all devices attempts to join the same wireless network can identify it.

Channel Number

It shows the wireless channel connected currently.

Encryption

It shows the status of encryption function.

BSSID

It shows the BSSID address of the WLAN Broadband Router. BSSID is a six-byte address.

Associated Clients

It shows the number of connected clients (or stations, PCs).

TCP/IP configuration

Attain IP Protocol

It shows type of connection.

IP Address

It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of WLAN Broadband Router.

Subnet Mask

It shows the IP subnet mask of LAN interfaces of WLAN Broadband Router.

Default Gateway

It shows the default gateway setting for LAN interfaces outgoing data packets.

DHCP Server

It shows the DHCP server is enabled or not.

MAC Address

It shows the MAC address of LAN interfaces of WLAN Broadband Router.

WAN configuration

Attain IP Protocol

It shows how the WLAN Broadband Router gets the IP address. The IP address can be set manually to a fixed one or set dynamically by DHCP server or attain IP by

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PPPoE / PPTP connection.

IP Address

It shows the IP address of WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router.

Subnet Mask

It shows the IP subnet mask of WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router.

Default Gateway

It shows the default gateway setting for WAN interface outgoing data packets.

MAC Address

It shows the MAC address of WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router.

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3.3.2 Setup Wizard

This page guides you to configure wireless broadband router for first time

Screen snapshot – Setup Wizard

I Time Zone Setting

This page is used to enable and configure NTP client

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Screen snapshot – Time Zone Settings

II LAN Interface Setup

This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask

Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup

III WAN Interface Setup

This page is used to configure WAN access type

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Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup

IV Wireless Basic Settings

This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network Type SSID, Channel Number, Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Client)

Screen snapshot – Wireless Basic Settings

V Wireless Security Setup

This page is used to configure wireless security

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Screen snapshot – Wireless Security Setup

3.3.3 Wireless - Basic Settings

This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Broadband Router. Here you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters.

Item

Description

Disable Wireless LAN Interface

Click on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission.

Band

Click to select 2.4GHz(B) / 2.4GHz(G) / 2.4GHz(N)

2.4GHz(B+G)/ 2.4GHz(G+N) / 2.4GHz(B+G+N)

Mode

Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS wireless mode.

Network Type

While Mode is selected to be Client. Click to select the network type infrastructure or Ad hoc.

SSID

It is the wireless network name. The SSID can be 32

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Screen snapshot – Wireless Basic Settings

bytes long.

Channel Width

Select the operating channel width 20 MHz or 40 MHz. [N band only]

Control Sideband

Select the Sideband with Upper or Lower for channel width 40MHz. [N band only]

Channel Number

Select the wireless communication channel from pull-down menu.

Broadcast SSID

Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. Refer to 4.14 What is SSID Broadcast?

WMM

Click Enabled/Disabled to init WMM feature.

Data Rate

Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu. Data rate can be auto-select, 1M to 54Mbps or MCS. Refer to 4.32 What is Modulation Coding Schemes (MCS)?

Associated Clients

Click the Show Active Clients button to open Active Wireless Client Table that shows the MAC address, transmit-packet, receive-packet and transmission-rate for each associated wireless client.

Enable Mac Clone (Single Ethernet Client)

Take Laptop NIC MAC address as wireless client MAC address. [Client Mode only]

Enable Universal Repeater Mode

Click to enable Universal Repeater Mode

SSID of Extended Interface

Assign SSID when enables Universal Repeater Mode.

Apply Changes

Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting.

Reset

Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting.

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Item

Description

Fragment Threshold

Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes. Refer to 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold?

RTS Threshold

Set the RTS Threshold, value can be written between 0 and 2347 bytes. Refer to 4.11 What is RTS(Request To Send) Threshold?

Beacon Interval

Set the Beacon Interval, value can be written between 20 and 1024 ms. Refer to 4.12 What is Beacon Interval?

Preamble Type

Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble

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3.3.4 Wireless - Advanced Settings

These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your WLAN Broadband Router.

Screen snapshot – Wireless Advanced Settings

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