Edimax Technology Co 9573361403 User Manual

802.11ac Wireless

Dual-Band Range Extender

User Manual

Version: 1.0

(June, 2014)

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Federal Communication Commission

Interference Statement

FCC Part 15

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of 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 off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:

1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

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

4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help.

FCC Caution

This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided
instructions and a minimum 20 cm spacing must be provided between
computer mounted antenna and person’s body (excluding extremities of hands,
wrist and feet) during wireless modes of operation.

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,
and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible
for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment.

Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure
Statement

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an
uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the
FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not
be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.

The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in
conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the channels
1-11 only.

For operation within 5.15 ~ 5.25GHz frequency range, it is restricted
to indoor environment.

R&TTE Compliance Statement

This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC
OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on
radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual
recognition of their conformity (R&TTE).

The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC
(Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station
Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.

Safety

This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who
install and use it. However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of
electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment. All
guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed
at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment.

EU Countries Intended for Use

The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom.

The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member
states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.

EU Countries Not intended for use

None.

C A T A L O G

Chapter I: Product Information .................................................................... 1

1-1 Introduction and safety information ............................................................. 1

1-2 Safety Information ....................................................................................... 2

1-3 System Requirements .................................................................................. 3

1-4 Package Contents ........................................................................................ 4

1-5 Familiar with your new wireless repeater ..................................................... 5

CHAPTER II: Setup your Range Extender ............................................... 8

2-1 First time setup your Range Extender .......................................................... 8

2-1-1 Repeater mode setup ......................................................................... 9

2-1-2 AP mode setup ................................................................................ 15

2-1-3 Client mode setup ........................................................................... 18

2-2 Advanced setup ......................................................................................... 21

2-2-1 WPS Setting ................................................................................... 21

2-2-2 Advance Settings ............................................................................ 22

Chapter X: Appendix ................................................................................ 25

5-1 Configuring TCP/IP on PC ........................................................................ 25

5-1-1 Windows XP IP address setup: ........................................................ 25

5-1-2 Windows Vista/Windows 7 IP address setup: ................................... 26

5-2 Specification .............................................................................................. 29

5-3 Glossary .................................................................................................... 30

Chapter I: Product Information

1-1 Introduction and safety information

Thank you for purchasing this Range Extender!
The compact design with power built-in allows you to install this rang extender
everywhere, and the dual-band wireless providing excellent network performance to
extend the Wi-Fi signal and wireless coverage, with the 11ac technology, you can get
the transfer speed up to 433Mbps max.

Other features of this wireless repeater including:

 Extend the wireless signal inside your home or office.

 Compact design while maintaining excellent network performance.

 Dual-band provide user to the best compatibility to the wireless router.

 Support 802.11a/b/g/n and 802.11ac standards, it can provide 11n to

300Mbps for 2.4Ghz on 11n mode, 150Mbps for 5Ghz on 11n mode, and
433Mbps for 5Ghz on 11ac mode.

 Support Bridge mode to enhance the Wireless performace

 LED signal indicator to easily realize the best location placement to extend

WiFi signal and secure better wireless performance.

 The device can support Repeater, AP and client modes.

 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) hardware button for easy installation and

secure wireless security.

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1-2 Safety Information

In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following
safety instructions:

1. This wireless repeater is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this device
to direct sun light, rain, or snow.

2. DO NOT put this at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do
not left this Wireless repeater in the car in summer.

3. Do not allow kids to put any small parts of this wireless repeater in their mouth,
and it could cause serious injury or could be fatal. If they throw this wireless
repeater, it will be damaged. PLEASE KEEP THIS WIRELESS REPEATER OUT
THE REACH OF CHILDREN!

4. This Wireless repeater will become hot when being used for long time (This is
normal and is not a malfunction). DO NOT put the Wireless repeater on a paper,
cloth, or other flammable objects after the Wireless repeater has been used for a
long time.

5. There’s no user-serviceable part inside the Wireless repeater. If you found that the
Wireless repeater is not working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase
and ask for help. DO NOT disassemble the Wireless repeater by yourself, warranty
will be void.

6. If the Wireless repeater falls into water, DO NOT USE IT AGAIN BEFORE YOU
SEND THE CARD TO THE DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR INSPECTION.

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1-3 System Requirements

 Wireless network card which is compatible with 802.11b/g/n or 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

wireless network standard.

 Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 7 or Windows 8/8.1 operating system
 CD-ROM drive
 At least 100MB of available disk space

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1-4 Package Contents

Before you start to use this Range Extender, please check if there’s anything missing
in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items:

□ Range Extender (1 set)
□ Quick Installation Guide (1 set)
□ User Manual CDROM (1 disc)

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Item

Item Name

Description

A

Mode switch

You can switch the operation mode by this switch,
this Range Extender supports 3 modes, include AP
mode, Repeater mode and Client mode.

B

LAN port

One 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN Port with
Auto-MDI/MDI-X. Connecting to computer, switch
or other device for network.

C

WPS / Reset button

This button support 2 functions:

1. One click to start WPS function (Both 2.4Ghz

and 5Ghz)

2. Hold the button 10 seconds to reset all the values

to the factory default.

A B C

1-5 Familiar with your new wireless repeater

Interface Descriptions

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LED

Color

LED Status

Description

Signal
Status
(5G)

Amber

Steady ON

1. Good signal (RSSI 100%~50%)

Blinking

1. Poor signal

2. Slow blinking (RSSI <50%~25%)

3. Quick blinking (RSSI <25%)

Off

1. No signal/ or LED off mode.

Signal
Status
(2.4G)

Green

Steady ON

1. Good signal (RSSI 100%~50%)

Blinking

1. Poor signal

2. Slow blinking (RSSI <50%~25%)

3. Quick blinking (RSSI <25%)

Off

1. No signal/ or LED off mode.

WLAN
Status

Green

Blinking

Wireless function is active (transferring or
receiving data)

Off

Wireless network is switched off/ or LED off
mode.

LED Definitions

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Power
On/Off
Status

Green

Steady ON

1. Power is turned on and system is boot

up.

Slow Blinking

1. System is booting up.
(Duty cycle 700ms on/700ms off)

2. Ready for “ Reset to factory default ”,

power LED is blinking.

(Duty cycle 700ms on/700ms off)

Off

1. Power is turned off.

2. LED off mode. (except power LED is on,

other LEDs are off *)

*If you select to enable “LED OFF mode”, power
LED On/Off depends on your selection, you can
select to leave only power LED on or turn off all
LEDs including this power LED.

WPS
(2.4/5G)

Green

Steady ON

1. When WPS connection is successful,

turn on for 5 minutes.

Blinking

1. WPS is in progress, blinking for 2

minutes (waiting for WPS connection)

Quick blinking

1. WPS error, blinking

LAN

Green

Steady ON

1. LAN port is connected.

Blinking

1. LAN port is active (transferring or

receiving data).

Off

1. LAN port is not connected/ or LED off

mode

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Check it !

CHAPTER II: Setup your Range Extender

Thank you for choose this Range Extender!
It can extend your wireless signal and coverage and help you to solve wireless dead
zone problem. This chapter will show you how to quickly install this device by using
quick setup and web UI.

2-1 First time setup your Range Extender

For the first time setup, before insert it to your AC plug, please set the mode you want
to use, you can see a slide switch on the repeater’s bottom side as below:

This Range Extender supports AP, Repeater and Client modes, The default mode is
“Repeater mode”, you can also switch it to another mode while you’re using this
Range Extender

Then insert this device into power outlet on the wall, Then the Range Extender will
start-up. You should see ‘Power’ LED light up in few seconds. If not, please check if
the power outlet you’re using is working.

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WPS LED

WPS button

2-1-1 Repeater mode setup

Before you setup this Range Extender, please make sure the mode swtich set to
“Repeater” side, to setup the repeater mode, you have 2 way to make it, one is by
WPS button, another is by the Web browser.

2-1-1a Setup by WPS button

(1)Please move this Range Extender to near the Wireless Router you want to connect,

and insert it to the power outlet.

(2) Press one click on WPS button, ‘WPS’ LED will start flashing.

(3)Then press WPS button on the wireless router you wish to connect within 2

minutes.

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NOTE:
This WPS button position on wireless router is for example, different device

may have different WPS button position.

WPS LED

Wireless signal LED

(4) If WPS connection is successfully established, ‘WPS’ LED will light for 5

minutes; if ‘WPS’ LED flashes fast, there’s something error, please wait for 2
minutes until ‘WPS’ LED off, and try from step(1) again.

When connection is created, the 5G or 2.4G signal LED will turn on.

(5) Please move this Range Extender to the place you wish to use (a better place will

be the center of your house) and insert this Range Extender into power outlet on
the wall, the wireless connection will be established automatically.

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NOTE:
If the Signal LED is off, it means this place is out of the wireless signal of your
wireless router, please move this repeater closer to wireless router until repeater
device can receive signal from wireless router and extend its signal.

NOTE:
this default SSID ‘repeaterxxxx” is for example, different device may have different
last 4 digits.
The xxxx is the last 4 digits of the MAC number of your Range Extender, Each device
has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.) You can also input

default IP ‘http://192.168.2.254 instead of repeaterxxxx if your PC is not Windows

OS.

Here!

You can check “Wireless signal LED” status to understand signal reception level.
Steady light: Excellent, Flash: Good, Fast flash: poor.

2-1-1b Setup by Web browser

Before you can connect to the repeater and start configuration procedures, your
computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address). If

it’s set to use static IP address, or you’re unsure, please refer to ‘Chapter X: Appendix,

5-1 Configuring TCP/IP on PC’ to set your computer to use dynamic IP address.

(1)Use Ethernet cable to connect your computer’s Ethernet port and Ranger

Extender’s Ethernet port.

(2)Open the Web Browser on your PC, it will direct to the Web UI page, or you can

input the default IP address http://repeaterxxxx in the address bar.

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(3) Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password. Default

username is ‘admin’ and password is ‘1234’. Click ‘OK’ button to continue.

(4) All wireless routers nearby will be displayed on the list. Select one wireless router

you want to connect and click ‘Next’ button to continue. If the wireless router you

wish to connect does not appear here, please click ‘Refresh’ until it appears on the
list, or try to move wireless repeater closer to the wireless router you wish to
connect.

If you want to connect to a hidden wireless router, you can select to input SSID
manually.

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(5)If you want to just extend single band, you can set the Range Extender manually

with the option:

(6)You’ll be prompted to input wireless router’s wireless security key, input it in

‘KEY’ field and click ‘Next’ to continue.

(7)It will start to verify the wireless key with your associated wireless router and show

you result within 20 seconds. Please follow the instruction to continue setup.

(8)When key is correct, this Range Extender will display the information for you, you

can press “Yes” button to setup another band, or press “No” to the bridge setup

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(9)When you done to setup dual band success (or setup single band manually), you

will see the page on the below, press “Next” to continue.

(10)Bridge Setup: While you’re using single band to connect with the wireless router,

to enhance the wireless performance to another band, you can enable this function
to bridge 2.4G and 5G, if you didn’t want to enable this function, you can press
“Disable” to ignore it.

(10)After settings successfully, you can set your own SSID to your extend wireless

(Default SSID will be XXX_YGre (XXX is the SSID of the wireless router you

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NOTE:

We recommend you to copy your ‘firmware URL’ (for example: http://repeater.setup ) to you

connected, Y is the wireless band), please press “APPLY” to end the setting or
press “Back” to return the setup page.

(11)The Range Extender will reboot to make your setting effect, after restart, you can

move this Range Extender to the place you wish to use (a better place will be the
center of your house) and insert this Range Extender into power outlet on the wall,
the wireless connection will be established automatically.

2-1-2 AP mode setup

Before you setup this Range Extender, please make sure the mode swtich set to “AP”
side, and please make sure your Wired / Wireless Router you want to connect with
this Range Extender support DHCP service

(1) Connect the Range Extender and your PC with an Ethernet cable.

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(2) Open the Web browser from your PC, it will direct to the website for setup

(3) Setup your SSID for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz (you can also enable / disable band in this

page), then press “Next” to continue.

(4) Please setup the encryption to your wireless (include 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz)

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NOTE:

This Range Extender supports 2 kinds of the encryption, one is WEP, another is WPA,
please select one to setup (We recommend you to setup it to keep your security for wireless
connection)

(5) Setup success! You will see the setup information shown on this page. Press

“APPLY” to finish the setup, press “Back” to return the setup page. Then the
Range Extender will need several seconds to restart.

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(6) Connect your Range Extender to the LAN port on your Wired or Wireless router

with an Ethernet cable; start to enjoy your wireless connection!

2-1-3 Client mode setup

Before you setup this Range Extender, please make sure the mode swtich set to
“Client” side, and please make sure your Wireless Router you want to connect with
this Range Extender support DHCP service for Wireless.

(1) Connect the Range Extender and your PC with an Ethernet cable.

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(2) Open the Web browser from your PC, it will direct to the website for site survey.

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(3) Select the wireless station you want to connect, and input the security key to it.

(4) It will start to verify the wireless key with your associated wireless router and

show you result within 20 seconds. Please follow the instruction to continue setup.

(5) When key is correct, this Range Extender will display the information for you

(6) System will restart to make your settings work
(7) Remove the Ethernet cable from the Range Extender, and connect the Range

Extender with the device you want to connect (Ex: Smart TV) with an Ethernet
cable, then your device will have the ability of wireless connection! Then you can

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enjoy the networking

2-2 Advanced setup

After you connect to the repeater from wireless, Please open the browser, and input
the URL as you copied in the quick setup (default: http://repeater.setup )

2-2-1 WPS Setting

You can enable or disable WPS function, and also start WPS with software PBC
(Push Button Communication) or PIN method in this page

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2-2-2 Advance Settings

A. WLAN 2,4G Settings: Setup extended SSID, Encryption and channel to 2.4G

connection manually, you can also disable the 2.4G radio in this page.

B. WLAN 5G Settings: Setup extended SSID, Encryption and channel to 5G

connection manually, you can also disable the 5G radio in this page.

C. MAC address filtering: It’s a security settings for access control, you can deny

the user with specified MAC in the list, please follow the ways the setup the
MAC address filtering:

a. Enable the option “Enable Wireless Access Control”

b. Fill in the MAC address ( 10 characters) and comments (not necessary) in

the slot on the bottom of this page.

c. Press “Add” button to increase the MAC address to the table.

d. Press “Apply” button to make it effect.

e. In the MAC address table, you can select one or select all to delete in the

list

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D. Admin Utility

a. Password settings: Change the default password to login the repeater.

b. Management IP: The IP address to login the repeater, You can select

“Obtain the IP address automatically” (default value) or set the IP address

manually by select “Use the following IP address”

c. DHCP Server: Setup the DHCP server manually, it’s disable in the default,

if you want to setup this function, you select “Use the following IP

address” in the Management IP option.

E. Configuration :

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a. Configuration Tool: to save (download) , upload or reset all the settings to

factory default value here.

b. WEB Upgrade: to use the “Browse” button to select the firmware file,

then press “APPLY” button, you can start to update the firmware to this

repeater, while you update the firmware, please do not turn off the power
of the repeater.

c. Reset: Reset this repeater without change any settings.

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Chapter X: Appendix

5-1 Configuring TCP/IP on PC

5-1-1 Windows XP IP address setup:

1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer),

then click control panel. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click

Network Connections, then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area
Connection Status window will appear, and then click ‘Properties’

2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address

automatically’, then click ‘OK’.

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5-1-2 Windows Vista/Windows 7 IP address setup:

1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer),

then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, and then click
Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Network, then select

‘Properties’. Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select ‘Internet
Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click ‘Properties’

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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address

automatically’, then click ‘OK’.

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5-2 Specification

SoC + RF: MTK MT7620A + 7610E
Flash: 4MB
DDR2 RAM: 32MB
LAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1
Power: 5VDC, 1.2A Switching Power Module Inside
Temperature: 32~104°F (0 ~ 40°C)
Humidity: 10-90% (NonCondensing)

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5-3 Glossary

1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard?

802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN
communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band.

802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for
the home, office and public networks.

802.11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in
IEEE 802.11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2.4 GHz
frequency band as IEEE 802.11b. The 802.11g standard requires backward
compatibility with 802.11b.

The standard specifically calls for:

A. A new physical layer for the 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) in the

2.4 GHz frequency band, known as the extended rate PHY (ERP). The ERP
adds OFDM as a mandatory new coding scheme for 6, 12 and 24 Mbps
(mandatory speeds), and 18, 36, 48 and 54 Mbps (optional speeds). The ERP
includes the modulation schemes found in 802.11b including CCK for 11 and

5.5 Mbps and Barker code modulation for 2 and 1 Mbps.

B. A protection mechanism called RTS/CTS that governs how 802.11g devices

and 802.11b devices interoperate.

2. What is the IEEE 802.11b standard?

The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee, which formulates the
standard for the industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware
from different manufactures to communicate.

3. What does IEEE 802.11 feature support?

The product supports the following IEEE 802.11 functions:

 CSMA/CA plus Acknowledge Protocol
 Multi-Channel Roaming
 Automatic Rate Selection
 RTS/CTS Feature
 Fragmentation
 Power Management

4. What is Ad-hoc?

An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a
Wireless LAN card, Connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad hoc
wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO
operation.

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5. What is Infrastructure?

An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure
configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access
to central database, or wireless application for mobile workers.

6. What is BSS ID?

A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a
BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID.

7. What is WEP?

WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit
shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard.

8. What is TKIP?

TKIP is a quick-fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in
WEP security, especially the reuse of encryption keys. TKIP is involved in the
IEEE 802.11i WLAN security standard, and the specification might be officially
released by early 2003.

9. What is AES?

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), a chip-based security, has been
developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital
information, wherever and however communicated or stored, while making
more efficient use of hardware and/or software than previous encryption
standards. It is also included in IEEE 802.11i standard. Compare with AES,
TKIP is a temporary protocol for replacing WEP security until manufacturers
implement AES at the hardware level.

10. Can Wireless products support printer sharing?

Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore,
Wireless products can work with Netware, Windows 2000, or other LAN
operating systems to support printer or file sharing.

11. Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air?

WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as with
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology, it has the inherent security
feature of scrambling. On the software side, WLAN series offer the encryption
function (WEP) to enhance security and Access Control. Users can set it up
depending upon their needs.

12. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences?

Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that
changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver.
Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. To

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an unintended receiver, FHSS appears to be short-duration impulse noise.
Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) generates a redundant bit pattern for
each bit to be transmitted. This bit pattern is called a chip (or chipping code).
The longer the chip is, the greater the probability that the original data can be
recovered. Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission,
statistical techniques embedded in the radio can recover the original data
without-the need for retransmission. To an unintended receiver, DSSS appears
as low power wideband noise and is rejected (ignored) by most narrowband
receivers.

13. What is Spread Spectrum?

Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique
developed by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical
communication systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for
reliability, integrity, and security. In other words, more bandwidth is consumed
than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off produces a signal
that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that the receiver
knows the parameters of the spread-spectrum signal being broadcast. If a
receiver is not tuned to the right frequency, a spread –spectrum signal looks like
background noise. There are two main alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS).

14. What is WPS?

WPS stands for Wi-Fi Protected Setup. It provides a simple way to establish
unencrypted or encrypted connections between wireless clients and access point
automatically. User can press a software or hardware button to activate WPS
function, and WPS-compatible wireless clients and access point will establish
connection by themselves. There are two types of WPS: PBC (Push-Button
Configuration) and PIN code.

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