Edimax Technology Co 9574761501 User Manual

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AC1200 Dual-Band Wireless LAN

Repeater

User Manual

Version: 1.0

(June, 2015)

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This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents thereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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 : Repeater mode ...................................................................... 8

2-1 Repeater mode Quick Installation Guide ................................................. 8

2-1-1 Hardware WPS button setup ......................................................... 9

2-1-2 Web browser quick setup ............................................................. 12

2-2 Repeater mode Advanced Settings .......................................................... 19

2-2-1 Connect to web configuration menu ............................................ 19

2-2-2 Home ............................................................................................. 21

2-2-3 WPS Setting .................................................................................. 22

2-2-4 Advanced Settings ......................................................................... 24

2-2-5 WLAN 2.4G settings ..................................................................... 27

2-2-6 WLAN 5G settings ................................................................ ........ 29

2-2-7 MAC Address Filtering ................................................................ 31

2-2-8 How to know the MAC address of your device............................ 33

2-2-9 System Utility ................................ ................................................ 37

2-2-10 Configuration .............................................................................. 39

2-2-10-1 Configuration Tool ........................................................... 39

2-2-10-2 WEB Upgrade .................................................................. 40

2-2-10-3 Reset ................................................................................. 41

CHAPTER III : Client mode ....................................................................... 43

3-1 Client mode Quick Installation Guide ................................ .................... 43

3-1-1 Hardware WPS button setup ....................................................... 45

3-1-2 Web browser quick setup ............................................................. 47

3-2 Client mode Advanced Settings ............................................................... 53

3-2-1 Connect to web configuration menu ............................................ 53

3-2-2 Home ............................................................................................. 54

3-2-3 WPS Setting .................................................................................. 55

3-2-4 Advanced Settings ......................................................................... 58

3-2-5 WLAN 5G(or 2.4G) settings ......................................................... 60

3-2-6 System Utility ................................ ................................................ 62

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3-2-7 Configuration ................................................................................ 65

3-2-7-1 Configuration Tool ............................................................. 65

3-2-7-2 WEB Upgrade .................................................................... 66

3-2-7-3 Reset ................................................................ ................... 67

CHAPTER IV : AP mode ............................................................................. 69

4-1 AP mode Quick Installation Guide.......................................................... 69

4-1-1 Hardware WPS button setup ....................................................... 70

4-1-2 Web browser quick setup ............................................................. 73

4-2 AP mode Advanced Settings .................................................................... 81

4-2-1 Connect to web configuration menu ............................................ 81

4-2-2 Home ............................................................................................. 82

4-2-3 WPS Setting .................................................................................. 83

4-2-4 Advanced Settings ......................................................................... 86

4-2-5 WLAN 2.4G settings ..................................................................... 89

4-2-6 WLAN 5G settings ................................................................ ........ 91

4-2-7 MAC Address Filtering ................................................................ 93

4-2-8 How to know the MAC address of your device............................ 96

4-2-9 System Utility ................................ ................................................ 99

4-2-9-1 Password Settings .............................................................101

4-2-9-2 Management IP .................................................................102

4-2-9-3 DHCP Server .....................................................................103

4-2-10 Configuration .............................................................................105

4-2-10-1 Configuration Tool ..........................................................106

4-2-10-2 WEB Upgrade .................................................................107

4-2-10-3 Reset ................................................................................107

Chapter V : Appendix ................................................................................ 109

5-1 Configuring TCP/IP on PC ....................................................................109

5-1-1 Windows XP IP address setup: ....................................................109

5-1-2 Windows Vista/Windows 7 IP address setup: ............................. 110

5-2 Specification ............................................................................................ 113

5-3 Glossary .................................................................................................. 114

The setup images used in this manual are for reference only. The contents of these images may vary according to firmware version. The official image contents are based on the newest firmware version.

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Chapter I : Product Information

1-1 Introduction and safety information

Thank you for purchasing this 802.11ac/a/b/g/n wireless repeater!

The compact design with power built-in allows you to install this repeater everywhere, and still providing excellent network performance to extend the Wi-Fi signal and wireless coverage.

Other features of this wireless repeater including:

 Extend the wireless signal inside your home or office.

 Compact design while maintaining excellent network

performance.

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

to 300Mbps for 2.4Ghz on 11n mode and 866Mbps for 5Ghz on

11ac mode.

 LED signal indicator to easily realize the best location placement

to extend WiFi signal and secure better wireless performance.

 The device can support Repeater mode, AP mode and AP client

mode

 Hardware switch button for user to change operation mode

quickly without logging into web firmware.

 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 802.11a/b/g/n and

802.11 ac wireless network standard.

 Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 or MAC OS or Linux

operating system.

 CD-ROM drive

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1-4 Package Contents

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

□ Wireless Repeater (1 pcs) …………………………..…………… 1 □ Quick Installation Guide User Manual CDROM (1 pcs) ……….. 2

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1-5 Familiar with your new wireless repeater

Item

Item Name

Description

LAN

10/100/1000M Ethernet LAN Port with Auto-MDI/MDI-X. Connecting to computer, switch or hub for local network sharing.

Reset / WPS

Reset the repeater to factory default settings (clear all settings) or start WPS function. Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults, and press this button for less than 5 seconds to start WPS function.

AP/Repeater/Client

Switch the button to change operating mode to Access Point or Repeater or Client mode.

A B C

Interface Descriptions

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LED Definitions

LED

Color

LED Status

Description

Signal (G)

Amber

Steady ON

Good signal reception (signal strength 100%~50%).

Blinking

Normal signal reception Slow blinking (50%~25%)

Poor signal reception Quick blinking (<25%)

Off

Out of signal or disconnected/ 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

Green Blinking

Connect to wireless Router/or AP, wireless function is active (transferring or receiving data)

Off

Wireless network is switched off/ or LED off mode.

Power

Green

Steady ON

Power is turned on. In LED off mode. (except power LED is on, other LEDs are off *)

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*If user selects to enable “LED OFF mode”, power LED On/Off depends on user’s selection, user can select to

leave only power LED on or turn off all LEDs including this power LED.

Slow Blinking

Ready for “Reset to factory default”,

power LED is blinking.

Off

power is turned off.

WPS

Green Blinking

WPS is in progress of waiting another

WPS device’s connection, blinking (0.2

second on, 0.1 second off) for 2 minutes.

Quick blinking

WPS error, blinking (0.1 second on, 0.1 second off)

Off

NO WPS is in progress/ LED off mode

LAN

Green

Steady ON

LAN port is connected.

Blinking

LAN port is active (transferring or receiving data).

Off

LAN port is not connected/ or LED off mode

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CHAPTER II : Repeater mode

Repeater mode is your Wi-Fi 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 show you the each detailed setting on web UI page of repeater mode.

2-1 Repeater mode Quick Installation Guide

For the first time setup and easy installation, you can move this device close to the Wireless Broadband Router or Access point you wish to connect, after installation done and wireless connection is built, you can move this repeater device to the place you wish to use.

Switch mode selector to ‘Repeater’.

Insert this device into power outlet on the wall, and 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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You can build wireless connection via ‘Hardware WPS button’ or

‘Software web browser’.

If your broadband router or access point also supports ‘WPS button’, we

recommend you to use WPS button to establish connection, it is the fast and secure way without computer.

Using WPS button - please go to section 2-1-1

Using Web browser - please go to section 2-1-2

2-1-1 Hardware WPS button setup

1. Press and hold WPS button on repeater for 2 seconds, ‘WPS’ LED

will start flashing.

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WPS LED

WPS button

2. Press WPS button on the wireless broadband router or access point

you wish to connect within 2 minutes.

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NOTE: this WPS button position on access point is for example,

Signal LED

different device may have different WPS button position.

TIP: If the access point you wish to connect does not have hardware

WPS button, you can also use its web configuration menu’s WPS

function to establish connection. Or you can login this repeater web UI

to have quick setup (detailed setup refers to ‘2-1-2 Web browser quick setup’ manual)

3. If WPS connection is successfully established, the repeater will

reboot immediately to make your setting effect ; 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 quick installation is successfully done, ‘Signal” LED will turn on.

4. Please move repeater to the place you wish to use (a better place will

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

You can check ‘Signal’ LED status to understand signal reception level.

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Steady light: Excellent, Flash: Good, Fast flash: poor.

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

The quick installation setup is completely done, you can refer to ‘2-2 Repeater mode Advanced Settings’ to login in web UI for other advanced settings.

2-1-2 Web browser quick setup

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

wireless repeater’s Ethernet port.

Or use your computer’s wireless configuration utility to search for

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access point named ‘repeater0003’ and get connected. (The default SSID of this repeater device is ‘repeater0003’, 0003 is an example,

it is the last 4 digits of device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.)

NOTE: this default SSID ‘repeater0003” is for example, different device may have different last 4 digits.

If you are using wireless connection in Windows 7 and encountered the following screen, please click “Connect the network without setting it up” on the blue line then you can successfully link to

repeater. Do NOT click “OK “.

In case you click ‘OK’, Windows 7 will ask for security key, please click “Cancel” to back to this page.

NOTE: this ‘repeater0003” is for example, 0003 is the last 4 digits of

device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.) You can also input default IP

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

OS.

2. Open web browser, it will redirect to web UI setting page. (or you

can input the default IP address ‘http://repeater0003’ in address bar)

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 access points nearby will be displayed on the list. Select

one access point you want to connect and click ‘Next’ button to continue. If the access point 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 access point you wish to connect.

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If you want to connect to a hidden access point, you can select "Setup repeater manually" to input wireless setting manually.

5. You’ll be prompted to input access point’s wireless security key,

input it in ‘KEY’ field and click ‘Next’ to continue.

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6. It will start to verify the wireless key with your associated access

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

7. 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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8. 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.

9. After settings successfully, wireless repeater will display the

connection information for you. Please press “APPLY” to end the

setting or press “Back” to return the setup page.

‘Device SSID’ will be the same of the access point’s SSID you

connected in this step. You can change it to a different SSID if you want.

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Note: we recommend you not to change this SSID, it can have the less configuration setting between this repeater and your existing notebook/PC or other wireless client devices.

We recommend you to copy your ‘firmware URL’ (for example:

http://repeater0003) to you bookmark for quickly login into setting

page next time.

NOTE: this ‘repeater0003” is for example, 0003 is the last 4 digits of

device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.)

If you use other browser rather than IE and Firefox browser, you have to copy this firmware URL and add it to bookmark manually.

10. Please wait for few seconds for wireless repeater to reboot.

11. After reboot complete, you can close browser and use your computer

to connect to this repeater by the SSID you set in last step and start using network.

NOTE: After the wireless connection of this repeater and wireless broadband router is built, repeater is DHCP client and will get IP address from broadband router automatically. If you want to login Web UI of repeater, please refer to ‘2-2 Repeater mode Advanced Settings’ for more functions or learn how to login web UI again.

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2-2 Repeater mode Advanced Settings

2-2-1 Connect to web configuration menu

Please open web browser (IE, firefox, chrome etc.) and find ‘300N Wireless Repeaterxxxx Web UI’ firmware link on your bookmark list if

you have agreed to save it when you installed this device first time. Or you can directly input ‘http://repeaterxxxx’, (xxxx is the last 4 digits of repeater device MAC address, you can check this number on device label) in address bar then press ENTER key:

NOTE: The default IP of repeater mode is 192.168.2.253, you can also

input ‘http://192.168.2.253 instead of repeaterxxxx if your PC is not

Windows OS.

Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password.

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

to continue.

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You should be able to see the configuration manual of Wireless repeater in very short time:

Detailed operation instructions will be given to following manual.

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2-2-2 Home

The status and information of this wireless repeater will be displayed here. To access ‘Home’ menu, please click ‘Home’ on the left.

You should see the screen looks like this (the contents will vary depending on your actual setting):

You can click ‘Show Active Clients’ button to show all connected wireless clients.

Please note: By clicking ‘Show Active Clients’ button, a new browser

window will appear. If your browser prevents pop-up window from appearing, please disable this function or you will not be able to use

‘Show Client’ function.

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2-2-3 WPS Setting

You can configure WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) here. By using WPS, you can establish secure connection between this wireless repeater with other wireless devices which also support WPS in a fast and secure manner.

To access ‘WPS Setting’ menu, click ‘WPS Settings’ on the left.

The following setup page will appear:

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The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

Item

Description

WPS Status

Shows the security setting status of WPS. If the wireless security (encryption) function of this

device is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’

message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’.

Self PinCode

Here displays an 8-digit number for WPS PIN-style configuration. When other WPS-compatible device wish to connect to this wireless repeater and supports Self-PIN type WPS, input this number to the wireless device to establish connection.

SSID

Shows the SSID of this wireless repeater.

Authentication Mode

Shows the authentication mode of this wireless repeater.

Passphrase Key

Here shows asterisks (*) to indicate wireless security is properly set.

WPS Setting

You can select which band(2.4G or 5G) you want to build wireless connection via ‘Start PBC’ button. Default is ‘2.4G’.

Config Mode

There are ‘Registrar’ and ‘Enrollee’ modes for the WPS connection. When ‘Registrar’ is enabled, the wireless clients will follow the repeater’s

wireless settings for WPS connection. When ‘Enrollee’ mode is enabled, the repeater will follow the wireless settings of wireless router for WPS connection.

Start PBC

Click ‘Start PBC’ to start Push-Button style WPS setup procedure. This wireless repeater will wait for WPS requests from another wireless device for 2 minutes. The ‘WPS’ LED on the wireless repeater will be blinking for 2 minutes when this wireless repeater is waiting for incoming WPS request.

Start PIN

Please input the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect, and click ‘Start PIN’ button.

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The ‘WPS’ LED on the wireless repeater will be blinking when this wireless repeater is waiting for incoming WPS request.

NOTE: For WPS2.0 compliance specification, WEP and WPA-PSK can’t support WPS connection, some of wireless devices may follow this latest WPS2.0 specification, so we recommend you not to use WEP and WPA-PSK to avoid WPS interoperability problem.

2-2-4 Advanced Settings

You can configure advanced wireless settings in this page. Please note that these settings are not safe to be configured by novice users.

Configure these settings only when you understand what you’re doing.

To access ‘Advanced Setting’ menu, click ‘Advanced Setting’ on the left.

The following setup page will appear:

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Item

Description

Fragment Threshold

Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Threshold. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346.

RTS Threshold

Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not

modify default value if you don’t know what it is,

default value is 2347.

Beacon Interval

Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not

modify default value if you don’t know what it is,

default value is 100.

DTIM Period

Configures DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) send period. Default value is 3.

Preamble Type

Set the type of preamble of wireless radio, Do not

modify default value if you don’t know what it is,

default setting is ‘Short Preamble’.

Broadcast ESSID

When set to ‘enabled’, every wireless devices can

scan and found this wireless repeater; when set to

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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‘disabled’, only wireless clients who know exact

SSID can get connected with this wireless repeater. Set to disabled will help to improve security.

CTS Protect

This function provides CTS (Clear to Send)

protection when transferring data. It’s

recommended to select ‘Auto’ for this option.

TX Power

Select wireless transmitting power level, from 10% to 100%. When wireless clients are not too far from this wireless repeater, you don’t have to select a higher power level, since this may cause some people to try to break into your wireless network when you have a bad password or no password.

Enable LED off mode

You can enable or disable LED lights. Check

‘Enable LED OFF’ mode to setup LED

behavior: Turn off all LED: disabled all LED lights. Turn off all LED except POWER LED: all LED lights will be disabled, except ‘POWER’ LED.

When you finish settings in this page, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll see the

following message:

If you still need to configure this wireless repeater, click ‘CONTINUE’ button; if you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’ button.

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You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to this wireless repeater.

2-2-5 WLAN 2.4G settings

To access 2.4GHz Wireless menu, click ‘WLAN 2.4G settings’ on the left.

The following setup page will appear, it is the settings that you have setup:

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Item

Description

Device SSID

This is the current SSID name of repeater. SSID is used to identify your own repeater from others when there are other wireless devices in the same area. You can type any alphanumerical characters to change SSID here, maximum 32 characters.

Encryption

This is the current security setup of repeater. You can select an encryption method from dropdown menu, there are three options.

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

This is the current security setup of repeater. Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP) and WPA2 (AES). You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected.

Pre-shared Key Format

This is the current security setup of repeater. You can select the type of pre-shared key, you can select Passphrase (8 or more alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex (64 characters of

Please Note : If your repeater working properly, please do not changes the setting here.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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0-9, and a-f).

Key

This is the current security setup of repeater. You can change the WPA passphrase here. It’s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason.

Channel

This is the current channel of repeater.

2-2-6 WLAN 5G settings

To access 5GHz Wireless menu, click ‘WLAN 2.4G settings’ on the left.

The following setup page will appear, it is the settings that you have setup:

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Item

Description

Device SSID

Encryption

This is the current security setup of repeater. You can select an encryption method from dropdown menu, there are three options.

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

Pre-shared Key Format

This is the current security setup of repeater. You can select the type of pre-shared key, you can select Passphrase (8 or more alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex (64 characters of 0-9, and a-f).

Please Note : If your repeater working properly, please do not changes the setting here.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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Key

This is the current security setup of repeater. You

can change the WPA passphrase here. It’s not

recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason.

Channel

This is the current channel of repeater.

2-2-7 MAC Address Filtering

Besides using wireless security to only allow permitted wireless users to use this wireless repeater, you can also use MAC address filter to allow wireless users with certain MAC address to use this wireless repeater.

This will enhance security because you can make a ‘white list’ to allow

users on the list to use this wireless repeater only in advance. For those

clients who don’t list on this white list can’t get connected, even he or she

know the password.

To access ‘MAC Filtering’ menu, click ‘MAC Filtering’ on the left.

The following setup page will appear:

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Item

Description

Enable Wireless Access Control

Check this box to enable MAC filtering. If you didn’t check this box, anyone who knows the wireless password can get connected to this wireless repeater.

MAC Address

Input the MAC address of the clients you wish to deny or accept to access the repeater into the MAC address list. Please input 12 HEX

characters here, and you don’t have to add :

(colon) or - (dash) characters every 2 characters.

If you don’t know how to get the MAC address of a network client, see tips below.

Comment

Input any descriptive text about this rule, so you can remember the purpose of this rule. You can input up to 20 alphanumerical characters in this field.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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Add

Add this MAC address to the list.

Clear

Clear ‘MAC Address’ and ‘Comment’ field.

Delete Selected

Delete MAC address(es) you selected which ‘Select’ box is checked.

Delete All

Delete all MAC addresses in the list. You’ll be

prompted to confirm deletion first.

Reset

Uncheck all checked boxes.

Select

All existing MAC addresses will be listed here. To delete a MAC address from the list, check the box of the MAC address you wish to delete first. You can select more than one MAC addresses here.

When you finish settings in this page, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll see the following message:

If you still need to configure this wireless repeater, click ‘CONTINUE’

button; if you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’

button. You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can

reconnect to this wireless repeater.

2-2-8 How to know the MAC address of your device

If you don’t know the MAC address of your computer or wireless device,

you can follow the following procedure:

For wireless devices and computers which are connected to this wireless repeater already, you can click ‘Show Active Clients’ button in ‘Home’ setting page.

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Their MAC address will be displayed at ‘MAC Address’ field.

If you still can’t identify the MAC address of computer, you can follow

the following procedure:

Click the network icon located at the lower-right corner, then click ‘Open

Network and Sharing Center’.

Click the connection that you’ll be used to connect the wireless repeater (in this example, ‘Local Area Connection’):

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Click ‘Details…’ button.

The MAC address of selected network connection will be displayed here as ‘Physical Address’.

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2-2-9 System Utility

You can change the settings of several system-level parameters in this

page, including administrator’s password, and IP address.

To access ‘System Utility’ menu, click ‘System Utility’ on the left.

The following setup page will appear:

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The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

Item

Description

Current Password

To change password, you have to input current password first.

New Password

Input new password here. You can use the combination of alphabets, number, and symbols for up to 20 characters.

Re-Enter Password

Input new password again for conformation.

Password Settings

Default password of this repeater is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browser. There’s a security risk if you

don’t change the default password, since everyone can see it. This is very

important when you have wireless function enabled.

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

When you finish settings in this page, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll see the

following message:

If you still need to configure this wireless repeater, click ‘CONTINUE’

button; if you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’

button. You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can

reconnect to this wireless repeater.

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2-2-10 Configuration

You can backup and restore the configuration of this wireless repeater, so you can recall all settings back in very short time, without doing configuration again. This function is especially useful when you need to use this mini Wi-Fi repeater in different places, like home and hotel.

To access ‘Configuration’ menu, click ‘Configuration’ on the left.

2-2-10-1 Configuration Tool

The following setup page will appear:

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Item

Description

Backup Settings

Click ‘Save’ button to save the current settings to a file on your computer.

Restore Settings

If you want to upload a saved configuration file to wireless repeater, please click ‘Browse’ button to select a saved configuration file on your computer. Then

click ’Upload’ button to restore the current settings to

new one.

Reset to Factory Default

To reset all settings of this wireless repeater to factory defaults, including password. You’ll be prompted to confirm the settings reset:

Click ‘OK’ if you really want to restore all settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

2-2-10-2 WEB Upgrade

The software running in this wireless repeater (i.e. ‘Firmwre’) can be upgraded to improve the functionality of this wireless repeater.

You can access our website to look for latest firmware file. Then download the latest firmware file and save on your computer and upload to this wireless repeater.

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Item

Description

Browse

Select a firmware file saved on your computer.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

When you are ready, click ‘Apply’ button to start firmware upgrade procedure.

2-2-10-3 Reset

When you think this wireless repeater is not working properly, resetting it may help.

To reset this wireless repeater, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll be prompted to confirm reset:

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Click ‘OK’ button to reset wireless repeater, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort.

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CHAPTER III : Client mode

Client mode can let your networking device have wireless capability; it

will become your networking device’s wireless network card. You can

connect this device to Ethernet port of your existing internet TV or DVD player or game console device with Ethernet cable.

This chapter will show you how to quickly install this device by using quick setup and show you the each detailed setting on web UI page of client mode.

3-1 Client mode Quick Installation Guide

Switch mode selector to ‘Client’.

Insert this device into power outlet on the wall. 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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Connect your wired networking device (wired PC, or internet TV, or game console..etc.) and this device by Ethernet cable.

Please NOTE: You must set your networking device as DHCP client (obtain IP automatically from DHCP server)

You can build wireless connection via ‘Hardware WPS button’ or

‘Software web browser’.

If your broadband router or access point also supports ‘WPS button’, we

recommend you to use WPS button to establish connection, it is the fast and secure way without computer.

Using WPS button - please go to section 3-1-1

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Using Web browser - please go to section 3-1-2

WPS LED

WPS button

3-1-1 Hardware WPS button setup

1. Press and hold WPS button on repeater for 2 seconds, ‘WPS’ LED

will start flashing.

2. Press WPS button on the wireless broadband router or access point

you wish to connect within 2 minutes.

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Signal LED

NOTE: this WPS button position on access point is for example,

different device may have different WPS button position.

TIP: If the access point you wish to connect does not have hardware

WPS button, you can also use its web configuration menu’s WPS

function to establish connection. Or you can login this repeater web UI

to have quick setup (detailed setup refers to ‘3-1-2 Web browser quick setup’ manual)

3. If WPS connection is successfully established, the repeater will

reboot immediately to make your setting effect ; 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 quick installation is successfully done, ‘Signal” LED will turn

on.

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4. Please move repeater to the place you wish to use (a better place will

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

You can check ‘Signal’ LED status to understand signal reception

level.

Steady light: Excellent, Flash: Good, Fast flash: poor.

The quick installation setup is completely done, you can refer to ‘3-2

Repeater mode Advanced Settings’ to login in web UI for other

advanced settings.

3-1-2 Web browser quick setup

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 this

wireless repeater’s Ethernet port.

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2. Open web browser, it will redirect to web UI setting page. (or you

can input the default IP address ‘http://repeater0003’ in address bar)

NOTE: this ‘repeater0003” is for example, 0003 is the last 4 digits of

device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.) You can also input default IP ‘http://192.168.2.253 instead of repeaterxxxx if your PC is not Windows OS.

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

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

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4. All wireless access points nearby will be displayed on the list. Select

one access point you want to connect and click ‘Next’ button to

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

Or you want to connect to a hidden access point, please select to input SSID manually.

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5. You’ll be prompted to input access point’s wireless security key,

input it in ‘KEY’ field and click ‘Next’ to continue.

6. It will start to verify the wireless key with your associated access

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

7. When key is correct, Wireless repeater will display the connection

information for you.

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‘Device SSID’ is the SSID of your access point that you selected to connect in previous step, please double confirm all information is correct, if you want to change it, you can press ‘Back’ to select again

or press ‘APPLY’ to take this change effect.

We recommend you to copy your ‘firmware URL’ (for example:

http://repeater0003) to you bookmark for quickly login into setting page next time.

NOTE: this ‘repeater0003” is for example, 0003 is the last 4 digits of

device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.)

If you use other browser rather than IE and Firefox browser, you have to copy this firmware URL and add it to bookmark manually.

8. Please wait for few seconds for wireless repeater to reboot.

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9. After reboot complete, you can connect to access point and use it to

access network / Internet.

NOTE: After wireless connection of this repeater and wireless broadband router is built, this device becomes DHCP client and will get IP address from your broadband router automatically. If you want to

login Web UI of this repeater again, please refer to ‘3-2 Client mode Advanced Settings’ for more functions setup or learn how to login web

UI again.

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3-2 Client mode Advanced Settings

3-2-1 Connect to web configuration menu

Please open web browser (IE, firefox, chrome etc.) and find ‘300N

Wireless Repeaterxxxx Web UI’ firmware link on your bookmark list if you have agreed to save it when you installed this device first time. Or you can directly input ‘http://repeaterxxxx’, (xxxx is the last 4 digits of repeater device MAC address, you can check this number on device label) in address bar then press ENTER key:

NOTE: You can also input default IP ‘http://192.168.2.253 instead of

repeaterxxxx if your PC is not Windows OS.

Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password.

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

to continue.

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You should be able to see the configuration manual of Client mode in very short time: Detailed operation instructions will be given to following manual.

3-2-2 Home

The status and information of client mode will be displayed here. To access ‘Home’ menu, click ‘Home’ on the left.

You should see the screen looks like this (the contents will vary depending on your actual setting):

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3-2-3 WPS Setting

To access ‘WPS Setting’ menu, click ‘WPS Settings’ on the left.

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Item

Description

Enable WPS

You can enable or disable WPS function. Disabling WPS function is included hardware WPS button function. Default is ‘enable WPS’.

WPS Status

Shows the security setting status of WPS. If the

The following setup page will appear:

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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wireless security (encryption) function of this

device is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’

message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’.

Self PinCode

SSID

Shows the SSID of this wireless repeater.

Authentication Mode

Shows the authentication mode of this wireless repeater.

Passphrase Key

Here shows asterisks (*) to indicate wireless security is properly set.

Config Mode

Client mode only supports ‘Enrollee’ mode, you

can input this client mode’s PIN code to

AP/Router.

Start PBC

Click ‘Start PBC’ to start Push-Button style WPS setup procedure. This wireless repeater device will wait for WPS requests from another wireless device for 2 minutes.

The ‘WPS’ LED on the wireless repeater will be

blinking for 2 minutes when this wireless repeater is waiting for incoming WPS request.

Start PIN

Please click ‘Start PIN’ button and input this PIN code to the wireless broadband router or Access point you wish to connect.

The ‘WPS’ LED on the wireless repeater will be

blinking when this wireless repeater is waiting for incoming WPS request.

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3-2-4 Advanced Settings

You can configure advanced wireless settings in this page. Please note that these settings are not safe to be configured by novice users.

Configure these settings only when you understand what you’re doing.

To access ‘Advanced Setting’ menu, click ‘Advanced Setting’ on the left.

The following setup page will appear:

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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Item

Description

Fragment Threshold

Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Threshold. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346.

RTS Threshold

Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not

modify default value if you don’t know what it is,

default value is 2347.

Channel Width

Select the wireless channel width, 20MHz or 40MHz. 40MHz provides better network speed for 802.11n wireless clients.

WMM

Enable or disable Wireless Multi-Media. When enabled, this device will give priority to multimedia related network applications so they will have better performance.

TX Power

Select wireless transmitting power level, from 10% to 100%. When wireless clients are not too

far from this wireless repeater, you don’t have to

select a higher power level, since this may cause some people to try to break into your wireless network when you have a bad password or no password.

Enable LED off mode

You can enable or disable LED lights

Check ‘Enable LED OFF’ mode to setup LED

behavior: Turn off all LED: disabled all LED lights.

Turn off all LED except POWER LED: all LED lights will be disabled, except ‘POWER’ LED.

When you finish settings in this page, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll see the following message:

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If you still need to configure this device, click ‘CONTINUE’ button; if

you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’ button.

You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to

Web UI of this device.

3-2-5 WLAN 5G(or 2.4G) settings

This repeater provides supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless bands simultaneously; the wireless settings for both wireless bands are almost the same. The following sections will only highlight the different descriptions between these two selections.

Enter into ‘Advanced Settings’ page, select ‘WLAN 2.4G settings’ or ‘WLAN 5G settings’ to configure the wireless settings for the different

wireless radio.

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The following setup page will appear, it is the settings that you have setup:

2.4GHz Wireless

5GHz Wireless

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Item

Description

Device SSID

This is the SSID of wireless network that you're repeater current connected . SSID is used to identify your own repeater from others when there are other wireless devices in the same area. You can type any alphanumerical characters to change SSID here, maximum 32 characters.

Encryption

This is the current security setup of repeater. You can select an encryption method from dropdown menu, there are three options.

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

Pre-shared Key Format

Key

This is the current security setup of repeater. You

can change the WPA passphrase here. It’s not

recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason.

Channel

This is the current channel of repeater.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

3-2-6 System Utility

You can change the settings of several system-level parameters in this page, including administrator’s password, and IP address.

To access ‘System Utility’ menu, click ‘System Utility’ on the left.

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Item

Description

Current Password

To change password, you have to input current password first.

New Password

Input new password here. You can use the

The following setup page will appear:

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

Password Settings

Default password of this repeater is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login

prompt when accessed from web browser. There’s a security risk if you don’t change the default password, since everyone can see it. This is very

important when you have wireless function enabled.

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

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combination of alphabets, number, and symbols for up to 20 characters.

Re-Enter Password

Input new password again for conformation.

When you finish settings in this page, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll see the

following message:

If you still need to configure this device, click ‘CONTINUE’ button; if

you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’ button.

You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to

Web UI of this device.

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3-2-7 Configuration

You can backup and restore the configuration of this device, so you can recall all settings back in very short time, without doing configuration again.

This function is especially useful when you need to use this mini Wi-Fi repeater in different places, like home and hotel.

To access ‘Configuration’ menu, click ‘Configuration’ on the left.

3-2-7-1 Configuration Tool

The following setup page will appear:

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Item

Description

Backup Settings

Click ‘Save’ button to save the current settings to a file

on your computer.

Restore Settings

If you want to upload a saved configuration file to

wireless repeater, please click ‘Browse’ button to select

a saved configuration file on your computer. Then

click ’Upload’ button to restore the current settings to

new one.

Reset to Factory Default

To reset all settings of this wireless repeater to factory

defaults, including password. You’ll be prompted to

confirm the settings reset:

Click ‘OK’ if you really want to restore all settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

3-2-7-2 WEB Upgrade

The software running in this wireless repeater (i.e. ‘Firmwre’) can be

upgraded to improve the functionality of this wireless repeater.

You can access our website to look for latest firmware file. Then download the latest firmware file and save on your computer and upload to this wireless repeater.

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Item

Description

Browse

Select a firmware file saved on your computer.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

When you are ready, click ‘Apply’ button to start firmware upgrade

procedure.

3-2-7-3 Reset

When you think this wireless repeater is not working properly, resetting it may help.

To reset this wireless repeater, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll be prompted

to confirm reset:

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Click ‘OK’ button to reset wireless repeater, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort.

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CHAPTER IV : AP mode

You can build a wireless networking environment for home or small office, please switch this device to wireless access point mode and connect it to your wired router. Then your wireless client users can access internet by wirelessly connecting to this AP without wired cable burden.

This chapter will show you how to quickly install this device by using quick setup and show you the each detailed setting on web UI page of AP mode.

4-1 AP mode Quick Installation Guide

Switch mode selector to ‘AP’.

Insert this device into power outlet on the wall, 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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You can build wireless connection via ‘Hardware WPS button’ or

‘Software web browser’.

If your wireless client also supports ‘WPS button’, we recommend you to use WPS button to establish connection, it is the fast and secure way without computer.

Using WPS button - please go to section 4-1-1

Using Web browser - please go to section 4-1-2

4-1-1 Hardware WPS button setup

1. Press and hold WPS button on repeater for 2 seconds, ‘WPS’ LED

will start flashing.

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WPS button

WPS LED

WPS button

2. Press WPS button on the wireless client you wish to connect within 2

minutes.

Please NOTE: this WPS button position on client card is for example, different device may have different WPS button position.

TIP: If your wireless client card does not have hardware WPS button,

you can also use its web configuration menu’s WPS function to

establish connection. Or you can login this repeater web UI to have

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quick setup (detailed setup refers to ‘4-1-2 Web browser quick setup’

Signal LED

manual)

3. If WPS connection is successfully established, the repeater will

reboot immediately to make your setting effect ; 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 quick installation is successfully done, ‘Signal” LED will turn

on.

4. ‘Signal’ LED in AP mode is Steady light to provide wireless clients

the best signal.

5. Connect this access point to ADSL modem, wired router, or

switch/hub in your network through the LAN port of the access point by Ethernet cable.

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The quick installation setup is completely done, you can refer to ‘4-2 AP mode Advanced Settings’ to login in web UI for other advanced settings.

4-1-2 Web browser quick setup

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

wireless repeater’s Ethernet port.

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Or use your computer’s wireless configuration utility to search for access point named ‘repeater0003’ and get connected. (The default SSID of this repeater device is ‘repeater0003’, 0003 is an example,

it is the last 4 digits of device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.)

NOTE: this default SSID ‘repeater0003” is for example, different device may have

different last 4 digits.

If you are using wireless connection in Windows 7 and encountered

the following screen, please click “Connect the network without

setting it up” on the blue line then you can successfully link to

repeater. Do NOT click “OK “.

In case you click ‘OK’, Windows 7 will ask for security key, please

click “Cancel” to back to this page.

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2. Open web browser, it will redirect to web UI setting page. (or you

can input the default IP address ‘http://repeater0003’ in address bar)

NOTE: this ‘repeater0003” is for example, 0003 is the last 4 digits of device MAC number. Each device has different MAC number, please find it on your device label.)

You can also input default IP ‘http://192.168.2.1 instead of repeaterxxxx if your PC

is not Windows OS.

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

Default username is ‘admin’ and password is ‘1234’. Click ‘OK’

button to continue.

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4. Please input a SSID (a name used to identify this access point) in

‘Device SSID(2.4GHz)’ and ‘Device SSID(5GHz)’ field, then click ‘Next’ button. Default SSID is repeaterxxxx, you can change this

default SSID if you want.

5. Select security type of wireless link include 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz :

Encryption: Disable (no security), WEP, WPA pre-shared key, or WPA RADIUS

2.4GHz Wireless

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5GHz Wireless

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Note: WEP encryption: Select key length (64 or 128bit), key format (Hex or ASCII

characters), Default Tx Key (usually use ‘Key 1’), and input key characters (refer to

‘Key Format’ you selected for number of characters)

WPA pre-shared key: Select one WPA Unicast Cipher Suite (usually use default

setting ‘WPA(TKIP)’), Pre-shared Key Format: Passphrase (alphanumeric characters) or Hex (64 Hex Characters), and input key characters in ‘KEY’ field.

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WPA RADIUS: Only use this option if you have RADIUS authentication server on

your LAN. You have to input RADIUS server’s parameters (Server IP, port number,

and password).

6. Please recheck settings you made, and click ‘Apply’ to continue.

7. Please wait for few seconds for device to reboot.

8. After reboot complete, you can close browser to finish this quick

setup and connect this access point to ADSL modem, wired router, or

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switch/hub in your network through the LAN port of the access point by Ethernet cable.

NOTE: After quick installation is successfully finished and you want to login Web UI of repeater, please refer to ‘4-2 AP mode Advanced Settings’ for more functions or learn how to login web UI again.

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4-2 AP mode Advanced Settings

4-2-1 Connect to web configuration menu

Please open web browser (IE, firefox, chrome etc.) and find ‘300N Wireless Repeaterxxxx Web UI’ firmware link on your bookmark list if

NOTE: You can also input default IP ‘http://192.168.2.1 instead of repeaterxxxx if

your PC is not Windows OS.

Wireless repeater will prompt you to input username and password.

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

to continue.

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You should be able to see the configuration manual of this Access Point mode in very short time:

Detailed operation instructions will be given to following manual.

4-2-2 Home

The status and information of this access point will be displayed here.

To access ‘Home’ menu, click ‘Home’ on the left.

You should see the screen looks like this (the contents will vary depending on your actual setting):

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You can click ‘Show Active Clients’ button to show all connected

wireless clients.

Please note: By clicking ‘Show Active Clients’ button, a new browser

window will appear. If your browser prevents pop-up window from appearing, please disable this function or you will not be able to use ‘Show Client’ function.

4-2-3 WPS Setting

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To access ‘WPS Setting’ menu, click ‘WPS Settings’ on the left.

The following setup page will appear:

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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Item

Description

WPS Status

Shows the security setting status of WPS. If the wireless security (encryption) function of this

device is properly set, you’ll see ‘Configured’

message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’.

Self PinCode

SSID

Shows the SSID of this wireless repeater.

Authentication Mode

Shows the authentication mode of this wireless repeater.

Passphrase Key

Here shows asterisks (*) to indicate wireless security is properly set.

WPS Setting

You can select which band(2.4G or 5G) you want

to build wireless connection via ‘Start PBC’

button. Default is ‘2.4G’.

Config Mode

There are ‘Registrar’ and ‘Enrollee’ modes for the WPS connection. When ‘Registrar’ is enabled,

the wireless clients will follow the repeater’s wireless settings for WPS connection. When

‘Enrollee’ mode is enabled, the repeater will

follow the wireless settings of wireless router for WPS connection.

Start PBC

Click ‘Start PBC’ to start Push-Button style WPS setup procedure. This wireless repeater will wait for WPS requests from another wireless device for 2 minutes.

The ‘WPS’ LED on the wireless repeater will be

blinking for 2 minutes when this wireless repeater is waiting for incoming WPS request.

Start PIN

Please input the PIN code of the wireless client

you wish to connect, and click ‘Start PIN’ button.

The ‘WPS’ LED on the wireless repeater will be

blinking when this wireless repeater is waiting for

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incoming WPS request.

NOTE: For WPS2.0 compliance specification, WEP and WPA-PSK

can’t support WPS connection, some of wireless devices may follow this

latest WPS2.0 specification, so we recommend you not to use WEP and WPA-PSK to avoid WPS interoperability problem.

4-2-4 Advanced Settings

You can configure advanced wireless settings in this page. Please note that these settings are not safe to be configured by novice users.

Configure these settings only when you understand what you’re doing.

To access ‘Advanced Setting’ menu, click ‘Advanced Setting’ on the left.

The following setup page will appear:

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Item

Description

Fragment Threshold

Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Threshold. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346.

RTS Threshold

Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not

modify default value if you don’t know what it is,

default value is 2347.

Beacon Interval

Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 100.

DTIM Period

Configures DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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Message) send period. Default value is 3.

Channel Width

Set channel width of wireless radio. You can modify default value if you know what channel width is you need, default setting is ‘Auto 80MHz’.

Preamble Type

Set the type of preamble of wireless radio, Do not

modify default value if you don’t know what it is,

default setting is ‘Short Preamble’.

Broadcast ESSID

When set to ‘enabled’, every wireless devices can scan and found this wireless repeater; when set to

‘disabled’, only wireless clients who know exact

SSID can get connected with this wireless repeater. Set to disabled will help to improve security.

WMM

Enable or disable Wireless Multi-Media. When enabled, wireless repeater will give priority to multimedia related network applications so they will have better performance.

CTS Protect

This function provides CTS (Clear to Send)

protection when transferring data. It’s

recommended to select ‘Auto’ for this option.

TX Power

Select wireless transmitting power level, from 10% to 100%. When wireless clients are not too

far from this wireless repeater, you don’t have to

select a higher power level, since this may cause some people to try to break into your wireless network when you have a bad password or no password.

Enable LED off mode

You can enable or disable LED lights. Check

‘Enable LED OFF’ mode to setup LED

behavior: Turn off all LED: disabled all LED lights. Turn off all LED except POWER LED: all LED lights will be disabled, except ‘POWER’ LED.

following message:

When you finish settings in this page, click ‘Apply’ button. You’ll see the

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If you still need to configure this wireless repeater, click ‘CONTINUE’ button; if you want to save changes and make it work now, click ‘APPLY’

button.

You’ll be prompted to wait for 50 seconds before you can reconnect to Web UI of this access point.

4-2-5 WLAN 2.4G settings

To access 2.4GHz Wireless menu, click ‘WLAN 2.4G settings’ on the

left.

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Item

Description

Device SSID

This is the current SSID name of repeater. SSID

The following setup page will appear, it is the settings that you have setup:

Please Note : If your repeater working properly, please do not changes the setting here.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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is used to identify your own repeater from others when there are other wireless devices in the same area. You can type any alphanumerical characters to change SSID here, maximum 32 characters.

Encryption

This is the current security setup of repeater. You can select an encryption method from dropdown menu, there are three options.

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

Pre-shared Key Format

Key

This is the current security setup of repeater. You

can change the WPA passphrase here. It’s not

recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason.

Channel

This is the current channel of repeater.

4-2-6 WLAN 5G settings

To access 5GHz Wireless menu, click ‘WLAN 2.4G settings’ on the left.

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Item

Description

Device SSID

This is the current SSID name of repeater. SSID is used to identify your own repeater from others

The following setup page will appear, it is the settings that you have setup:

Please Note : If your repeater working properly, please do not changes the setting here.

The description of every setup item is listed as follow:

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when there are other wireless devices in the same area. You can type any alphanumerical characters to change SSID here, maximum 32 characters.

Encryption

This is the current security setup of repeater. You can select an encryption method from dropdown menu, there are three options.

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

Pre-shared Key Format

Key

This is the current security setup of repeater. You

can change the WPA passphrase here. It’s not

recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason.

Channel

This is the current channel of repeater.

4-2-7 MAC Address Filtering

Besides using wireless security to only allow permitted wireless users to use this wireless access point, you can also use MAC address filter to allow wireless users with certain MAC address to use this access point.

This will enhance security because you can make a ‘white list’ to allow

users on the list to use this wireless repeater only in advance. For those

clients who don’t list on this white list can’t get connected, even he or she

know the password.

To access ‘MAC Filtering’ menu, click ‘MAC Filtering’ on the left.

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