LINKSYS MWA200 User Manual

EarthLink, Inc. Quick Installation Guide

EarthLink MWA200

Quick Installation Guide

4/14/2006
Version 1.0

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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

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

-•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

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

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

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.

FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the
user's authority to operate this equipment.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment
should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g operation of this product in the U.S.A. is firmware-limited to channels 1 through 11.

Chapter 1: MWA200 Default Configuration 3
Chapter 2: How to configure MWA200 4

Situation 1: AP’s configuration is matching with MWA200 5
Situation 2: AP’s configuration isn’t matching with MWA200. 8
Situation 3: No AP with the same SSID as MWA200’s in your environment. 9

Appendix A: How to Modify SSID 10
Appendix B: How to Upload Root Certificate 11
Appendix C: How to Modify WLAN’s Security Mode 12

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IC STATEMENT

Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1) this device may not cause interference and

2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the
device

IMPORTANT NOTE:
IC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This
equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Declaration d'Industrie Canada
Le fonctionnement est soumis aux conditions suivantes :

1.Ce peripherique ne doit pas causer d'interferences;

2.Ce peripherique doit accepter doit accepter toutes les interferences recues, y compris celles qui risquent
d'entrainer un fonctionnement indesirable.

Chapter 1:
MWA200 Default Configuration

MWA200’s default configuration are listed as below table:

Item Default Value
IP Address 192.168.1.1

SSID linksys
Authentication Type WPA2 Enterprise
Encryption Method AES
EAP Type TTLS
TTLS Authentication
Protocol
Root Certificate
Email Address
Password

PAP

(Empty)
(Empty)
(Empty)

Note 1. If you want to modify the SSID, please refer to Appendix A: How to

Modify SSID.

2. If you want to upload root certificate to MWA200, please refer to

Appendix B: How to Upload Root Certificate

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Chapter 2:
How to configure MWA200

Generally speaking, according to AP’s configuration you want to connect,

you’ll encounter several situations:

1. AP’s configuration is matching with MWA200.

2. AP’s configuration isn’t matching with MWA200.

3. No AP with the same SSID as MWA200’s in your environment.

According to above situations, following sections will introduce what will happen
in MWA200 and how to re-configure MWA200.

Note MWA200 provides Web-based utility to configure all parameters. If you

want to change the configuration of MWA200, please access the Web­based utility of MWA200 launch Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator,
and enter the default IP address, 192.168.1.1, in the Address field.

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Situation 1:

AP’s configuration is matching
with MWA200

Step 1: Launch to Web-base Utility. You’ll see the below screen. Press Next

button.

Step 2: Key in Email Address and Password for doing EAP TTLS

authentication.

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Step 3: Wait the connecting result.

Step 4: Success to connect to AP. Press Close button.

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