ZyXEL Communications WRE2205 User Manual
Quick Start Guide
WRE2205
Wireless N300 Range Extender
Version 1.00
Edition 1, 06/2012
User’s Guide
Default Login Details
LAN IP Address http://192.168.1.2
User Name admin
Password 1234
www.zyxel.com
Copyright © 2012 ZyXEL Communications Corporation
IMPORTANT!
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USE.
KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
Related Documentation
•Quick Start Guide
The Quick Start Guide shows how to connect the WRE2205 and access the Web Configurator
wizards. (See the wizard real time help for information on configuring each screen.) It also
contains a connection diagram and package contents list.
Note: It is recommended you use the Web Configurator to configure the WRE2205.
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Contents Overview
Contents Overview
User’s Guide .........................................................................................................................................7
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................9
The Web Configurator .............................................................................................................................13
Connection Wizard ....... ................................................................................ ...........................................15
Status ......................................................................................................................................................23
Tutorials ..................................................................................................................................................29
Technical Reference ..........................................................................................................................39
Wireless LAN ..................................... .....................................................................................................41
LAN .........................................................................................................................................................51
System ....................................................................................................................................................53
Tools ................................................... ................................. ................................ ....................................55
Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................................................61
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents Overview ..............................................................................................................................3
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................4
Part I: User’s Guide ...........................................................................................7
Chapter 1
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................9
1.1 Overview ......................... .... ... ... ... .... ...................................................................................................9
1.2 Securing the WRE2205 .....................................................................................................................10
1.3 Front Panel ................................... .....................................................................................................10
1.4 The WPS Button ....................................... ... .......................................... ...........................................11
1.4.1 WiFi Protected Setup ...............................................................................................................11
Chapter 2
The Web Configurator........................................................................................................................13
2.1 Overview ......................... .... ... ... ... .... .................................................................................................13
2.2 Accessing the Web Configurator .......................................................................................................13
2.3 Resetting the WRE2205 ............................ ... .... ... ... .......................................... .................................14
Chapter 3
Connection Wizard.............................................................................................................................15
3.1 Overview ......................... .... ... ... ... .... .................................................................................................15
3.2 Configuring LAN TCP/IP ........................ ... ... .....................................................................................15
3.3 Configuring the WRE2205 for Connection to an AP .........................................................................16
3.3.1 Selecting Automatically Detected AP Parameters ...................................................................16
3.3.2 Manually Configuring AP Parameters .....................................................................................19
3.4 Completing the Connection Wizard ...................................................................................................20
Chapter 4
Status...................................................................................................................................................23
4.1 WRE2205 Status ................................. ... ... ... .... ... ... ...........................................................................23
4.1.1 Summary: Packet Statistics ....................................................................................................25
4.1.2 Summary: WLAN Station Status ..........................................................................................25
4.2 Navigation Panel .................... ... ... .... ... ... ...........................................................................................26
Chapter 5
Tutorials...............................................................................................................................................29
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5.1 Overview ......................... .... ... ... ... .... .................................................................................................29
5.2 Connecting a Wireless Client using WPS .........................................................................................29
5.2.1 Push Button Configuration (PBC) ................. ... .... ... ... ... ...........................................................29
5.2.2 PIN Configuration ...... ... ... ... .... ... ... .......................................... .................................................31
5.3 Connecting the WRE2205 to an AP ..................................................................................................32
5.3.1 Connecting to an AP with the WPS PBC Method ....................................................................33
5.3.2 Connecting to an AP with the WPS PIN Method .....................................................................34
5.3.3 Selecting an AP from an Automatically Detected List .............................................................35
5.3.4 Selecting an AP by Manually Entering Security Information ...................................................37
Part II: Technical Reference............................................................................39
Chapter 6
Wireless LAN.......................................................................................................................................41
6.1 Overview ......................... .... ... ... ... .... .................................................................................................41
6.2 What You Can Do .................................. ... ... .... .................................................................................41
6.3 What You Should Know ....................................................................................................................41
6.3.1 Wireless Security Overview .....................................................................................................42
6.4 General Wireless LAN Screen ........................... ... ... .... ... ... ... .......................................... .................43
6.5 MAC Filter ........................... ... ... ... .....................................................................................................44
6.6 Wireless LAN Advanced Screen ...................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ...... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ..........45
6.7 Quality of Service (QoS) Screen .......................................................................................................46
6.8 WPS Screen .............................. ... .... ... .......................................... ....................................................46
6.9 WPS Station Screen ..........................................................................................................................47
6.10 AP Select Screen ............................................................................................................................48
Chapter 7
LAN ......................................................................................................................................................51
7.1 Overview ......................... .... ... ... ... .... .................................................................................................51
7.2 What You Need To Know .......................................... .... ... ... .......................................... ....................51
7.3 LAN IP Screen .................................... ..............................................................................................51
Chapter 8
System.................................................................................................................................................53
8.1 Overview ......................... .... ... ... ... .... .................................................................................................53
8.2 What You Can Do .................................. ... ... .... .................................................................................53
8.3 System Password Screen ................................................................................................................53
Chapter 9
Tools ....................................................................................................................................................55
9.1 Overview ......................... .... ... ... ... .... .................................................................................................55
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9.2 What You Can Do .................................. ... ... .... .................................................................................55
9.3 Firmware Upload Screen ..................................................................................................................55
9.4 Configuration Screen ................................... .... .......................................... .......................................56
9.4.1 Backup Configuration ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .......................................... ..............................................57
9.4.2 Restore Configuration ............. ................................................................................ .................57
9.4.3 Back to Factory Defaults .........................................................................................................58
9.5 Restart Screen .......................... ... .... ... ... ... .......................................... ..............................................58
9.6 LED Screen .. ... ... .... ... ... ... ................................................................................. .................................58
Chapter 10
Troubleshooting..................................................................................................................................61
10.1 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs ........................ ... .... ... ... ... ... ...........................................61
10.2 WRE2205 Access and Login ..........................................................................................................62
10.3 Internet Access ...............................................................................................................................63
10.4 Resetting the WRE2205 to Its Factory Defaults ................................ .................... ...................... ....65
10.5 Wireless Problems ..........................................................................................................................65
Appendix A Legal Information............................................................................................................67
Index ....................................................................................................................................................73
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PART I
User’s Guide
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1.1 Overview
LEW
N
AP
WLAN
The WRE2205 (N) is a universal repeater that is an access point and a wireless client at the same
time. The WRE2205 (N) wirelessly relays communications from its wireless clients to the access
point.
Figure 1 Universal Repeater
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Your can create the following connections using the WRE2205:
• LAN. You can connect network devices via the Ethernet port of the WRE2205 so that they can
communicate with each other and access the Internet.
• WLAN. Wireless clients can connect to the WRE2205 to access network resources.
Use a (supported) web browser to manage the WRE2205.
See Chapter 4 on page 23 for more information.
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Chapter 1 Introduction
WPS Button
LEDs
Power Switch
Ethernet Port
1.2 Securing the WRE2205
Do the following things regularly to make the WRE2205 more secure and to manage the WRE2205
more effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of different
types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier
working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you
forget your password, you will have to reset the WRE2205 to its factory default settings. If you
backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the WRE2205.
You could simply restore your last configuration.
1.3 Front Panel
Figure 2 Front Panel
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The following table describes the LEDs and the WPS button.
Table 1 Front Panel LEDs and WPS Button
LED STATUS DESCRIPTION
Signal Strength On Signal strength 50-100%
Blinking Signal strength 25-50%
Blinking
rapidly
Off No signal detected, disconnected or the LED is turned off in the firmware.
Signal strength <25%
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Table 1 Front Panel LEDs and WPS Button (continued)
LED STATUS DESCRIPTION
Wi-Fi Blinking The WRE2205 is sending/receiving data through the wireless LAN.
Off The wireless LAN is not ready or the LED is turned off in the firmware.
Power On The WRE2205 is receiving power and functioning properly.
Blinking The WRE2205 is resetting to factory defaults.
Off The WRE2205 is not re ceiving power or the LED is turned off in the firmware.
WPS On WPS status is configured.
Blinking The WRE2205 is negotiating a WPS connection with a wireless client and an
AP.
Blinking
Rapidly
Off The WPS status is not configured or the LED is turned off in the firmware.
LAN On The WRE2205 has a successful 10/100MB LAN connection.
Blinking The WRE2205 is sending/receiving data through the LAN.
Off The LAN is not connected.
WPS error
1.4 The WPS Button
The WPS button can be used to reset the WRE2205 to factory default configuration (see Section 2.3
on page 14) or to begin WiFi Protected Setup (WPS).
1.4.1 WiFi Protected Setup
Your WRE2205 supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), which is an easy way to set up a secure
wireless network. WPS is an industry standard specification, defined by the WiFi Alliance.
WPS allows you to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security, without having to
configure security settings manually. Each WPS connection works between two devices. Both
devices must support WPS (check each device’s documentation to make sure).
Depending on the devices you have, you can either press a button (recommended) on the device
itself, or in its configuration utility or enter a PIN (a unique Personal Identification Number that
allows one device to authenticate the other) in each of the two devices. When WPS is activated on
a device, it has two minutes to find another device that also has WPS activated. Then, the two
devices connect and set up a secure network by themselves.
For more information on using WPS, see Section 5.2 on page 29.
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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2.1 Overview
This chapter describes how to access the WRE2205 Web Configurator and provides an overview of
its screens.
The Web Configurator is an HTML-based management interface that allows easy setup and
management of the WRE2205 via Internet browser. Use Internet Explorer 6.0 and later versions,
Mozilla Firefox 3 and later versions, or Safari 2.0 and later versions. The recommended screen
resolution is 1024 by 768 pixels.
In order to use the Web Configurator you need to allow:
• Web browser pop-up windows from your device. Web pop-up blocking is enabled by default in
Windows XP SP (Service Pack) 2.
• JavaScript (enabled by default).
• Java permissions (enabled by default).
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The Web Configurator
Refer to Chapter 10 Troubleshooting to see how to make sure these functions are allowed in
Internet Explorer.
2.2 Accessing the Web Configurator
1 Make sure your WRE2205 hardware is properly connected and prepare your computer or computer
network to connect to the WRE2205 (refer to the Quick Start Guide).
2 Launch your web browser.
3 If this is the first time you are accessing your WRE2205, type "http://192.168.1.2" as the website
address in your web browser. This is the default LAN IP address. Alternatively, after the WRE2205
has successfully connected to an AP, type "http://zyxelsetupxxxx" instead of the default IP address,
where xxxx is the last four digits of the MAC address.
Your computer must be in the same subnet in order to access this website address. In it’s initial
configuration, the WRE2205 can assign your computer an IP address, so you must set your
computer to get an IP address automatically (computer factory default).
4 Type admin (default) as the user name and 1234 (default) as the password and click OK.
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Chapter 2 The Web Configurator
Figure 3 Login Screen
2.3 Resetting the WRE2205
If you forget your password or IP address, or you cannot access the Web Configurator, press the
WPS button for more than 10 seconds to reload the factory-default configuration file. This means
that you will lose all configurations that you had previously saved, the username will be reset to
admin and password will be reset to 1234. The IP address will be reset to “192.168.1.2”.
1 Make sure the power LED is on.
2 Press and hold the WPS button. After 10 seconds, the power LED begins flashing.
3 Release the WPS button. The WRE2205 reloads factory defaults and begins to reboot.
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3.1 Overview
This chapter provides information on the wizard setup screens in the Web Configurator.
The Web Configurator’s wizard setup helps you configure your device.
After you access the WRE2205 Web Configurator, click to start wizard setup.
3.2 Configuring LAN TCP/IP
Figure 4 Wizard Step 1: LAN TCP/IP
CHAPTER 3
Connection Wizard
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 2 Wizard Step 1: LAN TCP/IP
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Get from DHCP
Server
User Defined LAN IPClick this to enable the manual IP conf iguration.
IP Address Type the IP address of your WRE2205 in dotted decimal notation 192.168.1.2 (factory
IP Subnet Mask The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP address. Your WRE2205
Next Click Next to start the next step.
Exit Click Exit to leave the wizard.
Click this to enable the DHCP client of the WRE2205 to get the IP configuration
automatically.
default).
will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP addre ss that you assign.
Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet mask computed by the
WRE2205.
3.3 Configuring the WRE2205 for Connection to an AP
In this step of the configuration wizard, you must configure the WRE2205 with the security
parameters of the AP you want to connect to. These parameters can be configured by selecting
those automatically detected by the WRE2205, or by configuring them manually. Manual
configuration is useful when the AP is hidden.
3.3.1 Selecting Automatically Detected AP Parameters
1 Select an AP using the following screen.
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Figure 5 Wizard Step 2: Selecting an AP
Chapter 3 Connection Wizard
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 3 Network > Wireless LAN > AP Select
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Select Use the radio button to select the wireless device to wh ich you want to connect.
SSID This displays the Service Set IDentity of the wireless device. The SSID is a unique name
MAC This displays the MAC address of the wireless device.
Channel This displays the channel number used by this wireless device.
Mode This displays which IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless networking standards the wireless device
Security Mode This displays the type of security configured on the wireless device. When no is shown, no
Strength This displays the strength of the wireless signal. The signal strength mainly depends on
Setup repeater
manually
SSID If Setup repeater manually is selected, use this field to type the SSID of the AP. This is
Refresh Click this to search for available wireless devices within transmission range and update
that identifies a wireless network. All devices in a wireless network must use the same
SSID.
supports.
security is configured and you can connect to it without a password.
the antenna output power and the distance between your WRE2205 and this device.
Select this to setup the AP manually.
useful when the AP’s SSID is hidden.
this table.
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Table 3 Network > Wireless LAN > AP Select (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
BACK Click this to go back to the previous step in the wizard.
NEXT Click this to start the next step in the AP setup process.
EXIT Click this to exit the wizard.
Previous Click this to see the previous page of APs.
Next Click this to see the next page of APs.
Note: The wireless stations and WRE2205 must use the same SSID, channel ID , WPA -PSK
(if WPA-PSK is enabled) or WPA2-PSK (if WPA2-PSK is enabled) for wireless
communication.
2 Type a key. The number of characters accepted by the KEY field is shown in the following table.
Table 4 Maximum Key Lengths
ENCRYPTION KEY FORMAT KEY LENGTH
64-bit WEP ASCII 5 characters
128-bit WEP ASCII 13 characters
WPA pre-shared key Passphrase 8-63 characters
Hex 10 characters
Hex 26 characters
Hex 64 characters
Figure 6 Wizard Step 3: Type a Key
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3.3.2 Manually Configuring AP Parameters
If the AP you want to connect to is not listed, then follow these steps to configure the security
settings of the AP manually.
1 Select Setup repeater manually.
2 Type the SSID of the AP into the SSID field.
Figure 7 Wizard Step 2: Typing the SSID
Chapter 3 Connection Wizard
3 Configure the security settings. The number of characters accepted by the KEY field is shown in the
following table.
Table 5 Maximum Key Lengths
ENCRYPTION KEY FORMAT KEY LENGTH
64-bit WEP ASCII 5 characters
128-bit WEP ASCII 13 characters
WPA pre-shared key Passphrase 8-63 characters
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Hex 10 characters
Hex 26 characters
Hex 64 characters
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Figure 8 Wizard Step 2: Configuring Security Settings
3.4 Completing the Connection Wizard
1 Click Next. The key verification screen appears.
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Figure 9 Wizard Step 3: Verifying the Key
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The following screen appears if the key fails to verify. Click BACK and check the key.
Figure 10 Wizard Step 3: Key Verification Failed
2 Click Apply to complete the wizard setup.
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Figure 11 Connection Wizard Complete
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4.1 WRE2205 Status
The screen below shows the status screen.
Figure 12 Status Screen
CHAPTER 4
Status
The following table describes the icons shown in the Status screen.
Table 6 Status Screen Icon Key
ICON DESCRIPTION
Click this icon to open the setup wizard.
Click this icon to view copyright and a link for related product information.
Select a number of seconds or None from the drop-down list box to refresh all
screen statistics automatically at the end of every time interval or to not refresh
the screen statistics.
Click this button to refresh the status screen statistics.
The following table describes the labels shown in the Status screen.
Table 7 Web Configurator Status Screen
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Device Information
System Name This is the System Name.
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