Buffalo WHR-G300N manual

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2 Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4   Co n g u ra ti o n T oo l  Log i n .  . . . .  . . . .  . . . .  . .?[...]

3 W orkandplay-furtherandfaster!YourAirStationNniticombinesEthernet networkingwithextendedwirelessrangeandspeed.Itoffersexcellentcompatibilitywith mostwirelessclients,givingsuperbperformancewithWireless-N,Wireless-G,andlegacy Wireless-B[...]

4 B eg in b y n din g a g oo d  pl ac e t o s et  u p y ou r r ou t er /a cc es s p o in t.   So me  th i ng s t o consider: •You’llneedtobeabletoplugyourinternetconnectionintoit,soitshouldgowithin reachoftheLANcablefromyou[...]

5 Placing Your AirStation Y ourAirStation may beplaced horizontally,or vertically withits standattached.  Youcan alsomountitonthewall.[...]

6 Wall Mounting 4.5cm(~1.75inches) 8.5cm (~3.3inches) F orwallmounting,screwtwooftheincludedwall-mountingscrewsintothewallineither ofthecongurationsshownbelow.SlotsonthebackoftheAirStationwilltoverapairof screwsineither?[...]

7 Wall Mounting O r,thebasecanbeattacheddirectlytothewallwithtwoscrews8.5cm(~3.3”)apart.After thebaseisrmlysecured,attachtheAirStationtoitsbasenormally. 8.5cm (~3.3inches)[...]

8 Connecting your AirStation PC CableorDSLModem Powertooutletor surgeprotector Routerswitchshould besetto Auto for normaluse.[...]

9 ToinitiallycongureyourAirStation,you’lluseawiredconnectiontoyourcomputer. Onceyou’veconnectedtotheinternetthroughtherouter,youmayswitchtoawireless connectionifdesired. ThecomputerusedtoconguretheAirStationshouldbeset?[...]

10 L aunchawebbrowseronthecomputerthatyou’re usingtoconguretheAirStation. Enter 192.168.11.1 into theURLeld. Naturally, ifyou change your AirStation’s IPaddress, you’llhave to enter thenewaddressinstead. A window will open, [...]

11 Y ourAirStation’sSmartRoutertechnologywilldeterminethetypeofinternet connectionyouhaveautomatically,andaskyouforanyneededinformation.If yourISPassignsIPsautomatically(mostcableprovidersdo),theirDHCPserver willgiveyourrouteran[...]

12 Toconnectwirelessdevicesto theAirStation,youmayeither entertheSSIDandencryptionkey manually,oryoucanuseAOSS. FormoreinformationonAOSS,see pages14and15. Consultyourwirelessclients’ manualsforinstructionson conguringthem?[...]

13 YoucangetbacktotheSetuppagefrom anywhereinthecongurationscreensby clickingonthe Setup tabinthetopleft corner.Fromhere,youcanrerunthe InternetConnectionWizards,changeyour wirelessSSIDandchannel,andchoose yourencry[...]

14 ThemenusintheCongurationToolletyouchangeyourAirStation’ssettings.To navigatesettings,choosea category atthetopofthepageandthena submenu below.Settingswillappearontheleft,helplesontheright.Thisexample showsth[...]

15 TheInitialize/Restartpagecanbe reachedbychoosingthe Admin Cong categorytabandthenclicking onthe Initialize/Restart submenu. Click Restart Now fromthispage torestartyourAirStation.Click Initialize Now torestoreyour AirStationtofactory[...]

16 Youcangettothispagebyselectingthe Wireless Cong categoryandchoosingthe AOSS submenu. TheblueAOSSbuttonatthetopleftofthe pagehasthesamefunctionasthephysical AOSSbuttononthetopoftherouter:it initiatestheAOSSp[...]

17 AOSS AOSS (AirStationOne-TouchSecureSystem)isasimplesystemfor conguringyourwirelessnetworksecurely.Ifyourrouterandyour clientdeviceareinstalledandbothsupportAOSS,thenmakinga securewirelessconnectionbetweenthemisveryeasy. Push?[...]

18 Some things to keep in mind with AOSS: • OnlyoneAOSSwirelessclientadaptercanbeconguredwiththeAOSSrouterata time.Thebuttonswillneedtobere-pressedtoconnecteachadditionalAOSSwireless client adapter. • ItisnotnecessarytoAOSS[...]

19 Th e  Ai r St a ti o n m a y b e u s ed  as  ei t h er  a f ul l  wi r el e ss  r ou t er  or  a s i mp l e a c ce s s p oi n t .  Th e sw i t ch  ha s t h r ee  po s it i o ns : ON  ( Ro u te r M o d e)  - T he  d ef a ul t L A N -s i de  IP  a dd r es s i[...]

20 By  d ef a ul t , e n cr y pt i on  i s n ot  en a b le d o n t h e Ai r S ta t io n u n l es s y o u u s ed  AO S S t o p e rf o rm  y ou r se t u p.  A n yo n e w i th i n r a ng e c a n e as i l y c on n ec t  to yo u r w i re l es s  ne t wo r k.   Th i s?[...]

21 Encryption and Security Ma n y k i nd s o f  en c ry p ti o n a r e a va i l ab l e.  W E P wo r k s w it h a l m os t e v er y t hi n g.  W P A 2- P SK  is mu c h m o re  se c u re .  C ho o s e t he  st r o ng e st  me t h od of  e nc r yp t io n  th a t w or k s [...]

22 Ea c h o f y o ur  w ir e le s s c l ie n ts  wi l l n e ed  yo u r pa s s wo r d t o c o nn e ct  to  t he  ne t wo r k .  Cl i ck  o n t he wi r e le s s i co n  in  yo u r c o mp u te r ’s  s ys t ra y , o r t h is me s s ag e i f i t  po p s u p. An y[...]

23 En t e r y ou r n e t wo r k k ey  ( “p a ss w or d ” ) t wi c e a n d c li c k Co n n ec t . Re p e at  fo r e a c h W in d ow s  XP  co m pu t e r t ha t co n n ec t s t o y o ur  ne t wo r k w i re l es s l y. Connecting your Wireless Clients Ot h e r w ir e le s s d e vi c es[...]

24 Connecting to a Preexisting Network ToaddanAirStationwithoutchangingyourexistingLANconguration,justconnectall thecablesandpowerontheAirStation.WiththemodeswitchsettoAUTO,AirStation canbeaddedtotheexistingnetworkautomatically,without?[...]

25 WHR-G300N AirStation Specications Wireless LAN Standards:IEEE802.11nDraft2.0,IEEE802.11g,IEEE802.11b FrequencyRange:2.412-2.462 DualAntennas(Internal) Security:WPA2-PSK,WPA-PSK,WEP,MACAddressRegistration Wired LAN Standards:IEEE802.3u(100BASE-TX),IEEE802.3(10?[...]

26 Regulatory Information Wirelesscommunicationisoftensubjecttolocalradioregulations.AlthoughAirStation wirelessnetworkingproductshavebeendesignedforoperationinthelicense-free2.4GHz band,localradioregulationsmayimposelimitationsontheuseofwireles[...]

27 Common Problems •Outofrange,clientcannotconnecttotheAirStation. •Congurationmismatch,clientcannotconnecttotheAirStation. •AbsenceorconictwiththeClientDriver. •ConictofanotherdevicewiththeAirStationhardware. LED Activity MonitoringL[...]

28 DIAG LED Activity Table DIAG LED Display Time Description/Action ContinuousRed Starting RAMErrorRedash,2timesStartingFlash ROMError Redash,3times Starting AproblemonthewiredLANside Redash,4times Starting AproblemonthewirelessLANsi[...]

29 • Ifthewirelessadapterprotocolisnotyetinstalled,clickthe Add buttonandselect theTCP/IPprotocolfromthelist.RefertoWindowsHelpformoreinformation. • Ifthewirelessadapterprotocolisinstalled,selecttheprotocolandclickthe[...]

30 10BaseT: 802.3basedEthernetnetwork thatusesUTP(Unshieldedtwistedpair) cableandastartopology.10Mbpsdata transmissionspeed. 100BaseT: 802.3basedEthernetnetwork thatusesUTP(Unshieldedtwistedpair) cableandastartopology.100Mbp[...]

31 Destination Address: Theaddressportion ofapacketthatidentiestheintended recipientstation. DHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol): BasedonBOOTP,itusesapool ofIPaddresses,whichitassignstoeach deviceconnectedtoit,andretrievesthe address?[...]

32 Full-Duplex: Totransmitonthesame channelinbothdirectionssimultaneously. Half-duplex: Totransmitonthesame channelinbothdirections,onedirectionat a time. Hub: Adevicewhichallowsconnection ofcomputersandotherdevicestoforma LAN.[...]

33 PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) Card: Removable modulethataddsfeaturestoaportable computer. Peer-to-peer: Thissimplenetworkisformedby connectingcomputersdirectly,withoutuseof routersorhubs.A crossover cable isplugged into[...]

34 PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet): Aspecicationforconnecting usersonanEthernetlinetotheInternet throughacommonbroadbandmedium. Protocol: Astandardwayofexchanging informationbetweencomputers. RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service): ?[...]

35 SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol: An application layer protocol thatoutlinestheformalstructurefor communicationamongnetworkdevices. Static IP Address: ApermanentIP addressisassignedtoanodeinaTCP/IP network.AlsoknownasglobalIP. SSID: The“n[...]

36 WAN (Wide Area Network): Anetworking systemcoveringawidegeographicalarea. WEP Encryption: Acommonsecurity protocolforwirelessnetworks.WEPis compatiblewithalmostallwirelessdevices. Web Browser: Asoftwareprogramthat allowsviewingofwebpages. Wi-[...]

37 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital dev ice,  purs uan t to Part 15 of the  FCC Rules .  These  limi ts are des ign ed to provi de reaso na[...]

38 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two co nd iti on s:  (1)  Th is  dev ic e may  not  ca use  ha rm ful  in te rfe re nc e,  and  (2 ) this  de vi ce mus t acc ep t anyinterferencereceived,[...]

39 European Union Notice: RadioproductswiththeCEmarkingcomplywiththeR&TTEDirective(1999/5/EC),the EMCDirective(89/336/EEC)andtheLowVoltageDirective(73/23/EEC)issuedbythe CommissionoftheEuropeanCommunity. Compliancewiththesedirectivesimpliesconf[...]

40 thecomputermanufacturermustthereforebeallowedatalltimestoensurethesafeuse oftheequipment. Intended use Thisdeviceisa2.4GHzwirelessLANtransceiver,intendedforindoorhomeandofce useinUSA,Canada,allEUandEFTAmemberstates. EU Count[...]

41 InItalytheend-usershouldapplyforalicenseatthenationalspectrumauthoritiesin ordertoobtainanauthorizationtousethedeviceforsettingupoutdoorradiolinks. InBelgiumthereisarestrictioninoutdooruse.Thefrequencyrangeinwhichoutdo[...]

42 • Theequipmentthatyouhavepurchasedhasrequiredtheextractionanduseofnatural resourcesforitsproduction. • Theequipmentmaycontainhazardoussubstancesthatcouldimpacthealthandthe environment. • Inordertoavoidthedisseminationofthosesub[...]

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46 ThankyouforyourinterestinBuffaloproducts.OurGPLsoftwaredeliverypolicyisoutlinedbelow. Foreachindividualproductandrevision,pleasesendoneindividuallypackagedselfaddressedpaddedCD shippingenvelope,containingablankCD-Rtothefollowingad[...]

47 ThankyouforyourinterestinBuffaloproducts.OurGPLsoftwaredeliverypolicyisoutlinedbelow. Foreachindividualproductandrevision,pleasesendoneindividuallypackagedselfaddressedpaddedCD shippingenvelope,containingablankCD-Rtothefollowingad[...]

48 *300 Mbps is the link speed when using Wireless-N mode.  It represents actual wireless data speeds, including overhead.  Because the overhead is not available for user data transfer, usable wireless throughput will be substantiallyslower. [...]