HP (Hewlett-Packard) Wireless Bridge manuel d'utilisation

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    2-Port W ir eless Bridge/AP with Print Server User Guide FCC Interference S tatement This equipment has been tested and foun d to comply w ith the limits for a Class B digital device pursu ant to Part 15 of the F CC Ru les. These l im its are desi gned to prov ide reasonabl e protection against radio in terference in a comm ercial environm ent. Thi[...]

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    FCC Interference S tatement This equipment has been tested and foun d to comply w ith the limits for a Class B digital device pursu ant to Part 15 of the F CC Ru les. These l im its are desi gned to prov ide reasonabl e protection against radio in terference in a comm ercial environm ent. This equipm ent can generate, use an d radiate radio frequen[...]

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    Contents CHAPTER 1 IN TRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1 1.1 Functions and Features ............................................................................................ 1 1.2 Packing List .......................................................................................................[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations that y ou purchase an outst anding Wireless Bridge. This product is a transceiver that connect s two or more remo te network into a single LAN and can act as a center point of a standalone wireless network or as the connection point between wireless and wired network. Th is product can also be used as a rugg e[...]

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    • DHCP se rver suppor ted All of the networke d computers ca n retrieve TCP/IP se ttings automatic ally from this product. • Web-based c onfiguring Configurable through any netw orked computer’s web browser. • MAC Addr ess Acc ess Contr ol supported Allows you to assign different access right for different users. • Firmware Upgradable Pro[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1 Fr ont Panel Figure 2-1 Front Panel LED: LED Function Color S tat us Description POWER P ower indication Green On Power is being applied to this product. M1 System status 1 Orange Blinking Thi s pr oduc t is func tioni ng properly . WLAN W ireless activity Green Blinking Sending or receiv ing [...]

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    2.1.2 R ear Panel Figure 2-2 Rear Panel Port Description 12VDC Power inlet: DC 12V , 1.5A (minim um) Port 1-2 The ports where y ou w ill connect netw o rked computers and other devices . PRINTER Printer Port (Optio nal) Antenna Connect w ith antenn a (Omn i-directional or Directional) 2.2 Pr ocedure of Hardware Installation 1. Decide how to place t[...]

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    Figure 2-3 Setup of L AN connections for this product Note: If an UPLINK port is not available, sim ply connect a cross-over Ethernet cab le from the AP to the switch /hub . 4. Connect thi s Product to the Printer Use the printer cable to connect the prin ter to the printer port of this product. (Optional) 5. Power Connect the power code to the pow[...]

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    Chapter 3 General Configuration 3.1 Log in and S tart up This product provides a we b based configuration sc heme, make possible to configure by web browser such as Nets cape Communicator or Internet Explorer. 1. Start the web browser, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exce ptions of Proxy setting . Then, ty pe th[...]

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    When this device is prin ting, there may appear a “ Kill Job ” button on the Sidenote column. You can click this button to c ancel the c urrent printing job manually. 3.3 T ool Box This option enables y ou to change the administrator password. There are some useful buttons in this page: View Log Vi ew the sy stem logs Reboot Reboot this device [...]

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    3.4 Prim ary Setup Figure 3.3 This option is primary to enable this product to work properly. 1.IP Address : the IP address of this device. 2.Mode : the opera ting mode of this device. Th e default mode is “Bridge”, which is the normal oper ation mode of a B ridge. Users can chang e it to the “AP” mode if y ou want this product to work as a[...]

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    5. WEP Security : Se lect the data pr ivacy algorithm you want. Enabling the security can protect your data while it is transf erred from one station to anot her. The standardized IEEE 802.11 WEP (64-bit or 128-bit) is used here. 6. WEP Key 1, 2, 3 & 4 : A fter enable the 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key security, please select one WEP key to be used [...]

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    Association control Check " Association control" to enable the controlling of which wireless cl ient can associate to t he wireless LAN. I f a client i s denied to associate t o the wireless LAN, it means the client can't send or receive any data via this device. Choose "allow" or " deny " to allow or deny the cli[...]

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    Chapter 4 Configure as a Bridge Two of these device s have capa bility to communicate with e ach other whe n these two devices are working in the “Bri dge” M ode. Users can connect two or more wired LANs tog ether via wireless connection with wireless bridge function. The connection is as follows: Figure 4.1 Note: This device can’t be a wirel[...]

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    4.2 Cr eate a Bridge Netw ork Environm ent The bridge supports external antennas with omni-directiona l or directional capabilitie s. Omni-directiona l antennas ar e suited for sy stems requiring a signa l distribution in more than one direction. Hi gh-gain directional an tennas are best suited for longer coverage rang e in a fixed direction. Due t[...]

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    Chapter 5 DHCP Server Dy namic Host Configurati on Protocol (DHCP) is a TCP/IP standard for simplify i ng manage ment of host I P configuration. The DHCP standard provides for the use of DHCP servers as a way to manage dy namic allocation of I P. Every computer on a TCP/IP network must have a unique computer name and IP address. The I P address (to[...]

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    Fixed Mapping I n general, DHCP server a ssig ns an IP address chosen from the I P addresses pool randomly . Fixe d Mapping allows you to assign a specific I P address to the specified MAC address. 14[...]

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    Chapter 6 Print Server This product provides the function o f network print server for MS W indows 95/98/NT/2000/XP , Linux and Unix based platforms. 6.1 Configuring on Windows 95/98/ME Platform s After finished the software installa ti on procedure described in Chapter 7, the computer has ability to print via this pr oduct. For convenience, we cal[...]

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    3. Select the Details item. 4. Choose the “PRTmate: (All-in-1)” from the list attached at the Print To the following port item. Ensure that the Print using the following driver ite m is configured to the correct driver of this printer server . 5. Click Port Settings . Ty pe the IP address of th is product and then click the OK button. 6. Make s[...]

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    6.2 Configuring on Windows 2000/XP Platforms The configuration procedure for a Windows 2000/XP platform is similar to that of Windows 95/98/ME except of the printer Properties . Compare to the procedure for the settin g of windows 95/98/ME, the selection of Details (windows 95/98/ME) is equivalent to the selection of Ports (windows 2000/XP) , and P[...]

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    Chapter 7 Software Installation 1. I nsert the installation CD- ROM into the CD-ROM device. The f ollowing window will be shown automatica lly . If it isn’t, please run “ inst all.exe ” in the CD-ROM. 2. Click the INSTALL button. Wait until the following Welcome dialogue appears, and click the Next button. 18[...]

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    3. Select the de stinati on folder and click the Next button. Then, the setup progra m will begin to install this pr ogram into the computer. 4. When the following window is display ed, click the Finish button. 5. Select the ite m to restart the computer and the n click the OK button to reboot y our computer. 19[...]

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    6. After rebooting y our computer, you can configure this device (refer to Chapter 4) and setup the Print Serv er (refer to Chapter 6). 20[...]

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    Appendix A TCP/IP Config uration for W ireless W indows 95/98/ME/2000/X P This chapter will introduce how to insta ll the TCP/I P protocol in the personal computer and using the TCP/I P settin g to connect this device correctly . A.1 Configure Windows 95/98/ME Platform s for w orking with this device 1. Connect this device to a comput er by general[...]

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    Network Pr otocols list. Click OK button to return to Network window . 7. The TCP/IP protocol shall be listed in the Network window . Click OK to complete the install procedur e and restart y our PC to enable the TCP/I P protocol. 8. After rebooting, click S tart button and choose Settings , then c lick Contr ol Panel . 9. Double click Network icon[...]

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    this product is 192.168.123.254. So please use 192.168.123.xxx (xxx is between 1 and 253) for IP Addr ess field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field. 12. I n the Gateway and DNS tab, do not put anything . 13. Click OK button to finish the TCP/ I P setting and restart the computer . 23[...]

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    A.2 Configure Windows 2000/XP P latforms for work ing with this device 1. After complete inst allation the windows 2000/XP, the sy stem will automatica lly install the TCP/I P protocol. 2. Connect this device to a comput er by general network cable. 3. On the Windows 2000/XP platform, right click My Network Places on the desktop then select Propert[...]

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    5. I n the General tab, choose Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click the properties button. 6. I n the General tab, select Use the following IP address and set a IP address which is in the same subnet with this product(default is 192.168.123.254). 7. Do not put any t hing in the Default gateway and DNS field. 8. Click the OK button to complete TCP/I[...]