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O FF I C E C ON NE CT W IR ELESS 54 M BPS 11 G T RAVEL R OUTER 3CR T R V100 75/ WL-5 34 W IR E LES S A CCESS P OINT • R OUTER • W IRELES S C LIENT B RIDGE Q UICK S TART G UIDE Introduction Please tak e a few mi nutes to familiar ize you rself with the f eat ur es and funct ions of you r ne w 3Co m O fficeCo nne c t W irele ss 54Mb ps 11 g T rav[...]
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2 Mo de s Y our 3Co m O fficeCo nne ct W ireless 54M b ps 11g T r avel Rou ter ha s four mode s: ■ Setup /Con figu rat ion Mod e — used f or co nf igura ti on o nly . ■ AP (A cce ss P oint ) Mo de . ■ Rou ter M ode ■ Clien t M od e — A llow s a devi ce w it h an E the r net port t o co nnec t t o a wireless net work . The mo de is se t [...]
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3 Y ou can conn ect to th e T rav el Rout er usin g eith er the Wirel ess inter face or th e w ired Ethe r ne t con ne ctio n. See th e late r sectio n In iti a l C on fi gu ra t io n for de ta ils. Ro ute r Mode I n Ro ute r Mode, the T r avel Router ac ts as a D HCP Server , allo cating IP addresses for W ireless stations (clients). It also acts [...]
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4 common serv ices such as HT TP , F TP , E-mail, etc.) If y ou have pr oblem s, you sho u ld t r y ge tting p ermiss i on for all user s to con nect to th e LA N/W AN, so yo u can use A P m ode in stea d. Y ou ca n co nnec t to t he T rav el R oute r , an d c hange i ts con figu rat ion, w hil e it is Ro ut er M od e. The IP add res s used is t he[...]
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5 W hen S h ould I N OT u s e A cce ss Poin t (A P) M o de? Do NOT use AP mode in this sit uation: ■ Y o u d o NO T hav e perm issio n for all of the se user s to co nnec t to the LAN or W AN on the E the rn e t por t. In this sit uation , y ou sh ould use Rou ter mo de. Cli ent Mode I n Client mode, the T ravel Router is conne cted to the Eth er[...]
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6 ■ Wi re l es s — select the wir eless network wit h the 3Com SSID ( 3Com is the def au l t SSID ). 4 Star t your Web brows er . 5 In t h e Lo ca tio n or Ad dress bar , en ter th e fo ll ow in g: co nf ig .a p This will work only while in Set up/C onf igur ation m ode . In A P m ode, yo u cann ot co nnect . In Rou ter mo de, y ou m ust co nne[...]
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7 Usi ng Ro uter Mod e T o u se Rou ting Mode : 1 Use a standard LAN ca ble to conne ct the Ether net port to the desired LAN or W AN por t. Ther e is a pote ntial prob lem if you chang e the LAN/WAN conn ection from t he T r avel Rou ter to y our PC , o r vice v e rsa. S ome ca ble m odem s can be l o cked to t he MAC a d dress o f th e device t h[...]
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8 An on-l ine hel p is ac c omp ani ed i n eac h co nf ig ura ti on p age to a ssi s t y ou in setti ng up o r conf igur ing t he T ra vel Rou ter : 5 Check th e Ethernet (W AN) port statu s and setting s. ■ I f the T ravel Rout er has n ot obtai ned a valid IP addr ess, cli ck the Conf igur e but ton and c hange the set t ings as r equire d . Ch[...]
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9 6 Y o u sh oul d the n be abl e t o co nnec t to t he L AN v ia the T r avel Ro uter . ■ Y ou can check th e statu s of your PC's wir eless inte rfa ce to see t hat yo ur PC has ob tai ned an I P a ddress. ■ Not e th at th is I P a ddress m us t com e from a DH C P se rve r on the LA N; the T ravel Router itse lf is transp aren t and doe[...]
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10 Regula tory Complia nce Notices NOTE: This product contains e ncryption. It is unlawful to e xport out of the U.S. without obta ining a U.S. Exp or t Li cen s e. FCC Part 15 Noti ce ( Appl ica bl e t o u se wi th in the USA) CA UTI O N : FCC Radio-Frequency Exposur e Notice This device generates and radiates ra dio-frequency energy . In order to[...]
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11 Indust ry Can ada Notice (Appli ca ble for use within Canad a) This device complies with Canadian RS S-210. T o pr event radio interfere nce to the lice nsed service, this device is intended to be operated indoors and away from windows to provide maximum s hielding. Equipment ( or its tra n smit antenna) tha t is ins talled outdoors is subject t[...]
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12 3C om Cor pora tio n 350 Camp us Drive, Mar lb orough, MA 01752-3064 Copyright © 2004, 3Com Corpora tion. All rights re served. No part of this documentation may be r e pr oduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work ( such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without written permission from 3Com Corpora tion[...]