TRENDnet TEW-430APB manual

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i Regulatory notes and statements Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization for use Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN devices. The energy levels of these emission s however are far mu ch less than the electromagnetic energy emissions from wire less devices like for example mobile phones. Wireless LAN devices are safe [...]

ii FCC Radio Frequency Exposure statement This Wireless LAN radio device has been evaluated under FCC Bulletin OET 65 and found compliant to the requirements as set forth in CFR 47 Sections 2.1091, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b) (4) addressing RF Exposure fr om radio frequency devices. The radiated output power of this Wireless LAN device is far below the [...]

iii Safety Information Your device contains a low power transmitte r. When device is transmitted it sends out radio frequency (RF) si gnal. CAUTION: To maintain compliance with FCC’s RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and oper ated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. Use on the supplied antenna. [...]

iv TABLE OF CONTENT About This Guide .......... ......... .......... ........... .......... ......... ......... ............ ......... ......... ............ . ........... 1 Purpose.......... ................ ................. ................................................ ................ ............. ................ 1 Overview of this User’[...]

1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Congratulations on your pu rchase of this IEEE 80 2.11g Wireless LAN Access Point. This manual helps to features the innovating wireless technology that can help you build a wireless netw ork easily! T his manual cont ains detailed instr uctions in operation of this produc t. Please keep this manual for future reference. With a W[...]

2 UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the A ccess Point. Unpacking Open the box of the Access Point and carefully unpack it. The box sh ould contain the following items:  One Wireless Access Point  One external power adapter  One Multi-Language Quick Installation Guide  One CD-Rom (User’s guid[...]

3 HARDWARE INSTALATION Front panel The figure below shows the LED Indicator of the Wireless LAN A ccess Point. WLAN: The indicator blinking green wh iles the wireless LAN activity. LAN (Link/ACT): The indicator lights green wh en the LAN port is connect ed to a Ethernet network successful. Otherwise, the i ndicator blinking green whil e transmittin[...]

4 LAN Ethernet port with 10/100Mbps Fast Ethe rnet connections, conn ect this port to switch/hub. RESET The Reset function is to reset the setting b ack to factory defaul t setting, once you press the “RESET” button more than 5 seconds. Power Connect the Power Adapter DC pl ug to the AP’s power jack. Antenna One external dipole antenna. Hardw[...]

5 2. If the LAN Port’s Link indicator does not light up then check the RJ-45 cable if it is firmly feed to the RJ45 port, whil e the LAN is link up to the Switch/Hub, the LAN port’s LED will light up.[...]

6 CONFIGURING THE WIRELESS LAN ACCESS POINT The Wireless Access Point has a Web GUI in terface for the configuration. The AP can be configured through the Web Br ow ser. A network manager can manage, control and monitor the AP from the local LAN. This section indicates how to configure the AP to enable its functions. Login to the Wireless AP throug[...]

7 Main Screen of the Access Point The screen will show the status of the AP when you login to the AP. There are seven main functions: Wizard, Status, Basic Settin g, IP Setting, Advanced Setting, Security and Tools.[...]

8 Wizard Setup wizard is provided as the part of the w eb config uration utility. User can simply follow the step-by-st ep process to get Access Po int configuration ready to run in 4 easy steps by clicking on the “Wizard” button on the function menu. The following screen will appear. Please click “Next” to c ontinue. Step 1: Set Password U[...]

9 Step 3: Set WEP Encryption If user wants to enab le WEP, please click “Enabled” . Then, select the key size of WEP encryp tion and enter the key value in the key text box. Please click “Next” to continue. Step 4: Restart The Setup wizard is now comp leted. The new settings w ill be effective after the Access Point restarted. Plea se click[...]

10 Status This page as below shows the following information. Firmware Version: Shows the current firmware ve rsion and released date code. LAN: Shows the Mac address, IP address (default: 192.168.1. 100), Subnet Mask, Gateway Address. The current LAN traf fic calculated in terms of number of packets sent and received by AP through wired connection[...]

11 View Log: Once clicked, the page will chan ge to login page. The login page records every event and the time that it happens. User may clear the entries r ecorded in the log by clicking the “Clear Log” button, and refresh the screen to show the latest log entries by clicking the “Refresh” button.[...]

12 Basic Setting This is the page al low user to change the access point settings. . AP Name: The name of the AP, which can be used t o id ent if y the Access Point among the all the Access Points in the wireless network. Mode: The WLAN AP supports five operati on mode for Access Point , AP Client, WDS (Wireless Distribution System ), AP+WDS and Re[...]

13 AP mode configuration Channel: The channel that AP wi ll operate in. User can se lect the channel range from 1 to 11 for North Am erica (FCC) do main, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. SSID: Service Set Identifi er, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless netw ork. The SSID must b[...]

14 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs t o set the key in the passphrase field as the belo w screen. The key length s hould be 8 characters at least. WPA / WPA2: If WPA or WPA2 is selected , the below screen is show n. Please set the length of the encryption key and the para meters for the RA DIUS server.[...]

15 RADIUS Server 1: Enter the IP address of a nd the Port us ed by the Prim ary Radius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is used by the Radius Server. RADIUS Server 2: (optional) Enter the IP address of and the Port used by th e Secondary Ra dius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is us ed by the Radius Server. Apply: For the changes made [...]

16 AP Client mode configuration SSID: Service Set Iden tifier, which is a un ique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless netw ork. The SSID must be iden tical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Surve y function to scan for the available wireless network (w irele[...]

17 WEP Key: To disable WEP security, click on the “Disable” option. To enable WEP security, there are 2 types to sel ect – 64bits and 128 bits. When it is selected, the key value must be entered in ASCII or HEX form at. Note: When WEP security is enabled, all the wirele ss clients that wish to connect to the Access Point must also have WEP en[...]

18 Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”. The new settings are now been saved to Access P oint and will be effective once the Access Point restarts. Note: For entering to the Web Setti ng page after changing to AP Client mode, change your PC/Notebook IP address to 192.168.1. x. After changing your [...]

19 Master setting (AP-A) Slave setting (AP-B and AP-C) WDS mode configuration for Example-1 Multiple WDS group application: When there are five APs to be join in to two separated WDS group, the member of WDS group 1 i s AP-A, AP-B and A P-C , and member of the WDS group 2 is AP-C, AP-D and AP-E, the AP-C will join both of WDS group 1 and WDS group [...]

20 WDS mode application (Multiple WDS group) Master setting (AP-A, WDS Group 1) Slave setting (AP-B, WDS Group 1)[...]

21 Master setting (AP-C, WDS Group 2) Slave setting (AP-D and AP-E, WDS Group 2) WDS mode configuration for Example-2[...]

22 AP+WDS mode With WDS+AP mode, user can use wire less media to communicate two or more LANs through the A P with WDS+AP m ode, all of LAN will be combined in the WDS group and WLAN client can acces s to the AP with AP+WDS mode. WDS+AP mode application Please refer the AP mode and WDS mode for detail configuration. AP configurat ion WDS configurat[...]

23 Repeater mode Configure the AP to Repeat er mode; the AP will be a wireless LAN repeater that will be extended the WLAN coverage range. Repeater mode application Repeater mode conf iguration SSID: Service Set Iden tifier, which is a un ique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless netw ork. The SSID must be iden tical for each clien[...]

24 Site S urve y: This button allows us er to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (w ireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with on e. Selected one of them in list to establish communications an d click “Connect” button. Authentication Type: The authe ntication type defaul[...]

25 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PS K is selected, user needs to se t the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”. The new settings are now been saved to Access Point a nd will be effective once [...]

26 IP Setting This page allows user to configure the IP and DHCP settings of the Access Point. The default IP address of th is access point is 192.168.1.100 with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. User can type in other va lues for IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway and click “Apply” butt on for the changes to be effective. User can also set th[...]

27 Advanced Setting This page contains configur ations for advanced users, which the change reflects the wireless performance and operating modes. Beacon Interval: To set the period of time in milliseconds that AP sends out a beacon. Default is 100 milliseconds. RTS Threshold: To set the size of RTS/CTS packet size. Default is 2432 bytes. Fragmenta[...]

28 Security This page is where user co nfigures the security featur es supported by this Access Point. Password : Allow user to change the new logi n password. Here are the necessary steps: 1. Enter the new password in the “AP Password New:” field. 2. Enter the new password again in the “Confir m” field. 3. Click “Apply” MAC Filter: MAC[...]

29 Tools Four functions are provided in this page , Backup, Restore Sett ings, Restore default settings and Firmware Upgrade. Save Settings to Local Hard Drive: Click on “ Save Settings to Local Hard Drive ” button, which will open a FileSave Dialog box, where user gets to sa ve all the current settings and configurations to a file. Restore Set[...]

30 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Standards IEEE 802.11b/g IEEE 802.3u 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet Signal Type: DSSS (802.11b) OFDM (802.11g) Modulation: QPSK / BPSK / CCK / OFDM LED Indicators: Power, LAN (Li nk/Activity), WLAN (Link) Frequency 2412 MHz ~ 2462 MHz (FCC) 2412 MHz ~ 2472 MHz (ETSI) 2400 MHz ~ 2484 MHz (Japan) Channel 1~ 14 Channel[...]

31 Power Consumption 4.2W (Max) Temperature Operating: 0 ~ 40 o C, Stora ge: -10 ~ 70 o C Humidity Operating: 10% ~ 90%, Storage: 5% ~ 90% Dimensions 140 x 98 x 30 mm (W x H x D) without Antenna EMI: FCC Class B, CE Mark B,[...]

32 Limited Warranty TRENDnet wa rrants its prod ucts again st defects in materia l and workman ship, unde r normal u se and service , for the following len gths of tim e fr om the da te of pu rchase . Wireless Thre e years If a product do es not operate a s warranted a bove during t he applicabl e warranty period, TR ENDnet shall, at it s option an[...]

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