TRENDnet TEW-637AP 3.01 manual

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    2 Federa l Com m unica t i on Commissi on Interfer e nc e St ate m e nt This equipment has been tested and found to comply w ith the limits for a Class B digital dev ice, pursuant to Part 15 o f the FCC Rules. These limits are desi gned to prov ide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment gene[...]

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    3 Eur ope – EU D eclaration of Conformity This dev ice com plies wi th the e ssen tial requ irem ents o f the R &T TE D irect iv e 199 9/5/E C. The fo llow ing test methods have been app lied in order to prove presum ption of confo rmity with the essen tial requirem ents of the R&T TE Dir ec tive 1 999 /5/E C: - EN60950- 1: 2006 Safety of[...]

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    4 Č es k y [Czech ] TRENDwar e tímto prohlašuje, že tento TEW -637 AP je ve shodě se základními požadavky a dalšími příslušnými ustanoveními směrnice 1999/5/ES. Dansk [Danish] Underte gnede TRENDw ar e erklærer herved, at følgende udst y r TEW -637 AP overholder de væsentlige krav og øvrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999/5/EF . [...]

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    5 Conte nts Package C onte nts .................................................................................................................... 6 Minimum Sys tem Req uireme nts ............................................................................................... 6 Introd uction .........................................................[...]

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    6 Packag e C o ntents  T EW - 637AP  Mul t i - Language Quick Installation Guide  CD - ROM (Setup Wizard and User ’s Guide)  1 x netw ork cable(0.6 m/ 2 ft.)  Pow er adapter (12vDC 0.5A) Using a power supply w ith a different voltage than the one included w ith your product will cause damage and voi d the warranty for this product.[...]

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    7 Introduc ti on The 300M bps W irel ess Eas y -N- U pgraderTM upgr ades your old, per fectly functioni ng rout er , to high s peed wi reless n. Enjoy up to 12 times the speed and 6 ti mes the c ov erage o f a wirel ess g networ k Eliminat e w ireles s dead s pots, s eaml essly sur f the Int ernet and h elp t he env ironme nt by no t thr owi ng aw [...]

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    8 HARDWARE OVERVIEW Front View W L AN L E D A solid light indicates that the w ireless segment is ready. This LED blinks green during w ireless data transmission. WPS LED This LED blinks green during W PS function is enabled. L AN L E D A solid light indicates a connection to a Router on the LAN po rt. This L ED blinks green during data transmissio[...]

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    9 Rear Vi ew A uto MDI /MDI X 10/100Mbps LAN Ports This port automatically senses the cable type when connecting to Router. Reset Button ressing the r es et b ut t o n restores the AP to its ori ginal factory default settin gs. Power Switch (EU version) On/o ff S w itch DC - IN The DC power input con nector is a sin gle jac k socket to supply pow e[...]

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    P age 10 INST ALLATI ON CONSI DE RATIO NS There are a number of factors that can impact the ran ge of wireless dev ices. 1. Adjust your wireless devices so that the signal is traveling in a straight path, rather than at an angle. The more material the si gnal has to pass through the more signal you w ill lose. 2. Keep the numbe r of obstructions to[...]

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    P age 11 Getting Started For a typical w ireless setup at home or office, please do the follow ing: 1. Connect one end of the provided netw ork cable into your computer ’ s network port, and connect the other end of the provided netw ork cable into the TE W - 637AP ’ s Ethernet po rt. 2. Plug the power adapter to outlay , and connect th e power[...]

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    P age 12 8. Plug in the power adap ter o f the T E W - 6 38AP B and plug in t he dev ice th at y ou will be connecti ng t og et her . V erify the Power & Ethern et LEDs a re light . EU Ver sion pl ease make sure th e power switch is on the O n positio n 9. Your computer will detect TEW - 63 7 AP and the Devi ce List screen appears on your monit[...]

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    P age 13 11. Enter password for the A ccess Point. The default passw ord is “ admin ” . Click L ogi n button to continue . 12. The default IP address is 192.168.10.100, y ou can choose to obtain netw or k setting automatically, or set the I P address manually. After setting, click Next to c ontinue . 13. The default IP address is 192.168.10.100[...]

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    P age 14 15. Use Push Button Method, c lick Connect bu tton to continue. You al so ne ed to enable W PS function of the wireless client device to ma ke connection. 16. Use PIN Met hod and en ter your wireless client PIN number on Wireless Device PIN , and then click Connect button to make wi reless conn e ction. 17. To set TE W - 638APB sec urity, [...]

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    P age 15 18. Enter S SID o f T EW - 638APB, c lick Next button. 19. Choice W ireless Mode. 20. To disable Security Mode, select None and click Next button.[...]

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    P age 16 21. To use W EP security , select WEP and click N ext button. Select 64 - bit or 128 - bit WEP key length, and enter your W EP key. For 64 - bit encryption, en ter 10 hexadecimal char acters, For 128 - bit encryption, enter 26 hexadecimal characters. C lick Next to continue the setting. 22. To use W PA or W PA2 security, select W P A or WP[...]

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    P age 17 23. Confirm your new settings . It is recommended that you save or print your wi reless settings with the Save or Pr int buttons. Once finished, c lick Configure to continue. 24. Sav e you s etting to a t ext fil e in a desir ed loc ation. 25. Congr atul ations you h ave co nfigur ed you T EW - 637 AP.[...]

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    P age 18 Using the C onfigu rat ion Me nu W henever you w ant to configure your TE W - 637AP, you can a ccess the Con figuration Menu by opening the W eb - browser and ty ping in the IP Address o f the TE W - 637AP.  Open the W eb browser.  Type in the current IP A ddr ess of the AP (i.e. http://192.168.10.1 00 ). If you have changed the defa[...]

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    P age 19 Netwo rk The Network tab provides the following configuration options: LAN Setting. NETWO RK L AN SETTI NG These are the settings o f the LAN (Local Area Network) interface for the Access Point. The Access Point's local network (LAN) settings are con figured based on the IP Address and Subnet M ask assigned in this section. The IP add[...]

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    P age 20 Wireless The wireless section is used to con figure the wireless settings for your Acc ess Point. Note that changes made in this section may also need to be duplicated on w ireless clients that you w ant to connect to y our wireless network. To protect your privacy , use the wireless security mode to configure the wireless security feature[...]

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    P age 21 Wireless Mode If all of the w ireless devices you want to connect with this Access Point can connect i n the same transmission mode, you can improve per formance slightly by choosing th e appropriate "Only" mode. I f you have some devices that use a different transmission mode, choose the appropriate "M ixed" mode. Netw[...]

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    P age 22 Operating Mode If you have both 11g and 11n client dev ices included on your wi reless network at the same time, y ou should choose Mixed Mode . And if you only have 11n client dev ices on your wireless network, y ou can choose Green Field to enjoy high throu ghput. Channel Ba ndwidth The "20/40” MHz option is usually best. The othe[...]

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    P age 23 WIR ELESS A DV A NCED Beacon Interval Beacons are packets sent by a wireless Access Point to synchronize wi reless devices. Specify a Beacon Period value between 20 and 1000 . The default val ue is set to 100 mill iseconds. Fragment Threshold This setting should remain at its default value o f 2346. Setting the Fragmentation value too low [...]

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    P age 24 transmitting the shorter preamble at 1Mbps and the header at 2M bps, shortening the transmit time to 96 Usec. IAPP(Int er - A ccess Poi nt Protocol) IEEE 802.11F or Inter - Access Point Protocol is a recommendation that describes an optional extension to IEEE 802.11 that provides w ireless access - point communications among multiv endor s[...]

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    P age 25 WLAN Partition W hen two cli ents link to this AP, they w on't be able to communicate w ith each other if the W LAN P artition is enable d. STB C ( Space Time Block Coding ) A transmitter diversity technique of spreading the transmit signal over multiple antennas to improv e reception. STBC also incorporates FEC (Forward Error Correct[...]

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    P age 26 W hen "Disable" is select ed, MAC addresses are not used to control netw ork access. A dd M AC Filteri ng Rule Use this sect ion to add MAC addresses to t he list below. MAC A ddr ess Enter the MAC address of a computer that y ou want to control w ith MAC filtering. Computers that hav e obtained an IP address from the router&apos[...]

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    P age 27 WEP A method of encrypting d ata for wireless communication intended to provide the same level o f privacy as a wired network. W EP is not as secure as W PA encryption. To gain access to a W EP network, you must know the key. The key is a string of characters that you create. When using W EP, you must determine the level of encryption. The[...]

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    P age 28 WPA / W P A2 - Personal This option uses W i - Fi P rotected Access with a P re - Shared Key (PSK). Pre - Shared Key: The key is entered as a pass - p hrase of up to 63 alphan umeric characters in AS CII (American Standard Code for In formation Interchange) format at both ends o f the wireless connection. It cannot be shorter than eight ch[...]

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    P age 29 WPS You can setup security easil y by choosing PIN or PBC method to do W i - Fi Protected Setup. WPS mode Two WPS modes can be selected – PIN & PBC. If PIN is selec ted, you shoul d enter PIN code of your wireless client device to get w ireless connection with this AP . STATION LIST You can monitor stations w hich associated to this [...]

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    P age 30 Admini strato r This Administrator section is used to set passw ord for access to the W eb - based management, als o provide function of firmware upgrade. The Administrator tab prov ides the following configuration options: M anagement, Upload Firmware, Settings Management & Status. SYSTEM M A NAGEM ENT At this page, you can configure [...]

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    P age 31 SETTINGS M A NAGEMENT You can save system set tings by exporting them to a con figuration file, restore them by importing th e file, or reset them to factory default. STA TUS Y ou can chec k system information and network c onfigurations on this page.[...]

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    P age 32 Glo ssary A Access Con tr ol List ACL. This is a datab ase of network dev ices that ar e allo wed to acces s resourc es on th e network . Access Point AP. Device that allows wir e less clients to connect t o it and acc es s the network Ad - hoc network Peer - to - Peer net work between wireles s clients A ddress Resolution Pro tocol ARP. U[...]

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    P age 33 D Data Infor m ation that has been tr anslated int o binar y so that it can be proc essed or m oved to an other de vice Data - Link la yer The sec ond layer of the OS I model. Con trols the m ovem ent of data on t he ph y sic al link of a network dBd Decibels r elated to dipole a ntenna dBi Decibels r elative to isotropi c radiator dBm Dec[...]

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    P age 34 G Gain The am ount an am plifier bo osts the w ireless s ignal Gatew ay A device th at connec ts your network t o another, l ike the inter net Gbps Gigabits p er second Gigabit Eth e rnet Transm ission tech nology that pr ovides a data rate of 1 billi on bits per second GUI Graphica l user interf ace H Half - duplex Data cannot be trans mi[...]

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    P age 35 IP addres s A 32 - bit number, when talk ing abou t Interne t Protoco l Version 4, that identifies each com puter that transm its data on the Interne t or on a n Intran et IPsec Internet Pro tocol S ecurit y IPX Internet work Pack et Exchange is a net working pr otocol deve loped b y Novel to en able their N etware c lients and servers to [...]

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    P age 36 Network Address T ranslation a llows m any private I P address es to con nect to th e Internet, or another networ k, through o ne IP addres s NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended Us er Inter face is a Loc al Area N etwork communic ation protoc ol. This is an updated version of NetBIO S NetBIOS Network Basic Input/O utput S ystem Netmask Determ ines wh[...]

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    P age 37 Rem ote Authenticat ion Dia l - In User Service allo ws for rem ote users to dial i nto a c entral ser ver and be auth enticate d in order to access resources on a networ k Reboot To res tart a com puter and r eload it's op erating sof tware or firm ware from nonvolatile stor age. Rendezvous Apple's v ersion of UP nP, which allo [...]

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    P age 38 TCP/ IP Transm ission Control Prot o c ol/Int ernet Pr ot oc ol TCP Raw A TCP/IP protocol f or trans mitting str eams of printer data. TF TP Trivial F ile Trans fer Protoc ol is a ut ility use d for trans ferring f iles that is s impler t o use than FTP but with less features Throughput The am ount of data th at can be transfer red in a gi[...]

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    P age 39 An updated version of secur ity for wire less net works that pr ovides a uthenticat ion as well as encr yption Wide A rea Net work The larger network that you r LAN is c onnecte d to, whic h m ay be the Internet itself , or a regio nal or cor porate n etwork Wireles s ISP A com pany that prov ides a br oadband Int ernet conn ection ov er a[...]

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    P age 40 Specif icatio ns Hardw are Standar ds IEEE 8 02.1 1n, IE EE 802.1 1b, IE EE 802.1 1g, 8 02.3u an d 802.3 Interface 1 x 10/100 Mbps A uto - MDIX LAN port CD Wizard OS C ompatibility Windows 7 (32 /64 - bit), Vist a(32/64 - bit) , XP(32/ 64 - bit), and 2000 LED Indicator s Power , L AN, W PS, and W ireless Power Supply 12 V DC 0.5A ex terna [...]

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    P age 41 Limit ed W arra nty TRENDnet warrants its products against de fects in material and workmanship, under normal use and service, for t he followi ng lengths of t ime from the date of purchase. T EW - 637AP – 3 Y ears Warranty AC/DC Power Adapter , Cooling Fan, and Power Supply carry 1 year warranty . If a product does not operate as w arra[...]

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    P age 42 IN CONNECT IO N W ITH THE SALE, I NST ALLA TIO N, MAINTENANCE, USE, PERFORMANCE, F AILURE, OR INTERRUPTIO N OF THE POSSIBILIT Y OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND LI MITS ITS LIABI L IT Y TO REP AIR, REPLACEMENT , OR REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE P AI D , AT TRENDNET’S OPTIO N. THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABI L IT Y FOR DAMAGES W ILL NOT BE AFFECT ED IF ANY R[...]

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