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IEEE 802.1 1b WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router User Manual[...]
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IEEE 802.11b X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router User’s Manual Version 1.2[...]
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T rademarks © 2003 X-Micro T echnology Corp. Contents are subject to change without notice. All trademarks belong to th eir respective proprietors. Copyright St atement THIS DOCUMENT CONT AI NS OF PROPRIET AR Y TECHNI CAL INFORMA TION THA T IS THE PROPER TY OF X-MICRO TECHNOLOGY CORP . AND NO P ART OF THIS DOCUMENT A TION MA Y BE REPRODUCED, ST OR[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 T erminology ANSI American National S tandards Institute AP Access Point CCK C omplementary C ode K eying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision A voidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collis ion Detection DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DSSS Direct Sequ[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 T able of Contents TERMINOLOGY .......................................................................................................................... IV 1 INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 3.3.16 P ASSWORD S ETUP ......................................................................................................... 28 4 FREQUENTL Y ASKED QUESTIONS (F AQ) .................................................................... 30 4.1 W HA T AND HOW TO FIND MY PC’ S IP [...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 1 Introduction The X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router is an affordable IEEE 802.1 1b wireless LAN broadband router solution, setti ng SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial I[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Dimension 160 x 1 10 x 35 mm Operating T emperature 0 – 50 o C ambient temperature Storage T emperature -20 - 70 o C ambient temperatu re Humidity 5 to 90 % maximum (non-condensing) 1.3 Product Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.1 1b standard for 2.4GHz W ireless LAN. ¾ Supports [...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 2. WL AN Activity LED Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. 3. W AN ACT LED Flashing Data is transm itting or receiving on the W AN interface. Off No data is transmitting or receiving on the W AN interface[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 3. Power The power jac k allows an external DC + 9 V power s upply connection. The external AC to DC adap tor provide adaptive power requ irement to the X-Micro WLAN 1 1 b Broadband Router . 4. Antenna The W ireless LAN Antenn a. 4[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step One: Place the X-M icro WLAN 1 1b Br oadband Router to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router is usually at the geographic cente r of your wireless network, with[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 3 Software configuration There are web based management and configurat ion functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily . The X-Micro W LAN 1 1b Broadband Router is de livered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address : 1[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection window will appear . Click Pro perties button in the Local Area Connection window . 3. Check the installed l[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 3.2 Connect to the X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router Open a W EB browser , i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . 3.3 Management and configuration on the X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router 3.3.1 Sta t[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Screenshot – Status-2 Item D escription System Alias Name It shows the alias name of this X-Micro W LAN 1 1b Broadband Router . Uptime It shows the duration since X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router is powered on. Firmwar version e It shows the firmware version of X-Micro W LAN 1 1[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 PCs). BSSID It shows the BSSID address of the X-Micro W LAN 1 1b Broadband Router . BSSID is a six-byte address. LAN configuration IP Address It shows the IP address of LAN interfaces of X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . Subnet Mask It shows the IP subnet ma sk of LAN interfaces [...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Screenshot – W ireless Basic Setting s Item D escription Alias Name It is the alias name of this X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . The alias nam e can be 32 characters long. Disable Wi eless LAN Interface r T ick on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission. SSID It is the [...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 3.3.3 W ireless Advanced Settings These settings are only for m ore technically advanced users who have a suf ficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These se ttings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will h ave on your X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . S[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Preamble T ype Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission. Refer to 4.13 W hat is Preamble T ype? Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. Refer to 4.14 W hat is SSID Broadcast? Apply Changes Cli[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys. The W EP ke y is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit). Key Format Select the WEP shared secret key format from pull-down menu. The format can be chose between plant text (ASCII) and hexadecimal (HEX) code.[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Screenshot – W ireless Access Control Item D escription Enable WEP Security Click the check box to enable wireless access control. This is a security control function; only those clients registered in the access c ontrol list can link to this X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . M[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.6 LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the para meters for local area network that connects to the LAN ports of your X-Micro WL AN 1 1b Broadband Router . Here you may chan[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 be assign a IP address from the range. Show Client Click to open the Active DHCP Client T able window that shows the active clients with their assigned IP address, MAC address and time expired inform ation. 802.1d Spanning T r ee Select to enable or di sable the IEEE 802.1d Spanning[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Screenshot – W AN Interface Setup - 1 Screenshot – W AN Interface Setup - 2 Item D escription Attain IP Automatically Click to select DHCP support on W AN interface for IP address assigned automatically from a DHCP server . 18[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 (DHCP) Fixed IP Click to select fixed IP s upport on W AN interface. There are IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done. IP Address If you select the fixed IP support on W AN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the fixed IP[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP , PPPoE support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the Fixed IP support is selected. Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for Fixed IP support. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1.[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Port Range Protocol Comments T o restrict data transmission from the local network on certain ports, fill in the range of star t-port and end-port, and the protocol, also put your comments on it. The Protocol can be T CP , UDP or Both. Comments let you know about whys to restrict da[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Screenshot – Firewall - IP Filtering Item D escription Enable IP Filtering Click to enable the IP fi ltering security function. Local IP Addr ess Protocol Comments T o restrict data transmi ssion from local network on certain IP addresses, fill in the IP address and the protocol, [...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Screenshot – Firewall - MAC Filtering Item D escription Enable MAC Filtering Click to enable the MAC filtering security function. MAC Address Comments T o restrict data transmi ssion from local network on certain MAC addresses, fill in the MAC address and your comments on it. Comm[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 to a specific machine behind the NA T fire wall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway's NA T firewall. Screenshot – Firewall - Port Forwarding Item D escript[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address and port number that will be removed from the port-forwarding list. Delete All Click to delete all the registered en tries from the port-forwarding list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous con[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 address of DMZ host. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.13 Statistics This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless, Ethernet LAN and Ethernet W AN networks. Screenshot – S tat[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Ethernet W AN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the Ethernet W AN interface. Refresh Click the refresh the statis tic counters on the screen. 3.3.14 Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version. Please note[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 file that was saved previously . Besides, you could reset the current configuration to factory default. Screenshot – Save/Reload Settings Item D escription Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer . Load Setting[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 Screenshot – Password Setup Item D escription User Name Fill in the user name for web m anagement login control. New Password Fill in the password for web managem ent login control. Confirmed Password Because the password input is invisible, so pleas e fill in the password again f[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 4 Frequently Asked Questions (F AQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC’ s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a com puter or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the T CP/IP protocol route messages ba sed on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 to the wired LAN for services (file servers, p rinters, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer -to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.1 1 wireless sta[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 4.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference: ¾ Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture … etc. ¾ Building Materials: metal door , aluminum studs. ¾ Electrical devices: microwaves, m onitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the i[...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. Th e determination of an ef ficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this sche m e. If the fragment threshold is sm all, the overlap part of the [...]
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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 1.2 stations to establish and maintain co mmunications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beaco n transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station n eeds the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and l[...]
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