Zonet ZEW3003 manual

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    Copyright Stat ement is the registered trademark of Z onet T echn ology Inc. All the products and product names mentioned herein are the tr ademarks or registered tradema rks of their respectiv e holders. Copyri ght of the whol e product as i ntegr ation, incl uding its accessories and software, belongs to Z onet T echnology Inc. Without the permis[...]

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    1 Table of Cont ents Chapter 1 Introduction…………………….…………………… ………………………….2 1.1 W el come…………………..……………………………………………………………………………………2 1. 2 Feat ur es …… … … …… … .. …… .. .… … …… …… … …… ?[...]

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    2 Chapter 1 Int roduct ion 1.1 Welcome ZEW3003 i s fully com pliant w ith IEEE802 .11g/b standard s. It can hel p you extend fr om the wired network to the wi reless network, free fr om the cabling troubles. It i s the best choice for SOHO and small enterprise users. ZEW300 3 provides f iv e work modes: AP , WDS, AP+WDS, Repeater Client Ad-hoc and [...]

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    3 Chapter 2 Hardware Installati on 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1 Front Panel The front panel of ZEW3003 consists of several LED indicators. Name Action Description ON Power on Power O FF No Power ON CPU on SYS OFF CPU off Flashing ZEW3003 i s transmitting data Tx OFF There is no da ta transmitting Flashing ZEW3003 i s receiving data Rx OFF There is no dat[...]

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    4 2.1.2 Rear Panel The rear panel contains the foll owing features. (Viewed fr om left to right) Name Description Power Connector Power Jack onl y use the power adap ter appli ed with ZEW3003 to prevent damage RJ-45 Connector One LAN 10/10 0Mbps RJ45 port for connecting to t he router/modem, l ocal PC or switch/hub . Reset Button Factory Defaul t R[...]

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    5 2.4 Hardware Connection Note: Before connecting ZEW3003, be sure to power o ff your compute r, DSL/Cable modem, and ZEW3003. T o achieve m aximum w ireless cov erage, tilt ZE W3003’s ant enna outwa rd at 4 5° angle. 1. Connect one end of the cabl e to your broadb and router, P C or Switch/Hub port and connect the other end to the L AN port of [...]

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    6 Chapter 3 Configure your comput er 3.1 TCP/IP Address Setting Default IP A ddress: 192.1 68.1.1 Default Subnet Ma sk: 255.2 55.255.0 1. Click Start Control P anel 2. Click Network and Internet Connections Network Co nnections. 3. Right click Local Area Connection an d select Properties .[...]

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    7 4. Select Internet P rotocol (TCP/I P) a nd click Properties . 5. Sel ect Obtain an IP ad dress automaticall y and Obtain DNS server address automati cally . Cli ck OK to sav e the config ur ations. 6. Or select U se the following IP address and enter the IP address as 192.168.1.X ( X is from 1 to 253), Subnet mask. Of co urse, you nee d to input[...]

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    8 Chapter 4 Configure your ZEW3 003 4.1 Log in ZEW3003 provides Web based conf igurati on scheme configuri ng by Internet Expl orer. 1. Open an Internet Explorer, ty pe 192.1 68.1.1 in the add ress bar, and then p ress Enter . 2. Input user n ame and password and then pr ess OK . Default User Name: guest Default Password: guest 3. After l ogin succ[...]

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    9 4.2 Status Status page allows you to monitor the current status of ZEW3003 and view the statistics of pack ets sent and recei ved on LAN a nd WLAN. 4.2.1 Status 4.2.2 Statistics[...]

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    10 4.3 LAN Setup 4.3.1 LAN Setup  System IP address: ZEW3 003’ s LAN IP address (not y our PC’ s IP address). O nce you modify the IP a ddress, y ou need to remember it for the W eb -based Ut ility l ogin next time. Default v alue is 192.1 68.1.1.  Subnet mask: ZEW3003’ s subnet mask for measurement of the network size. Default v alue i[...]

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    11 4.4 Radio Radio pag e contains fiv e modes, includi ng AP , Client, WDS , AP+WDS and Rep eater. Here are some basi c setting s:  Radio Band: Select from 8 02.11b , 802.11g, 802.1 1b/g  Radio M ode: Select from AP , Cli ent, WDS, AP+WDS and R epeate r . Default v alu e i s AP mode.  Booster m ode: Boost Mode enhanc es throug hput an addi[...]

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    12 4.4.1 AP  IAPP : Enable it to allow wireless station roaming between IAPP enabled access points wi thin the same wireless LAN. In AP mode, ZEW3003 will act as a central hub for different wireless LAN clients. For exampl e, when trav eling to a hote l that has high-speed internet a ccess, you can connect to the i nternet through ZEW300 3 which[...]

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    13 4.4.2 Client  SSID : Default v alue is default .  Network Type : Select fr om Infr astructure and Ad-Hoc. Defa ult setti ng is Infrastructure . In Client mode, ZEW3003 associates with another AP within its r ange. The device behav es lik e a wireless network adapter . Figure below shows the Client mode ZEW30 03 as a wireless client in infr[...]

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    14 4.4.3 WDS In WDS mode, two ZEW3003 in two remote locations connect with each other to provi de a w irel ess bridge between 2 wired netw orks. The two ZEW3003 o perati ng i n WDS mode do not allow client as sociations. It is mostly used by enterprise to connect 2 remote office’ s netw ork together . Note: WDS m ode only c an be enabl ed on two [...]

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    15 4.4.4 AP+WDS In AP+ WDS mode, ZEW3003 will work both i n AP mode a nd WDS mode. It supports the wireless bri dge between the two wired networks; the connection of wireless network is also supported at the s ame time. The part of AP's encry ption in accordance with the encrypti on of AP mode. T he part of WDS' encryption in accordance w[...]

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    16 4.4.5 Repeater  Repeater-SS ID: The nam e for your repeater .  IAPP : Enable it to allow wireless station roaming between IAPP enabled access points wi thin the same wireless LAN. A repeat er i s placed between an AP and a client to e xtend the distance between the two WLAN devi ces. Functioni ng as a repeater , ZEW3003 connects to b oth a[...]

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    17 4.5 Security Security page contains eigh t Authentication T ypes, including None , WEP , WPA SOHO USER, WP A2 SOHO USER, and WP A&WP A2 SOHO USER. 4.5.1 None Default setting is None . 4.5.2 WEP WEP (Wired E quivalent Privacy) is an encr yption method used to protect your wireless data communi cations. WEP uses a combination of 64-bit or 128-[...]

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    18  Key1, 2, 3, 4: Input WEP key characters here, the number of ch ar acters must be the same as the number display ed at W EP Mode. Y ou must enter at least one encrypti on key here, and if you entered multiple WEP keys, they sh ould not be same with each other . 4.5.3 802.1X Enterprise This security mode is used when a RADIUS server is connect[...]

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    19 4.5.4 WPA Personal Wi-Fi Protected Acces s (WPA) is an adv anced security s tandard. It uses TKIP an d AES to change the encryp tion key frequ ently.  Accessoria l Authentica tion & Encryption: Defaul t setti ng is TKIP .  Key: Enter the key w hich mu st have 8 -63 ASCII chara cters. 4.5.5 WPA Enterprise This securi ty mode is used whe[...]

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    20 4.5.6 WPA2 Personal WPA2 i s a stronger version of WPA.  Accessoria l Authentica tion & Encryption: Defaul t setti ng is AES.  Key: Enter the key w hich mu st have 8 -63 ASCII chara cters. 4.5.7 WPA2 Enterprise This securi ty mode is used when a RADIUS serv er is connected to ZEW3003 .  Accessoria l Authentica tion & Encryption:[...]

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    21 4.5.8 WPA&WPA2 Personal  Pre-Shared Key: For WPA, default setting is TKIP; for WP A2, default se tting is AES.  Key: Enter the key w hich mu st have 8 -63 ASCII chara cters. 4.5.9 WPA&WPA2 Enterprise This securi ty mode is used when a RADIUS serv er is connected to ZEW3003 .  Pre-Shared Key: For WPA, default setting is TKIP; for[...]

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    22 4.6 WDS Wireless Distributi on System uses wirel ess media to co mmunicate wit h other access points, like the Ethernet does. T o do this, you mus t set these access points i n the same channel and set the MAC address of other access poi nts you want to communi cate with in the tabl e. Note: You n eed to config ure WDS sett ing when selecting AP[...]

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    23 4.8 Site Survey Site Survey page provides tool to scan the wir eless network. If any A ccess Poin t or IBS S is found, y ou could choose to connect it manuall y when client mode is enabled. 4.9 Client Info Y ou can see the statu s of all activ e wireless stati ons connecti ng to ZEW3003.  Refres h: Click to u pdate the message.[...]

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    24 4.10 Advanced  Frag Threshold: Specify the maxim um s ize of packet during the fr ag mentation of data to be t ra nsmitted. Default v al ue is 2346 .  RTS Threshold: When the pack et si ze i s small er the RT S threshold, ZEW30 03 will not use the R T S/CTS mechani sm to send this pack et. Default v alue i s 2347 .  Beacon Interval: The[...]

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    25 4.11 MISC  Login ID & P assword Setup: U sers can setup the Pa ssword for the next l ogin i n.  Restore Default / Restart System:  Restore Default: Click i t to restore the factory defaul ts back configur ati on to factory defaul t.  Restart System: Click it to restart your ZEW3 003.  Firmware Upgrade: Click Browse to browse t[...]

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    27 Chapter 5. Troublesh ooting Q1: If you have t rouble connecting to the Inter net, try the foll owing steps. 1. Power of f the Cable/DSL modem , ZEW3003 , and comput er and wait for 5 mi nutes. 2. Turn on the Cable/DSL modem an d wait for the light s on to settle d own. 3. Turn on ZEW3003 and wai t for the lights on to se ttle down. 4. Turn on th[...]