TRENDnet Wireless 802.11g AP manual

User’s Guide 0 TEW-410APB Wirele ss 80 2.11g AP User’s Manu al Version 1.4[...]

User’s Guide 1 Copy right Statement No part of this publication may be reproduced, s tored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any m eans, whe ther electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherw ise without the prior w riting of the publisher. July. 2003[...]

User’s Guide 2 Contents 1. In trod uct ion .............................................................................................................. 3 2. Sa fety Notifica ti on ................................................................................................... 4 3. Ha rd w are In st alla tion .................................[...]

User’s Guide 3 1. Introduction Than k you for p urchasing your AP W ireless 802.11 g AP. This use r guide will assist you with the installat ion proced ure. The p ackage you ha ve received should contain t he f ollowing items:  AP W ireless 80 2.11g AP  User Guide  Power Supply / Cord  Etherne t Cable Note: if anything is [...]

User’s Guide 4 2. Safety Notification Your W ireless AP should be placed in a safe and secure location. T o en sure proper o peration, please keep the u nit away from water and o ther dama ging elements. Please read the user manual thoroughly before you install the device. The de vice should only be repa ired by authorized and qualified personnel[...]

User’s Guide 5 3. Hardw are Inst allation Front Pan el The front panel p rovides LED’s for device statu s. Refer to the following table for t he meaning of each feat ure. LED STAT US Description Off No power Green On 1. Power on 2 . Reset to def ault 3. Firmware upgrade (first 1 minute) PW R/STAT Green Blink 1. System u p 2. Po wer on 3. Firmwa[...]

User’s Guide 6 4 W eb Management Settings START UP & LOGIN In orde r to configure the W irel ess 11g A P, you must use your web browser an d manu ally input http:// 192.168.1.250 into the A ddress bo x and press E nter. T he Main Pa ge will appear. To start configure the W ireless 11g A P, you must login as “ admin” in th e User Name box.[...]

User’s Guide 7 4.1. Pri mary Setup Primary Setup This screen conta ins all of the AP ' s basic setu p fu nctions. . Most users will be able to configure the AP and get it working properly using the settings on th is screen. LAN I P Address and Subnet Mask: This is the AP' s IP Address and Subnet Mask as seen on the internal LA N. The de[...]

User’s Guide 8 Wireles s: This sect ion provide the W ireless Network settings f or your W LAN Wireless Settings SSID: The service set ident ifier ( SSID ) or network n ame. It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters, which may be any keyboard character. You shall h ave selected the same SSID for all the APs that will be commu nicatin[...]

User’s Guide 9 -WPA -Preshared k ey There are two encryption options fo r W PA Pre-Shared Key, TK IP and AES. TK IP stands f or Temporal Key I ntegrity Protoco l. TKIP utili zes a stronger encryption method and incorporates Message Integrity Code (MIC) t o provide protection against hackers. AE S stands for Ad vanced Encryption System, which util[...]

User’s Guide 10 -WPA RA DI US W PA RADIUS uses an e xternal RADIUS server to perform user auth entication. To u se W PA RADIUS, enter the IP address of the RADIUS server, the RADIUS Port (default is 1812) and the sha red secret f rom t he RADIUS se rver. WPA A lgorithms Please choose your algorithms m ethod. You can select between T KIP or AE S. [...]

User’s Guide 11 4.2. Sy stem A P Pas sword: Changing the password for the AP is as easy a s ty ping the password into the Enter New Pass w ord field. The n, type it again into the Re-enter to conf irm. * Click the Apply bu tton to save the se tting. Use t he default p assword when you f irst open the configuration pages, after you have co nfigure[...]

User’s Guide 12 4.3. Operating M ode A ccess Point: T his mode provides a ccess for wireless station s to wired LANs an d from wired LANs to wireless stations.[...]

User’s Guide 13 A P Repeater: Th is mode allows th e AP to keep the AP f unction role and at the same time performing a communication with o ther 802.11g AP to estab lish and extend your W ireless Network cover. Please enter th e Remot e Access P oint’s MAC ad dress to en able th is fea ture. Wireles s Bridge: This m ode a llows the conne ction[...]

User’s Guide 14 4.4. Status This screen displays the IEEE 80 2.11g AP' s cu rrent statu s and se ttings. Th is inform ation is rea d-only. This pa ge will auto re-flash every 5 seconds to keep m ost up date in form ation. LAN section wi ll be displaying all info rmation related on AP, such as the IP address and the current conf iguration typ[...]

User’s Guide 15 4.5 Traffic Log Traffic Log: T he AP can kee p logs of all incomin g or outgoing traf fic f or your network traf fic. This feat ure is disab led by def ault. T o kee p activity logs, select Enable . To keep a p ermanent record of a ctivity logs as a f ile on your PC’s ha rd drive, Log viewer software must be used. In the Send Lo[...]

User’s Guide 16 4.6 A ccess Control A ccess Control: This function will a llow ad ministrator to have access control b y en ter MAC address of clien t station s. W hen Ena ble this f unctio n, two new option s will show up. Depend on the filtering prop ose, it ca n be se lected to Deny or A llow . Fill the clie nt stations MAC list to co mplete t[...]

User’s Guide 17 4.7 A dvan ced Wireless A uthentication Ty pe: A uto: Auto is the def ault authentication a lgorithm. It w ill chan ge its authentication type autom atically to fu lfill client’s requirem ent. Open System: Open System authent ication is not required to be successful while a clien t may decline to authen ticate with any pa rticul[...]

User’s Guide 18 RTS Thres hold: T his v alue should remain at its de fault setting of 2346. Should y ou encounter inconsistent data flow, only m inor modifica tions are recomme nded. If a network packe t is sm aller than the prese t RTS th reshold size, th e RTS/CTS me chanism will not be enabled. T he AP send s Request to Send (RTS) frames to a [...]

User’s Guide 19 4.8. SNM P INFO SNMP INFO: The SNMP screen allows you to customize the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) settings. SNMP is a popular n etwork monito ring and ma nagemen t protoco l. SNMPv2c To enable the SNMP supp ort f eature, select Enable . Otherwise, select Disable . Contact In the contact f ield, enter conta c t infor[...]

User’s Guide 20 4.9. Upgrade Firmw are To pe rform the f irmware upgrade a ction, ple ase go to the System section. Firmware Upgrade: Click the Firmware Upg rade button to load ne w firmware onto t he AP. If the AP is not e xperiencing difficu lties, then there is no need to download a mo re recent f irmware version, unless tha t version has a ne[...]

User’s Guide 21 5. Double-click th e firm ware upgrade f ile. 6. Click the Up grade butto n, and fo llow the on-screen instructions. Note: Do not pow er off the AP or press the Reset button w hile the firmw are i s being upgrade d.[...]

User’s Guide 22 5 . T roubleshooting Basic Functions My Wireles s A P w ill not turn on. No LED’s light up. Cause:  The power is not co nnected . Resolution:  Connect the po wer adapter to your AP and plug it into the po wer outlet. Note: Only u se the power ad apter provided with your AP. Using any othe r adapter may damage your AP[...]

User’s Guide 23 Wireles s Troubleshooting I can’t ac cess the Wirele ss AP from a wire less ne tw ork card Cause:  Out of range.  IP Add ress is not se t correctly. Resolution:  Make s ure t hat the Mode, SS ID, Channel and encry ption settings are set the same on e ach wireless adapter.  Make sure that your computer is [...]