EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide HP-8501APg Powerline Wireless Access Point Quick Installation Guide 1
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide 1. Introduction 1.1 Preface Congratulations on your purchase of an Instant Powerline 85M Wireless Extender. The Powerline Extender is the perfect choice for a small group of PCs or wireless clients. While integratng wireless ability to powerline networks, this device is able to extend the network coverage of your home / office network. 1.2 Package Contents Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing.
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide WLAN OFF Ethernet link is not present at this port ON Wireless function on Flashing Data transferring between HP-8501APg and wireless clients OFF Wireless function off Rear Ports Connector POWER Description Connect to power cord. LAN (1-4) Wireless Extender is connected to a device through the corresponding port (1, 2, 3 or 4).
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide Application: Please setup your HP-8501APg as the following map .
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide 2. Configuration 2.1 Connecting the Powerline Access Point to your network Please connect the your PC to one of LAN ports of HP-8501APg by Ethernet cable, then follow the instructions given in next section to configure your HP-8501APg. You can also connect other wired Ethernet devices to LAN ports of HP-8501APg at this time, too. However, before the configuration process of HP-8501APg is completed, wireless devices cannot connect to HP-8501APg. 2.
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide You can use "Quick Setup" to setup the device, and choose the connection method you want to use. Wireless Settings Wireless Mode You can select wireless operating mode here. Available options are: Auto (both 802.11b and 802.11g), 802.11b only, 802.
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide SSID SSID is the short for ‘Service Set IDentifier’. Wireless devices use this identifier to identify which access point they should connect. You can change SSID here, and all your wireless devices should set to the same SSID. Channel The radio channel number that wireless network uses. All your wireless devices should set to the same channel.
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide System Setup 1) You can change the name of super user (administrator) account from admin to any name you wish to use by inputting a new name in ‘Account’ field. 2) If you downloaded latested firmware file from Edimax website, you can upload and update the firmware here. Click ‘browse’ to select firmware file you just downloaded, and click ‘Update’ to start update procedure.
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide 3. Utility Powerline Networking Utility Note: The device is able to detect other powerline devices which is on the same power circuit automatically. You only need to install.this utility program when you want to enable the encrypt function of Powerline Extender to secure your data, or you have problem connecting other powerline devices.
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide After you finish the Utility installation , you can double click the following icon to enable the Utility . If you want to know the detail setting of the Utility , please study user’s manual in the CD-ROM .
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide Appendix A：TCP/IP Settings If you could not login the HP-8501APg , please check out PC’s IP setting as follow ： For Windows 2000/XP ‧Click Start, then click Run. ‧Type cmd then click OK. ‧From the command prompt, type ipconfig. It will return with your IP Address, subnet mask, and default gateway information. ‧Type exit to close the command prompt. ‧Please check the IP address of default gateway. It should be the address of Wireless Access Point.
EDIMAX HP-8501APg Quick Installation Guide ‧Launch your Web browser and enter the IP Address of your Wireless Access Point in the address bar. You should be able to see the login page of Wireless Access Point. Input administrator account and password to login.
