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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.
R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE). The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) as of April 8, 2000.
Table of Contents Chapter I: Product Information .................................................................................................. 8 1-1 Introduction and Safety Information ................................................................................ 8 1-2 Safety Information ......................................................................................................... 10 1-3 System Requirements ...................................................................................
3-2-3 Virtual Server ......................................................................................................... 74 3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications ................................................................... 76 3-2-5 UPnP Setting ......................................................................................................... 79 3-2-6 ALG Settings ..........................................................................................................
Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and Safety Information Thank you for purchasing the HOW2R1 Hi-Gain™ Outdoor Wireless-300N Dual Radio Smart Repeater! This advanced Smart Repeater is the best choice for your home, office, RV, boat or other range extending applications. The Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless Dual Radio Smart Repeater is the most intelligent and easy to configure, high performance Wi-Fi range extending solution on the market. With two radios running concurrently to process an 802.
Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management purposes Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer (over the Internet) Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.
1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. DO NOT pull any connected cable with force; disconnect them from the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater first. 2. If you want to place this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater in a high location or hang on the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater on a wall, please make sure the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater is firmly secured.
the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater or power supply, remove the power supply or switch the electrical power off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help. 8. Be sure to use weather proof cabling when connecting your HOW2R1. to keep as much of your installation away from weathering as possible.
1-3 System Requirements One computer (Mac or PC) Internet Web Browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox recommended) A Wired or Wireless networking adapter (e.g. Airport card, built-in Ethernet adapter, etc.) Broadband Modem (e.g. Cable or DSL) or wireless Internet Connection (e.g. Hotspot, 802.11b/g network, etc.
1-4 Package Contents Before you start to use this access point, please check if there‟s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: 13
1-5 Product Overview Hi-Gain™ Outdoor Wireless-N Dual Radio Smart Repeater Antenna Port Antenna Port Ethernet Port (connect to PoE Adapter (Side 1) PoE Adapter (Side 1) (Connect to HOW2R1 Smart Repeater) PoE Adapter (Side 2) The LAN port here is not needed for installation. The power port is required for installations.
Item Name Description Antennas Two RP N-Type Jack antenna connectors and two 5 dBi omni directional antennas Power (12V DC) Power connector, connects to A/C power adapter. Reset Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings). Press this button and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defaults. NETWORK Local Area Network (LAN) port.
LED Name Light Status Description On The access point is switched on and correctly powered. On Wireless WPS mode is enabled. Off Wireless network is switched off. Flashing Wireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving data).
Chapter II: System and Network Setup 2-1 Build your network (Initial hardware setup) Please follow the following instructions to build the network connection between the Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Dual Radio Smart Repeater and your computers and other network devices: 1. Connect the antennas to your Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater. 2. Connect the power adapter to the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater 3. Connect all „wired‟ users to the HOW2R1 via the Wired Local Area Network (LAN) ports in grey.
Traditional Router Setup (Optional): 1. If you do not plan on using the Wireless Internet Connection and instead plan on using a traditional wired modem connection (such as Cable or DSL) then you will need to attach the Ethernet cable from your modem to the blue „Modem‟ port on the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater. This will allow the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater to function as a traditional wireless router.
2-2 Accessing the Web Setup Menu After your Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater has been connected and powered the next step is to access the Web Menu for initial configuration. To do this, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address). If it‟s set to use static IP address, or you are unsure, please follow the following instructions to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address: Try to access: http://setup.hawkingtech.com (or try typing: http://192.168.5.
2-2-1 IP address setup for Windows 95/98/ME: 1. Click „Start‟ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network icon, and Network window will appear. Select „TCP/IP‟, then click „Properties‟. 2. Select „Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server‟ and then click „OK‟.
2-2-2 IP address setup for Windows 2000: 1. Click „Start‟ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon; click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select „Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)‟ and then click „Properties‟ 2. Select „Obtain an IP address automatically‟ and „Obtain DNS server address automatically‟, then click „OK‟.
2-2-3 IP address setup for Windows XP: 1. Click „Start‟ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, and then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection Status window will appear, and then click „Properties‟ 2. Select „Obtain an IP address automatically‟ and „Obtain DNS server address automatically‟, then click „OK‟.
2-2-4 IP address setup for Windows Vista: 1. Click „Start‟ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, and then click Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Properties’. Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select „Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click „Properties‟ 2.
2-2-5 Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater IP address lookup After the IP address setup is complete, please click „start‟ -> „run‟ at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop: Input „cmd‟, then click „OK‟ 24
Input „ipconfig‟, then press „Enter‟ key. Please check the IP address followed by „Default Gateway‟ (Please note that this value may be different.) NOTE: If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed, or the address followed by ‘IP Address’ begins with ‘169’, please recheck network connection between your computer and Smart Repeater, and / or go to the beginning of this chapter, to recheck every step of network setup procedure. 3.
which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in a very short time. Please follow the following instructions to complete the „Quick Setup‟: a. The first step of the „Quick Setup‟ is to locate a position to place your Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater. The position should be a location where the Repeater can pick up the signal that you wish to repeat (i.e. the neighbor‟s wireless connection, local hot spot etc…). b.
connection, the rebroadcasted signal will be unstable as well. d. The „Quick Setup‟ wizard will now attempt to connect to your wireless Internet connection. Select “Automatic Setup” to have the wizard automatically configure the IP settings of your Internet Connection. Most networks use Dynamic IP settings to automatically assign IP Addresses to incoming connections. If the network you are connecting does not use Dynamic IP settings you will need to manually configure (Manual Setup) your IP settings.
e. If a wireless security key is necessary, the wizard will prompt you to enter the key. This key pertains to WEP and WPA wireless security keys and passphrases. f. When the connection has been established the wizard will prompt you if you wish to adjust the name of the wireless network used within your home (a.k.a. the SSID of the network that users will be connecting to from within your home – the redistributed wireless network).
addition, if you would like to add wireless security to your home wireless network you may do so here as well. g. Click Finish to complete your setup. Then press Apply to initiate the reboot of your Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater. Allow the HOW2R1 to reboot. This should take no more than 60 seconds.
After the system reboots, you can test your Internet connection to check that your setup was successful. Once your Internet connection has tested successfully your setup is officially complete. If you do not have an Internet connection you will need to check the settings of your Wireless Internet connection that you are trying to connect to.
2-4 Basic Setup In this chapter, you‟ll learn how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Please start your web browser and log onto Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater web management interface, and then click on the „General Setup‟ tab. 2-4-1 Time Zone and Time Auto-Synchronization Please follow the following instructions to set time zone and time auto-synchronization parameters: Please click „System‟ tab in menu on the left of web management interface, then click on Time Zone.
Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. NOTE: You can refer to the instructions given in the last chapter: ‘Using Quick Setup’, for detailed descriptions on time zone settings.
Here are descriptions of every setup item: Current Please input current password here. Password (1): New Password (2): Please input new password here. Confirmed Password (3): Please input new password here again. When you finish, click „Apply‟. If you want to keep original password unchanged, click „Cancel‟.
Please retype the new password again when you see above message. If you see the following message: This error displays when the „Current Password‟ field is entered incorrectly. Please click „OK‟ to go back to previous menu, and input your current password again. After entering the correct login information you will be prompted to login again with your new login settings.
2-4-3 Remote Management This Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater does not allow management access from Internet, to prevent possible security risks. However, you can still manage this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater from a specific IP address by enabling the „Remote Management‟ Function.
When you finish with all settings, click „Apply‟, and you‟ll see the following message displayed on web browser: Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. NOTE: When you want to manage this Smart Repeater from another computer over the internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this Smart Repeater.
2-5 Setup Internet Connection (Setup) The Wireless Internet connection setup can be configured through the „Quick Setup‟ menu described in chapter 2-3. However for a more detailed setup of either a wired setup (via DSL or Cable Modem) or a wireless Internet connection setup please navigate to the „Internet Connection‟ tab on the left hand side after navigating tot the „General Setup‟ tab.
2-5-1 Setup Procedure for ‘Wireless Internet Connection: To manually configure a Wireless Internet Connection select „Configure‟ next to Wireless Internet Connection. The menu below should appear. You may manually enter the SSID of the wireless network you plan on connecting to or you can click „Site Survey‟ to have the web interface scan for local networks in your vicinity.
After you have selected a wireless Internet connection network, you may configure the security settings for that network if required. Select the security type and the encryption method and enter the appropriate key for the network you plan on connecting to. Click „Apply‟ when you have completed your setup.
2-6 Home Network (LAN: Local Area Network) Configuration A LAN is the network within your home. All computers accessing your Internet connection through the HOW2R1 are considered part of your Home Network. Each of these users will either have their own manually configured IP address or an automatically configured IP address from the HOW2R1 via the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater‟s DHCP server.
Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters: Please click „Home Network‟ tab at the left menu of the web management interface, there are three setup groups here: „LAN IP‟, „DHCP Server‟, and „Static DHCP Leases Table‟.
2-6-1 LAN IP Section: 1 2 3 4 Here are descriptions of every setup item: IP address (1): Please input the IP address of this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater. This is the IP address used to access your Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater. Make sure to make note of the new IP Address after you change it since the old one will no longer work. Subnet Mask (2): Please input subnet mask for this network. 802.1d Spanning Tree (3): If you wish to activate 802.
Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill: IP Address: 192.168.5.220 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 802.
NOTE: 1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be greater than ‘Start IP’, and can not be the same as Smart Repeater’s IP address. 2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘Start IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP Address of ‘LAN IP’ section (mentioned ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ field) should be the same. 3. These settings will affect wireless clients too.
IP address (3): Input the IP address you want to assign to this computer or network device „Add‟ (4): After you inputted MAC address and IP address pair, click this button to add the pair to static DHCP leases table. If you want to remove all characters you just entered, click „Clear‟. After you clicked „Add‟, the MAC address and IP address mapping will be added to „Static DHCP Leases Table‟ section.
Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
1 3 2 After you click „Apply‟, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings Please click „Basic Setup‟ menu at the top of web management interface, then click „Basic Settings‟, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 Please select the radio band you want to use from „Band‟ dropdown menu (2), and the following message will be displayed: 2 3 4 5 48
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): 2.4 GHz (B) Please select the radio band from one of following options: 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network clients to connect to this Smart Repeater (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network clients to connect to this Smart Repeater (maximum transfer rate 300Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and 802.
ESSID value to the one which is meaningful to you, like myhome, office_room1, etc. Associated Clients (5): Click „Show Active Clients‟ button, then an “Active Wireless Client Table” will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. NOTE: If you don’t have special reason to limit the type of allowed wireless clients, it’s recommended to choose ‘2.4 GHz (B+G+N) to maximize wireless client compatibility. FCC 15.203.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Fragment Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Threshold(1): Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346.
RTS Threshold(2): Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Beacon Interval(3): Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 100. DTIM Period(4): Set the DTIM period of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 3. Data Rate(5): Set the wireless data transfer rate to a certain value.
wireless access points. It‟s recommended to set this option to „Auto‟ or „Always‟. However, if you set to „None‟, your wireless Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater should be able to work fine, too. Tx Power(11): You can set the output power of wireless radio. Unless you‟re using this wireless Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater in a really big space, you may not have to set output power to 100%.
2-7-3 Wireless Security It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! Consequences of wireless networks without security include intrusion from hackers and malicious users that can steal valuable data without your consent. It is highly recommended to setup security settings for your wireless network.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using „128-bit‟ is safer than ‟64-bit‟, but will reduce some data transfer performance. Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you select a key format, the number of characters of key will be displayed.
at „Key Format‟ field. You can use any alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select „ASCII‟ key format, and if you select „Hex‟ as key format, you can use characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must enter at least one encryption key here, and if you entered multiple WEP keys, they should not be same with each other. Enable 802.1x Authentication (9): IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol.
After you finish WEP setting, please click „Apply‟ button (10) and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: WPA Unicast Cipher Suite (2): Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected. Pre-shared Select the type of pre-shared key, you Key Format (3): can select Passphrase (8 or more alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex (64 characters of 0-9, and a-f).
2-7-3-4 WPA RADIUS: If you have a RADIUS server, this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Here are descriptions of every setup items: WPA Unicast Cipher Suite: Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected.
Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in „MAC Address Filtering Table‟ (1). Here are descriptions of every setup items: Delete Selected (2): If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the „select‟ box of the MAC address you want to delete, then click „Delete Selected‟ button. (You can select more than one MAC addresses). Delete All (3): If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, please click „Delete All‟ button.
After you finish with all settings, please click „Apply‟ (9) button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click „Cancel‟ button.
2-7-5 Security Tips for Wireless Network Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your wireless network: 1. Never use simple words (like school, apple and computer) as WEP encryption or WPA passphrase security keys. 2. A complicated (combination of numbers, alphabets, and even symbols) WEP key and WPA passphrase is much safer than simple and short ones.
Chapter III: Advanced Functions 3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the Internet bandwidth with a preset connection quality of Internet service.
Here are descriptions of every setting: Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable QoS function, unselect this box if you don‟t want to enforce QoS bandwidth limitations. Total Download Bandwidth (2): You can set the limit of total download bandwidth in kbits. To disable download bandwidth limitation, input „0‟ here. Total Upload Bandwidth (3): You can set the limit of total upload bandwidth in kbits. To disable upload bandwidth limitation, input „0‟ here.
Move Up (9): You can pull up the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. Move Down (10): You can lower the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. Reset (11): If you want to erase all values you just entered. Click „Reset‟.
3-1-2 Add a New QoS Rule After you click „Add‟ button in QoS menu, the following message will appear: a b c d e f g h i Here are descriptions of every setup items: Rule Name (a): Please give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical characters) Bandwidth (b): Set the bandwidth limitation of this QoS rule.
Local Port Range (d): Please input the range of local (source) port number that will be affected by this rule. If you want to apply this rule on port 80 to 90, please input ‟80-90‟; if you want to apply this rule on a single port, just input the port number, like „80‟. Remote IP Address: (e): Specify the remote (destination) IP address that will be affected by this rule.
After you finish with all settings, please click „save‟ button (i), you‟ll be brought back to previous menu, and the rule you just set will appear in current QoS table; if you did anything wrong, you‟ll get an error message when you click „Save‟ button, please correct your input by the instructions given by the error message. If you want to erase all values you just entered.
3-2 Network Address Translation (NAT) Network address translations solve the problem of sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. Without NAT, all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connected to Internet, but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user. Therefore it‟s necessary to use NAT technology to share a single Internet IP address to multiple computers on local network, so everyone can get connected to Internet.
After you made the selection, please click „Apply‟ button (2) and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable Port Forwarding (1): Check this box to enable port mapping, and uncheck this box to disable port mapping. Private IP (2): Input the IP address of the computer on local network which provides Internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater will be listed here.
Add (7): Add the mapping to port forwarding table. Reset (8): Remove all inputted values. Port Forwarding Table (9): All existing port forwarding mappings will be displayed here. Delete Selected (10): Please select a port forwarding mapping by clicking the „Select‟ box of the mapping, then click „Delete Selected‟ button to remove the mapping. If there‟s no existing mapping, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (11): Delete all mappings existed in virtual server table.
3-2-3 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address (on WAN port) to a specified port of an IP address on the local network. This allows you to setup an Internet service on the computer on the local network, without exposing it on the Internet directly. You can also build many sets of port redirection to provide many different Internet services on different local computers via a single Internet IP address.
here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer. Private Port (4): Input the port number of the IP address which provides Internet service. Type (5): Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you‟re not sure, please select „Both‟. Public Port (6): Please select the port number of Internet IP address which will be redirected to the port number of local IP address defined above.
Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. 3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection at a time; these applications won‟t work with simple NAT rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable (1): Check this box to enable special applications and uncheck this box to disable virtual server. IP Address (2): Input the IP address of the computer which you want to open the ports. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer.
"Reset" will clear your current selections. Delete Selected (11): Please select a special application by clicking the „Select‟ box of the mapping, then click „Delete Selected‟ button to remove the setting. If there‟s no setting here, this button will be grayed out. Delete All (12): Delete all settings existed in trigger port table. Reset (13): Unselect all settings. Note: Only one LAN client can use a particular special application at a time.
3-2-5 UPnP Setting This function enables network auto-configuration for peer-to-peer communications, with this function, network devices will be able to communicate with other devices directly, and learn about information about other devices. Many network device and applications rely on UPnP function nowadays.
3-2-6 ALG Settings Application Layer Gateway (ALG) is a special function of this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater. It includes many preset routing rules for numerous applications which require special support. With these supports, those applications which required special support will be able to work with NAT architecture.
There are many applications listed here. Please check the box of the special support for applications you need, and then click „Apply‟ button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
3-3 Firewall Besides NAT, this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your computers on local network. These functions include inbound attack prevention, and block outbound traffics, like block URLs which have pre-defined keywords.
3-3-1 Access Control This function allows or denies computers with specific MAC address from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny computers with specific IP address, protocol, or port.
Client PC MAC address (2): connect to the network, and rejecting all other network devices. Please input the MAC address of computer or network device here, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) are not required. (i.e. If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates „aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff‟ or „aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff‟, just input „aabbccddeeff‟ Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater will be listed here.
Enable IP Filtering Table (11): Check this box to enable IP address based filtering, and please select „Deny‟ or „Allow‟ to decide the behavior of IP filtering table. If you select deny, all IP addresses listed in filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network; if you select allow, only IP addresses listed in filtering table will be able to connect to the network, and rejecting all other network devices.
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click „Cancel‟ button.
f Here are descriptions of every setup items: Client PC Description (a): Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP address (b): Please input the starting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address.
3-3-2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in a local network from accessing certain website (like pornography, violence, or anything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in a local network from accessing the site you define here. This function is useful for parents and company managers.
URL/Keyword (2): Input the URL (host name or IP address of website, like http://www.blocked-site.com or http://11.22.33.44), or the keyword which is contained in URL (like pornography, cartoon, stock, or anything). Add (3): Click „Add‟ button to add the URL / keyword to the URL / Keyword filtering table. Reset (4): Click „Reset‟ to remove the value you inputted in URL/Keyword field. Current URL Blocking Table (5): All existing URL/Keywords in filtering table will be listed here.
Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. 3-3-3 DoS Attack Prevention Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server, the Internet connection will become very slow, and server may stop responding because it is not capable of handling too much traffic.
certain computer to stop responding. Check this box and the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater will filter this kind of packet out. Discard Ping From WAN (2): Port Scan (3): Ping is a common and useful tool to know the connection status of a specified remote network device, but some malicious intruder will try to fill your network bandwidth with a lot of PING request data packet, to make your Internet connection become very slow, even unusable.
Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
can also input the „Burst‟ value, which means when this number of „Ping of Death‟ packet is received in very short time, this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated. Discard Ping From WAN (b): Check the box to activate this DoS prevention mechanism. Port Scan (c): Many kind of port scan methods are listed here, please check one or more DoS attack methods you want to prevent. Sync Flood (d): Like Ping of Death, you can set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated.
3-3-4 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) refers to a special area in your local network. This area resides in the local network, and all computers in this area use private IP addresses, too. But these private IP addresses are mapped to a certain Internet IP address, so other people on the Internet can fully access those computers in DMZ.
Public IP address (2): You can select „Dynamic IP‟ or „Static IP‟ here. If you select „Dynamic IP‟, you have to select an Internet connection session from dropdown menu; if you select „Static IP‟, please input the IP address that you want to map to a specific private IP address. Client PC IP address (3): Please input the private IP address that the Internet IP address will be mapped to.
Press „Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web management interface; press „Apply‟ to save the settings made and restart the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots. 3-4 System Status The functions described here will provide you with system related information. To enter system status menu, please either click „Status‟ link located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, or click „Status‟ button in main menu.
NOTE: Information displayed here may vary. 3-4-2 Internet Connection Status You can use this function to view the status of your current Internet connection.
This information will vary depending on the connection status and the type of Internet connection that you are using. It will provide IP information, the Internet connection mode (i.e. wired or wireless) as well as the details of a wireless connection. 3-4-3 Home Network The Home Network status page displays information regarding your local wireless home network and your wired home network. It will display the SSID of your home wireless network as well as the LAN IP settings of your home wired network.
This information will vary depending on the device status. 3-4-4 System Log Important system events are logged here. You can use this function to check the event log of your Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater.
1 2 3 The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every buttons: Save (1): Save current event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all event logs displayed here. Refresh (3): Refresh the event log display. 3-4-5 Security Log Information regarding your network and system security is kept here. may use this function to check the security event log of your Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater.
The system events will be displayed in this page, and here are descriptions of every buttons: Save (1): Save current event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all event logs displayed here. Refresh (3): Refresh the event log display. 3-4-5 Active DHCP client list If you‟re using the DHCP server function of this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater, you can use this function to check all active DHCP leases issued by this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater.
All information about active DHCP leases issued by this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater will be displayed here. You can click „Refresh‟ button to display latest information. 3-4-6 Statistics You can use this function to check the statistics of wireless, LAN, and WAN interface of this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater.
to a file, so you can make several copied of Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater configuration for security reason. To backup or restore Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater configuration, please follow the instructions: Please click „Admin‟ tab located at the upper-right of web management interface, then click „Configuration Tools‟. The following message will be displayed on your web browser: 1 2 3 Here are descriptions of every buttons: Backup Press „Save...
Factory Default (3): you made, and restore the configuration of this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater back to factory default settings. 3-6 Firmware Upgrade The system software used by this Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater is known as „firmware‟, just like any applications on your computer, when you replace the old application with a new one; your computer will be equipped with new function.
Click „Browse‟ button first, you‟ll be prompted to provide the filename of the firmware upgrade file. Please download the latest firmware file from the Hawking Technologies website, and use it to upgrade your Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater. After a firmware upgrade file is selected, click „Apply‟ button, and the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater will start firmware upgrade procedure automatically. The procedure may take several minutes, please be patient.
3-7 System Reset If you think you network performance is bad, or you find the behavior of the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater is strange, you can perform a Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater reset. Sometimes it will solve the problem. To do so, please click „Admin‟ tab located at the upper-right corner of web management interface, then click „Reset‟.
3-8 Using the Support Utility The Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater Support Utility is used to help trouble shoot a connection or easily access the basic configuration settings of the HOW2R1 without having to log into the web interface. This Utility may often be used in conjunction with support calls from our support department or by the user when on site or for quick configuration purposes. To install the Support Utility, insert the included CD and click on Support Utility to install the Utility.
After your Utility is installed, click on the Support Utility icon on your desktop to open the program. Click on SCAN to locate the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater you wish to configure. Once selected click „CONNECT‟ to connect to the Repeater. Note: before making any configurations on the Utility, you MUST be connected to a Repeater. The status of the Utility and Repeater connection is displayed on the bottom left corner.
The Repeater Settings tab provides information on all current settings for the local network (LAN) as well as the Internet network (WAN). The firmware version and MAC Address are listed as well. The IP Address (LAN) tab allows you to enable or disable DHCP (automatic IP assignment to clients connecting to the HOW2R1) as well as make adjustments to the local IP Address of the Repeater.
The Wireless Internet Connection tab allows you to see the current Internet (WAN) settings for the Repeater. From here you can also scan for other wireless networks detected by the Repeater and highlight them to change your Internet Connection source to begin repeating from a new wireless network. If the network you are trying to connect to uses encryption it will be required that you enter the Security Key in the field below.
The Password Settings tab gives you access to change your current password for logging into the web interface. You will need to first enter your current login and password before you are able to change your login password. The Reset Settings tab allows you to reboot your Repeater in the event of a lock up or refresh while still saving all of your current settings. To reset the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater to factory default settings select Factory Reset and click „APPLY.
Chapter IV: Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specification Flash: 4MB SDRAM: 16MB WAN Port: 10/100M UTP Port x 1 WAN Port: 802.11g Client LAN Ports: 10/100M UTP Port x 4 External Antennas (WLAN): RP N-Type Jack 5dBi Omni directional antennas Internal Antenna (WWAN): 11dBi Directional antenna Power: 12VDC, 1A Switching Power Adapter Dimension: 30(H) x 187(W) x 100(D) mm Transmit Power: 24.
4-2 Troubleshooting If you found the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater is working improperly or stops responding to you, don‟t panic! Before you contact your dealer of purchase for help, please read this troubleshooting first. Some problems can be solved by yourself within very short time! Scenario Solution Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater is not responding to me when I want to access it by web browser a.
d. Source wireless connection does not have an active Internet connection. Please check with the source to troubleshoot. e. If you just can‟t connect to one or more websites, but you can still use other Internet services, please check URL/Keyword filter. f. Try to reset the Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater and try again later. g. Check to see if the source wireless network has DHCP enabled. If not ensure that you have the correct static IP settings entered. h.
Repeater and A/C power adapter from utility power (make sure it‟s safe before you‟re doing this!), and call your dealer of purchase for help. The date and time of all event logs are wrong a. Adjust the internal clock of Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater.
4-3 Glossary Default Gateway (Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater): Every non-Outdoor Wireless-N Smart Repeater IP device needs to configure a default gateway‟s IP address. When the device sends out an IP packet, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to its default gateway, which will then send it out towards the destination. DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol automatically gives every computer on your home network an IP address.
The IP address is a 32-bit binary pattern, which can be represented as four cascaded decimal numbers separated by “.”: aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa, where each “aaa” can be anything from 000 to 255, or as four cascaded binary numbers separated by “.”: bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb, where each “b” can either be 0 or 1. A network mask is also a 32-bit binary pattern, and consists of consecutive leading 1‟s followed by consecutive trailing 0‟s, such as 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000.
unique identifier for a device with an Ethernet interface. It is comprised of two parts: 3 bytes of data that corresponds to the Manufacturer ID (unique for each manufacturer), plus 3 bytes that are often used as the product‟s serial number. NAT: Network Address Translation. This process allows all of the computers on your home network to use one IP address.
and redistributes the signal via Ethernet or wireless Ethernet with full router capabilities. Subnet Mask: A subnet mask, which may be a part of the TCP/IP information provided by your ISP, is a set of four numbers (e.g. 255.255.255.0) configured like an IP address. It is used to create IP address numbers used only within a particular network (as opposed to valid IP address numbers recognized by the Internet, which must be assigned by InterNIC).
