User Manual
Table Of Contents
- EchoLife HG531a
- Contents
- 1 Safety Precautions
- 2 Connecting the Cables and Getting Started
- 3 Setting the Network-Access Parameters
- 4 Configuring the Wireless Network Connection
- 5 Configuring the HG531a
- 5.1 Changing the Administrator Password Used for Logging In to the Web-Based Configuration Utility
- 5.2 Enabling or Disabling the Wireless Network Function
- 5.3 Changing the Wireless Network Name and the Access Password
- 5.4 Changing the IP Address Used for Logging In to the Web-Based Configuration Utility
- 5.5 Restoring Default Settings
- 6 FAQs
- 7 Appendix
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In addition, you can enable or disable the wireless network function through the
Web-based configuration utility. To enable or disable the wireless network function, do
as follows:
Step 1
Log in to the Web-based configuration utility.
Step 2
In the navigation tree on the left, choose
Basic
>
LAN
.
Step 3
Choose the
WLAN
page.
Step 4
Select or not select
Enable
WLAN
option button.
Step 5
Click
Submit
.
5.3
Changing the Wireless Network Name and
the Access Password
To change the name and access password for the wireless network, do as follows
(taking the authentication type WPA-PSK as an example):
Step 1
Log in to the Web-based configuration utility.
Step 2
In the navigation tree on the left, choose
Basic
>
LAN
.
Step 3
Choose the
WLAN
page.
Step 4
Enter a wireless network name in the
SSID
text box.
Step 5
Select
WPA-PSK
from the
Security
drop-down combo box.
Step 6
Enter an access password in the
WPA
pre-shared key
text box.
Step 7
Select
TKIP
from the
WPA
encryption
drop-down combo box.
Step 8
Click
Submit
to save the settings.
5.4
Changing the IP Address Used for Logging
In to the Web-Based Configuration Utility
To make the login IP address easy to remember, you can change the IP address after
logging in to the Web-based configuration utility.
To change the IP address, do as follows:
Step 1
Log in to the Web-based configuration utility.
Step 2
In the navigation tree on the left, choose
Basic
>
LAN
.
Step 3
Choose the
DHCP
page.
Step 4
Enter a new IP address as desired in the
IP address
text box. Then, enter a
subnet mask in
Subnet mask
.










