netis 150Mbps Wireless-N Outdoor Access Point Quick Installation Guide WF-2301 V1.1.
Package Contents The following items should be found in your package 150Mbps Wireless-N Outdoor AP PoE Adapter Quick Installation Guide Please make sure that the package contains the above items, if any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor. Before You Begin Minimum Requirements: Broadband Internet access service (DSL / Cable / Ethernet) Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher for Web configuration 802.11n，802.11g or 802.
Step 1 connecting Cable/ADSL Modem to the WAN port. Attach one end of an Ethernet cable to your modem’s Ethernet port, and the other end to one of the WAN ports of your router. Step 2 connecting the power adapter. Attach one end of an Ethernet cable to the Internet access router LAN port, the other end to the Internet port of power adapter. Then plug the Power Adapter into an AC outlet. Step 3 connecting the 150Mpbs outdoor adapter.
3. Configure computer 3.1. Windows 98/Me 1. Go to Start Settings Control Panel. 2. Find and double-click the Network icon. The Network dialog box appears. 3. Click the Configuration label and ensure that you have network card. 4. Select TCP/IP. If TCP/IP appears more than once, please select the item that has an arrow “” pointing to the network card installed on your computer. DO NOT choose the instance of TCP/IP with the words “Dial Up Adapter” beside it. 5. Click Properties.
Figure 3-1 2. Double click the icon Network and Dial-up Connections 3. Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties Figure 3-2 4.
Figure 3-3 5. Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically, and then press OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window Figure 3-4 6.
Figure 3-5 3.3. Windows XP Please follow the steps below to setup your computer: 1. Go to Start Settings Control Panel 2. Click Network and Internet Connections Figure 3-6 3.
Figure 3-7 4. Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties Figure 3-8 5.
Figure 3-9 6. Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically, and then press OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window Figure 3-10 7.
Figure 3-11 3.4. Windows Vista Please follow the steps below to setup your computer: 1. Go to Start Settings Control Panel 2. Click Network and Sharing Center Figure 3-12 3.
Figure 3-13 4. Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties Figure 3-14 5.
Figure 3-15 6. Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically, and then press OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window Figure 3-16 7. Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window.
Figure 3-17 3.5. Windows 7 Please follow the steps blow to setup your computer: 1. Go to Start→ Control Panel→ Network and Internet. 2. Click Network and Sharing Center→ Change adapter settings. 3. Highlight the icon Local Area Connection, right click your mouse, and click Properties. Highlight Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
Figure 3-18 Figure 3-19 4. Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically, and then press the OK to close the window.
Figure 3-20 5. 4. Press OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window. Checking Connection with the Adapter After configuring the TCP/IP protocol, use the ping command to verify if the computer can communicate with the Router. To execute the ping command, open the DOS window and Ping the IP address of the 300Mbps Wireless-N Gigabit Router at the DOS prompt: For Windows 98/Me: Start → Run. Type command and click OK. For Windows 2000/XP: Start → Run. Type cmd and click OK.
If the Command window returns something similar to the following: C:\Documents and Settings\admin>ping 192.168.1.1 Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Ping statistics for 192.168.1.
Figure 5-1 In the pop-up window, enter the user name guest and password guest and then click OK Figure 5-2 6. Wireless AP Setup 6.1. Password Setup The default username/password is guest/guest. To ensure the Router’s security, it is suggested that you change the default password to one of your choice, here enter a new password and then Re-enter it again to confirm your new password. Click “Save” button to save settings.
Figure 6-1 6.2. Upgrade Click "Browse..."button and select a File to upgrade, after you have selected the appropriate file, click "Upgrade" button to execute upgrade procedure. Do not cut off the power supply during the process of upgrading. Figure 6-2 6.3. Factory Defaults Click "Restore" button, the Router will erase all of your settings and replace them with the factory defaults, make sure you have backup current settings before click this button. Figure 6-3 6.4.
6.4.1. WEP Figure 6-4 Key Length: There are two basic levels of WEP encryption, 64 bits and 128 bits, the more bits password have, the better security wireless network is, at the same time the speed of wireless is more slower. Key Mode: If you select WEP to encrypt your data, choose the bits of password, it should be 64 bits or 128 bits. Then choose the format of password; it should be HEX or ASCII. The valid character for HEX format should be numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F.
Encryption type: You can select the algorithm you want to use, TKIP, AES or TKIP&AES. TKIP means “Temporal Key Integrity Protocol”, which incorporates Message Integrity Code (MIC) to provide protection against hackers. AES, means “Advanced Encryption System”, which utilizes a symmetric 128-Bit block data. Key Renewal: you can configure the renewal time between 60 to 86400 seconds. Key Length description: you need to input 8 to 63 ASCII characters no matter which type you select. 6.4.3.
6.5. WDS Settings If you have selected WDS or AP+WDS mode in Wireless Basic-Radio Mode, please do the following configurations. Figure 6-8 WDS Name: Give a description of your wireless bridge to tell apart. WDS MAC Address: If the current working mode is “WDS” or “AP+WDS”, then you need to configure wireless bridge configuration. Enter MAC address of remote access point, at the same time the remote access point also need to configure to “WDS” or ”AP+WDS” mode.
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