User's Manual

Table of Contents
1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1
FEATURES .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.2
BENEFITS ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3
PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.4
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.5
HARDWARE OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.6
UNDERSTANDING THE ENH500 LEDS .............................................................................................................................................. 10
2 INSTALLATION
........................................................................................................................................................ 11
2.1
PRE-INSTALLATION GUIDELINES .......................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.2
INSTALLING THE ENH500 ................................................................................................................................................................... 11
3 WIRELESS NETWORK MODES
............................................................................................................................... 13
3.1
ACCESS POINT MODE .......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.2
ACCESS POINT WITH WDS FUNCTION MODE ................................................................................................................................. 13
3.3
CLIENT BRIDGE MODE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.4
WDS BRIDGE MODE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15
3.5
CLIENT ROUTER MODE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16
4 CONFIGURING YOUR COMPUTER FOR TCP/IP
.................................................................................................. 18
4.1
CONFIGURING MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 ......................................................................................................................................... 18
4.2
CONFIGURING MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA .................................................................................................................................. 20
4.3
CONFIGURING MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP ....................................................................................................................................... 22
4.4
CONFIGURING APPLE MAC OS X ....................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.5
LOGGING INTO THE ENH500 ............................................................................................................................................................. 24
5 STATUS
..................................................................................................................................................................... 25
5.1
SAVE / LOAD ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
5.2
MAIN ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
5.3
WIRELESS CLIENT LIST ......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.4
SYSTEM LOG .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.5
CONNECTION STATUS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.6
DHCP CLIENT TABLE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 28
6 SYSTEM
..................................................................................................................................................................... 29
6.1
SWITCHING THE OPERATION MODE .................................................................................................................................................. 29
7 WIRELESS CONFIGURATION
................................................................................................................................. 31
7.1
WIRELESS SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 31
7.1.1 Access Point Mode
............................................................................................................................................................... 31
7.1.2 Client Bridge Mode
............................................................................................................................................................. 34