User Manual

Long Range Wireless Access Point / Client Bridge Version 1.0
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 F EATURES ...................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ................................................................................................................... 6
1.3 S AFETY G UIDELINES ....................................................................................................................... 6
1.4 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................. 7
1.5 A PPLICATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 7
2 UNDERSTANDING THE HARDWARE................................................................................................ 9
2.1 H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION ............................................................................................................. 9
2.2 H ARDWARE D ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................. 9
2.3 M OUNTING K ITS .......................................................................................................................... 10
2.4 IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .................................................................................................... 10
3 SWITCHING BETWEEN OPERATING MODES............................................................................... 12
3.1 L OGGING I N ............................................................................................................................... 12
4 ACCESS POINT OPERATING MODE............................................................................................. 13
4.1 L OGGING I N ............................................................................................................................... 13
4.2 S TATUS ........................................................................................................................................ 14
4.2.1 M AIN .......................................................................................................................................... 14
4.2.2 W IRELESS C LIENT L IST .................................................................................................................. 15
4.2.3 S YSTEM L OG ............................................................................................................................... 15
4.3 S YSTEM ....................................................................................................................................... 16
4.3.1 S YSTEM P ROPERTIES ..................................................................................................................... 16
4.3.2 IP S ETTINGS ................................................................................................................................. 17
4.3.3 S PANNING T REE S ETTINGS ........................................................................................................... 17
4.4 W IRELESS .................................................................................................................................... 18
4.4.1 W IRELESS N ETWORK .................................................................................................................... 18
4.4.1.1 W IRELESS S ECURITY - WEP ..................................................................................................... 19
4.4.1.2 W IRELESS S ECURITY – WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-M IXED ................................................ 21
4.4.1.3 W IRELESS S ECURITY – WPA, WPA2 ...................................................................................... 21
4.4.2 W IRELESS MAC F ILTER ................................................................................................................ 22
4.4.3 W IRELESS A DVANCED S ETTINGS .................................................................................................. 23
4.5 M ANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................... 24
4.5.1 A DMINISTRATION ........................................................................................................................ 25
4.5.2 SNMP S ETTINGS ......................................................................................................................... 25
4.5.3 B ACKUP /R ESTORE SETTINGS , R ESET TO FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS ............................................. 26
4.5.4 F IRMWARE U PGRADE .................................................................................................................. 27
4.5.5 T IME S ETTINGS ............................................................................................................................. 28
4.5.6 L OG ........................................................................................................................................... 28
5 CLIENT BRIDGE OPERATING MODE............................................................................................. 30
5.1 L OGGING I N ............................................................................................................................... 30
5.2 S TATUS ........................................................................................................................................ 31
5.2.1 M AIN .......................................................................................................................................... 31
5.2.2 C ONNECTION S TATUS ................................................................................................................. 32
5.2.3 S YSTEM L OG ............................................................................................................................... 33
5.3 S YSTEM ....................................................................................................................................... 33
5.3.1 S YSTEM P ROPERTIES ..................................................................................................................... 33