User Manual

Ch. 2 Introduction to Network application
The WIFI-ATA is an 802.11b/g compatible wireless network device. It can act as the
following roles.
z Bridge
z Gateway
z WISP
z Access Point
z AP Client
2.1 Ope rat ion Modes
The device provides 3 different operation modes. The operation mode is about the
communication mechanism between the wired Ethernet NIC and wireless NIC, the
following is the types of operation mode.
z Gateway mode
The wired Ethernet (WAN) port is used to connect with
ADSL/Cable modem and the wireless NIC is used for your private WLAN. The NAT
is existed between the 2 NIC and all the wireless clients share the same public IP
address through the WAN port to ISP. You can access the web server of device
through wireless, the default LAN IP address “192.168.1.254” and modify the setting
base on your ISP requirement.
z Bridge modeThe wired Ethernet and wireless NIC are bridged together. Once the
mode is selected, all the WAN related functions will be disabled.
z WISP (Wireless ISP) modeThis mode can let you access the AP of your wireless
ISP and share the same public IP address from your ISP to the PCs connecting with
the wired Ethernet port of the device. To use this mode, first you must set the
wireless radio to be client mode and connect to the AP of your ISP then you can
configure the WAN IP configuration to meet your ISP requirement.
2.2 Wire less Modes
The wireless radio of the device acts as the following roles.
z AP (Access Point)
The wireless radio of device serves as communications “HUB”
for wireless clients and provides a connection to a wired LAN.
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