User Documentation
IE-WL-AP-BR-CL-ABG Web Console Configuration
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Daylight saving time
Setting Description Factory Default
Enable/ Disable Daylight saving time (also know as DST or summer time)
involves advancing clocks (usually 1 hour) during the summer
time to provide an extra hour of daylight in the afternoon.
Disable
When Daylight saving time is enabled, the following parameters will be shown:
• Starts at: The date that daylight saving time begins.
• Stops at: The date that daylight saving time ends.
• Time offset: Indicates how many hours forward the clock should be advanced.
Time server 1/2
Setting Description Factory Default
IP/Name of Time
Server 1/2
IP or Domain name of the NTP time server. The 2nd NTP server
will be used if the 1st NTP server fails to connect.
None
Query period
Setting Description Factory Default
Query period time
(1 to 9999 seconds)
This parameter determines how often the time is updated from
the NTP server.
600 (seconds)
Wireless Settings
The essential settings for wireless networks are presented in this function group. Settings must be properly set
before establishing your wireless network. Familiarize yourself with the following terms before starting the
configuration process:
AP/Bridge: This mode provides both Access Point and Static LAN-to-LAN Bridging functionality. The static
LAN-to-LAN bridging function is supported by the Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
AP Client: This mode is for Dynamic LAN-to-LAN Bridging or Device-to-LAN scenarios. The AP Client
automatically establishes bridge links with other APs.
In either AP/Bridge or AP Client mode, the IE-WL-AP-BR-CL-ABG forwards packets between its Ethernet
interface (LAN) and wireless interface (WLAN) to connect wired hosts on the Ethernet side with wireless host(s)
on the wireless side. There are two types of wireless links are specified by the IEEE802.11 standard:
• STA-AP: This type of wireless link is established between an IEEE802.11 Station (STA) and an IEEE802.11
Access Point (AP). An STA is usually a client computer (PC or PDA) with a WLAN network interface card
(NIC). The Client mode is actually an STA.
• WDS: This type of wireless link is established between two IEEE802.11 APs. Wireless packets transmitted
along the WDS link comply with the IEEE802.11 WDS (Wireless Distribution System) format at the link layer.
Refer to the “Wireless Distribution System (WDS)” section in Chapter 5 for details. Keep in mind that
WPA/WPA2 CANNOT be supported in WDS.
To establish a static bridge link based on the WDS, the APs at both end of the WDS link must be configured
manually with each other’s MAC addresses. To establish a dynamic bridge link between an AP and a Client, both
devices must be configured with the same channel, and security settings (see “WLAN Security Settings” for
details). Moreover, the same SSID is also needed for clients that roam the APs in Bridge mode. The AP Client
automatically scans for any AP that is using the matched SSID and establishes a bridge link with the scanned
AP.
When the IE-WL-AP-BR-CL-ABG is configured for Client mode, it can be used as an Ethernet-to-wireless (or
LAN-to-WLAN) network adapter. For example, a notebook computer equipped with an Ethernet adaptor but no
wireless card can be connected to this device with an Ethernet cable to provide wireless connectivity to another
AP.