User Manual

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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................5
1.1 F EATURES & B ENEFITS .................................................................................................................5
1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ....................................................................................................................6
1.3 B RIDGE /AP D ESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................6
1.4 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS ...............................................................................................................6
1.5 A PPLICATIONS ...............................................................................................................................7
1.6 N ETWORK C ONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................................7
a) Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode..........................................................................................................................7
b) Infrastructure Mode........................................................................................................................................8
2 UNDERSTANDING THE HARDWARE...........................................................................................9
2.1 H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION ...........................................................................................................9
2.2 IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................9
3 CLIENT BRIDGE MODE – WEB CONFIGURATION................................................................11
3.1 L OGGING I N ................................................................................................................................11
3.2 S YSTEM .......................................................................................................................................13
3.2.1 A DMINISTRATOR S ETTINGS .........................................................................................................13
3.2.1.1 S AVE C ONFIGURATION TO A F ILE ...........................................................................................15
3.2.1.2 R ESTORE THE C ONFIGURATION FROM A F ILE .........................................................................15
3.2.1.3 S WITCH D EVICE TO AP M ODE ................................................................................................15
3.2.2 F IRMWARE U PGRADE ..................................................................................................................16
3.2.3 S YSTEM R EBOOT AND R ESTORE S ETTINGS TO D EFAULT .............................................................18
3.2.3.1 S YSTEM R EBOOT ....................................................................................................................18
3.2.3.2 R ESTORE S ETTINGS TO D EFAULT ...........................................................................................19
3.2.4 S YSTEM T IME C ONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................19
3.3 W IRELESS ....................................................................................................................................21
3.3.1 SSID C ONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................21
3.3.2 W IRELESS 802.11 A C ONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................22
3.3.2.1 802.11 A I NFRASTRUCTURE / A D - HOC M ODE ..........................................................................22
3.3.3 W IRELESS 802.11 B C ONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................23
3.3.3.1 802.11 B I NFRASTRUCTURE / A D - HOC M ODE ..........................................................................23
3.3.4 W IRELESS 802.11 G C ONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................24
3.3.4.1 802.11 G I NFRASTRUCTURE / A D - HOC M ODE ..........................................................................24
3.3.5 W IRELESS S ECURITY ...................................................................................................................25
3.3.5.1.1 WEP (W IRED E QUIVALENT P RIVACY ) ...................................................................................25
3.3.5.1.2 WPA/WPA2 – P ERSONAL (W I -F I P ROTECTED A CCESS ) ........................................................26
3.3.6 A DVANCED W IRELESS S ETTINGS ................................................................................................27
3.3.7 SNMP .........................................................................................................................................28
3.4 LAN S ETTINGS (S TATIC / DHCP) ...............................................................................................29
3.5 S TATISTICS ..................................................................................................................................30
3.6 L OGS ...........................................................................................................................................31
4 ACCESS POINT MODE – WEB CONFIGURATION ..................................................................33
4.1 L OGGING I N ................................................................................................................................33
4.2 S YSTEM .......................................................................................................................................34
4.2.1 A DMINISTRATOR S ETTINGS .........................................................................................................34
4.2.1.1 S AVE C ONFIGURATION TO A F ILE ...........................................................................................34
4.2.1.2 R ESTORE THE C ONFIGURATION FROM A F ILE .........................................................................35
4.2.1.3 S WITCH D EVICE TO B RIDGE M ODE ........................................................................................35
4.2.2 F IRMWARE U PGRADE ..................................................................................................................36
4.2.3 S YSTEM R EBOOT AND R ESTORE S ETTINGS TO D EFAULT .............................................................37
4.2.3.1 S YSTEM R EBOOT ....................................................................................................................38
4.2.3.2 R ESTORE S ETTINGS TO D EFAULT ...........................................................................................38