Edimax EW-7206Apg - Manuals

Introduction y Hum id ity : 10-90% (Non-c ondensing) y Certif ic ation : FCC, CE 1 . 4 P h y s i c a l De s c r i p t i o n Fro nt Pa ne l On the Ac c ess Point’s front panel there are LED lights that inform you of the Acc ess Point’s c urrent status. Be low is an explanation of eac h LED. L ED Colo...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Con nection Cha p t e r 2 W i r e le s s LAN Ac c e s s Po i nt Co nne c t i o n 1. Locate an optimum location for the Wire le ss LAN Acce ss Point. The best loc ation for your Acc ess Point is usually at the c enter of your w ireless netw ork, w ith line of sight to all ...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Cha p t e r 3 W i r e le s s LAN Ac c e s s Po i nt Co nf i g ur a t i o n 3 . 1 G e t t i n g S t a r te d This Ac c ess Point provides w eb-based c onfiguration tool allow ing you to c onfigure from w ired or w ireless stations. Follow the instruc tions ...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address wi thin 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 i s avai lable, do not setup 192.168.2.1 ) 9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 6. Cl i ck OK to confi rm the setti ng. Your PC will now have the IP Address you speci fi ed. 1d) Window s N...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 4. You c an start c onfiguring the Ac c ess Point. From Wire le ss Station 1. Make sure your w ireless station is in the same subnet w ith the Acc ess Point. Please refer to the ste p 1 above for c onfiguring the IP Address and Sub Mask of the w ireless st...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 C o n f i g u r i n g t h e A c ce s s P o i n t Every time w hen you have finished modify ing a setting page and c lic k “App ly” button, this page w ill pop-up. The settings have been suc c essfully saved but w ill not take effec t immediate ly. Yo...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 2 Wi re le s s Se tting This Ac c ess Point supports AP, Station, Bridge, WDS and Un iversal Repeat er modes. “AP Mode” prov ides pure acc ess point func tion. The simplest w ay to build up a w ireless LAN is to use “AP Mode”. “Station Mode” is use...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on AP mode se tting page : Station-Ad Hoc mode se tting page: 13

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Station-Infrastructure mode se tting page: AP Bridge -Point to Point mode se tting page: 14

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Unive rsal Re pe ate r mode setting page : Parameter Desc ription ESSID T he ESSID (up to 31 pri ntable ASCII characters) i s the unique name i denti fied i n a WLAN. T he ID prevents the uni ntentional mergi ng of two co-l ocated WLANs. Pl ease m ake sure...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Se t Se curity “Set Sec urity” let you setup the w ireless sec urity for the data transmission betw een the bridged ac c ess points in “AP Br idge-Point to Point mode”, “AP Br idge-Po int to Mult i-Point mode” or “AP Bridg e-WDS mode”. It provides “WEP 64b...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Active Wire le ss Clie nt Ta ble “Ac tiv e Wire less Client Table” rec ords the status of all ac tive w ireless stations that are c onnec ting to the acc ess point. You c an lookup the MAC Address, Number of Transmitted Pac kets, Number of Rec eived Pac ke...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Wire le s s Site Surve y When this acc ess point is in “Station-Ad Hoc mode”, “Station-Infrastruc ture mode” or “Univ ersal Repeater mode”, it should assoc iate w ith an acc ess point or station and c onnec t to your w ireless LAN through the assoc iated a...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Parameter Desc ription Authentication Type T here are two authenti cation types: “Open System ” and “Shared Key”. When you select “Open System ”, wi rel ess stati ons can associ ate wi th thi s access poi nt wi thout WEP encryption. When you sel ect “Share...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Beacon Interval T he i nterval of tim e that thi s access point broadcast a beacon. Beacon i s used to synchroni ze the wi reless network. Data Rate T he “Data Rate” i s the rate thi s access point uses to transm it data packets. T he access poi nt will us...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 4 S e c ur ity This Ac c ess Point provides c omplete w ireless LAN sec urity func tions, inc lude WEP, IEEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11x w ith WEP, WPA w ith pre-shared key and WPA w ith RADIUS. With these sec urity functions, you c an prevent your w ire...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on WEP o nly When you selec t 64-bit or128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to enc rypt data. You c an generate the key by yourself and enter it. You c an enter four WEP keys and selec t one of them as default key. Then the acc ess point c an rec eive ...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Parameter Desc ription Key Length You can sel ect the 64 or 128-bi t key to encrypt transm i tted data. Larger WEP key l ength wi ll provi de higher level of securi ty, but the throughput wi ll be lower. Key Form at You may sel ect to sel ect ASCII Charact...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 802.1x only IEEE 802.1x is an authentic ation protoc ol. Every user must use a valid ac c ount to log in to this Ac c ess Point before ac c essing the w ireless LAN. The authentic ation is proc essed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authentic ates user b...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 802.1x WEP s tatic ke y IEEE 802.1x is an authentic ation protoc ol. Every user must use a valid ac c ount to log in to this Ac c ess Point before ac c essing the w ireless LAN. The authentic ation is proc essed by a RADIUS server. This mode also uses WEP ...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on WPA pre -s ha re d ke y Wi-Fi Protec ted Ac c ess (WPA) is an advanc ed sec urity standard. You c an use a pre- shared key to authentic ate w ireless stations and enc rypt data during c ommunic ation. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to c hange the enc ryption ke...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on WPA RADI US Wi-Fi Protec ted Ac c ess (WPA) is an advanc ed sec urity standard. You c an use an external R ADI US server to authentic ate w ireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data during c ommunic ation. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to c ...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 5 M AC A d d re s s Filte r i ng This Ac c ess Point provides MAC Address Filtering, w hic h prevents the unauthorized MAC Addresses from acc essing your w ireless netw ork. 33

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 6 S y s te m Uti lity From here, you c an define the Ac c ess Point’s IP Address and Login Passw ord and enable the Ac c ess Point to be a DHCP Server. 35

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on D HC P S e r v e r Se t t in g DHCP Server w ill automatic ally g ive your LAN c lient an IP address. If the DHCP is not enabled then you’ll have to manua lly set your LAN c lient’s IP address. Parameter Desc ription Default Gateway IP Speci fy the gateway...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Dom ain Nam e You can specify the Domain Name for your Access Point. Leas e Tim e The DHCP Server when enabled will temporaril y gi ve your LAN client an IP address. In the Lease Time setting you can speci fy the time period that the DHCP Server l ends an ...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 7 Co n fig u ra tio n To o l The Configuration Tools sc reen allow s you to save ( Back up ) the Acc ess Point’s c urrent c onfiguration setting. Saving the c onfiguration settings provides an added protec tion and c onvenienc e should problems occ...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 8 Fi r mwa re U pg ra de This page allow s you to upgrade the Ac c ess Point’s firmw are. Parameter Desc ription Firm ware Upgrade T hi s tool al lows you to upgrade the Access Point’s sy stem fi rm ware. To upgrade the fi rm ware of your Access Po...

Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 9 R e s e t You c an reset the Ac c ess Point’s system should any problem exist. The reset func tion essentially Re-boots your Acc ess Point’s system. Parameter Desc ription Res et In the event that the system stops responding correctl y or in some...

Troubleshoot ing Cha p t e r 4 Tr o ub l e s ho o t i ng This c hapter provides solutions to problems usually enc ountered during the installat ion and operation of the Ac c ess Point. 1. Ho w to manually find your PC’s IP and MAC Addre ss? 1) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program 2) T ype Ipc...

Troubleshoot ing 7. What is WEP? WEP stands for Wired Equiv alent Privac y, a data privac y mec hanism based on a 64(40)-bit shared key algorithm. 8. What is a MAC Addre ss? The Media Ac c ess Control (MAC) address is a unique number assigned by the manufac turer to any Ethernet netw orking devic e,...