Edimax EW-7206PDg - Manuals

Introduction y Temperature: Operating: 32~131°F (0~55°C) Storage: -4~158°F(-20~70°C) y Humidity: 10-90% (Non-condensing) y Certification: FCC, CE 1 . 4 P h y s i c a l D e s c r i p t i o n Front Panel On the Access Point’s front panel there are LED lights that inform you of the Access Point’s curre...

Wireless LAN Access Point Connection C h a p t e r 2 W i r e l e s s L A N A c c e s s P o i n t C o n n e c t i o n Using Power Adapter 1. Locate an optimum location for the Wireless LAN Access Point. The best location for your Access Point is usually at the center of your wireless network, with li...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration C h a p t e r 3 W i r e l e s s L A N A c c e s s P o i n t C o n f i g u r a t i o n 3 . 1 G e t t i n g S t a r t e d This Access Point provides web-based configuration tool allowing you to configure from wired or wireless stations. Follow the instructions b...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is available, do not setup 192.168.2.1 ) 9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 6. Click OK to confirm the setting. Your PC will now have the IP Address you specified. 1d) Windows NT 1. Click the...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Enter the default user name and password, then press OK button directly. 4. You can start configuring the Access Point. From Wireless Station 1. Make sure your wireless station is in the same subnet with the Access Point. Please refer to the step 1 above for c...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 C o n f i g u r i n g t h e A c c e s s P o i n t Every time when you have finished modifying a setting page and click “Apply” button, this page will pop-up. The settings have been successfully saved but will not take effect immediately. You have to rest...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 2 W i r e l e s s S e t t i n g This Access Point supports AP, Station, Bridge, WDS and Universal Repeater modes. “AP Mode” provides pure access point function. The simplest way to build up a wireless LAN is to use “AP Mode”. “Station Mode” is used to ...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration AP mode setting page: Station-Ad Hoc mode setting page: 13

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description ESSID The ESSID (up to 31 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations in the same WLAN network are...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration There are 14 channels available. You should assign Channel Number in “AP mode”, “Station-Ad Hoc mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” and “AP Bridge-WDS mode”, “Universal Repeater mode”. MAC Address If you want to bridge...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration “Set Security” let you setup the wireless security for the data transmission between the bridged access points in “AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” or “AP Bridge-WDS mode”. It provides “WEP 64bits”, “WEP 128bits”, “WPA (TKI...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration “Active Wireless Client Table” records the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. You can lookup the MAC Address, Number of Transmitted Packets, Number of Received Packets and Encryption Status of each active wireless c...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration When this access point is in “Station-Ad Hoc mode”, “Station-Infrastructure mode” or “Universal Repeater mode”, it should associate with an access point or station and connect to your wireless LAN through the associated access point or station. “Wireless Site ...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description Authentication Type There are two authentication types: “Open System” and “Shared Key”. When you select “Open System”, wireless stations can associate with this access point without WEP encryption. When you select “Shared Key”, you should...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Beacon Interval The interval of time that this access point broadcast a beacon. Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network. Data Rate The “Data Rate” is the rate this access point uses to transmit data packets. The access point will use the highest pos...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WEP only When you select 64-bit or128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four WEP keys and select one of them as default key. Then the access point can receive any packets e...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description Key Length You can select the 64 or 128-bit key to encrypt transmitted data. Larger WEP key length will provide higher level of security, but the throughput will be lower. Key Format You may select to select ASCII Characters (alphanumeric...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 802.1x only IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Point before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, bu...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WPA RADIUS Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use an external RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encrypti...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 5 M A C A d d r e s s F i l t e r i n g This Access Point provides MAC Address Filtering, which prevents the unauthorized MAC Addresses from accessing your wireless network. 34

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration D H C P S e r v e r S e t t i n g DHCP Server will automatically give your LAN client an IP address. If the DHCP is not enabled then you’ll have to manually set your LAN client’s IP address. Parameter Description Default Gateway IP Specify the gateway IP in yo...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Domain Name You can specify the Domain Name for your Access Point. Lease Time The DHCP Server when enabled will temporarily give your LAN client an IP address. In the Lease Time setting you can specify the time period that the DHCP Server lends an IP address t...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 7 C o n f i g u r a t i o n T o o l The Configuration Tools screen allows you to save ( Backup ) the Access Point’s current configuration setting. Saving the configuration settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur with...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 8 F i r m w a r e U p g r a d e This page allows you to upgrade the Access Point’s firmware. Parameter Description Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade the Access Point’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your Access Point, you ne...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 9 R e s e t You can reset the Access Point’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially Re-boots your Access Point’s system. Parameter Description Reset In the event that the system stops responding correctly or in some way stops f...

Troubleshooting C h a p t e r 4 T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the Access Point. 1. How to manually find your PC’s IP and MAC Address? 1) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program 2) Type Ipconf...