User manual HAWKING HDWABN1

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[. . . ] If you select 2. 4GHz (B+G), then only wireless clients using 802. 11b and 802. 11g band will be able to connect to this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point. If you want to allow 802. 11b, 802. 11g, and 802. 11 Draft-N clients to connect to this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point, select 2. 4GHz (B+G+N). Please input the ESSID (the name used to identify this wireless Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point) here. You can input up to 32 alphanumerical characters. PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSID IS CASE SENSITIVE. The Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point 44 MAIN SSID Multiple ESSID Channel Number Associated Clients Root AP SSID Select Site Survey supports multiple SSID function; up to four SSIDs can be set. If you want to configure additional SSIDs, please click this button. For detailed descriptions of the function, please refer to Section 2-4-1-1. Please select a channel number you wish to use. The channel number must be same with another wireless Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point you wish to connect Click `Show Active Clients' button and a new popup window will appear which contains the information about all wireless clients connected to this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point. You can click `Refresh' button in popup window to keep information up-to-date In `Universal Repeater' mode, this device can act as a station to connect to a Root AP. You should assign the SSID of the Root AP here or click `Select Site Survey' button to choose a Root AP. Click `Select Site Survey' button, then a "Wireless Site Survey Table" will pop up. It will list all available Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Points near by. You can select one Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point in the table and the Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point will join wireless LAN through this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point. Please go to Section 2-4-2-1 for more information about the `Wireless Site Survey Table'. After you finish with setting, please click `Apply', and the following message will be displayed: 45 When you see this message, the settings you made is successfully save. You can click `Go Back' button to back to previous page and continue on other setting items, or click `Apply' button to restart the wireless Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds. 46 2-5 WPS Setting Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point. You don't have to select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client, you only have to press a button on wireless client and this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point, and the WPS will do the setup for you. This Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point supports two types of WPS: Push-Button Configuration (PBC), and PIN code. If you want to use PBC, you have to switch this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point to WPS mode and push a specific button on the wireless client to start WPS mode. You can push Reset/WPS button of this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point, or click `Start PBC' button in the web configuration interface to do this; if you want to use PIN code, you have to provide the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect to this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point and then switch the wireless client to WPS mode. The detailed instructions are listed follow: Note: WPS function of this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point will not work for those wireless clients do not support WPS. 47 To use WPS function to set encrypted connection between this Hi-Gain Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point and WPS-enabled wireless client by WPS, click `WPS Setting' on the left of web management menu, and the following information will be displayed: 48 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup Information Check this box to enable or disable WPS function All information related to WPS will be displayed here, they're helpful when you're setting up connections by WPS. [. . . ] A LAN is a group of computers and devices connected together in a relatively small area (such as a house or an office). MAC Address: MAC stands for Media Access Control. A MAC address is the hardware address of a device connected to a network. The MAC address is a unique identifier for a device with an Ethernet interface. [. . . ]