User manual TRENDNET TEW-430APB

[. . . ] Regulatory notes and statements Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization for use Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN devices. The energy levels of these emissions however are far much less than the electromagnetic energy emissions from wireless devices like for example mobile phones. Wireless LAN devices are safe for use frequency safety standards and recommendations. The use of Wireless LAN devices may be restricted in some situations or environments for example: ·On board of airplanes, or ·In an explosive environment, or ·In case the interference risk to other devices or services is perceived or identified as harmful In case the policy regarding the use of Wireless LAN devices in specific organizations or environments (e. g. [. . . ] Then, select the key size of WEP encryption and enter the key value in the key text box. Please click "Next" to continue. Step 4: Restart The Setup wizard is now completed. The new settings will be effective after the Access Point restarted. Please click "Restart" to reboot the Access Point. If user does not want to make any changes, please click "exit" to quit without any changes. User also can go back to modify the setting by clicking "back". 9 Status This page as below shows the following information. Firmware Version: Shows the current firmware version and released date code. LAN: Shows the Mac address, IP address (default: 192. 168. 1. 100), Subnet Mask, Gateway Address. The current LAN traffic calculated in terms of number of packets sent and received by AP through wired connection is also displayed. Wireless: Shows the Mac address, current SSID, the status of Encryption Function (Enable or Disable), the current using channel. The current wireless traffic calculated in terms of number of packets sent and received by AP through wireless communication is also displayed. 10 View Log: Once clicked, the page will change to login page. The login page records every event and the time that it happens. User may clear the entries recorded in the log by clicking the "Clear Log" button, and refresh the screen to show the latest log entries by clicking the "Refresh" button. 11 Basic Setting This is the page allow user to change the access point settings. . AP Name: The name of the AP, which can be used to identify the Access Point among the all the Access Points in the wireless network. Mode: The WLAN AP supports five operation mode for Access Point, AP Client, WDS (Wireless Distribution System), AP+WDS and Repeater mode. Access Point Mode Configure the AP to Access Point mode; with this mode, WLAN clients can access LAN or other WLAN clients through this AP. AP mode application 12 AP mode configuration Channel: The channel that AP will operate in. User can select the channel range from 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. Authentication Type: The authentication type default is set to Open system. There are six options: Open system; Shared Key; WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA and WPA2. User may want to set to Shared Key when the clients and AP in the same wireless network enable the encryption. All the nodes and hosts on the network must use the same authentication type. WEP Key: To disable WEP security, click on the "Disable" option. [. . . ] For any changes made in the security page, click "Apply" for the changes to be effective. 28 Tools Four functions are provided in this page, Backup, Restore Settings, Restore default settings and Firmware Upgrade. Save Settings to Local Hard Drive: Click on "Save Settings to Local Hard Drive" button, which will open a FileSave Dialog box, where user gets to save all the current settings and configurations to a file. Restore Settings: Click on the "Browse" button to open a FileOpen Dialog box, where user gets to select the file, which saves previous settings and configurations. Upon selecting the saved file, click "Restore" and complete the restore process when the access point re-operates after it restarts. Restore to default settings: Click on "Default" button to restore the access point back to its manufacture default settings. [. . . ]