Alfa Router AIP-W610 User Manual

							
7.  Click the drop list to select the encryption type for your wireless network. Fill in the 
parameters for the encryption type you select and click finish to complete 
configuration. 
 
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Operation Mode 
 
To select an operation mode for this router, click on the mode that you want to perform 
and click the 
 button to execute. 
 
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 Wireless 
 
Wireless Access Point builds a wireless LAN and can let all PCs equipped with 
IEEE802.11b/g wireless network adaptor connect to your Intranet. It supports 
WEP encryption and MAC address filter to enhance the security of your wireless 
network. 
Basic Settings   
You can set up the configuration of your Wireless and monitor the 
Wireless Clients associate with your AP.   
 
 Configuration 
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Disable Wireless LAN 
Interface 
To Disable interface of Wireless LAN 
Band To select a band for this device to match 
802.11b, 802.11g or both. 
Mode Configure this device as AP, WDS or both. 
SSID The name of the wireless network 
Country Select the region you live. 
  
						

							
Channel Number The channel used by the wireless LAN. All 
devices in the same wireless LAN should use 
the same channel. 
Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients button, then an 
Active Wireless Client Table will pop up. You 
can see the status of all active wireless 
stations that are connecting to the access 
point. 
Enable Universal   
Repeater Mode Mark this checkbox to enable Universal 
Repeater Mode which acts this device as an 
AP and client simultaneously. 
SSID of Extended   
Interface While you enable the Universal Repeater 
Mode, you have to specify an SSID for the 
extended interface. 
Click   button at the bottom of the screen to save the 
above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or 
start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 
            
x   Active Wireless Client Table   
This is the window that pops up after clicking the  “Show Active Clients” 
button.  
 
 
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MAC Address MAC address of this ac tive wireless station. 
  
						

							
Tx Packet The number of transmitted packets that are sent out 
from this active wireless station. 
Rx Packet The number of received packets that are received by 
this active wireless station. 
TX Rate The transmission rate 
Power Saving Shows if the wireless client is in Power Saving mode 
Expired Time This is the time in second before dissociation. If the 
wireless keeps idle longer than the expired time, this 
wireless router will dissociate it. The wireless client 
station has to associate again when it is active. 
Refresh Refresh the Active Wireless Client Table. 
Close Close the Active Wireless Client Table. 
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Advanced Settings 
You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The 
parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS 
Threshold, Beacon Interval, Data Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast SSID, 
IAPP and 802.11g Protection. We recommend not changing these 
parameters unless you know what changes will be there on this router. 
 
   Configuration  
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Open System 
mode Wireless AP can associate with this wireless 
router without WEP encryption. 
Shared Key 
mode 
You should also setup WEP key in the 
Security page and wireless AP associating 
with this wireless router should use WEP 
encryption in the authentication phase. 
Authentication 
Ty p e  
Auto 
The wireless client can associate with this 
wireless router by using any one of these 
two Modes.
 
  
						

							
Fragment 
Threshold To specifies the maximum size of packet during the data 
transition. The lower values you set, the worst performance it
 
will be.   
RTS Threshold 
If the packet size is smaller the RTS threshold, the wireless 
router will not send this packet by using the RTS/CTS 
mechanism. 
Beacon Interval The period of time how long a beacon is broadcasted. 
Data Rate 
The Data Rate is the data packets limitation this wireless 
router can transmit. The wireless router will use the highest 
possible selected transmission rate to transmit the data 
packets. 
Preamble Type 
It defines the length of CRC block in the frames during the 
wireless communication. Short Preamble is suitable for 
heavy traffic wireless network. Long Preamble provides 
much communication reliability 
Broadcast SSID 
If you enable Broadcast SSID, every wireless station 
located within the coverage of this wireless router can 
discover this wireless router easily. If you are building a 
public wireless network, enabling this feature is 
recommended. Disabling Broadcast SSID can provide 
better security. 
IAPP To enables multiple AP to communicate and pass 
information regarding the location of associated Stations. 
802.11g 
Protection 
Some 802.11g wireless adapters support 802.11g 
protection, which allows the adapters searches for 802.11g 
singles only. Select the “Disabled” to disable supporting 
802.11g protection or select “enable” to support this function. 
RF Output 
Power Select the RF (Radio Frequency) power. The RF output 
power has positive correlation with signal strength.   
Turbo Mode 
Some of our wireless adapters supports turbo mode, which 
provides a better connection quality. Select “Always” to 
support turbo mode or select “off” to turn it off . Select   
“Auto” turns it on or off automatically.   
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Click the   button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. 
You can now configure other advance se ctions or start using the router. 
  
						

							
Security  
At the page, you can set up the WEP, WPA Encryption to ensure the 
security of your Wireless. 
 
 
   Configuration  
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Encryption To enable WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA2 
Mixed encryption modes, select the option in 
the drop list. If you select none, any data will 
be transmitted without Encryption and any 
station can access the router. 
Use 802.1x Authentication To enable the 802.1x, Click the check box of 
the item. 
WPA Authentication Mode There are two items, “Enterprise 
(WPA-Radius)” and “P ersonal (Pre-Shared 
Key)”. You can select the mode by clicking 
the item. 
WPA Cipher Suite Select the WPA Cipher Suite to be TKIP or 
AES 
  
						

							
WPA2 Cipher Suite Select the WPA2 Cipher Suite to be TKIP or 
AES 
Pre-Shared key Format To decide the format, select what you need in 
the drop list. 
Pre-shared Key Enter the Pre-shared Key according to the 
pre-shared key format you select. 
Enable Pre-Authenticatio
n You can mark this checkbox to enable 
Pre-authentication after selecting Enterprise 
(RADIUS) WPA 2 authentication mode 
Authentication RADIUS  
Sever If you use RADIUS Sever to ensure your 
security, you have to set up the parameters in 
the item. To set up the Port, IP address and 
Password of your RADIUS, Enter the Port 
Number, IP and Password. 
 
Click   at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You 
can now configure other advance sections or start using the router. 
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Access Control   
To restrict the Number of Access authentication of Stations, Set up the 
control list in this page. 
 
   Configuration  
Wireless Access 
Control Mode Click on the drop list to choose the access 
control mode. You may select “Allow listed” to 
allow those allowed MAC addresses or select 
“Deny Listed” to ban those MAC addresses from 
accessing to this device. 
MAC Address & 
Comment  To set up the Value of MAC Address & 
Comment; enter the MAC Address and 
Comment of station and click Apply Changes to 
save. 
Current Access 
Control list To Delete the station on the list, Click the check 
box in the select item and click the “Delete 
Selected”. If you want to delete all stations on 
the list, click “Delete All” to remove all of them. 
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Click  button to save the above configurations. You can 
now configure other advance sections or start using the router.