Canyon Router CNP-WF514N1 User Manual

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2-7-1-6 Setup procedure for ‘Universal Repeater’ 
 
In this mode, the router can act as a wireless repeater; it can be Station and AP at 
the same time. It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP 
function to service all wireless stations within its coverage.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Band (2):  Select the band you want to use, all the wireless routers 
must use the same setting. 
 
SSID (3):  This is the name of wireless router. You can type...

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Client Table” will pop up. You can see the status of all active 
wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. 
 
Root AP SSID (6):  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. 
 
Site Survey (7):  Click ‘Select Site Survey’ button, then a “Wireless Site 
Survey Table” will pop up. It will list all available access 
points near by. You...

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Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Fragment  Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.     
Threshold (1): Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it 
is, default value is 2346. 
 
RTS Threshold (2):    Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify 
default value if you don’t know what it is, default 
value is 2347. 
 
Beacon Interval (3):  Set the beacon interval of wireless radio. Do not modify 
default value if you don’t know what it is, default 
value is 100....

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N Data Rate (6):    Same as above, but only for 802.11n clients. 
 
Channel Width (7):    Set channel width of wireless radio. Do not modify 
default value if you don’t know what it is, default 
setting is ‘Auto 20/40 MHz’. 
 
Preamble Type (8):    Set the type of preamble, do not modify default value if 
you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Short 
Preamble’. 
 
Broadcast ESSID (9):    Decide if the wireless router will broadcast its own ESSID or 
not. You can hide the ESSID of your...

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Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, 
or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for 
about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 
 
2-7-3 Wireless Security 
 
It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly! If you don’t, 
hackers and malicious users can reach your network and valuable data without your 
consent and this will cause serious security problem. 
To set wireless security settings,...

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Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Key  Length (2):    There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. 
Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will reduce some 
data transfer performance. 
 
Key Format (3):    There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When 
you select a key format, the number of characters of key 
will be displayed. For example, if you select ’64-bit’ as key 
length, and ‘Hex’ as key format, you’ll see the message at 
the right of ‘Key Format’ is...

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Enable 802.1x  IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every   
Authentication  (9):      user must use a valid account to login to this wireless router 
before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is 
processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only 
authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, but it does not 
encryption the data during communication. If there is a 
RADIUS server in you environment, please enable this 
function. Check this box and another sub-menu will appear: 
 
 
 
RADIUS Server...

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After you finish WEP setting, please click ‘Apply’ button (10) and the following 
message will be displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup 
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect 
(Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 
 
2-7-3-3 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) 
 
When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WPA encryption, and the 
following setup...

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After you finish WPA Pre-shared key setting, please click ‘Apply’ button (5) and the 
following message will be displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup 
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect 
(Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 
 
 
 
 
 
2-7-3-4 WPA Radius 
 
If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide safer wireless...

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RADIUS Server      Please input the port number of your Radius 
Port (4):    authentication server here. Default setting is 1812. 
 
RADIUS Server      Please input the password of your Radius authentication   
Password (5):     server here. 
 
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following 
message will be displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup 
procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to...