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    router (maximum transfer rate 54Mbps). 
     
    2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 
    802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11N wireless clients. 
    It’s recommends to select this band to maximize 
    compatibility. 
    Channel Number Select the channel number you wish to use; all 
    access points must use the same channel. 
    MAC address 1 to 4  Input the MAC address of other wireless access 
    points (the access points you wish to connect). 
    Set Security  Click ‘Set Security’ button to set security 
    functions of this wireless connection to 
    improve security. Please refer to chapter 
    3-2-1-7 for detailed instructions. 
     
    When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ 
    button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ 
    to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the 
    following messages: 
     
     
     
    Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband 
    router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop 
    responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to 
    this broadband router and continue on other settings later.   
     
    You can click ‘Continue’ to continue on other settings without restart the 
    broadband router, however, the changes you made will not take effect 
    before you restart the broadband router.  
    						
    							 
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    3-4-1-5 AP  Bridge-WDS 
     
    In this mode, this broadband router acts as both wireless communication 
    bridge and wireless access point. This broadband router can establish 
    communication with up to four WDS-compatible wireless access points, 
    and let all computers connected to the LAN ports of every wireless access 
    points communicate with each other. The broadband router is able to 
    serve other wireless clients and acts as a wireless access point at the same 
    time. 
     
     
     
    Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
     
    Item Name Description 
    Band  Please select the radio band from one of 
    following options (must be the same with the 
    wireless access point you wish to connect): 
     
    2.4 GHz (B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 
    802.11b wireless network client to connect this 
    router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 
     
    2.4 GHz (N): 2.4GHz band, only allows  
    						
    							 
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    802.11n wireless network client to connect this 
    router (maximum transfer rate 300Mbps). 
     
    2.4 GHz (B+G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 
    802.11b and 802.11g wireless network client to 
    connect this router (maximum transfer rate 
    11Mbps for 802.11b clients, and maximum 
    54Mbps for 802.11g clients). 
     
    2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 
    802.11g wireless network client to connect this 
    router (maximum transfer rate 54Mbps). 
     
    2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 
    802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11N wireless clients. 
    It’s recommends to select this band to maximize 
    compatibility. 
    ESSID  This is the name of broadband router. You can 
    type any alphanumerical characters here, 
    maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to 
    identify your own broadband router from 
    others when there are other broadband routers 
    in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’s 
    recommended to change default ESSID value 
    to the one which is meaningful to you, like 
    myhome, office_room1, etc. 
    Channel Number Select the channel number you wish to use; all 
    access points must use the same channel. 
    Associated Clients  Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button to show 
    the list of all connected wireless clients. You 
    can click ‘Refresh’ in new window to get 
    latest list again, or click ‘Close’ to close the 
    window. 
     
    Please note that if you have pop-up blocker 
    installed, you may have to disable it or tell 
    your pop-up blocker to allow the popup 
    window, or you will not be able to see the  
    						
    							 
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    wireless client list window. 
    MAC address 1 to 4  Input the MAC address of other wireless access 
    points (the access points you wish to connect). 
    Set Security  Click ‘Set Security’ button to set security 
    functions of this wireless connection to 
    improve security. Please refer to chapter 
    3-2-1-7 for detailed instructions. 
     
    When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ 
    button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ 
    to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the 
    following messages: 
     
     
     
    Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband 
    router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop 
    responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to 
    this broadband router and continue on other settings later.   
     
    You can click ‘Continue’ to continue on other settings without restart the 
    broadband router, however, the changes you made will not take effect 
    before you restart the broadband router.  
    						
    							 
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    3-4-1-6 Universal Repeater   
     
    In this mode, this broadband router acts as a wireless repeater. It will 
    repeat the signal of the wireless access point you specified, to extend its 
    wireless coverage. The broadband router will still accept wireless clients 
    when in this mode. 
    Note : You will not get this mode, when you enable WISP. 
     
     
     
    Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
     
    Item Name Description 
    Band  Please select the radio band from one of 
    following options (must be the same with the 
    wireless access point you wish to connect): 
     
    2.4 GHz (B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 
    802.11b wireless network client to connect this 
    router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 
     
    2.4 GHz (N): 2.4GHz band, only allows 
    802.11n wireless network client to connect this 
    router (maximum transfer rate 300Mbps). 
     
    2.4 GHz (B+G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 
    802.11b and 802.11g wireless network client to 
    connect this router (maximum transfer rate  
    						
    							 
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    11Mbps for 802.11b clients, and maximum 
    54Mbps for 802.11g clients). 
     
    2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 
    802.11g wireless network client to connect this 
    router (maximum transfer rate 54Mbps). 
     
    2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 
    802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11N wireless clients. 
    It’s recommends to select this band to maximize 
    compatibility. 
    ESSID  This is the name of broadband router. You can 
    type any alphanumerical characters here, 
    maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to 
    identify your own broadband router from 
    others when there are other broadband routers 
    in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’s 
    recommended to change default ESSID value 
    to the one which is meaningful to you, like 
    myhome, office_room1, etc. 
    Channel Number Select the channel number you wish to use; all 
    access points must use the same channel. 
    Associated Clients  Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button to show 
    the list of all connected wireless clients. You 
    can click ‘Refresh’ in new window to get 
    latest list again, or click ‘Close’ to close the 
    window. 
     
    Please note that if you have pop-up blocker 
    installed, you may have to disable it or tell 
    your pop-up blocker to allow the popup 
    window, or you will not be able to see the 
    wireless client list window. 
    Root AP SSID  Please input the SSID of the wireless access 
    point you wish to extend signal coverage. 
    Site Survey  Click ‘Select Site Survey’ and a popup window 
    will appear. All reachable wireless access 
    points will be shown in the window. Select the  
    						
    							 
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    wireless access point you wish to connect from 
    the list, and click ‘Done’. If the wireless access 
    point you wish to connect is not listed, you can 
    click ‘Refresh’ to rescan. 
     
    If you still can’t find the wireless access point 
    you wish to connect, please move the 
    broadband router to the place nearer to the 
    access point you wish to connect. 
     
    When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ 
    button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ 
    to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the 
    following messages: 
     
     
     
    Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband 
    router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop 
    responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to 
    this broadband router and continue on other settings later.   
     
    You can click ‘Continue’ to continue on other settings without restart the 
    broadband router, however, the changes you made will not take effect 
    before you restart the broadband router.  
    						
    							 
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    3-4-1-7 Set Security 
     
    In certain AP working modes, you can enable encryption to improve 
    security level.   
     
    When you click ‘Set Security’ button, the following window will appear: 
     
     
     
    Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, 
    and corresponding setting will appear: 
     
    Disabled 
     
    Encryption is disabled. It’s not recommended to disable encryption 
    because other people may use certain wireless scanner to copy the data 
    transferred over air. 
      
    						
    							 
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    WEP 
     
    Select WEP to enable WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption: 
     
     
     
    Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
     
    Item Name Description 
    Key Length  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    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 ‘Hex (10 
    characters), which means the length of WEP 
    key is 10 characters. 
    Default Tx Key  You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you 
    can decide which key is being used by default 
    here. If you don’t know which one you should 
    use, select ‘Key 1’. 
    Encryption Key 1 to 4    Input WEP key characters here, the number of 
    characters must be the same as the number  
    						
    							 
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    displayed at ‘Key Format’ field. You can use 
    any alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z, and 
    A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key format, and if 
    you select ‘Hex’ as key format, you can use 
    characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must enter at 
    least one encryption key here, and if you 
    entered multiple WEP keys, they should not be 
    same with each other. 
     
    Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes, or click ‘Reset’ to clear the texts in 
    all fields. If you click ‘Apply’, the following messages will appear: 
     
     
     
    You can click ‘Continue’ to back to previous page and continue setting, or 
    click ‘Apply’ to restart the broadband router so the changes will take 
    effect. 
     
     
    WPA pre-shared key 
     
    WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) is also an encryption method and is safer 
    than WEP. It’s recommended to use WPA instead of WEP when you need 
    to use encryption to protect your data security. 
     
      
    						
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