AirTies Air5452 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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LAN Clients

If the device is configured as a DHCP server then you can see a list

of all the clients connected to the device. Select LAN Client under

the LAN menu of the Web Interface. Through this menu, you can

also reserve an IP address for a client. When an IP address is

reserved for a client, it cannot be assigned to any other client.

Whenever the client connects to the router, it gets the IP address

reserved for it. Click the reserve button next to a dynamic address

to reserve this as a static address.

You can see the IP addresses that are reserved in the "Static

Addresses"

table.

"Dynamic

Addresses"

table

shows

the

IP

addresses assigned but not reserved. To new static address click

"New". Enter the Name, MAC Address, IP Address and select the

LAN. Click "Save" to create the new static address.

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VLAN Configuration

If your device is supported this feature, you will see the VLAN Status

and you can configure VLANs.

Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) separate a single physical

network into multiple logical networks. A reason why you may

create a VLAN is if you want to separate your network for security

reasons, your guests can use one VLAN and you can use another.

By default the device is configured to operate over a single VLAN.

To configure VLANs select VLAN Configuration under the LAN menu.

A list of VLANs will be shown. By default there will be a single VLAN

named VLAN 1. This is the entire network.

To create a new VLAN click New VLAN.

Enter a VLAN Name and VLAN Id for the new VLAN. Select the ports

that you want to add to the VLAN (Ethernet ports, wireless ports).

Click "Save" to save your changes.

To add or remove ports from the VLANs select Edit from the main

VLAN menu for the VLAN that you want to update.

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From the list of selectable ports select the port that you want to add

and click ">>". Select "Save" to save your changes.

Note that a port can only be a member of one VLAN at any time so

if you want to add a port to a VLAN you must first remove it from

any VLAN that it is currently configured to use.

Port Configuration

If your device is supported this feature, you can configure to tags on

each port to allow data to be separated to different VLANs.

Select Port Configuration from the LAN menu.

For each port the tagging can be configured to add or remove a

VLAN tag. Data can also be filtered based on untagged and

unregistered frames. Click "Save" to save your changes.

Wireless Network Settings

From Advanced Settings in AirTies Network Assistant, when you

click the WIRELESS menu, you will be in the Wireless Connections

screen that lists all the wireless clients connected to the AirTies

device, grouped by wireless SSID.

The Wireless Network Active box lets you enable or disable the

wireless feature of your device. By default this is enabled.

Go to Wireless Settings under the WIRELESS menu to configure your

wireless network.

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• In the Frequency field you can choose whether to use 2.4Ghz or

5Ghz (if your device is supported).

• In the Mode field, you can choose the wireless mode the device

will operate in.

• In the Channel field, you can specify the frequency the device

will

broadcast

in.

If

you

are

using

2.4Ghz

then

it

is

recommended that you choose one of 1, 6, or 11 as the

channel number.

• Power displays the total transmitted power from your device.

• Bandwidth field allows you to specify whether to use 20MHz or

40MHz. When in 802.11n mode. 40MHz should be selected to

achieve 300Mbps wireless data rates

• You can assign a name to your wireless network by entering

the name in the Primary SSID field. This name is broadcast by

your device.

• Rate shows the highest wireless data transfer rate supported

by your device. It is set to Auto by default. This allows for

automatic adjustment of data transfer rate based on distance

and signal quality.

If your device is supported multiSSID, up to four separate SSIDs can

be configured. By default one is configured. To add additional SSIDs

you need to check the Enabled check box.

• Primary SSID is the name that the wireless device broadcasts.

This is the name that can be seen on computers when you

select what wireless device to connect to.

• Checking the Hidden SSID box will hide your SSID during

broadcast. This is not recommended since hiding the SSID will

prevent laptops from seeing your network within their range.

• Checking User Isolation will prevent clients connecting to your

network from connecting to each other.

• The security level can be set in the Security drop down box.

This should be set to the highest security level WPA/WPA2.

• The passphrase for the wireless connection is set in the

"Passphrase" section. This should contain at least 8 characters.

• It is possible to set up 4 wireless SSIDs to have multiple

networks.

Click "Save" to store your settings.

Wireless Security Settings

It is not necessary to configure wireless security to enable wireless

communication. However, due to growing importance of data

security, it is strongly recommended that you choose one of the

security protocols described below that best fits your needs.

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), WPA2, and Wired Equivalent Privacy

(WEP) are wireless encryption protocols used to encrypt the data

traffic within the wireless network. It is recommended that you use

the most secure standard, which is WPA2.

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MAC Address Filtering allows you to control which network cards can

connect to the AirTies device and share your Internet access. For

your wireless network security, it is recommended that both MAC

Address filtering and WPA2 wireless encryption protocols be

activated.

WPA2 Security Settings

WPA2, defined by the IEEE 802.11i standard, is one of the latest

wireless encryption methods. If you would like to use WPA2 in your

wireless network, all the wireless adapters in your network should

support WPA2. For Centrino platform computers, it is necessary to

download the WPA2 updates for the Windows XP operating system

to be able to use WPA2 ( www.microsoft.com ).

To enable WPA2 encryption: 1. Go to Wireless Security Settings

under the WIRELESS menu of the Web interface of your device. 2.

From the Security drop down box of the first SSID select WPA2. 3.

Select WPA/WPA2 from Security Type. 4. Enter a Passphrase that is

8 to 63 characters long (use a combination of letters and digits) in

the Passphrase field. Make sure you choose a key that is not easy to

guess. Click Save. 5. You must activate WPA2 and set the same

network key in all the devices that will communicate with your

AirTies device.

WEP Security Settings

WEP is less secure then WPA and should only be used if your PC's

wireless card does not support WPA. To configure WEP secutiry:

1. Go to Wireless Security Settings under the WIRELESS menu of

the Web interface of your device.

2. From the Security drop down box of the first SSID select WEP.

3. Select Open for Authentication Mode.

4. For WEP Security Type you can select: a. 10 Hexadecimal

characters (A-F and 0-9) for 64-bit encryption. b. 5 ASCII

characters for 64-bit encryption. c. 26 Hexadecimal characters

for 128-bit encryption. d. 13 ASCII characters for 123-bit

encryption.

5. You can enter up to 4 network keys and choose the one you

want to use. Click Save.

6. You must activate WEP and set the same network key in all the

devices that will communicate with your AirTies device.

MAC Filtering

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