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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 is the description of every setup item:

Parameter

Description

Band

Select the band you want to use; all the

wireless routers must use the same

setting.

SSID

This is the name of wireless router. You

can type any alphanumerical characters

here, maximum 32 characters. SSID is

used to identify your own wireless router

from

others

when

there

are

other

wireless routers in the same area. Default

SSID is ‘default’, it’s recommended to

change default SSID value to the one

which

is

meaningful

to

you,

like

myhome, office_room1, etc.

Channel Number

Select the channel you want to use; all

the wireless clients must use the same

setting.

Associated Clients

Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then

NOTE: For Repeater Mode, this router will demodulate the received

signal, and check if the signal is noise or valid data for the operating

network. Once the Access Point validates the signal, then it will

modulate and amplify the signal again. The output power of this mode is

the same as that of WDS and normal AP mode.

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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.

Root AP SSID

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 ‘Site Survey’

button to choose a Root AP.

Site Survey

Click ‘Site Survey’ button, then a

“Wireless Site Survey Table” will pop

up. It will list all available access points

near by. You can select one access point

in the table and the router will join

wireless LAN through this access point.

After you finish the Wireless Basic Setting, please click ‘Apply’ button, after you

click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to go 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).

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2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings

This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if you want to

configure these settings, please click ‘Advanced Settings’ menu on the left of web

management interface, under the ‘Wireless’ tab and the following message will be

displayed on your web browser:

Here is the description of every setup item:

Parameter

Description

Fragment Threshold

Set the Fragment threshold of wireless

radio. Do not modify default value if you

don’t know what it is, default value is

2346.

RTS Threshold

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

Set the beacon interval of wireless radio.

Do not modify default value if you don’t

know what it is, default value is 100.

DTIM Period

Set the DTIM period of wireless radio.

Do not modify default value if you don’t

know what it is, default value is 3.

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Data Rate

Set the wireless data transfer rate to a

certain value. Since most of wireless

devices will negotiate with each other

and pick a proper data transfer rate

automatically,

it’s

not

necessary

to

change this value unless you know what

will happen after modification.

N Data Rate

Same as above, but only for 802.11n

clients.

Channel Width

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

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

Decide

if

the

wireless

router

will

broadcast its own ESSID or not. You can

hide the ESSID of your wireless router

(set the option to ‘Disable’), so only

people those who know the ESSID of

your wireless router can get connected.

CTS Protect

Enabling this setting will reduce the

chance of radio signal collisions between

802.11b and 802.11g/n wireless access

points. It’s recommended to set this

option to ‘Auto’ or ‘Always’. However,

if you set to ‘None’, your wireless router

should be able to work fine, too.

WMM

It is short for Wi-Fi Multimedia, it will

enhance the data transfer performance of

multimedia contents when they’re being

transferred over wireless network. If you

don’t know what it is / not sure if you

need it, it’s safe to set this option to

‘Enable’,

however,

default

value

is

‘Disable’.

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After you finish these wireless settings, please click ‘Apply’ button and the

following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to go 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, Please click ‘Security Settings’ menu on the left of

web management interface, under the ‘Wireless’ tab and then follow the instructions

mentioned below to set wireless security settings:

Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu. In this there

are four options:

Disable

- Please go to

section 2-7-3-1

WEP

- Please go to

section 2-7-3-2

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

-

Please go to

section 2-7-3-3

WPA RADIUS

- Please go to

section 2-7-3-4