D-Link DWL-2000APv2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Using the Conﬁguration Menu (continued)

Home > LAN

LAN is short for Local Area Network. This is considered your internal network. These

are the IP settings of the LAN interface for the DWL-2000AP. These settings may be

referred to as Private settings. You may change the LAN IP address if needed. The LAN

IP address is private to your internal network and cannot be seen on the Internet.

Apply-

Click

Apply

to save the changes.

Gateway-

This ﬁeld is optional. Enter in the lP address of the router on

your network.

Subnet Mask-

The subnet mask of the LAN interface.

The default subnet mask is

255.255.255.0

IP Address-

The IP address of the LAN interface. The default IP address

is:

192.168.0.50

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Using the Conﬁguration Menu (continued)

Advanced > Mode

The DWL-2000AP can be conﬁgured to perform in any of four modes: a Wireless Access

Point; a Wireless Client; a Wireless Bridge; or a Multi-Point Bridge.

Access Point mode

is the default setting.

This mode is used to create a wireless LAN.

Wireless Client mode

will transform any IEEE 802.3 Ethernet device (e.g., a

computer, printer, etc.) into an 802.11b wireless client, if you are connecting to

another DWL-2000AP when it is acting as an Access Point.

Wireless Bridge mode

will allow you to connect two LANs together. The wireless

bridge will only work with another DWL-2000AP.

Multi-Point Bridge mode

will allow you to connect multiple wireless LANs together.

Other wireless LANs must be using DWL-2000APs.

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Using the Conﬁguration Menu (continued)

Advanced > Mode (continued)

Enter

the

MAC address

to conﬁgure the

Wireless Client

and the

Wireless Bridge

modes

Wireless Client mode

Wireless Bridge mode

When using the DWL-2000AP in

Wireless

Client

mode, you will enter the MAC address

of the Remote AP.

Find the

MAC address

of the DWL-2000AP that

is acting as a

Remote

Access

Point

or a

Remote Bridge

, by going to

Status > Device Info

in the conﬁguration

utility of the remote DWL-2000AP. There you will ﬁnd the MAC address as

shown above.

When using the DWL-2000AP in

Wireless

Bridge

mode, you will enter the MAC address

of the Remote Bridge.

MAC Address

- Media Access Control Address

A unique hardware address that identiﬁes a device on a network. It is assigned

at the factory and cannot be changed. Usually you will ﬁnd this address on a

sticker on the device or packaging.

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Using the Conﬁguration Menu (continued)

Advanced > Performance

Preamble Type-

Select

Short

or

Long Preamble.

The Preamble deﬁnes the length

of the CRC block for communication between the wireless access

point and the roaming wireless network adapters. (Cyclic Redun-

dancy Check is a common technique for detecting data transmission

errors.)

Long

is the default setting. Note: High network trafﬁc areas

should use the shorter preamble type.

Beacon Interval-

Beacons are packets sent by an Access Point to synchronize a

wireless network. Specify a value. 100 is the default setting and is

recommended.

RTS Threshold-

This value should remain at its default setting of 2432. If inconsistent

data ﬂow is a problem, only a minor modiﬁcation should be made.

Fragmentation-

The fragmentation threshold, which is speciﬁed in bytes, determines

whether packets will be fragmented. Packets exceeding the 2346

byte setting will be fragmented before transmission. 2346 is the

default setting

Apply-

Click

Apply

to save changes

DTIM interval-

(Delivery Trafﬁc Indication Message)-

3

is the default setting. DTIM

is a countdown informing clients of the next window for listening to

broadcast and multicast messages.

TX Rates-

The DWL-2000AP will automatically sense the best possible speed

when you select

Auto

(the default setting), or you can choose the

data transfer rate: 54Mbps,48Mbps, 36Mbps, 24Mbps, 18Mbps,

12Mbps, 11Mbps, 9Mbps,6Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 2Mbps, 1Mbps.

Authentication-

Open System

- communicates the key across the network

Shared Key

- devices must have identical WEP settings to

communicate

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Using the Conﬁguration Menu (continued)

Tools> Admin

At this page, the DWL-2000AP administrator can change the system password.

Click

Apply

to save the changes

Password-

Enter the password and enter again to conﬁrm

Apply-

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