Hawking HW2R1 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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2-7 Wireless Home Network (WLAN) Configuration

If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices has a

wireless network adapter, you can use the wireless function of this Smart

Repeater to let them connect to Internet and share resources with other

computers on your wired home network. You can also use the built-in

security functions to protect your network from intruders with malicious

attacks.

Please follow the following instructions to set your wireless parameters:

Please click ‘Home Wireless’ tab on the left side of the web management

interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser.

You must enable wireless function of this Smart Repeater, or the wireless

interface of this Smart Repeater will not function. Please select ‘Enable’ (1),

then click ‘Apply’ (2) button.

If you’re coming here because you want to disable wireless function, please

select ‘Disable’ (3), then click ‘Apply’ (2) button.

After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your web

browser:

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Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web

management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the

Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.

2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings

Please click ‘Basic Setup’ menu at the top of web management interface, then

click ‘Basic Settings’, and the following message will be displayed on your web

browser:

Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown menu (2),

and the following message will be displayed:

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band (2):

Please select the radio band from one of following

options:

2.4 GHz (B)

2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless network clients to

connect to this Smart Repeater (maximum transfer rate

11Mbps).

2.4 GHz (N)

2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless network clients to

connect to this Smart Repeater (maximum transfer rate

300Mbps).

2.4 GHz (B+G)

2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and 802.11g wireless

network clients to connect to this Smart Repeater (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 clients to

connect to this Smart Repeater (maximum transfer rate

54Mbps).

2.4 GHz (B+G+N)

2.4GHz band, allows 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless

network clients to connect to this Smart Repeater (maximum

transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, maximum 54Mbps for

802.11g clients, and maximum 300Mbps for 802.11n clients).

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ESSID (3):

This is the name of wireless Smart Repeater. You can

type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32

characters. ESSID is used to identify your own wireless

Smart Repeater from others when there are other

wireless Smart Repeaters 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 (4): Please select a channel from the dropdown list of

‘Channel Number’, 1 to 11 for USA.

(

This product is only

for use in the USA and is restricted to usage of the channels

1-11 only

)You can choose any channel number you

want to use, and almost all wireless clients can locate

the channel you’re using automatically without any

problem. However, it’s still useful to remember the

channel number you use, as some wireless clients

support manual channel number selecting, and this

would help in certain scenarios when there is some

radio communication problems.

Associated Clients (5): Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button, then 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.

NOTE: If you don’t have special reason to limit the type of allowed

wireless clients, it’s recommended to choose ‘2.4 GHz (B+G+N) to

maximize wireless client compatibility.

NOTE: For 802.11b and 802.11g mode, the signals can be transmitted

only by antenna 1 (The antenna on the right side of the rear panel).

For 802.11n mode: The Smart Repeater is operating in a 2T3R Spatial

Multiplexing MIMO configuration. 2 antennas are for signal

transmitting and 3 antennas are for signal receiving.

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2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings

This Smart Repeater provides some advanced controls of the wireless

parameters in the HW2R1, if you want to configure these settings, please click

the ‘Advanced Settings’ selection from the left side menu under ‘Wireless

Home’, and the following message will be displayed:

TIPS: You can try to change channel number to another one if you

think the data transfer rate is too slow. There could be some other

wireless Smart Repeaters using the same channel, which will disturb

the radio communication between wireless client and the wireless

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