Hawking HWRN2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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2-7

Wireless LAN Configuration

If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices which

is equipped with wireless network interface, you can use the wireless

function of this router to let them connect to Internet and share

resources with other computers with wired-LAN connection. You can

also use the built-in security functions to protect your network from

being intruded by malicious intruders.

Please follow the following instructions to set wireless parameters:

Please click ‘Wireless’ tab at the top of web management interface, and

the following message will be displayed on your web browser. You must

enable wireless function of this router, or the wireless interface of this

router 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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Please click ‘Continue’ to go back to previous setup menu; to continue on

other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the

settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is

rebooting).

2-7-1 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:

This wireless router can work in 6 modes:

a.

AP

: Standard wireless AP (access point).

b.

Station-Infrastructure

: Configure the router to Ethernet devices such as

TV, Game player, HDD & DVD to enable the Ethernet device to be a

wireless station.

c.

AP Bridge-Point to Point

: Connect this router with another wireless

router, to expand the scope of network.

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d.

AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point

: Connect this router with up to four

other wireless routers, to expand the scope of network.

e.

AP Bridge-WDS

: Connect this router with up to four WDS-capable

wireless routers, to expand the scope of network.

f.

Universal Repeater

: The router can act as 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.

Please select a proper operation mode you want to use from ‘Mode’

dropdown menu (1), and continue on other operation mode specific

settings:

AP

- Please go to section 2-7-1-1

Station-Infrastructure

- Please go to section 2-7-1-2

AP Bridge-Point to Point

- Please go to section 2-7-1-3

AP Bridge-Point to Multi Point

- Please go to section 2-7-1-4

AP Bridge-WDS

- Please go to section 2-7-1-5

NOTE: For ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point’ and ‘AP Bridge-Point to

Multi-Point’ mode, wireless router is operated in wireless bridge

dedicated mode – wireless router is only used to expand the scope of

network, and no wireless clients will be accepted. If you want to use

your wireless router to expand the scope of network, and also accept

wireless clients, please select ‘AP Bridge-WDS’

or ‘Universal

Repeater‘ mode.

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2-7-1-1 Setup procedure for ‘AP’:

Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown menu

(2), and the following message will be displayed:

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 router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps).

2.4 GHz (N)

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

connect to this router (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 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 clients to

connect to this router (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 router (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 router. You can type any

alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters.

ESSID 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 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’, available channel numbers are 1 to 13 for

European countries, 1 to 11 for USA. 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.

TIP: 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

routers using the same channel, which will disturb the radio

communication between wireless client and the wireless router.

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 router 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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