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Connected
appears on the icon of the wireless network in the wireless network list,
which indicates that your computer is connected to the HG256s through wireless
connection.
Setting Up a Wireless Connection by the WPS button
If the wireless network adapter on your computer can support the WPS function, you
can connect your computer to the HG256s wirelessly as follows:
Step 1
Set the network connection of your PC and ensure that your
PC obtains an IP
address automatically.
By default, the DHCP function of the HG256s is enabled. In this case, the
HG256s assigns an IP address to your PC automatically and you do not need
to configure the IP address of your PC.
Step 2
In the address bar of the Internet Explorer, enter
, and then
press
Enter
.
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Step 3
In the
Login
dialog box, enter the user account (
admin
by default) and the
password (
admin
by default), and then click
OK
.
Step 4
In the navigation tree, choose
Basic
>
WLAN
.
The WLAN configuration page is displayed.
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Step 5
Set the
Security Mode
to
WPA-PSK
,
WPA2-PSK
or
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
.
The WPS function can be used only when the security mode of the WLAN is set to
WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK.
Step 6
In
WPA Pre-Shared Key
, enter a WLAN access password.
Step 7
Select
AES
for
WPA Encryption
.
Step 8
Click
Submit
.
Step 9
Press the WPS button to enable the HG256s to start the WPS negotiation.
Step 10
Enable the WPS negotiation function of the wireless network adapter on your
PC within two minutes, and then wait for a moment (typically 10s).
The WLAN indicator of the HG256s becomes on from the blinking state, indicating
that the HG256s is connected to your PC through the WLAN.
For more information about the functions and the configuration of the HG256s,
please see the User Guide contained in the CD-ROM.
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5 Configuring the WLAN MAC filtering
By default, the security mode of the WLAN is set to
OPEN
without any encryption and
authentication mechanism. You can protect a wireless network by the WLAN MAC
filtering function of the HG256s.
To protect a wireless network by the WLAN MAC filtering function, do as follows:
Step 1
View and record the MAC address of the laptop.
Take the Windows XP operating system as an example. To view the MAC address of a
PC, do as follows:
1.
Choose
Start
>
Run
, enter
cmd
.
2.
In the displayed command line window, enter
ipconfig/all
.
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3.
You can find a line of information that is similar to
Physical
Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-B9-F9-59-BB
.
00-19-B9-F9-59-BB
is the MAC address of the PC.
Step 2
Log in to the home page of the HG256s.
1.
In the address bar of the Internet Explorer, enter
, and
then press
Enter
.
19216811.live