LevelOne WBR-3408 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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51



Click the

Setup

button.



Select

Create Location

, and change the location name from "New Locality" to

"Wireless Router".



Click

Edit Location

. Select

TCP/IP

for the

Network

field. (Leave the

Phone

Number

blank.)



Click

Save

, then

OK

.

Configuration is now complete.



Before clicking "Sign On", always ensure that you are using the "Wireless

Router" location.

Macintosh Clients

From your Macintosh, you can access the Internet via the Wireless Router. The

procedure is as follows.

1.

Open the TCP/IP Control Panel.

2. Select

Ethernet

from the

Connect via

pop-up menu.

3. Select

Using DHCP Server

from the

Configure

pop-up menu. The DHCP Client

ID field can be left blank.

4.

Close the TCP/IP panel, saving your settings.

Note:

If using manually assigned IP addresses instead of DHCP, the required changes

are:



Set the

Router Address

field to the Wireless Router's IP Address.



Ensure your DNS settings are correct.

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Linux Clients

To access the Internet via the Wireless Router, it is only necessary to set the

Wireless Router as the "Gateway".

Ensure you are logged in as "root" before attempting any changes.

Fixed IP Address

By default, most Unix installations use a fixed IP Address. If you wish to continue

using a fixed IP Address, make the following changes to your configuration.



Set your "Default Gateway" to the IP Address of the Wireless Router.



Ensure your DNS (Name server) settings are correct.

To act as a DHCP Client (recommended)

The procedure below may vary according to your version of Linux and X -windows

shell.

1.

Start your X Windows client.

2. Select

Control Panel - Network

3.

Select the "Interface" entry for your Network card. Normally, this will be called

"eth0".

4. Click the

Edit

button, set the "protocol" to "DHCP", and save this data.

5.

To apply your changes



Use the "Deactivate" and "Activate" buttons, if available.



OR, restart your system.

Other Unix Systems

To access the Internet via the Wireless Router:



Ensure the "Gateway" field for your network card is set to the IP Address of the

Wireless Router.



Ensure your DNS (Name Server) settings are correct.

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Wireless Station Configuration

This section applies to all Wireless stations wishing to use the Wireless Router's

Access Point, regardless of the operating system which is used on the client.

To use the Wireless Access Point in the Wireless Router, each Wireless Station

must have compatible settings, as follows:

Mode

The mode must be set to

Infrastructure

(rather than Ad-hoc)

Access points only operate in

Infrastructure

mode.

SSID (ESSID)

This must match the value used on the Wireless Router.

Note! The SSID is case sensitive.

Wireless

Security

By default, Wireless security on the Wireless Router is disabled.



If Wireless security remains disabled on the Wireless Router,

all stations must have wireless security disabled.



If Wireless security is enabled on the Wireless Router, each

station must use the same settings as the Wireless Router.

Wireless Configuration on Windows XP

If using Windows XP to configure the Wireless interface on your PC, the configura-

tion procedure is as follows:

1.

Open the Network Connections folder. (

Start - Settings - Network Connections

).

Network Connections (Windows XP)

2.

Right-click the Wireless Network Connection, check that it is enabled (menu

option says

Disable

, rather than

Enable

) and then select

View Available Wire-

less Networks

.

3.

You will then see a list of wireless networks.

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Wireless Networks (Windows XP)

If the "Broadcast SSID" setting on the Wireless Router

has been disabled, its SSID will NOT be listed.

See the following section "If the SSID is not listed" for

details of dealing with this situation.

4.

The next step depends on whether or not Wireless security has been enabled

on the Wireless Router.

If Wireless Security is Disabled

If Wireless security on the Wireless Router is disabled, Windows will warn you that

the Wireless network is not secure.

Insecure Wireless Network (Windows XP)

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To connect:



Check the checkbox

Allow me to connect to the selected wireless network,

even though it is not secure

.



The

Connect

button will then be available. Click the

Connect

button, and wait a

few seconds for the connection to be established.

If using WEP Data Encryption

If WEP data encryption has been enabled on the Wireless Router, Windows will

detect this, and show a screen like the following.

WEP (Windows XP)

To connect:



Enter the WEP key, as set on the Wireless Router, in the

Network Key

field.



Re-enter the WEP key into the

Confirm Network key

field.



Disable

the checkbox

Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network

.



Click the

Connect

button.

If this fails, click the

Advanced

button, to see a screen like the following:

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