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Viewing General Information

The information on the General screen is a summary of the WG302v2 configuration settings. From

the WG302v2 main menu, click General to view the screen shown below.

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Table 3-1

describes the fields on the General Information page.

Table 3-1

General Information Fields

Field

Description

Access Point Information

Access Point Name

(NetBIOS name)

The name of the access point, which you can configure.

MAC Address

The Media Access Control address (MAC address) of the wireless

access point’s Ethernet port.

Country/Region

The domain or region for which the wireless access point is licensed for

use. It may not be legal to operate this wireless access point in a region

other than one of those identified in this field.

Firmware Version

The version of the firmware currently installed.

Access Point Mode

The operating mode of the WG302v2: Access Point, Point-to-point

bridge, Multi-point bridge or Repeater.

VLAN (802.1Q)

Indicates if VLAN support is enabled. The default is enabled.

Current IP Settings

IP Address

The IP address of the wireless access point.

Subnet Mask

The subnet mask for the wireless access point.

Default Gateway

The default gateway for the wireless access point communication.

DHCP Client

If the DHCP Client is enabled, the current IP address was obtained

from a DHCP server on your network. Disabled indicates a static IP

configuration.

Current Wireless Settings

Operating Mode

Shows the IEEE 802.11 wireless operating mode.

Channel/Frequency

The channel the wireless port uses. The default channel setting is 11.

For the frequencies used on each channel, see the resources listed in

Appendix A, “Related Documents

.

Rogue AP Detection

Shows whether Rogue AP Detection is enabled.

Security Profiles

For each Security Profile, the following information is displayed: Profile

Number, Profile Name, SSID, Security, VLAN, and Status.

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Viewing the Activity Log

To access the Activity Log, connect to the WG302v2 and click Activity Log under the Information

heading.

The Activity Log Window displays the Access Point system activity.

You can click Refresh to update the display. To save the log contents into a file on your PC, click

Save As and save the file to a disk drive.

You can use a SysLog server to view the Activity Log. If you have a SysLog server on your LAN,

then enable SysLog. If enabled, you must enter the IP address of your SysLog server and the port

number that your SysLog server uses.

•

SysLog Server IP Address:

The access point sends all the SysLog messages to the specified

IP address if SysLog option is enabled. Default: 0.0.0.0

•

Port:

The port number configured in the SysLog server on your LAN. The default is 514.

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Viewing the Available Wireless Station List

The Available Wireless Station List contains a table of all IP devices associated with the wireless

access point for the Wired Network Name (SSID)

From the WG302v2 main menu, under the Information heading, click Available Wireless Station

List to view the list.

For each device, the Available Wireless Station List table shows the Station ID, MAC address, IP

Address, and Status (whether the device is allowed to communicate with the wireless access point

or not).

If the wireless access point is rebooted, the table data is lost until the wireless access point

rediscovers the devices. To force the wireless access point to look for associated devices, click the

Refresh button.

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Note:

A wireless network can include multiple wireless access points that use the same

network name (SSID). This extends the reach of the wireless network. Users can

roam from one access point to another, providing seamless network connectivity. If

this is the case, only the stations associated with this access point are shown in the

Available Station List.

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Viewing Statistics

The Statistics screen provides LAN and WLAN statistics. From the WG302v2 main menu, click

Statistics under the Information heading to view the screen shown in

Figure 3-8

.

Table 3-2

explains the fields on the Statistics page.

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Table 3-2

Access Point Statistics

Field

Description

Wired Ethernet

Received/Transmitted

Packets

The number of packets sent since the WG302v2 was restarted.

Bytes

The number of bytes sent since the WG302v2 was restarted.