Zyxel NBG-419N Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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9.3.1

Setting your NBG-419N to WISP Mode

1

Log into the Web Configurator if you haven’t already. See the Quick start Guide for instructions on

how to do this.

2

To set your NBG-419N to

AP Mode

, go to

Maintenance > Sys OP Mode > General

and select

WISP Mode.

Figure 49

Changing to WISP mode

Note: You have to log in to the Web Configurator again when you change modes.As soon

as you do, your NBG-419N is already in WISP mode.

3

When you select

WISP Mode

, the following pop-up message window appears.

Figure 50

Pop up window for WISP mode

Click

OK

. The Web Configurator refreshes once the change to WISP mode is successful.

9.3.2

Accessing the Web Configurator in WISP Mode

To login to Web Configurator in WISP mode, do the following:

1

Connect your computer to the LAN port of the NBG-419N.

2

The default IP address of the NBG-419N is “192.168.1.1”. If you did not change this, you can use

the same IP address in WISP mode. Open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and type

“192.168.1.1” as the web address in your web browser.

If you changed the IP address of your NBG-419N while in Router Mode, use this IP address in WISP

mode. The WISP mode IP address is always the same as the Router mode IP adderss.

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Note: After clicking Login, the Easy mode appears. Refer to

Section

on page 45

for the

Easy mode screens. Click Expert mode to see the screens described in the sections

following this.

9.4

WISP Mode Status Screen

Click

to open the status screen.

Figure 51

Status: WISP Mode

The following table describes the labels shown in the

Status

screen.

Table 29

Status Screen: WISP Mode

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Logout

Click this at any time to exit the Web Configurator.

Device Information

Host Name

This is the

System Name

you enter in the

Maintenance

>

General

screen. It is

for identification purposes.

Firmware Version

This is the firmware version and the date created.

Sys OP Mode

This is the device mode (

Section 5.1.2 on page 43

) to which the NBG-419N is set -

WISP Mode

.

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WAN Information

- MAC Address

This shows the WAN Ethernet adapter MAC Address of your device.

- IP Address

This shows the WAN port’s IP address.

- IP Subnet Mask

This shows the WAN port’s subnet mask.

- Default Gateway

This shows the WAN port’s gateway IP address.

- DHCP

This shows the LAN port’s DHCP role -

Client

or

Server

.

LAN Information

- MAC Address

This shows the LAN Ethernet adapter MAC Address of your device.

- IP Address

This shows the LAN port’s IP address.

- IP Subnet Mask

This shows the LAN port’s subnet mask.

- DHCP

This shows the LAN port’s DHCP role -

Server

or

None

.

WLAN Information

- WLAN OP Mode

This is the device mode (

Section 5.1.2 on page 43

) to which the NBG-419N’s

wireless LAN is set -

Access Point Mode

.

- MAC Address

This shows the wireless adapter MAC Address of your device.

- Status

This shows the current status of the Wireless LAN -

ON

or

OFF

.

- Name (SSID)

This shows a descriptive name used to identify the NBG-419N in the wireless LAN.

- Connect Status

This shows whether or not the NBG-419N has successfully associated with an

access point -

Connected

or

Disassociated

.

- Security Mode

This shows the level of wireless security the NBG-419N is using.

- 802.11 Mode

This shows the wireless standard.

System Status

Item

This column shows the type of data the NBG-419N is recording.

Data

This column shows the actual data recorded by the NBG-419N.

System Up Time

This is the total time the NBG-419N has been on.

Current Date/Time

This field displays your NBG-419N’s present date and time.

System Resource

- CPU Usage

This displays what percentage of the NBG-419N’s processing ability is currently

used. When this percentage is close to 100%, the NBG-419N is running at full load,

and the throughput is not going to improve anymore. If you want some applications

to have more throughput, you should turn off other applications (for example,

using bandwidth management.

- Memory Usage

This shows what percentage of the heap memory the NBG-419N is using.

System Setting

- Firewall

This shows whether the firewall is enabled or not.

- Bandwidth

Management

This shows whether the bandwidth management is enabled or not.

- UPnP

This shows whether UPnP is enabled or not.

- Configuration Mode

This shows the web configurator mode you are viewing -

Expert

.

Interface Status

Interface

This displays the NBG-419N port types. The port types are:

LAN

and

WLAN

.

Table 29

Status Screen: WISP Mode

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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9.5

Wireless LAN General Screen

Use this screen to configure the wireless LAN settings of your NBG-419N. Go to

Configuration >

Wireless LAN > General

to open the following screen.

Figure 52

WISP Mode: LAN > General Screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Status

For the LAN and WAN ports, this field displays

Down

(line is down) or

Up

(line is up

or connected).

For the WLAN, it displays

Up

when the WLAN is enabled or

Down

when the WLAN

is disabled.

Rate

For the LAN ports, this displays the port speed and duplex setting or

N/A

when the

line is disconnected.

For the WAN port, it displays the port speed and duplex setting if you’re using

Ethernet encapsulation and

Idle

(line (ppp) idle),

Dial

(starting to trigger a call)

and

Drop

(dropping a call) if you're using PPPoE or PPTP encapsulation. This field

displays

N/A

when the line is disconnected.

For the WLAN, it displays the maximum transmission rate when the WLAN is

enabled and

N/A

when the WLAN is disabled.

Summary

BW MGMT Monitor

Click

Details...

to go to the

Monitor >

BW MGMT Monitor

screen

(

Section 4.3 on page 39

).

Use this screen to view the amount of

network bandwidth that applications running in the network are

using.

DHCP Table

Click

Details...

to go to the

Monitor >

DHCP Table

screen (

Section 4.4

on page 40

). Use this screen to view current DHCP client information.

Packet Statistics

Click

Details...

to go to the

Monitor >

Packet Statistics

screen

(

Section 4.5 on page 41

). Use this screen to view port status and packet specific

statistics.

Table 29

Status Screen: WISP Mode

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Table 30

WISP Mode: LAN > General Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Setup

Network Name

(SSID)

Enter the name of the access point to which you are connecting.

Security

Security Mode

Select the security mode of the access point to which you want to connect.

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9.5.0.1

No Security

Use this screen if the access point to which you want to connect does not use encryption.

Figure 53

No Security (WISP)

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-419N.

Reset

Click

Reset

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Table 30

WISP Mode: LAN > General Screen (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Table 31

No Security (WISP)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Setup

Network Name

(SSID)

Enter the name of the access point to which you are connecting.

Security

Security Mode

Select

No Security

in this field.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-419N.

Reset

Click

Reset

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

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