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7.4.1

Navigation Panel

Use the menu in the navigation panel to configure NBG6817 features in

Access Point

Mode

.

Figure 34

Expert Mode: Navigation Panel: Access Point Mode

Refer to

Table 15 on page 39

for descriptions of the labels shown in the navigation panel.

7.5

LAN Screen

Use this section to configure your LAN settings while in

Access Point Mode

.

Click

Expert Mode > LAN

to see the screen below.

Note: If you change the IP address of the NBG6817 in the screen below, you will need to

log into the NBG6817 again using the new IP address.

Rate

For the LAN ports, this displays the port speed and duplex setting or is left blank when the

line is disconnected.

For the 2.4GHz/5GHz WLAN, it displays the maximum transmission rate when the 2.4GHz/

5GHz WLAN is enabled and

N/A

when the WLAN is disabled.

Printer Information

Printer Name

The NBG6817 can act as a print server and allows you to share a USB printer on your LAN.

This displays the

name of the printer connected to the NBG6817's USB port.

Note: You need to manually install the printer driver in your computer and add the printer to

your printer list.

Table 16

Expert Mode: Status > System Status: Access Point Mode (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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Figure 35

LAN > LAN IP

The table below describes the labels in the screen.

Table 17

LAN > LAN IP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IP Address

Obtain an IP Address

Automatically

When you enable this, the NBG6817 gets its IP address from the network’s DHCP

server (for example, your ISP). Users connected to the NBG6817 can now access

the network (i.e., the Internet if the IP address is given by the ISP).

The Web Configurator may no longer be accessible unless you know the IP address

assigned by the DHCP server to the NBG6817. You need to reset the NBG6817 to

be able to access the Web Configurator again (see

Section 15.7 on page 152

for

details on how to reset the NBG6817).

Also when you select this, you cannot enter an IP address for your NBG6817 in the

field below.

Static IP Address

Click this if you want to specify the IP address of your NBG6817. Or if your ISP or

network administrator gave you a static IP address to access the network or the

Internet.

IP Address

Type the IP address in dotted decimal notation. The default setting is 192.168.1.2.

If you change the IP address you will have to log in again with the new IP address.

Subnet Mask

The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP address. Your

NBG6817 will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address that

you assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet mask

computed by the NBG6817.

Gateway IP Address

Enter a

Gateway IP Address

(if your ISP or network administrator gave you one)

in this field.

DNS Server

First DNS Server

Second DNS Server

Third DNS Server

Select

Obtained From ISP

if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information

(and the NBG6817's WAN IP address). The field to the right displays the (read-

only) DNS server IP address that the ISP assigns.

Select

User-Defined

if you have the IP address of a DNS server. Enter the DNS

server's IP address in the field to the right. If you chose

User-Defined

, but leave

the IP address set to 0.0.0.0,

User-Defined

changes to

None

after you click

Apply

. If you set a second choice to

User-Defined

, and enter the same IP

address, the second

User-Defined

changes to

None

after you click

Apply

.

Select

None

if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do not configure a

DNS server, you must know the IP address of a computer in order to access it.

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Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes to the NBG6817.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Table 17

LAN > LAN IP (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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8

Tutorials

8.1

Overview

This chapter provides tutorials for setting up your NBG6817.

•

Set Up a Wireless Network Using WPS

•

Connect to NBG6817 Wireless Network without WPS

•

Using Guest SSIDs on the NBG6817

8.2

Set Up a Wireless Network Using WPS

This section gives you an example of how to set up wireless network using WPS. This example uses

the NBG6817 as the AP and NWD210N as the wireless client which connects to a notebook.

Note: The wireless client must be a WPS-aware device (for example, a WPS USB adapter

).

There are two WPS methods for creating a secure connection via the web configurator or utility.

This tutorial shows you how to do both.

•

Push Button Configuration (PBC)

- create a secure wireless network simply by pressing a

button. See

Section 8.2.1 on page 49

. This is the easier method.

•

PIN Configuration

- create a secure wireless network simply by entering a wireless client's PIN

(Personal Identification Number) in the NBG6817’s interface. See

Section 8.2.2 on page 50

. This

is the more secure method, since one device can authenticate the other.

8.2.1

Push Button Configuration (PBC)

1

Make sure that your NBG6817 is turned on. Make sure the

WIFI

button (at the back panel of the

NBG6817) is pushed in, and that the device is placed within range of your notebook.

2

Make sure that you have installed the wireless client (this example uses the NWD210N) driver and

utility in your notebook.

3

In the wireless client utility, find the WPS settings. Enable WPS and press the WPS button (

Start

or

WPS

button)

4

Log into NBG6817’s Web Configurator and press the

Push Button

in the

Expert > Wireless >

WPS

screen.

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Note: Your NBG6817 has a WPS button located on its rear panel, as well as a WPS button

in its configuration utility. Both buttons have exactly the same function; you can

use one or the other.

Note: It doesn’t matter which button is pressed first. You must press the second button

within two minutes of pressing the first one.

The NBG6817 sends the proper configuration settings to the wireless client. This may take up to

two minutes. Then the wireless client is able to communicate with the NBG6817 securely.

The following figure shows you an example to set up wireless network and security by pressing a

button on both NBG6817 and wireless client (the NWD210N in this example).

Figure 36

Example WPS Process: PBC Method

8.2.2

PIN Configuration

When you use the PIN configuration method, you need to use both NBG6817’s configuration

interface and the client’s utilities.

1

Launch your wireless client’s configuration utility. Go to the WPS settings and select the PIN method

to get a PIN number.

2

Enter the PIN number to the

PIN

field in the

Expert > Wireless > WPS

screen on the NBG6817.

Wireless Client

Access Point

COMMUNICATION

WITHIN 2 MINUTES

WPS

START