Asus WL-320gP: 3. Conguring the Wireless Access Point

3. Conguring the Wireless Access Point

The ASUS WL-320gP Access Point can meet various working scenarios with proper conguration.

The default settings of the wireless router may need change so as to meet your individual needs.

Therefore, before using the ASUS Access Point, check the basic settings to make sure they all

work in your environment.

Note:

Wired connection for initial conguration is recommended to avoid possible

setup problems due to wireless uncertainty.

1) Wire connectionired connection

The ASUS WL-320gP Access Point is supplied with an Ethernet cable in the package. Since the

ASUS Wireless Access Point has integrated auto-crossover function, therefore, you can use

either straight-through or crossover cable for wired connection. Plug one end of the cable to the

LAN port on the rear panel of the router and the other end to the Ethernet port on your PC.

2) Wireless Connection

For establishing wireless connection, you need an IEEE 802.11b/g compatible WLAN card. ReferRefer

to your wireless adapter user manual for wireless connection procedures. By default, the

SSID of ASUS Access Point is “default” (in lower case), encryption is disabled and open

system authentication is used.

3) Setting IP aress for wire or wireless client

To access the WL-320gP Access Point, you must have correct TCP/IP settings on your wired or

wireless clients. Set the IP addresses of the clients within the same subnet of WL-320gP.

Setting up IP address Manually

To set IP address manually, you need to know the default settings of the ASUS Access Point:

• IP address 192.168.1.1

• Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

To set up the connection with a manually assigned IP

address, the address of your PC and the wireless router

must be within the same subnet:

• IP address: 192.168.1.xxx (xxx can be any number

between 2 and 254. Make sure the IP address is not

used by other device)

• Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (same as WL-320gP)

• Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (IP address of WL-320gP)

• DNS: 192.168.1.1 (WL-320gP), or assign a known

DNS server in your network.

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4) ASUS WLAN Utilities

Installing the Utility

®

Follow these steps to install the ASUS WLAN Utilities in Microsoft

Windows. Insert the

support CD. Double-click setup.exe (in the root of the support CD) if your autorun has been

disabled.

(1) Click Install...Utilities.

(2) Click Next after reading the welcome

screen.

(3) Click Next to accept the default

(4) Click Next to accept the default

destination folder or click Browse to

program folder or enter another

specify another path.

name.

5. Setting up your wireless interface. To set up your wireless interface, follow the same

instructions from 3 to 5 as above Configurating Wireless Interface in Access Point mode

on page 10. You can change to AP or WDS(Bridge), Station(Client), or URE(Repeater)

accordingly. Click

Save&Restart

to restart the wireless router and activate the new settings.

8) Operation Moes

This chapter gives information on the operation modes of the ASUS WL-320gP Access Point.

1) Bridge Mode (WDS)

Wireless bridge, also known as Wireless Distribution System or WDS, allows you to connect

to one or many Access Points. If you set the same SSID among all access points, wireless

security level could be up to WPA-PSK. Otherwise, security level is WEP only.

Access Point

AP Mode configures the ASUS 802.11g AP for a specific purpose. By default, the ASUS

802.11g AP is set to serve as an “Access Point” where a wireless mobile client can connect

wirelessly to a wired Ethernet network.

WDS Only

With WDS, the ASUS 802.11g AP can only communicate with other Access Points.

Hybrid

Hybrid allows you to use the ASUS 802.11g AP both as an access point and as a wireless

bridge.

Channel

Both Access Points in Wireless Bridge mode must be set to the same channel.

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Connect to APs in Remote Brige List (Yes/No)

Select Yes to connect to access points in the remote bridge list.

Allow anonymous? (Yes/No)

Select Yes to allow users without accounts to connect.

Note: If “Connect to APs in Remote Bridge List” and “Allow Anonymous” are both set

to “No”, it means that this AP will not connect with other APs and therefore the AP

mode setting will return to “AP Only”.

2) Client Moe (Station)

Wireless client(Station) mode allows WL-320gP works as performance wireless client card as

long as the device supports wired connection(with Ethernet port), like Game console, PC or NB.

You need to set up the wireless setting and encryption before association.

Specify the SSID and Encryption of target AP accordingly under Wireless - Interface sub

menu then click Finish button to Save and Restore setting. After system restarting, connect

the Ethernet cable to WL-320gP ETHERNET port and other device, then WL-320gP will work

as wireless client card.

3) Repeater Moe (URE)

Wireless Repeater Mode allows WL-320gP works as range extender. You can set up the

wireless setting under Wireless-Interface sub menu(same as Client Mode) the same as root

AP then the wireless coverage can be boost.

9) Wireless

1) Site Survey(AP SCAN)

Site Survey will help WL-320gP associate appropriate AP while in Station (Client) or

URE(Repeater) mode. Make sure WL-320gP in Client or URE mode, click “AP SCAN” button

in Wireless -> Interface will pop up a window. AP Scan will collect complete AP around

information including MAC, SSID, Security, Channel and RSSI(AP wireless signal strength)

value.

2) Access Control

To add security, the ASUS 802.11g AP has the ability to only associate with or not associate

with wireless mobile clients that have their MAC address entered into this page.

The default setting of “Disable” will allow any wireless mobile client to connect. “Accept” will only

allow those entered into this page to connect. “Reject” will prevent those entered into this page

from connecting.

Adding a MAC Address

Know Client List collects MAC address of known clients, which associate to the AP. To add a MAC

address, simply select MAC address in the list then click “Copy” button to add the MAC address

in the Access Control List.

Pull down menu items:

Disable (no info required)

Accept (need to input information)

Reject (need to input information)

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3) Multi-SSID an VLAN

The Access Point can work with a primary wireless network and up to three Virtual Local

Area Networks (VLAN). You must enable Multi-SSID and VLAN rst then setup each VLAN

property. Each VLAN can work with its own VLAN ID and security level independently.

Note: To ensure the compatibility of various client card while site survey, we suggest

manually specify the SSID of Multi-SSID accordingly.

10) System Setup

1) Global Settings

This page can change login password and select your favorite language.

2) SNMP

SNMP is a popular network monitoring and management protocol. It provides network

administrators with the ability to monitor the status of the Access Point and receive notication

of any critical events as they occur on the Access Point. You can setup AP property for SNMP

control needed in System Setup-> SNMP webpage then click Save to apply your change. Please

install SNMP utility and the MIB le provided in utility CD.