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X-Micro XWL-11GRTX User Manual

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Manual is about: WLAN 11g Broadband Router

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    V 1.0 wlan 11g broadband router user manual.

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    This product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the r&tte directive 1999/5/ec. Max. Out power country channels indoor outdoor spain 2400-2483.5 mhz 1-13 france 2400-2454 mhz 1-8 france 2454-2483.5 mhz 9-13 italy 2400-2483.5 mhz 1-13 uk 2400-2483.5 mhz 1...

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    Federal communications commission (fcc) statement this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installati...

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    Copyright copyright 2007 by x-micro technology corp., all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optic...

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    I table of contents terminology...............................................................................................................................I 1 introduction..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 p ...

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    Ii 3.3.11 wan interface setup ............................................................................................ 25 i static ip....................................................................................................................... 26 ii dhcp client ............................

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    Iii 4.13 w hat is p reamble t ype ? .............................................................................................. 57 4.14 w hat is ssid b roadcast ? ........................................................................................... 57 4.15 w hat is w i -f i p rotected a cce...

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    I terminology 3des triple data encryption standard aes advanced encryption standard ansi american national standards institute ap access point cck complementary code keying csma/ca carrier sense multiple access/ collision avoidance csma/cd carrier sense multiple access/ collision detection ddns dyna...

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    Ii vpn virtual private network wds wireless distribution system wep wired equivalent privacy wlan wireless local area network wpa wi-fi protected access.

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    1 1 introduction the x-micro wireless lan broadband router is an affordable ieee 802.11b/g wireless lan broadband router solution; setting soho and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable wlan. This document describes the steps required for the initial ip address as...

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    2 1.3 product features generic router ¾ complies with ieee 802.11b/g standard for 2.4ghz wireless lan. ¾ supports multi-operation (bridge/gateway/wisp) modes between wireless and wired ethernet interfaces. ¾ supports 64-bit and 128-bit wep, wpa, wpa2 encryption/decryption function to protect the wir...

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    3 1.4 panel description led indicator state description 1. Power led on the x-micro wlan 11g broadband router is powered on. Off the x-micro wlan 11g broadband router is powered off. 2. Wlan led flashing data is transmitting or receiving on the antenna. Off no data is transmitting or receiving on th...

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    4 interfaces description 1. Antenna the wireless lan antenna. 2. Wan the rj-45 socket allows wan connection through a category 5 cable. Support auto-sensing on 10/100m speed and half/ full duplex; comply with ieee 802.3/ 802.3u respectively. 3. Lan the rj-45 sockets allow lan connection through cate...

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    5 2 installation 2.1 hardware installation step 1: place the wireless lan broadband router to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your x-micro wlan 11g broadband router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of yo...

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    6 3 software configuration there are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The x-micro wlan 11g broadband router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the ethernet lan interfaces. Default ip address: 192.168.1.254 default ...

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    7 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on network and dial-up connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the local area connection icon. The local area connection window will appear. Click properties button in the local area connection window. 3. Check the installed list of network com...

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    8 on the url to connect the x-micro wlan 11g broadband router. 3.3 management and configuration on the x-micro wlan 11g broadband router 3.3.1 status this page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, ethernet lan and wan configuration information. S...

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    9 system uptime it shows the duration since x-micro wlan 11g broadband router is powered on. Firmware version it shows the firmware version of x-micro wlan 11g broadband router. Wireless configuration mode it shows wireless operation mode band it shows the current wireless operating frequency. Ssid ...

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    10 dns1/dns2/dns3 it shows the dns server information. Mac address it shows the mac address of wan interface of x-micro wlan 11g broadband router. 3.3.2 setup wizard this page guides you to configure wireless broadband router for first time screen snapshot – setup wizard i operation mode this page f...

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    11 ii time zone setting this page is used to enable and configure ntp client screen snapshot – time zone settings iii lan interface setup this page is used to configure local area network ip address and subnet mask screen snapshot – lan interface setup.

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    12 iv wan interface setup this page is used to configure wan access type screen snapshot – wan interface setup v wireless basic settings this page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like band, mode, network type ssid, channel number, enable mac clone(single ethernet client) screen snapsh...

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    13 vi wireless security setup this page is used to configure wireless security screen snapshot – wireless security setup 3.3.3 operation mode this page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts screen snapshot – operation mode item description gateway traditional gateway configu...

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    14 bridge each interface (lan, wan and wireless) regards as bridge. Nat, firewall and all router’s functions are not supported wireless isp switch wireless interface to wan port and all ethernet ports in bridge mode. Wireless interface can do all router’s functions apply changes click the apply chan...

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    15 item description disable wireless lan interface click on to disable the wireless lan data transmission. Band click to select 2.4ghz(b) / 2.4ghz(g) / 2.4ghz(b+g) mode click to select the wlan ap / client / wds / ap+wds wireless mode. Site survey the site survey button provides tool to scan the wir...

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    16 screen snapshot – wireless advanced settings item description authentication type click to select the authentication type in open system, shared key or auto selection. Fragment threshold set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes. Refer to 4.10 wh...

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    17 transmission. Refer to 4.13 what is preamble type? Broadcast ssid click to enable or disable the ssid broadcast function. Refer to 4.14 what is ssid broadcast? Iapp click to enable or disable the iapp function. Refer to 4.20 what is inter-access point protocol(iapp)? 802.11g protection protect 80...

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    18 item description encryption select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption method can be none, wep, wpa(tkip), wpa2 or wpa2 mixed refer to 4.9 what is wep? 4.15 what is wi-fi protected access (wpa)? 4.16 what is wpa2(aes)? 4.17 what is 802.1x authentication? 4.18 what is tem...

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    19 i wep key setup screen snapshot – wep key setup item description key length select the wep shared secret key length from pull-down menu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as “wep2”) keys. The wep key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or ...

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    20 length format 64-bit 128-bit ascii 5 characters 13 characters hex 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes 3.3.7 wireless - access control if you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless mac addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your access ...

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    21 reset click the reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Current access control list it shows the registered clients that are allowed to link to this x-micro wlan 11g broadband router. Delete selected click to delete the selected clients that will be access rig...

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    22 comment fill in the comment tag for the registered ap. Apply changes click the apply changes button to register the ap to new configuration setting. Reset click the reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Set security click button to configure wireless securit...

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    23 screen snapshot – wds ap table item description mac address it shows the mac address within wds. Tx packets it shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless lan interface. Tx errors it shows the statistic count of error sent packets on the wireless lan interface. Rx packets it shows t...

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    24 item description ssid it shows the ssid of ap. Bssid it shows bssid of ap. Channel it show the current channel of ap occupied. Type it show which type ap acts. Encrypt it shows the encryption status. Signal it shows the power level of current ap. Select click to select ap or client you’d like to ...

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    25 subnet mask fill in the subnet mask of lan interfaces of this wlan access point. Default gateway fill in the default gateway for lan interfaces out going data packets. Dhcp click to select disabled, client or server in different operation mode of wireless access point. Dhcp client range fill in t...

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    26 i static ip screen snapshot – wan interface setup – static ip item description static ip click to select static ip support on wan interface. There are ip address, subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done. Ip address if you select the static ip support on wan interface, fill in the...

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    27 enable web server access on wan click the checkbox to enable web configuration from wan side. Enable wan echo reply click the checkbox to enable wan icmp response. Enable ipsec pass through on vpn connection click the checkbox to enable ipsec packet pass through enable pptp pass through on vpn co...

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    28 server. Host name fill in the host name of host name. The default value is empty mtu size fill in the mtu size of mtu size. The default value is 1400 attain dns automatically click to select getting dns address for dhcp support. Please select set dns manually if the dhcp support is selected. Set ...

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    29 iii pppoe screen snapshot – wan interface setup – pppoe item description pppoe click to select pppoe support on wan interface. There are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done. User name if you select the pppoe support on wan interface, fill in the user name a...

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    30 setup the connection through pppoe protocol whenever you send the data packets out through the wan interface; there are a watchdog implemented to close the pppoe connection while there are no data sent out longer than the idle time set. Manual connection type means to setup the connection through...

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    31 iv pptp screen snapshot – wan interface setup – pptp item description pptp allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded pptp client supported by this router to make a vpn connection. Ip address if you select the ...

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    32 encryption encryption. Attain dns automatically click to select getting dns address for pptp support. Please select set dns manually if the pptp support is selected. Set dns manually click to select getting dns address for pptp support. Dns 1 fill in the ip address of domain name server 1. Dns 2 ...

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    33 screen snapshot – firewall - port filtering item description enable port filtering click to enable the port filtering security function. Port range protocol comments to restrict data transmission from the local network on certain ports, fill in the range of start-port and end-port, and the protoc...

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    34 screen snapshot – firewall - ip filtering item description enable ip filtering click to enable the ip filtering security function. Local ip address protocol comments to restrict data transmission from local network on certain ip addresses, fill in the ip address and the protocol, also put your co...

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    35 screen snapshot – firewall - mac filtering item description enable mac filtering click to enable the mac filtering security function. Mac address comments to restrict data transmission from local network on certain mac addresses, fill in the mac address and your comments on it. Comments let you k...

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    36 screen snapshot – firewall - port forwarding item description enable port forwarding click to enable the port forwarding security function. Ip address protocol port range comment to forward data packets coming from wan to a specific ip address that hosted in local network behind the nat firewall,...

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    37 3.3.16 firewall – url filtering url filtering is used to restrict users to access specific websites in internet. Screen snapshot – firewall – url filtering item description enable url filtering click to enable the url filtering function. Url address add one url address. Apply changes click the ap...

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    38 screen snapshot – firewall - dmz item description enable dmz click to enable the dmz function. Dmz host ip address to support dmz in your firewall design, fill in the ip address of dmz host that can be access from the wan interface. Apply changes click the apply changes button to register the ip ...

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    39 screen snapshot – vpn setup item description enable ipsec vpn click to enable ipsec vpn function. Refer to 4.27 what is vpn? And 4.28 what is ipsec? Enable nat traversal click to enable nat traversal function. Generate rsa key click to generate rsa key. Show rsa public key click to show rsa publi...

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    40 i vpn setup - edit tunnel screen snapshot – vpn setup-edit-1 item description enable tunnel # click to enable the ipsec vpn current tunnel. Connection name assign the connection name tag. Auth type click to select psk or rsa. Local site local ip address/network local subnet mask click to select s...

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    41 screen snapshot – vpn setup-edit-2 item description key management click to select ike or manual mode. Advanced click advanced button to configure more ike settings. Connection type click to select initiator or responder mode. Connect click to connect manually. [responder mode only] disconnect cl...

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    42 ii advanced ike setup screen snapshot – advanced vpn settings for ike item description phase 1 negotiation mode main mode. Encryption algorithm click to select 3des or aes128 encryption. Authentication algorithm click to select md5 or sha1 authentication. Key group click to select dh1(modp768), d...

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    43 key life time fill in the key life time value by seconds. Encapsulation tunnel mode. Perfect forward secrecy (pfs) click to select on or none. Ok click the ok button to save current tunnel settings. Cancel click the cancel button to close current window without any changes. 3.3.19 management - st...

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    44 3.3.20 management - ddns this page is used to configure dynamic dns service to have dns with dynamic ip address. Screen snapshot – management – ddns item description enable ddns click the checkbox to enable ddns service. Refer to 4.25 what is ddns? Service provider click the drop down menu to pic...

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    45 screen snapshot – management – time zone settings item description current time it shows the current time. Time zone select click the time zone in your country. Enable ntp client update click the checkbox to enable ntp client update. Refer to 4.26 what is ntp client? Ntp server click select defau...

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    46 screen snapshot – management – denial-of-service item description enable dos prevention click the checkbox to enable dos prevention. Whole system flood / per-source ip flood… enable and setup prevention in details. Select all click the checkbox to enable all prevention items. Clear all click the ...

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    47 screen snapshot – management – log item description enable log system all wirelessy dos click the checkbox to enable log. Show all log of wireless broadband router only show wireless log only show denial-of-service log enable remote log log server ip address click the checkbox to enable remote lo...

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    48 screen snapshot – management - upgrade firmware item description select file click the browse button to select the new version of web firmware image file. Upload click the upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the x-micro wlan 11g broadband router. Reset click the reset butto...

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    49 default parameter to factory defaults. 3.3.26 management - password setup this page is used to set the account to access the web server of access point. Empty user name and password will disable the protection. + screen snapshot – management - password setup item description user name fill in the...

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    50 screen snapshot – management – watchdog settiing item description enable watchdog click to enable watchdog. Watchdog ip address ip address that is referred. Ping interval fill in the value by seconds. Ping fail to reboot count fill in the value that is the threshold to reboot router when ping fai...

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    51 screen snapshot – management – qaulity of service item description enable qos click to enable qos. Isp bandwidth download fill in the value that is the download stream from isp by kb/s. Upload fill in the value that is the upload stream from isp by kb/s. Undef ip bandwidth download define the dow...

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    52 piority click to pick high, medium or low apply changes click the apply changes button to complete the new configuration setting. It is added into current bandwidth control table. Reset click the reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Delete selected click to...

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    53 4 frequently asked questions (faq) 4.1 what and how to find my pc’s ip and mac address? Ip address is the identifier for a computer or device on a tcp/ip network. Networks using the tcp/ip protocol route messages based on the ip address of the destination. The format of an ip address is a 32-bit ...

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    54 example 1: wireless infrastructure mode ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an independent basic service set, or ibss) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network. This mode is ...

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    55 ¾ electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interferences: 9 minimizing the number of walls and ceilings. 9 position the wlan antenna for best reception. 9 keep wlan devices away from other electrical devices, eg: microwaves, monitors, electric moto...

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    56 to low fragment overhead. Hence there is a trade-off between spatial re-use and fragment overhead. Fragment threshold is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. If you find that your corrupted packets or asymmetric ...

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    57 buffered frames at the access point). 4.13 what is preamble type? There are two preamble types defined in ieee 802.11 specification. A long preamble basically gives the decoder more time to process the preamble. All 802.11 devices support a long preamble. The short preamble is designed to improve...

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    58 amendment to the 802.11 standard. 4.17 what is 802.1x authentication? 802.1x is a framework for authenticated mac-level access control, defines extensible authentication protocol (eap) over lans (wapol). The standard encapsulates and leverages much of eap, which was defined for dial-up authentica...

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    59 devices regardless of media, operating system, programming language, and wired/wireless connection. 4.23 what is maximum transmission unit (mtu) size? Maximum transmission unit (mtu) indicates the network stack of any packet is larger than this value will be fragmented before the transmission. Du...

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    60 wmm adds prioritized capabilities to wi-fi networks and optimizes their performance when multiple concurring applications, each with different latency and throughput requirements, compete for network resources. By using wmm, end-user satisfaction is maintained in a wider variety of environments a...

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    61 5 configuration examples 5.1 example one – pppoe on the wan sales division of company abc likes to establish a wlan network to support mobile communication on sales’ notebook pcs. Mis engineer collects information and plans the x-micro wlan 11g broadband router implementation by the following con...

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    62 configure the wan interface: open wan interface setup page, select pppoe then enter the user name “h890123456” and password “pw192867543210”, the password is encrypted to display on the screen. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. Configure the lan interface: open lan interface setu...

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    63 configure the wlan interface: open wlan interface setup page, enter the ssid “mywlan”, channel number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. 5.2 example two – fixed ip on the wan company abc likes to establish a wlan network to support mobile communication on all employees’ note...

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    64 internet xdsl/ cm power adapter ethernet cable ethernet cable ssid: mywlan channel: 11 dhcp client ssid: mywlan channel: 11 dhcp client ssid: mywlan channel: 11 dhcp client ssid: mywlan channel: 11 dhcp client dhcp client router mode ssid: mywlan channel: 11 dhcp range: 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1...

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    65 configure the wan interface: open wan interface setup page, select fixed ip then enter ip address “192.168.2.254”, subnet mask “255.255.255.0”, default gateway “192.168.2.10”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting. Configure the lan interface: open lan interface setup page, enter the ...

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    66 configure the wlan interface: open wlan interface setup page, enter the ssid “mywlan”, channel number “11”. Press button to confirm the configuration setting..

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