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CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. LIMITED WARRANTY Hawking Technology guarantees that every HWBA54G Wireless-G AP / Bridge is free from physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use for two (2) years from the date of purchase. If the product proves defective during this two-year warranty period, call Hawking Customer Ser
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Trademarks & Copyright Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative (such as translation, transformation or adaptation) without the express written consent of the manufacturer as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976. FCC Warning This equipmen
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Table of contents INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................1 LED Indicators................................................................................................... 2 Solid ................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. Ports on the Rear Panel..................................................................................... 3 GETTING CONNECTED...............................
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Access point name ......................................................................................... 19 Admin (Administration).................................................................................. 20 Change password. .......................................................................................... 20 Reboot/Reset this device................................................................................ 20 Upgrade system firmware...................................
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Hawking Technologies Hi-Speed 54G Wireless-G Access Point and Ethernet Bridge. This product is compliant with the IEEE 802.11g wireless standard and operates at transfer speeds up to 54Mbps. It is backwards compatible current 802.11b wireless hardware. The Hi-Speed 54G Wireless AP/Bridge utilizes the highest wireless security standards (WPA) to protect your network from outside intruders. The unique multi-function feature of the HWBA54
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LED Indicators LED Indicators on the Front Panel - 2 -
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Ports on the Rear Panel Port/button Functions A 5V DC Connects to the power adapter. B LAN Connects to your LAN’s network device. C II-X Switch this button for choosing different wiring scheme LAN connections; Switch left to select using a straight Ethernet cable (To connect to a hub or switch); Switch right to use a Crossover Ethernet cable (To connect directly to a PC or device). Adjust to have better performance. Twist off D Antenna to remove and replace with a Hawking H
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Getting Connected 1. Find a Location: choose a location to place the access point. Usually, the best place for the access point is at the center of your wireless network, with line of straight to all your wireless stations. 2. Adjust the Antenna: usually the higher the antenna is placed, the better your performance will be. 3. Connect to your local area network: connect a straight or a crossover Ethernet cable to one of the Ethernet port of the access point, and the other end to a h
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About the Operating Modes This device provides two main operational applications: Access Point and Bridge modes, which are mutually exclusive. 1. Access Point: As a wireless access point the HWBA54G allows any existing wired network to have wireless access. 2. Bridge: When acting as a Bridge, the HWBA54G serves as a wireless adapter that connects a wired network with another wired or wireless network(s) through an access point(s). See the sample application below. This device is
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box. If you want to change the settings in order to perform more advanced configuration or even change the mode of operation, you can use the web-based utility provided by the manufacturer as described in the following sections or use the Software-based Setup Wizard in the included CD-Rom. WPA AP -Configuration via Web Login 1. Open the browser, enter the local port IP address of the Device (default at 192.168.1. 240), and click “Go” to get the login page. 2. The user name and passwo
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Info(Information) The setup home page will display the information about the current settings of this access point. - 7 -
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Assoc(Associations) This page shows the MAC addresses of devices connected to this Wireless 802.11g Access Point. - 8 -
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Wireless (Wireless Configuration) Here you can set/change wireless configuration including visibility status, PHY profiles, SSID, channel, transmission rate … etc. See the description that comes after each function. When you are done with the change, remember to restart this access point to let the new settings take effect. - 9 -
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Visibility Status If you select invisible, this AP can not be detected by wireless sniffers; which means all the wireless clients can not associated to this AP unless they know/use the SSID. PHY Profiles You can select different wireless networking hardware (PHY) to meet your wireless environment or for optimal performance. You can thus choose from the list. Wireless Network Name (SSID) The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in your wireless network. The name must
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Access (Access Control) This AP provides MAC Address filtering, which prevents unauthorized MAC Addresses from accessing your Wireless LAN. Once you check to enable access control, only MAC addresses entered in following fields are allowed to associate to this AP. Note: 1. You can enter 16 MAC Addresses to associate to this AP. 2. You can copy the MAC addresses shown on the Station List and past them to the MAC address table to save the effort of typing and avoid typo as well.
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Maximum associated stations 200 Fragmentation threshold To fragment MSDU or MMPDU into small sizes of frames for increasing the reliability of frame (The maximum value of 2346 means no fragmentation is needed) transmission. The performance will be decreased as well, thus a noisy environment is recommended. RTS Threshold RTS (Request To Send) is a control frame sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit. This value is r
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next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the access point has buffered broadcast or multicast message for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. Access point clients hear and awaken to receive the broadcast and multicast messages. Maximum burst time The amount of time the radio will be reserved to send data without requiring an ACK. Adding a burst time should help throughput for 802.11g clients when AP is running in mixe
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Security Here you can configure the security of your wireless network. Selecting different method will enable you to have different level of security. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) is the new wireless LAN security standard for 802.11 networks, which was developed to replace the existing standard WEP. WPA authorizes and identifies users based on a secret key that changes periodically. PSK pass-phrase PSK stands for Pre-Shared-Key and serves as a password. User may key in a 8 to 63
