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Wireless-G Range Expander
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How to Use this Guide
Your guide to the Wireless-G Range Expander has been designed to make understan
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Wireless-G Range Expander Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Welcome 1 What’s in this Guide? 2 Chapter 2: Planning your Wireless Network 4 Network Topology 4 Roaming 4 Network Layout 5 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless-G Range Expander 6 The Front Panel 6 The Side Panel 6 The Power Plate 7 Chapter 4: Connecting the Wireless-G Range Expander 8 Wall Mounting 9 Chapter 5: Setting Up the Wireless-G Range Expander 10 Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Range Expander 15 Overview 15 T
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Wireless-G Range Expander List of Figures Figure 3-1: The Front Panel 6 Figure 3-2: The Power Plate with Cord 7 Figure 3-3: The Two-Prong Power Plate 7 Figure 4-1: Wall-mounting the Range Expander with the Power Plate with Cord 9 Figure 4-2: Wall-mounting the Range Expander with the Two-Prong Power Plate9 Figure 5-1: The Setup Wizard’s Welcome screen 10 Figure 5-2: Connecting to an access point 11 Figure 5-3: Confirm Wireless Settings 11 Figure 5-4: Cannot find Wireless Network 11 Figure 5-5: Ch
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Wireless-G Range Expander Chapter 1: Introduction Welcome access point - a device that allows wireless-equipped Thank you for choosing the Wireless-G Range Expander. This Range Expander will allow you to expand your computers and other devices to communicate with a wired network beyond the range of your current access point or wireless router. network. Also used to expand the range of a wireless network. How does the Range Expander do this? Once on your network, the Range Expander repeats the
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Wireless-G Range Expander What’s in this Guide? This user guide covers the steps for setting up and using the Wireless-G Range Expander. Chapter 1: Introduction This chapter describes the Range Expander’s applications and this User Guide. Chapter 2: Planning Your Wireless Network This chapter discusses a few of the basics about wireless networking. Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless-G Range Expander This chapter describes the physical features of the Range Expander. Chapter 4: Conne
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Wireless-G Range Expander Appendix F: Warranty Information This appendix supplies the Range Expander’s warranty information. Appendix G: Regulatory Information This appendix supplies the Range Expander’s regulatory information. Appendix H: Contact Information This appendix provides contact information for a variety of Linksys resources, including Technical Support. Chapter 1: Introduction 3 What’s in this Guide?
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Wireless-G Range Expander Chapter 2: Planning your Wireless Network Network Topology topology: the physical layout of a network A wireless network is a group of computers, each equipped with one wireless adapter. Computers in a wireless ad-hoc: a group of wireless devices network must be configured to share the same radio channel. Several PCs equipped with wireless cards or communicating directly with each other (peer- adapters can communicate with one another to form an ad-hoc network. to-p
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Wireless-G Range Expander Network Layout Linksys wireless access points and wireless routers have been designed for use with 802.11b, and 802.11g products. With 802.11g products communicating with the 802.11b standard and some products incorporating both “a” and “g”, products using these standards can communicate with each other. Access points and wireless routers are compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g adapters, such at the PC Cards for your laptop computers, PCI Card for your desktop PC, an
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Wireless-G Range Expander Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless-G Range Expander The Front Panel The Range Expander's LEDs, where information about network activity is displayed, are located on the front panel. In addition, the Range Expander’s antenna is adjustable and located on the front panel. Make sure the antenna is positioned straight up into the air, however the Range Expander is positioned. Power Blue/Red. The Power LED lights up when the Range Expander is powered on. This light wil
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Wireless-G Range Expander The Power Plate The back of the Range Expander has a recess where its power plates can be connected. Two power plates come with the Range Expander, one with two prongs for connecting directly to a power outlet, and another with a cord to reach a power outlet. These power plates are slid into the recess and are fully connected when the orange tab snaps into place. To remove the power plate, slide the tab to the right and slide out the power plate. Always unplug the R
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Wireless-G Range Expander Chapter 4: Connecting the Wireless-G Range Expander Since the Range Expander does not physically connect to your network, through cables, etc., connection is very simple. tcp/ip: a set of instructions PCs use to communicate over a network. 1. Locate an optimum location for the Range Expander. The best placement is usually at the edge of your wireless network. 2. Fix the direction of the antenna. Try to place it in a position that will best cover your wireless network
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Wireless-G Range Expander Wall Mounting For more convenient placement, the Range Expander can be positioned/mounted on any wall. There are two ways to do this. With the Power Plate with Cord. Use the Wall Mounting Kit included with the Range Expander With the Two-Pronged Power Plate. Wall-mounting can be achieved simply by plugging the Range Expander into a socket. You should always plug your networking gear into a surge protector. Figure 4-1: Wall-mounting the Range Expander with the Power
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Wireless-G Range Expander Chapter 5: Setting Up the Wireless-G Range Expander NOTE: You won’t need to use the Setup Wizard, if Now that you've placed the Range Expander within your wireless network, you are ready to begin setting it up. you set up the Range Expander with the Auto This Setup Wizard will take you through all the steps necessary to configure the Range Expander. configuration button. The Auto configuration button can be used to setup the Range Expander simply 1. Insert the Setu
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Wireless-G Range Expander 3. The next screen advises you to have your PC communicating with your wireless network before starting the setup process. The Range Expander does not yet require connection. You should always connect your networking gear to a surge protector. Click the Next button to continue or Exit to exit the Setup Wizard. Figure 5-2: Connecting to an access point 4. The Setup Wizard will run a search for your wireless network. If found, you will be asked to confirm the settings.
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Wireless-G Range Expander c.The Security Settings screen will appear next. From this screen, you can set the level of encryption on your network, along with entering the appropriate passphrases and/or encryption keys. If your network’s WEP encryption uses a passphrase, enter it here. The passphrase can consist of no more than 16 alphanumeric characters. When entering the WEP key directly, it should be no more than 10 hexadecimal characters in length for 64-bit encryption or 26 hexadecimal cha
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Wireless-G Range Expander 7. The Security Settings screen will appear next, if you have not entered this information already. From this screen, you can set the level of encryption on your network, along with entering the appropriate passphrases and/or encryption keys. If your network’s WEP encryption uses a passphrase, enter it here. The passphrase can consist of no more than 16 alphanumeric characters. When entering the WEP key directly, it should be no more than 10 hexadecimal characters in
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Wireless-G Range Expander 9. You should now review the settings you've chosen. If these settings are correct, click the Yes button to save these settings. If you wish to change any of the settings, click the No button. You will exit the Setup Wizard and can start it again to revise your settings. Figure 5-11: The Confirm New Settings screen 10. At this point, the configuration performed with the Setup Wizard is complete. To configure any other Range Expanders in your network, you can run thi
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Wireless-G Range Expander Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Range Expander Have You: Enabled TCP/IP on your PCs? PCs communicate over the network with this protocol. Refer to Appendix D: Windows Help for more Overview information on TCP/IP. The Range Expander has been designed to be functional right out of the box, setting it up with the Auto configuration button or with the Setup Wizard. However, if you'd like to change these settings, the Range Note: The Range Expander is designed to
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Wireless-G Range Expander The Setup Tab Basic Setup The first screen that appears displays the Basic Setup screen. This allows you to change the Range Expander's general settings. Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes or Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. If you require online help, click Help. Firmware. This will display the Range Expander's current firmware version. Firmware can be upgraded from the Help tab. Name. You may assign any n
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Wireless-G Range Expander someone could easily obtain the SSID information with site survey software and gain unauthorized access to your network. Click Enable to broadcast the SSID to all wireless devices in range. Click Disable to increase network security and prevent the SSID from being seen on networked PCs. Channel. Select the appropriate channel from the list provided, between 1 and 11, to correspond with your network settings. All points in your wireless network must use the same ch
