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1 EW -7416 APn v2 & EW- 7415PDn User Manual 12 -2012 / v1.1.
2 COP YRIGHT Copyrigh t E d imax T echnology Co., L t d. al l right s r e serve d. No p art of th is public ation ma y be r ep roduce d , transmit t e d, tr an scribed , st ore d in a r etrie val .
3 Cont e nt s I. Product Inf ormation ........................................................................................................................ 5 I- 1. Pack age Conten ts .................................................................
4 IV -1-3. W indows 7 .................................................................................................................. 63 IV -1-4 . W indows 8 ..........................................................................................
5 I. Product Informa tion Thank you f or pu r chasing an Edimax EW -7416APn V2 /E W - 7 415PDn wirele ss acce ss point. This product pro vides wir ele ss access to an e x isting wir e d Ether net network, at spee ds of up to 300Mbps for 802.11n compatible wir eless device s.
6 (Wireless LAN) Flashing Dat a is being transmit ted wir elessly . O ff Dat a is not being tr ansmitte d wir elessly . LAN Gr een On Ether net port is connected to a va lid device. Flashing Dat a is being transmit ted through the E the rnet cable. O ff No v alid connection.
7 Not e : If you ar e us ing the EW -7415 PDn with a PoE sw itch, y ou do not nee d to connect the power adap ter . Product Label The pr oduct label on t he underside of the device displa ys the de f ault IP addr ess, username and passwor d of the access point.
8 I-3. Safety In formation In order t o ensure the saf e oper ation of the access point and its user s, please r ea d and a ct in accordance with the following saf ety instructions. 1. The access point is designe d for indoor use only; d o not place the ac ce ss point outdoor s.
9 II. Quick Installa tion Your wireless access poi nt can be up and running in a matter of minutes. If you need to make more detailed co nfigurations after setup, you can refer to III. Browser Based Config uration Interface. 1. Connect on e end of an Ethernet cable to the E thern et port on your computer .
10 Y ou wi ll then be prompte d to enter the device ’ s username and passwor d. The def ault username is admin and the d ef ault passwor d is 1234 . Fr om here, you will see the browser base d configur atio n interf ace home scree n.
11 Select “ Basic Set tings ” fr om the menu on the left side of the scree n. “ Basic Settings ” allows y o u to set the mode of the access point and c onfigur e th e settings accor dingly .
12 that will help you to e xtend your W i- F i netw ork . The device acts as a client and AP at the same time. It its clien t function to connect to a r oot AP , and use s its AP function to servic e wireless client s within its cov er age.
13 II - 2. W indows 1. W indows user s can run the setup wizar d on the included CD . Insert the Edima x CD into y our computer ’ s CD drive. When the AutoPlay scr een appear s, sele ct “ Run Autorun.
14 6. The setup wizard will then show the access point ’ s IP i nf ormation. The def ault IP is 19 2.168.2.1. Click “ Next ” to con tinue. Not e: Please do no t select “ Automat ically assign an IP addre ss from your network ” unle ss you are performing more advanc e d setup.
15 II -2-1. Acce ss Point Mode 1. Select Access P oint Mode and cli ck “ Next ” . 2. Y ou wi ll be promp te d to set the SSID of this acce ss point. The SSID wi ll be the name of the acce ss point when you connect to it wir elessly . The def au lt SSID is Edima x AP .
16 5. The device wi ll sav e your set tings, then r eboot. Please do not disconnect or turn off the device during this proce ss. 6. A fter the device r e boots, y ou wi ll see a final congr atulation scree n. Click “ F inish ” to comple te the setup.
17 II -2-2. AP Client Mode 1. Select AP Cl ient Mode and click “ Next ” . 2. Y ou wi ll hav e the option to change the pass word used t o acce ss the device ’ s configur ation set t ings. For fir st time setup, please simply click “ Next ” without changing anything.
18 6. The device wi ll save y our s et ti ngs, then r eboot. Please do not disconnect or turn off the device during this proce ss. 7. A fter the device r e boots, y ou wi ll see a final congr atulation screen. Click “ F inish ” to complete the se tup.
19 II -2-3. Repe ater Mode (W i-F i Extender) 1. Select Repea ter Mode and click “ Next ” . 2. Y ou wi ll be promp te d to set the SSID of this device.
20 6. The device wi ll save y our s et ti ngs, then r eboot. Please do not disconnect or turn off the de vice during thi s pr oce ss. 7. A fter the device r e boots, y ou wi ll see a final congr atulation scr een. Click “ F inish ” to complete the se tup.
21 II -6. Hardwar e Inst allation A fter con figuring your device, you can inst all it in its final location. Acce ss Point Mode Connect one port of the device to y o ur r outer or xDSL modem.
22 III. Browser Based Co nfiguratio n Interface Once y ou have setup the access point in its desir ed oper ating mode as det ai le d in II. Quick Installation , y ou can further configur e the set tings of the acce ss point anytime using the bro wser base d configura tion inter f ace .
23 Y ou wi ll then be prompte d to enter the device ’ s username and passwor d. The def ault username is admin and the d ef ault passwor d is 1234 . W indows: Mac:.
24 Fr om here, y ou wi ll see the brow ser based c onfigur ation interf ace home scree n..
25 III-1. Home The Home page display s 11 cat egorie s in the left panel which you c an select : - III-1. Home - III-2. Basic Set tings - III-3. WPS Set ting - III-4. Adv anced Set tings - III- 5. Security - III- 6. Radius Server - III-7. MAC F i lt ering - III-8.
26 Sy stem U ptime Displays the t ot al time the acce ss point has been oper ational sin ce it was las t swit che d on. Har dwar e V ersion Displays har dwar e ver sion. Thi s inf or mation is helpful if you e xperience problem s with your access point and need t echnical support.
27 L AN Configur ation IP Addr ess Displays the IP a ddre ss of the access point. Subnet Mask Displays the subnet ma sk of the IP a d dre ss. Def ault Gate way Displays the IP a ddre s s of the def ault ga tewa y . MAC A ddre ss Displays the MA C addr ess of the A cce ss Poin t.
28 points c an be connecte d in t his mode. AP Bridge-WDS This mode is simi lar to “ AP Bridge to Multi-Poin t ” , but the device is not in brid ge-de dicat e d mode, and wi ll be able to accept wir ele ss clients whil e the device is working as a wir eless bridge.
29 combinations o f each . Only wir eless clients of the same band or bands as you select wil l be able to connect. MAIN ESSID Specify an ESSID (t he name used to identify the access po int) of up to up to 32 alphanumerical character s . Please no te tha t the ESSID is case sensitive.
30 MAIN ESSID Specify an ESSID (the name used t o identif y the access point) of up to up to 32 alphanumerical char acters. Please no te tha t the ESSID is case sensitive. Site Surve y Click the “ Select Site Survey ” butt on to display the “W ir ele ss Site Survey T able” w hich sh ows all a v ai lable Wi - F i netw orks .
31 butt o n. III-2-3. AP Bridge-Point t o Point Mode In AP bridge-point to point mode , the access point c onnects to another wir eless acce ss p oint in the same mode, and a ll connecte d Ethernet clients of both device s are connecte d together . This allows two ph ysically isolate d network s to communicate with each o ther .
32 or click “ APPL Y” to r est art the sys tem an d mak e the cha nge s tak e eff ect. III-2-4. AP Bridge-Point t o Multi-Point Mode In AP bridge-point to multi-poi nt mode th e acce ss p oint can.
33 Click “ CONTINUE ” to save the change s and continue configuring other s et tings, or click “ APPL Y” to r est art the sys tem an d mak e the cha nge s tak e eff ect.
34 channel number must be the same as the other access points y ou wish to connect to. Associate d Cli ents Click the “ Show Active Clients ” but ton and a ne w window wi ll appear which display s infor mation about wir eless client s connecte d to this access point.
35 Band Select the wirele ss band you wish to use for the acce ss point: 802 .11b, 802.11g, 802.11n or selected combinations o f each . Only wir eless devices o f the same band or bands as you select wi ll be able to connect. MAIN SSID Specify an ESSID (the name used t o identify t he access point) of up to up to 32 alphanumerical char acters.
36 III-3 . WPS Set ting WPS (W i -F i Pro tecte d Setup) is a simpl e wa y to es tablish connections between WPS compa ti ble de vices. WPS device s f ea ture a W PS function whi ch can be activa ted by pushing a WPS butto n on the device or fr om within t he device’ s firmw ar e/c onfiguration in terf ace.
37 WPS Sta tus Displays “Con figure d” or “unConfigured” depe nding on whether WPS Settings f or the access point hav e been con figure d or n ot, either manually or usi ng the WPS button. Self PIN Code This is the WPS PIN code of the wireless acce ss point f or use with other WPS-enabled wirele ss d evices.
38 III-4 . Adv anced Settings In “ Adv anced Set ting ” you can c onfigure the a dvance d f ea ture s of the access poin t. Pl ease do no t m odify these set t ings unless y ou know what ef f ect th e change s wi ll have on your acce ss point; adv ance d set tings are f or experienced user s only .
39 you ar e familiar with this setting. RTS Thr eshold Set the R TS thre sh old of the wireless r adio. The def a ult value is 234 7 - please do not modify unless y ou are familiar with this setting. Beac on Interv al Set the beacon in terv al of the wirele ss r adio.
40 may not requir e 100% output power . Set ting a lower power output can enhance security s ince poten tially malicious/unknown users in dist ant are as will not be able to acce ss your signal.
41 III-5. Security Th e access point pr ovides a variety of wir eless security options (wi r eless data encryption). When dat a is encrypted, inf ormation tr ansmitte d wirele ssly cannot be re ad by any one who do es no t know the enc ryption k ey . Select SSID SSID choice Select which SSID to configur e security set t ings f or .
42 III-5-1. Disab le When you select “ Disabl e ” , wir eless encryption f or the network is disabled. This means an y one who knows the device ’ s SSID can connect to it, and i s not r ecommended. Enable 802.1x Authentication Check this bo x to enable 802.
43 RADIUS Server Port Enter the por t number of the RADI US authentication server here. Def ault v alue is 1812. RADIUS Server P asswor d Enter the p ass word o f the RADIUS authentication server here.
44 128-bit. U sing “ 128-bit ” is saf er than “ 64 -bit ” , but wi ll r e duce some data tr ansfer perf ormance. K ey F ormat Select a k ey f ormat: ASCII or Hex. The k ey leng th wi ll also be display ed here - ASCII and Hex k ey s v ary in length acc or di ng to “K ey Leng th” (above) ”.
45 Suite AES is saf er than TKIP , but no t supp orte d by all wirele ss clients. Please mak e sure y ou r wirele s s client supports y our selection .
46 clients. Please mak e sure y ou r wirele s s client supports y our selection . WP A2(AES) is recommende d, or WP A2 Mix ed if y our client does not support AES. U se inter nal MD5 /PEAP RADIUS Server Check the box t o use an internal MD5 /PE AP RADIUS Server .
47 III-6 . Radius Server Radius server set ti ngs can be con figure d on this page. A Radius server pr ovide s user -base d a uthentication to impr ove security and off er wirele s s client contr ol – users can be authentica te d bef o re g ain ing access to a ne twork.
48 Enable Radius Server Check the box t o enable the Radius s erver . U sername Enter a username f or a Radius user p r ofile. P asswor d Enter a p assw ord f or a Radius user pr ofile.
49 III-7 . MAC F i lt ering The MAC fil tering f eatur e allows you to de fine a list of wir eless device s p ermit te d t o connect to this acce ss point , identifie d by their unique MAC addr ess. When device s n ot on the list of MAC a ddresse s attemp t to connect t o this acce ss point, they wi ll be denied.
50 Delete Selec te d Click this button to dele te selected MAC a ddress(e s ). Delete All Delete all MAC a ddre s s es in the table. R e set U ncheck all selecte d MAC a ddre ss entrie s. Enable W ireless Acce ss Control Check this bo x to enable MAC addr ess fi ltering.
51 III-8 . Sy stem Uti lity In “ Sys tem Uti lity ” y ou can configur e basic s ystem and adminis tr ative par ameter s. III-8- 1. Pa ssw ord Set ti ngs Y ou can change the passw o r d used to login to the br owser -based con figura tion interf ace here.
52 Click “ APPL Y ” to sa ve change s. The following me ssage wi ll appear: Click “ CONTINUE ” to save the change s and continue configuring other s et tings, or click “ APPL Y” to r est art the sys tem an d mak e the cha nge s tak e eff ect.
53 not be able t o connect to the browser-base d configur ation in terf ace in the future. Not e: T o reset the IP addre ss back to its default v alu e of 19 2.168.2.1, press and hold the WPS/Re set button on the ac ce ss po int f or 10 sec onds. Be aw are that doing so re store s all set tings and passwords back t o factory defaults.
54 Domain Name Server IP Input the IP addr ess o f the do main name server (DNS). Start IP Input the start a ddre ss of the IP r ange. End IP Input the end addre ss of the IP rang e.
55 III-9. Configur ation T ool The access point ’ s configur ation tool enables y ou to back up the curren t settings, r e stor e the s ettings to a pr eviously back ed up ver sion or r e set the access point back to it s original fact ory settings.
56 butt on is loca ted on the front p anel of the devic e. III- 10 . U pgr ade The access point ’ s upg r ade f eatur e allows y ou to update the sy stem firmw ar e to a more r ecent ver sion. Y ou can downloa d the lates t fi rmw ar e fr om the Edimax w ebsite.
57 R efr esh your bro wser to re turn to the “ Status and Inf ormation ” homepage of the br owser base d con figur ation device. III-11. Rese t If the access point malfunctions or is not re sp onding, th en it is rec o mmended that y ou reset the device.
58 W indows: Mac: Click “ OK ” to c ontinue, or “ Cancel ” to abort. Y ou wi ll see a warning that it may tak e a while for the acce ss point to r e set.
59 W indows: Mac: Please click “ OK ” to st art t he re set proce ss. Y ou wi ll see the f ollowing screen whi le the sy stem re sets, the timer wi ll count do wn fr om 30 seconds. When the timer reache s z ero and the re set is complet e, please click “ OK ” .
60 IV. APPENDIX IV -1. Con fig uring your IP addr ess Bef ore y ou use this access point , you may nee d to modi fy the IP addre ss of your PC or Macintosh . The pr ocedure f or doing so varies acr oss di ff eren t oper ating sys tems; please f ollow the appropriat e guide: - IV -1- 1.
61 The “Local Ar ea Connection Status” window wi ll appear , click “Proper ties” . 2. Select “U se th e f oll owing IP addr e ss” , and input the follo wing values: Not e: Please no te your e xisting set ting before changing it.
62 IV -1-2. W indows V ista 1. Cli ck the “Start ” butt on , locate d in the low er -left c orner of y ou r computer , and then click “ Co ntr ol P an el” . Click “ V iew Network Status and T asks” and then click “ Manage N etwork Connections” .
63 2. Select “U se th e f oll owing IP addr e ss” , and input the follo wing values: IP addre ss : 192.168.2. 10 Subnet Mask : 255.255.25 5.0 Not e: Please no te your e xisting set ting before changing it. A fter you have finishe d using the browser base d configuration in terf ace, you can c hange this setting back t o its original value.
64 1. U nder “ Network and Interne t ” click “ V iew network s tatus and ta sks ” . 2. Cli ck “ Local Area Connecti on ” ..
65 3. Cli ck “ Properties ” . 4. Select “ Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv6) and th en click “ Properties ” ..
66 5. Select “U se the f ollowing IP addr e ss” , and input the follo wing values: Not e: Please no te your e xisting set ting before changing it. A fter you have finishe d using the browser base d configurat ion interf ace, you can c hange this setting back t o its original value.
67 IV -1-4 . W indows 8 1. Fr om the W i ndows 8 St a rt screen, y o u need t o switch to de sktop mode. Move y ou r cur ser to the bot tom left o f the screen and click. 2. In desk top mod e, click the F i le Explorer ic on in the bottom left of the scree n, as shown below .
68 3. Right click “Netw ork” and then select “Pr opertie s” . 4. In the window that opens, select “Ch ange adap ter set ti ngs” from the le f t side.
69 5. Choose your connection and right click, then select “Properti e s” . 6. Select “Inter net Protocol V ersion 4 (TCP/IPv4 ) and th en click “Properties”.
70 7. Select “U se the f ollowing IP addr e ss” , then input th e f ollowing value s: Not e: Please no te your e xisting set ting before changing it. A fter you have finishe d using the browser base d configurat ion interf ace, you can c hange this setting back t o its original value.
71 IV -1-5 . Mac OS 1. Have y ou r Macintosh c om puter oper ate a s usual, and cl i ck on “Sy stem Pr ef erence s” . 2. In System P references, click on “N etwork”. 3. Here you will see al l of y our n etw ork connections. Network Pr efer ences wi ll now display an E t hernet adapt er , as shown below .
72 4. Cli ck on “E thernet ” in the left panel and then click the drop down arr ow f or the menu labeled “Configur e IPv4” in the right panel. From the drop down menu, select “Ma nually ” . 5. In t he panel on the right side, ent er IP addre ss 192.
73 6. In t he left sidebar , “Ethernet ” should now display “Connecte d” as shown below . In the right panel, y ou should see the IP addre ss 192.
74 IV - 2. How to F ind your Network Security Ke y T o find your network security k ey , please f ollow the instructions appropriate f or y our oper ating sy stem. Not e: If you are using W indows XP or earlier , please con tact your ISP or router manufac turer to find your network sec urity k ey .
75 4. Y ou should see the pr ofile of your W i -F i network in the list. Right click on y our W i-F i network and then click on “ Propertie s ” . 5. Cli ck on the “ Securi ty ” tab, and then check the bo x labeled “ Show char acters ” . This wi ll show y our network security k ey .
76 IV -2- 2. W indows 8 1. From the W indows 8 Start screen, y o u need t o switch to de skt op mode. Move y ou r cur ser to the bot tom left o f the screen and click. 2. In desktop mode, click the network icon in the bot tom right cor ner . 3. Select y our W i - F i connection fr om th e list and right click .
77 connection propertie s” . 4. In t he window that opens, click the “ Security ” tab and check the box labeled “Show char acters” . Y ou r network security k ey wil l be display ed in the field “Network security k ey ” .
78 IV -2-3. Mac 1. Open a new F inder window , and select “ Applications ” fr om the menu on the left side. Open the f older labeled “ Uti litie s ” and then open the application “ K ey ch ain Acc e ss ” . 2. Select “ P asswor ds ” from the sub-menu lab ele d “ Category ” on the left side, as shown below .
79 3. Doubl e click the SSI D of y our network and you wi ll see the f ollowing window . 4. Chec k the bo x labeled “ Show pass word ” and y ou wi ll be ask ed to en ter your adminis tr ative pas sw ord, which you use to log int o y our Mac. Enter y our pass wor d and click “ Allow ” .
80 Y our network security pass wor d wil l now be display ed in the field next to the bo x labeled “ Show pa sswor d ” . In the ex ample below , the n etwork security pass wor d is “ edimax1234 ” . Please m ak e a note of y our network security pass word.
81 IV -3 . T roubleshooting If you ar e e xpe riencing problems with your access point, please r ef er to thi s tr oubleshooting guide bef ore c ont acti ng y our dealer of pur chase f or h elp. Scenario Solution My access point c an ’ t locat e a wir eless acce ss point/wir ele ss device when using the “ Si te Survey ” functi on.
82 client. con figur ation interf ace) is “ Enabl e d ” or “ Disabled ” . If “ Disabled ” y ou need t o input the ESSID into y our wireless clien t manually . b. T ry moving clos er to the acce ss point F ile transf er s ar e slow or fr equently interr upte d.
83 computers on your home network is th e location of th e DNS server your ISP has assi gned to you. DSL Modem: DSL sta nds for Digital Subscriber Line . A DSL modem u ses your existing phone line s to transmit d ata at high spe eds. Ethernet: A standard for computer n etwo rks.
84 LAN: Local Area Net wo rk. A LA N is a grou p of compu ters and devices connec ted together in a relatively small area ( such as a house or an office). Your ho me net work is considered a LAN. MAC A ddres s: MAC s tands f or Me dia Acce ss Contr ol.
85 so that when the y int erface with e ach other ba se d on such a p ro toc ol, the in terpre tation of their b eha vio r is well defin e d and c an be ma de objectiv ely , without con fusion or misunder standing.
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