Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product WLI-TX4-G54HP Buffalo Technology
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U s e r M a n u a l H ig h P ow e r W ir e l e ss E th e r n e t C o n ve r t e r W L I- T X 4 - G 5 4H P w w w .bu f f al ot ech.com v1.6.
2 Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 AOSS Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Manual Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ethernet Converter Manager .
3 C on gr at u la ti o ns o n yo ur p ur c ha se ! Yo u r ne w Hig h Pow e r Wi r el es s E th er n et Co nv er te r al lo w s you to co nn ec t an y de vi ce wi th an Et he r ne t por t to a wir e le ss ne tw or k.
4 Getting Started PlugtheA/CadapterintoanA/Cpowersourceandplugthe connectorintothebackoftheEthernetConverter.Itwilltake about30secondstobootup. ScrewtheantennaintothetoporsideofyourWirelessEthernet Converterasshown.
5 IfyourWirelessRouter/AccessPointsupportsAOSS,thenAOSScancongureyourwireless networkforyou.T ocon g u reyou rnetworkw it hA OS S: •ConrmthattheWirelessRouter/AccessPointandtheEthernetConverterarebothpoweredup.
6 Ifyourwirelessrouter/accesspointdoesn'tsupportAOSS,you'llneedtocongure theaccesspointmanually.
7 IfyouhaveaWindows98/ME/2000/XPmachinewithaCD-ROMdriveavailableonyour computernetwork,theEthernetConverterManagermakesitsimpletocongurethe EthernetConverter.
8 Clickon Ethernet Converter Manager . TheEthernetConverterManagersoftwarewill run. If the search doesn't begin automatically, select the Search for an Ethernet Converter option from the Edit dropdownmenu.
9 TheEthernetConverterManagerwillsearchforall BuffaloEthernetConvertersonyournetwork.The processusuallytakeslessthanoneminute.Once completed, the Search Results windowwillappear.
1 0 Search Results willappearagain.Ifmorethanone Ethernet Converter is present, select the proper Ethernet Converter from the list. Then press the Congure button. TheEthernetConverterManagerwillconnect youtotheEthernetConverter'swebbased congurationtool.
1 1 YoumayalsoentertheWeb-basedCongurationToolwithoutusingthesoftware.This maybenecessarytoconguretheconverterwithouttheuseofaWindowsPC.
1 2 OnceyourcomputerhasaStaticIPaddressof1.1.1.2, openyourwebbrowserandenter 1.1.1.1 by typing it intotheAddresseldandthenpressing Enter on your keyboard. Youwillbepromptedforausernameandpassword.
1 3 TheWebBasedCongurationToolletsyou changetheEthernetConverter'sconguration. ThroughWebBasedConguration,youcan changethew.
1 4 Afterselectingawirelessnetwork,youwillbereturnedtothemainWebBased Congurationpage. Ifthewirelessnetworkyouareattemptingtocon.
1 5 Click Refresh to see the current status of your wirelessconnection. SSID (Network Name) willbe populatednow(see pages 13-14 ifitisn't).
1 6 Onceyou'veconguredthesebasicsettings(especially SSID , the Encryption Mode , and the Encryption Key ),theEthernetConvertershouldbeabletoconnecttoyourother wirelessdevices.Tocontinueconguringadvancedsettings,pleaseskiptothenextpage.
1 7 Mostuserswillneverneedtochangeanysettingsfortheir Wireless Ethernet Converter besides the basic ones in the maincongurationwindow,coveredon pages 13-15 .
1 8 MAC Add ress - By def ault , th e Et herne t Co nver ter tran smit s its own MAC addr ess, but you may chan get his sot hat it tra nsmi tsth eMA Cad dres sof the rst dev ice plug ged into it to tran smit ada tap acke t.
1 9 Frame Bursting Mode -FrameBurstingtechnologyallowsforquickerwirelessnetwork speedsbyreducingtheoverheadforeachwirelesspacket.Ifyouraccesspointsupports it, 125* High-Speed Mode offers the best overall performance of the frame bursting modes.
20 Automatic Assignment (DHCP Server) - This setting allowstheEthernetConvertertoobtainitsIPaddress automaticallyfromaDHCPserveronthenetwork. Manual Assignment - This assigns the Ethernet Converteraspecic("Static")IPaddress.
2 1 System Information - This page contains a summary of the Ethernet Converter's settings. Settings cannot be changed from this page. If the Ethernet Converter is obtaining its IPaddressfromaDHCPserver,thenreleaseandrenew buttonswillbepresentatthebottomofthepage.
22 Conguration Limitations -LimitswhatkindofclientsmayconguretheEthernetConverter. Checking Prohibit Conguration from Wireless Clients preventschangestocongurationbyclients thatarenotconnecteddirectlytotheEthernetConverter.
23 Firmware Update -Thispageallowsyoutoupdate theEthernetConverter'sFirmware.Thisinvolves downloadinganewerrmwarefromtheBuffalo Technologywebsiteandusingthispagetoinstalliton yourEthernetConverter.
24 Troubleshooting Initializing the Ethernet Converter returns it to default settings. This might be useful ifyoucannotaccesscongurationsettings,havelostthepasswordtotheEthernet Converter, or desire to return the settings to the default factory settings.
25 FCC Compliance Statement - ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules. Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)Thisdevicemay.
26 Warranty 6''"-0 &$)/0-0(: 130%6$5 s $0.
27 Contact Information - North America BuffaloTechnology(USA),Inc. 4030WestBrakerLane,Suite120 Austin,TX78759-5319 GENERAL INQUIRIES MondaythroughFriday 8:30am-5:30pmCST Direct: 512-794-8533 |Toll-free: 800-456-9799 |Fax: 512-794-8520 |Email: sales@buffalotech.
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