AP Repeater
Wireless Band: IEEE 802.11g is selected here.
Mode: Select AP Repeater from the drop-down menu.
SSID Broadcast: Select Enable to broadcast your SSID over the wireless network. Select Disable to hide your SSID.
Channel: The channel used will be displayed. The channel will follow the root AP.
Auto Channel Scan: This feature is not available in Repeater mode.
Root AP MAC Address/ SSID: Click on Scan and select the root AP you with to repeat. When you select the AP, the MAC Address and the SSID fields will populate.
Authentication: Select Open System or Shared Key. Refer to the next page.
Super G Mode: Disabled by default. You can select Enable if the access point you are connecting to is using Super G mode.
AP Repeater (WEP)
Encryption: Select Disabled or Enabled. (Disabled is selected here). Key Type: Select HEX or ASCII. Key Size: Select 64-bit, 128-bit, or 152 bits. Valid Key: Select the 1st through the 4th key to be the active key. First through Fourth keys: Input up to four keys for encryption. You will select one of these keys in the valid key field.
- Hexadecimal digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F. ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a code for representing English letters as numbers 0-127.
AP Client
Wireless Band: IEEE 802.11g is selected here. Mode: Select AP Client from the drop-down menu. SSID Broadcast: Select Enable to broadcast your SSID over the wireless network. Select Disable to hide your SSID. Channel: The channel used will be displayed. The channel will follow the root AP. Auto Channel Scan: This feature is not available in Repeater mode. Root AP MAC Address/ SSID: Click on Scan and select the root AP you with to repeat. When you select the AP, the MAC Address and the SSID fields will populate. Authentication: Select Open System to communicate the key across the network. Select Shared Key to limit communication to only those devices that share the same WEP settings. Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK to secure your network using a password and dynamic key changes (No RADIUS server required). Super G Mode: Disabled by default. You can select Super G without Turbo or Super G with Dynamic Turbo.
AP Client (WEP)
Encryption: Select Disabled or Enabled. (Disabled is selected here). Key Type: Select HEX or ASCII. Key Size: Select 64-bit, 128-bit, or 152 bits. Valid Key: Select the 1st through the 4th key to be the active key. First through Fourth keys: Input up to four keys for encryption. You will select one of these keys in the valid key field.
- Hexadecimal digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F. ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a code for representing English letters as numbers 0-127.
AP Client (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK)
Cipher Type: When you select WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-Auto-PSK you must select AES or TKIP from the pull-down menu.
Group Key Update Interval: Select the interval during which the group key will be valid. The default value of 1800 is recommended.
PassPhrase: Enter a passphrase. The passphrase is an alpha-numeric password between 8 and 63 characters long. The password can include symbols (!?*&_ ) and spaces. Make sure you enter this key exactly the same on all other wireless clients.
LAN Settings
Static IP Address
LAN is short for Local Area Network. This is considered your internal network. These are the IP settings of the LAN interface for the DWL-2100AP. These settings may be referred to as private settings. You may change the LAN IP address if needed. The LAN IP address is private to your internal network and cannot be seen on the Internet.
Get IP From: Static (Manual) is chosen here. Choose this option if you do not have a DHCP server in your network, or if you wish to assign a static IP address to the DWL-2100AP.
IP Address: The default IP address is 192.168.0.50. Assign a static IP address that is within the IP address range of your network.
Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask. All devices in the network must share the same subnet mask..
Default Gateway: Enter the IP address of the gateway in your network. If there isn't a gateway in your network, please enter an IP address within the range of your network.
Dynamic IP Address
Get IP From: Dynamic (DHCP) is chosen here. Choose Dynamic IP Address to obtain an IP Address automatically from a DHCP server in your network.
IP Address: This field is unavailable when DHCP is chosen.
Subnet Mask: This field is unavailable when DHCP is chosen.
Default Gateway: This field is unavailable when DHCP is chosen.
Advanced Performance Settings
Wireless Band: IEEE802.11g.
Data Rate: The Data Rates are Auto, 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 6Mbps, 9Mbps, 11Mbps, 12Mbps, 18Mbps, 24Mbps, 36Mbps, 48Mbps, 54Mbps.
Beacon Interval: Beacons are packets sent by an access point to synchronize a network. Specify a beacon interval value. The default (100) is recommended.
DTIM: (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) - Select a setting between 1 and 255. 1 is the default setting. DTIM is a countdown informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages.
Fragment Length: The fragmentation threshold, which is specified in bytes, determines whether packets will be fragmented. Packets exceeding the 2346 byte setting will be fragmented before transmission. 2346 is the default setting
RTS Length: This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications to the value range between 256 and 2346 are recommended
Transmit Power: Choose full, half (-3dB), quarter (-6dB), eighth (-9dB), minimum power.
802.11g Only: Check if all wireless devices are 802.11g. Uncheck if you are using a mixed wireless network (802.11b and 802.11g).
Preamble: Select Short and Long (default) or Long Only.
Radio: Select ON or OFF.
Wireless QoS (WMM): Select Disable or Enable from the drop-down menu.
*Maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE Standard 802.11g specifications. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, and network overhead,
Filters
Wireless Access Settings
Wireless Band: IEEE802.11g.
Access Control: Select Disabled to disable the filters function. Select Accept to accept only those devices with MAC addresses in the Access Control List. Select Reject to reject the devices with MAC addresses in the Access Control List.
MAC Address: Enter the MAC addresses that you wish to include in your filters list, and click Save.
MAC Address List: When you enter a MAC address, it appears in this list. Click Delete next to a MAC address to remove it from the list.
WLAN Partition
Wireless Band: IEEE802.11g.
Internal Station Connection: Enabling this feature allows wireless clients to communicate with each other. If this is disabled, wireless stations of the selected band are not allowed to exchange data through the access point.
Ethernet to WLAN Access: Enabling this feature allows Ethernet devices to communicate with wireless clients. If this is disabled, all data from the Ethernet to associated wireless devices is blocked. Wireless devices can still send data to the Ethernet.
DHCP Server
Dynamic Pool Settings
DHCP Server Control: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol assigns dynamic IP addresses to devices on the network. This protocol simplifies network management and allows new wireless devices to receive IP addresses automatically without the need to manually assign new IP addresses. Select Enable to allow the DWL-2100AP to function as a DHCP server.
IP Assigned From: Input the first IP address available for assignment in your network.
The Range of Pool (1-255): Enter the number of IP addresses available for assignment.
SubMask: All devices in the network must have the same subnet mask to communicate. Enter the submask for the network here.
Gateway: Enter the IP address of the gateway on the network.
Wins: Windows Internet Naming Service is a system that determines the IP address of a network computer that has a dynamically assigned IP address.
DNS: Enter the IP address of the DNS server. The DNS (Domain Name Server) translates domain names such as www.dlink.com into IP addresses.
Domain Name: Enter the domain name of the DWL-2100AP, if applicable. (An example of a domain name is: www.dlink.com.)
Lease Time (60-31536000 sec.): The Lease Time is the period of time before the DHCP server will assign new IP addresses.
Status: Turn the Dynamic Pool Settings ON or OFF here.
Static Pool Settings
DHCP Server Control: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol assigns IP addresses to wireless devices on the network. This protocol simplifies network management and allows new wireless devices to receive IP addresses automatically without the need to manually assign IP addresses. Select Enable to allow the DWL-2100AP to function as a DHCP server.
Assigned IP: Use the Static Pool Settings to assign the same IP address to a device at every restart. The IP addresses assigned in the Static Pool list must NOT be in the same IP range as the Dynamic Pool. After you have assigned a static IP address to a device via its MAC address, click Apply; the device will appear in the Assigned Static Pool at the bottom of the screen. Edit or delete the device in this list.
Assigned MAC Address: Enter the MAC address of the device here.
SubMask: Enter the subnet mask here.
Gateway: Enter the IP address of the gateway on the network.
Wins: Windows Internet Naming Service is a system that determines the IP address of a network computer with a dynamically assigned IP address, if applicable.
DNS: Enter the IP address of the Domain Name Server, if applicable. The DNS translates domain names such as www.dlink.com into IP addresses.
Domain Name: Enter the domain name of the DWL-2100AP, if applicable.
Status: This option turns the Static Pool settings ON or OFF.
Current IP Mapping List
This screen displays information about the current DHCP dynamic and static IP address pools. This information is available when you enable the DHCP function of the DWL-2100AP and assign dynamic and static IP address pools.
| Current DHCP Dynamic Pools: | These are IP address pools to which the DHCP server function has assigned dynamic IP addresses. |
|---|---|
| Binding MAC address: | The MAC address of a device on the network that is within the DHCP dynamic IP address pool. |
| Assigned IP address: | The current corresponding DHCP-assigned dynamic IP address of the device. |
| Lease Time: | The length of time that the dynamic IP address will be valid. |
| Current DHCP Static Pools: | These are IP address pools to which the DHCP server function has assigned static IP addresses. |
| Binding MAC address: | The MAC address of a device on the network that is within the DHCP static IP address pool. |
| Assigned IP address: | The current corresponding DHCP-assigned static IP address of the device. |
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Admin Settings
Limit Administrator IP: Check the box to limit the administrator to login to the DWL-2100AP from a certain IP address.
User Name: Enter a user name. The default setting is admin.
Old Password: Enter the current password (blank by default).
New Password: Enter a new password and enter it again in the Confirm Password box.
Console Protocol: Telnet is the default setting. Select None to disable.
Timeout: Select a time period after which the connection will terminate.
Status: Check Enabled to use SNMP. SNMP is disabled by default.
Public Community String: When SNMP is enabled, you may modify the public community string.
Private Community String: When SNMP is enabled, you may modify the private community string.
System Settings
Apply Settings and Restart:
Click Restart to apply the system settings and restart the DWL-2100AP.
Restore to Factory Default Settings:
Click Restore to return the DWL-2100AP to its factory default settings.
Upgrade Firmware
Update File: After you have downloaded the most recent version of the firmware from http://support.dlink.com to your hard drive, you can Browse your hard drive to locate the downloaded file. Select the file and click OK to update the firmware.
Configuration File
Update File: Browse for the configuration settings that you have saved to your hard drive. Click OK after you have selected the settings file.
Load Settings to the Loacl Hard Drive: Click OK to save the selected settings to your hard drive.
When you click Browse in the previous screen, the dialog box shown above appears. Select the file you wish to download and click Open.
When this dialog box appears, click Save and select a location to save the configuration file.
Device Information
Device Information: This window displays the settings of the DWL-2100AP, the firmware version and the MAC address.
Stats
WLAN 802.11G Traffic Statistics: This window displays the statistics of the IEEE802.11g network.
Client Information
Client Information: Select this option to obtain information on IEEE802.11g clients. A client is a device on the network that is communicating with the DWL-2100AP.
The following information is available for each client that is communicating with the DWL-2100AP.
MAC: Displays the MAC address of the client. Band: Displays the wireless band. Authentication: Displays the type of authentication that is enabled. Signal: Receive Signal Strength Indicator indicates the strength of the signal Power Saving Mode: Displays the status of the power saving feature.
System Log
The log information will include, but not limited to, the following items:
- Upgrade Firmware
- Client association with AP
- Web login
Log Server/IP Address: Enter the IP address of the log server.
Log Type: Check the box for the type of activity you want to log. There are three types: System Activity, Wireless Activity, and Notice.