Edimax Technology EW-7428HCn - Manual (Page 3)

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CONTENTS
I. PRODUCT INFORMATION......................................................................................... 5
I-1. Package Contents ............................................................................................ 5
I-2. Physical Description ......................................................................................... 5
I-3. Front Panel ...................................................................................................... 5
I-4. Back Panel ....................................................................................................... 6
I-5. Safety Information ........................................................................................... 7
I-6. System Requirements ...................................................................................... 8
I-7. Hardware Installation ...................................................................................... 8
I-7-I. Connecting the Access Point to a Router or PoE Switch ......................... 8
I-7-2. Fixing the Access Point to a Ceiling ...................................................... 10
II. GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................. 11
II-1. Access Point Mode ........................................................................................... 14
II-2. Universal Wi-Fi Extender Mode ....................................................................... 16
II-3. Wireless Client Mode ...................................................................................... 19
III. BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION INTERFACE ...................................................... 21
III-1. Home ........................................................................................................... 23
III-2. iQ Setup ....................................................................................................... 25
III-3. Basic Setting ................................................................................................. 26
III-3-1. AP Mode................................................................................................ 28
III-3-2. Station-Infrastructure Mode .................................................................. 33
III-3-3. AP Bridge-Point to Point Mode .............................................................. 35
III-3-4. AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point Mode .................................................... 36
III-3-5. AP Bridge-WDS ...................................................................................... 38
III-3-6. Universal Repeater Mode ...................................................................... 43
III-4. WPS Setting.................................................................................................. 48
III-5. Wireless Advanced ....................................................................................... 51
III-5-1. Security ................................................................................................. 53
III-5-2. MAC Filtering ........................................................................................ 58
III-6. System Utility ............................................................................................... 60
III-6-1. Administrator ........................................................................................ 61
III-6-2. Time Setting .......................................................................................... 65
III-6-3. Power Saving ......................................................................................... 66
III-6-4. Scheduling setting ................................................................................. 67
III-7. Configuration Tool ........................................................................................ 70
III-7-1. Diagnosis ............................................................................................... 72
III-7-2. Firmware Upgrade ................................................................................. 73
III-7-3. Reboot ................................................................................................... 74
IV. APPENDIX ............................................................................................................ 76
IV-1. Configuring your IP address .......................................................................... 76
IV-1-1. Windows XP .......................................................................................... 76
IV-1-2. Windows Vista ..................................................................................... 77
IV-1-3. Windows 7 ........................................................................................... 79