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Note: snap shots are for Windows 2000 and XP

Step 2

For Windows 98 and ME,
Select “

TCP/IP  -> 

Your

Ethernet Adapter

”, Click the

Properties 

button. Go to step

4

For Windows 2000 and XP,
click the 

Properties

 button in

the 

Local Area Connection

Status

 window.

Step 3 

For Windows 2000 and XP

only, Make sure the 

Internet

Protocol (TCP/IP)

 is checked and

highlighted in the 

Local Area

Connection Properties

 window.

Click the 

Properties

 button.

Step 4

For Windows 98 and ME, select

Specify an IP adress 

and fill the

fields below with the values
mentioned above in the 

TCP/IP

properties

 window.

For Window 2000 and XP, select

Use the following IP address

 and

fill the fields below with the values
mentioned above in the 

Internet

protocol (TCP/IP) properties

window.

Step 5 

Click the 

OK

 button and restart the computer.

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If you choose to manage the AP via a wireless client, please also check
the following:

1.

Make sure your PC is equipped with 802.11g or 802.11b wireless
adapter and has appropriate WLAN card driver / utility and TCP/IP
installed.

2.

Set the wireless adapter to use appropriate TCP/IP settings as
described in previous section

3.

Launch the wireless adapter’s provided utility and verify that your
wireless client is configured with these settings:

Operation Mode

: Infrastructure

SSID

: 11g AP

Authentication

: Open

WEP Mode

: Disabled

Checking  the Connection to the AP

3

After configuring the TCP/IP protocol, you can use the 

ping 

command

to verify if your LAN/Wireless computer has successfully connected to
the AP.

To execute ping command, open the DOS window by clicking on

Start 

-> 

Run.  

In the Run window, type 

Command.

  

At the DOS prompt,

type the following command:

ping 192.168.1.1

If the Command window returns something similar to the following:

Reply from 192.168.1.1 bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=253

Then the connection between the AP and your computer has been
successfully established. If the computer fails to connect to the AP, the
Command window will return the following:

Request time out

Veryfy your computer's network settings are correct and check the cable
connection between the AP and the computer.

Summary of Contents for RT211W

Page 1: ...your AP Setting Up Ethernet WLAN Client 2 You can choose to access the APs Web interface via Ethernet or wireless network Whatever your choice you must properly configure the network settings of your PC to be in the same subnet with the AP As the AP is shipped with these defaults Step 1 Click the Start button Select Settings and or click the Control Panel icon For Windows 98 and ME double click th...

Page 2: ...1b wireless adapter and has appropriate WLAN card driver utility and TCP IP installed 2 Set the wireless adapter to use appropriate TCP IP settings as described in previous section 3 Launch the wireless adapter s provided utility and verify that your wireless client is configured with these settings Operation Mode Infrastructure SSID 11g AP Authentication Open WEP Mode Disabled Checking the Connec...

Page 3: ...HCP Server The AP implements a built in DHCP server which can be used to dynamically assign IP addresses to the DHCP clients on the LAN WLAN To use DHCP server function make sure you have properly set the AP s IP address enable the DHCP service then enter the DHCP Lease Time and IP Pool Range fields Setting the AP to be DHCP Client If your network has already deployed a DHCP server you should set ...

Page 4: ...ork domain name of your WLAN Network Type An Open AP will periodically broadcast its SSID to allow the wireless clients to recognize their presence However this creates a security hole since any wireless station with SSID set to any or got the broadcast may associate to your AP It is recommended to set this option to Closed to have your AP only accept stations whose SSID are the same as this AP Co...

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