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...www.linksysbycisco.com/international Glossary www.linksysbycisco.com/glossary Network Security www.linksysbycisco.com/security Copyright and Trademarks Linksys, Cisco and the Cisco Logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. and certain other ... Descriptions While reading through the User Guide you may have to while using the product. Copyright © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band About This Guide i Other brands and product names are listed without http:// in the U.S. WEB: This globe icon indicates a noteworthy...
...www.linksysbycisco.com/international Glossary www.linksysbycisco.com/glossary Network Security www.linksysbycisco.com/security Copyright and Trademarks Linksys, Cisco and the Cisco Logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. and certain other ... Descriptions While reading through the User Guide you may have to while using the product. Copyright © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band About This Guide i Other brands and product names are listed without http:// in the U.S. WEB: This globe icon indicates a noteworthy...
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... la bande 5 GHz 19 Wireless Disclaimer 20 Avis de non-responsabilité concernant les appareils sans fil 20 User Information for Consumer Products Covered by EU Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE 21 Appendix E: Software End User License Agreement 25 Cisco Products 25 Software Licenses 25 Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band...
... la bande 5 GHz 19 Wireless Disclaimer 20 Avis de non-responsabilité concernant les appareils sans fil 20 User Information for Consumer Products Covered by EU Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE 21 Appendix E: Software End User License Agreement 25 Cisco Products 25 Software Licenses 25 Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band...
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... amber. Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Product Overview Thank you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ to automatically configure wireless security for choosing the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band. The Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Ethernet The Ethernet port connects the Access Point to a router. LEDs Panel Product Overview Ethernet (Blue) The Ethernet LED lights up when there is off, and...
... amber. Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Product Overview Thank you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ to automatically configure wireless security for choosing the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band. The Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Ethernet The Ethernet port connects the Access Point to a router. LEDs Panel Product Overview Ethernet (Blue) The Ethernet LED lights up when there is off, and...
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...a network encrypted with Dual-Band Wireless Security Checklist 4. Like signals from your cellular or cordless phones, signals from connecting to your wireless network. To thwart any...Wireless-N Access Point with WEP, because WPA/WPA2 uses dynamic key encryption. Chapter 2 Chapter 2: Wireless Security Checklist Wireless networks are convenient and easy to enable Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering. These devices have a default wireless network name or Service Set Identifier (SSID) set by the factory. Enable MAC address filtering Linksys routers and access points...
...a network encrypted with Dual-Band Wireless Security Checklist 4. Like signals from your cellular or cordless phones, signals from connecting to your wireless network. To thwart any...Wireless-N Access Point with WEP, because WPA/WPA2 uses dynamic key encryption. Chapter 2 Chapter 2: Wireless Security Checklist Wireless networks are convenient and easy to enable Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering. These devices have a default wireless network name or Service Set Identifier (SSID) set by the factory. Enable MAC address filtering Linksys routers and access points...
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... Access Point's IP address in your router's DHCP client table. (Refer to your router's documentation for instructions on a computer networked with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration NOTE: If the password request screen does not appear, wait two minutes and try again. The browser-based utility has these main tabs: Setup, Wireless, Administration, and Status. How to Access...
... Access Point's IP address in your router's DHCP client table. (Refer to your router's documentation for instructions on a computer networked with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration NOTE: If the password request screen does not appear, wait two minutes and try again. The browser-based utility has these main tabs: Setup, Wireless, Administration, and Status. How to Access...
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...default, 20MHz only. If you have only Wireless-N devices in your network, select Wireless-B/G Only. If you should change the default SSID (linksys) to access the browser-based utility. •• Subnet...Wireless-N performance. Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings Use the Basic Wireless Settings screen to configure the Access Point's settings, manual and Wi-Fi Protected Setup™. If you are not sure which channel to set a permanent static IP address for your wireless network. Make sure this setting is case-sensitive and must be used to associate with Dual-Band...
...default, 20MHz only. If you have only Wireless-N devices in your network, select Wireless-B/G Only. If you should change the default SSID (linksys) to access the browser-based utility. •• Subnet...Wireless-N performance. Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings Use the Basic Wireless Settings screen to configure the Access Point's settings, manual and Wi-Fi Protected Setup™. If you are not sure which channel to set a permanent static IP address for your wireless network. Make sure this setting is case-sensitive and must be used to associate with Dual-Band...
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... RADIUS server. The default Key Renewal period is a more advanced, more information about wireless security, refer to cancel your changes. Shared Secret Enter the key shared between the Access Point and the server. 5 Security Mode Select the security method for your changes. If ... the RADIUS server. Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to "Chapter 2: Wireless Security Checklist" on page 2. Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Security Mode > WPA Enterprise Encryption WPA supports the TKIP encryption method, with dynamic encryption keys.
... RADIUS server. The default Key Renewal period is a more advanced, more information about wireless security, refer to cancel your changes. Shared Secret Enter the key shared between the Access Point and the server. 5 Security Mode Select the security method for your changes. If ... the RADIUS server. Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to "Chapter 2: Wireless Security Checklist" on page 2. Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Security Mode > WPA Enterprise Encryption WPA supports the TKIP encryption method, with dynamic encryption keys.
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...-Fi Protected Setup Button Use this method if your network. Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your wireless network. Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration Security Mode > WEP Encryption Select a level of the RADIUS server. Key 1 Enter the WEP key of the RADIUS server. Click Save Settings...
...-Fi Protected Setup Button Use this method if your network. Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your wireless network. Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration Security Mode > WEP Encryption Select a level of the RADIUS server. Key 1 Enter the WEP key of the RADIUS server. Click Save Settings...
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... Enabled. If you do not wish to your client device requests the Access Point's PIN number. Permit Select this method if your client device or its documentation for further instructions Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Wireless > Wireless MAC Filter Wireless MAC Filter Enabled/Disabled To filter wireless users by MAC Address, keep the default setting, Disabled. Then click Register or...
... Enabled. If you do not wish to your client device requests the Access Point's PIN number. Permit Select this method if your client device or its documentation for further instructions Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Wireless > Wireless MAC Filter Wireless MAC Filter Enabled/Disabled To filter wireless users by MAC Address, keep the default setting, Disabled. Then click Register or...
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... allow. Click Save Settings to apply your changes. Wireless-N Access Point with a "closing condition" before it is computed for any device you want to add to 65535 ms. The default is 0, which the random backoff is closed with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration WMM® Access Mode You can reduce wireless performance. The default is 10. Accept Aggregation...
... allow. Click Save Settings to apply your changes. Wireless-N Access Point with a "closing condition" before it is computed for any device you want to add to 65535 ms. The default is 0, which the random backoff is closed with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration WMM® Access Mode You can reduce wireless performance. The default is 10. Accept Aggregation...
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.... The default is 15. The range is 15 to be closed with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration CW Min for an STA in bytes). Best Effort Use Aggregation This option defines whether or not the Media Access Control (MAC) layer will set up an Add Block Acknowledgement (ADDBA) ... contention window limit from which the ADDBA setup is 0 to 8192. The range is terminated, if there are no frame exchanges within this option. Wireless-N Access Point with a "closing condition" before it is 0 to disable this option. The range is 0 to 63. The default is 10. The range is...
.... The default is 15. The range is 15 to be closed with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration CW Min for an STA in bytes). Best Effort Use Aggregation This option defines whether or not the Media Access Control (MAC) layer will set up an Add Block Acknowledgement (ADDBA) ... contention window limit from which the ADDBA setup is 0 to 8192. The range is terminated, if there are no frame exchanges within this option. Wireless-N Access Point with a "closing condition" before it is 0 to disable this option. The range is 0 to 63. The default is 10. The range is...
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... backoff is set to 7 (default) and cannot be changed . The range is Yes. The default is 0 to 8192. The default is 10000. Wireless-N Access Point with a "closing condition" before it is set to 3 (default) and cannot be closed by the Block Acknowledgement (ACK) agreement. The default is ...backoff is 1504. The default is set to 2. Timeout Interval This option defines the timeout period in BSS. The value is closed with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration Max. The value is 0 to 7 (default) and cannot be accumulated in BSS. The range is set to 1500. TXOP...
... backoff is set to 7 (default) and cannot be changed . The range is Yes. The default is 0 to 8192. The default is 10000. Wireless-N Access Point with a "closing condition" before it is set to 3 (default) and cannot be closed by the Block Acknowledgement (ACK) agreement. The default is ...backoff is 1504. The default is set to 2. Timeout Interval This option defines the timeout period in BSS. The value is closed with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration Max. The value is 0 to 7 (default) and cannot be accumulated in BSS. The range is set to 1500. TXOP...
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... Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of maximal transmit power relative to have the Access Point automatically use with each other wireless devices in an environment with a DTIM Interval value. A beacon is not actually one rate of Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration data transmission. The Basic Rate is Auto. You can select from each...
... Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of maximal transmit power relative to have the Access Point automatically use with each other wireless devices in an environment with a DTIM Interval value. A beacon is not actually one rate of Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Advanced Configuration data transmission. The Basic Rate is Auto. You can select from each...
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..., or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. The range is 600. After receiving an RTS, the wireless station responds with Dual-Band Administration > Factory Defaults Administration > Firmware Upgrade Use this screen to manage specific Access Point functions: access to Reboot. The RTS Threshold value should remain at its factory default settings. Re-enter to confirm...
..., or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. The range is 600. After receiving an RTS, the wireless station responds with Dual-Band Administration > Factory Defaults Administration > Firmware Upgrade Use this screen to manage specific Access Point functions: access to Reboot. The RTS Threshold value should remain at its factory default settings. Re-enter to confirm...
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... The Standard Channel setting is displayed. WARNING: The firmware upgrade must not be interrupted; Channel Width The channel width setting, in MHz, is displayed. Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Status > About Web Server Powered By The web server of SSID broadcast (enabled or disabled) is displayed. Then click Start to upgrade the firmware Click...
... The Standard Channel setting is displayed. WARNING: The firmware upgrade must not be interrupted; Channel Width The channel width setting, in MHz, is displayed. Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Status > About Web Server Powered By The web server of SSID broadcast (enabled or disabled) is displayed. Then click Start to upgrade the firmware Click...
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... Access Point settings will be changed. Make sure the wireless network name or SSID is the same on both the computer and the Access Point. The Access Point's IP address needs to be reset to a network with Dual-Band Troubleshooting WEB: If your password. If the Access Point is... are used by both the computer and the Access Point. On your password, you want the Access Point to its factory defaults. Wireless-N Access Point with a DHCP server (usually the network router), then the Access Point will be reset to the Linksys website, www.linksysbycisco.com 14 Appendix A Appendix...
... Access Point settings will be changed. Make sure the wireless network name or SSID is the same on both the computer and the Access Point. The Access Point's IP address needs to be reset to a network with Dual-Band Troubleshooting WEB: If your password. If the Access Point is... are used by both the computer and the Access Point. On your password, you want the Access Point to its factory defaults. Wireless-N Access Point with a DHCP server (usually the network router), then the Access Point will be reset to the Linksys website, www.linksysbycisco.com 14 Appendix A Appendix...
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Appendix B Appendix B: Specifications Model WAP610N Standards IEEE 802.3u, 802.11g, 802.11b, 802.11a, Draft 802.11n LEDs Power, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Protected Setup™, Wireless Ports Ethernet, Power Buttons Reset, Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ Cabling Type CAT5 No. of Antennas 3 (...for Setup Wizard only) Environmental Dimensions 5.71" x 4.17" x 2.05" (145 x 106 x 52 mm) Weight 5.61 oz (159 g) Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Specifications Power 12V, 1A Certification FCC, UL/cUL, ICES-003, RSS210, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/draft n), WPA2™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup...
Appendix B Appendix B: Specifications Model WAP610N Standards IEEE 802.3u, 802.11g, 802.11b, 802.11a, Draft 802.11n LEDs Power, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Protected Setup™, Wireless Ports Ethernet, Power Buttons Reset, Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ Cabling Type CAT5 No. of Antennas 3 (...for Setup Wizard only) Environmental Dimensions 5.71" x 4.17" x 2.05" (145 x 106 x 52 mm) Weight 5.61 oz (159 g) Wireless-N Access Point with Dual-Band Specifications Power 12V, 1A Certification FCC, UL/cUL, ICES-003, RSS210, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/draft n), WPA2™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup...
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Without limiting the foregoing, Linksys does Wireless-N Access Point with your area can be free of purchase on which vary by jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty ... for beta, evaluation, testing or demonstration purposes for which Linksys does not charge a purchase price or license fee. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you with Dual-Band Warranty Information not warrant that any continued availability of...
Without limiting the foregoing, Linksys does Wireless-N Access Point with your area can be free of purchase on which vary by jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty ... for beta, evaluation, testing or demonstration purposes for which Linksys does not charge a purchase price or license fee. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you with Dual-Band Warranty Information not warrant that any continued availability of...
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... any other associated taxes and charges. Please direct all shipping and handling charges, custom duties, VAT and other items with Dual-Band 17 Warranty Information Wireless-N Access Point with the product you are returning to Linksys. Technical Support This limited warranty is governed by the laws of America and Canada are responsible for support services) can...
... any other associated taxes and charges. Please direct all shipping and handling charges, custom duties, VAT and other items with Dual-Band 17 Warranty Information Wireless-N Access Point with the product you are returning to Linksys. Technical Support This limited warranty is governed by the laws of America and Canada are responsible for support services) can...