Edimax EW-7228APn User manual

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Macintosh Installation Guide
07-2012 / v1.0

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Web Management Interface
1. Have your Macintosh computer operate as usual, and click on “System
Preferences”.
2. In System Preferences, click on “Network”.
3. Here you will see all of your network connections. Remove any Ethernet
cable that may be connected, so that the “Ethernet”status in the left
sidebar displays “Not Connected”, as shown below. Then, you need to
ensure that your Macintosh’s Wi-Fi is switched off. Select “Wi-Fi”from the
left sidebar.
4. If your Wi-Fi is switched on, click on the button labeled “Turn Wi-Fi Off”.
The “Network”screen should now look like the screen below, where under
the heading “Wi-Fi”in the left sidebar, the status is shown as “Off”.

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5. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on your
computer. Then connect the other end to an Ethernet port on the access
point, as shown below (1). Plug the power adapter into the device’s 5V
power port, and plug the adapter into a wall socket (2).
The PWR LED and corresponding LAN LED on the access point should now
light up.
6. Network Preferences will now display an Ethernet adapter, as shown below.
The status of “Ethernet”should be “Connected”.

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7. Click on “Ethernet”in the left panel and then click the drop down arrow for
the menu labeled “Configure IPv4”in the right panel. From the drop down
menu, select “Manually”.

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Note: The access point uses the default IP address
192.168.2.1, which may not be in the same IP address
subnet of your network. Accordingly, you need to
modify the IP address of your Macintosh to
192.168.2.10, as shown in the next step.
Note: Please refer to the user manual for guidance on
how to assign a new IP address to the access point. If
the default IP remains unchanged, you will need to
repeat this process and modify the IP of your
Macintosh every time you wish to configure the access
point.
8. In the panel on the right side, enter IP address 192.168.2.10 and subnet
mask 255.255.255.0. Click on “Apply”.
9. In the left sidebar, “Ethernet”should now display “Connected”as shown
below. In the right panel, you should see the IP address 192.168.2.10 and
subnet mask 255.255.255.0.

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10. Open your internet browser and enter http://192.168.2.1 in the address
box. In the pop up window, enter the following username and password:
Username: admin
Password: 1234
Click “Log In”.
11. This will open the access point’s web management interface, which allows
you to configure the functions and settings of the access point. Please refer
to the user manual for more information about configuration; the following
is an example of how to set the access point to “Universal Repeater”mode.

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Universal Repeater Mode
1. On the “Status and Information”page, click “Basic Setting”in the left menu.
Then click the arrow to open the menu labeled “Mode”. Select “Universal
Repeater”mode.
Click the “Select Site Survey”button. You will see a list of available Wi-Fi
networks, as shown below. Choose your Wi-Fi network and click on “Done”. If
your Wi-Fi network is not shown, “Refresh”the list of available networks, then
“select”your Wi-Fi network.

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Note: Make a note of the “Encryption”listed for your
Wi-Fi network, as you will need it later in this
procedure, during Step 4. In this example, “Encryption”
is “WPA2-PSK’.
Click “Done”to close this window.
2. The “Root AP SSID”is your main Wi-Fi router. The “MAIN ESSID”is the SSID
of the repeater. Click the box labeled “MAIN ESSID”and enter a name for
reference. In the example below we used the name “repeater”. Different
SSIDs ensure that you can easily differentiate between devices. Click on
“Apply”.
3. You will see a screen which displays “Save settings successfully!”Choose
“Continue”.

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Note: Please do not choose “Apply”at this point. It is
necessary to continue and configure the security
settings of the access point before it can function.
4. Select “Security”from the left sidebar in the Edimax web management
interface. This will take you to the screen shown below. Under the heading
“Security Settings”, open the menu labeled “Encryption”.
Select the appropriate type of encryption, based on the security settings in
your existing Wi-Fi network, as displayed in Step 1. In this example, we
select “WPA pre-shared key”.
Note: You need to select the same encryption as your
existing Wi-Fi network, otherwise this repeater mode
cannot connect to it.
5. Then you need to enter your existing network security settings.

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For “WPA pre-shared key”encryption, as shown in the next screenshot,
select “WPA2(AES)”in the field marked “WPA Unicast Cipher Suite”.
Underneath, open the menu labeled “Pre-shared Key Format”, and choose
“Passphrase”. Finally enter your existing wireless network password into
the field labeled “Pre-Shared Key”. For other encryption types, please refer
to the user manual for detailed instructions.
Note: The access point must use the same wireless
encryption password as with the root wireless
network, i.e. your existing Wi-Fi network.
When this is complete, click “Apply”.
6. You will then see the following screen. Please click “Apply”to restart the
system and bring the changes into effect.

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7. The system will restart. Please wait for it to complete.
8. Return to your Macintosh’s “Network”screen, found under “System
Preferences”. Click “Ethernet”in the left panel. (Change the settings of
Configure IPv4 from Manually to Using DHCP. Click on Apply. The
Ethernet adapter will get the IP address from the main wireless network.)

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9. Disconnect the access point from your Macintosh by removing the
connecting Ethernet cable. The “Ethernet”status in the left sidebar should
change to “Not Connected”.
Select “Wi-Fi”in the left sidebar and click the “Turn Wi-Fi On”button in the
right panel. Open the “Network Name”menu and choose your access point
(Main ESSID) name from the list. In this case, the network was named
“repeater”.
The access point should now be fully operational. The “Wi-Fi”status should
display “Connected”. Verify your connection by opening a web browser in
an appropriate location.
Note: Please refer to the attached Quick Installation
Guide for guidance on Access Point mode, AP Client
mode, and Repeater mode installation.

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