TRENDnet TEW-212APBO User manual

TEW-212APBO
Wi-Fi Inter-Building Router
User’s Guide

Contents
TEW-212APBO________________________________________________________ 1
Overview __________________________________________________________________ 2
Features ______________________________________________________________ 3
5 Operating Modes _____________________________________________________ 4
Starting Up ___________________________________________________________ 9
Device Status page_____________________________________________________ 12
Setup Wizard_________________________________________________________ 14
Operation Mode Settings Page_________________________________________________ 14
General Configuration Settings Page____________________________________________ 15
Network Configuration Settings page ___________________________________________ 17
Wireless Configuration Settings page ___________________________________________ 19
Redirection Service _________________________________________________________ 23
Advanced Settings_____________________________________________________ 24
Firewall configuration _______________________________________________________ 24
ACL Configuring___________________________________________________________ 28
Static routing configuration ___________________________________________________ 28
DHCP Service Configuration__________________________________________________ 31
Port forwarding configuration _________________________________________________ 33
Setting up administrator password______________________________________________ 35
System Tools _________________________________________________________ 36
Clients page _______________________________________________________________ 36
Loopback Test _____________________________________________________________ 37
Configuring SNMP management_______________________________________________ 38
Site survey page____________________________________________________________ 39
Monitoring page____________________________________________________________ 40
Upgrade page ______________________________________________________________ 42
Upgrade Utility ____________________________________________________________ 44
Reboot Page _______________________________________________________________ 48
Reset page ________________________________________________________________ 48
Specifications_________________________________________________________ 49
Administration _____________________________________________________________ 50
Glossary _____________________________________________________________ 51

Overview
The TEW-212APBO is a standalone wireless client, which provides IP
routing functionality between a Local Area Network (LAN) and a Wide
Area Network (WAN). It uses an Ethernet interface to connect to LAN, and
wireless 802.11b-based interface to connect to a Wireless Networking
System, which provides miscellaneous WAN access.
Wireless Networking System
TEW-212APBO is part of the Wireless Internet Service Provision System. It
provides access for locally connected computers to WAN, such as the
Internet. In Figure 1 shown below, the client devices are connected to the
access points (please refer to TEW-212APBO specification).
Figure 1: TEW-212APBO Solution
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Features
TEW-212APBO is based on indoor-outdoor architecture. An outdoor unit
with 2.4 GHz antennas is placed on the mast or roof of construction
elements. It is connected to the indoor unit via a UTP cable. An individual
computer or an entire local network can gain access to the Internet by simply
connecting the TEW-212APBO indoor unit to the switch/hub. TEW-
212APBO is a full featured IP router with extensive firewall capabilities and
a user-friendly web interface.
•Wireless Access Point or Client (configurable)
•Router/Bridge (configurable) and Firewall
•Telecom features Built-in
•Web management Interface
TEW-212APBO can be managed via:
•FTP
•Telnet
•WWW
•SNMP (v1, v2)
It is possible to modify the following information through a web interface:
•General information
•Network LAN and WAN interfaces settings
•Wireless device settings
•DHCP server configuration
•IP Firewall
•Port forwarding
•Static routing
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5 Operating Modes
The TEW-212APBO supports 5 different kinds of operating modes: AP-
Router, AP Bridge, Station Bridge and Station Router.
AP-Router Mode
In this mode, the TEW-212APBO wireless unit plays the roles of the
wireless network Access point and a router.
Figure 2: AP-Router mode
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AP Mode
In this mode, TEW-212APBO acts as conventional wireless Access
point. The routing function is disabled. Local Network Area is
automatically set up to Wireless.
Figure 3: AP mode
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Bridge Mode
When operating in this mode, one TEW-212APBO device can
connect with another TEW-212APBO device and form wireless
“bridge” interconnecting two or more local networks. Note that all
these devices must work in the same frequency channel and must have
the same SSID string. Please also note that wireless “bridge” DOES
NOT retransmits packets.
Figure 4: Bridge mode
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Note: The following operational modes need to be configured, refer to
upgrade page for more information.
Station – Router mode
In this mode, TEW-212APBO wireless interface works as wireless
network client (connects to the Access point). Router part is active.
It must be defined which interface will be dedicated to the Local Area
Network LAN, and which to the External Network. Routing is
done by forwarding packets to the default gateway, which is set up
to External Network, so it is mandatory to define Local Network
Area interface.
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Client-Bridge mode
In this mode, TEW-212APBO acts as wireless card (associates to the
access point)
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Starting Up
To setup TEW-212APBO for the first time can be performed
through a web browser on a computer connected to the local
network. The administrator can use one of standard browsers
available (e.g., Netscape Navigator, or Microsoft Internet Explorer
versions 4.0 or later). Once the setup process is completed, TEW-
212APBO can be managed from any computer on the network that
has a web browser.
The steps to setup TEW-212APBO using a web browser are listed
below:
1. Launch a standard web browser on a computer connected to the
network.
2. Enter the TEW-212APBO IP address given to you from the ISP
into the URL field of your web browser (the default setting is
192.168.2.2). TEW-212APBO provides SSL (Secure Sockets
Layer) feature, so use https://192.168.2.2 to connect.
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