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Manual NETGEAR WG302

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    Basic Installation and Configuration 3-1 July 2005 v3.0 Chapter 3 Basic Inst allation and Configuration This chapter describes how to set up your N ETGEAR ProSafe W ireless Acc ess Point 802.11g WG302 for wireless connectivity to your LAN. This basic configuratio n will enable computers with 802.1 1b or 802.1 1g wireless adapters to do such things ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-2 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 For best results, place your wireless access point: • Near the center of the area in which your PCs will op erate. • In an elevated location such as a high shelf where the wirelessly connected PCs have line-of-si ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 3

    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-3 July 2005 v3.0 Default Factory Settings When you first rece ive your WG302, the defau lt factory settings will be set as shown below . Y ou can restore these defaults with the Factory Default Restore switch on the rear panel — ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-4 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 Underst anding WG302 Wireless Security Options Y our wireless data transmissions can be receiv ed well be yond your walls by anyon e with a compatible adapter . For this re ason, use the security features of your wir ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-5 July 2005 v3.0 • Use WP A, WP A-PSK, WP A2, or WP A2-PSK. W i-Fi Protected Access (WP A and WP A2) data encryption provides data security . The very strong authentication along with dynamic per frame rekeying of WP A make it v ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 6

    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-6 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 2C ONFIGURE LAN AND W IRELESS A CCESS a. Configure the WG302 Ethernet port for LAN access. • Connect to the WG302 by opening your browser and enteri ng http://192.168.0.228 in the address field. A login window like ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-7 July 2005 v3.0 • The W eb browser will then di splay the WG302 settings page. Figure 3-3: Login result: WG302 home p age ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-8 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 – When the wireless acces s point is connecte d to the Internet, click the Knowledge Base or the Docu mentation link un der the W eb Support menu to view support information or the documentation for the wireless ac ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-9 July 2005 v3.0 b. Click the W ireless Settings link in the Setup sec tion of the main menu to view the W ireless Settings menu. Figure 3-5: Basic Wi reless Settings menu c. Configure the wireless interface for wi reless access. ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-10 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 Note: By default, WG302 is set to with the DHCP client disabled. If your network uses dynamic IP addresses, you will need to change this setting. d. Connect the power adapter to the wireless acces s point and plug t ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-11 July 2005 v3.0 How to Log In to the WG302 Us ing It s Default IP Address 1. 192.168.0.228 is the default IP address of your access point. The WG302 is set by default with the DHCP client disabled. Note: The computer you are usi ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 12

    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-12 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 Figure 3-7: IP Settings menu • Access Point Name (NetBIOS) Enter a new name for the wireless access po int and clic k Apply to save your changes. • The IP Address The wireless access point is shipped preconfigur ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 13

    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-13 July 2005 v3.0 • Spanning T ree Protocol Spanning T ree Protocol in enabled by default for the wirele ss access point. This provides network traffic optimization in settings with multiple WG302 Access Points. •T i m e Z o n ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-14 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 • Tu r n R a d i o O n . On by default, you can also turn of f the radio to disable access through this device. This can be helpful fo r configuration, network tuning , or troubleshooti ng activities. • Wir eles ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-15 July 2005 v3.0 – 1 1b Only - All 802.1 1b wireless stations can be used. 802.1 1g wireless stati ons can still be used if they can opera t e in 80 2.1 1b mod e. • Channel. This field identifies which operating fre quency wi ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-16 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 Underst anding WEP/WP A Security Options The table below identifies the various WEP/WP A security options. A full explanation of these standards is available in Appendix B, “W ireless Networking Basics” . Figure ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-17 July 2005 v3.0 – WP A-PSK and WP A2-PSK : This selection allows clients to use either WP A (with TKIP) or WP A2 (with AES). If selected, encryption must be TKIP + AES. The WP A passphrase (Network key) must also be entered. ? ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 18

    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-18 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 Before Y ou Change the SSID and WEP Settings For a new wireless network, print this form and fill in the parameters. Fo r an existing wireless network, get the settings from the person who set up or is responsible f ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-19 July 2005 v3.0 How to Set Up and T est B asic Wireless Connectivity Follow the instructions below to set up and te st basic wireless conne ctivity . Once you have established basic wireless connectivity , you can enable securit ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-20 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 How to Restrict Wirele ss Access by MAC Address T o restrict access ba sed on MA C addresses, follow these steps: 1. Log in to the WG302 usin g its default address of http://192.168.0.228 or at whatever IP address t ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-21 July 2005 v3.0 4. Choose to use the local MAC address database stor ed on the access point, or use the RADIU S MAC address database stored on a RADIUS server . If you choose the RADIUS MAC Address Database, you must configure t ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 22

    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-22 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 4. Select encryption strength. 5. Y ou can manually or automatically program the four data encryption keys. These va lues must be identical on all PCs and Access Points in your network. • Automatic - enter a word ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 23

    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-23 July 2005 v3.0 2. Click Radius Server Settings in the Security menu. Figure 3-12: Radius Server Settings 3. Enter the Radius settings. • Authentication/Access Control Ra dius Server Configuration : This configuration is requi ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-24 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 • Shared Secr et : This is shared betwe en the W ireless Access Point and the Radius Server while authenticatin g the supplicant. • Re-authentication Time : The time interval in seconds af ter which the supplica ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-25 July 2005 v3.0 6. Choose WP A with Radius from the list. 7. Click Apply to save your settings. How to Configure WP A-PSK Note : Not all wireless adapters support WP A. Furthe rmore, client software is required on the client. W ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 26

    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-26 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 How to Configure WP A2 with Radius Note : Not all wireless adapters support WP A2. Furthermore, client software is required on the client. Make sure your client card supports WP A2 . Consult the product document for ...

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    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-27 July 2005 v3.0 3. Enter the Radius settings. • Authentication/Access Control Ra dius Server Configuration : This configuration is required for authentication using Radius. IP Address, Port No. and Shared Secret is required fo ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-28 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 5. Click WEP/WP A Settings in the Security menu. Figure 3-16: WEP/WP A Settings menu 6. Choose WP A2 with Radius from the list. 7. Click Apply to save your settings. How to Configure WP A2-PSK Note : Not all wireles ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 29

    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-29 July 2005 v3.0 2. Click WEP/WP A Settings in the Security me nu of the WG302. Figure 3-17: WEP/WP A Settings menu 3. Choose WP A2-PSK from the list. 4. Enter the pre-shared key passphrase. 5. Click Apply to save your settings. ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 30

    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-30 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 T o configure WP A and WP A2, follow these steps: 1. Log in at the default LAN address of http://192.168.0.229 with the default user name of admin and default password of password , or using whate ver LAN address an ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 31

    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-31 July 2005 v3.0 3. Enter the Radius settings. • Authentication/Access Control Ra dius Server Configuration : This configuration is required for authentication using Radius. IP Address, Port No. and Shared Secret is required fo ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 32

    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-32 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 5. Click WEP/WP A Settings in the Security menu. Figure 3-19: WEP/WP A Settings menu 6. Choose W AP and WP A2 with Radius from the list. 7. Click Apply to save your settings. How to Configure WP A2-PSK and WP A2-PSK ...

  • NETGEAR WG302 - page 33

    Reference Manua l for the NETGEAR ProSaf e Wire less Access Point 802.11g WG302 Basic Installation and Configura tion 3-33 July 2005 v3.0 2. Click WEP/WP A Settings in the Security me nu of the WG302. Figure 3-20: WEP/WP A Settings menu 3. Choose WP A-PSK and WP A2-PSK from the list. 4. Enter the pre-shared key passphrase. 5. Click Apply to save yo ...

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    Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Po int 802.11g WG302 3-34 Basic Installation and Configuration July 2005 v3.0 ...

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