Buffalo Technology AirStation Pro WLA-AWCG - Manual (Page 2)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
A BOUT THIS M ANUAL .......................................................................... 1
About this chapter ................................................................................2
Scope of the manual..............................................................................2
Related reading ...................................................................................3
Online Help ..............................................................................3
Terms and conventions...........................................................................4
Standard terms..........................................................................4
Typographic conventions ..............................................................4
Safety information......................................................................5
G
ETTING
S
TARTED
............................................................................. 6
About this chapter ................................................................................7
Setting up the AirStation Pro....................................................................7
Hardware requirements ...............................................................7
Software requirements ................................................................8
Installing the Wireless LAN card......................................................10
Adding an external antenna...........................................................11
P
RODUCT
O
VERVIEW
.......................................................................... 20
About this chapter ................................................................................21
Main features of the AirStation Pro ............................................................21
Access point to access point communication.......................................24
A IR S TATION P RO I NSTALLATION .............................................................. 28
About this chapter ................................................................................29
Installing the AirStation Pro .....................................................................29
Network adapter installation .........................................................29
Checking the TCP/IP settings .........................................................31
Installing the AirStation Manager Software .........................................33
Connecting to the AirStation Pro.....................................................35
Check the reception of the external antenna......................................41
C
ONFIGURING
A
IR
S
TATION
S
ETTINGS
...................................................................................... 42
About this chapter ................................................................................43
Configuration options ............................................................................43
Displaying the Settings screen ........................................................43
Registering multiple AirStation Pro MAC addresses ...............................44
Setting up roaming .....................................................................46
Setting up AirPort configuration......................................................48
Setting up WEP security ...............................................................49
Restricting Wireless LAN PC’s.........................................................50
Setting up passwords ...................................................................51
Configuring channel settings ..........................................................53