Hawking HWREN1 Hi-Gain Wireless-300N Range Extender
by Hawking Technology
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Manufacturer: Hawking TechnologyAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Model: HWREN1
Color: White
Product features:
- Doubles the range of your wireless network
- The only repeater that works with most networks and access points
- New setup wizard for quick and easy setup
- Eliminates wireless dead spots in your home or office
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I bought this thinking it's going to be childs play...and well, it was....
We'll just stick to the highlights of the show and any questions you may have I can answer later.
I bought mine from tiger direct because they were having a screaming deal during the best shopping time of the year. Shipping was cheap and always reliable.
1st open the package, you should get..
-quick setup guide
-quick setup cd
-warranty card
-power cable
-the repeater itself
-2 antennas
-short length cat 5 cable
You can use the quick guides for dummies, but here's the easy way if you don't have a problem doing this.
-Once you plug in the unit, it will transit an SSID of Hawking_300N_Repeater (or something close to that)
-Connect the unit into your access point (your router)
-Once you're connected it'll say that you'll have limited access to the repeater but you'll still have access to the internet from your router
a)this is bogus ;), on your wireless device, type in the ip address of 192.168.1.240
*a popup screen will come up, enter in the login info, admin, then 1234*
For most internet users who need this type of repeater commonly have at least one laptop or something that is wireless in their house to access the internet.
Immediately go to the Advanced User Setup page, and click on the Setup Utility button. Enable DCHP, to turn the repeater into a massive hotspot. Your Default Gateway's IP address is going to be defaulted at 0.0.0.0. Change that to the IP address of the router. You can do this, by easily using your wireless device ***that is connected to the router, mind you, we haven't connected to the repeater yet***
For starters, look under internet details. This is located in Network and Sharing Center>click on view status>click on details. For Vista/7. For Mac it's under "internet options."
Everything is listed there. But lets keep this simple. ;)
Back to the GUI Hawking web page for Utility setup.
-Enable DCHP
-Change the Gateway IP of the repeater to that of the router's default IP gateway under details.
If you are confused, you can always log on to your router and it should give you a lot of information depending on what model you have. And yes, you should be able to log on to your router's GUI page. You can switch between the router and the repeater at the same time. Cool huh? ;)
For most of the routers of the market for household use you will run into a default IP address starting with 192.168.1.X (X is the last number, your router could be different from the other guy's router, so I just assume it's X to save face)
Next step, change the DCHP's IP address to the same address you entered in the default IP category. Again, this default IP category is listed above DNS server category.
The subnet address should look like this ***255.255.255.0*** DO NOT deviate away from this! It makes things more complicated and we want easy, remember?
Your repeater address should be 192.168.1.X. The "X" represents any number that is not the same number as your router. The repeater address entry block is the first block on the page. It is self titled, "IP ADDRESS."
OK! One more block to fill in! Your DNS server IP address. Under your internet details that shows more than a handful of IP addresses, you should see DNS server IP address. For most common household routers, your DNS IP address is going to be the same as the default gateway address. Enter it! **If your log on IP address to get to the GUI page is 192.168.1.5, this is considered your DNS server. ;)**
Your starting and ending IP addresses should look like this *192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.200*
The repeater will act as a server, and anyone who connects to it will receive an IP address that is similar to 192.168.1.X. X is equal to 1 - 200. Yes, you could potentially have 200 people on your repeater.
OK! Lets go ahead and click on Apply. Please remember to do this or all the information you entered will be lost and you will have to re-enter it. The next page will have *Continue* and *Apply.* Click on *Continue.*
You want to change the the security settings to make your repeater secure. Go to the Security page, then click on Wireless Security. Scroll down. DISABLE your SSID being broadcasted. This will stop broadcasting your repeaters ID, but the messed up thing is all wireless devices still broadcast their MAC address. Click on Apply under Wireless Security, then click Continue. Not done yet...
MAC address security will be done last.
Go to "Basic Setup"
Go to the name of the SSID, change it to something short and sweet. Click apply...then click Continue...
Go back to Security Settings. If you did this correctly the name of the repeater should have changed from "Hawking_300N_Repeater" to what you entered. If you were smart from the get go you would already have wireless secure access to your router that is WPA-TPIK-Personal protected.
Under security settings select WPA pre-shared password "TPIK." Enter the SAME password as your router. ;) Click apply, click APPLY one more time. The router will reset itself to the settings you entered.
If you did everything correctly utilize the same cable that was hooked up to the router. Plug that into your PC/MAC. Wait for it to connect. You should still have limited access, because we have to hook up more thing, we have to make the router and repeater talk to each other.
After you are connected to the repeater with your CAT 5 log on to the repeater, admin, 1234, and then go back to basic setup. Go scroll down to Root SSID AP. Click. Another popup should come up and show the SSID of your router. If you hid the SSID of your router, your MAC addy is being broadcasted. Check to make sure you know which MAC address it is. Everyone and their neighbor has wireless internet these days.
If your SSID isn't showing up because you hid it, type it in correctly. DO NOT mispell your router's SSID. If you didn't hide your router's SSID then you have no worries because it should have showed up immediately after you clicked on the radio button and clicked connected.
Click apply, click apply one more time. Router will reset. If you did everything correctly unplug your repeater to soft reset it, then replug it back in. IF you know how to do an ipconfig /release, /renew. Do it now!
Now connect to your repeater. Wah-LAH, all done. If you hid the SSID you have to go into Manage wireless network and add the SSID manually.
IF you are worried about mac address security you can enter all the mac id's of your wireless devices so only they will connect to your wireless network and nothing else...remember to apply, and apply. All done...have a good day!
Description of Hawking HWREN1 Hi-Gain Wireless-300N Range Extender
The HWREN1 effectively doubles the operating distance of your entire wireless network. Whether its an area in your home that has limited or no wireless coverage or a warehouse in your office, the Hawking Wireless-300N Range Extender takes the signal from your wireless access point and retransmits it at a higher rate. Simply place the Range Extender halfway between your Wireless Access Point and wireless trouble spot.Digital Cameras and Photo Categories
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