Chapter 1 Introduction

 

 

 

 

 

Table 1 Front Panel LEDs and WPS Button (continued)

 

LED

STATUS

DESCRIPTION

 

Wi-Fi

Blinking

The WRE2205 is sending/receiving data through the wireless LAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The wireless LAN is not ready or the LED is turned off in the firmware.

 

 

 

 

 

Power

On

The WRE2205 is receiving power and functioning properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

The WRE2205 is resetting to factory defaults.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The WRE2205 is not receiving power or the LED is turned off in the firmware.

 

 

 

 

 

WPS

On

This remains on for 5 minutes after a successful WPS connection has been

 

 

 

established.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

The WRE2205 is waiting for another WPS device to connect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

There is no WPS connection established or a WPS connection has been

 

 

 

established for more than five minutes, or the LED is turned off in the

 

 

 

firmware.

 

 

 

 

 

LAN

On

The WRE2205 has a successful 10/100MB LAN connection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

The WRE2205 is sending/receiving data through the LAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The LAN is not connected or the LED is turned off in the firmware.

 

 

 

 

1.4 The WPS Button

The WPS button can be used to begin WiFi Protected Setup (WPS), reboot the WRE2205 while keeping it’s configuration or reboot the WRE2205 to factory default configuration.

Table 2 WPS Button Functions

ACTION

RESULT

Push once or hold for

The WRE2205 begins connecting to an AP via WPS. See Section

less than 5 seconds

5.3 on page 29.

 

 

Push twice

The WRE2205 begins connecting to a wireless client via WPS. See

 

Section 5.2 on page 26.

 

 

Hold for 5 to 10

The WRE2205 keeps its configuration and reboots.

seconds

 

 

 

Hold for more than 10

The WRE2205 resets its configuration to factory defaults and

seconds

reboots. See Section 2.3 on page 14.

 

 

1.4.1 WiFi Protected Setup

Your WRE2205 supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), which is an easy way to set up a secure wireless network. WPS is an industry standard specification, defined by the WiFi Alliance.

WPS allows you to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security, without having to configure security settings manually. Each WPS connection works between two devices. Both devices must support WPS (check each device’s documentation to make sure).

Depending on the devices you have, you can either press a button (recommended) on the device itself, or in its configuration utility or enter a PIN (a unique Personal Identification Number that allows one device to authenticate the other) in each of the two devices. When WPS is activated on

 

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