Initial setup of the WN-5000R 802.11n wireless router

The WN-5000R wireless router shares a number of features found in many other routers, so I’m going to keep to the kinds of things most of us may find interested and if I miss something please let me know.

Firstly, I found the units where very easy to setup, as their out-of-the-box configuration provides a DHCP and no fussy security options enabled, default password and username for admin is airlive/airlive. So all you need to do is plug a laptop or computer in and log-on with a web browser. Most everything else is straight forward and familiar to those who have used other router equipment before.

Primary Band Selections are as follows and all worked well with other brands of wireless clients operating in B and G:

1. 2.4 GHz (B)
2. 2.4 GHz (N)
3. 2.4 GHz (B+G)
4. 2.4 GHz (G)
5. 2.4 GHz (B+G+N)

The router runs in four modes, the first AP mode is familiar, the other two modes are unique to the WN-5000R

1) AP
In this mode it operates as a standard Access Point.

The next three allow the WN-5000R to connect other WN-5000R routers as a wireless bridge provided they also use one of these three modes.

2) AP Bridge-Point to Point
This allows a WN-5000R to connect to another WN-5000R which is operating in one of the three bridge modes, but not wireless clients.

3) AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point
This allows up to four other WN-5000R to connect in one of the three bridge modes, but not wireless clients.