Table Of Contents - NETGEAR WNAP320 Reference Manual

Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
About the ProSafe Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What Is In the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Key Features and Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hardware Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Understanding WNAP320 Wireless Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Deploying the ProSafe Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Mounting the ProSafe Wireless Access Point Using the Wall Mount Kit ) . 25
Setting Basic IP Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Up and Testing Basic Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Understanding Security Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 3 Management
Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remote Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Supported Standards and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
802.11b/g/n Standards-based Wireless Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Autosensing Ethernet Connections with Auto Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting Up the Wireless ProSafe Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Configuring Lan and Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Configuring Your Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Verifying Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Logging In Using the Default IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configuring and Testing Your PCs for Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . 26
Logging In to the ProSafe Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring 802.11b/g/n Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring QoS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SSID and WEP/WPA Settings Setup Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring the RADIUS Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting Up a Security Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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