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Page 1: Wireless Lan Access Point
Wireless LAN Access Point AWL-500 User Manual Version 1.1 June 2002 BENQ Corporation... - Page 2 BenQ Corporation. BenQ Corporation reserves the right to change this manual and the specifications to improve products without prior notice. So you can get the most recent software and user documentation for all BenQ Wireless LAN products on our web site.
- Page 3 Note: The AWL-500 has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device and a low power transmitter, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential environment.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ...2 2-1 Product Kit...2 2-2 System Requirements...2 2-3 Mechanical Description...3 2-4 Hardware Installation...5 Chapter 3 Configuring the Access Point...6 3-1 Using the Access Point Search Tool...6 3-2 Using the Web Management...9 Table of Contents BENQ Corporation... -
Page 5: Wireless Lan Access Point
Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing BenQ Wireless LAN Access Point AWL-500. The AWL500 Wireless LAN Access Point can be used with relevant BENQ wireless networking devices such as the BENQ AWL100 Wireless LAN PC Card and BENQ AWL300 Wireless LAN USB Adapter, which would allow the users to access an office LAN wirelessly, or share an xDSL/cable modem. -
Page 6: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Broadband access device (ADSL/cable modem) or Office LAN UTP Cat-5 cable for linking ADSL/cable modem/LAN and the AWL500 Wireless LAN PC card (AWL100) or USB adapter (AWL300) Web browser (Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or Netscape Navigator 6.2 or higher) BENQ Corporation... -
Page 7: Mechanical Description
The following table provides an overview of each LED activity: LED Definition Continuous Green WLAN Flashing Green Flashing Green Activity Power enabled Off: No wireless activity Flashing: Wireless RX/TX activity Off: No Ethernet traffic activity Flashing: Wired LAN traffic activity Description BENQ Corporation... - Page 8 The Wireless LAN Access Point supports auto-detect, 10/100M MDI Ethernet port. To connect the Access Point to a hub, use a straight-through UTP cable; to connect the Access Point to a computer/station, use a crossover UTP cable. Description NOTE BENQ Corporation...
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Page 9: Hardware Installation
Plug the power adapter to the power socket on the Access Point, and plug the other end of the power into an electrical outlet. ONLY use the power adapter supplied with the Access Point. Otherwise, the product may be damaged. NOTE BENQ Corporation... -
Page 10: Chapter 3 Configuring The Access Point
Double-click its icon with the left button of your mouse to execute the file. Then follow the steps below: After double-clicking on the icon, a small window will appear showing the status in searching for Access Points. BENQ Corporation... - Page 11 SSID is a unique ID on the network Access Point IP Address Current Access Point IP Address Access Point channel id Mode Access Point WEP Mode Firmware Version Displays the firmware version that is equipped with your hardware Description BENQ Corporation...
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Page 12: Change Ip Address
2. Configure IP address to the Access Point. You may either give a fixed IP address to your Wireless Access Point, or choose DHCP client with the Enable DHCP item selected. It will obtain the IP address automatically from your DHCP server. BENQ Corporation... -
Page 13: Using The Web Management
You will have access to the Wireless Access Point Web Pages of the Wireless Access Point. nter the password to login onto the Wireless Access Point. Both the default id and password are admin. The main page will show up. BENQ Corporation... - Page 14 Channel: You may select any of the available channels as an operational channel for your Access Point. RTS Threshold: RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the “Hidden Node” problem. “Hidden Node” is a situation occurred when two -10- BENQ Corporation...
- Page 15 Preamble Type (Short/Long): Preamble is the first sub field of PPDU, which is the appropriate frame format for transmission to PHY (Physical layer). There are two options, Short Preamble and Long Preamble. Information Statistics This item displays the Ethernet and wireless network traffic: -11- BENQ Corporation...
- Page 16 Associated Table This is a list of all the stations that have ever associated. This table provides information to track how many stations have ever associated with the Access Point. -12- BENQ Corporation...
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Page 17: Advanced Setting
When WEP64 is selected, enter 10 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”, (e.g. 1234567890). When WEP128 is selected, enter 26 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g. 11223344556677889900aabbdd). -13- BENQ Corporation... - Page 18 The Access Control Table enables you to restrict wireless stations accessing the Wireless Access Points by identifying the MAC address of the wireless devices. Use the following buttons to manage the Access Control Table: Enable – allow network access from stations in the list -14- NOTE BENQ Corporation...
- Page 19 “Save Setting” 802.1x Security setup 802.1x is enterprise-class security mechanism. It gives user higher security and protection by way of backend radius server. Please reference IEEE 802.1x, RFC 2284, RFC 2138 and RFC 2866 for details. -15- NOTE BENQ Corporation...
- Page 20 Radius Secret Key– For key string, specify the authentication and encryption key used between the Authenticator and the RADIUS daemon running on the RADIUS server. The key is a text string that must match the encryption key used on the RADIUS server. Radius NAS ID – The RADIUS Client authenticate name. -16- BENQ Corporation...
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Page 21: User Account
Authenticate Retry – Number of times that is the Authenticator authenticates process. User Account You may change the default password by entering the new password. Enter the new password in the Confirm Change field to make the new setting take affect. -17- BENQ Corporation... - Page 22 And user could add more user account to differentiate their access right. Administrator type give highest rights including reading web page, writing web page and adding user account. Power user type give rights including reading web page and writing page. Normal user could only read web page. -18- BENQ Corporation...
- Page 23 This function offers you the opportunity to save your current configuration. boot System This function offers you the opportunity to restart your Access Point. ALL settings will not take effect until “Save Setting” and “Reboot System” performed. -19- NOTE BENQ Corporation...
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Page 24: Firmware Upgrade
Browse button. Web Language Here, you can choose different web language. The second item in the following diagram is traditional Chinese and the third is simplified Chinese. -20- BENQ Corporation... -
Page 25: Load Default Setting
Load Default Setting This function offers you the opportunity to load your default setting. -21- BENQ Corporation...