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- Page 1 802.11g Wireless LAN Access Point User Guide...
- Page 2 Regulatory notes and statements Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization for use Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN devices. The energy levels of these emissions however are far much less than the electromagnetic energy emissions from wireless devices like for example mobile phones.
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Page 3: Fcc Interference Statement
FCC Radio Frequency Exposure statement This Wireless LAN radio device has been evaluated under FCC Bulletin OET 65 and found compliant to the requirements as set forth in CFR 47 Sections 2.1091, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b) (4) addressing RF Exposure from radio frequency devices. The radiated output power of this Wireless LAN device is far below the FCC radio frequency exposure limits. -
Page 4: Safety Information
Safety Information Your device contains a low power transmitter. When device is transmitted it sends out radio frequency (RF) signal. CAUTION: To maintain compliance with FCC’s RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENT About This Guide ... 1 Purpose... 1 Overview of this User’s Guide ... 1 Unpacking and Setup... 2 Unpacking... 2 Setup ... 2 Hardware Instalation... 3 Front panel ... 3 Rear Panel ... 3 Hardware connections ... 4 Connect to the Switch/Hub ... -
Page 6: About This Guide
ABOUT THIS GUIDE Congratulations on your purchase of this IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN Access Point. This manual helps to features the innovating wireless technology that can help you build a wireless network easily! This manual contains detailed instructions in operation of this product. Please keep this manual for future reference. With a WLAN (IEEE 802.11g) Access Point, a mobile computer can share data with another mobile computer in a wireless way. -
Page 7: Unpacking And Setup
UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Access Point. Unpacking Open the box of the Access Point and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: One Wireless Access Point One external power adapter One CD-Rom (User’s guide) If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for replacement. -
Page 8: Hardware Instalation
HARDWARE INSTALATION Front panel The figure below shows the LED Indicator of the Wireless LAN Access Point. Power: This indicator lights green when the Access Point receives power. Otherwise, it turns off. WLAN: The indicator blinking green whiles the wireless LAN activity. LAN (Link/ACT): The indicator lights green when the LAN port is connected to a Ethernet network successful. -
Page 9: Hardware Connections
Ethernet port with 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet connections, connect this port to switch/hub. RESET The Reset function is to reset the setting back to factory default setting, once you press the “RESET” button more than 5 seconds. Power Connect the Power Adapter DC plug to the AP’s power jack. Antenna One external dipole antenna. -
Page 10: Configuring The Wireless Lan Access Point
CONFIGURING THE WIRELESS LAN ACCESS POINT The Wireless Access Point has a Web GUI interface for the configuration. The AP can be configured through the Web Browser. A network manager can manage, control and monitor the AP from the local LAN. This section indicates how to configure the AP to enable its functions. -
Page 11: Main Screen Of The Access Point
Main Screen of the Access Point The screen will show the status of the AP when you login to the AP. There are seven main functions included in the top side of the main screen: Wizard, Status, Basic Setting, IP Setting, Advanced Setting, Security and Tools. Point the selections in the top side of the menu screen. -
Page 12: Wizard
Wizard Setup wizard is provided as the part of the web configuration utility. User can simply follow the step-by-step process to get Access Point configuration ready to run in 4 easy steps by clicking on the “Wizard” button on the function menu. The following screen will appear. - Page 13 Step 3: Set WEP Encryption If user wants to enable WEP, please click “Enabled”. Then, select the key size of WEP encryption and enter the key value in the key text box. Please click “Next” to continue. Step 4: Restart The Setup wizard is now completed.
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Page 14: Status
Status This page as below shows the following information. Firmware Version: Shows the current firmware version and released date code. LAN: Shows the Mac address, IP address (default: 192.168.1.1), Subnet Mask, Gateway Address. The current LAN traffic calculated in terms of number of packets sent and received by AP through wired connection is also displayed. - Page 15 View Log: Once clicked, the page will change to login page. The login page records every event and the time that it happens. User may clear the entries recorded in the log by clicking the “Clear Log” button, and refresh the screen to show the latest log entries by clicking the “Refresh” button.
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Page 16: Basic Setting
Basic Setting This is the page allow user to change the access point settings. AP Name: The name of the AP, which can be used to identify the Access Point among the all the Access Points in the wireless network. Mode: The WLAN AP supports five operation mode for Access Point, AP Client, WDS (Wireless Distribution System), AP+WDS and Repeater mode. - Page 17 AP mode configuration Channel: The channel that AP will operate in. User can select the channel range from 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network.
- Page 18 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. WPA / WPA2: If WPA or WPA2 is selected, the below screen is shown. Please set the length of the encryption key and the parameters for the RADIUS server.
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Page 19: Ap Client Mode
RADIUS Server 1: Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Primary Radius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is used by the Radius Server. RADIUS Server 2: (optional) Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Secondary Radius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is used by the Radius Server. - Page 20 SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one.
- Page 21 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”.
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Page 22: Wds Mode
WDS mode With WDS (Wireless Distribution System) mode, user can use wireless media to communicate two or more LANs through the AP with WDS mode, all of the LAN will be combined in the WDS group, for example: Single WDS group application: When there are three APs joined to the WDS group, one of the AP in WDS mode will be the Master, the other two APs will be the Slave, all of the APs in the WDS group must use the same wireless channel and the same security... - Page 23 Multiple WDS group application: When there are five APs to be join into two separated WDS group, the member of WDS group 1 is AP-A, AP-B and AP-C, and member of the WDS group 2 is AP-C, AP-D and AP-E, the AP-C will join both of WDS group 1 and WDS group 2, each WDS Group 1 will be one master and the other will be slave.
- Page 24 Master setting (AP-A, WDS Group 1) Slave setting (AP-B, WDS Group 1) Master setting (AP-C, WDS Group 2) Slave setting (AP-D and AP-E, WDS Group 2) WDS mode configuration for Example-2...
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Page 25: Ap+Wds Mode
AP+WDS mode With WDS+AP mode, user can use wireless media to communicate two or more LANs through the AP with WDS+AP mode, all of LAN will be combined in the WDS group and WLAN client can access to the AP with AP+WDS mode. Please refer the AP mode and WDS mode for detail configuration. -
Page 26: Repeater Mode
Repeater mode Configure the AP to Repeater mode; the AP will be a wireless LAN repeater that will be extended the WLAN coverage range. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. - Page 27 Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one. Selected one of them in list to establish communications and click “Connect” button. Authentication Type: The authentication type default is set to Open system.
- Page 28 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”.
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Page 29: Ip Setting
IP Setting This page allows user to configure the IP and DHCP settings of the Access Point. The default IP address of this access point is 192.168.1.1 with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. User can type in other values for IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway and click “Apply”... -
Page 30: Advanced Setting
Advanced Setting This page contains configurations for advanced users, which the change reflects the wireless performance and operating modes. Beacon Interval: To set the period of time in milliseconds that AP sends out a beacon. Default is 100 milliseconds. RTS Threshold: To set the size of RTS/CTS packet size. Default is 2432 bytes. Fragmentation Threshold: To set the number of bytes used for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages. -
Page 31: Security
Security This page is where user configures the security features supported by this Access Point. Password: Allow user to change the new login password. Here are the necessary steps: 1. Enter the new password in the “AP Password New:” field. 2. -
Page 32: Tools
Tools Four functions are provided in this page, Backup, Restore Settings, Restore default settings and Firmware Upgrade. Save Settings to Local Hard Drive: Click on “Save Settings to Local Hard Drive” button, which will open a FileSave Dialog box, where user gets to save all the current settings and configurations to a file. -
Page 33: Technical Specifications
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Standards Signal Type: Modulation: LED Indicators: Frequency Channel Data Encryption: Data Transfer Rate Receiver Sensitivity Transmit Power Transmission Range: Network Cables Interface Antenna: General IEEE 802.11b/g IEEE 802.3u 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet DSSS (802.11b) OFDM (802.11g) QPSK / BPSK / CCK / OFDM Power, LAN (Link/Activity), WLAN (Link) 2412 MHz ~ 2462 MHz (FCC) 2412 MHz ~ 2472 MHz (ETSI) - Page 34 DC inputs Power Consumption Temperature Humidity Dimensions EMI: Physical and Environmental DC 7.5V /1A 4.2W (Max) Operating: 0 ~ 40 C, Storage: -10 ~ 70 Operating: 10% ~ 90%, Storage: 5% ~ 90% 140 x 98 x 30 mm (W x H x D) without Antenna FCC Class B, CE Mark B,...