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- Page 1 802.11g Wireless LAN Outdoor CPE AP WAP-6100 User’s Manual Version 2.0...
- Page 2 Copyright Copyright © 2008 by PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of PLANET.
- Page 3 Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately. Revision User’s Manual for PLANET 802.11g WLAN Outdoor CPE AP Model: WAP-6100 Rev: 2.0 (October, 2008) Part No. EM-WAP6100...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION......................6 1.1 P ........................6 ACKAGE ONTENTS 1.2 F ............................6 EATURES 1.3 S ..........................7 PECIFICATION 1.4 LED I ..........................8 NDICATORS 1.5 W ......................9 IRELESS ERFORMANCE CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..................10 CHAPTER 3 INITIAL SETUP ......................13 3.1 S ........................13 ETUP ROCEDURES... - Page 5 APPENDIX A GLOSSARY ........................1 APPENDIX B GLOSSARY ........................1...
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Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction The WAP-6100 is an outdoor 802.11g CPE AP with 12dBi antenna built in. This manual describes the details of how to manage this equipment. 1.1 Package Contents Make sure that you have the following items: • One WAP-6100 •... -
Page 7: Specification
1.3 Specification Model WAP-6100 Standard IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g Signal Type DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) Modulation OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK Port 10/100Mbps RJ-45 port * 1 Antenna Built-in 12dBi patch antenna Output Power 18dBm@11Mbps / 17dBm@54Mbps (typical) -
Page 8: Led Indicators
Power Requirement 48V DC, 0.4A Electromagnetic FCC, CE Compatibility 1.4 LED Indicators WAP-6100v2 LED Indicators Color Status Description Device power on Device power off Blinking During boot up procedure Transmitting or receiving data through the Wireless WLAN Green Blinking Link is established Green Blinking Packets are transmitting or receiving... -
Page 9: Wireless Performance
Keep the number of walls, or ceilings between AP and clients as few as possible; otherwise the signal strength may be seriously reduced. Place WAP-6100 in open space or add additional WAP-6100 as needed to improve the coverage. -
Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Before you proceed with the installation, it is necessary that you have enough information about the WAP-6100. 1. Locate an optimum location and use the provided metal ring to secure WAP-6100 to a mast. 2. Using provided CAT5 waterproof cable; connect the waterproof connector port of the WAP-6100 to the “P+DATA OUT”... - Page 11 OUTDOOR INSTALLATION WARNING IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS: LIVES MAY BE AT RISK! Carefully observe these instructions and any special instructions that are included with the equipment you are installing. CONTACTING POWER LINES CAN BE LETHAL. Make sure no power lines are anywhere where possible contact can be made.
- Page 12 The base of the antenna mast or tower must be connected directly to the building protective ground or to one or more approved grounding rods, using 1 OAWG ground wire and corrosion-resistant connectors. Refer to the National Electrical Code for grounding details. IF A PERSON COMES IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL POWER, AND CANNOT MOVE: DON’T TOUCH THAT PERSON, OR YOU MAY BE ELECTROCUTED.
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Page 13: Chapter 3 Initial Setup
Firmware Version. If there are multiple WAP-6100 or WAP-6100 in the same network, all of them will be listed. To change the IP address, select the target WAP-6100 if there are multiple devices, and click on the “IP Setting” button. A login dialog box will pop up. Please input your user name and password into the fields. - Page 14 IP address. Click on “Apply” button and WAP-6100 will reboot immediately. After the reboot completes, the WAP-6100 is operating with new settings. To restore WAP-6100 back to factory default values, click on the “Factory default” icon. This operation requires you to login the WAP-6100 first. Please input correct user name and password into the fields.
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Page 15: Chapter 4 Web Configuration
2. Enter the IP address of your WAP-6100 in the address field (default IP address is http://192.168.1.1). Please note that your PC’s IP address should be on the same IP subnet of the WAP-6100. For example, you can configure your PC’s IP address to 192.168.1.2 if WAP-6100 is with IP 192.168.1.1. -
Page 16: Wireless Station List
4.1.2 Wireless Station List This page can help user identify current clients who already associated to the WAP-6100. You can also click on the MAC address column then the system will show the detail technical information for each wireless station. -
Page 17: System Properties
4.1.3 System Properties Device Name You may assign any name to the WAP-6100. Memorable, Unique names are helpful especially if you are employing multiple access points on the same network. The device name needs to be less than 32 characters. After verify the name you input and click “Apply”... -
Page 18: Administration
Operation Mode The default operation mode is Access Point; this mode connects your wireless clients to a wired network. In most cases, no change is necessary. You can switch operation mode to Wireless Client, Repeater or Wireless Bridge mode depends on your application. Wireless Client mode can allow AP act as a client within its range. -
Page 19: Ip Settings
4.1.5 IP Settings This page can configure system IP address. Default IP address is 192.168.1.1 and Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. You can manually input IP address setting or get an IP from a DHCP server. IP Network Setting Here you can choose to get IP from a DHCP server or specify IP address manually. -
Page 20: Wireless Security
The wireless security settings configure the security of your wireless network. There are three wireless security mode options supported by the WAP-6100: WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA. (WPA stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access, which is a security standard stronger than WEP encryption. WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy.) - Page 21 Authentication type Select the appropriate value - "Open System" or "Shared Key". All Wireless stations must then be set to use the same method. Shared keys input Select HEX or ASCII depends on your preference. type Default key The default key, selected by the radio button, is required. The other keys are optional.
- Page 22 Select the type of algorithm, TKIP or AES. Group key update Enter the time interval in seconds which instructs the WAP-6100 how often it interval should change the encryption keys. Usually the security level will be higher if you set the period shorter to change encryption keys more often.
- Page 23 Cipher type WPA gives you two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption keys. Select the type of algorithm, TKIP or AES. Enter the time interval in seconds which instructs the WAP-6100 how often it Group key update interval should change the encryption keys.
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Page 24: Wireless Advanced Settings
This value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a Beacon interval (20-1000) packet broadcast by the WAP-6100 to keep the network synchronized. A beacon includes the wireless LAN service area, the AP address, the Broadcast destination address, a time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM). - Page 25 Protection mode severe problems with your 11g Wireless LAN products not being able to transmit to the WAP-6100 in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. To enable this function boosts the WAP-6100’s ability to catch all 11g Wireless transmissions but will severely decrease performance.
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Page 26: Snmp
4.1.9 SNMP Enable the “SNMP” function , the SNMP setting will allow the WAP-6100 information to show SNMP utility system. 4.1.10 MAC Filter Click on the “Enable MAC Filtering” button, the rule have allow only station in list (accept) or allow any station unless in list (deny). -
Page 27: Backup / Restore Settings
4.1.11 Backup / Restore Settings Backup the current Click on the “Backup” button, system will prompt you where to save the settings to a file backup file. You can choose the directory to save your configuration file. Restore settings You can restore the configuration file from where you previously saved. from a backup file Restore factory Please be careful before restore system back to default since you will lose all... -
Page 28: Reboot
4.1.13 Reboot Click on “Reboot” button to restart WAP-6100. -
Page 29: Wireless Client Mode
Client” mode and click “Apply” at System Properties page. You also need to reboot the WAP-6100. After the system reboot is done, you can see the page as below. Status page shows the WAP-6100 is now working in Wireless Client mode. -
Page 30: Connection Status
4.2.1 Connection Status Network type Here indicates the WAP-6100 works in AP mode or Client mode (Infrastructure mode / Ad Hoc mode). SSID Here displays current SSID assigned to the WAP-6100. BSSID The MAC address of the associated AP. Connection status This column shows current connection status. -
Page 31: Wireless Network
4.2.2 Wireless Network You can set the wireless client into 2 different modes by clicking radio button. Network mode Wireless Client (Infrastructure) act as an AP client while Ad-hoc can support peer-to-peer network. The Infrastructure mode can support up to 108M SuperG transmission. -
Page 32: Wireless Security
BSSID column; the system will join you to the SSID you specify after reboot. In the Site Survey page you can also see the details of all SSID currently available. 4.2.3 Wireless Security In Wireless client mode, WAP-6100 has support WEP and WPA-PSK security mechanisms. Please refer to section 4.1.7 for detailed descriptions of the security configuration. -
Page 33: Ethernet Client List
4.2.4 Ethernet Client List You can check all the details about Ethernet clients including IP Address and MAC Address. Press “Refresh” if you add any new Ethernet client into network. The page will update latest status of current Ethernet network. -
Page 34: Repeater Mode
Repeater is able to retransmit the signal of a remote AP. Choose repeater mode if you want to extend the range of your original AP. In order to setup this mode, you need to choose “Repeater” mode and click “Apply” at System Properties page. You also need to reboot the WAP-6100 to make the setting effective. 4.3.1 Wireless Network... -
Page 35: Wireless Security
After all the changes are made, you can check the “Connect Status” page to check current SSID and link quality / signal strength. Some more information is available at that page. 4.3.2 Wireless Security In Repeater mode, WAP-6100 supports only WEP security mechanisms. Please refer to section 4.1.7 for detailed descriptions. -
Page 36: Wireless Bridge
4.4.1 WDS Link Settings In the “WDS Link Settings”, select “Enable” in the “Mode” field. Then you are able to fill in MAC Address of each target WAP-6100. -
Page 37: Wds Security Settings
Considerations before installation – Loop Prevention – Be careful to plan you WDS connections, prevent your wireless network topology to have loop. Once loop shows up, you network traffic will become unstable. Performance – The system can support up to 8 WDS links. But all links and wireless stations that operate at the same time will all share single radio bandwidth. - Page 38 Appendix A Glossary 802.11b - An IEEE wireless networking standard that specifies a maximum data transfer rate of 11Mbps and an operating frequency of 2.4GHz. 802.11g - An IEEE wireless networking standard that specifies a maximum data transfer rate of 54Mbps, an operating frequency of 2.4GHz, and backward compatibility with 802.11b devices.
- Page 39 Fragmentation -Breaking a packet into smaller units when transmitting over a network medium that cannot support the original size of the packet. Gateway - A device that interconnects networks with different, incompatible communications protocols. Hardware - The physical aspect of computers, telecommunications, and other information technology devices.
- Page 40 Spread Spectrum - Wideband radio frequency technique used for more reliable and secure data transmission. SSID (Service Set IDentifier) - Your wireless network's name. Static IP Address - A fixed address assigned to a computer or device that is connected to a network.
- Page 41 Appendix B Patch Antenna Information Electrical Specification: Frequency 2.4~2.5GHz Polarization Linear V.S.W.R. 1 : 1.5 Max Gain 12 dBi Power handling 30W Max Front to back ratio 25dB HPBW / Horizontal 45° HPBW / Vertical 40° Radiation Pattern - Horizontal...
- Page 42 Radiation Plane - Vertical...
- Page 43 *Model Number: WAP-6100 * Produced by: Manufacturer‘s Name : Planet Technology Corp. Manufacturer‘s Address: 11F, No 96, Min Chuan Road Hsin Tien, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the 1999/5/EC R&TTE.
- Page 44 Manufacturer Authorized representative established within the EU Authorized representative established within the EU (if applicable): Company Name: Planet Technology Corp. Company Address: 11F, No.96, Min Chuan Road, Hsin Tien, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C Person responsible for making this declaration Name, Surname...