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Planet WNAP-1120 User Manual

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  • Page 1 11n Wireless Access Point WNAP-1120 WNAP-1120PE User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    Copyright Copyright © 2009 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 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20 cm (8 inches) during normal operation. R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/CE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication...
  • Page 4 Revision User’s Manual for PLANET 802.11N Wireless Access Point Model: EM-WNAP1120v2 / WNAP-1120PE Rev: 2.3 (March, 2009) Part No. EM-WNAP1120v2...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ..................7 Package Contents ....................7 Features ........................7 LED Indicators......................8 Wireless Performance ....................8 Reset/WPS Button ....................9 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ..............11 Chapter 3 Web Configuration ..............12 Home........................13 Basic Setting ......................14 3.2.1 AP Mode........................14 3.2.1.1 MUltiple ESSID Setting......................
  • Page 6 3.11 Configuration ......................41 3.12 Upgrade........................42 3.13 Reset ........................43 Appendix A Specification ................44 Appendix B Frequently Ask Question............45...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing WNAP-1120PE / WNAP-1120. This manual guides you on how to install and properly use the WNAP-1120PE/WNAP-1120 in order to take full advantage of its features. The WNAP-1120PE / WNAP-1120 is the 802.11n Wireless Access Point with high speed 300Mbps IEEE802.11n Draft 2.0 MIMO Technology.

  • Page 8: Led Indicators

    Easy to use Web-based GUI for configuration and management purposes Multiple SSID / 802.11Q tagging function MAC filter access control and Built-in Radius Server function LED Indicators Figure: Front panel of 11N AP (example on WNAP-1120PE) Color STATE MEANING Device power on Green Device power off Blinking...

  • Page 9: Reset/Wps Button

    Figure: Rear Panel of 11N AP (example on WNAP-1120PE) The bundle antennas of 11N AP are adjustable. Firstly install the antennas pointing straight up, and then smoothly adjust it if the radio signal strength is poor. But the signal reception is definitely weak in some certain areas, such as location right down the antenna.
  • Page 10 RST / WPS Button This button has two functions: To Clear All Data and restore the factory default values: Press the RST (reset) button for longer than 20 seconds until the LED of power flash, and then the 11N AP will reset itself to the factory default settings. (Warning: your original configurations will be replaced with the factory default settings) To make Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) simple and easier:...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    ONLY use the power adapter supplied with the 11N AP. Otherwise, the product may be damaged. ONLY use one power sources for your WNAP-1120PE. That is for WNAP-1120, either power it from 802.3af PoE or from DC power source. If you want to reset your 11N AP to default settings after it is powered on, press the Reset button for 20 seconds.

  • Page 12: Chapter 3 Web Configuration

    Chapter 3 Web Configuration Web configuration provides a user-friendly graphical user interface (web pages) to manage your 11N AP. An AP with an assigned IP address (e.g. http://192.168.1.1) will allow you to monitor and configure (via web browser e.g., MS Internet Explorer or Netscape). 1.

  • Page 13: Home

    Home In this screen, you can check all the information of the 11N AP. Here are descriptions of every item: Up time Displays the total passed time since the wireless access point is powered. Hardware Version Displays hardware version. Runtime Code Version Displays current firmware version.

  • Page 14: Basic Setting

    Basic Setting In this screen, you can configure the 11N AP to work in different operating mode. Please refer to below sections to know the details configuration of each operating mode. 3.2.1 AP Mode This mode is set to 11N AP by default. It served as a transparent Media Access Control (MAC) bridge between wired and wireless network.
  • Page 15 Associated Clients You may press “Show Active Clients” button to check the connected client information. After the button pressed, you will see the dialog box as below. You may press “Refresh” to get the new client table or “Close” to close this dialog box.

  • Page 16: 3.2.1.1 Multiple Essid Setting

    3.2.1.1 MULTIPLE ESSID SETTING Here are descriptions of every setup item: Except Main SSID, you can configure additional three ESSID here. Enable Select the box to enable the different additional ESSID. SSID Please input the SSID name (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here.

  • Page 17: Station - Infrastructure Mode

    3.2.2 Station - Infrastructure Mode 11N AP serves as a wireless station (infrastructure) in this mode. Connected to a PC or a small LAN (no more than 2 PCs), it allows the PC or small LAN able to access the wireless network via Access Point.

  • Page 18: Ap Bridge - Point To Point Mode

    and enter the correct value in this field. The default SSID is “default”. WLAN MAC Keep default setting: 11N AP will use its own MAC address to access the wireless LAN. Press “MAC Clone” button: It will use PC’s MAC address to access the wireless LAN.

  • Page 19: Ap Bridge - Point To Multipoint Mode

    MAC Address 1 Keep default setting: The 11N AP will use its own MAC address to access the wireless LAN.. Set Security IF you want to enable security to protect your wireless connection. Please press “Set Security” button and refer to section “3.2.8 Security setting for bridge mode” to configure the detail settings.

  • Page 20: Ap Bridge - Wds Mode

    Channel 1-11 (North America) Channel 1-14 (Japan) Channel 1-13 (Europe) MAC Address 1~4 If you want to bridge multiple 11N AP in this mode, you have to enter the MAC addresses of other 11N AP into the fields. Set Security IF you want to enable security to protect your wireless connection.
  • Page 21 2.4GHz (B+G): It allows the 11N AP to operate in 802.11b and 802.11g simultaneously. 2.4GHz (B+G+N): It allows the 11N AP to operate in 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n simultaneously. ESSID The ESSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN.

  • Page 22: Universal Repeater Mode

    After configuration complete, please click “Apply” button to save the configuration. Then you will see a screen to prompt you the settings are saving successfully. You may press “Continue” for configure other settings or “Apply” to restart 11N AP with new configuration. 3.2.6 Universal Repeater Mode This mode allows you to extend the range of your wireless network.
  • Page 23 Channel Number Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network settings. Channels differ from country to country. Channel 1-11 (North America) Channel 1-14 (Japan) Channel 1-13 (Europe) Associated Clients You may press “Show Active Clients” button to check the connected client information.

  • Page 24: Security Setting Of Bridge Mode

    3.2.7 Security setting of bridge mode In “AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” and “AP Bridge-WDS mode”, you can click “Set Security” to add encryption for the communication between the bridged access points. This can protect your wireless network. Parameter Description You can select “None”,“WEP 64bits”, “WEP 128bits”, “WPA (TKIP)”...

  • Page 25: Wps Settings

    Pre-shared Key This is only used when “WPA” or “WPA2” is selected. The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data transmitted between the bridged access points. Fill the text box by following the rules below. Hex (64 characters): input 64-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) Passphrase: at least 8 characters.
  • Page 26 If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is properly set, WPS Status you’ll see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’. This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless router. This code is useful when 11N AP Self PIN code router sets as Enrollee, you need to fill this number into the web page of the other device.
  • Page 27 PBC setup step: 1. Ensure you have set the security setting on the 11N AP (as Registrar). 2. Click the WPS button on 11N AP (or the “Start PBC” button on the web interface of 11N AP) and the other device (supports PBC function) in 2 minutes. 3.
  • Page 28 PIN (as Enrollee) setup step: 1. Select Config Mode: “Enrollee” on 11N AP. 2. Fill the PIN code of 11N AP into the other device (as Registrar). 3. Click the PIN buttons on 11N AP and the other device in 2 minutes. 4.

  • Page 29: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings You should not change these advanced parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on this access point. Parameter Description Fragment Threshold “Fragment Threshold” specifies the maximum size of packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance.
  • Page 30 Preamble Type Preamble type defines the length of CRC block in the frames during the wireless communication. “Short Preamble” is suitable for high traffic wireless network. “Long Preamble” can provide more reliable communication. Broadcast ESSID If you enable “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located within the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily.

  • Page 31: Security

    Security This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN security functions, includes WEP, 802.1x, 802.1x with WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA RADIUS. With these security functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access. Please make sure your wireless stations use the same security mechanism.
  • Page 32 Parameter Description Encryption Select “WEP” in this option. Key Length You can select the 64 or 128-bit key to encrypt transmitted data. Larger WEP key length will provide higher level of security, but the throughput will be lower. Key Format You may select to select ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F”, “a-f”...

  • Page 33: 802.1X

    3.5.2 802.1x IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Point before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, but it does not encryption the data during communication.

  • Page 34: Wpa Pre-Shared Key

    3.5.3 WPA pre-shared key WiFi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be broken by hackers.

  • Page 35: Wpa Radius

    3.5.4 WPA RADIUS You can use a RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently. 11N AP also provides an internal RADIUS server for user’s convenience. Parameter Description Encryption...

  • Page 36: Radius Server

    RADIUS Server The 11N AP has provided an internal RADIUS server to authenticate wireless station users. You have to add user accounts to the RADIUS server manually. The wireless station user will use one of these accounts to login to the Access Point before access the wireless LAN. You also have to add secret key to the RADIUS server.

  • Page 37: Mac Filtering

    Reset Click “Reset” will clear your current selections. Authentication Client Authentication Client table This table records the clients of the RADIUS server that need to authenticate wireless users. Authentication client information includes the “Client IP” and “Secret Key”. An authentication client has to use the “Secret Key” to login to the RADIUS server before it starts to authenticate wireless LAN users.

  • Page 38: System Utility

    Parameter Description MAC Address Filtering Table This table records the MAC addresses of wireless stations you allow to access your network. The “Comment” field is the description of the wireless station and is helpful for you to recognize the wireless station. Enable Wireless Access Control Enable or disable the MAC Address Filtering function.
  • Page 39 Parameter Description Password Settings Current Password Enter the current password (up to 15-digit alphanumeric string) of the Access Point. The default password for the 11N AP is admin. Note that the password is case-sensitive. New Password Enter the password (up to 15-digit alphanumeric string) you want to login to the Access Point.

  • Page 40: Wireless Log

    Wireless Log This screen is displayed when the Wireless client Status Log in the 11N AP information on the screen. 3.10 System Time Zone The time information is used for Log entries and Firewall settings. You can keep the default Time Server address or set a new IP address for your router to synchronize its time.

  • Page 41: Configuration

    Remain it as default or, you can manually assign an IP address of the Time Server. The information of Timer Server can be found in the Time Server Address following URL link: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html or http://www.ntp.org. The router can also take Daylight savings into account. To enable this Enable Daylight Savings function, check/tick the “Enable Function”...

  • Page 42: Upgrade

    3.12 Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade 11N AP with latest firmware. Parameter Description Firmware Upgrade To upgrade the firmware of 11N AP, you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page.

  • Page 43: Reset

    3.13 Reset You can reset the 11N AP system if necessary. The reset function essentially reboots your 11N AP system. Parameter Description Reset In the event that the system stops responding correctly or in some way stops functioning, you can perform a reset. Your settings will not be changed by reset procedure.

  • Page 44: Appendix A Specification

    Appendix A Specification Standard IEEE 802.11b/g , 802.11n Draft 2.0 , IEEE802.3af compliant (WNAP-1120PE) Frequency Band 2.400~2.4835GHz Transfer Rate IEEE 802.11b: 11/5.5/2/1 Mbps IEEE 802.11g: 54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6 Mbps IEEE 802.11n: 300/270/243/240/216/180/162/120/108Mbps in 40Mhz mode 145/130/117/104/ 78Mbps in 20Mhz mode Modulation 11b mode: CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK 11g mode: 64 QAM, 16 QAM, QPSK, BPSK 11n mode: 64 QAM, 16 QAM, QPSK, BPSK Radio Technology...

  • Page 45: Appendix B Frequently Ask Question

    Appendix B Frequently Ask Question This chapter provides answer to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the Wireless Network Access Point. Read the description below to solve your problems. Q. Can I run an application from a remote computer over the wireless network? A.
  • Page 46 Q. How much wired client can connect to Station mode 11N AP? A. We will suggest you connect max. 2 wired clients to a 11N AP. This more is not suit to connect a large wired network. If you have much more clients has to connect via wireless, please set 11N AP to Bridge mode.
  • Page 47 *Model Number WNAP-1120PE * 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 48 *Model Number WNAP-1120 * 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.

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