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Atlantis Land NetFly AP1-54/P Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    INDEX 1. CHAPTER 1: Introduction ..............7 1.1 An Overview of the del Wireless Multi-Function Access Point ... 7 1.2 Package Contents ................. 8 1.3 Wireless Multi-Function Access Point Features ........ 8 1.4 System Requirements ..............9 1.5 Setup 1.6 Location 11 2.
  • Page 3 3.6.5 AP+WDS mode ..............46 3.7 IP Settings ................. 48 3.8 Advanced Settings ..............50 3.9 Security 52 3.10 Tools APPENDIX A: Troubleshooting ............... 56 A.1 Using LEDs to Diagnose Problems .......... 56 A.1.1 LED Power ................. 56 A.1.2 LED LAN ................56 A.1.3 LED WLAN .................
  • Page 4 Windows™ 98SE/2000/ME/XP/VISTA are trademarks of Microsoft® Corp. Pentium is trademark of Intel. All copyright reserved. The Atlantis Land logo is a registered trademark of Atlantis Land. All other names mentioned mat be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
  • Page 5 CE Mark Warning In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. CE in which Countries where the product may be used freely: Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland.
  • Page 6 Outdoor 2400-2454 100mW(20dBm) 2454-2483,5 10mW(10dBm) Italy(IT): www.comunicazioni.it For more info, consult the website Luxembourg: General authorization requie for network and service supply. Norway (NO): This subsection does not apply for geographical area within a radius of 20 km from the center of Ny Alesund. Russia (CCP): only for indoor application.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Introduction

    1. CHAPTER 1: Introduction 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.

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    1.2 Package Contents Unpack the package and check all the items carefully. If any item contained is damaged or missing, please contact your local dealer as soon as possible. Also, keep the box and packing materials in case you need to ship the unit in the future. The package should contain the following items: Wireless Access Point ...

  • Page 9: System Requirements

    cable can be used directly, this fast Ethernet switch will detect it automatically.  Mac Filtering (ACL): Access Control function allows clients whose MAC addresses in the list will be able to connect to this Access Point.  Web based GUI: supports web based GUI for configuration and management.

  • Page 11: Location

    1.6 Location Locate an optimum location for the Wireless LAN Access Point (AP). The best place for your AP is usually the center of your wireless network, with line of sight to all of your mobile stations. Try to place the AP in a position that can best cover your wireless network. Normally, the higher you place the antenna, the better the performance will be.

  • Page 12: Chapter 2: Using Wireless Access Point

    Place the Wireless Access Point on a stable surface.  Only use the power adapter that comes with the package.  Do NOT upgrade firmware on any Atlantis Land product over a wireless  connection. Failure of the device may result. Use only hard-wired network connections.

  • Page 13: Front Panel And Leds

    2.1 Front panel and LEDs MEANING This indicator lights green when the hub is receives POWER power, otherwise it is off. This indicator lights green when there are wireless devices connected and transmitting data to the Wireless Access WLAN Point. These indicators light green when the LAN ports were connected successfully.

  • Page 14: Rear Panel And Ports

    2.3 Rear Panel and ports PORT MEANING POWER Jack Connect the supplied power adapter to this jack. Connect an UTP Ethernet cable to one of the four LAN ports when connecting to a PC or an office/home network of 10Mbps or 100Mbps. After the device has turned on, press (5 seconds) Reset it to reset the device or restore to factory default...

  • Page 15: Cabling And Setup

    2.4 Cabling and setup Connect to the Switch/Hub Plug in one end of the RJ45 network cable to the Switch/Hub port,  Plug in the other end of the RJ45 network cable to the Wireless Access Point.  Check the installation The LEDs of the Access Point are clearly visible and the status of the network link can be seen instantly: With the power source on, once the device is connected, the Power, LAN and WLAN...

  • Page 16: Chapter 3: Configuration

    3. CHAPTER 3: Configuration 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 17: Windows 2000

    3.1.1 Windows 2000 Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click on Network and Dial-up Connections. Double-click LAN Area Connection. In the LAN Area Connection Status window, click Properties. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. Select Use the Following IP Address (EG IP=192.168.1.2 and subnet Mask=255.255.255.0).
  • Page 18 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) and click Properties. Select the Use the following IP address radio button (EG IP=192.168.1.2 and subnet mask=255.255.255.0) Click OK to finish the configuration.

  • Page 19: Default Settings

    3.2 Default Settings Before configuring the Wireless AP through WLAN, make sure that the SSID, Channel and the WEP was set properly. The default setting of the Wireless AP that you will use: User: admin  Password: admin  IP Address: 192.168.1.1 ...

  • Page 20: Accessing The Access Point Web Configurator

    3.3 Accessing the Access Point Web Configurator Before you configure this device, note that when the AP is configured through an Ethernet connection, make sure the manager PC must be set on same the IP network. For example, when the default network address of the default IP address of 192.168.1.1 the AP is , then the manager PC should be set at 192.168.1.x (where x is...

  • Page 21: Navigating The Access Point Web Configurator

    3.3.1 Navigating the Access Point Web Configurator 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 ...

  • Page 22: Wizard

    3.4 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 23 Please type the name of SSID and select the Channel. Then, click “Next” to continue. 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.
  • Page 24 The Setup wizard is now completed. The new settings will be effective after the Access Point restarted. Please click “Restart” to reboot the Access Point. If user does not want to make any changes, please click “exit” to quit without any changes. User also can go back to modify the setting by clicking “back”.

  • Page 25: Status

    3.5 Status This page as below shows the following information.
  • Page 26  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 27: Basic Settings

    3.6 Basic Settings 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, ...

  • Page 28: Access Point

    3.6.1 Access Point Configure the AP to Access Point mode; with this mode, WLAN clients can access LAN or other WLAN clients through this AP. 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.
  • Page 29 WEP Key: To disable WEP security, click on the “Disable” option. To enable  WEP security, there are 2 types to select – 64bits and 128 bits. When it is selected, the key value must be entered in ASCII or HEX format. Note: When the WEP security is enabled, all the wireless clients that wish to connect to the Access Point must also have WEP enabled with the identical WEP Key value entered.
  • Page 30 The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.11g wireless devices is called a “channel”. Channels available depend on your geographical area. You may have a choice of channels (for your region) so you should use a different channel than an adjacent AP (access point) to reduce interference.

  • Page 31: Client Mode

    3.6.2 Client Mode Configure the AP to AP Client mode; the AP will be a wireless Ethernet adapter transforms any Ethernet-enabled devices to have the wireless function. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients ...
  • Page 32 wireless network enable the WEP encryption. All the nodes and hosts on the network must use the same authentication type. WEP Key: To disable WEP security, click on the “Disable” option. To enable  WEP security, there are 2 types to select – 64bits and 128 bits. When it is selected, the key value must be entered in ASCII or HEX format.

  • Page 33: Repeater

    3.6.3 Repeater 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 34 wireless network enable the WEP encryption. All the nodes and hosts on the network must use the same authentication type. WEP Key: To disable WEP security, click on the “Disable” option. To enable  WEP security, there are 2 types to select – 64bits and 128 bits. When it is selected, the key value must be entered in ASCII or HEX format.
  • Page 35 You must make sure that the SSID, Encryption and Channel is set the same as that AP you wish to connect. When WDS is enable only WEP ecryption is supported.

  • Page 36: Wds

    3.6.4 WDS 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: There are 2 different WDS mode: ...
  • Page 37 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 setting, the Master need to fill all the Slave’s MAC address in the “Remote AP Mac”...
  • Page 40 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 46: Ap+Wds Mode

    3.6.5 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 48: Ip Settings

    3.7 IP Settings 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 49 DHCP Server: It is not recommended to enable the DHCP Server if user has a  DHCP server running in LAN network because it probably will cause possible the conflict of IP assignment. Enable the DHCP server function by selecting the option “On”, and enter the IP range.

  • Page 50: Advanced Settings

    3.8 Advanced Settings 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.
  • Page 51 SSID Broadcast: While SSID Broadcast is enabled, all wireless clients will be  able to communicate with the access point. For secure purpose, user may want to disable SSID broadcast to allow only those wireless clients with the AP SSID to communicate with the access point.

  • Page 52: Security

    3.9 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: Enter the new password in the “AP Password New:” field. Enter the new password again in the “Confirm”...
  • Page 53 MAC Filter: MAC Filter function controls the MAC of the network devices that  are listed in this table for access authorization or denial. There have three choices: Disable MAC Filters Only allow PCs with MAC listed below to access device Only deny PCs with MAC listed below to access device The maximum number of MAC addresses that can be stored is 50.

  • Page 54: Tools

    3.10 Tools Four functions are provided in this page, Backup, Restore Settings, Restore default settings and Firmware Upgrade.  Backup  Restore  Restore Default Settings  Firmware Upgrade Save Settings to Local Hard Drive: Click on “Save Settings to Local Hard ...
  • Page 55 Upon selecting the firmware file, click “Upgrade” and complete the firmware upgrade process when the Access Point re-operates after it restarts. Do NOT upgrade firmware on any Atlantis Land product over a wireless connection. Failure of the device may result. Use only hard-wired network connections.

  • Page 56: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    APPENDIX A: Troubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems and the corresponding remedies. A.1 Using LEDs to Diagnose Problems The LEDs are useful aides for finding possible problem causes. A.1.1 LED Power The PWR LED on the front panel does not light up. Steps CORRECTIVE ACTION Make sure that the Wireless Access Point’s power adaptor is...

  • Page 57: Led Wlan

    A.1.3 LED WLAN The WLAN LED on the front panel does not light up. Steps CORRECTIVE ACTION Press the “Reset” button on the rear panel of the AP, to set back to factory default setting. Please unplug AC Adaptor and replug-it. If these steps fail to correct the problem, contact your local distributor for assistance.
  • Page 58 The Reset function is to reset the setting back to factory default setting, once you press the “RESET” button within 10 seconds, the LED of the WLAN will turn off. And when the Access Point is ready, the WLAN LED will start blinking. And the other function is when the AP is locked, press the reset button to unlock it.

  • Page 59: Faq

    A.4 FAQ Can I run an application from a remote computer over the wireless Question network? Answer This will depend on whether or not the application is designed to be used over a network. Consult the application’s user guide to determine if it supports operation over a network.
  • Page 60 chipping code). The longer the chip, the greater the probability that the original data can be recovered. Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission, statistical techniques embedded in the radio can recover the original data without the need for retransmission.
  • Page 61 Medical) band. Spectrum in the vicinity of 2.4 GHz, in particular, is being made available worldwide. This presents a truly revolutionary opportunity to place convenient high-speed wireless capabilities in the hands of users around the globe.

  • Page 62: Appendix B: Regolation

    APPENDIX B: Regolation Please check Your country. Channel Country 1-11 USA/CANADA 1-13 ETSI(Europe) 10-11 Spain 10-13 France 1-14 Japan (MKKI Telecom) Israel 5-13 Israel...

  • Page 63: Appendix C: Technical Features

    APPENDIX C: Technical Features Standards IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.11g; IEEE 802.11b Protocol CSMA/CA Radio Technology OFDM (802.11g) DSSS (802.11b) Data Transfer Rate 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps (auto sense) 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps @802.11g(auto sense) Ethernet: 10Mbps (half duplex), 20Mbps (full-duplex) Fast Ethernet: 100Mbps (half duplex), 200Mbps (full-...

  • Page 64: Appendix D: Support

    For technical questions and support, please contact our help-desk by ticket on http://www.atlantis-land.com/ita/supporto.php. For generic informations, please send an e-mail to info@atlantis-land.com For presales informations, please send an e-mail to prevendite@atlantis-land.com. Atlantis Land Via Pelizza da Volpedo, 59 20092 Cinisello Balsamo (MI) - Italy Tel: +39. 02.00.632.300 Fax: +39. 02.66.016.666 Website: http://www.atlantis-land.com...
  • Page 65 Via Pelizza da Volpedo, 59 Cinisello Balsamo – MI – Italy info@atlantis-land.com...

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