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APW771AM-P01
WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual APW771AM-P01 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP V1.1_20140312...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..........................5 ............................. 5 ONTENTS ..........................6 ARDWARE NSTALLATION 1.2.1 ATTENTION ..........................6 1.2.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...................... 6 1.2.3 Hardware Configuration ......................8 1.2.4 LED Indicators ........................... 9 1.2.5 Button Definition ........................
  • Page 3 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 3.4.2.1 Web Log ............................44 3.4.2.2 Syslogd ............................45 3.4.2.3 Email Alert ............................. 45 3.4.3 System Tools ........................... 46 3.4.3.1 Change Password ......................... 46 3.4.3.2 FW Upgrade ..........................47 3.4.3.3 System Time ..........................48 3.4.3.4 Others ............................
  • Page 4 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding product: APW771-P01 WiFi 2.4G N 300 Business Access Point. It is designed for medium-sized businesses to extend the existing networks and has the ability to operate in different modes and can be used in a wide variety of wireless applications.

  • Page 6: Hardware Installation

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 1.2 Hardware Installation 1.2.1 ATTENTION  Do not use the product in high humidity or high temperatures.  Only use the power adapter that comes with the package. Using a different voltage rating power adaptor may damage the device. ...
  • Page 7 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Computer with the following: • Windows® 7, Vista®, or XP with Service CD Installation Wizard Requirements Pack 2 • An installed Ethernet adapter • CD-ROM drive APW771AM User Manual...

  • Page 8: Hardware Configuration

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 1.2.3 Hardware Configuration Rear View: Reset WiFi PoE-PD Button Antenna Ethernet Port Receptor for Power Auto MDI/MDIX Adapter RJ-45 Ethernet Front View: APW771AM User Manual...

  • Page 9: Led Indicators

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 1.2.4 LED Indicators Description Color: Amber / Green Green and Amber blink about 3 sec: Device is booting up Green flash once per second : Device is powered on and operates normally Status Amber flash fast: FW upgrading process Green flash fast: Device is in Recovery Mode Light Off: The device is powered off Green: Master Mode...

  • Page 10: Button Definition

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 1.2.5 Button Definition There are two push buttons in this device. One is the “Reset” button, and the other is the “WEC” (Wireless Easy Connection) button. The operation for each button’s behavior is defined below: Function Button Description...
  • Page 11 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 2. Press the WEC button of the Slave AP for about 1 second, and then release it, the WiFi LED becomes fast flash (Amber). 3. After a few seconds (normally about 30 ~ 60 seconds). The Master and Slave APs can be paired automatically, and auto-duplicates the wireless setting of the Master AP as that of the Slave AP.

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Chapter 2 Getting Started Before you can install this product to designated location and make it operate properly, you have to configure the device setting to fit in your network environment. Hardware Preparation: a. Connect an Ethernet cable between this device and the computer that you will operate to set up the device.

  • Page 13: Easy Setup Via Web Ui

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP After applying this setting, you can now access to the web UI for configuring the device. Easy Setup via Web UI You can browse web UI to configure the device. Firstly you need to launch the Setup Wizard browser first and then the Setup Wizard will guide you step-by-step to finish the basic setup process.
  • Page 14 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Type the default password “admin” in the system authentication fields, and then click ‘login’ button Select your language. Select “Wizard” for basic settings in a simple way. Or, you can go to Basic Network / Advanced Network / Applications / System for more detailed configurations.
  • Page 15 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Configure with the Setup Wizard: Step 1 You can change the password of administrator here. Step 2 LAN IP Address. You have to change the IP address of this device according to your network configuration. Step 3-1 Wireless Settings.

  • Page 16: Use Wec Button To Setup Wireless Profiles

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Step 4 Check the information again. Step 5 System is applying the setting. Step 6 Click finish to complete it. Use WEC Button to Setup Wireless Profiles WEC (Wireless Easy Connection) is an easy configuration feature that is similar to well-known WPS function.

  • Page 17: One Master And Several Isolated Slaves

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP In the following section, two typical wireless network deployment cases are introduced. You can learn how to create your own wireless network with WEC configuration function. 2.2.1 One Master and several isolated Slaves As illustrated in above figure, how to configure the three APs (AP1, AP2, AP3) to build up the “staff”...
  • Page 18 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 1. Make sure AP2 / AP3 is in Slave Mode (WiFi Set AP2 and AP3 in Slave LED should be “Amber” color, if not, you have to Mode. toggle its AP mode via pressing the WEC button for 9~10 seconds) Master to Slave WEC: 1.

  • Page 19: One Master And A Set Of Concatenated Slaves

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 2.2.2 One Master and a set of concatenated Slaves This device also support universal repeater function, you can easily extend the wireless network with a series repeaters that are wireless concatenated to build up the wireless network without running Ethernet cables to each repeater.
  • Page 20 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Master to Slave WEC: 1. Trigger AP1 into WEC configuration process via pressing the WEC button for 1 second. Easy configure AP2 via 2. Trigger AP2 into WEC configuration process via WEC. pressing the WEC button for 1 second. 3.
  • Page 21 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP network connectivity with a client device at the location beyond the service range of AP3. Besides, You can also check the AP4’s WiFi LED, it should be “Solid Amber” if AP4 already connected AP3. Although such wireless repeater function is available, there are limitations for such topology.

  • Page 22: Chapter 3 Making Configurations

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Chapter 3 Making Configurations Whenever you want to configure your network or this device, you can access the Configuration Menu by opening the web-browser and typing in the IP Address of the device. The default IP Address is: 192.168.123.50. In the configuration section you may want to check the connection status of this device, to do Basic or Advanced Network setup or to check the system status.

  • Page 23: Status

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Afterwards, you can go Wizard, Basic Network, Advanced Network, Application or System respectively on left hand side of web page. Note: You can see the Connection Status screen below after you logged in. Status You can get the Connection Status after you logged in. Note : You can see all the status of this device in the ‘Status’...

  • Page 24: Basic Network

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Basic Network You can enter Basic Network for Ethernet LAN, Wireless and IPv6 settings in this web page. APW771AM User Manual...

  • Page 25: Ethernet Lan

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Ethernet LAN 3.2.1 1. Device Network Type: This device supports two network types for connecting to your local network. Static IP: Allow a device to act as a Static host. If you need Static host and please entry IP Address.

  • Page 26: Wireless Setup

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP The embedded RF Module1 is a IEEE 802.11b/g/n compliant 2.4GHz Wireless Module. 3.2.2.1 Wireless Setup There are several wireless operation modes provided by this device. They are: “AP Only Mode”, “WDS Hybrid Mode”, “WDS Only Mode”, and “Universal Repeater Mode”.
  • Page 27 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 1. Wireless Module: Enable the wireless function. 2. Wireless Operation Mode: Choose “AP Only Mode” from the list. 3. Green AP: Enable the Green AP function to reduce the power consumption when there is no wireless traffic. AP Number: This device supports up to 8 SSIDs at the same time for you to manage your wireless networks.
  • Page 28 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP stations can roam freely over this device and other Access Points that have the same Network ID. The factory default SSID is “default”, you can change it to a meaningful identifier for the wireless users to easy find it out. SSID Broadcast: By default, the SSID Broadcast setting is “Enable”, and the device will broadcast beacons that have some information, including SSID, to the air, so that wireless clients can know how many AP devices by scanning the...
  • Page 29 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP RADIUS server for user authentication. You need to input IP address, port, shared key of RADIUS server here. In this mode, you can only choose “None” or “WEP” in the encryption field.  Shared Shared key authentication relies on the fact that both stations taking part in the authentication process have the same "shared"...

  • Page 30: Wds Hybrid Mode

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP and this router. This key value must be consistent with the key value in the RADIUS server. The available encryption modes are “TKIP”, “AES”, or “TKIP/AES”.  WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Select Encryption mode and enter the Pre-share Key. You can fill in 64 hexadecimal (0, 1, 2…8, 9, A, B…F) digits, or 8 to 63 ASCII characters as the pre-share key.
  • Page 31 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 1. Lazy Mode: This device support the Lazy Mode to automatically learn the MAC address of WDS peers, you don’t have to input other peer AP's MAC address. However, not all the APs can be set to enable the Lazy mode simultaneously; at least there must be one AP with all the WDS peers’...
  • Page 32 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP wireless network. 6. VLAN ID: This device supports mapping of a SSID to a certain VLAN ID to separate workgroups across wireless and wired domains. By default, it is not enables. If you enabled this function, you have to specify a VLAN ID for the wireless network.

  • Page 33: Wds Only Mode

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP authentication process have the same "shared" key or passphrase. The shared key is manually set on both the client station and the AP. Three types of shared key authentication are available today for home or small office WLAN environments.
  • Page 34 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 1. Lazy Mode: This device support the Lazy Mode to automatically learn the MAC address of WDS peers, you don’t have to input other peer AP's MAC address. However, not all the APs can be set to enable the Lazy mode simultaneously; at least there must be one AP with all the WDS peers’...

  • Page 35: Universal Repeater Mode

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP the MAC address). This is followed by an authentication response from the AP containing a success or failure message. An example of when a failure may occur is if the client's MAC address is explicitly excluded in the AP’s configuration.
  • Page 36 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP function to act as WiFi station (Client) and AP at the same time. You can use client function to connect to a Root AP, and use AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage (SSID name MUST be the same as the Root AP). All the stations within the coverage of this access point can be bridged to the Root AP.

  • Page 37: Wireless Setup

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP address of the peer AP to avoid making wrong connection with other AP that has the same SSID. 4. SSID Broadcast: By default, the SSID Broadcast setting is “Enable”, and the device will broadcast beacons that have some information, including SSID, to the air, so that wireless clients can know how many AP devices by scanning the network.
  • Page 38 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 1. Beacon interval: Beacons are packets sent by a wireless router to synchronize wireless devices. 2. Transmit Power: Normally the wireless transmission power operates at 100% out power specification of this device. You can lower down the power ratio to prevent transmissions from reaching beyond your corporate/home office or designated wireless area.

  • Page 39: Ipv6

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP whether the wireless clients associated to different VAPs can access to each other or not. When you enabled the AP Isolation function, Each VAP is isolated to the others consequently. 9. TX Rate: For WiFi transmit rate, you can choose “Best” for auto-adjustment according to WiFi signal quality in your environment, or you can fix it in certain TX rate.

  • Page 40: Advanced Network

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Advanced Network This device also supports other advanced network features for you to further manage the device. You can finish the configuration for Firewall, and Management in this section. 3.3.1 Firewall 3.3.1.1 MAC Address Control MAC Address Control allows you to assign different access right for different users and to assign a specific IP address to a certain MAC address.

  • Page 41: Management

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP of the settings in this page will take effect only when “Enable” is checked. 2. Association control: Check "Association control" to enable the control of which wireless client can associate to the wireless LAN. If a client is denied to associate to the wireless LAN, it means the client can't send or receive any data via this device.

  • Page 42: Snmp

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 3.3.2.2 SNMP In brief, SNMP, the Simple Network Management Protocol, is a protocol designed to give a user the capability to remotely manage a computer network by polling and setting terminal values and monitoring network events. Enable SNMP: Enable this Function.

  • Page 43: System

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP authenticate queries to agents of managed network devices. Set Community: The community of SetRequest that this device will accept. SNMPv3 Settings: User 1/2: This device supports up to two SNMP management accounts. You can specify the account permission as “Read” or “Read/Write”...

  • Page 44: System Information

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 3.4.1 System Information You can view the System Information in this page. 3.4.2 System Status 3.4.2.1 Web Log APW771AM User Manual...

  • Page 45: Syslogd

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Log Types: You can select the log types to be collected in the web log area. There are “System”, “Attacks”, “Drop”, and “Debug” types for you to select. Web Log: You can browse, refresh, download, and clear the log messages. 3.4.2.2 Syslogd This device also can export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog (UDP) and SMTP(TCP).

  • Page 46: System Tools

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP This device can also export system logs via sending emails to specific recipients. The items you have to setup include: Setting of Email alert: Check if you want to enable Email alert (send syslog via email).

  • Page 47: Fw Upgrade

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP the system password for security reason. Click on “Save” to store your settings or click “Undo” to give up the changes. 3.4.3.2 FW Upgrade If new firmware is available, you can upgrade device firmware through the WEB GUI here Press “browse”...

  • Page 48: System Time

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 3.4.3.3 System Time If new firmware is available, you can upgrade device firmware through the WEB GUI here Time Zone: Select a time zone where this device locates. Auto-Synchronization: Check the “Enable” checkbox to enable this function. Besides, you can select a NTP time server to consult UTC time.

  • Page 49: Others

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 3.4.3.4 Others In this section you can do system backup, reset to default, system reboot settings and ping test. Backup Setting: You can backup your settings by clicking the “Backup” button and save it as a bin file. Once you want to restore these settings, please click Firmware Upgrade button and use the bin file you saved.

  • Page 50: Mmi

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP 3.4.4 MMI 3.4.4.1 Web UI You can set UI administration time-out duration in this page. If the value is “0”, means the time-out is unlimited. APW771AM User Manual...

  • Page 51: Chaptor 4 Troubleshooting

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP CHAPTOR 4 Troubleshooting This Chapter provides solutions to problems for the installation and operation of the WiFi Concurrent N600 Business AP. You can refer to the following if you are having problems. 1 Why can’t I configure the device even the cable is plugged and the LED is lit? Do a Ping test to make sure that the WiFi Access Point is responding.
  • Page 52 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Go to Start > Right click on “My Computer” > Properties. Select the Hardware Tab. III. Click Device Manager. IV. Double-click on “Network Adapters”. Right-click on Wireless Card bus Adapter or your specific network adapter. VI.
  • Page 53 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP IV. Turn off the WiFi Concurrent N600 Business AP and the client, then restart it and then turn on the client again. Ensure that the LEDs are indicating normally. If not, make sure that the power and Ethernet cables are firmly connected.
  • Page 54 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP your Access Point and Wireless adapter to a different channel to avoid interference. III. Keep your product away from electrical devices that generate RF noise, like microwaves, monitors, electric motors, etc. 4 What to do if I forgot my encryption key? 1.

  • Page 55: Appendix A. Assigning A Static Ip In Windows Pc

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Appendix A. Assigning a Static IP in Windows PC When organizing your local network it’s easier to assign each computer it’s own IP address than using DHCP. Here we will take a look at doing it in XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
  • Page 56 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Then when the Network and Sharing Center opens, click on Change adapter settings. This will be the same on Windows 7 or 8.x. APW771AM User Manual...
  • Page 57 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Right-click on your local adapter and select Properties. In the Local Area Connection Properties window highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then click the Properties button. Now select the radio button Use the following IP address and enter in the correct IP, Subnet mask, and Default gateway that corresponds with your network setup.
  • Page 58 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP your Preferred and Alternate DNS server addresses. Here we’re on a home network and using a simple Class C network configuration and Google DNS. Check Validate settings upon exit so Windows can find any problems with the addresses you entered.
  • Page 59 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Windows 7 will run network diagnostics and verify the connection is good. Here we had no problems with it, but if you did, you could run the network troubleshooting wizard. Now you can open the command prompt and do an ipconfig to see the network adapter settings have been successfully changed.
  • Page 60 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Right-click on the adapter you want to set the IP for and select Properties. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click the Properties button. APW771AM User Manual...
  • Page 61 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Now change the IP, Subnet mask, Default Gateway, and DNS Server Addresses. When you’re finished click OK. You will need to close out of the Network Connection Properties screen before the APW771AM User Manual...
  • Page 62 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP changes go into effect. Again you can verify the settings by doing an ipconfig in the command prompt. In case you’re not sure how to do this, click on Start then Run. In the Run box type in cmd and click OK. APW771AM User Manual...
  • Page 63 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Then at the prompt type in ipconfig and hit Enter. This will show the IP address for the network adapter you changed. If you have a small office or home network, assigning each computer a specific IP address makes it a lot easier to manage and troubleshoot network connection problems.

  • Page 64: Appendix B. Licensing Information

    WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Appendix B. Licensing information This product includes copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Please refer to the GNU General Public License below to check the detailed terms of this license. The following parts of this product are subject to the GNU GPL, and those software packages are copyright by their respective authors.
  • Page 65 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it.
  • Page 66 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP the Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does. 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty;...
  • Page 67 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
  • Page 68 WiFi 2.4G N300 Business AP Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.

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