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Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual

Outdoor high-power 802.11 b/g/n wireless ap router (1t1r)
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XAIR A400N
Outdoor High-Power 802.11 B/G/N
Wireless AP Router (1T1R)

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    XAIR A400N Outdoor High-Power 802.11 B/G/N Wireless AP Router (1T1R) USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Table of Contents 1. Terminology ................... - 4 - 2.Introduction ..................... - 5 - 2.1 Package Content ................- 5 - 2.2 Product Features ................- 5 - 2.3 Rear Panel Description ..............- 6 - 2.3 Front Panel Description ..............
  • Page 3 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) ......... - 73 - 5.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? ..... - 73 - 5.2 What is Wireless LAN? ............... - 73 - 5.3 What are ISM bands? ..............- 73 - 5.4 How does wireless networking work? ........

  • Page 4: Terminology

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 1. Terminology 3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Server...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 2.Introduction The Outdoor Router is an affordable IEEE 802.11b/g /n specifications of Outdoor Router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other configuration of the outdoor router.

  • Page 6: Rear Panel Description

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 2.3 Rear Panel Description LED Indicator State Description The WLAN Broadband Router is powered ON. 1. PWR LED The WLAN Broadband Router is powered Off. Wireless Radio ON. Wireless Radio Off. 2. WLAN LED Flashing Data is transmitting or receiving on the wireless.

  • Page 7: Front Panel Description

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 2.3 Front Panel Description Interfaces Description For external antenna. You can use the SMA connector to connect SMA connector with 5GHz external antenna. The RJ-45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5 Secondary(Middle) cables. Support auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex;...

  • Page 8: Hardware Installation

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 3. Hardware Installation 3.1 Appearance and Interface Introduction Notes: The product shot is for reference only please refer to physical product. 1. LED Panel 2. Waterproof Sliding Door 3. Pass trough Ethernet cable from this cable 4.
  • Page 9 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5. Pole Mount 6. Wall Mount 7. Secondary port with POE 8. Main port 9. SMA connector for external antenna 10.Reset button - 9 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation Steps

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 3.2 Hardware Installation Steps Step1: Push the button in the side to remove upper housing. Step2: Pass through Ethernet cable from the hole; insert the cable to Secondary port. Note: RJ-45 8P8C Ethernet cable is required.
  • Page 11 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Step3: Install the upper housing and make sure the housing is well installed. Step4: Complete the hardware installation as diagram at below Install POE Injector DC: Insert adapter POE: This hole is linked to Secondary port of the Outdoor Router with RJ-45.

  • Page 12: Software Configuration

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4. Software Configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The Outdoor Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces.

  • Page 13: Prepare Your Pc To Configure The Wlan Broadband Router

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP: 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear.

  • Page 14: Connect To The Wlan Broadband Router

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.1 SP1 or above, then enter http://192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Broadband Router. 4.3 Management and configuration on the Outdoor Router 4.3.1 Wizard...
  • Page 15 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Step 2: Configure Wireless Settings There are four options (Disable, Open- WEP, Shared-WEP, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK) for Wireless security connection. Item Description Network Band Click to select wireless band from pull down menu. Network Mode Click to select wireless mode from pull down menu.
  • Page 16 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual OPEN WEP SHAREDWEP - 16 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...
  • Page 17 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual WPA-PSK WPA2-PSK When you finish these settings, then click Apply button to save. Choose either Client or WDS, then click Next button to step 3. - 17 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...
  • Page 18 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Step 3: a. Configure AP Client Mode Settings b. Configure WDS Mode Settings - 18 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...

  • Page 19: Gateway Mode

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.1.2 Gateway Mode This mode is for home networking. The 'Setup Wizard' will guide you to configure the router to connect to your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Step 1: configure LAN IP address settings - 19 - “focus differently”...
  • Page 20 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Step2: configure Internet connection Click Next button to next step for Internet connection settings. There are five options (DHCP, Static Mode, PPPOE, L2TP, PPTP) for Internet connection on WAN port. a. DHCP (Auto Configure) If you select DHCP option, please click Next button to jump at Step3.
  • Page 21 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual b. Static Mode (fixed IP) If you select Static Mode (fixed IP) , please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface.
  • Page 22 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual c. PPPOE (ADSL) If you select PPPOE, please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name User Name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 23 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual d. L2TP If you select L2TP, please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data L2TP Server IP transmission among the connection. User can use embedded L2TP client Address supported by this router to make a VPN connection.
  • Page 24 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual e. PPTP If you select PPTP, please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data PPTP Server IP transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP Address client supported by this router to make a VPN connection.
  • Page 25 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Step 3: Configure Wireless Settings There are three options (Disable, WEP, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK) for Wireless security connection. Item Description Network Band Click to select wireless band from pull down menu. Network Mode Click to select wireless mode from pull down menu.
  • Page 26 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual OPEN WEP SHAREDWEP - 26 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...
  • Page 27 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual WPA-PSK WPA2-PSK When you finish these settings, then click Apply button to save. Choose either Client or WDS, then click Next button to step 3. - 27 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...

  • Page 28: Wisp Mode

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.1.3 WISP Mode This mode is for home networking. The 'Setup Wizard' will guide you to configure the router to connect to your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Step 1: Configure LAN IP Address Settings - 28 - “focus differently”...
  • Page 29 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Step2: Configure Internet Connection Click Next button to next step for Internet connection settings. There are five options (DHCP, Static Mode, PPPOE, L2TP, PPTP) for Internet connection on WAN port. a. DHCP (Auto Configure) If you select DHCP option, please click Next button to jump at Step3.
  • Page 30 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual b. Static Mode (fixed IP) If you select Static Mode (fixed IP) , please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface.
  • Page 31 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual c. PPPOE (ADSL) If you select PPPOE, please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name User Name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 32 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual d. L2TP If you select L2TP, please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data L2TP Server IP transmission among the connection. User can use embedded L2TP client Address supported by this router to make a VPN connection.
  • Page 33 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual e. PPTP If you select PPTP, please fill in these fields on next page. Item Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data PPTP Server IP transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP Address client supported by this router to make a VPN connection.
  • Page 34 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Step 3: Configure Wireless Settings There are five options (Disable, OPENWEP,WPA-PSK WPA2-PSK) for Wireless security connection. Item Description Network Band Click to select wireless band from pull down menu. Network Mode Click to select wireless mode from pull down menu.
  • Page 35 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual OPEN WEP When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step4 SHAREDWEP When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step4 - 35 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...
  • Page 36 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual WPA-PSK When you finish these settings, then click Next button to jump at Step4 - 36 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...
  • Page 37 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual WPA2-PSK Item Description Network Band Click to select wireless band from pull down menu. Network Mode Click to select wireless mode from pull down menu. Frequency (Channel) Select the wireless communication frequency/channel from pull-down menu.
  • Page 38 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Step 4. Configure AP Client setting SCAN APs - 38 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...

  • Page 39: Operation Mode

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.2 Operation Mode a. Bridge: The Bridge mode allows that all Ethernet and wireless interfaces are bridged into a single bridge interface. b. Gateway: The Gateway mode allows that the first Ethernet port is treated as WAN port and the Ethernet port and the wireless interface are bridged together and are treated as LAN ports.
  • Page 40 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual c. Wireless ISP The Wireless ISP mode allows that the wireless interface is treated as WAN port, and the Ethernet ports are LAN ports. - 40 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...

  • Page 41: Internet Settings

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.3 Internet Settings 4.3.3.1 WAN a. STATIC Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets.
  • Page 42 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual b. DHCP Item Description Fill in the host name of Host Name of DHCP server. The default value is Hostname empty. Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN MAC Clone interface.
  • Page 43 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual c. PPPoE Item Description If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name User Name and password to login the PPPoE server. If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name Password and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 44 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual d. L2TP Item Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded L2TP Server IP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection.
  • Page 45 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual e. PPTP Item Description Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client Server IP supported by this router to make a VPN connection.

  • Page 46: Lan

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.3.2 LAN Item Description Take NIC MAC address of PC on LAN side as the MAC address of WAN MAC Address interface. IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface.

  • Page 47: Vpn Pass Through

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.3.3 VPN Pass Through Item Description L2TP Select enable or disable the L2TP pass-through function from pull-down Passthrough menu. IPSec Select enable or disable the IPSec pass-through function from pull-down Passthrough menu. PPTP Select enable or disable the PPTP pass-through function from pull-down Passthrough menu.

  • Page 48: Wireless Settings

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.4 Wireless Settings 4.3.4.1 Basic - 48 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...
  • Page 49 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Item Description Click Wireless OFF button to turn off wireless RF radio. Click Wireless Wireless On/Off ON button to turn on wireless RF radio. Select Internal antenna or External antenna for using. The default is Antenna Switch using Internal antenna.

  • Page 50: Advanced

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.4.2 Advanced - 50 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...
  • Page 51 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Item Description Beacons are the packets sending by Access point to synchronize the wireless network. The beacon interval is the time interval between Beacon Interval beacons sending by this unit in AP or AP+WDS operation. The default and recommended beacon interval is 100 milliseconds.

  • Page 52: Security

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.4.3 Security a. Disable If you set Security Mode to “Disable”, the wireless data transmission will not include encryption to prevent from unauthorized access and monitoring. - 52 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...
  • Page 53 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual b. OPEN-WEP // SHARED-WEP If you set Security Mode to “OPEN-WEP or SHARED-WEP`”, please fill in the related configurations at below. Item Description Default Key Specify a Key number for effective. When you select WEPAUTO, please input 5, 13 (ASCII), 10 or 26 WEP Keys (1~4) (HEX) characters for WEP Key.
  • Page 54 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual c. WPA-PSK/WPA2PSK If you set Security Mode to “WPAPSK or WPA2-PSK”, please fill in the related configurations at below. Item Description WPA Cipher Select TKIP, AES, or TKIPAES for WPA algorithms. Suite Please fill in a passphrase like „test wpa 123‟, or a hexadecimal string Pre-Shared Key like '65E4 E123 456 E1'.
  • Page 55 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual d. WPA-RADIUS/WPA2-RADIUS - 55 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...
  • Page 56 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Item Description WPA Cipher Select TKIP or AES for WPA algorithms. Suite Key Renewal Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal interval time. Interval Enter the RADIUS Server‟s IP Address provided by your ISP.
  • Page 57 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual e. 802.1X Item Description Select Disable or Enable For WEP Enter the RADIUS Server‟s IP Address provided by your ISP. IP Address Enter the RADIUS Server‟s port number provided by your ISP. (The Port Default is 1812.)
  • Page 58 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual f. Access Policy Item Description Select the Disabled, Allow or Reject of drop down menu choose wireless access control mode. This is a security control function; only Policy those clients registered in the access control list can link to this WLAN Broadband Router.

  • Page 59: Site Survey

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.4.4 Site Survey You could configure AP Client parameters here. - 59 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...

  • Page 60: Wps

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.4.5 WPS Item Description Select Enable or Disable the Wi-Fi Protected Setup function. Then click Apply button to take effect function after change. After enabling the WPS function, if there is connection the WPS WPS Summary Summary will show related information and status.

  • Page 61: Firewall

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.5 Firewall 4.3.5.1 MAC/IP/Port Filtering Item Description MAC/IP/Port Select Enable or Disable the MAC/IP/Port Filtering function. Filtering Item Description Source MAC Fill in the MAC address of source NIC, to restrict data transmission. address Dest IP Address Fill in the IP address of destination, to restrict data transmission.
  • Page 62 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Item Description □ Make a mark for next action. Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected. Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items. - 62 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...

  • Page 63: Port Forwarding

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.5.2 Port Forwarding Item Description Select Enable or Disable the Port Forwarding function. Port Forwarding To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that IP Address hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the IP address.
  • Page 64 Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual Item Description Select Enable or Disable the Virtual Server function. Virtual Server To forward data packets coming from WAN to a specific IP address that IP Address hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the IP address.

  • Page 65: Dmz

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.5.3 DMZ Item Description Enable or Disable the DMZ function. DMZ Settings To support DMZ in your firewall design, fill in the IP address of DMZ host DMZ IP Address that can be access from the WAN interface.

  • Page 66: System Security

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.5.4 System Security Item Description Remote Select Deny or Allow for remote management function. management Ping form WAN Select Disable or Enable for Ping permit from WAN. Filter SPI Firewall Select Disable or Enable for SPI firewall function.

  • Page 67: Content Filtering

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.5.5 Content Filtering Item Description Keyword Fill in a word for Webs Host Filter policy. Make a mark for next action. Delete Click Delete button to delete all that you selected. Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items.

  • Page 68: Administration

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.6 Administration 4.3.6.1 Management Item Description Username Fill in the user name for web management login control. Password Fill in the password for web management login control. Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone Select the time zone in your country from pull-down menu..

  • Page 69: Qos

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.6.2 Qos Item Description Uplink Speed Input uplink Maximum upload speed Downlink Speed Input downlink Maximum upload speed Local IP Fill in the local IP address Address Uplink Fill limit upload bandwidth Bandwidth Downlink Fill limit downlink bandwidth...

  • Page 70: Upload Firmware

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.6.3 Upload Firmware Item Description Click the Browse button to select the new firmware image file on PC. Location And click the Apply button to upgrade firmware. 4.3.6.4 Settings Management Item Description Export Button Click Export button to export the current configuration to your PC.

  • Page 71: Status

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.6.5 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system info, Internet Configurations and Local Network. - 71 - “focus differently” www.xentino.com...

  • Page 72: System Log

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 4.3.6.6 System Log This page is used to view system logs Item Description Refresh Click the Refresh button to refresh the log shown on the screen. Clear Click the Clear button to clear the log display screen.

  • Page 73: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 5.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination.

  • Page 74: How Does Wireless Networking Work

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5.4 How does wireless networking work? The 802.11 standard define two modes: infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode. In infrastructure mode, the wireless network consists of at least one access point connected to the wired network infrastructure and a set of wireless end stations.

  • Page 75: What Is Bssid

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5.5 What is BSSID? A six-byte address is that distinguish a particular a particular access point from others. Also know as just SSID. Serve as a network ID or name. 5.6 What is ESSID? The Extended Service Set ID (ESSID) is the name of the network you want to access. It is used to identify different wireless networks.

  • Page 76: What Is Fragment Threshold

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5.10 What is Fragment Threshold? The proposed protocol uses the frame fragmentation mechanism defined in IEEE 802.11 to achieve parallel transmissions. A large data frame is fragmented into several fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold.

  • Page 77: What Is Preamble Type

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5.13 What is Preamble Type? There are two preamble types defined in IEEE 802.11 specification. A long preamble basically gives the decoder more time to process the preamble. All 802.11 devices support a long preamble. The short preamble is designed to improve efficiency (for example, for VoIP systems).

  • Page 78: What Is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (Tkip)

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)? The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol, pronounced tee-kip, is part of the IEEE 802.11i encryption standard for wireless LANs. TKIP is the next generation of WEP, the Wired Equivalency Protocol, which is used to secure 802.11 wireless LANs.

  • Page 79: What Is Ddns

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5.25 What is DDNS? DDNS is the abbreviation of Dynamic Domain Name Server. It is designed for user owned the DNS server with dynamic WAN IP address. 5.26 What is NTP Client? NTP client is designed for fetching the current timestamp from internet via Network Time protocol.

  • Page 80: What Is Modulation Coding Scheme (Mcs)

    Xentino XAIR A400N User Manual 5.32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)? MCS is Wireless link data rate for 802.11n. The throughput/range performance of an AP will depend on its implementation of coding schemes. MCS includes variables such as the number of spatial streams modulation, and the data rate on each stream.

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