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Page 1: User Guide
User Guide Wireless Ceiling Mount Access Point REV1.1.0 1910012075... - Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Page 3: Fcc Statement
FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. -
Page 4: Canadian Compliance Statement
CE Mark Warning (CAP300) This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. (CAP1200/CAP1750) This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. - Page 5 2） For devices with detachable antenna(s), the maximum antenna gain permitted for devices in the band 5725-5850 MHz shall be such that the equipment still complies with the e.i.r.p. limits specified for point-to-point and non-point-to-point operation as appropriate; and The high-power radars are allocated as primary users (i.e. priority users) of the bands 5250-5350 MHz and 5650-5850 MHz and that these radars could cause interference and/or damage to LE-LAN devices.
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Page 6: Safety Information
Продукт сертифіковано згідно с правилами системи УкрСЕПРО на відповідність вимогам нормативних документів та вимогам, що передбачені чинними законодавчими актами України. Safety Information When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product;... - Page 7 安全諮詢及注意事項 ●請使用原裝電源供應器或只能按照本產品注明的電源類型使用本產品。 ●清潔本產品之前請先拔掉電源線。請勿使用液體、噴霧清潔劑或濕布進行清潔。 ●注意防潮，請勿將水或其他液體潑灑到本產品上。 ●插槽與開口供通風使用，以確保本產品的操作可靠並防止過熱，請勿堵塞或覆蓋開口。 ●請勿將本產品置放於靠近熱源的地方。除非有正常的通風，否則不可放在密閉位置中。 ●請不要私自打開機殼，不要嘗試自行維修本產品，請由授權的專業人士進行此項工作。 (CAP1200/CAP1750) For EU/EFTA, this product can be used in the following countries: Explanation of the symbols on the product label Symbol Explanation DC voltage RECYCLING This product bears the selective sorting symbol for Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
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Page 8: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS About this User Guide ..........................1 Introduction ........................2 Working Mode ........................3 FIT Mode..........................3 FAT Mode ..........................4 Status ..........................7 Device Information ......................7 Wireless Parameter ......................8 Wireless Service ........................8 Wireless Client ........................9 Wireless .......................... -
Page 9: About This User Guide
CAP1200 for an example to illustrate Chapter 4 to Chapter 7. More Info The latest software can be found at Download Center at www.tp-link.com/support. The Quick Installation Guide can be found where you find this guide or inside the package of the CAP. -
Page 10: Introduction
Introduction Auranet series products provide wireless coverage solutions for small-medium business. They can either work independently in FAT mode or be centrally managed by the wireless controller in FIT mode, providing a flexible, richly-functional but easily- configured enterprise-grade wireless network for small and medium business. -
Page 11: Working Mode
CAPs support two working modes including FIT mode and FAT mode. In FIT mode, APs can be centrally managed by TP-Link’s wireless controller. The default FIT mode is used when you want to deploy a large wireless network. The management of every single AP in the network is complex and complicated. -
Page 12: Fat Mode
Typical topology in FIT mode: Internet Router Wireless Controller Switch Manangement Host Clients Figure 2-1 Typical Topology in FIT Mode NOTE: The IP address of the wireless controller must be reachable for the CAPs in the network. FAT Mode In FAT mode, you can log in to AP’s webpage to manage the AP alone. The FAT mode is used in a small wireless network. - Page 13 Typical topology in FAT mode: Internet Router Clients Figure 2-2 Typical Topology in FIT Mode Follow the steps below to log in to the web interface. Launch a web browser, enter 192.168.0.254 in the address field and press the Enter key.
- Page 14 Figure 2-3 Login The webpage will be shown as below. Click the menu bar to configure the corresponding parameters. Figure 2-4 Status TIPS: Proceed to the following chapters for information on configuring the CAP in FAT mode. CAP1200 is taken as an example.
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Page 15: Status
Status Status page displays the device information, wireless parameter, wireless service and wireless client of the CAP. Figure 3-1 Status Page Device Information This section displays the information of hardware version, MAC address, IP address, system time and running time of the CAP. If you want to modify the IP address of the CAP, Please refer to AP Management. -
Page 16: Wireless Parameter
Wireless Parameter This section displays the wireless mode, channel bandwidth, channel frequency and WDS status of the device. Please refer to Advanced Settings to configure the wireless mode, channel bandwidth and channel frequency and refer to WDS Settings to configure the WDS feature. Figure 3-3 Wireless Parameter Wireless Service In this section, you can check or edit the wireless service information of the CAP. -
Page 17: Wireless Client
NOTE: If the wireless network is not encrypted, changing password here will encrypt the network with WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. If the wireless network has been already encrypted, changing password here will not change the encryption type. Wireless Client The wireless client table displays the information of the connected clients including their MAC address, connected SSID and the connection time. -
Page 18: Wireless
Wireless Wireless page consists of Wireless, WDS Settings, Advanced Settings and Band Steering. Figure 4-1 Wireless Page If you have made any change of the parameters, please click OK to make the configuration take effect. There will be a blue bar at the top of the page to remind you to... -
Page 19: Wireless
save the configuration. Click Save when you finish all settings, otherwise all the settings will be recovered to last saved settings at reboot or power off. NOTE: Proceed to the following chapter for information on configuring the wireless network of the CAP. -
Page 20: Security Mode
Guest Network: The hosts in a guest network cannot communicate with hosts in other wireless networks. Office Network: Functions as a normal wireless network. Security Mode: Select the security mode of wireless network. If all the hosts are allowed to access the wireless network without password, please select None. - Page 21 Encryption: Select the encryption type, including Auto, TKIP, and AES. The default setting is Auto, which can select TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) or AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. AES is more secure than TKIP and TKIP is not supported in 802.11n mode.
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Page 22: Wds Settings
RADIUS Enter the IP address/port of the RADIUS server. Server/Port: RADIUS Enter the shared secret of RADIUS server to access the RADIUS server. Password: Group Key Specify the group key update period in seconds. The value can be either Update period: 0 or 30-8640000 seconds. - Page 23 Scan Click the Scan button, the AP list will be shown as below. Select the desired root AP to bridge in the AP list. Figure 4-6 AP List After selecting the desired root AP, the WDS settings page will be shown as below. If the root AP is encrypted, you should enter the PSK password manually.
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Page 24: Advanced Settings
Security Mode: This option should be chosen according to the AP's security configuration. It is recommended that the security type is the same as your AP's security type. Select the encryption type, including None and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. The default setting is None. Please refer to Security Mode for details. Advanced Settings You can configure the advanced settings in this section. - Page 25 According to IEEE 802.11n standard, using a higher bandwidth can increase wireless throughput. However, users may choose lower bandwidth due to the following reasons: 1. To increase the available number of channels within the limited total bandwidth. 2. To avoid interference from overlapping channels occupied by other devices in the environment.
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Page 26: Band Steering
other clients with higher transmission rates have to wait. So the bandwidth resource is not fully used. With this option enabled, the CAP will allocate different transmission time for clients according to their transmission rates. The clients with higher transmission rates will transfer data more efficiently, thus improving the total data throughput of the CAP. - Page 27 Figure 4-9 Band Steering Select the Enabled and click OK. The following page will be shown. Click Yes and wait a second until the band steering is switched to Enabled. Band Steering: Select Enabled and click OK to enable Band Steering feature. Select Disabled and click OK to disable Band Steering feature.
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Page 28: Network
Network Network page, you can configure the wireless MAC filtering rule and set the VLANs. Figure 5-1 Network Page If you have made any change of the parameters, please click OK to make the configuration take effect. There will be a blue bar at the top of the page to remind you to save the configuration. -
Page 29: Vlan Settings
Wireless MAC Check the box and select one or more wireless networks to enable the Filtering: wireless MAC filtering on the selected wireless network(s). With MAC filtering enabled, only MAC addresses listed in the rule list can be connected to the corresponding wireless network. Click Add to create a wireless MAC filtering entry. - Page 30 Figure 5-5 VLAN Settings VLAN: Check the box to enable the VLAN feature. VLAN ID: Specify a VLAN ID for the wireless network.
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Page 31: System
System System page is mainly used to configure some basic information like AP management, user account, system log, time setting, and realize functions including reboot, reset, backup, restore, firmware upgrade and ping watch dog. Figure 6-1 System Page If you have made any change of the parameters, please click OK to make the configuration take effect. -
Page 32: Ap Management
save the configuration. Click Save when you finish all settings, otherwise all the settings will be recovered to last saved settings at reboot or power off. AP Management You can change the IP address, mask, default gateway, web service port and web session timeout of the CAP and enable the manage VLAN. -
Page 33: Account
WEB Service Set the Web service port for the CAP. Port: Web Session Set the session timeout for the webpage. When you log in to the Timeout: CAP’s webpage, if there is no operation during the set time, the webpage will be logged out automatically. Account You can change the username and password to protect your device from unauthorized login. -
Page 34: Time Setting
Figure 6-4 System Log Check Log: Click Open to check the system log. Download Log: Click Download to download the system log. Send To Server/ Check the box to enable the function. If you want to check the system Server Address: log in a specified host, please install a system log server and enter the server IP in this field. -
Page 35: Configuration Management
Click Reboot to reboot your device. Do NOT power off your device while it is rebooting. Firmware Upgrade Please log in http://www.tp-link.com/ to download the latest system file. Click Browse to locate and select the firmware file. Click Upload to upload the file to upgrade. Figure 6-7 Firmware Upgrade... -
Page 36: Ping Watch Dog
After the firmware is uploaded, the page below will be shown. If you want to save the current settings, please click Save Configuration. If you want to restore the device to factory defaults please click Restore. Figure 6-8 Firmware Upgrade Hardware Version: Display the current hardware version. - Page 37 Destination IP Specify the IP address of the target host to which the Ping Watch Address: Dog Utility will send ping packets. Ping Interval: Enter the time interval (in seconds) between two successive ping packets. The default value is 300 seconds. Start-up Delay: Enter the initial time delay (in seconds) from device startup to the first ICMP echo requests sent by Ping Watch Dog.