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User Manual of NWA300 802.11ac Ceiling AP This is the user manual of the NWA300, 11ac 1200Mbps Ceiling AP, which will approximate guide you to set and apply the AP, it provides a convenient graphical interface for network construction and maintenance person, as well as a user guide for simple and accurate operation, and configuration management of the wireless access point.
1 Hardware and Operation Mode Instruction 1.1 LED indicator Green: Power Indicator Blue: WiFi Indicator 1.2 AP Interface RST: Reset Button, it make AP revert to default data after press it 15 seconds. WAN: Gigabit WAN Port, connect with ADSL modem or Internet mainly. It will be LAN port under Wireless AP and WiFi Repeater operation mode LAN: Gigabit LAN Port to end users LED: LED Indicator of WAN port and LAN port...
1.3.2 Powered by PoE Switch The connection diagram shows as P2, Internet cable from PoE Switch to Ceiling AP’s WAN Port, then PC access into ceiling AP wired/wireless. Please note, if the PD Wireless AP support 24V passive PoE, then the PoE switch should be 24V Passive PoE, If the PD wireless AP support 48V IEEE 802.3af standard PoE, m the PoE switch should comply with 802.3af 48V PoE standard.
P 3 O p e r a t i o n Mo d e 1.5 Connect Wireless AP with PC You can connect the PC with the WAP through the Wireless SSID and LAN cable: The diagram of wireless connection is as follows: Please note: the default SSID is WirelessAP2.4G/5.8G, SSID’s password is 66666666 The diagram of LAN cable connection is as follows: 1.6 Login...
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Default settings Default IP: 192.168.2.200 User: admin Password: admin 1. Connect the Ceiling AP with computer Configure the PC’s local connection IP address as 192.168.2.X (X is number from 2 to 254), subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, follow P4 and P5 to finish. P4 Setting of computer’s IP address 6 User Manual of NWA300v04...
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P 5 Settings of computer’s IP address 3. Input 192.168.2.200 into browser, then pop up the login page Default login user name: Admin, Passwords: admin, (P6) P6 Login 7 User Manual of NWA300v04...
2 WEB GUI interface Setting: 2.1 Status After login, the P7 Device Status will be shown: P7: Device Status In this ceiling wireless AP, the default operation mode is AP mode. Then in 2.4G Wireless Setting, GUI configuration page showed as below: User can configure the SSID, password, band width, channel here, then Apply to finish.
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P8. 2.4G Wireless setting 5.8G Wireless Setting GUI configuration setting showed as P8: P9 5.8G Wireless Setting 9 User Manual of NWA300v04...
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LAN Setting to configure the DHCP or Fix IP P10 LAN Setting AP location setting: you can mark where the AP has been set up, and AP name as P11: P11 AP Position setting 10 User Manual of NWA300v04...
2.2 Wizard Configuration Click Wizard in Status page, will pop up following page to configure the operation mode: There are four operation mode of this ceiling wireless AP, and there are explanation for each operation mode for better application. P12 Operation mode 2.2.1 Gateway Mode Click Gateway mode, will pop up following pictures: Please choose the right WAN setting mode, then click next to continue.
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P13. WAN setting in Gateway Mode P14 Wireless Setting in Gateway Mode When click Next, then will complete the Gateway mode setting and show following picture: 12 User Manual of NWA300v04...
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Complete the setting in Gateway Mode When return to Status, the page showed as follow: P16 Status in Gateway Mode 13 User Manual of NWA300v04...
2.2.2 WiFi Repeater mode Click WiFi Repeater operation mode in Wizard, then following page will pop up, and choose the right SSID to bridge, then next. P17 Repeater Mode After click Next button, then should configure the wireless settig as follow, then click Next to finish P18 Wireless Setting in Repeater Mode 14 User Manual of NWA300v04...
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Click Return button, will back to Status, show Repeater mode data, show fail or success, and user can configure this data in this page if required. P19 Status in Repeater Mode Please note, when click wireless relay setting, following page will pop up, you can make change from here easy: P20 Wireless Relay Setting 15 User Manual of NWA300v04...
2.2.3 WISP Operation mode Click WISP operation mode in Wizard, then will pop up the configure page, Please set the WISP operation mode P21 WISP Mode Configure the right WAN setting in WISP operation mode, then next. P22 WAN setting in WISP mode 16 User Manual of NWA300v04...
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Configure wireless data showed as follow: P23 Wireless Setting in WISP mode Then complete and back to status, will show the connection fail or success, then can configure the data based on request: P24 Status in WISP mode 17 User Manual of NWA300v04...
Remark: When click WAN Setting, will pop up following picture: P25 WAN setting in WISP mode 2.2.4 AP Operation mode Set the wireless data, AP Location info as required, then click next to continue and enter into LAN setting. After LAN setting, complete the AP mode configuration and back to Status: P26 Wireless setting in AP Mode 18 User Manual of NWA300v04...
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P27 LAN Setting in AP Mode P28 Status in AP Mode 19 User Manual of NWA300v04...
2.3 Advanced Settings In advanced settings, user can check the ceiling AP’s firmware version, working status, 2.4G wireless, 5.8G Wireless, LAN Status, upgrade firmware, Reset..., turn of LEDs Let’s Click Advanced Setting in status page, will show return home, Setup Wizard which we showed before.
2.3.3 2.4G Wireless Setting In this part, will show the 2.4G Basic Setting, Virtual AP, Access control and Advanced Setting: P33 Basic Setting in 2.4G Wireless 22 User Manual of NWA300v04...
2.3.4 2G Wireless Analyzer Mainly to analyze the AP’s signal strength in some channel, to make user more easy to choose the right channel and avoid the Wi-Fi interface. P34 Wireless Analyzer 2.3.5 Virtual AP There are 3 virtual AP in 2.4G wireless, if need virtual SSID, then users can configure it showed in following picture: P35 Virtual AP 23 User Manual of NWA300v04...
2.3.6 2.4G Access Control Mainly show MAC allow or deny: P36 MAC Access Control 2.3.7 2.4G Advanced Settings In this page, will show the regional, RF Power, Max user access... P37 Advanced Setting 24 User Manual of NWA300v04...
2.3.8 5.8G Wireless Setting Almost same as 2.4G Wireless: P38 5.8G Wireless Setting 2.3.9 Network setting In this page, mainly to show the LAN setting and VLAN as follow: P39 Network Setting 25 User Manual of NWA300v04...
P40 Tag VLAN Setting 2.3.10 Management In this part, show the system time, Logs, upgrade firmware, system, user info. And we show System time, how to upgrade firmware and system page to users: P41 System Time 26 User Manual of NWA300v04...
P42 Firmware Upgrade P43 System info 3 Share Internet and Obtain IP address automatically Set computer’s TPC/IP as Obtain an IP address automatically, Obtain DNS ‘ server address automatically as following picture showed’. The computer will obtain the IP address from router or base station to get Internet. 27 User Manual of NWA300v04...
4 Trouble Shooting Issue Solution Please make sure the PoE module connection is SYS Indicator off right. POE Port connect with AP, LAN port connect with computer Please check the IP address of computer and Wireless AP to see whether they are in same networking seg00nt, The method is click “start”- “Run”...
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