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  • Page 1 ZA-4000 User’s Manual ZA-4000 User’s Manual V1.2.17...
  • Page 2 ZA-4000 User’s Manual Copyright There is no any clear or implicit assurance in the user's manual of our company, including the assurance of selling or installing for the special purpose. There are rival's volumes to carry on the power to alter or revise in our company, if alter and forgive me for not issuing a separate notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Content Chapter 1 Introduction....................1 Product Introduction....................1 Appearance of Product....................1 Features and Benefits ....................2 Network Construct ......................3 Application........................4 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ................5 System Requirement ....................5 Product Kit ........................5 Hardware Installation ....................5 Chapter 3 Basic configuration ..................8 Default Settings......................8 Using the Web Management ..................9...
  • Page 4 ZA-4000 User’s Manual Firmware Upgrade ....................33 Backup/Restore Settings ...................34 Restore to Factory .....................35 Event Log........................36 Reboot System ......................37 SNMP Management ....................37 SSH Management .....................39 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting..................42 FAQ...........................42 Appendix A. Technical Specifications..............45 Appendix B. Glossary ..................48 Appendix C. ASCII ....................51 Appendix D.
  • Page 5 ZA-4000 User’s Manual Content of Figure Figure 1 ZA4000........................1 Figure 2 ZA4000 ports......................2 Figure 3Security Alert.......................9 Figure 4Login..........................10 Figure 5General Page......................10 Figure 6Basic Setup ........................11 Figure 7Wireless Settings......................14 Figure 8 Security Setup......................18 Figure 9IP and MAC Access Control..................20 Figure 10Enable TDM ......................22 Figure 11Router ........................23...
  • Page 6 ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 29SNMP ........................38 Figure 30Enable SSH......................39 Figure 31Putty1........................40 Figure 32Putty2........................40 Figure 33SSH Terminal......................40 Figure 34MAC Address ......................42...
  • Page 7 Diagram 2Channel within 5GHz Frequency Band ..............12 Diagram 3Channel/Frequency within 5GHz................15 Diagram 4Signal Strengthen and Throughput List..............28 Diagram 5Distance and Signal Strengthen................29 Diagram 6RF Path Loss ......................42 Diagram 7Output Power ......................44 Diagram 8 ZA-4000 Spec .......................45 Diagram 9Glossary .........................48 Diagram 10ASCII ........................51 Diagram 11 SSH ........................52...

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Introduction

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Product Introduction ZA4000 works at 5GHz, compatible with 802.11a standard designed as CPE and WDS. With the high throughput and long-distance transmission, it is the appropriate solution for Carriers, Service Providers and Enterprises. As outdoor remote client, ZA4000 can make users easily build up broadband access system.

  • Page 9: Features And Benefits

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 2 ZA4000 ports Features and Benefits λ Features 54Mbps data rate by incorporating OFDM technology λ Fully IEEE 802.11a compatible λ Technique operating in 5GHz band λ MAC address control (CPE) λ Easy to install and friendly to user, just plug and play λ...

  • Page 10: Network Construct

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Network Construct Point to Multi-point Overcast Application Point to Multi-point Application - 3 -...

  • Page 11: Application

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Application λ Remote Access to Corporate Network Information λ E-mail, file transfer and terminal emulation. λ Difficult-to-Wire Environments λ Historical or old buildings, asbestos installations, and open area where wiring is difficult to deploy. λ Frequently Changing Environments λ...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation System Requirement Installation of the Outdoor CPE requires: A RJ-45 connector supports the transfer rate of 10/100Mbps data. A PC of install the following WEB browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and fix Service Pack 1 or the newer patch and wrapped up Q323308.
  • Page 13 ZA-4000 User’s Manual Make the RJ-45 connector: white orange∣orange white green∣blue white blue∣green white brown∣brown Plug water-joint into the CPE Close the water-joint - 6 -...
  • Page 14 ZA-4000 User’s Manual Warning： λ Please confirm ground connection of the CPE. λ Please don't insert and pull out the Ethernet cable with electricity. - 7 -...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Basic Configuration

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Chapter 3 Basic configuration Default Settings When use this product for the first time, the default settings as the below diagram will be seen, or restore it refer to Restore to Factory. Diagram 1Default Settings Options Default Value...

  • Page 16: Using The Web Management

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual SNMP Enable Trap Server IP 0.0.0.0 Read Community public Write Community private Access Disable Control SysLog Using the Web Management Follow the steps below to configure an CPE operating setting using the WEB interface. Open a web browser on a network computer. The WEB interface supports the following browser.

  • Page 17: Figure 4Login

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 4Login Notice: λ The PC and device must be in the same subnet Enter default User Name (admin) in the user name field. Enter default Password (password) in the password field. Click Login, and a web-based management homepage will appear on your screen as shown below.

  • Page 18: Set The Basic Configuration

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Set the Basic Configuration In the Basic Setup page, the basic configuration can be set. Figure 6Basic Setup System Name This is the NetBIOS name, Device in up to 15 characters, represented by numbers, 0-9, alphabet, A-Z or a-z and “-”. device’s name can replace IP address in the address field. For example, enter device’s name, “sta030201”...

  • Page 19: Diagram 2Channel Within 5Ghz Frequency Band

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual λ The device’s default name is: STAxxxxxx xxxxxx representing the last 6 digits of MAC address. λ The first character of device ’s Name cannot be represented by a figure. λ Your host must have a TCP/IP address in your host and IP address have to be in the same subnet while operating WINS.
  • Page 20 ZA-4000 User’s Manual Switzerland 36-64 Taiwan 56-64,149-161 United Kingdom 36-64,100-140 United States 149-161 Configure Device as a： Configure device, enabling it as a Bridge or a Router. AS a bridge, you can configure IP address, subnet mask, gateway, Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server. As a Route,...

  • Page 21: Set The Basic Wireless Parameters

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Set the Basic Wireless Parameters Figure 7Wireless Settings Operation Mode The Device can work as CPE or WDS, choose the right mode depend your need. Default: CPE. Wireless Network Name Enter a 32-character (maximum) Service Set ID in this field; the characters are case sensitive.

  • Page 22: Diagram 3Channel/Frequency Within 5Ghz

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual λ BSSID priority is higher than SSID, but CPE that only set BSSID can not connect a hidden AP, you must set SSID. Wireless Point-to-Point Bridge The BSSID of the remote device, only be seen under WDS mode...
  • Page 23 ZA-4000 User’s Manual 5785 5805 5825 Data Rate Select the available transmit data rate of the wireless network. The possible data rates supported are: Best, 6 Mbps, 9 Mbps, 12 Mbps, 18 Mbps, 24 Mbps, 36 Mbps, 48 Mbps and 54 Mbps.
  • Page 24 ZA-4000 User’s Manual λ The Fragmentation Threshold must be larger than RTS or RTS Threshold is set to 0, then the RTS/CTS will function. Space from AP Input the value of Space from remote AP. Default: 10000m Notice: λ The value of Space from AP should close to the real distance. The distance must be input.

  • Page 25: Chapter 4 Advanced Configuration

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Chapter 4 Advanced Configuration Security Setup To enhance the security of the device, Security Setup can be used to gain the more safe wireless transmission. WEP、WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK will be supported at present Figure 8 Security Setup Authentication Type Choose the following Authentication type.
  • Page 26 ZA-4000 User’s Manual λ WEP 64 bit: 10 Hex digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F) λ WEP 128 bit: 26 Hex digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F) λ WEP 152 bit: 32 Hex digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F) λ...

  • Page 27: Ip And Mac Access Control

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual IP and MAC Access Control IP and MAC Access Control provides an additional layer of security when device work as CPE. It is used to ensure that only the specified PCs in the network can access the network which the remote AP is in.

  • Page 28: Tdm

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Add trusted PCs λ Add new Addresses Manually: Fill the Address in the textbox and click Add button. Then click Apply button to make the configuration take effect. λ Add by Available Address list: Select the Address from the Available Address list and click Add button to add the station to the Trusted Address list.

  • Page 29: Configure As A Router

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 10Enable TDM In AP-Station mode, if there are many stations, the throughput of wireless network will reduce; the TDM function can solve this problem. When there are more than 4 stations, we suggest this function should be enabled.

  • Page 30: Figure 11Router

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 11Router There two kinds of Router mode. WAN on Ethernet WAN on Wireless You can choose one mode according to your need. Then set the IP address of WAN and LAN (Their IP address should be in different subnet.). The following figure shows the two modes.

  • Page 31: Figure 12Wireless Router—Wan On Ethernet

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Wireless Router Internet LAN:192.168.0.1 WAN: 192.168.1.1 IP 192.168.0.XX Gateway 192.168.0.1 Figure 12Wireless Router—WAN on Ethernet Internet Wireless Router LAN:192.168.0.1 IP 192.168.1.XX WAN: 192.168.1.1 IP 192.168.0.XX Gateway 192.168.0.1 Figure 13Wireless Router—WAN on Wireless - 24 -...

  • Page 32: Anyip

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual AnyIP Figure 14AnyIP The AnyIP, sparing you the trouble of setting IP address can be functioned in Router mode only. You have to set the correct IP Address, Gateway and DNS, but you could set the client’s IP Address, Gateway and DNS with your like.

  • Page 33: Wds Mode

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual WDS Mode The device can connect to the remote AP with the WDS function. Figure 15WDS Mode WDS connection can be configured refer to the following steps: Change the Operation Mode to WDS Input the MAC Address of the remote AP Select the right Channel/Frequency Click Apply to make the configure work.

  • Page 34: Figure 16Link Test

    The both Access Points settings of Country/Region, Channel/Frequency and Security should be the same. λ The WDS Mode can’t be used between two ZA-4000 or with other CPE with WDS function. Use “Link Test” to test the signal strengthens of wireless network. At first, open “WDS Settings”...

  • Page 35: Diagram 4Signal Strengthen And Throughput List

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 17Link Test Signal Form the test result table you can get: Local Signal Level (dBm): shows the received signal strengthen of local Access Point Remote Signal Level (dBm): shows the received signal strengthen of remote Access Point.

  • Page 36: Diagram 5Distance And Signal Strengthen

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual λ The signal strengthens (dBm) is negative value, the more little the absolute value of it, the better the signal strengthens. For the better throughput of wireless network, you should better adjust the signal strengthen as better as possible.

  • Page 37: Chapter 5 Management

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Chapter 5 Management View the General Information Figure 18General The General Read-only Information page displays current settings and statistics of your Access Point and any change of settings must be indicated on other pages. Wireless Status This page displays both Wireless Status and Signal Level. Click Refresh to update the current statistics.

  • Page 38: Statistics

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 19Wireless Status It shows the status between ZA4000 and AP. It has these status: Quiet，Joined，Auth，Assoc， Connected and Unknown. Quiet means the product hasn’t connected an AP. Joined means the product is connecting an AP. Auth means the product and AP is authenticating. Assoc means they has authenticated and begin to associate.

  • Page 39: Bss List

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual This section displays traffic statistics for the Wireless interface. BSS List This page shows the Channel, Wireless Mode, Security, BSSID, and SSID for each available wireless Access Point in wireless network. Figure 21BSS List Change Login Password You can use the Change Password page to change the CPE administrator's password for accessing the Settings pages.

  • Page 40: Firmware Upgrade

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Firmware Upgrade There are two ways to upgrade Access Point software. By WEB Figure 23Firmware Upgrade Open Upgrade Firmware page Click “Browser” and select the firmware file in local hard disk. Click “Upload” After upgrading, login again and check the software version.

  • Page 41: Backup/Restore Settings

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual λ The software must be za4000.rmt when upgrading by FTP λ Do not try to turn off the Access Point, shutdown the computer or do anything else to the Access Point until the Access Point finishes restarting! Notice: λ...

  • Page 42: Restore To Factory

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Input command put za4000.cfg, it will retrieve it to device. and device will restart. Notice: λ The config file must be za4000.cfg when restore by FTP λ Do not try to turn off the device, shutdown the computer or do anything else to the device...

  • Page 43: Event Log

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 26Default Button Press the default button for more than ten seconds while power on the device. Warning： λ Don’t turn off the device during restoring to factory. Event Log - 36 -...

  • Page 44: Reboot System

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 27Event Log Enable SysLog Enable or Disable SysLog function. Default: Disable Syslog Server IP Address Input your Syslog Server IP Address. Default: 0.0.0.0 Syslog Server Port Number Input your Syslog Server Port Number. Default: 514 Event Log Window You can see log information in Event Log Window.

  • Page 45: Figure 29Snmp

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 29SNMP Device supports SNMP. At first you should set SNMP settings and get MIB file from device by ftp. SNMP Settings. Set the Trap Server Address; You can find the unusual log on the Trap Server.

  • Page 46: Ssh Management

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual SSH Management ZA-4000 support telnet management and access by SSH, suggest that you use Putty software to login. Open the Remote Management page，enable SSH. Figure 30Enable SSH open Putty Input device address, choose SSH protocol. - 39 -...

  • Page 47: Figure 31Putty1

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Figure 31Putty1 Open it. You will see as following figure. Figure 32Putty2 Click Open，the window show as below Figure 33SSH Terminal The user name is admin and password is password, after login you can use command line to...
  • Page 48 ZA-4000 User’s Manual set device. you can input command “help” to get help. All the command supported is in Appendix D. SSH. - 41 -...

  • Page 49: Chapter 6 Troubleshooting

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Q 1. How to know the MAC address of the Access Point? • The MAC address is written in a label which is in the bottom of Access Point. Figure 34MAC Address • From the General page of WEB configuration, you also can get the MAC address of device.
  • Page 50 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 Example: one pairs of ZA-5000-MS ,another is ZA-4000, the space between bridges is 3km. Tx Power ＝ 15dBm Cable loss ＝ 1dBi Antenna Gain ＝ 18dBi Path loss ＝ 116dBm Local receive signal strengthens（dBm）＝ 15－1.5＋18－116＋16－1 ＝ －69（dBm）...

  • Page 51: Diagram 7Output Power

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Check whether there are other wireless equipments nearby AP; make sure they do not disturb Q 5. The wireless becomes unstable such as ping timed out and lose packet after a period of well work? This situation may the wireless network is disturbed by something, what you can do is following steps: (1).

  • Page 52: Appendix A. Technical Specifications

    PoE. Model ZA-4000 Description ZA-4000 works at 5GHz, compatible with 802.11a standard designed as CPE. With the high throughput and long-distance transmission, it is the appropriate solution for Carriers, Service Providers and Enterprises. As outdoor remote client, ZA-4000 can make users easily build up broadband access system.
  • Page 53 ZA-4000 User’s Manual Firmware Upgrade WEB,TFTP,FTP Super Mode Support TDM-QoS(Client) Support Support Linktest Support IP and MAC Access Control Support Interface One 10/100-BaseTX RJ-45 Ethernet Port Antenna Type（Built-in） built-in 18dBi antenna (12°×16°) (optional) Antenna Type（External） One N type(Female) interface(optional) Default Button...
  • Page 54 ZA-4000 User’s Manual 9 Mbps:≦-88dBm 6 Mbps:≦-90dBm Management Secure Web Management Support SNMP MIB Support Support Support BWA Viewer Support Security WEP Encryption 64 / 128 / 152 bits WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Support Appearance Dimensions 292mm×288mm×84mm Unite Weight 1.4kg Specifications Working Temperature -20～65℃...

  • Page 55: Appendix B. Glossary

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Appendix B. Glossary Diagram 9Glossary Glossary Expiation 802.11a IEEE specification for wireless networking at 54 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in unlicensed radio spectrum 5GHz. 802.11a provides specifications for wireless ATM systems and is used in access hubs.
  • Page 56 ZA-4000 User’s Manual clients can freely roam from one Access Point domain to another and still maintain seamless network connection. Short for the extended service set, One BSS or more builds one ESS. A station can connect or roaming ESS by ESSID of AP.
  • Page 57 ZA-4000 User’s Manual technologies exist to implement a LAN, Ethernet is the most common for connecting personal computers. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local area networks. The Internet is a large WAN. MAC Address Short for Media Access Control address, a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a network.

  • Page 58: Appendix C. Ascii

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Appendix C. ASCII You can dispose hexadecimal number system counting or ACSII one yard of keys encrypted as WEP. Hexadecimal number system is made up by 0-9 and A-F (letter does not distinguish capital and small letter); ACSII yard is by 0-9 figures, A-F, a-f (letter distinguishes capital and small letter), and the punctuation mark makes up.

  • Page 59: Appendix D. Ssh

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual Appendix D. SSH Diagram 11 SSH keyword descriptions √ √ system --- system setting √ version --- system firmware version √ √ apname --- system name √ macaddress --- system MAC address √ √ country --- country/region √...
  • Page 60 ZA-4000 User’s Manual √ √ IP End --- IP range end IPRange √ √ --- IP range netmask Netmask --- enable spanning tree √ √ protocol √ ethstats --- ethernet statistics √ √ radius ---radius setting ---authentication radius √ √...
  • Page 61 ZA-4000 User’s Manual mode) --- wireless transmission data √ √ rate rate wireless network √ √ ssid name(1-32chars) √ √ power --- wireless transmit power √ √ ---enable TDM mode or not √ √ antenna ---wireless antenna selection fragmentati --- wireless fragmentation √...
  • Page 62 ZA-4000 User’s Manual p2mp mode --- 8th remote ap address for √ √ √ p2mp mode √ √ √ --- wireless access control --- enable wireless access √ √ mode control (ACL) √ √ √ list --- (delete only) all local √...

  • Page 63: Warning

    ZA-4000 User’s Manual update interval --- wireless WPA global key √ √ update interval (in seconds) --- wireless WPA global key √ √ update interval (in packets) √ √ SmartWDS --- SmartWDS settings √ √ --- Auto WDS ID √...
  • Page 64 ZA-4000 User’s Manual Warning: Statement: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 65 ZA-4000 User’s Manual RF exposure warning RF exposure warning This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions and the antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

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