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- Page 1 BOSSW76 CPE /AP/ Bridge/Router High Power Wireless Radio Output power Max 200mW Built with 18dBi Panel antenna frequency 5725~5850MHz Add N type for option b/g antenna (radio board 11abg) or high gain antenna It is innovative for saving cost and convenience on your networking solutio...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
- Index - 1. Wireless Technology ..........................5 1.1 Standard.............................. 5 1.2 Planning your Wireless Network......................5 2. Connecting The BOSSW76 To Your Network ..........6 3. AP/ WDS (Bridge) Mode Configuration....................7 3.1 Login Web page ..........................9 3.2 Information............................9 3.3 Stations ............................. - Page 3 3.6.3.3 Authentication ........................19 3.6.3.4 WEP key lengths ........................ 19 3.6.3.5 Valid Key..........................19 3.7 Access Control Setup ........................19 3.7.1 Enable access control......................... 19 3.7.2 MAC Address..........................19 3.8 Administration setup ........................19 3.8.1 Reboot ............................19 3.8.2 Reset Configuration........................19 3.8.3 Firmware Upgrade........................
- Page 4 4.4.1 WPA Configuration........................34 4.4.1.1 WPA Enable ........................38 4.4.1.2 WPA Mode......................... 38 4.4.1.3 Cipher Type ........................39 4.4.1.4 PSK............................. 39 4.4.2 Wire Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Configuration ................ 35 4.4.2.1 Enable WEP........................41 4.4.2.2 Default WEP Key To Use....................42 4.4.2.3 IP Authentication........................
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Page 5: Wireless Technology
1. The Wireless Technology 1.1 Standard The Wireless Access Point utilizes the 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11a standards. The IEEE 802.11g standard is an extension of the 802.11b standard. It increases the data rate up to 54 Mbps (108Mbps in Super G mode) within the 2.4GHz band, utilizing OFDM technology. - Page 6 other. The Access point is compatible with 802.11a or 802.11g and 802.11b adapters, such at the PC Cards for your enjoy USB connectivity. laptop computers, PCI Card for your desktop PC, and USB Adapters for when you want to These wireless products can also communicate with a 802.1 g or 802.11b wireless Print Server.
- Page 7 Network Topology – Repeater Mode Network Topology – Wireless Bridge (WDS) Point to Multi-Point Mode...
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Page 8: Connecting The Bossw76 To Your Network
Step 2: BOSSW76 Insert an Ethernet cable (Out) to LAN port of the and another Ethernet cable (In) to the network adapter in the computer; you will use it to configure the BOSSW76. -
Page 9: Ap/ Wds (Bridge) Mode Configuration
Under the main web page you will see the configuration menu pages for : Information, Stations, Wireless, WDS, Security, Filtering, Admin and Advanced. The “Information” windows displays the settings of the BOSSW76 AP/WDS (Bridge), the AP/WDS (Bridge) Name, MAC Address, firmware version, SSID, Current transmit rate, Current channel, Security and IP address. -
Page 10: Stations
3.3 Stations This is to display the list of MAC addresses and some RF related information of available stations that have associated to the Access Point in the area. -
Page 11: Wireless Basic
3.4 Wireless Basic This is to show the wireless basic setting for the user to choose the options for their wireless application:... -
Page 12: Wireless Model
3.4.1 Wireless Model Change wireless mode for AP/WDS (Bridge) or AP Client. Here please select “AP/WDS (Bridge)”. 3.4.2 Wireless On/Off This is to Select On or Off switch of the radio card. By selecting OFF all wireless functions of the Access Point will turn disabled. -
Page 13: Super Mode
an both 820.11b/g network on an 802.11a only network. The Default setting is 802.11a only. 3.4.7 Super Mode Super mode is supported when the AP is using Atheros radio card. The normal 802.11a and 802.11g wireless operation mode provides connections up to 54Mbps. Turbo mode is an enhanced mode (not regulated in IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g) that provides a higher data rate of up to 108Mbps. -
Page 14: Channel
3.4.10 Channel This is the radio channel that the Access Point will use which represents a narrow band of radio frequency. It is important that the frequencies do not overlap to impact the data packets transmission quality. To avoid interference within the network with multiple APs, set each AP to use one of the 3 channels (e.g. channel 1) and then the other AP to be one of the other 2 channels (e.g. -
Page 15: Wds
802.11b/g Channel Frequency Ranges : 2.4 GHz – 2.497 GHz Americas : Wireless Channels 1-11 Asia : Wireless Channels 1-14 Europe : Wireless Channels 1-13 3.5 WDS Wireless Distribution System (WDS), when (WDS) is enabled, this Access Point functions as a wireless bridge and is able to wirelessly communicate with other Access Points. -
Page 16: Security Setup
3.6 Security Setup If you wish to use encryption for your 802.11g and 802.11a network, the BOSSW76 offers WEP and WPA security. By default the encryption is disabled. You can change the encryption settings for more secure wireless communication from Security and Encryption settings web page. After entering all figures, please click [Save] to complete the setting. -
Page 17: Wpa Mode
3.6.1.2 WPA Mode Select the WPA Mode. (Default: WPA) WPA : WPA addresses all known vulnerabilities in WEP, the original, less secure 40 or 104-bit encryption scheme in the IEEE 802.11 standard. WPA also provides user authentication, since WEP lacks any means of authentication. -
Page 18: Psk
TKIP : Temporal Key Integrity Protocol is an upgrade to the WEP known as WEP 1.1 that fixed unknown security problems in WEP’s implementation of the RC4 stream cipher. TKIP scrambled the keys using a hashing algorithm and, by adding an integrity-checking feature, ensures that the keys haven’t been tampered with. -
Page 19: 802.1X Enable
3.6.2.1 802.1X enable: You can enable 802.1x as optionally supported or as required to enhance the security of the wireless network. (Default: Disable) 3.6.2.2 Authentication timeout (mins) Within this time, Default: 60 3.6.2.3 RADIUS server IP address Enter the IP address of the Radius server. (Default: 0.0.0.0) 3.6.2.4 RADIUS server port number Enter the Radius port on your AP dedicated to the RADIUS server. -
Page 20: Enable Wep
3.6.3 Wire Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Configuration WEP provides a basic level of security, preventing unauthorized access to the network and encrypting data transmitted between wireless bridge units. WEP uses static shared keys (fixed-length hexadecimal) that are manually configured on all units in the wireless bridge network. 3.6.3.1 Enable WEP Enable or disable the wireless bridge to use either WEP for data encryption. -
Page 21: Authentication
3.6.3.3 Authentication Select Open to communicate the key across the network. Select Shared Key to limit communication to only those devices that share the same WEP settings. (Default: Open) Open: Open system Authentication involves a two-step authentication transaction sequence. The first step in the sequence is the identity assertion and request fro authentication. -
Page 22: Valid Key
3.6.3.5 Valid Key Select the 1 through the 4 key for the active keys. 3.7 Filtering On this page you can enable MAC Filtering. If enabled, only the MAC addresses entered into the 'MAC address' boxes are allowed to associate to this Access Point. Note that you can cut and paste the addresses from the 'Station List' page into the MAC address boxes. -
Page 23: Mac Address
You can also change the password, reboot the device, or reset all settings to their factory defaults. If you have changed any settings it is necessary, to reboot the device for the new settings to take effect. 3.8.1 Reboot Click Reboot to apply the system settings and restart the BOSSW76. 3.8.2 Reset Configuration... -
Page 24: Firmware Upgrade
Click Reset Configuration to return the BOSSW76 to its factory default settings (antenna 1) and the device will reboot. Note that the IP address of the device will also be rest and it may be necessary to change the address in your browser to access this website again. -
Page 25: Device Name
3.8.4 Device name This is the name that the device will use to identify itself to external configuration and IP-address-finding programs. This is not the same as the SSID. It is okay to leave this blank if you are not using these programs. (Default: 802.11a/g AP) 3.8.5 IP setting... -
Page 26: Ip Address Mode
3.8.5.1 IP Address Mode There are two options: Static or DHCP. To select ‘Static’ is to use the IP settings specified on this page. To select 'DHCP' is to get the IP settings from a DHCP server on your network. 3.8.5.2 Default IP address The IP address is the IP address of the wireless bridge. -
Page 27: User Name
3.8.6.1 User name Enter a user name. The default setting is null. 3.8.6.2 Administrator password This is the password that you must type when logging in to these web pages. You must enter the same password into both boxes, for confirmation 3.9 Advanced Setup 3.9.1 Fragmentation threshold The fragmentation threshold, which is specified in bytes, determines whether packets will be fragmented. -
Page 28: Rts Threshold
3.9.2 RTS threshold This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications to the value range between 256 and 2346 are recommended. 3.9.3 Beacon period Beacons are packets sent by an access point to synchronize a network. Specify a beacon interval value. The default (100) is recommended. -
Page 29: Antenna Selection
3.9.7 Antenna Selection Select antenna of non-MiMo radios for testing. The valid values are 0(auto-switching), 1(antenna 1) and 2(antenna Note: BOSSW76 antenna default is “USE ANTENNA # 1”. 3.9.8 Act Timeout ACK Timeout default value is “20”, the effective distance is 0 Km. Please consult Contrast Forms to setup ACK... -
Page 30: Ap Client Mode
4. AP Client Mode 4.1 Information This screen displays the settings information of the BOSSW76 for AP Client, such as the AP Client name, MAC Address, firmware version, SSID of AP, BSSID of AP, Current transmit rate, Current channel, Security and IP address. -
Page 31: Basic Wireless
4.3 Basic Wireless 4.3.1 Wireless Model Change wireless mode for AP/WDS (Bridge) or AP Client. Here please select “AP Client”. 4.3.2 Wireless On/Off This is to select ON or OFF switch of the radio card. By Selecting OFF will turn disable all wireless functions of AP Client. -
Page 32: Transmission Rate (Mbits/S)
provided by Access Point. Clients that want to connect to the WLAN through the access point must set their SSID to the same as that of Access Point. (Default: oem_ag; Range: 1-32 characters could be input). 4.3.5 Transmission rate (Mbits/s) This option indicates the transmission rate of the AP Client.The Transmission rate is the rate at which the access point transmits uni-cast packets on the wireless interface. -
Page 33: Channel
(Default: 5.200 GHz – CH40 for 802.11a) 4.4 Security Setup If you wish to use encryption for your 802.11g and 802.11a network, the BOSSW76 offers WEP and WPA security. By default the encryption is disabled. You can change the encryption settings for more secure wireless communication from Security and Encryption settings web page. -
Page 34: Wpa Enable
4.4.1.1 WPA Enable Enable WPA Authenticator to require stations to use high grade encryption and authentication. (Default: Disable) Note : any client, that does not support the WPA standard, could not be able to authenticate with WPA enabled. 4.4.1.2 WPA Mode Select the WPA Mode. -
Page 35: Cipher Type
level of assurance to enterprises, small businesses and home users that data will remain protected an that only authorized users may access their networks. WPA2 : WPA2 is the second generation of WPA security; providing enterprise and consumer WiFi users with a high level of assurance that only authorized users can access their wireless networks. -
Page 36: Wire Equivalent Privacy (Wep) Configuration
4.4.2 Wire Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Configuration WEP provides a basic level of security, preventing unauthorized access to the network and encrypting data transmitted between wireless bridge units. WEP uses static shared keys (fixed-length hexadecimal) that are manually configured on all units in the wireless bridge network. 4.4.2.1 Enable WEP Enable or disable the wireless bridge to use either WEP for data encryption. -
Page 37: Wep Key Lengths
4.4.2.3 Authentication Select Open to communicate the key across the network. Select Shared Key to limit communication to only those devices that share the same WEP settings. (Default: Open) Open : Open system Authentication involves a two-step authentication transaction sequence. The first step in the sequence is the identity assertion and request fro authentication. -
Page 38: Administration Setup
4.5.1 Reboot Click Reboot to apply the system settings and restart the BOSSW76. 4.5.2 Reset Configuration Click Reset Configuration to return the BOSSW76 to its factory default settings. -
Page 39: Firmware Upgrade
4.5.3 Firmware Upgrade Browse for the configuration settings that you have saved to your hard drive. Click Upload after you have selected the settings file. 4.5.4 Device name This is the name that the device will use to identify itself to external configuration and IP-address-finding programs. This is not the same as the SSID. -
Page 40: Ip Setting
4.5.5 IP Setting 4.5.5.1 IP Address Mode Select 'DHCP' to get the IP settings from a DHCP server on your network. Select 'Static' to use the IP settings specified on this page. 4.5.5.2 Default IP Address The IP address of the wireless bridge. Valid IP address consist of four decimal number, 0 to 255, separated by periods. -
Page 41: Security
The default gateway is the IP address of the router for the wireless bridge, which is used if the requested destination address is not on the local subnet. (Default: 192.168.62.1) 4.5.6 Security 4.5.6.1 User name Enter a user name. The default setting is null. 4.5.6.2 Administrator password This is the password that you must type when logging in to these web pages. -
Page 42: Rts Threshold
4.6.2 RTS threshold This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications to the value range between 256 and 2346 are recommended. 4.6.3 Beacon period Beacons are packets sent by an access point to synchronize a network. Specify a beacon interval value. The default (100) is recommended. -
Page 43: Antenna Selection
4.6.7 Antenna selection Select antenna of non-MiMo radios for testing. The valid values are 0(auto-switching), 1(antenna 1) and 2(antenna 4.6.8 Act Timeout ACK Timeout default value is “20”, the effective distance is 0 Km. Please consult Contrast Forms to setup ACK Timeout values.
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