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Dual Radio 2.4GHz/5GHz Access Point
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User's Guide V1.0
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  • Page 1 BW1250 Dual Radio 2.4GHz/5GHz Access Point www.browan.com User’s Guide V1.0 Copyright©2006 BROWAN Communications Inc 第 页 共 页...

  • Page 2: Copyright

    The reproduction and distribution of the documentation and software supplied with this product and the use of its contents is subject to written authorization from BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS. Trademarks The product described in this book is a licensed product of BROWAN. Browan Page 1 of 68...

  • Page 3: Fcc Warning

    The availability of some specific channels and/or operational frequency bands are country dependent and are firmware programmed at the factory to match the intended destination. The firmware setting is not accessible by the end user. Browan Page 2 of 68...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Connect to the Power Source and Local Network ................12 Software Installation .......................... 13 Initialization ............................13 Software Introduction: KickStart ....................13 Access Your BW1250........................13 CHAPTER 3 – APPLICATION MODE ....................17 AP + AP Mode........................... 17 AP + Bridge Mode ..........................17 CHAPTER 4 –...
  • Page 5 System | Reset..........................60 System | Upgrade ..........................61 APPENDIX ............................63 A) Specification ..........................63 B) Factory Defaults for the BW1250 ....................65 C) Regulatory Domain/Channels/Power ................... 66 D) Location ID and ISO Country Codes .................... 68 Browan Page 4 of 68...

  • Page 6: About This Guide

    This document provides information and procedures on hardware installation, setup, configuration, and management of the BROWAN high performance Dual Radio 2.4GHz/5GHz AP BW1250. Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge To use this document effectively, you should have a working knowledge of Local Area Networking (LAN) concepts and wireless Internet access infrastructures.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    Secure and Reliable Wireless Networking BROWAN’s BW1250 supports and meets all security requirement of wide area networking professionals for secured wireless network: Supports VLAN, up to 16 VLAN ID per Radio IEEE 802.1x/EAP with password, certificates and SIM card (EAP/TLS, EAP/PEAP, EAP/SIM...

  • Page 8: Features Highlight

    Web-based user interface with HTTPS request and CLISH configuration with SSHv2 request supplies secure remote management BROWAN’s Network Management System supplies the system management solution DHCP Server/DHCP Relay/DHCP Client service supplies flexibility for different network setup Remote software upgrading via HTTPs...
  • Page 9 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Static 64/128bits WEP, Dynamic 64/128bits WEP WPA/TKIP and WPA/AES support MAC ACL Access Control (accept rule and deny rule) based on MAC address Layer 2 Isolation Hidden SSID Management Secure management via HTTPS, CLISH, SNMP Standard MIB and...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 - Installation

    Sep. 22, 2006 Chapter 2 - Installation This chapter provides installation instructions for the hardware and software components of the Access Point BW1250. It also includes the procedures for the following tasks: Hardware Introduction (LEDs, Connectors) Connecting the Access Point...

  • Page 11: Bottom Cover

    2. Serial Number label of the device. MAC address label of the device. The MAC label shows the WLAN1 interface MAC address of the device. LEDs The BW1250 Access Point has 4 LEDs located on the front panel: Browan Page 10 of 68...

  • Page 12: Connectors

    (802.11a module Blink BW1250 WLAN2 RF card is is functional) Transmitting and Receiving data Connectors The BW1250 has several connectors on the rear panel: Figure 4 –RF Connectors Descriptions of the connectors are given in the following table: Item Connector Description...

  • Page 13: Connect To The Power Source And Local Network

    BROWAN. Step 3 If you use the BE3011 POE HUB, please connect the BW1250 LAN port to the PWR-LAN OUT port of BE3011 and connect the BE3011 LAN-IN port to the Switch or hub in the local network.

  • Page 14: Software Installation

    Software Installation Initialization There are two choices for the first web browser connection to your BW1250: either enter the BW1250's IP address and subnet (default networks settings) into the browser or launch the KickStart utility that is provided with your product CD.
  • Page 15 CD. Click Start > Programs > BROWAN > KickStart to launch the application. If the BW1250 device is connected to your network, the utility will automatically find your BW1250: Browan Page 14 of 68...
  • Page 16 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Step 2 Select your controller and right click. Select Open WEB item to launch the web management interface through the secure https connection: Browan Page 15 of 68...
  • Page 17 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Step 3 Enter the BW1250 administrator login credential to access the web management interface. The default administrator log on settings for all access point interfaces are: User name: admin Password: admin01 Step 4 After successfully you will see the web interface.

  • Page 18: Chapter 3 - Application Mode

    The two Dual-Band radios (a/g + a/g) supply the furthest flexible application. Three application modes are supplied by BW1250: AP + AP mode AP + Bridge mode AP + AP Mode AP + AP configuration can be for client density environment.
  • Page 19 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 7 – AP +Bridge application mode Because of the reason of the antenna interference, the performance will deteriorate dramatically if the same band (2.4GHz or 5GHz) is used both on the two RF modules. It is strongly recommended that one RF module uses 2.4GHz and the other uses 5GHz.

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 - Reference Manual

    – device status showing Network – device settings affecting networking Wireless – device settings related to the wireless part of the BW1250 System – device system settings directly applicable to the BW1250 Exit – click exit and leave the web management then close your web-browser window.

  • Page 21: Status

    System Time – shows the current time of the BW1250. Wlan1 MAC / Wlan2 MAC – shows the MAC addresses of the two wireless interfaces of the BW1250 Free System Memory – indicates the memory currently available in the BW1250 Total System Memory –...

  • Page 22: Status | Wireless Status

    Band – specify which band is in use for wireless interface Layer2 Isolation – specify the status of Layer2 Isolation service on this wireless interface Total Connected Clients – indicates number of the currently connected clients to your BW1250 Antenna Gain – indicates antenna Gain value.

  • Page 23: Status | Interface Statistics

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Status | Interface Statistics The Interface Statistics shows each network interface status, including Input / Output bytes, packets or error. Figure 11 – Interface Statistics Interface Name – shows the name of each network interface, where ixp0 is related to LAN interface, wlan1_x is related to WLAN1 sub-interface and wlan2_x is related to WLAN2 sub-interface.

  • Page 24: Network

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Network Network | Interface The interface configured is bridge device therefore only one interface is displayed here for configuration. Bridge interface and its settings are listed in the Interface page. Figure 12 – Interface Configuration Table To change network interface (bridge) configuration properties click the Edit button in the Action column.
  • Page 25 Apply Changes – to save all changes in the interface table at once. Discard Changes – restore all previous values. For such each change of settings, the BW1250 needs to be restarted to apply all settings changes when clicking Apply Changes. Request for reboot server appears: Figure 15 –...

  • Page 26: Network | Radius Server

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 16 – Reboot Information Network | RADIUS Server Up to 32 different RADIUS servers can be configured under the RADIUS servers menu. By default, one RADIUS server is specified for the system: Figure 17 – RADIUS Servers Settings Add –...
  • Page 27 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 18 – RADIUS Server's Details Name – specify the new RADIUS server name which is used for selecting RADIUS server. Server IP – authentication RADIUS server IP address [dots and digits]. Server Port – specify the network port used to communicate with RADIUS [1-65535].

  • Page 28: Network | Dhcp Settings

    Reboot button to restart and apply all settings together. Network | DHCP Settings BW1250 can act as DHCP server or DHCP relay. The DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) service is supported on layer 2 interfaces. DHCP server and DHCP relay is disabled by default.
  • Page 29 Settings of the DHCP service can be viewed just like the follow page. Figure 23 – DHCP server Settings By default, DHCP server is disabled for BW1250. IP Address from / IP Address to – specify the IP address range to be dynamically allocated by the DHCP server.
  • Page 30 The Gateway of DHCP server settings must be same with the Gateway of BW1250 For each change of settings, the BW1250 needs to be restarted to apply all settings changes when clicking Apply Changes. Request for reboot server appears:...
  • Page 31 And if there are still other setting modifications needed, go ahead to finish all changes and then click Reboot button to restart and apply all settings together. When BW1250 network Interface uses DHCP to get IP address dynamically, DHCP server service cannot be enabled.
  • Page 32 Change status or leave in the default state if no editing is necessary and click the Save button. Figure 28 –Apply or Discard DHCP relay Settings For each change of settings, the BW1250 needs to be restarted to apply all settings changes when clicking Apply Changes. Request for reboot server appears: Figure 29 –...

  • Page 33: Network | Ntp Settings

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 When BW1250 network interface uses DHCP to get IP address dynamically, DHCP relay service cannot be enabled. Network | NTP Settings NTP (Network Time Protocol) is used to synchronize the system time with the selected network NTP server.
  • Page 34 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 The Name of NTP server should be unique. Change status or leave in the default state if no editing is necessary and click the Save button. Figure 32 – Apply or Discard NTP server Changes Choose...

  • Page 35: Network | Time Settings

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 34 – Apply or Discard Time Zone/NTP status Changes BW1250 needs to be rebooted save configuration. After clicking Apply Changes, reboot device is then requested as below diagram: Figure 35 – Reboot information Reboot – click the button to restart the server and save the configuration you edit..

  • Page 36: Wireless

    Change the Date and Time or leave in the default value if no editing is necessary and click the Apply button. Thus the modified time will be taken effect at once. No reboot is needed. If NTP is enabled, the local time cannot be modified. Since BW1250 hasn’t RTC (real-time clock), the system time will show 1970/01/01...
  • Page 37 Figure 38 – Basic Wireless Settings with static channel selection Figure 39 – Basic Wireless Settings with DCA enabled Radio – specify which wireless interface of BW1250 is shown. Domain – show the regulatory domain. Static Channel / Auto Channel – show the channel that the access point will use to transmit and receive information.
  • Page 38 DCA threshold – show the value (in minutes) of DCA threshold. This threshold is been used to judge if there is no wireless users connected during this time. And if yes, BW1250 will monitor the environment and adjust channel for the best operational one.
  • Page 39 Figure 41 – Site Survey information To refresh the statistics click the Rescan button. During Site Survey, all wireless clients which are connecting with BW1250 would be kicked off. Site Survey takes some minutes to perform. Please wait and don’t power off AP during site survey.
  • Page 40 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 To change basic wireless setting properties click the Edit button in the Action column. The status can be changed now: Figure 42 – Edit Basic Wireless Settings with static channel selection 19 dBm Figure 43 – Edit Basic Wireless Settings with DCA enabled...
  • Page 41 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Radio Name – specify which wireless interface of BW1250 is shown Domain – select the regulatory domain according to your country The full frequency range of the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz is not permitted for use in all countries. Depending on your selection of regulatory domains, the available frequency channels will vary.
  • Page 42 DCA threshold – specify the value (in minutes) of DCA threshold. This threshold is been used to judge if there is no wireless users connected during this time. And if yes, BW1250 will monitor the environment and adjust channel for the best operational one.
  • Page 43 Figure 44 – Apply or Discard Basic Wireless Settings with Static Channel selection Figure 45 – Apply or Discard Basic Wireless Settings with DCA enabled For such each change of settings, the BW1250 needs to be restarted to apply all settings changes when clicking Apply Changes. Request for reboot server appears:...
  • Page 44 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 46 – Reboot Server Reboot – click the button to restart the server and apply the changes. If there is no other setting to be edited, click the Reboot button to save all configuration. And if there are still other settings to be edited, you can ignore the reboot request...

  • Page 45: Wireless | Advance

    AP Mode: Figure 47 – Advanced Wireless Setting (AP Mode) Radio – specify which RF card (wlan1 or wlan2) is needed to be configured since BW1250 has two Dual-Band radios Mode – specify the operation mode of BW1250 (AP or Bridge) Interface –...
  • Page 46 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 48 – Detail for MBSSID entry Radio – show which radio (WLAN1 or WLAN2) is displayed Interface – show the sub-interface of specified Radio Mode – Show the operation mode of the sub-interface SSID – Show the SSID value of the sub-interface Hidden SSID –...
  • Page 47 SSID – a unique ID for your wireless network. It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. The default SSID is "BW1250" but you should change this to a personal wireless network name. The SSID is important for clients when connecting to the access point. All client stations must have their client SSID settings configured and must use the same SSID.
  • Page 48 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Hidden SSID – when enabled, the SSID of this Interface is invisible in the networks list while scanning the available networks for wireless client (SSID is not broadcasted with its Beacons). When disabled, the AP’s SSID is visible in the available network list [enabled/disabled]. By default the Hidden SSID is disabled.
  • Page 49 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 51 – Multiple BSSID Setting – 2 Security – specify the security policy. WEP – when selected, the privacy of MSSID entry will be set to WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). WEP Key Index – select the default key Index to make it the Default key and encrypt the data before being transmitted.
  • Page 50 Group Key Rekey Interval – the same as WPA. MAC Auth – when selected, the MAC address of wireless client will be passed to RADIUS server for PAP authentication when it connects with BW1250. The MAC address of wireless client acts as username and password.
  • Page 51 Bridge Mode Figure 53 – Advanced Wireless Setting (Bridge Mode) Radio – specify which RF card (wlan1 or wlan2) is needed to be configured since BW1250 has two Dual-Band radios Mode – specify the operation mode of BW1250 (AP or Bridge) Interface –...
  • Page 52 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 55 – Bridge Link Setting Remote MAC – add the remote peer’s MAC address you want to configure as a bridge link Security – specify WEP or WPA-PSK (TKIP or AES) is used for security policy. WPA-PSK or static WEP can be used for encrypt each bridge link Each Bridge link can have its own WEP key/key Index for encryption.

  • Page 53: Wireless | Wep

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Wireless | WEP Use the Wireless | WEP menu to configure static WEP settings. This menu only set static WEP key value related with 4 key indexes for each RF card (wlan1 or wlan2). Enable or Disable static WEP is in the Wireless | Advance menu.

  • Page 54: Wireless | Mac Acl

    Sep. 22, 2006 Wireless | MAC ACL Use the MAC ACL service to control the default access to the wireless interface of the BW1250 or define special access rules for mobile clients. Configure the ACL using the Wireless | MAC ACL menu: Figure 58 –...
  • Page 55 Apply Changes – to save all changes made in the interface table at once. Discard Changes – restore all previous values. For such each change of settings, the BW1250 needs to be restarted to apply all settings changes when clicking Apply Changes. Request for reboot server appears:...
  • Page 56 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 62 – Reboot Server Reboot – click the button to restart the server and apply the changes. If there is no other setting to be edited, click the Reboot button to save all configuration. And if there are still other settings to be edited, you can ignore the reboot request...

  • Page 57: System

    Use the System | Security service to configure the name and password administrator: Figure 63 – system security settings User Name – administrator username for access to BW1250 (e.g. web interface, CLI mode) [1-32 symbols, spaces not allowed]. Old Password – old password value.

  • Page 58: System | Snmp

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 64 – system security settings save and take effect successfully System | SNMP SNMP is the standard protocol that regulates network management over the Internet. To communicate with SNMP manager you must set up the same SNMP communities and identifiers on both ends: manager and agent.

  • Page 59: System | Telnet

    Save – save all current settings Cancel – restore the last settings System | Telnet Use System | Telnet menu to manage the telnet/SSH service of your BW1250. Figure 68 – System Configuration settings Telnet Service – Enable or disable telnet service of BW1250 SSH Service –...
  • Page 60 Otherwise, this configuration file cannot be uploaded to BW1250. You can upload saved configuration file any time you want to restore this configuration to the device by using the Browse button Select the configuration file and upload it on the device:...

  • Page 61: System | Reset

    Figure 73 – configuration information HOST IP – show the IP address in the configuration file that needs to upload. Please remember this IP address for accessing BW1250 after the configuration file is uploaded. HOST VERSION – show the firmware version in the configuration file that needs to upload.

  • Page 62: System | Upgrade

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Figure 74 – System Reset setting Reboot – reboot the device Reset – reset System to Factory Defaults To reboot the device, click Reboot and then the below appears to make sure: Figure 75 – Reboot the device To reset device to factory defaults, click Reset on Figure 74 –...
  • Page 63 Please make sure the firmware is correct for BW1250. Otherwise the upgrade will be failed. Figure 79 – Device Statistics Do not switch off and do not disconnect the BW1250 from the power supply during the firmware update process the device might crash.

  • Page 64: Appendix

    External power supply, input: 100-240 VAC, 50-60Hz and output: 12VDC LEDs 4 LEDs Power, LAN, WLAN1, WLAN2 Warranty 3 years Package Contents BW1250 Dual Radio 2.4GHz/5GHz CD-ROM with KickStart utility, User Manuals Access Point (*.pdf) Warranty Card Ethernet cable 1.5m...
  • Page 65 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 International power supply USA type Power Cord EU type Power Cord Related Products Controllers: BE9040 SMB Access Controller Access Points: BW2250 54Mb Dual-bang outdoor Access Point Browan Page 64 of 68...

  • Page 66: B) Factory Defaults For The Bw1250

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 B) Factory Defaults for the BW1250 General Configuration Settings Administrator Username admin Administrator Password admin01 Get Community Public Set Community Private Network Configuration Settings IP address (static IP) 192.168.2.2 Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 0.0.0.0 Service Configuration Settings...

  • Page 67: C) Regulatory Domain/Channels/Power

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 C) Regulatory Domain/Channels/Power Channels and Maximum output power for the BW1250 11g radio: Channels Frequency in USA, Canada European WORLD Japan (FCC) Union Identifiers (TELEC) (CE&FCC) (CE/ETSI) • • • • 2412 • • • •...
  • Page 68 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 5260 — • • 5280 — • • 5300 — • • 5320 — • • Maximum Output Power 17 dBm 17 dBm — U-NII upper band ( 5725 – 5875 MHz) 5745 — — —...

  • Page 69: D) Location Id And Iso Country Codes

    BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 D) Location ID and ISO Country Codes This list states the country names (official short names in English) in alphabetical order as given in ISO 3166-1 and the corresponding ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code elements. It lists 239 official short names and code elements.
  • Page 70 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Burkina Faso Niger Burundi Nigeria Cambodia Niue Cameroon Norfolk island Canada Northern Mariana islands Cape Verde Norway Cayman islands Oman Central African republic Pakistan Chad Palau Chile Palestinian territory, occupied China Panama Christmas island Papua new guinea...
  • Page 71 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 French Polynesia South Africa French southern territories South Georgia and the south sandwich islands Gabon Spain Gambia Sri Lanka Georgia Sudan Germany Suriname Ghana Svalbard and Jan Mayan Gibraltar Swaziland Greece Sweden Greenland Switzerland Grenada Syrian Arab republic...
  • Page 72 BW1250 Sep. 22, 2006 Kyrgyzstan Western Sahara Lao people's democratic republic Yemen Latvia Yugoslavia Lebanon Zaire see Congo, the democratic republic of the Lesotho Zambia Liberia Zimbabwe Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Browan Page 71 of 68...

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