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Netkrom W24-AP11H User Manual

11mbps wireless lan inter-building access point
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Date of Issue: April, 02, 2001

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  • Page 1 Date of Issue: April, 02, 2001...

  • Page 2: Fcc Information

    FCC Information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital devices pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communication.

  • Page 3: About This Manual

    Copyright Copyright © 2000 all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, adapted, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the supplier. About This Manual The purpose of this manual is for the setup of the 11Mbps Wireless LAN Inter-Building Access Point.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction...............1 1-1 Features and Benefits ................1 1-2 Applications ....................2 1-2 Applications ....................2 1-3 System Configurations................3 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation............4 2-1 Product Kit....................4 2-2 System Requirements ................. 4 2-3 Mechanical Description................5 2-4 Hardware Installation ................

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The next-generation wireless LAN device – 11Mbps Wireless Inter-building Access Point, are specially designed for Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint applications, offering campus- wide connections between buildings at a speed of up to 11Mbps. Fully compliant with IEEE802.11b standard, the Wireless Inter-building Access Point provides powerful features such as the Windows-based configuration utility, MAC address filtering, WEP security and more.

  • Page 6: Applications

    1-2 Applications The 11Mbps Wireless LAN products offer a fast, reliable, cost-effective solution for wireless client access to the network in applications like these: Remote Access to Corporate Network Information E-mail, file transfer and terminal emulation. Difficult-to-Wire Environments Historical or old buildings, asbestos installations, and open area where wiring is difficult to deploy.

  • Page 7: System Configurations

    1-3 System Configurations The 11Mbp Wireless Inter-Building Access Point can be configured in a variety of network system configurations. Wireless Infrastructure In a wireless infrastructure, the Inter-Building Access Point acts as a bridge. The Inter- Building Access Point connects the wireless clients together. The Inter-Building Access Point acts as a center point for all wireless communications.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter describes initial setup of the Inter-Building Access Point. 2-1 Product Kit Before installation, make sure that you the following items: The 11Mbps Wireless LAN Inter-Building Access Point…………………..x 1 Quick Start Guide ……………………………….…………………………...x 1 Power Adapter……………………………………………..………………….x 1 Product CD …………………………………………………………………x 1 If any of the above items are not included or damaged, please contact your local dealer for support.

  • Page 9: Mechanical Description

    2-3 Mechanical Description Top panel of the Inter-Building Access Point: The following table provides an overview of each LED activity: LED Definition Activity Description Continuous Green Power enabled The Inter-Building Access Point is Continuous Green ready in service. Off: No wireless activity WLAN Flashing Green Flashing: Wireless RX/TX activity...

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    2-4 Hardware Installation Take the following steps to set up your Inter-Building Access Point. n Site Selection Before installation, determine the Inter-Building Access Point location. Proper placement of the Inter-Building Access Point is critical to ensure optimum radio range and performance.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 Configuring The Inter-Building Access Point

    Chapter 3 Configuring the Inter-Building Access Point The 11Mbps Wireless LAN Inter-Building Access Point is shipped with default parameters, which will be suitable for the typical infrastructure wireless LAN. Just simply install the Inter-Building Access Point, power it on, and it is now ready to work. Nevertheless, you can still adjust configuration settings depending on how you would like to manage your wireless network.
  • Page 12 6. Double click an Inter-Building Access Point icon to access its property dialog box. Enter the password in the entry field. The default password is “default”. 7. After entering the correct password, a configuration window appears. You will see the basic information of the Inter-Building Access Point, such as MAC Address, Frequency Domain and Firmware Version.
  • Page 13 Statistics The statistics tab contains three of the following items for you to monitor the Ethernet and Wireless network traffic. Ethernet: You may monitor the TX/RX on the wired network. Wireless: You may monitor the TX/RX of the wireless network.
  • Page 14 Wireless Error: This item offers detailed information on error wireless packets that the AP receives and transmits. Receive: Packet FCS Errors: The number of wireless packets that fail during FCS transmission (Frame Check Status when accessing the wired network. No Buffer: The number of wireless packets that the AP ignores due to insufficient memory. Received WEP Errors: The number of wireless packets that have WEP encryption errors.
  • Page 15 Configuration The configuration tab contains 5 following items for you to make changes for the Inter- Building Access Point. General: AP name: In this entry field, you may enter any name. This will enable you to manage your Inter-Building Access Points with more ease if you have multiple Inter-Building Access Point on the network.
  • Page 16 RTS Threshold: RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the “Hidden Node” problem. “Hidden Node” is a situation in which two stations are within range of the same Inter-Building Access Point, but are not within range of each other. Therefore, they are hidden nodes for each other.
  • Page 17 Administration: You may change the default password by entering the new password. Enter the new password in the Confirm Change field to make the new setting take affect. IP Address: To enable remote access to the Inter-Building Access Point using Telnet or Web Management, you must assign an IP address to the Inter-Building Access Point.
  • Page 18 WEP: The 11Mbps Wireless LAN Inter-Building Access Point allows you to create up to 4 data encryption keys to secure your data from being eavesdropping by unauthorized wireless user. To activate and set the WEP keys, do the following: n From the WEP encryption item, pull down the menu and it will list three options: Disable –...

  • Page 19: Access Control

    Upgrade This item is used for uploading the newest firmware of the Inter-Building Access Point. You may either enter the file name in the entry field or browse the file by clicking the Open File button. For information about the release of the newest firmware, contact your local reseller. Access Control: With the Access Control Table enabled, you can authorize wireless units to access the Inter- Building Access Point by identifying the MAC address of the wireless devices that are...
  • Page 20 Use the following buttons to manage the Access Control Table: Add – to enter MAC addresses of authorized wireless devices one at a time. Edit – to change the entries in the table if you enter the incorrect MAC address. Remove –...

  • Page 21: Using The Web Management

    3-2 Using the Web Management The built-in Web Management provides you with a user-friendly graphical user interface (web pages) to manage your Inter-Building Access Points. An AP with an assigned IP address (e.g. http://192.168.1.1) will allow you via web browser (e.g., Netscape Navigator 3.0 ~ 4.5 or MS Internet Explorer 4.0) to monitor and configure the Inter-Building Access Point.
  • Page 22 The Inter-Building Access Point main page contains two items for you to manage your Inter- Building Access Point. Information General This item displays the general information of the Inter-Building Access Point such as the MAC address, Frequency Domain, and Firmware Version. -18-...
  • Page 23 Statistics This item displays the Ethernet and wireless network traffic. Configuration General You may make the settings on the Inter-Building Access Point such as AP mode, ESSID, channel, RTS threshold, fragment threshold and password. -19-...
  • Page 24 To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, the 11Mbps Wireless LAN Inter-Building Access Point offers WEP (Wired Equivalency Privacy). You can set up 4 encryption keys but choose one key to encrypt your data. Access Control The Access Control Table enables you to restrict wireless stations accessing the Inter- Building Access Points by identifying the MAC address of the wireless devices.
  • Page 25 Upgrade Here, you can upload the newest firmware of the Inter-Building Access Point. You may either enter the file name in the entry field or browse the file by clicking the Browse button. -21-...

  • Page 26: Using The Telnet

    3-3 Using the Telnet The Inter-Building Access Point can be configured via the command prompt console with TCP/IP: Telnet (TCP/IP) Connection: Assign an IP address to your Inter-Building Access Point through the RS232 connection or Access Point Utility and then telnet to the Inter-Building Access Point anywhere to get access to the Inter-Building Access Point console.
  • Page 27 info Display some basic information of the Inter-Building Access Point, for example, firmware version, frequency domain, etc. stat Display the statistical values of the operation of the Inter-Building Access Point, for example, association status, LAN/WLAN interface load, etc. -23-...
  • Page 28 ping ip_addr [num_pings] [data_size] Ping (ICMP echo) to an ip_addr host with optional num_pings times with optional data size in a length of data_size. List the configuration information. set apname | channel | essid | rts_threshold | frag_threshold | ip_address | ip_netmask | ip_gateway -24-...
  • Page 29 To change factory default settings, type “set xxx (parameter) xxxx (value). For example, set channel 7 command will set the channel to number 7; set essid “Your Network” command will set the ESSID as Your Network. Remember that, a 'save' command is required for changes to take effect.
  • Page 30 save Save your new configuration. Remember that the “save command” is required every time you make the new configuration. set default Return the factory default settings of the Inter-Building Access Point except for the IP addresses. A 'save' command is required for changes to take effect. Clear the console screen.
  • Page 31 mode open | allow: set the access control mode. The definition of each mode is specified as follows: • open: open to public (default) • restrict: only allow access of the authorized stations/repeaters in the table (no access is allowed if the list stays empty) add mac_addr: add an address into the access control table del mac_addr |index: delete a MAC address, or index an address from the access control table...
  • Page 32 set key1 key_text: set WEP Key#1 as key_text. 10 hexadecimal digits (0-9 or A-F) heading by “0x” or five alphanumeric values (ASCII characters, case- sensitive) are required if 40-bit WEP is used. Example: 0x1122334455, 0x0055AA55AA, abcde, or MyKey. set key2 key_text: set WEP Key#2 as key_text with a same format as WEP Key#1. set key3 key_text: set WEP Key#3 as key_text with a same format as WEP Key#1.

  • Page 33: Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

    Chapter 4 Troubleshooting If you have trouble using the 11Mbps Wireless LAN Inter-Building Access Point, the starting point to troubleshoot the problem with your Inter-Building Access Point is looking at the LED activity of the Inter-Building Access Point. The following is “LED Error Table” provided to assist you in diagnosing and solving operational problems.
  • Page 34 If you are still unable to solve the problem by checking the LED activity, the error may be caused from configuration mismatch, which prevents the Inter-Building Access Point from establishing a wireless connection with the network. You may check the following to ensure normal operation of the Inter-Building Access Point.

  • Page 35: Appendix A Network Configuration

    Appendix A Network Configuration The 11Mbps Wireless LAN products support the same network configuration options of the legacy Ethernet LANs as defined by IEEE 802 standard committee. The 11Mbps Wireless LAN products can be configured as: u Ad-Hoc for departmental or SOHO LANs u Infrastructure for enterprise LANs u LAN-Interconnection for point-to-point link as a campus backbone.
  • Page 36 u Infrastructure Fig An Examp le of Infrastructure Wireless LAN The 11Mbps Wireless LAN devices provides access to a wired LAN for wireless workstations. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A group of wireless LAN PC users and an Inter-Building Access Point construct a Basic Service Set (BSS).
  • Page 37 Fig The ef fective Transmission Range -33-...

  • Page 38: Appendix B Specifications

    Appendix B Specifications 11Mbps Wireless LAN Product Inter-Building Access Point Wired Interface 10/100 base T (RJ-45) Wireless Interface 11Mbps Wireless LAN Modulation DSSS (CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK) Operation Frequency N. America/FCC: 2412~2.462 GHz (11 channels ) Europe CE/ETSI: 2.412~2.472 GHz (13 channels) Japan: 2.412~2.484 GHz (14 channels) France: 2.457~2.472 GHz (4 channels) Spain: 2.457~2.462 GHz (2 channels)

  • Page 39: Appendix C Glossary

    Appendix C Glossary Inter-Building Access Point - An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Ad-Hoc - An Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers each with wireless adapters, connected as an independent wireless LAN. Backbone - The core infrastructure of a network. The portion of the network that transports information from one central location to another central location where it is off-loaded onto a local system.
  • Page 40 RTS Threshold – Transmitters contending for the medium may not hear each other. RTS/CTS mechanism can solve this “ Hidden Node Problem”. If the packet size is smaller than the preset RTS Threshold size, the RTS/CTS mechanism will NOT be enabled. Web Management - Network management by using web browser connecting to the target devices.

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