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X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point User Manual

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  • Page 1 X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Terminology

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Terminology ANSI American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Detection DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Table of Contents TERMINOLOGY ...I INTRODUCTION... 1 ACKAGE CONTENTS RODUCT PECIFICATIONS RODUCT EATURES ANEL ESCRIPTION ANEL ESCRIPTION INSTALLATION ... 4 ARDWARE NSTALLATION OFTWARE NSTALLATION SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ... 5 REPARE YOUR ONNECT TO ANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION ON 3.3.1...
  • Page 4 USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT ESSID? ... 20 HAT IS HAT ARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE HAT ARE THE WEP? ... 21 HAT IS 4.10 HAT IS RAGMENT 4.11 RTS (R HAT IS EQUEST 4.12...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT 1 Introduction X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point is a portal that can act as the connection point between the Ethernet CSMA/CD protocol and the wireless CSMA/CA protocol. The Access Point can be easily integrated into your existing wireless network.

  • Page 6: Product Features

    Supports DHCP client for Ethernet LAN interface auto IP address assignment. Supports clone MAC address function. Supports WEB based management and configuration. 1.4 Top Panel Description Figure 1 –X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point Top Panel LED Indicator 1. Power LED 2. WLAN Activity LED 3.

  • Page 7: Rear Panel Description

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT 1.5 Rear Panel Description Reset Figure 2 – X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point Rear Panel Interfaces 1. Reset 2. Power 3. LAN 4. Antenna Antenna Power Description Push continually the reset button 5 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to factory defaults.

  • Page 8: Installation

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step One: Place X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations.

  • Page 9: Software Configuration

    3 Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point is delivered with the following factory default parameters. Default IP Address: Default IP subnet mask: WEB login User Name: WEB login Password: 3.1 Prepare your PC to configure X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point...
  • Page 10 USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection Local Area Connection 3. Check the installed list of button to install it; otherwise go to step 6. Protocol 4. Select 5. Select...

  • Page 11: Connect To X-Micro Wlan 11B Access Point

    Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point. 3.3 Management and configuration on X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point 3.3.1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless and TCP/IP configuration information.

  • Page 12: Wireless Basic Settings

    Access Point. Here you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters. It shows the SSID of X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point. The SSID is the unique name of X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point and shared among its service area, so all devices attempts to join the same wireless network can identify it.

  • Page 13: Wireless Advanced Settings

    These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient D escription It is the alias name of X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point. The alias name can be 32 characters long. Tick on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission.
  • Page 14 USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your Access Point. Screenshot – Wireless Advanced Settings Item Authentication Type Fragment Threshold...

  • Page 15: Wireless Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Broadcast SSID Apply Changes Reset 3.3.4 Wireless Security Setup This page allows you setup the WEP security. Turn on WEP by using encryption keys could prevent any unauthorized access to your wireless network.

  • Page 16: Wireless Access Control

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Key Format Default Tx Key Encryption Key 1 Encryption Key 2 Encryption Key 3 Encryption Key 4 Apply Changes Reset WEP encryption key (secret key) length: Format 3.3.5 Wireless Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your Access Point.
  • Page 17 USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Screenshot – Wireless Access Control Item Enable WEP Security MAC Address Comment Apply Changes Reset Current Access Control List Delete Selected Delete All Reset D escription Click the check box to enable wireless access control.

  • Page 18: Lan Interface Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT 3.3.6 LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network that connects to the LAN port of your Access Point. Here you may change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP, etc.

  • Page 19: Statistics

    MAC address. Since that all the clients will communicate outside world through X-Micro WLAN 11b Access Point, so have the cloned MAC address set on the wireless LAN access point will solve the issue.

  • Page 20: Upgrade Firmware

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Wireless LAN Received Packets Ethernet LAN Sent Packets Ethernet LAN Received Packets Refresh 3.3.8 Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version. Please note, do not power off the device during the upload because it may crash the system.

  • Page 21: Save /Reload Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT 3.3.9 Save /Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file that was saved previously. Besides, you could reset the current configuration to factory default.
  • Page 22 USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Screenshot – Password Setup Item User Name New Password Confirmed Password Apply Changes Reset D escription Fill in the user name for web management login control. Fill in the password for web management login control.

  • Page 23: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT 4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination.

  • Page 24: What Is Bssid

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one...

  • Page 25: What Are Potential Factors That May Causes Interference

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference: Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc. Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs. Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interferences: Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings.

  • Page 26: What Is Rts (Request To Send) Threshold

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large.

  • Page 27: What Is Preamble Type

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point).

  • Page 28: Configuration Examples

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT 5 Configuration Examples 5.1 Example One – DHCP on the LAN Sales division of Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on sales’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Access Point implementation by the following configuration.
  • Page 29 USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page and enable the DHCP Client function. Press Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “SDWLAN”, Channel Number “1”.

  • Page 30: Wlan Configuration

    USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT 5.2 Example Two – Fixed IP on the LAN Company ABC likes to establish a WLAN network to support mobile communication on all employees’ Notebook PCs. MIS engineer collects information and plans the WLAN Access Point implementation by the following configuration.
  • Page 31 USER’S MANUAL OF X-Micro WLAN 11b ACCESS POINT Configure the LAN interface: Open LAN Interface Setup page, enter the IP Address “192.168.1.254”, Subnet Mask “255.255.255.0”, Default Gateway “192.168.1.10”. Press Configure the WLAN interface: Open WLAN Interface Setup page, enter the SSID “MyWLAN”,...
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