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LEGRAND DA2131-V1A Owner's Manual

Outdoor 802.11n wireless access point
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Outdoor 802.11n
Wireless Access Point
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Owner's Manual
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  • Page 1 Outdoor 802.11n Wireless Access Point (P/N DA2131-V1A) Owner’s Manual 1308197 Rev. C - i -...
  • Page 2 Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and RSS-210 Issue 8 of Canada. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 3 FCC Radio Frequency Exposure Caution Statement In order to maintain compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. Use only with supplied antenna. Unauthorized antenna, modification, or attachments could damage the transmitter and may violate FCC regulations.
  • Page 4 WARNING: POSTPONE INSTALLATION UNTIL THERE IS NO RISK OF THUNDERSTORM OR LIGHTNING ACTIVITY IN THE AREA. When using this device, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and injury to persons, including the following: ...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Physical Details ..........................2 Chapter 2 Physical Installation ......................5 Physical Installation Steps ......................5 Chapter 3 Network Settings ........................10 Configuring and monitoring your DA2131-V1A from web browser ..........10 Chapter 4 Basic System Settings .......................16 Setup Wizard ..........................16 DHCP .............................. 16 Static ..............................
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  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Introduction Overview The DA2131-V1A Outdoor Wireless Access Point from Legrand now extends your home network’s wireless reach to locations outside the home, such as patios or pool areas. With its environmental protection, the DA2131-V1A can perform under rigorous weather conditions including heavy rain and wind.

  • Page 8: Physical Details

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Physical Details The following figures illustrate the physical details of the Outdoor N-WAP. 1.1 The Rear Panel – LED Wireless LAN LED Power LED LAN Port LED WAN Port LED Figure 1-1 Rear Panel LED Identification 1.2 LED Indications...
  • Page 9 For external antenna. You can use the RP-SMA connector to connect a RP-SMA Connector 2.4GHz external antenna (not supplied by Legrand). The RJ-45 jack allows LAN connection through a Category 5 cable. Supports auto-sensing on 10/100M speed and half/ full duplex; complys with IEEE 802.3/ 802.3u respectively.
  • Page 10 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 1.4 PoE Injector  PoE Module Figure 1-4 Top view of PoE Injector 3. Use only for DA2131-V1 Figure 1-5 Label of PoE Injector - 4 -...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Physical Installation

    To keep you safe and install the hardware properly, please read and follow these safety precautions. If you are installing the DA2131-V1A for the first time, for your safety as well as others’, please seek assistance from a professional installer who has received safety training on the hazards involved.
  • Page 12 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 2.2 Hardware Installation 2.2.1 Installation Steps Step 1. Push the latch in the bottom of DA2131-V1A to remove the sliding cover. Figure 2-1 Move the cover Step 2. Plug the RJ-45 Ethernet cable into the LAN Port of DA2131-V1A.
  • Page 13 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Step 3. Slide the cover back to seal the bottom of the DA2131-V1A. Figure 2-3 Seal the bottom Step 4. Take out the AC adapter and PoE injector, plug the power cord into the DC port and plug the other side of the RJ-45 cable from STEP 2 into the POE port of the PoE injector.
  • Page 14 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Step 5. Complete the hardware installation as indicated on the illustration below. Figure 2-5 Cabling complete It will take about 50 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powering on the Outdoor N-WAP; Power LED will be active, and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be flashing to show the WLAN interface is enabled and working now.
  • Page 15 Mounting Tie Figure 2-6 Pole Mounting 2.2.3 Surface Mounting Notice the rear bracket flange of the DA2131-V1A contains a screw hole in each corner for mounting to a flat surface with appropriate screws (provided). 2.2.4 Using an External Antenna If you prefer to use the external antenna with SMA-type connector for your application instead of the built-in directional antenna, please follow the steps below.

  • Page 16: Chapter 3 Network Settings

    Network Settings Configuring and monitoring your DA2131-V1A from a web browser The DA2131-V1A integrates a web-based graphical user interface that can cover most configurations and machine status monitoring. Via a standard web browser, you can configure and check machine status from anywhere around the world.
  • Page 17 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Select Protocol in the Network Component Type dialog box and click Add button. Select TCP/IP in Microsoft of Select Network Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP/IP protocol, it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation. Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP/IP installation.
  • Page 18 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Figure 3-3 Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting. For OS of Microsoft Windows Vista / 7: Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network Connections item. The Network Connections window will appear.
  • Page 19 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Figure 3-4 Move mouse and click General tab, Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example. IP Address: 192.168.40.2, or any IP address within 192.168.40.2 192.168.40.251 is good to connect to the Outdoor NWAP. IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0...
  • Page 20 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Click OK to complete the IP parameters setting. For OS of Microsoft Windows NT: Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network icon. The Network window will appear. Click Protocol tab from the Network window.
  • Page 21 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 40.252 40.252 Figure 3-7 Login Window Default User name: admin Default Password: admin If the above screen does not pop up, it may mean that your web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.

  • Page 22: Chapter 4 Basic System Settings

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Chapter 4. Basic System Settings Setup Wizard This Setup Wizard page guides you to configure the Internet connection and Wireless Settings quickly. Figure 4-1 Setup Wizard Click Next button to next step for Internet connection settings. There are five options (DHCP, Static Mode, PPPOE, L2TP, PPTP) for Internet connection on WAN port.

  • Page 23: Static

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A The page includes the following fields: Object Description This option specifies the Host Name of the Router. Host Name b. Static IP Address If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS setting, select Static Mode (fixed IP).

  • Page 24: Pppoe

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A c. PPPOE Connection If your ISP provides a PPPoE connection, select PPPoE option. And enter the following parameters. Figure 4-4 Step 1. PPPOE The page includes the following fields: Object Description Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are User Name/Password case-sensitive.

  • Page 25: L2Tp

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A d. L2TP If your ISP provides L2TP connection, please select L2TP option. And enter the following parameters. Figure 4-5 Step 1. L2TP The page includes the following fields: Object Description L2TP Server IP Address Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection.

  • Page 26: Pptp

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A IP Address Fill in the IP address for WAN interface. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask for WAN interface. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for WAN interface out going data packets.  Operation Mode Keep Alive: Keep the L2TP connection all the time.
  • Page 27 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A The page includes the following fields: Object Description PPTP Server IP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data Address transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection.

  • Page 28: Configure Wireless Settings

    Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name of SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned to all wireless devices in Network Name (SSID) your network. The default SSID is set to be Legrand WiFi. This value is case-sensitive. For example, LEGRAND is NOT the same as Legrand.

  • Page 29: Operation Mode

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.2 Operation Mode Figure 4-8 Operation Mode Configurations a. Bridge: The Bridge mode allows that all Ethernet and wireless interfaces are bridged into a single Bridge interface. b. Gateway: The Gateway mode allows that the first Ethernet port is treated as WAN port and the Ethernet port and the wireless interface are bridged together and are treated as LAN ports.

  • Page 30: Internet Settings

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.3 Internet Settings 4.3.1 WAN Figure 4-9 WAN Settings a. STATIC Object Description Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. IP Address Subnet Mask Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0...
  • Page 31 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A c. PPPoE Object Description User Name/Password Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Verify Password Fill in the password again for verification. Keep Alive: Keep the PPPoE connection all the time. Please also configure the Redial Period field.

  • Page 32: Lan Settings

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A If you select the PPTP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. User Name/Password Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Static: To configure the IP address information by manually, Address Mode please fill in the related setting at below.
  • Page 33 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Object Description The physical address of the NWAP, as seen from the LAN. The value can't MAC Address be changed. Enter the IP address of your NWAP or reset it in dotted-decimal notation IP Address (factory default: 192.168.40.252).

  • Page 34: Vpn Passthrough

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.3.3 DHCP Clients The “DHCP clients” page shows all the active DHCP clients. The table window shows the active clients with their Hostname, MAC address, assigned IP address, and time expired information. Figure 4-11 DHCP Clients 4.3.4 VPN Passthrough...
  • Page 35 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.4 Wireless 4.4.1 Basic Figure 4-13 Basic Wireless Settings The page includes the following fields: Object Description Wireless On/Off Click Wireless OFF button to turn off wireless RF radio. Click Wireless ON button to turn on wireless RF radio.
  • Page 36 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Broadcast Network Enable or disable the SSID broadcast function. Name (SSID) AP Isolation Wireless network is similar to the virtual local area network. All of the Wireless client devices can access each other completely. When you enable this function, it will turn off connection between wireless clients.

  • Page 37: Advanced Wireless Settings

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.4.2 Advanced Figure 4-14 Advanced Wireless Settings The page includes the following fields: Object Description B/G Protection Mode Default: Auto. You can select the other options including On and Off. The B/G protection technology is CTS-To-Self. It will try to reserve the throughput for 11g clients from 11b clients connecting to the device as AP mode.
  • Page 38 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A buffered data according to this value. For example, selecting “1” means to check the buffered data at every beacon. Fragment Threshold The fragmentation threshold determines the size at which packets are fragmented (sent as several pieces instead of as one block). Use a low setting in areas where communication is poor or where there is a great deal of radio interference.

  • Page 39: Security

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.4.3 Security a. Disable Figure 4-15 Wireless Security Settings If you set Security Mode to “Disable”, the wireless data transmission will not include encryption to prevent from unauthorized access and monitoring. - 33 -...
  • Page 40 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A b. OPEN-WEP Figure 4-16 OPEN-WEP If you set Security Mode to “OPEN-WEP” or “SHARED-WEP”, please fill in the related configurations at below. Object Description Default Key Specify a Key number for effective. WEP Keys When you select the encryption type as WEP, please input 5, 13 (1~4) (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) characters for WEP Key.
  • Page 41 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A SHARED-WEP Figure 4-17 SHARED-WEP If you set Security Mode to “OPEN-WEP” or “SHARED-WEP”, please fill in the related configurations at below. Object Description Default Key Specify a Key number for effective. WEP Keys When you select the encryption type as WEP, please input 5, 13 (1~4) (ASCII), 10 or 26 (HEX) characters for WEP Key.
  • Page 42 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A d. WPA-RADIUS Figure 4-18 WPA-RADIUS The page includes the following fields: Object Description WPA Cipher Suite Select TKIP, AES or TKIPAES for WPA algorithms. Key Renewal Interval Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal interval time.
  • Page 43 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A e. WPA-PSK Figure 4-19 WPA-PSK The page includes the following fields: Object Description WPA Cipher Suite Select TKIP, AES or TKIPAES for WPA algorithms. Please fill in a passphrase like ‘test wpa 123’, or a hexadecimal string Pre-Shared Key like '65E4 E123 456 E1'.
  • Page 44 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A f. WPA2-RADIUS Figure 4-20 WPA2-RADIUS The page includes the following fields: Object Description WPA Cipher Suite Select TKIP, AES or TKIPAES for WPA algorithms. Key Renewal Interval Please fill in a number for Group Key Renewal interval time.
  • Page 45 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Session timeout interval is for 802.1x re-authentication setting. Set to zero to Session Timeout disable 802.1x re-authentication service for each session. Session timeout interval unit is second and must be larger than 60. Enter the RADIUS Server’s IP Address provided by your ISP.
  • Page 46 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A h. 802.1X Figure 4-22 802.1X The page includes the following fields: Object Description Enable or Disable WEP encryption. Enter the RADIUS Server’s IP Address provided by your ISP. IP Address Enter the RADIUS Server’s port number provided by your ISP. (The Default Port is 1812.)
  • Page 47 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A e. Access Policy Figure 4-23 Access Policy The page includes the following fields: Object Description Policy Select the Disabled, Allow or Reject of drop down menu choose wireless access control mode. This is a security control function; only those clients registered in the access control list can link to this NWAP.

  • Page 48: Wds

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 5.4.4 WDS In the Basic Wireless Settings page, select the Wireless Mode to “WDS” to setup the WDS connection. a. WDS Mode WDS mode allows user to operate as a standard WDS that forwards traffic between WDS links (links that connect to other units in Repeater).
  • Page 49 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Step 2. Go to “Wireless Settings-> WDS”, fill in the MAC Address of the remote site. Figure 4-25 WDS Configuration To Setup the WDS Connection, the channel must be the same in both sites. You should fix the channel from “AutoSelect”...
  • Page 50 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Step 1. In the Basic Wireless Settings, configure Wireless Mode to “AP+WDS”. Figure 4-26 Wireless Mode – AP+WDS - 44 -...
  • Page 51 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Step 3. Go to “Wireless Settings-> WDS”, fill in the MAC Address of the remote site. Figure 4-27 WDS Configuration To Setup the WDS Connection, the channel must be the same in both sites. You should fix the channel from “AutoSelect”...
  • Page 52 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.4.5 Site Survey This page is used to view or configure other APs near yours. To connect with other AP by site survey, you need to configure the DA2131-V1 as “AP Client” mode in the Basic Wireless Settings page as following.

  • Page 53: Status

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Figure 4-29 Site Survey - 1 The page includes the following fields: Object Description SSID It shows the SSID of AP. BSSID It shows BSSID of AP. RSSI It shows the signal strength of current AP.
  • Page 54 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Figure 4-30 Site Survey - 2 - 48 -...
  • Page 55 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Step 4. After connected with AP, you can open “Status” page under Administrator to check link status. Figure 4-31 AP Status - 49 -...
  • Page 56 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.4.6 WPS This section will guide you to add a new wireless device quickly to an existing network by WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function. Step 1. Choose menu “WPS”, you will see the next screen. Figure 4-32 WPS Setup...
  • Page 57 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Choose PBC, and click “Apply”. Step 1: Figure 4-33 WPS - PBC Step 2: Press and hold the WPS Button equipped on the adapter directly for 2 or 3 seconds. Or you can click the WPS button with the same function in the configuration utility of the adapter.

  • Page 58: Firewall

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.5 Firewall 4.5.1 MAC /IP /Port Filtering Figure 4-37 MAC/IP/Port filtering The page includes the following fields: Object Description MAC/IP/Port Filtering Select Enable or Disable the MAC/IP/Port Filtering function. Source MAC address Fill in the MAC address of source NIC, to restrict data transmission.

  • Page 59: Port Forwarding

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Action Select Accept or Drop to specify the action of filtering policies. Comment Make a comment for the filtering policy. Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected. Reset Click Reset button to clear selected items.
  • Page 60 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A that hosted in local network behind the NAT firewall, fill in the port range. Protocol Specify protocol, TCP&UDP, TCP or UDP. Comment Make a comment for the port forwarding policy. Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete all that you selected.
  • Page 61 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.5.4 System Security Figure 5-40 System Security The page includes the following fields: Object Description Remote management Select Deny or Allow for remote management function. Ping form WAN Filter Select Disable or Enable for Ping permit from WAN.
  • Page 62 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.5.5 Content Filtering Figure 4-41 Content Filtering The page includes the following fields: Object Description Keyword Fill in a word for Webs Host Filter policy. Fill in a URL string for URL filter. Then click Add button to save the URL filter policy or click Reset button to clear the field.

  • Page 63: Administration

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.6 Administrator 4.6.1 Management Figure 4-42 System Management The page includes the following fields: - 57 -...

  • Page 64: Firmware Update

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Object Description Username Fill in the user name for web management login control. Password Fill in the password for web management login control. Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone Select the time zone in your country from pull-down menu..

  • Page 65: Settings Management

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.6.3 Settings Management Figure 4-44 Setting Management The page includes the following fields: Object Description Export Button Click Export button to export the current configuration to your PC. Click Browse button to select the configuration file from your PC, then Settings file location click Import button to update the configuration.
  • Page 66 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.6.4 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system info, Internet Configurations and Local Network. Figure 4-45 Status - 60 -...

  • Page 67: System Log

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A 4.6.5 System Log This page is used to view the system logs. Figure 4-46 System Log The page includes the following fields: Object Description Refresh Click the Refresh button to refresh the log shown on the screen.

  • Page 68: Appendix A Da2131-V1A Specifications

    Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A Appendix A: Specifications DA2131-V1 Product 150Mbps 802.11n Wireless Outdoor Access Point Hardware Specification IEEE802.11b/g IEEE 802.11n Standard support IEEE 802.3 10Base-T IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX IEEE 802.3x Flow Control Chipset Ralink RT3050 16 Mbytes DDR SDRAM Memory 4 Mbytes Flash Wireless IEEE802.11b/g/n...
  • Page 69 Owner’s Manual of DA2131-V1A  WDS PtP  WDS PtMP  WDS Repeater (AP+WDS)  Universal Repeater (AP+Client) Channel Width 20MHz / 40MHz 64/128-bits WEP WPA, WPA-PSK Encryption Security WPA2, WPA2-PSK 802.1X Enable it to isolate each connected wireless clients, to let them cannot access Wireless Isolation mutually.

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