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  • Page 1                      Wireless access point     WEP-1L         User manual         Firmware version 1.1.0 IP address: 192.168.1.10 Username: admin Password: password...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    WEP-1L. User manual Contents Introduction ..............................5 Annotation ..............................5 Symbols ............................... 5 Device description ............................6 Purpose ............................... 6 Device specification............................ 6 The device technical parameters....................... 7 Design ................................9 2.4.1 Front panel ...............................9 2.4.2 Rear panel.............................. 10 2.4.3 Bottom panel............................
  • Page 3 WEP-1L. User manual 4.5.2 The «Radio 5 GHz» submenu ....................... 31 4.5.3 The «Advanced» submenu ........................34 The «VAP» menu............................35 4.6.1 The «Summary» submenu........................35 4.6.2 The «VAP» submenu..........................36 The «Network Settings» menu .........................39 4.7.1 The «System Configuration» submenu ....................39 4.7.2...
  • Page 4 WEP-1L. User manual 5.6.3 Network information..........................59 5.6.4 Wireless interfaces ..........................60 5.6.5 Event logging............................60 5.6.6 Spectrum Analyzer..........................61 The list of changes ............................62   4...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    The device is dedicated to create L2 wireless networks interfacing with a wired network. WEP-1L is connected to a wired network via 10/100/1000M Ethernet interface and arrange high-speed access to the Internet for devices supporting Wi-Fi technology at 2.4 and 5 GHz.

  • Page 6: Device Description

    WEP-1L is a universal solution for organization of wireless networks with small amount of users and oriented on installation in office or small branch of organization. The ability to create virtual access points with different types of encryption allows to differentiate access rights between ordinary users and dedicated groups of users.

  • Page 7: The Device Technical Parameters

    Centralized authorization via RADIUS server (WPA Enterprise); • WPA/WPA2 data encryption; • Support for Captive Portal. The figure below shows WEP-1L application scheme. Figure 1 – WEP-1L application scheme 2.3 The device technical parameters Table 1 — Main Specifications WAN Ethernet interface parameters...
  • Page 8   WEP-1L. User manual Frequency range, MHz 2402–2482 MHz, 5170–5835 MHz Modulation DSSS, CCK, BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM Operating channels 802.11b/g/n: 1–13 (2402–2482 MHz) 802.11a/n/ac: ·    36–64 (5170–5320 MHz) ·    100–144 (5490–5720 MHz) ·    149-165 (5745–5835 MHz) Data rate, Mbps 802.11a: up to 54 Mbps...

  • Page 9: Design

    2.4 Design WEP-1L enclosed in plastic case. 2.4.1 Front panel The layout of WEP-1L front panel is shown in the figure below. Figure 2 – Front panel of WEP-1L Table 2 – Description of WEP-1L front panel indicators Front panel element...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

      WEP-1L. User manual 2.4.2 Rear panel The layout of WEP-1L rear panel is shown in the figure below. Figure 3 – Rear panel of WEP-1L LEDs, connectors and controls located on the device main panel are listed in Table 3.

  • Page 11: Bottom Panel

      WEP-1L. User manual 2.4.3 Bottom panel The layout of WEP-1L bottom panel is shown in the figure below. Figure 4 – Bottom panel of WEP-1L Table 4 – Description of WEP-1L bottom panel controls Front panel element Description Button for reseting to factory settings 2.5 Light indication...

  • Page 12: Reset The Device To The Factory Settings

      WEP-1L. User manual Indicator Indicator's status Device state Power solid green Device power on, normal operation solid orange The device is loaded but IP address is not received via DHCP solid  red The device is loading 2.6 Reset the device to the factory settings To reset the device to the factory settings, press and hold the «F»...

  • Page 13: Rules And Recommendations For Device Installation

    Approximate radius of coverage area of WEP-1L with a good-quality signal in case of placing in typical office: 2.4 GHz 40-50 m, 5 GHz: 20-30 m. In the absence of obstacles, the coverage radius: 2.4 GHz up to 100 m;...

  • Page 14: Channel Selection For Neighboring Access Points

      WEP-1L. User manual Table 6 – Attenuation values Material   Change of signal level, dB 2.4 GHz 5 GHz Organic glass -0.3 -0.9 Brick -4.5 -14.6 Glass -0.5 -1.7 Plaster slab -0.5 -0.8 Wood laminated plastic -1.6 -1.9 Plywood -1.9...
  • Page 15   WEP-1L. User manual Figure 6 – Scheme of channel allocation among neighboring access points in the frequency range of 2.4 GHz when channel width is 20 MHz Similarly, the procedure of channel allocation is recommended to save for access point allocation between floors, see Figure 7.

  • Page 16: Device Management Via The Web Interface

      WEP-1L. User manual 4 Device management via the WEB interface 4.1 Getting started In order to start the operation, you should connect to the device via WAN interface using a web browser: 1. Open a web browser, for example, Firefox, Opera, Chrome.

  • Page 17: Applying Configuration And Discarding Changes

      WEP-1L. User manual 5. If necessary, you can switch the information display language. Russian and English languages are available for WEB interface. 4.2 Applying configuration and discarding changes Applying configuration   Clicking on the   button starts the process of saving the configuration to the device flash memory and applying the new settings.

  • Page 18: Web Interface Basic Elements

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.3 WEB interface basic elements Navigation elements of the WEB interface are shown on the figure below User interface window is divided into five general areas: Menu tabs categorize the submenu tabs: Monitoring, Radio, VAP, Network settings, System.

  • Page 19: The "Monitoring" Menu

    • MAC address – MAC address of the connected device; • Interface – interface of WEP-1L communication with the connected device; • Link Capacity – parameter that reflects the effectiveness of the use of a modulation access point on the transmission. It is calculated based on the number of packets transmitted on each modulation to the client, and the reduction factors.

  • Page 20: The "Traffic Statistics" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual • Tx BW – transmission bandwidth, MHz; • Rx BW – reception bandwidth, MHz; • Uptime – Wi-Fi client connection uptime. To display more detailed information on a particular client, select it from the list. A detailed description includes the following options: ...
  • Page 21   WEP-1L. User manual «Transmit» table description: • Interface — name of the interface; • Total packets – number of successfully sent packets; • Total bytes – number of successfully sent bytes; • Total drop – number of rejected packets; •...

  • Page 22: The "Scan Environment" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.4.3 The «Scan Environment» submenu In the «Scan Environment» submenu, scanning of the surrounding radio is carried out and detection of neighboring access points. After clicking on the «Scan» button, the process will be launched. After the scan is completed, a list of detected access points and information about them will appear: •...

  • Page 23: The "Events" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.4.4 The «Events» submenu In this section, you can view a list of real-time informational messages which contains the following information: • Date and Time – time when event was generated; • Type – category and importance level of the event;...

  • Page 24: The "Network Information" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual Level Message importance level Description Debug Debugging messages provide the user with information to correctly configure the system. To receive new messages in the event log, click the «Update» button. If necessary, you can delete all old messages from the log by clicking on the «Clear» button.
  • Page 25   WEP-1L. User manual The ARP table contains information about the alignment between the IP and MAC addresses of neighboring network devices: • IP address – device IP address; • MAC – device MAC address. Routes: • Interface – name of the bridge interface;...

  • Page 26: The "Radio Information" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.4.6 The «Radio Information» submenu In the «Radio Information» submenu the current status of WEP-1L radio interfaces is displayed. The access point radio interfaces can be in two states: «On» and «Off». The status of each radio interface is shown in the «Status»...

  • Page 27: The "Device Information" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.4.7 The «Device Information» submenu The «Device Information» submenu displays main WEP-1L parameters. • Product – device model name; • Hardware Version – device hardware version; • Factory MAC Address – device WAN interface MAC address, setted by manufacturer;...

  • Page 28: The "Radio" Menu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.5 The «Radio» menu In the «Radio» menu you can configure the wireless interface. 4.5.1 The «Radio 2.4 GHz» submenu In the «Radio 2.4 GHz» submenu you can configure the main parameters of the radio interface of the device operating in the 2.4 GHz band.
  • Page 29   WEP-1L. User manual  If the «Use Limit channels» list contains a channel that is not available for selection, it will be marked in grey. In order for the new configuration to be applied to an access point, only available (blue highlighted) channels must be specified in the «Use Limit channels»...
  • Page 30   WEP-1L. User manual • Broadcast/Multicast Rate Limiting, p/s – when the flag is set, transmission of broadcast/multicast traffic over the wireless network is restricted. Specify the limit for broadcast traffic in the popup window (p/s); • Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) – WMM support activation (Wi-Fi Multimedia);...

  • Page 31: The "Radio 5 Ghz" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.5.2 The «Radio 5 GHz» submenu In the «Radio 5 GHz» submenu you can configure the main parameters of the radio interface of the device operating in the 5 GHz band. • Mode – select interface operation mode: •...
  • Page 32   WEP-1L. User manual  If the «Use Limit channels» list contains a channel that is not available for selection, it will be marked in grey. In order for the new configuration to be applied to an access point, only available (blue highlighted) channels must be specified in the «Use Limit channels»...
  • Page 33   WEP-1L. User manual device transmits one data flow through several antennas. When unchecked, the device does not transmit one data flow through several antennas. • Beacon Interval, ms – beacon frames transmission period. The frames are sent to detect access points. The parameter takes values from 20 to 2000 ms, by default – 100 ms;...

  • Page 34: The "Advanced" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual • AIFS – Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing, defines the waiting time of data frames, measured in slots, takes values (1-255); • cwMin – the initial timeout value before resending a frame, specified in milliseconds, takes the values 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, 511, 1023. The value of cwMin cannot exceed the value of cwMax;...

  • Page 35: The "Vap" Menu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.6 The «VAP» menu In the «VAP» menu, you can configure virtual Wi-Fi access points (VAP). 4.6.1 The «Summary» submenu The «Summary» submenu displays the settings of all VAPs on Radio 2.4 GHz and Radio 5 GHz radio interfaces.

  • Page 36: The "Vap" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.6.2 The «VAP» submenu Common settings • Enabled – when checked, the virtual access point is enabled, otherwise it is disabled; • VLAN ID – VLAN number from which the tag will be removed when transmitting Wi-Fi traffic to clients connected to this VAP.
  • Page 37   WEP-1L. User manual • General VLAN ID – a tag will be removed from the specified VLAN ID and the traffic of this VLAN will pass to the client without a tag. When traffic passes in the opposite direction, untagged traffic will be tagged with General VLAN ID;...
  • Page 38   WEP-1L. User manual Captive Portal Under security modes: Off, WPA, WPA2, WPA/WPA2 a portal authorization setting is available on the VAP. • Enable – when checked, authorization of users in the network will be performed via the virtual portal;...

  • Page 39: The "Network Settings" Menu

      WEP-1L. User manual Shapers • Show – display configuration field; • VAP Limit Down – restriction of bandwidth in the direction from the access point to the clients (in total) connected to this VAP, Kbps; • VAP Limit Up – restriction of bandwidth in the direction from the clients (in total) connected to this VAP, to the access point, Kbps;...

  • Page 40: The "Access" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual • DHCP – operation mode, when IP address, subnet mask, DNS server address, defualt gateway and other parameters required for operation are obtained from DHCP server automatically; • Static – operation mode where IP address and all the necessary parameters for WAN interface are assigned statically.
  • Page 41 To enable access to the device via NETCONF, check the box next to «NETCONF»; WEP-1L software allows monitoring status of the device and it's sensors via SNMP. In the SNMP submenu, you can configure settings of SNMP agent. The device supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 protocol version.

  • Page 42: The "System" Menu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.8 The «System» menu In the «System» menu you can configure system, time, device access via dofferent protocols, change password and update device firmware. 4.8.1 The «Device Firmware Upgrade» submenu The «Device Firmware Upgrade» submenu is intended for upgrading the device's firmware.

  • Page 43: The "Configuration" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.8.2 The «Configuration» submenu In the «Configuration» submenu you can save and update current configuration. Backup Configuration To save current device configuration to local computer click on the «Download» button. Restore Configuration To download the configuration file saved on the local computer, use the Restore Configuration item. To update the device configuration click the «Browse»...

  • Page 44: The "Password" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.8.4 The «Password» submenu When logging in via WEB interface administrator (default password: password) has the full access to the device: read/write any settings, full device status monitoring. To change the password, enter the new password first in the «Password» field, then in the «Confirm Password»...

  • Page 45: The "Date And Time" Submenu

      WEP-1L. User manual 4.8.6 The «Date and Time» submenu In the «Date and Time» submenu, you can set the time manually or using the time synchronization protocol (NTP). Manual • Date and Time device – date and time set on the device. Click on the «Edit» button if the correction is necessary;...

  • Page 46: Managing The Device Using The Command Line

    To go back to the previous configuration section, enter the exit command. 5.1 Connection to the device By default, WEP-1L is configured to receive the address via DHCP. If this does not happen, you can connect to the device using the factory IP address.

  • Page 47: Virtual Wi-Fi Access Points (Vap) Configuration

      WEP-1L. User manual Configuration of reception of the network parameters via DHCP WEP-1L(root):/# configure WEP-1L(config):/# interface WEP-1L(config):/interface# br0 WEP-1L(config):/interface/br0# common WEP-1L(config):/interface/br0/common# protocol dhcp WEP-1L(config):/interface/br0/common# save (Save changes) 5.3 Virtual Wi-Fi access points (VAP) configuration When configuring a VAP, remember that the interface names in the 2.4 GHz range start with wlan0, in the 5 GHz range with wlan1.

  • Page 48: Configuration Of Vap Without Encryption

      WEP-1L. User manual 5.3.1 Configuration of VAP without encryption Creation of VAP without encryption WEP-1L(root):/# configure WEP-1L(config):/# interface WEP-1L(config):/interface# wlan1-va0 WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# common WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# enabled true (Enable VAP) WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# exit WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# vap WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# ssid 'SSID_WEP-1L_open' (Change SSID name) WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# security-mode off...

  • Page 49: Configuration Of Vap With Enterprise Authorization

      WEP-1L. User manual 5.3.3 Configuration of VAP with Enterprise authorization Creation of VAP with WPA2-Enterprise security mode with periodic accounting to RADIUS server WEP-1L(root):/# configure WEP-1L(config):/# interface WEP-1L(config):/interface# wlan1-va0 WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# common WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# enabled true (Enable VAP) WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# exit WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# vap...

  • Page 50: Configuration Of Vap With Captive Portal

      WEP-1L. User manual 5.3.4 Configuration of VAP with Captive Portal Commands to configure portal authorization by sending your account to the Radius server WEP-1L(root):/# configure WEP-1L(config):/# interface WEP-1L(config):/interface# wlan1-va0 WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# common WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# enabled true  WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# exit WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# vap WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# vlan-id X (where X - VLAN-ID on VAP) WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# security-mode off ...
  • Page 51   WEP-1L. User manual Enabling General VLAN on VAP WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# general-vlan-mode true (Enabling General VLAN on SSID. To disable, enter  false) WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# general-vlan-id X (where X – General VLAN number) Enabling hidden SSID WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# hidden true (Enabling hidden SSID. To disable, enter ...

  • Page 52: Radio Configuration

      WEP-1L. User manual 5.4 Radio configuration In the Radio section, automatic selection of the working channel is used by default. To set the channel manually and change the power, use the following commands: Change of operation channel and radio interface power...
  • Page 53   WEP-1L. User manual Enabling the use of Short Guard Interval WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan0/wlan/radio-2g# sgi true (Switching on the use of a Short Guard Interval for data transmission of 400 ns instead of 800 ns. To disable, enter  false Enabling STBC WEP-1L(config):/interface/wlan0/wlan/radio-2g# stbc true (Enabling the Spatial-Time Block Coding (STBC) method, aimed at improving the reliability of data transmission...

  • Page 54: System Settings

    Parameters configuration for queues be, vi, vo is similar to parameters configuration for queue bk. 5.5 System settings 5.5.1 Device firmware update Device firmware update via tftp WEP-1L(root):/# firmware upload tftp < tftp server ip address> <Firmware image name> (Example: firmware upload tftp 192.168.1.15 WEP-1L-1.1.0_build_444.tar.gz) WEP-1L(root):/# firmware upgrade Device firmware update via http WEP-1L(root):/# firmware upload http <URL to download firmware image>...

  • Page 55: Device Configuration Management

    WEP-1L(root):/# manage-config download tftp <tftp server ip address>  (Example: manage-config download tftp 192.168.1.15) Download configuration file from tftp server to the device WEP-1L(root):/# manage-config upload tftp <tftp server ip address> <Configuration file name> (Example:  manage-config upload tftp 192.168.1.15 config.json) WEP-1L(root):/# manage-config apply (Apply configuration on the access point) 5.5.3 Device reboot...

  • Page 56: Setting The Date And Time

    Commands to configure NTP server time synchronization WEP-1L(root):/# configure WEP-1L(config):/# date-time WEP-1L(config):/date-time# mode ntp (Enable NTP operation mode) WEP-1L(config):/date-time# ntp WEP-1L(config):/date-time/ntp# server <NTP server IP address> (NTP server configuration) WEP-1L(config):/date-time/ntp# exit WEP-1L(config):/date-time# common WEP-1L(config):/date-time/common# timezone 'Asia/Novosibirsk (Novosibirsk)' (Timezone configuration) WEP-1L(config):/date-time/common# save...

  • Page 57: Monitoring

      WEP-1L. User manual 5.6 Monitoring 5.6.1 Wi-Fi Clients WEP-1L(root):/# monitoring clients index interface | wlan1-va1 state | ASSOC AUTH_SUCCESS hw-addr e0:d9:e3:7a:75:00 ip-addr 192.168.0.24 hostname | WB-2P-LR5 authorized true captive-portal-vap false enterprise-vap false rx-retry-count tx-fails tx-period-retry tx-retry-count rssi-1 rssi-2 snr-1...

  • Page 58: Device Info

      WEP-1L. User manual Rate Transmitted Received -------------------------------------------------- ofdm6 72%| 62%| nss1-mcs0 | nss1-mcs1 | 22%| nss1-mcs3 | 25%| nss1-mcs4 | nss2-mcs9 | -------------------------------------------------- Multicast groups: none 5.6.2 Device info WEP-1L(root):/# monitoring information system-time: 16:59:12 16.06.2020 uptime: 00:13:55 software-version: 1.1.0...

  • Page 59: Network Information

      WEP-1L. User manual 5.6.3 Network information WEP-1L(root):/# monitoring wan-status interface: br0 protocol: dhcp ip-address: 192.168.1.15 mac: e8:28:c1:xx:xx:xx mask: 255.255.255.0 gateway: 192.168.1.1 DNS-1: 192.168.1.100 DNS-2: rx-bytes: 4864149 rx-packets: 13751 tx-bytes: 2462399 tx-packets: 20753 WEP-1L(root):/# monitoring ethernet link: up speed: 1000...

  • Page 60: Wireless Interfaces

    5.6.5 Event logging WEP-1L(root):/# monitoring events 23 00:00:07 WEP-1L daemon.info syslogd[925]: started: BusyBox v1.21.1   23 00:00:09 WEP-1L daemon.info configd[955]: The AP startup configuration was loaded successfully.   1 03:00:14 WEP-1L daemon.info networkd[987]: Networkd started   1 03:01:17 WEP-1L daemon.info networkd[987]: DHCP-client: Interface br0 obtained lease on 192.168.1.15.

  • Page 61: Spectrum Analyzer

      WEP-1L. User manual 5.6.6 Spectrum Analyzer The spectrum analyzer provides information on channel utilization in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. The result is displayed as a percentage. WEP-1L(root):/# monitoring spectrum-analyzer Channel| CCA 132| 136| 140| 144| 149| 153|...

  • Page 62: The List Of Changes

      WEP-1L. User manual 6 The list of changes Document version Issue date Revisions Version 1.1 30.06.2020 Syncronization with firmware version 1.1.0 Version 1.0 11.02.2020 First issue. Firmware version 1.1.0...
  • Page 63 29 Okruzhnaya Str., Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, 630020 E-mail: techsupp@eltex-co.ru   You are welcome to visit ELTEX official website to get the relevant technical documentation and software for ELTEX products or consult a Service Center Specialist on our technical forum.   https://eltex-co.com/ https://eltex-co.com/support/downloads/...

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