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Wireless LAN Device Series
WLAN Outdoor Bridge
AWAP08O-11gHP User Manual
Version. 1.2.1 (25.03.2005)

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  • Page 1 Wireless LAN Device Series WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP User Manual Version. 1.2.1 (25.03.2005)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Preface...3 Ch 1.AWAP08O-11gHP Installation ...4 Packing List ...4 Hardware Installation...5 Ch 2. First Time Configuration...8 Before Start to Configure...8 Knowing the Network Application ...8 Advanced Settings ...34 Configuring Wireless Security...37 Configuring as WLAN Client Adapter ...40 Quick start to configure ...40 Ch 3.

  • Page 3: Preface

    Preface This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the Ziwell AWAP08O-11gHP outdoor product, hereafter referred to as the “device”. To use this guide, you should have experience working with the TCP/IP configuration and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks.

  • Page 4: Ch 1.Awap08O-11Ghp Installation

    Ch 1. AWAP08O-11gHP Installation Packing List Before you start to install the ODU, make sure the package contains the following items： Wireless Outdoor Bridge unit * 1 Mounting Kit * 1 Waterproof (IP67) RJ-45 Cable (30M) * 1 Waterproof (IP66) RF Cable (1M) * 1 Power Over Ethernet Kit * 1 Ground Wire * 1 2.5”...

  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    2.5” /4” U bolt and Anchor Hardware Installation Once you check off everything from the package, you can start to install the ODU. You can mount to a pipe, a pole or to the side of a building. The steps are showed in the following： You must mount the ODU into the bracket first.
  • Page 6 After checking the ODU is mounted well, you can connect the following two cables: the Waterproof RJ-45 network cable to “P+ DATA OUT” port of ODU and the RF cable to antenna port. Additional waterproof tool, such as waterproof tape, is recommended to use to enhance the waterproof function.
  • Page 7 Caution: DON’T plug the power cord into PoE device before you finish install the antenna and Ground wire to ensure the safety. If the RJ-45 cable’s length is not long enough to connect to your network device for indoor parts installation, you can extend the cable length. However, make sure the maximum length of the RJ-45 cable is shorter than 100M (about 109 yards) for normal operation under IEEE 802.3 standards.

  • Page 8: Ch 2. First Time Configuration

    Ch 2. First Time Configuration Before Start to Configure There are two interfaces to configure the device, one is web-browser interface, and the other is Secure Shell CLI interface. To access the configuration interfaces, make sure you are using a computer connected to the same network as the device.
  • Page 9 The device provides 3 different operation modes and the wireless radio of device can act as AP/Client/WDS. The operation mode is about the communication mechanism between the wired Ethernet NIC and wireless NIC, the following is the types of operation mode. Router The wired Ethernet (WAN) port is used to connect with ADSL/Cable modem and the wireless NIC is used for your private WLAN.
  • Page 10 survey and connect to the device. The device only allows the WDS connection. WDS+AP This mode combines WDS plus AP modes, it not only allows WDS connections but also the wireless clients can survey and connect to the device. The following table shows the supporting combination of operation and wireless radio modes.

  • Page 11: Default Setting

    Examples of Configuration LAN 192.168.2.254/24 WAN PPPoE connection Wireless Channel / SSID 11 / AWAP08O-11gHP MAC Address of WLAN(BSSID) 000000042728 DHCP Server enabled (IP pool 192.168.2.1~253) 192.168.2.x 192.168.2.x AP - Bridge DEV 3 LAN 192.168.2.203/24 Channel / SSID 5 / 192.168.2.x 192.168.2.x LAN 192.168.2.205/24...
  • Page 12 Configure DEV1: 1. Connect the ADSL modem to Ethernet port of device using Ethernet cable. 2. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the wireless station. 3. Use Wizard page to setup device. 4. Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Router” mode. 5.
  • Page 13 7. Press “Next>>” button then select the “PPPoE” for “WAN Access Type” and fill in the “User Name” and “Password” fields. 8. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and change the SSID to “AWAP08O-11gHP”. 9. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button.
  • Page 14 10. Wait for refreshing web page. 11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS. 12. Enable WDS function and add the BSSID of DEV2 to “Current WDS AP List”.
  • Page 15 13. Since we access the device by wireless connection, it may temporarily disconnect when applying the WDS setting. After re-connecting to the device, use the “Status “ page to check the settings.
  • Page 16 Configure DEV2: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you can’t access the web server of device.
  • Page 17 5. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and change the SSID to “AWAP08O-11gHP”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button.
  • Page 18 8. Wait for refreshing web page. 9. Access the web server by new IP address “192.168.2.202” then use “LAN Interface” page to disable DHCP Server. 10. Wait for refreshing web page. 11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS.
  • Page 19 12. Enable WDS function and add the BSSID of DEV1 to “Current WDS AP List”. 13. Use the “Status “ page to check the settings.
  • Page 21 Configure DEV3: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you can’t access the web server of device.
  • Page 22 5. Use the “Status “ page to check the settings.
  • Page 23 Configure DEV4: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you can’t access the web server of device.
  • Page 24 5. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “DHCP Client” for “WAN Access Type”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change the SSID to “AWAP08O-11gHP”.
  • Page 25 9. Wait for refreshing web page. 10. Change the IP address of your PC to 192.168.3.x then access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.3.1” and use “Status” page check the setting. 11. If the “State” of “Wireless Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey”...
  • Page 27 Configure DEV5: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you can’t access the web server of device.
  • Page 28 5. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change the SSID to “AWAP08O-11gHP”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button.
  • Page 29 8. Wait for refreshing web page. 9. Access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.2.205” and use “LAN Interface” page to disable DHCP Server. 10. Wait for refreshing webpage. 11. Use “State” page to check setting.
  • Page 30 12. If the “State” of “Wireless Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey” page to re-connect a AP.

  • Page 31: Basic Settings

    Basic Settings Disable Wireless LAN Interface Disable the wireless interface of device Band: The device supports 2.4GHz(B), 2.4GHz(G) and 2.4GHz(B+G) mixed modes. Mode: The radio of device supports different modes as following: 1. AP The radio of device acts as an Access Point to serves all wireless clients to join a wireless local network.
  • Page 32 P C 1 A P C lie n t 1 (In frastru c tu re) Ad Hoc: This type provides a peer-to-peer communication between wireless stations. All the communication is done from Client to Client without any Access Point involved. Ad Hoc networking must use the same SSID and channel for establishing the wireless connection.
  • Page 33 2462 2467 2472 2484 When set to “Auto”, the device will find the least-congested channel for use. Associated Client Show the information of active wireless client stations that connected to the device. Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China EMEA and Japan only EMEA and Japan only Japan only...

  • Page 34: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your device. The default setting is optimized for the normal operation. For specific application, setting configuration will required highly attention to reach optimistic condition.
  • Page 35 can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the device, or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the device and not each other. You can enter a setting ranging from 0 to 2347 bytes.
  • Page 36 DEV-1 Block WLAN Relay (Isolate Client) The device supports isolation function. If you are building a public Wireless Network, enable this function can provide better security. The device will block packets between wireless clients (relay). All the wireless clients connected to the device can’t see each other.

  • Page 37: Configuring Wireless Security

    Configuring Wireless Security This device provides complete wireless security function include WEP, 802.1x, WPA-TKIP, WPA2-AES and WPA2-Mixed in different mode (see the Security Support Table). The default security setting of the encryption function is disabled. Choose your preferred security setting depending on what security function you need. WEP Encryption Setting Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is implemented in this device to prevent unauthorized access to your wireless network.
  • Page 38 refer to the following setting of the WEP encryption: 64-bit WEP Encryption：64-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 40-bit WEP. You can input 10 hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f or A~F) or 5 ACSII chars. 128-bit WEP Encryption：128-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 104-bit WEP.
  • Page 39 WPA Encryption Setting WPA feature provides a high level of assurance for end-users and administrators that their data will remain private and access to their network restricted to authorized users. You can choose the WPA encryption and select the Authentication Mode. WPA Authentication Mode This device supports two WPA modes.

  • Page 40: Configuring As Wlan Client Adapter

    Configuring as WLAN Client Adapter This device can be configured as a wireless Ethernet adapter. In this mode, the device can connect to the other wireless stations (Ad-Hoc network type) or Access Point (Infrastructure network type) and you don’t need to install any driver.
  • Page 41 The alternative way to configure as following: Step 1. In “Wireless Site Survey” page, select one of the SSIDs you want to connect and then press “Connect” button to establish the link. Step 2. If the linking is established successfully. It will show the message “Connect successfully”.
  • Page 42 Note ： If the available network requires authentication and data encryption, you need to setup the authentication and encryption before step1 and all the settings must be as same as the Access Point or Station. About the detail authentication and data encryption settings, please refer the security section. Authentication Type In client mode, the device also supports two Authentication Types “Open system”...

  • Page 43: Ch 3. Configuring Wds

    Ch 3. Configuring WDS Wireless Distribution System (WDS) uses wireless media to communicate with the other devices, like the Ethernet does. This function allows one or more remote LANs connect with the local LAN. To do this, you must set these devices in the same channel and set MAC address of other devices you want to communicate with in the WDS AP List and then enable the WDS.

  • Page 44: Star Topology

    Star topology： Device Entries of WDS AP List WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 WDS2 The MAC Address of WDS1 WDS3 The MAC Address of WDS1 WDS4 The MAC Address of WDS1 WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS1 Ring topology：...

  • Page 45: Wds Application

    Mesh topology： LAN 5 WDS5 LAN 4 Device Entries of WDS AP List WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 WDS2 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 WDS3 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS4 and WDS5 WDS4 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS3 and WDS5 WDS5...
  • Page 46 Description Entries of WDS AP List Access Point The MAC Address of Repeater Repeater The MAC Address of Access Point Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge can establish a wireless connection between two or more Wired LANs. When you decide to use the WDS as a Wireless Bridge, please refer the following instructions for configuration.

  • Page 47: Ch 4. Advanced Configurations

    Ch 4. Advanced Configurations Configuring LAN to WAN Firewall Filtering function is used to block packets from LAN to WAN. The device supports three kinds of filter Port Filtering, IP Filtering and MAC Filtering. All the entries in current filter table are used to restrict certain types of packets from your local network to through the device.

  • Page 48: Configuring Port Forwarding (Virtual Server)

    Addresses in current filter table. Once the source MAC Address of outgoing packets match the MAC Addresses in the table, the firewall will block this packet from LAN to WAN. Configuring Port Forwarding (Virtual Server) This function allows you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall.

  • Page 49: Multiple Servers Behind Nat Example

    Finger HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) POP3 (Post Protocol) NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) SNMP trap SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) Multiple Servers behind NAT Example: In this case, there are two PCs in the local network accessible for outside users.

  • Page 50: Configuring Wan Interface

    Enable DMZ: Enable the “Enable DMZ”, and then click “Apply Changes” button to save the changes. DMZ Host IP Address: Input the IP Address of the computer that you want to expose to Internet. AP Client 1 DNS Host Configuring WAN Interface The device supports four kinds of IP configuration for WAN interface, including Static IP, DHCP Client, PPPoE and PPTP.

  • Page 51: Static Ip

    Static IP You can get the IP configuration data of Static-IP from your ISP. And you will need to fill the fields of IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and one of the DNS addresses. IP Address: The Internet Protocol (IP) address of WAN interface provided by your ISP or MIS.

  • Page 52: Dhcp Client (Dynamic Ip)

    DHCP Client (Dynamic IP) All IP configuration data besides DNS will obtain from the DHCP server when DHCP-Client WAN Access Type is selected. DNS1~3: The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP. addresses. DNS maintain central lists of domain name/IP addresses and map the domain names in your Internet requests to other servers on the Internet until the specified web site is found.

  • Page 53: Pptp

    User Name: The account provided by your ISP Password: The password for your account. Connect Type: “Continuous “ : connect to ISP permanently “Manual” : Manual connect/disconnect to ISP “On-Demand” : Automatically connect to ISP when user need to access the Internet. Idle Time: The number of inactivity minutes to disconnect from ISP.

  • Page 54: Configuring Clone Mac Address

    IP Address: Subnet Mask: Server IP Address: (Default Gateway) User Name: Password: MTU Size: DNS1~3: Clone MAC Address: Enable uPnP: Configuring Clone MAC Address The device provides MAC address clone feature to fit the requirement of some ISP need to specify the client MAC address. Physical WAN interface MAC Address clone 1.
  • Page 55 2. Clone MAC address for Static IP WAN access type 3. Clone MAC address for PPPoE WAN access type...
  • Page 56 4. Clone MAC address for PPTP WAN access type 5. Physical LAN interface MAC address clone...

  • Page 57: Configuring Dhcp Server

    Configuring DHCP Server 1. To use the DHCP server inside the device, please make sure there is no other DHCP server existed in the same network as the device. 2. Enable the DHCP Server option and assign the client range of IP addresses as following page.
  • Page 58 A. Basic Settings B. Advanced Settings C. Security Settings D. Access Control Settings E. WDS Settings 0. Exit A. IP Address B. Subnet Mask C. Default Gateway A. Operation Mode D. DHCP E. DHCP Client Range :192.168.2.100 ~~ 192.168.2.200 B. Wireless Setting F.

  • Page 59: The System Management

    The System Management Password Protection Both Web-Browser and SSH configuration interfaces have password protection. To disable the Web-Browser password protection just leave the “User Name” field to blank then click “Apply Changes” button. To change the password of user “root” for SSH session, please use the CLI menu item G.

  • Page 60: Configuration Data Backup & Restore

    wrong firmware won’t be accepted. After upgrading, the device will reboot and please note that depends on the version of firmware, the upgrading may cause the device configuration to be restored to the factory default setting, and the original configuration data will be lost! To upgrade firmware, just assign the file name with full path then click “Upload”...
  • Page 61 To save & restore configuration data of device, just assign the target filename with full path at your local host, then you can backup configuration data to local host or restore configuration data to the device.

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