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Wireless LAN Device Series
WLAN Outdoor AP
AP-G300 User Manual
Version. 1.3.0.9a (2006.11.22)

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  • Page 1 Wireless LAN Device Series WLAN Outdoor AP AP-G300 User Manual Version. 1.3.0.9a (2006.11.22)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTICE ..............................3 PREFACE ...............................5 CH 1. AP-G300 INSTALLATION......................6 AP-G300..............................6 Packing List ............................6 Hardware Installation........................7 CH 2. FIRST TIME CONFIGURATION ..................12 ......................12 EFORE TART TO ONFIGURE .....................12 NOWING THE ETWORK PPLICATION ..........................32 ASIC ETTINGS .........................35 DVANCED ETTINGS ....................38...
  • Page 3 ........................644 ANDWIDTH ONTROL S (Q )......................644 UALITY OF ERVICE ........................686 TATIC OUTE ETUP ........................69 YNAMIC OUTE ETUP VPN P ........................700 THROUGH CLI M ..........................700 SING ......................733 YSTEM ANAGEMENT SNMP A ..........................734 GENT ......................766 ISCELLANEOUS ETTINGS ..........................777 ATCH ...........................788 IMING ........................79 ONNECTING ROFILE .........................80...

  • Page 4: Notice

    Notice Warning： Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions：...
  • Page 5 Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with emission limits. This EUT is incompliance with SAR for general population /uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1999 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65 Supplement C.

  • Page 6: Preface

    Preface This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the AIR 802 AP-G300 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 7: Ch 1. Ap-G300 Installation

    Ch 1. AP-G300 Installation AP-G300 Packing List Before you start to install the AP-G300, make sure the package contains the following items： ● Wireless AP-G300 unit ● Mounting Kit ● 2.5” U bolts ● Waterproof Connector ● Power over Ethernet (PoE) Injector...

  • Page 8: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Once you check off everything from the package, you can start to install the AP-G300. You can mount to a pipe, a pole or to the side of a building. The steps are showed in the following： 1. You must mount the AP-G300 into the bracket first.
  • Page 9 1. Separate the waterproof connector into four parts. 2. Put these parts of waterproof connec tor on the RJ-45 network cable. 3. Connect the RJ-45 network cable to Ethernet port of IA. And then install those parts of waterproof connector one by on aution : The diameter of network cable has to be round;...
  • Page 10 It is suggested to have a lightening protector between antenna and antenna port. Connect the RF cable as the figure of “AP-G300 RF Cable Connection” and connect the ground wire as the figure of “AP-G300 Ground Wire Connection.”...
  • Page 11 Caution: DON’T plug the power cord into PoE device before you finish install the antenna and Ground wire to ensure the safety. ake sure the maximum length of the RJ-45 cable is shorter than 100M (328 feet) for normal operation under IEEE 802.3 standards. When you plug the regular RJ-45 cable into the PoE de vice, you should use the regular RJ-45 cable to plug into the “DATA IN”...
  • Page 12 Wireless signal strength is more than 1% Wireless signal strength less than 21% RSSI 40% Wireless signal strength is more than 21 Wireless signal strength less than 41% RSSI 60% Wireless signal strength is more than 41 Wireless signal strength less than 61% RSSI 80% Wireless signal strength is more than 61 Wireless signal strength less than 81%...

  • Page 13: Ch 2. First Time Configuration

    Ch 2. First Time Configuration Before Start to Configure There are two ways to configure the device, one is through web-browser, and the other is through 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 14 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. The NAT is existed between the 2 NIC and all the wireless clients share the same public IP address through the WAN port to ISP.
  • Page 15 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 t able shows the supporting combination of operation and wireless radio modes. Bridge Router WISP...
  • Page 16 Examples of Configuration This example demonstrates how to set up a network with different device configurations. There are 2 DHCP servers (DEV1/DEV4) in the network to control the IP configuration of 2 domains (192.168.2.x/192.168.3.x). Once the setting is done, all the PCs can visit Internet through DEV1. We assume all the devices keep the factory default setting.
  • Page 17 Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Router” mode. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. Press “Next>>” button then select the “PPPoE” for “WAN Access Type” and fill in the “User Name”...
  • Page 18 Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV1”. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. 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 DEV2 to “Current WDS AP List”. 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 20 Configure DEV2: 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 not able to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d”...
  • Page 21 Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV2”. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. Wait for refreshing web page.
  • Page 22 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 23 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 24 Configure DEV3: 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 not able to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d”...
  • Page 25 Access the web server by new IP address “192.168.2.203” then use “Basic Settings” page to change SSID and CHANNEL. Use the “Status” page to check the settings.
  • Page 26 Configure DEV4: 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 unable to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d”...
  • Page 27 Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. Press “Next>>” button then select the “DHCP Client” for “WAN Access Type”. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV4”. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished”...
  • Page 28 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 29 Configure DEV5: 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 unable to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d”...
  • Page 30 Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV5”. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. Wait for refreshing web page.
  • Page 31 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 32 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...

  • Page 33: 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 34 Infrastructure: This type requires the presence of 802.11b/g Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point. Ethernet AP Client #1 AP Client #2 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.
  • Page 35 Channel Number The following table is the available frequencies (in MHz) for the 2.4-GHz radio: Channel No. Frequency Country Domain 2412 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 2417 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 2422 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 2427 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 2432 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China...

  • Page 36: 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 37 interference. This function will help you to improve the network performance. RTS Threshold The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the radio issues a request to send (RTS) before sending the packet. A low RTS Threshold setting 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.
  • Page 38 coverage of the device must connect this device by manually configure the SSID in your client settings. IAPP (Inter-Access Point Protocol) This function will let Wireless Stations roam among a network environment with multiple devices. Wireless Stations are able to switch from one device to another as they move between the coverage areas.

  • Page 39: 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 40 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 41 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 42: 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 43 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 44: Mac Clone For Single Ethernet Client

    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 45: Configuring Universal Repeater

    Configuring Universal Repeater This device can be configured as a Repeater. In this mode, the device can extend available wireless range of other AP let user can link the network that they want, Also the device working as AP and Repeater same time. Following two ways describe how to make Universal Repeater effective.
  • Page 46 Note: Under mode, The Universal Repeater can take AP、WDS and AP+WDS effective. 2. Enter specific SSID in the Extended SSID field and then click Apply Changes button to take effective.

  • Page 47: 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 48 Star topology: Spanning Tree Device Entries of WDS AP List Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 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 49: Wds Application

    Mesh topology： LAN 1 WDS #1 LAN 5 LAN 2 WDS #2 WDS #5 WDS #4 WDS #3 LAN 4 LAN3 Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 WDS2 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 WDS3...
  • Page 50 Ethernet Wireless station Repeater Spanning Tree Description Entries of WDS AP List Protocol Required 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.

  • Page 51: Ch 4. Advanced Configurations

    Ch 4. Advanced Configurations Configuring LAN to WAN Firewall Filtering function is used to block or permit 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 or allow certain types of packets from your local network to through the device.

  • Page 52: Ip Filtering

    If you select DROP for the IP forwarding default policy, once the source port of outgoing packets match the port definition or within the port ranges in the table, the firewall will allow those packets form LAN to WAN. IP Filtering When you enable the IP Filtering function, you can specify local IP Addresses in current filter table.

  • Page 53: Mac Filtering

    If you select DROP for the IP forwarding default policy, once the source IP address of outgoing packets match the IP address definition in the table, the firewall will allow those packets form LAN to WAN. MAC Filtering When you enable the MAC Filtering function, you can specify the MAC Addresses in current filter table.

  • Page 54: Nat (Network Address Translation)

    If you select DROP for the IP forwarding default policy, once the source MAC Address of outgoing packets match the MAC Address definition in the table, the firewall will allow those packets form LAN to WAN. NAT (Network Address Translation) NAT is the translation between public IP address and private IP address.

  • Page 55: Configuring Port Forwarding (Virtual Server)

    Configuring Port Forwarding (Virtual Server) This function allows you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind the device's NAT firewall.

  • Page 56: Configuring Dmz

    Configuring DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network. Typically, the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic, such as Web (HTTP) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers. So that all inbound packets will be redirected to the computer you set.

  • Page 57: Configuring Wan Interface

    Configuring WAN Interface The device supports four kinds of IP configuration for WAN interface, including Static IP, DHCP Client, PPPoE and PPTP. You can select one of the WAN Access Types depend on your ISP required. The default WAN Access Type is “Static IP”. Static IP You can get the IP configuration data of Static-IP from your ISP.

  • Page 58: Dhcp Client (Dynamic Ip)

    The Internet Protocol (IP) address of WAN interface provided by your IP Address: ISP or MIS. The address will be your network identifier besides your local network. The number used to identify the IP subnet network, indicating whether Subnet Mask: the IP address can be recognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a gateway.

  • Page 59: Pppoe

    The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP. DNS1~3: (Domain Name Server) is used to map domain names to IP 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 60 The account provided by your ISP User Name: The password for your account. Password: “Continuous “ : connect to ISP permanently Connect Type: “Manual” : Manual connect/disconnect to ISP “On-Demand”: Automatically connect to ISP when user needs to access the Internet. The number of inactivity minutes to disconnect from ISP.
  • Page 61 The Internet Protocol (IP) address of WAN interface provided by IP Address: your ISP or MIS. The address will be your network identifier besides your local network. The number used to identify the IP subnet network, indicating Subnet Mask: whether the IP address can be recognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a gateway.

  • Page 62: Configuring Clone Mac Address

    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 Clone MAC address for Static IP WAN access type Clone MAC address for DHCP Client WAN access type...
  • Page 63 Clone MAC address for PPPoE WAN access type Clone MAC address for PPTP WAN access type...

  • Page 64: Configuring Dhcp Server

    Physical LAN interface MAC address clone Configuring DHCP Server 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. Enable the DHCP Server option and assign the client range of IP addresses as following page.

  • Page 65: Bandwidth Control

    Once completed, new firmware will be posted at for downloading. www.air802.com/firmware/apg300 QoS allows you to specify some rules, to ensure the quality of service in your network. Such as use Bandwidth Priority concept to allocate bandwidth. This function can be helpful in shaping and queuing traffic from LAN (WLAN) to WAN or LAN to WLAN, but not WLAN to WLAN.
  • Page 66 Enable the QoS and then fill in Bandwidth Ratio (H/M/L) the device has three Bandwidth Priorities High, Medium and Low user can allocation Bandwidth to these and default is High:50％, Medium:30％ and Low:20％. The following table describes the priorities that you can apply to bandwidth. Priority Level Description High...
  • Page 67 by priority of the rules. Higher priority will get the remaining bandwidth first. Max Throughput Enter the value of max throughput in kbps that you want to allocate for one rule. The value should between 1200 kbps and 24000 kbps. Bandwidth Ratio You can specify the ratio of priority in these fields.
  • Page 68 box. Choose Low, Medium or High. Filter Priority Select a filter priority number from the drop down list box. Lower number gets higher priority while two rules have the same bandwidth priority. IP TOS Match Select an IP type-of-service value from the drop down list box.

  • Page 69: Static Route Setup

    Static Route Setup User can set the routing information let the Router knows what routing is correct also it can not learn automatically through other means. For example, if user wants to link the Network 3 and Network 4 separately from Network 1 that Routing Table configuration as below: 1.

  • Page 70: Dynamic Route Setup

    3. In Static Route Table there have two routings for Network 3 and Network 4 Dynamic Route Setup The Dynamic Route utilizes RIP1/2 to transmit and receive the route information with other Routers. 1. Enable Dynamic Route and then select RIP 1 、 RIP2 or Both to transmit/receive packets final click Apply Change button.

  • Page 71: Vpn Pass Through

    VPN Pass-through This functionality let the device can Pass-through the VPN packets including PPTP/ L2TP/IPsec VPN Connection. 1. Check the VPN Pass-through in WAN Interface of TCP/IP Page that you want and then click Apply Changes button. Using CLI Menu Start a SSH(Secure Shell) client session to login the device The SSH server daemon inside device uses well-known TCP port 22.
  • Page 72 modified by CLI will take effect after rebooting the device. Menu Tree List...

  • Page 74: 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 75 2. Following Table describes the SNMP configuration parameter Label Description System Community String This is password sent with each trap to the SNMP Manager. System Name Type the Name which is name of device. System Location Type the Location which is location of device System Contact Type the Name which is person or group...
  • Page 76 4. Private MIBs Description 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.1 Mode, Operation Mode in device. 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.2 SSID, SSID of the device 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.3 Channel, Channel of the device in WLAN 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.4 Band, 802.11g / 802.11b only 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.5 RSSI, Receive Signal Strength Index (Support AP and Client RSSI) 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.6 Active_Clients, The number of associate clients...

  • Page 77: Miscellaneous Settings

    1.3.6.1.4.1.99.5 - RSSI 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.6 - Active_Clients 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.7 - Active_Clients_List 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.8 - Encryption Miscellaneous Settings HTTP Port The default http port is 80. For security concern, you can change the device’s http port, to protect this web server from intrusion and attack. 1.

  • Page 78: Ping Watchdog

    2. After apply change, you should re-login the web server. Type http://192.168.2.254:65500/ in URL field. RSSI Interval Input your RSSI Interval to specify the refresh time of RSSI information. The RSSI information can be found on the page of Wireless Basic Setting, Active Client Table, Wireless Site Survey and Status.

  • Page 79: Aiming Tool

    Label Description Target Host IP Specify the IP Address of the Network host to ping. Address Ping Interval Specify the waiting time for the next ping. If this time is too short, it will impact the through of this AP. The default value is 100.

  • Page 80: Connecting Profile

    After clicking the “Aiming” button, RSSI will be displayed on the web page. It’s also displayed by the LED. The flashing frequency of each LED shows the RSSI; the more frequency the LED flashing, the more RSSI it detected. From 20% to100% on the following picture, the more LED on means the more RSSI detected.

  • Page 81: Firmware Upgrade

    Firmware Upgrade Firmware Types The firmware for this device is divided into 2 parts, one is web pages firmware the other is application firmware, and the naming usually are AIR802-APG300webpages_adv.bin upgrade firmware, AIR802-APG300linux_adv_led1.bin. suggest user first upgrade the application firmware then web pages...

  • Page 82: Configuration Data Backup & Restore

    Upgrading Firmware The Web-Browser upgrading interface is the simplest and safest way for user, it will check the firmware checksum and signature, and the 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...

  • Page 83: Auto Discovery Tool

    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. Auto Discovery Tool User can use this tool to find out how many devices in your local area network.
  • Page 84 1. Change Password The user can change th e default login password. Just enter new password after login this tool and click “Change Password” button. The pop-up window shows that the password has been successfully changed. 2. Discover fter press this button, you could see there are how many devices in your network. And you would see the basic information about these devices, such as: SSID...
  • Page 85 MAC Address Active Client: this field shows how many clients associated with the device RSSI: this field shows R eceived Signal Strength Indication while device is on AP-Client mode 3. Setu p IP After you press the Setup IP button, you would see Setup IP Address window. You could change device’...
  • Page 86 5. WDS If the device you selected is on WDS mode or AP+WDS mode, you could press WDS button, and then you would see the WDS List window. 6. Active Clients After press Active Clients button, you would see WLAN AP Active Clients window. In this window, you could see client’s information, such as:...
  • Page 87 7. Connect to Web Server If you want connect to device’s web server, you could press this button, or double-click on the device. 8. Close You could press this button to leave this tool. 9. Reset the password to default password If the user had changed the login password and forgot it, he can execute “ResetPassword.exe”...
  • Page 88 1. Powering The AP-G300 is powered through a power-over-Ethernet (PoE) injector. The AP-G300 does not plug directly into an AC power outlet. The PoE injector has two modular plug connections. They are labeled: DATA IN and P+DATA OUT. A third connection is for the power transformer connection to the AC...
  • Page 89 AIR802 recommends for longer distance than 20 to 30 foot, a 400 series coaxial cable assembly. Otherwise a 195 series cable assembly should be adequate. The AP-G300 requires a N (plug or male) type connector for mating. Most outdoor antennas use N (male) type connectors.
  • Page 90 If you have not gained access at this point, it maybe that your computer does not have its TCP/IP Properties set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” Your computer must be on the same network as the AP-G300. The default IP address of the device is 192.168.2.254 and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 91 Click “Next>>”. The following screen should appear: Click the option, “Wireless ISP” and then “Next>>”. The following screen should appear:...
  • Page 92 You may elect to either click “Enable NTP client update” and selecting the proper time zone and location or click, “Next>>”. Once finished, the following screen should appear:...
  • Page 93 The default address will be used by most folks. Do not attempt to change this information unless you are an experienced networking professional. Click “Next>>”. The following screen should appear:...
  • Page 94 The WAN interface screen will not have DHCP Client as the default value. Please use the drop down menu and select DHCP client for this application. Then click, “Next>>” and the following screen should appear:...
  • Page 95 The band should be set as shown for both (B+G) in order to receive all possible networks in your area. The Mode will need to be set to “Client”. The Network Type will be Infrastructure. You will need to set the SSID. This is the name of the transmitting access point that you are attempting to gain access.
  • Page 96 Wait one or two minutes for the routers to establish communication. The computers in your network should now be communicating with the home broadband wireless network router and through the AIR802 AP-G300 into the public accessible network.

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