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  • Page 1 WLA-5000AP v3 802.11a/b/g Wireless Access Point User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    OvisLink Corp. 5F., NO.6, Lane 130, Min-Chuan Rd., Hsin-Tien City, Taipei County, Taiwan Declare that the product 802.11a/b/g Wireless Access Point WLA-5000AP v3 is in conformity with In accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive and 1999/5 EC-R & TTE Directive Clause Description EN 301 893 v1.2.3...
  • Page 3 WLA-5000APV3 CE Declaration Statement Country Declaration Country Declaration OvisLink Corp. tímto prohlašuje, že tento Šiuo OvisLink Corp. deklaruoja, kad WLA-5000APV3 je ve shodě se základními Česky [Czech] Lietuvių šisWLA-5000APV3 atitinka esminius reikalavimus ir požadavky a dalšími příslušnými ustanoveními [Lithuanian] kitas 1999/5/EB Direktyvos nuostatas. směrnice 1999/5/ES.

  • Page 4: Regulatory Information

    OvisLink Corp. Windows ™ 95/98 and Windows ™ 2000 are trademarks of Microsoft ® Corp. Pentium is trademark of Intel. All copyright reserved. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    3.3.3 QoS Settings .....................29 3.3.4 RADIUS Settings ..................30 3.4 Repeater Mode Settings ..................31 3.4.1 AP Node Settings..................31 3.4.2 Repeater Node Settings ................33 3.4.3 Repeater Node Local service Settings............34 3.4.4 Repeater Advance Wireless Setting ............34 AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...
  • Page 6 4.5.1 Signal survey .....................64 4.6 Firmware Upgrade ....................65 4.7 Configuration Save and Restore................66 4.8 Factory Default .....................67 4.9 Reboot System .....................68 4.10 What if you forgot the password? ...............68 4.11 Emergency Recovery..................68 5. Specifications ......................70 AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    It contains an 802.11a/g wireless interface and one half/full-duplex 10/100 LAN interface. WLA-5000AP v3, with the new 2.0 firmware, features a total of 6 wireless modes: Access Point, WDS Repeater, WDS Bridge, Client Infrastructure, Client Ad Hoc and WISP Router.

  • Page 8: Wireless Operation Modes

    When multiple access points are connected to the same LAN segment, stations can roam from one WLA-5000AP v3 to another without losing their connections, as long as they are using the same SSID. See the diagram below. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: Wds Repeater Mode

    1.3.2 WDS Repeater Mode In Repeater mode, the WLA-5000AP v3 set as a repeater extends the range of wireless LAN. The remote wireless AP/Router must also support WDS. 1.3.3 WDS Bridge Mode When configured to operate in the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) Mode, the WLA-5000AP v3 provides bridging functions between the LAN behind it and separates LANs behind other APs’...

  • Page 10: Client Infrastructure Mode

    Internet. 1.3.5 Client Ad Hoc Mode In Client Ad Hoc mode, WLA-5000AP v3 is connected to a computer and acts like a wireless station, so that the computer can wirelessly share files and printers with other wireless stations.

  • Page 11: Wisp Router Mode

    The WLA-5000AP v3 can be managed remotely by a PC through either the wired or wireless network. To do this, the WLA-5000AP v3 must first be assigned an IP address, which can be done using one of the following two methods.

  • Page 12: Install The 802.11 A/G Access Point

    SSID, Channel number, the WEP key, …, etc., it is necessary to associate a fixed IP address with the WLA-5000AP v3, which is why the WLA-5000AP v3 will be shipped with a factory default private IP address of 192.168.1.1 (and a network mask of 255.255.255.0).

  • Page 13: Set Up A Wireless Client As A Dhcp Client

    Step 1. Manually change the IP address of the PC to become 192.168.1.3. Step 2. Connect the PC to the WLA-5000AP v3 and change its configuration to a static IP address based on your network environment. For example, if there is a DHCP server that assigns IP addresses from the range 192.168.23.10 - 192.168.23.254 to DHCP client devices, it can reserve 192.168.23.10 for...

  • Page 14: Front Panel

    Front panel The LEDs on the front of the WLA-5000AP v3 reflect the operational status of the unit. The status of the LAN, the WLAN, and Power can be monitored from this display. WLA-5000AP v3 LED Descriptions Label WLAN POWER...

  • Page 15: Connect More Devices Through A Hub

    Connect more devices through a hub The WLA-5000AP v3 provides an RJ45 LAN interface that you can use to connect to a PC or an external hub. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 16: Basic Configuration

    Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. From a PC that has been configured as described in Chapter 2, enter the IP address of the WLA-5000AP v3 as the URL in your browser, e.g. http://192.168.1.1.

  • Page 17: Setup Wizard

    If you are logging on for the first time, you should use the factory default setting “airlive”. The password is always displayed as a string of wildcards or dots. Click the LOG ON button to start the configuration session. Setup wizard The Setup Wizard will guide you through a series of configuration screens to set up the basic functionality of the device.

  • Page 18: Device Ip Settings

    “Use the DHCP client protocol to automatically get the IP address for this device”. Then click Next to go to the next screen. Again, as a reminder, it is recommended that your WLA-5000AP v3 should be assigned a static IP address in order to make it easy for you to manage the device later on.

  • Page 19: Wireless Settings

    (i.e. in the same BSS). Several access points on a network can have the same SSID. The SSID length is up to 32 characters. The default SSID is “airlive”. Disable SSID Broadcasting: An access point periodically broadcasts its SSID along with other information, which allows client stations to learn its existence while searching for access points in a wireless network.
  • Page 20 WEP152 key is 16 bytes. Key Index: You have to specify which of the four keys will be active. Once you enable the WEP function, please make sure that both the WLA-5000AP v3 and the wireless client stations use the same key.
  • Page 21 Rekey interval is time period that the system will change the key periodically. The shorter the interval is, the better the security is. After you have finished the configuration wizard, you have to configure the RADIUS Settings in Advanced Settings in order to make the 802.1x function work. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...
  • Page 22 Pre-shared Key: This is an ASCII string with 8 to 63 characters. Please make sure that both the WLA-5000AP v3 and the wireless client stations use the same key. Encryption Type: There are two encryption types TKIP and CCMP (AES). While CCMP provides better security than TKIP, some wireless client stations may not be equipped with the hardware to support it.
  • Page 23 Group Rekey Interval: A group key is used for multicast/broadcast data, and the re-key interval is time period that the system will change the group key periodically. The shorter the interval is, the better the security is. The default is 300 sec. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...
  • Page 24 Pre-shared Key: This is an ASCII string with 8 to 63 characters. Please make sure that both the WLA-5000AP v3 and the wireless client stations use the same key. Encryption Type: There are two encryption types TKIP and CCMP (AES). While CCMP provides better security than TKIP, some wireless client stations may not be equipped with the hardware to support it.
  • Page 25 Group Rekey Interval: A group key is used for multicast/broadcast data, and the re-key interval is time period that the system will change the group key periodically. The shorter the interval is, the better the security is. The default is 300 sec. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 26: Finish Setup Wizard And Save Your Settings

    If you change the device’s IP address, as soon as you click on FINISH you will no longer be able to communicate with your WLA-5000AP v3. You need to change your IP address and then re-boot your computer in order to resume the communication.

  • Page 27: Password Settings

    The default factory password is “password”. To change the password, press the Password Settings button to enter the Password Settings screen; then enter the Current Password followed by the New Password twice. The entered characters will appear as asterisks. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 28: System Management

    UPnP: The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows a Windows XP/ME PC to discover this WLA-5000AP v3 and automatically show an icon on the screen. Then a user can double-click the icon to access this device directly (without having to find out its IP address).

  • Page 29: Snmp Settings

    Assign a specific name and IP address for your SNMP trap manager: A trap manager is a remote SNMP management station where special SNMP trap messages are generated (by the router) and sent to in the network. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 30: Mac Filtering Settings

    3.2.4 MAC FILTERING SETTINGS Advanced Settings>>Mac Filtering Settings The WLA-5000AP v3 allows you to define a list of MAC addresses that are allowed or denied to access the wireless network. Disable MAC address control list: When selected, no MAC address filtering will be performed.

  • Page 31: Operational Mode

    3.2.5 OPERATIONAL MODE The WLA-5000AP v3 can be configured to operate in one of the following modes as mentioned previously in Chapter 1: (1) Access Point (2) WDS Repeater (3) WDS Bridge (4) Client Infrastructure (5) Client Adhoc (6) WISP Router...

  • Page 32: Access Point Mode Settings

    Access Point Mode Settings Advanced Settings>> Operation Mode>> Access Point Select “Access Point” mode and then press APPLY button. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Wireless Settings

    Fragmentation Threshold. DTIM Interval: The WLA-5000AP v3 buffers packets for stations that operate in the power-saving mode. The Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM) informs such power-conserving stations that there are packets...

  • Page 34: Ssid Settings

    802.11 family are not allowed to operate. 3.3.2 SSID Settings Advanced Settings >> SSID Settings SSID, a name for an access point (or a network), differentiates one WLAN from another. All devices in a same AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 35: Qos Settings

    To Enable WMM, WMM Parameters of Access Point and Station are indicated. The following information is listed: AC TYPE (AC_BE; Best Effort) (AC_BK; Background)(AC_VI; Video)(AC_VO;Voice)/ ECWMIn/ ECWMax/ AIFS/ TxopLimit (11b)/ TxopLimit (11ag)ACM and Ack-policy. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: Radius Settings

    Shared Secret: This is used by your RADIUS server in the Shared Secret field in RADIUS protocol messages. The shared secret configured in the WLA-5000AP v3 must match the shared secret configured in the RADIUS server. The shared secret can contain up to 64 alphanumeric characters.

  • Page 37: Repeater Mode Settings

    Repeater Mode Settings For the Repeater node, please be aware that current Repeater mode ONLY works with WLA-5000AP v3 firmware 2.x device as AP node. 3.4.1 AP Node Settings Advanced Settings>> Operational Mode Set up first the device as an AP mode, click on “APPLY”, Next Step, choose Wireless Mode and channel in the “Wireless Settings”...
  • Page 38 Setup Wizard>>Wireless settings Select the WLAN mode and channel of your choice Click on “APPLY” to finish setup. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 39: Repeater Node Settings

    Select “Repeater” mode and then enter the “Remote SSID”, this is the SSID of AP node’s SSID. Click on the “Repeater” radio button Key-in the SSID of upper node’s SSID. Click APPLY button. Next step is to set the AP configuration for client device for Repeater node. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 40: Repeater Node Local Service Settings

    The DTIM interval specifies how often the beacon frame should contain DTIMs. It should have a value between 1 to 255, with a default value of 3. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...
  • Page 41 Enable Radio eXtended Range: Select the check box to enable the Atheros’s eXtended Range(XR) technology to extend the wireless coverage range. Enable privacy separator: Select the check box to prohibit data transmission between client stations. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 42: Qos Settings

    To Enable WMM, WMM Parameters of Access Point and Station are indicated. The following information is listed: AC TYPE (AC_BE; Best Effort) (AC_BK; Background)(AC_VI; Video)(AC_VO;Voice)/ ECWMIn/ ECWMax/ AIFS/ TxopLimit (11b)/ TxopLimit (11ag)ACM and Ack-policy. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 43: Radius Settings

    RADIUS server. The shared secret can contain up to 64 alphanumeric characters. RADIUS Server Reattempt Period: The number of times the WLA-5000AP V3 should attempt to contact the primary server before giving up...

  • Page 44: Wds Bridge Mode Settings

    Advanced Setting >> Operation Mode>> WDS Bridge Select “WDS Bridge” mode and then press the ‘APPLY‘ button. Additionally, to use the WDS as AP-client mode with SSID, please choose “Infrastructure Mode” radio button. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...
  • Page 45 To use MAC registration mode WDS, please select the “Pure MAC Mode” radial button. When configured as a WDS Bridge Pure MAC mode, you need to further configure the name and MAC address of its peer WDS devices. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 46: Wireless Settings

    Ack TimeOut (11a)/ (11g)/: The "ACK time-out" determines how long the program waits after receiving a packet from a file stream to determine that stream to be a complete file. For details, please go to Section 3.9. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 47: Client Infrastructure Mode Settings

    The client can search for the SSIDs of APs in the environment, in order to select the AP that he wants to make connection with. For details, please go to Section 4.5: Device Status>>Site Survey AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 48: Wireless Settings

    Ack TimeOut (11a)/ (11g)/: The "ACK time-out" determines how long the program waits after receiving a packet from a file stream to determine that stream to be a complete file. For details, please go to Section 3.9. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 49: Client Adhoc Mode Settings

    Advanced Setting >> Wireless Settings RTS Threshold: RTS/CTS frames are used to gain control of the medium for transmission. Any unicast (data or control) frames larger than specified RTS threshold must be transmitted following the RTS/CTS handshake AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 50: Wisp Router Mode Settings

    For details, please go to Section 3.9. WISP Router Mode Settings Advanced Setting >> Operation Mode >> WISP Router Select “WISP Router” mode and then click APPLY button. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 51: Wireless Settings

    Ack TimeOut (11a)/ (11g)/: The "ACK time-out" determines how long the program waits after receiving a packet from a file stream to determine that stream to be a complete file. For details, please go to Section 3.9. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 52: Wisp Router Dhcp Server Settings

    Under WISP mode, select the check box of “Enable DHCP Server” to enable DHCP server function. The range of Clients’ IP addresses is from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254. You can assign an IP address to a specified MAC address. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 53: Multiple Dmz

    Internet traffic not destined for a valid virtual server is redirected to this privately addressed LAN client. This can be used together with a separate firewall device to perform additional security functions. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 54: Virtual Server Settings

    This allows you to specify one or more applications running on server computers on the LAN that may be accessed by any Internet user. Internet data destined for the specified public port will be directed to the specified private port number on the LAN client with the specified private IP address. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 55: Special Applications

    Note: You can use up to 3 sets of opened ports for a specific application. The opened ports can be separated by a comma and no spaces are allowed (e.g. 2300-2305, 4300-4305, 5300-5305). AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 56: Ip Filtering Settings

    IP filtering is simply a mechanism that decides which types of IP datagrams will be processed normally and which will be discarded. This allows you to define rules for allowing / denying access from / to the Internet. Disable IP filtering: No IP filtering is performed. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 57: Ip Routing Settings

    Select the routing protocol scheme used for the router’s LAN / WAN port. Static Routing: This allows you to manually configure static network routes. Static routes will override routes learned by standard routing protocol discover methods. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 58: Ack Timeout Setup

    Ack TimeOut (11a)/ (11g)/: The "ACK time-out" determines how long the program waits after receiving a packet from a file stream to determine that stream to be a complete file. WLA-5000AP v3 provides a calculator on UI that helps you to obtain this value only by giving the distance. Click the “ACK Timeout” button, and the following dialog box will appear: Input distance value in meters.
  • Page 59 Enter the calculated value of “AckTimeOut” into the appropriate “Ack TimeOut” field (11a or 11g) in the “Wireless Settings” window. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 60: Bandwidth Control

    - just like the ADSL service! The AirLive advance firmware can control the bandwidth by Interface or IP/MAC. There are 2 types of Traffic Control it offers: Total bandwidth control and Per-use bandwidth control.

  • Page 61: Total Bandwidth Control

    512K Internet ADSL / Cable Modem In this example, total uplink bandwidth of the 3 clients is limited to 512kbps and the total download bandwidth of the 3 clients is limited to 1024kbps. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...
  • Page 62 3 wired clients share downlink and uplink bandwidth. Internet 1024K 512K In this example, total uplink bandwidth of the 3 clients is limited to 512kbps and the total download bandwidth of the 3 clients is limited to 1024kbps. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 63: Per User Bandwidth Control

    3.10.2 Per user Bandwidth Control Internet Routing 4096K 2048K 4096K 1024K 1024K 512K MAC Address Control IP Address Control IP Segment Control 00:1B:FC:DA:4C:56 192.168.1.37 192.168.1.200~220 Note that this option could be enabled in WISP mode. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...
  • Page 64 Description: You can preset your control type and named on the type. Type: Three types to be selected: IP Address, IP Segment and MAC Address. IP Segment allows you to set bandwidth limitation on an IP range. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 65: Multiple Ssid + Vlan

    VLAN 1 VLAN 2 In the above example, laptops in VALN 1 can only communicate with those in VLAN 1 and laptops in VALN 2 can only communicate with those in VLAN 2. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 66: Manage The Wla-5000Ap V3

    4. Manage the WLA-5000AP v3 Manage the WLA-5000AP v3 This Chapter covers other management aspects of your WLA-5000AP v3: Check Device Information View System Log Wireless Client Table Radio Table Site Survey Upgrade Firmware Save or Restore Configuration Changes Reset to Factory Default...

  • Page 67: System Log

    Device Status >> System Log The WLA-5000AP v3 maintains a system log that you can use to track events that have occurred in the system. Such event messages can sometimes be helpful in determining the cause of a problem that you may have encountered.

  • Page 68: Radio Table

    The Radio Table indicates wireless radio counters’ data under one of the six operational modes: Access Point; WDS Repeater; WDS Bridge; Client Infrastructure, Client Adhoc and WISP Router. Radio Table will indicate the following information: Radio Name, Mode, Op Channel, Assoc. Tx Pkts, Rx Pkts and Error. AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 69: Site Survey

    ESSID, MAC Address, Conn Mode, Channel, Turbo, Super, XR, WME, Signal strength (%), Security and Network The Site Survey table is available for only the following operation modes: (1) Access Point (2) WDS Repeater (3) Client Infrastructure (4) Client Adhoc (5) WISP Router AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

  • Page 70: Signal Survey

    4.5.1 Signal survey Device Status >> Site Survey >> Signal Survey This is a unique feature from AirLive. It provides real-time signal strength between two nodes. Better signal strength means better alignment results, which aims to improve link quality. Click the “SIGNAL SURVEY” button. A pop-up window will continuously display signal strength in real time.

  • Page 71: Firmware Upgrade

    Browse to locate the firmware file). Next, Click the Upgrade button to start. The new firmware will be loaded to your WLA-5000AP v3. After a message appears telling you that the operation is completed, you need to reset the system to have the new firmware take effect.

  • Page 72: Configuration Save And Restore

    4. Manage the WLA-5000AP v3 Configuration Save and Restore System Tools >> Configuration Save and Restore You can save system configuration settings to a file, and later download it back to the WLA-5000AP v3 by following the steps. Step 1 Select Configuration Save and Restore from the System Tools menu.

  • Page 73: Factory Default

    Factory Default System Tools >> Factory Default You can reset the configuration of your WLA-5000AP v3 to the factory default settings. To do it: Step 1 Select Factory Default from the System Tools menu. Step 2 Click YES to go ahead and restore the configuration to the factory default.

  • Page 74: Reboot System

    2. Copy the tftpd32.exe of the downloaded file to C:\. 3. Change the IP address of your PC to 192.168.1.254 / 255.255.255.0 4. Copy the WLA-5000AP firmware to C:\ and rename the firmware to “zImage”. Note that the name must be zImage and no extension.
  • Page 75 8. Power on WLA-5000AP, the “Status” LED will light on after 3 seconds. 9. Push the “Reset” button until the “Status” LED off and on again and release the “Reset” button. 10. If the above process success, the WLA-5000AP LAN LED keep flashing and the tftp serve shows file download information.

  • Page 76: Specifications

    - DSRC: 5.850 - 5.925GHz - Europe (ETSI) - 5.15 - 5.35 GHz - 5.47 - 5.725 GHz - Japan (TELEC) - 4.90 - 5.00 GHz - 5.03 - 5.091 GHz - 5.15 - 5.25 GHz AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...
  • Page 77 Storage temperature: -20~65℃ Storage humidity: 95% Max Power Supply DC5V / 2A FCC, CE Product Weight (g) 210 g Product Size 160 x 115 x 30 mm ( L x W x H (mm) ) AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual...

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