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Wireless 802.11g Multi-mode AP

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual Version: 1.1 Wireless 802.11g Multi-mode AP...

  • Page 2: Copyright Statement

    Trademarks Copyright @2005 Contents are subject to change without notice. All trademarks belong to their respective proprietors. Copyright Statement THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS OF PROPRIETARY TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT IS THE PROPERTY OF THIS COMPANY. AND NO PART OF THIS DOCUMENTATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRICAL OR MECHANICAL, BY PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THIS COMPANY.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Table of Contents REVISION HISTORY ........................I TERMINOLOGY ........................... II INTRODUCTION........................1 ......................1 ACKAGE CONTENTS ....................1 RODUCT PECIFICATIONS ......................2 RODUCT EATURES ....................3 PPER ANEL ESCRIPTION ....................4 ANEL ESCRIPTION INSTALLATION ........................
  • Page 4 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 3.3.10 Log ........................... 25 3.3.11 Statistics ........................26 3.3.12 Upgrade Firmware ....................27 3.3.13 Save/ Reload Settings ....................27 3.3.14 Password Setup ......................28 3.3.15 Logout ........................29 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)..............30 PC’...

  • Page 5: Revision History

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Revision History D ATE R EVISION OF USER’S MANUAL FIRMWARE 2006/5/19 First release (Version 1.0) a1.4.0...

  • Page 6: Terminology

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Terminology Advanced Encryption Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute Access Point Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Detection DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Extensible Authentication Protocol...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    The package of the WLAN Access Point includes the following items, The WLAN Access Point The AC to DC power adapter The Documentation CD 1.2 Product Specifications Product Name Wireless 802.11g Multi-mode AP Standard 802.11b/g(Wireless), 802.3(10BaseT), 802.3u(100BaseT) Data Transfer Rate 54Mbps(Wireless), 100Mbps(Ethernet) Modulation Method CCK(802.11b), OFDM(802.11g)

  • Page 8: Product Features

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 1.3 Product Features Complies with IEEE 802.11b/g standard for 2.4GHz Wireless LAN. Supports AP/Client/WDS/AP+WDS modes on wireless interfaces. Supports 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption/decryption function to protect the wireless data transmission. Supports IEEE 802.1x Authentication.

  • Page 9: Upper Panel Description

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 1.4 Upper Panel Description Power LED WLAN LED LAN LED Figure 1 –WLAN Access Point Upper Panel LED Indicator State Description The WLAN Access Point is powered on. 1. Power LED The WLAN Access Point is powered off. 2.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel Description

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 1.5 Rear Panel Description Antenna Power Reset Figure 2 – WLAN Access Point Rear Panel Interfaces Description 1. Antenna The Wireless LAN Antenna. (Fixed / SMA) 2. Power The power jack allows an external DC +7.5 V power supply connection.

  • Page 11: Installation

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Step 1: Place the Wireless LAN Access Point to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Access Point is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations.

  • Page 12: Software Configuration

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 3 Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The WLAN Access Point is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces.
  • Page 13 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Panel window will appear. 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection window will appear. Click Properties button in the Local Area Connection window.

  • Page 14: Connect To The Wlan Access Point

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 3.2 Connect to the WLAN Access Point Open a WEB browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the WLAN Access Point. 3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Access Point 3.3.1 Status This page shows the current status and some basic settings of the device, includes system, wireless, and Ethernet LAN configuration information.

  • Page 15: Setup Wizard

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency. SSID It shows the SSID of this WLAN Access Point. The SSID is the unique name of WLAN Access Point and shared among its service area, so all devices attempts to join the same wireless network can identify it.

  • Page 16: Ilan Interface Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Screen snapshot – Setup Wizard LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup...

  • Page 17: Wireless Basic Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Wireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure basic wireless parameters like Band, Mode, Network Type SSID, Channel Number, Enable Mac Clone(Single Ethernet Client) Screen snapshot – Wireless Basic Settings...

  • Page 18: Wireless Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Wireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security Screen snapshot – Wireless Security Setup 3.3.3 Wireless - Basic Settings This page is used to configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to your Access Point.
  • Page 19 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Screen snapshot – Wireless Basic Settings Item D escription Disable Wireless LAN Click on to disable the wireless LAN data transmission. Interface Band Click to select 2.4GHz(B) / 2.4GHz(G) / 2.4GHz(B+G) Mode Click to select the WLAN AP / Client / WDS / AP+WDS wireless mode.

  • Page 20: Wireless - Advanced Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 each associated wireless client. Enable Mac Clone Take Laptop NIC MAC address as wireless client MAC (Single Ethernet Client) address. [Client Mode only] Enable Universal Click to enable Universal Repeater Mode Repeater Mode SSID of Extended Assign SSID when enables Universal Repeater Mode.

  • Page 21: Wireless - Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Item D escription Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System, Shared Key or Auto selection. Fragment Threshold Set the data packet fragmentation threshold, value can be written between 256 and 2346 bytes. Refer to 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold? RTS Threshold Set the RTS Threshold, value can be written between 0...
  • Page 22 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Screen snapshot – Wireless Security Setup Item D escription Encryption Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The encryption method can be None, WEP, WPA(TKIP), WPA2 or WPA2 Mixed Refer to 4.9 What is WEP? 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)? 4.16 What is WPA2(AES)? 4.17 What is 802.1X Authentication?

  • Page 23: Iwep Key Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 set. WPA2 Cipher Suite Enable TKIP or AES. Depends on which encryption you set. Pre-Shared Key Format While Encryption is selected to be WPA. Select the Pre-shared key format from the pull-down menu.

  • Page 24: Wireless - Access Control

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-down menu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys. The WEP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit).
  • Page 25 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Screen snapshot – Wireless Access Control Item D escription Wireless Access Click the Disabled, Allow Listed or Deny Listed of drop Control Mode down menu choose wireless access control mode. This is a security control function; only those clients registered in the access control list can link to this WLAN Access Point.

  • Page 26: Wds Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 previous configuration setting. 3.3.7 WDS Settings Wireless Distribution System uses wireless media to communicate with other APs, like the Ethernet does. To do this, you must set these APs in the same channel and set MAC address of other AP that you want to communicate with in the table and then enable the WDS.

  • Page 27: Iwds Security Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 WEP(64bits), WEP(128bits), WPA(TKIP), WPA2(AES) or None Show Statistics It shows the TX, RX packets, rate statistics Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be removed from the wireless distribution system. Delete All Click to delete all the registered APs from the wireless distribution system allowed list.

  • Page 28: Site Survey

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Screen snapshot – WDS AP Table Item D escription MAC Address It shows the MAC Address within WDS. Tx Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. Tx Errors It shows the statistic count of error sent packets on the Wireless LAN interface.

  • Page 29: Tcp/Ip Settings

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Screen snapshot – Wireless Site Survey Item D escription SSID It shows the SSID of AP. BSSID It shows BSSID of AP. Channel It show the current channel of AP occupied. Type It show which type AP acts.
  • Page 30 USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup Item D escription IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Access Point. Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet mask of LAN interfaces of this WLAN Access Point.

  • Page 31: Log

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Domain Name Assign Domain Name and dispatch to DHCP clients. It is optional field. 802.1d Spanning Tree Select to enable or disable the IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree function from pull-down menu. Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned.

  • Page 32: Statistics

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Enable Remote Log Click the checkbox to enable remote log service. Log Server IP Address Input the remote log IP address Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to save above settings. Refresh Click the refresh the log shown on the screen.

  • Page 33: Upgrade Firmware

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 3.3.12 Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version. Please note, do not power off the device during the upload because it may crash the system. Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 34: Password Setup

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 Item D escription Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer. Load Settings from File Click the Browse button to select the configuration files then click the Upload button to update the selected configuration to the WLAN Access Point.

  • Page 35: Logout

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 3.3.15 Logout This page is used to logout web management page. This item will be activated next time you login after you define user account and password. Screen snapshot – Logout Screen snapshot – Logout - OK Item D escription Apply Change...

  • Page 36: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination.

  • Page 37: What Is Bssid

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 to the wired LAN for services (file servers, printers, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network.

  • Page 38: What Are Potential Factors That May Causes Interference

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference: Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc. Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs. Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome the interferences: Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings.

  • Page 39: What Is Rts (Request To Send) Threshold

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. The determination of an efficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this scheme. If the fragment threshold is small, the overlap part of the master and parallel transmissions is large.

  • Page 40: What Is Preamble Type

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point).

  • Page 41: What Is Wpa2

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 authentication server, typically one that supports RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol, will be added to the network. 4.16 What is WPA2? It is the second generation of WPA. WPA2 is based on the final IEEE 802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard.

  • Page 42: What Is Wireless Distribution System (Wds)

    USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN ACCESS POINT Version: 1.1 4.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)? The Wireless Distribution System feature allows WLAN AP to talk directly to other APs via wireless channel, like the wireless bridge or repeater service. 4.22 What is Clone MAC Address? Clone MAC address is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address.

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