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Alfa Network AWAP602HW User Manual

1 x wan + 1 x lan 802.11bg high-power wireless ap/router
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802.11bg High-Power Wireless AP/Router
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  • Page 1 AWAP602HW 1 x WAN + 1 x LAN 802.11bg High-Power Wireless AP/Router USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Hardware Installation

    1 Installation 1.1 Hardware Installation Step 1: Place the Wireless LAN Broadband Router to the best optimum transmission location. The best transmission location for your WLAN Broadband Router is usually at the geographic center of your wireless network, with line of sign to all of your mobile stations.

  • Page 3: Software Configuration

    2 Software configuration There are web based management and configuration functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily. The WLAN Broadband Router is delivered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address: 192.168.1.250 Default IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 WEB login User Name: admin WEB login Password: 12345...
  • Page 4 For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000, XP: 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control 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.
  • Page 5 6. Select TCP/IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box. 7. Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example. IP Address: 192.168.1.1, any IP address within 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Access Point. IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 8.
  • Page 6 Screen snapshot – Status Item Description System Uptime It shows the duration since WLAN Broadband Router is powered on. Firmware version It shows the firmware version of WLAN Broadband Router. Wireless configuration Mode It shows wireless operation mode Band It shows the current wireless operating frequency.

  • Page 7: Operation Mode

    Attain IP Protocol It shows how the WLAN Broadband Router gets the IP address. The IP address can be set manually to a fixed one or set dynamically by DHCP server or attain IP by PPPoE / PPTP connection. IP Address It shows the IP address of WAN interface of WLAN Broadband Router.

  • Page 8: Lan Interface Setup

    Screen snapshot – Operation Mode Time Zone Setting This page is used to enable and configure NTP client Screen snapshot – Time Zone Settings LAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure local area network IP address and subnet mask...
  • Page 9 Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup...
  • Page 10 WAN Interface Setup This page is used to configure WAN access type Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup 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 –...

  • Page 11: Wireless Security Setup

    Wireless Security Setup This page is used to configure wireless security Screen snapshot – Wireless Security Setup 2.3.3 Operation Mode This page is used to configure which mode wireless broadband router acts Screen snapshot – Operation Mode Item Description Gateway Traditional gateway configuration.
  • Page 12 LAN interface, WAN interface, Wireless interface, NAT and Firewall modules are applied to this mode Bridge Each interface (LAN, WAN and Wireless) regards as bridge. NAT, Firewall and all router’s functions are not supported Wireless ISP Switch Wireless interface to WAN port and all Ethernet ports in bridge mode.
  • Page 13 Item Description Disable Wireless Click on to disable the wireless LAN data LAN Interface transmission. 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. Site Survey The Site Survey button provides tool to scan the wireless network.
  • Page 14 will have on your WLAN Broadband Router. Screen snapshot – Wireless Advanced Settings Item Description 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.
  • Page 15 pull-down menu. Data rate can be auto-select, 11M, 5.5M, 2M or 1Mbps. Preamble Type Click to select the Long Preamble or Short Preamble support on the wireless data packet transmission. Refer to 4.13 What is Preamble Type? Broadcast SSID Click to enable or disable the SSID broadcast function.
  • Page 16 Screen snapshot – Wireless Security Setup Item Description 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? 4.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol...
  • Page 17 pull-down menu. The format can be Passphrase or Hex (64 characters). [WPA, Personal(Pre-Shared Key) only] Pre-Shared Key Fill in the key value. [WPA, Personal(Pre-Shared Key) only] Enable Click to enable Pre-Authentication. Pre-Authentication [WPA2/WPA2 Mixed only, Enterprise only] Authentication Set the IP address, port and login password RADIUS Server information of authentication RADIUS sever.
  • Page 18 104-bit). Key Format Select the WEP shared secret key format from pull-down menu. The format can be chose between plant text (ASCII) and hexadecimal (HEX) code. Default Tx Key Set the default secret key for WEP security function. Value can be chose between 1 and 4. Encryption Key 1 Secret key 1 of WEP security encryption function.
  • Page 19 Screen snapshot – Wireless Access Control Item Description Wireless Access Click the Disabled, Allow Listed or Deny Control Mode Listed of drop 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 Broadband Router.

  • Page 20: Wds Settings

    recover the previous configuration setting. 2.3.8 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 21 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 22: Site Survey

    Screen snapshot – WDS AP Table Item Description 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 23 Screen snapshot – Wireless Site Survey Item Description 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. Encrypt It shows the encryption status. Signal It shows the power level of current AP.
  • Page 24 Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup Item Description 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. Default Gateway Fill in the default gateway for LAN interfaces out going data packets.

  • Page 25: Wan Interface Setup

    Domain Name Assign Domain Name and dispatch to DHCP clients. It is optional field. 802.1d Spanning Select to enable or disable the IEEE 802.1d Tree Spanning Tree function from pull-down menu. Clone MAC Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC Address address to be cloned.
  • Page 26 Static IP Click to select Static IP support on WAN interface. There are IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings need to be done. IP Address If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the IP address for it. Subnet Mask If you select the Static IP support on WAN interface, fill in the subnet mask for it.

  • Page 27: Dhcp Client

    Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. DHCP Client Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – DHCP Client Item Description DHCP Client Click to select DHCP support on WAN interface for IP address assigned automatically...
  • Page 28 DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server DNS 3 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC address that is the MAC address to be cloned. Refer to 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address? Enable uPNP...
  • Page 29 Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPPoE Item Description PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on WAN interface. There are user name, password, connection type and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on WAN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server.
  • Page 30 value is 1400. Refer to 4.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size? Attain DNS Click to select getting DNS address for PPPoE Automatically support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the PPPoE support is selected. Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for Static IP support.
  • Page 31 PPTP Screen snapshot – WAN Interface Setup – PPTP Item Description PPTP Allow user to make a tunnel with remote site directly to secure the data transmission among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP client supported by this router to make a VPN connection.

  • Page 32: Firewall - Port Filtering

    MTU Size Fill in the mtu size of MTU Size. The default value is 1400. Refer to 4.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size? Request MPPE Click the checkbox to enable request MPPE Encryption encryption. Attain DNS Click to select getting DNS address for PPTP Automatically support.

  • Page 33: Firewall - Ip Filtering

    Screen snapshot – Firewall - Port Filtering Item Description Enable Port Filtering Click to enable the port filtering security function. Port Range To restrict data transmission from the local Protocol network on certain ports, fill in the range of Comments start-port and end-port, and the protocol, also put your comments on it.
  • Page 34 Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Screen snapshot – Firewall - IP Filtering Item Description Enable IP Filtering Click to enable the IP filtering security function. Local IP Address To restrict data transmission from local Protocol network on certain IP addresses, fill in the IP Comments...

  • Page 35: Firewall - Mac Filtering

    2.3.14 Firewall - MAC Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network. Screen snapshot –...

  • Page 36: Firewall - Port Forwarding

    2.3.15 Firewall - Port Forwarding Entries in this table allow 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 your Gateway's NAT firewall.

  • Page 37: Firewall - Url Filtering

    list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected IP address and port number that will be removed from the port-forwarding list. Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the port-forwarding list.

  • Page 38: Firewall - Dmz

    settings. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected URL address that will be removed from the URL Filtering list. Delete All Click to delete all the registered entries from the URL Filtering list.

  • Page 39: Vpn Setting

    2.3.18 VPN Setting This page is used to show VPN connection table, configure IPSEC VPN, NAT Traversal, Generate RSA Key, Show RSA Public Key. Screen snapshot – VPN Setup Item Description Enable IPSEC VPN Click to enable IPSEC VPN function. Refer to 4.27 What is VPN? and 4.28 What is IPSEC? Enable NAT Click to enable NAT Traversal function.
  • Page 40 radio button stay. Refresh Click to refresh the current VPN connection table. VPN Setup - Edit Tunnel Screen snapshot – VPN Setup-Edit-1 Item Description Enable Tunnel # Click to enable the IPSEC VPN current tunnel. Connection Name Assign the connection name tag. Auth Type Click to select PSK or RSA.
  • Page 41 Local/Peer ID Define IKE exchange information type Local ID Type Click to select IP, DNS or E-mail as local exchange type Local ID Remote ID Type Fill in local ID except IP selected Click to select IP, DNS or E-mail as remote Remote ID exchange type Fill in remote ID except IP selected...
  • Page 42 Authentication Key Fill in authentication key. [Manual mode only] Apply Change Click the Apply Changes button to save current tunnel settings. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Refresh It shows the current connection status. [Manual mode only] Back It returns back to VPN Setup page.

  • Page 43: Management - Statistics

    Negotiation Mode Main mode. Encryption Click to select 3DES or AES128 encryption. Algorithm Authentication Click to select MD5 or SHA1 authentication. Algorithm Key Group Click to select DH1(modp768), DH2(modp1024) or DH5(modp1536) key group. Default value is DH2 Key Life Time Fill in the key life time value by seconds.

  • Page 44: Management - Ddns

    Screen snapshot – Management - Statistics Item Description Wireless LAN It shows the statistic count of sent packets on Sent Packets the wireless LAN interface. Wireless LAN It shows the statistic count of received packets Received Packets on the wireless LAN interface. Ethernet LAN It shows the statistic count of sent packets on Sent Packets...
  • Page 45 Screen snapshot – Management – DDNS Item Description Enable DDNS Click the checkbox to enable DDNS service. Refer to 4.25 What is DDNS? Service Provider Click the drop down menu to pickup the right provider. Domain Name To configure the Domain Name. User Name/Email Configure User Name, Email.

  • Page 46: Management - Denial-Of-Service

    Screen snapshot – Management – Time Zone Settings Item Description Current Time It shows the current time. Time Zone Select Click the time zone in your country. Enable NTP client Click the checkbox to enable NTP client update. update Refer to 4.26 What is NTP Client? NTP Server Click select default or input NTP server IP address.
  • Page 47 Screen snapshot – Management – Denial-of-Service Item Description Enable DoS Click the checkbox to enable DoS prevention. Prevention Whole System Flood Enable and setup prevention in details. / Per-Source IP Flood… Select ALL Click the checkbox to enable all prevention items.

  • Page 48: Management - Log

    2.3.23 Management - Log This page is used to configure the remote log server and shown the current log. Screen snapshot – Management – Log Item Description Enable Log Click the checkbox to enable log. System all Show all log of wireless broadband router Wirelessy Only show wireless log Only show Denial-of-Service log...
  • Page 49 Screen snapshot – Management - Upgrade Firmware Item Description Select File Click the Browse button to select the new version of web firmware image file. Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the WLAN Broadband Router.
  • Page 50 File configuration files then click the Upload button to update the selected configuration to the WLAN Broadband Router. Reset Settings to Click the Reset button to reset the configuration Default parameter to factory defaults. 2.3.26 Management - Password Setup This page is used to set the account to access the web server of Access Point.
  • Page 51 2.3.27 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 Description Apply Change Click the Apply Change button, Then click OK button to logout.

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