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Document Rev.3.0.1
Dec-10
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Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2010 Pepwave Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Pepwave and the
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  • Page 1 Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2010 Pepwave Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Pepwave and the Pepwave logo are trademarks of Pepwave Ltd. Other brands or products mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    User Manual Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE ................. 3 2 PRODUCT FEATURES ..................... 4 3 PACKAGE CONTENTS .................... 5 4 PEPWAVE AP ONE OVERVIEW ................6 ......................6 RONT ....................6 ANEL 5 INSTALLATION ......................7 .................. 7...

  • Page 3: Introduction And Scope

    One is loaded with essential features such as Multiple SSID, VLAN, WDS and Guest Protect. One Pepwave AP One can masquerade up to 4 different access points. Each virtual access point can have its own security policy (e.g. WPA, WPA2, etc.) and authentication mechanism (e.g. 802.1x, open, captive portal, etc), to facilitate building your network much faster, easier and more cost-effective than ever before.

  • Page 4: Product Features

    User Manual Product Features Key features of Pepwave AP One: • High-power output enhances coverage and lowers cost of ownership • Independent security policies and encryption mechanisms per virtual AP • Centralized management via InControl • WDS Support for secure and fast network expansion •...

  • Page 5: Package Contents

    User Manual Package Contents The following items are the contents of a Pepwave AP One package: • 1 x Pepwave AP One unit • 1 x Omni-directional Antenna • 1 x Power Supply Unit • 1 x Instruction Sheet http://www.pepwave.com Copyright ©...

  • Page 6: Pepwave Ap One Overview

    User Manual Pepwave AP One Overview Front View Rear Panel View Connectors Antenna (Left-most A RP-SMA connector for connecting the antenna. Connector) A 10/100BaseT Ethernet connector, normally to be connected to back haul network. A reset button to be depressed with a pin. Depress and hold for at least 5 seconds to restore factory defaults.

  • Page 7: Installation

    User Manual Installation Pepwave AP One acts as a bridge between the wireless and the wired Ethernet interface. A typical setup is as follows: Installation Procedures 1. Attach the antenna to the Pepwave AP One unit. 2. Connect the Ethernet port on the unit with the backbone network using an Ethernet cable. The port could auto sense the cable is straight-through or cross-over.

  • Page 8: Information

    User Manual Information System System Information AP Name This field shows the name of the AP One device defined in the configuration. This field shows the location of the AP One device defined in the Location configuration. Network IP This shows the current gateway IP of the AP One device.

  • Page 9: Wireless

    Click on the Info link to check the following wireless information: Web Portal Login, Wireless Network Firewall, MAC Filter, Bandwidth Control, Layer 2 Isolation. Click on the Stat link to check the following networking statistics: Packets Sent, Bytes Sent, Packets Received, Bytes Received. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 10 Authentication This shows the client authentication method(s). Status Type This shows the radio mode of the client. Connection Length This shows the associated duration. Click on the Details link, more networking statistics will be provided. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 11 This shows the receive data rate of the client from the AP. Transmit Data Rate This shows the transmit data rate of the client to the AP. Signal (RSSI) This shows the signal strength received by the client. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 12 This shows the channel of the existing Bssid. Signal (RSSI) This shows the signal strength. Last Seen This indicates the time stamp of the access point sc Status This shows the current status of this nearby network. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 13: Configuration

    With this option disabled, default IP 192.168.0.3 of the device will be disabled. The options are Automatic and Manual. Automatic: IP address of the Pepwave AP One unit is acquired from a DHCP IP Address Mode server on the Ethernet segment.
  • Page 14 This setting specifies the subnet mask of the Pepwave AP One unit. Default Gateway This setting specifies the default gateway of the Pepwave AP One unit. This is the DNS server address to be used by the Pepwave AP One unit for DNS Server resolving host names.
  • Page 15 Manual Router Settings Manual Router Settings will only be available when the AP Mode in the previous section had been selected as Router mode. You can use the AP One as a DHCP server for other devices behind. DHCP Server Parameters LAN IP This setting specifies the DHCP server IP address.

  • Page 16: Wireless Networks

    This setting specifies the VLAN ID to be tagged on all outgoing packets generated from the virtual AP (i.e. packets that travel from the Wi-Fi segment, through the Pepwave AP One unit to Ethernet segment via the LAN port). Default VLAN ID If 802.1x is enabled, a per-user VLAN ID can be specified in the authentication...
  • Page 17 Available options are: Open - No Encryption, Static WEP, 802.1X, WPA- TKIP and WPA2-AES:CCMP. Selecting Open - No Encryption disables encryption. Security Level For details on the other options, please refer to: 7.2.1.1 - Static WEP Parameters 7.2.1.2 - 802.1x Parameters 7.2.1.3 - WPA Parameters http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 18: Static Wep

    For ASCII format, key length is either 5 or 13. For HEX format, key length is either 10 or 26. Shared Key This setting enables the use of shared key authentication. Open authentication Authentication is the default authentication. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 19 When WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is configured, a Pre-Shared Key, or Passphrase, is used for data encryption and authentication. Under this configuration, the Pre-Shared Key option should be enabled. Key length must be between 8 and 63 characters (inclusive). The security level of this method is known to be high. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 20 By default, it is set as 3. This specifies the time interval in second between each RADISU request Radius Request attempt. Note that the request time interval would be doubled every Interval retransmission. By default, it is set as 3s. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 21 User Manual 7.2.2 Web Portal Login Simply registering the devices with Pepwave InControl, users can apply configurations, firmware, and monitor network activity remotely through this centralized management system. For more details, you can refer to Pepwave website at: http://www.pepwave.com/products/incontrol/. Tip: How to Set Up AP One Guest Portal in InControl To set up Guest Portal, you need to (1) enable guest portal function and (2) create guest accounts and set up portal page.
  • Page 22 On the "Edit a wireless network" screen, click "Web Portal Login" tab. Click "Enable" to enable the Web Portal Login function. Click "OK" to continue. Click "Save" button to save the changes. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 23 24 hours. You can change the time limit. Click "Generate" button. You should now have some guest accounts generated as shown in the table "Unused Guest Accounts". You can download the accounts information in CSV file by clicking the "All", "Generated http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 24 A standard portal page will be generated automatically after guest accounts are generated (http://guest.pepwave.com). You can customize the portal page by clicking on the "Portal Page Customization" tab. In the screen upload your logo image and enter message for guests. You can preview your portal page and then publish the portal page.
  • Page 25 This setting specifies the maximum number of clients that can be connected to of Clients the AP One simultaneously. By default, it is set to 0: unlimited. This setting specifies three options: Lockdown, Flexible, and Disable. Lockdown – Block all traffic except for the pre-defined exceptions;...
  • Page 26 User Manual 7.2.4 MAC Filter The settings allow administrator to control the access through Mac address filtering. Available options are: None, Deny all except listed, Accept all except listed. 7.2.5 Advanced http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 27 The rate options and values will be affected by selected Protocol and Channel Bonding in section 7.3.1. The AP One will forward DHCP requests to a specified DHCP Server. This option prevents broadcast messages from being propagated on the Ethernet DHCP Relay segment.

  • Page 28: Advanced Wireless Settings

    802.11g Only: Pepwave AP One accepts only 802.11g client association requests. This setting specifies the country / region regulations which Pepwave AP One unit should follow. If North America region is selected, RF channels 1 to 11 are available.

  • Page 29: Advanced Features

    Neighbor AP. This option enables the Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), as known as Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME) on the access point. It is always on by default. 7.3.3 Performance Tuning Advanced Wireless Settings – Performance Tuning http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 30 This option will be disabled if you have chosen to use protocol 802.11bgn. Enable this setting to in favor of 802.11g devices in mixed mode (11g and 11b) 802.11g networks. This option will be disabled if you have chosen to use protocol Protection 802.11bgn. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 31: Wds

    Enable This option enables this entry. MAC Address This setting gives the MAC address of the other AP to form a WDS link. Security Policy For more details, please refer to section 7.2.1.1 Static WEP http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 32: Snmp

    This setting specifies whether to enable or disable the support for Version 3 of SNMPv3 SNMP. SNMP Trap is a message initiated from a client and sent to the AP One device. SNMP Trap Once this option is enabled, the following two options for SNMP Trap will be available for configuration.
  • Page 33 The password for getting or setting SNMP values. IP Address and IP The allowed IP and subnet address which can access the SNMP server. Mask Access Mode Choose either Read Only or Read & Write. Status Enable or Disable this community. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 34: Snmpv3 Users

    This option is shown only if CBC-DES is chosen as the Privacy Protocol. This Privacy Password is the key for decrypting the encrypted data. Access Mode Grant Read or Read & Write access to this user. Status Enable or Disable this user. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 35: Web Administration

    If HTTPS is enabled, HTTP to HTTPS Redirection option will be provided. 7.6.2 Admin Username The selection Admin Username configures the administrator username for entering Web Admin Interface. To change to the Username, enter the new username into the Username input fields. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 36: Web Administration

    To change to the password, enter the same new password into the New Password and New Password (Retype) input fields. 7.6.4 Web Administration The selection Disable Web Administration turns off the access to Web Administration Interface. After being turned off, Web Administration Interface can be re-enabled using SNMP. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 37: Tools - Diagnostic Tools

    User Manual Tools - Diagnostic Tools This provides three useful tools for diagnosing the network. The three available options are: Ping, Traceroute and Nslookup. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 38: Commands

    Upon selecting Commands from the navigation bar on the left-hand-side of the Main Menu, a list of commands is displayed, as follows: Activate Changes Click on Activate Changes and a prompt will ask and confirm to save configuration and activate the AP One unit. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 39: Firmware

    This indicates which flash partition boots up the system. Firmware Upgrade This shows which flash partition is used for firmware upgrade. Target Upload a firmware file for upgrading the unit’s software. A reboot is required Firmware Image File after upgrading the firmware. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...

  • Page 40: Configuration

    User Manual Configuration Commands - Configuration This command is for restoring factory default settings of the AP One. Preserve Restore Factory the network settings by checking the box next to Preserve Settings and select Default Proceed. Settings including Server IP, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS Server and Management VLAN ID will be preserved.

  • Page 41: Misc

    Download Debug In the event of technical issues, to facilitate prompt resolution by technical Information support from Pepwave, please send along with a debug file with the support request. This option is for rebooting the Pepwave AP One unit. The Boot up firmware from Flash 1 or 2 can be selected and changed in here.

  • Page 42: 10 Restoration Of Factory Defaults

    3. The Status LED will blink, and then the unit will automatically reboot. 4. Wait for 1 minute or until the Status LED turns green, upon which the settings of Pepwave AP One will have been restored to the factory defaults.

  • Page 43: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. http://www.pepwave.com Copyright © Pepwave 2010...
  • Page 44 Contact Us: Address: Sales http://www.pepwave.com/contact/sales/ United States Office Hong Kong Office Support 17/F, Park Building, 800 West El Camino Real, http://www.pepwave.com/contact/ 476 Castle Peak Road Mountain View Cheung Sha Wan CA 94040 Business Development and Hong Kong United States...

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