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ALTAI A2N WIFI ACCESS POINT/BRIDGE
WEB-ADMIN
CONFIGURATION
MANUAL
Version 1.0
Date: September, 2013
Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved

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  • Page 1 ALTAI A2N WIFI ACCESS POINT/BRIDGE WEB-ADMIN CONFIGURATION MANUAL Version 1.0 Date: September, 2013 Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 2 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Copyright © 2007Altai Technologies Limited ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Altai Technologies Limited Unit 209, 2/Floor, East Wing, Building 17 Hong Kong Science Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong Telephone: +852 3758 6000...
  • Page 3 This document is provided for information purposes only. Altai Technologies reserves the right to change, modify, transfer, or otherwise revise this publication without notice.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Contents Introduction ............................. 7 A2n Model and Firmware Version ....................7 Getting Started ..........................7 3.1. Setup Local Area Connection on Your PC ................... 7 3.2. Check Access ..........................10 3.3.
  • Page 5 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 5.3.1.3. 2.4G Advanced Configuration ....................70 5.3.1.4. 2.4G WEP Key ..........................73 2.4G Configuration — Station Mode ..................73 5.3.1.5. 5.3.1.5.1. Station Setting ........................74 5.3.1.5.2. Station Security ........................75 2.4G Configuration — Repeater Mode ..................76 5.3.1.6.
  • Page 6 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Manual Conventions Bold type within paragraph text indicates commands, files names, Bold directory names, paths, output, or returned values. Within commands, italics indicate a variable that the user must specify. Italic Titles of manuals or other published documents are also set in italics.

  • Page 7: Setup Local Area Connection On Pc

    3. Getting Started 3.1. Setup Local Area Connection on Your PC A2n Access Point can be connected to your PC in wired mode or in wireless mode. In the following, wired mode will be introduced. This is because the configurations are similar in wireless mode, except SSID has to be configured in both A2n Access Point/Bridge and PC.
  • Page 8 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 3-1 Control Panel in Windows XP 3. Right-click the “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. Figure 3-2 Network Connections in Windows XP Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 9 5. Mark the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties”. 6. Type in an “IP address”, for example, 192.168.1.2, which is under the same subnet as the Default IP Address of A2n Access Point/Bridge (192.168.1.222). 7. Using the default “Subnet mask” (default: 255.255.255.0) setting in the first time.

  • Page 10: Check Access

    Figure 3-4 Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties in Windows XP 3.2. Check Access “Ping” utility of Command Prompt is a handy tool to check the access to the A2n Access Point. 1. Go to the Command Prompt by typing “cmd” in “Run”.
  • Page 11 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 A window will pop up, as shown in Figure 3-5. Enter the user name and password in the corresponding fields, which are the same as for the CLI. The default User Name and Password are shown in Table 3-1. They are case sensitive.

  • Page 12: Interface Introduction

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 3-6 Web-admin Home Page 3.4. Interface Introduction A2n interface is separated to 5 levels: Level 1 menu, Level 2 menu, Interface selection, Level 3 menu and Configuration options Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 13: Logout From A2N Interface

    Figure 3-7 A2n webpage 3.5. Logout from A2n Interface On the right top corner of A2n Web interface, click “Logout” button to logout from A2n. On the other side, you can directly close A2n webpage to logout from A2n. Figure 3-8 Logout 4.
  • Page 14 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-1 System information Following information can be found from “System” function: System Name：System name for A2n, it can be customized by customer. Product Name：A2n. CPU Usage：A2n CPU Usage (%). Memory Usage：A2n memory Usage (Byte).

  • Page 15: Interface

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 4.2. Interface You can select Status -> Interface to check interface information which includes Radio0 (2.4G), Radio1 (5G) and Ethernet information. Figure 4-2 Interface Status 4.2.1. 2.4G Interface Status By selecting Status -> Interface-> Radio0 (2.4G), you can find 2.4G interface (Radio0) information which includes following 5 parts: Status, Statistic, Channel Usage, WLAN and Association List.

  • Page 16: Statistic

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-3 Interface Status Mode：Operation mode including AP, Station, Repeater. Radio Enable：Radio0 (2.4G) status (ON/OFF) MAC Address：Radio0 (2.4G) MAC address. Superwifi Status：Superwifi Status (ON/OFF) Country Code: HONG KONG is the default country code.

  • Page 17: Channel Usage

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-4 Interface Statistic Packets： Number of Radio0 (2.4G) received and transmitted packets. Packet Rate： Radio0 (2.4G) packet rate Total Traffic： Radio0 (2.4G) received and transmitted total traffic. Throughput： Radio0 (2.4G) throughput 4.2.1.3.
  • Page 18 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-6 Traffic Distribution Statistics Tx% (Avg) ： Average transmit frames percentage Rx% (Avg) ： Average receive frames percentage Busy% (Avg) ：Average busy state percentage Noise Floor (dBm) ：Noise floor CTL0：Chain 0 Noise Floor of the Control Channel (i.e the operating channel for HT20) CTL1：Chain 1 Noise Floor of the Control Channel (i.e the operating channel for HT20)

  • Page 19: Wlan

    Figure 4-7 WLAN information Device Id：2.4G interface ID WLAN：Wireless network number SSID： A2n default SSID is Superwifi Network x (x is from 0 to 15) MAC Address： 2.4G wireless network MAC address (BSSID) Auth Mode： Authentication mode for each wireless network Unicast Cipher ：Unicast cipher mode for each wireless network...
  • Page 20 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 client information including: Total Client Association, Client Association Histogram, STA ID, Mac Address, WLAN ID, Sector, SNR(dB), Throughput STA (Tx/Rx), Traffic STA (Tx/Rx) and Data Rate STA (Tx/Rx). Figure 4-8 Association List Total Client Association：Total associated clients...
  • Page 21 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-9 Add client to rogue station list Warnings: The interface will self-refresh with 10s interval. Click the “View Histograms” to view the SNR and Tx/Rx Rate real time Histograms. Figure 4-10 Histogram Page...

  • Page 22: Interface

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 SNR Histogram: The histogram will show the numbers of the clients in different SNR level. Tx/Rx Rate Histogram: The histogram will show the numbers of the clients in different Tx/Rx Rate level.

  • Page 23: Statistic

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 4.2.2.2. Statistic Please select Status -> Interface-> Radio1 (5G) -> Statistic to check radio1 (5G) statistic information which includes Packets (Tx and Rx), Packet Rate (Tx and Rx), Octets, (Tx and Rx) and Throughput (Tx and Rx).
  • Page 24 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-13 5G Channel usage Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 25 Rx%(Avg) ：Average receive packets percentage Busy%(Avg) ：Average busy time percentage Noise Floor(dBm) ：5GHz noise floor in A2n surrounding environment CTL0：Chain 0 Noise Floor of the Control Channel (i.e the operating channel for HT20) CTL1：Chain 1 Noise Floor of the Control Channel (i.e the operating channel for HT20) EXT0：Chain 0 Noise Floor of the Extension Channel (i.e the +/- channel of the HT40)

  • Page 26: Wlan

    Figure 4-15 5G interface WLAN information Device Id：5G interface ID WLAN： Wireless LAN number SSID： A2n default SSID is “Superwifi Network x” (x is from 0 to 15) MAC Address： 5G wireless network MAC address (BSSID) Auth Mode： Authentication mode for each wireless network Unicast Cipher ：Unicast cipher mode for each wireless network...

  • Page 27: Ethernet Interface

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 client information including: Total Client Association, Client Association Histogram, STA ID, Mac Address, WLAN ID, IP Address, SNR (dB), Throughput STA (Tx/Rx), Traffic STA (Tx/Rx) and Data Rate STA (Tx/Rx). Figure 4-16 5G interface association list Total Client Association：Total associated clients...

  • Page 28: Statistic

    Duplex：A2n Ethernet duplex mode (Full/Half) Auto-negotiation：A2n Ethernet auto-negotiation mode ON or OFF, by default it is “ON”. Link Detected：Whether A2n Ethernet do link detection, by default it is “Yes”. 4.2.3.2. Statistic Please select Status -> Interface-> Ethernet -> Statistic to check Ethernet statistic information including Ethernet Packets (Tx and Rx), Packet Rate (Tx and Rx), Total Traffic (Tx and Rx) and Throughput (Tx and Rx).

  • Page 29: Historical Statistics

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Throughput：Ethernet interface throughput 4.3. Historical Statistics 4.3.1. System Historical Please select Status -> Historical Statistics -> System to check system historical: Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 30: Ethernet Historical

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-19 System historical-01 4.3.2. Ethernet Historical Please select Status -> Historical Statistics -> Ethernet to check Ethernet historical: Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 31: Radio Historical

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-20 Ethernet Historical statistic 4.3.3. Radio Historical Please select Status -> Historical Statistics -> Radio-> Radio0 (2.4G) to check 2.4G radio historical which includes “Throughput”, “Busy%”, “Tx Usage”, “Rx Usage” and “Noise Floor”.
  • Page 32 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-21 Radio0 (2.4G) Historical statistic Please select Status -> Historical Statistics -> Radio-> Radio1 (5G) to check 5G radio historical which includes “Throughput”, “Busy%”, “Tx Usage”, “Rx Usage” and “Noise Floor”.
  • Page 33 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-23 Throughput (2.4G/5G) Historical Statistic 2) Radio Historical (2.4G/5G) — Busy% Select the Busy% then you can check the Radio system busy percentage histogram. Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 34 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-24 Busy% (2.4G/5G) Historical Statistic 3) Radio Historical (2.4G/5G) — Tx Usage / Rx Usage Select the Tx Usage / Rx Usage then you can check the Tx/Rx usage percentage histogram.
  • Page 35 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-25 Tx Usage (2.4G/5G) Historical Statistic Figure 4-26 Rx Usage (2.4G/5G) Historical Statistic 4) Radio Historical (2.4G/5G) — Noise Floor Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 36: Log

    TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-27 Noise Floor (2.4G/5G) Historical Statistic 4.4. Log In order to realize easier monitoring and diagnosis, A2n provides log function. Selecting Status -> Log, you will find 3 sub-items below: System Log, Panic Log and Alarm Logs. 4.4.1. System Log The system log gives A2n system information like: software, hardware, system configuration, and self-checking result.
  • Page 37 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-28 System log File Name：The name of log files, you can click it to open the log file. Download：Download log file. Please click the green downward arrow to download the log file.

  • Page 38: Panic Log

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 4-30 System log “Download and Back” button 4.4.2. Panic Log Panic Log is a self-generated log when the system finds some internal errors and need to reboot itself. Please select Status -> Log -> Panic Log to go to Panic log page: Figure 4-31 Panic Logs File Name：The name of Panic log files, you can click it to open the log file.

  • Page 39: Alarm Log

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Delete：Delete Panic log file. 4.4.3. Alarm Log Please select Status -> Log -> Alarm Log to go to alarm log page. Figure 4-32 Alarm Logs File Name：The name of log files, you can click it to open the log file.
  • Page 40 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-1 Submit changes 1. On the right top corner, there is an Unsaved Changes button; you can click it to check submitted items. Figure 5-2 Unsaved changes 2. Please click...

  • Page 41: Basic Configuration

    5.2.1. Basic System Setting and NTP Configuration NTP is a network time protocol for the A2n Access Point to synchronize the system time. NTP is disabled by default. If NTP is needed, IP address of the NTP server must be added and A2n will synchronize with the NTP server.
  • Page 42 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-6 Basic System Setting System Name：Set system name of the device, the system name can be up to 255 characters long. System NE ID：Set system NE ID, the system NE ID can be up to 64 characters long.

  • Page 43: Network Configuration

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Set Daylight Saving Time（Optional） Click Submit Click Save&Apply to commit changes. 5.2.2. Network Configuration Please select Configuration -> Network to go to Network configuration page. 5.2.2.1. General network configuration Please select Configuration -> Network -> General and start to configure general settings.
  • Page 44 TPS13-001_rev1.0 Internet Connection Type： Static IP or DHCP client IPv4 Address： If A2n uses static IP, please give it a fixed IP IPv4 Subnet Mask：If A2n uses static IP, please give it a subnet mask IPv4 Default Gateway：If A2n uses static IP, please give it a Gateway address IPv4 DNS Server：If A2n uses static IP, please set DNS IP address...

  • Page 45: Network Setting-Switch Mode

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 5.2.2.1.1. Network Setting—Switch Mode Figure 5-8 Network Mode In switch mode, A2n works as a switch to deliver data between Ethernet interface and wireless interfaces. Configuration procedures: Select Configuration->Network->General to go to configuration page. Network Setting: Switch Mode.
  • Page 46 (i.e. IP address for Ethernet interface). If a wireless client sends a packet to the outside network, the packet would send to the A2n Access Point with its local IP address in the local network. Then, the A2n Access Point will pass this packet to the outside network (Ethernet) using its remote IP address.

  • Page 47: Internet Connection Type (Ipv4)

    Select Configuration->Network->General Internet Connection Type : choose Static or DHCP Click Submit Click Save&Apply to apply. 1）Static IP (IPv4) Users need manually configure A2n IP address, subnet mask, gateway address and DNS server IP address: Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 48 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-11 Static IP Procedures: Select Configuration->Network->General Internet Connection Type : choose “Static” IP Address : input IP address Subnet Mask : input subnet mask Default Gateway Address : input gateway address DNS Server IP Address: input DNS address.

  • Page 49: Ethernet Mode

    Internet Connection Type : choose DHCP Click Submit Click Save&Apply to apply 5.2.2.1.4. Ethernet Mode In switch mode and Gateway mode, there are 2 types: Auto and Manual. 1） Auto A2n Ethernet port duplex and speed will be auto Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 50 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-13 Ethernet Mode 2） Manual A2n Ethernet port will be manual, and the Ethernet Duplex and Speed will be selected by Full/Half, 1000Mbps/100Mbps/10Mbps. Figure 5-14 Ethernet Mode Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 51: Vlan

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 5.2.2.2. VLAN Select Configuration -> Network -> VLAN to access to VLAN configuration page. Figure 5-15 VLAN Settings By default, A2n VLAN setting is disabled. Enable VLAN：Enable or Disable VLAN function Native VLAN Tagging：By default, it is not selected.
  • Page 52 Figure 5-16 DHCP Server Setting drop-down Menu Figure 5-17 DHCP Server Mode Setting If the DHCP Server Mode is set to Server, then the A2n will act as a DHCP server for allocation of IP address to the wireless client associated. The following procedures show the allocation of the IP address, subnets mask, gateway and DNS information.

  • Page 53: Port Forwarding

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-18 DHCP Server — Address Pool Setting Enable Pool：Enable or Disable Pool Pool ID：ID of the IP Pool Start IP Address：Start IP address of the Pool End IP Address：End IP address of the Pool DNS1, 2, 3：DNS IP address of the Pool...
  • Page 54 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-19 Port Forwarding Figure 5-20 Port Forwarding Setting Enable Flag：Enabled flag enables or disables the effect of the particular port forwarding entry. All the added firewall entries are saved in system configuration file and only the enabled port forwarding entries will be active.

  • Page 55: Safe Mode

    Protocol Type：This control is used to specify the L3 protocol (IP) type which need to be forwarded from the internal network. Global Port：This control is used to specify the TCP/UDP port of the A2n Wi-Fi Access Point/Bridge based device which will accept and forward the connections from the external network to the host connected to the internal network.

  • Page 56: Wireless

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 1. Select Configuration->Network->Sate Mode 2. Enable Safe Mode: Select it to enable STP function. By default, it is disabled. 3. Ping Host: at least input one host 4. Ping Interval: input the interval of ping 5.
  • Page 57 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-23 2.4G radio parameters Enable Radio: Enable or disable 2.4G radio, by default it is enabled. Radio Mode: AP, Station and Repeater mode. Country Code: HongKong is default setting. Wireless Mode: By default, it is 2.4GHz 130Mbps (802.11ng HT20).

  • Page 58: G Wlan

    Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G -> WLAN to access to 2.4G radio WLAN setting page: Figure 5-24 WLAN setting A2n 2.4G radio supports maximum 16 WLANs, and they can be configured separately. Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 59: Wlan X (0-15) General Configuration

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Enable WLAN ：Enable or Disable WLAN from 0-15. SSID：Support maximum 32 characters, default SSID is：Superwifi Network X, X is WLAN number. Max Clients：Max. Associated clients Isolation： Enable or Disable inter-WLAN communication isolation. By default, it is enable.

  • Page 60: Wlan X (0-15) Security

    5.3.1.2.2. WLAN X (0-15) Security A2n 2.4GHz supports Open, Shared Key, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, WAPI, WAPI-PSK authentication mode, and Disabled, WEP, AES, TKIP, SMS4 cipher mode. Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G) -> WLAN to edit “More…” behind the WLAN, and then select WLAN Security to access to security configuration page.
  • Page 61 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-26 WLAN security setting 1) Open After selecting Open, you can select Disabled or WEP: Figure 5-27 Open & No security Open & No security procedures: 1. Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G) -> WLAN to edit “More…”...
  • Page 62 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Click Submit Click Save&Apply to apply Figure 5-28 Open & WEP Setting Open – WEP Procedures: Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G) -> WLAN to edit “More…” WLAN, and then select WLAN Security to access to security configuration page.
  • Page 63 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-29 Shared Key Shared key Procedures: Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G)-> WLAN to edit “More…” WLAN, and then select WLAN Security to access to security configuration page. Authentication Mode choose Shared...
  • Page 64 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-30 WPA/WPA2 Authentication Mode：WPA or WPA2 Cipher Mode： AES and TKIP can be choired. Radius Server：Set Radius server IP address Radius Port：set Radius server port Radius Secret：Set Radius secret Secondary Radius Server：Set Secondary Radius server IP address Secondary Radius Port：Set Secondary Radius server port...
  • Page 65 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Radius Port set Radius server port Radius Secret set Radius secret Secondary Radius Server set Secondary Radius server IP address (optional) Secondary Radius Port set Secondary Radius server port (optimal) Secondary Radius Secret set Secondary Radius server secret (optional) 10.
  • Page 66 Pass Phrase set the password Click Submit Click Save&Apply to apply 5) ACL Configurations A2n supports ACL (Access Control List), it bases on MAC address filter. Figure 5-32 ACL – Default Allow Figure 5-33 ACL – Default Deny Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 67 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-34 ACL – ACL Input Method Access Control List：There are 3 modes: Disabled, Enabled-Default Allow, and Enable-Default Deny. ACL Input Method: There are two options including manual input and file upload.

  • Page 68: Rogue Station List

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-35 ACL – Add Allowed MAC address Figure 5-36 ACL – Add Denied MAC address 5.3.1.2.3. Rogue Station list Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G) -> WLAN to edit “More…” behind the WLAN, and then select Rogue Station List to access to Rogue Station List configuration page.

  • Page 69: Wlan X (0-15) Bandwidth Control

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-37 Rogue Station List 5.3.1.2.4. WLAN X (0-15) Bandwidth Control Figure 5-38 WLAN Bandwidth Control Uplink：Uplink bandwidth control, from 0-1000000Kbps Downlink：Downlink bandwidth control, from 0-1000000Kbps WLAN X bandwidth control procedures: Select Configuration ->...

  • Page 70: G Advanced Configuration

    Max Tx/Rx Streams：Maximum number of transmit streams/receive streams in 11n MIMO. Beacon Interval：Default setting is 256 ms (equivalent to 10 beacons per second). The amount of time between A2n Access Point beacon transmissions for each Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 71 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 supported BSS, with each BSS using the same beacon interval. The beacon interval can be configured between 40 and 3500 ms. DTIM：Default setting is 1. DTIM Interval, always a multiple of the beacon period, determines how often the beacon contains a traffic indicator map (TIM).
  • Page 72 Data Rate：Default setting is “best”. The transmission data rate that appears on the drop-down A2n supports “Multicast Traffic Data Rate Setting” to transmit all multicast traffic of the 2.4G interface at the configured multicast data rate. The multicast data rate must be set to any of the basic data rates.

  • Page 73: G Wep Key

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Multicast Data Rate set multicast data rate 10. Click Submit 11. Click Save&Apply to apply Warnings: The default setting for advance is recommended. 5.3.1.4. 2.4G WEP Key Figure 5-40 2.4G Radio WEP Key Procedures: Select Configuration->Wireless->Radio0 (2.4G)->WEP...

  • Page 74: Station Setting

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-41 Radio (2.4G) Station Setting Enable Radio: Enable or Disable the radio. Radio Mode: Select the “Station” for it. Country Code: HONG KONG is default setting. Transmit Power：By default, it is 20.

  • Page 75: Station Security

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-43 Radio (2.4G): WLAN0 Setting Enable WLAN: The default is enabled. WLAN Mode: The default is "Station". Remote SSID: The station shall be able to input the remote SSID with string [0...32]. The remote SSID is the SSID originated by the AP in WDS mode.

  • Page 76: G Configuration - Repeater Mode

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 A2n 2.4GHz supports Open, Shared Key, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, WAPI, WAPI-PSK authentication mode, and Disabled, WEP, AES, TKIP, SMS4 cipher mode. Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G)-> Station to edit “More…” then select WLAN Security to access to security configuration page.

  • Page 77: Wlan Setting

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Country Code: HONG KONG is default setting. Transmit Power：By default, it is 20. Maximum Clients: 256 is default setting. Enable Inter-WLAN User Isolation：By default, it is disable. 5.3.1.6.1. WLAN Setting Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G) -> WLAN to access the WLAN setting web page.
  • Page 78 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 1) Repeater Configuration Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G) -> WLAN to click the “More…” under the Repeater Configuration. Figure 5-46 Repeater Mode — WLAN15 Setting Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 79: Radio

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Note: Please refer to 5.3.2.3.1. Station Setting 2) WLAN Configuration Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio0 (2.4G) -> WLAN to click the “More…” under the WLAN Configuration. Figure 5-47 Repeater Mode — WLAN0 Setting Note: Please refer to 6.3.2.2.1.
  • Page 80 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-48 5G General setting Enable Radio：Enable or disable 5G radio, by default it is disabled. Radio Mode： You can choose AP, station, repeater or bridge mode. Country Code: HONG KONG is default setting.

  • Page 81: Wlan - Ap Mode

    Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio1 (5G) -> WLAN to access to 5G radio WLAN setting page: Figure 5-49 5G WLAN setting A2n 5G radio supports maximum 16 WLAN, and they can be configured separately. Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 82 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Enable WLAN ：Enable or Disable WLAN from 0-15. Hide SSID：By default, it is disabled. SSID：Support maximum 32 characters, default SSID is：Superwifi Network X, X is WLAN number. Max Clients：Max. Associated clients Isolation：...

  • Page 83: Wlan X (0-15) Basic Setting

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Note: Please refer to 6.3.1.2.1. Section about the 2.4G AP Mode WLAN detail setting. 5.3.2.2.1. WLAN X (0-15) Basic Setting Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio1 (5G) -> WLAN to click “More…” behind the WLAN, and then select WLAN General.

  • Page 84: Wlan X (0-15) Security

    5.3.2.2.2. WLAN X (0-15) Security A2n 5GHz supports Open, Shared Key, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, WAPI, WAPI- PSK authentication mode, and Disabled, WEP, AES, TKIP, SMS4 cipher mode. Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio1 (5G) -> WLAN to select “More…” WLAN, and then select WLAN Security to access to security configuration page.

  • Page 85: Wlan X (0-15) Rogue Station List

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 5.3.2.2.3. WLAN X (0-15) Rogue Station List Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio1 (5G) -> Rogue Station List to access to Rogue Station List configuration page. Figure 5-53 Radio1 (5G) Rogue Station List Type in the mac address of rogue station then click the “...

  • Page 86: General Setting - Station Mode

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 WLAN X bandwidth control procedures: Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio1 (5G) -> WLAN to edit “More…” WLAN, and then select Bandwidth Control to access to bandwidth control configuration page Uplink set uplink bandwidth limitation...
  • Page 87 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-56 Station mode setting WLAN ID ：WLAN number. Remote SSID: Type in the target SSID for station to associate to. Or click the “More…” for more detail station settings. Figure 5-57 Station detail setting Enable WLAN: The default is enabled.

  • Page 88: Station Security

    Disconnect Packet Threshold: By default, it is 10 packets. 5.3.2.3.2. Station Security A2n 5GHz supports Open, Shared Key, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, WAPI, WAPI- PSK authentication mode, and Disabled, WEP, AES, TKIP, SMS4 cipher mode. Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio1 (5G)-> Station to edit “More…” then select WLAN Security to access to security configuration page.

  • Page 89: Wlan Setting

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-59 5G Repeater Mode Country Code: HONG KONG is default setting. Transmit Power：By default, it is 17. Maximum Clients: 256 is default setting. Enable Inter-WLAN User Isolation：By default, it is disable.
  • Page 90 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-60 5G repeater setting 1) Repeater Configuration Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio1 (5G) -> WLAN to click the “More…” in the Repeater Configuration. Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 91 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-61 5G repeater WLAN15 Setting Note: Please refer to 6.3.2.3.1. Station Setting 2) WLAN Configuration Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio1 (5G) -> WLAN to click the “More…” in the WLAN Configuration.

  • Page 92: General Setting - Bridge Mode

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-62 5G repeater WLAN0 setting Note: Please refer to 6.3.2.2.1. WLAN (0-15) Basic Setting. 5.3.2.5. 5G General setting — Bridge Mode Select Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio1 (5G), and then select “Bridge” for Radio Mode.

  • Page 93: Static Bridge Setting

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-63 5G Bridge Mode Country Code: HONG KONG is default setting. Wireless Mode：By default, it is 5GHz 130Mbps (802.11na HT20) Radio Frequency：By default, it is 5180MHZ (Channel 36) Transmit Power：By default, it is 17 5.3.2.5.1.
  • Page 94 Figure 5-65 5G bridge setting Remote Mac Address: Mac address of the bridge peer. 2) Bridge Security Setting A2n 5GHz bridge security supports Disabled, WEP, AES cipher mode. Figure 5-66 5G bridge security setting-Open & No security Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 95: Advanced Configuration

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-67 5G bridge security setting-Open & WEP Figure 5-68 5G bridge security setting-Open & AES Cipher Mode: Default setting is "Disabled". Cipher Mode can have three settings "Disabled", "WEP" or "AES. If set to "Disabled", no encryption is used and all data is transmitted without encryption.
  • Page 96 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-69 AP and Repeater Mode Advanced Setting Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 97: Wep Key

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-70 5G Station and Bridge Mode Advanced Setting Note: Please refer to 6.3.1.4 2.4G Advanced configuration 5.3.2.7. 5G WEP Key Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 98: Thin Ap Configuration

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 5-71 5G WEP Key Procedures: Select Configuration->Wireless->Radio1 (5G) ->WEP Key Entry Method select the key format Input key phrase in related WEP Key Click Submit Click Save&Apply to apply 5.3.3. Thin AP Configuration Figure 5-72 Thin AP configurations Thin AP ：Enable or disable Thin AP mode...

  • Page 99: Administration Configuration

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 AC IP Address： Set static IP address or automatically get AC IP address AP Name： Thin AP name AP Location：Thin AP location information AC debug level：AC debug level, from 0-10 Managed Radio: select the radio interface for management.

  • Page 100: Snmp Setting

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 6-2 WEB Administration Auto Refresh Interval：Set auto refresh interval Enable Syslog: enable or disabled syslog function. Server IP Address: The events which meet the severity condition will be sent to Syslog server.

  • Page 101: Certificate Management

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Show：Show write community phrase Press ：To edit Trap Host Figure 6-4 SNMP Trap Host Trap Host ID： SNMP Trap host ID, it supports Max. 4 Trap Host Trap Host： Trap Host IP address Trap Port：...

  • Page 102: Firmware Update

    Http Key File click “browse” to choose Http Key file, and then click Upload. 6.5. Firmware Update Go to Administration -> Firmware Update to update the firmware of A2n： Figure 6-6 Firmware Upgrade Caution: Do not interrupt the process of firmware update. Please maintain network connection and power supply.
  • Page 103 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 6-7 Select firmware file Press Upload image to begin the update，the keep all settings allow user to keep the current configuration after update Figure 6-8 Press Upload Image to start firmware update Keep all settings：...
  • Page 104 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 A2n will run the checksum on the firmware, once it validate the firmware, press proceed to continue. Figure 6-9 Press “Proceed” You will find following notification: Figure 6-10 Progress of firmware update A2n will reboot and load the Main page after firmware update.

  • Page 105: Restore Factory Default

    Via user interfaces (eg. SSH/Console/Web)  Via hardware reset button 6.6.1. Reset back to factory default via user interfaces Under Administration -> Factory Default, user can reset the A2n back to Factory Default Configuration. Figure 6-12 Restore to Factory Default Procedures: Reset to Factory Default：Press this button to reset A2n to Factory Default...

  • Page 106: Reset Back To Factory Default Via Reset Button

    TPS13-001_rev1.0 Keep Network Address Settings: Select this if user doesn’t wish to reset the IP address configuration to factory default. Once restore to factory default configuration, user can login to the A2n with the following information: A2n default IP address：192.168.1.222 Username：admin...

  • Page 107: Backup/Restore

     Network interface setting: br-lan: Static IP = 192.168.1.222 br-lan:1:Static IP = 192.168.99.xxx (Permanent IP) 6.7. Backup/Restore A2n supports Backup/Restore, Press Administration -> Backup/Restore to open the configuration interface. Figure 6-13 A2n Backup/Restore Procedures: Select Administration->Backup/Restore Press Create backup and save it.
  • Page 108 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 6-14 A2n Backup To restore configuration，Under Backup Archive, press Browse…，and select the backup file，press Restore backup to start restore. Figure 6-15 Select the backup file Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 109: System Tools

    A2n provides useful tools, this enable the user to have better radio planning. 7.1. Channel Scan Through the channel scan tool of A2n，user is able to know the status of 2.4GHz/5GHz channels around the A2n, this provides useful information to the user on how to configure A2n and radio planning.
  • Page 110 Start Scan ：Press Start Scan to start 2.4G channel scan。 Duration：The switching time of the channel scanning interval, setting range is 100- 1000ms，default is 100ms. Scan Status：A2n Base station channel scan status, “Ready” means it can start scan. “Success” means scan finished. Procedures: In the main menu, select Tools ->...
  • Page 111 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 7-2 2.4G Channel Scan Press Channel Usage Info for the result of Noise Floor and Business from every sector antenna. 2) Overall BSS Info Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 112 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 7-3 2.4G Overall BSS Info Press Overall BSS Info to view 2.4G BSS Info around A2n. It includes SSID, BSSID, Authentication Mode, Cipher, Channel, Date Rate and SNR. 3) BSS Info...

  • Page 113: Channel Scan

    TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 7-4 2.4G BSS Info In Channel Scan Result, press BSS Info and it shows information of BSSID from A2n. Base onA2n 2.4G Channel Scan Result, user can select 2.4G channel with lower noise floor, less busy and less SSID as the channel for A2n’s SSID.
  • Page 114 Start Scan ：Press Start Scan to start 5G channel scan. Duration：The switching time of the channel scanning interval, setting range is 100- 1000ms, default is 100ms. Scan Status：A2n Base station channel scan status, “Ready” means it can start scan. “Success” means scan finished. Procedures: In the main menu, select Tools ->...
  • Page 115 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 7-6 5G Channel Usage From the Channel Scan Result, press on Channel Usage Info user will see the condition of 5G channel around A2n. 2) Overall BBS Info Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 116 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 7-7 5G BSS Info In Channel Scan Result, press Overall BSS Info for 5G BSS Info, it shows information of BSSID around A2n. 3) BSS Info Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 117 TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 7-8 BSS information In Channel Scan Result, press BSS Info and it shows information of BSSID from A2n. Base onA2n 5G Channel Scan Result, user can select 5G channel with lower noise floor, less busy and less SSID as the channel for A2n’s SSID.

  • Page 118: Diagnosis

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 7.2. Diagnosis Press Tools -> Diagnosis to start the diagnosis. 7.2.1. Ping to Host Press Tools -> Diagnosis -> Ping to start the ping. Figure 7-9 Ping Ping IP Address/Host Name ：Type in the target IP address or target Host name.

  • Page 119: Watchdog

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 7-10 Traceroute Destination IP Address/Host Name ：Type in the target IP address or target Host name. Enable Resolve IP Address：Enable or disable IP address resolve. Timeout：Type in the timeout value.
  • Page 120 Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Figure 7-11 watchdog Periodic Reboot: Enable or Disable the periodic reboot function, by default, it is disable. Random Delay: If multiple APs are set the reboot schedule in same time, they will reboot randomly instead of rebooting simultaneously by enable this option.

  • Page 121: A2N Information

    Altai A2n WiFi Access Point/Bridge Web-Admin Configuration Manual TPS13-001_rev1.0 Schedule Mode: Plan the specified time for uploading the log. Periodic Mode: Set the periodic for uploading the log, the max periodic is 30days. 8. A2n Information The “About” in the web layout shows the hardware and software version and information of company.

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