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Altai A8n (ac) Series Super WiFi Base Station

Configuration Guide

Table of contents

1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1

2. GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................... 2

2.1. PREPARING THE ADMINISTRATOR COMPUTER ....................................................................2

2.2. CONNECT TO YOUR ALTAI ACCESS POINT ...........................................................................3

2.3. LOGIN THE AP (VIA ETHERNET) ........................................................................................4

2.4. SECONDARY IP ADDRESS OF A8N (AC) SERIES PRODUCTS .....................................................4

2.5. INTERFACE GUIDE ..........................................................................................................5

2.6. LOGOUT FROM WEB UI ..................................................................................................6

2.7. REBOOT AP VIA WEB UI .................................................................................................6

3. SUMMARY OF BASIC CONFIGURATION TASKS ........................................................... 7

3.1. CONFIGURE AS ACCESS POINT (AP) ..................................................................................7

3.2. CONFIGURE AS STATION (CPE/STA) (5G RADIO ONLY) ........................................................9

3.3. CONFIGURE AS REPEATER ............................................................................................. 11

4. CONFIGURE YOUR ACCESS POINT ........................................................................... 13

4.1. BASIC CONFIGURATIONS .............................................................................................. 14

4.1.1. Synchronize AP’s system clock with NTP server ................................................. 14

4.1.2. Assign Internet Connection Type for AP (IPv4) – Static / DCHP ......................... 15

4.1.3. Configure Radio Interface as Access Point (AP) ................................................. 16

Radio 0 – 2.4GHz Radio ............................................................................................................ 16

Radio General Configuration ............................................................................................... 16

WLAN List ............................................................................................................................ 19

WLAN 0-15 General Configuration ...................................................................................... 20

WLAN 0-15 Security Configuration ...................................................................................... 22

Configure WLAN as Open network ................................................................................. 22

Configure WLAN as Open network with WEP encryption .............................................. 23

Configure WLAN with Shared Key Authentication ......................................................... 24

Configure WLAN with WPA / WPA2 / WPA-auto Authentication .................................. 25

Configure WLAN with WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK / WPA-auto-PSK Authentication ............. 27

Configure WLAN with WAPI Authentication................................................................... 28

Configure WLAN with WAPI-PSK Authentication ........................................................... 30

Radio 1 – 5GHz Radio ............................................................................................................... 31

Radio General Configuration ............................................................................................... 31

WLAN List ............................................................................................................................ 33

WLAN 0 - 15 General Configuration .................................................................................... 33

WLAN 0 - 15 Security Configuration .................................................................................... 33

4.1.4. Configure Radio Interface as Station (STA/CPE) ................................................ 34

Radio 0 – 2.4GHz Radio ............................................................................................................ 34

Radio 1 – 5GHz Radio ............................................................................................................... 34

Radio General Configuration ............................................................................................... 34

Station Configuration .......................................................................................................... 36

Station Security Configuration ............................................................................................ 37

Configure Station to associate Open network ................................................................ 38

Configure Station to associate Open network with WEP encryption ............................. 38

Configure Station to associate network with Shared Key authentication ...................... 39

Configure Station to associate network with WPA / WPA2 authentication ................... 39

Configure Station to associate network with WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK authentication..... 40

4.1.5. Configure Radio Interface as Repeater .............................................................. 42

Radio 0 – 2.4GHz Radio ............................................................................................................ 42