USER GUIDE Model : BW1257 Tri-Band Wi-Fi AC3000 Indoor Access Point V1.
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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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BW1257 User Guide About This Guide Purpose This document provides information and procedures on hardware installation, setup, configuration, and management of the high performance Indoor Access Point BW1257. Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge To use this document effectively, you should have a working knowledge of Local Area Networking (LAN) concepts and wireless Internet access infrastructures.
BW1257 User Guide Chapter 1 – Introduction Thank you for choosing the Indoor Access Point BW1257. The BW1257 supports Tri-Band technology, establishing simultaneous connections with 2.4GHz, 5GHz Band 1, and 5GHz Band 4 wireless network frequencies, and is fully compliant with the 802.11a/b/g/n and 802.11 ac Wi-Fi standard.
BW1257 User Guide Chapter 2 – Hardware Introduction This chapter provides the hardware introduction and package contents of Access Point BW1257.
BW1257 User Guide Front panel There are six indicator lights (LEDs) on the front panel that show the status of various networking and connection operations.
BW1257 User Guide Bottom Cover The Bottom Cover of the BW1257 consists of the following items: 1. Back Label with MAC address, S/N, model name, certification…etc. 2. Rubber Feet 3.
BW1257 User Guide Rear panel Figure 4 – Rear Panel I/O Port A list of the ports and buttons are explained in the following table: Item Connector Description 1 DC12V For power supply 12V DC input 2 Reset Button to Reboot or Reset device Press reset button to reboot device, or keep pressing for more than 7 seconds to restore factory default configuration. 3 Console For console connection(RJ-45 interface) 4 ETH/PoE RJ-45 Ethernet port and PoE power supply. 5 USB USB 2.
BW1257 User Guide Figure 6 – SMA Antenna Ports(2G/5GL, 5GH/BT) The antennas included in the package are 2.4G/5G Dual Band OmniDirectional Antennas.
BW1257 User Guide Chapter 3 – Reference Manual This chapter describes how BW1257 is configured via Web Interface. How to Log In 1. Use the enclosed Ethernet patch cable to connect the ETH port of the Access Point to your laptop/PC. 2. Configure your laptop/PC network as follows: IP address: 192.168.2.10 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.2.2 3. Open browser (eg. IE, Chrome) 4. Enter Access Point IP address in the browser (http://192.168.2.2) to log into the system. 5.
BW1257 User Guide Quick Setup A Quick Setup Wizard for IP configuration will pop-up after logging into the system. You can follow the step-by-step configuration guide as displayed or simply skip the process by clicking “Cancel”. The Quick Setup Wizard will display the current network status after logging into the system. Figure 8 – Quick Setup Custom DNS: The system allows you to configure Custom DNS Servers under DHCP client mode.
BW1257 User Guide Figure 9 – Configure DNS Server Static IP: You may set Static IP manually by clicking the “DHCP” button, associated parameter fields will be displayed underneath accordingly. Fill in the network parameter as follows.
BW1257 User Guide Figure 10 – configure static IP IP: IP address of device Netmask: IP address class. To divide an IP address into subnets and specify the network's available hosts Gateway: IP address of the network node that connects two networks Primary DNS: IP address of the Primary Domain Name Service Secondary DNS: IP address of the Secondary Domain Name Service Click “Save” to confirm the setup. Once confirmed, the Setup will take effect immediately without having to reboot the device.
BW1257 User Guide Device Management After logging into the Web interface, you may see main menu tabs displayed in the top banner as follows: -System Status -Device Setting -Connected Devices -Account Figure 11 – Login Menu The different menu categories will be explained in the following sections: Page 16 of 28
BW1257 User Guide System Status This category displays information regarding the operating status and contains functions to allow the firmware to be upgraded. Figure 12 – Device Information System Status | Operating Status Shows device information such as firmware version, system uptime, associated clients, etc. Router Information: Displays system uptime and firmware version. Reboot: Click to reboot device. Auto Reboot: Click to schedule automatic reboot.
BW1257 User Guide Management Device: Redirects to “Connected Devices” category of the menu. System Status | System Setting System time, firmware upgrade, and reset to factory default can be carried out in this part of the category. Figure 14 – System Setting System Time: Displays the system time. Click “Update time” to refresh system time. Firmware Upgrade: Displays current system firmware version.
BW1257 User Guide System Status | Runtime Traffic Displays network traffic and data statistics. Figure 17 – Network Traffic Statistics Wan: Shows the bandwidth performance and traffic usage of the Ethernet interface. WiFi: Shows the bandwidth performance and traffic usage of the WiFi interface. Download: Shows the download traffic for every 2 seconds and total network traffic for every ten minutes. Upload: Shows the upload traffic for every 2 seconds and total network traffic for every ten minutes.
BW1257 User Guide Device Setting The Device Setting category is to configure the parameters for Wireless, Ethernet, and Advance settings. Device Setting | Wireless Setting WiFi Radio Setting: This page is to configure the wireless parameters for WiFi Radio 2.4G, 5G Low, and 5G High. Each radio frequency has its own set of parameters. Please click on the respective tabs and modify the designated fields and pages accordingly. Figure 18 – 2.4G/5G Low/5G High Setting The 2.
BW1257 User Guide Figure 19 – SSID Setting Click “Setting” for each SSID to configure the parameters individually.
BW1257 User Guide Interface: Click to enable/disable SSID. [ON / OFF] SSID: The name of the SSID Hide SSID: Click to hide/display the SSID. [ON / OFF] Network: Fixed Lan. Advanced Setting Tab: Click “Security” tab to configure wireless encryption. It supports various wireless encryption methods such as WEP, WPA2-PSK, WPA/WPA2-PSK, WPA2-Enterprise, and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise.
BW1257 User Guide Separate Clients (Isolation): This prevents clients that connect to the same SSID from communicating directly to each other. [ON / OFF] Max Client: The maximum number of wireless clients linked to this particular SSID. [Maximum: 255] Note: An aggregate number of 255 wireless clients can be linked to each radio. Click “Apply” to save all changes. Go back to the main page after applying all SSID configuration and click “Save” to activate the setup.
BW1257 User Guide Device Setting | Ethernet Setting Ethernet Network Setting: This page is to setup the Ethernet network parameters such as IP address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS Server and so on. Figure 24 – Ethernet Setting DHCP Switch: Ethernet network IP mode. DHCP client is set as default. Click the [ON / OFF] button to change mode. [ON - DHCP client / OFF - Static IP] Custom DNS: The system allows you to configure Custom DNS Servers under DHCP client mode.
BW1257 User Guide Figure 25 – Custom DNS Server Recommend DNS: The system will apply two default DNS Servers if this option is selected. Static IP: You may set Static IP manually by clicking the “DHCP” button, associated parameter fields will be displayed underneath accordingly. Fill in the network parameter as follows. Figure 26 – Static IP Setting IP: IP address of device. Netmask: IP address class. To divide an IP address into subnets and specify the network's available hosts.
BW1257 User Guide Device Setting | Advance Setting TR-069 is the Broadband Forum technical specification entitled CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP). It defines an application layer protocol for remote management of enduser devices. As a bidirectional SOAP/HTTP-based protocol, it provides the communication between customer-premises equipment (CPE) and Auto Configuration Servers (ACS server).
BW1257 User Guide Connected Devices This page displays the information of all wired (Ethernet) and wirelessly connected devices. Figure 28 – Device Information Connection type: The connection interface of the device. Name: Name of the device. MAC: MAC address of the device. IP: The client IP address of the device. Refresh: Click to renew page.
BW1257 User Guide Account This category manages device accounts and passwords. The “Logout” option is located here as well. Click drop-down menu of “Account” and select “Change Account & Password”. Figure 29 – Change Account & Password Fill in the new account and password in the pop-out window. Figure 30 – Change Account & Password New Account: New account name used for next login. Old Password: Old password. New Password: Fill in new password. Retype New Password: Re-enter new password.
