Wireless LAN Access Point User Guide
Regulatory notes and statements Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization for use Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN devices. The energy levels of these emissions however are far much less than the electromagnetic energy emissions from wireless devices like for example mobile phones. Wireless LAN devices are safe for use frequency safety standards and recommendations.
USA-FCC (Federal Communications Commission) statement This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of this device.
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TABLE OF CONTENT About This Guide................................................................................. 1 Purpose............................................................................................. 1 Overview of this User’s Guide......................................................... 1 Unpacking and Setup ........................................................................... 3 Unpacking........................................................................................
ABOUT THIS GUIDE Congratulations on your purchase of this IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN Access Point. This manual helps to features the innovating wireless technology that can help you build a wireless network easily! This manual contains detailed instructions in operation of this product. Please keep this manual for future reference. With a WLAN (IEEE 802.11b) Access Point, a mobile computer can share data with another mobile computer in a wireless way.
UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Access Point. Unpacking Open the box of the Access Point and carefully unpack it.
u u Fix the direction of the antennas. Try to place the AP in a position that can best cover your wireless network. Normally, the higher you place the antenna, the better the performance will be. The antenna’s position enhances the receiving sensitivity. Visually inspect if the Power Adaptor was fully plugged to the device power jack.
HARDWARE INSTALATION Front View The figure below shows the front view of the WLAN Access Point. Power LAN WLAN Front View POWER This indicator lights green when the Access Point receives power. Otherwise, it turns off. LAN (Link/ACT) The indicator lights green when the LAN port is connected to a 10Mbps Ethernet station, the indicator blinks green while transmitting or receiving data on the 10Mbps Ethernet network.
Rear Panel The figure below shows the rear panel of the Access Point - + Console Ethernet Rear Panel Ethernet Ethernet uplink port with auto-sensing for connecting to either 10Mbps Ethernet connections, connect this port to switch/hub. Console The Console port is using USB “B” type connector, through this port, you can manage your Access Point by using AP utility. DC Power Connect the AC Power Adapter to the AP’s power jack.
Hardware connections Notebook Switch/Hub POW E R LA N SYST EM 1 2 Lin k/ A CT 3 4 100 M PC Ethernet port Notebook Wireless LAN Networking Connect to the Switch/Hub 1. Plug in one end of the RJ45 network cable to the Switch/Hub port, 2. Plug in the other end of the RJ45 network cable to the Wireless Access Point. Check the installation The control LEDs of the Access Point are clearly visible and the status of the network link can be seen instantly: 1.
CONFIGURING THE WIRELESS LAN ACCESS POINT There are two ways to configure the Wireless Access Point, configuring through AP utility and SNMP Manager. Installing the AP Utility and SNMP Manager The AP Utility and SNMP Manager will help you to configure the Wireless LAN Access Point through the USB port or Ethernet port. Note: Please configure through AP Utility before you start using the device. When the AP is connected to the USB port, the operating system will search the driver when detecting the device.
Configuring through the AP Utility The AP Utility helps you configure the Wireless LAN Access Point through the USB port. On the Windows Start Menu → Program → 802.11 Wireless LAN → Access Point Utility, choose the AP Utility, and the following dialog box will appear. 1. AP Utility Main Menu Click the “Configuration” and the Configuration dialog will pop up.
2. u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u You may double click the value parameter on the right side as shown in the figure for advanced settings; some Identifier’s value may not be modified and some value will be in a range that to shown in the dialog box. MAC Address: showing the MAC ID of the device. Regulatory Domain: showing the domain code of the device. Eth_IP Address: to set the IP address used by the AP. Eth_Submask: to set the subnet address. Wirel_SSID: to set the SSID of the Access Point.
u u u u u u u u u u u u u 3. 4. Operational Rate Set: to select the transfer rate from 11, 5.5, 2 and 1Mbps. Beacon Period: to select the time of beacon signal from 20-1000 (Typical 100 millisecond). DTIM: Set the DTIM period. Determines at which interval the AP will send its broadcast traffic. Default value is 4 beacons. Antenna: to determine which antennas are used, Left, Right or Diversity.
5. In the information dialog box, it will display out the firmware version and the utility software version. Configuring through the SNMP Manager The Access Point SNMP Manager is provided to manage the Wireless LAN Access Point through Ethernet. Note: Before using the SNMP manager to configure the AP, please check with your network administrator to have enough information for the setting. 1. On the Windows Start Menu → Program → 802.
Ø File Menu: The file menu contains the following enabled submenus: 1.) Close Connection AP: Terminates the connection with the AP. 2.) Exit: Terminates the connection with the AP and exits the SNMP Manager. Ø Setup Menu: As soon as the connection has been established, you are able to start viewing or setting the AP parameters. 1.) Bridge: Under this submenu, there is IP configuration option. l IP Configuration: In this window you can see and change the IP Address and IP Mask of the AP.
2.) l u u u This option enables / disables the DHCP client function of the AP. Additionally you have to select the Primary Port, which is the interface that determines the DHCP server. You can also choose to use either Ethernet and/or Wireless port for the AP configuration. Wireless LAN: In this submenu, you can configure the Privacy Options, AP Operational Setting and Authorized MAC Address. Privacy Options: This function is used to protect wireless communication from eavesdropping.
l u u u u u Operational Settings: In this submenu, you can select to configure the advance feature of the Access Point. Access Point Name: appoint a name for the AP. SSID: It is an ASCII string up to 32 characters used to identify a WLAN that prevents the unintentional merging of two colocated WLANs. The SSID value must be the same in all stations and AP in the extended WLAN.
u u u u u u u Fragmentation Threshold: the size at which packets will be fragmented. Choose a setting within a range of 256 to 2346 bytes. RTS Threshold: Choose a setting within a range of 0 to 2432 bytes. It is recommended limiting a long packet to prevent each station waiting too long to transmit a data. Authentication type: to choose which authentication algorithm will be used, open system, shared key or both type. Preamble type: to limit the packet size of the data to transmit.
l Authorized MAC Address: For security reasons the AP can use the Authorization Table option. The AP allows only authorized stations to get associated to it. Under the Authorized MAC Address option you may press the following buttons: u Load File: Use this button in order to load a txt file with the MAC Addresses that can be associated with the AP (Authorized MAC Addresses).
3.) u Operation mode: The following four operational modes are available. For each mode you can either view or modify the Wireless LAN parameters of the Wireless Operational Settings window: Access Point: to set the device to Access Point operational mode.
u Access Point Client: This mode allows one or more remote LANs connect with a central LAN, and thus creating an extended virtual LAN. In this way, any station of the Remote LAN can successfully communicate with any station of the central LAN, as if all of them belong to the same physical LAN. Wireless Stations can’t associate with AP Clients. The AP conducts the designated traffic to the appropriate wired or wireless station. – Preferred BSS - It is enabled if you select the AP Client option.
u Wireless Bridge: This mode enables a wireless connection between two or more Wired LANs. Two types of connections are possible: – Point to Point - The Wireless Bridge can communicate with a Wireless Bridge having the MAC address specified in the remote MAC address field. *Remote MAC Address: It is enabled if you select “Point to Point” option. It corresponds to the MAC Address of the Wireless Bridge of the Remote LAN.
u Wireless Repeater: This mode is used in order to increase the coverage area of an ESS. The Wireless Repeater starts acting as an AP after it has associated itself with another AP (Parent AP). From that point on, STAs can get associated to it and the user can configure the device with the utilities available (SNMP Manager, AP Utility).
4.) l l l l l l 5.) Enable SNMP Traps: Using this option you can either enable or disable SNMP traps which are messages displayed in the right bottom corner of the main window indicating that an action related to the AP took place. Permitted messages are: Trap Re-association: This trap message is sent when a station’s re-association request is received from the APBridge. Trap Association: Indicates the reception of an association request packet.
Ø Commands Menu: Under this menu there are two options. 1.) Reset Device: You can reset the AP. 2.) Restore Defaults: You can restore the factory default values of the AP. Ø Info: There are two statistic in this menu. 1.) Wireless statistics: This option reports the statistics concerning the unit’s Wireless activity. Field Name Description The number of unicast packets successfully transmitted. Broadcast Transmitted Packets The number of broadcast packets transmitted.
2.) Ethernet Statistic: This submenu reports the current statistics of Ethernet port activity. Field Name Description Received Packets: Total Bytes The number of bytes in the frame that were received. Total Packets Total number of received packets Packet CRC Error The number of packets with CRC error Transmitted Packets: Total Bytes The number of bytes in the frame that were transmitted.
l Known BBS: Through this function, you can easily figure out all the information of the Associated stations behind this AP. – Ø l l Ø Get/ Refresh – Through this button, you can get or refresh new information of the Associated stations behind this AP. – Connect – Press this button to connect to the selected SSID. – Cancel – Press this button to cancellation any action. Windows Menu: Under this menu there are the following options.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Standards Standard: IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethernet Signal Type: DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) Modulation: QPSK / BPSK / CCK LED Indicators: Power, LAN (Link/Activity), WLAN (Link) Frequency Band: 2.
Physical and Environmental DC inputs DC 5V /1.0A Power Consumption 3.
