i VigorAP 810 User’s Guide
VigorAP 810 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Version: 2.2 Firmware Version: V1.2.
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Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................1 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 LED Indicators and Connectors .............................................................................................. 2 1.3 Hardware Installation ...............................................................................
3.5.1 General Setup................................................................................................................. 42 3.5.2 Security ........................................................................................................................... 44 3.5.3 Access Control................................................................................................................ 47 3.5.4 WPS.........................................................................................
3.11.1 Schedule..................................................................................................................... 126 3.11.2 Apple iOS Keep Alive ................................................................................................. 129 3.11.3 Wi-Fi Auto On/Off ....................................................................................................... 130 3.11.4 Temperature Sensor.......................................................................................
Introduction 1.1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing this VigorAP 810! With this high cost-efficiency VigorAP 810, computers and wireless devices which are compatible with 802.11n can connect to existing wired Ethernet network via this VigorAP 810, at the speed of 300Mbps. Easy install procedures allows any computer users to setup a network environment in very short time - within minutes, even inexperienced users.
1.2 LED Indicators and Connectors Before you use the Vigor modem, please get acquainted with the LED indicators and connectors first. Status ACT Explanation Off The system is not ready or is failed. Blinking The system is ready and can work normally. On A USB device is connected and active. Blinking The data is transmitting. On A normal connection is through its corresponding port. Off LAN is disconnected. Blinking Data is transmitting (sending/receiving).
Interface Description LAN B Connecter for xDSL / Cable modem (Giga level) or router. LAN A1 (PoE) A4 Connecter for xDSL / Cable modem (Giga level) / computer or router. Restore the default settings. Usage: Turn on the AP. Press the button and keep for more than 6 seconds. Then the AP will restart with the factory default configuration. ON/OFF: Power switch. PWR: Connecter for a power adapter.
1.3 Hardware Installation This section will guide you to install the VigorAP 810 through hardware connection and configure the device’s settings through web browser. Before starting to configure VigorAP 810, you have to connect your devices correctly. 1.3.1 Wired Connection for PC in LAN 1. Connect VigorAP 810 to ADSL modem, router, or switch/hub in your network through the LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect a computer to other available LAN A port.
1.3.2 Wired Connection for Notebook in WLAN 1. Connect VigorAP 810 to ADSL modem or router in your network through the LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point. 3. Power on VigorAP 810. 4. Check all LEDs on the front panel. ACT LED should be steadily on, LAN LEDs should be on if the access point is correctly connected to the ADSL modem or router.
1.3.3 Wireless Connection VigorAP 810 can access Internet via an ADSL modem, router, or switch/hub in your network through wireless connection. 1. Connect VigorAP 810 to ADSL modem or router via wireless network. 2. Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point. 3. Power on VigorAP 810. 4. Check all LEDs on the front panel.
1.3.4 POE Connection VigorAP 810 can gain the power from the connected switch, e.g., VigorSwitch P2260. PoE (Power over Ethernet) can break the install limitation caused by the fixed power supply. 1. Connect VigorAP 810 to a switch in your network through the LAN A1 (PoE) port of the access point by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect a computer to VigorSwitch P2260. Make sure the subnet IP address of the PC is the same as VigorAP 810 management IP, e.g., 192.168.1.X. 3. Power on VigorAP 810. 4.
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Network Configuration After the network connection is built, the next step you should do is setup VigorAP 810 with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the access point and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address).
Then, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties. Under the General tab, click Use the following IP address. Then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish. IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
2.2 Windows 2000 IP Address Setup Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon, double click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then click Properties. Select Use the following IP address, then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish. IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
2.3 Windows XP IP Address Setup Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, and then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection Status window will appear, and then click Properties. Select Use the following IP address, then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish: IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0.
2.4 Windows Vista IP Address Setup Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, then click Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Netwrok, then select ‘Properties’. Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click Properties.
2.5 Accessing to Web User Interface All functions and settings of this access point must be configured via web user interface. Please start your web browser (e.g., IE). 1. Make sure your PC connects to the VigorAP 810 correctly. 2. Open a web browser on your PC and type http://192.168.1.2. A pop-up window will open to ask for username and password. Pease type “admin/admin” on Username/Password and click OK.
Note: If you fail to access to the web configuration, please go to “Trouble Shooting” for detecting and solving your problem. For using the device properly, it is necessary for you to change the password of web configuration for security and adjust primary basic settings. 2.6 Changing Password 1. Please change the password for the original security of the modem. 2. Go to System Maintenance page and choose Administration Password. 3. Enter the new login password on the field of Password.
2.7 Quick Start Wizard Quick Start Wizard will guide you to configure 2.4G wireless setting, 5G wireless setting and other corresponding settings for Vigor Access Point step by step. 2.7.1 Configuring Wireless Settings – General This page displays general settings for the operation mode selected. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Operation Mode There are six operation modes for wireless connection. Settings for each mode are different.
2.7.2 Configuring 2.4GHz Wireless Settings Based on the Operation Mode In this page, the advanced settings will vary according to the operation mode chosen on 2.7.1. Settings for AP When you choose AP as the operation mode for wireless LAN (2.4GHz), you will need to configure the following page. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Means the channel frequency of the wireless LAN. The default channel is 6.
Security Key – Set 8~63 ASCII characters or 8~63 ASCII characters which can be used for logging into VigorAP by wireless guest. Enable Bandwidth Limit – Check the box to define the maximum speed of the data uploading/downloading which will be used for the guest connecting to Vigor device with the same SSID. Upload Limit – Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want. Download Limit –Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want.
Settings for AP Bridge-Point to Point When you choose AP Bridge- Point to Point as Operation Mode and click Next, you will need to configure the following page: Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description AP Discovery Click this button to open the AP Discovery dialog. VigorAP can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. Phy Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX communication channel.
Settings for AP Bridge-WDS When you choose AP Bridge- WDS as Operation Mode and click Next, you will need to configure the following page: Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description AP Discovery Click this button to open the AP Discovery dialog. VigorAP can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. Phy Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX communication channel. Each access point should be setup to the same Phy mode for connecting with each other.
Advanced Settings for Universal Repeater When you choose Bridge-Universal Repeater as Operation Mode and click Next, you will need to configure the following page: Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Universal Repeater Parameters AP Discovery Click this button to open the AP Discovery dialog. VigorAP can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. SSID / MAC Address (Optional) SSID means the identification of the wireless LAN.
Encryption Type for Open/Shared This option is available when Open/Shared is selected as Security Mode. Choose None to disable the WEP Encryption. Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted. To enable WEP encryption for data transmission, please choose WEP. WEP Keys - Four keys can be entered here, but only one key can be selected at a time.
client. Enable Guest Wireless Check the box to enable the guest wireless setting. SSID – Set a name for VigorAP. Wireless guest is allowed to access into Internet via VigorAP with the SSID configured here. Security Key – Set 8~63 ASCII characters or 64 Hexadecimal digits which can be used for logging into VigorAP by wireless guest.
2.7.3 Finishing the Wireless Settings Wizard When you see this page, it means the wireless setting wizard is almost finished. Just click Finish to save the settings and complete the setting procedure.
2.8 Online Status The online status shows the LAN status, Station Link Status for such device. Detailed explanation is shown below: Item Description IP Address Displays the IP address of the LAN interface. TX Packets Displays the total transmitted packets at the LAN interface. RX Packets Displays the total number of received packets at the LAN interface. TX Bytes Displays the total transmitted size at the LAN interface. RX Bytes Displays the total number of received size at the LAN interface.
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Advanced Configuration This chapter will guide users to execute advanced (full) configuration. 1. Open a web browser on your PC and type http://192.168.1.2. The window will ask for typing username and password. 2. Please type “admin/admin” on Username/Password for administration operation. Now, the Main Screen will appear. Be aware that “Admin mode” will be displayed on the bottom left side.
3.1 Operation Mode This page provides several available modes for you to choose for different conditions. Click any one of them and click OK. The system will configure the required settings automatically. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description AP This mode allows wireless clients to connect to access point and exchange data with the devices connected to the wired network.
all wireless clients within its coverage. Note: The Wireless LAN settings will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected here. For the detailed information, please refer to the section of Wireless LAN. 3.2 LAN Local Area Network (LAN) is a group of subnets regulated and ruled by modem. 3.2.1 General Setup Click LAN to open the LAN settings page and choose General Setup. Note: Such page will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected.
Default Gateway – In general, it is not really necessary to specify a gateway for VigorAP. However, if it is required, simply type an IP address as the gateway for VigorAP. It will be convenient for the access point to acquire more service (e.g., accessing NTP server) from Vigor router. Enable Management VLAN – VigorAP supports tag-based VLAN for wireless clients accessing Vigor device. Only the clients with the specified VLAN ID can access into VigorAP.
server IP address here because your ISP often provides you more than one DNS Server. If your ISP does not provide it, the modem will automatically apply default secondary DNS Server IP address: 194.98.0.1 to this field. Relay Agent - Specify which subnet that DHCP server is located the relay agent should redirect the DHCP request to. DHCP Server IP Address for Relay Agent - It is available when Enable Relay Agent is selected.
3.2.2 Web Portal This page allows you to configure a profile with specified URL for accessing into or display a message when a wireless/LAN user connects to Internet through this router. No matter what the purpose of the wireless/LAN client is, he/she will be forced into the URL configured here while trying to access into the Internet or the desired web page through this router.
To configure the profile, click any index number link to open the following page. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Check the box to enable this function. Comments Enter a brief comment to explain such web portal profile. Welcome message Enter words or sentences here. The message will be displayed on the screen for several seconds when the wireless users access into the web page through the router. Default – Click it to restore the default content.
access into Internet via web portal. WLAN - The advantage is that each SSID (1/2/3/4) for wireless network can be applied with different web portal separately. After finishing all the settings here, please click OK to save the configuration.
3.3 Central AP Management Central AP Management allows you to configure VigorAP 810 to be managed by Vigor2860 series. 3.3.1 General Setup Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable AP Management Check the box to enable the function of AP Management. Enable Auto Provision VigorAP can be controlled under Central AP Management in Vigor2860 series.
3.3.2 APM Log This page will display log information related to wireless stations connected to VigorAP and central AP management. Such information also will be delivered to Vigor router (e.g., Vigor2860 or Vigor2925 series) and be shown on Central AP Management>>APM Log of Vigor router. 3.3.3 Function Support List Click the Client tab to list the AP management functions that the Access Points support under different firmware versions.
apply the AP Load Balancing to the multiple APs will manage wireless traffic with smooth flow and enhanced efficiency. 3.3.4 Overload Management Load Balance can help to distribute the traffic for all of the access points (e.g., VigorAP) registered to Vigor router. Thus, the bandwidth will not be occupied by certain access points. However, traffic overload might be occurred if too many wireless stations connected to VigorAP for data incoming and outgoing.
Comment Type any words as notification. Add Add a new MAC address into the White List/Black List. Delete Delete the selected MAC address in the White List/Black List. Edit Edit the selected MAC address in the White List/Black List. Cancel Give up the configuration. 3.3.5 Status of Settings Load Balance can help to distribute the traffic for all of the access points (e.g., VigorAP) registered to Vigor2860 or Vigor2925 series. This web page displays the settings related to Load Balance for VigorAP.
3.4 General Concepts for Wireless LAN The VigorAP 810 is equipped with a wireless LAN interface compliant with the standard IEEE 802.11n draft 2 protocol. To boost its performance further, the VigorAP 810 is also loaded with advanced wireless technology to lift up data rate up to 300 Mbps*. Hence, you can finally smoothly enjoy stream music and video.
Note: Such function is available for the wireless station with WPS supported. There are two methods to do network connection through WPS between AP and Stations: pressing the Start PBC button or using PIN Code. On the side of VigorAP 810 series which served as an AP, press WPS button once on the front panel of VigorAP 810 or click Start PBC on web configuration interface. On the side of a station with network card installed, press Start PBC button of network card.
3.5 Wireless LAN Settings for AP Mode When you choose AP as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Security, Access Control, WPS, Advanced Setting, AP Discovery, WMM Configuration, Bandwidth Management, Airtime Fairness, Station Control, Roaming, and Station List. Note: The Wireless LAN settings will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected in section 3.1.
3.5.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the SSID and the wireless channel. Please refer to the following figure for more information. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Enable Client Limit Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through Vigor AP. The number you can set is from 3 to 64.
Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference. If you have no idea of choosing the frequency, please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Extension Channel With 802.11n, there is one option to double the bandwidth per channel. The available extension channel options will be varied according to the Channel selected above. Configure the extension channel you want.
3.5.2 Security This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. After configuring the correct settings, please click OK to save and invoke it. By clicking the Security Settings, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Disable - The encryption mechanism is turned off.
WEP/802.1x - The built-in RADIUS client feature enables VigorAP 810 to assist the remote dial-in user or a wireless station and the RADIUS server in performing mutual authentication. It enables centralized remote access authentication for network management. The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key, which either PSK (Pre-Shared Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. Select WPA, WPA2 or Auto as WPA mode. WPA/802.
802.1x WEP Disable - Disable the WEP Encryption. Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted. Enable - Enable the WEP Encryption. Such feature is available for WEP/802.1x mode. Click the link of RADIUS Server to access into the following page for more settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 810 which is used to authenticate the wireless client connecting to the access point.
3.5.3 Access Control For additional security of wireless access, the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow).
Backup Click it to store the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) on this page as a file. Restore Click it to restore the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) from an existed file. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.5.4 WPS Open Wireless LAN>>WPS to configure the corresponding settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting.
setup WPS within two minutes). 3.5.5 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHZ- the AP will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHZ– the AP will scan for nearby wireless AP, and then use 20MHz if the number of AP is more than 10, or use 40MHz if it's not.
Antenna VigorAP can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection. However, if you have only one antenna attached, please choose 1T1R. Tx Power The default setting is the maximum (100%). Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless. Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically. Usually, performance of “new” algorithm is better than “old”. Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
MAC Clone Click Enable and manually enter the MAC address of the device with SSID 1. The MAC address of other SSIDs will change based on this MAC address. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.5.6 AP Discovery VigorAP 810 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. Based on the scanning result, users will know which channel is clean for usage. Also, it can be used to facilitate finding an AP for a WDS link.
Encryption Display the encryption mode for the scanned AP. Authentication Display the authentication type that the scanned AP applied. Mode Display the wireless connection mode that the scanned AP used. Ch. Width Display the channel width that the scanned AP used. Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP. The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Statistics It displays the statistics for the channels used by APs. 3.5.
between AC_VI and AC_VO categories must be smaller; however, the difference between AC_BE and AC_BK categories must be greater. Txop It means transmission opportunity. For WMM categories of AC_VI and AC_VO that need higher priorities in data transmission, please set greater value for them to get highest transmission opportunity. Specify the value ranging from 0 to 65535. ACM It is an abbreviation of Admission control Mandatory. It can restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked.
3.5.8 Bandwidth Management The downstream or upstream from FTP, HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs. Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name of the AP. Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients.
3.5.9 Airtime Fairness Airtime fairness is essential in wireless networks that must support critical enterprise applications. Most of the applications are either symmetric or require more downlink than uplink capacity; telephony and email send the same amount of data in each direction, while video streaming and web surfing involve more traffic sent from access points to clients than the other way around. This is essential for ensuring predictable performance and quality-of-service, as well as allowing 802.
It is similar to automatic Bandwidth Limit. The dynamic bandwidth limit of each station depends on instant active station number and airtime assignment. Please note that Airtime Fairness of 2.4GHz and 5GHz are independent. But stations of different SSIDs function together, because they all use the same wireless channel. IN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS, this function can reduce the bad influence of slow wireless devices and improve the overall wireless performance. Suitable environment: (1) Many wireless stations.
Note: Airtime Fairness function and Bandwidth Limit function should be mutually exclusive. So their webs have extra actions to ensure these two functions are not enabled simultaneously. 3.5.10 Station Control Station Control is used to specify the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP. If such function is not enabled, the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down. Such feature is especially useful for free Wi-Fi service.
After finishing all the settings here, please click OK to save the configuration. 3.5.11 Roaming The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range. Therefore, if you want to expand the wireless network in a large exhibition with a quick method, you can install multiple access points with enabling the Roaming feature for each AP to reach the purpose of expanding wireless signals seamlessly.
over) is detected by VigorAP 810, VigorAP 810 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station. Later, the wireless station can connect to the adjacent AP (with better RSSI). With Adjacent AP RSSI over – Specify a value as a threshold. Fast Roaming (WPA/802.1x) Enable – Check the box to enable fast roaming configuration. PMK Cache Period - Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK (Pairwise master key) cache.
3.5.12 Station List Station List provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code. Each tab (general, advanced, control, neighbor) will display different status information (including MAC address, Vendor, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, Tx/Rx Rate, Hostname, RSSI, Link Speed, BW, PSM, WMM, PHMd, MCS, Connection Time, Reconnection Time, Approx.
Display more information (e.g., AID, PSM, WMM, RSSI PhMd, BW, MCS, Rate) for the station. Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations. Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations.
3.6 Wireless LAN Settings for Station-Infrastructure Mode When you choose Station-Infrastructure as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Site Survey, Statistics and WPS. 3.6.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the wireless profile and choose proper mode. Please refer to the following figure for more information.
Packet-OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40%* more (by checking Tx Burst). It is active only when both sides of Access Point and Station (in wireless client) invoke this function at the same time. That is, the wireless client must support this feature and invoke the function, too. Note: Vigor N61 wireless adapter supports this function.
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Profile Name Type a name for the new profile. SSID Type the name for such access point that can be used for connection by the stations. Network Type Infrastructure - In this mode, you can connect the access point to Ethernet device such as TV and Game player to enable the Ethernet device as a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or AP router. 802.
power saving job. Power Saving Mode – Choose this item to get into the power saving status when there is no data passing through the access point. RTS Threshold Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Fragment Threshold Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346. Security Mode 802.
There are two types of key method: ASCII and Hex. When you select a key format, the number of characters of key will be displayed. For example, if you select 64-bit as key length, and Hex as key format, you’ll see the message at the right of Key Format is ‘Hex (10 characters) which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters. WEP Keys (Key 1 – Key 4) - Four keys can be entered here, but only one key can be selected at a time.
3.6.2 Site Survey The page will list the access points nearby as VigorAP 810 is set to Station mode. You can select one of the access points to associate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the SSID name of the access point. BSSID Display the BSSID (MAC Address) of the access point. RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point. RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication. Channel Display the channel number of the access point.
3.6.3 Statistics This page displays the statistics for data transmission and receiving between the access point and the stations. 3.6.4 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and the access point. You don’t have to select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client.
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the SSID name of the access point. BSSID Display the BSSID (MAC Address) of the access point. RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point. RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication. Ch. (Channel) Display the channel number of the access point. Auth. (Authentication) Display the authentication type of the access point. Encrypt (Encryption) Display the encryption setting of the access points.
3.7 Wireless LAN Settings for AP Bridge-Point to Point/AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point Mode When you choose AP Bridge-Point to Point or Point-to Multi-Point Mode as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Advanced Setting, AP Discovery and WDS AP Status. AP Bridge-Point to Point allows VigorAP 810 to connect to another VigorAP 810 which uses the same mode. All wired Ethernet clients of both VigorAP 810s will be connected together.
Mixed (11b+11g+11n) mode. Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. The default channel is 11. You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference. If you have no idea of choosing the frequency, please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Extension Channel With 802.11n, there is one option to double the bandwidth per channel. The available extension channel options will be varied according to the Channel selected above.
3.7.2 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHz- the device will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHz– the AP will scan for nearby wireless AP, and then use 20MHz if the number of AP is more than 10, or use 40MHz if it's not.
Antenna VigorAP can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection. However, if you have only one antenna attached, please choose 1T1R. Tx Power The default setting is the maximum (100%). Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless. Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically. Usually, performance of “new” algorithm is better than “old”. Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
the same manner as broadcast traffic. Isolate members with IP The default setting is “Disable”. If it is enabled, VigorAP will isolate different wireless clients according to their IP address(es). MAC Clone Click Enable and manually enter the MAC address of the device with SSID 1. The MAC address of other SSIDs will change based on this MAC address. 3.7.3 AP Discovery VigorAP 810 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood.
RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point. RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication. Channel Display the wireless channel used for the AP that is scanned by VigorAP 810. Encryption Display the encryption mode for the scanned AP. Authentication Display the authentication type that the scanned AP applied. Mode Display the wireless connection mode that the scanned AP used. Ch. Width Display the channel width that the scanned AP used.
3.7.4 WDS AP Status VigorAP 810 can display the status such as MAC address, physical mode, power save and bandwidth for the working AP connected with WDS. Click Refresh to get the newest information.
3.8 Wireless LAN Settings for AP Bridge-WDS Mode When you choose AP Bridge-WDS as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Security, Access Control, WPS, Advanced Setting, AP Discovery, WDS AP Status, WMM Configuration, Bandwidth Management, Airtime Fairness, Station Control and Roaming.
3.8.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the Phy mode, security, Tx Burst and choose proper mode. Please refer to the following figure for more information. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Enable Client Limit Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through Vigor AP.
Mode At present, VigorAP 810 can connect to 11b only, 11g only, 11n only, Mixed (11b+11g), Mixed (11g+11n) and Mixed (11b+11g+11n) stations simultaneously. Simply choose Mixed (11b+11g+11n) mode. Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference. If you have no idea of choosing the frequency, please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Extension Channel With 802.
VLAN ID Type the value for such SSID. Packets transferred from such SSID to LAN will be tagged with the number. If your network uses VLANs, you can assign the SSID to a VLAN on your network. Client devices that associate using the SSID are grouped into this VLAN. The VLAN ID range is from 3 to 4095. The VLAN ID is 0 by default, it means disabling the VLAN function for the SSID. PHY Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode.
3.8.2 Security This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. After configuring the correct settings, please click OK to save and invoke it. By clicking the Security Settings, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Disable - The encryption mechanism is turned off.
WEP/802.1x - The built-in RADIUS client feature enables VigorAP 810 to assist the remote dial-in user or a wireless station and the RADIUS server in performing mutual authentication. It enables centralized remote access authentication for network management. The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key, which either PSK (Pre-Shared Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. Select WPA, WPA2 or Auto as WPA mode. WPA/802.
802.1x WEP Disable - Disable the WEP Encryption. Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted. Enable - Enable the WEP Encryption. Such feature is available for WEP/802.1x mode. Click the link of RADIUS Server to access into the following page for more settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 810 which is used to authenticate the wireless client connecting to the access point.
3.8.3 Access Control For additional security of wireless access, the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow).
Backup Click it to store the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) on this page as a file. Restore Click it to restore the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) from an existed file. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.8.4 WPS Open Wireless LAN>>WPS to configure the corresponding settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting.
setup WPS within two minutes). 3.8.5 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHZ- the AP will use 20Mhz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHZ– the AP will use 20Mhz or 40Mhz for data transmission and receiving according to the station capability. Such channel can increase the performance for data transmission.
Antenna VigorAP can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection. However, if you have only one antenna attached, please choose 1T1R. Tx Power The default setting is the maximum (100%). Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless. Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically. Usually, performance of “new” algorithm is better than “old”. Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
the same manner as broadcast traffic. Isolate members with IP The default setting is “Disable”. If it is enabled, VigorAP will isolate different wireless clients according to their IP address(es). MAC Clone Click Enable and manually enter the MAC address of the device with SSID 1. The MAC address of other SSIDs will change based on this MAC address. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.8.
device. Once the AP is unavailable, it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately. However, if such function is enabled, the system will keep the record of the AP (once detected by Vigor device) until it is available for Vigor device again. SSID Display the SSID of the AP scanned by VigorAP 810. BSSID Display the MAC address of the AP scanned by VigorAP 810. RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point. RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication.
3.8.8 WMM Configuration WMM is an abbreviation of Wi-Fi Multimedia. It defines the priority levels for four access categories derived from 802.1d (prioritization tabs). The categories are designed with specific types of traffic, voice, video, best effort and low priority data. There are four accessing categories - AC_BE , AC_BK, AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM.
Note: Vigor AP provides standard WMM configuration in the web page. If you want to modify the parameters, please refer to the Wi-Fi WMM standard specification. AckPolicy “Uncheck” (default value) the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connection. It can assure that the peer must receive the WMM packets. “Check” the box means the AP will not answer any response request for the transmitting packets.
3.8.9 Bandwidth Management The downstream or upstream from FTP, HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs. Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name of the AP. Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients.
3.8.10 Airtime Fairness Airtime fairness is essential in wireless networks that must support critical enterprise applications. Most of the applications are either symmetric or require more downlink than uplink capacity; telephony and email send the same amount of data in each direction, while video streaming and web surfing involve more traffic sent from access points to clients than the other way around. This is essential for ensuring predictable performance and quality-of-service, as well as allowing 802.
It is similar to automatic Bandwidth Limit. The dynamic bandwidth limit of each station depends on instant active station number and airtime assignment. Please note that Airtime Fairness of 2.4GHz and 5GHz are independent. But stations of different SSIDs function together, because they all use the same wireless channel. IN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS, this function can reduce the bad influence of slow wireless devices and improve the overall wireless performance. Suitable environment: (1) Many wireless stations.
Note: Airtime Fairness function and Bandwidth Limit function should be mutually exclusive. So their webs have extra actions to ensure these two functions are not enabled simultaneously. 3.8.11 Station Control Station Control is used to specify the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP. If such function is not enabled, the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down. Such feature is especially useful for free Wi-Fi service.
After finishing all the settings here, please click OK to save the configuration. 3.8.12 Roaming The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range. Therefore, if you want to expand the wireless network in a large exhibition with a quick method, you can install multiple access points with enabling the Roaming feature for each AP to reach the purpose of expanding wireless signals seamlessly.
over) is detected by VigorAP 810, VigorAP 810 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station. Later, the wireless station can connect to the adjacent AP (with better RSSI). With Adjacent AP RSSI over – Specify a value as a threshold. Fast Roaming (WPA/802.1x) Enable – Check the box to enable fast roaming configuration. PMK Cache Period - Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK (Pairwise master key) cache.
3.8.13 Station List Station List provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description MAC Address Display the MAC Address for the connecting client. SSID Display the SSID that the wireless client connects to. Auth Display the authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP. Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client.
Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations. Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations. 3.9 Wireless LAN Settings for Universal Repeater Mode When you choose Universal Repeater as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Security, WPS, AP Discovery, Universal Repeater, WMM Configuration, Bandwidth Management, Airtime Fairness, Station Control, Roaming and Station List.
3.9.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the SSID and the wireless channel. Please refer to the following figure for more information. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Enable Client Limit Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through Vigor AP. The number you can set is from 3 to 64.
interference. If you have no idea of choosing the frequency, please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Rate If you choose 11g Only or 11b Only, such feature will be available for you to set data transmission rate. Extension Channel With 802.11n, there is one option to double the bandwidth per channel. The available extension channel options will be varied according to the Channel selected above. Configure the extension channel you want.
3.9.2 Security This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. After configuring the correct settings, please click OK to save and invoke it. By clicking the Security Settings, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Disable - The encryption mechanism is turned off.
VigorAP 810 to assist the remote dial-in user or a wireless station and the RADIUS server in performing mutual authentication. It enables centralized remote access authentication for network management. The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key, which either PSK (Pre-Shared Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. Select WPA, WPA2 or Auto as WPA mode. WPA/802.
will not be encrypted. Enable - Enable the WEP Encryption. Such feature is available for WEP/802.1x mode. Click the link of RADIUS Server to access into the following page for more settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 810 which is used to authenticate the wireless client connecting to the access point. Check this box to use the internal RADIUS server for wireless security.
3.9.3 Access Control For additional security of wireless access, the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow).
Backup Click it to store the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) on this page as a file. Restore Click it to restore the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) from an existed file. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.9.4 WPS Open Wireless LAN>>WPS to configure the corresponding settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting.
3.9.5 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHz- the device will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHz– the AP will scan for nearby wireless AP, and then use 20MHz if the number of AP is more than 10, or use 40MHz if it's not.
Antenna VigorAP can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection. However, if you have only one antenna attached, please choose 1T1R. Tx Power The default setting is the maximum (100%). Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless. Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically. Usually, performance of “new” algorithm is better than “old”. Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
the same manner as broadcast traffic. Isolate members with IP The default setting is “Disable”. If it is enabled, VigorAP will isolate different wireless clients according to their IP address(es). MAC Clone Click Enable and manually enter the MAC address of the device with SSID 1. The MAC address of other SSIDs will change based on this MAC address.
3.9.6 AP Discovery VigorAP 810 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. Based on the scanning result, users will know which channel is clean for usage. Also, it can be used to facilitate finding an AP for a WDS link. Notice that during the scanning process (about 5 seconds), no client is allowed to connect to Vigor. This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN. Yet, only the AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 810 can be found.
Ch. Width Display the channel width that the scanned AP used. Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP. The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Statistics It displays the statistics for the channels used by APs. AP’s MAC Address If you want the found AP applying the WDS settings, please type in the AP’s MAC address. AP’s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings, you can specify MAC address or SSID for the AP.
channel is under serious interference. If you have no idea of choosing the frequency, please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Security Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Each mode will bring up different parameters (e.g., WEP keys, Pass Phrase) for you to configure. Encryption Type for Open/Shared This option is available when Open/Shared is selected as Security Mode. Choose None to disable the WEP Encryption. Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted.
Device Name Type a name for the AP as identification. Simply use the default name. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. Open / Shared for Security Mode Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Encryption Type Choose None to disable the WEP Encryption. Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted. To enable WEP encryption for data transmission, please choose WEP.
WPA/PSK and WPA2/PSK for Security Mode Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Encryption Type Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA. Pass Phrase Either 8~63 ASCII characters, such as 012345678 (or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x, such as "0x321253abcde..."). After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.9.8 WMM Configuration WMM is an abbreviation of Wi-Fi Multimedia.
Item Description WMM Capable To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission, please click the Enable radio button. Aifsn It controls how long the client waits for each data transmission. Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15. Such parameter will influence the time delay for WMM accessing categories.
3.9.9 Bandwidth Management The downstream or upstream from FTP, HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs. Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name of the AP. Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients.
3.9.10 Airtime Fairness Airtime fairness is essential in wireless networks that must support critical enterprise applications. Most of the applications are either symmetric or require more downlink than uplink capacity; telephony and email send the same amount of data in each direction, while video streaming and web surfing involve more traffic sent from access points to clients than the other way around. This is essential for ensuring predictable performance and quality-of-service, as well as allowing 802.
It is similar to automatic Bandwidth Limit. The dynamic bandwidth limit of each station depends on instant active station number and airtime assignment. Please note that Airtime Fairness of 2.4GHz and 5GHz are independent. But stations of different SSIDs function together, because they all use the same wireless channel. IN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS, this function can reduce the bad influence of slow wireless devices and improve the overall wireless performance. Suitable environment: (1) Many wireless stations.
3.9.11 Station Control Station Control is used to specify the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP. If such function is not enabled, the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down. Such feature is especially useful for free Wi-Fi service. For example, a coffee shop offers free Wi-Fi service for its guests for one hour every day. Then, the connection time can be set as “1 hour” and reconnection time can be set as “1 day”.
3.9.12 Roaming The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range. Therefore, if you want to expand the wireless network in a large exhibition with a quick method, you can install multiple access points with enabling the Roaming feature for each AP to reach the purpose of expanding wireless signals seamlessly. These access points connecting for each other shall be verified by pre-authentication.
RSSI). With Adjacent AP RSSI over – Specify a value as a threshold. Fast Roaming (WPA/802.1x) Enable – Check the box to enable fast roaming configuration. PMK Caching: Cache Period - Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK (Pairwise master key) cache. PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre-authenticated. Such feature is available for WPA2/802.1 mode. Pre-Authentication - Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster.
3.9.13 Station List Station List provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description MAC Address Display the MAC Address for the connecting client. SSID Display the SSID that the wireless client connects to. Auth Display the authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP. Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client.
Display more information (e.g., AID, PSM, WMM, RSSI PhMd, BW, MCS, Rate) for the station. Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations. Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations.
3.10 RADIUS Setting VigorAP 810 offers a built-in RADIUS server to authenticate the wireless client that tries to connect to VigorAP 810. The AP can accept the wireless connection authentication requested by wireless clients. 3.10.1 RADIUS Server Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable RADIUS Server Check it to enable the internal RADIUS server. Authentication Type Let the user to choose the authentication method for RADIUS server.
Cancel – Clear current settings for user profile. Delete Selected – Delete the selected user profile (s). Delete All – Delete all of the user profiles. Authentication Client This internal RADIUS server of VigorAP 810 can be treated as the external RADIUS server for other users. Specify the client IP and secret key to make the wireless client choosing VigorAP 810 as its external RADUIS server.
Type in all the information and relational settings. Then click OK. 3.11 Applications Below shows the menu items for Applications. 3.11.1 Schedule The Vigor AP has a built-in clock which can update itself manually or automatically by means of Network Time Protocols (NTP). As a result, you can not only schedule the AP to dialup to the Internet at a specified time, but also restrict Internet access to certain hours so that users can connect to the Internet only during certain hours, say, business hours.
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Schedule Enable Schedule - Check it to enable the function of schedule configuration. Schedule Configuration Index – Display the sort number of the schedule profile. Setting – Display the summary of the schedule profile. Action – Display the action adopted by the schedule profile. Status – Display if the profile is enabled (V) or not (X). Add – Such button is available when Enable Schedule is checked. It allows to add a new schedule profile.
3. Item Description Note: When Radio is selected, SSID2, SSID3 and SSID4 are not available for choosing, vice versa. Acts Specify how often the schedule will be applied. Once -The schedule will be applied just once Routine -Specify which days in one week should perform the schedule. Weekday Choose and check the day to perform the schedule. It is available when Routine is selected as Acts. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings.
3.11.2 Apple iOS Keep Alive To keep the wireless connection (via Wi-Fi) on iOS device in alive, VigorAP 810 will send the UDP packets with 5353 port to the specific IP every five seconds. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Apple iOS Keep Alive Check to enable the function. Index Display the setting link. Click the index link to open the configuration page for setting the IP address. Apple iOS Keep Alive IP Address Display the IP address.
3.11.3 Wi-Fi Auto On/Off When VigorAP is able or unable to ping the specified host, the Wi-Fi function will be turned on or off automatically. The purpose of such function is to avoid wireless station roaming to an AP which is unable to access Internet. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Auto Switch On/Off Wi-Fi Check the box to enable such function. Ping Host Type an IP address (e.g., 8.8.8.8) or a domain name (e.g., google.
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Display Settings Temperature Calibration Offset- Type a value used for correcting the temperature error. Temperature Unit - Choose the display unit of the temperature. There are two types for you to choose. Alarm Settings Enable Syslog Alarm - The temperature log containing the alarm message will be recorded on Syslog if it is enabled.
3.12 Mobile Device Management Such feature can control / manage the mobile devices accessing the wireless network of VigorAP. VigorAP offers wireless LAN service for mobile device(s), PC users, MAC users or other users according to the policy selected. Below shows the menu items for Mobile Device Management. 3.12.1 Detection Such page displays mobile device(s) detected by VigorAP Detected device(s) with Policy – Pass can access into the wireless LAN offered by VigorAP.
3.12.2 Policies Such page determines which devices (mobile, PC, MAC or others) allowed to make network connections via VigorAP or blocked by VigorAP. Each item is explained as follows: Item Description Block Mobile Connections All of mobile devices will be blocked and not allowed to access into Internet via VigorAP. Block PC Connections All of network connections based on PC, MAC or Linux platform will be blocked and terminated.
3.12.3 Statistics The number of detected devices and the number of device(s) passed/blocked according to the policy specified in Mobile Device Management>>Policy can be illustrated as doughnut chart.
3.13 System Maintenance For the system setup, there are several items that you have to know the way of configuration: Status, TR-069, Administrator Password, Configuration Backup, Syslog/Mail Alert, Time and Date, Management, Reboot System, and Firmware Upgrade. Below shows the menu items for System Maintenance. 3.13.1 System Status The System Status provides basic network settings of Vigor modem. It includes LAN and WAN interface information.
Memory total Display the total memory of your system. Memory left Display the remaining memory of your system. LAN MAC Address Display the MAC address of the LAN Interface. IP Address Display the IP address of the LAN interface. IP Mask Display the subnet mask address of the LAN interface. Wireless MAC Address Display the MAC address of the WAN Interface. SSID Display the SSID of the device. Channel Display the channel that the station used for connecting with such device.
3.13.2 TR-069 This device supports TR-069 standard. It is very convenient for an administrator to manage a TR-069 device through an Auto Configuration Server, e.g., VigorACS. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description ACS Settings URL/Username/Password – Such data must be typed according to the ACS (Auto Configuration Server) you want to link. Please refer to Auto Configuration Server user’s manual for detailed information.
On – Choose the interface (LAN-A or LAN-B) for VigorAP 810 connecting to ACS server. Port – Sometimes, port conflict might be occurred. To solve such problem, you might change port number for CPE. Username/Password – Type the username and password that VigorACS can use to access into such CPE. DNS Server IP Address – Such field is to specify the IP address if a URL is configured with a domain name.
3.13.3 Administrator Password This page allows you to set new password for accessing into web user interface of VigorAP. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Account Type the name for accessing into Web User Interface. Password Type in new password in this filed. Confirm Password Type the new password again for confirmation. Password Strength The system will display the password strength (represented with the word of weak, medium or strong) of the password specified above.
3.13.4 Configuration Backup Backup the Configuration Follow the steps below to backup your configuration. 1. Go to System Maintenance >> Configuration Backup. The following windows will be popped-up, as shown below. 2. Click Backup button to get into the following dialog. Click Save button to open another dialog for saving configuration as a file. 3. In Save As dialog, the default filename is config.cfg. You could give it another name by yourself.
4. Click Save button, the configuration will download automatically to your computer as a file named config.cfg. The above example is using Windows platform for demonstrating examples. The Mac or Linux platform will appear different windows, but the backup function is still available. Note: Backup for Certification must be done independently. The Configuration Backup does not include information of Certificate. Restore Configuration 1. Go to System Maintenance >> Configuration Backup.
2. Click Browse button to choose the correct configuration file for uploading to the modem. 3. Click Restore button and wait for few seconds, the system will tell you that the restoration procedure is successful. 3.13.5 Syslog/Mail Alert Syslog function is provided for users to monitor router. Available parameters are explained as follows: Item Description SysLog Access Setup Enable - Check Enable to activate function of Syslog. Server IP Address -The IP address of the Syslog server.
Item Description Enable E-mail Alert - Check the box to send alert message to the e-mail box while the router detecting the item(s) you specify here.
3.13.6 Time and Date It allows you to specify where the time of the AP should be inquired from. Available parameters are explained as follows: Item Description Current System Time Click Inquire Time to get the current time. Use Browser Time Select this option to use the browser time from the remote administrator PC host as AP’s system time. Use NTP Client Select to inquire time information from Time Server on the Internet using assigned protocol. Time Zone Select a time protocol.
3.13.7 SNMP This page allows you to configure settings for SNMP and SNMPV3 services. The SNMPv3 is more secure than SNMP through the authentication method (support MD5) for the management needs. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable SNMP Agent Check it to enable this function. Enable SNMPV3 Agent Check it to enable this function. USM User USM means user-based security mode. Type a username which will be used for authentication.
3.13.8 Management This page allows you to manage the port settings for HTTP and HTTPS. Available parameters are explained as follows: Item Description Device Name Name - The default setting is VigorAP 810. Change the name if required. Management Port Setup HTTP port/HTTPS port -Specify user-defined port numbers for the HTTP and HTTPS servers. Telnet Server Enable – The administrator / user can access into the command line interface of VigorAP remotely for configuring settings.
3.13.9 Reboot System The Web Configurator may be used to restart your modem. Click Reboot System from System Maintenance to open the following page. If you want to reboot the modem using the current configuration, check Using current configuration and click OK. To reset the modem settings to default values, check Using factory default configuration and click OK. The modem will take 5 seconds to reboot the system.
3.14 Diagnostics Diagnostic Tools provide a useful way to view or diagnose the status of your VigorAP 810. 3.14.1 System Log At present, only System Log is offered.
3.14.2 Speed Test Click the Start button on the page to test the speed. Such feature can help you to find the best installation place for Vigor AP. 3.14.3 Traffic Graph Click Traffic Graph to open the web page. Choose one of the managed Access Points, daily or weekly for viewing data transmission chart. Click Refresh to renew the graph at any time. The horizontal axis represents time; the vertical axis represents the transmission rate (in kbps).
3.14.4 Data Flow Monitor This page displays general information for the client connecting to VigorAP 810. Available parameters are explained as follows: Item Description Auto-refresh After checking this box, Vigor system will refresh such page periodically. Refresh Click this link to refresh this page immediately. Index Display the number of the data flow. MAC Address Display the MAC address of the monitored device. Station Display the IP address/host name of the wireless client.
3.14.5 WLAN Statistics Such page is used for debug by RD only.
3.14.6 Station Statistics Such page is used for debug or for the user to observe network traffic and network quality. Available parameters are explained as follows: Item Description Show Chart Choose one of the items to display the statistics chart for wireless stations.
connected to VigorAP 810. Visiting & Passing Number – Choose it to have the statistics of the wireless stations which is visiting and passing to VigorAP 810. Visiting Time - Choose it to have the statistics of the wireless stations which is visiting VigorAP 810. Daily Connected Number Analysis / Daily Visiting Number Analysis Click this button to get analysis pie chart for daily connected wireless stations / daily visiting wireless station.
3.14.7 Interference Monitor As an interference detector, VigorAP can detect all of the environmental interference factors for certain channel used or for all of the wireless channels. Current Channel The analysis page with information about wireless band, channel, transmission power, bandwidth, wireless mode, and country code chosen will be displayed on this page. Also, channel status can be seen easily from this page.
All Channels This page displays the utilization and energy result for all channels. Click Refresh to get the newly update interference situation.
3.14.8 Station Airtime This page displays the operation status for 2.4GHz wireless stations within 30 minutes.
3.14.9 Station Traffic Graph This page displays the data traffic (receiving/transmitting) status for 2.4GHz wireless stations within 30 minutes with a run chart.
3.14.10 Station Link Speed This page displays the link rate status for 2.4GHz/5GHz wireless stations within one hour with a run chart. 3.15 Support Area When you click the menu item under Support Area, you will be guided to visit www.draytek.com and open the corresponding pages directly.
Application and Examples 4.1 How to set different segments for different SSIDs in VigorAP 810 VigorAP 810 supports two network segments, LAN-A and LAN-B for different SSIDs. With such feature, the user can dispatch SSIDs with different network segments for reaching the target of managing wireless network. See the following figure. In the above figure, VigorAP 810 is used to control the wireless network connection.
Below shows you how to configure the web page for VigorAP 810: 1. In the page of Operation Mode, click AP mode. 2. Open Wireless LAN>> General Setup. Choose the subnet LAN-B for SSID 1 and choose LAN-A for SSID 2. Specify the wireless channel. Then, click OK to save the configuration.
3. Open Wireless LAN >> Security Settings. Set the encryption method and set the password for SSID 1 and SSID 2 respectively. 4. Open LAN>General Setup to configure the settings for enabling DHCP server on LAN-A/LAN-B. If there is a DHCP server configured in the same network segment, skip this step. 5. After finishing the above settings, the wireless equipment connecting to VigorAP 810 with SSID 1 can get the IP address assigned by LAN-B 192.168.2.0/24 for accessing the internal server.
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Trouble Shooting This section will guide you to solve abnormal situations if you cannot access into the Internet after installing the modem and finishing the web configuration. Please follow sections below to check your basic installation status stage by stage. Checking if the hardware status is OK or not. Checking if the network connection settings on your computer are OK or not. Pinging the modem from your computer. Checking if the ISP settings are OK or not.
5.2 Checking If the Network Connection Settings on Your Computer Is OK or Not Sometimes the link failure occurs due to the wrong network connection settings. After trying the above section, if the link is stilled failed, please do the steps listed below to make sure the network connection settings is OK. For Windows The example is based on Windows 7 (Professional Edition). As to the examples for other operation systems, please refer to the similar steps or find support notes in www.draytek.com. 1.
4. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) and then click Properties. 5. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically. Finally, click OK. For Mac Os 1. Double click on the current used Mac Os on the desktop. 2. Open the Application folder and get into Network. 3. On the Network screen, select Using DHCP from the drop down list of Configure IPv4.
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5.3 Pinging the Modem from Your Computer The default gateway IP address of the modem is 192.168.1.2. For some reason, you might need to use “ping” command to check the link status of the modem. The most important thing is that the computer will receive a reply from 192.168.1.2. If not, please check the IP address of your computer. We suggest you setting the network connection as get IP automatically. (Please refer to the section 5.2) Please follow the steps below to ping the modem correctly. For Windows 1.
5.4 Backing to Factory Default Setting If Necessary Sometimes, a wrong connection can be improved by returning to the default settings. Try to reset the modem by software or hardware. Warning: After pressing factory default setting, you will loose all settings you did before. Make sure you have recorded all useful settings before you pressing. The password of factory default is null. Software Reset You can reset the modem to factory default via Web page.
After restore the factory default setting, you can configure the settings for the modem again to fit your personal request. 5.5 Contacting DrayTek If the modem still cannot work correctly after trying many efforts, please contact your dealer for further help right away. For any questions, please feel free to send e-mail to support@draytek.com.
